Celtic Banter Archive January 31 2018

31 Jan 2018 22:25:22
I'm hoping that "Scott Bain" is PL &BR's secret code name for the holy goalie! Would've loved him back even for a short spell to noise up the gullables!


🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼.

31 Jan 2018 21:09:01
Kevin bridges fantastic gesture hasn't forgot his roots. Hail hail to a fellow bankie.

02 Feb 2018 00:13:20
amazing gesture mcgarvey67 my two grans, my mum and my young cousin have passed away at St Margarets Hospice over the years, Kevin used to go on our supporters bus when he was a young bhoy, its great to see him become a fine man by helping the hospice.

31 Jan 2018 20:16:58
Great window as far as i'm concerned they can stop the clock now. We were already a fantastic team just in need of a rest, we have kept players and made signings. An abundance of star players about to come back from injury. On last nights performance the future is bright, but it certainly ain't orange. This window was never about Zenit, let them come have a go we will be ready. HH.

31 Jan 2018 20:23:51
I agree stan hail hail.

31 Jan 2018 19:19:41
Some fans are never happy. General consensus before the window opened was that we needed:

1. A creative midfielder
2. An experienced centre half
3. Keep hold of Moussa

All 3 have been achieved plus we’ve signed 2 young Scottish talents and acted quickly to get a goalkeeper so not to leave ourselves short.

Probably the most signings we’ve ever made in January which is a notoriously tough window.

Not to mention we have a trophy in the bag, 14 points clear, still in the Scottish cup and European football after xmas!

31 Jan 2018 19:27:32
Just like some are happy with not progressing

If we all shared the same opinions the world would be a boring place

All I want is to win and win in style with a Lubo or 2 in the squad.

31 Jan 2018 19:53:12
Well you should be happy for the remainder of the season with these Bhoys in attack.

Roberts, Rogic, Sinclair, Forrest, Musonda, Griffiths, Dembele, Edouard and Ntcham.

31 Jan 2018 20:15:40
we Have came out the window stronger than we went in, plenty of competition in the squad. No bad for a January window. Expected a few more to leave. Nothing to complain about!

31 Jan 2018 21:07:14
I still think we shoukd have bought a class right back. A keeper is a must too for me, as I'm not convinced by Dorus or Gordon and these positions are vital for Europe.

Last night saw Kouassi, Ajer, Eduoard, step forward as the real deal. That's like three signings for me.

Musonda is just a brilliant addition and he can help us step up. We have wee Paddy and Rogic coming back and they both have to respond to the challenge to get back into the team. Armstrong too will be another class player when needed.

Moussa will return to devastating form and Sincybwill also up his game.

All is great mid to front, only the keeper and the RB concern me as necessary to really move forward.

Right now if we push on from last night the way I believe we can, I believe we have a chance of doing in the Russians.

Two weeks ago I never thought we had a chance. Now I think we can do them.

31 Jan 2018
New image uploaded to the
Celtic Player Sightings page entitled, Just met Morelos coming out of Build a Bear at Silverburn

31 Jan 2018 18:21:52
Must have got a facelift yesterday.

31 Jan 2018 18:23:34
I didn’t think he was as good looking as that!

31 Jan 2018 18:34:17
Was he not on his way to China for £8m, with all the money they pay it would mean that He would be the most expensive BALL BOY in China, as real players cost £40-50m plus.

31 Jan 2018 16:42:50
Oh dear screech Jackson has gone on the attack of our club after his paper's "Chinese whispers"
Apparently, Celtic "were snubbed" by the goalkeeper that went to Aberdeen, yes this goalie is so well known I do not even know his name.
But his latest is the best yet,
"Rangers may hijack Celtic's long term transfer target" Dundee player Jack Hendry, but break the story down and jackson writes "Hendry's name was MENTIONED in the Ibrox boardroom"
Two utterly purile (or unrinal) stories these scribes have no morals.

31 Jan 2018 16:50:26
He's a hurting Hun. He would have watched us last night and realise his team of second rate twats are fecking miles behind with the gap only set to increase .

Enjoy his pain.

