Celtic Banter Archive February 03 2018

 

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03 Feb 2018 22:01:56
Stoooop! With all the negativity. You'd think we've forgotten we have a significant lead at the top. We haven't been as clinical this season but nonetheless were still by enlarge the best team in the country.

I think that as mentioned earlier the pitch didn't do our guys any favours and the injuries done us no good. But on a whole a below par performance, the lads need a balling for that.

As for the complaints on recruitment. Yes I'm gutted that we've still got one or two areas needing strength but on a whole, playing a squad with an average age of 24. Even better 21 minus two of the old heads. To me that is evident to what BR is planning. If we get 3-4 season's CL football for 16 guys by the time there 25 heading to their peak they'll have plenty experience at that level. (Even if 4 left you'd still have 12 guys with that experience) this can only be a good thing.

With regards to plan b. We've been messing around with the formation for the last couple of games this is is trying to work out different formations. It worked against hearts let us down today, with such a massive lead in the league it's worth a gamble every now and then.

Disappointed but realistic we learn from this and move on. Expect better next week.

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03 Feb 2018 22:36:22
But is the point not, if you find a formation that works, shouldn't you just keep it, until it comes undone, and you get forced to try another one, and then you try some others till you find another one that works, don't see the point of finding one that works, and then the next game saying, "think we had better try something else for this game, just to see if it works as well",

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03 Feb 2018 22:52:54
8 points isn’t really a significant lead in my view.

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03 Feb 2018 23:08:56
It was 12 points this morning. Was there not a comment earlier about sitting static and other teams catch up we constantly need to try and improve.

The other option is with the likes of zenit around the corner knowing your options is better than going into to the game with 1 plan and untried alternatives. I'm not blind to say BR got it wrong today but i think it's to harsh to question the teams ability with 2 domestic defeats in two seasons.

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03 Feb 2018 23:47:42
4 leaf that's far too sensible a post in the aftermath of our 2nd domestic defeat in 70 odd games, you should be posting stuff like we"ll be lucky to win the league and we"ve no chance of back to back trebles. Some on here need a reality check, they over react when we win and do the same when we lose, in their eyes we are either world beaters or we're pish . The reality is we are a very decent young side that is only going to improve and are streets ahead of anything else in Scotland. In Europe
we come up short for the same reason the rest domestically come up short against us. Money.

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03 Feb 2018 23:51:46
I agree, but unfortunately there is some of our supporters that aren’t happy unless their moaning., having said that believing that we will win everything in a canter is wrong too, if Aberdeen had had taken something from us or sevco, they would be breathing down our necks, and we seem to have lost our spark this year.

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04 Feb 2018 00:36:08
And if we beat all our draws and losses then everyone would be happy and if our women didn't need to sit down when they went to the toilet theyed be our boyfriends it's a league get over it 38 games most points wins not who got points here there and were!

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04 Feb 2018 09:03:04
So your happy that we will win the treble this year at a canter then, no problem my concerns are over bigsammy has said everything is great.

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04 Feb 2018 09:19:15
It’s not about losing a game. It’s about the complete lack of any threat. The complete lack of any co ordinated approach to trying to deal with Killie playing deep.

The performance against hertz was one if the best and yesterday one of the worst in the last year

The injuries knocked us but, we should still have had enough.

One shot on target shows you how poor we were. Nobody could beat a man. AlwYs taking the easier backward or sideways pass. Not until Eddy came on did we pick up a bit

I thought overall Hendry looked ok and time will tell if he can help makes us less porous.

Piss poor performance and gives us all something to think about. I’m hoping it was another one of those days. Too many of our more creative players created absolutely feck all.

A real worry now is facing Zenit with an even worse defence than we went into the window with if Ajer doesn’t make it.

Musonda was surrounded by three players at all times. Releasing the ball in those situations is the best move as they have too many players committed and we failed to exploit that.

A disappointing window was lessened by a great pwrformance on Tuesday. I think that formation is our best hope and Charly and Forrest should be the only swap if one is to happen.

Need to get our confidence back because if they play like that against them we haven’t a hope.

Any news on how bad the injuries were? Especially to Aje.

