Celtic Banter Archive December 02 2020

02 Dec 2020 19:31:52
David Munro will referee the Celtic V St. Johnstone game on Sunday.
This will be his first ever Celtic match.

03 Dec 2020 06:10:47
Let's hope he can do us a favour lol.

02 Dec 2020 17:31:14
Everyone ready for a 4 day rollercoaster?

I'm not expecting anything from the AC game. All I ask is for a performance and a move in the right direction.

Sunday against ST Johnstone that's when we need to be at it.

I'm kind of hoping that the idiots that turned up at Celtic Park to protest might actually have done some good in respect of the players knowing how enraged the supports are.

We can only hope.

02 Dec 2020 18:33:55
Good point mate 👍.

02 Dec 2020 20:22:28
Could be a 7 day roller coaster if you include Lille next week. Whoever is in charge, a couple of things must happen in team selection. Brown and CalMac must not play in European games. Give them a rest.

Turnbull, Soro, Barkas and Duffy must play both European games. Give them games.

02 Dec 2020 20:59:29
I don't see that the people that turned up at CP were idiots IMO they shouldn't have done it but I can see the frustration that they felt after that game. The frustration that a lot of us feel now Lennon and ALL THE BACKROOM STAFF should have been sacked or resigned after the Sevco game last Christmas getting absolutely pumped twice in what 3 months? Should have been the end on top of that the Cluj game should have been enough for the club to take action but they never this full season has been a total disaster but we still have no future direction from the club.

02 Dec 2020 14:23:38

Neil Lennon's press conference earlier today.....

02 Dec 2020 14:43:24
NL commented that he thought the body language of the players was good against Ross County. I don't agree.

02 Dec 2020 15:06:26
Pedro we can read more in between the lines than what he said. Confidence is obviously low which is everything. I remember watching Celtic running out the tunnel against them during their 9 in a row and the players didn’t even look as if they believed they could beat them and that was before a ball was kicked.

Neil knows his jacket is on a shoogly peg from listening to that but despite our conflicting opinions he is going nowhere just now. We can also take from it that events after the game made his departure even less likely which is understandable.

02 Dec 2020 15:28:45
The only way Lennon is going to turn this around is dropping the players wanting away and getting a highly experienced assistant manager in. Kennedy brings absolutely nothing.

02 Dec 2020 16:49:40
Make Scott Brown the assistant manager, he could fire the team up before and during the game, and would be more beneficial to the team effort than being on the field .

02 Dec 2020 17:05:03
I got to "Flick of a switch'& my tablet started to Buffer. Even my Internet is sick of soundbites. Beleive in the players? Ntcham Ajer Moi Eddie Calmac Corpus Duffy Brown Laxalt Rogic will be of for the start of next season. Turnbull Soro Klimala Ajeti Frimpong Bitton Griffiths Barkas Taylor Elhamed Johnstone Forrest will be what's left. Fringe players ( Welsh Connell Hazard Ralston Dembele Henderson) Lawell will slip away in the summer leaving somebody to Rebuild a squad around what we have left. He will still be raking it in when he leaves due to his shares SPFL and Euro positions.

02 Dec 2020 18:17:38
He actually said that he didn’t see a hell of a lot wrong with the performance against Ross county! Absolutely frightening honestly! If he can’t see what was wrong with that on Sunday then we are more f**ked than I thought!

02 Dec 2020 12:47:54
Haven't got a clue what's going to happen this the season, but looking ahead to next season.

Might be unpopular but I'd punt (all conservative valuations)
Eddie 18m
Nitcham* 6m
Christie 6m
Ajer 10m
40m total, split it into 2, use 20m to bring in ralf rangnick and Alex Neil as head coach or ralf and Gerardo Seoane as head coach. let ralf use the rest of that 20 to upgrade what needs upgraded behind the scenes.
Other 20m get used to bring in some players who fit the system.

We have a chance next season to build and implement something exciting.

Can only dream eh.

02 Dec 2020 13:04:20
I agree with selling players listed however I reckon we could do better than Alex Neil.

02 Dec 2020 14:50:41
With ralf above him I think it would work.

Perfect chance next season to build something at the club.

02 Dec 2020 17:55:17
Sorry mate I don't see any manager getting even half of outgoing player sales. We've not sold a player worth anything since Tierney.

Player sales in January and the summer will be plugging the financial blackholes left by CL failure, C.V. and in all likelihood a drop in season ticket sales next year. Add in poor recruitment and money down the drain with signings like Klimala, Bayo, Bolingoli, Shved, Duffy etc. We can't keep pissing money away.

It pains me to say it but I fear the worst is yet to come.

Look at the players who are likely to leave in the summer (or sooner) - Edouard, Elyounoussi, Christie, Brown, Ajer, Ntcham, Rogic, Duffy. I imagine CalMac will push for a move based on what I've heard. The squad will be decimated.

There's not much coming out of the youth team with most of the boys at a younger level leaving at the first opportunity and we are about to loose the best prospect we've had for years in Karamoko Dembele.

