The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[SaffronSports]

Penalty there over-ruled by an false onfield off side call.

Probably a marginal offside depending on the lines drawn

Brilliant free kick to make it a nervy finish

Commentators gasped when they seen the replay from the side.

He didn't look blatantly onside or level, in fairness your man hit the ground like a sack of potatoes.

Thought the ref was pretty decent

Rangers, with all the hype about penalties, weren't given a 'handy' one, the commentators thought so themselves

Wasn't a penalty. The lad was offside in the buildup so he could have caught it and bounced it off the forwards head and it still wasn't a penalty.

[Milltown Row2]

Penalty there over-ruled by an false onfield off side call.

Probably a marginal offside depending on the lines drawn

Brilliant free kick to make it a nervy finish

Commentators gasped when they seen the replay from the side.

He didn't look blatantly onside or level, in fairness your man hit the ground like a sack of potatoes.

Thought the ref was pretty decent

Rangers, with all the hype about penalties, weren't given a 'handy' one, the commentators thought so themselves

Wasn't a penalty. The lad was offside in the buildup so he could have caught it and bounced it off the forwards head and it still wasn't a penalty.

Yes I know that, but at halftime the commentators didn't know that information

[Main Street]

I liked Brendan's post match Clyde radio interview, he replied to a question  something to the effect of there being a bit of a shock element considering how poor Celtic have been and how (allegedly) good Rangers have been

 "In my time 5 different  manager have come here and in every one of those times Rangers were coming"  short pause (unspoken words - 'and Rangers were slayed'),   for me this is normal.

This was the manager's victory despite his triple xxx hazardous substitutions two of whom should be ditched asap. Had the ref contemplated Rangers penalty claims, var would have intervened to deny.
Bernado was very good and Palma has improved - but not his dire corner kicks. Scales, apart from that careless cross field pass near the end, was generally excellent.

[Itchy]

I liked Brendan's post match Clyde radio interview, he replied to a question  something to the effect of there being a bit of a shock element considering how poor Celtic have been and how (allegedly) good Rangers have been

 "In my time 5 different  manager have come here and in every one of those times Rangers were coming"  short pause (unspoken words - 'and Rangers were slayed'),   for me this is normal.

This was the manager's victory despite his triple xxx hazardous substitutions two of whom should be ditched asap. Had the ref contemplated Rangers penalty claims, var would have intervened to deny.
Bernado was very good and Palma has improved - but not his dire corner kicks. Scales, apart from that careless cross field pass near the end, was generally excellent.

You are warming to Scales. He's been excellent.

McGregor gave away some really poor balls considering how the commentators kept saying how brilliant he was. Celtic rode their luck a bit I think today but lovely to stick it to Rangers like that.

[illdecide]

Was at the game and atmosphere was really good, Celtic scored two good goals and deserved the win but they were certainly not flawless. When BR made the changes it really weakened us, Turnbull and M Johnston really gave us nothing and it looked like we were down to 10 men. It shows we have a decent 11 but bench is v weak but we all knew that anyway. Hatate and Abada will be great when up to speed but 2-3 good signings are required in January. We all know the positions that need strengthened so need to go there.

On a positive the guy that sits next to me at the games with his wee daughter won the HT draw £25,000, can't judge a book by it's cover but he looks like he could be doing with it so really delighted for him. Never seen anyone soo happy in all my life

[illdecide]

Celtic need to offload the following players ASAP...

Scott Bain
Benjamin Siegrist
Nat Philips
Kobayashi
Bernabei
D Turnbull
J McCarthy
Kwon
M Johnston

They need to loan out...

Tilio
Yang
Thiago Holm
Stephen Welsh
Lagerbielke

To get first team experience and see what they're like

That's some clear out and goes to show you what is required to strengthen the team...

[clarshack]

How on earth is James McCarthy still there?

[Milltown Row2]

If the offside 'handball' was given, why did the ref make the keeper take a wide ball kick rather than a free kick?

[SaffronSports]

If the offside 'handball' was given, why did the ref make the keeper take a wide ball kick rather than a free kick?

Free kicks, corners and second yellow cards are all decided by on-field officials and VAR cannot intervene.

[Main Street]

If the offside 'handball' was given, why did the ref make the keeper take a wide ball kick rather than a free kick?

The offside wasn't flagged and i just assumed the ref didn't see the handball as he was on the blind side or didn't think it worthy therefore the wide ball kick. It's a moot point because had the ref blown for apenalty,var would have intervened to make the offside call. VAR probably checked the offside anyway.  The ref did well, but did miss a blatant 2nd yellow for a Celt, Var checked the incident but decided it wasnt a straight red challenge,therefore the player got away with it.

[Milltown Row2]

If the offside 'handball' was given, why did the ref make the keeper take a wide ball kick rather than a free kick?

The offside wasn't flagged and i just assumed the ref didn't see the handball as he was on the blind side or didn't think it worthy therefore the wide ball kick. It's a moot point because had the ref blown for apenalty,var would have intervened to make the offside call. VAR probably checked the offside anyway.  The ref did well, but did miss a blatant 2nd yellow for a Celt, Var checked the incident but decided it wasnt a straight red challenge,therefore the player got away with it.

There just was a bitta confusion on it, the offside was the main call that wasn't given.

It was a handball and if it wasn't a non penalty handball it was a corner.

To back up what you said I thought the ref overall in a game like that was very good

[tonto1888]

Celtic need to offload the following players ASAP...

Scott Bain
Benjamin Siegrist
Nat Philips
Kobayashi
Bernabei
D Turnbull
J McCarthy
Kwon
M Johnston

They need to loan out...

Tilio
Yang
Thiago Holm
Stephen Welsh
Lagerbielke

To get first team experience and see what they're like

That's some clear out and goes to show you what is required to strengthen the team...

away back to liverpool is he not

[illdecide]

Hope so

[tonto1888]

Would any of the Celtic fans on here know how far in advance a game will be fixed?

All of Celtic's games in March are down for 3pm on a Saturday. When will it be confirmed if they are changed to an early KO or moved to a Sunday etc?

hard to know. We havent had an awful lot of 3pm saturday game sin recent years.

[bennydorano]

Games look set for actual times for 6 weeks in advance as far as I can see on my FOTMOB App.