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04 Feb 2018 09:53:13
I'd agree that well win the league easy. Cups are difficult a bad day at the office for one team and another team at there best means a cups anyone's game. But were mentally a much stronger team since the Ronny days. Again when we get the opportunity and it's a game we can risk it's sometimes best for BR to try something with the team he believes will work and might be the next step to us progressing yesterday obviously didn't work well get back to normal and not take risks again till were in the safe zone again.

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03 Feb 2018 20:48:59
I don't think we can blame the pitch today. We have played on it many times before and won, including earlier in the season, so we should have known what to expect.
I believe that we need to change our transfer policy, we have to occasionally buy players in who are an improvement on what we have at present. We've been saying all season that we have a weakness at centre half, I can't see how the defence is improved by buying a youngster from Dundee who might or might not be good in three years time. Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet pay out some money and fix the problem now. It doesn't stop us building for the future.
The last eighteen months have been a great time for us fans, we've played some great football, and hopefully we will win another treble, but it was always likely that teams would find a way to nullify us, this is now happening, even Kilmarnock have managed to frustrate us the last twice we've played them.
In football you can't afford to stand still, other teams are going to try and improve themselves, so we have to try and maintain the gap. I feel this season we've been slow in doing this even though we're still the best team in the league.
Our club is very well run and it makes lots of money, but I don't see the point of making all this money if we are not going to use it to strengthen the team. That should be the whole point of making the money.

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03 Feb 2018 21:59:28
The fact we lost 2 central defenders in the 1st 25 minutes is the biggest cause of the defeat in my opinion.
I think Rodgers honeymoon period has also ended with some supporters, but hopefully this will give the team, management, board and supporters that through complacency we will be beaten.

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03 Feb 2018 22:43:51
On honeymoon period for a year and a half give it a rest.

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03 Feb 2018 23:18:27
I think we lack a plan b (at the moment) when things aren't going our way, but if you look at what BR is trying to do and the age of the team he is trying to bind together, i can only assume he is planning to be here for a while and nurture a team together for future glories. Bring on 10IAR. hail hail, in BR we must trust.

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03 Feb 2018 23:56:51
Give what a rest sammy, the fact is Brendan Rodgers has been put up on a pedestal by some, and can do no wrong in their eyes, and now we lose 2 games, and have drawn some home games they turn on him, I’ve even heard some folk stating we’d be better with Delhia after a year of BR love.

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04 Feb 2018 00:51:04
Be careful what you wish for mms.

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04 Feb 2018 01:42:01
Lose two games from August to February given the great MON had loses with larsson sutton Hartson petrov moravcik Lambert lennon mjallby balde Thompson McNamara stubbs Boyd agathe.

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04 Feb 2018 08:55:35
What am I wishing for, if you actually read what I’m saying instead of arguing with yourself. Rodgers is a good manager, and I’ve never said anything else, but I’m entitled to state my opinion, that is obvious
The team is lacking something this year, and the defensive problems are still problems.

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04 Feb 2018 09:26:19
Cause people criticise Rogers doesn’t mean people are “turning on him”. He deserves to be criticised like anyone. He is not above making a can't of it like anybody else. Blind faith and he can do no wrong attitude of some isn’t healthy.

The team where rubbish. We created nothing and had only one shot on target. Nobody could beat a man or even tried and our passing was utter dross. How can you not receive criticism for that?

He can take it and it shows the mentality of the players who lacked confidence when they faced an organised team needs looked at.

The pitch doesn’t help. The injuries disrupted us, but we still didn’t create anything. If that’s not a worry and not worth criticism then what is?

By the way, Stevie Clarke will be the next boss of Sevco.

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04 Feb 2018 14:51:37
Steven Francis Clarke nooe no chance family if mad tims.

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{Ed007's Note - Trust me, Mally - that will NEVER happen.}

05 Feb 2018 15:07:02
Anno ed friendly with his uncle who was a reserve when the lions were in there pomp.

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03 Feb 2018 20:48:06
Some goal from McGinn at the Bronx today only bettered by his celebration. Still think he has a bit of Broony dig and could do us a turn.

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03 Feb 2018 21:41:12
He can be a wee bit up and down JFP. But he's young and that's what you expect. When he's good he's very very good and has tons of potential. He also loves skelping zombies. If we don't sign him in the summer we'll regret it.

