Celtic Banter Archive January 03 2021

03 Jan 2021
New image uploaded to the
Celtic Player Sightings page entitled, Had to laugh at this one 😂

03 Jan 2021 23:02:27
😂 jfp.

03 Jan 2021 22:13:49
If these pics are legit, you couldn't make it up.

In recent years Sevco have collapsed on their return from Dubai, this year we collapsed before we reached the airport but apparently these clowns don't give a damn.

That's the Manager and Captain of Glasgow Celtic Football Club #disgrace.

03 Jan 2021 23:30:43
I think it's likely an old recycled photo but if it is legit it doesn't sit well with me if that's what they're out there for. After the form this season they should be out there grinding to put things right not out on the bevy enjoying a holiday. Maybe they're having a day to themselves and a bit of team bonding first before cracking on with business.

03 Jan 2021 23:42:44
Despicable Pedro!

04 Jan 2021 10:20:57
Is nobody on here ever had a bad day, week or year and thought fk it, I need a drink?

03 Jan 2021 20:59:45
I've actually been trying to stay calm after blowing my top during October and November but that has just set me over the edge again.
Professional standards have totally gone. That would never have happened under rodgers or ronny d who both spoke about 24 hour athletes.
No Professional sports team or athlete would fly out to a winter training camp and go straight on the swally!

03 Jan 2021 21:18:30
Shocking Kev. We took years to get rid of that mentality through ronnys hard work. Lennon comes back in and almost overnight we go back 7-8 years. It’s a disgrace and negligence from the board to allow it.

03 Jan 2021 21:20:39
Kev it’s disappointing to say the least.

03 Jan 2021 21:40:22
And another thing, the manager should not be out swallying with the team any way. He is not one of the lads he is there to manage make sure they toe the line and he's baw deep in it as well.

03 Jan 2021 22:00:24
****@rs!
It's not bad enough they've flown out to Dubai during lockdown having just lost against Sevco (again) and spunkin 10IAR 8n rhe process. scunnered.

04 Jan 2021 00:30:45
I was feeling really down, but when you said Ronnie's hard work, I started laughing Maniacaly, Ha, Ha, Ha, thank you so much.

04 Jan 2021 10:58:34
It might not have worked out for Ronny but u can’t deny he worked hard to eradicate the bad habits that had been allowed to develop. U must have it in u to notice the work he done, Rodgers did and he benefited greatly from what Ronny had put in place.

03 Jan 2021 20:51:07

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03 Jan 2021 19:43:13
Unites Ireland made a good point earlier with regard to not understanding the statements made on the forum that they should never have been allowed to get this close and highlighting that there is nothing Celtic could have done to stop them spending and improving. Even if we all might wonder where the levels of funding they've had has come from. I think that's a good point.

I've thought for a while that there is a point in Scotland where better finances or stability are of limited value particularly with the knowledge that the competition would happily go bust and take all that pain of working their way back up the divisions again just to stop the 10.

Let's say we have £20m to spend on players and they have £5. But the level of player that can be attracted to play in Scotland is in the £5m bracket. They can only buy one but we can only by four. Revenue generated by both clubs will be similar so ability to meet wage demands are similar. So we're fishing in the same pond for 7 out of the 11 players on the park. Thus there is no great significant advantage and United Ireland makes a good point that with the money they have spent why would they not be closer to us?

The question for me is why were we not further away from them.? That's a factor of recruitment and the manager in the dug out amongst other things including youth development etc.

Therein maybe lies the answer. A colleague of mine who works in London and an Arsenal fan but with a bias towards Celtic told me at the time we were signing Dembelle for £500k and that we'd sell him for £20m one day. When I saw Dembelle for the first time I told him we'd be lucky to get our £500k back shows you what I know. But he was proven not to be far away with his prediction. Before he arrived he told me Gerard was going to Govan and that while he was thicker than the proverbial in the neck of a bottle and could hardly write his name he was an excellent football coach tactically on the park and was highly regarded. Potentially part of the reason for yesterday and why we are where we are?

