The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[T Fearon]

Celtic cannot break their restricted wage structure.But the manager is responsible for a game plan which should give the players confidence and self belief in every game.The hiding away in Europe this season indicates that the players have no self belief or no game plan.

[charlieTully]

You would think it's a sacrilege to criticise BR. surely one of the main objectives in bringing him to the club was improvement in Europe. In 2 seasons we have conceded 42 goals in Europe.  Invincible my hole.

His objective was getting to CL group stages, which he's achieved both seasons. Anything beyond that is a plus.  Last year they were drawn in a group with Barca and Man City. This year they finished 3rd in a group containing PSG a nd Bayern.  Despite the loss of Griffiths, Gordon , Hayes and Roberts they were unlucky not to be 2 or 3 to the good against Zenit heading to Russia.  Without those players it was always going to be an uphill struggle expect especially with Dembele and Sinclair in poor form. 

I dunno if your  hole is invincible and don't particularly want to find out but you are certainly talking thru it!

excuses excuses excuses.

You don't do facts do you? How do you measure improvement in Europe? Not by goals conceded surely? That's a factor in how well Celtic will do but not the measure. BR got us to the group stages of the CL in his first season, an improvement from the previous two years. This year we qualified and secured European football into the New year. Those are the facts and that points towards improvement to me.
The injuries are a factor whether it suits your agenda or not. All year Celtic have been hampered by injurjes at crucial times.

Typing this on a phone forgive typos. No one is calling for the managers head. Last season was an amazing success domestically and is unlikely to be seen again in our lifetime. In all competitions this season, few stumbles but that's to be expected . That does not absolve BR from criticism if it's justified. Perhaps you don't believe it is. Let's examine some facts from his European record.

FACT away defeat to a part time team from Gibraltar
FACT away defeat to hapoel
FACT 7 nil away to Barca
FACT gave away the lead 3 times at home to city
FACT home defeat to monchengladbach
FACT home defeat to Barca
FACT draw at home to Rosenberg
FACT away defeat to Astana
FACT beaten 5 nil at home by psg
FACT conceded 7 away from home for second time in 2 seasons
FACT home defeat to anderlect
FACT meekly limp out to zenit

"Home defeat to Barca" lol
Does your mum still make your lunch by any chance? 

If you disagree with a point I make please counteract it. Please don't resort to referencing my mother. 

[ONARAGGATIP]

Back to porridge today, win needed badly.

[charlieTully]

Celtic cannot break their restricted wage structure.But the manager is responsible for a game plan which should give the players confidence and self belief in every game.The hiding away in Europe this season indicates that the players have no self belief or no game plan.

No points at home either in this CL campaign. We were lucky to play anderlect when they were in disarray. Played ok against Munich but as soon as we scored they upped it and tool the lead again within minutes.

[ONARAGGATIP]

lustig has turned to shite, he needs gone.

[Main Street]

Celtic one up, could have done with that quality cross from Forrest against Zenit, laid on a sixpence for Dembele to crash home.

[Targetman]

Good to get a win today and not concede a goal, the reaction from Broony when tackled by about 4 sheep men was priceless, Hail Hail!!

[under the bar]

You would think it's a sacrilege to criticise BR. surely one of the main objectives in bringing him to the club was improvement in Europe. In 2 seasons we have conceded 42 goals in Europe.  Invincible my hole.

His objective was getting to CL group stages, which he's achieved both seasons. Anything beyond that is a plus.  Last year they were drawn in a group with Barca and Man City. This year they finished 3rd in a group containing PSG a nd Bayern.  Despite the loss of Griffiths, Gordon , Hayes and Roberts they were unlucky not to be 2 or 3 to the good against Zenit heading to Russia.  Without those players it was always going to be an uphill struggle expect especially with Dembele and Sinclair in poor form. 

I dunno if your  hole is invincible and don't particularly want to find out but you are certainly talking thru it!

excuses excuses excuses.

You don't do facts do you? How do you measure improvement in Europe? Not by goals conceded surely? That's a factor in how well Celtic will do but not the measure. BR got us to the group stages of the CL in his first season, an improvement from the previous two years. This year we qualified and secured European football into the New year. Those are the facts and that points towards improvement to me.
The injuries are a factor whether it suits your agenda or not. All year Celtic have been hampered by injurjes at crucial times.

