Celtic Banter Archive September 28 2016

28 Sep 2016 23:38:26
After less than 4 months Brendan Rodgers has given most of us hope that Celtic are on the way to something good . We not only took on what is currently the best team in the EPL and shared 6 goals equally, but we carried the game to them tried to play football for the whole game . To me we have two major areas to improve our defensive set- up and the over- all fitness of our squad .
We just hadn't the legs troops mount or sustain an attack in the final minutes .

29 Sep 2016 01:09:59
I agree with the defensive problems. But the fitness is something the we will not be able to improve with players we have. They gave their all and couldn't ask for more. But chasing balls down at the intensity they did took it out them.

29 Sep 2016 21:04:18
Madyin67 Surely time will build up fitness Brendan's game plan requires maximum levels of fitness . Brendan is picking the players he knows will strive for this fitness level, it will take time but it will, come.

29 Sep 2016 23:30:38
Old bhoy
I'm not sure players do get fitter and fitter and fitter and fitter and fitter and cover more and more and more km per game. I don't think it works like that. I used to think it did. I think the improvements from a good base is marginal and the very best find the marginal improvements consistently and also know how to play the game and where to play the game ( otherwise known as game intelligence )

We need to learn to play smarter.

30 Sep 2016 22:19:01
Paradisewon. I imagine when we play the top club in Germany Spain England and France they will all out smart us and probably out pass us for much of the game, the one area we might be able to better them is out work them if Brendan can get our players to a new level of fitness and determination . No team likes their back four to be pressurised along with their goalie and they can crack and their confidence drop.

28 Sep 2016 23:15:28
Outstanding tonight, chuffed is an understatement! A point from tonight tho that not many have picked up on, I felt Pep Guardiola was actually very bitter in the interview afterwards. No credit was giving at all! Tell you what Pep!, how about we give you 20mill to get a squad together and Brenden gets 420 million like what your team cost and we will see what the score is! You can't BUY dig and determination! HH!

28 Sep 2016 23:31:55
Thought Pep was fine. Said it was a very difficult place to come, quoted our record (which is amazing) and commented o. The balance of play inter last 25 minutes city should have won. Not sure I have a robust argument him to be honest. We tired after 60 minutes and hung on a bit. Certainly not bitter imo.

28 Sep 2016 23:42:44
I prefer that, than some patronising pish you sometimes hear, we gave them a game tonight, it's the city fans that are bitter.

29 Sep 2016 00:21:24
City fans! Were they actually there tonite, because I didn't hear a peep! All there money can't buy the atmosphere our fans made tonite! Went toe to toe on the park and taught them a lesson off it!

28 Sep 2016 22:56:27
Hope the sevconites enjoyed their TV viewing tonight.

Was a great night for them, Coronation Street followed by All Star Mr and Mrs and finally the aptly named "Can't Pay We Will Take It Away".

Its great being a Tim. ;)

28 Sep 2016 23:12:09
I hope their big TV's didn't break down more importantly.

28 Sep 2016 23:27:30
They had an important u20s game tonight 😂.

28 Sep 2016 22:32:25
If only a game lasted 40 minutes instead of 90. Tom Rogic would be a world superstar!

28 Sep 2016 22:49:16
And he had a right foot.

28 Sep 2016 22:58:01
If he can play 50 minutes like that every match I'll be a happy bhoy.

29 Sep 2016 11:04:46
here's a thought - stick him on for the last 50 minutes.

29 Sep 2016 22:18:51
Digibanger Rogic this season gets stuck in and displays his vast range of skills in the first half when everyone is at their best . It's remarkable what he contributes in the first half through his skill strength and determination when the opposition are at their best, Armstrong or no one else could put in such a determined effort and get the same results as T R achieves in first half . Armstrong even struggled last night even when the English tired.

28 Sep 2016 22:19:59
Well we've got some pride back in Europe with that performance tonight. well done boys.
Now if somebody can get Tom Rogic to last 90 minutes we'll be some team. lol.

28 Sep 2016 21:59:36
Is Dumbele the real deal, for me he keeps getting stronger and stronger, definitely give him a new contract with a release clause of £20m.

28 Sep 2016 22:20:56
£50million.

28 Sep 2016 22:26:03
Will be the best thing to happen since LARS no doudt.

29 Sep 2016 00:01:26
On this form wee Griff will struggle to get in the team as dembele is on fire.
Outstanding game tonight, it had it all n I thought the players were excellent, really proud tonight n credit to brendan, well chuffed for him.

Credit as always to us fans, said it to the missus as we were leaving the stadium, Celtic park rocking on a champions league night with us all right behind the team cannot be beaten.

I'm in the Lisbon lions stand n at times the man shity fans looked in awe at the sight of our famous atmosphere.
Roll with it at the end with both sets of fans singing was a good end to the night, Celtic first Celtic last Celtic overall, n it isn't impossible for us to get 2nd in this group, we shouldn't fear anyone we are the mighty Glasgow Celtic.
Hail hail.

