Celtic Banter Archive August 07 2013

07 Aug 2013 22:49:50
I know we don't want him back but for a little game between us fans, mo bangura or Kevin Doyle

My vote is for Mo!

Mo was a real danger tonight and on that performance I would take him back
Gordybhoy44

I don't rate Mo at all but in all honesty he was better than what we had u front last night

Gary

Mo wasnt a real danger (had 1 clear header), a decent defender could have dealt with him, ambrose has no positional sense and for a big guy was to easily out muscled.
DB77

07 Aug 2013 22:04:55
Well not the best performance tonight but it is a step closer to the group stages and the equivalent to the rangers alleged share value.

But now is the time for PL to loosen the purse strings. As much as I respect the man for what he has done for Celtic he needs to forget about the shareholders for at least 1 season and their dividends.

£40+ million from the CL along with the sale of 3 players if Wilson does go.

I am not saying go mental crazy but give NL another £8 million to spend. It is obvious for all to see we need an out and out goal scorer and I would like to see a couple of CD's bought also. That for me would give us a stronger team.

As they say speculate to accumulate but just don't over speculate.

As I said another £8 million for 3 players won't break the bank and will let us fans see that Celtic mean business.

Ian

We've already brought in 2 cd's. it's a midfielder and a striker we need. Wouldn't worry about game tonight as the park was mince both teams struggled hence why it was long balls all the time.

Overloaded in midfield and very little confidence in the defences hence the reason I said 2 Cd's.

Ian

Van Dijk will be a great player for us. A partner for his is needed though

LM67

07 Aug 2013 21:42:21
Ach well, we're through.(not classy, but who gives a monkeys) So, who's next?
Hopefully a team closer to home to save us a big trek to the East!
Hail Hail!

BigRab

07 Aug 2013 21:22:03
One thing really hit home tonight, we urgently need reinforcements
Going to now need another centre half now that wilson is going and we are still very short up front

07 Aug 2013 21:11:55
Evening all not pretty tonight by any means but job done i'm actually writing in to say about the striker coach I know a few people have mentioned it recently I know big john has a job with the welsh national team but do you think he could be tempted if offered if not what about chris sutton doesn't seem to be doing much just now and like big john celtic are in their blood just a wee thought would love to hear other fellow tims opinions and other suggestions hail hail

Would love to see Big John or Chris back at CP. JK

There is a lot of talk about a striker coach. And rightly people say that just because you were a good player in that position doesn't make you a good coach. Big Johan was a good defender. Is he our defensive coach because if he is then what the fek us he teaching them. Lustig aside effy is awful and izzy freaks everyone's out when he defends. He needs to learn to pass also.

07 Aug 2013 22:36:00
Look no name no offence but who even mentioned the defence if you want to go there then answer me honestly what was the last celtic defence that you were genuinly happy with even if you go back to the days of mjallby balde big joos people still moaned the point was if you didn't agree with my suggestions then who would you put forward as a good striker coach

Put the pre season aside for a min the defence might not be the best we have ever had but 4 champions league games have came and gone maybe not the the best teams in Europe we are playing but 4 clean sheets let's just give the guys a break .

How meny clean sheets have we had in the qualifying rounds recently and still some people make out this is the worst defence ever could be a lot worse time for the moaners to start getting behind our bhoys instead of slating them if they don't have the best game of there carers every game
Gordybhoy44

I wouldn't have a striker coach. Name one striker coach at a CL team. A football manager should have the overall capabilities to coach everyone in the team. In response to your question (no name)

07 Aug 2013 21:11:24
Time to sign Alfred Finnbogason now we're through to the play-off round. £2.5m from the sale of Wilson, £5.5m from Hooper and around £11m for Wanyama by the time you take into account the clubs owed money for him. That's almost £20m. Lennon should have at least half of that to spend on replacements.

