Celtic Banter Archive March 22 2016

22 Mar 2016 21:34:06
Unfortunately for us big jozo has been unlucky with injuries however i am concerned as to the frequency of his absences! To be honest from what I've seen so far i think he is a cracking defender although he does need to improve his play while in possession and passing from the back. Just wondering what everyone elses initial thoughts are of him and if they have been as impressed as me? (Injuries aside)

22 Mar 2016 22:56:58
NI, think Jozo looks comfortable at this level can read a game well and to me seems a confident defender.

Would love to see him and Sviatchenko play in a run of games to see how they develop together and if we potentially have a solid pairing heading into Champs League Quals.

Just hope he doesn't have the same doc as Boerigter!

23 Mar 2016 13:52:24
I'm already worrying Jozo is going to be a sick note? Is this his 3rd spell out now?

23 Mar 2016 14:21:23
Are the injuries similar also?

23 Mar 2016 17:13:29
Give the lad a chance, talk about Celtic fans best in the world and we are down on this player already .

23 Mar 2016 17:35:24
Old boy questioning a players injury proness doesn't mean we're giving him a hard time. I don't hate dirk or think bad thoughts of him as a player but what I do say is he isn't any use to us if he is injured all the time. I and a few others are beginning to worry about jozo and rightly so IMO. He has been injured on 3 separate occasions now so i think that's cause for concern. It's nothing personal. From what I have saw of him he looks a decent player but hopefully he isn't a new dirk or hoiveldt.

23 Mar 2016 17:44:31
Chris nobody here is "down on" Jozo as I see it. Like Jsean I've expressed a desire to see him in the team alongside Sviatchenko going forward. But as far as I'm aware, and may be wrong, he has suffered from a knee problem 3 times this season, and that's concerning when you look at how little he has played.

23 Mar 2016 17:52:24
Actually it may have been his ankle twice and this time his knee. When the Molde player went in late I remember thinking they had deliberately went for his previously bad ankle.

23 Mar 2016 18:02:31
Nobodies down on him old bhoy just genuinely concerned, he does seem injury prone.

23 Mar 2016 21:13:25
Pedri Celt it can 't be easy for a young player to leave his home and family, his home land and friends and travel hundreds of miles. to Scotland where it seems to be winter every day and yet if he reads a Celtic forum he comes across people who know nothing about him, judging him and finding fault.
Great supporters .

24 Mar 2016 16:42:48
Old boy it's you who is putting a judgemental spin on what is being said. Does travelling to Scotland make your hamstrings ping or your ankles roll all of a sudden? I'll support the guy when he's on the pitch and I'll even wish him well in his recovery but regardless of what team in the told you play for if your constantly injured your no use to anyone. I don't know how you can chastise people for saying I hope he isn't another sick note player by claiming that we go against our 'best fans in the world' banding. Plucking negativity from that is pretty petty if you ask me.

24 Mar 2016 22:02:05
Pedro Surely we don't know the boy long enough to decide he is constantly injured.
Even the SMSM would find it hard to describe him as constantly injured despite the injuries he has had in his 6 mths with us . I am pleased you support and encourage him when he is on the pitch playing for us, I would expect that to be the least I would hope from a good Celtic supporter . Give the player a year or two before condemning him as constantly injured .

25 Mar 2016 13:08:01
So far he has been injured almost his entire Celtic career. Nuff said.

26 Mar 2016 19:25:41
Pedro He has played 17/ 18 games, the last 6 or so with an injured knee . Top knee specialist in London has determined quite a serious injury which means he will miss the remainder of this season and maybe part of next season .
I certainly don't see this as a " sick note type of player but a young player determined to play through the pain .

I suppose at the time some of you were ringing the D R and giving out stink about H L not playing with his broken leg . Some of ye would think J Kennedy should still be playing, wasn't it only something wee wrong with his knee

Nuff said.

