Celtic Banter Archive February 28 2020

 

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28 Feb 2020 19:32:18
There's absolutely no doubt last night was a huge disappointment, but let me ask you this Bhoys. Would you trade our current league position for a run to the latter stages of the Europa League. I know my answer šŸ€.

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{Ed007's Note - I would, we could easily afford to be only 8/9/10/11 points ahead in the league and still win it.}

28 Feb 2020 20:50:48
I wouldnā€™t trade our current position. Now we can go on and make more domestic history.

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{Ed007's Note - Trade what for it? We're 12 points clear so couple of points would be a fair trade, we wouldn't be in our current position points wise, we'd still be going for more domestic history and still in Europe.}

28 Feb 2020 21:23:53
I wouldnā€™t trade a few points to stay in Europe.
I couldnā€™t care less about Europe. As far as Iā€™m concerned itā€™s only a distraction.

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{Ed007's Note - See it's that kind of attitude that has got us the CEO/board and manager we have AND a fargin vegan food stall at Celtic Park - SHOCKING!!}

28 Feb 2020 21:37:58
I'm gutted about seeing how Copenhagen got in the draw today. Istanbul, I think they got the weakest team of the draw and would of fancied our chances had we bet copenhagen.

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28 Feb 2020 21:45:56
Sorry but I don't buy I to this "one or the other" stuff. We had a chance to do something really special at home AND in Europe and blew it big time. If Europe is such a distraction for us then it would be just as much of a distraction for Rangers so there's no reason that it would affect the points gap in the league.

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28 Feb 2020 22:09:56
C'mon Philtim I know of at least one weaker team Copenhagen could of got šŸ˜.

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28 Feb 2020 22:25:12
Phil, Copenhagen were the weakest team we could have drawn in the last round and we couldnā€™t get past them.

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28 Feb 2020 22:34:37
Bang on kev Bhoy! See this what postion would u rather be in questing itā€™s nonsense! Is it wrong to want both! We have made a can't of a golden opportunity to progress to the lattter stages of a major European competition! The league has f**k all to do with it! Thatā€™s twice in knockout competition weā€™ve played away first and got a good result then came back to paradise and got pumped! Against 2 average at best teams, losing 7 goals in the process! It was like watchn a re run of the cluj game honestly! Itā€™s nowhere near good enough and fans have every right to ask question! We all want 9 and 10 in a row but letā€™s or pretend that games like last nite are somehow a free hit!

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28 Feb 2020 22:47:34
The great Celtic teams managed both under big Jock and MON and thet never had the size of squad we have today.
Our biggest handicap is sacrificing quality for quantity as very few of todays players were a patch on the sides of Lisbon, San Siro and Seville and we have developed a 'small club mentality' drummed into us by the fear of what happened to Oldco and it will not change with the current Board and emphasis on profit and business above greatness.

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29 Feb 2020 00:11:36
I would trade being 5 points behind Sevco to still be in Europe. Europe is where progress growth and success is measured, not in the central belt of Scotland.
Would you rate Copenhagen any more if they had won the danish league 10 times in a row? .

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29 Feb 2020 03:23:18
If rather have both. It was a terrible result at home against an average team.

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29 Feb 2020 07:54:33
Same here, with th e squad we have we should be wanting to do well in both domestic and Europe, by doing well in Europe will attract better players. But lawell and board, possibly lennon aswell, seem happy plodding along in spl. You should always strive to win everything you enter and be the best, we certainly weren't at best on Thursday night.

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28 Feb 2020 22:11:05
You are probably correct Ed. It is shocking but Iā€™ve never been able to motivate myself for something we are not going to win. There has only been a few occasions Iā€™ve took the 3 game package. Itā€™s all been about winning and dominating Scottish football for me. If the board in the January window would have given me hope that something special was achievable then perhaps my views and opinions would be different. To be fair I still wouldnā€™t change the memories from the Seville run although it handed them the treble.

