Celtic banter 6

24 Feb 2026 07:43:52
I see OH has hit the ground running since moving to Besiktas in January.
3 goals and 2 assists in 3 games.
Always thought there was a player there. A lot of fans were happy to see him go but we shouldn't have moved him on so soon.

Should have been loaned out. He is still only 24 and puts the pish we have on show now to shame.

24 Feb 2026 13:41:33
I was never a fan of the lad's to be honest DT, as I believed his movement, anticipation/ positioning and lack of goals was poor.

Like everything, I could well be wrong in that assesment but at that same time, if we were run far better as a club then there may not have been the haste to seel the lad for a quick buck.

This is just one, of thr many examples, that our board fail themselves, the coaching staff and fail the supporters.

24 Feb 2026 07:05:54
Celtic have not lost a domestic match at Celtic Park with the Green Brigade in Attendance since December 2019 when we lost 2-1 to Sevco.

Celtic lost a couple of home league games during lockdown.
We also allowed Aberdeen to win on trophy day in 2018 to finish second in the league.
The last defeat before that was over 10 years ago at home to Motherwell in December 2015.

Celtic have now lost 5 of our last 11 league games without the GB being in Attendance.
We’ve lost 3 of our last 9 league games at Celtic Park.
The GB were kettled in by the Police in our 3-2 defeat in March.
Plus we lost to Hearts 2-0 in December 2023 before the GB were allowed back in for the Livingston match just before Christmas.

Only a couple of defeats in over 10 years of league and domestic cup games at Celtic Park with the Green Brigade there but 5 defeats in only 11 league games without the GB.

24 Feb 2026 07:30:11
We know their worth buzz unfortunately the board don't share the vast majority of Celtic fans views.

24 Feb 2026 08:03:00
Celtic have been consistent with points dropped without the GB.

In the 2023/ 24 season we played 10 league games without them and we dropped 10 points.
( 33% )
This season we have now played 17 league games without the GB and we have lost 17 points.
( 33% )
We also lost 100% last season when the GB were kettled in by the Police in March.

24 Feb 2026 08:57:43
The gb are excellent for noise, support but sadly it's the chaos they bring with fighting flares etc that ruin all the good they do. I would love to see them back without the angry kid mentality.

23 Feb 2026 21:06:18
Team for Thursday
Silasallo
Donovan Arthur trusty sarracci
Mccowan Barnardo Hatate
Adamu inenacho meada
Team for Sunday
Kasper
Ajauro Artur scales KT
Ox McGregor mccowan
Negren tom touneckti.

23 Feb 2026 21:24:26
Murray on Thursday forgot Arthur can't play in Europe.

23 Feb 2026 21:29:08
Tounekti is too weak for Ibrox.
He needs to stay out of his own box because he’s the invisible man trying to defend.
Half hearted challenges if he does put a challenge in at all.
I’ve now lost count how many goals he’s cost between poor defending and giving the ball away in dangerous positions.

23 Feb 2026 22:13:30
I have him just off the striker mccowan on the left 4-4-1-1.

23 Feb 2026 22:50:48
He's not alone. For Hibs first goal Trusty ducked his head out the way of the cross. On the second McGregor turned his back on the scorer passing the ball into the net.

Teams against us regularly have guys throwing their bodies in the way to block our attempts on goal. We on the other hand are more worried about getting hit with the ball!

23 Feb 2026 23:11:41
Would it be worth MON reverting to his preferred 3-5-2 system? And no, not like Nancy, we keep our 3 defenders as defenders.

Sinisalo
Arthur, Scales, Tierney
Araujo, McCowan McGregor Ox Saraachi
Nygren Iheanacho

Would certainly catch Sevco off guard and should dominate midfield. Plenty defenders to shore up the back and surely some goals up front?

Dream on I suppose, the boring 4-3-3 will prevail and another abject performance on the cards.

