The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[orangeman]

Hail Tommy Burns RIP - In sport there is a certain inevitability about results and this was one of those years.

[Main Street]

Well a good attacking performance from the Celts today, great to see Skippy and JVOH getting back into the net, its been a while, not sure about Mick McManus scoring both ends! 

Hopefully that is the cart back on the tracks, now a big performance on Wed against the Hun, and I can start dreaming of the league again. 

Most Optimistic GAA BOARD Celtic poster of the Season.

This was posted after first win after the defeat to Motherwell at Celtic Pk.
At the time I thought Gaoth Dobhair was off his rocker,
(possibly was).

[Croí na hÉireann]

[Minder]

Wattie Smith, Sally McCoist, Ian Paisley, John Greig, Myra Hindlay, Barry Ferguson, Jim White, Grégory Vignal, Pol Pot, David Murray, Oswald Mosley, Craig Brown, Marti Pellow, Fred West, Michael ("it's Mike") Myres, Ming the Merciless, Alex MacDonald & Sandy Jardine, Hugh Dallas, Emperor Palpatine, Le Petit Merde, Edward Longshanks, Craig Paterson, Camilla Parker-Bowles, Mike McCurry, Trevor Jordache, Richard Gough, Jason Voorhees, Skeletor, Andy Goram, "Tiny" Wharton, Hannibal Lecter, Genghis Khan, Ian Ferguson, Iain Ferguson, Ruhollah Khomeini, Bobby Tait, Chris Evans, Danny Baker, Leatherface, Mark Hately, Judas Iscariot, Michael Carroll, Jabba the Hutt, Oliver Cromwell, Ignacio Javier Gómez Novo, The Master, Martin Bain, Mike Barrymore, Ian Durrant, Vlad the Impaler, Jock Brown, Adolf Hitler, Marvin Andrews, Enoch Powell, Saddam Hussein, Derek Ferguson, Freddy Krueger, John McClelland, Colin Montgomery, Montgomery Burns, Charlie fae Busted, Big Fat DJ, Ethel Cardew, Maggie Thatcher. Can you hear me, Maggie Thatcher? Your boys took one helluva beating...

[T Fearon]

I don't know whats wrong, maybe its a mixture of Tommy Burns death allied with the dignified resposne from Ibrox and in particular Walter Smith and Ally Mc Coist but I don't feel half as good as I would ahve done had this happened a week and a half ago and I certainly am not about to gloat.

[corn02]

I am delighted for Strachan.

[orangeman]

What more do Celtic fans want ?? In the Champions league Strachan got the Celtic team to punch about 10 levels above their weight - Barcelona etc etc etc -

What more do you want ?

[Croí na hÉireann]

Great montage of photos here... http://www2.newsquest.co.uk/scotland/pdf/Slideshows/080522agonyecstacy/index.html

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Ahhhh jezuz my head hurts.............

Fantastic for the Bhoys that one was for you Tommy.

I'm away out for the cure.

Keep the faith.


Glasgow Celtic Gods chosen team

[Rav67]

Very proud time to be celtic supporter.  The team and coaching staff have shown tremendous character this past 2 months.  In all his 3 years at Celtic the only time I did doubt him was after the Motherwell loss, I thought the season was gone and his position would be untenable at the end of it, but he's truned things around brilliantly.  The Hartley/Robson midfield axis was central to every victory in the run-in, what a bargain Robson turned out to be.  For you TB.  Hail hail

[T Fearon]

Big question now must be, who is better Strachan or O'Neill?

WGS is edging it on the basis of:

Much less resources
three leagues in a row
twice in last 16 of Champions League

Then again he has not had a real challenge from Rangers for two of those league titles, while Rangers were far stronger in O'Neill's era. Also O'Neill took Celts to a European Final

[Harps 21]

Big question now must be, who is better Strachan or O'Neill?

WGS is edging it on the basis of:

Much less resources
three leagues in a row
twice in last 16 of Champions League

Then again he has not had a real challenge from Rangers for two of those league titles, while Rangers were far stronger in O'Neill's era. Also O'Neill took Celts to a European Final

I think you hit the nail on the head there Tony, in his first 2 seasons, WGS didn't have to face a Rangers team of the same calibre as the Dick Advocat/early Alex McLeish teams.  Then again, Celtic were in need of a good rebuild when WGS arrived - granted O'Neill had to do the same when he arrived in 2000, and had more resources with which to do it, but the Celtic team that WGS inherited was still stronger than the mess that O'Neill inherited from the infamous John Barnes era.  Moreover, O'Neill understood the club, and what it meant to be part of Celtic, in a way that I believe only in the last month with the tragic death of Tommy, that WGS is beginning to fully comprehend now what it means to be "Celtic-minded".  WGS must of course stay, and be given all possible support in the transfer market this summer - if he stays on and wins another couple of titles, and perhaps brings Celtic to the quarter finals/semi finals of the European Cup, or another UEFA Cup final, then he will definitely without be remembered as greater than O'Neill.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Well a good attacking performance from the Celts today, great to see Skippy and JVOH getting back into the net, its been a while, not sure about Mick McManus scoring both ends! 

Hopefully that is the cart back on the tracks, now a big performance on Wed against the Hun, and I can start dreaming of the league again. 

Most Optimistic GAA BOARD Celtic poster of the Season.

This was posted after first win after the defeat to Motherwell at Celtic Pk.
At the time I thought Gaoth Dobhair was off his rocker,
(possibly was).

You wouldn't be the first person to tell me I'm off my rocker - the wife does all the time!   

I never lost faith in my beloved Celts.

Keep the faith

[stew]

The Huns are the victims of fatigue, they fought on too many fronts this year and their legs gave out just whenthey needed them most. The strain of hanging on like dogs against a much more inventive side like Zenit absolutely killed them and they had nothing left to give emotionally or physically on the league front.

That is one unbelievable league collapse, I cant remember anything quite that bad before and I am delighted that Celtic and WGS came through in the end.

here's hoping the huns lose out on everything, they are doing a great job of it so far.

[Main Street]

I still can't believe that Strachan held it together and pulled it off even though it was on the cards after last weekend.
The firing squad was loading up and taking aim after that Motherwell defeat.
There is no doubt he was tottering, barely breathing, so fair fxcks to him, it must be the best one of them all for him, the most satisfying title win since Wim Jansen?

Big question now must be, who is better Strachan or O'Neill?

I doubt many Celtic fans are thinking about such things now.
Still grinning too much.
But remember O'Neill twice won all 3 home games in the CL and didn't progress to next stage.

Rumours are that Strachan will be given a decent kitty for the transfer market.