The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[deiseach]

Ohh I also left out...would you non Celtic fans f**k off to some other thread and talk your shi*e there instead of coming on here gloating every time Celtic get beat, I just can't grasp why so many non Celtic Irish fans love to see Celtic get beaten. No one is asking you to support them but a club with so much Irish tradition and roots I'm bewildered why you love to see Celtic turned over

Yes, the scales are going to fall from their eyes after that post.

For me, Celtic are the poster child for why football is screwed. I would love for someone in authority in football to explain what the point is of all the money sloshing around. 44 years ago Celtic played Feyenoord, who were also knocked out last night, in the European Cup final. How can a situation where neither of those clubs have a hope of winning the trophy be said to be an improvement? And it's all very well saying that Celtic, particularly in the person of Peter Lawwell, should show some ambition, but the lesson of Rangers (RIP) is a stark one. They showed 'ambition' by spending as if they would be in the Champions League each year and it only took one failure for the whole thing to come crashing down. It's not implausible that Liverpool and Man Utd could head down the same route. How can this be right? Why does no one at the top seem to care?

[AZOffaly]

Worst result imaginable,and when the opposition say that St Pats Athletic gave them a harder game than Celtic it says it all.

Be interesting to see how long Deila lasts.They accused Strachan of being non Celtic linked or minded.Already season is effectively over

Not sure. If Celtic are this bad, in reality, how much would the likes of Motherwell and Aberdeen have to improve to catch them? It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, as a neutral, to see someone other than the Old Firm winning the title again.

[illdecide]

Ohh I also left out...would you non Celtic fans f**k off to some other thread and talk your shi*e there instead of coming on here gloating every time Celtic get beat, I just can't grasp why so many non Celtic Irish fans love to see Celtic get beaten. No one is asking you to support them but a club with so much Irish tradition and roots I'm bewildered why you love to see Celtic turned over

Yes, the scales are going to fall from their eyes after that post.

For me, Celtic are the poster child for why football is screwed. I would love for someone in authority in football to explain what the point is of all the money sloshing around. 44 years ago Celtic played Feyenoord, who were also knocked out last night, in the European Cup final. How can a situation where neither of those clubs have a hope of winning the trophy be said to be an improvement? And it's all very well saying that Celtic, particularly in the person of Peter Lawwell, should show some ambition, but the lesson of Rangers (RIP) is a stark one. They showed 'ambition' by spending as if they would be in the Champions League each year and it only took one failure for the whole thing to come crashing down. It's not implausible that Liverpool and Man Utd could head down the same route. How can this be right? Why does no one at the top seem to care?

Ok deiseach thats just you and how you feel, i prob could have worded it a bit better this morning as a few beers were consumed last night but you know what i mean or what i was trying to say...Anyway whats your point? Most teams that enter competitions have not a hope of winning it but they still go for it no matter of the sport and as for Celtic's spending, we are realistic and know we can't go out and spend millions and Lawwell knows this too and his job is to keep Celtic financially stable but there is still a we bit of cash there available that could be invested in players but it's being held back

[deiseach]

Ok deiseach thats just you and how you feel, i prob could have worded it a bit better this morning as a few beers were consumed last night but you know what i mean or what i was trying to say...Anyway whats your point? Most teams that enter competitions have not a hope of winning it but they still go for it no matter of the sport and as for Celtic's spending, we are realistic and know we can't go out and spend millions and Lawwell knows this too and his job is to keep Celtic financially stable but there is still a we bit of cash there available that could be invested in players but it's being held back

My point is that once upon a time clubs like Celtic and Feyenoord could aspire to win the European Cup. Now they can't. By that measure things have gotten worse, so what measure are the top brass in Uefa using to say that things have gotten better? That's a rhetorical question, we all know the screwed-up answer. As for Celtic's spending, they would need to have spent more than a wee bit of cash to be able to compete with the current Legia outfit, and even then they would not have been guaranteed that they would get to the big CL dance. Who is up in the next round? Arsenal maybe? They were able to drop on Mesut Oezil a figure that was greater than Celtic's revenue in 2013. The values of football are completely knackered, and Celtic are among the primary victims of this.

[lynchbhoy]

I have said and I believe that Celtic are screwed as the revenue to spl clubs is miniscule.
not enough to enable them to compete with clubs like legia who had world cup players and certainly not with la liga, siere a or epl teams - unless you count parking the bus and hoping to score from a corner as competing.

it is a misnomer that rangers will help things.

there might and just might be a few quid more for Celtic when the new sevco are back in the spl
but in reality, its a problem with funding for the spl and that's not going to change.

Celtic need to buy a lower league club in England and get themselves into epl via a run up the divisions

[CD]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28693855

A chink of light for Celtic??

[charlieTully]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28693855

A chink of light for Celtic??

Sion Mark 2?

[Ulick]

Celtic reinstated and through to the next round.

[lynchbhoy]

unbelieveable
lightning strikes twice for Celtic.
I suppose karma helping them out for all the foul and incorrect refereeing and administration decisions against them over the years in spl.

don't deserve to be in the CL.

will this halt the sale of Forster and van Djik.

will the board sanction purchace of new players
prob not.

[Main Street]

Easy does it.   Get Samaras back now!
Bad 12 hours for Polish league,  Legia Warsaw (their only decent team) are out on a technicality after a stomping win against Celtic  and  Lech Poznan fans (the ones who bounce in harmony) suffered the humiliation of being eliminated by an Icelandic side

[AZOffaly]

How did Celtic get through? Are they in the Group Stages now?

[Geoff Tipps]

How did Celtic get through? Are they in the Group Stages now?

No, they have another qualifier.

[Main Street]

How did Celtic get through? Are they in the Group Stages now?

No, they have another qualifier.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28701951

Celtic reinstated to Champions League

Celtic have been reinstated to the Champions League after Legia Warsaw were kicked out of the competition for fielding an ineligible player.
Legia won the third qualifying round tie 6-1 on aggregate but brought on Bartosz Bereszynski in the second leg, while he was supposed to be suspended.
As a result Celtic were handed a 3-0 'walkover' win for the second leg, taking them through on away goals.
Legia won the first leg 4-1 and the second 2-0.

The draw  for the play off is this morning and they will meet one of
Ludogorets(BUL)
Maribor(SVN)
Slovan Bratislava(SVK)
Malmö(SWE)
AaB(DEN)

I'd say even a dysfunctional Celtic would have a good chance against Bratislava or Malmo.
Europa League group stage guaranteed.

[deiseach]

They brought the guy on with two minutes to go when 6-1 up! <insert Picard facepalm image>

[tyroneStatto]

unless some players are signed and quick then there is no point in progressing to the champions league group stages, and if there are no signings then celtic are better off in the europa tbh (which is now guaranteed).

from a legia perspective it is absolutely criminal to have done what they did