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29 Feb 2020 10:21:30
Like all of us on here Iā€™m gutted / annoyed about the result and performance from us the other night. However where people say we could have had a special euro run this year Iā€™m not so sure. We just arenā€™t consistent enough when we step up to European level, there is always a chance of a ā€œCluj or Copenhagen ā€œ type game within us. I know we beat Lazio this season but it was back to the wall stuff for us in both games at times and we got a last minute goal in each game. Itā€™s always heart in the mouth stuff for us in Europe, where as years ago teams used to come to Celtic and feel intimidated now they seem to relish the atmosphere and perform better than normal.
Letā€™s not forget that Copenhagen are well behind mjittyaland who the Rangers beat easily in the qualifiers.
We just need to build on some of our performances this season and try and get more consistency, we canā€™t afford to play two decent halfā€™s over a two leg game.
In fact I canā€™t remember the last game where we have played well for 90 mins .

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29 Feb 2020 11:21:41
The only reason we are so far ahead in the league is because The rangers having had a run of bad results, it put a whole gloss on some pretty bad performances in the league where we have scraped wins, mainly caused by Lenny not picking his most creative midfield.

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28 Feb 2020 19:29:32
See this jumping on jozos back how does Julien escape criticism I like the bhoy bit for a big guy every time heā€™s come up against a bullish centre forward heā€™s shat it.

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28 Feb 2020 19:47:47
Said it already welsh. Ajer is our most physical centre back and was taken out of the middle. Major mistake.

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28 Feb 2020 21:08:23
Ajer is soft did you see him at there goal the boy can't defend . jozo is hard as nailsbut has flaws and julien is our best cb by a mile.

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29 Feb 2020 00:13:05
If you put them all together you might have a decent centre back. Am not a Julien fan. Best CB we had was benkovic.

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29 Feb 2020 10:52:18
Ajer is no where near our most physical CB it's embarrassing how soft he is for his size.

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28 Feb 2020 19:25:46
Masters of our own downfall I wouldā€™ve liked Istanbul in March šŸ˜¬ wonā€™t care come the end of may tho šŸ€.

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28 Feb 2020 15:23:13
Absolutely baffled and bitterly dissapointed at last nights performance as we all are, every team can have an off night but the way it panned out last night something just didn't add up.

I just don't understand why lenny needs to keep tinkering about and breaking things up that aren't broken it's so frustrating, the 3-5-2 has worked so well since the turn of the year so why did he need to switch it and play elyounoussi who has hardly kicked a ball for months over an in form Griffiths?
There's something very worrying about celtic not playing 2 strikers at home against a team like copenhagen there really is.

As for the defence, ajer and jullien have been the main parternship for most of the campaign so why shunt ajer out of position to right back in the first place? These sort of decisions from lenny are really mind blowing they really are and as for brown i totally admire him giving it his all to push and start the game but even he must have known in his head he wasn't fit for it last night and did more harm than good.

That game was there for the taking last night and now it's over, I don't want to sound like a dead beat and I'll follow my team to the end but there's just no more excitement now for the rest of this season, we've done a treble treble and will hopefully win the league so I honestly don't care if we go out the cup, I just wish we had the balls to stand up and be counted on the European stage.

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28 Feb 2020 15:50:55
Agreed. Just so frustrating watching the same mistakes every single year. We should have taken our chances and played our fit players (ie not brown or elyounoussi) but no one to blame but ourselves.

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28 Feb 2020 16:24:34
It's been posted before and I know there were a good few individual errors - but why does NL tamper with a successful line-up in these important games. OK Ntcham and Christie were unavailable, but Eddy needed his strike partner and the backline didn't need tinkering?
Said last night that we hadn't gone further than Feb in Europe since 2003/ 04, but we had a great chance last night against a team with no more talent or class than we had - but once again we threw it away.

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28 Feb 2020 16:49:21
I understand the formation because it's what worked so well for us in the groups but it just wasn't good enough on the night. As I said before, I felt we were very comfortable until Jozo sold the jerseys and then after that the crowd and the team got so anxious.

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28 Feb 2020 23:26:06
Why not play, or what's wrong with playing 4-4-2? Keep Ajer and Julien together and Eddy and Griff together and build the rest of the team around them. It would be an easy enough formation to either start with 3-5-2 or revert to it when the team's attacking. Bauer would be a better right back than breaking up a defensive partnership that isn't broken.

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28 Feb 2020 13:55:33
Incidentally Ismaila Soro was MOTM in the most recent reserve cup game.

