Celtic Banter Archive March 04 2015

04 Mar 2015 22:25:02
OK it was our first league defeat since December, but we have only won once in our last four games.
Whatever the angle, we missed a great chance to go nine points clear before the very important Cup games; although StJohnstone are an old bogie team of ours.
We have had injuries to important players in Commons and Izzy, but we should be able to carry that with the squad available - but when you add Armstrong and GMS who are ineligible then we have major changes to a system and formation that was working very well this past two months.

Guys like Forrest and Stokes have to step up and show some sort of desire and effort to fight for a place and the centre forward situation is causing concern?
A victory tonight would have sent a strong message to Utd and confidence would have been sky high but we have put a bit of pressure on ourselves - as usual.

RD has to get it right, not once but at least twice out of the three successive meetings and the support will expect a hat trick of wins.
This will be his and the players biggest test to date and I hope tonight serves as a wake up call and a reminder, we have won nothing yet. C O Y B I G.

04 Mar 2015 22:47:29
Manager made a big mistake with his line up tonight. Johansen playing fantastic in an advanced role and all of a sudden dropped in the midfield. Out only real defensive midfielder left on the bench and once again the very poor Anthony Stokes given a game. Another game when our right back cannot finish 90 mins so this again takes up a substitution. And please, please tell Effie he's just not good enough!

05 Mar 2015 17:38:04
I agree that Johansen's is more suited to an advanced role and that is where he has played his best games for us.

However, Deila stated that Biton needed a rest and that he wanted him fresh for the Dundee Utd game. As this was the case who else could have played at CM? Mulgrew is even worse than Johansen in this role plus he we not 100% for last night.

In fact I have pointed this out on another forum, we are actually weak in CM if we pick up injuries or need to rotate. As things stand we don't have any decent cover for Brown or Biton and this is something we should address in the summer, ideally we could bring a development player in but not sure we have someone at the moment.

05 Mar 2015 17:45:46
Win after win., and never any mention Deila got it correct . We have people who with hindsight can state Deila got it wrong . To me any fool can tell us after a game whether a manager has got it right or wrong . No manager ever gets all team selections right and all substitutions right, but he can only use the best information available to him, which is usually by watching all his players in training between matches and of course matches that we all see.
Something is surely wrong Efe has played against top class Italians and all four back four positions and he has been at least as good as his defensive colleagues .
Why should we decide now he is not good enough . He is the best substitute defender in Scotland, at the very least .

04 Mar 2015 21:45:23
That was a joke tonight, Forrest is a waste of a jersey, GMS taken off when ineligible for weekend, Wakaso is crap, stokes shouldn't be near the side. If you're going to shake the team up i'd sooner Henderson and the other lads played because the lads listed above are just plain Garbage!

Puts Sunday's result in the shade, anyone who thinks a treble is a given needs to give themselves a shake

04 Mar 2015 21:02:05
Get Scepovic on Deila

04 Mar 2015 18:58:47
I see the Dundee game has been rearranged for 18th March. Typically a midweek game when we play the Sunday before. in the cup final! Desperate to make it as hard as possible as always with the fixtures arranging. Aberdeen after Europe was no coincidence either, Carefully thought out fixture planning where we could be vulnerable. I suppose the SPL has to try their best to make the league competitive

04 Mar 2015 15:39:08
Ed, looks like you were on the money with the New Balance deal. I bow to your tremendous inside knowledge. However, there seems to be a lack of info regarding figures. Have you heard anything Ed or anybody else, and do the club usually announce these things publicly? A couple of media outlets are suggesting more money than Nike. Either way it's an exciting prospect!

{Ed007's Note - I've heard it's circa £30 million over 5 years but also heard it's £7 million p.a. but don't quote me on that.}

04 Mar 2015 16:58:44
ED007 surely that is pocket money to Mr King with all the cash he squirreled away in South Africa lol

04 Mar 2015 21:28:41
Gutted about this. Looked at a few strips they produce and one is uglier than the other. Will miss Nike

04 Mar 2015 12:02:43
King kennys birthday today the day after Caesar, isn't that ironic two Celtic legends, one a money grabbing chancer, who shows the club and our fans no respect and who's stock diminishes everytime he opens his mouth the other a true hero, who would bleed green and white and who would rather pull his own teeth out than say anything bad about our club or fans.

