The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Main Street]

A draw was fair enough, just Rangers missed those two sitters in the 2nd half.
Both teams could have won the game and Sinclair on his own missed more real chances than Rangers missed altogether.
A bit of pluck from Rangers and below average from Celtic, I wouldn't read too much into it. Young Ajer looked good today and good enough to claim the CH spot.

[stew]

Only saw 2nd half, poor stuff and Rangers should have won. It could have just been complacency or an off day but looked like the motivation is gone for a lot of those players, Sinclair particularly brutal.

Maybe Rangers have finally turned the corner, be interesting to see if they invest anything / much in January.

This was Celtics 9th game in 30 days, they were tired, first half they could have been two ahead, sevco better team chances wise in the second half, that said they were more up for it and had some outstanding performances of note and well worth the point.

They have not turned a corner for me, they simply got up for one game, that is a key difference between them and Celtic, Celtic when not at their best grind out a win or a draw, Sevco when off the pace lose or are lucky to get a point, today they fully deserved a point and were as good as they could be, Celtic were about 70% of what they can be.

[Itchy]

Celtic possibly tired but for me McGregor, Lustig and Forrest need replacing. None of them are good enough.

[ned]

Only saw 2nd half, poor stuff and Rangers should have won. It could have just been complacency or an off day but looked like the motivation is gone for a lot of those players, Sinclair particularly brutal.

Maybe Rangers have finally turned the corner, be interesting to see if they invest anything / much in January.

This was Celtics 9th game in 30 days, they were tired, first half they could have been two ahead, sevco better team chances wise in the second half, that said they were more up for it and had some outstanding performances of note and well worth the point.

They have not turned a corner for me, they simply got up for one game, that is a key difference between them and Celtic, Celtic when not at their best grind out a win or a draw, Sevco when off the pace lose or are lucky to get a point, today they fully deserved a point and were as good as they could be, Celtic were about 70% of what they can be.

Exactly. How can benny claim rangers should have won when he only saw the second half? Also, obviously doesn't follow Scottish football. Rangers beat Aberdeen twice in succesive games then lost two against "lesser teams". They've turned more corners this season than an idiot stuck in a maze.

[ned]

Celtic possibly tired but for me McGregor, Lustig and Forrest need replacing. None of them are good enough.

You must be basing your opinion on one game because Forrest has been a standout for us this season.
This was Celtic's 38th competitive game of the season. Lustig just needs a rest. McGregor is a good squad player but should only be a starter occasionally.

[stew]

Only saw 2nd half, poor stuff and Rangers should have won. It could have just been complacency or an off day but looked like the motivation is gone for a lot of those players, Sinclair particularly brutal.

Maybe Rangers have finally turned the corner, be interesting to see if they invest anything / much in January.

This was Celtics 9th game in 30 days, they were tired, first half they could have been two ahead, sevco better team chances wise in the second half, that said they were more up for it and had some outstanding performances of note and well worth the point.

They have not turned a corner for me, they simply got up for one game, that is a key difference between them and Celtic, Celtic when not at their best grind out a win or a draw, Sevco when off the pace lose or are lucky to get a point, today they fully deserved a point and were as good as they could be, Celtic were about 70% of what they can be.

Exactly. How can benny claim rangers should have won when he only saw the second half? Also, obviously doesn't follow Scottish football. Rangers beat Aberdeen twice in succesive games then lost two against "lesser teams". They've turned more corners this season than an idiot stuck in a maze.

Knowing Benny he meant that they won the second half, he is correct on that score, overall a draw a fair result.

[Targetman]

Dominating here should be 2 up, always a chance they'll score on the break

Dominating? Celtic woeful!

This was posted at h-t after a first half that Celtic did dominate and should have been 2 up, second half was a different story and a draw was probably a fair result, the 3 week break is coming just at the right time

[StGallsGAA]

Rogic would have made a difference today.   Dembele looked every inch the £500,000 Celtic paid Fulham for him!

[tintin25]

Rogic would have made a difference today.   Dembele looked every inch the £500,000 Celtic paid Fulham for him!

If someone even offered 8 million for him you'd snap their hand off

[stew]

Rogic would have made a difference today.   Dembele looked every inch the £500,000 Celtic paid Fulham for him!

If someone even offered 8 million for him you'd snap their hand off

Dembele is a class act, he has been great for Celtic and will make them a lot of money, 8 million for him is a joke, what player does not go off the boil???

[tonto1888]

We should have been 3 up at halftime. Fair bit lay to them they were better second half but still couldn't get the winner.
Every ball into dembele was played at chest height and he was tightly marked. Don't know what some people want him to do. To be fair that ginger lad who replaced Alves played well on him. Best part of the day was when their team bus arrived and someone shouted 'hey Alves, Bruno Mars is a better player than you'

[ned]

From a twitter account.

"ncluding Internationals, Kieran Tierney has played more minutes (3,607) in 17/18 than any other outfield player in any European top tier league. That equates to 40 full matches in 169 days, or 1 game every ~4 days since July. Only Craig Gordon (3,780) has played more minutes. Broony (3,220 minutes) and Lustig (3,137 minutes) are next up, before you even get to the first non-Celtic player on the list, Salzburg's Valon Berisha (2,984 minutes) - that's 7 games worth less than Tierney has played. Given what we expect from our full backs - a bombing up and down the wing for 90 minutes - and how important it is to our style of play, Tierney and Lustig have played way too much football so far this season. Incidentally, Forrest (2,678) and Sinclair (2,598) are the next Celtic players.

Mourinho was talking about how tired Lukaku was. Tierney has played 8.5 more games than him so far."

Stark reading and a major issue for Celtic as next year we have an extra qualifying round in CL (hopefully).

[Targetman]

Very poor first half, Lustig's now a liability, at least Griff's on now

[ned]

Very poor first half, Lustig's now a liability, at least Griff's on now

Glimpses in the second half of an improvement in performance. Don't see why we play 4 at the back against Thistle or the like. Much better when Lustig went off, his legs look gone.

[T Fearon]

Got Celtic at 6/5 at half time!