The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[T Fearon]

Where are we at now? Top of the SPL and out of the Champions League,exactly the same as this time last year.

[Main Street]

The troll is over-excited.
just ignore him,  to reply to it, is just not futile it's an exercise in  utter stupidity.

[An Watcher]

Celtic's budget, what budget?  Teams in the lower reaches of the championship can now outbid Celtic for players.  Celtic need TV money to compete and unfortunately the SPL isn't attractive.  How can they be competitive in every game against teams that have one player costing more than their entire team.  The sad thing is, it is only going to get worse.

[ashman]

BMG could well finish 2nd .

[T Fearon]

I'll have a pint of whatever you're on!😂😂😂.Rogers will not get another CL point this season,and it might not be so easy against Rangers on Sunday either

[tothetop03]

Celtic have not got the financial clout to compete at champions league level week in week out,They may pull off an odd eye catching result at home  from time to time, anybody things anything else is stone mad!!

[T Fearon]

Dundalk haven't got the financial clout but damn near qualified for the group stages of the CL and are more than holding their own against richer clubs in the Europa League.

Celtic should be competitive against anyone.As I said previously momentum should have been built up in the qualifying rounds instead of stumbling and tripping over the line.No improvement or consistency is evident.The 3 all draw was a result of Man City's soft underbelly,which Guardiola will sort out

[Milltown Row2]

That great manager Pep was hammered at his home ground!! Not a great tactician after all Tony

[T Fearon]

Why are people making excuses for Coco? If Ronny was producing the same results this season,particularly in the Champions League, he would be slaughtered by all and sundry.

[foxcommander]

Why are people making excuses for Coco? If Ronny was producing the same results this season,particularly in the Champions League, he would be slaughtered by all and sundry.

Ronny would still be in a job if he got Celtic to the CL. He failed twice, even with reprieves. I don't know why you keep banging on about it. He was dreadful.

[Main Street]

The real sad question is when exactly did Nordies totally lose their cop on, where discussing issues with a troll is a normal everyday thing.
Maybe a troll is regarded in a good light in northern society, where social banality has even lower layers.
´For fun and excitement above and beyond the norm, we do like to discuss issues with a troll, we just imagine the troll to be sorta human and ignore all evidence to the contrary.'

[T Fearon]

I do sense rumblings on the Celtic discussion  boards,on which there are infinitely greater numbers of more discerning Celtic supporters,than is the case on this one.

Borussia Moenchengladbach,as was stated by the Irish News' betting tipster,were missing a number of key players,had a lousy away record and were "there for the taking" last night.That makes the abject failure even more glaring.After the lucky but nonetheless encouraging draw against Man City,Celtic should have had a whirlwind start,but instead they were cautious,subdued and their opponents were allowed to quickly take the initiative and control the game.

At this stage I am tired of reading eulogies about "Celtic Park on Champions league nights and great atmospheres etc" I would much prefer to read about Celtic successes on the actual pitch,not in the stands.

Last night was failure of epic proportions.

[uimhr ocht]

We were favourites for this game and celtic never sit well with favourites tag,kolo made a couple of mistakes and overall we didnt perform,we need a good result away but on our travels record isnt the greatest.Need to bounce back sunday now,would like to get to the final and give rodgers a chance of winning his 1st bit of silverware.

[tonto1888]

I do sense rumblings on the Celtic discussion  boards,on which there are infinitely greater numbers of more discerning Celtic supporters,than is the case on this one.

Borussia Moenchengladbach,as was stated by the Irish News' betting tipster,were missing a number of key players,had a lousy away record and were "there for the taking" last night.That makes the abject failure even more glaring.After the lucky but nonetheless encouraging draw against Man City,Celtic should have had a whirlwind start,but instead they were cautious,subdued and their opponents were allowed to quickly take the initiative and control the game.

At this stage I am tired of reading eulogies about "Celtic Park on Champions league nights and great atmospheres etc" I would much prefer to read about Celtic successes on the actual pitch,not in the stands.

Last night was failure of epic proportions.

I actually agree with you on this Tiny, aprt from the bit about the Irish news as they know next to nothing. Moenchengladbach are a good team even with some missing players. TRegardless, we looked flat last night. The performance was as disappointing as the result

[Hectic]

Couple of bad mistakes by Toure but did not hide the fact that we were second best all over the park.  Reality check after the City game that we are still some way off at this level. 

The biggest thing about playing in Europe is maintaining possession of the ball - our midfield does not have the quality or confidence to control the football in the key area at this level and as such is the area of the park that needs addressing with up to 3 central players required - and that is not news after last night either - it has been our biggest weakness all season even when we have been winning games. 

I have not saw the second goal again but from memory Toure gave the ball away badly but I wonder were the midfielders giving him an option of was he forced to hold on to it too long because people were not showing for him which was the case on a number of occasions last night.

But Rome was not built in a day and last night is more in line with what I feared when the group was drawn as opposed to the optimism I felt off the back of the last game.