The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[illdecide]

I'm a bit split on things...I want Celtic to win in Europe and compete with the best but don't want Celtic to become a commercialism hobby for some rich Arab to invest heavily, the risk is someday they'll get bored and walk away and it takes away the ethos of why Celtic were formed in the first place but it does hurt like hell watching your great team getting humped 7-1. The rich getting richer is the case and UEFA could certainly take a leaf out of the NFL's book on how they ensure the big teams success in the NFL are reduced capping their spending and buying allowing the the teams finishing lower in the leagues to spend more and have their pick of the top players.

Of course you can say this should be the case domestically too but when i think back of the baron years watching the dead club winning all around them and Celtic sometimes not even finishing 2nd and going near a decade without a trophy it's certainly pay back time and i'm loving the success we're having in Scotland. I believe BR is the man to lead us but the only thing i'm not sure on is his approach when playing the big guns, I know he said last week that people don't know anything about football when criticizing his tactics but surely you have to adopt different tactics for different teams...Look don't like saying much about BR as he's doing a great job, it's just in Europe where i think we need a slightly different approach but at least you'll always get action when Celtic are involved...HH

[ned]

I'm a bit split on things...I want Celtic to win in Europe and compete with the best but don't want Celtic to become a commercialism hobby for some rich Arab to invest heavily, the risk is someday they'll get bored and walk away and it takes away the ethos of why Celtic were formed in the first place but it does hurt like hell watching your great team getting humped 7-1. The rich getting richer is the case and UEFA could certainly take a leaf out of the NFL's book on how they ensure the big teams success in the NFL are reduced capping their spending and buying allowing the the teams finishing lower in the leagues to spend more and have their pick of the top players.

Of course you can say this should be the case domestically too but when i think back of the baron years watching the dead club winning all around them and Celtic sometimes not even finishing 2nd and going near a decade without a trophy it's certainly pay back time and i'm loving the success we're having in Scotland. I believe BR is the man to lead us but the only thing i'm not sure on is his approach when playing the big guns, I know he said last week that people don't know anything about football when criticizing his tactics but surely you have to adopt different tactics for different teams...Look don't like saying much about BR as he's doing a great job, it's just in Europe where i think we need a slightly different approach but at least you'll always get action when Celtic are involved...HH

We definitely set up slightly differently against PSG. More like a 5-4-1 or 3-6-1 if you like. Otherwise we are 3-4-3 or 4-3-3. We adapted albeit not drastically but BR mentioned he would rather have Wednesday and what happened than an ultra defensive system and still be well beaten. PSG scored 7 from 11 shots on target. Last night against Monaco they were very wasteful but could have scored 7. Wednesday was a combination of them being clinical and us being defensively poor.
Hope you enjoyed the trip otherwise. The support sounded in good spirits.

[T Fearon]

The point about PSG was at least 4 of their goals resulted from basic mistakes which should have been avoided.I still think we need a better goalkeeper and centre half,to give more confidence to the defence and provide better leadership.

Celtic should not be shipping seven goals against any side in the world

[illdecide]

The point about PSG was at least 4 of their goals resulted from basic mistakes which should have been avoided.I still think we need a better goalkeeper and centre half,to give more confidence to the defence and provide better leadership.

Celtic should not be shipping seven goals against any side in the world

Fair point, these mistakes happen every week but the other teams in Scotland are not fit to punish us whereas against the big boys they'll score 7 goals from 10-11 scoreable chances. I do believe we need a Centre Half too as Boyata is average

[stew]

I'm a bit split on things...I want Celtic to win in Europe and compete with the best but don't want Celtic to become a commercialism hobby for some rich Arab to invest heavily, the risk is someday they'll get bored and walk away and it takes away the ethos of why Celtic were formed in the first place but it does hurt like hell watching your great team getting humped 7-1. The rich getting richer is the case and UEFA could certainly take a leaf out of the NFL's book on how they ensure the big teams success in the NFL are reduced capping their spending and buying allowing the the teams finishing lower in the leagues to spend more and have their pick of the top players.

Of course you can say this should be the case domestically too but when i think back of the baron years watching the dead club winning all around them and Celtic sometimes not even finishing 2nd and going near a decade without a trophy it's certainly pay back time and i'm loving the success we're having in Scotland. I believe BR is the man to lead us but the only thing i'm not sure on is his approach when playing the big guns, I know he said last week that people don't know anything about football when criticizing his tactics but surely you have to adopt different tactics for different teams...Look don't like saying much about BR as he's doing a great job, it's just in Europe where i think we need a slightly different approach but at least you'll always get action when Celtic are involved...HH

Brendan shits the bed against the elite in Europe but at least he gets to play the elite in europe!

You cannot play pretty tiki taka ball when you dont come within an arses whisker of the ball, you need to sit back and absorb pressure and hit them on the break if you can, if you are 700 million behind on the spending front you cannot try and go toe toe with these mercenaries, you simply have to try and survive now and again against some teams.

[Milltown Row2]

Looks like that record will go

Edit: jammy

[lenny]

Looks like that record will go

Edit: jammy

keep the faith

[Orior]

Only just!

[Targetman]

Record still intact thanks to Sinclair keeping his nerve to score the dodgy enough penalty, feckin Motherwell again on Saturday to make it 67!

[ned]

It's always a dodgy decision when celtic get a pen. CGAF. Still unbeaten.

[illdecide]

Celtic should have won that match 4-1 last night on chances, their keeper made 2 brilliant saves and Celtic hit the post i think on 2 occasions. Motherwell have a system that unsettles Celtic and presses them high up the pitch making defenders make mistakes trying basic passes under pressure, they look good spreading passes around the back when not pressed or under pressure but they're getting nervy on the ball when pressed.
BR knows how Motherwell will play against them and should have a system in place to counteract this high pressing (a few long balls over the top and not down the centre halves throats either but down the flanks with a system in place) If Celtic get in behind them a few times it'll make Well think about the high press...I know the higher percentages that'll mean giving the ball away a bit more (which BR will not do) but it's just a thought in my head...

[longballin]

Celtic fans do some crying when a decision goes against them... the whole conspiracy theory. Hopefully thats the end of that.

[ned]

These two penalties are going to take on mythical proportions. Both were penalties. Not soft, not dodgy. It either is or it isn't, same as offside and many other rules. Can't give half a penalty just because the player wasn't blatantly scythed down. If Celtic get 100 penalties in the next 100 games it might just equalise past injustices.
We will beat 'Well 5-0 at the weekend.

[tonto1888]

Celtic fans do some crying when a decision goes against them... the whole conspiracy theory. Hopefully thats the end of that.

Why? It was a definite penalty and our first league penalty of the season

[longballin]

Celtic fans do some crying when a decision goes against them... the whole conspiracy theory. Hopefully thats the end of that.

Why? It was a definite penalty and our first league penalty of the season

Two dodgy pennos in four days... just saying the reaction would have been off the scale if they'd been against Celtic