24 Feb 2026 00:12:48
Playing a 3-5-2 is definitely an option because our wingers have been inconsistent all season.
Trying a new formation could be a game changer similar to when Lenny done it in 2020.

24 Feb 2026 00:30:59
I never realised that Iheanacho was recovered, but if he is no, I would play Nygren in the centre of attack, i would drop Casper, I would play Hatate and Maeda, I would keep the ball on the ground, and keep Tounekti on one wing and Yang on the other, I would play Murray and Trusty in the middle of defence, and Tierney and Donovan as full backs and move the Mexican into midfield.

24 Feb 2026 13:50:33
We need something to change here as I can't see us winning games playing the way we currently are.

MON's 3-5-2 could be an option, I also think with Adamu pkaying off big Tam and Nygren sitting between them and the midfield it gives the opposition defense a great deal more to think/ worry about.

We're far to predictable and easy to set up / play against.

I'd rather see MON mix it up in an attempt to win games quickly than continue attempting to nick a winner in the 98th minute.

If you're going to die, die with your boots on.

23 Feb 2026 19:54:00
Evening folks. One thing that is really annoying me about the Jan window. MON kept saying all window he doesn't want to sign just anybody but wants to sign players that the new manager would like and keep. What the feck happened there then as I don't think any of the signings are Celtic quality apart from the OX.

23 Feb 2026 20:19:33
I'm thinking Stevie it's the tried and tested 'we didn't get our first choice player' routine.

MON like BR before him (twice) can only work with the level of player the board agrees to sign.

I'd be happier if we had a few more Honda Civic's instead of a squad full of Lada's.

23 Feb 2026 22:57:16
MON should have walked away on 1st Feb, citing the Board's reluctance to back him in the transfer window.

He's now in danger of becoming the patsy for this season's failures. I for one am getting a bit fed up of his insistence on playing out of form players based on their past glories. While the BoD have failed him, limiting his selection options, he's not helping himself with his predictable selections/ formation/ tactics.

23 Feb 2026 17:52:38
Our top scoring striker this season is ilheanacho with 3 goals, this is Celtic we're talking about famous for strikers and that's what we have, also wouldn't it be better playing nygren up top with cvancara as he does very little in midfield but can get goals.

23 Feb 2026 18:09:22
Mally

Heard a few people saying the same thing but for me don’t think Nygren could play as a no. 9 - he could play behind big Hen Broon - the big fella holds ball up better and plays better with his back to goal.

23 Feb 2026 18:38:27
Actually got Nygren as our top goal scorer anf poty before season started, mb a dhould give Nicolson a call if looking gor any scouts. remember yrs ago saying dhould sign commons, Mclaire, Macca, Mcgarvie evn the RAT and 1 down south which mb younger 1s havnt heard of Steve Bull, how hard can it be🤷🏽‍♂️did want Finbogsson as well mind u.

23 Feb 2026 18:40:35
Inheacho has a worse avg than kenny.

23 Feb 2026 20:22:54
Troy,
big Steve Bull from Wolves, I remember him well.

Mind you, he'd probably still get a game for us, he must only be 50 odd.

{Ed007's Note - Bull's 60!}

23 Feb 2026 21:19:35
Ed- what’s your problem wae. over 60?

{Ed007's Note - I don't have any problem with over 60 but it's not a fetish I'd feel comfortable talking to you about John 😂😂

23 Feb 2026 21:57:05
😊😊😊😊😊.

{Ed007's Note - 😂🙏

23 Feb 2026 17:30:13
Time to roll up our sleeves and battle there’s a league to be won .

No point going on about whether we have a good enough squad or whatever as bad we are we are definitely still in it .

Time to go on a decent run of results starting on Sunday as bad as we are
Sevco aren’t any better let’s all pull together and get it over the line .

23 Feb 2026 17:50:10
Sleeves rolled up, what now?

23 Feb 2026 18:39:11
Pray 🙏 🙏🙏.

23 Feb 2026 18:40:59
What now?
What we used to do when the team on the park wasn’t maybe the best and struggling
Back them to the hilt they’re not responsible for the boards shortcomings and neither is
Martin O’Neil for that matter I backed the team when the whites and kellys and the like
Nearly bankrupted us so I’ll continue to do that.