A few posters have mentioned the professionalism BR brought when he arrived which he did even before any new players were bought. I remember saying to my laddie the difference was in the dugout. Furthermore if we remember Stevie G had the Indian sign over the suntanned one before he left. Maybe he knew it although I'd doubt with his ego he'd have worried about it. But maybe my London buddie was right again with regard to Stevie Gs ability as a coach. This season the gap between the quality of players in both teams is narrower than any season previously. But maybe regardless of finances the difference is again in the dugout albeit now not in our favour. Just my thoughts.

03 Jan 2021 20:20:48
If our club fought for FFP rules to be in place, they wouldn’t have half their team. But that would be irrelevant if our club had shown the ambition to improve existentially over the last decade.

03 Jan 2021 20:24:54
Our club has always only done just enough to keep in front of them. Hence the reason some shareholders want answers from our club in relation to questions the club refuse to answer.

03 Jan 2021 20:25:06
JFP If you think about it SG is a champions league winning player so the levels he will be demanding and implementing with his players is way above the levels NL will ever demand and implement from his.

03 Jan 2021 20:42:59
Royjac his results in Europe speak for themselves as you say he will know how to set the standards. He had BRs number before he left and that’s the last three times against us with Neil Lennon at the helm.

03 Jan 2021 20:44:46
JFP, we should of been working on the basis of x2 £7 million signings for players from teams such as ferencvaros, molde, rosenborg, midtylland, olympiacos and PAOK. £7million plus add ons and we should of been looking to develop these players into £15+ whilst taking us further in Europe and at the same time the odd 1 or 2 £3 million gamble on players like turnbull, sorro, kilmala and hoping at least 1 or 2 them might break in, alongside our youth.

That's how we should of been developing for the last 5 years. But instead we've constantly gambled on the £3 million players and sold our best players Foster, van djyk, Tierney, ki, Johansen, wanyama, hooper, Armstrong, moussa for a fortune, we've not regularly replaced these players with quality. We seem to take on frequent projects. This is where we have went wrong its okay doing that and buying the likes as above for buttons, but our luck is running out with these constant gambles, why did we not invest in a squad regularly? That's as I said lawell and the recruitment teams fault.

03 Jan 2021 20:55:35
4 leaf - good points - smaller number of higher quality player and projects plus make our own. I can’t remember where Park recruitment stopped and Hammond started or if their was a break? But I think Park found VVD and Dembelle? How can Hammond watch and bring in the number of duffers he’s bought?

03 Jan 2021 21:21:01
The board needs to have the bottle to sack and replace them. We need to go out and find the right men for the job. Lawell has done well ensuring the club becomes wealthy but he has taken more than his fair share and jeopardised the football on the field. I understand he hasn't wanted to gamble to much, but he really needed to be willing to invest more in the quality of players.

03 Jan 2021 22:06:52
Why are people saying gerrard had Rodgers number when brendan left? They played twice and had 1 win each and Celtic were 8 points clear when Rodgers left and Celtic had won the league cup whilst they lost in semi, Celtic also were in last 32 of Europa that season whilst they didn't qualify for last 32.How did Gerrard have Rodgers number exactly?

03 Jan 2021 23:45:34
I think most clubs had sussed BR out before he left. His rigid 4-2-3-1 with no plan B had everyone park the bus and we struggled to break stubborn teams down in the end as BR didn't like to play it long. I live not too far away from Leicester so have a lot of Leicester supporting mates and they all say the same that he's stubborn and doesn't have a plan B and we're welcome to have him back. Considering they're sitting a point behind Liverpool you'd think that's madness. Last season teams sussed him out and their form after the lockdown was honking.