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28 Feb 2020 20:03:04
Hopefully Soro will be on the bench on Sunday.

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28 Feb 2020 13:50:39
How can anyone blame Jozo? He only did what he always does. The manager picked him because, in his own words, he has been magnificent. This is on Lennon, no one else.

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28 Feb 2020 14:19:59
I turned to my old man 5 minutes in and said jozo was an accident waiting to happen. The big striker was mauling him.

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28 Feb 2020 14:57:13
2 big calls RE team selection last night was starting with Ajer at RB over Frimpong and as a consequence starting Jozo at CB. Both decisions in my opinion had a huge bearing on the outcome. I had no problem with the starting lineup but was stunned to see 4321 with Ajer starting at RB. I thought it would have been 352. I was also happy with Elyounoussi being selected over Griffiths as I thought he would play behind Eddy allowing us some control in the game given that the Copenhagen manager had made a tactical change after 30mins in Denmark to which we are still waiting on Lennon to respond to.

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28 Feb 2020 15:06:03
He's the Croatian Effe Ambrose. He has too many mistakes in him and always out for long periods injured. Lennon made an arse of it playing him. He should have stuck with Julien and Ajer Taylor and either Frimpong or Bauer.

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28 Feb 2020 15:17:26
Kev the whole stadium and every fan watching could see simonovic was all over the place! Well apart from lennon that is! I honestly said to my mate after 25 min I would have subbed him then and there! At the very least take him off at half time to save us and himself! He was a rabbit in the headlights and like I said earlier, if he was subbed it would have settled the whole team and we would have won! A huge opportunity to progress into the latter stages of a European competition, especially after the draw the Danes got today! Last nite was a sickener and it will take a while to get over it! Yes weā€™ve a league to win and cup still to play for but that last nite was a kick in the baws!

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28 Feb 2020 15:39:59
The backline was very nervous from the start and both Jozo and Ajer had a few tricky situations; Jozo also gave away some soft corners.
My other main concern in the first half was Broony being dispossessed and getting caught up the park, leaving gaps quite a few times.
The only pass marks for me were Rogic (for an hour) , Taylor, Cal-Mac and Eddy created some chances - even though the striker was isolated and was left with too much to do as both wide-men were ineffective.

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28 Feb 2020 17:58:35
He clearly didn't want to play frimpong as he was like a man short v kilmarnock. I was hoping ajer and julien in middle, ajer was at fault though also so its unfair to make simonovic the scapegoat on his own.

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28 Feb 2020 12:44:14
Just seeing Copenhagen got the side from Istanbul makes last night even more painful another more than winnable tie really feel it's time to take stock of the so called business model as regards signings, Bayo, Klimmari, shved, soro, Bauar, boligoli, abd hamed (good player) but looking like another compper not one of them available when needed, I know there is time for some of them to come good but rather than fill the squad would rather have one or two that challenged for a place first day.

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28 Feb 2020 13:41:48
You could name loads of players that were either bought or brought in on loan, that never made the grade or struggled badly and were a complete waste of time/ money and it far outweighs the successes.
De Vries Gamboa Toljan Hendry Compper Blacket Janko Allen Eboue Benyu McKay-Steven, Musonda Arzani Bayo Shved and then there's Burke and Weah, who NL never really fancied after taking over. Hayes and Bolingoli are seen as last resorts and the two latest January signings have not broken through for whatever reason?
There is real quality in the team as we have seen them at their best, but when a few are injured or struggling for form, we are bereft of class to fill those gaps in key areas.
Every summer we lose at least one top player and we need to stop economizing or making-do with quantity over quality or else?

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28 Feb 2020 14:23:30
As far as I know ( could be wrong) bauer was available for selection. Lennon just left him out the squad and played a CB there instead.

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28 Feb 2020 14:51:54
Bauer was in the Europa league squad.
Shved was the player left out.

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28 Feb 2020 16:57:04
Lenny makes huge mistakes in a few games Cluj and Servco games to name some doesn't have a plan B in a game last night was another I really can't understand why he changed the formation it was reckless at least incompetent at most if his assistant's agree with his formation with those games we are in trouble Yeah we will get 9iar but how much off that was because of Servco imploding rather than us being great?

