Celtic Banter Archive January 04 2020

04 Jan 2020 22:47:01
For those not understanding. Danny Macgrain = defensive full back who overlapped a lot. Agathe essentially a winger slotting back = not as good defensively. In big games the FB needs to be able to defend. Hayes and Elhamed outstanding at eye brix. Frimpong and Bollingoli not so good at CP. Bauer not seen much agreed but can't break in so that tells its own story. Boli not near good enough and an expensive mistake. don't take offence i mean not understanding my point as opposed to not understanding the facts.

04 Jan 2020 22:57:58
Don't understand your points or your "facts", don't take offence.

04 Jan 2020 23:19:22
Hayes “outstanding” at Ibrox?

05 Jan 2020 01:49:48
Hayes got 10 mins st Ibrox. He was also awful in the cup final. If Elhamed was fit he would have started the last two derby games before Frimpong.

05 Jan 2020 11:20:53
Why do people keep trying to pedal the myths that hayes
1) played left back at ibrox
2) he was out standing at ibrox.

The truth is he played about 10 minutes. He did score a goal but even that was almost messed up.

Baz can you explain how he was outstanding at ibrox?

05 Jan 2020 11:38:49
Kev why do you keep on saying Hayes nearly messed up the goal he scored at Ibrox. The guy scored for crying out loud didn’t he and in doing so lived out a childhood dream that we’ve all had of bagging the winner at Ibrox. I get that you don’t rate him as a player but can’t understand why you keep referring to his “goal that he almost messed up” to use against him.

04 Jan 2020
New image uploaded to the
Celtic Player Sightings page entitled, Victor Wanyama spotted in Glasgow?

04 Jan 2020 21:01:45
He's put on the beef but nice suit.

04 Jan 2020 21:27:35
Hes pictured there with the Kenya High Commissioner in London talking about the victor wanyama foundation, so I'd call bullshiit on that picture.

04 Jan 2020 21:49:20
🤣🤣 look at the decor looks as if he’s back home a visit.

04 Jan 2020 19:20:58
And rod Stewart told the GB To start behaving themselves 😂😂.

04 Jan 2020 19:58:13
Look JJ that security guard clearly didn't know the magnitude of greatness he was in the presence of when he stopped the 80year old sir rod getting into a kids new year's party. Sir rod was well within his sirly rights to smite the outlandish and disrespectful yank. socking it to the man again. If his music wasn't so crap and his attitude so grandiose that'd be rock star behaviour but he's a tube.

04 Jan 2020 20:50:21
And he has a seat for life apparently, for what? . Promotes our club? . He needs better advisors, and stay in if he's pished. That's what I do, and I've never been in the papers once🤣🤣🤣.

04 Jan 2020 17:04:20
I don’t think anyone is getting it the problem is we are playing a 4141 brown drops inbetween the centre backs every time and Christie drops into middle, I don’t Care what the tv or the club say the formation is a 4141 has been since Lennon took over its horrible and doesn’t work, formation needs attention more than new personnel imo.

04 Jan 2020 14:41:49
Some big earners need moved on.
Sinclair - 500k
Gordon - freed
Griffiths - loaned out

Others also need moved on.
Shved - Domestic Loan
Morgan - 500k
Hayes - 250k
Bauer - Terminate Loan (promote O'Conner)
Hendry - 500k
Kouassi - 750k
Arzani - Terminate Loan
Bayo - Domestic Loan
Simunovic - Summer Sale (due to injury)

Bring in

Striker - permanently
Striker - On Loan
Central Midfielder - permanently
Central Defender - Loan or Permanent.

04 Jan 2020 14:54:59
I've seen rumours that Bayo could be used as part of any deal for Sporar.

04 Jan 2020 15:50:20
Why would Sinclair move now without a big payoff?
He can sign a pre and get a bigger signing on fee as well as all his wages.

Youd be incredibly lucky to get anything for the likes of kouassi or hendry.

