Celtic Banter Archive August 03 2018

03 Aug 2018 19:16:24
This is what I've been told is the Team tomorrow:

Gordon

Lustig
Ajer
Simunovic
McGregor

Forrest
Ntcham
Brown
Rogic
Hayes

Edouard

Few surprises in there, obviously need to wait to see if it's correct.
Off on Holiday tomorrow so going to miss a few games but I'm sure The Bhoys will manage without me for a couple of weeks!
Hope everyone enjoys the game tomorrow.
COYBIG 🍀🍀🍀.

03 Aug 2018 20:08:56
I would play Griffiths to get him up to speed for the mid week games.

03 Aug 2018 20:45:56
Kev - I think Griffiths needs to be gradually brought in, can’t be rushing him to start games in case he has another recurrence of his injury

I kinda want Edouard to get us much game time and goals as possible in the hope we take 3 or 4 if Aek at home.

03 Aug 2018 22:24:17
Surely Griff could play top while Odsonne takes up the left. Not to begrudge Hayes a run out--but it is the first game of the season.

03 Aug 2018 23:41:49
Been training since before the last Rosenberg game. Needs some game time get him bench ready for European games. Also Edouard is our only fit striker so I'd wrap him in cotton wool till mid week.

04 Aug 2018 12:48:55
Been training since before the last Rosenberg game. Needs some game time get him bench ready for European games. Also edouard is our only fit striker so ad wrap him in gotten wood till wednesday.

04 Aug 2018 14:30:55
Hayes in because Sinclair still struggling and I’m surprised Gamboa is out. Lustig has lost a couple of yards and his passing deteriorated last season. Although one woeful pass led to McGreggors goal in the final.

I love the guy but he ain’t the future.

03 Aug 2018 18:21:57
Starting line up morra?

Gordon

Gamboa
Hendry
Ajer
Miller

Brown
Ntcham

Forrest
McGregor
Edouard

Griff.

03 Aug 2018 19:19:20
Kt Injured.

03 Aug 2018 20:37:49
Think lustig will play to get him up to speed and we could see boyata at some point.

03 Aug 2018 20:47:00
Not heard anything but he did limp off on Wednesday

Wouldn’t risk it to be honest - keep him for AEK.

03 Aug 2018 22:35:02
Could see gamboa switch sides like mid week.

03 Aug 2018 17:01:08
Hi ED, i see AEK Athens beat galatasary 3-2 2 days ago, how do you think we'll do 1st leg? and what's everyones thoughts?

{Ed007's Note - Friendlies are meaningless Brendan. I'll settle for a repeat of the last round's result, 3-1 at home and 0-0 will do me but I'm going for 2-1 at home and 1-0 win over there.}

04 Aug 2018 06:49:09
When the draw was done I thought that was the tricky one but after hearing their problems and seeing Hibs dump out Asteras I'm quietly hopeful we should sneak through.

03 Aug 2018 14:46:10
So on the eve of the new season starting our manager has no new faces in his squad to push us on further.
No new faces as he tackles the task of getting us into Europe for the 3rd straight year.
Yet fans on here slaughter each other from some of them daring to have a go at the club for not being active in the window.

BR has won every trophy he has competed for in Scotland and lead us to 2 years in the CL. surely he has the right to have asked for a bit more backing.
Yes we will bring some in but we're the preparation work.

03 Aug 2018 15:09:50
It’s all part of a cunning plan to dupe the opposition into believing we don’t care about getting better. Think of the hotel, new pitch and light show.

That’s the future.

03 Aug 2018 15:25:09
Haha magic is fishing for retaliation comments.

03 Aug 2018 16:25:15
Do people seriously believe the club heirarchy do not want to get better player so in the squad?
Do people not want the hotel, investment, improve pitch and floodlights?
I do
I also want Players who will make us better and who the manager wants.

Better quality will come when we have CL football
Options will increase when the overinflated EPL transfer window shuts.

The core of our double treble winning squad Is largely the same, Paddy never did much last season, the hair is a loss granted, but given the choice I’d have French eddy.

I take the point that you have to speculate to accumulate but this years signings will be of real benefit to next years qualifying, our squad should be enough to qualify this year, then with the prospect of CL football, sign quality and build.