03 Jan 2021 17:41:23
i don't understand people saying we have allowed rangers to get strong how can we allow them to get strong.

there is nothing wee can do to stop them spending and improving. since they were formed there are running at a loss of 80 mill pounds that says it all. if a club in the Scottish league spend that amount of money there are obv going to challenge. how its being allowed by the people who run Scottish football is were the blame lays.


and for recruitment once the transfer window was closed every fan was happy with the recruitment now some signings don't look to have worked out fans are not happy with recruitment saying those players should not have been signed in the first place after they praised the window we had in the summer. it happens players sign it works out or it does not.

is there any signing that fans were not happy with when the window closed plus we kept all our players and never sold. shane duffy has not worked out but a bet every fan would have been outraged had the board refused to pay the loan fee and his wages and we would be hearing just now that its the boards fault for not getting the duffy deal done as he is no nonsense and would have sorted the defence out everything we all thought he was going to do. is there any fan here who did not want duffy be honest and is there fans here who would have been radgein had the board not pushed the boat out and got the signing overline who is now slating duffy saying he should never have been signed in the first place. all the other signings came in we were all buzzing saying great signings. as for the league i am looking at it as 10 points and still to play the sevies twice after yesterday we showed we run over the top of them when we do what we do there not that great they just had a brilliant goal keeper yesterday and a bit of luck with a sending off. keep the faith. we have found our formation and the best players for it now we will get going.

03 Jan 2021 17:54:43
UI good points 👍.

03 Jan 2021 18:12:13
UI, I was one who wanted Duffy signed but I hadn't seen him play for ages and question if any of our coaches had either. If they did then we have to question their judgement, same with Barkas and Ajeti. We are fans and expect them to know their jobs but bottom line is our big summer signings have by and large been pretty expensive flops. Had we signed a decent CH he would have played yesterday rather than Bitton and that alone might have been the difference. All if buts and maybees but no doubting we are woefully short at centre of defence.

03 Jan 2021 18:17:25
I think we were hungrier than them but they had no Jack or Arfield in midfield they are 1st team starters every game and especially in games V us.
Yes we dominated 1st half by stopping them play and created 2 or 3 chances but their GK has only made 1 great save the others I would expect even Barkas to make.
2nd half was much more even before sending off I think too many are thinking we were in control until then I disagree we were by far better side in 1st half but didn’t take our chances when on top.
Their coaching team knew how to tweak their formation and get back into game in 2nd half whereas ours took off Striker and attacking midfield players when we needed at least 1 goal.
I don’t think we will run all over the top of them next time we were just hungrier because we knew we badly needed a result whereas they looked tired and not as hungry to win yet still did.
I will wait until end of this month to see if Sevco can negotiate trips to Pittodrie, Easter Road and Fir Park before conceding title just yet but I do worry about our trip to rejuvenated Livvy away tbh.
Positive performance yesterday no doubt but I’d rather of played rubbish and nicked the points like they done.

03 Jan 2021 18:21:11
Our complicit board of directors and specifically Peter Lawwell appointed Neil Lennon in the showers with the biscuit tin if you want a cluedo as to who killed 10iar.

03 Jan 2021 18:23:03
I will never give up hope that we can win the league although it will be an uphill struggle. We need a Clear out from Board to Management and the squad. What we will get is Lennon trudging on till the start of March then its season ticket renewal time! . Fantasy football manager players will be the guff peddled out so just pay up and shut up and fall back in line. We need a fresh forward plann coming from a Director of Football backed by a new Board that aren't all about spreadsheets and their egos.

03 Jan 2021 19:17:26
I think one big question the board is sure to ask at their meeting is do we try to improve or make changes in the side this window? or do we wait until Summer? IF we are thinking of replacing the manager then and not now A lot of players names are getting mentioned but I don't think the board will bring in anyone unless they are keeping Lennon or replacing him now So I think the transfer window will indicate if Lennon will be staying or not.

03 Jan 2021 19:17:34
UI I wasn't overwhelmed with the signings.

Barkas I only seen when he played against us he was okay then. I based my early opinion on a Greek international. I'd of hope the scouting team and done their job.

Duffy, I never rated I hope the mention of a no nonsense defender was what was going to follow, that was a lie. His international experience ment Fek all. Mainly because I don't rate the ROI squad that highly, and I certainly don't rate a sub/ reserve player of Brighton highly. Again would of hoped the scouting team done their job.

