Celtic Banter Archive June 16 2018

16 Jun 2018 18:06:18
Jack Wiltshire on way out from Arsenal, would Celtic spend even bigger.

{Ed007's Note - Jack Wilshere wouldn't get in our team.}

16 Jun 2018 20:38:53
The guy has glass ankles.

16 Jun 2018 20:39:21
Agree 100% - wasted his potential.

16 Jun 2018 21:11:09
Big name syndrome is alive and well.

16 Jun 2018 21:48:33
Wiltshire is good enough talent wise to get in a number of teams considerably better than Celtic. But to do that would require him to be fit for most of the season.

16 Jun 2018 22:15:21
He’s an over rated waster.

17 Jun 2018 02:49:38
Turvey your blinded by average players mate, your league is seriously over rated. Average players get payed obscene amounts of cash to play Sunday league football, the sooner sky leave the better for football as a whole.

17 Jun 2018 08:44:18
We don't need big name players we need better players than what we have already. Especially at CB and RB then we could maybe compete in Europe.

17 Jun 2018 08:51:50
When you think of players who had problems with injury/ fitness was there anyone better than Paddy McCourt. What would he have been worth had he been playing 90 mins every week. Guy was a genius with a ball so many classic goals for Celtic.

17 Jun 2018 10:06:46
Paddy McCourt, seriously he only played good against the lower level teams

And even then it was a few glimpses here and there.

I’m not sure if we paid a fee for him but if we did he it was a waste.

17 Jun 2018 11:08:53
He was worth it for the song alone.

17 Jun 2018 11:29:03
He couldn't lace Rogic's boots.

17 Jun 2018 11:42:55
Not comparing him to anyone past or present. Talking about quality players who were unfortunate with injuries/ fitness. McCourt was a great player blessed with wonderful skill. As for only doing it against the lesser teams, the entire league is lesser teams.

17 Jun 2018 11:54:21
In all the years reading this page before posting myself i don't recall it ever being so bad for negativity. How has success created this doom and gloom whether it's discussions about past or present. My enjoyment of this page is coming to an end i am sad to say. God help us if we end up like it was in the 90s one read of this page and people would be jumping into the Clyde like Lemmings.

17 Jun 2018 13:41:10
Jack Wilshere? He is absolutely garbage, i would not take him on a free transfer. Overhyped due to his nationality.

17 Jun 2018 17:44:26
A very good friend of mine told me that he likes a different coke from the one that Ferguson fell out with McLeish Ed

Is that right? 👍.

{Ed007's Note - There are rumours that some of the time Jack Wilshere has missed through injury was to cover failed drugs tests and even a drug problem. It's a bigger problem in the game than a lot of people realise, Jamie.}

17 Jun 2018 22:53:05
I'm not surprised by that at all. Infact I'd be surprised if most young players don't do it, it leaves your system so quick that they'd be unlucky to be caught.

18 Jun 2018 01:36:23
A mate of mine who stays in London told me the same story Jamie, but we can't talk as 3 strikers who played for us in the 80s were famous for liking a toot on the Nikki Lauda lol.

18 Jun 2018 22:01:27
We are getting as bad as Rangers2012 posters, a negative post against our club going back to either the 18'80's or the 19'80's about un- named players, leaving all our strikers in the '80's under a cloud of guilt.

16 Jun 2018 12:17:44
Jeezo var and the ref still gets it wrong.

{Ed007's Note - I'm totally 100% against VAR being used. The rules of football are supposed to be universal and the same for every team and player, so why should a WC, CL or Pub League game be decided by VAR while a team in the lower leagues might miss out on promotion because of a wrongly disallowed goal or a penalty not given?
The rules of the game should be same at every level, next we'll have the Sunday morning Da's videoing their kids games and using the footage to contest the ref's decisions.}

16 Jun 2018 12:43:54
A can of worms that should have remained shut.

16 Jun 2018 13:06:00
Quite right Ed.

{Ed007's Note - Thanks.}

16 Jun 2018 12:35:53
Spot on ed watching the Aussie game never a pen for france and that's after var.

16 Jun 2018 13:46:27
It's wasting the game in my opinion. How can u be celebrating a goal n keep one eye on the ref to be told if it's given. Crap.

16 Jun 2018 16:02:35
Some of these games are going to end up with 10 minutes or more extra time because of it.

16 Jun 2018 16:11:50
I think it’s a penalty tbh. The follow through catches Griezmann’s heel for me.

16 Jun 2018 18:35:28
Cuts out honest mistakes. I support it. Nothing worse than a cheat or a bozo costing you games.

17 Jun 2018 09:31:12
Sorry Ed, have to disagree on this.
I am sick to the back teeth of players cheating.
THEY know they are cheating and the result could be a team being relegated, a manager sacked, players put on the dole, clubs going broke, and let's not forget the effect on those supporters who spend their hard-earned money to follow their team around the country and Europe. (large outlay to see your team cheated) .
I have even heard pundits calling it "gaining an advantage"
Your point about level playing fields is fair enough to a point.
If ALL the teams in any single division are playing by the same rules then the playing field is level.
If a team is promoted into a division where VAR etc is used then it will apply to them and they again are part of a level playing field.
The ref cannot see the game from all angles and VAR helps him.
The follow-up to this (imo) is to punish the cheater really hard and maybe stamp it out.

{Ed001's Note - I am 100% with you on this TT. Having VAR should make match fixing more difficult as well.}

17 Jun 2018 13:13:10
If only it had been around to catch that cheat Thierry Henri.

19 Jun 2018 15:21:20
Having Var will make match fixing easier . The person who asks ref to have a look has great powers and just maybe could see the need different if there was a £100k package awaiting him.

16 Jun 2018 07:55:19
Great to see Ed signed
I'm maybe in a minority but I'm not fussed how much we've spent on him, cheaper the better- more money for more quality players
Hopefully defenders that match KT for passion and quality

Any word on Timalloy ed? Was he not having a procedure?

Get well Timalloy
The dark side pages aren't the same without you!

{Ed007's Note - I e-mailed Tim but I haven't heard back from him yet.}

16 Jun 2018 12:57:26
Am same island. I don't care if a player is 10 million or £10 as long as he can do the job. The best players I have ever seen in a Celtic jersey cost very little.

16 Jun 2018 16:17:50
I think it’s more of a symbolic thing. I’m not overly fussed how much Édouard cost but breaking the record shows that the club are willing to push the boat out IF the right player is available. A lot of fans wouldn’t have believed that until yesterday.

16 Jun 2018 16:25:50
Sure it is damn all to do with us. The board sets the net spending targets and we don't have any influence . The Board wants the club to do well, just as us fans.

16 Jun 2018 19:23:22
Cheers ed, let's us all know if you here anything

Your maybe enjoying the break!

{Ed007's Note - Will do mate and I've dropped Arrowh an e-mail to see how things are going with him.}

17 Jun 2018 11:15:36
Hope the 2 of them are OK, let us know what u hear ed. 🍀.

{Ed007's Note - Will do, Stephanie.}

16 Jun 2018 07:12:05
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 16th June 2018