The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Hectic]

Rodgers said he will not bring in any centre back just for the sake of cover.

When you look at the players he has signed as well as what we had we have some real potential in Tierney, Ntcham, Roberts, Simunovic, Dembele and Edouard.

Add to that Brown, Griffiths, Sinclair and Rogic and we are getting pretty close to a high quality squad.

I still think we are missing a top centre back and right back though Lustig with his experience and international quality is not too shabby.

I still harbour doubts about Gordon but generally I can see Rodgers point in that if we are looking at the jigsaw it is getting there and with the right pieces we could have an excellent first eleven by our standards.

You cannot get a top quality centre back because you cant pay a top centre back, simples.

Virgil VanDijk!!

I think the point is that rather than bring in some 28yr old from Bristol City or the like for a few million as a stop gap Rodgers would rather try and find quality in the lesser known markets with potential to develop into a top centre back.  Another Simunovic or Van Dijk would do me nicely but these type of guys are harder to source.

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Rodgers said he will not bring in any centre back just for the sake of cover.

When you look at the players he has signed as well as what we had we have some real potential in Tierney, Ntcham, Roberts, Simunovic, Dembele and Edouard.

Add to that Brown, Griffiths, Sinclair and Rogic and we are getting pretty close to a high quality squad.

I still think we are missing a top centre back and right back though Lustig with his experience and international quality is not too shabby.

I still harbour doubts about Gordon but generally I can see Rodgers point in that if we are looking at the jigsaw it is getting there and with the right pieces we could have an excellent first eleven by our standards.

You cannot get a top quality centre back because you cant pay a top centre back, simples.

Wow! Top class analysis. Celtic don't have £50m to spend on Kyle Walker or John Stones,  thank eff.
Would rather we operated in transfer market like we have for the past two years than piss money up against a wall.

[illdecide]

Well back to the bread & butter as BR calls it tonight, I've a feeling BR will be testing his squad out tonight which is a worry because we're away from home on a plastic pitch and there will be quite a few given tonight off with Tuesday's game in mind. Celtic do seem to have a good enough squad and i suppose if BR has his faith in them then so should we but...Ahh never mind a 3-0 win tonight and get ready for Tuesday nite

[T Fearon]

Illdecide.I met Moussa Dembele by pure chance in Celtic Shop in Argyll Street on Wednesday.Top lad! Have also ordered Brendan's autobiography,if you do so before 14th September, you can get your name printed in supporters section!

[Main Street]

From english class way back in the days of secondary school, one of the short stories from the Irish compendium that I recall, was about vanity and one elderly man's obsession about what his obituary would say about him.

[T Fearon]

That's called nostalgia

[Tyroneforsam]

Illdecide.I met Moussa Dembele by pure chance in Celtic Shop in Argyll Street on Wednesday.Top lad! Have also ordered Brendan's autobiography,if you do so before 14th September, you can get your name printed in supporters section!

When did you stop calling him Coco?

[Targetman]

Strong enough team out, hate that plastic pitch!

[straightred]

like the look of edouard - big strong lad who won't be pushed off it to easily

[lenny]

like the look of edouard - big strong lad who won't be pushed off it to easily

me too, he looks very fast and two footed.

[Targetman]

Good win playing some great football especially in the first half, Edouard looks like he could be a good addition to the squad, strong and fast and a goal on his debut, Gordon's still prone to making a blunder, but roll on Tuesday night and hope we can keep it tight for as long as possible and you never know!!

[Main Street]

Roberts is back, what a truly skillful player he is and he's a joy to watch.

[illdecide]

Yeah they played well tonight particulary in the first half...a few ice baths annd rub downs and ready for Tuesday nite. PSG won 5-1 tonight but they were struggling until Metz got a man sent off (1-1 at that stage) then they ran riot. If Celtic had of got another centre half during the transfer window i'd have been hopeful of getting something from the game with the atmosphere and Celtic getting in their face.

Please don't play Bitton on Tuesday Brendan...

[straightred]

Good win playing some great football especially in the first half, Edouard looks like he could be a good addition to the squad, strong and fast and a goal on his debut, Gordon's still prone to making a blunder, but roll on Tuesday night and hope we can keep it tight for as long as possible and you never know!!

on a whatsapp group one of the lads was trying to say that goal wasn't on Gordan? If he comes out for it he has to make it - we can't afford anything like that on Tuesday

[illdecide]

Booked for PSG game in Paris yesterday...it's going to be a long hard try for a ticket for this. Remember lads your old friend illdecide if you get a spare one . I have a few contacts at Celtic but i really hate going to them all the time and think it's a bit cheeky, if i were to email them how do i word it so that it's not forward and cheeky