08 Jan 2026 18:43:25
I am Puzzled
I keep reading poster after poster on here saying "Celtic will win League this year"
What do you base this on, to win league a team must be consistent We are NOT, united on all fronts We ARE NOT, have momentum, we have NONE, signing better quality players, we are NOT
Hearts and Sevco have all those qualities and their Boards are backing them with HARD CASH, Our Board are STILL PENNY PINCHING
I hoped MON would chide Board into loosening the purse strings but it seems he is content to take whatever meagre offering Board gives him
No Celtic are THIRD FAVOURITES for Title unless this Board helps team BIG TIME.
08 Jan 2026 19:25:31
C'mon Tim, Hearts and Sevco don't have any qualities! Hearts are a wee diddy team and Sevco think they're back again because we stupily hired Nancy! We were what 10 -12 points ahead of them at one point.
They are trash and will be wanting rid of Rohl and their galacticos the next bad result! We will win the league like we always do because we are the biggest club with the biggest budget, the best squad and the best manager!
08 Jan 2026 19:32:59
I agree tim, hearts and the Rangers will get stronger this window, I honestly can't say if we will, hope to god we do but I believe this title will go down to the wire.
08 Jan 2026 19:43:26
Am with you Tim seriously worried and sevco a bigger threat than hearts, they're on the brink of spending 7m on 2 players, if everyone fit different story, iam hopeful due to Martin coming back but we need players, we'll have a better idea after window closes, BTW hearts have beat both teams twice home and away and are also signing players.
08 Jan 2026 19:53:36
A few reasons.
Celtic have had the most shots at goal in the league and a new striker who can score 10 league goals will be a massive game changer.
Celtic have conceded the least amount of shots on target and that's with our kamikaze defending.
I expect more clean sheets now with a back 4 and a good Manager.
I watched the last 30 minutes of the Hearts game on Saturday and they were a bag of nerves at home to the bottom club in January.
I've got no doubts their bottle will crash plus they don't have the players to win the league.
Sevco are going through a purple patch and the stats would suggest it's unsustainable.
Sevco have conceded 102 shots at goal in their last 8 league matches with 38 on target.
They have only conceded 4 goals in those games.
Celtic and Hearts have only conceded about 80 shots each in our last 8 league games and that's with our crazy formation at the back.
A near 90% save rate is not going to last.
Compare that to Celtic under Nancy when we only had a 51% save rate in all competitions.
That save rate will also not continue.
So expect the Sevco 90% to come down and the Celtic 51% to improve.
It won't be easy but I still expect Celtic to win the league and I wasn't surprised the Bookies made us favourites again when MON was appointed our new Manager.
08 Jan 2026 19:57:39
Stephen McGowan is saying that we are looking for 4 players this window, Ta Bi, who is a project (yet again) another right winger and 2 centre forwards.
We do not have a central midfielder is our plans apparently.
08 Jan 2026 20:00:35
Hearts are 4-0 up against Celtic and Rangers and if that continues then how do they get caught.
As it stands with MON back I still fail to see how we win games with a terrible defence, poor midfield and no striker.
I really worry that these players will not deliver and put a black mark on MON legacy at Celtic.
08 Jan 2026 20:14:27
We are in the worst position we have been in for years thanks to people and circumstances extremely well documented for months, . MON has been asked - twice - to salvage our season and as yet our Board/ Recruitment have yet to seriously back him and lay down a marker of intent that will at least encourage the support and give the opposition something to fear.
So far we have failed to beat Hearts AND Sevco in the league and the pressure is well ant truly on and that doesn't include 'honest mistakes' and fixture manipulation. Celtic have it all to do and the title is certainly not a foregone conclusion.
08 Jan 2026 20:20:41
Was Engels bought as a project?
08 Jan 2026 21:06:38
Engels was a regular starter in the Bundesliga.
08 Jan 2026 21:42:03
Behave Tim, just behave.
08 Jan 2026 21:46:36
The boy BI is a regular for his club. If a player isn't in the £10-£15m bracket does that make him a project?
08 Jan 2026 21:57:51
And has been a full Belgian international.
09 Jan 2026 00:09:35
I would class player a project who is playing at a much lower level than Celtic.
Celtic would then try and improve them to play at a higher level.
Engels was already playing at a higher level than Celtic hence why he isn't a project player.
O'Riley and Frimpong came as project signings but Celtic won a watch because they were better than we expected.
But sadly most projects take time and Celtic don't have that time in these next 5 months.
09 Jan 2026 01:31:40
It just annoys me Buzz when people moan about "project players" or class them as " projects" just because of their transfer fee.
There's no guarentee a player will work out regardless of the transfer fee paid. It's as if people just want us to splash over £10m on every player just to say look what we can do or just write players off because of the fee paid.
The best players in our history Larsson, Lubo, Van Dijk etc didn't cost the earth, and before anyone says "aye but much would Larsson be in today's money, well £650,000 in today's money is about £1.5m!