31 Jan 2018 18:31:54
He's one of a million reasons we detest Rangers, Sevco, TRIFC and whatever name they come up with after the next liquidation.

31 Jan 2018 16:37:31
Noticed that no one has touched upon Craig Thomson's performance last night.

I was disgusted but not surprised at how he was letting the Hearts players try and boot us up and down the park without intervening. However, when we put in strong challenges he was blowing his whistle.

I am really surprised none of our players got injured as a result of their antics.

31 Jan 2018 16:54:52
It was the amount of times they tried to come through the back of our players mate! To be fair a couldn’t see how far away brown was from catching there player when he was booked but he was flying in. He looked as if he was having fun noising Lafferty and the young boy that played upfront for them up.

31 Jan 2018 17:51:11
To be fair, Broonie got seriously stuck in, and Kouasie and Ajer were not far behind. We out toughed them all over the place.

31 Jan 2018 18:34:34
I have been posting for a while about the establishment turning a blind eye to seriously dangerous tackles - especially aimed at KT.

31 Jan 2018 12:42:20
Urgency that’s what last night was all about the urgency to move the ball forward urgency to retain the ball that’s what’s been missing. Also believe that’s the formation Brendan’s wanted to play but until Kouassi was ready (and how good was he) couldn’t implement it. Ed got it bang on with Edouard never a lone striker but his eagerness and intelligence in the hole at such a young age was great to see. Ntcham well he just makes it looks so easy he doesn’t tackle he just takes the ball from people. Those 2 in midfield let Broony do what he’s good at. And kt what more can you say about this Bhoy he doesn’t need anyone in front or behind him that left side is all his. I said to a mate at half time that Musonda would be lucky to get into that team if it keeps playing like that.
Tim 2nd half easing was understandable few not up to match fitness yet but that will come. Also the changes Sinclair and Mcgregor for me slow things down to much but like said before that’s not always a bad thing when your a couple up prefer them to come on than start.

31 Jan 2018 13:00:54
It was a joy to watch.
As koussai said he is a lion. He was fantastic.
The issue with that formation is sinky and musonda don't fit in. But it does allow us to play 2 up front and ever better when griff is back.

It is a good headache to have and allows us to play differnet formations. Once paddy and rogic are back i would not like to be in brendans boots trying to pick a team.

{Ed007's Note - We didn't play 2 up front though, we played one up front with Edouard and Ntcham playing off Dembele. People seen Edouard and Dembele's name and assumed we were playing with two up front. Look at the official sites team announcement HERE where the team's listed as playing 3-4-2-1.}

31 Jan 2018 13:42:26
During the game it looked like edourd had a licence to roam around to find wee spaces he could cause danger.

31 Jan 2018 13:43:44
It's great reading Edouard get praise. I said last week that i actually think in the long term £7m may turn out to be a bargain. Yes plenty to work on and a bit raw but you can see improvement all the time. You get people who would rather slate him for 2 misses in a game rather than praise what he does throughout the 90. His movement and work rate off the ball is something i've been keeping an eye on and he does it very well he creates space for others. Edouard is going to a gem in the pack, just like Ntcham, Kouassi and Ajer.

31 Jan 2018 13:49:33
Spot on ed he was even back challenging in the fullback positions.

{Ed007's Note - He put in some shift last night.}

31 Jan 2018 14:12:05
We played like that for you welshy

It's once in a blue moon we play like that and it's once in a blue moon that you are sober 😂😂👍🍀.

31 Jan 2018 14:12:43
Ed, is £7m the definate figure to buy.

{Ed007's Note - I'm sure it is mate but I noticed on some French websites they say it's 7 million Euros.}

31 Jan 2018 14:42:51
Cheers Ed, £6.1m. I feel when we get a price for players we want to buy we tend to compare it on our previous transfers going as far back as 2002, Times have changed and the transfer market has certainly changed. Based on transfers elsewhere for me Edouard is worth a punt. You get the impression guys like him would gladly stick around for 3 or 4 years minumum.

