The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[saffron sam2]

Have to agree with all the points from above.

Lennon has staked his claim very well both on and off the pitch over the last 10 weeks or so.
Bar the Ross County disaster they seem to believe in themselves as a unit in every game they play in.

This was only evident on occasion in mowbrays tenure.

One point i would make is keanes contribution during lennons time in charge.
Would lennon have 8 league victories on the bounce if robbie hadnt been there?

He scored vital goals against hibs and in other tight games to get the victory.

just wonder would others have

But that was arguably the only meaningful game he was in charge for.

On another semi-related topic, I note the relegation of Clyde from the Scottish Second division, a mere four years after they beat Celtic in the Scottish Cup. A Celtic team managed by Gordon Strachan.

[lynchbhoy]

Took the Hoops to a European final, okay, but according to you, even poor sides (like Rangers) can do that!

A Rangers side that won two of eleven European matches that season.
A Rangers side that failed to score in seven of those matches.
I'm with Lynchbhoy on that point.

but now strachan is on a par with MON ....

'Mogga' was improving the side...

caldwell, mcmanus, kileen
v
Rogne, Hoiveld, Kamara  (I could have said Keane there)

QED

[Myles Na G.]

Took the Hoops to a European final, okay, but according to you, even poor sides (like Rangers) can do that!

A Rangers side that won two of eleven European matches that season.
A Rangers side that failed to score in seven of those matches.
I'm with Lynchbhoy on that point.

but now strachan is on a par with MON ....

'Mogga' was improving the side...

caldwell, mcmanus, kileen
v
Rogne, Hoiveld, Kamara  (I could have said Keane there)

QED

So, when you say he was improving the side, what you really mean is that he shipped out a lot of players you didn't rate, and brought in a few players you rate a bit more highly. You're entitled to that opinion, but most football fans judge whether their team is improving or not by looking at the performances and the results, not by who's on the payroll. On that basis, Mowbray's team  was not an improvement on what went before. On the contrary, his team ranks with the worst teams to turn out at CP in the post Stein era. In no way shape or form was he improving the team.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Myles, any chance on you giving us some constructive input on Celtic?

[Myles Na G.]

Myles, any chance on you giving us some constructive input on Celtic?

Easy one - bring Paul Lambert back to CP, maybe with Lenny as his assistant.

[Atticus_Finch]

Myles, any chance on you giving us some constructive input on Celtic?

Easy one - bring Paul Lambert back to CP, maybe with Lenny as his assistant.

I'd be happy enough with that ... however, i don't think Lenny would be happy.  I don't think he would settle for being just an assistant. In his mind he's done enough to deserve the job and i can't see him hanging around Paradise for anything less than the main job.

[Main Street]

Myles, any chance on you giving us some constructive input on Celtic?

Easy one - bring Paul Lambert back to CP, maybe with Lenny as his assistant.

Paul Lambert?
success with an English 3rd division team entitles him to jack.

Lennon would quite rightly walk away from the mad house that would make such an insulting offer to him.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Myles, any chance on you giving us some constructive input on Celtic?

Easy one - bring Paul Lambert back to CP, maybe with Lenny as his assistant.

Lambert has already stated that he doesn't want to return to the "goldfish bowl" of Glasgow soccer.
So not to constructive, try again, also another thing, do you have anything positive to say about the club?

[Myles Na G.]

Myles, any chance on you giving us some constructive input on Celtic?

Easy one - bring Paul Lambert back to CP, maybe with Lenny as his assistant.

Paul Lambert?
success with an English 3rd division team entitles him to jack.
Lennon would quite rightly walk away from the mad house that would make such an insulting offer to him.

Lambert is now on his 3rd club as a manager. Each one, he has left in a better position than when he started. That makes him a far better prospect as Celtic manager than Neil Lennon, who has no managerial experience at all. If you think Lambert is unqualified, then Lennon is a non starter is he not?

