The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[podge]

Does anyone else find Chris Sutton's analysis a bit hard to listen to?  'brainless'

[illdecide]

Does anyone else find Chris Sutton's analysis a bit hard to listen to?  'brainless'

He can be a bit irritating alright but i certainly wouldn't say he's brainless (quite the opposite in fact)He knows what he's doing and saying and is trying to be controversial but at the same time calls it as he see's it. A bit like marmite...u either love him or hate him.

[podge]

Does anyone else find Chris Sutton's analysis a bit hard to listen to?  'brainless'

He can be a bit irritating alright but i certainly wouldn't say he's brainless (quite the opposite in fact)He knows what he's doing and saying and is trying to be controversial but at the same time calls it as he see's it. A bit like marmite...u either love him or hate him.

my reference to 'brainless' was alluding to the fact that every time someone makes a mistake, he refers to them as brainless.

[ashman]

Does anyone else find Chris Sutton's analysis a bit hard to listen to?  'brainless'

Analysing Scottish soccerball .  Celtic are miles better that the rest of the Scottish clubs because they have multiples of their budget, ergo better players .

Nothing much to analyse .

[tonto1888]

Does anyone else find Chris Sutton's analysis a bit hard to listen to?  'brainless'

he definitely has something against Craig Gordon

[Hectic]

Does anyone else find Chris Sutton's analysis a bit hard to listen to?  'brainless'

he definitely has something against Craig Gordon

I think Sutton, while being very good at calling it as he sees it, maybe feels he has to find the odd criticism to throw at Celtic in the interests of balance - the main ones I picked up on was one saying Gordon nearly got the team into trouble trying to play the ball out - that one is fairly easy as that is clearly a directive of the manager.  The other was when he took Madisson out in the box - I felt he was wrong there in that it is the goalkeepers job to come and take the ball in such situations and if anyone gets in the way so be it - different if he had jumped right into the player but he did not.

Interesting that yesterday only Dembele of Rodgers summer signings played in what was a really strong team performance against the second best side in the country.

[tonto1888]

Does anyone else find Chris Sutton's analysis a bit hard to listen to?  'brainless'

he definitely has something against Craig Gordon

I think Sutton, while being very good at calling it as he sees it, maybe feels he has to find the odd criticism to throw at Celtic in the interests of balance - the main ones I picked up on was one saying Gordon nearly got the team into trouble trying to play the ball out - that one is fairly easy as that is clearly a directive of the manager.  The other was when he took Madisson out in the box - I felt he was wrong there in that it is the goalkeepers job to come and take the ball in such situations and if anyone gets in the way so be it - different if he had jumped right into the player but he did not.

Interesting that yesterday only Dembele of Rodgers summer signings played in what was a really strong team performance against the second best side in the country.

he is always critical of gordon though. Brought up karate kicks again and tried to say he took the guy out woth his knee. Even when tv replays showed he was wrong he kept trying to say it

Yeah, I mentioned that to my brother yesterday. Shows you what a decent manager can do

[bannside]

Agree. Brendan has got an extra 20% out of the players. Browner is like a new man, Forrest is playing out of his skin and now every day at training every player ups his performance. To think Roberts is only getting bit time shows thd class in the squad.

Who would have thought Griffiths would lose his place but Dembele is far better than him. There are goals in the team now and that spreads confidence throughout the squad .

Commons, Stokes and Griffiths combo a long way off Sinclair, Dembele and either Forrest or Roberts. We're back playing the Celtic way and the supporters are loving it.

[Main Street]

Agree. Brendan has got an extra 20% out of the players. Browner is like a new man, Forrest is playing out of his skin and now every day at training every player ups his performance. To think Roberts is only getting bit time shows thd class in the squad.

Who would have thought Griffiths would lose his place but Dembele is far better than him. There are goals in the team now and that spreads confidence throughout the squad .

Commons, Stokes and Griffiths combo a long way off Sinclair, Dembele and either Forrest or Roberts. We're back playing the Celtic way and the supporters are loving it.

Both Forest and Brown were literal write off's before the season started but that was more due to chronic ailments. Perhaps Brendan played an incidental part in their resurgence with the vastly improved team atmosphere and football,  but I'd  also calculate that they recovered their physical prowess.
Sadly Dembele will be on his bike soon, I hope he sticks around to the end of the season and racks up the all the medals and deserved awards.

