Celtic Banter Archive February 25 2016

25 Feb 2016 22:13:47
I know it's a long shot but I'm looking for 2 tickets for tomorrow's game for my mate and his wee Bhoy. If anyone knows of any give me a shout, thanks.

25 Feb 2016 22:48:14
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{Ed007's Note - You behave yourself but thanks very much mate, that's really appreciated.}

26 Feb 2016 10:50:59
lol, just guessed what was in the post deleted.

{Ed007's Note - Jamie offered to give me his tickets in return for an autographed picture of me in my CKs.}

26 Feb 2016 13:20:31
It was two hospitality wans as well TT :-D (Y)

26 Feb 2016 18:57:09
How did the ticket hunt go ed. me and my mate are about to head Down and see if any are going outside.

{Ed007's Note - I got him 2 in the Accies end mate. Good luck.}

25 Feb 2016 19:43:17
Wee Thursday question. I'd like to ask what people's choices would be for their favourite ever kits -

Celtic.
Other Club.
International.

Mine would be - Celtic Black Magic, Inter 2010 Away, Denmark 1986 Away.

What would your choices be Ed?

{Ed007's Note - The original bumblebee top is a favourite of mine, Man Utd's gold/green strip from the 90s and the Republic's white away top from round about 2006.}

25 Feb 2016 20:30:56
Bumblebee
Newcastle 95/ 96
Mexico Keeper at USA '94.

25 Feb 2016 20:51:47
I liked the original emerald green one of the eighties big thick white v neck 80s (think it was my first away top)

Liverpool away one of the 00s 4 bug square Green and White

Liked the Scotland dark top with the little bit of Tartan through it

Anybody saying the Juve away PINK one wants to have a lie down in a dark room lol

Surely that cannot be beat as the HOWLER?

{Ed007's Note - I don't know, that Peoples one we had in the 90s was hideous.}

25 Feb 2016 21:19:11
PMSL Aye that was the one your mam washed and it didny matter if the colours ran on it :P.

{Ed007's Note - I'm sure if you look back at old pictures in the papers it looked as if it was brown at the top. It was an absolute riot though probably would have been a decent GK top.}

25 Feb 2016 21:47:29
Centenary home
Man u home ( possibly 96/ 97, old Trafford superimposed on it )
Argentina home 2002 world cup
Was only about 19 and bought the man u top to go on my first bhoys holiday to Tenerife, first night I wore it we wandered into linker, s bar, the whole bar ( which was packed ) started booing and chanting"scum ", we didn't stay long, lol 😁.

{Ed007's Note - I love getting a reaction like that when I walk into a place, you can tell you're going to have a good night lol. I was going to pick that Utd top myself, I'm sure t was from '94 (didn't they wear it for the Maestro's testimonial?).}

25 Feb 2016 21:54:36
I was the proud owner of the peoples away jersey you speak of, infact it could be stashed away in the roofspace. Will be wore again when I get the call from the dark side of the moon. I'd imagine tightness in the waist area could be an advantage if I'm to be torpedoed to the sister ship.

25 Feb 2016 22:28:22
You might be right ed I'm 42 now so would have been 19/ 20 in 94, I can tell you I thought we were in for a kicking and a half but after a bit of banter they were ok, still we didn't hang around long, funny thing is I'm not even a fan of any English team, the top had just came out a couple of days before we left and I thought it looked really smart, later on the same night one of the other bar owners bugged me for about 2 hours trying to buy it off me for 120 quid, which was about 3 times what I paid for it .

{Ed007's Note - I'd have took his hand off.}

25 Feb 2016 22:49:57
To be honest no one had seen it before as like I was saying it was only released a couple of days earlier and without any social media in those days we were able to persuade a few of the opposite sex the reason I had it was that I played in man u 's reserve/ youth team, believe me the 120 quid could not have even come close to buying those memories 😉.

{Ed007's Note - Tut tut. I had a pal that used to try and pass himself off as Paul Scholes and I was his minder. It didn't make any difference right enough, a ginger's a ginger when it comes to pulling women and he had the freckles to go with the hair.

26 Feb 2016 00:07:16
PMSL must be an age thing this! Am 43

My pal tried to pass me off as Maurice Johnston! A needed a fargin minder and I can handle myself lol

Did work one night right enough ;)

{Ed007's Note - Oooft. I'd rather look like Davie Dodds bawsack than Judas!}

26 Feb 2016 07:37:56
How about that purple strip Scotland away top back in the 90's - horrendous

Maradonna's 1986 Argentina home for me
Celtic 88
Raith rovers home 1987 (excuse the red white and blue link! )

26 Feb 2016 09:30:21
My all-time favourite Celtic top [which I have framed] is the pin-stripe green/ black/ white, with collar - without sponsor.
It can be a football shirt or a natty wee casual ha ha.

26 Feb 2016 10:56:58
Ah, Davie Dodds - the unacceptable face of scottish fitba lol.

25 Feb 2016 01:29:54
Do people forget what commons Forrest lustig brown mulgrew izzy and even bitton have done for this club not only domestic and against old rangers but Europe also the differences now are they haven't got a ki Ledley wanyama Wilson foster mattews samaras Hooper what have they now 2 ex dundee utd another dundee utd out on loan an ex hibs player Allen ok griff is great but he's not played long Allen an ex ict player a man city loane a man city ex CB who WILL be the next efe THIS is the reason our standard has dropped overall if you sign lesser player it WILL creep in.

25 Feb 2016 08:21:38
i kind of agree mate. Forrest hasn't done anything for me and I would like to know who's idea it was to offer him a lucrative 4 year deal. And leave it on the table. Mulgrew and izzy have done there bit, but time to move at least one if not both on. Lustig like the above players has also struggled with injury but like izzy and mulgrew has done a job for us. As for commons I don't understand why there is such a rush to get rid of a proven exciting talented footballer. Since he joined us he has been consistently one of our finest players. He turned the full season around last year. And it just seems that to many people have decided that un proven new signings are better than a man who has been a fantastic signing and at times the only player worth watching. My concern is moving forwards. Whoever is in charge of player recruitment be it pl jp or rd is getting things consistently wrong. If we continue to move on any Half decent player and bring in the type of players we have done for the past 2 years then there is no telling how far back we will slide. Christie Allan Roberts may turn out to be good players but two of them will really have to step up a few levels and the other one isn't even our player.

25 Feb 2016 09:48:22
Spot on just hope RD has the same respect for them players.

25 Feb 2016 11:27:34
a big problem for me is that the players you mention plus Stokes [who has had his problems], have all lost form - or even worse interest - this season and are nowhere near the players they can be.
The club has been ripped of any playing assets for a while now and the standard of replacement has undoubtedly decreased and although we may have a few potentially good prospects, we are bereft of real quality and experience [even in the coaching side] to develop them.
I have been worried about the direction we have taken since Rangers died in 2012 and there does not seem to be any such concerns or solutions on offer from the people we trust to run our club.

25 Feb 2016 21:58:10
Paddymaguire, as a matter of interest could you tell us the names of the top players Celtic have moved on over the last five years that haven't previously insisted on been sold .
Do you think that the club would be better served by keeping top players against their will.
I await your early clarification.

25 Feb 2016 22:09:35
I've got no problem with players moving on just don't replace them with inferior ones like cifci Allen gms Armstrong boyata Christie scepovic and if we move on commons Forrest izzy mulgrew brown bitton lustig griff Johansson or even Kt none of which are RD signings do you have any faith in what's gona replace them.