{Ed007's Note - It's really difficult to judge transfer fees these days but if an EPL team had bought Edouard last summer for £10 or 12 million nobody would have batted an eyelid and their media would be raving about him. Like I said the other day about Carson and Gordon moving to Chelsea, the price of a player can depend on the buyer quite a bit, there's no way PSG would ask for 7 million Euros or £s from an EPL or Spanish team for Edouard.}

31 Jan 2018 15:37:59
Young Eddy is rough but for me he's definitely a diamond. He will def be a £7m player if he continues on from last night. And if he does we will easily double that money spent on him. The effort he put in last night was brilliant and his goal was top drawer.

31 Jan 2018 11:45:25
Great result and first half performance last night, but why oh why did we ease up second half. Some of our movement first half was a joy to behold and I expected 6 or 7 goals to send the Edinburgh sevco home reeling.
But like other fans, I think the Musonda signing has galvanised the whole club, players and fans and now looking forward to seeing "Brendan's Babes" win another treble hail hail.

31 Jan 2018 12:10:07
Stroke of genius at the right time as we all know how much we needed a wee boost to energize the squad and appease the support.
With moves to gain a centre half and goalkeeper before the deadline and maybe even offloading player (s) , not in the managers plans, we should come out of this 'window' healthier and settled.
From what I picked up from last night:- Eboue, Ntcham, Ajer and Edouarde were stand-outs, with Moussa getting closer to his best and the quick distribution of Dorus making a big difference.
It was also good to see BR alter the shape and tactics, which seemed to blow Hertz apart from the start and dominate the way we should and rest players like McGregor and Sinclair for most of the game as they have both struggled recently.

31 Jan 2018 13:19:36
agree, the test for me is in Europe, we should blow the spl teams away, we need to invest in quality keeper(s) and 1 x defender, hopefully we will invest again in the summer, or players coming through development. Musonda got the skill/ speed, but needs to be aware how physical Scottish football will and can be, hopefully Broony will enlighten him. lol hail hail. its all good enjoy the journey.

31 Jan 2018 11:01:55
Morning Ed, You got your yella onesie on for the whole day mate 😂 /

How hard would it be to offer Allan as well part of the Hendry / Bain deal or even Ciftci as a part of the Carson deal both are already there?

{Ed007's Note - Oh aye, I'm sitting here like Big Bird from Sesame Street! It would be simple enough if everyone was willing for the deals to happen but it might be tricky at this late stage of the window.}

31 Jan 2018 11:57:35
I am an old cynical Tim, but I think this is when we see how few clubs are willing to 'play ball' with Celtic in transfer deals.
We are currently negotiating with two clubs - only too happy to accept our players on loan to improve their teams and bolster their chances of any success and financial reward that implies, but when it comes to selling to us, it's a totally different matter.
I know people will say they are only holding out for the best possible deal - as we would in that situation. However, we all know that prices are inflated and negotiations become complicated and drawn-out a lot more than when certain other clubs are involved.

31 Jan 2018 10:01:12
Thoughts from last night. I was really impressed by Edouard. I think he gets a bit of grief on here, but for me his hold up play is very good. He maybe could have done better with a couple of his chances, but I would be more worried if he couldn't get into the space to get the chances. I think he is better playing off the striker than as an out and out striker.
Not worth £7m imho, but I reckon a deal for £3m-£4m would be a good bit of business.

31 Jan 2018 10:27:40
The one that impressed me the most last night was Kouassi.

31 Jan 2018 10:56:48
Agree with Kouassi Kev, he looked very composed on the ball. Originally I would have liked him to go on loan in the SPL for some game time, but I like the option of him and Broony in centre mid with Ntcham attacking central mid. Gives us a good bit of strength in the middle of the park for when we play hatchet mobs like Motherwell.

31 Jan 2018 11:23:50
He has had a bit of grief Kev. But so did Ntcham, so did Dembele, and so on. Sometimes people are far too quick to get on the back of a young lad moving home, culture, language. And that's even before the footballing elements come into it. IF he continues to play the way he is, puts in a good performance against Zenit, then I think he'd be worth the 7m. Especially looking at what some clubs are paying for certain players. Sometimes you have to keep up with the Joneses a little bit. We're alright demanding 20-30m for Dembele, in that sense, from what I've seen so far, Edouard would be worth the 7m. The end of the season would give us all a clearer picture though.

