Celtic Banter Archive March 28 2012

28 Mar 2012 20:13:25
Hi ed,

not been about for a while but took the time to read the many variations of we got beat on Sunday, dodgy refs, conspiracies etc.

We got beat because Rangers looked hungrier in the first half, the sendings off rattled our young team and thats my point.

NL is gelling a very young side who have made 3 cup finals, (nearly 4 hopefully), won a league and just missed out on a league by a point. By anyones standard this is magnificent. What the team will learn this year will only add to what I think has the making of a great Celtic team for the future will yearly adjustments.

OK we never won the league at Ibrox but we will win it.

Hope all is good

Vambo {Ed007's Note - Good evening Vambo.}

Naw vambo your wrong , celtic wer never going to be allowed to win that game , neil said it halfway through the first half "whats going on here" , aye thats right , thats exactly what neil said , so if neil said and thaught that then neil must be right because neil is always right , and why is this true , cause neil said its true , so there. {Ed007's Note - Have you been eating paint? This is what happen when Wee Pat visits the Govan area on night outs over the years.}

Dont think I mentioned what NL said, ave just got a vibe about the way he keeps picking gems (Kayal, Izzy,Hooper, etc) to sign for us who if they stay together will only get stronger and will learn through the last 2 campaigns, cant wait to party this year and looking forward to the team staying together as much as possible with a few add on's....another striker an perhaps a central defender with a bit of experience. the future looks good
Vambo

28 Mar 2012 15:57:48
We have been fined £20,000 FOR THE FLARE & BANNER trouble against Udinese in December. Time to start behaving when we are on out Travels

28 Mar 2012 11:55:13
just a quick question to all you bhoys out there

two weeks ago it was a history making treble you were chasing if it turns out you get dumped out of the Scottish cup by hearts or even worse lose another final at hamden and end up with only the league how safe will neil Lennons job be sensible answers only please.

for the Record you deserve the League not all rangers fans think its tainted

Pad {Ed007's Note - The league was/is always the priority. If he had failed there then questions would need to be asked.}

Would have to agree with Ed that the league is the priority. This said a treble would have been well erm nice. But it isnt to be. Be it botlle, desire or just plain ability it hasnt been done. I think at least getting to the final in the league cup is fair enough, losing is a bitter pill to swallow, but when its the better team you just have to hold your hands up, much like the OF result at the weekend, the more determined and better team on the day won.

If Lennon had not managed to go on that run and we were still behind rangers even after administration serious questions would have to have been asked. This is all ifs and buts, so in my opinion Lennon is safe in his job for a wee while yet. I think next year will be the real test for hi,m. He has had the settling in season and done ok, didnt win the league but pushed it close and was let down by his players in inverness and Ibrox when sammi missed the pen, sorry when mcgregor saved it. This year the team has come on a fair bit from that and shown more resilliance after the poor start to the league and he must be commended for this.

Next year however i think these bigger game jitters or whatever will need to be sorted as if you are good enough to dominate most teams in a league game or in rounds in the cup and you get to the final and are labelled favorites he should be looking to get more from his players when the chips are down. Next year is the year in my opinion where lennon should face his real acid test of being manager.

Evinguu

That's exactly what i had hoped for sensible reply's

pad

Glad it met your requirements,

Now get back to your own page lol

Oh dear thats not like me, some on this site must be influencing me! Ed this sites a bad influence lol

Evinguu {Ed007's Note - How do you think I feel?? :-) I 'debated' with Moneypenny for two hours the other night about what we were having for dinner!!!!}

HAha ed i hope it didnt go down the lines that you couldnt eat X Y or Z because it would be sectarian ? lol

Evinguu {Ed007's Note - It was the old carrot/green beans debate. It's a more common dilemma than people realise.}

There are a few factors that I would say keep Lennon safe at the moment...

1). TM's team was terrible, a lot of people who did not care about the club came in, whilst those who did were punted (Mick, Skippy, Robo etc). This meant that Lennon, an in experienced manager and to build his own squad from scratch. It is easy inheriting a squad and continuing success, looked at PLG with Lyon.

2). In his own words, he vowed to "bring the thunder back" and personally I would say he has managed that. After WGS Parkhead was flat and boring, the green brigade has probably helped this but the majority (99.9%) is down to Lennon.

3). Kilmarnock at half time talk.

4). Coming back from 17 points behind to now being 8 clear (plus administration deduction), the record breaking winning run and his performances in Europe.

5). So far all he has won is Scottish cup however he been in 2 league cup finals (should have beat Rangers) and ran the league to the wire last year (should have won it) we are still in the Scottish cup and the league was won when Ledley scored the winning against Rangers.

Therefore for a "rookie" manager who is managing one of the biggest teams in the world, I personally think he is doing a grand job (please also take into account everything he has went through away from football).

