Celtic Banter Archive October 30 2020

30 Oct 2020 20:30:12
Team for Sunday
Bain
Frimpong
Duffy
Bitton

Brown
McGregor

Christie
Rogic
Mio

Ajeti.

30 Oct 2020 20:34:17
Live your confidence rich but we should probably go with 11 men from the start buddy 👍🤣🤣.

30 Oct 2020 20:53:48
I’m guessing Laxalt is at left back.
Record breaking Laxalt never got into the UEFA team of the week.
Barasic made the lineup in front of him.

31 Oct 2020 00:26:07
Yeah laxalt in there.

31 Oct 2020 11:49:07
Team for Sunday

Barkas if fit. Bain has conceded 5 in 2 and had a few dodgy handling errors. Barkas has made a cpl of mistakes but we need to show faith and let him play through his dip in form to get back to where he can play.

Laxalt LB
Duffy
Rogic
Frimpong RWB

Brown CDM

Mcgregor CM
Christie CM

Elyounousi LF
Ajeti CF
Edouard RF

That’s right no wingers but 3 forwards so we have many out ball options and force sheep to go long with 3 in forward positions who can all link up and create and score with Mcgregor and Christie supporting them rotationally so in attack we have 4 in a narrow diamond and if it breaks down we have 2 sitting in front of back 4.

31 Oct 2020 12:25:38
why rogic in the back line.

30 Oct 2020 16:19:49
It’s Baby Dallas Time Again.
He has been given the Motherwell V Celtic game on November 8th.
That will be his 3rd Celtic away game out of 7 away games which is 43% of our away games.
Celtic have also had the pleasure of Alan Muir and John Beaton in our away games.

30 Oct 2020 17:36:56
The corruption and scheming of the S (evco) F (avouritism) A (lliance) is so blatantly obvious and shameless. I think there are approx. 13 Grade One Referees in Scotland and for one of them to get 43% of our away games already in the season has got to be at least suspicious?

30 Oct 2020 13:54:50
Lennon suggesting that Scott Bain may be our Number 1?

Is this an acceptance then of us wasting money in the summer on a £5m goalie as a panic since we couldn't lure forster back?

30 Oct 2020 14:01:36
Why is it wasting money. Up to before he got injuried he was first choice keeper. Plus Lennon has said Bain attitude has changed and he has become more a better keeper as a result. Most people were calling for a new keeper to come in after foster turn us down.

30 Oct 2020 14:07:53
We didn't spend that sort of money for a second choice goal keeper and also try and sign forster for no reason. Bain clearly wasnt seen as good enough at start of season so what has changed now.

30 Oct 2020 14:43:17
dk. maybe battling for the jersey as he feels he can win it as last season he had no chance.

30 Oct 2020 14:31:26
Maybe he just needs time to settle lads.

30 Oct 2020 14:35:53
Bain, hand-on-heart is really nothing but a back-up and if he is now our first choice, that is yet another worry to add to the list.
It took three attempts to replace KT with a similar standard and I think we will have to look at the 'keeper situation again in the January Window if £5m Barkas has already lost his place?
Also, to state the blatantly obvious - now that we are finding a bit of form going forward, the injury to Ajer has come at the worst possible time, as we really should 'rest' Duffy as he is costing us goals every game. However, we can't leave him out on Sunday's Semi-Final unless fitness issues over Bitton and El Hamed are resolved.

30 Oct 2020 14:44:14
I don't think Barkas cost 5m.

30 Oct 2020 15:15:32
I think you're right Royjac. Sure Athens wanted £5m but the final fee was something like £2.7m with add ons.

30 Oct 2020 15:52:11
The fee is immaterial he's here but big marshal for nothing was the move and we missed the boat and cost us money for nothing. saying that the boy needs time to settle up till now av not fancied him and would have bain.

30 Oct 2020 18:04:38
I always thought Bain was better than he was ever given credit for. If I were him I'd be well pished off but I guess that's the difference between a professional player and a passionate fan. HH.

