Celtic Banter Archive April 24 2016

24 Apr 2016 21:05:00
Ed, have you seen the news on Footyheadlines about the 2 new away tops? The away top will be black and the third will be SHOCKING PINK. Thought the kits would have had more of a Lisbon feel to the designs being the 50th anniversary season.

{Ed007's Note - I have not mate, I'm not long back home.}

25 Apr 2016 09:09:38
Hopefully the black will have some kind of design rather than just all black. And hopefully we never wear the pink beast lol.

24 Apr 2016 20:34:11
What's the big thing about Lawwell heading into the dressing rooms at ft. Publicity stunt, the old I'm concerned i' ll sort it myself, watch me routine. He can see any of the guys any day of the week I'd assume.

24 Apr 2016 20:22:25
What really annoys me is that we are "faithful through and through" and the players are showing us fack all right now. Their total disrespect for RD during his term becomes more revealed every day. Their total disrespect and Alf preservation is sickening.

We need a massive clear out, Tierney and Eric only survivors for me. Before that we need a manager who can stand up command respect - a general. I haven't heard a name yet that can do this. Some of the foreign coaches mentioned are quality but the culture at the club won't permit that style. Any new manager must qualify for champ league, win the treble and unite the fans, or face the RD treatment. The board must match this with financial ambition.

For me the only person who can come close to this is Martin oneill. Failing that no nonesense managers like Hiddink or Avram Grant would be top of my list.

24 Apr 2016 22:12:01
So you wouldn't keep Griffiths?

26 Apr 2016 02:27:29
We would be very foolish not keeping Griffiths and if we want to have any chance of winning the league next season I suggest we need to keep many more, even if we are not particularly fond of them . I doubt if you could win the league with 8/ 9 players without experience of playing for the club for at least for a year previous.

24 Apr 2016 20:08:23
Was great to see the little magician Lubo at Celtic park today could have done with him on the pitch playing. I don't think I have ever experienced an atmosphere like that today was a strange one even the green brigade didn't even sing one song. Did anyone else notice griffiths kicking the ball into that end when he scored and what there thoughts where on it?

24 Apr 2016 18:52:11
How long are we going to put up with this dross.
Someone posted a little while ago that the proof of insanity was do the same thing over and over and watching it fail. Well that is what we saw today only gordon griffiths tieney get pass marks today. Mulgrew and sviatchenko get average marks but everyone else needs to look at why they are at celtic. Drop the bloody lot and play the youngsters at least they would run and chase. Lawell better make changes soon or he can forget about selling any tickets for next season.

24 Apr 2016 18:39:02
The obvious effect of a manager announcing his imminent departure has been proven with many other clubs over the years and although it's not time for panic-stations just yet - there is no doubt, that this has got to be one of the most unsatisfactory and painful seasons for many a year.
Of course there was going to be a 'hangover' from the Sevco game, but Aberdeen gave us a wee lift and that's the second time in a few weeks that we have failed to beat Ross County at home after our rivals handed us the initiative.
The atmosphere and apathy all around the club is so negative that even winning the title, will be seen as a very hollow victory, as the task awaiting the new boss looks more and more daunting every week, with the huge assembly of mediocrity at our great club.
RD is a dead-man-walking and the majority of these players should be offloaded as well as they have not done enough to earn the respect and support of the fans who pinned their trust in them, week-in, week-out in the hope that they would play to their potential as often as possible and deliver.

24 Apr 2016 18:15:24
New Manager? Listen, as in any workplace it's CLEAR that there are divisions and cliques within Celtic Park. Sorting this is easier said than done. For me, sort this out to begin with. lay rules and foundations and then the talent will start to flourish. For me there is only one man on the horizon BIG enough, BOLD enough, EXPERIENCED enough and ARTICULATE enough for the task in hand. Roy Keane. This time. I think the support would buy into it. MAKE IT HAPPEN, PETER!

24 Apr 2016 18:42:37
Roy keane lost the dressing room at both Sunderland and Ipswich Town.

24 Apr 2016 18:47:29
Best way to sort a clique is to get rid of them, you don't need a "hard man" ie keane who I think would create more problems. Ireland, man utd, come to mind as examples.

24 Apr 2016 19:43:45
Guys. 'Best way to sort a clique is to get rid of them. ' I AGREE. My point being it's easier said than done. I didn't ever say we need a HARD MAN. We need a man that will command respect! I think RK will do that. Lenny has had his time and the fact that he was fishing for the job whilst playing golf HOURS after RD handed in his notice, for me, speaks volumes. No class. Forget a foreign manager. We NEED someone to hit the ground running. I am struggling to think of a better candidate.

24 Apr 2016 22:29:33
DiCanio?

24 apr 2016 18:13:05
souness. . walter smith. . super ally all oods on fae mangers job but could ronny boy stay 🎩.

24 Apr 2016 09:28:57
morning ed never heard of that guy from fc ausburg I wouid be happy with hiddink TBH look at lecister city ed out well for them with Claudio ranirei surly to god can work out with guss hiddink to us.