29 Sep 2016 09:40:45
I agree Bigshaw - I listened to the patronising comments on to about how we had given ourselves a great chance of getting third please. Why is qualifying for the last 16 not even being considered by these people? I think there's a real chance!
And have to say it was a fantastic performance - I was wondering who was out top performer and then realised I had gone through the whole team making a case for them! Brilliant stuff.

29 Sep 2016 19:50:32
Spot on Andy, every player to a man was excellent, including the subs, heard some say Griff came on looking uninterested well he didn't look that way 2 me when he won a challenge in the air in the left back position.
As for this group I think we have a great chance to get 2nd spot, city r no great shakes, great players, manager etc but we were more than a match for them n I can see us taking 6 points at home, even 4 would be alright n look to get something in Germany then we could be in a last game play off with city for 2nd.
We r the mighty Glasgow Celtic n our special club when fully backed by the fans n players on side nothing's out of reach, even if u hit the roof u should always aim for the stars.
Just shows what's possible when u give the manager full backing, choice on player recruitment n money to get the right quality of player.
Hail hail.

28 Sep 2016 21:43:53
Fantastic result. Anyone who thinks different is a Muppet. This will build confidence. Respect to all the team and management and especially the support! Hail.

28 Sep 2016 22:06:56
Nothing to add to that Norway.

28 Sep 2016 22:07:45
so proud of my team

expected 0 and got a point and the germermans lost.

but Kermit and miss piggy are at it already.

29 Sep 2016 10:20:27
Norway, you got that spot on pal. :)

Outstanding.

I was so proud of them at the end my eyes filled up like a big twat.

Not one eff was given mind you.

Well done the support too, amazing.

29 Sep 2016 00:10:21
Spot on norway1, so proud to be a Tim, team, staff n fans all played their part tonight n honestly never felt at any point we would lose the game, a bit under pressure towards the end but I felt a draw was merited, we contributed a lot to that game n I thought it was a cracking game of football, atmosphere was immense all night, I can barely talk, my throat is goupin, but who cares it's great to be a Tim, as always.
Hail hail
N shout out to stan19, i proudly wore the hoops top he gifted me n rocked that bad boy, hope u enjoyed the game stan n had a top night mate, same to all u bhoys n ghirls, n u ed007, hail hail big man.

28 Sep 2016 21:05:53
Talk about shooting ourselves in the foot, poor pass from Dembele but Brown knew he was getting a hospital pass and should have been stronger, for the third should have been a better header from Toure but ES should have cleared properly instead of a poor clearance to a City player, no CL points for moral victories.

28 Sep 2016 22:02:39
I Know I Mean That Dembele and Toure and Brown and Erik are Absolutely Sh&%£

28 Sep 2016 22:16:23
I won't be critical of any player tonight. Everyone of them gave their all and gave us another great memory. Great result.

28 Sep 2016 22:16:37
ps was being sarcastic - if that wasn't picked up on.

28 Sep 2016 22:44:34
My comment was more in response to OP Digi.

28 Sep 2016 23:09:53
Where did I say they were shite? I just pointed out the avoidable self inflicted errors that lead to goals two and three.

28 Sep 2016 23:40:15
Where did I say you said they were shite?

Please go back and read what was actually said. If you want to be critical about certain things then that is your choice. My choice is to praise our team for a great performance, a great result and for giving the fans a great memory.

28 Sep 2016 20:17:54
Well again CG cost us goals. 1st instead of playing to whistle he thought is was offside and didn't try. 2nd just lies on the ground and let's him just walk around him.

As soon as a goal goes in people was on De vries, so better do the same for CG people on here. That's on top of CG kicking it out of bounce.

28 Sep 2016 20:35:07
Have to disagree 1st goal Fernandnio miss hit and gordon was wrong footed 2nd goal was a great touch from Sterling to cut back on to his right foot Gordon had no chance with either.

28 Sep 2016 20:49:26
Utter pish, second goal came from dembele wrong pass and brown extremely weak in tackle. All our problems come from poor first touch and very poor ball retention. That is the class difference in class. And we just scored 😊😊😊.

28 Sep 2016 20:57:38
Dont know if we can blame CG for any of the goals tbh i wouldn't have expected him to do better.

That's the thing with him tho he never makes a save and I think wow how did he get that.

28 Sep 2016 21:53:32
I thought Gordon played well
He is a far better shot stopper than the other guy
My only problem is he does not open his mouth
Several times tonight he just needed to call Lustig, Eric or Toure " leave it " and it would have been his ball and panic over.
Now they good stuff
well organized. lustig, Toure, Eric and tierney ALL immense
Rogic1st halt, Bitton what a shift. captains performance from SB
Dembele. keeps getting in position and putting it away
James Forest. revelation. works hard in defense and his final ball getting better
Sinclair great in first half
I would have take a draw before this game with an expectation that we will beat BM at home and get a result away
Europa League after Xmas with a chance to get out of the group stages is a good performance if we can hold it together.

