The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[charlieTully]

Late goal finishes off Celtic.  Poor defending for both goals.  Important points dropped.

its getting beyond a joke now. caldwell is terrible. it was very hasty lending out darren o'dea, time to bring him back, some serious moves needed in the transfer window, as for fortune, he makes the greek look class. it very hard to be optimistic now, the last thing you want to do is slag the team you support but this is bad.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Celtic have dropped 10 points in 6 matches and first time Dundee Utd have beaten them in a decade in the league!

Have to for once agree with Shane, standards at Paradise have dropped some much it is depressing.

[rossie mad]

Couldnt get to watch this had a family do to attend.
Wasnt shocked when i heard the result but when i found out the way we lost the match was disgusted.

We really are letting a poor rangers side into a title race as well as hibs and dundee utd.

I am in the tony mowbray camp but i believe he is getting to the end of a short rope.
Another loss or two especially against the likes of falkirk or kilmarnock and he is in the soup.

Firmly believe he should sell at least five or six senior players of the current squad.
Top of my list is caldwell,boruc,skippy,brown,wilson,robson,samaras.
Caldwell,robson and wilson simply cause i dont think they are good enough.Could sell them to a championship side or lower premier league side.although i could see robson and wilson staying in the SPL possibly going to hearts or back to tannadice.

Lucky to raise half a million for the three.

Id sell boruc cause i think Zaluska is just as good and selling boruc could raise around 3-4 million.

Id sell skippy and brown cause they seem to have lost confidence and are being courted by several premiership sides.I thought brown would be a revelation after his previous experience at hibs with mowbray but if anything he has gone back miles.Possible proceeds around 7-8 million between the two.

The Greek can be sold cause in my eyes he brings nothing to the side.Trys his best in fairness but no end product in my eyes.

Maybe get around a million

That clear out does three things

it freshens up the squad and gets the rest of the lads on their toes.
It releases a sizeable wage fund.
It raises approximately 11 million in transfer funds.

Try and sign a good standard player preferably a creative midfielder/striker type player for a round 6 million.
Sign three to four of the brighest young players from the SPL/championship and give them a baptism of fire.
Make a few loan signings as well.

I think that mowbray should be given till the end of season unless we totally flop ie finish behind hibs in the league or lose another couple of league games in the next few weeks.

Some of ye might think that a clear like i proposed will leave the squad fragile but i believe these lads just dont have the spirit any more and it could be the case that they were in their comfort zone with starchans tactics and that mowbray wants them playing football now and they seem to be rebelling against the change.
Bit like brian clough and the leeds utd situation in the film the damned utd.
However not comparing either managers or sides just the situations.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Need a big clear out in Jan alright Rossie.

[rossie mad]

i really believe so GDA. its been very frustrating the last two months especially as it looked like it was going to be a good year in the first few weeks.

i cant understand why we are losing the games we are.
i mean against dundee utd sunday we should have closed out the game.
its not the first time we have dropped points this season after taking the lead.

we are now involved in a dogfight involving three teams and are seriously under pressure if we drop points in the next four weeks.

i believe hibs and dundee utd are the form teams in the spl at the moment and they seem to be getting points out of games that a few years ago they would have lost.

i want to see at least 10 points from our next four games before we have the next old firm game which could have a bearing on the season as psychologically the winners would have a big win half way through a season where both sides have been poor.

i think its abeerden at the weekend is that correct?
if so a tough ask but very winnable in paradise

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Heard a rumour last night that Caldwell, Brown and McDonald are trying to lead a dressing room revolt against Mowbray.

[Dannymcfella]

Rosse Mad, agree with a lot of what your saying but for me I feel your entire post has been massively let down, to the extent that if I was a mod I would have it deleted and possibly ban you from the site,  due to the fact that you did not even mention getting rid of McManus. He is so bad he makes Caldwell look like Paolo Maldini

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Dannymac, you'll be delighted to know that McManus is back today along with Paddy McCourt and Zhang Zhi, Maloney and Brown out for at least 8 weeks though.
Have to beat the Buddies today.

Hail Hail

[Dannymcfella]

Dannymac, you'll be delighted to know that McManus is back today along with Paddy McCourt and Zhang Zhi, Maloney and Brown out for at least 8 weeks though.
Have to beat the Buddies today.

Hail Hail

Thankfully had the sense to not play the numpty. Actually playing pretty well here

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Good result today, 3-1 win, BUT should have been more.

[the colonel]

Was at the game. Coldest ever. Fox was awful.shocking passing. McGeady only player to do well though all goals were well taken.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Was at the game. Coldest ever. Fox was awful.shocking passing. McGeady only player to do well though all goals were well taken.

Thought young Aidan had a good game as well, how bad is Fortuné though!

[the colonel]

his second miss was a shocker, couldnt believe he missed. think he is trying to hard and needs to relax a bit

[T Fearon]

Encouraging result. Also have enough points on my Celtic rewards Credit Card now to bag a couple of Hospitality Tickets for a game, and I think you can use them for a Huns game

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Exclusive: Monaco edge closer to landing Celtic signing target Olivier Giroud
Dec 1 2009 Keith Jackson

Monaco have fired the first shot in the battle to land Celtic striking target Olivier Giroud.

Record Sport revealed on Saturday how Hoops boss Tony Mowbray had gone to France the previous night to watch the 23-year-old in action for Ligue 2 outfit Tours.

But Monaco have now dived into the fray and have slapped in a £1.5million offer for the player. Mowbray must now decide wether to enter a bidding war for Giroud.

As well as Monaco, former Celtic boss Gordon Strachan is also tracking the striker and is hopeful of taking him to Middlesbrough.

Strachan sent chief talent spotter Gordon McQueen to Friday's match but Monaco have sneaked in ahead of both British clubs.

But Record Sport believes the bid was booted into touch by Tours who've made it clear they expect to bank DOUBLE the amount offered for a player who has slammed in more than 30 goals in just 18 months.

Monaco are now expected to return with a bigger bid in an attempt to seal a 'gentleman's agreement' before the transfer window opens.

If the offer is a take-it-or-leave-it deal then Tours may feel pressurised into grabbing the cash now rather than gamble on waiting on Celtic and Boro to enter the race in January.