Celtic Banter Archive February 07 2019

07 Feb 2019 21:17:48
Would fans on here support a boycott of everything to do with the sfa?
By that I mean ANY game played at hampden until reform is made in the corridors of power?

07 Feb 2019 22:09:29
We would all love to see an end to the hypocrisy and cheating; but It's possible most Celtic fans would not want to sacrifice supporting our team (who play a lot of games there) to hand a big advantage to opposing teams (and their support) who would be facing us for trophies.
I know that the SFA are a corrupt and biased shower of charlatans who currently ride roughshod over us and favour Sevco at every turn, when they're supposed to represent and govern EVERY team in Scotland with integrity and honesty; but until there is a serious, substantial backlash from ourselves and several other member clubs, the SFA, SPFL and the Lanarkshire Referee Mafia will get away with virtual murder.
Ably assisted by the warped, slanted Sevconian Media outlets.

07 Feb 2019 22:35:41
Tennis ball protests in live games would bring the whole thing to a head.

07 Feb 2019 23:55:47
We should boycott all away venues and hurt the other teams SFA an spfl where it hurts them the most in their pockets see how long the TV wants to show games with empty stands.

08 Feb 2019 07:14:46
The only way to get change is fans to unite and take action. Even If Celtic try to do something they have no support of other clubs.
But fans like ourselves and the dons seem to fight for a common goal
It may hurt us short term but the long term benefits outweigh that for me.
Stay away from hampden, stay away from away grounds and starve the sfa and other clubs until they are forced to do something.

08 Feb 2019 09:10:47
The majority of member clubs should unite to force change. Some of the decisions this season alone defy belief. The hypocrisy from Gerrard is comical, he ridiculed Steve Clarke during the week on the treatment of referees and how difficult a job they have etc etc then his club go and appeal a red card for a serial offender which was a stonewall red card every day of the week.

08 Feb 2019 09:49:28
What or who would it take to report the SFA to UEFA for match rigging, because that in essence is what they are up to.
I’d even contribute to crowd funding to take this on because this is getting effen ridiculous. Fraud is being perpetrated against the paying public something needs to happen.

08 Feb 2019 09:51:35
I am incensed too at the level those cheating barstewards are stooping to to help their team, but, if we were to protest with tennis balls etc it would be used to divert away from their cheating and try to show us as the wrong party.

The club need to make a statement. Especially if Simo gets penilised and that utter can’t McGreggir gets away with it again.

Let’s face it, Morelos is walking. That’s where we are in operation stop the 10. They are cheats to the core.

08 Feb 2019 14:17:15
We need the backing of the other clubs if we want to see change. That is why I don't think boycotting away games is an option. However, I do agree that fans have to be united and take the initiative.

My suggestion is that collectively we agree upon what we want to change and draft a manifesto. Once that is done each group of fans need to build support within their own club. The next step is to contact their club and tell them they won't be attending matches, won't be buying season tickets or merchandise unless their club uses its position to get the changes we all want to see.

This tactic has already proved successful when we influenced our clubs to vote against letting sevco start out in the spfl.

The question is do enough fans want to see change and are they willing to put in the required effort.

08 Feb 2019 14:19:59
You only need about 50-100 people to make a tennis ball protest effective. We could get that many tickets in the home end of every away game that Sevco play and disrupt their televised games. I think one or two of the other teams (Aberdeen, Hibs, possibly St Johnstone, Motherwell) might support us in this and then you might be able to force some real change.

08 Feb 2019 19:35:10
Excuse my ignorance guys but how does a tennis ball protest work?

07 Feb 2019 19:32:19
Hi long time follower, first post. no matter how many penalty's rangers get or how bad the refs are, if we keep winning bhoys and ghirls they cannot touch or affect us.

