22 Feb 2014 17:05:09
Well done big Forster on the record (although I would give a lot of the credit to the majestic Virgil) and another 3 points in this great run towards the title.
I thought Griffiths took his goal well, with excellent displays from Biton and VVD, but we are too pedestrian and predictable - especially against the worst Hearts team I think I have seen in decades.
We created very few chances in a game we bossed.
Brown, Mathews and Commons are either jaded or not fully fit ( I know Mathews is still getting back) and the lack of pace, slickness and flair has been all to evident for me in many games.
I have said before, but I feel we released too many players out on loan who may have given us options?


I know this will not go down well - as we are skating the league, but the football on show is far short of what we expect of Celtic teams. Or is that just me?
Is this unbeaten run causing caution and safety-first or is it more obviously the standard of player - and therefore the team is so lacking in real quality?
We are certainly lacking flair and imagination in the midfield, settling for graft and workmanlike players.
Very few players are capable of taking on and beating their man and invariably turn backwards.
Izzy (who may not still be back to his best) is sadly missed as an attacking option and Mathews seems to be struggling for fitness and confidence too, so we produce very little down the flanks.
I feel Commons is our best attacking player, but he has carried the team at times and looks tired.
I am worried that this lack of quality and class will show when we have to play CL qualifiers and whoever our opponents will be, are usually well into their domestic campaign and hard to beat?

JJ

1.) 22 Feb 2014
Was working overtime today so didn't see the game and have to admit disappointed with a 2 nil scoreline.

My season ticket buddies, previously so pro Lennon it was torture are now even fed up with this current level of performance's and would prefer he left.

Obviously well done to Fraser for what was a great achievement given some of the top class keepers in the SPL over the past few years.

I think our team looks nowhere near as fit as it did in the Strachan days and it alarms me what these other small clubs are saying about our young players.

A fresh start for our club should be undertake this summer, new manager with coaches, especially a striker coach will bring fresh ideas and impetus to a squad that has been far too lacklustre for my liking.

Anyways, on a positive note I do hope we keep another few clean sheets so the big man gets the European record as well.

2.) 22 Feb 2014
I think Izzy has been fantastic this season and well and truly back to his best, his attacking play and crosses have been a joy to watch at times - a shame we don't have the players attacking his crosses.

Delighted for big Fraser today, well deserved and hope he gets to the World Cup. It would be a travesty if he was somehow left out.

I feel we play the possession passing game but with no urgency at all. When we were 1-0 against Aberdeen we should have killed the game, instead it went the other way!

Brown looked shattered.

3.) 22 Feb 2014
Very true Mrs E, The crosses come pinging in 10 a penny but are seldom taken advantage of. Football is still essentially a simple game. A cross coming in will either be front post, center spot, or back post. Celtic can afford to have 3 forwards looking to attack these 3 areas in anticipation but it doesn't happen. Numerous crossed balls are easily cleared unchallenged. Izzy probably zips in more than the rest of the wide players in the league added together.
Chris and Henrik would score tons :)

4.) 22 Feb 2014
We put in a lot of crosses in each game we play, which in my opinion proves the tactical ineptness of Neil Lennon, all our midfielders Biton apart and all our strikers apart from Balde are average in height and we simply never get the goals we did back in the day of Henrik, Sutton and Hartson.

I really do think we put in these aimless crosses because of the lack of creativity in our squad, if the players can't do anything else, then its a cross into the box and let's face it, that usually leads to the ball being cleared.

5.) 22 Feb 2014
I still like some of the balls Izzy gets in the box Kev.

Been a real problem this season and we have been awful at corners, complete waste of time.

6.) 23 Feb 2014
Kev how exactly are crosses tactically inept?

7.) 24 Feb 2014
24 Feb 2014 23:34:28
Larsson wernt to big and he scored his fair share of headed goals we need quality not height