The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Applesisapples]

100% right Chief. From the comments i heard NL was to be sacked only for the scum behaviour of the so called fans which is on par for the comments from a few on here who condone that behaviour. Dermot Desmond has basically said he will not bow down to that mob and he's right too but at the same time do not cut of your nose etc etc.

It was patently obvious that the reprehensible behaviour of fans on Sunday would make it impossible for the board to sack NL, and why should they be blackmailed into it by violence.

Why do you think the fans did what they did? Just to sate a lust for a bit of wanton violence?

So the board are making their decisions to spite irate and disgruntled fans?

Wow.

From a guy who poured utter vitriol at Ronny Deila when things went wrong, you have taken a huge 180 on the respect a manager deserves when it's an Armagh man in charge. The situation now if far more precarious than when Deila was forced out.

You are a complete and utter hypocrite.

Once more for the slow learner. I believe NL should go. Unlike RD he has in my opinion (note my opinion) given a lot to Celtic and deserves respect and to exit with dignity. So in essence I am being consistent. Deila should never been appointed as he was not at the level Celtic should have. Lennon has delivered for Celtic as manager. You may not agree with that but that is your opinion and you are entitled to it. you may consider me to be a hypocrite, I don't but I do think you are a prat. It is only soccer and to team no matter how poor or manager deserve to be abused and pelted with missiles. I certainly didn't advocate Deila being stoned. You seem to miss the point of forums... the exchange of opinions on subjects by keyboard warriors like you and I that have no relevance outside of the thread.

Slow learner? Your reasoning as is complete and utter biased waffle and flies against the face of actual events. RD never ever showed the type of arrogance and contempt for the support Lennon has in the past few months. Deila has a far more impressive managerial record than Lennon.

- Lennon went from a reserve team coach to Celtic manager.
- Deila won a Norwegian league title with a minnow side  (only their second ever league title) and 6 years of managerial experience before he got the Celtic job.

Lennon's second term as Celtic manager came when he was unemployed after having being sacked by both Bolton and Hibs. His two jobs after Celtic where he failed both times and also had the indignity of being suspended and under investigation by both clubs for his conduct? And you're telling me it's Deila who wasn't fit for the job?

Deila won two league titles in two years, he also won a league cup and made it to the last 32 of the Europa League in his first season with a much inferior squad to Lennon where he was not backed by the board to the same degree as Lennon.

I agree on Deila though, he wasn't good enough but Deila has a far better managerial CV than Neil Lennon. The one thing you can say about Deila is that he acted with dignity and respect throughout his time as Celtic manager. Something you can say for Lennon is that he hasn't a clue what the word means, you look at his bullshit interviews consistently insulting the fans, throwing his players under the bus when he makes mistakes, you look at his record at Bolton and Hibs. He has behaved pathetically throughout this and it proves that Neil Lennon only looks out for Neil Lennon.

You think I'm a prat? It's probably because you don't like being shown up for cowardly little hypocrite. If you want to make statements about keyboard warriors then look at the absolutely pathetic comments you made about Ronny Deila when things went wrong. That's the difference between - I'm not a f**king clipe you will be a propagandist for one manager because he lives close to me. You will embarrass and humiliate yourself, tie yourself up in a knot of contradictions because you are a doe-eyed Neil Lennon cheerleader.

Lennon is not up to the job, he never was up the job and he should show an ounce of dignity, walk away and stop treating the fans with complete disrespect and contempt.

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[trueblue1234]

Angelo has been windmilling every thread he's in. McIlroy is a busted flush apparently, constantly making a **** of himself in the covid threads and the Tyrone threads. Detests Neil Lennon because he's from Lurgan.  He's 90% WUM.

I'm actually right and that seems to be the issue people have with me.

No, there's plenty others on here who have said the same as you, yet they don't get the same reaction off people.

It's not what your saying that makes people think you are a C**k. It's how you say it and how often you say it.

[Angelo]

Angelo has been windmilling every thread he's in. McIlroy is a busted flush apparently, constantly making a **** of himself in the covid threads and the Tyrone threads. Detests Neil Lennon because he's from Lurgan.  He's 90% WUM.

I'm actually right and that seems to be the issue people have with me.

No, there's plenty others on here who have said the same as you, yet they don't get the same reaction off people.

It's not what your saying that makes people think you are a C**k. It's how you say it and how often you say it.

If you're right, you're right and I'm the one who was attacked first and foremost because I criticised Lennon for his managment, I was proven right and I am still waiting for an apology for some of the things said.