07 Feb 2019 20:19:06
Roddy welcome to the mad hoose! ☘️👍.

07 Feb 2019 20:31:31
Common sense on a first post!

07 Feb 2019 23:56:23
Your a 100% right all we need to do is win lol and THEY/ THEM won’t touch us, but can’t speak for the ogre, as he likes a good feel.

07 Feb 2019 19:16:36
Either Celtic speak up about lack of protection from officials or we're going to need two first team squads to win 10 titles in a row. This has been gathering momentum for two seasons consider treatment of KT and Brown et al over that time. Brendan is probably too nice a guy but the players should be sent out for the next games against Aberdeen, Motherwell and the team the old Rangers fans now follow to take no prisoners supposing it costs us a few cards be they yellow or red. No more Mr Nice Guy we're up against institutionalised anti-Celtic and anti-Irish and Anti-Catholic sentiment here Brendan. On a side note if I was a sheep 🐑 or a lamb I'd be taking my posters of Wullie Miller off the wall after last nights comments regarding McGregors challenge on Ferguson which sounded like a script drafted in the 166 club in Airdrie.

07 Feb 2019 22:16:03
My only problem with BR is his easy going, polite manner to an obviously hostile media with loaded questions and fake interest.
He never gets involved in any of the controversy and cheating that goes on - sometimes right in front of his eyes.
There;s a time to be Mr Nice Guy and a time for straight talking and calling it the way it is.

07 Feb 2019 22:37:18
We already have 3 first team squads as we have 3 players for most positions.

07 Feb 2019 17:26:05
So the compliance officer is reportedly looking at jozo's challenge on Shaw last night and sevco have appealed the Morelos red card and there's no mention of McGregor's challenge on Ferguson wonder how the rest of this week will pan out be interesting to see which of these players will be available for the cup games at the weekend or maybe I'm just pre empting my own paranoia.

07 Feb 2019 22:28:01
Morelos is a nut case, McGregor has got away with his fouls about 4 times this season, once against Motherwell, twice against Aberdeen, and once against Celtic.

07 Feb 2019 16:09:09
Sky sports news logic today : man City go top above Liverpool who have a game in hand, is the league over for Liverpool? Rangers remain 6 pts behind celtic iin the title hunt for the spfl!

07 Feb 2019 16:37:26
If we were 15 points clear with 5 games to play Sky would no doubt say Sevco were still in the title race.

07 Feb 2019 14:01:13
There's a stat showing that Celtic need 121 touches in the box before being awarded a pen while sevco only need 65 go figure.

07 Feb 2019 15:07:18
I'd be interested to see as well, how many opponents each time has had sent off this season as we have received no protection at all from the establishment with several injuries as a result.

07 Feb 2019 18:49:40
Only one player has been sent against Celtic this season and we were leading 5-0 at the time.
Its incredible considering we have been the victim of 9 off the ball incidents.

07 Feb 2019 22:24:03
I think statistics like that on their own don’t show a very clear picture. When you couple that with a possible case of slight establishment paranoia it adds weight to the conspiracy theorists out there. Your pool isn’t big enough. To paint the correct picture you would need to display that stat but with every team in the spl at least and then if it’s as stark as that then you might be onto something.

I’d like to add that IMO there have been massively inconsistencies in refereeing across the entire spectrum of teams games I've watched or listened to but in particular against Celtic I’ve been particularly peeved by the frequency and magnitude. Something is fishy alright.

07 Feb 2019 10:40:00
Good result and performance last night all round. Brown was absolutely terrific and Toljan gave us so much energy down the right - I got a bit of stick last week for saying Lustig doesn't have the legs to do a shift like that anymore but I stick by it, especially after last night. Some nasty challenges from both sides as well, which isn't great to see, but overall very pleased to see us going quietly about our business while all the others are in uproar over penalties and red cards.

07 Feb 2019 12:33:18
That's the big difference Kev. Said for a while you see that ability to get up and down on Tierney's side and if we had something similar to that on the right then it'll take the whole side up a notch. He looks really composed at the attacking end of the field too.