[illdecide]

BR's training is apparently more superior to anything the lads have done before and they have all stated about how much fitter and leaner they are. On the Roberts issue I would say BR knows he's going to go back to City at the end of the season so prob wants to progress the players that Celtic actually own. Griffiths still has a big part to play at Celtic and i'd imagine over the next 5 weeks or so he'll get his fair share of game time as the fixtures will come thick and fast.

[stew]

Agree. Brendan has got an extra 20% out of the players. Browner is like a new man, Forrest is playing out of his skin and now every day at training every player ups his performance. To think Roberts is only getting bit time shows thd class in the squad.

Who would have thought Griffiths would lose his place but Dembele is far better than him. There are goals in the team now and that spreads confidence throughout the squad .

Commons, Stokes and Griffiths combo a long way off Sinclair, Dembele and either Forrest or Roberts. We're back playing the Celtic way and the supporters are loving it.


Dembele has been very intelligent in handling his business so far for such a young man, he sees the bigger picture and went to Celtic because he believed he would develop and play for Celtic and because he respected the manager, and this long term thinking will stand to him.

He has played enough league games to merit an SPL medal, I just hope he says no to a move in January and waits until the summer before moving on, that said, he will do what he thinks is best and I for one will wish him all the best and when he does go I will watch his career unfold and hope he becomes a world class footballer, he is well on his way already but he knows he has a quare bit to go.

Both Forest and Brown were literal write off's before the season started but that was more due to chronic ailments. Perhaps Brendan played an incidental part in their resurgence with the vastly improved team atmosphere and football,  but I'd  also calculate that they recovered their physical prowess.
Sadly Dembele will be on his bike soon, I hope he sticks around to the end of the season and racks up the all the medals and deserved awards.

[Main Street]

BR's training is apparently more superior to anything the lads have done before and they have all stated about how much fitter and leaner they are. On the Roberts issue I would say BR knows he's going to go back to City at the end of the season so prob wants to progress the players that Celtic actually own. Griffiths still has a big part to play at Celtic and i'd imagine over the next 5 weeks or so he'll get his fair share of game time as the fixtures will come thick and fast.

Forrest  has had constant issues for years with chronic sciatica and Brown was recovering from his injury and  surgery.
Without those issues being resolved  first or on the way to being resolved with specialist therapy, they both would not benefit from any of the new training  methods. Both players last year were well below par due to their injuries and that has exaggerated the positive effect of the Brendan  training methods this season.

[illdecide]

BR's training is apparently more superior to anything the lads have done before and they have all stated about how much fitter and leaner they are. On the Roberts issue I would say BR knows he's going to go back to City at the end of the season so prob wants to progress the players that Celtic actually own. Griffiths still has a big part to play at Celtic and i'd imagine over the next 5 weeks or so he'll get his fair share of game time as the fixtures will come thick and fast.

Forrest  has had constant issues for years with chronic sciatica and Brown was recovering from his injury and  surgery.
Without those issues being resolved  first or on the way to being resolved with specialist therapy, they both would not benefit from any of the new training  methods. Both players last year were well below par due to their injuries and that has exaggerated the positive effect of the Brendan  training methods this season.

Thats quite possible Main street, not doubting you at all but there is no doubt that Ronnie was not good enough to lead Celtic and as for John Collins i believe is a bluffer and was found out. If the players don't buy into what you're selling them then your time at the club is at a premium. My biggest concern is BR will not be there too long before a big Premier League club comes calling looking to treble his salary and a few of our players getting sold on in our annual summer sales to balance the books (i know we're sound this year but that changes from year to year). Hope i'm wrong as it's a great time to be a Celtic supporter and long may it last...

[Hectic]

Yeah can only enjoy it while it is good.

Regarding Forrest he has been dogged with injuries for years so the end of the season will be a better time to judge and then into next.  For some reason though he always got a fair bit of flak from the stands - getting the support from the fans this season will also have helped him kick on along with his injuries easing for now.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Coming back from 2-0 and 3-2 down to win in the last minute and not a peep?