The issue is that I haven't been deterred by the bullshit, intimidation and spin Lennon's little cheerleaders have engaged in here when the criticism of him has been spot on.

illdecide has been an embarrassment here from the very beginning, the hostility I received from him as soon as I dared to criticise his hero for the shambles he was overseeing was apparent, all I did was state my case with reference to the facts and the hostility intensified. The audit trail leads back to the very beginning so be my guest and look at it. Look at the childish way the Lennon Loyalists have behaved and I'm the person who has been vindicated who has been shown to be completely right on Lennon's lack of managerial credentials. His heavy gang don't like that, they don't like they fact that they haven't been able to censor me by intimidation. They don't like the fact that I have brought up posts where I have shown their own vitriol towards Ronnie Deila when things went wrong.

[lfdown2]

Angelo has been windmilling every thread he's in. McIlroy is a busted flush apparently, constantly making a **** of himself in the covid threads and the Tyrone threads. Detests Neil Lennon because he's from Lurgan.  He's 90% WUM.

I'm actually right and that seems to be the issue people have with me.

No, there's plenty others on here who have said the same as you, yet they don't get the same reaction off people.

It's not what your saying that makes people think you are a C**k. It's how you say it and how often you say it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_test

[JimStynes]

Angelo has been windmilling every thread he's in. McIlroy is a busted flush apparently, constantly making a **** of himself in the covid threads and the Tyrone threads. Detests Neil Lennon because he's from Lurgan.  He's 90% WUM.

I'm actually right and that seems to be the issue people have with me.

No, there's plenty others on here who have said the same as you, yet they don't get the same reaction off people.

It's not what your saying that makes people think you are a C**k. It's how you say it and how often you say it.

If you're right, you're right and I'm the one who was attacked first and foremost because I criticised Lennon for his managment, I was proven right and I am still waiting for an apology for some of the things said.

The issue is that I haven't been deterred by the bullshit, intimidation and spin Lennon's little cheerleaders have engaged in here when the criticism of him has been spot on.

illdecide has been an embarrassment here from the very beginning, the hostility I received from him as soon as I dared to criticise his hero for the shambles he was overseeing was apparent, all I did was state my case with reference to the facts and the hostility intensified. The audit trail leads back to the very beginning so be my guest and look at it. Look at the childish way the Lennon Loyalists have behaved and I'm the person who has been vindicated who has been shown to be completely right on Lennon's lack of managerial credentials. His heavy gang don't like that, they don't like they fact that they haven't been able to censor me by intimidation. They don't like the fact that I have brought up posts where I have shown their own vitriol towards Ronnie Deila when things went wrong.

Jesus take a redner. illdecide and his heavy gang ffs. What age are you.

[illdecide]

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[Applesisapples]

This is an opinion thread/board, people change opinions and views as they change their minds on things. Generally it is a place where people vent frustrations on politics, sport etc... Some people should bear this in mind. It is not a place of in depth discussion and will not change the world or the view of Celtic's board for that matter. I fell for those who take it so seriously that they trawl through years of posts for so called hypocrisy or contradictions. I for one don't give a fcuk what you said last week, let alone 4 years ago. For me it's in the moment. If you don't like that then tough. I am not on here to save the planet or stop world hunger, its a distraction from the stress of life, job and and the world. If you can't accept these terms then block me, ignore me or whatever the option is.

[Orior]

Recently I only come on to this thread to hear that Lennon has been sacked, and I'm continually disappointed.

[illdecide]

Recently I only come on to this thread to hear that Lennon has been sacked, and I'm continually disappointed.

When u hear and see people saying "Lennon" you think nothing of it and I do it too but if u met him would u say "Well Lennon, what's the craic?". I seen two young girls running over to Henrik Larsson one day outside Celtic Pk shouting "Larsson, Larsson" and he turned around to them and said "my name is Henrik"
We do it in the GAA too...lol. Even nicknames get mentioned in commentary

[general_lee]

Can't take credit for this one !! But it's hit a spot with me personally 🍀💚👏 hail hail

Bit of perspective needed here, and – with the greatest respect – f**k anyone who claims I'm trying to sugar-coat anything.

Some of us are old enough to vividly remember 7 May 1997 – more than 23 years ago – when the Huns beat Dundee United 1-0 to win their ninth league in a row.

We remember how sickening and f**king devastating it was to watch Richard Gough lift the cup, knowing we'd been through nearly a decade of misery and still didn't have anything to show for it despite the best efforts of Cadete, van Hooijdonk and Di Canio. Tommy Burns had resigned a few days earlier, and it looked like the 10 was now going to be a foregone conclusion too.

