18 Sep 2024 08:41:59
Don’t think I’ve ever been more fearful going into a Champions League game. For the first time ever not only are we overwhelming favourites but it’s also a must win game.
This team are league champions, they’ve come through CL qualification, they have international players. If they played in Scotland they would finish minimum 3rd in our league, quite possibly higher. If we are not 100% focussed and on form we will not win this game, there are no gimmes at this level.
Come on Celtic, let’s do this, right now I’d be delighted with a 1-0 win.
18 Sep 2024 10:52:09
I'm not nervous but I do think too many of our fans think the points are already won and it won't be an easy game.
When it comes to Europe I always go in with the expectation that we will lose every game. This way I am never disappointed and often happy that we have exceeded my expectation.
18 Sep 2024 11:18:01
Any win will do me don't think we're in a position to be too picky in this competition.
18 Sep 2024 12:42:00
It's a game of football and anything can happen but c'mon lads. If you could have heated the balls up and hand picked a draw, Bratislava at home would have been one of them. If we're not optomistic about tonight then we shouldn't be there at all.
18 Sep 2024 14:29:29
It's definitely different days from MON and even WGS in Europe and our reputation on the big stage has slipped.
All we can ask is the team try and carry the good form and confidence into this game; start well and don't take any risks at the back.
The forwards have to be composed and clinical when the chances come. A decent result could go a long way in shaping this season.
18 Sep 2024 15:44:49
It's early days for this team but they are starting to gel and if we start on the front foot, put them on the back foot, take our chances and more importantly our defence remain concentrated, we can win this reasonably comfortably but we need to stay focused.
Our midfield is our strength now and they need to dominate the ball, get it forward quickly and push their defence back.
Kyogo needs to take the chances made for him.
18 Sep 2024 17:31:15
Weejoe- I have the points in the bag. If we don't win this tonight then we give up. Simple as that. After all the embarrassing results in Europe recently we cannot not take 3 points. We want to attract top young talent, pay double figure millions, then if we don't win this tonight then we probably finish in bottom 8 and our new look approach to being a big club is gone. There is no excuses for not winning this game.