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[general_lee]

Huge result. Two brilliant goals but Celtic very shaky at times in 2nd half and exposed badly time and time again.  Distinct lack of quality in keys areas. Thankfully sevco failed to capitalise apart from a peach of a free kick.

[SaffronSports]

Rodgers does well in these games but he needs to learn how to beat the teams that sit back and defend deep. Do that and we'll win the league easy.

[marty34]

Great to get the win and three points but still plenty of questions.

3 good goals but at 2 - 0 up and a man up, Celtic panicked a bit and invited Rangers on. Wasn't great game management.  I was hoping for Celtic to turn the screw and hammer them 4 or 5 nil to really rattle them.

Some good performances but some dodgy players on show for Celtic. Key positions needs sorted in the Jan. window.

It's a good 3 points and with 1 more game before the break, another 3 pts would be good.

Be interesting to see how much money the board give Rogers now or will they give him anything?

[An Watcher]

Great to get a win but celtic don't look in great shape at all.  That full back johnston is shocking and the fella on the other side isn't great either.  Scales was probably the best defender but he's hardly top drawer.  They're all over the place at the back.  Maybe CCV will tighten them but if I was a betting man I'd be lumping on rangers at this stage.

[From the Bunker]

Penalty there over-ruled by an false onfield off side call.

Probably a marginal offside depending on the lines drawn

Brilliant free kick to make it a nervy finish

Commentators gasped when they seen the replay from the side.

[Milltown Row2]

Penalty there over-ruled by an false onfield off side call.

Probably a marginal offside depending on the lines drawn

Brilliant free kick to make it a nervy finish

Commentators gasped when they seen the replay from the side.

He didn't look blatantly onside or level, in fairness your man hit the ground like a sack of potatoes.

Thought the ref was pretty decent

Rangers, with all the hype about penalties, weren't given a 'handy' one, the commentators thought so themselves

[SaffronSports]

Penalty there over-ruled by an false onfield off side call.

Probably a marginal offside depending on the lines drawn

Brilliant free kick to make it a nervy finish

Commentators gasped when they seen the replay from the side.

He didn't look blatantly onside or level, in fairness your man hit the ground like a sack of potatoes.

Thought the ref was pretty decent

Rangers, with all the hype about penalties, weren't given a 'handy' one, the commentators thought so themselves

Wasn't a penalty. The lad was offside in the buildup so he could have caught it and bounced it off the forwards head and it still wasn't a penalty.

[Milltown Row2]

Penalty there over-ruled by an false onfield off side call.

Probably a marginal offside depending on the lines drawn

Brilliant free kick to make it a nervy finish

Commentators gasped when they seen the replay from the side.

He didn't look blatantly onside or level, in fairness your man hit the ground like a sack of potatoes.

Thought the ref was pretty decent

Rangers, with all the hype about penalties, weren't given a 'handy' one, the commentators thought so themselves

Wasn't a penalty. The lad was offside in the buildup so he could have caught it and bounced it off the forwards head and it still wasn't a penalty.

Yes I know that, but at halftime the commentators didn't know that information

[Main Street]

I liked Brendan's post match Clyde radio interview, he replied to a question  something to the effect of there being a bit of a shock element considering how poor Celtic have been and how (allegedly) good Rangers have been

 "In my time 5 different  manager have come here and in every one of those times Rangers were coming"  short pause (unspoken words - 'and Rangers were slayed'),   for me this is normal.

This was the manager's victory despite his triple xxx hazardous substitutions two of whom should be ditched asap. Had the ref contemplated Rangers penalty claims, var would have intervened to deny.
Bernado was very good and Palma has improved - but not his dire corner kicks. Scales, apart from that careless cross field pass near the end, was generally excellent.

[Itchy]

I liked Brendan's post match Clyde radio interview, he replied to a question  something to the effect of there being a bit of a shock element considering how poor Celtic have been and how (allegedly) good Rangers have been

 "In my time 5 different  manager have come here and in every one of those times Rangers were coming"  short pause (unspoken words - 'and Rangers were slayed'),   for me this is normal.

This was the manager's victory despite his triple xxx hazardous substitutions two of whom should be ditched asap. Had the ref contemplated Rangers penalty claims, var would have intervened to deny.
Bernado was very good and Palma has improved - but not his dire corner kicks. Scales, apart from that careless cross field pass near the end, was generally excellent.

You are warming to Scales. He's been excellent.

McGregor gave away some really poor balls considering how the commentators kept saying how brilliant he was. Celtic rode their luck a bit I think today but lovely to stick it to Rangers like that.

[illdecide]

Was at the game and atmosphere was really good, Celtic scored two good goals and deserved the win but they were certainly not flawless. When BR made the changes it really weakened us, Turnbull and M Johnston really gave us nothing and it looked like we were down to 10 men. It shows we have a decent 11 but bench is v weak but we all knew that anyway. Hatate and Abada will be great when up to speed but 2-3 good signings are required in January. We all know the positions that need strengthened so need to go there.

On a positive the guy that sits next to me at the games with his wee daughter won the HT draw £25,000, can't judge a book by it's cover but he looks like he could be doing with it so really delighted for him. Never seen anyone soo happy in all my life

[illdecide]

Celtic need to offload the following players ASAP...

Scott Bain
Benjamin Siegrist
Nat Philips
Kobayashi
Bernabei
D Turnbull
J McCarthy
Kwon
M Johnston

They need to loan out...

Tilio
Yang
Thiago Holm
Stephen Welsh
Lagerbielke

To get first team experience and see what they're like

That's some clear out and goes to show you what is required to strengthen the team...

[tyroneStatto]

How on earth is James McCarthy still there?

[Milltown Row2]

If the offside 'handball' was given, why did the ref make the keeper take a wide ball kick rather than a free kick?

[SaffronSports]

If the offside 'handball' was given, why did the ref make the keeper take a wide ball kick rather than a free kick?

Free kicks, corners and second yellow cards are all decided by on-field officials and VAR cannot intervene.