Ajeti I honestly didn't know. I was hoping like most fans the money that was spent would of been of value. But again why is celtic football club who want to be a regular CL team going for their second option in a Westham reject.

Laxalt again never heard much of, he was ac Milan sub/ reserve which is naturally not a bad thing. But at same point hoped that the scouting team had done their job. I think he's been a half decent wingback just needs to work on strengthens the defensive side of his game.

So in short our recruitment was ifs and buts. Barkas wasn't our first choice, Duffy is duff (loan) , laxalt isn't the finished article we are working on him for what ac Milan to sell to someone else (loan) , moi blows hot and cold again Southampton reject isn't worth £15mill but isn't a bad squad player (loan) , turnbull decent signing which we all knew he had serious potential to be, ajeti looks overweight slow and from the occasional game he has an attitude which to me he rates himself higher than he is, he again was our 2nd choice. One bad signing is allowed but only 1 truly decent signing says it all from the recruitment team.

That's my honest opinion. This should of been avoided with less of a gamble on our 2nd choice players.

03 Jan 2021 15:30:03
We have been the best team in Scotland for 9 years so this year we have had a slip up but next season we will start again new manager new team let’s look forward to this.

03 Jan 2021 16:55:34
Why. we've went backwards over that 9 year and allowed a team on the bones of its arse and very average to catch and overtake us . a league win and more European after xmas only strengthens them financially . do you trust this board to do what it takes to arrest this then develop it .

03 Jan 2021 17:03:30
The sad thing is that it was a slip up which could so easily have been avoided.
We have by far the best squad in the league and have the finances to improve on the areas which have been needing addressed for a while now. Unfortunately the money invested wasn't invested wisely enough and we didn't get the best out the squad at the managers disposal.
That mob better get plenty of photo's with the cup in their bare trophy cabinet as it will be coming back home to roost next season. I'm confident of that!

03 Jan 2021 17:29:21
DRB I agree they should be nowhere near us which is the biggest disappointment. Especially when as you say they are bang average which was evident yesterday. But for a rub of the green the result would have been the reverse. Did the board get complacent? Possibly but they spent money albeit funded by sales. Was it spent wisely? Absolutely not. Recruitment has been atrocious since Park left and big questions should be asked of Hammond. Did they take the cheap and easy option with the managers appointment? Possibly. Do we need a new manager? Absolutely, for me let Neil see what he can salvage from the remainder of the season but have new man in charge for next. Do we need a clear out of players? Absolutely. Do we need new players in? Absolutely. But not Hammond recommendations or with PL interference.

But I still agree with Big Bruce. We will rebuild back better and move forward with new team and new manager. Normal service will be resumed. But you’re right. The board top to bottom from DD and PL down need to look at themselves in the mirror and acknowledge this should not have happened. They need to address why it did ito ensure that our dominance can be restored commensurate with the relative financial standing and stability of both clubs.

03 Jan 2021 17:49:04
Pod 👍.

03 Jan 2021 18:14:12
Great Post, JFP.

03 Jan 2021 18:23:45
I have to say I disagree that we have by far the better squad when their keeper and at least 3 of their back 4 would get into our team.
People need to start being realistic they have a squad now that’s not much worse than ours and it’s likely that our best player will be gone for next season.
I just think it’s time for a change, let’s sell Edouard in January if we can get a good fee and give that cash to a new manager in this window to sign 2-3 top players to start building for the future.
There’s always good players available in Jan despite what people say. Wouldn’t be a bad idea to get a couple of pre contracts signed and then pay a nominal fee to bribing in now.
Let the coach get half a season with no European football and less pressure to assess and build for next season.

03 Jan 2021 18:33:10
DRB I wouldn’t trust Lawwell as far as I could throw the lard ar$e down his heated driveway,
JFP why leave Lennon in charge a minute longer, there’s an old saying in recruitment ‘better to have a hole than an ar$ehole’ get rid tonight.

