Celtic Banter Archive July 20 2015

20 Jul 2015 17:24:52
Ciftci banned for 6 games! Think he can count him self lucky

20 Jul 2015 17:13:46
Just saw the prank Lee Nelson pulled on Sepp Blatter. Highly recommend 😂😂😂😂

20 Jul 2015 18:55:27
it was a cracker!

20 Jul 2015 11:11:09
You must face palm a lot over seeing our little community here ED.

Over the last 3/4 years I've been visiting this forum, I've seen some great posts, rumours, tips, transfer info and banter.

Now I'm not having a dig at anyone this is more of an observation. Every season as pre-season is under way and we're getting into the friendly and qualifying stages some posters (again not a dig) after watching a few friendlies will criticise the team on the performances with in the friendlies which is fine but these games sole purpose is either bonding new partnerships, match fitness and if any new tactics that have been thought up. The way I see it is if I'm working in ANY other job and decide to take two weeks off go away for a week and lounge around for the other, maybe even indulge in a few pints. When I go back to work 8am Monday morning, it's a struggle I'm lethargic, can't be ar$ed and sluggish. Takes time for the holiday blues and the body to start functioning properly again.

Now back to my main point every season we go into the friendlies people will grumble about the performances, but come the end of the season everyone is praising the team. Once the important games are under way and the team is sluggish sure criticise the team but we can't moan about friendly matches when players aren't and shouldn't be going out all guns blazing.

20 Jul 2015 13:17:12
See at end of the day Toprig, everyone is entitled to have their say on things that concern them no matter who agrees with what they say or not. Its called a forum! Who are you to dictate who says what?

20 Jul 2015 13:55:35
My point wasn't to tell people what to do. It was more about accepting that players aren't going to give the same performances in friendlies as to competitive games

20 Jul 2015 16:41:04
Toprig I agree with u to a certain point but when we lost that last pre season friendly nobody battered an eye lid! I think people just want the team fully ready for the away game in Iceland as CL football makes our season but u are correct that a pre season friendly is just that a tool sharpner!

20 Jul 2015 16:42:57
Toprig the Big games have started these being CL qualifiers. So they had best be upto speed pretty quick.

20 Jul 2015 08:55:55
See in a few of the papers Ronnie is desperate for a left back! I'll be a happy man if this is true by the way! Izzy is a total liability back there honestly! Decent going forward but over the last 2 seasons especially,his defending has been woeful! Think we need a good solid defender in there if we want to make the CL

20 Jul 2015 14:12:33
Hes that bad at the minute that i'd take charlie mulgrew doing left back over him

20 Jul 2015 14:27:21
RD must have noticed he can't go into the next couple of rounds of CL qualifying with him at lb! It's askin for trouble! Like I said,he's a decent player going forward! But we need somebody more solid and reliable in there! It's no coincidence that every team we play targets that area! Just hope the reports are right and we get someone in! U heard anything ED?

{Ed007's Note - Maybe another try for Marcus Halstenberg is on the cards, he was RD's first choice to come in.}

20 Jul 2015 15:34:03
I'm not really convinced that Emilio is more of a liability than our center-backs in recent European competition, and he really brings something to the team on the left. We're a bit short of options on that side. His work-rate is phenomenal.

Still, we could be improved in every position and if there's something cooking I'll keep an open mind.

20 Jul 2015 16:24:09
Agree he's got got tremendous work rate mate,but his positional sense is shocking! If uve watched a game over the past 2 seasons especially then u must have noticed that every team targets that area! And that's were they get most of there joy from! Can't fault the guy for effort and he's been a great servant to us,but if want to progress in Europe then getting another left back is a must! To be fair to him,it's probably not helped knowing he'll be in the team every week because there's nobody there to push him.

20 Jul 2015 20:47:12
Izzy has always been a far better attacking option than a defender and would be a far better option than Forrest as a consistent wide player with a genuine defending left back behind him. Izzaguire has a great engine and is one of our most skilful players one-on-one and loves the club.