Celtic Banter Archive February 21 2016

21 Feb 2016 22:10:42
Good young team starting to be realised by posters here. We will get rid of those guys who are on the gravy train and replace with youth it takes a while as CONFIDENCE takes longer than fitness to build up. Defence is shaping up with options, including fisher and midfield will be the place to watch, again with options. Only shortfall Is front man who can help/ replace Griff when required and this won't be easy to do nowadays (remember Larsson at £400K! ) Pity ex Celts, who get paid by SMSM seem to think its good to Slag the team and manager. Notice Hughes recognised speed of team on break or after mistakes. support the team!

21 Feb 2016 23:07:16
Let's just see how long the board keep their nerves when the big money clubs start flashing some cash.
We have the makings of a decent defence/ midfield if we can keep them together. Still need to replace CG though.

22 Feb 2016 08:19:39
Was Larsson not £650k?

22 Feb 2016 08:21:13
Nobody's denying we have talented, young players at the club Norway1. What most of us aren't happy about is the way the manager refuses to utilise them to suit the situation and the fact he shows blind loyalty and favouritism to the ones who are drastically underperforming.

22 Feb 2016 09:02:40
Fisher looked good to me but how has he been doing on loan?

22 Feb 2016 10:46:49
It's great how everything in the garden is rosy when you turn on the style for 30minutes against a team from Inverness. Credit the team for 30min but the other 60 was the problem with ronnys starters. If we start the usual suspects in July expect euro defeat again as we won't face teams as bad as Inverness and they will exploit our deficiencies which Inverness failed to do.

22 Feb 2016 12:16:28
Any news on Janko? Think if we bed him in before the seasons end that's Janko, Fisher and Lustig to choose from. Cole should be punted as he is surplus now we have CK-R who looks to hold the ball up better and have pace. What about returning strikers Stokes and Scepovic? Hopefully we move on a lot of the dead wood and sign a powerful CDM a versatile winger and a striker not too much to ask really.

22 Feb 2016 13:33:38
The stats will show we won our last two league games without conceding at home - and of course the six points were very important.
In total honesty, we only played well in short spells in both games and on Saturday, were lucky not to be behind at half time.
I can understand why RD will not risk wholesale changes, while the league race is tight and we only have one cup left to play for, but he has persevered with out of form or ineffective players all season while there are plenty of options and permutations, that he must see in training every day.
Competition, is healthy and keeps players on their toes, so that guys who are not doing it on the park - and there are a few - have a hungry replacement waiting in the wings [no pun intended].
If he didn't think they were good enough, then why sign them?

21 Feb 2016 17:03:14
Dear oh dear oh dear not football related but just watching this buffoon Boris Johnson gaffe, blabb, rattle, fumble through a press conference

How on earth can people "perm" him with being a future Prime Minister? he nothing but a circus act surely?

Then you turn to America and it looks as though it will come down to a fight between Clinton and Trump!

Frightening stuff/ times ahead folks!

21 Feb 2016 19:58:47
Jamie, I think nowadays a lot of the public vote for personalities rather than issues.
I wonder how many people really know what Boris Johnson stands for, I bet a lot of them haven't a clue, they just find him entertaining when he's in front of the cameras.
It's the same with Trump, imagine this clown with his finger on the nuclear button, yet an awful lot of Americans seem to be taken in with his "I'll make America great again", mantra.
I hope people in Britain and America make their decisions by studying the pros and cons of an issue, and don't just back somebody because they find them entertaining.
Just because more normal politicians may be boring, doesn't mean that they can't be right on a lot of things.

21 Feb 2016 20:02:22
I hope Bernie Sanders beats Clinton for the democratic leadership as he will really upset the Apple cart. However, he has a formidable task as he is going to be demonized by the media, who will be backing Clinton to protect their own interests.

21 Feb 2016 21:52:04
Agreed Gerry and Rab that buffoon Boris Johnson is only hawf daft the hawf is dangerous Imo he plays to it.

21 Feb 2016 23:09:18
jamiebhoy, it is related as BJ is the proverbial heidtheba'

22 Feb 2016 13:09:33
He's no worse than the previous London mayor who used to get paid by limited company to save on tax.
I really hate politicians.

21 Feb 2016 11:22:29
yesterday was one of those games where the result was more important than how we played to put the pressure back on Aberdeen as with our goal difference they need Celtic to lose 3 games to overtake us.
Now to the game itself, in the end a decent win especially when Christie and Allan came on to liven the pace up a bit, both looked half decent, at least they got almost 30 minutes while poor Roberts only got about 8 minutes to impress.

21 Feb 2016 13:58:45
Timalloy you always have a negative agenda against Deila. So what if "poor Roberts" only got 8minutes! Clearly you are not aware this was only his 2nd first team appearance this season including 1 at Man City. How dare Deila gently introduce a young player into first team this way! Just you concentrate on running your second profile "wee pat" and let Deila concentrate on first team.

21 Feb 2016 14:01:45
I know we are very well off for midfield players, but I really hope we don't lose sight of Liam Henderson for next season.
He excelled whenever he was given an opportunity and has been a stand-out during his two loan spells and has loads of ability.
I still think we should have kept him and loaned out McGregor, but there you go.
If we off-load a few like Forrest, Mulgrew, Bitton and McGregor, we will still have plenty of options and the makings of a good side.