03 Jan 2021 23:13:25
We spend big money on goalkeeper and forward and pay big money on wages for loan players and lose the 1 thing we wanted most 10iar so put big money on a big manager who can get us back to where we belong and give us our pride back.

03 Jan 2021 13:56:30
Reflections on the game and season so far. Its been a strange one. Meant to be our biggest season in recent history. We've broke many records along the way but the 10IAR was the one we wanted. Unfortunately I think it's now out of grasp, it's luck we need, outwith luck there is no way to win the league now.

This season has been disappointing due to no fans attendances, poor recruitment, injuries/ C.V., our domestic performances, our continental performances. We seem to have been hit with so many factors and seem not be be able to overcome them.

Yesterday's performance outwith the result was encouraging, it was dominant it showed we have when fit the strongest team in Scotland. 11 v 11 we didn't look likely to lose. As much as Biton was sent off (deservedly) and he was playing well until then, he wouldn't of even started had jullien been fit. Which yet again sums up our season.

Who hold the blame for our season. Neil Lennon? The board? Lawell? Nick Hammond? The players? It's easy to point fingers. Genuinely the final blame will always be at the managers feet. But I think Lenny has went and thought about how to get the best out the team and the last 6 games with the diamond has shown he has the knowledge to make good decisions.

I personally hold lawell and nick Hammond accountable, there recruitment strategy and management of finances of recent has been nothing short of diabolical. These two need removed and replaced.

The team: well we need a GK, another 1 maybe 2 centre half of decent quality. We need frimpong to have a challenge in his position but he needs to work on his end product. Left back laxalt is good, but his defensive side needs improvement. I don't see him being here long term that's another replacement. Midfield Christie, Moi, brown, ? rogic, ntcham all likely to go this season. Eddie and? Ajeti gone. These are players that will all need replaced with decent quality. If we want to progress this can't be with loans. The fact we could be in such a disasterous recruitment situation comes down to the money men and recruitment "specialist".

Hopefully we can recruit better (starting this month) and in the summer. You never know luck might be on our side and things change but we should be working towards long term strategy than such short vision. The guys that caused this should be held accountable.

What's your guys thoughts?

03 Jan 2021 14:09:30
I think, like you, that recruitment has been poor this last year or two, with the exception of Turnbull? Can we rebuilt off CalMac, Soro and Turnbull? It’s a big task, and I suspect we need changes at the top to get it done. There are a lot of assets to be sold, so there will be cash. But we need to buy better. The other mob have probably bought better than us over the last two years, but where they got the money from, who knows? And they’re effective, but not a great team. We were better than them yesterday with eleven.
So, who goes and where, and who comes in?

03 Jan 2021 14:33:54
I think CalMac, Soro and Turnbull have the good basis of a midfield. We still would need at least another 2 possibly to replace Soro and Turnbull if our players weren't fit enough or injuries etc. Forrest and Johnstone back will add width to the midfield. Griff needs games under his belt but will always be a decent striker. With Eddie and (hopeful Ajeti) away we need a striker of similar quality to an inform Eddie/ Moussa mould. We are talking millions needing to be spent or at least a world-class scouting network finding players with real talent who are 80% of the finished product rather than the 50/ 50 game we've been playing. They might be good but we're not sure attitude. I just don't see with Hammond and Lawell such actions being taken but. I think they need to go and we should be picking appropriate replacements.

03 Jan 2021 14:37:37
Hammond is no better than congerton and should be sacked for not doing his job. l genuinely believe some of us if given the opportunity we would do a better job.

03 Jan 2021 15:10:16
I hate saying this but I don't think we are an attractive club for recruitment.

Potentially the other side across the city looks like a more attractive club to sign for at present. They have an ex-England captain with a good football pedigree as manager (as in playing at a high level, players know by playing for him he knows what it takes to make it in the EPL) . They have steadily progressed in the last few years they have been last 16 in Europa League and look cert to win the SPL against a team that has had the financial upper hand.

