Celtic Banter Archive November 24 2012

24 Nov 2012 23:39:52
yes some spl form is not the best and shpolud be better ,but the facts are we are top othe league with a game in hand ,we are one good result away from ko stages of cl with europa guarenteed, nl has done this with no real financial backing from the board, this is also a young squad with only a couple of seasons behind them and is still trying to evovle into a settled team,reading thru the timternet you would think we where in a relegation battle with some of the posts, since the end ofthe stein era ive seen some real ****e celtic teams and followed them with no hope of winning anything , this team though needs support not because the are ****e but along with nl the are on a learning curve and are far from the finished article but with a bit of experience can go on to bigger things ,,,, deep river bhoy

I agree we should be happy with our lot. We have had a lot of bad injuries and have had to chop and change the team so often on top of playing 2 games every week. Also think Scott Brown should go and have his operation now he is good for us but not as a part time player. We need more consistency within the squad. We have a young team lets get behind them and the manager they will grow in stature and stop putting them down they will do us proud.
Rob

Well said deep river boy,support the team instead of slagging them off and calling for Lenny's head.
Tambhoy

24 Nov 2012 21:50:21
lot of talk the last few months was hooper going to l/pool southampton
etc for 6million. i would grab it with both hands and try and get shane
long from west brom who is good in the air and covers every blade of
grass every game i watch him play.
i feel he would offer us more than hooper

I was about to post the same am the first one on here against fans wanting to sell players but i would have hooper out the door in jan if he keeps performing like that he could turn out another iggy hes not interested and he could end up worth nothing

No idea why your throwing izaguirre in with Hooper mate. He had a broken leg and has turned it around, he was playing well before his hamstring injury at tannadice. Solid and set up winner against Spartak then had a great game against Hearts, Excellent in 5-0 win against St Mirren, Defended well and stuck to the task in the 2-1 defeat in the nou camp. Everyone had a shocker against Killie at home, Then everyone was excellent against St.Johnstone in the 5-0 cup win, and finally he was having a good game before he pulled up against Dundee Utd, 2-0 up at the time.

Gary Hooper is a lazy bast*rd who clearly isn't interested in risking getting injured and missing out on a move to the Premiership in january, and that sh*te infuriates me.

Izaguirre is the best left back in the country and the best we have had in years, i'm pleased we have him. We are not the same team when he's not in the starting 11 in my opinion.

@ 2 i wasnt criticising iggi i was using his situation as an example his first season he was linked to everyone in epl before his injury now he lost form no one is showing interest the same will happen to hooper only different reasons one was through injury the other is just fat and lazy but the out come will be the same

Suits me fine Izaguirre isnt being linked with moves to the EPL. It affected his form the first time round. Since his injury he has taken time to get back to his best but before his hamstring injury he was getting there. I know being linked to big moves is obviously a sign they are doing well but its a double edged sword.

24 Nov 2012 21:40:02
work 60 hours nightshift every week.
come saturday i love taking my 2
boys to watch the hoops at great
expense. last 3 league games v killie,
st j and now i c t have been dire.
no urgency no idea how to break a
solid unit down.
i am totally scunnered but will keep
turning up but i fear lots of fans
wont.

Mate 60 hours a week is illegal see your union man.. not a joke it's a european directive . unless it's overtime

24 Nov 2012 17:12:30
Im sorry guys but if it wasnt for the champions league the lennon would be out the door in my opinion, surely his record sofar this season isnt far off john barnes!

Go back to worrying about elgin.

I smell zombie.Henke7

@ 1 & 2 ... am more inclined to think yous are zombie supporters in here trying to stir it up and make out celtic fans are arrogant childish trouble makers like your own supporters to me celtic fans are more friendly and allow fellow supporters their right to opinion

Just because someone doesn't like Lennon doesn't make them a Rangers fan, he isn't doing a good job.

That's some fettish you have there henke.

But we are in the Champions League..no point using situations that don't exist.

Rangers are not in the SPL either & i'm not sure what kind of challenge the current Rangers team would give anyway.

