The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[illdecide]

I see B Dortmund beat Legia Warsaw 6-0 last night away and even City's 4-0 win was big enough too. Celtic's result on Tuesday night was a disaster but there are 5-6 big hitters in CL who are capable of destroying majority of teams in the tournament.
Celtic v City will be interesting but not really looking forward to it TBH.

[Hectic]

Look it is like this - it is not acceptable to lose any game 7-0, however the key this is what we learn from this.  In my opinion we cannot be going away from home in Europe with only two midfielders that are any way defensive and no out and out defensive midfielders.  Even at that we would probably return from Barcelona empty handed but we would not return on the end of a 7-0 and the same approach might be good enough to get a point or points against other established European teams.  In fact we also have to look at shutting up shop in some of our home games.  The key here is what we learn from games, what we change and what improvement we see as we go along the way. 

For those saying Rodgers is not the man for Europe - maybe he is, maybe he is not but it is far too soon to be making this call.  You would wonder at times are some of our own so called supporters really just in it to cause as much instability as possible so as they can turn round and say I told you so (giving the benefit of the doubt that they are not Sevco trolls).  We reached the last 16 twice under Strachan though we all remember how it started for him.  Likewise Lennon got humped out of both competitions by Braga and Utrecht before making Europa League the following year by virtue of Sion fielding ineligible players.  By his 3rd season he was beating Barcelona on the way to the last 16 of the Champions League.

[AZOffaly]

I see B Dortmund beat Legia Warsaw 6-0 last night away and even City's 4-0 win was big enough too. Celtic's result on Tuesday night was a disaster but there are 5-6 big hitters in CL who are capable of destroying majority of teams in the tournament.
Celtic v City will be interesting but not really looking forward to it TBH.

That's the team that beat the  Dundalk team that Tony was comparing favourably with Celtic, correct?

[Applesisapples]

You're having a laugh.If Ronny,Strachan or Lennon even had presided over that shambles tonight,there'd have been a clamour for their departure.

We won't get a point in this group.

I see the clown is blaming it on the tough game against Rangers on Saturday,a game that was won 5-1 pulling up.🙄

Get a fcukin grip Tony. Barca rested 9 out of 11 players at the weekend and sacrificed 3 lira points to ensure victory against Celtic. Celtic on the other hand could not afford a blip against the Gers and had to play a full team and at full pace. They had to do this because to the hue and cry there'd have been from tits in their fanbase with anything other than a commanding result. On their day Barca would beat anyone 7 nil. They do it regularly and against team with better players than Rodgers has at his disposal. It has been said before you are not a genuine fan and your ranting just reinforces this time after time.

[Applesisapples]

This is a marriage of convenience and destined to end in failure (Winning the SPL is a foregone conclusion). Lawwell and Desmond wanted a so called big name, and too many so called fans, as evidenced by this thread bought into the Rodgers hype.Rodgers himself,overlooked by Swansea,figured he could resurrect his career at Celtic and pave the way for a quick return to England next summer.

I for one have not bought into any hype, I don't care much for Rodgers, but in fairness he needs a chance.

[T Fearon]

http://dlyr.ec/RMeijT

Keanos view.Read and absorb.

[Hectic]

http://dlyr.ec/RMeijT

Keanos view.Read and absorb.

Says the man who got overlooked for the job.

Yes there is truth in what he says and nobody is saying we are happy to be the whipping boys but qualifying was a big step this year after being in the wilderness for the past few seasons so why not celebrate that step?

Secondly I think if you listened to any of the players speak they were embarrassed at the way they collapsed against Barcelona and that gives me optimism that there is a determination there to do much better.

Look we play the group games and try and learn game by game and improve as we go then we assess what we need to do in the next transfer windows to put it right and then we try and qualify again next season and keep making progress.

Alternatively we go all knee jerk and put extra pressure on our manager before he has had a chance to fully put his stamp on things.

Roy Keane wheels out the same stuff continuously whether it be Man U, Celtic etc but aside from piggy backing on the relative success of Martin O'Neill at international level his own managerial career has been less than noteworthy.  As such I am not sure he is the man to be using to prove anything.

[T Fearon]

Does he not make valid points? Scraping through qualifiers (when momentum and confidence should be built) and zero tolerance for 7 nil defeats and mass hysteria over defeating crap teams?

[Hectic]

Does he not make valid points? Scraping through qualifiers (when momentum and confidence should be built) and zero tolerance for 7 nil defeats and mass hysteria over defeating crap teams?

Maybe if we were a year down the line but already Rodgers has made progress in getting to the group stage and we all know that we are far from the finished article and there is plenty of business still needing done particularly in central midfield but what is the alternative then - do we start chucking muck from the stands because we are not straight away at a level where we can give the Champions League a good shot?

Not sure if there was mass hysteria over beating any crap team - Sevco are the mouthy guy in the pub that needs a good slap so it was good to see them get that but I don't think too many of us think that beating Sevco makes us world beaters - I would have my doubts if they will be top half in Scotland this season - rather just puts them back in their box while we try and take the first steps of progression towards being a stronger side.

[T Fearon]

The question I and Keano ask is has our super remunerated manager improved the team,the way Koeman,Mourinho and Guardiola have effected immediate improvements at their new clubs.The answer is no.

[tonto1888]

The question I and Keano ask is has our super remunerated manager improved the team,the way Koeman,Mourinho and Guardiola have effected immediate improvements at their new clubs.The answer is no.

Yes. He has. It's as simple as that. If you can't see it then that's your problem but 'real Celtic fans' can see it

[T Fearon]

How? Where is the evidence?

[T Fearon]

I see Dundalk are acquitting themselves very well in Holland tonight.I'll stick my neck out here and say I don't believe Barcelona would put seven goals past Dundalk

[tonto1888]

We qualified for the CL and are playing better football. QED
Good for Dundalk and you're right Barca wouldn't put 7 past them. It'd be double figures

[ashman]

We qualified for the CL and are playing better football. QED
Good for Dundalk and you're right Barca wouldn't put 7 past them. It'd be double figures

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eWf3A9KN0Ms

We !!!!