We in turn have struggled to make the last 32 of EL most years of recent, unable to make the CL. Won the league but looks like a possibility of winning nothing. When BR came in he changed the professional approach of the club. We had decent recruitment initially we looked strong in some of our CL games. We were invincible. Players had the belief that playing with Celtic meant CL exposure. We have the likes of KT and CalMac making progressing from the academy. Do they beleive that now? we have players trying everything to push for a move. We need a big change, good investment and restored faith in the direction of the club.

We knew McGinn was the right player but Lawell didn't want to spend money. Toney (Championship top goalscorer) was the player to go for in the summer we dragged our heals and brought in Ajeti a West Ham reject. Why sign rejects and not players clubs don't want to lose? The boy in the MLS McKenzie getting great review but we will drag our heals. I'm all for getting the best value for money but if we need the player and we have the money just spend it, don't spend the same money of a player of a lesser standard. This is the attitude that has cost us so dearly.

03 Jan 2021 16:46:50
Great honest post 4leafclover.

Everything you have said is the truth.

03 Jan 2021 16:56:50
4 leaf clover good points 👍.

03 Jan 2021 17:03:52
I think your spot on 4leafclover.
They can change lennon for who ever they want, same old story will continue until we change our recruitment/ strategy. We don't bring through enough youth and our recruitment beggars belief at times. I want real change and DOF. I presume desmond is the only one who can bring about that kind of change.

03 Jan 2021 17:56:11
I've got no doubt that BR leaving had a lot to do with our ambition as a club and Lawwells non stop interference in all things relating to signing player's.

BR isn't a yes man, Lawwell will not back down, BR leaves with the club picking up 9M in compensation and we get NL - a yes man who needed a job.

Fast forward to this season.

03 Jan 2021 18:32:07
4leafclover, good post.
As many have said previously, we seem to dilly dally sometimes when we are in for a player.
If we were to sign any SPL players who would you all want?
Lewis Ferguson is the one for me.
What about Eamonn Brophy, surely would be better than Klimala?

03 Jan 2021 20:01:10
RJ10 Lewis Ferguson because of the midfield role he could play. I'd even take Lewis or marciano for goalkeeping as they've done better than we've got.

But there is a lot more leagues to look at Championship, league 1 (England) , ligue 1 France, seria a lower team Italy, MLS, allsvenskan, eliteserien, Danish superliga, Hungarian league, super lig (turkey) . Plenty of decent players to recruit from. There will be in those leagues at least 4 gems that with proper scouting network we could have a chance of recruiting. We need to be willing to pay the reasonable rate asked to take these teams better players and create a wage structure to compete with decent European teams. I just think we appear to have limited mentality in recruiting.

03 Jan 2021 20:39:28
4leafclover, I'm with you mate.

03 Jan 2021 12:21:09
Anno I sound like a broken record but once again our recruitment us awful. how the do you go into a biard meeting and justify the mince we've brought to the club.
Ajeti mince klimala mince Duffy mince laxalt mince Taylor mince barkas deary me. and then go back to your baldes and comppers and shved I could go on. hiw much has been wasted it's our money and it's a farce. rant over.

03 Jan 2021 12:30:15
I seen someone on social media put up 2 full teams of duds Celtic have signed
Since Sevco entered the big league 4 and a half years ago.

03 Jan 2021 12:33:06
Still don't understand why Park was allowed to leave.

03 Jan 2021 13:00:41
Boli 3 mill and we still buy Taylor and bring in laxalt. surely someone should be asking questions. we could have bought 6 top class players on huge wages instead of pissing it down the drain.

03 Jan 2021 13:31:34
Taylor is best of those . and far better than you give him credit for mally. please tell me what he does wrong for you to hate on him so much .

03 Jan 2021 13:55:23
Hammond seems to be getting away without criticism.

03 Jan 2021 14:01:15
Never used the word hate so get that straight. we don't have a decent fb at the club imo. taylor is average at best and if he's that good why is he not playing. he's slow small and his delivery is poor. we need better. Laxalt is marginally better he's quicker and thought he was decent yesterday.