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28 Feb 2020 17:48:32
Just like the people pre match yesterday, wondering who we would get in the draw for the quarter finals, I think all this talk of nine in a row already being achieved is just asking for trouble, we are only a couple of bad results away from The rangers being right back in it, and he f Lenny keeps picking the wrong team selection, that's what will happen.

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28 Feb 2020 18:03:40
Hindsight is wonderful as plenty fans were happy with the lineup pre kickoff, we have lost at same stage as the rat did for the previous 2 but he never got the stick lennon gets.

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{Ed007's Note - Yes he did and don't forget Rodgers also took us into the CL in his first season but he took plenty of stick for the loss to Red Imps and for the drubbings we took in the Group Stages and losing to AEK in the CL qualifiers last season. We went out the EL last season to Valencia who went on to finish 4th in La Liga, not a team that's 9 points behind Midtjylland - who TRIFC beat 7-3 on aggregate 5/6 months ago - in their league}

28 Feb 2020 22:47:09
Yes that's right rodgers led us to the 3 worst defeats in our history in europe. He also lost to a very average zenit team in last 32,only reason he got to last 32 last time was because rosenborg scored v leipzig to deny them 2nd place. Last season rodgers lost to killlie away, hearts away, hibernian away and sevco before xmas so let's put brendan in perspective eh. He beat dreadful sevco teams and his football was awful to watch with the 25 passes to cross half way line and the pathetic pass out from the back guff. Rodgers signings were wonderful though. commper, musonda, hendry, oboue, gamboa, de vries, izzy, morgan, etc etc we are far better off in terms of points than under him plus he left us via back door and couldn't care less about Celtic unlike lennon.

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28 Feb 2020 22:48:23
Would the rat have beaten lazio home and away? not a chance.

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28 Feb 2020 12:40:54
The better team won. Like the first leg we should have buried them in the first half. Once Copenhagen scored that goal, they had us on the run. No complaints from me as we had many chances and didn't take them. Unfortunately the Rangers are carrying the banner for Scottish football this season. Leverkusen will definitely pump themšŸ˜‚.

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28 Feb 2020 14:04:39
Agree should've been wrapped up in first half over there. Should've put it to bed first half last night too.

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28 Feb 2020 11:25:36
Well that was gutting. The blame has been pointed in many directions but the goals were down to individual errors. It's gone now, time to concentrate on the remaining trophies.

Jozo had a nightmare and never looked comfortable. Ajer has went from hero to zero within days. I honestly don't see what others see in him. He makes more mistakes than Stevie Wonder doing a colouring book.

Onwards to 9.

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28 Feb 2020 13:44:48
I can't remember all three centre backs playing well at the same time and seem to take turns on making costly mistakes or howlers. We get away with it domestically, but never in European games at this stage.

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28 Feb 2020 11:23:49
A terrible night at the office the players know this they donā€™t become rubbish with this bad performance. Better decision making at points I hope they will learn shake it off and improve. The back room staff must tell big jozo itā€™s alright to boot the ball to **** sometimes. We really need to get over this quickly we donā€™t want it to affect the rest of the season.

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28 Feb 2020 15:21:57
Well the gravy was good while it lasted but the real filler is the meat and potatoes that is the league - this loss let's us focus on the more important trophy. It's just a shame we couldn't last out the final few mins before extra time.

Some of our players need to realise where row Z is at times - the first job is to defend if you are a defender and not try to do the silky stuff sometimes.

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28 Feb 2020 10:44:34
Let this put an end to the demands to buy Fraser and pay him an enormous wage, there is no point on wasting money on an expensive goalie if the defence is not sorted, plenty decent goalies about at sensible money, and sort out the defence.

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28 Feb 2020 10:59:58
Aindoh a good keeper isn't easy to find. Signing Forster should be our No.1 priority.

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28 Feb 2020 11:00:15
Celtic need a left footed centre half for next season especially if we continue to play 3 at the back and we also need a International left back who can compete with Taylor. Celtic canā€™t expect to take European football by storm after Christmas when we only invested in 2 project signings. Celtic got what we deserved for not investing in the team.

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28 Feb 2020 11:27:35
Lennon again got the tactics wrong formation wrong Yeah the defence was dreadful but why go with a formation that clearly does not work for us? No plan B in any game Ultimately I blame Lenny.

