The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[charlieTully]

what is going on with skippy, he does not look interested these days.

[lynchbhoy]

what is going on with skippy, he does not look interested these days.

looks like a lack of confidence, but maybe its just that he is great at spl level but just not quite good enough for euro level.
Though he has done well in cl in the last couple of years.
Samaras great link play and I still say I think he is a good player.

I'd be happy enough with that pef - the little I saw - and the result.
A win would have been great, but in the context of prev perf in euro and even spl, thats a good result against a decent side.
Lets hope Celtic and Mowbray take heart and confidence and get back to thei pre-season/early season form !
More clean sheets and building from this is exactly what Celtic need !

[Main Street]

McDonald looks lifeless compared to the stylish stint he put in for Australia against Ireland in September.

That goalie Zaluska? is excellent.
I thought Caldwell and Loovens were for the most part sound, Crosas was just about the best outfield player on the night and N'Guemo wasn't far off.
McGeady was ineffective.
Disfunctional up front.

[lynchbhoy]

McDonald looks lifeless compared to the stylish stint he put in for Australia against Ireland in September.

That goalie Zaluska? is excellent.
I thought Caldwell and Loovens were for the most part sound, Crosas was just about the best outfield player on the night and N'Guemo wasn't far off.
McGeady was ineffective.
Disfunctional up front.

Zaluska was superb last season for Dundee utd the number of times I saw him play against Celtic and against others. If Celtic were to sell Boruc for a nice bit of cash, he'd certainly be on a par with Boruc imo - only thing is Artur was/is one of the best penalty stoppers I have ever witnessed !

Loovens is a centre half, reads the game well and this allows caldwell to do his rio impression. Would still prefer a better defender in there instead of caldwell.
Crosas is a good player but has hardly got a game so far this season
he and N'guemo should be central midfield imo.
Brown not recovered from inj and the Chinese lad I still havent seen. Maloney just useless.
McGeady not hit form, hot and cold right now, maybe its the same as with mcdonald - just short on confidence.
Still its a good foundation to try and kick on from imo.
Def a better perf and a point away from home ( would kill for that in the cl most years!)

Lets see how Celts get on from here on !

[tyroneman]

maybe its just that he is great at spl level

Great? Seriously?

[under the bar]

Mobray stikes me as a man who might have an problem with motivation and getting the best from players.   Nearly every player on the team needs the 'hair-dryer' and if that doesnt work ship them out.

[Clown]

i thought id seen it all til i saw Marc Antoine Fortune today

holy f**k wot possessed us to buy that

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

[lynchbhoy]

maybe its just that he is great at spl level

Great? Seriously?

absolutely.

top spl scorer the other year and two yesterday...still short on confidence (as well as being short full stop!)

great in spl but not good enough for europe.

[red hander]

Didn't the RAF flatten Hamburg during the war?  Wonder if the Hamburg fans sang the Dambusters' theme and waved their arms about like wee hun aeroplanes.  TBF, Hamburg allocated a fair few tickets to St Pauli fans and publicly acknowledged their links to Celtic

[Main Street]

You have to admire the discipline of the effort that the Hamburg fans put into it.
Those German fans don't do half measures.

[Lawrence of Knockbride]

Jesus that performace was shite against Falkirk. Loovens and Robson walked about the place like the were world-beaters. Should've been beaten and no f**king harm if they had. I doubted Mowbray from the start. It's all starting to look like WBA last year without the nice passing. Can't defend (WTF was Mick at for the last goal), no cutting edge up front and no desire which is unacceptable. Just as well the other crowd aren't worth a shite. Hibs for the title.

[rossie mad]

Missed the falkirk game but was dissappointed with the result.Thought the hamburg was a good performance but at times these lads are as frustrating as a woman he wont admit shes wrong.

I still maintain that mowbray is given time although if these results keep coming id fear for him.
Can see levin or yogi bear being drafted in if that is the case which in my opionin isnt a step forward.

I fancy hibs to keep up with the pace as the other muppets are playing as bad as we are and will lose players in january and gain none with any hint of quality.

I wouldnt mind that in fairness as more competition is healthy in my eyes.
They were unlucky against hearts and should have won in my eyes.

If they hadnt to sell flecther they would probably be top now.

Also the arabs are keeping on the coat tails.
Imagine if four teams were fighing for the league when the split happens.

[ONeill]

Fair play to the Celtic fans - rendition of Aidan McAnespie during the Remembrance silence on Sunday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5y2-U6Ll1Q&feature=related

Oh why did you do it?
Have you not the guts to say
You say it was an accident or even a ricochet
But like Loughgall and Gibraltar you´re lies are well renowned
You murdered Aiden McAnespie on his way to the Gaelic ground

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

This probably won't happen, but it's getting veery interesting, Phil Gartside, Harry Rednapp, David Moyes and Martin O'Neill all backing a 2 tier premier league with both the Glasgow sides involved.
Also talk of maybe an Irish franchise for the Dubs! 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8353937.stm

Old Firm switch up for discussion 

Proposals to accept Glasgow rivals Celtic and Rangers into an expanded Premier League will be put forward for consideration this week.
Bolton chairman Phil Gartside will pitch plans for a two-tier league of between 36 and 40 teams on Thursday.

It is understood there would be a top tier of 18 clubs, with promotion and relegation to and from the league.

Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill and Spurs boss Harry Redknapp have backed the inclusion of the Scottish clubs.

Former Celtic manager O'Neill told BBC Radio 5 live: "I would like to see both teams in the Premier League. I think it would make the Premier League even stronger.

"I've been there, Celtic is just an unbelievable football club and Rangers also.

I would welcome Celtic and Rangers to English football if they wanted to play down here

Harry Redknapp
"I don't think for one minute the likes of ourselves, Aston Villa, would sit back and think 'well that's it', or just give up. I think all clubs would try and get stronger because of it."

Redknapp told the Daily Record: "I would welcome Celtic and Rangers to English football if they wanted to play down here.

"No doubt about it, I'm sure they would be good for the English game."

The proposals are a revival of Gartside's ideas which received a hostile reception from the Premier League's 20 chairmen six months ago.

However, Gartside, the driving force behind the revamp, has tweaked the original plans to include promotion and relegation to and from the dual-tier league, while the two Scottish clubs would initially be invited to join the lower tier.

The Bolton chairman is also believed to be open to inviting an Irish franchise into the league in the future.

Former Birmingham City chairman David Gold told BBC Radio 5 live that the Premier League needed "new thinking, new proposals, new ideas" to "save itself from itself".

However, Stoke owner Peter Coates said there was no need to change a league which was already an "enormous success".

"There is no indication that it [the Premier League] needs Rangers and Celtic to take it further," he said.
And BBC Sport's Dan Roan said the proposals would represent a "radical overhaul" of the pyramid structure.

"Gartside is one of the most powerful men in the English game," he told BBC Radio 5 live.

"He's one of the longest-serving chairman in the Premier League, a man who sits on the FA board, one of just three professional representatives on the FA board, so I think it's fair to say that it's a serious proposal and deserves to be listened to."