03 Jan 2021 14:06:40
I understand the signings like Connell, Okoflex, O'Connor, Afolabi, Frimpong and that as they're top prospects in good setups down south which is little risk and doesn't break the bank. But the millions spent on pish that ain't even good enough for the first team bench is inexcusable. Whatever happened to signing players that are just as good if not better than what we already have? They should be first team ready or of similar quality of the player in that position. Would rather we spent a bit more and got quality in over quantity that'll make the squad go from strength to strength that way it won't be such a hole to fill when players are moved on. Always gambling with projects that aren't anywhere near the quality needed and we end up weak and needing to solve problem areas and end up playing people out of position to cover. We still haven't solved the GK, LB, RB, CB, LW, Cover on RW issues, the rest of the squad is fine until the end of the season where other key areas will need attending to too when star players will want to move on.

03 Jan 2021 14:41:38

If Taylor plays yesterday Biton doesn’t get red carded.

05 Jan 2021 09:54:24
If is a big word jfp I could write a page on it some funny some not so hh.

03 Jan 2021 11:34:36
Fifer
Celtic were undefeated in 8 domestic games when we were reduced to 10 men under Brendan Rodgers.
Celtic won 6 times and 2 games were drawn.
Yesterday was only the 2nd domestic game Celtic have been reduced to 10 men since Lenny came back and Celtic have lost on both occasions.
The only other previous game was a 2-0 defeat away to Livingston last season.

03 Jan 2021 11:45:24
Sorry Fifer
Lennon has won one domestic game since he’s came back with 10 men.
The league cup final last season.
How did I miss that one.

03 Jan 2021 12:35:06
And that was a very lucky win. We lack the knowledge of what to do. BR used to coach that into the players and its lacking. Yes they didn't have a shot on target yest but if they hadn't scored they would have. We are in need of another BR type but doubt we will attract that calibre again.

02 Jan 2021 23:04:25
The fact rangers have got anywhere near us lies at the door of one man. Mr Peter Lawell. He should walk tomorrow but his egotistical manner won't allow him. I would ask all celtic supporters to mail their disgust at what has happened over the last 2 years. I do understand we won the quadruple treble, but our squad has been really weakened and because of that we trail sevco by 19 points on the 2nd january. totally unacceptable.

03 Jan 2021 07:55:56
If julien is our for 3 months would it not make sense to get McKenzie. or will we go with Duffy. Ooft what a thought.

03 Jan 2021 08:30:32
Probably stick with big duffer, that's lawells mindset.

03 Jan 2021 09:06:38
With the league being over I can't see Lennon getting any money to spend.

03 Jan 2021 09:28:27
With the way the seasons gone, and the money we have spent since lennon came in, Taylor, bolingoli, jullien, klimala, ajeti, barkas, all decent money, would trust lennon/ Hammond or whoever makes these signings with more money?

03 Jan 2021 10:36:28
Thought I read on here that Duffy was going back to Brighton in Jan?

03 Jan 2021 10:42:00
Mally you think mckenzie is the answer? I’m not saying he’s not, Duffys a pub league defender at best we really need to send him back to Brighton and get someone not sure if it’s mckenzie tho.

03 Jan 2021 11:34:55
Lennon shouldn’t get a fkn penny to spend in January! He shouldn’t even still be a job! The fact that Duffy who’s on 40 grand a week can’t get a start in front of bitton tells u everything u need to know about how our season has went! 19 points behind on January the 2nd (aye that’s 19,no it will be 10 IF we win our 3 games in hand) out of 2 European competitions, out the cup to a toss county team who sacke their manager the week after! Any other managers feet wouldn’t have touched the ground! Now we all need to witness the sevco procession to the title with a manager who should have been gone months ago! Utter embarrassment!

