The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Targetman]

Another poor performance today and tbh apart from the Huns game they've all been poor, the incompetence of the board in not replacing good players like Armstrong, Roberts and Dembele is gonna hurt us big time, we have no creativity in midfield and other teams are happy for us to play the ball sideways and across the back with no end product, things just don't seem right at Celtic Park on and off the field!!

[MoChara]

Another poor performance today and tbh apart from the Huns game they've all been poor, the incompetence of the board in not replacing good players like Armstrong, Roberts and Dembele is gonna hurt us big time, we have no creativity in midfield and other teams are happy for us to play the ball sideways and across the back with no end product, things just don't seem right at Celtic Park on and off the field!!

What's worrying is why players that had creativity are now so lacking likes of Sinclair and Rogic they used to be ripping defences apart, wonder is there a bad mood in the camp could still be a hangover from the Boyata stuff. 

[illdecide]

I was at the game yesterday and I can tell you the fans are not happy, they're furious. I agree something is not right but I don't know what...Last season we won the treble with almost the same team, you talk about Dembele, Armstrong and Roberts and TBH if you look back last season them 3 didn't feature that much through injury so the team he has now is the team he won a treble with last year so something is wrong. There are too many players off the pace and in bad form...Rogic, Sinclair, Ntcham, McGregor, Edouard & Lustig. I kinda feel sorry for Sinclair as he does get awful abuse from the fans but in their defence he's unrecognisable from the player we had 2 seasons ago, the form he's in he wouldn't get a game in the Irish League or League of Ireland and that's not an exaggeration either. When he gets the ball now he can't get rid of it quick enough to one of his team mates and is brushed off the ball so easily it's actually a bit embarrassing for the lad...

I genuinely don't know if there are problems deep down...I've heard a few rumours about Lawell interfering etc but never listen as what people don't know they'll make up, all i do know is things need to pick up ASAP. Celtic play in quarter finals of cup away to St Johnstone on Wed night and then Aberdeen on Sat and if we were to lose those two games then things are def in a crisis...

[Geoff Tipps]

https://stv.tv/news/west-central/1431283-rangers-fan-thanks-celtic-player-for-rescuing-him-from-bullies/

[Targetman]

Good man Johnny, still won't get a game though!!

[uimhr ocht]

Hayes has been a poor signing add commper,allen,kouasi,thats almost 5 million squandered.

[tyroneStatto]

Hayes has been a poor signing add commper,allen,kouasi,thats almost 5 million squandered.

Edouard as well mate.

[charlieTully]

its amazing the difference a year makes, last year the start of a double treble this year relief at beating st Johnstone, hopefully that steadies the ship.

[tyroneman]

Ntcham wasn't bad last night to be fair, tried hard, as did KT. Results are all that matters at the moment.

So many questions about this year...

Is there a dressing room split...LG was making it clear he stands with Brendan last night?

Did we really lose McGinn over pocket change or was he determined to go to England?

What is our head of scouting been up to? Really poor buys this past few years

Edouard...£8million...really?

Rogic..has he settled into a comfort zone with his new contract or just having a little bad patch?

Did the Board just assume because we were coming off the back of double trebles that we would coast the league this year?

What has happened to Sinclair?

The squad we have right now, with everyone playing to 90+% is more than good enough to win the SPL....I think we will stick in around 2nd/3rd for a month then start to hit form.

[marty34]

Some good points raised here.

I think board, after this past few years of getting to champions league, thought that they could squeeze through the qualifying rounds this year without spending any big money....but if managing to go through, then they'd rake in the cash.  They obviously gambled and lost!

Although in fairness, Celtic are a Europa Cup team.  This is where they are at. Scottish football is poor and their champions can't be expected to be in the Champions League year after year.  In the qualifying rounds, and there seems to be more every year, they will get caught out.  This is what happened this summer.

Instead of buying Mc Ginn for a few extra pound, the board thought, I think, they could get by without him.  The Boyata and Dembele situation was handled badly.  Again being greedy, they wanted to hold out but the players wanted to go. I would have sold Boyata also - get the cash in for a player who wants to move on.

Celtic didn't seem to be prepared for these last minute bids etc. so I don't understand that.  The players were sought after so they didn't have a Plan B in who to try and bring in at the last minute.  That's disappointing for me.  Very poor planning by a big club, at every level.

[tyroneman]

Complacency is always the enemy when you are on top...

[From the Bunker]

Coming back early to qualify for the Champions League can be disruptive. You are trying to get players up to a certain level right at the beginning of the Season. Hard to come back down then and pace yourself for the long domestic season.

It's got to be hard to sell winning 3 trophies to players that won those three trophies the last 2 years.

[illdecide]

Dembele & Boyata def disrupted the whole thing, Dembele is gone and BR should have sold Boyota too. I know we're short in central defence but i can't stand seeing the big pri*k wearing the Celtic jersey playing away thinking he's Franko Baresi, If we can just hang in there until Christmas and BR will make 3 quality signings hopefully that will be enough. I do believe things will turn around this season and  we'll come good, no need to panic just yet as there is still 30 games to go...lol

[MoChara]

Least we're beating rangers lol

[Applesisapples]

Celtic are in no mans land, Rogers needs to start producing otherwise Tony will be back with his Coco lines.