Celtic Banter Archive July 14 2017

14 Jul 2017 23:14:45
To put the hat on backwards for a jiffy, why in the world don't City want to keep hold of Paddy Roberts?

If he was a Celtic player-a Celtic winger-and showed the kind of form he did last year, I'd imagine the so-called elite clubs would be all over him. I am besotted, like the rest of you, and wee Kieran. But what are we missing? Let's say he'd be, as some have said, the best Celtic signing in a decade or more: surely that level of player would be more than tempting for the lot we were unlucky to draw with twice in the last 6 months or so.

15 Jul 2017 03:23:49
Ok here goes and I'm ready to be slaughtered , probably starting with the ed but you got to call it as you see it or what's the point. The elite club's would not be queuing up for Roberts because he was not even nearly the biggest influence in the team last year as a matter of fact for a large part of it he could not even get into the team past Forrest and when he did I can only remember a couple of games where he made the difference. Sinclair , rogic, and Armstrong were much more influential and made the difference in a lot more game than Roberts did, so the elite clubs as you call them would surely be much more interested in those three players. Yes he is young, yes he can be very exciting to watch, yes he has potential to be a great but I think the hype is disguising just how good he was last season , now I'm off to put on my tin helmet.

15 Jul 2017 06:36:37
Forrest isn't as bad as people make out and paddy isn't as good as some people tout him . the difference is paddy is still young and can or should improve he certainly finished the season great but was patchy up until then . why don't city want him probably because they have the top epl club beating the joneses spending affliction . money to burn and no time / desire to develop.

15 Jul 2017 06:39:39
Quite simply City are a better side. Roberts was great for us, but they can go out and buy the ready made article. It's a wonder why City even bother with all those resources though. Not just Roberts, but generally. They must have a huge global network, they've got a massive complex, the staff to go with it and even a stadium for their youth teams that would put a lot of Scotland's to shame. Yet they continue to go out and buy players rather than bring them through. Iheanacho looked to be the one to break that mould, but apparently they're even after selling him. For us, picking up these well scouted, well trained young players from City, Chelsea et. al is a great way to go about business imo.

15 Jul 2017 08:50:28
City and Chelsea are very similar with the stockpiling of players. Quite simply they can pick up a Oliver Ntcham for 1 million, send him on loan for a few seasons, pay at most a small proportion of his wage and then make a £3.5 million pound profit on him. De Bruyne, Lukaku, Ake, Atsu, Borini, Salah, Bamford, Unal, Mooy, Poso, Lopes, Rakik etc. all suffered this fate and made both clubs a healthy profit.

15 Jul 2017 08:55:41
City buy talent and paddy will never get near there team they don't have the ti. e to wait on him. But last season there were quite a few games the wee man turned on his own ifbu think about it. get him signed HH.

17 Jul 2017 20:47:39
Paddy was developing with us, he has undoubted skill and is nowhere near the finished article. In my opinion his contribution to the team improved drastically towards the end of his time with is. Money in England makes paddy represent a 'marquee' signing for us, but hardly a massive investment for English clubs.
If we sign him (and I hope we do) I would expect him to kick on again, however we need a sustained period in Europe to improve our players. Experience at the top level, pressure and quality opposition is what is needed to progress.
For me paddy has shown he has more than enough about him to be a first pick for us right now (and I included European ties here) and the potential to take his game to another level. Then I think he would move on for the foreign riches at a club not fighting relegation down south.

14 Jul 2017 21:27:54
Where has the world gone when a spurs right back has signed for 50m to Man City how sad is that in life.

14 Jul 2017 21:40:34
The market is insane down there. How can any full back (apart from KT) be worth anything like that?

15 Jul 2017 06:21:26
And people on here say we should be happy / expect / accept 20 odd mill for moussa just because he's in the spl.

14 Jul 2017 19:08:29
Racist chanting, sectarian songs, coins tossed and bottles lobbed at our players. It was like a flashback to the seventies and all because authorities, media and government are too afraid or corrupt to stand up to biased, bullying bigots in the 21st century.

