The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[illdecide]

Surely the closure of section 111 is in answer to consistent breaches of rules endangering the club's health and safety compliance and UEFA's code as well. Can't imagine they'd want to raise ire of supporters for no good reason.

Well yes Tony...they refused to sit during the game and some of their chants were not want Celtic wanted at the ground and of course the odd flare lit didn't help either. The flip side of the coin is the lack of atmosphere at the games as the sang their hearts out

[charlieTully]

I know the game is on BBC Scotland tonight but can this be viewed from BBC website or what other ways can i watch it from (don't have satelite) the quality from the likes of firstrowsports is usually crop tbh.

You can get it on BBC online as well.

[Mickey Linden]

What channel number on sky is this?

[T Fearon]

Yes indeed,atmosphere it does produce,but when it is in breach of statutory legislation and the club is in risk of fines,points deductions etc as penalties then there is no option I'm afraid.

Now if the supporters could only remain seated,and boisterously sing Celtic songs and display flags and banners (often quite witty and inoffensive) then the  atmosphere would be fine and compliance maintained.

Mickey try channel 968 and work upwards,if 968 is not BBC2 Scotland it's not far off it.

[Sheedy]

What channel number on sky is this?

flick onto babestation and work your up the channels from there.

[Main Street]

I have a bad feeling about this game tonight...(i say that with every game these days). Things just don't feel right when players want to leave a club like Celtic to go to a championship club and already having sold our 2 best players...don't understand.

Could it be higher wages??? or is Scotland really that shite???

Norwich City had turnover of £75 million in 2011/12. Presumably that has gone up since (someone with better Google skills might be able to provide figures). Celtic's turnover in 2012/13 was just over £50 million. And that was a good year. Celtic just can't compete with that.

Norwich and Southampton are championship clubs??

[lynchbhoy]

Yes indeed,atmosphere it does produce,but when it is in breach of statutory legislation and the club is in risk of fines,points deductions etc as penalties then there is no option I'm afraid.

Now if the supporters could only remain seated,and boisterously sing Celtic songs and display flags and banners (often quite witty and inoffensive) then the  atmosphere would be fine and compliance maintained.

Mickey try channel 968 and work upwards,if 968 is not BBC2 Scotland it's not far off it.

maybe these fans were flouting the seating requirements (to sit down) but while this is a H&S matter (not much of one) the singing and banners ARE the reason behind this move.

pity, because since 1995 until the formation of the green birgade, the atmosphere at celtic part apart from CL or certain games, has been rubbish.
thats all that fans had been talking about in the main in these years - as well as winnng championships.

the jungle fans and great atmosphere are long gone.

[T Fearon]

With Rangers gone,there is no domestic fixture that will produce much of an atmosphere (though the 4-3 win over Aberdeen was brilliant as they came back from 2 goals down to clinch injury time win).

Certainly the jungle days will never return.Bedlam in there especially when the Rangers net bulged!

[Main Street]

I fell asleep for about 30 minutes of that game.
It could have been a mournful tribute to the demise of the Green Brigade section.
If ever a game could have done with a few fireworks going off in the stands.

The champions section of the draw is a walk in the park compared to the teams that are in the other section. I suppose any team  will do for the play off,  but least desired would be a 18 hour round trip to Kazakhstan for the first leg.

[lynchbhoy]

With Rangers gone,there is no domestic fixture that will produce much of an atmosphere (though the 4-3 win over Aberdeen was brilliant as they came back from 2 goals down to clinch injury time win).

Certainly the jungle days will never return.Bedlam in there especially when the Rangers net bulged!

One out of many examples
I was at a spring thurs night game in Celtic park v falkirk I think it was in 1996.
Place was full and the noisiest I recall ever since .
Won 2-0 with dicanio and I think van hooijdonk scoring.
The songs went on from before kickoff until full time.
D.I. Can-I-o
It's dicanio ( to the tune of 'its amore')
Walking in a Celtic wonderland
Paolo dicanio ( to the tune of go west)
Plus all the other old Celtic team songs

It didnt take games v rangers to create a full house and atmosphere less than 20 years ago.

The club have eradicated the vocal support out of the fans.

[T Fearon]

I think a lot of it has to do with seating, under Health and Safety legislation. It's a bit like the pitch invasions at Croke Park, the GAA's hands are tied by the need to comply with legislation or risk severe penalties. Times are different from 1996, with all this compliance and the legal requirement to avoid certain types of songs too.

[illdecide]

Jesus that was a poor game last nite alright, the pitch didn't help either. One more round to negotiate...

The draw for the play-off takes place on Friday, with Celtic seeded, and they will face either Austria Vienna (Austria), Maribor (Slovenia), Shakhter Karagandy (Kazakhstan), Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria) or Legia Warsaw (Poland)

[tyroneStatto]

celtic were shocking last night - couldnt string 2 passes together, and i don't buy all this about the pitch!

some decent replacements are needed ASAP.

the worst case scenario is now europa league group stages, so at least there will be european football until christmas.

[illdecide]

celtic were shocking last night - couldnt string 2 passes together, and i don't buy all this about the pitch!

some decent replacements are needed ASAP.

the worst case scenario is now europa league group stages, so at least there will be european football until christmas.

I agree we need 3 minimum good signings but the pitch had a big impact on the game last nite no doubt about it. You see it all the time in cup matches when big teams play the weaker teams and the standard of the ptich makes it difficult for the big teams who try to play the ball on the ground.

[Apparently so]

We`re definitely needing a few quality signings. Kelvin Wilson leaving is a massive blow imo - worse than Hooper or Wanyama going. For years we have been after a solid, dependable centre back but now he`s gone. Out of our hands though. He wanted to be closer to his family and I wish him all the best. Its a big career decision, big drop down. We need a new centre back, creative midfielder and a new striker. Probably looking at 10-15m but there is absolutely no f**king chance that arsehole Peter Lawell will sanction that kinda money going out. We can afford it, we have made upwards of 40m from last years Champions League and the sales of Wanyama and Hooper. A creative midfielder would be my No1 target. We have been absolutely horrible to watch for a while now. Just sideways and backwards passing because none of our midfielders don`t know what to do with the ball when they get in attacking positions. Lenny is starting to remind me of WGS. Gets the results but the football is woeful. Needs to be changed

As for this situation with the Green Brigade - the Celtic board and Peter Lawell especially can go f**k themselves. They`ve been gunning for them as a long time now. Peter Lawell saying not too long ago, that he`s going to give them "enough rope to hang themselves". This Health and Safety shite is just a cover up - why haven`t the Health and Safety crew not closed down similar sections at Motherwell and Rangers who do a lot of similar things the GB do? Lawell is going for this family friendly pish to make us look good to the soulless English Premier League where the attitude of pay your money, sit down, shut the f**k up and go home is most prevalent. I and many other I know will be nowhere near Celtic Park until the Green Brigade are allowed back into their section. f**k the PLC