Celtic Banter Archive March 26 2014

 

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26 Mar 2014 23:19:14
How about this for a team, Forster, Fisher, Vvd, chalmers, Fraser, Biton, johannsson, Henderson, McGregor, Watt, Fridge.

Subs Zaluska, Mcgeoch, Rogic, Atajic, Balde, Twardzik.
Capable of winnin the league next season?
Probably, or is it too expensive with the nappy bill.Average age about 6 and a half.

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Probably would be ok except you missed out Sammy. NL is always going to have him in there somewhere (although why he is even allowed near the ground on matchdays is beyond me as he has shown where his heart now lies and its not at Celtic.)

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Get Rogic on the pitch starting I say. The bhoy is looking very good out here for the victory and hopefully doing enough for World Cup selection.

I just wished Lennon would give him an extended run in the team because we have definitely got one hell of a footballer there!

Taz

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@rayman see to be honest, any team we field will win league. Its consistency in europe that's the problem

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26 Mar 2014 22:25:11
Forgot to mention how bold it was of a wee ginger haired lad to provoke PT fans, Sevco, SMSM and the SNP .

Hope he's arrested and dealt with .

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26 Mar 2014 22:08:25
Watched the game up in Peterhead tonight .Enjoyed .Nice to see a couple of fresh faces shapeing up to be regulars, and in a stylish way.
Only down side was managerial decisions and why Stokes wasn't subituted after 1 min

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Eh? You been sniffing the glue again TTTS? Stokes was immense last night or are you a zombie that has the stench of our success in your notrils and need to vent your anger?
Go ahead, if it gives you the small moral victory you require, now you can kiss the badge of your defunct club and relive the glory days when your team robbed, stole and conned the country to your tainted 9 in a row!
It's ok pal - come to the bhoys in green next season no one will judge you. Not even ra peepul!

HH ShottsBhoy

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@TTTS change of tone from previous thread where you were full of praise for Stokes and were arguing with me cause I said he is not good enough. Says it all really about you

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Can't post sarcasm it seems .

Must be eating you up DN, stokes MOM, NL 3 titles, young players coming through and you having eff all to girn about .

You I'd imagine are one of the few the wife would enjoy letting out to the pub to watch a match, any thing to get away form your seemly endless stream of greeting

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@3 some people are full of their own importance mate, they just don't understand sarcasm
Tambhoy

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@ttts to cut to the chase I think you talk sh*te. One minute your praising stokes, next your slating him and trying to pass it off as sarcasm.

Back to lennon, as I have stated numerous times he is not good enough. 3 in a row, big achievement when you're certain to win each season. (Sarcasm). How is his domestic cup record? Should of been sacked after morton defeat.

If you want to bring wives into this, wire in. Just shows how low and immoral you really are. Classic deflection from the truth tactics

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TTTS I am with DN30 on this one, None of your threads had a LOL or! to indicate your sarcasm! I am a fan of SPL Stokes because he is ronseal, he does what he does. Scores goals in the SPL.
He won't be setting the champs league alight and as much as I slated Celtic choice to bring LG in after his past offences - he is going to be the 'hooper' for a few seasons 30+ and scoring in Europe. I eat my words for my comments about signing hm. But I stand by my words he is a lout that will bring trouble to CP.
If you are a ger trying to cause hassle feck off to the dark sides page boasting you got me and DN30 to take the bait, its the only victory you will have this season bar winning a pub team league lol

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@4. Aye mate, jog on. Nothing creative to say as usual

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26 Mar 2014 20:24:38
No having a go bit has commons ever scored a free kick it's just confusing why he takes most of them and I don't think I've ever seen him score 1

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Same topic at my pub table. Can't really complain too much though 1-0 up and he won the free kick. We have to link up better through the middle in the second half.it got the goal but i'd like to see some running through the middle. Never know balde might get his 5mins. He is due a run out

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He's been poor all night and wasn't great on Saturday. I'd give him a wee rest

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Aye he's been poor all night, I'd sell him .

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Walked it in the second half :). Title secured. let's see the flair play for the rest of the season .
TTS- I agree he needs a rest but he still did well tonight . Give 50 pence fitbaw boot forster more of a test and play him AM for the rest of the season. As long as the wingers, strikers and ball boys are on form he will give pirlo and xavi a run for their money come the world cup!

rglen8

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26 Mar 2014 19:32:01
A nice bottle of vino to watch us secure another title. No bad for a Wednesday! let's steamroll over Partick, get the title and take the party back to Paradise on Saturday. Wonder what the zombies are up to tonight? Bet you 50p they will be behind their sofa's wiping their tears way the sash!

