The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[red hander]

my point was more regarding the Celtic fans that i know and listen to

Barnes was sacked for the inverness caley cup defeat, Strachan was villified and despite winning 3 out of 4 titles never fully won over a lot of the celtic support after the Artmedia hammering - to me the Ross Co and Utrecht beatings are on a par with these 2 games - yet i'd be surprised if you could find many Celtic fans calling for Lennon's head this morning

With Barnes the Inverness Caley defeat was just the straw that broke the camel's back.  Great footballer but as useful as a chocolate teapot as a manager (Tranmere, anyone?) and the man who spent the guts of 6m on Rafael Shite.  As for Strachan, he was not at all popular with Celtic fans when he was an Aberdeen player as he used to deliberately wind them up (remember one of them attacked him on the Parkhead pitch) and there was still a hangover from that ... his 'pithy' responses to serious questions from journalists also rubbed a lot of supporters up the wrong way, as it was seen as him attempting to get a cheap laugh at the expense of giving supporters information about team matters and players ... Lennon needs time and he deserves to be given that time

[Muzz]

Honestly half you boys need to have a look at yourself?

Saying Lennon is out of his depth...Catch yourself on...Get behind the team

As some posters have said!  Lets see how it goes turn of the year.  I for one have confidence that you'd best lay rangers for the title. 

Lennon deserves time!  Same as any manager does!  I like his mentality last night.  He set out to go for a goal...some woeful defending later we were 2 down.  Start of second half.  Set up to keep it tight...3 playing in front of the hopeless Centre Backs...3 down.  Losing those 3 goals were not the fault of Lennon!  He set the team up to play in a way they never did.  On the training pitch the mistakes last night would never have happened.  The players are to blame last night.  Individual mistakes! 

Paddy McCourt should start every game.  Whilst he is a Kamikaze at times.  Drop a man back into his position to cover for losing the ball.  Hes the only one that will take on a player.  Hes won Celtic more games than hes lost them. 

[Main Street]

Fortune had a poor game against Utrecht but in other games I have seen I thought he was good. Chalk and cheese between him and Samaras re first touch, close control and ability to dribble past a player. He had the ability to play on the right but the team needs a striker, unfortunate that the new guy got injured.
That Scott Brown has an ugly attitude. In one incident he faked getting hurt from a head movement in the general direction of his face, he managed to get the (talented)Utrecht player booked for it, then he spends 5 minutes following the ref and mouthing off, earning himself a yellow.

Re Lennon, tactical mess, starting the young lad Forrest for eg, he gambled on getting a goal and killing the tie. What a waste of a very good result in the home tie.

[DirtyDozen12]

Niall McGinn has been spotted in Wolverhampton   

Could the deal go through!!!!

Be some move for the boy, stay tuned!!!!!

[Doogie Browser]

Jock Stein 25 years dead today.

[Club Rossa]

Minutes applause for him before the Hearts game this weekend.

[tyroneStatto]

Former Celtic player Evander Sno suffered a heart attack playing for Ajax last night. apparently he had to be revived 4 times. hope he recovers OK.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/8995971.stm

[Main Street]

He was playing for Ajax reserves, apparently came on as a sub. Sounds like he needed to have the emergency aid, just to stay alive.


I wonder how many Celtic fans have suffered a heart attack while following their team in recent years.

[Muzz]

http://www.caughtoffside.com/2010/09/17/manchester-united-set-sights-on-12m-rated-celtic-man-to-boost-old-trafford-midfield/

Would happily take this for Scott...

[SambaSaffron]

  I'd take £2m for him, dungbag.

[Rav67]

Haha someone commenting on the article saying he could be the new Scholes!  I think he is a very poor footballer and would also take £2m for him.  The most important part of a centre-mid's job these days is control, passing and positioning, he hasn't got these skills and I can't see him improving much.

[Main Street]

I see Strachan has walked away from the manager's job at Middlesborogh Middelsborough  Middlesbrough (thank feck for copy and paste). I was wondering what a suitable epitaph would be on his Managerial gravestone - 
"The man who signed Chris Killen, not once but twice"

He had turned Middlesbrough into some sort of a retirement home for his Celtic signings. And now irony of all ironies associated with this saga, is that Mowbray is being considered as a replacement.

[Main Street]

Wild stuff at Celtic Park these days.

Tribute to Jock Stein,  turns wonderfully surreal after 70secs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHpnnTQmb9E&NR=1

6 year old kid leads a singing section
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq2J146riTI

[ONeill]

Strachen out.

[Main Street]

Should be an intriguing game on Sunday and a big game for Lennon against the established guile of Walter.
I have been very impressed with Stokes. It looks like he has put his turbulent past behind him and is becoming the footballer  that he promised to be as a youth. He is equally effective on both sides of an attacking midfield trio and has good striker instincts.