14 Jul 2017 19:31:43
It was like a flashback to Ibrox a few months ago.

14 Jul 2017 19:43:36
You said it, Stan.

14 Jul 2017 19:49:15
Not one of the stewards made any attempt to approach the missile throwers nevermind remove them. And where was the Police presence?
Surely Celtic have to lodge and official complaint and EUFA must take action? This could have had serious consequences if something had struck LG.

14 Jul 2017 20:05:34
But remember, we've got to respect "the culture"!
Again, last couple of days show these Neanderthals for what they are. Irony, if that's the right ćhoice of word is that they think they command respect when in reality it's vile disgust any normal thinking human has for them.
Society problem is that govt downwards won't tackle this in the correct fashion.

14 Jul 2017 20:50:36
Aye and the British government is giving these filth one billion pounds to stay in power. Tell me another so called civilised country where this could happen?

14 Jul 2017 21:31:34
The worst thing about it was that Rob McLean laughing and joking about it every time we got a throw in or a corner kick in that area . not one word of condemnation from the ratbag .

14 Jul 2017 21:43:14
He's as bad as the tool on sly sports.

15 Jul 2017 00:49:29
The watcha call representative will be taking notes, think Linfield will be getting a watchacall!

{Ed007's Note - If Linfield aren't dragged over the coals after tonight Celtic should NEVER entertain another charge over banners or flares. Linfield should be thrown out of the tournament and banned from European competition just for selling tickets to Celtic fans never mind the rest of it.}

15 Jul 2017 08:00:58
I don't think anyone was surprised at what they seen from these troglodytes.

It would be a sweeping generalisation to tar every supporter in that ground with the same brush, but they had a large contingent hell bent on causing trouble. Like their brethren only days before, they love nothing better than to lord their perceived religious and racial superiority over anyone they feel doesn't fit the mould.

Institutionalised sectarianism is the norm for this part of the world. Unfortunately racism and homophobia are all too prevalent as well. We even had the dubious honour of Britan First in attendance. Some of the local Loyalist cheerleaders have even had the audacity to blame our players for 'inciting' trouble! Work that one out? Our players were getting showered with abuse and missiles and this is their response! it kind of sums it all up really.

Glad the game is over. We can put it to bed at home and move on, unlike some people.

14 Jul 2017 18:41:58
Taxi for Sviatchenko! Terrible performance.

14 Jul 2017 18:55:59
He looked iffy. Hayes has to start before forrest too.

14 Jul 2017 19:32:44
Totally agree about big Erik! What the hell has happened to him. when he first came in I thought we've got a cracking player here, but he's miles off it! The amount of needless free kicks he gave away were shockin! And Hayes done more in 5 min that Forrest managed in the whole game! Not once did I see him beat a man! Hayes must start in front of him!

{Ed007's Note - I said the same about Erik on the live chat, he's a shadow of the player he was when he first arrived.}

14 Jul 2017 19:43:17
If that's better opposition we're punished he's not good enough another cb is a must hayes was excellent when he came on but thought wee james was ok. linfield fans a disgrace let's hope eufa advisor reports them absolute scum.

14 Jul 2017 19:47:07
It's actually unbelievable how much the big man has regressed ED, and u can't say that about many players since Brendan came in! He's all over the place! Foul after foul and so slow off the mark! Really disappointed to be honest because like a said I thought we'd found a good one when he first came! Still think a quality centre back is a must.

{Ed007's Note - He was disappointed that the move to Leicester never came off in January but if he is still looking for a move his performances since then won't be helping his case with any potential suitors. I still think he could move on before this window closes but Boyata's injury will probably have put a spanner in Rodgers' plans for the defence.}

14 Jul 2017 20:03:56
Hayes done more than Forrest?
Sure Forrest set up the first goal.

14 Jul 2017 20:10:00
Said enough about Erik recently and expected as much, unless we sign someone next week get Ajer in.

Thought Boyata was a big miss especially at set piece defending/ attacking.

14 Jul 2017 20:18:55
Kev Hayes was far more direct than Forrest! The first thing on his mind was to take on and beat a man and he done that 2 or 3 times in the last 15 min! Lost count how many times Forrest had the ball and shat out of tryin to take i his man! Ball played sideways or backwards as usual!