31 Jan 2018 11:27:36
I agree stuff sending him out. Play him every week. Him and Brown would stroll through every midfield battle in Scotland.

31 Jan 2018 11:28:44
Ajar impressed me. Dembele was better too.

31 Jan 2018 08:27:34
Its that time again so where's that marquee. or is a gazebo? ed its been all to sensible on here, your quality control has filtered out skinnybhoy and his alternate personalities. Time for it to get plain daft.

{Ed007's Note - There hasn't been any silly posts from Skinnybhoy or Hoops88, remember the burger bar guy as well?}

31 Jan 2018 09:20:11
See Stokes has been released by Hibs I would have him back thoughts?

31 Jan 2018 09:36:10
davie he wasn't let go for nothing. Decent finisher but a bag of trouble off the pitch. HH.

31 Jan 2018 09:40:22
The annoying thing about stokes is that he’s got bags of talent when he’s on his game, but he’s a half wit off the pitch! Just can’t seem to keep himself out of trouble and he’s exactly the kind of player Brendan doesn’t want!

31 Jan 2018 09:45:35
Games like last night is how we should be playing every week, Stokes would not be able to keep up. More often than not he takes a touch or 2 and steps inside slowing every move down. Decent enough player and i like him but he's just simply not good enough for Celtic now. Wish him well though.

31 Jan 2018 09:45:56
Why would we have him back? He doesn't suit how we play now.

Where would we play him?

Why would we want him after he's been bombed out of hibs for discipline problems?

31 Jan 2018 09:57:35
Not even remotely good enough for us.

31 Jan 2018 10:14:19
Is this a joke? Stokes is never Celtic class, joke of a player.

31 Jan 2018 08:37:29
well that was very pleasing and much more like us. Moussa looks only inches from being full on, Edouard looks like a young Moussa and i think we saw why BR rates Kouassi so highly. Young Ajer, who seems to improve every game now, could be a rock, and i mean a BIG rock, for us.

Last night was the first time since Aberdeen away where we looked in complete control for 90 minutes. I thought we were quick, clever and sharp n our passing and on it from the start.

A quick word on DDV, what a difference with really accurate kicking. With Moussa and Edouard as targets we really moved on them to beat the pressure on our own 18 yard line.

But the real highlight? The age of this team.

31 Jan 2018 08:58:33
You mean what a difference with the kicking rather than the passing out from the back?,

31 Jan 2018 09:24:20
Aindoh he done both very well.

31 Jan 2018 09:39:19
Was great to see a smile on Dembele again. I enjoyed seeing the players celebrating last night. Musonda looked like he was having a great time at the end and it was nice to see everyone make him feel part of the group already. This lad is going to fall in love with Celtic. Funny reading that he has already left the chelsea social media pages, unfriended chelsea players and now up to date with everything Celtic haha.

31 Jan 2018 09:43:04
He passed it when a pass was on and went long went it wasn’t! Something Gordon hasn’t quite grasped yet! He’s brutal for trying to pass it in his own 6 yard box! I’m all for passing it out from the back but there a time and a place!

31 Jan 2018 10:34:14
Thought it was a Brendan thing, passing out from the back, and that's what he was trying to convert Gordon into doing, even though it was madness when the opposition were pressing high up the field, so was thinking maybe Brendan had relaxed his view and had told the goalie just kick it up the field seeing that there was Dembelle and Édouard to aim for.

31 Jan 2018 06:34:51
{Ed's Note - we have posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 31st January 2018

31 Jan 2018 02:01:21
Great performance tonight. Team back on track fast flowing football. Stand outs for me Ajer, Tierney, Ntcham and Kouassi.

31 Jan 2018 00:14:37
Anyone noticed the resemblance between Morelos and Sloth from The Goonies?

I will try and post the pics when I get round to doing the montage.

{Ed007's Note - You've got some cheek, Plug.}

31 Jan 2018 01:23:00
Come on now RAW slough’s not that bad looking surely!

31 Jan 2018 06:16:17
How did you know I had straight hair and curly teeth?

{Ed007's Note - I can remotely turn on webcams and phone cameras through your IP addresses.}