23 Feb 2026 19:16:23
Players perform to the best of their abilities would do for starters! Paid a fortune doing a job we all would love to do but way underperforming.100% effort and fight is needed in the last 11 games from every player. Blind faith and hope is all I've left.

23 Feb 2026 21:00:54
Rosarys are out, should I do a few candles as well? Maybe a wee pilgrimage to carfin grotto?

{Ed007's Note - We're Schoenstatt but Carfin could work, I marched with St Francis Xavier Flute Band & Carfin Emerald Heroes. back in the day.}

23 Feb 2026 16:57:32
Honestly think aurejo could play midfield and give some much needed dig, just a thought he has the range of passing and play Donovan on Sunday until aj fit.

23 Feb 2026 17:58:53
Absolutely Mally.

Was in yesterday - we’re getting murdered in the middle of the park - if we go with 3 midfielders to the Bronx we’ll get bullied and battered again.

Had a similar thought about playing Sarachi in midfield and Aurejo - play KT and Donovan at full back. Ralston even - anything to give us some gonads in the middle of the park.

23 Feb 2026 18:34:26
Would rather play 10 men than play ralston.

23 Feb 2026 18:41:15
Aurejo, Ralston, Scales midfield 3 of 5 and let's have a fight 🥊.

23 Feb 2026 20:00:00
Honestly think aurejo could play midfield and give some much needed dig, just a thought he has the range of passing and play Donovan on Sunday until aj fit.

Said exactly the same to my boy on Sunday. could turn things big style.

23 Feb 2026 20:05:42
He loves a tackle and he's mobile and can pass why not.

23 Feb 2026 21:10:51
Whits with the Ralston hate?

23 Feb 2026 16:39:27
I can't for the life of me remember the last time we lost seven league games in a, season even before March. The worrying thing for me is we are likely to lose a few more before the end of the season which this squad . The blame for thos disaster of a season is totally down to the parasites and tyrants that are the so called Celtic board and majority shareholder and his halfwit of a son . if we fail to win anything this season then these people will have no where to hide as Celtic fans have long memories when it comes to people who have failed our club .

There mismanagement and pennypinching in not one but two transfer windows has cost us bigtime . plus there decision to appoint a so called manager who hadn't a clue about our club to let him have a free hand by the way to absolutely destroyed everything martin had achieved to get us back into the title race . The tyrant desmond and his puppet son nicholson and mckay will need to find somewhere to hide in the summer months as we the Celtic fans won't forgive or forget what they have done to our once proud club .

23 Feb 2026 15:16:58
After the split as we all know we all have to play each other and points will definitely be taken from each other. Motherwell still in it so you have
Falkirk
Hibs
Motherwell
Sevco
Hearts
Teams are for sure taking points from each other. Its still in our own hands win all our games we win. However we know currently that's a pretty tall order with VAR intervention and poor decisions. Players low on confidence and the poor atmosphere and lack of fans or the noticeable lack of belief coming from stands. It's the perfect storm of failure yet with all that has cone and gone this season we are still in the fight. I'm totally perplexed as to some fans throwing the towel in when it's the business end and all to play for it's called a title fight, yes fight fight fight not flight.

We all have our own opinions on how we feel in relation to things on and off the park. However for me personally I will always support my team and they need us more than ever now. I was hopeful that the support would be galvanised after last couple of weeks but feel it's fractured even more which is understable but still disappointing. Nothing will be fixed before seasons end I feel I just see more pain on the way, I hope I am wrong. Faithful through and through.

23 Feb 2026 15:47:02
I think some of the team/ squad are capable of much more but at the same time there are others who's best still comes up short. Personally, I think MON has to change system to compensate for the current weaknesses and make some big decisions - including the right substitutions at the right time.