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28 Feb 2020 12:36:09
the fact of the matter is we are not as good as we think, when put under pressure by decent teams we panic because we don't have the quality players that can deal with that type of game,

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28 Feb 2020 13:02:44
Dillits, nailed it. although not just decent teams.

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28 Feb 2020 14:56:17
We should've had it done for half time in the first leg, the fact we never gave them the belief then they realised they gave us too much respect, missing those chances is more to blame for last nite than any defensive errors.

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28 Feb 2020 09:50:55
For me it's Europe that determines how good a team we are and that was god awful to watch. Not going to lay all the blame on Lennon. Some players really need to have a look at themselves after that.

Rogic and Jozo should think about new clubs this summer. They are hardly ever fit to contribute to the team and when fit it's one good performance out of 5.
For their careers they should be thinking about moving on.

On a plus note! Wee Taylor had a great first half.

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28 Feb 2020 09:29:19
The 5.5 million spent has been a waste not improved the team or squad #wastedmillions.

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28 Feb 2020 10:16:24
daviebhoy, exactly. Klimala and Soro were playing right up until they came to Celtic so they would have been match fit. Why on earth were they bought when they clearly aren't good enough? They were supposedly brought in to make an immediate impact. We seem to do this every year, buy players who for one reason or another don't make the first team squad. Shved is another example. Money wasted every year. Once in a while we dofind a good one but more often than not they're feckin duds.
Last night was a joke of a performance. Lenny is not totally to blame but he is certainly partly to blame. Why Broony was playing when he clearly wasn't up to it is beyond me. Jozo has the heart of a lion but he keeps making the same mistakes and usually it ends up costing us. Rogic just turns up once in a blue moon when he feels like it. Ah well, we move on. I dislike the Sevvies as much as anyone but you have to hand it to them for their Europa performances, they know how to get a result on the bigger stage. HH.

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28 Feb 2020 10:50:48
Daviebhoy to answer your question why were they bought? Two words Dudu Dahan.

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28 Feb 2020 08:00:35
Not going to get the scatter gun out but Lennon seriously has to take a look at himself yet again! Cluj Copenhagen and the Rangers all through poor tactics and players playing out of position! Plays a natural right back in frimpong last week when we should have won then changes it and puts a centre half at right back! McGregor at left back against cluj and fecking Lewis Morgan up front in the cup final! Our game management at 1-1 was appalling to be honest! Lennon has got credit for the league form and rightly so but some of the performances and decisions in big game have been woeful! That was an average team we played last nite as were cluj and the Rangers arenā€™t even average but theyā€™ve all came to Celtic Park and won! Not good enough at all! Stop feckin about with players out of position and play them were they are supposed to play! On another note, how simonovic was kept on that pitch for 90 minutes god only knows! If Lennon had seen what we all seen and took him off at half time Iā€™m convinced we would be in the last 16 this morning! He causes panic all across the back line which filtered to the stand! If they are thinking about offering this guy a new contract Iā€™ll be truly stunned, a donkey!

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28 Feb 2020 09:45:38
So 2 international defenders don't do basic defending, and that's lennons fault and international forwards don't take easy chances the players that have been there most of our games were all there they were off it last night lenny never missed any chances.

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28 Feb 2020 10:31:02
Yes but why we're they all off it. not comfortable. with set up? . Not enough in midfield? lack of confidence in defence. We kept on hoofing ball up park out of defence instead of passing to our players. Ball kept on coming back inviting pressure ourselves. We did the exact same second half in Copenhagen. Our midfield missed Christie and Olly. gave ball away far too much. sloppy passing. lacked creativity middle to front. Eddy missed Griffiths. ah well on to quadruple treble. Last night was a free hit in my view and Lenny got it all wrong I'm missed opportunity.

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28 Feb 2020
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Celtic Player Sightings page entitled, Oh dear, he also wants to give Hayes a new deal, even wanted to give Lustig one

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28 Feb 2020 08:56:55
I would give him a new deal. He had a shocker last night but he's a decent defender. Why let him go on a free and spend millions on someone of a similar quality?

Hayes on the other hand can get a one way ticket to wherever he pleases.

