The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[T Fearon]

I do not use

[T Fearon]

Celtic to spout anything. Now tell me how often you travelled to Celtic Park in the last 12 months?

[omagh_gael]

Just seen the replay of he gers goal, who was on the front post???

[reddgnhand]

Celtic to spout anything. Now tell me how often you travelled to Celtic Park in the last 12 months?

Sure there were Rangers fans travelling to Celtic Park today and like yourself they support another team. Do you have Chas and Dave amongst your Spurs merchandise. I dont care how many times you have been to Parkhead in the last 12 months your a Spurs fan first.   

[Celt_Man]

Just seen the replay of he gers goal, who was on the front post???

No one and that's the problem someone on the backpost only...

Terrible game, Celtic missed some amount of chances.. Samaras  especially and he seemed to take the wrong option in the last third of the field more often than not

[GalwayBayBoy]

Watched the game earlier. Celtic will be wondering how they never won that match at a canter. They had a perfectly good goal ruled out IMO. Lafftery should have got a straight red for his potential leg breaker of a tackle. Celtic hit the woodwork and missed an absolute hatful of chances. McGregor pulled off a Goram like wondersave.

Rangers have one chance the entire game from a corner and equalise almost immediately after going behind.

Reminded me of all those games under Tommy Burns in the 90's when Celtic would completely dominate old firm matches and let in a soft goal late in the game to lose.

[Celt_Man]

Watched the game earlier. Celtic will be wondering how they never won that match at a canter. They had a perfectly good goal ruled out IMO. Lafftery should have got a straight red for his potential leg breaker of a tackle. Celtic hit the woodwork and missed an absolute hatful of chances. McGregor pulled off a Goram like wondersave.

Rangers have one chance the entire game from a corner and equalise almost immediately after going behind.

Reminded me of all those games under Tommy Burns in the 90's when Celtic would completely dominate old firm matches and let in a soft goal late in the game to lose.

Didn't make that connection myself but obviously that what some of the boys in the pub were saying early on in the game

[lynchbhoy]

It was typical Mowbray, pleasing on the eye football without any cutting edge (as evidenced by the relatively few clear cut chances created from a wealth of possession), and unbelievably we still concede goals from set pieces, which never happened to any great extent under Strachan. We trail one of the worst Rangers teams of all time (who were missing players to-day due to the African Nations Cup) by 7 points, knocked out of the CIS Cup by Hearts and a shambolic Europa League campaign.

disagree Tone.
Celtic went from being fantastic at set pieces (scoring and defending) under MON, to being inept at both under strachan.
Mowbray cant do much more other than get the players to do extra shooting practice as everything else was perfection from Celtic. Fast attacks, less wasting of passes, superb passng moves and not just for the sake of them, hard work from all players used, tracking back, discipline (when was the last time Celtic didnt get a yellow card in a derby match).
I think Mowbray is getting them right but for the disasterous shooting and Gary caldwell not being a natural centre half (ie he didnt attack the ball like most traditional centre halves are supposed to therefore allowing mcculloch a very easy sloppy goal) - so I wont be joining any campaign to oust the manager....I think he is doing very well.
Compare that to how strachan has taken a promotion playoff placed 'Boro and where they are now in mid table...
Lambert is still cutting his teeth and is some way off being ready to take on a big job yet....rem the Staunton fiasco with Ireland !

[T Fearon]

I am not making any case for Strachan, though you have to admit he did win three titles and gave us some great European occasions.

It is my view that Celtic are in a worse place now than this time last year and I don't see any signs that Mowbray is the man to turn things around.

[lynchbhoy]

I am not making any case for Strachan, though you have to admit he did win three titles and gave us some great European occasions.

It is my view that Celtic are in a worse place now than this time last year and I don't see any signs that Mowbray is the man to turn things around.

strachan was also responsible for gifting away two titles and while a couple of great years and last 16 in CL were fantastic - the alternative seasons where Celtic were a joke and beaten out the gate even the achievements up.