07 Aug 2013 21:06:45
Genuinely thought the best player in the team was izzy, very poor pitch though, just glad that we came through that one. could have been a sticky situation if they scored. Defos need a striker in the team though, Any updates ed?
DJB {Ed007's Note - Sorry, I've nothing new.}

07 Aug 2013 21:48:30
Thought izzy had a good game along with lustig hard to give motm tonight as majority had good moments along with poor

I thought Izzy was shocking! Ok a few decent tackles but how many times did he give the ball away or mess about in defense! The whole team were pretty crap though to be fair.

07 Aug 2013 20:58:04
Just watched the game Elfsborg were no better than the Dundee team that were relegated IMO. Celtic need to splash the cash and sign at least 4 "quality players" at 2 million pounds at least and in saying that maybe players who are not quite top notch from Italy or some other top European country better than the SPFL who would run amok in Scotland and who would love to win some honours in their career( of the class of Di Canio ) Hail Hail

We need some quality in not just to consolidate where we are but to improve on an annual basis and to be miles ahead of anyone in Scotland especially before the manky mob come back!

We are miles ahead of anybody in Scotland . Why do you mention the " manky mob "? . Why will they come back? They are no more, finished, dead, and their tribute act will be the same shortly . DH

We have two already sitting with an injury, Derk and Van Diyk. Who have 35mins played beteween them. We need a striker, and if we get the boy finborgson I will be happy

Vambo

@ 1 The reason I mentioned the Manky Mob is because Celtic as ever seem to be resting on their laurels, instead of strengthening when in a powerful position the board don't see any threat so don't invest in the squad adequately as a result there was a chance of being beaten by Elsfborg and there is more chance of getting F$%"^ed in the next round with a team missing three of its best players from last year. What are we waiting for the Manky Mob to come back to the top flight to pose a threat or invest in the team every year so even if they do get back they will be light years behind us.

07 Aug 2013 20:55:40
Mo Bangura surely can never put on a celtic jersey again and IMO our team needs about 4-5 new players they are urgently needed we have lost rogne, McCourt, lassad, miku, hooper, Wanyama, and now Wilson is off too . Ed do you have a list of possible opponents in the play off m8 . {Ed007's Note -

Celtic can face: Austria Wien, Maribor, Shakther Karagandy, Ludogorets Razgrad or winner of Legia Warsaw v Molde

07 Aug 2013 20:52:47
After that performance surely the board will give Neil decent money to spend on some quality players. The passing was not good and the plastic pitch was detrimental to the teams performance. Julieghirl

07 Aug 2013 20:49:22
Terrible game but got the job done guaranteed European football until Xmas at least. sign a striker ASAP commons and mulgrew were gash as were most but time to get it together hail hail gandalf the green

07 Aug 2013 20:11:53
67 minutes in and this is very uncomfortable. They aren't given us a millimeter, closing us right down. Get Stoksey on for the final 20 they should In theory start to slow down a bit

07 Aug 2013 20:39:39
Well done Lenny and The Bhoys, workman like performance and one step closer.HH. TheBhoyGreen.

Workman like. The only workmen that resembled were the greater Glasgow council 5aside team. Awful but through. Awful

Well it wasn't brilliant but through if we went out it would have been a disaster, as the saying goes 'you can only p@ss with the c*ck youv'e been given"!

07 Aug 2013 20:29:48
Absolutely appalling performance tonight . one of the poorest displays from a Celtic team in Europe I have seen in years. Embarrassing. Gerrybhoy

What u on about 5 1 ring in bells ya muppet
Hail hail andybhoy73

Who are you calling a muppet ya roaster???? last time we played that poorly in Europe was against Bratislava. we were shocking tonight and if we hadn't been playing against such a piss poor team we would have been dumped out on our arses.Gerrybhoy

07 Aug 2013 19:41:26
Well it's half time and got to say i'm getting pretty worried about this. We've had a couple of good chances but our general play is shocking, defence being pushed around by Bangura, midfield can't keep the ball and front line non existant! If we get through this tie we need some players badly, total lack of quality

Gary

Absolutly shocking I sometimes wonder if lennon is watchin same game as me, was mulgrew actually playing tonight, bangura bossing our c/b pair ffs we were very lucky tonight
happynoods