14 Jul 2017 20:21:20
Disappointed he didn't get a move to Leicester! He'll be lucky to get a league 1 club down there the way he's goin! A decent centre half to play next of jozo is a must! Hoping Brendan has got something up his sleeve!

14 Jul 2017 20:54:51
We could really do with a centre half before the next round, And where does everyone think Ntcham will fit in? I don't know much about him. Is he a box to box guy or a holding midfielder?

14 Jul 2017 22:47:27
Lh86 he never created anything.
Mis hit a corner and smashed one over the bar. Forrest set up the goal so was more effective.

15 Jul 2017 00:28:50
The viking ain't what he used to be. I only saw the first half before I started my shift but he had his hands on their players on two occasions, they went down and he gave away needless fouls. I agree with the posts above. Who is going to take him?

15 Jul 2017 10:32:41
He made too many stupid fouls or was caught out too often. Lost count how many times he tried buying a foul because his positioning was terrible. Hopefully we can get a CB in before Dundalk/ Rosenborg.

15 Jul 2017 12:13:30
I think his biggest problem is he has no pace, and has been caught out since he arrived.

14 Jul 2017 18:03:25
Daily ranger reverting to type, our 2nd goal described as "a scuffed goal". radio scotland called it a well exicuted training ground move. what about some impartiality gentlemen.

14 Jul 2017 19:07:28
Definitely the latter. A good finish.

14 Jul 2017 15:44:53
I had a dream last night that we won 5-0. Very rarely bet but i'm off to stick a tenner on it. Let's see if i've started having visions. C'mon the hoops!

14 Jul 2017 11:21:27
Dundalk or rosenborg lads! Come on the Dundalk! Be a good wee game against them 🍀🍀🍀 draw could have been a lot worse! Avoided another nightmare trip to Astana and missed Sparta Prague and Malmö 👌🏻👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻.

14 Jul 2017 11:32:18
Fantastic draw! Great that our Irish fans will have a short trip after missing out on tonights game if they beat Rosenborg!

{Ed007's Note - This was the best draw we could have hoped for imo. Rosenborg are very poor compared to the teams they's had over the years and I expect neither them or Dundalk will give is any problems. Going with the match reports, Dundalk are very unlucky not to be taking a lead over to Norway for the 2nd leg.
I'm sure NorwegianRed and VikingTim will know more about them.}

14 Jul 2017 11:46:05
How are Rosenberg these days?

14 Jul 2017 12:15:29
They have Niklas Bendtner in their ranks and a few other decent players. Mitsjo being their main prospect.

14 Jul 2017 12:17:59
ED007 and guys, I am the supsrtitious type, let's not count our chickens, first we have to beat Linfield. Yes, we SHOULD qualify, but these early qualifiers always throw up some problems, let us be professional.

{Ed007's Note - We're playing a team of part-timers from Northern Ireland - we WILL qualify.}

14 Jul 2017 12:28:04
I watched the game on wed night, Dundalk were good, really gave Rosenberg a hard time. Mc Millán and McEleney are stand out players, this game is not over, Dundalk have a great chance. Bendtner by the way was pure rubbish, they had a Slavic right winger who was MoM for me, but all in all they were pretty poor.

14 Jul 2017 12:35:48
I stopped putting Rosenborg on my betting slip because they kept letting me down i have no doubts we will swat aside Linfield, Dundalk/ Rosenborg with ease home and away.

14 Jul 2017 13:19:06
I'd agree with everyone else. Rosenborg are a shadow of the side they used to be. I think Dundalk will beat them in Norway and we can have a cracking tie to look forward to.

14 Jul 2017 13:42:15
yeah we all thought that about imps and sheva, one step at a time lads, hope dundalk get through thoi.

14 Jul 2017 14:00:13
I think we can beat them both quite easily. I will still be crapping it until we do though.

14 Jul 2017 15:23:29
Both Dundalk and Rosenberg are well into their seasons, and are bound to be match sharpened and fit, it would be unwise to go into the games thinking they are walk overs.