Celtic Banter Archive July 22 2018

22 Jul 2018 21:53:30
Its just as annoying for me kev haha, i'm trying to fit an argument into 120 characters! (the amount of letters i have)

22 Jul 2018 20:05:07
Completely unrelated to any current news or topics on our upcoming champions league qualifier against rosenborg, but was having a conversation to some off my mates today about the Scotland national team and one off the topics was about how many off our players are 1st team internationals basically as you all know our national team best players are all ours. so my point is we were discussing that it would be good if we start seeing more Scotland flags at Celtic Park when we play, yes the heritage off our club is Irish otherwise there wouldn’t be a Celtic to begin with I completely understand and respect that, but feel as if it’s a huge shame how there’s not at least a good handful off Scottish flags with our clubs badge on it, just a thought to see what other Scottish Celtic fans think that Celtic should start selling Scotland flags with the badge on there shop? Feel it would be a good step as like all my friends were all Scottish and have zero connection to Ireland and feel its time to start taking pride in our country club wise imo.

22 Jul 2018 20:31:11
And we all lived happily ever after.

22 Jul 2018 21:12:05
Then go wave a flag at a Scotland game.

22 Jul 2018 21:38:41
I smell troll Shiite.

{Ed007's Note - Nah, Chris posts now and again and is cool.}

22 Jul 2018 22:28:15
Why don't u and your friends wave Scotland flags then Chris? It's not a dig but surely if u want to see more then just bring one.

22 Jul 2018 22:41:36
Apologies to Chris . Celtic badge on the St Andrews cross nah the colours would clash.

22 Jul 2018 23:06:40
Aha thanks ed and worries Stevie!, next time I’m at a Celtic game with friends I’d like to bring our own custom Scottish flags with the Celtic badge on it and like I said it’s no disrespect to our clubs history or foundation on what it was built on, I completely understand all our history that makes me even more proud to be a Celtic fan, it’s mearly me meaning that Scottish Celtic fans should start bringing there own flags off there country aswell to take start taking pride in our country of birth, yes a lot off fans are sick off the sfa but regardless off them I will always take pride being Scottish, like I said it was something I’d like to see along with Irish flags which represent our history. Like I said it was mearly somthing id like to see especially with the qualifiers coming up and KT potentially being Scotland! 🍀.

22 Jul 2018 23:23:21
Was meant to say Scotland captain at the end**. Sorry my bad lol.

23 Jul 2018 06:51:16
Celtic are a scotish club with Irish Heritage are we not?
How many of our fans are Scottish?

Shouldn’t have to worrying about waving a flag at Paradise let alone the flag of our own country.

Anyone who harasses a Celtic fan because they have a saltire is a donut.

23 Jul 2018 09:18:39
No issue with Scotland flags, except it doesn't go with our colours or that.

some amount of clowns in our support nowadays who seem offended by Irish flags at Parkhead mind you.

Mostly based on online opinions though.

24 Jul 2018 00:26:09
Scotland is like the place I come from the occupied 6 . Ran in the main by orange men and MAsians . Police, judiciary and football . Both these places still fun on who you know and either where you hang your hat on Sunday or what school you went to, or your weans .
If flying the Scottish fleg gets you turned on, I am sorry flying the flag of the black North doesn't excite me.

22 Jul 2018 19:11:59
Of course its sour grapes kev.

22 Jul 2018 18:48:46
Of course i wouldn't kevbhoy? we are a much bigger club than your huddersfield's etc, it'd be justified.

22 Jul 2018 19:05:17
Sounds like sour grapes to me tbh. “The bigger the club = The more money they deserve” is the kind of attitude of the people who are turning the CL into mission impossible for teams like us. Club size is also completely subjective. Somebody on this site referred to 4x European Cup winners Ajax as being potentially smaller than us the other day.

22 Jul 2018 19:07:02
Brendan can u not post below the post your play ing about mate just an observation.

22 Jul 2018 11:58:07
We all seem to be split on the club's lack of transfers in. some are concerned and some are calm and believe we are strong enough.
However no one can deny that we go into the next qualifiers a weaker squad than we finished the season with.
That's bad planning.
Am starting to think we are getting priced out of attracting the players we need to push on.
Am sure 1 or 2 will come in but let's hope it's not to late as far as the CL is concerned.

22 Jul 2018 12:35:34
If we’re being priced out of the players we want then it’s not bad planning JJ.

22 Jul 2018 12:45:15
JJ none of us think the squad is strong enough but we are calm because the window is still open and is untill the 31st of August.

22 Jul 2018 13:07:28
Weaker squad?
Just because the hair left?
Our forward line look better than ever - the three musketeers looked to have gelled and I’m predicting an unbelievable season from the front men. Best forward line since the king, Sutton and big bad John.

22 Jul 2018 13:47:46
There's 5 and a bit weeks left we will do our business no doubt or we could do what sevco did and sign 11 players prob none would even get on our bench. everyone needs to calm down Brendan and Peter know what they're doing we don't need major surgery.

22 Jul 2018 14:04:03
We have the exact same discussion on here every year. Wait till the end of the window and see what happens. Generally not a lot. Same again i think.

22 Jul 2018 14:18:56
The problem I've got is that not getting business done early makes the board look like they are stalling to see whether we are cl or Europa or neither . and then they will spend accordingly .

22 Jul 2018 14:21:01
We do t have 5 weeks for the CL. That’s were the money is that will allow us to afford better players and that needed deal with before now, or we could be in the EL.

22 Jul 2018 14:23:54
Everyone knows mcginn is Armstrong's replacement. everyone knew Armstrong was leaving. the bad planning comes when we didn't strike a player cash deal for mcginn. i think hibs would have went for cash and Allen and maybe someone on lone.
I think the other targets the manager has we maybe getting priced out of.

