The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[T Fearon]

Er little over a month ago Rangers drew at Celtic Park.Since then they've shown better form than Celtic.Given Brendan's inevitable and invariable piss poor ending to seasons,a Celtic win on Sunday is not in any way guaranteed

[T Fearon]

If Celtic fail to win the Scottish Cup,that means Brendan has more or less matched Ronnie's first season,winning the League and League Cup.Albeit,Brendan did qualify (luckily a lot would say) for the Champions League group stages.Still given the vast difference in budgets both men worked with,it will hardly go down as a resounding success if the treble is not clinched this season.

[ned]

Celtic should win. Depends on the ref, Collum, not letting them away with challenges like in the last game. Hopefully if they resort to those tactics Broonie does what he did to Boyce at the weekend. Their form coming into this game is very similar to the first three games this season under Warburton.

[imtommygunn]

If Celtic fail to win the Scottish Cup,that means Brendan has more or less matched Ronnie's first season,winning the League and League Cup.Albeit,Brendan did qualify (luckily a lot would say) for the Champions League group stages.Still given the vast difference in budgets both men worked with,it will hardly go down as a resounding success if the treble is not clinched this season.

Brimg back ronny. It's the only answer to this terrible problem of going unbeaten all year domestically and  getting into the champions league group stages. It has to stop before itgoes too far

[thebar]

If Celtic fail to win the Scottish Cup,that means Brendan has more or less matched Ronnie's first season,winning the League and League Cup.Albeit,Brendan did qualify (luckily a lot would say) for the Champions League group stages.Still given the vast difference in budgets both men worked with,it will hardly go down as a resounding success if the treble is not clinched this season.

Brimg back ronny. It's the only answer to this terrible problem of going unbeaten all year domestically and  getting into the champions league group stages. It has to stop before itgoes too far

well said Sir!

[themac_23]

If Celtic fail to win the Scottish Cup,that means Brendan has more or less matched Ronnie's first season,winning the League and League Cup.Albeit,Brendan did qualify (luckily a lot would say) for the Champions League group stages.Still given the vast difference in budgets both men worked with,it will hardly go down as a resounding success if the treble is not clinched this season.

And albeit (thusfar) an unbeaten league campaign....

[Taylor]

Yes, unbeaten playing the equivalent of Irish League teams every week.
Bravo

[T Fearon]

Exactly.Brendan Rodgers has thus far succeeded in meeting the minimum requirements.He is certainly undeserving of an inflated status for remaining unbeaten against other Scottish teams who are of a similar status to Cork City or Dundalk (in fact no Scottish team came close to matching Dundalk's Europa League campaign this season).Given Celtic's huge budgetary advantage and wage bill,no Scottish team should be capable of even giving them a decent game.

[Aaron Boone]

Exactly.Brendan Rodgers has thus far succeeded in meeting the minimum requirements.He is certainly undeserving of an inflated status for remaining unbeaten against other Scottish teams who are of a similar status to Cork City or Dundalk (in fact no Scottish team came close to matching Dundalk's Europa League campaign this season).Given Celtic's huge budgetary advantage and wage bill,no Scottish team should be capable of even giving them a decent game.

The beauty of football is that other teams do give them a game.

[Hectic]

Celtic should win. Depends on the ref, Collum, not letting them away with challenges like in the last game. Hopefully if they resort to those tactics Broonie does what he did to Boyce at the weekend. Their form coming into this game is very similar to the first three games this season under Warburton.

Problem with that is you are depending on the referee being consistent.

[Hectic]

Yes, unbeaten playing the equivalent of Irish League teams every week.
Bravo

Prize for most original post. The Scottish challenge cup included Irish league teams this season against the mighty lower league Scottish teams who duly dumped them on their erses but sure better to take your analysis from Simon Jordan and his like.

[Hectic]

Exactly.Brendan Rodgers has thus far succeeded in meeting the minimum requirements.He is certainly undeserving of an inflated status for remaining unbeaten against other Scottish teams who are of a similar status to Cork City or Dundalk (in fact no Scottish team came close to matching Dundalk's Europa League campaign this season).Given Celtic's huge budgetary advantage and wage bill,no Scottish team should be capable of even giving them a decent game.

Tony your hole is open permanently.

[yellowcard]

Exactly.Brendan Rodgers has thus far succeeded in meeting the minimum requirements.He is certainly undeserving of an inflated status for remaining unbeaten against other Scottish teams who are of a similar status to Cork City or Dundalk (in fact no Scottish team came close to matching Dundalk's Europa League campaign this season).Given Celtic's huge budgetary advantage and wage bill,no Scottish team should be capable of even giving them a decent game.

He achieved every single objective this season and not even the most rose tinted of Celtic supporters would have predicted that the team would go unbeaten into the last week of April. If he achieves a treble it will have been an unbelievable season for Celtic supporters and the unbeated run is just the icing on the cake. The average attendeances tell you all you need to know. Rodgers does shoot his mouth off at times and has a bit of an ego but underneath it all I believe he is a good coach moreso than a manager. He has been good for Celtic and vice versa.

Since you brought budgets into it, Rangers budget for last year was over £10 million which is well in excess of the budget for the entire LOI so the comparision with Cork and Dundalk is daft. Dundalk in particular had some unbelievable results in Europe in a cup competition where anything can happen. It is unlikely to be ever repeated. However neither side would compete consistently at the top level in Scotland.     

[T Fearon]

I do not think a manager who earns a weekly salary of £45k in the SPL,with the resources to sign vastly superior players (like Sinclair and Dembele) than any of his rivals,should be treated like he was Jock Stein reincarnated,just because he has thus far remained unbeaten by any Scottish rivals (but not against part time teams from Gibraltar).

A little perspective is needed.Celtic,given their budget,support,tradition etc should comfortably win all domestic honours (when their main and only realistic rivals are in disarray) and not only qualify for the group stages of the Champions League annually,but be competitive in those group stages.

[Dougal Maguire]

Have I gone back 9 months in time?