[lynchbhoy]

Myles, any chance on you giving us some constructive input on Celtic?

Easy one - bring Paul Lambert back to CP, maybe with Lenny as his assistant.

Paul Lambert?
success with an English 3rd division team entitles him to jack.
Lennon would quite rightly walk away from the mad house that would make such an insulting offer to him.

Lambert is now on his 3rd club as a manager. Each one, he has left in a better position than when he started. That makes him a far better prospect as Celtic manager than Neil Lennon, who has no managerial experience at all. If you think Lambert is unqualified, then Lennon is a non starter is he not?

why would you bring in an inexperienced manager from a third div team to replce an inexperienced manager who has been at the club in recent years , knows all the players and has beenin the mgt position for the past few months.
Lambert maybe in the future, but to swap him for Lennon now would be stupidity of the highest order !

as for your lack of knowledge in sports including soccer - so you think that replacing inferior players , and inproving the amount of games (since Christmas - no coincedence that the old inferior defenders were no longer playing) with clean sheets was not progress? You havent a clue about soccer or any other sport !
Winning teams are built on good defences - check soccer as well as any other sport !

[Myles Na G.]

Myles, any chance on you giving us some constructive input on Celtic?

Easy one - bring Paul Lambert back to CP, maybe with Lenny as his assistant.

Paul Lambert?
success with an English 3rd division team entitles him to jack.
Lennon would quite rightly walk away from the mad house that would make such an insulting offer to him.

Lambert is now on his 3rd club as a manager. Each one, he has left in a better position than when he started. That makes him a far better prospect as Celtic manager than Neil Lennon, who has no managerial experience at all. If you think Lambert is unqualified, then Lennon is a non starter is he not?

why would you bring in an inexperienced manager from a third div team to replce an inexperienced manager who has been at the club in recent years , knows all the players and has beenin the mgt position for the past few months.
Lambert maybe in the future, but to swap him for Lennon now would be stupidity of the highest order !

as for your lack of knowledge in sports including soccer - so you think that replacing inferior players , and inproving the amount of games (since Christmas - no coincedence that the old inferior defenders were no longer playing) with clean sheets was not progress? You havent a clue about soccer or any other sport !
Winning teams are built on good defences - check soccer as well as any other sport !

You're dead right. Mowbray was improving the team in the ways you point out. The Board were wrong to sack him, the tens of thousands of loyal fans who stopped turning up were just too picky, and the poor results against lowly SPL teams were mere blips on an otherwise upward trajectory. 

Sitting here with the tv on and I see that one of those inferior players is playing against Chelsea in the EPL. Maybe nobody's told Martinez that Caldwell's crap. You should contact him. I'm sure he'd listen to someone who's never played the game since he was a kid, and who admits that 'soccer' is only his 3rd favourite sport behind Gaelic football and hurling. 

[SambaSaffron]

  Aye, Caldwell done well there didn't he? As for your rubbish comments about soccer, wind your neck in!

[Myles Na G.]

Aye, Caldwell done well there didn't he? As for your rubbish comments about soccer, wind your neck in!

He's done well to be playing regularly in the EPL. He's had better days than today.
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Wigan-boss-Roberto-Martinez-hails-defender-Gary-Caldwell-after-starring-show-against-Aston-Villa-article358741.html
And wind your own neck in, btw.

[SambaSaffron]

  Indeed. Insinuating that someone isn't qualified to comment on a sport because it isn't their favourite sport is the biggest balls I've ever heard.

Gary Caldwell is pish, no matter what Roberto Martinez, you or Caldwell himself think. Half a season where he performed reasonably well does not by any stretch make him a good player.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Myles, any chance on you giving us some constructive input on Celtic?

Easy one - bring Paul Lambert back to CP, maybe with Lenny as his assistant.

Lambert has already stated that he doesn't want to return to the "goldfish bowl" of Glasgow soccer.
So not to constructive, try again, also another thing, do you have anything positive to say about the club?

So, waiting.