The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[lynchbhoy]

Celtic still need a main striker with game time under his belt.
I mean Edouard. 
The other new guy needs game time too as a backup... Griffiths as well.. if he is back.

Weah is a fantastic wee forward but too young and inexperienced to shoulder such a burden.
Burke v good and rapidly getting his groove back... but isn't a central striker.

It is appalling to watch the refs cartel back in action giving anything they can to this new incarnation of 'rangers'.

Main street... every time I see James Forrest play I think of you old pal !!! 

That's not too shabby, to be remembered when witnessing the dynamically talented James Forrest He's done very well since his days of playing for 5 minutes  - out for a month.

It's ok MS
I am only messing...
You didn't see enough of him at the time to spot the pot erntial!
I also like reminding my brother of the time he complained Larsson looked rubbish when he first joined Celtic... again I disagreed at that juncture!

Always fun to remind...

I do remember that about Forrest and also remember you not quite seeing the blatantly evident potential of VVD.

Btw, I thought Arsenal had bought a dud in T Henry.

I also thought arsenal were mad playing a winger up front!

VVD was not what Celtic needed at the back. I prefer a defender who can defend.
He is looking like a great defender now, as all around him can't defend!
He's good... but he woukdnt be as good an out and out defender as benkovic or even boyata or Jozo..
Delighted to have punted him and taken the money!

Ahhhh here.......

Here yourself...
He's a footballer...
But the other lads are out and out defenders
Imo

And from what I've seen of him at Celtic and since


He's no lawrenson ...thats for sure.
He is more Marc Reiper.

He's one of the best defenders in the world. Being able to play the ball out when he wins it doesn't mean he's too fancy to defend. His positioning is normally excellent. One of the key factors of being a good defender. I can't think of many that I would take instead of him.

Well it's great you have an opinion.

I'm sure many will share you opinion.

I'm afraid I don't.
Though to be fair I haven't seen him much since he left Celtic, so he may have improved a lot since then.

[lynchbhoy]

Celtic still need a main striker with game time under his belt.
I mean Edouard. 
The other new guy needs game time too as a backup... Griffiths as well.. if he is back.

Weah is a fantastic wee forward but too young and inexperienced to shoulder such a burden.
Burke v good and rapidly getting his groove back... but isn't a central striker.

It is appalling to watch the refs cartel back in action giving anything they can to this new incarnation of 'rangers'.

Main street... every time I see James Forrest play I think of you old pal !!! 

That's not too shabby, to be remembered when witnessing the dynamically talented James Forrest He's done very well since his days of playing for 5 minutes  - out for a month.

It's ok MS
I am only messing...
You didn't see enough of him at the time to spot the pot erntial!
I also like reminding my brother of the time he complained Larsson looked rubbish when he first joined Celtic... again I disagreed at that juncture!

Always fun to remind...

I do remember that about Forrest and also remember you not quite seeing the blatantly evident potential of VVD.

Btw, I thought Arsenal had bought a dud in T Henry.

I also thought arsenal were mad playing a winger up front!

VVD was not what Celtic needed at the back. I prefer a defender who can defend.
He is looking like a great defender now, as all around him can't defend!
He's good... but he woukdnt be as good an out and out defender as benkovic or even boyata or Jozo..
Delighted to have punted him and taken the money!

Ahhhh here.......

Here yourself...
He's a footballer...
But the other lads are out and out defenders
Imo

And from what I've seen of him at Celtic and since


He's no lawrenson ...thats for sure.
He is more Marc Reiper.

There he is . . .

Welcome back lynchbhoy!!

Hi Screenexile... Hope you are keeping well.
I fondly still think of you as the disco king!

[lynchbhoy]

Celtic still need a main striker with game time under his belt.
I mean Edouard. 
The other new guy needs game time too as a backup... Griffiths as well.. if he is back.

Weah is a fantastic wee forward but too young and inexperienced to shoulder such a burden.
Burke v good and rapidly getting his groove back... but isn't a central striker.

It is appalling to watch the refs cartel back in action giving anything they can to this new incarnation of 'rangers'.

Main street... every time I see James Forrest play I think of you old pal !!! 

That's not too shabby, to be remembered when witnessing the dynamically talented James Forrest He's done very well since his days of playing for 5 minutes  - out for a month.

It's ok MS
I am only messing...
You didn't see enough of him at the time to spot the pot erntial!
I also like reminding my brother of the time he complained Larsson looked rubbish when he first joined Celtic... again I disagreed at that juncture!