Magicpole I take onboard many of your points and i appreciate you are a pragmatist, but they way I read your posts, you come across as doom and gloom 24/ 7. It’s your opinion (as you constantly inform us all the time) , but Munns opinion is that some people can be positive without being blinkered as you put it.

Help the faith brothers the quality will come.

03 Aug 2018 17:02:37
The faith brothers? Are they a Gospel choir? Why do they need our help? 😉.

03 Aug 2018 17:18:57
I will go to the docs for happy pills. No players for the CL and start of the season plays havoc with my endorphins production. I am getting drunk now. Be laughing any time soon. You can rely on good gin to deliver.

03 Aug 2018 17:24:07
Island celt, not too sure our squad is strong enough to qualify for CL. We msy do it, largely depends who we get if we beat Athens? Losing Dembele is a blow. If he was fit then him and Edouard are a handful for any team and i would be much more confident we could do it. However take him out and i worry we where the support for Eddy comes from. Brown has an injury. He didn't look 100% this week. that's maybe where we need a McGinn to partner N'tcham. Without Brown we don't have that drive. I absolutely love Brown. Sinclair not firing. Still a bit weak at the back. Hendry is not the solution at CL level. Go buy McGinn now. The Aussie is coming and he may be, who knows a replacement for Paddy. However we need them in now. AEK will be difficult. The next round even more so. Rogic is back and hopefully Boyata and Lustig as well so we will get better but apart from our strongest starting 11, i think we are light.

03 Aug 2018 17:24:59
Make mine a "Double Treble! "😂😂😂.

03 Aug 2018 17:36:00
I’m thinking a Treble Treble.

03 Aug 2018 18:16:25
Still talking about Trebleution.

03 Aug 2018 18:36:04
‘Keep the faith’

Dam predictive text, I would have laughed if it said ‘close brothers. ’.

04 Aug 2018 12:32:58
Good points IC. however if the gd quality players are coming in when we reach the CL who do you think will come if we don't make it.
We are constantly told we have this super scouting network. who are they scouting if we can only get gd players when we are in the CL.
On here last season post were saying about the new back 4 of AR, JH, CA, KT. now they want lustig nd boyata back asap.
BR has been left blowing in the wind.
If we don't make the CL the people slating magicpole will be the first ones shouting there mouths of about the lack of signings.

04 Aug 2018 12:39:15
Haven't we learned previous lessons of just signing players for the sake of it? You end up with a squad size of 30 full of the Temmu Pukki's, Amido Balde's and Nadir Ciftci's of this world.

Spot on Island Celt if we can offer Champions League football the better quality of player we can attract.

We smashed our transfer record so to say the board is not backing the manager is nonsense!

05 Aug 2018 00:12:35
When were we last told about our super scouting network?

03 Aug 2018 10:35:10
We will destroy sevco again this season they are doing the same old stuff signing anyone they can get their hands on. No real quality been brought in.

The sheep put up a good fight last night and I expect them and wee Lennys lads to finish above the sevies.

With Rodgers saying once the English window slams shut does anyone have any idea who he might have in mind from down south?

Hail hail.

03 Aug 2018 11:14:36
I'd put money on us picking up fringe youngsters from the likes of Citeh or Chelski.

03 Aug 2018 11:17:46
I don’t think he necessarily means we’ll be going for players from England but there may be a chance of getting certain players that we just couldn’t afford if we got into a bidding war with English clubs.

03 Aug 2018 12:15:41
Good point Kev.

03 Aug 2018 17:39:50
When the EPL window shuts, there will be players surplus to requirements that we may get on loan or some may be fringe players who the manager won't care about moving on but surly our market is overseas players from European clubs where the transfer fees are less. I really can't see why we have not moved for them now if that was the case. I think from England it will be loan deals only.

03 Aug 2018 22:47:44
I'm glad to say that Celtic's stock is rising under this regime. I think lots of young players would give it a second thought this summer that 2-3 years ago just wouldn't. I hardly need to run through the roster: Tierney, Ajer, Ntcham, McGregor, Forrest, Odsonne, Dembele. That's surely just exactly where you want to be as a young world beater. Hail f (n) Hail.