HH

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{Ed007's Note - Enjoy yourself mate.}

26 Mar 2014 17:46:52
Evening Ed 007
Che evnin bud, what you said was very admirable and I don't dissagree with any of it, the point in all of this could have been avoided if the board spent dough on quality players rather than future ( stars! )

filling the stadium of freebees does'nt mean the atmosphere will be any better, but players that would exite the fans + plus a vibrant and colourful GB is my idea of a good combination, then tackle prices inside the stadium for us with kids/grandkids

I wait and look forward with baited breath on PL next move for next season, anyway, sorry for the long post,
2-1 the hoops and if not tonight the we move onto saturday

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26 Mar 2014 16:20:25
Ed, I have sent a couple of banter replys here and on the Sevco sight with none being published. Have I offended you in any way?

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{Ed007's Note - You've not offended me Tam and if you you were blocked this wouldn't have reached me. I have nothing to do with the Sevco page, I don't think they would be impressed if I was on there as well as running the Sons of Struth!}

Thanks anyway ED, seems to be sorted fine now. That first half perfrormance last night was shocking, I watched the Liverpool game after 20 mins of our game! A lot hapier with the second half, great goal fae Stokes. Time to build and get rid of some of our own. Bring on the summer and let's se what it brings. Hail Hail

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{Ed007's Note - The first half wasn't the best Tam but watching Liverpool instead is a bit extreme, nothing in life is ever THAT bad you need to stoop to that level.}

26 Mar 2014 16:05:59
Prevening folks.Looks like a nice night to wrap up another title win to me. Bit of extra spice as we can win it at the home of our closest Glasgow rivals as well.Lets hope we come out with all guns blazing and put on a show. Enjoy all you Tims out there!

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26 Mar 2014 08:13:03
Reading some of the posts from yesterday, particularly Che Connelly's about what the board could do to attract more fans, here are some suggestions I have said before.
Che I agree with you about more tickets being given to charities or the unemployed (I think Celtic do give tickets just now to these, but maybe expand the scheme)
The season ticket package must be looked at on a season by season basis and priced accordingly. Celtic must offer regular season ticket holders discounts like a loyalty scheme.
Parents with children must be given an affordable package for one or more child. even include a drink and snack in season ticket price.
Celtic already have discount travel in place on certain bus and train routes but must expand this, even help supporters buses with discounted private coach hire.
Inside the ground most fans find the food kiosks too pricy, Celtic must find a way of keeping the quality but reducing the cost of food and drinks.
My final idea for now, Celtic should set up a liason committee with fans to discuss all of above and more to improve the match day experience of all supporters.

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All fair enough suggestions Timalloy but what the board really need to do is put a better product on display. It really is that simple.

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{Ed007's Note - Better quality players and football puts bums on seats.}

Tim, Celtic have a liason Officer who receives constant questions from mostly the same twitter accounts. I honestly think some wait all day on Celtic posting a news item then pounce with criticism – any criticism at all. The Liaison Officer is (in my opinion) a really positive addition Celtic have made and he is very helpful. I’ve yet to hear a justified bad word about him.

I know I can get worked up about stuff (sometimes) but Che is entitled to his PLC apologist opinion and others their Celtic bashing opinion and to be honest, I just can’t see the point in it all anymore. End of the day, its the football on the Park that gets the Crowds in. Not a PLC, an Ultra group, cheap food, public transport etc etc.

Agree with all your points Tim, they do go some way to helping with the match experience though and more affordable prices would probably be next on the list after the product on the Park.

Anyway, I have a ticket for tonight as I was one of the sad acts that forward planned with how many points we needed. Being a geek can pay off lol

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I really do despair sometimes guys about the moans and groans about the team. Most of us on here can remember some truly awful teams in the recent past. My question is what do you really want? We have a team easily winning the league every yr for next 4/5 years. Yes we could improve on cups but a treble is hard to come by. CL? our success there is getting to group stage, last 16 a huge bonus. We have no competition it makes more sense stockpiling money (if we can) than spending the now for no reason. The common theory is to spend money to compete in CL and get to last 16. REALLY? we could easily spend 20 mill on 3/4 players and it would not get us there most years, so what's the point, as makin last 16 would only get us extra 8 mill(you do the math) its not small club mentality its just where we are at the moment and the environment we play in that's to blame. I have every confidence once a challenge comes and season books go up the club will rise to the challenge in mean time guys we just got to sit tight and wait after all the teams not that bad, they just don't need to raise their game anymore.Any footballer/sportsman will tell you they need a challenge wk in wk out to bring out the best in them its only human nature.