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28 Feb 2020 09:45:32
Mgc19 the guy can't play 3 games in a trot. He has never played more than 33 games in a season. We play around 60 a season. Add on top of that things like last night, which are not a isolated incident, then giving a new contract is a shocking idea.

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28 Feb 2020 10:03:35
Jozo and Rogic miss more games than they play, Rogic must have the best contract at Celtic Park, very rarely does he play 90 mins.

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28 Feb 2020 10:33:57
Hayes has never lost us games. might not be amazing but doesn't give ball away or lose concentration. Jozo looks uninterested at times. When he messes up.

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28 Feb 2020 11:36:11
Jozo is done at Celtic. if the guy could stay fit long enough to play more than 1 in every dozen games then maybe heā€™d be better and more consistent. As for rogic, as someone else said, he must be on the best contract going at Celtic right now, his game playing ratio must be horrific and for a professional that cannot under any circumstance finish a full 90 minutes is an outrage, weā€™re paying this guy a handsome wage yit he spends most his time injured. What I am a bit concerned about is weā€™ve spent in the region of Ā£12/ 13 million on bolingoli, Taylor, soro and klimala. Now all of those guys were playing in their respective teams first 11 yet they come to us and we have to let them settle? Why? They cannot be that unfit they canā€™t contribute, and Iā€™m not just talking about last night. Come the summer AGAIN we need a solid CB and a better LB, Taylorā€™s ok but nothing more and bolingoli should go back to Austria or anywhere that someone will take him.

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29 Feb 2020 23:35:15
Jojo should have been off two/ three years ago after we got a decent offer. Injury prone and actually not that good anyway.

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28 Feb 2020 07:51:46
People blaming investment and the board this morning are way off IMO.

Lennon had the players last night to secure a victory and his selection cost us a place in the next round.

This isn't the first time either.
Against Cluj he leaves 10 million worth of defenders sitting on bench and changed the system that had just won the away leg. We get pumped out.

Copenhagen he leaves 2 right backs out, breaks up our central defensive partnership and plays a central defender at right back. We get pumped out.

Lennon's masterstrokes cost us in Europe this year not investment.

And before people start defending him and saying how good he's doing in our league, he has to take the criticism as well at the praise.

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28 Feb 2020 08:05:14
Well for a start Bauer is a rb that never plays so he didn't leave him out. frimpong is a young player who defensively is suspect. and we have played 3 at the back regularly with success. the players didn't turn up the front 3 or 4 were off it all night is that the managers fault if players don't turn up. The goals were a joke and you'd see better defending in a school boy game.

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28 Feb 2020 08:21:06
Fair assessment Kev.

Think it was amateur after we equalised to not sit in and try and take it to extra time as they were clearly going to go for it as they only needed the one goal to essentially win the tie.

I said to my dad before the game that I feared the worse, and I wasn't let downšŸ¤£.

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28 Feb 2020 08:30:47
Well said Kev. Play the right players in the correct positions and you have a good chance of winning otherwise you are on to a doing. I'm sure he does this stuff to try look clever. Let's get the 9 and another treble.

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28 Feb 2020 08:43:44
I agree with you Kev. I am a great supporter of Lenny and believe he has done great things for us and will continue to do so. Last night he played Rogic and Elyounoussi who are very short of first class minutes, and two, Broony and James Forest who were obviously struggling from the first minute, so he should have his hands in the air today and take responsibility.
The fact remains that he has not failed in Europe, this is as close as we get, this is our level at these competitions, many may see it as an opportunity missed, I Do, but we donā€™t have a better record since way back when.
Lennyā€™s job is to get us to the league title, bread and butter issues, he has delivered one cup so far this season and we are still in the bag for the other, so no failure there.
We as a team cannot be perfect every time, and some of the displays last night were certainly not that, but itā€™s Lenny who will revitalize the squad and push them on to what really matters, the league and cup.

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28 Feb 2020 09:10:45
We should of stuck to a 352 at home especially, really put it to them, eddy and griff could of terrorised them, but there just can't be any excuses for terrible defending and mistakes, simo made the mistake plus julien falling over when if he stayed up would of cleared it, 2nd goal was just bad play the pass to brown caught him flat footed and they had a overload, 3rd goal was just sheer determination from the striker but equally shouldn't off passed through our defence so easy. Unfortunately in games where we seem favourites in europe the pressure gets to us. can't hammer the team to much because they've picked up so much since the break and given great effort just on the night mistakes cost us, but at least we still have a league and cup to go for so the season isn't over.

