Celtic Banter Archive February 29 2020

29 Feb 2020 20:30:22
2 player we were saying for celtic. souter and mckenna both ripped tendons tonight.

29 Feb 2020 21:21:13
Sorry for the guys suffering them, but there are better centre halves out there.

29 Feb 2020 22:01:46
We? Really?
Most people I've spoke to or seen on here called it like it is with they 2.
Couple of carthorses.

29 Feb 2020 22:54:12
McKenna is a bit different I think. His teammates expose him terribly, I think he's a better player than many people give him credit for. Is he a Celtic player? Not sure, but I think big Cosgrove would be decent if he played in our team. I don't think he'd be an automatic choice but he adds something that could benefit us. HH.

29 Feb 2020 23:20:13
Bob the titanic turned away from the iceberg quicker than McKenna. Did you see the goals ross county scored? Never a Celtic player.

29 Feb 2020 14:44:21
It's beggars belief that some folk don't care about European football or trying to compete in Europe.

Do yous not realise European football plays a big part in us signing players like dembele, Nitcham, Eddy? These players don't come to Scotland just to win medals.
Do you think we would be able to ask for 15m+ for our players if we have no aspirations to qualify and compete to best of our ability in European football.


Don't forget the world knows of Glasgow Celtic because of the lions exploits in European football not just winning in Scotland 👍🏻

Rant over, on to the St Johnstone game.

29 Feb 2020 15:28:13
ryancelt mate i agree, but we are so close to putting that lot in there box with 10iar. when we accomplish that then push on and be a real dominant force in europe.

29 Feb 2020 16:32:47
We will never get a better chance to get 10 in a row so as far as I'm concerned europe can take a back seat. Just my personal opinion and I know others won't agree with that but Europe will be available to us for years to come.

29 Feb 2020 17:28:14
We wouldn’t have the quality of players we have, that have gave us the chance to do 10 in a row if it wasn’t for us qualifying for Europe season after season.

29 Feb 2020 18:08:14
The fact is we have had consecutive CL football for almost a decade and in that time have had some brilliant talent.
However we have often been caught cold in qualifiers or else take a step forward and two back, due to lack of investment in the squad at the right time, so we can build a real quality squad; especially when we sell a 'star man' every year and then downgrade.
Anyway, when own Board don't even see us as a CL club, what chance do we have of making serious progress and improving our reputation?
A good run in the Europa, seems to be our limit these days?

29 Feb 2020 18:47:17
a real dominant force in europe . our European record is utter pish we've been living off a result for 53 years , 10 in a row or 4 trebles won't change a thing.

29 Feb 2020 20:14:01
deep river boy. we have a terrific european pedigree and for you to say otherwise is totally dis respective to our great club. for a wee diddy club from scotland we do ok.

29 Feb 2020 20:50:23
Our record over the last 25 years in Europe has been fairly good considering the league we play in and the budget we have.
If we didn't have European football we wouldn't attract half the player's we do, especially the young foreign players.

29 Feb 2020 20:55:49
. wee diddy club., isn't that a tad more disrespective than me pointing out our pish euro record,

29 Feb 2020 21:13:44
every body refers to us as wee diddy clubs and you confirm this when you say we only have 1 european date 1967.we are a huge part of history in the european footaball history.

02 Mar 2020 12:55:46
Nobody refers to Celtic as a wee Diddy club absolute garbage. Our history proves this.
Does that mean man utd Chelsea and a few other are Diddy teams as they have Lost there way. Europe will take time with our small budget but I also enjoy those night to take scalps.
We punch so far above our weight it's frightening I also know it can crumble as history shows us this.
English football wins everything first off sponsor money, second big wages, third which is most important is many English teams have some of the best European players playing for them the main league is over loaded with foreign talent and not that great local talent. What happened to that rule teams must play at least 6/ 8 boys from your own country. Last year's final in Europe which I did not watch but was told to go check the team sheet, there was only one English player on the field for a team that's English that's the difference. I want Celtic to stay Scottish which I think they are Scottish majority to make sure we keep getting local talent with a little mixture of players from around the world.

29 Feb 2020 11:09:47
Interesting reading everyone's take on Wednesday night. My own opinion for what it's worth is it was simply down to player performance levels. We had a couple off pass marks, 4 or 5 who were just poor and a few (mainly at the back) who were awful. I don't think the formation would make much difference when the players don't turn up like that. We played well in 1 out of 4 halfs of football. You perform like that at that level off and you are going to get found out. This St Johnson game is not a gimmie either, I hope they are quickly back up to speed on Sunday!

29 Feb 2020 12:31:24
This season we have went on runs of fourteen domestic wins between the Livingston defeat to the Ibrox result; followed by ten straight domestic wins since the winter break. In between, we won our EL group in style and lifted our first trophy of the season.
The team have played very well in many of those games, but when we did lose games - (Cluj in the CL. Sevco at Ibrox and now Kopenhagen) , it was really hard to take because of the importance and significance and most importantly the timing.
There have been numerous post mortems on here after Thursday looking for reasons, culprits and blame with a lot of bitter disappointment and anger, that is hard to shake. However,
The players will be feeling it just as bad as us and the media circus surrounding Sevco going through, will motivate them all the more to go and fight for those two remaining trophies.
Our CL exit was very similar to Thursday night, the way we failed to turn-up and the questions about selection; but if we can beat Rennes and Lazio, we should have been able to handle those two, so the attitude and application must always be consistent and 100%.
One last point would be the need to add quality in key areas in the summer as there are a few here that cannot reach the heights.

29 Feb 2020 09:42:48
I am still in shock from Thursday night no one saw that coming and it should be a wake up call for everyone.
We are all to blame
The supporters for believing the game was already won.
The players for believing the same and not putting in a shift on the night they thought we were playing a championship side.
The management team for tinkering with the formation and thinking they are tactical geniuses/
The directors for not investing in quality players and choosing cheap options and not buying a Left sided central defender something we have needed since we sold Van Dyke.

29 Feb 2020 10:34:46
All valid points, but these have all happened before and will happen again until we learn from them or leave it until a real crisis?

29 Feb 2020 10:48:58
guys it happens every transfer window. everybody knows what our weaknesses are but we buy projects. There lies our problem. We need to buy quality not quantity.

29 Feb 2020 11:36:25
I would have to disagree. I think plenty of folks on here have said they could see that coming.

29 Feb 2020 12:09:07
I don't think you can be over confident in any European tie, even though it looks good on paper.
The revenue we have lost due to bad performances, bad tactics or whatever must surely cause concern within the club.
Thinking AEK Athens last season and Cluj this season, games that we could and should have progressed in.
Now Copenhagen have been added to the list as well as us spending £5.5 million on two players in January who can't get a game?
Sevco will probably earn more money from their last 16 tie than we will from winning the league?
Would that be correct Ed?

29 Feb 2020 07:39:01
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 29th February 2020