22 Jul 2018 14:33:17
Let's see how calm everyone is if we don't make the CL.

22 Jul 2018 14:41:55
DRP of coarse there is more than one list. We've been told that before.
Simple fact is some of the higher quality players ain't coming to Scotland to play at Easter road or Tynecastle. They come for champions league and will wait to see if we are there 1st.

22 Jul 2018 15:04:21
There's a signing deadline before every qualifier maybe once the English window closes on the 9th of Aug we'll do some business.

22 Jul 2018 17:27:26
Jozo Boyata Lustig Tierney Ajer these are international players And tho I’m not a fan of Boyata or Jozo and would like to see a better class of player they are still streets ahead of anyone in the spl. Also what cost does getting these players in and who are these players. The market we have to shop in for the class we would like to see is way out of our reach. So next step is potential ie Hendry or an unknown who may be the next Virgil or could easily be the next du wei. This is where we have to trust our manager and scouting system but unfortunately they won’t always get it right. Let’s keep the faith bhoys 1st game back for me on Wednesday and I can’t wait 🍀.

22 Jul 2018 18:10:09
The club has stated that? if that's the case the fans should demand a sliding scale season book.

22 Jul 2018 18:18:25
J J, I have to say that I think in many positions we are stronger . At the end of the season it is natural for players to be tired and their performances to be affected by niggling injuries that affect performances. I have no doubt is stronger and more confident in himself. Ntcham seems to have really learned how to partner Brown in midfield. Forrest seems to improve every season . Our twin French strikers are really a class apart from what we had as strikers for years .
I would be really confident, because I think Rosenburg, with their managerial problems will be weaker than last season and by the time we play the next round everyone will be back and settled after World Cup.

There is. too much emphasis by some fans on defence and I think Brendan has moved to his favourite tactic by playing our two big strikers up front, he isn't too worried if we concede 1/ 2.as long as we score 3 or 4.

22 Jul 2018 19:44:04
Welshbhoy you're spot on. This is where we are in the present climate. You would think our defence is the worst in Scotland the way some go on. ( best defensive record in Britain last season by the way) . As you rightly said the market we are shopping in has huge risks attached. Could we attract better than Boyota Ajer or Simu? Maybe but at the money we could spend we might end up with worse. The biggest gripe with many on here was the hammerings we've taken from PSG and Barcelona in the CL in recent seasons, although it pains me to say we might have to get used to beatings similar to this at CL level and richer clubs than us will also be on the receiving end of skelpings from the super rich too.

22 Jul 2018 20:56:13
What did PSG pump Bayern by? Anything in Europe against the bigger teams is a bonus we just need to try to qualify first. then if we do compete with the other lower ranked team in our group? Until a total unexpected restructure of champs league happen we just get the scraps. Can’t wait for first game of season now roll on the hun skelping! 🙂⚽️🍀🏆.

23 Jul 2018 07:22:51
Jungle John let's see how happy we are when we do. Also let's see how happy we are when second get pumped out of Europe by thus croatian mob this week? Thoughts Jungle john ha ha?

22 Jul 2018 10:28:47
Boyata will end up leaving. We will then be without our "best" centre half. We will not sign a replacement just like we won't for Roberts. We will be short in several positions. The quality will be no better. Bet we sign one more player. We need more if we have trimmed the squad. It isn't any stronger than it was.

22 Jul 2018 11:34:13
See as long as we are better than Sevco then half our support are happy enough. (Same would go for Sevco fans)

It's true in many ways a huge chunk of both sets of fans are equally obsessed with the other club.

The SPL is a joke, Hibs conceded 4 to a team from Faroe Islands, Adam Rooney leaving the 2nd best side to go to Salford on 4k a week.

Yet people are content dominating this joke of a league and getting almost 10 put past you on Europe as if that's acceptable.

22 Jul 2018 12:01:28
The argument about having a whole load of centre backs isn’t justifiable. We may have plenty but they’re not all of the quality we need. Ajer is the only player of class that we have in CB. Arguing Tierney can play there but that means moving him out of position and in turn weakening us going forward. We need to strengthen, players need to come in soon.

22 Jul 2018 12:48:54
How can you say boyata is our best CB then say ajer the only player of class there?
Also we have replaced Roberts with morgan.

22 Jul 2018 13:22:33
Saying best is based on BR saying this and most likely tongue in cheek from the OP

But what’s funny is saying Morgan is a replacement for Roberts, Morgan imo is behind Mikey Johnston already and here is hoping he can step up as last year when St Mirren played SPL teams he went MIA.

22 Jul 2018 14:08:25
Kev83, there is the problem. We replaced Roberts valued st £10mill with Morgan who cost us £300k. In my opinion we are weaker than last season. The idea is surly to strengthen.

22 Jul 2018 13:50:56
Kev T what exactly did Roberts do last season?
When he was fit he played as back up to James Forrest, exactly what Morgan will be doing this season.
As for your opinion about Mikey being ahead I can't see how you came up with that idea seeing as none of them have played much for our first team and Morgan has been playing at a higher level than Johnstone for years.

22 Jul 2018 15:36:25
I make my opinions on what I’ve seen when I’ve watched them play

Morgan is a St Mirren level player in the championship, Roberts already proved his level was far higher the year before.

22 Jul 2018 17:18:49
Tbh i think the Roberts argument is ridiculous. He was never our player anyway.

I get the point though maybe we should go for better but getting him was maybe unrealistic.

22 Jul 2018 18:20:44
Ken, why are you so negative re our defence . You have no idea whether Boyata is for the road or stays.

22 Jul 2018 06:40:19
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 22nd July 2018