Did I hear right did lenny just say the back 4 were magnificent time for spec savers lenny they were woefull time to spend please meagle tim

07 Aug 2013 19:28:18
42 minutes gone and we are not impressive at all. Hope it improves quickly!

Hail Hail
ChrisBhoy

07 Aug 2013 18:45:32
Come on you bhoys in green

07 Aug 2013 16:44:30
Been away for a couple of days, so just catching up on posts.
About tonight's game, is anyone else worried about our defence? Wilson looks like he is going, so his mind will be elsewhere, any 50/50 balls watch him duck out. Then there is Ambrose a bombscare in defence. Also Izzy who CANNOT defend.
I just hope Sammy, Mulgrew and Ledley all are fit to strart tonight. Also our bad luck continues with our 2 Dutch signings both out injured.
We should have finished job at Celtic Park now I am worried our poor finishing could come back to haunt us. Timalloy

07 Aug 2013 14:09:10
Surely Celtic are Scotland's most successful football club and the SFA needs to categorically state that position as many governing associations do around the world?
Celtic have won the top competition European cup/ champions league (modern). No number of domestic titles can challenge that excellence. A hundred SPL titles cannot out balance it. The SFA needs to come clean on such things, its why they're there.

Don't hold your breath!
Kenny

07 Aug 2013 13:19:52
Why is it when we show interest in a player English teams snidely follow our targets? Read Southampton and Everton chasing Finnabogan same thing happened with tonev with villa urghh but he's stayed in Scotland before so that could be a wee advantage, and if we get CL. Elfsborg 0 3 celtic come on you bhoys in green! Gandalf the green

The club tries to keep its cards close to its chest but folks in the know come on here and leak it causing the problem. Conversely stating a current player isn't that good when he's for sale is daft also.

Gandalf, this frustrates the life out of me too. We tend to be very slow in the transfer market and this allows other clubs to come in for players.
There always appears to be a "wait for a while before closing the deal" approach coming out of Celtic and if a player is worth their salt at all then other clubs can blow us out of the water in terms of wages and possibly EPL standard football.
If it is true that Everton or Southampton are REALLY interested in the lad Finnbogason then we may as well move on and look elsewhere now. We simply can't compete with those teams.
In the past PL has shouted the mantra that we won't spend more than we can afford etc. etc. but we should be in a financial position to get a decent signing or two done or dusted without going crazy. That biscuit tin mentality is still alive, it seems. Financial prudence is all very well and clever but when it means we don't take definitive action and therefore lose out on players then it becomes anything but prudent in the long term.

Hail Hail
ChrisBhoy

@ 1). Are you trying to say that other clubs get interested because we are talking about the guy here? Get real lol

Hail Hail
ChrisBhoy

C'mon guys. As soon as we, or any other club for that matter, approach a player his agent will start circulating him around the EPL looking for a better deal.It's what they do. green jhedi

I'd call it negligance, ., .kbarry

07 Aug 2013 12:32:24
Hey guys. Anywhere in Hong Kong to watch the game 2nite? 1.45am ko! Thanks. JimBhoy

HK bhoys used to move their venue around. But normally down the wanchai not far from the sevco supporters bar.

There is a bar in H.K. The Blue Goose
it's a CSC bar if u see the Logans in there give them Tommy's regards.

Go on celticbars.com mate number for blue goose tavern phone and see if they show it but if its too far away they may know another celtic pub. Hope this helps mate. Gandalf the green

07 Aug 2013 09:03:38
Kelvin Wilson for me is the best Central Defender we've had in a long time. Realise that 2.5 million for someone signed on a free is good business but at what expense? Mulgrew and Van Dijk would strike me as the central pairing we'll go with when Van Dijk is fit but will we still be in Europe by that time? The Wolves guy is an unknown admittedly with a pretty crap reputation and there are several different Ambroses that can turn up in any given week! Reckon we will need to replace big Kelvin in this window. Not sure I can see that happening, let's hope for a good result tonight so that we have a season left, otherwise I can see us going with what we have. Daviebhoy77

