The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Dougal Maguire]

Yeah. It's a massive boot in the nuts for Rangers who are now on a huge downer

It's a bad result but it's not like Celtic have went 10 points clear. Celtic fans have been getting on as if thst is the league won. In reality Celtic have always got a shit game in them and it's liable to be in the next game. It's been a great season for Rangers so far and Gerrard has done an exceptional job with them considering the lack of resources they have compared to Celtic. They've done well in Europe and are as good as Celtic in the league. The board need to strengthen ASAP!

Lack of resources?

The huns have spent themselves into a knot trying to catch up with Celtic while Celtic have consistently being cashing in on their prize players like Tierney, Dembele, Armstrong.

Celtic were always a selling club. Dalgliesh, McClair, Mcevanny Nichols. Thats life. The problem is Celtic aren't unearthing the gems they used to nor producing raw talent.

Mmm. Virgil van Dyke was a bit of a gem was he not. Dembele could also fall into that category. Might Kieran Tierney also come into the gem category?

[Dougal Maguire]

Rangers wage bill is half of Celtic's.

How much is Defoe on?

[Angelo]

Rangers wage bill is half of Celtic's.

Figures from which season are you using?

The huns have spent a ball of money.

Defoe was on 100k a week at Bournemouth and Rangers are covering a huge % of that. When he signs on a permanent deal next summer, he will probably be the highest paid player in Scotland.

The gap in wages has closed significantly.

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/rangers/rangers-are-closing-the-gap-on-celtic-in-paying-wages-as-they-challenge-in-the-transfer-market-1-5069402

The difference is Rangers are pegging away money the don't have on trying to catch Celtic.

[Hectic]

What horse dung have I came on to find. 

So far Gerrard has competed for 4 trophies against Celtic and lost all 4.

Gerrards net spend on transfers has been significantly higher than Celtics as well.

However comparing to Celtic is only relevant against my first point i.e. Gerrard = loser and serial loser at that.

If you want to get on to spend and wages then Gerrard has improved his teams performances against the other teams in the league so maybe compare the spends there.  Any team that can beat the rest consistently will finish a strong second.

This season Celtic have a 66.6% win ratio against Gerrards team. That is not going to change things fast.

Ignore the hype which includes him being thr next Liverpool manager. He has a lot to learn before that. I would gladly put my savings on him not being Klopps successor should someone give me odds to reflect the hype.

[Hectic]

Yes Celtic have got a bad game in them and yes we should not be setting our standard as being better than Sevco but lets not feed in to any fallacy that Slippy G is working miracles there.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Yeah. It's a massive boot in the nuts for Rangers who are now on a huge downer

It's a bad result but it's not like Celtic have went 10 points clear. Celtic fans have been getting on as if thst is the league won. In reality Celtic have always got a shit game in them and it's liable to be in the next game. It's been a great season for Rangers so far and Gerrard has done an exceptional job with them considering the lack of resources they have compared to Celtic. They've done well in Europe and are as good as Celtic in the league. The board need to strengthen ASAP!

Lack of resources?

The huns have spent themselves into a knot trying to catch up with Celtic while Celtic have consistently being cashing in on their prize players like Tierney, Dembele, Armstrong.

Celtic were always a selling club. Dalgliesh, McClair, Mcevanny Nichols. Thats life. The problem is Celtic aren't unearthing the gems they used to nor producing raw talent.

Mmm. Virgil van Dyke was a bit of a gem was he not. Dembele could also fall into that category. Might Kieran Tierney also come into the gem category?

Wayanma, Arstrong, Hooper, Forster, Ki Sung and others all went for significant profit. That has always been the model.

The problem is they haven't been replaced all that well and nothing like Tierney, nor even close is being developed

[Angelo]

Yeah. It's a massive boot in the nuts for Rangers who are now on a huge downer

It's a bad result but it's not like Celtic have went 10 points clear. Celtic fans have been getting on as if thst is the league won. In reality Celtic have always got a shit game in them and it's liable to be in the next game. It's been a great season for Rangers so far and Gerrard has done an exceptional job with them considering the lack of resources they have compared to Celtic. They've done well in Europe and are as good as Celtic in the league. The board need to strengthen ASAP!

Lack of resources?

The huns have spent themselves into a knot trying to catch up with Celtic while Celtic have consistently being cashing in on their prize players like Tierney, Dembele, Armstrong.

Celtic were always a selling club. Dalgliesh, McClair, Mcevanny Nichols. Thats life. The problem is Celtic aren't unearthing the gems they used to nor producing raw talent.

Mmm. Virgil van Dyke was a bit of a gem was he not. Dembele could also fall into that category. Might Kieran Tierney also come into the gem category?

Wayanma, Arstrong, Hooper, Forster, Ki Sung and others all went for significant profit. That has always been the model.

The problem is they haven't been replaced all that well and nothing like Tierney, nor even close is being developed

Wouldn't agree there, think we've probably as strong a squad now as we've had since the MON years.

Edouard is a million miles above the level of Hooper.
McGregor and Forrest have grown into mainstays of the team and would slot into any Celtic side over the past decade.

Johnston looks a terrific prospect and I'd have huge hopes for him. Young Dembele also looks like has terrific potential but its too early to make predictions of him yet. Frimpong, while not an academy graduate has only just turned 19 and looks a terrific player.

If you look at the current Celtic squad, there is huge interest down south in the likes of McGregor, Ajer, Edouard and Frimpong will probably be the next - all these players won't leave for under £20m I'd imagine.

[bannside]

Frimpong dosent belong to us, does he?? Thought he was on loan from Man City!

[Main Street]

Frimpong dosent belong to us, does he?? Thought he was on loan from Man City!

Signed from Man City on a 4 year contract. Celtic seem to be good buddies with Man City, how come?

[ned]

Frimpong dosent belong to us, does he?? Thought he was on loan from Man City!

Signed from Man City on a 4 year contract. Celtic seem to be good buddies with Man City, how come?

Lawwell's son is the link.

[Targetman]

Playing some good stuff tonight

[ned]

Playing some good stuff tonight

Match was over after 30 minutes. Hopefully repeating last years surge.

[toby47]

Wanyama coming back?

[Angelo]

The panic buys are happening quick over Ibrox way.

Their financial reports are going to make messy reading over the next year or so.

[JimStynes]

A great transfer window for Celtic. Great to see the board really going for the 9iar. Pathetic