The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[illdecide]

Jasus lads its very hard to know what game to expext tonight!!! Mugga said he doesn't have the players to knock it into Arsenal the way Bolton & Blackburn can do it, so if we try to play football again Arsenal will we be taken to the cleaners!!! or what way will he try and counteract Arsenal...There's no getting away from the fact that Arsenal would blow us out of the water if we went toe to toe with them so what does Mugga do?   Should be interesting but i love when Celtic are massive underdogs in a game (especially at paradise) we usually shock a few people with a result

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Jezuz lads, Arsenal are a better team then us of course, but to hear people on here talk, you'd think the game was Fanad Utd v Man Utd!!!
Arsenal like any other team are beatable, granted we poss could get humped, but we could also beat them (at home at least) - Celtic's biggest advantage for this game is the fact that we are total underdogs, with very little expected in terms of getting a win, the team have a hell of a lot less pressure on their shoulders then Arsenal will have.

We have nothing to lose.

Starting to get excited.

Hail Hail

[Main Street]

Mugga said he doesn't have the players to knock it into Arsenal the way Bolton & Blackburn can do it, so if we try to play football again Arsenal will we be taken to the cleaners!!! or what way will he try and counteract Arsenal

All the same, I wouldn't like to be on the receiving end of a few cunning Scott Brown tackles.

[T Fearon]

The biggest shame is that Celtic are underdogs against anyone never mind Arsenal. Back in the day before money took over Celtic would not have been underdogs against anyone and would have had a genuine 50/50 chance against any club in the world.

For those of us of a certain age it is a crying shame that we aspire to match the likes of Bolton and Blackburn and knock the goons out of their stride

[Rav67]

Can't see Arsenal 'pumping' Celtic - not in this leg anyhow.  Arsenal would happily take a draw as they will be confident of winning comfortably at the Emirates.  That will inevitably have an impact on the game they play.  Despite this being between two attacking sides I expect a 0-0 or a 1-1.

[illdecide]

The biggest shame is that Celtic are underdogs against anyone never mind Arsenal. Back in the day before money took over Celtic would not have been underdogs against anyone and would have had a genuine 50/50 chance against any club in the world.

For those of us of a certain age it is a crying shame that we aspire to match the likes of Bolton and Blackburn and knock the goons out of their stride

quite true Tony...I remember watching Celtic v Ajax in 1981 or 82 (can't remember) the match was 2-2 and my first Celtic game and we were a match for anyone...roll on Forest, Leeds etc and we feared no-one. Infact Celtic's opponents dreaded coming to Glasgow but it's a different story now with the lack of money we just can't compepte anymore, but thats not to say we still can't beat the best on our own patch...like i said earlier...i love it when we're the underdogs and nothings expected of us

[Eastern_Pride]

The biggest shame is that Celtic are underdogs against anyone never mind Arsenal. Back in the day before money took over Celtic would not have been underdogs against anyone and would have had a genuine 50/50 chance against any club in the world.

For those of us of a certain age it is a crying shame that we aspire to match the likes of Bolton and Blackburn and knock the goons out of their stride

quite true Tony...I remember watching Celtic v Ajax in 1981 or 82 (can't remember) the match was 2-2 and my first Celtic game and we were a match for anyone...roll on Forest, Leeds etc and we feared no-one. Infact Celtic's opponents dreaded coming to Glasgow but it's a different story now with the lack of money we just can't compepte anymore, but thats not to say we still can't beat the best on our own patch...like i said earlier...i love it when we're the underdogs and nothings expected of us

Being the underdogs can be a blessing though as Arsenal are like Kerry at the moment and, to be honest, neither of them are as good as they are cracked up to be. I can see Celtic winning this and Meath beating Kerry by a point. McGeady to have a blinder.

[Main Street]

It ended up a well beaten 2 nil, but not bowed.
I found it hard to credit that Brown was over at RM when Centre Midfield was being overrun and crying out for his presence there in the first half. When he was moved into the middle he ran out of steam (prob due to lack of matches) until he found a second wind but only after the game was lost.
He ended up expending the rest of his energy in a firefighting role.
McGeady I thought was the diamond in the rough, he kept possession amidst the Arsenal defensive jungle and his lay offs generally found their man.
Fortuné looks like he is getting worse with every game and is heading to write off territory. At least Samaras is getting better.
Bizarre for Mobray to be bringing on McCourt right out of the blue, hopefully just a temporary managerial aberration.

[tyroneman]

The money spent on Fortuné worries me a great deal.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

We were beaten two nil, one off the back of an opposition player in our penalty area the other kicked in our own net by our centre back. Yes it was 90 mins of torture but we played well, defended well and had no luck. Oh yeah did I mention the ref giving the Arsenal ballet dancers plenty of free kicks for their swan dives and "look I've just been shot" dives.

Emirates will be a different story, we now have nothing to lose, just play.

Agree with you Tyroneman, fortune looks a bad buy! (needs a goal - maybe that'll do?).

Hail hail

[dillinger]

We were beaten two nil, one off the back of an opposition player in our penalty area the other kicked in our own net by our centre back. Yes it was 90 mins of torture but we played well, defended well and had no luck. Oh yeah did I mention the ref giving the Arsenal ballet dancers plenty of free kicks for their swan dives and "look I've just been shot" dives.

Emirates will be a different story, we now have nothing to lose, just play.

Agree with you Tyroneman, fortune looks a bad buy! (needs a goal - maybe that'll do?).

Hail hail

Watch the match, sadly Celtic where not in the game. Ah well, Europa League next

[lfdown2]

jaysus wild annoyed with that, while celtic didnt look like scoring neither did arsenal, they got the luck that celtic didnt like a stonewall penalty Bedner (sp) moved his arm towards the ball, cant believe its not being mentioned!!

[Clown]

hopefully when mowbray talks about selling players before he buys gary caldwell is the first man to go
i can think of 6 or 7 times in big european games when he has let us down badly, it can't always be down to bad luck. he just isn't good enough!

thought celtic were unlucky not to have a penalty early in the first half. the 2 arsenal goals were pretty lucky but overall the better team won and even if we had got a draw i dont think it would make much difference cos arsenal will progress next week
our strikers still worry me, mcgeady was our only outlet in an attacking sense last nite and kept the ball very well at times. the form of maloney, samaras and fortune is worrying - mcdonalds touch is terrible at times.
if a bid over 8 million came in for scot brown we'd be mad to turn it down also - he struggles to pass a simple 10 yard ball at times.

[T Fearon]

Warning signs.

Whatever you thought about Strachan there were some unforgettable nights at Parkhead under his reign...last night didn't compare.

Why is Mowbray persisting with Donati?

[Clown]

he's giving everyone a chance. Donati still isnt doing it for me and i wouldnt b surprised or disappointed if he was back in italy before the end of the month

who else do u think are the most likely to be sold before the deadline? the likes of samaras, caldwell and killen hav never and will never be good enough to play for celtic so id start with those 3!