07 Aug 2013 12:20:43
Yip but he wants to go

Dannybhoy

Actually the guy from wolves was very highly rated in France but was always injured in wolves, Wilson was always injured at forest and look how good he's done, give people a chance man. Gandalf the green

07 Aug 2013 08:12:32
Is there anywhere in Darlington that may be showing the Celtic game tonight? Bobby

If you have sky or a pub does ask them to put on BBC 2 Scotland bud

07 Aug 2013 07:54:02
Purely going of the papers today tbh but it seems that Heerenveen have no choice but to sell this young striker we've been linked with for sometime now. Going purely from his scoring record he looks a good prospect also after Saturday it's very evident we require a "Gary hooper" type striker to get those goals which we are lacking at the moment. HH
ChristheTim67

07 Aug 2013 03:12:54
after reading some of the posts on these pages, I must admit to being quite saddened by the attitude of some supporters with regard to the way celtic have being going about their business lately. of course football's all about opinions, but so many people seem to have such short memories. criticised for letting players go, new signings being written off before they've even played a competitive game, the green brigade situation, lack of spending. the list goes on and on. didn't we win a double and reach the last 16 of the CL last year? didn't we beat one of the greatest teams ever to have played the beautiful game on our way there? isn't our club completely debt free? haven't season tickets prices been considerably reduced for this season? isn't there still three weeks to go before the transfer window shuts? honestly, the lack of faith in the management and board some people have, truly astounds me. you don't have to look too far across the city to see what the dangers are of running a club irresponsibly. it is a privilege to support this magnificent team and the sooner some people realise it the better. I for one have total faith in the people in charge - they are all celtic men and want nothing but the best for our club - even if it means taking decisions they know they will be vilified for. I know these pages present a forum for debate but come on chaps, let's be a little more positive about things. we are celtic supporters, faithful, through and through.

Nameless poster, R U a Board member?
Seriously; the banter and opinions on here are terrific and most of the posts have valid, thought-out content not to mention great humour.
If an opinion is thought to be off the mark - the usual suspects will usually fire-in and offer an alternative view.

There is a lot to be thankful for at Celtic but there are a few areas of concern - which you mentioned.
Since I went to my first game in the 60's, there has always been debate and differences of opinion even in the Golden Era. We all love the club and that's why we talk about it non-stop and it would be helluva boring if we all agreed or were told what to think and believe, like some clubs?!

Jungle Jim

Spot on dh2707

I'm with you brother. I think some bhoys forget the circumstances this club operates in. We are doing great.

It's important all fans of all clubs keep up the highest expectation of all club employees, from boardroom to players. No sitting back on laurels.
At Celtic, fans have the highest expectation.

Ha ha! no i'm not a board member jungle jim, just forgot to sign in! I get your point, but as an example take kevin doyles prospective signing. yeah he's not the marquee signing everybody is looking for, but for gods sake, the guys not even a celtic player yet and the abuse he's been getting on these pages is shocking. neil lennon knows what he's doing, and if he wants doyle in his team then i'm more than willing to welcome the guy with open arms. anytime i've watched doyle he's gave 100%, holds the ball up brilliantly, scores the odd goal and never gives the defence a moments peace. let's give lenny a bit of credit, he certainly knows what he's doing.

07 Aug 2013 01:52:35
With Wilson likely to move Celtic would have made almost the same amount of money as in cl(20/22?) now that means this year has been one of the best ever with the amount we brought in. I'm sure we will be buying a couple more players soon, with another great season

Is sissoko, ex killiie player still a free agent? Anyone know, would we take

Ska Bhoy

SkaBhoy - I posted on here last week that we should look at him. Ed confirmed he is a free agent, an while he isn't the quality we need for a starting spot, he would (I feel) be an option for cover. Would also be cheap. Am surprised he hasn't found a team yet - am sure he will soon. Jean-Pierre Laguerre

Jean Pierre, yeah he always stood out for killie against us, would be a decent option, and agree cheap option,
Ska Bhoy