07 Feb 2019 12:33:46
I said in the 'chat' last night that Hibs were well fired-up and if they coulfd be bothered putting that much effort in every week, who knows what they could achieve?
Broony was immense, but lucky with one challenge in particular not to maybe see red; however the assault on Izzy was ridiculous and Thomson failed - like all the rest - to punish and protect our players.

07 Feb 2019 12:57:26
If lustig is struggling so bad to get up and down how come he has one of the best goal assist rates this season?

07 Feb 2019 13:18:51
After a game and a half the difference is there to see lustig has been a good servant but he needs replaced.

07 Feb 2019 14:06:52
@Kev83 - You seem to be particularly passionate about this topic but please don't put words in my mouth. I didn't say Lustig was struggling to get up and down, I said he doesn't have the pace or energy to perform the role as well as Toljan over 90 minutes and I think last night made that pretty clear.

OAB - The tackle on Izzy was definitely a shocker but Broony also had a bad one at the start of the second half and Jozo could have been in trouble for nailing Shaw with his forearm. It wasn't one way traffic.

07 Feb 2019 16:21:35
We have seen toljan for a game and a half. Though he looks promising the same stuff Was said about gamboa at several different times. Time will tell.
My major point about lustig is yes he is not as good as he has been in the past but he is also not as bad as some Celtic fans make out and is still contributing a lot to our team.

07 Feb 2019 16:32:00
Like a few others on here, I feel Lustig has slowed down a bit too much to keep his place regularly now we have the new lad. I wasn’t at the game last night but by all accounts he had a great game. The problem with Lustig isn’t going forward it’s getting back quickly enough to defend when the play changes quickly. A few teams are actively pinpointing him as a weak link for us . Father Time catches up with all footballers unfortunately, if it didn’t we’d still be playing Danny McGrain.

07 Feb 2019 16:34:11
Good European teams are now targeting Lustig because they know he is the weakest link in our defence.

07 Feb 2019 17:32:54
Agree 100% about Gamboa, you can have pace to burn but if you're not very good then it doesn't make up for it.

07 Feb 2019 18:15:25
Our whole defence is a shambles in Europe.

07 Feb 2019 03:46:58
Weah's running, commitmemt and movememt reminds me so much of the King.
I pray we can get him for another season.

07 Feb 2019 08:14:22
I think he has the potential to be in that class.

07 Feb 2019 09:50:09
If we were able to sign all the loan boys it would step us up that bit further. That’s the class we should be aiming for and it’s not unrealistic to see them back. Recent interviews show there love for the club already. If we we’re able to find the funds for these transfers it would be a no brainer. Squad is also going to look a lot stronger come the weekend. Ajer back, Edouard, Ntcham, Izzy, Lustig.

Just need Griff, Forrest, Rogic, Benkovic, Tierney Back. Our squad looks very good depth wise.

07 Feb 2019 10:46:10
The link up play last night was slick. When French eddy gets in the mix we have some front line. Shame for bayo but even BR wouldn’t have sent him on as a left back.

Johnny Hayes is definitely not a left back, but fair play he will probably just be happy to get on the pitch. Gave the ball away plenty though.

I said on another post about building the post broony era team around calmac - his running and movement last night was sublime. Some player he’s becoming.


Bain - solid passing
For me Ajer offers more than boyata.

07 Feb 2019 11:02:22
He reminds me of cadete.

06 Feb 2019 22:31:10
The tackle on Izzy not being a red was atrocious.
Over the game, Brown was magnificent but I remember McGregor giving the ball away once and thought I had a problem with my sight - he was absolutely fantastic! And has been for God knows how. What a player.

07 Feb 2019 10:56:32
He is our new Paul McStay. Great engine. Great Technical Ability. Great Passer. Great Shooter. Great Reader of the Game. Great at Dictating Tempo.

He has it all.