Celtic Banter Archive February 11 2018

11 Feb 2018 17:26:08
OK bhoys/ ghirls a bit of (paranoid) fun
Cup draw is at 6.30 today after Aberdeen game
Here are my predictions
Aberdeen or Hearts v Celtic (away naturally)
Sevco have so far got the two lowest ranked teams so on that basis
Sevco v Morton
see how close I get lol.

11 Feb 2018 17:48:20
You forgot to say at home Tim McCririck.

11 Feb 2018 18:18:04
Celtic v Rangers. It will generate much needed cash for them!

11 Feb 2018 18:39:25
I'll take that draw all day bhoys.

11 Feb 2018 18:41:10
ha ha almost right sevco get home tie against lowest ranked team Falkirk
at least we get home tie also versus Morton.

11 Feb 2018 19:17:31
Falkirk will turn them over.

11 Feb 2018 19:55:29
Tim you do not have a clue.

11 Feb 2018 15:50:02
There is a lot of talk about our dodgy defence just now and while I agree that individuals are making too many silly mistakes, I don't see this as the only factor.

I know some may not like this or agree with me but I think Rodgers needs to shoulder some of the responsibility for the way he sets the team up and the style he wants to play. By playing out from the back; especially using players with limited technical ability, you are likely to make mistakes. Not only that if you misplace a pass whilst the team are bombing forward, you leave yourself exposed at the back.

If you cast your minds back to when Liverpool nearly won the league under Rodgers, Liverpool players were making the same mistakes and shipping a ridiculously high amount of goals for the exact same reasons.

Personally, I don't see it as a big problem in the SPL because on the most part teams fail to capitalise on account of their inferior players. However, in Europe I do think it is an issue Rodgers should address because you will more often than not get punished for the errors. In my opinion, this is why we have taken a few humpings in the CL.

11 Feb 2018 16:43:56
We play to far apart. Passes between the back four plus two dropping midfielders can be up to twenty yards or more, add a couple of touches and teams are set up again. Our game needs to be condensed more to open teams up and use our pace.

there is a brilliant clip going around of Villareal passing out of a tight press at the halfway line, brilliant one touch and into the opposing box. Anderlecht was a warning for me.

11 Feb 2018 18:08:26
Jhedi that’s one thing I’ve always wondered

Many clubs with smaller budgets play fantastic football even in Europe against the better teams.

Celtic though rarely do. How can we not have a Moravcik type player? Is our scouting network doing their jobs right? I know it’s early but for me Musonda looks like a McGeady - nice feet with limited end product.

Calvin Miller was meant to be our next promising attacking player? How can this lad not get his chance to shine?

11 Feb 2018 20:28:18
I don’t think many teams in Europe (especially the champions league) have a smaller budget than us to be honest.

11 Feb 2018 11:51:25
Zenit up next and there are a lot of worried Celtic fans. Personally I see it as a 50-50. Positives are that in the first 10 minutes yesterday we showed that if we start well we can rip teams apart with our attacking play and their league record of 37 points from 20 games isn't the best. The big negative is obviously our defence and specifically their insistence on committing unforced errors when we are otherwise comfortably on top in games.

11 Feb 2018 13:14:22
All I am looking for now from zenith is hopefully to start finding a bit of form.
We have a massive game at Aberdeen in a fee weeks. hopefully a pick up in form and a few injuries back in the next week or two will see us increase or advantage at the top of the table.
Has anyone got an update on the injuries.
In Dubai commper was ment to be out for 4 weeks he must be nearly ready.
Griff was ment to be up to 4 weeks. rogic on the bench yesterday.
I would like to see Bain maybe get a start on Thursday or even weekend. DDV is not the answer.

11 Feb 2018 13:24:08
I can see BR playing McGregor on Thursday as he is one of our best players at keeping the ball and Musonda is still getting up to speed. Maybe bring Musonda and Rogic on later to go at a tiring defence?

11 Feb 2018 15:39:30
I see it slightly different as I think we are big underdogs against Zenit and will be surprised if we progress. That being said, never say never and I hope I am proven wrong.

11 Feb 2018 16:10:12
RAW agree with u. i’ll be Surprised if we progress against zenit! Our defence is struggling against poor SPL teams so against a quality outfit I don’t hold out hope! Hope I’m way off and we get a result but the way we’re playing rite now just can’t see it!

11 Feb 2018 19:43:54
We’ve conceded 18 league goals all season, 4 of which came in the loss to Hearts. Not exactly struggling.

11 Feb 2018 20:55:50
Kev our defence is woeful mate! Simonovic boyata are both equally as bad! Any team that has a go against us will get joy against them, it’s as simple as that! If one doesn’t make a howler then the other will oblige!

11 Feb 2018 22:37:18
It’s so true it’s not even funny 😂.

11 Feb 2018 07:38:01
Again. How many games have we been in control of till a stupid mistake let's an opponent in and we then go to bits? Strolling it yesterday till Sumo, seriously what was he thinking?, committed the cardinal sin of defending. don't PASS BLIND TO YOUR KEEPER! , it's primary school stuff.

I posted yesterday i thought it might be a bit sticky, after watching Thistle midweek i feared it, but jeeze we have to shape up defensively. After we scored the second we had them till the mistake.

It seems to me teams know that if you keep the game alive, and concentrate to the nth degree, we will GIVE them a chance. They don't create said chance, WE WILL GIVE IT TO THEM. That's the frustrating thing for me. They score, our last line panic and we suddenly look as if the players met in the pub an hour before.

For me this is happening far to often. and i find it quite disturbing given the upcoming games.