{Ed007's Note - There would be a mutiny if we signed Ranieri, players, fans ant the MSM would never accept him and his modern and scientific approach to the game.}

24 Apr 2016 17:42:53
Mourinho is available incase hiddink doesn't work out.

24 Apr 2016 18:19:46
Seriously tho, steve clarke would be a great shout for you's. Can't understand why roy keane's name is been thrown about, great player but has caused problems wherever he has been and has done nothing in management.

24 Apr 2016 17:15:56
Shocking today again there has to be a huge clear out just heard there has been 34 players used in league this season .

24 Apr 2016 17:39:35
. and about 30 of them have been red-rotten most of the season.

24 Apr 2016 09:28:57
morning ed never heard of that guy from fc ausburg I wouid be happy with hiddink TBH look at lecister city ed out well for them with Claudio ranirei surly to god can work out with guss hiddink to us.

23 Apr 2016 21:35:53
ED007 reports online saying Celtic have denied contacting Gus Hiddink, yes I know his salary would be astronimical but we can dream, what are your thoughts on him even taking up a Director of Football role with a young up and coming manager, this could be the way forward.

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24 Apr 2016 16:26:31
In my opinion you only need a director of football if you appoint a head coach, i think we require a good Manager that appoints his own staff and sounds out his own signing targets. I know its old school but better to have one chief in our current state. However i agree Hiddink would make a fantastic DoF if that's the way the board choose to go. If they did, i'd rather MOn as DoF with RK as the head coach.

24 Apr 2016 18:45:55
Hiddink has said a few times he's retiring at end of seadon

24 Apr 2016 13:59:21
Just read this statement from Deila. He's talking in defence of Lawell but I think it's indicitive of what went wrong for Ronny:

"Consistency is unbelievably important and he's been successfull all the time. We've had trouble getting into the Champions League for the last two years but, again, that can turn around. It's very difficult when everything is a failure when you lose and everything is okay when you win. It's not normal. "

Maybe not normal at Stromgodset Ronny. I think the job was just way too big for him. Way bigger than he thought it would be in terms of pressure and expectation.
I wish him all the best and I hope he finds another club that's better suited. More importantly, I hope we can find a manager that is better suited to our great club and the pressures that come with the job.

Of all the names mentioned so far I'd really like Moyes. I think he'd be hungry to get it right and he'd be here for the long term and bring us the ten. My heart thinks DD is going to dip his pocket though and make Keane an offer he can't refuse. but back on planet Earth, it'll be welcome to the club Malky McKay or Paul Hartley : (

24 Apr 2016 16:37:05
You would take Hartley or McKay? What exactly have they done? Keane was a wonderful player not as good a manager we would aswell fold out youth set up if we had Keane. Changes take time RD would not have been everyone's cup of tea but atleast his philosophy and youth policy had us heading in the right direction can't see many of the possible managers mentioned taking the time to work with the youths RD was on to a hiding the minute he arrived from the press our own players to loyal to an ex manager who let them away with murder and left for pastures new and our so called best fans in the world listening to phone ins and believing the so called experts and ex players that were all too happy to put the boot in and have there say.

25 Apr 2016 04:07:43
Where do I say that mate? I suggested that they are the calibre of manager thst we will more than likely end up with.

24 Apr 2016
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24 Apr 2016 11:50:19
Just saw sunday mail online macgregor saying last 5 games for ronny and their own futures! Aye pal lookafter yirsels never mind us fans we just pay yir wages n turn up to give you the support that recently none of them deserve! Exception of one or two from a squad of what 50.

24 Apr 2016 14:18:02
The MSSM can get your blood up and magnify any problems you have . Most Celtic supporters have ignored SMSM in every guise, better for blood pressure .

24 Apr 2016 07:41:43
Well I'm heading to the match today not sure how big a crowd and what kind of mood they will be in. I do feel it will be a less hostile than if Ronnie had not resigned. i have a feeling we will go out and hammer county today and if we do I believe it proves the players where not giving the guy full backing. Any thoughts guys.

24 Apr 2016 10:47:02
i agree. Most of these players might not be willing to play for deila, but they should be putting in a shift for their paying fans regardless every week. I just hope brown is dropped and Armstrong is given a chance in the CM role.

24 Apr 2016 10:49:38
No. I think we will win but narrow win. They can play freely RCFC that is. CFC are unsettled and in transition and so not the right " base " from which to harness confidence.

Thus has been a very patchy season but I hope that the players who are playing well play well so expecting good things from Eric and KT and LG. think he might go with two up top today so CKR playing as well in a formation adjusted to suit two strikers

I will be happy with any win to be honest

CFC do need a major overhaul in terms of players and management but we also need to find a way to come together throughout the whole club from owner to executive management to team management and through fans. The tribute act are aligned and that is like a 12th man

There's already negative banter about managers and the rights and wrongs of any candidate. If we were left to choose one as a fan base ( heaven forbid ) there would be no consensus

I really hope that the PR improves and that we can indeed wipe the slate clean and start again with decent recruitment and moving players on who have suspect attitudes

Inconsistency and complacency killed off the experiment in the end and a very divided fan base didn't / hasn't helped and I'm as culpable as the next fan in that regard.