The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[trileacman]

Thought it was tacky looking to be honest.

No need to let us know when you are being honest, honesty of opinion is assumed, however silly.

To be honest I didn't know that,thanks for telling me.

As one of the better clubs in the 4th seed of the draw, I'd imagine the top clubs would want to avoid drawing Celtic (should they qualify), regardless of the better team's  confidence levels of getting a result at Celtic Pk.

I disagree I think the bigger clubs will be wanting to draw Celtic to be honest.

Lennon's shirt was tacky, looked like a kid at a St Patrick parade.

[Main Street]

Some good action this evening from around the the other half of the play offs. It looks like PSG and Galatasaray will move up to pot 3 in the CL draw and if Limassol hold onto their advantage against Anderlecht then Celtic will pick up the last spot in pot 3, but I'd say there's less than a 50/50 chance of that happening.

[laoislad]

Thought it was tacky looking to be honest.

No need to let us know when you are being honest, honesty of opinion is assumed, however silly.

To be honest I didn't know that,thanks for telling me.

As one of the better clubs in the 4th seed of the draw, I'd imagine the top clubs would want to avoid drawing Celtic (should they qualify), regardless of the better team's  confidence levels of getting a result at Celtic Pk.

I disagree I think the bigger clubs will be wanting to draw Celtic to be honest.

Lennon's shirt was tacky, looked like a kid at a St Patrick parade.

I thought the same.

[Orior]

I agree as well that it was tacky. But it seems to be what he wears to all matches this season.

Would Lennon have control over the design of training gear?

[tyrone exile]

the same trim is on the away celtic jersey, its to show the irish roots of the club in its 125th anniversary year

[maldini]

Its the Celtic training top for this season, i dont think Lennon designed it himself, probably feels obliged to wear it as manager of the club

[NAG1]

Personal preference is to see a manager wearing a suit, but maybe that's just me.

[theticklemister]

first time commentating on a soccer thread here. Just sitting in house so decided to put on celtic game, the opening commentay from the studio and at the match is all about money, money, money..................ye swear celtic fc were doing the lotto FFS. Nothing about how good it would be for the club, great prestige playing in the top competition etc.

soccer is all about money money money

[Orior]

Sounds like good fun at that match. Can anyone make out the chants? I thought I heard

ha ha ha
hee hee hee
Rangers are
Division 3

[Dougal Maguire]

first time commentating on a soccer thread here. Just sitting in house so decided to put on celtic game, the opening commentay from the studio and at the match is all about money, money, money..................ye swear celtic fc were doing the lotto FFS. Nothing about how good it would be for the club, great prestige playing in the top competition etc.

soccer is all about money money money

And it's taken you until now to work that out?

[rodney trotter]

Great that Celtic are back in the big time. Helsinborg were a really poor team so Celtic won't have it as handy in the group stages. Don't know if any signings will be made by friday, but they be great if they got some quality in. Ki will be a big loss in the big Champions league games, top player, Wanayama is developing into a very good player, James Forrest and Tont Watt are two players with loads of potential. Celtic could make big money if they were to sell Forrest in a year, be lucky to hang onto him.

edit: Ray Houghton should have known that McGeady was older than 24 he is 26 since April..

[Main Street]

Then McGeady must be past his prime before his prime,  according to Giles.
The quality of Ki will be missed seeing as Kayal is still not firing.

Good enough performances to qualify for the group stage, hard to argue against 4 wins out of 4 in Europe, though this game was a world away from the quality and tension against Spartak 5 years ago.
Celtic took a while to settle down without getting a grip on midfield. It took wily Samaras (from zero to hero) on the  wide left again, to be the master of calm controlled possession football.

[Tony Baloney]

What pot are they in for tomorrow (assume 4)?

[fitzroyalty]

first time commentating on a soccer thread here. Just sitting in house so decided to put on celtic game, the opening commentay from the studio and at the match is all about money, money, money..................ye swear celtic fc were doing the lotto FFS. Nothing about how good it would be for the club, great prestige playing in the top competition etc.

soccer is all about money money money

GAA is all about money too if you haven't noticed!

Scottish football doesn't provide a wile lot of revenue, especially since Newco are no longer with us, so that's why there's such a big song and dance about the 15m which is a huge amount for Celtic.

Any talk of signings? Heard chat about Michael Owen and I know he's got a Celtic connection (supposedly supports them) and also Del Piero, who apparently is also in talks with Sion in Switzerland and Spurs! Can't see him getting his place ahead of big Lafferty though!

[under the bar]

Let's not kid ourselves.  Scottish football will be in recession for years so Ki was a decent bit of business and most foreign players have one eye on the EPL when they come to Celtic.

CL group stage qualification will probably be the pinnacle of the club's ambition for years to come so nice for Lennon to achieve it early in his managerial career. Fully deserved after all he has been through when it would have been easier to walk away. 

Given Rangers demise Europe was the obvious bar he'd be rated against and he's come up trumps when most critics expected a decent UEFA cup campaign at best.  Well done NL.