03 Jan 2021 11:48:02
Gents
This is just my opinion.
Was TIAR lost yesterday? NO
TIAR was lost when PL took the cheap option and appointed NL.
Do DD and PL care about TIAR? NO
Just read a lot of great posts, most of them contain comments, about poor defending from set pieces, poor signings and bad decisions from NL. They all point to two things, bad appointments from the board and bad tactical decisions from the management team.
If the board really care about the club then NL must go now, get a new manager in to give him the rest of the season to start the rebuild.
But going by the way the board operates they will leave it to the last minute and we will be scrambling around to get loan signings at the start of next season. This is one of the things that is killing us, they must start signing players on permanent contracts.
Who ever comes in will have a massive job on their hands as the following players should all go?
Bain
Barkas
Elhamed
Brown
Bitton
Ajer
Klimala
Ajeti
Ntcham
Edouard
Duffy (Loan)
Laxalt (Loan)
Moi (Loan)

A lot of you will not agree, but I feel that we are going backwards. We had the chance to be so far ahead of Rangers but we didn’t take it as board only wanted to line their pockets.

03 Jan 2021 06:11:17
I think we're all hurting at the moment and it comes natural to look for a scapegoat. How is it possible to lose a game when the opposition don't have one shot on target, a game which we totally dominated?

Is it Lennon's fault that he put out a team incapable of competing?

Perhaps Bitton's fault for getting himself sent off?

Or McGregor's for scoring the goal?

Interesting that the man of the match was Rangers goalkeeper who has been inspired this season.

The league is not lost because of one game but over the course of the season and it is noticeable the number of clean sheets McGregor has kept so perhaps it is Forster's fault for walkjng away?

Wee Forrest was a scapegoat for years, maybe it's his fault for getting a long term injury?

Maybe C.V. for putting us in a situation of having to play catch up with games in hand?

Now I'm getting bored writing, but the real question for me is: If 10 in a row is so easy why has it not been done already? How come the Lions didn't do it or even Rangers ebt team? In fact even Juve who are also going for 10 this year are unlikely to achieve it.

Of course mathematically we can still win the league but to be honest if the season was called now and the title given to Rangers I wouldn't complain. I will of course give Celtic my undying support whilst there is still hope that this season can be salvaged. This team has already done the impossible even if 10 in a row proves to be beyond them.

When we started this run who could have imagined or even dreamed of 4 consecutive trebles when a team that does one treble is almost immortal how can we describe a team that does 4 in a row. And lest we forget losing yesterday when we should have been out of sight at halftime didn't cost us the league but last year the Rangers support suffered the same situation and it did cost them the league cup.

At the end of the day everything comes to an end, Ross County put an end to consecutive trebles and now perhaps the league title is lost but we can still defend the cup. No matter what happens Celtic will always have my support and I will always be grateful for what they have given me over these last years

Who do we blame for the shambles of this season? I don't think we should blame the board, manager, players, lack of physical support in stadii. This season was z perfect storm when Time and History caught up with us and became too heavy. In all probability at the end of the season this team will be broken up and we start again and you know im already looking forward to it.

03 Jan 2021 07:40:50
brilliant post mate. the way i am looking at the league is 10 points and 2 derbys .

03 Jan 2021 08:29:31
Really, Really Well Said donjim. Every word a true and correct representation of the current situation.
Best post on here for a very long time.
Thank You, We are all hurting now but we are all Celtic.

03 Jan 2021 08:34:44
Did we not compete. we were all over them untill the red.

03 Jan 2021 00:50:44
The defining moment of today's, or yesterdays game was not the sending off in itself, it was the substitutions that Lenny made after the sending off, I couldn't get a stream after the sending off, so still don't what subs were made, the sending off didn't need to be that significant if the right substitutions were made.

03 Jan 2021 10:56:36
I was just thinking back to BR bringing on Eddy down to ten men at Ibrox. At the time I was thinking wtf is he doing. Then Eddy won the game and has never looked back. BR is a proper manager who could see things and make the right change. It's all a bit desperate with Lenny. He keeps throwing players on in hope rather than expectation. Did we ever lose a domestic game with 10 men under Rodgers?

02 Jan 2021 23:09:04
I'm not saying i want kennedy as manager but if he can set us up for the next guy coming in with modern, hungry football like we seen today then let him do the job until end of the year. we need to plan for the future.