30 Oct 2020 18:49:09
Lennon has said that Bain attitude has changed big time. This might not push barkas and then we can have 2 decent keepers.

30 Oct 2020 20:21:25
Before last night Bain had only saved one penalty from the previous 21 penalties he had faced.

30 Oct 2020 20:58:44
He should have done better for the first goal but saying that he had a good few saves. Give Barkas time to settle into the team. The usual boo boys want rid of players that make a few mistakes.

30 Oct 2020 23:11:34
Think Barkas will settle in and prove himself to be one of the best goalies we have ever had, Bain is ok, but he was very lucky against Lille, if that flaffed attempt when the ball bounced of his chest after he had left his goal, could have resulted in a goal, and he would have been slaughtered on these pages, but he got lucky.

30 Oct 2020 11:05:03
Anno it was mentioned ladt night but this new lb looks the biz great going forward great pace and delivers and he can tackle. get a price sorted the now boy looks class.

30 Oct 2020 11:29:22
I'm sure the price has been set at 9m already. Sign him up now.

30 Oct 2020 11:31:31
Mally I was also very impressed with ajetis hold up play last night . That was the problem v the sheep not getting the ball up to the bhoy and no one around him.

30 Oct 2020 11:41:12
Last season Laxalt went on loan to Torino who had an option to buy him for 12 million Euros.
Torino never took Milan up on their offer.
AC. Milan are now hoping to get £9 million from Celtic which is unrealistic because Laxalt will only have 18 months left on his contract in the next transfer window.
I reckon Celtic could get Laxalt in January for £5million but he would need to take a big pay cut from his £54k a week wages.

{Ed007's Note - Are you sure about that, Leon? My notes have Laxalt on €1.8 million a year - circa €35k a week - which was widely reported as too rich for Atalanta in summer 2019 and the reason Laxalt's move to them collapsed.
€54k a week would put him well up in the top 10 of Milan's earners.}

30 Oct 2020 12:19:41
Ed.007
I read he is on £2.8 million a year which does seem extreme considering the financial turmoil AC. Milan are currently experiencing.
Going by your figures and the fact he only has 18 months left on his current contract, he could be a future permanent transfer possibility.

{Ed007's Note - Wait until he's settled in gets to know his team mates, him and Moi on the left could be dynamite for us. If he keeps playing the way he has the for me Celtic must try and get a permanent deal done. It will even help Taylor improve watching and learning from Laxalt.}

30 Oct 2020 13:42:16
Someone told me today that Laxalt is 27 he looks about 18 I agree he’s worth spending big on.

30 Oct 2020 14:00:02
In the few games he's played he looks the part bombing up and down the left and has settled well. Heres hoping Frimpong and him rip Aberdeen apart on Sunday.

30 Oct 2020 14:42:03
Was it a 4 1 4 1 yesterday or 4 2 3 1.

30 Oct 2020 15:39:58
4 4 1 1.

31 Oct 2020 00:04:41
Pud, here's hoping Johnny Hayes and Niall McGinn don't rip US apart. HH.

30 Oct 2020 10:17:28
If Elhamed isn't back for Sunday and Ajer is injured, this would be my team:

Barkas
Frimpong Bitton Welsh Laxalt
Brown McGregor
Christie Rogic Elyounoussi
Griffiths

I really think things are that desparate with Duffy just now that he needs pulled out. If he costs us a place in the final he honestly might not recover from it. Ajeti has been busy the past few games but hasn't been scoring so I'd go with Griff and hopefully get half an hour out of Ajeti or Eddy later in the game.

30 Oct 2020 10:50:25
Got to agree keV. Thing is if your lacking fitness, focus or confidence last thing you won't to be doing is repeating the same errors and getting dragged around the pitch. You and I wouldn't do it ourselves in whatever we do. You'd look to why and take steps to change it. Very few gain from ongoing repeated failings.

30 Oct 2020 11:04:05
Ajers going to be out a while and I would start ajeti.

30 Oct 2020 14:05:09
Duffy will start Sunday unless he is injuried.

30 Oct 2020 07:39:03
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 30th October 2020