The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[ashman]

That Celtic team would beat a fair few EPL teams.  I bet Rodgers would love to meet Liverpool in the Champs League, not that the scouse scallys are likely to finish in the top 4 if they continue the way they are playing atm.

Hard to say .  Any of the teams they lead in domestic league would not finish in the top 2 in league of Ireland.   

[T Fearon]

Grateful for the win as it keeps a 100/1 bet intact,but the penalty Celtic got for the equaliser at 2 each was a joke,and St Johnstone had a couple of decent penalty shouts themselves.Awful lot of misplaced passes too.No excuse for sloppiness at this stage of the season.

[Hectic]

That Celtic team would beat a fair few EPL teams.  I bet Rodgers would love to meet Liverpool in the Champs League, not that the scouse scallys are likely to finish in the top 4 if they continue the way they are playing atm.

Hard to say .  Any of the teams they lead in domestic league would not finish in the top 2 in league of Ireland.

Yeah agree with the first point that it would be difficult to say and most EPL teams can beat each other on their day as it stands so maybe not so much of a reach to say that they could beat these teams in one off games.  The second point I still think the like of Aberdeen, Hearts, Sevco and one or two others would cruise home in Ireland even though the gap is probably not what it would have been a few years ago.

[ashman]

That Celtic team would beat a fair few EPL teams.  I bet Rodgers would love to meet Liverpool in the Champs League, not that the scouse scallys are likely to finish in the top 4 if they continue the way they are playing atm.

Hard to say .  Any of the teams they lead in domestic league would not finish in the top 2 in league of Ireland.

The LOI teams this year did great in Europe ,  the Scottish results bar Celtic were utterly awful .  The LOI head to heads over the last 20 years v Scottish clubs is decent .  I accept the summer season has helped Irish teams . The standard in LOI was decent this season gone . 

Yeah agree with the first point that it would be difficult to say and most EPL teams can beat each other on their day as it stands so maybe not so much of a reach to say that they could beat these teams in one off games.  The second point I still think the like of Aberdeen, Hearts, Sevco and one or two others would cruise home in Ireland even though the gap is probably not what it would have been a few years ago.

[Hectic]

That Celtic team would beat a fair few EPL teams.  I bet Rodgers would love to meet Liverpool in the Champs League, not that the scouse scallys are likely to finish in the top 4 if they continue the way they are playing atm.

Hard to say .  Any of the teams they lead in domestic league would not finish in the top 2 in league of Ireland.

The LOI teams this year did great in Europe ,  the Scottish results bar Celtic were utterly awful .  The LOI head to heads over the last 20 years v Scottish clubs is decent .  I accept the summer season has helped Irish teams . The standard in LOI was decent this season gone . 

Yeah agree with the first point that it would be difficult to say and most EPL teams can beat each other on their day as it stands so maybe not so much of a reach to say that they could beat these teams in one off games.  The second point I still think the like of Aberdeen, Hearts, Sevco and one or two others would cruise home in Ireland even though the gap is probably not what it would have been a few years ago.

Like I say the gap def appears to be closing but as you point out summer football helps - general rule as a Celtic supporter I am very wary of Scandinavian teams in early European rounds due to their sharpness at that stage but at the same time Dundalk put up a very good showing into the autumn.  Key for the like of Dundalk will be to build on that.  As you say most Scottish teams are terrible in Europe, something I find really frustrating due to the coefficient implications - I do not know what the reason is - if they simply are not good enough of if they have a really bad mentality -  even in the league the like of Aberdeen and Hearts for a period there looked like they were going to fall into the old way of going where they knew their place behind the two big Glasgow clubs bad and all as Sevco are right now.

[illdecide]

Isn't it funny that the activity on this thread bar the BR bashing is minimal when Celtic are winning...I suppose everyone is waiting until we're beat to get the "I told you so" in or "that Rodgers man hasn't a clue"

C'mon the Hoops...keep er lit

[Hectic]

Think it is at the point where we know we are on a roll - it is not our fault that the opposition might not be great but what we can look after is our own focus and performances and so far they have been top notch - can only beat what is put in front of you and all that.  I have been impressed with how we have coped without Rogic over the past few games - I worried when he was injured that we had lost our main lock picker but the goals are flying in - long may it continue.

