The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Itchy]

The teams werent mismatched by any standards 2nite tho, Celtic missed a criminal amount of chances. Maeda is a hammer thrower might as well have me on, he'll score 1 in 10 & botch half his crosses. He's  had his chance, time to try something else. I'd have the big Greek starting every time as well with Kyogo.

In the 1st 20 mins Celtic used up huge energy reserves trying to aggressively press leipzig, they barely touched the ball. There is a big difference in abilities there, a difference celtic closed to some extent with work and heart. But the reality is this, if the two teams played each other 10 times, Leipzig would win 9 of them.

[charlieTully]

I thought they did well enough but they are playing in a league that is equivalent to the championship and Leipzig had just too much class for them and that being said, if they were a little more clinical up front they could have won it. I wouldnt be too hard on the team or club, this is the highest level and its hard to be playing team like St Johnstone at the weekend and a top European team a few days later - chalk and cheese

That's it. Money talks. In CL we are st Johnstone equivalent. Copenhagen managed a draw v city but didn't remotely try to win against 10 men. At least celtic try and win. Good to be back playing at this level all the same.

Not be playing at this level for too much longer if they don't get their act together. They've been unconvincing this past month or so.

It's over for this year. Can't go gung ho away from home. Need to adapt, hopefully lessons learnt for next time. Some serious amount of chances missed over recent games. Needs sorted.

[No1]

Maeda is a hammer thrower might as well have me on, he'll score 1 in 10 & botch half his crosses. He's  had his chance, time to try something else.

Couldn't agree more.  All effort and no end product.  I love Hatate but the amount of times he gives the ball away easily is criminal.  He gets away with it in the SPL but not at Champions League level, hopefully he will learn.

[seafoid]

The last time Celtic got to this stage of the Champions League AFAIK was 2017/18.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_UEFA_Champions_League

They also qualified the previous year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_UEFA_Champions_League#Group_stage

in 2016/17 they were bottom of their group with 0 wins. In 2017/18 they were third with one win.

Celtic don't have a team for the champions League given the amount of money in Scottish soccer but they could improve next year.

[markl121]

The in laws are celtic season ticket holders so I've been watching a fair bit of them recently. Celtic do not have the fitness required at this level. Every single game for the last two seasons they drop off after 60 mins and often don't make subs until they're behind. . It's fine in the SPL when you'll get another ten chances in the game. In Europe you just won't. The Japanese lads have all dropped off although maeda was never really that good to begin with. There's the spine of a decent team there but upgrades are needed but doubt the board will sanction the signings as long as they remain marginally better than the rangers in the league.

[general_lee]

The team are scraping by domestically right now and have been found out in Europe. This is how far off the pace they are. There doesn't seem to be any fluidity to how Celtic play, and when missing one or two players the team just seem to struggle. I'm not sure if it's a lack of chemistry as individually there are some promising young players (Haksobanovic, Jota, O'Riley) maybe they need a bit more time playing together. Kyogo seems to have regressed and as much as they aren't found wanting for effort, Hatate and Maeda aren't giving enough in midfield. The amount of times the midfield is overrun and the ease with which this happens is worrying, and the inability to punish at the other end has cost us this campaign.41 shots inside the box and only two have went in, that tells it all.

[Itchy]

The in laws are celtic season ticket holders so I've been watching a fair bit of them recently. Celtic do not have the fitness required at this level. Every single game for the last two seasons they drop off after 60 mins and often don't make subs until they're behind. . It's fine in the SPL when you'll get another ten chances in the game. In Europe you just won't. The Japanese lads have all dropped off although maeda was never really that good to begin with. There's the spine of a decent team there but upgrades are needed but doubt the board will sanction the signings as long as they remain marginally better than the rangers in the league.

The fitness issue is because of how they are pressing. Maeda if full out sprinting after defenders in 1 v 2 situations. Its not sustainable for 90 mins that way of playing. I would say celtic are very fit, just you cannot play that way for a whole match at 100%. What made it worse was Leipzig were too good on the ball and most of the pressing was in vain.

[JimStynes]

Celtic and Rangers trying to outdo each other now

[seafoid]

Shows how far off the pace the Old Firm are. Considering they got to the Europa League final last season, Rangers have fallen back a lot.

[Main Street]

Shows how far off the pace the Old Firm are. Considering they got to the Europa League final last season, Rangers have fallen back a lot.

It shows that there's a thin line between a team functioning well and the same team dysfunctioning. We'll see how the team and management adapts.
I had thought that Celtic gaining  third position in this group would have been a good job done but there's only a slim chance of that happening now.
Possibly a morale boosting win v Shakhtar might save some face.

[seafoid]

Shows how far off the pace the Old Firm are. Considering they got to the Europa League final last season, Rangers have fallen back a lot.

It shows that there's a thin line between a team functioning well and the same team dysfunctioning. We'll see how the team and management adapts.
I had thought that Celtic gaining  third position in this group would have been a good job done but there's only a slim chance of that happening now.
Possibly a morale boosting win v Shakhtar might save some face.

A win would be fantastic. There is a huge element of luck in the composition of these groups as well, as there is for Ireland in the Euros.
But you have to take your chances.

[trailer]

It's ridiculous that Celtic and Rangers are even in this competition. They simply aren't good enough. Take their chances, luck of the draw LOL. You guys are f**king deluded.

[general_lee]

It's ridiculous that Celtic and Rangers are even in this competition. They simply aren't good enough. Take their chances, luck of the draw LOL. You guys are f**king deluded.

Who do you support?

[trailer]

It's ridiculous that Celtic and Rangers are even in this competition. They simply aren't good enough. Take their chances, luck of the draw LOL. You guys are f**king deluded.

Who do you support?

Tyrone

[Orior]

It's ridiculous that Celtic and Rangers are even in this competition. They simply aren't good enough. Take their chances, luck of the draw LOL. You guys are f**king deluded.

Who do you support?

Tyrone

Good riposte, lol