22 Mar 2016 16:38:07
Given the amount of negativity coming out of the jungle these days you would think we were being humped every week with no chance of anything good. I really don't care how we play at the moment I just want the bhoys to win I agree that it's not all rosy but we have to back the team no matter what. We have had bad spells in the past and have always bounced back for godsake let's have a bit of unity and get behind the team. We are Celtic we are family we will achieve greatness if we remain United and loyal. HAIL HAIL.

22 Mar 2016 18:50:00
I think that fans are being very naïve if they think that if 60.000 people suddenly turn up at Celtic park success will follow, I wish it was as simple as that, then again if it was as easy as that every other team would be successful as well.
Celtic had great backing on Saturday, it didn't prevent an awful performance from the players.
Fans are perfectly entitled to ask why this is the case.

22 Mar 2016 18:53:34
MM12009. Well said, we are well on the road to number 5, so it shouldn't be all doom and gloom . A bit of positivity and we might all enjoy it .

24 Mar 2016 22:09:08
Gerryc Celtic had 5,000 to 6,0000 fans at Kilmarnock on Saturday and u are right they were very good and very supportive, and what happened we won the game with a fantastic strike late on .
Many knowledgeable supporters say that at this time of season, results are most important .

22 Mar 2016 07:16:09
You know I'm no fan of Ronnie as a coach but now is the time to put criticism to one side and everyone put there shoulder to the wheel, there won't be a change of manager or any new players till the summer at least so let's try and get the team over the line for a league and cup double.

22 Mar 2016 08:24:36
That's more like it. There wasn't going to be a new head coach at any point the way things have been. I just wish thousands would have adopted such a mentality earlier.

22 Mar 2016 10:51:34
Too many Celtic fans gullible enough to believe the SMSM who at no time has had any good to write or say about Celtic, manager or players . We all must do what is good for Celtic, get behind club and management and finish the season with a double .

22 Mar 2016 11:30:19
That misconception gets on peoples nerves oldbhoy, I like many many other fans don't buy the r*cord or the s*n and would rather listen to Justin biebers greatest hits ( if he has any ) than listen to radio synde, we base our opinions on watching the team, the results from matches and how we see the players perform, it's like saying you and others base your opinions only on what you read in the Celtic view and the comments made by peter lawell or the press releases by our communication director, that would make you and others puppets for them, which I'm sure you would claim is untrue.

22 Mar 2016 12:22:11
Most of us have grown up with the biased and derogatory reporting and many of us have stopped buying, listening-to or watching the attempts to undermine our club, or disrupt managers and players.
Better Celtic managers and club spokespeople have stood up to them and put them in their place, but in recent years the silence from within Celtic Park has been deafening.
Lennon had to endure a horrific hate campaign based on bigotry and sectarianism, while Deila has been criticised all season - both managers, without any serious protection or backing from the club.
Celtic fans can be fickle at times, but have a right to comment on their concerns and doubts, as much as their support and belief and it is not all generated or orchestrated by a media we have never trusted or pay any heed to.

22 Mar 2016 19:12:47
It's even more serious, if so many Celtic fans are so anti, R D players and Board and have came to this view without been indoctrinated by the SMSM . It's really unbelievable that any supporter cannot have some things about Celtic to be excited about and hence post some positives . It must be easier to post negatively but I cannot see the point . Everyone knows there are weaknesses , but how does it bring advantages to the club and team posting them on a daily basis . If we post positively we might build confidence and thus team plays better.

22 Mar 2016 22:24:47
Old Bhoy do you really think that Ronny or anyone at Celtic reads these posts and is in any way troubled by them? So how does any negative posts on this site influence Ronny or the players? They don't give a flying monkeys what we post on here. It makes no difference to players or managers.

22 Mar 2016 23:13:57
Johnnymac, the fans read this stuff and transmit their negativity on match days, almost exclusively at home.

23 Mar 2016 17:33:53
What else do u expect a foreign person who is trying to improve his English, surely he is more likely to read a Celtic fans forum than one belonging to Sevco or the MSSM . If u thiink people at Celtic don't read Celtic forums, I pity your simple outlook

Why the hell are some people so nasty, if they didn't think they were abusinng people and hiding behind a user name. Usually hen picked husbands who can't get a word in at home .