It would take some optimist to see us getting in a quality manager, replacing half the squad and hitting the ground running to qualify for the champions league within a 6 week period at the end of the season.

Change is needed and its needed now and not just the manager.

02 Dec 2020 21:58:41
@delbhoy I could handle not winning the league for first couple of seasons if was seeing progress each year. Hopefully by 3rd year being champs again and a young exciting team chapping at the bit to get into champions league or make a mark in the Europa.
If Brentford and an energy drinks company can do it so can we, just need to get the right football men in to do it. Look at that RB Salzburg team. I watched them last night, great team.
But I know where you coming from hence I can dream comment.

My worst fear is everything your saying panning out and we just bring in more s***e or just do enough to keep most happy.

02 Dec 2020 22:16:33
Ryan Christie is worth more regardless of him wanting away or not the boy is a talent and always puts effort in.

02 Dec 2020 08:27:33
Between ntcham and rogic there has not been a bead if sweat broken so you have 2 passengers right there so why does lenny play them and ignore young turnbull who must be champing at the bit to play. Soro as well cannot be any worse than what brown is bringing to the table. And he wonders why we're not getting results.

02 Dec 2020 08:43:00
Those are just a couple of the reasons we need to change the whole management team; with fresh ideas, motivation and perspective.
There's still no getting away from the fact that the players have had a huge part in the mess we are in; but the buck always stops at the manager and we can't continue with the way things are at present.

02 Dec 2020 09:07:51
CM agree but he's chopped and changed that much to find a solution i genuinely don't think the players know what he wants. that's no excuse for hard graft and the 2 I've mentioned you could add eddy who's not tried a leg moi doesn't exactly burst a gut and ajeti stands up top and waits for the ball no running channels or dropping off. He needs to get a settled 11 and run with it for 4 or 5 games and have faith in one system instead of changing half way through a game that's only going to confuse the wee souls.

02 Dec 2020 09:34:38
Maybe they're pish in training? . wasnt rogic the saviour only a few weeks ago . add to the list . hamed laxalt biton ellynoosi .

02 Dec 2020 10:10:02
What has really impacted is the last 2 transfer windows. A complete disaster. Not one player has made an impact. that is where we have fallen down.
No point in naming them all. its everyone of them. even if 4 players out of at least the last 8 had shown up, then we wouldn't be in the mess we are currently in.

02 Dec 2020 10:57:00
The team we need to play against Milan to give us some hope we can turn league around is

GK Hazard

LB Lavant
CB Julien
CB Welsh
RB Elhamed

DCM McGregor
DCM Soro

LW Moi

CAM Turnbull

RW Frimpong

CF Griffiths

Personally I think we are better off going 4-4-2 but Lenton will never learn.

02 Dec 2020 11:11:08
Doesn’t really matter which player did or didn’t do or not do whatever. The manager is responsible for who steps onto the pitch and in a results based business Is ultimately answerable for the outcomes. If the manager perceived the problem is above him, he has two options, be the scapegoat or take action.
Love him or loathe him, maybe Rodgers just had the balls to say **** you to the people above him.
We fans never find out the true reasons because football is such a clique industry.

02 Dec 2020 14:43:14
Julienne can't play on left hh.

02 Dec 2020 00:01:42
Does anybody know when James Forrest is due back?

02 Dec 2020 11:14:52
United Ireland
I don’t think Forrest will start training until the New Year.
It could be the middle of January before he’s back in the team.

02 Dec 2020 12:19:57
I wouldn't worry about Forrest, he was just another player that turns up in about 6 or 7 games a season and does nothing the rest of the time, the exact same with Rogic.

02 Dec 2020 14:51:37
Celtic are definitely missing Forrest’s goals and assists.
The sooner he’s back to full fitness the better.

02 Dec 2020 15:09:33
Jonboy. Forrest hits good stats for goals and assists most season he is direct and always drives in to the box and hits the byline something we were badly missing on Sunday. He brings a good attacking side. Quicker he is back the better.

01 Dec 2020 23:50:58
Everything that can be said has been said. The board owe a duty of care to the NL, they can't at a human level let this continue.

I can only assume NL has not resigned as he is financially compromised if he does.

Well he deserves his terms settled, and thanked.

Anything less is wrong.

But there is a duty of care, and that requires those in charge to act.

The players, well they can't be sacked from there contracts. But shame on you all.

Alot of people a lot poorer than you, haven invested and support your lifestyle.

Zero to two shame on you.

02 Dec 2020 09:40:30
Why does he deserve a settlement? if you want him out of the door for failing then its sacked . dismissal whatever term you want . and then thanking him for that failure?

02 Dec 2020 10:52:35
He's entitled to a settlement because he has a contract and it's only right to thank him for what he's achieved DRB. Delivered 8 and Treble Treble. Last season delivered 9 and a potential Quadruple Treble. There's been good and bad over the past 18 months and it's not right to forget the good just because it ended negatively.