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{Ed007's Note - Ray can you honestly say, hand on heart, that you are happy with this season overall? I don't know one supporter who would say, the league was won before a ball was kicked, we went out of both cups in the early rounds and we were utterly embarrassed in Europe. I have said that we should at the very least be aiming for 3rd spot in our CL group to fall into the EL.
I don't think that's much to ask considering every man and their dog from the club is going on about how we are good enough to play in the EPL, they certainly aren't doing anything to help their case. Our present team would struggle to beat any EPL team, especially if they played an open expansive passing game.}

26 Mar 2014 17:21:10
@Rayman I don't think many Celtic fans want board to splash out £20m+ every season, we all realise we need to be realistic, but say we lose Forster and Van Dijk for around the £20m mark, I would hope club would at least spend most, if not all of that, to replace our squad with players of a similar stature.
As ED007 says we should be targeting CL group stages EVERY season as a minimum.
Board and manager should work out budget each season based on previous year, if a successful one spend a little more etc.
Celtic should gradually improve squad year on year, sign one big marquee player every season, keep our best players, bring on the cream of our talented young players and have a squad of say 20 European class players plus some up and coming young players.
Mrs E hope you enjoy the game tonight, yes I think we agree a successful team will bring bigger crowds but Celtic's board must give something back to the regular (I almost said "loyal" oops) supporters. Make our matchday experience more enjoyable (and cheaper)

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You can spend millions and still not get success in the Champions League, Man City are a prime example of that.

I'm not into all the moaning and groaning over every little detail either Ray but this season's performances in the domestic Cup competitions have been embarrassing. There's 2 finals at Celtic Park are we are nowhere near them. The performances against Morton and Aberdeen were truly awful.

Yes, we have lived through worse teams than this but, this current team are the best in Scotland by a mile! Yet they think its acceptable to put in these kind of performances time and time again in one-off games with no consequences.

That is my biggest complaint.

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No ed I not that happy about it but the be all and end all is the CL. That's where the money is, the board have clealy set there stall out for this if you ask me. Cups? yes of course they could be better as I said but that's what cup competitions are all about its only 1 game and your out. Cups will come our way I have no doubt. I have to disagree with you about English premier though you can't compare our team to any of theirs because simply put we would have a completely different team if we were pickin up 60/70 mill every season.Dont take it out on me because Real Madrid and Manchester United just got gubbed by their biggest rivals pmsl. Just as well you got Celtic to bring you success after success haha.

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{Ed007's Note - 5 out of 15 trophies is hardly spoiling us is it? If you act like a small club you get treated like one. There is a series of meetings being held in Monaco for a few days just now with all the major European clubs, UEFA and FIFA being represented there. Some of the topics on the agenda are wage caps, the FFFP regs and punishments for not meeting criteria and the break-away European Super League. Peter Lawwell is in Scotland.
There are teams represented that would love to have our stadium, our fanbase and our potential as a world-wide brand, but what happens when nobody takes you serious and you quite happily just accept it, you get left behind.}

Yeah think overall report card would be could do better. BUT 4 years ago NL took over, at the time how many of us would a snapped your hand off for 3 in a row beatin Barca, a last 16 in CL and another CL campaign and financially well off given our environment.

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{Ed007's Note - But what was the score v Barca this year? So next year will you be saying 'BUT 5 years ago NL took over at the time how many of us would a snapped your hand off for 3 in a row beatin Barca, a last 16 in CL and another CL campaign and financially well off given our environment.'
Then the following year it will be 'BUT 6 years ago......'

Ed but what if we beat barca and make CL 16. Hey your makin predictions so can I. Do you know the lottery numbers by any chance lol.

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{Ed007's Note - Sorry I don't play the lottery Ray, I don't need the money. The way things stand we will be lucky to even reach the group stages next season.}

Tut tut ed, is the Real and Manchester United defeats getting to you. That you can't see Celtic win the league next year?

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{Ed007's Note - Where did I say we wouldn't win the league and what the hell has Man Utd or Real Madrid got to do with anything? You seem more concerned about them than CFC going out the cups to Morton and Aberdeen this year.}

 
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