The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[JimStynes]

Where are Sevco getting the money to pay these wages and buy players. I had thought they were skint...

[illdecide]

Where are Sevco getting the money to pay these wages and buy players. I had thought they were skint...

Who knows...Clearly loans as they needed a loan of £10m to finish last season. That will only go on for so long before it catches up with them. Stop the ten at all costs...

[illdecide]

Lads it looks like LG is on his last legs...I think NL is ready to offload him if he doesn't buck up his ideas...

Celtic boss Neil Lennon has accused Leigh Griffiths of letting the club down by putting on weight in lockdown and has criticised his social media "nonsense".

The Scotland international striker was left behind for the trip to France where the Hoops are competing for the Veolia Trophy after failing to impress Lennon with his condition.

Celtic began the tournament with a 1-1 draw with Nice in Lyon on Thursday, with Patryk Klimala scoring his first goal for the club. But after the match, Lennon made no secret of his displeasure with Griffiths and warned him that his future was on the line at Celtic Park.

"I'm not happy. I think that's fairly obvious by the fact that we've left him behind," Lennon told reporters.

"He's come back out of condition and overweight. Any physical work we asked him to do, he was coming out of saying he was injured. That's going to be the case because he's out of condition.

"It would have been absolutely pointless bringing him with us. We had an extensive week in Loughborough and he wouldn't have been fit to play the games here. The ball is firmly in his court in terms of getting in the right condition.

"He needs to stop all the social media nonsense with all these slogans he puts out there.

"The boys here are all top professionals and I have a great staff who are all professional as well. They deserve better and he should know better.
"If he wants to have a future here at the club, it's down to himself. We're not prepared to do a lot more for him. Everything's there for him. He's let himself down and he's let us down."

Griffiths, 29, has been with Celtic since 2014 and has scored 84 goals in 151 league appearances for the Hoops.

[Targetman]

Pity about Griff because when he's on form he's a great striker, doesn't look great for him now though

[tonto1888]

Doesn't look good for Griff at the moment but he only has himself to blame

[illdecide]

Doesn't look good for Griff at the moment but he only has himself to blame

100%...A highly paid professional who lets himself down like that deserves all he gets coming to him. No sympathy for him at all

[clarshack]

How much weight did Griff put on?

[illdecide]

How much weight did Griff put on?

9llb 8oz

[clarshack]

That's a lot for a professional athlete to put on.

[illdecide]

That's a lot for a professional athlete to put on.

Here i was messing, haven't a clue what he put on

[illdecide]

There are a lot of mixed messages about Griff on Twitter, quite a few are saying Lennon and Celtic are throwing him under the bus regarding his mental illness and that they should be sticking by him etc etc. I get all that but NL has a team to assemble and run and Griff should have been more professional about it, he knows himself. He's always on social media which club have told him to stay off as it's not good for anyone suffering from mental health...I think he'll get one last chance and if he doesn't get himself fit by mid August his time could be up. He could go out to Hibs on loan or possibly sell him to Hibs in Jan but either way he's walking a tight rope...I would love to see him turn it around and i hope he does but the way it is atm he's peddling into the wind

[clarshack]

That's a lot for a professional athlete to put on.

Here i was messing, haven't a clue what he put on

Lol no worries, I'd say 1-2 pounds put on probably wouldn't have that reaction so bound be a good bit more.

[Targetman]

Completely different starting team for tonight's game against Lyon, lets see if Klimala can step up

[illdecide]

I'm still trying to figure out what NL's motives were for playing that team against Lyon...Was he saying to fringe players "you can't handle this so don't come knocking my door down when you're not getting a game" or was it genuinely who sinks or swims in that situation...I was also thinking if that team had started and had held Lyon then the stronger team finishing could have put them to the sword...Only NL knows but what will be interesting is the team he lines out tomorrow evening against PSG who beat some team 9-0 last week...

There is no doubt that a few young guns are almost ready for the break thru but who and when?

[marty34]

I'm still trying to figure out what NL's motives were for playing that team against Lyon...Was he saying to fringe players "you can't handle this so don't come knocking my door down when you're not getting a game" or was it genuinely who sinks or swims in that situation...I was also thinking if that team had started and had held Lyon then the stronger team finishing could have put them to the sword...Only NL knows but what will be interesting is the team he lines out tomorrow evening against PSG who beat some team 9-0 last week...

There is no doubt that a few young guns are almost ready for the break thru but who and when?

Wouldn't really worry about this type of competition - give the full panel loads of game time.  That's what it's all about.

I'l be more worried about getting focussed on the 10 in a row. It'll be harder then people think.

Celtic need a  real good keeper, centre back, mid-fielder and a striker...at least.  Need to get the quality in. Probably need a left-back also coiming to think of it as they have no options there.