Celtic Banter Archive February 22 2014

22 Feb 2014 21:57:31
No matter what our opinions are on how the team are playing this season one thing you can't take away from them is this clean sheet record in the league we just broke today, the unbeaten record if we do it will be a good achievement but to go 13 games without conceding a goal is pretty astonishing, if we can keep a clean sheet on Tuesday then I think it's 6 more mins into the Caley game it's the British record and if we can last to 86 mins it's the European record. What Van der Saar and Manchester United done to hold the British record is un-believable considering the league they were playing in. Considering the previous Scottish record stood for 40 odd years I think it's safe to say none of us on here will see big Frasers record broken. So credit where credits due well done Celtic. Remind me how many did the Sevconians concede in 90 mins in Scotlands 3rd tier today against the mighty Stennie?

Is everything Rosie again Stevie? Remind me the score against the mighty Morton?

Pretty sure Morton are in second tier

Couldn't care less about sevco are doing.

That makes a defeat at home acceptable then ok sorry there in the 2nd tier

Is getting pumped aff queen of south and knocked out ramsdens cup acceptable? #administration the sequel

Everything has been rosie for some time now Johncass, my post was purely about not conceding for 13 league games and how hard it is to do this at any level. I used the Sevies score yesterday to show how hard it is to put a couple of clean sheets together never mind 13, so jog off back to your administration page and work out where your next pay day loans coming from. Tick Tock

@6 typical deflection tactics from sevco. When the going gets tough, try and discredit the hoops. Shower of wrong yins

@6 we drew it happens, Stevie are you sure everything's Rosie? You's have no competition to challenge and still lennons stock amongst the fans has never been lower

@8 ibrokes will be a supermarket soon. Sevco mark 2 on the way soon ADMINISTRATION

@9 I wonder how many small businesses they will take with them this time. I felt for some of the suppliers last time but if they did not see this coming this time, hell mend them.

@10 I know mate. Was shocking the way they treated small businesses and I bet you some of these businesses were owned by their own supporters. They are living in a wee bubble if they think they will be contending celtic for a title challenge if they get into premiership. Can honestly see celtic getting 10 in a row

22 Feb 2014 18:53:51
First of all can I say well done to Fraser Forster (and the rest of the team) for the shutout record.
My other points are not Celtic related but can I also say well done Cliftonville for going back to top of Irish League today.
My other point is "what goes around, comes around moment" . after the disgraceful way Cardiff treated Malky Mackay (and still are) and the way they paraded Solskaer as the "Second Coming" I was particulary delighted to see Cardiff humped 4-0 at HOME today and hope relegation beckons for them.

22 Feb 2014 17:05:09
Well done big Forster on the record (although I would give a lot of the credit to the majestic Virgil) and another 3 points in this great run towards the title.
I thought Griffiths took his goal well, with excellent displays from Biton and VVD, but we are too pedestrian and predictable - especially against the worst Hearts team I think I have seen in decades.
We created very few chances in a game we bossed.
Brown, Mathews and Commons are either jaded or not fully fit ( I know Mathews is still getting back) and the lack of pace, slickness and flair has been all to evident for me in many games.
I have said before, but I feel we released too many players out on loan who may have given us options?


I know this will not go down well - as we are skating the league, but the football on show is far short of what we expect of Celtic teams. Or is that just me?
Is this unbeaten run causing caution and safety-first or is it more obviously the standard of player - and therefore the team is so lacking in real quality?
We are certainly lacking flair and imagination in the midfield, settling for graft and workmanlike players.
Very few players are capable of taking on and beating their man and invariably turn backwards.
Izzy (who may not still be back to his best) is sadly missed as an attacking option and Mathews seems to be struggling for fitness and confidence too, so we produce very little down the flanks.
I feel Commons is our best attacking player, but he has carried the team at times and looks tired.
I am worried that this lack of quality and class will show when we have to play CL qualifiers and whoever our opponents will be, are usually well into their domestic campaign and hard to beat?

JJ

Was working overtime today so didn't see the game and have to admit disappointed with a 2 nil scoreline.

My season ticket buddies, previously so pro Lennon it was torture are now even fed up with this current level of performance's and would prefer he left.

Obviously well done to Fraser for what was a great achievement given some of the top class keepers in the SPL over the past few years.

I think our team looks nowhere near as fit as it did in the Strachan days and it alarms me what these other small clubs are saying about our young players.

A fresh start for our club should be undertake this summer, new manager with coaches, especially a striker coach will bring fresh ideas and impetus to a squad that has been far too lacklustre for my liking.

Anyways, on a positive note I do hope we keep another few clean sheets so the big man gets the European record as well.

I think Izzy has been fantastic this season and well and truly back to his best, his attacking play and crosses have been a joy to watch at times - a shame we don't have the players attacking his crosses.

Delighted for big Fraser today, well deserved and hope he gets to the World Cup. It would be a travesty if he was somehow left out.

I feel we play the possession passing game but with no urgency at all. When we were 1-0 against Aberdeen we should have killed the game, instead it went the other way!

Brown looked shattered.

Very true Mrs E, The crosses come pinging in 10 a penny but are seldom taken advantage of. Football is still essentially a simple game. A cross coming in will either be front post, center spot, or back post. Celtic can afford to have 3 forwards looking to attack these 3 areas in anticipation but it doesn't happen. Numerous crossed balls are easily cleared unchallenged. Izzy probably zips in more than the rest of the wide players in the league added together.
Chris and Henrik would score tons :)

We put in a lot of crosses in each game we play, which in my opinion proves the tactical ineptness of Neil Lennon, all our midfielders Biton apart and all our strikers apart from Balde are average in height and we simply never get the goals we did back in the day of Henrik, Sutton and Hartson.

I really do think we put in these aimless crosses because of the lack of creativity in our squad, if the players can't do anything else, then its a cross into the box and let's face it, that usually leads to the ball being cleared.

I still like some of the balls Izzy gets in the box Kev.

Been a real problem this season and we have been awful at corners, complete waste of time.

Kev how exactly are crosses tactically inept?

24 Feb 2014 23:34:28
Larsson wernt to big and he scored his fair share of headed goals we need quality not height

22 Feb 2014 13:38:39
Half time and usual from Celtic 75% of the ball but can't seam to find the net, where is johanson best position? I thought he got the 25 shirt because he was a play maker attacking midfielder but seams to be playing more of a holding role to allow commons to go forward, why have Celtic not got cover for lb? And why is Mathews in before fisher when it is clear he's not match fit, let's hope griffins gets off the mark in second half .

22 Feb 2014 02:26:31
Watching a few vids there, Peter Martin take a bow!

22 Feb 2014 00:23:59
Seriously hope neil doesn't mess with the startin 11 tomorrow. only change i'd make is charlie at lb if izzy doesn't make it and if he does make it then charlie surely benched because biton and johansen don't deserve 2 be left out after their last performance apart from that I hope its the same as last week