21 Feb 2016 08:45:33
Just seeing where Ronnie has said he will be slimming the squad down. I'm sure this time he means numbers and not weight! His comment about players who don't work hard will not get the jersey might explain why some players seem automatic picks - they work hard. The fact they are playing cripcrap is not relevent lol. Seriously, I hope this is now Ronnie showing some proverbials and stating his requirements. I've never been a Ronnie lover but not a hater either but as Celtic Manager, I would love him to succeed.

21 Feb 2016 10:18:14
I agree with that mate, - Johansen has been better the last 2 games! GMS has been better also - it's quite simple, you call it as you see it, we all want Ronny to succeed but the team is still poor, and haven't improved! He has to learn to be more ruthless then at least if he fails he can say he stuck by his beliefs! It was good to see Forrest, Ambrose and Izzy not even make the bench, they haven't merited it! Sentiment can never come into it, the great managers are Ruthless! I just wish a Chinese club would come in for a few! In my opinion though it's time for the guys I mentioned plus Commons, Cole etc to move on!

21 Feb 2016 10:24:32
Also for me Biton has been awful this season - like Craig Gordon he has hardly had a good game all season/ since he signed his contract! None of these guys should be automatic picks! I like the look of Sviatchenko though and think he could even cover left back and defensive midfield.

21 Feb 2016 10:42:53
Think that is Ronnies biggest fault, he is much too loyal to players that are not playing well, his philosophy, seems to be, it is better to keep an underperforming player in the team, so that he can get his confidence back and his performances to improve, it is totally ludicrous, Ronnie needs to buy himself 'How to be ruthless for Dummies'.

21 Feb 2016 17:57:15
Heard Boyata was awful and Schevxhenko was as slow as a week in the jail. Anybody there who can confirm or repudiate that assessment.

21 Feb 2016 08:26:47
I have been thinking of my wish list for next season.
New managerment team

Ins
Goalkeeper ( Someone who can catch crosses ) as well as shots)
Right Back ( If Fisher isn't good enough)
2 Centre Backs (Height, Strenth and Pace)
Left Back (Back up to Tieney if Issy is not up to it)
Ball Winning Midfielder
2 goal scorring Forwards

Outs
RD, JC and JK
GG ( Not good enough )
Bailly ( can't kick or cut out crosses)
Amborse and Boyata ( Enough said )
Blackett and O'Connell
Decide what is our best attacking midfield and stick with them add a couple of youngsters and clear all others out.
Keep Griffiths and Nesbitt and get shot of all the others including CC and CKR
I would clear 18 to 20 players from the squad including those on loan.

21 Feb 2016 09:26:32
So you want 2 more centre halfs in as well as having Sviatchencko and simonovic. To satisfy your needs I would probably suggest playing football manager but even at that you would struggle to complete your vision as it's quite a good simulation of the real thing but the only trouble is you would get sacked if you attempted that.

21 Feb 2016 12:45:47
Pardon the brevity of this but you talk some amount of crap jonace.

21 Feb 2016 15:18:19
Oooftt That is some cull that jonace!

21 Feb 2016 00:46:40
Think the abuse stefan johansen has recieved this season from some fans has been pathetic. Fair enough he has been a shadow of the player he was last year, still no justification for the level of abuse. Some fans even starting to go the same way with nir bitton. Yes they do deserve to be criticised to some extent for some of their performances but these players are key to us looking to go anywhere in europe and should not be hounded out of the club. Some suggests that neither player wants to play for the club but i see no evidence of this. We should get behind these players and not be constantly putting them down.

21 Feb 2016 01:36:43
He deserves every last bit of it, no one likes a teachers pet and he is certainly one of them who can do no wrong. I call players like him an 'enemy from within' and we have quite a few of them at Celtic Park and maybe even the manager as well, Gordon another.

Players who are so bad they make us a shocking team and at risk of dropping points on a weekly basis. If Ronny is no going to root them out soon enough then he MUST leave asap.

21 Feb 2016 12:48:24
I call fans like you "the enemy within".

21 Feb 2016 15:25:53
Was speaking to Ed about this on live feed yesterday MORTIFIED @ the notion that SJ is being booed because he is EITHER the "teacher's pet" or keeping Allan out the team!

How dare anybody boo for these reasons fur fox sake!

Did wee boo Mulgrew because he was NL's "teacher's pet"?

Get behind him BEFORE RD! as it is him and team mates that take the fight to the pitch! nor am I suggesting booing RD for the panty wetters!

21 Feb 2016 22:12:21
@thepoeticpatient

Players who are constantly going to cost us points every week time and time again and get us knocked out of Europe and cups through their own poor footballing abilities and there are plenty at the club Armstrong, Johansen, GMS, Boyata, Gordon and there are many others are the very definition of the 'enemy from within'. If a player makes Celtic football club worse every week on the park and therefore is going to cost us points and games then that is exactly what they are.

21 Feb 2016 23:17:53
@celticforever

I don't know who you are trying to convince? Yourself maybe.