Celtic Banter Archive October 24 2016

24 Oct 2016 22:55:45
Ed I've just had a look at our future fixtures and according to the bbc site we have 9 games in the month of December. That's 9 games in 28 days at almost a game very 3 days which is a crazy amount. Is this correct?

{Ed007's Note - It's spot on buddy.}

24 Oct 2016 23:16:36
Wow that's a lot of games in a short space of time, this is where the depth of our squad will come into play.

{Ed007's Note - We might even see Kris Commons!}

24 Oct 2016 23:28:31
Maybe even Efe 😱🙈 (too far)

{Ed007's Note - We're possibly only one injury away from Efe being in the match day squad! If any of Simunovic, Sviatchenko or Toure get injured Efe would be brought in.}

25 Oct 2016 09:25:34
what's happening with occonell anyone know he seems to went off the radar0.

25 Oct 2016 03:47:10
Even before our young CB (forget his name) Ed? He was doing well, what happened just developed time in u20?

{Ed007's Note - Eoghan O'Connell - I think it would depend on our opponent if he was selected over Ambrose.}

25 Oct 2016 08:15:17
Good way to put everyone on a downer Ed lol.

25 Oct 2016 10:48:32
I would think oconnell before effe?

{Ed007's Note - O'Connell isn't even part of the first team squad.}

25 Oct 2016 12:24:02
The zombies have 6 in December and hearts on 30th November.

25 Oct 2016 13:33:36
What about Boyata?

25 Oct 2016 13:59:30
Gordon
Lustig Simunovic Schiavchenko Tierney
Roberts Brown Armstrong Rogic Sinclair
Dembele

De Vries
Gamboa Toure Ambrose Izzaguire
Forrest McGregor Bitton Henderson Christie
Griffiths

I know I've left one or two out for subs - and each team could be rearranged, but even allowing for the ridiculous fixture schedule, we should have enough about us?

25 Oct 2016 16:12:09
Our b team is better than everyone's first team and I am hard pushed to find an spfl player who would make our b team.

25 Oct 2016 16:56:38
Forrest won't be in the B team.
Gaffer likes him and he looks like he will start most matches.

25 Oct 2016 17:10:17
C team
Bailey
Boyata O'connell mccart ralston
Ajer GMS bitton commons
Cifti aitchinson.

24 Oct 2016 21:10:39
Just occurred to me that Dembele has another monkey off his back by scoring away from Parkhead.

24 Oct 2016 19:18:36
Great comments from Sutton and Butcher calling game as they saw it. Priceless from Big Terry, when he commented on Senderos's movement that his ' taxi had just pulled up'. Guy is slow as treacle. Well done bhoys😊.

24 Oct 2016 20:14:29
Big Terry went right up in my estimations when he described last month how his wife challenged him about buying into the anti-Catholicism at Ibrokes during his playing days which made him take a step back and ask himself what the feck he was singing. Fair play to him. He was as honest as the days long during his comentary yesterday as you say Norway1.

{Ed007's Note - Butcher has spoken out a few times about the going ons inside Ibrox, him and Ray Wilkins were disgusted at the treatment of Mo Johnston by a hell of a lot of their 'hero' players and officials.}

24 Oct 2016 20:37:05
Well said bhoys i really enjoyed the commentary from Sutton and butcher.

Although I thought Sutton was a little over the top with Thomson.
I agreed with everything he said but it's kinda make your point and move on.

24 Oct 2016 21:01:30
I actually mentioned that on Twitter. Couldn't believe how much stick Sutton was getting for being "biased" when ex-Rangers captain Terry Butcher agreed with almost every word he said.

24 Oct 2016 21:42:50
Really it would be very difficult to go over the top about Thompson.

24 Oct 2016 22:57:41
Haha old bhoy fair point 😀.

25 Oct 2016 10:51:41
I have always found butcher very honest. He gives his views and I don't always agree but never thought he was bias or bigoted.

26 Oct 2016 06:10:08
As Maradona once said "who is Terry Butcher, who is he? " .

24 Oct 2016 19:55:44
Really hope deila (only joking) Rodgers plays 4-4-2. Serious potential with Dembele/ Griffiths. What a transformation in life Griffiths has made. Tommy Burns will be proud.

24 Oct 2016 21:44:22
Aye it would be great fun playing two strikers up front and losing games on a regular bases.

25 Oct 2016 00:22:15
you can't be serious old bhoy? We should beat anyone in Scottish football regardless of who plays and where. Every team in Scotland would love to have players who are third choice here in their first team. On top of that I don't think there is a player in Scotland who is better than what we have already. We should play 2 up top domestically and in Europe if it's working which it would. Don't know where Rodgers get this I don't have the players in midfield to do so? Bollocks he's petrified of failure, evidenced by his late changes on Sunday I mean no Roberts and Griffiths not on until 75+ minutes in? Waited until the 60th to take of bitton.

