The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[themac_23]

Really poor last night, the defence was terrible, Emilo shouldnt be near the team i would have Blackett in LB also i don't think the tactic 4-2-3-1 works in europe caught out too far forward too often, we aren't clinical enough for it to work, look at how many goals we concede on the counter attack. Still think Commons was out of order having a go at JC, commons couldn't keep the balance when we went 2 up top so he was always gonna be the 1 hooked, anyone complaining bout taking commons off should remember the last time one of our managers went proper gung ho chasing a game and kept all his attackers on, how did that work out for us Tony Moybary?

[illdecide]

I don't like to criticise individuals but Jasus a blind man can see where Celtic are going wrong. I know we don't have the finances of other big teams but much smaller clubs with tighter budgets than Celtic are handing us our arse on a plate. Boyata looks to have been a poor buy, Ambrose is a liability and always has been especially in European games and if Izaguirre keeps his place in that team them im thick as f**k and know f**k all about football.

How many times have we to be let down with the same guys for the penny to drop and realise they're not good enough, I'm all for giving the guys a chance to prove themselves but Ronnie D is def running out of time and with K Commins outburst last night and the fans backing him too he's going to be under serious pressure. F**k Celtic are so frustrating to watch, they play with one forward up front in every game and never change their formation. Surely playing most of that dirt in Scotland we can play two up front and change to a more defensive unit to suit better teams...ahh Jasus i don't know.

[themac_23]

I don't like to criticise individuals but Jasus a blind man can see where Celtic are going wrong. I know we don't have the finances of other big teams but much smaller clubs with tighter budgets than Celtic are handing us our arse on a plate. Boyata looks to have been a poor buy, Ambrose is a liability and always has been especially in European games and if Izaguirre keeps his place in that team them im thick as f**k and know f**k all about football.

How many times have we to be let down with the same guys for the penny to drop and realise they're not good enough, I'm all for giving the guys a chance to prove themselves but Ronnie D is def running out of time and with K Commins outburst last night and the fans backing him too he's going to be under serious pressure. F**k Celtic are so frustrating to watch, they play with one forward up front in every game and never change their formation. Surely playing most of that dirt in Scotland we can play two up front and change to a more defensive unit to suit better teams...ahh Jasus i don't know.

Think RD knows he's going to have to change things now, i think the signing of carlton cole might be a sign of that. Problem RD has is where does he play all his midfielders? 4-2-3-1 is the only way he can get brown, bitton and johansen in the team. personally i think bitton will go in Jan. id also like to see your boy bailey get a go Gordon has been awful this season. team id like to see would be:

Bailey

Lustig Simunovic Blackett Janko

GMS Brown/ Bitton Johansen Forrest

Cole Griffiths

[ashman]

Mick McCarthy would be a good appointment here .

[illdecide]

Mick McCarthy would be a good appointment here .

what on the GAA Board?

[lenny]

Brendy would be a fantastic capture. Cant see Ronny being shifted anytime soon.

BR wouldnt touch Celtic with a barge pole, if he did he would be basically accepting that this is the end of his career.

He will go throw a few more highish profile jobs before he takes his pension at Celtic.

That would be some climb down going to Celtic after Liverpool!! Agreed it's the type of thing he might do towards the end of his career the Celtic job isn't what it once was!

The 2 clubs are fairly equivalent in terms of size and fan base. The climb down would be in terms of the leagues. The gap between the leagues has grown and grown with all the tv money from sky and bt. Celtic for winning the spl get less than 2 million from tv money, the bottom team in the epl gets around 100 million. in spite of all that Celtic could go into the epl with their current squad and finish around mid table. The tabloids and english media would like people to think differently but Celtics results in the europa league in the last 2 seasons are similar to the english teams who have qualified. If the tv bubble bursts which could happen there wouldn't be a massive difference in the leagues. The epl is vastly overrated with teams like stoke and west brom paying massive fees and wages to very very ordinary foreign players.

[ashman]

Celtic need Rangers and vice versa .  Without one what pray is the point of the other.

I think the term is a "symbiotic relationship ".

Both will rediscover their purpose next season it seems likely.