When we win this league, I will be proud and so should every Celtic supporter as, as Ed said - The league was our main objective.

Let the people sing!

JL88

We all agree the SPL title was our priority and the run the team put together - even before all the Administration distraction was incredible and NL rightly deserves credit. There is a question mark over Big game character, and confidence, as we went flat at this stage last season too. So is the problem the preparation and motivation or do certain players lack the extra edge to be perennial winners?
We will see in the next few weeks how the players handle the demands of the jersey and how much the past 2 seasons have either taken out of NL or developed him into a potential 'Great'.

Jungle Jim

There is no doubt Lenny still has enormous purchase with the Celtic support,but is it as strong as last season?I think a lot of fans are puzzled by some strange team tinkering and no defined pattern of play.How many times this season were we hanging in for a result at 1-0 or 2-1?I look for an advancement as a team and i do think we have moved forward in that respect.Winning the cup semi has to be achieved to end the bottle question as a semi can be tougher than most finals,and as we saw last week an inspired keeper can blow you away in a final.If we win only the league then i would be happy with some reservations eg; losing two cup finals would mean questions need to be asked(assuming we win the semi) and straight answers given.The big plus is the turn round in players,young with good sell on value is the only way forward and in that Lenny has excelled.Lots of money will be freed up in summer with players leaving so reinvestment is crucial and i think lenny bought himself plenty of that. In Lennon We Trust............green jhedi

Killie half time team talk? Don't make me laugh you never scored till 73 minutes that comeback had nothing to do with lennons team talk.

We must remember as well that when things were not so good when we were losing and not playing well in begining of year that Lennon said he needs to look at what he is doing and try to change things up maybe in tactics or wtv. Lennon has proven that he can switch things up and change on the go, however it like everything else doesnt always go to plan ex the game against rankers, if it was a fairly called game whos to say we wouldnt have lost and that the players selected could have had a great game. In the end, within just 2 years he has had more problems/things to deal with then most deal with in there whole career. He is exactly what we need because he knows how and where Celtic should be as well he is not one that gets scared away! He is going to help change the team AND the sfa/spl and bring those out that are bad for the game, we just need more people/managers to help him and the league change for the better. He has a temper thats true but since last year he has changed himself in self control, you cant get on him because of his passion for the game and for the club, he is still a new manager and will only learn more but a great start was to have/learn from O'Neill. I for one look foward to Lennon and his team to be hear for years to come. it was a shame that O'Neill left because of all the treatment against him (i didnt blame him for doing that) but this is why i love Lennon as manager because he will stand for whats right and i do think he will help change things in the league, or maybe im just hopefull that things will change because once they do all the teams will be better and the spl will become more competitive.

28 Mar 2012 09:58:33
Just read an article in The S*n. Supposedly Kyle Laughatme seems to think Rangers are the best team in the league. He must think he's the best player as well what a deluded person and I quote " we play the best football" Motherwell, Kilmarnock, St Johnstone Dundee Utd even St Mirren all play better football than the team nicknamed by the best player in the world at this moment and time Messi as "anti-football".

Chad

Why do you believe papers they spin sh1t, and lets be honest if he did say it what else would he say, at this time killie are playing the best football same as falkirk and tbh its good to see.
craig+babybear

28 Mar 2012 08:28:40
story of the day , rangers have better players than celtic by zinedine zidane , marco van baston , pele, lionel messi , johan cruff, maradona , no , nobody that knows how to play football , this from the man that dived to get mulgrew and broonie sent offthe biggest cheat ever to pull on a pair of boots. won't even name him , biggest cheat ever says it all , billybhoy

Billybhoy...he didn't say that after the game on 28th Dec when we knocked them right off their perch before administration and with Jelavic still in the team. Just a wee shame these better players blew that lead and we won't mention the European cash that could have came in handy ~ Mrs E

Aye same as rogne saying ur not bottlers. craig+babybear

Craig...don't run your team down like that, I thought they were the better team on Sunday. I didn't think they won against 9 men due to Celtic being 'bottlers' but if you think differently...Mrs E

What are you saying craig ? that laughable is not a cheat . lets take videos to court and see who wins .

What makes it worse is that it is sanctioned by the rangers management because if you watch youtube every time they get away with it they wink to the bench, bougerra{ excuse spelling} this is a club that condones cheating , and remember they employed the biggest ****bag ever to pull on boots

Agree laff has kinda done himself no favours,but if this was said to the papers then i can kinda see why, he aint going to say that we are pants or admin has destroyed team morale even though we had problems before admin due to not being able win at home. about the bottlers i didnt think u bottled sunday i just think u got beat quite easily , i do think u bottled the cup final though... when i say easily, lets be honest it was as much as a one sided old firm game for a while.. craig+babybear

P.s we have enogh court cases to deal with at moment. craig+babybear