Imagine if someone from the future pulled you to the side and said: "Hey, don't worry about it, we stop the 10."

"Really?" you'd ask. "That's brilliant!"

"Aye, but that's not the half of it. It'll be back and forth for the next decade or so, but you'll get to see one of the best players ever to put on a Celtic jersey, and we'll make another European final too."

"f**k sake. Do we win it?"

"Um, that's not important. Anyway, it gets even better than that. We win 9-in-a-row. Again."

"What?! We do it twice?"

"Aye, and the Huns go bust in the process and have to form a completely new club."

"But wouldn't they moan about it and say that it didn't count because they weren't in the league?"

"Of course they did. But when they finally made it back up to the top and there were no excuses, we went an entire season undefeated. Then we won the treble. Then did it again. And again. All while they were there watching. And possibly a fourth time too."

"Possibly? Why, what happened?"

"Don't worry about it just now, but maybe buy shares in face mask and toilet roll companies. The point is, we won every cup going for years, and ended up making a fortune in the process, selling players for 10, 11, 12, 19, even 25 million. At one point we went 69 domestic games without losing."

"Fuuuuuucking hell man. So what happened the season after you won 9-in-a-row again?"

"We went potentially 5 points behind and lost our first cup game in 35, and a massive mob of fans stormed the stadium, broke down the barriers and yelled abuse at the team's cars."

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The point of that needlessly long sketch comes down to the E word again: entitled. I know there have been a few smart-arses coming on here going "ArE wE sTiLL EnTiTLeD nOw" every time we lose a game but frankly, if you want the manager out and the reason is because "we're Celtic and we shouldn't be losing games" then yes, you are.

Am I happy with the way the team's playing just now? Of course not, nobody is. Do I think Lennon's done? It's certainly looking that way: it's going to take a pretty miraculous recovery to turn this form around. But that doesn't give people carte blanche to be utter f**king holes about it, posting abusive shite on Twitter, standing with cringey banners outside the stadium and pulling the shit those f**king morons pulled tonight.

(Oh, and if you want to get rid of Lennon, I don't think trying to drive him out by acting like that is the best way of doing it. The guy was sent a bullet in the post and stayed in the job, I don't think a bunch of wankers going "booooo" is going to do it. Even more annoying, if he does walk now, they'll think it was because of them, as if they should be proud of trying to basically intimidate someone  who previously received death threats and continued to stay with us despite that.)

The reason Lennon's time may be up is because we aren't happy with the way the team's playing and it's looking more difficult to see where the next big positive result is going to come from. The reason Lennon's time may be up ISN'T because "we're Celtic, so therefore we're supposed to win everything".

Guess what - we were going to get knocked out of a cup eventually. We were going to get outplayed by the Huns at home eventually. And yes, one day we're even going to lose the league eventually. Obviously none of us want it to be THIS season of all seasons, but when the time finally comes, whenever it comes, it's perfectly normal to be disappointed – maybe even angry – at how we played. But it's not normal to be raging that we didn't win it because we're Celtic and we shouldn't be losing leagues.

Aye we should. We've lost it 80 times in our history. It happens. Some of us remember when it happened nine times in a row. And when the wankers across the city go just over FIFTY MILLION in debt over the course of the last four seasons (according to last week's financial report), bringing in countless players to see who sticks and never selling anyone of note, they were going to catch up eventually anyway. They might end up winning the thing, but at (literally) what cost?

I desperately hope we win the league this season. At this moment it's looking tricky. Not impossible, but tricky. And if we do manage it, whether that's with Neil Lennon at the helm or someone who's replaced him, and if we do manage to get the 10, it'll be because we earned it: not because we were entitled to it.

By all means show your displeasure, your dismay, even your disgust at the way the team's playing just now. But keep the f**king heids, and stop acting like Huns. 🍀

[bennydorano]

3.2 down but have been playing pretty well, at the very least they're trying, a good sign for NL's prospects I suppose - not that that will please too many.

[Angelo]

How bad is Elhamed?

We've conceded the most goals in the EL.

[Targetman]

The defending is brutal, another 4 conceded

[general_lee]

3.2 down but have been playing pretty well, at the very least they're trying, a good sign for NL's prospects I suppose - not that that will please too many.

Hopefully not - I think it was as much a case of Milan complacency. Heads just dropped as soon as the free went in. Wtf was Barkas at? Shite. Lennon out

[illdecide]

C Sutton made a valid point there when he said "have you seen Barkas make a save this season"?. I'd say if we can get Frazer Forster in at Christmas it'll give the defence a bit of a boost. El Hammed is brutal and is so easy to go past