[general_lee]

The EPL is ruined with money. Like Lenny says, shite English teams like Stoke and West Brom are among the richest in the world by virtue of being in the premier league. So when it comes to playing in the Europa league it's barely worth their while trying to win it, this might in part explain poor results as there generally seems to be an indifference towards it. No top English side takes it seriously, bar maybe Chelsea two years ago. For a team like Celtic it is much more prestigious but until the board start spending more they will continue to get beat and beat badly by teams like molde (who are no slouches but the fashion in which Celtic lost is the worrying aspect).

People blame rd, his mgmt, individual players and the team as a whole but until the club stops being a selling club and actually invests in proven players rather than scouting young talent in the hope of making a profit then the team might actually improve. Fans really deserve better

[charlieTully]

Celtic need Rangers and vice versa .  Without one what pray is the point of the other.

I think the term is a "symbiotic relationship ".

Both will rediscover their purpose next season it seems likely.

yawn.

[foxcommander]

The EPL is ruined with money. Like Lenny says, shite English teams like Stoke and West Brom are among the richest in the world by virtue of being in the premier league. So when it comes to playing in the Europa league it's barely worth their while trying to win it, this might in part explain poor results as there generally seems to be an indifference towards it. No top English side takes it seriously, bar maybe Chelsea two years ago. For a team like Celtic it is much more prestigious but until the board start spending more they will continue to get beat and beat badly by teams like molde (who are no slouches but the fashion in which Celtic lost is the worrying aspect).

People blame rd, his mgmt, individual players and the team as a whole but until the club stops being a selling club and actually invests in proven players rather than scouting young talent in the hope of making a profit then the team might actually improve. Fans really deserve better

Not one Celtic defender on the books at the moment is good enough to play for that team.
There is your problem.

Lustig, Blackett, Boyata, Ambrose, Mulgrew, Izaguirre, Janko as your senior defensive players are possibly the worst bunch in living memory.

[general_lee]

Ah don't start...

Not that I disagree but why are they even playing for Celtic? Why do Celtic go for shite players or loanees or reserve premiership players? Cos the board are as tight as a nuns doot! Carlton Cole ffs 

[Main Street]

Brendy would be a fantastic capture. Cant see Ronny being shifted anytime soon.

BR wouldnt touch Celtic with a barge pole, if he did he would be basically accepting that this is the end of his career.

He will go throw a few more highish profile jobs before he takes his pension at Celtic.

That would be some climb down going to Celtic after Liverpool!! Agreed it's the type of thing he might do towards the end of his career the Celtic job isn't what it once was!

After screwing the club of most gullible fans in the world for GBP20m, Brendan can retire with a fixed wry smile and sleep in a different house every night, singing the Fields of Anfield Gold.

[stew]

The EPL is ruined with money. Like Lenny says, shite English teams like Stoke and West Brom are among the richest in the world by virtue of being in the premier league. So when it comes to playing in the Europa league it's barely worth their while trying to win it, this might in part explain poor results as there generally seems to be an indifference towards it. No top English side takes it seriously, bar maybe Chelsea two years ago. For a team like Celtic it is much more prestigious but until the board start spending more they will continue to get beat and beat badly by teams like molde (who are no slouches but the fashion in which Celtic lost is the worrying aspect).

People blame rd, his mgmt, individual players and the team as a whole but until the club stops being a selling club and actually invests in proven players rather than scouting young talent in the hope of making a profit then the team might actually improve. Fans really deserve better

Blackett is a man united player, he is good enough.


Not one Celtic defender on the books at the moment is good enough to play for that team.
There is your problem.

Lustig, Blackett, Boyata, Ambrose, Mulgrew, Izaguirre, Janko as your senior defensive players are possibly the worst bunch in living memory.

[illdecide]

Ronnie D got off light last week as the whole incident with Commons papered over the cracks from Celtic's lack of performance on Thurs nite, they then beat Dundee Utd 5-0 yesterday for people to forget last week. K Tierney has to be considered for more appearances as he got man of the match yesterday and clearly has talent at 18

[Orior]

Ah don't start...

Not that I disagree but why are they even playing for Celtic? Why do Celtic go for shite players or loanees or reserve premiership players? Cos the board are as tight as a nuns doot! Carlton Cole ffs 

A new low for GAA board.