25 Oct 2016 13:21:58
At the moment I trust and believe B Rodgers when he says it isn't a simple matter of playing two up front but that our strengths come from the pressure our players put on our opponents all over the pitch .
I don't think B Rodgers who in my opinion is the best position to know goes with just one striker for the craic, I imagine he thinks it suits Celtic best.

24 Oct 2016 17:18:31
I see BR has said that he cannot wait for the January tranfer window.
Who do you want

Calum Paterson
Andrew Robertson
James Macarthy
Robert Snodgrass
Or who.

{Ed007's Note - Why would we need Paterson or Robertson and why would we want Snodgrass? Selling Bitton and bringing McCarthy in would be ideal though.}

24 Oct 2016 17:51:59
As much as I would love to get McCarthy, I can't see Everton reducing the asking price enough for us to afford him.

{Ed007's Note - Stranger things have happened, Rab.}

24 Oct 2016 18:27:35
I would think he might bring in one - or two at most as very good players are very rare in January and most clubs are reluctant to sell. There is no doubt we need to keep strengthening to compete in Europe, but the form of Tierney, Dembele, Brown and Sinclair, the resurgence of Forrest and emergence of Simunovic and a more confident Armstrong is all very encouraging at present.

24 Oct 2016 18:00:24
A keeper and a cdm.

24 Oct 2016 18:00:24
A keeper and a cdm.

24 Oct 2016 18:22:53
Ed have you heard anything about McCarthy as I heard this today from one of his family but when I said about affording him they said stranger things have happened?

{Ed007's Note - Celtic contacted Everton last week (maybe the week before, I did say on here or maybe it was the live chat) about signing McCarthy in January.}

24 Oct 2016 19:00:30
Paterson! I really don't see the fuss with this guy, he's pish! And we couldn't afford the other 3! Like snodgrass but a CM is priority!

24 Oct 2016 19:42:55
Totally agree ed, there is 1 position that is glaringly obv we need strengthened and that is the other midfield position next to Brown. He has been outstanding this season but is having to do it himself in there at times.

On wed night against Gladbach if I were Brown first thing I would have done in dressing room after game is grab Biton by the scruff of the neck and say "gonna gie me a hand out there".

Brown is the only 1 fighting and scrapping when opposition have the ball while Biton stands and watches.
I would snap your hand off for McCarthy, while I an admirer of Armstrong I fear he might not be good enough I hope I wrong tho.

24 Oct 2016 18:42:11
would love mccarthy tbh, wouldn't say no to snodgrass on a pre contract either, Ed was it rodgers that signed Ki sung from us when he was at swansea?

{Ed007's Note - Didn't Ki join Swansea the summer Rodgers left? 2012.}

24 Oct 2016 18:44:56
To ED Paterson could allow Lusnig to move inside when Toure goes Robertson could give cover to Tierney also allow him to move forward ala Garath Bale both could be signed on free for the summer, Not sure about Snodgrass sometimes he looks a world beater next he looks like he could not beat a drum.
We need at least one other real quality midfielder someone who can pick a pass and tackle like wanwamya.

{Ed007's Note - We've got Gamboa to deputise for Lustig and Simunovic to replace Toure. I don't understand why anyone would want to move our best LB in decades to play out of position, Oh look, we've got one of the best young LBs in Europe, why not risk ruining his career by playing him as a winger. It's a nonsense, nobody talks about playing Dembele at CDM because of his height do they? What you're actually saying is play KT instead of Sinclair.
Hull also have a years option on Robertson's contract so realistically his contract runs until 2018 and Hull are already in talks with him to extend his deal further. Hull would be looking for circa £10 million for him this coming summer, I'm sure they wanted £13 million that summer there.}

24 Oct 2016 20:05:52
Cheers ed, think he would be a great signing, Armstrong looking better and think will only improve but McCarthy in there to help brown would be a great midfield.

{Ed007's Note - The Armstrong fan club seems to be getting bigger :-D

24 Oct 2016 20:42:14
Give Armstrong a chance he looked fab entering things on Sunday quicker and solid IMO

Given the McCarthy one a bit of thought factor in Commons and Efe are away tail end of the season and that is the lads wages there without any loss to the team am sure Ed said transfer fees are paid over a protracted time now anyway but just for once it would be lovely to splurge that CL money that has been missed over the last two seasons, wouldn't it be great to see that income factored into the playing staff be a great statement IMO 👍.

{Ed007's Note - It would certainly send some message out if we could make it happen, Jamie.}

24 Oct 2016 21:08:15
Ed, I actually spoke to Callum Patterson's dad very briefly about him moving to us. He laughed and said tongue in cheek that he was too good for Celtic, but did say that we "like him" and . And before anybody starts, this actually happened, he goes out with my girlfriend's aunty lol.