On a side note does anyone else think teams are being given carte blanche to kick us off the park lately?

[illdecide]

Think it is at the point where we know we are on a roll - it is not our fault that the opposition might not be great but what we can look after is our own focus and performances and so far they have been top notch - can only beat what is put in front of you and all that.  I have been impressed with how we have coped without Rogic over the past few games - I worried when he was injured that we had lost our main lock picker but the goals are flying in - long may it continue.

On a side note does anyone else think teams are being given carte blanche to kick us off the park lately?

100%, I think the teams know they can't compete with Celtic on skill and pace so the last resort is hoping to kick us off the Park and hope that leads to something

[Taylor]

Think it is at the point where we know we are on a roll - it is not our fault that the opposition might not be great but what we can look after is our own focus and performances and so far they have been top notch - can only beat what is put in front of you and all that.  I have been impressed with how we have coped without Rogic over the past few games - I worried when he was injured that we had lost our main lock picker but the goals are flying in - long may it continue.

On a side note does anyone else think teams are being given carte blanche to kick us off the park lately?

I think thats exactly the point

[Hectic]

And if the opposition are not that great and we cannot do anything about it then rather than just aiming to be in front of them we have to aim to be miles better in the hope that we can start to put up some sort of showing in European competition where we get a real examination.

[ashman]

Think it is at the point where we know we are on a roll - it is not our fault that the opposition might not be great but what we can look after is our own focus and performances and so far they have been top notch - can only beat what is put in front of you and all that.  I have been impressed with how we have coped without Rogic over the past few games - I worried when he was injured that we had lost our main lock picker but the goals are flying in - long may it continue.

On a side note does anyone else think teams are being given carte blanche to kick us off the park lately?

100%, I think the teams know they can't compete with Celtic on money  so the last resort is hoping to kick us off the Park and hope that leads to something

Fixed that for you .

[Hectic]

Ha good old Ashman keeps fixing us - but yeah you are correct in what you say - I do not mind teams playing to their strengths in the circumstances but I also expect referees to referee the match in front of them - Caley could have counted themselves extremely lucky not to be going in at half time with 9 men.

And in terms of finance we were not showing it last season - key is still to make these advantages count as they should and as I said in my last post that means not settling for being just in front of the rest.  If you look across the city the other lot should be miles clear in second if things were defined on finance - well spending rather than finance in their case.

[T Fearon]

PSG 4 Barcelona 0 puts the 7 nil defeat to Barca in perspective.Lets hope lessons have been learned and such dire results are never repeated.

[ashman]

Ha good old Ashman keeps fixing us - but yeah you are correct in what you say - I do not mind teams playing to their strengths in the circumstances but I also expect referees to referee the match in front of them - Caley could have counted themselves extremely lucky not to be going in at half time with 9 men.

And in terms of finance we were not showing it last season - key is still to make these advantages count as they should and as I said in my last post that means not settling for being just in front of the rest.  If you look across the city the other lot should be miles clear in second if things were defined on finance - well spending rather than finance in their case.

All British teams love the notion of getting stuck in to Johnny Foreigner .  When their own pub teams do the same they cry like babies.

Again what is this "we " business ?? Nothing worse than any Irishman referring to British teams are "we" .  Post colonial societies  sometimes have awful residual issues .

[ned]

Let the people sing their stories and their songs
And the music of their native land
Their lullabies and battlecries and songs of hope and joy
So join us hand in hand
All across this ancient land
Throughout the test of time
It was music that kept their spirits free
Those songs of yours and of mine

This land is your land, this land is my land
From the northern highlands to the western islands
From the hills of Kerry to the streets of (Free) Derry
This land was made for you and me

As I went walking, by the Shannon waters
Hand in hand with, my little daughter
With the church bell ringing,And the children singing,
This land was made for you and me.......