29 Aug 2015 23:43:50
Fills friend angela putting the boot in the GB on Twitter.
Wonder why fill and angie won't have a wee look closer to home instead of the usual sevco stuff. Maybe the succulent lamb is not restricted to 1 club

{Ed007's Note - Don't get me started on the Sage of Donegal, not tonight!}

1.) 30 Aug 2015
30 Aug 2015 01:05:41
I've been going to celtic park for almost fifty years. I think that is the first time I have seen a banner criticise the team and I think it is disgraceful, turn up and support the players or don't come. The GB don't speak for me

{Ed007's Note - Spot on! I like the GB and what they bring to games, I even know some of them for longer than the GB existed but that doesn't mean you need to adore everything they do, make up your own mind.
I will say the time, effort and money that goes into their work is a credit to them all, it doesn't mean you need to agree with everything they do. Most of the stuff U2 do is pish but their classics still do the damage.
Maybe if others put down their cameras and prawn sandwiches and joined in rather than see the GB as part of the show there to entertain the day trippers it would be what the initial idea was, to help get the stadium going, not just a sideshow to produce a soundtrack to the game.
Talking about the GB, I'll be interested to see UEFAs reaction to the Turkish fans pyro #nopyronoparty
I've said it before on here people moaning about the press saying this or that, fans shouldn't be doing/singing that blah blah (swear) blah... Who the hell are we actually trying to impress?
I couldn't care what the press print, have you seen the circulation numbers, they're a joke.
Look where the Zombies are, a division below us and struggling for money, they're as insignificant as one of they tampons you see advertised the women go skydiving wearing - you know it's there, you know it's hemorrhaging and you know it's a bloody mess but it doesn't really affect you unless you're unlucky in the draw.
I like your style, you can support certain people or groups but it doesn't mean you're a sheep that will let anyone dictate to just because it's the fashionable thing to do.}

2.) 30 Aug 2015
30 Aug 2015 06:28:42
I've seen a lot of the posts on here and they make me cringe to be fair, a lot of the so called Celtic fans remind me of what we always say our rivals across the city are Glory Hunters and the likes as when the teams going through a bad time they just want to put the boot in and not go. But these same people are the first ones to preach on about how we have a loyal and passionate fan base well time to be the real hoops fans and be faithful through and through or don't call yourself a hoops fan. Yes we have had bad results but the main thing is that we still support the team no matter what. HH YNWA

3.) 30 Aug 2015
30 Aug 2015 09:52:18
So if you don't toe the party line, you are seen as a glory hunter, the flip side being if your not happy with what is on show and carry on, is that not a form of sado-masocism. Supporting Celtic is not a moral obligation, but it should be a moral contract in that we the fans provide support and finance in return for the board at least attempting to entertain and gain success. Doing nothing rarely gets results. Even if any new signings come in before Tuesday, the question has to be asked as to why this week and not last week.
The Celtic board have shown a dereliction of duty bordering on incompetence. To miss out on CL income the way we have, two years running can,t be viewed any other way and if a definition of a glory hunter is someone who wants their team to do better, guilty as charged. I work damn hard for my money and have a high level of expectation of what I get in return when I spend it. Most would see that of a way driving up standards
What is happening at Celtic is not a minor blip, it is a systematic organisational failure, so don't be surprised by people venting their anger in many ways. Apathy is so much worse.

4.) 30 Aug 2015
30 Aug 2015 07:03:43
Being critical doesn't mean you're a non supporter.
Being vocal and visible doesn't make them a lesser supporter either, but it does put them on the front line and easy targets in the blame game.
The team was particular bad on Tuesday night,lacking any kind of direction, passion or leadership on or of the pitch and deserve criticism. They are highly paid professionals, paid by hard working, decent in general fans who slave and scrape together quite a few pounds to follow their team.
I would see past it if the players were amateur and sacrificing their spare time to play for the club.
It should be an honour for the players to run out onto the park infront of these people not vice versa.
They are not beyond criticism nor indeed are those that decide how hard earned money should be invested into the club.
So yes a couple of banners from a few passionate fans isn't unacceptable surely, nor indeed is it unacceptable for those that disagree to let themselves be heard.
Back to my point about putting themselves on the front line, ever since pyrogate Angie has had a bee in her bonnet and will slabber on everything connected to the GB not as a matter of principle but because of her distaste for them.
And to your point Ed,yes, you don't have to agree with them all of the time but on this occasion I certainly can understand their frustration at present.

5.) 30 Aug 2015
30 Aug 2015 17:29:20
We are all frustrated with the performances but the team running out to see that banner will have helped them how? Producing that took time and effort and was orchestrated and it was nonsense. The players weren't gutless, they weren't good enough sure, and they they were very poorly organised but to accuse them of cowardice was wrong. I don't have any issue with the comments directed at the board except to say The only way PL takes the fans seriously is when they stop attending, it is all about the balance sheet