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03 Feb 2018 21:50:20
Think he is a lot more creative than Brown, but not as tenacious, think they would have played well in the same midfield, but unfortunately don't think that will happen, think the problem Brendan has now he has too many talented midfielders, and instead of playing the ones that make the best team, he is playing the best players on paper which is not necessarily the best team, and if he does hit on a formation that plays well together, but he knows he has really good players sitting it out, well in the next game he gives these really good players a game, and it all goes to pot, instead of sticking with the team that played well together, it reminds me of what Ronnie, praise him, praise him, blessed be his name, used to do, but Brendan is on a much higher plane than Ronnie, I am confident he will get the team back on track soon, these defeats against Hearts and Killie, will turn out to be a blessing in disguise, this invincibility crap was going too far, the players know now they are going to have to scrap to get a result, every game they will have to burst a gut to get a result, this will help them to win another treble and get as far as possible in Europe,

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03 Feb 2018 22:10:54
People forget how raw Brown was when he 1st arrived he has taken time to grow into the player he is now, and for long enough he was being used on the right for Hibs. In my opinion McGinn is a better player than Brown was at this age. He would be an asset to Celtic. We could have done with his drive and energy today.

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03 Feb 2018 23:22:14
Sign McGinn ☘️.

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03 Feb 2018 20:20:16
All the negative comments on here it must be a terrible time to be a Celtic fan. How dare they lose a game after an unbeaten treble after 4 trophies in a row after qualifying 2 years in a row for champions league and very tough qualifying games yip it's hard being a Celtic fan these days really wish I could go back to the 90s and leave this awful era behind!

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03 Feb 2018 21:34:57
It's still great to be a Tim Sammy but the past is in the past, albeit it a fantastic achievement which we will always cherish. In football your only as good as your last game, and we were absolutely dire today. To have two shots (or am I being generous ) at goal in 90 minutes is woeful and we should be putting teams like Kilmarnock away, even at their gaff. That display was unacceptable full stop. We haven't won four league games in a row this season and that's a worry. Our wonderful support deserved better today.

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04 Feb 2018 00:20:54
Problem is Celtic with BR have got better and the other teams have strived to get better that's a good problem because it means we strive to be even better again also there's good managers in the league atm Jenny and you have to give them credit there not going to let Celtic just turn up and say yous pass it and we'll let ya through our defence . I want us to win every game but it doesn't work like that in football but we will win the league and hopefully a treble so be happy :)

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03 Feb 2018 19:21:42
Hard to know where to start after performance thought hearts was bad but that conceivably was every bit as bad and could easily have ended up the same 4-0 if we are being honest this team have gone backwards at an alarming rate we can blame injures, pitches, bedding in new players etc etc but the brutal truth is with the financial advantage we have over the rest of the league we should be light years ahead of the rest not playing one good game then struggling to win 4in a row afterwards I can't help but think the first season lift we got from a new manager is wearing very thin and the supposed improvement with certain players is all but gone i. e Forrest, mcgregor, Armstrong boyata, Sinclair, dembele al gone backwards we will find just how good BR is in the next month or so this team needs sorted quickly very quickly or forget treble for get Europa.

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03 Feb 2018 21:41:47
Forrest has went back the way? He’s been 1 of our best performers this season we reall had 3 of our first choice defenders off the park in the first 30mins.

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03 Feb 2018 18:14:34
We have no cover at rb. no cover at lb. i don't believe there is a gd c. b at the the club.
An aging captain. and a very youthful middle to front. this bring the inconsistent performances we are seeing.
Yet people say we had a gd transfer window.
That fact is we haven't strengthened enough in the last 2 windows.
No matter what people say there hasn't been a player come in and make any difference to the team.
Poor handling by the club. are you seriously trying to tell me that there aren't players out there that could habe improved us.
Yes in the past we made some bad signing but there were some crackers also. there.

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03 Feb 2018 20:11:54
I would say ntcham and Edourd improved the squad when signed in the summer. Both young players with a lot more to come. I think Musonda when he settles will be a good signing. We have been unlucky with injuries to key players but that's your luck sometimes. If everyone in our squad was fully fit the competition for places would be unreal, with exception of maybe Goalkeeper and left back. I think the almost constant tinkering with the formation and line up has led to us looking lacklustre compared to last year when the team basically picked itself each week.

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03 Feb 2018 20:20:47
We’re shite and we know we are some fans need to get a grip 2 defeats in 2 seasons **** me dobnt u remember Lou macari Liam Brady John Barnes. Average age 21 good times ahead coybig.