Morgan would be another that would probably need to be given a wedge to move as he's never getting the same wages with anyone else he does with us.

04 Jan 2020 13:10:23
Would just like to see how many fellow hoops agree/ disagree with this.

I personally think after the game last week it's got to a point where enough is enough and a change of system/ players is needed. As bad it kills me to say it, of the past 5 games since Lennon has been back they've outplayed us in 4 of those and definetely have found a way to play through us. The only game we had pass marks was the 2-0 at ibrox and even at that Kent and morelos didn't even start that game. It's got to a point now where we've been absolutely rank rotten and are getting played right through and too many players are going missing.
I'm not buying the fact that the Forrests and christies have been unbelievable or whatever, yes they've done well, but they definetely go missing when we play them, especially Forrest.

For that reason alone and how poor we've been against them I honestly think we should switch it to 3 at the back and play frimpong right wing back with elhamed ajer and jullien at the back. This would give us far more solidity while providing the width of the fullback s to get up and down when required.

As much as I love edouard he's totally isolated when the rest of the midfield are crap so my honest suggestion is to play 2 up top to give them more to think about when we play them and pack the centre of the park so we can win those battles, that's exactly what they've managed to do to us and it's time we step up and do the same.

Thoughts?

{Ed007's Note - It's a no from me and it's not just against them that we struggle to really impose ourselves on the game imo. I'd prefer we switched to a 4-3-3 and let McGregor control the tempo we play at and really influence the game. Allowing Brown to be the main playmaker is a major problem.}

04 Jan 2020 13:34:43
You know it ed007 I know it and they know it too 👎.

04 Jan 2020 14:00:05
We played 433 for a while last season and didn't look any better. I agree though that McGregor should play in the deep lying playmaker role. Brown has his uses playing a killer pass isn't one if them.

04 Jan 2020 14:42:08
If every supporter was totally honest, they would agree with your assessment of recent Sevco games, where we have been predictably outnumbered and outfought with several of our players bottling it.
It's not easy to admit, but a guy like James Forrest who has scored many, many important goals and performed well in European matches, just becomes invisible - along with usually two or three others - who we would rely on create chances and win us games.
The most frustrating facts (apart from star men going AWOL) are that our 'tactics' and formations have played right into their hands game after game and finally; Sevco are no world-beaters and are very average especially with a striker who can't hurt us.
On paper we have the strongest squad in the country, while they are mostly, an assembled who's - who from the bargain bucket.
Neil Lennon must take some of the responsibility for repeating mistakes and Slippy takes credit for moulding misfits into a consistent unit that knows their roles and steps up to the plate.
We cannot afford to play favourites again and again, who regularly fail to at least compete in these important title deciders and I hope we actually bring in some real quality to shake a few up.

04 Jan 2020 17:47:00
I’m with you all the way Greenclovr. I’ve named my 3-5-2 team on another thread.

04 Jan 2020 21:36:00
I always laugh when it’s said they played us off the park when Celtic beat them 2-1 with Forrest scoring the winner.
After 60 minutes Sevco had 0 shots at goal.0 shots on target and also 0 corners.
They started playing well after they scored with their first shot at goal in the match, it was their last throw of the dice because they were losing the match and well behind Celtic on points. It’s the least they could try.

Remember Celtic also went down to 10 men due to an injury to Boyata and although Lennon got out of jail because of his terrible substitutions on the day, Celtic still deservedly won the game.

04 Jan 2020 19:14:20
I totally agree with Ed on this. McGregor plays at a faster tempo and Brown slows it down.

{Ed007's Note - Brown's still good at what he does which is breaking up play and harassing & getting in about the opposition but McGregor should be the main man when it comes to dictating our play.
Think back to the Keane/Scholes partnership at Man Utd years ago, Keane won the ball and let Scholes pull the strings.}

04 Jan 2020 07:39:02
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 4th January 2019