The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[illdecide]

At what point can Celtic's grading (for the want of a better word) be increased?

Points make prizes...the more they win CL and qualify for group stages the more their coefficient goes up and then they go up in the seedings...(i think)

[ned]

If any of the present pot3 teams lose in the qualifiers Celtic automatically go into Pot3.

[Hectic]

Celtic could potentially boost their coefficient more by finishing a strong 3rd in their group then knocking off a few rounds in Europa League though a strong 2nd and last 16 would be a good return.

Have been handicapped by non existent performances by their Scottish counterparts in that the country element of the coefficient is all points gained factored by number of participants.

I actually think pretty soon there is a change where a clubs points is heavier weighted than their country element so that could help at group stage. Starting point in terms of qualifying round will still be determined by country ranking though.

[Main Street]

There is a change coming into force next season in the Uefa club ranking criteria for clubs and afaics the change will benefit Celtic. Clubs will now gain no benefit from their country's coefficient.  And seeing as Celtic are about the only SPL club earning points, this change should benefit Celtic's ranking.

Celtic are currently 50th in the UEFA 5-year Club Ranking 2018 (for next season's CL) and this despite the rich pickings of 2012/13 dropping out of the calculation. Celtic  will probably end up in the mid 40's once the group stage points are tallied.
https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method5/trank2018.html

Under the old system, Celtic would have lost ground in the rankings and dropped down to around 60th for 2018.
In 2016/17  group stage draw, Celtic were the top 4th pot seed.

[Targetman]

Brendan speaking highly of the green brigade today, hope all the negative stuff is behind us we can look forward to something special in the champions league, great banner on Wednesday night, Roberts coming for another year loan deal, another plus.

[T Fearon]

The Green Brigade must not allow themselves to be provoked by Sevco or the likes of Linfield/Hearts.Keep it like last Wednesday night,a real Credit to the Club.

[StGallsGAA]

The Green Brigade must not allow themselves to be provoked by Sevco or the likes of Linfield/Hearts.Keep it like last Wednesday night,a real Credit to the Club.

The Green Brigade could do with a lesson or two in Irish history, socialism and the international brigade!

[T Fearon]

Alternatively they could avoid all political issues and concentrate on supporting the team.

[stew]

Alternatively they could avoid all political issues and concentrate on supporting the team.

Correct and right.

[illdecide]

Comfortable win today with the youngsters on board...the back four was an 18 year old, two 19 year olds and a twenty year old. Celtic were comfortable and limited Kilmarnock to one decent effort in 90 mins, if we unearth one more lad like K Tierney it would be unreal. I believe BR is going to target the CL big time this year and with the right draw and a bit of luck you just never know, getting out of the group stages could be a possibility.

[T Fearon]

Hope so.It makes sense to give the bigger names a rest and also give young players a chance.

[Targetman]

5 of those lads playing today came through the Celtic academy so it shows some great work being done with the underage groups, a top of the table clash with the mighty St. Johnston next week!!

[StGallsGAA]

Any word on Roberts?  Who is the agent anyway? He should be pushing for a perm deal instead of loans!

[Mickey Linden]

U have fairly changed ur tune fearon. That 3rd prize in irish news crossroad going to ur head

[Milltown Row2]

Hope so.It makes sense to give the bigger names a rest and also give young players a chance.

How did Lennon do today? They've been flying, cupping of ears today?