Always fun to remind...

I do remember that about Forrest and also remember you not quite seeing the blatantly evident potential of VVD.

Btw, I thought Arsenal had bought a dud in T Henry.

I also thought arsenal were mad playing a winger up front!

VVD was not what Celtic needed at the back. I prefer a defender who can defend.
He is looking like a great defender now, as all around him can't defend!
He's good... but he woukdnt be as good an out and out defender as benkovic or even boyata or Jozo..
Delighted to have punted him and taken the money!

Ahhhh here.......

Here yourself...
He's a footballer...
But the other lads are out and out defenders
Imo

And from what I've seen of him at Celtic and since


He's no lawrenson ...thats for sure.
He is more Marc Reiper.

There he is . . .

Welcome back lynchbhoy!!

I would be more cautious about throwing out the welcome mat for lynchbhoy. In true Derry fashion, he's only in the door 5 minutes and he's already lobbing grenades.

I haven't gone away you know !! 

I'm not lobbing grenades. I never buy into the herd mentality.

[lynchbhoy]

Izzy def way below the mark. 3rd choice now behind Tierney and Hayes. Tierney 2 weeks back training and in line to play next weekend.

Any Steve clarke side will be well drilled and he is way too good for a small club.

Was not delighted with toljan but the plastic pitch takes getting used to.

Would prefer to not go through in Europe and just concentrate on domestic games for next two and a bit seasons.

If the board want CL revenue, they need to fund top level players for the squad. It can't be done on a shoestring any more save for the odd one season wonder

[Main Street]

You'd wonder what a £6m transfer fee paid out for each of Sutton, Hartson and Lennon in 2000 would be worth now?  I'd say about £30m each. Those were the days when Celtic could come up with that dizzy amount of transfer money and still survive financially.
Nowadays even a measly £6m transfer fee would require the equivalent of an act of parliament to allow it to happen, never mind a £30m transfer fee.

[PAULD123]

There is no real motivation for the board to spend. Europe after Christmas is financial success. CL group stage every 2 years keeps the coffers ticking over. They see it as a business, fans see it as a passion.

The fact is Stevie G has caused the malaise at board level. His victory in the old firm match provokef the signings of Burke, Bayo and Weah. But even that was pretty short term because the fact is that the Huns really aren't any more of a challenge this season.

Stevie has brought in 19 new players, spent £7m on transfer fees, over £1m on loans for two guys in their thirties. But his team is only 3 points better off than after the same number of games last season. All that investment has improved them by just 3 points.

No wonder the business orientated board see no reason to invest.

[Itchy]

How is Hayes not starting ahead of that other lad. Miles better.

[Main Street]

How is Hayes not starting ahead of that other lad. Miles better.

He's just returned from a leg break, this is his 2nd or third start.

[Main Street]

I missed his first yellow but there was a dubious element to that 2nd yellow for Toljan.
Celtic are up shíts creek now after a very good start.
That was a a Bankesque like save from Baines.

[lynchbhoy]

Wont get mo ey for transfers until tbey get out of SPL.

Celtic doing well first half and should have scored twice.
But Toljan now sent off so they've no hope now.
Happy enough they don't progress.
Prefer they concentrate on domestic games.

[lynchbhoy]

Bain made a couple of brilliant saves

[Main Street]

Good effort by Celtic considering. The left back hole was well filled by Hayes, pity he's closing in on veteran status.

The squad is good enough to get into the CL group stages , they just are so sluggish in the early qualifiers, make hard work of competing against teams they could beat later on in the year.

[Targetman]

That was a surprisingly good performance away from home tonight, the sending off killed any chance of winning the tie but now we can concentrate on clinching the league and cup , and fair play to Steve Clarke!!

[illdecide]

Bad luck in the end, sending off was a bit harsh and indeed end any hope we had. I'd say all Celtic supporters will be saying that's more like the display we expect...if we setup well and give it our best shot and it's not good enough on the night then we'll be happy (never happy when we lose) but you can accept it better.
Anyway let's wipe the floor with these bums for the rest of the season, I'll bet BR has set them guys a target for to remain unbeaten the rest of the season...

[MoChara]

I was impressed with the work of the Celtic players yesterday, but I felt Burke didn't keep the drive up like the rest of the lads maybe I'm being too critical and he was exhausted but when the ball got away in the last half hour he didn't seem to interested in fighting for it