{Ed007's Note - I think Paterson's a good young player, Kev but I don't think we need him just now and I hate to see good young players joining us and not playing, his career would be best served staying at Hearts for now.}

24 Oct 2016 22:02:07
I'd have to agree with you there Ed. It would be good to have a young Scot on both flanks but Lustig is doing well at the moment and there's not been enough game time for Gamboa to show his worth so far.

{Ed007's Note - Gamboa's a Rodgers signing so he'll get his chance and don't forget we still have Janko to come back or move on too.}

24 Oct 2016 22:57:08
It has to be a gk bhoys for me that's the main priority.

{Ed007's Note - I think that'll wait until the summer but it has to be the priority then for me too. We simply can't have another crack at the CL with Gordon as our No.1.}

25 Oct 2016 10:37:33
You reckon we could get him on loan Ed?

{Ed007's Note - Unless it was a loan with a realistic option to buy then no, Rodgers doesn't want any loan signings and we don't want another Guidetti situation where the player thinks he has a chance of moving and we have no intentions of stumping up for him.}

25 Oct 2016 08:22:07
Any names ed?

I fancied Marshall but that's not looking likely.

{Ed007's Note - Nah, sorry.}

24 Oct 2016
New image uploaded to the
Celtic Player Sightings page entitled, Paul McStay ( Maestro )

24 Oct 2016 09:49:25
I see that Newcastle and Crystal Palace are in for simunovic. I really do think selling him would be a step backwards and we've got a real talent coming through with him. Bit more expeirience and tutoring under Kolo and well have a solid centre back pairing in Erik and Jozo. Think he needs a chance in Europe to be fair!

24 Oct 2016 11:20:34
If he is going to stay fit I'm happy for him to stay.

{Ed007's Note - The story is a pile of nonsense that originated on a hit whoring site after yesterday's match, Rab.}

24 Oct 2016 11:38:56
Think the fact torino were willing to pay 3/ 4 mill for a guy who was on his way back from injury says a lot about how highly some rate him . Needs a good run in the team imo but looked solid yesterday.

24 Oct 2016 12:04:24
Kenlike Eh, I haven't notice many posts from you previously and no doubt you may not be up to date with the way the media operates in Scotland.
The media are very good at upsetting players and supporters at the one time . There never seems to be a time that hostile bids are ( in the minds of the media ) , been prepared for at least some of our top players . Sometimes some of our fans are gullible to believe the media and on occasions that can reflect with a lesser support for the player who becomes unsettled.

24 Oct 2016 12:15:44
Is one good game against the zombies all it takes for a PL move?

Sounds about right from Scottish journalism!

24 Oct 2016 12:26:50
Rather than print facts about the Sevco existence, or criticize the Brentford Bread Man they always have to resort to fairy tales and fabrication to the detriment of our club.
It just shows how much it hurts and eats away at their wee narrow, bitter minds - and long may it continue. Celtic supporters should never buy into - or indeed buy these arse-rags.

24 Oct 2016 17:00:30
Either way i would like to keep the guy.

24 Oct 2016 17:57:15
I rated him last season before his injury and I'm confident he will be a good player for us once he gets a run of games. Just hope that his injuries were just bad luck and not recurring.

24 Oct 2016 17:57:15
I rated him last season before his injury and I'm confident he will be a good player for us once he gets a run of games. Just hope that his injuries were just bad luck and not recurring.

24 Oct 2016 19:24:39
Have to keep him he's just started to find his feet and imo he could be as good as big virgil, and will move for a decent fee in a few years.

24 Oct 2016 21:05:57
Just going by what I read on Twitter Rab. Came from one of my mates who is a big Newcastle fan, he's down in Newcastle every home game. Chinese whispers. But truly if you look back at the past 6-8 years at Celtic Every time a big player for us left, another would replace him and follow the same path. Looking at our squad just now we've got a good few players that can continue to grow as a player on and off the pitch and become just as important as what wanyama and Virgil were. Tierney, jozo, dembele and rogic will be massive players for us in the future. I truly hope they stay and help our club challenge europes best once again.

24 Oct 2016 09:02:38
I know it's been mentioned before but I have to say Scott brown is having his best season for years. I can only presume he was fuming after last years semi when everyone said he was finished ( including some of our own fans) . He got loads of stick about coming off second best to their hero Halliday. He's obviously bottled up that feeling as he has totally controlled both him and mouthy Barton in the last two sevco games. He's been fairly respectful leading up to the games but you know deep down he's saying what we all want and that we want to smash them every time we play them and teach them some respect. By the way I loved the tackle on Halliday to earn him a booking, both to smash him and give him an opportunity to let the Hun ref what he thought of him.

24 Oct 2016 13:33:43
Have always been a fan of Browns but even I thought he was done mate! He looked slower and not as sharp last season this season he's been superb the whole team look a lot stronger someone even said yesterday that Armstrong looks stronger. What a difference a new manager makes.

24 Oct 2016 15:26:04
Scot Brown was done only in the minds of a small number but very active contributors to fan forums . We are indeed blessed to have a player as good as him for as long a time as we had him.