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28 Feb 2020 09:53:57
Right mally for a start bauer was registered in the European squad and didn't play. So yes he was left out.
Frimpong played last week away from home and we got a positive result.
Last night we did not play the 3-5-2 formation that has been successful for most of the game we had a back 4 with a bloody CB at right back.

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28 Feb 2020 10:37:54
Bauer never plays so he wasn't left out. frimpong is all over the place at rb. we started with a 4 and went to a 3 which was being lauded on here, but because ajer defends like a school boy and jozo mirubbishs a pass back it's lennons messing with the system. absolute nonsense.

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{Ed007's Note - So when things are going well Lennon gets all the praise but when the wheels come off like last night it's nothing to do with him?}

28 Feb 2020 10:39:19
No I agree with Kev. did I just say that lol. Lenny''s arrogance cost us last night again when it mattered most. He thinks he is more tactically nous than he actually is. Instead of allowing our team to flow last night he tinkered and results were akin to an unrehearsed magician messing up all his act.

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28 Feb 2020 11:04:11
No ed he deserves to be criticised when it goes wrong . he said himself he wasn't going to do a slippy and blame the players but come on look at 2 of the goals that was all down to the players the same players that have been doing well.

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{Ed007's Note - Ajer is never a RB, starting him there was a mistake and if Brown wasn't fully fit he shouldn't have started - has he learnt nothing from risking Elyounoussi in the LC final.}

28 Feb 2020 11:08:01
Celtic did have a good enough team to beat Copenhagen. Last nights result was definitely Lennonā€™s fault for showing Copenhagen too much respect with his formation and lineup. I was super confident until I seen the team he was putting out.
I still think we were let down by the board in January also and I feel they have been let out of jail because of the Sevco meltdown in the league.

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28 Feb 2020 12:23:47
He never plays because he gets LEFT OUT. If he wasnt left out hed be on the park. Your trying to twist it to your arguement and all it's doing it showing that your talking nonsense.

Any fit player that does not play has been left out.

The only change to that defence should have been taylor for hayes and if that was it I think we win that game.

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28 Feb 2020 13:10:11
You've got to play to be left out and he never plays. the tie should have been over last week is it the managers fault we missed 6 great chances. and last night ajer challenging like a big lassie. lenmon ain't perfect but the players were hoid enough they just didn't perform.

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28 Feb 2020 07:42:02
How about basic defending av said countless times ajer is not a defender and what was jozo doin. we beat ourselves.

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28 Feb 2020 16:20:11
when ajar moved into CB he was shocking for the last 2 goals he is a shocking defender.

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28 Feb 2020 18:09:14
Kev 5.5 million has been wasted on 2 x players no where near the first team . Tney were supposed to be signing to go stright into first team to help us on all fronts, has not happened so if the board or scouts or lennon is to blame they need to be held acountable and face facts 5.5 million wasted is seriously damaging to the team and to the club and Lennon tatics last night were shocking change system change shape all acounts to losing big games in europe collectivly coming up short all over the club.

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28 Feb 2020 07:39:01
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 27th February 2020

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28 Feb 2020 07:12:50
Since winter break we have been playing well. Edouard has thrived on the freedom as defenders have Griff to worry about. Then we change it, why? NL must take some of the blame for last night.

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28 Feb 2020 07:42:06
Some blame? He has to take all the blame.

Twice we have had the advantage going in to the home leg in Europe this season. Lennon has tried to be smart playing players out of position and its blew up in our faces.

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28 Feb 2020 06:56:21
We had a chance to get to the last 16 and blew it but also made a big change in the co efficient ranking tonight and blew that. Not sure how this will affect it for next season but if we have to play another round or two as a result we only have ourselves to blame. Bad night all round.

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28 Feb 2020 04:38:59
9 in a row 're group for next season in the champions league.