The complacancy is beyond a joke & maybe this is where Neil Lennon's inexperience shows. I won't be calling for his head though ~ Mrs E

24 Nov 2012 19:16:00
I think some of our players are coasting in SPL games and they must improve their attitude.
I also think Lennon must give players like McGeouch a chance rather than McCourt who has had his chance. Also Miku and Lassad must be given more game time.Rogne too, although he seems injury prone.
People are criticising Hooper but if like Brown he is carrying an injury then Lennon must rest him.
I do not agree with the tiredness excuse per say, but I think Celtic must learn to cope with both high octane CL games and mundane SPL games. Timalloy
PS on a brighter note on TSFM it is saying their sources say HMRC WILL appeal.

OP Thank God your opinion doe's not count as far as sacking Neil.
Tambhoy

Am not sure lennon gets all the credit for the champions league imo players up their game to put their self in the shop window

Every poster is entitled to their own opinion, but take a step back. Neil has taken a young squad into major European football and is punching well above his weight. Our domestic form is disappointing to say the least, but I'm not overly worried at the moment. Despite poor results, we are still top of the league with a game in hand and Neil knows this. He can afford to take one eye off the league in order to progress further in the CL, after all, to get to the last 16 will bring in more income than winning the league and both cups combined! If you were to ask me at the start of the season if I would take Celtic being top of the league with a real possibility of advancing past the group stages of the CL, I would have bit both hands off at the wrist!
The league will look after itself, as every other team will beat or draw with each other. We will get back to winning ways against the Jambos.

BigRab

Neil's performing a balancing act at the moment i believe he would love 2 tear a few of the 1st team a new 1 & deservedly so in my opinion. The reaction after today & previous results is way over the top we have no divine right & saying it's Caley or st Johnstone we should b humping them is stupid. It's 11 v 11 & yes it's not been good enough, having watched Hooper as we hav over previous seasons we know coming back from injury he takes 2 or 3 games & then it's hoops der it is ! GBNL celtic to the core. AbS 1888

In reply to post 9) So let me just make sure i'm getting this right. Lennon doesn't deserve credit for our champions league exploits the players do, but todays result should rest at the managers door and not the players. Go and have a quiet word with yourself ya mad goon.

Gary Hooper was again abysmal today, absolutely abysmal. You could go on about service till the cows some home but any good striker worth his salt goes looking for the ball when they are not getting the service they want and i just think he's a lazy bast*rd.

@ 12 lennons job is to motivate the players and get the best out of them so far in the league he has failed we had two good results in champions league and imo in both these games the players showed what they are capable of and also shows that lennon isnt getting the best out of them in the league and cant get these players to play at their potential imo these players perform to win a move and put their self in shop window and not because of tiredness or other pathetic excuses you hear that imo is a managers problem

@ 12 where in my post ( 9 ) do i mention the blame today falls at lennons door ?? if your going to reply to posts read the actual post and stop hallucinating things

24 Nov 2012 17:03:24
Yet again another woeful result in the spl against a team who conceded five goals last week to a poor Motherwell team but can come to parkhead and leave with all 3 points is an utter disgrace if only Inverness could play Celtic 30 odd games a season they might get somewhere but nl seriously get it together your only as good as ur last result

Why just blame Neil Lennon ?. Should the player's who can't pass a ball to each other get off scott free.
Tambhoy

If these players are only willing to turn up in big european games i would cash in on every one of them and boot them out the door .... players should earn their place in the team week in week out

Re. Tambhoy

Lennon got the credit for masterminding a win against Barca

he should also be able to be criticised for poor performances. 17 points dropped in 14 games, and 4 home league wins this season is unacceptable

Yes the players are poor, but Lennon has to take the blinkers off and stop picking the same players week in week out

Samson

Well Samson what team would you have picked against ICT ?.
Tambhoy

24 Nov 2012 08:13:24
let it be noted..............
there is a boycott at parkhead today.
before the attendance thing starts with the sevco fans. .H.

I'm going today, I support my club faithful through and through

Bman

Whats the boycott for?

The treatment to the gb.

Half the gb still went and just sat elsewhere, there were two sitting next to me in the JS stand...our atmosphere, other than the support of this stupidity, was terrible today and I for one do not support it. We should be backing our team every chance we get!

The loser is the club, the team need the support and not outside issues that will be supporting the establishment!

Timmy!

@3 So what's that to do with Celtic ?
Tambhoy