{Ed007's Note - I've never bought into the whole Dalglish being a CFC legend fallacy. IMO you can only be a playing legend with one club and Dalglish done more for Liverpool than he ever done for us. Would a CFC legend have worked for Rangers?}

04 Mar 2015 14:11:04
Like many fortunate Celtic fans I witnessed Kenny playing great stuff for us for about 5 years. He was pure class and a joy to watch. The fans were crazy about him. I consider myself fortunate to have seen the young carefree King.
Alas, I agree with fab1 and Ed007, he was a typical football mercenary in every respect. I feel he only related to Celtic when he played for us. After he left it was as if we were some Junior training club he had come through. I was very disappointed when as part of the so called Dream Team, he left the inept and inexperienced Barnes to sink or swim. The boy sank like a stone.(Barnes did leave us with Stan Petrov for which I am grateful)However, I think of Dalglish as a terrific former player - but not a True Celt.

04 Mar 2015 14:52:55
I agree Dalglish was a mercenery first and foremost more fitting players should be called Celtic legends like his team mate at the time Danny McGrain

04 Mar 2015 16:13:20
I loved seeing Bertie Auld before the Inter Milan match, his passion for Celtic is infectious.
Although Kenny Dalglish was a great player, I never feel Celtic is in his heart. For a man born in Glasgow, the fact that Liverpool is his team, shows his heart really lies at the other side of the City.

{Ed007's Note - I think his heart is more concerned with his bank balance than his morals. Anyone remember this moonbeam from 1996?



'Kenny will be given a roving role to go out and recommend - and try to attract - the best."We're not talking about young or middle of the road players - we're talking the VERY best. Dalglish will be given an open chequebook to make sure the big names are made an offer they can't refuse. Murray knows the name of King Kenny will not only help capture top stars, but will increase interest from potential investors.

That Dream Team in Full

Ajax attackers PATRICK KLUIVERT and MARC OVERMARS would immediately create a £15 million hole in the Ibrox funds - but would no longer be an impossible prospect.

Paris St Germain's brilliant Brazilian RAI would also come into the equation and players like JURGEN KLINSMANN and PAOLO MALDINI would become targets.

Dalglish's brilliant record in England could prompt moves for ERIC CANTONA and ROBBIE FOWLER.

Top agents like Edinburgh's Jake Duncan reckons even Barcelona's RONALDO would not be out of Dalglish's reach.

If Rangers are making millions then the sky is the limit.'

04 Mar 2015 16:58:56
Think you're being a bit harsh on Dalgleish, he's in the top three most naturally gifted players I ever saw playin for Celtic, Johnstone and Connelly being the others, so I think its fair to say that as a player for Celtic he was a legend, after his playing career was over that's a different story.

04 Mar 2015 18:15:37
There's no doubting dalglish playin ability, but for me when I think of celtic ledgends McNeill Johnstone larsson and mcstay! Dalglish doesn't even come close! He's one of that mob across the road in my eyes and what he done In a celtic top is long forgotten! Don't even like his name being mentioned in the same breath as our great club!

04 Mar 2015 19:23:11
God above Ed I can remember reading that as if it was yday and being 13 believed every word of it! How times have changed I liked the comment at the end from Sir Minty I have no comment to make that's the way I conduct business lamb anyone?

04 Mar 2015 13:17:30
Looking more and more likely JG has no intention of staying with celtic, not a major loss IMO. What is being lost though is a chance for Scepovic to grab some game time after all he is a permanent signing. Why should celtic maximise JG fitness for Ajax, Feynoord, Marseille ect to swoop in when celtic improve him. Think he may have took the huff a little at playing second fiddle to LG.

04 Mar 2015 17:09:44
After promising start, I just don't rate Guidetti and can't see a stampede of clubs chasing his signature in summer.

If there was any serious interest from clubs that could break our payscale, he would of signed for them on pre-contract by now.