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28 Feb 2020 00:33:42
Only investing in 2 projects in the January window came back and haunt us tonight.
On a positive note Celtic are in a fantastic position to make history and win a quadruple treble. After we play Livingston on Wednesday we win not have another midweek game until after the Scottish cup final. Celtic could be quadruple treble winners when we next play a midweek fixture in the second last game of the season. May 12/ 13th
Celtic have no excuse and we have a brilliant chance to make history.

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28 Feb 2020 00:24:36
That was shocking, other than Scot brown. , they should be ashamed 3-1 to a bang average team not acceptable, we comment on Gerrard having no plan b, at half time we could all see it Was not working yet it was 20 mins to go before change, just seen comment from lennon saying we did not deserve to get beat, what game was he at?

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28 Feb 2020 06:51:46
We got beat because of the rules of football, let me enlighten you on those rules:
Rule 1:if Brown is fit he must play
Rule 2:if Brown is fit, McGregor must not play in his best and most productive position
Rule 3:if Brown is fit, Soro must not play
Rule 4:if Brown is half fit, he must play.

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28 Feb 2020 07:00:37
NL was making the point that we were all over them.
We should have been 3-0 up by HT (SHOULD bit we were not)
THEY scored more goals than us and went through.
Another European adventure over with so now its back to reality.

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28 Feb 2020 07:08:17
Other than Scott Brown?

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28 Feb 2020 09:17:43
Scott brown was awful.

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28 Feb 2020 00:02:00
Europe has been a mixed bag this season. We've enjoyed some unbelievable high points and endured some equally gut wrenching low points. For me the turning point tonight was the first goal. We were so comfortable up until then and we just never fully recovered from it. It really is unforgivable from a player who really should've been replaced a few windows ago. On to the next one I suppose. HH.

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27 Feb 2020 23:59:21
That's twice this season we've been amateurish and naive in the closing stages of European games. First there was the Cluj fiasco from a winning position we pushed forward trying for more goals in the last 10 mins. Tonight instead of taking the draw and going to ET where we would have 30 mins to score the winner we leave ourselves wide open at the back in the last 5 mins. Sickening to go out to a very average side. We were terrible tonight and probably didn't deserve to go through. Anyway onwards and upwards would rather be 12pts ahead in the league and out of Europe than 12pts behind and in the last 16. šŸ˜.

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28 Feb 2020 00:59:11
Absolute tosh, Europe is where the club gets stature, not this mickey mouse league.

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28 Feb 2020 01:01:33
For me your man Lawwell is to blame. In December we were going fir 9 and Europe. We sign two players neither in the squad tonight. Wonā€™t spend on the required talent. The Rangers are crap, but still managed to run us close, itā€™s a shocker!

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28 Feb 2020 02:41:16
From the beginning we looked crap, still can't believe that result.

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28 Feb 2020 07:37:51
Blame lapses in concentration, definitely had the players to make the last 16, Saw it coming tbh, was one of they nights.

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27 Feb 2020 23:59:12
Not going to criticise the team tonight, these thing happen. Disappointing yes but we move on.

My point and someone else mentioned it.
Why buy Klimala and Soro but not play them?

We've spent a lot of money on these guys and Bayo. But they aren't first team ready.

I accept they maybe projects or maybe even bedding them in for the start of the new season. But surely you pay 3.5m for a striker, you'd expect him to be playing first team footy.

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28 Feb 2020 02:02:33
No. The intention is we are buying higher quality raw talent which will in time be worth more than paying 3.5m for a first teAm almost ready player. These are investment bets. It is about money, not football.

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28 Feb 2020 07:20:30
Will Boli or Bayo ever be worth more than we paid for them Kev67? Doubt it and I am not convinced Klimala will either based on what I have seen and comments from Kennedy.

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28 Feb 2020 10:09:52
Totally agree. I said they are bets. not necessarily good bets though.

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27 Feb 2020 23:44:08
Guys, rubbish result last night. let's dust ourselfs down and push on to our real objective this season "the title"yes it hurts now but come May we will create even more history.

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27 Feb 2020 23:14:29
Gutted tonight- but bigger picture is and always has been 9iar! Neil Lennon and broonie getting a bit of stick tonight but come on guys! Both been amazing this season and past! Actually think we are going to be pretty happy come may šŸ€.

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28 Feb 2020 00:57:30
Surely the bigger picture always has to be progress in Europe rather than racking up victories in the back yard of Scottish football? .

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