Celtic Banter Archive October 03 2020

03 Oct 2020 19:48:00
Last week the plates where spinning, looking at all our reported targets, they are now crashing around hammonds feet.
Yes we have had a good window but even Steve wonder can see our week spot.
Why we have waited so long for lb is just crazy.
I dought anyone coming in now would start in the rangers game.
Hopefully we get some business done.

03 Oct 2020 22:56:46
Taylor should start in The rangers game, which is more than I can say for Brown.

04 Oct 2020 00:27:58
In an ideal world whenever a club wants a new player for a particular position, all the buying club should have to do is call out position and numerous clubs should offer a suitable player .
However it is not an ideal world and in Scotland mischievous sports writers write made up stories about Celtic in talks with various clubs for players . This may or may not be true but many of our fans do believe and cannot understand why position isn’t filled . Celtic know they can buy a player below the standard they want, but apart from shutting a few fans up it won’t solve problem position.
Hopefully before Monday night we get our man.

04 Oct 2020 01:56:51
According to the press? . With everything else going on the world I'm pretty sure wether we get a lb or not is not paramount to our continued success in Scotland. "Steve" has done well in Europe, but just like his beloved Liverpool not much use in the domestic dogfight, last year being an exception for his Liverpool. Its always the same with the new debt free rangers bluff, bluster, capitulation and by Christmas done!

04 Oct 2020 07:19:30
We can't however rely on Rangers crashing and burning. Nice thought but they appear to be better equipped than previously. We on the other hand look ropey at the back and very predictable and lethargic on the attack.

04 Oct 2020 08:25:55
Broony needs to start against them, for his heart, midfield dig and leadership, and he will .

04 Oct 2020 09:20:36
It will be the same old story after Christmas, on that I'll put my house on😁.

04 Oct 2020 10:41:28
No winter break this year though so that will help them more than us.

03 Oct 2020 15:36:29
One of the biggest problems Celtic have is youth players not being given the opportunity to break into the first team. All our players out on loan this year are highly unlikely to make the first team next season, regardless of how they get on.

Current Celtic players on loan X11:

GK Doohan (3rd loan/ Ross County)
CB Hendry (2nd loan/ Oostende)
CB O'Connor (2nd loan/ Tranmere Rovers)
LB Gutman (2nd loan/ Cincinnati)
RB Perez (2nd loan/ North Carolina)
DM McInroy (loaned/ Dunfermline)
CM Robertson (loaned/ Gillingham)
RM Shved (2nd loan/ Mechelen)
LM Bolingoli (loaned/ Basaksehir)
FW Bayo (loaned/ Toulouse)
FW Afolabi (2nd loan/ Dundee)

Subs:
GK Mullen (loaned/ Cove Rangers)
LW Paterson (loaned/ Queen's Park)
FW McGrath (loaned/ Grottu)

Aside from the deadwood like Hendry and Bolingoli, who don't deserve another chance, Robertson has the most potential but it is doubtful he'll make the first team with the current manager's track record. Henderson, O'Connell, and Welsh are still here and have shown flashes of quality, but are nowhere near the first team squad. Dembelle has all but disappeared. Harper has been getting excellent reviews but as a right winger, he has no chance. Our last notible youth player, Mikey Johnston, can't stay fit and is barely referenced. Our current number 3 goalkeeper is another prospect Hazard, but that is meaningless without being given an opportunity (league or early rounds Scottish cup) . Furthermore, he's 22 now and should be ahead of Bain. No one else is coming through. With the additional subs rule this season, this is the time to give youth a chance.

03 Oct 2020 15:54:49
Robertson is well capable of first team football he's treading the same path as the legend that is McGregor.

03 Oct 2020 16:43:24
Mcinroy if he hadn't got injured last season would have made the break through and dunfermline could be great for him and us.

03 Oct 2020 17:38:52
I’ll agree with most of what you say and it’s been a perennial issue going back to when I started watching youth football to the time Derek Whyte was in the Under 18 team. Most of the youngsters just don’t develop beyond youth football and even the decent ones who do develop never get the chance of sustained first team action.

To me, the position regarding Ross Doohan and Conor Hazard is an enigma. I prefer Hazard out of the two of them and he’s done well to be promoted to number 3 keeper yet Doohan is getting games on loan. Hazard is getting Stevie Woods’ coaching experience and learning off Bain and Barkas but is that better than actual playing? Celtic’s young keepers have been excellent but they don’t get games. The dilemma for Lennon here is what happens if he sends Hazard on loan, as he was hoping to do, and who does he get in to replace him? Is Hazard good enough or got the experience to be a number 2? He’s good enough but not got the experience.

Scott Robertson will make it – I’ve no doubt about that and so will Cameron Harper. Harper is a main striker but cuts in from the right, a bit like Klimala. This is as much true as Dembele and Edouard who were main strikers and both cut in from the left. I also believe that this current youth squad is the most dynamic I’ve seen for years, yet you’re right about Henderson, O’Connell and Welsh. The latter 2 have the advantage, though, of being in positions where the team is weak so there may be more focus on their development, than say Karamoko and Henderson where their positions are strong.

03 Oct 2020 17:44:31
Agree with everything you said lads. But the main thing for me if the first team players get injured they got a few bounce games with reserved to get up to speed and the reserves would get to play along side there heroes when getting up to speed we don't have that any more.

03 Oct 2020 19:08:50
If we failed to get in a LB or LWB in the next few days do people think we should call O'Connor back from his loan. The guy is a LB and and Irish international.

03 Oct 2020 23:45:22
Managing Celtic is a high pressure job and failure to win the league would mostly like result in the manager being sacked.

With that in mind, put yourself in the managers shoes when it comes to picking the team. Do you pick the experienced guy who is likely the better player right now or do you pick the player with potential who is at a lesser level?

04 Oct 2020 05:29:16
Talking about Stevie Woods, I still can't believe he never went further than Motherwell in his playing career.

He is an outstanding goalkeeper coach, who is a natural at getting the best out of goalkeepers on our books.

03 Oct 2020 11:51:25
Brother Bobby gave 2 penalties to Hamilton last night for 2 clumsy challenges.
There was not a hand ball in sight.
We will still be watching with interest.

03 Oct 2020 14:55:44
What?

03 Oct 2020 16:01:01
Rangers fans are wanting to know our conspiracy stories now because Madden gave 2 penalties last night.
Both penalties he gave were due to clumsy challenges and not for handballs.
I will be looking to see if Madden will continue to award penalties for a handball when their arms are in a natural position.

03 Oct 2020 16:42:10
And so you should be buzz but al bet he bottles it if he has to penalise sevco.

03 Oct 2020 07:39:04
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03 Oct 2020 12:49:18
Loans are good for emergencies only unless they have an obligation to buy at the end. Then I can see a loan deal working. Otherwise its only papering over the cracks and you won't ever have a settled team. We need consistency in our team so we can start playing the football we know we can play instead of all this slow play at the back. I think sometimes we actually bore the other team so much they let us get a goal to make it more interesting lol.

04 Oct 2020 09:11:52
Paper over the cracks with as many quality loan signing as we need to get this seasons league title over the line as far as I'm concerned Marco.