The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[general_lee]

Referee was ok apart from the big game-changing call that he went to VAR for.

[Dougal Maguire]

Rangers are poor. Celtic are slightly better.
All the money is in England. Nobody cares.

So why watch it then and subsequently go to the bother of posting on here if nobody cares??

[Itchy]

Missed most of 2nd half but that's a key goal that keeps Rangers down where they belong.

[Orior]

That looked like a clear cut penalty when the Rangers defender put his two hands up to protect his face and the ball hit his hand.

It was certainly more of a penalty that the penalty that Rangers got.

[seafoid]

Rangers are poor. Celtic are slightly better.
All the money is in England. Nobody cares.

So why watch it then and subsequently go to the bother of posting on here if nobody cares??

Nobody cares about the state of Scottish football.
The matches still happen.

[tyroneStatto]

A good point and a fair result considering that Rangers probably had a couple more better chances but Celtic were hard done by on the penalty decisions.

[Main Street]

That was a priceless party pooping equaliser.
Celtic got away with that one, Rangers can't even beat a toothless Celtic at home.

[Milltown Row2]

Player missed the ball and his dragging foot caught his, as clear a penalty you'll ever get, defender at fault ..

The 'other' one not sure on first look, haven't seen replay other that the straight on angle, to show it actually changed direction, to be fair the players didn't complain too much which is usually a better indicator.

But the ref controlled a difficult tie with no major talking points, the yellow cards were spot on

[tonto1888]

Player missed the ball and his dragging foot caught his, as clear a penalty you'll ever get, defender at fault ..

The 'other' one not sure on first look, haven't seen replay other that the straight on angle, to show it actually changed direction, to be fair the players didn't complain too much which is usually a better indicator.

But the ref controlled a difficult tie with no major talking points, the yellow cards were spot on

Have to agree with this. Thought theirs was a stone Waller and don't see why we should have had one. Beaton done well also I thought

[general_lee]

Celtic were flat, subs made huge difference but have to question the original team selection. I suppose in a way it augurs well that they couldn't beat a fairly poor Celtic side and remain 9 points behind. The more I watch the Goldson handball the more blatant it looks. Had that been awarded and converted, that would have been the league over.

[Targetman]

On today's game a draw was probably as much as we deserved, playing Forrest was strange and backfired and Juranovic's contribution when introduced was very poor, gave the ball away far too often and only for CCV probably would have been beaten, but that aside the Goldson hand ball was as blatant a penalty as your gonna see but yet again not given, still 9 clear so happy enough.

[From the Bunker]

The draw a good result. Maintaining the 9 point lead a necessity.

[Dougal Maguire]

Lundstram was well roughed up following a very early clip on his heel from O'Riley. Definitely seemed to have affected him as he wasn't his usual thuggish self. We should could have won the match but were lucky to get the draw although the way it came about made it as good as a win. Maintaining the 9 point gap is a big psychological boost and a killer for them.

[marty34]

Ange, was poor with team selection again. Hard to know why Forrest and JJ came on at left-back instead of Bernabei. Mooy should have started.

Poor from the manager but make a good call on the new right back. Solid game by him.
Team battled on as usual and got the draw. Never gave up.

Starfelt is a serious liability. Even going in for that tackle, and the player going away from goal was crazy. Needs to be asked what his thinking was. He wouldn't inspire confidence. The other lad, Vickers, is a top defender. Really good player.

Harte a liability also. Will get through the SPL ok but in Europe, where they should be pushing on, then standards need to improve dramatically. A lot of average players.

If you were a manager looking at JJ yesterday (although he was playing out of position), you wouldn't pay £1m for him, never mind £10m. Didn't seem interested.

Clear penalty - not sure why lads are saying it wasn't. He put his two hands up and blocked the ball. Simple as.

[tyroneman]

Player missed the ball and his dragging foot caught his, as clear a penalty you'll ever get, defender at fault ..

The 'other' one not sure on first look, haven't seen replay other that the straight on angle, to show it actually changed direction, to be fair the players didn't complain too much which is usually a better indicator.

But the ref controlled a difficult tie with no major talking points, the yellow cards were spot on

Have to agree with this. Thought theirs was a stone Waller and don't see why we should have had one. Beaton done well also I thought

Footage showed that Starfelt didn't initiate contact - he slid in, going to ground alright, but missed entirely. Salaka put his foot on top of Starfelts, then when he lost his footing - penalty.

Far, far from 'stonewall'  - can maybe excuse Referee due to speed of the act etc, but yet another 'honest' Var decision that goes against Celtic. Less of a penalty than the basketball being played in their box

Overall Celtic lucky enough to get a draw however.