We have differing views, this time last season Celtic were running away with the title but to me were luckily winning and I worried that they would capitulate if any pressure was put upon a team operating at maximum capability ....
this season Celtic are still a team trying to find best form and get into a rhythm - yesterdays complete outclassing of rangers shows that in playing terms they have what it takes , and if they can get the def right (strachan buying caldwell would be a start) plus get a striker that can score - then they will be pushing on from yesterday , knowing that they are by far the best side in the spl.
It stands them in good stead for next season under mowbray irrespective of whether they win the league this year or not (which I still think they can do).
I am far more confident of Mowbray than strachan - though neither is MON.

[charlieTully]

Just seen the replay of he gers goal, who was on the front post???

No one and that's the problem someone on the backpost only...

Terrible game, Celtic missed some amount of chances.. Samaras  especially and he seemed to take the wrong option in the last third of the field more often than not

hoe was it a terrible game, best old firm game i have been at for a good while, McGeady was outstanding, think we would have won comfortably with skippy on, fortune and samaras too similiar and neither can fuckin score. saying that samaras created chances for himself out of nothing, just a pity the lad cant hit the net more often, it was a great performance from celtic bar the obvious mistake of having no one on the back post for that corner. not leaning fromprevious mistakes.

[Main Street]

I don't know if it's Mowbray's defensive coaching or the centre halves or more probably it's a mix of both for the defensive lapses.
N'Guema looked to take up Crosas's position around the near post but raced out once the ball was in the air.
Looven's standards have dropped a crucial bit after early season proficiency. Is Caldwell's ineptness chipping away at his resolve?
McDonald is about the only goal poacher in the squad but he is a curate's egg of a player.
Mowbray's team has done well once he stumbled/settled on his best starting 11, obviously needs a better ratio of goals to chances and something done with the centre halves.
Celtic just need to keep on track and the title should be theirs.

[T Fearon]

I don't know. Mowbray looks a lot like Brady to me, a practitioner of pretty football without any end product. Also yesterday didn't seem to hurt him, he was apparently "sanguine" about the referee disallowing the goal from Fortune. You need to have a ruthless streak as a manager and I see no evidence that he has one.

The big fear is that Mc Geady will be lost to the Premiership, there were loads of Premiership representatives there yesterday to have a look and they no doubt would have been impressed.

[lynchbhoy]

I don't know. Mowbray looks a lot like Brady to me, a practitioner of pretty football without any end product. Also yesterday didn't seem to hurt him, he was apparently "sanguine" about the referee disallowing the goal from Fortune. You need to have a ruthless streak as a manager and I see no evidence that he has one.

The big fear is that Mc Geady will be lost to the Premiership, there were loads of Premiership representatives there yesterday to have a look and they no doubt would have been impressed.

I think Mowbray doesnt want to be seen as a bad loser or a whinger at refs - so wont moan when Celtic lose or whinge when refs mess up with big decisions.
I think he is dead right.
The Irish media moaned and whinged when Ireland were beaten by France - but thats part and parcel of sport. Someone has to lose and refs are not always right !!

I used to think McGeady was irreplaceable - but there are a few reasons now that would not be as unhappy for him to move on (esp if Celtic would take in a large wad of cash for him).

hopefully caldwell will be signed by strachan !

[Celt_Man]

Just seen the replay of he gers goal, who was on the front post???

No one and that's the problem someone on the backpost only...

Terrible game, Celtic missed some amount of chances.. Samaras  especially and he seemed to take the wrong option in the last third of the field more often than not

hoe was it a terrible game, best old firm game i have been at for a good while, McGeady was outstanding, think we would have won comfortably with skippy on, fortune and samaras too similiar and neither can fuckin score. saying that samaras created chances for himself out of nothing, just a pity the lad cant hit the net more often, it was a great performance from celtic bar the obvious mistake of having no one on the back post for that corner. not leaning fromprevious mistakes.

Hmm perhaps I should re-phase that to terribly frustrating game... that alright?