28 Sep 2016 21:56:59
Footy 😪😪😪.

28 Sep 2016 22:01:36
Aaaaaaa dembele/ brown mistake was in middle of the park soooooo CG had a lot of time to see the play.

What about that WIDE OPEN net when CG completely missed the cross and dived out leaving only lustic to save the WIDE OPEN net?

If you come on here and say DE vires should have stop every goal in game he has played. even against barca, then complain about CG mistakes and poor play.

The 3rd goal he palmed it right to middle of box, I'd that was DES then you would be on here complaining about that too. so why not CG?

28 Sep 2016 22:25:40
We've just got a fantastic result against a class team, can we not just enjoy it instead of funding negatives.

28 Sep 2016 22:32:19
What a lot of sxxt if you think CG was at fault for any of this goals you know nothing. CG has been poor for 20 months and deserved to be dropped but also deserved to regain his place after a poor replacement.

1st Goal - a lucky deflection leaves the Man City player on the penalty spot man on man with 24 ft of goal to aim at CG get down to them?

2nd Goal - sterling runs beating KT superbly switches feet. Beautifully selling both KT and CG as he turns back in himself. CG going down as he thinks he's taking a pop so covering the shot so I don't think lying down as he walks the ball past him is a fair appraisal.

3rd goal - great movement. Should have been cleared better from defence but Aguero gets in takes a pop CG gets down low and saves and pushes out past penalty spot with Nolito runs in. From that angle it's almost impossible to get it round the post. Aguero is 6 yards out and the save is pure reaction. But Stevie Woods will get CG into training on Monday morning to teach him how to flick that one up over the bar next time. Easy.

As for the stoppage time save that was sheer luck. A one handed push over the. At from a deflected shot from 18 yards. That's so easy every goalie should be getting them.

Not saying CG is a great goalie but credit where credits due and get behind the team when they perform like that. They battled played great football and entertained. Yes players made mistake but it's football that happens

There wasn't a bad performance on the park it was a game to enjoy and be proud of yet someone always wants to focus on the negatives.

28 Sep 2016 22:48:17
The problem lies with Bitton didn't make strong tackle all night does not track back quickly enough. Had wanyama been playing we would havewon 3-0. Yes Dembele got it wrong yes Brown could have done better but you need someone in the centre who could cover the central midfield area.

28 Sep 2016 23:02:36
Tommobhoy that's the point! Ppl always blame DE vires even when we win, or any other player in the team as Ppl think Celtic have the right to win every game and losing or losing a goal they lose their shiat!

DE vires is always wrong to a lot on here yet CG gets no blame, so I ask why does CG not blamed for every goal like DES? Is it cause he is Scottish?

It was a great game! Not being negative just trying to open Ppl eyes and trying to understand how CG after all these years of costing us in CL and EL gets away with it yet an injured new keeper gets beat by the best team in world and great 1 in 1000 goal on weekend gets slated?

28 Sep 2016 23:24:50
Footy, think you're missing the point, you don't bring in a replacement who is no better if not worse than the one you are replacing. We all know CG s deficiencies it's just that De vries obviously is not a solution!

28 Sep 2016 23:50:18
Haha 1 in 1000 Goal. Yeah 1 goalie out of 1000 would have let it in. DDV has been poor his shot stopping and decision making haven't been good. So Craig Gordon as I said deserved to dropped but so did DDV I actually think Leo Fasan should be given a chance as I don't think either is doing enough to be an outright No1.

However your point was CG cost us goals tonight which is ball ox he played well and deserved credit there was even a marked improvement in his distribution. He's not been at his bedt but it's not fair just to criticise for the sake of it. Especially after a result like that. It's even more unfair to criticise just because another player is getting criticised.

Watch the goals again and ask yourself honestly. Would you really have expected him to save any of the goals. He ain't inspector gadget

But hey to quote a typical football cliche. It's a game of opinions.

28 Sep 2016 18:30:15
Cmon the hoops, also the crowd tonight as our exta man will make the big difference. Hail, hail😊.

28 Sep 2016 16:18:13
Getting that usual stomach churning feeling before heading to the game tonight. Hoping for the best but unboubtedly it's a tall order. Six out of six wins for Man City in the league with 18 goals scored along the way and Aguero et al look very special. This new Pep fella looks like he might have what it takes as a manager. Expecting the usual fantastic Celtic Park atmosphere but I'm afraid-very afraid. All the best Brendan. C''mon the Hoops 🍀.

28 Sep 2016 18:53:12
Best of luck to our bhoys tonight. Very tall order against arguably one of the most improved (rich) teams under Pep's management. Realistically I'm hoping hoping hoping gutsier performance and hope for a draw.

We're at the big table dining; but as my sadly departed wee Mammy always drilled into me " you're as good as any and better than many. At least I know our supporters will make it a night to remember for all those players who have the privilege of playing at Paradise. HH and enjoy.

28 Sep 2016 16:54:10
Dont worry JFP it could be worse, we could get beat off sevco (as if) lol. No atmosphere anywhere in the world like it.