It's difficult but we have the most experienced manager and the majority of the squad need to respond.

23 Feb 2026 16:11:51
MON has a decision to make on Thursday for our CB pairing.

He might want to rest Scales and play Trusty or play Scales with whoever he has in mind for Sunday at Ibrox.
Keeping Trusty and Scales on Thursday would make no sense.

23 Feb 2026 16:54:44
I'd play Arthur and trusty and give ralston saratchi bernardo mccowan ilheanacho forrest all run outs.

23 Feb 2026 17:17:17
I'd agree, Arthur should get a run out as he'll be needed in the games coming up.

23 Feb 2026 18:34:50
Is Arthur in the Europa League squad?

23 Feb 2026 15:04:44
I see the Motherwell manager has been installed as odds on fav for the Celtic job.

Must have been a sh** ton of money placed on him.

23 Feb 2026 08:34:42
Were looking like 3rd place although motherwell might have a say on that, season from hell.

23 Feb 2026 09:37:12
It's a tough watch these days but the biased officials are consistently kicking us when we are down as well and Celtic are lacking the fight and bottle needed in and out of the team to overcome at this time,

23 Feb 2026 09:56:48
1 defeat and now we're looking at 3rd place. Hopefully the players don't have your weak mentality.

23 Feb 2026 10:30:26
Evidence is Dc that this team are weak mentally and physically!

23 Feb 2026 10:34:27
What you been watching this season we're 3rd just now for a reason.

23 Feb 2026 11:55:56
We have 11 games left in the league. If you are happy to concede the title and settle for 3rd place then fine but I don't have that weak mentality.

23 Feb 2026 12:12:26
Blame th officials All you want but we Broughton in two strikers on loan who aren't better than kenny.

23 Feb 2026 12:29:11
The reason is we’ve played a game less.

23 Feb 2026 12:36:13
Nothings conceded but it's not looking great there would need to be some upturn in form, right now every team in the league is taking us the whole way, am being realistic your kidding yourself on but crack on.

23 Feb 2026 13:00:58
Without repeatedly banging the same drum, we needed a big window in Jan and the board didn't fully back MoN. Signed a load of surplus players out of form and gametime. Mvuku can't even make a match day squad and Maeda who has been miles off it was favoured over Adamu, who didn't even get any minutes against Hibs. Hatate does absolutely nothing positive when he's on the pitch, our captain points around rather than setting the tone himself and for all of his goals Nygren offers little else in midfield.

Throw in the starting wingers who are a work in progress and a GK who is past it with a defence in front of him who can't defend crosses, what evidence shows that we will win anything this season? Injuries has been brutal this season to boot too.

23 Feb 2026 13:07:00
Hearts next 4 games are against clubs sitting in the bottom 6.

23 Feb 2026 13:09:44
There are 11 games to play and we can still win the league. So please enlighten me to exactly what I am kidding myself on about. This should be good.

23 Feb 2026 13:15:59
I'm guessing Iheanacho is injured again. Clearly the best striker at the club but not even in squad yesterday.

My team for Thursday;

Schmeichel
Donovan, Murray, Trusty, Ralston
Hatate, McGregor, Bernardo
Yang, Adamu, Maeda

Team for Sunday
Sinisalo,
Araujo, Arthur, Scales, Tierney
Oxelade-C, McGregor, Nygren
Forrest, Iheanacho, Tounetki.

Of course we know MON's teams will be nothing like this.

23 Feb 2026 14:45:18
Celtic could win our last 12 league games and still not reach last years total points tally.

23 Feb 2026 15:27:07
Dc Al leave it if you can't see what's in front of you 👍.

23 Feb 2026 16:07:27
I can see we have 11 league games left and can still win the league.

23 Feb 2026 16:42:00
Oh it’s 11 games left which is worse.
If Celtic pick up all 33 points we would still be 5 points short of last seasons total.
You could argue that the other clubs have not got better but Celtic have only got extremely worse.