The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[T Fearon]

It seems like Mowbray's supporters/Strachan's detractors are not amenable to persuasion by facts. But Hartson speaks the truth. Does anyone really think this Celtic team is capable of stringing results together with a defence like that. I fear if they concede early at Ibrox they'll get an absolute tanking by a mediocre Rangers side and then watch the knives come out big time for Mowbray

[lynchbhoy]

It seems like Mowbray's supporters/Strachan's detractors are not amenable to persuasion by facts. But Hartson speaks the truth. Does anyone really think this Celtic team is capable of stringing results together with a defence like that. I fear if they concede early at Ibrox they'll get an absolute tanking by a mediocre Rangers side and then watch the knives come out big time for Mowbray

funnily enough this season sees the best performances against rangers by a celtic side since MON left, strachans sides may have won a couple of clashes but on the whole, looked generally unlikely to beat rangers - mowbrays side should have at least drawn and then beaten rangers but for referees decisions and poor finishing.
Celtics problems this year have been against the other sides where it seems either complacency or lack of focus has cost them points - last weekends result being a good example.

Ill ask again, what improvement can Celtic afford to bring in if they did sack mowbray, dont make me laugh by mentioning mcgrain and/or lennon again !
Celtic have stopped going downhill when strachan left them. can mowbray turn it completely around - poor so far , but still an improvement in personnel - but its a good team thats required, founded on a solid defence- both of these strachan also failed to get right !...

[Myles Na G.]

'Celtic have stopped going downhill when strachan left them.'

What's the weather like on your planet?

[lynchbhoy]

'Celtic have stopped going downhill when strachan left them.'

What's the weather like on your planet?

think everyone knows you know nothing about sports let alone celtic

I see your team were losing 2-0 at ht tonight...
also saw their rivals cliftonville were drawing too

[The Worker]

'Celtic have stopped going downhill when strachan left them.'

What's the weather like on your planet?

think everyone knows you know nothing about sports let alone celtic

I see your team were losing 2-0 at ht tonight...
also saw their rivals cliftonville were drawing too

who's his team?

[T Fearon]

I see mighty Raith Rovers conceded no goals at Pittodrie tonight in the Scottish Cup. Thats four less than Celtic conceded last Saturday. Perhaps Mowbray could recommend a German halfwit to stick his hand up and concede a peanlty for no good reason

[Myles Na G.]

'Celtic have stopped going downhill when strachan left them.'

What's the weather like on your planet?

think everyone knows you know nothing about sports let alone celtic

I see your team were losing 2-0 at ht tonight...
also saw their rivals cliftonville were drawing too

Your team won by a goal and 3 points at the weekend, didn't they? There's a huge difference between gaelic football and 'soccer'. One day you'll realise that. 

[lynchbhoy]

'Celtic have stopped going downhill when strachan left them.'

What's the weather like on your planet?

think everyone knows you know nothing about sports let alone celtic

I see your team were losing 2-0 at ht tonight...
also saw their rivals cliftonville were drawing too

Your team won by a goal and 3 points at the weekend, didn't they? There's a huge difference between gaelic football and 'soccer'. One day you'll realise that. 

realise more than you know - some people reckoned I was a better soccer player than at Gaelic football * ! Having captained two school teams as a kid in England I suppose I wasnt too bad at it !
Just preferred gaelic football because I thought it was the best game to play out of all of soccer, rugby, football etc !!

hard luck wee lad !



* though maybe I was just rubbish at football !

[tyroneStatto]

celtic's abysmal defending put into context last night when aberdeen were beaten 1-0 by raith rovers in the cup.

[lynchbhoy]

celtic's abysmal defending put into context last night when aberdeen beat 1-0 by raith rovers in the cup.

must have caught this malaise from celtic !!

[T Fearon]

Don't worry lads. Mr Mowbray says "if we win our next two games it will be interesting" Thats what I like to see, stoic leadership and a rallying cry to battle in the time of great crisis and woe

[lynchbhoy]

Don't worry lads. Mr Mowbray says "if we win our next two games it will be interesting" Thats what I like to see, stoic leadership and a rallying cry to battle in the time of great crisis and woe

what would you like to see
we'll prob lose more goals and not win points
or
we will win all our games and concede no goals whatsoever ?

Jeez Tony, this isnt nintendo stuff. All easy when a team is established and on a great winning run. I dont think Celtic will win the league this year but I expect a top notch team plus league winning perf next season (without keane).
Right now the team are on a par with strachans, so any improvement would be an improvement on last year. Unless Celtic can afford hiddink. But without CL soccer this season, the money isnt there (based on the interim reports released the other day).
Who was to blame for not winning last seasons league and getting automatic entry into CL again?
Mowbray ?

[rossie mad]

Yeah no one has ever seen or heard of a cup shock in scotland before.

Only happens every bloody season to teams in the SPL.

LB if spurs miss out on a top four spot tony will just blame tony

[lynchbhoy]

Yeah no one has ever seen or heard of a cup shock in scotland before.

Only happens every bloody season to teams in the SPL.

LB if spurs miss out on a top four spot tony will just blame tony

dunno rossie, he might try to blame mowbray for taking keane !!

[T Fearon]

Lads we seem to be going round in circles.

If you want to compare Strachan with Mowbray, well just look how Strachan recovered from Champions League preliminary round elimination in his first season and completely overhauled O'Neill's ageing team and still won the league. At the very least Mowbray should have sustained a credible title challenge this year, and in my opinion he has simply replaced expereinced players with Scottish league medals, with replacements that are questionable to say the least.

Craig Brown and Jimmy Calderwood improved Motherwell and Killie instantly, in six months Mowbray has taken Celtic from a team that finished three points behind Rangers last year to a ten point deficit, with a joke of a defence, and generally made Celtic perceived as a team by everyone in Scotland, that can be beaten due to a leaky defence.

I for one forecast that he will not be at Celtic Park next season and in fact if they are humiliated by Rangers on Sunday week, he may not even be there in March