Typing this on a phone forgive typos. No one is calling for the managers head. Last season was an amazing success domestically and is unlikely to be seen again in our lifetime. In all competitions this season, few stumbles but that's to be expected . That does not absolve BR from criticism if it's justified. Perhaps you don't believe it is. Let's examine some facts from his European record.

FACT away defeat to a part time team from Gibraltar
FACT away defeat to hapoel
FACT 7 nil away to Barca
FACT gave away the lead 3 times at home to city
FACT home defeat to monchengladbach
FACT home defeat to Barca
FACT draw at home to Rosenberg
FACT away defeat to Astana
FACT beaten 5 nil at home by psg
FACT conceded 7 away from home for second time in 2 seasons
FACT home defeat to anderlect
FACT meekly limp out to zenit

"Home defeat to Barca" lol
Does your mum still make your lunch by any chance? 

If you disagree with a point I make please counteract it. Please don't resort to referencing my mother.

I meant no disrespect to your mother Charlie.   I felt referencing a home defeat to Barca as not good enough was somewhat like a 'spoilt child' expecting to win everything. Even Real Madrid lose at home to Barca so  Celtic have little or no chance against such teams.

[charlieTully]

No worries. We all on the same side at the end of day. Good to get the win yesterday .

[Main Street]

Good to get a win today and not concede a goal, the reaction from Broony when tackled by about 4 sheep men was priceless, Hail Hail!!

In the middle of this article there's a video snip of his reaction to the reckless assaults, it was priceless.
I think there were 3 red card challenged in there including booting the ball straight at him with full force.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43196946

[Orior]

Good to get a win today and not concede a goal, the reaction from Broony when tackled by about 4 sheep men was priceless, Hail Hail!!

In the middle of this article there's a video snip of his reaction to the reckless assaults, it was priceless.
I think there were 3 red card challenged in there including booting the ball straight at him with full force.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43196946

I'm surprised that Brown did not get booked for taking it all in his stride.

[Targetman]

I see Broony's packed in playing for Scotland, glad to hear it, he really is a tough nut and has developed into a Celtic legend!

[stew]

Good to get a win today and not concede a goal, the reaction from Broony when tackled by about 4 sheep men was priceless, Hail Hail!!

In the middle of this article there's a video snip of his reaction to the reckless assaults, it was priceless.
I think there were 3 red card challenged in there including booting the ball straight at him with full force.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43196946

Lashing the ball at him with him on the ground was cowardly, the same sc**bag that did it claimed racism against another player and it got turfed out because he made it up, that bastard should be done up like a kipper the next time they play with about two minutes left and the game already won, I hope he is.

[tonto1888]

Good to get a win today and not concede a goal, the reaction from Broony when tackled by about 4 sheep men was priceless, Hail Hail!!

In the middle of this article there's a video snip of his reaction to the reckless assaults, it was priceless.
I think there were 3 red card challenged in there including booting the ball straight at him with full force.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43196946

Lashing the ball at him with him on the ground was cowardly, the same sc**bag that did it claimed racism against another player and it got turfed out because he made it up, that b**tard should be done up like a kipper the next time they play with about two minutes left and the game already won, I hope he is.

Shay Logan and he claimed it against Tonev.  Tonev got banned

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/16/aleksandar-tonev-loses-appeal-racist-insults-celtic

[Main Street]

Good to get a win today and not concede a goal, the reaction from Broony when tackled by about 4 sheep men was priceless, Hail Hail!!

In the middle of this article there's a video snip of his reaction to the reckless assaults, it was priceless.
I think there were 3 red card challenged in there including booting the ball straight at him with full force.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43196946

Lashing the ball at him with him on the ground was cowardly, the same sc**bag that did it claimed racism against another player and it got turfed out because he made it up, that b**tard should be done up like a kipper the next time they play with about two minutes left and the game already won, I hope he is.

Shay Logan and he claimed it against Tonev.  Tonev got banned

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/16/aleksandar-tonev-loses-appeal-racist-insults-celtic

Tonev was guilty, he admitted using the racist abuse phrase that he was accused of, but had claimed he didn't understand what the words meant.
Tonev fully deserved his punishment.