Celtic Banter Archive August 04 2015

04 Aug 2015 22:30:12
I don't think it was mentioned last week after the game but I thought the best player in that mobs team was the bald number 20! Absolutely everything went through him in midfield and caused us some real problems. I think key to stopping them tomorrow will be to ensure he sees less of the ball and doesn't have space to run into. Johanson will hopefully contribute with his energy and constant running, but imo stop him and you stop them playing

04 Aug 2015 16:17:37
Tomorrow seems like a tough game for us. If we were to go out do you think there would be any backlash towards the board or will we all just come on to discussion boards like this to moan? I don't know what other people's opinions are but I'm not buying the "we are stronger than last year" story. I'd feel more comfortable going into this qualifier with denayer and guidetti .
It seems to me that excuses like heat travel and state of the pitch will be aired . There is a point there but if the worst happens no one without a celtic persuasion will care . We will be the laughing stock of Europe going out to "carrier bag". The headlines r probably already been written . Maybe paranoia but you get the impression the red tops want us to go out to sell papers and have the old broken crest on the back page. Point being , we need to man up a bit and take care of business tomorrow as we are on a hiding to nothing.

04 Aug 2015 19:47:11
I think if we were to lose tomorrow there would be lots of people complaining, on sites such as this, but I don't think there would be any real backlash towards the board, people nowadays make their feelings known by just staying away.
The thing that disappoints me about the way this board operates, is that they haven't tried to entice supporters back by investing a bit on the team and creating a bit of optimism, rather they have cut costs to make up for the loss of revenue, the result being that even more fans will probably stay away and the downward spiral continues. I think they are waiting for sevco to get promoted, in the hope that the rivalry will entice back supporters, and the crowds will improve.
I think we should forget about sevco, whatever they do, we can't control, they may never get promoted. There is more to Celtic than a rivalry against a bunch of cheats, and I would like to see us setting our sights a bit higher.
Despite all that I still think we are in a good position to progress, it's quite difficult in Europe these days if the away team in the first leg doesn't score, if we approach the match in the right manner, I'm sure we can score a couple of goals, and get the result we crave.

04 Aug 2015 20:39:22
Weaker without Gudetti! Are you having a laugh? The guy was the biggest waste of space to pull on the hoops in many a year.

04 Aug 2015 21:17:14
IF we do not get the correct results I think the board has to take some of the blame I am all for balancing the books but you have to have consistency to I am not bothered if who we bring in are marque signings or some one that cost 100k as long as they IMPROVE the team but I think its a case of achieving a level that can at least take us to the CL group stages each year and not just gamble on let's just hope we get the correct draws to take us there As what I think the board are doing each year I am no accountant but I am sure we make a profit each year but sadly that profit is not getting reinvested in the team. What I can't understand is we have top businessmen running the club and surely if you let the standards fall in a business year in year out you end up with no business. Or am I wrong?

04 Aug 2015 21:26:15
The laughing stock of Europe , I don't think to many fans of European clubs will give two seconds thought to us going out of Europe , should that befall us tomorrow night .

04 Aug 2015 21:31:48
I'm not entertaining the thought of going out or getting beat! If he played Griffitths in the first game we would be leading by a couple! But I think RD will start ciftci as a target man!

04 Aug 2015 22:23:48
Des. H, i'm not sure i'd agree with u regarding guidetti. Don't get me wrong his attitude was that of a spoilt child, as highlighted in the cup final but he isn't the only forward that needed to be the centre of attention . Maybe it's the position they play , they have to have a bit of arrogance but he definitely overstepped the mark with us. That being said I' personally think for Europe ( where the possible limelight could shine on him) I wouldn't mind having him for tomorrow if we needed a goal. Did u see how poor we were after griffiths went off at the weekend. He was a danger if he put his mind to it , would u say we r stronger now than last season up top?

04 Aug 2015 14:16:27
See legia got awarded a 3-0 win. I wonder if legia will accept this. As they made so much of our 3-0 win.

04 Aug 2015 04:37:08
I hear UEFA have declared the pitch playable,but are refusing to let Celtic train on it??

{Ed001's Note - that would be a breach of UEFA rules, the away team has to be allowed to train on it ahead of the game.}

04 Aug 2015 06:07:39
Yes,Ed,I know but it's all over Twitter,we'll see later I suppose,when some of our more informed posters are awake.Up a bit early yourself are you not?

{Ed001's Note - I am always up at this time these days, it is gone 9am here. Be very interesting if UEFA refuse Celtic the right to train on it, Celtic would be well within their rights to force UEFA to allow them to train. UEFA could ask Celtic not to train on it, and Celtic could then accept, but refusal would breach their own ruling. If the pitch is not playable for a team to train on, then they are meant to move the game.}

04 Aug 2015 08:01:00
Hypothetically speaking ed001 what do u think would happen if Celtic were not allowed to train on it then got put out the following night.

{Ed001's Note - if they were refused permission to train on the pitch, then they would really need to complain before the match and start the procedure straight away. If they wait until afterwards, they might well find that taking part in the game is viewed as a tacit acceptance of the situation. If they do complain, which I would expect them to as any club would do, then got put out, it would lead to an extremely messy situation.

UEFA's own rules state that the game should be played at a different venue on one of the reserve dates anyway, if the pitch is not available to train on. So UEFA would have little choice but to order a replay, anything else would put them on dodgy ground. Mind, with Platini in charge, who is just another Blatter, I don't know if UEFA would care about being on dodgy ground! Simply put though, UEFA would have not a leg to stand on, in my opinion, from what I have read of their own lawbook on the subject.

All in all, if Celtic are forced to play without training and complain about it, the result would likely be overruled by CAS and a replay would be the likely result. There is no way the opponents can be forced to concede the result, as they are doing their part in all this. The only people who are trying to bend the rules are UEFA.}

04 Aug 2015 08:21:06
If this was Madrid,Barca,Bayern etc they would be out already.

{Ed001's Note - no they wouldn't, but they would not be asking those clubs to play without training on the pitch.}

04 Aug 2015 09:26:33
Ed is it true that the picture used by the newspapers yesterday was in fact an old picture. And although the park is dry the surface is nowhere near as bad as is being portrayed.

{Ed001's Note - I don't know mate sorry, I tend to avoid anything to do with newspapers, they have no interest in checking facts or ensuring the accuracy of pictures used these days. It is perfectly possible they did use an old picture, it would not be the first time.}

04 Aug 2015 10:53:27
No bother mate just something I read. Can't even remember where I read it. Whilst your on mate I sat on sat night and managed to download kodi with genesis for movies and modbro for sports all on my £30 android box that would've been binned if it wasn't for your help. I have now saved 35pm on my TV by cancelling just sly sports and keeping bt sports I could've saved a lot more if I switched to bt but wanted to keep the good internet connection I have with Virgin Thanks for your advice mate I appreciate it.

{Ed007's Note - I'll pass that on, Gary.}

04 Aug 2015 15:42:48
I hope by this evening when they have trained on the pitch , all the Celtic players will get it out of their heads about the bad pitch . By 7.30 Celtic Park time Wednesday , the state of the pitch won't be relevant , all that will matter is that we are through to the next round . We don't want players or the management making excuses .
Qualifying is all that matters , and the players and managers need to remember that and that alone .

04 Aug 2015 18:57:08
garybhoy, what's the box called, where did you get it, and would you advise it, for an old dumplin to set up?
Cheers