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03 Feb 2018 21:21:29
That’s it Welshy

Like I said on an earlier post I started seriously watching Celtic in 1994 when we finished 4th behind Rangers Mk1, Aberdeen and Motherwell. Back when Muggleton and Biggins were the kind of signings we were making. Like Fat Bhoy Slim says “we’ve come a long way baby”.

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03 Feb 2018 21:43:52
An ageing captain that’s still the best midfielder in Scotland by far. We are spoiled.

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04 Feb 2018 00:01:49
We need to be realistic we can't sign players on epl wages unless they're like sinky n only want to play fitba. Most of they guys only care about £$€ so offering them game time means very little, our model mostly is buy young n develop n hope they care enough about their future to come here n get better n eventually get the big move.

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03 Feb 2018 17:17:46
I know this will not be popular. but this passing the ball round the back is absolutely shocking.
It looks as if we no plan B. i have to say teams have found us out and we can't change it.
Yes the green glasses brigade will talk about the injuries.
Has Brendan got a plan B.

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03 Feb 2018 17:31:12
Agree JJ.

Definitely need to see how BR adapts his tactics and personnel as more and more teams are managing to counter our tactics that worked last year.

In saying that we have been hampered by injuries and some players underperforming so how he reacts to this will be interesting.

This is how we can truly measure not just BR but also the players with how they react to some poor performances and a slight backlash from the fans.

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03 Feb 2018 17:49:46
I agree JJ we seem to spend the majority of games passing the ball back the way and laterally across the back four. Also the slow tempo we play at is causing us real problems. Against hearts on Tuesday we were at it from the first whistle and they couldn’t live with us then today we were back to slow passing slow tempo. Night and day from the way we played last season.

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03 Feb 2018 18:18:18
Green glasses brigade? We have lost 2 domestic in 18 months. Yes, we were terrible today and a few players need a kick up the backside but my start to supporting Celtic was watching us finish third at best in the early 90s and I appreciate what we have now as every Celtic fan should.

I agree we need a plan B but from what I saw today Killie just sat in with 11 behind the ball which is always tough to break down especially when your wingers NEVER get to the byeline and cross the ball.

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03 Feb 2018 18:39:17
Blame Brendan Rodgers for changing a winning team. Hearts midweek was up there with the level of performance against Aberdeen yet he changed it. Edouard plays well gets praised then dropped. No consistency in his decisions at all.

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03 Feb 2018 19:20:02
Well said Niall, first goal was always was always going to be the winner today

A plastic surface HAS to be watered and today as a result of it not being it led to injury

We were very quiet today and unusual not to have a shot on target till very late but we are so far in front of everyone else

Can anybody else honestly say what would be our strongest line up and shape with every one fit? I couldn't.

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04 Feb 2018 01:28:14
In the most part it works, but it doesn't half bore the tits off me. My issue is the complete disregard of using route 1 when required. Sometimes it just works. Nothing wrong with a good old cavalry charge when your up against it.

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03 Feb 2018 17:03:27
That Neil Lennon is some manager btw

And that Scott Allan can play a bit as well :-P.

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03 Feb 2018 17:16:45
Sad, sad day when we have to rely on another team to cheer us up.
Aye Right! ha ha ha ha ha.

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03 Feb 2018 18:18:49
Wait, are they not Celtic Colts?

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03 Feb 2018 16:53:10
No excuse we were awful today but that park is a joke how many more injuries do we need to see before the sfa do something. Oh and lenny just done another number on sevco.

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03 Feb 2018 17:09:13
God bless Lenny. There's always a silver lining lol. On that showing today, back to back trebles will be no formality. Two big game's at the sheep pen and greyskull on the horizon. We need to be hitting form.

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03 Feb 2018 16:11:38
Hey Ed, Have you heard anything on us apparently signing Elvis Azah?

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{Ed007's Note - We haven't signed him.}

03 Feb 2018 17:17:12
Bravetart did you hear he was in the building 😂😂👍🍀.

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04 Feb 2018 01:30:45
And he neednt think he can saunter in to Celtic Park with his blue suede shoes on. thank ya very much. i'll get my jumpsuit, i mean jacket 🤣.

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03 Feb 2018 15:58:05
Gordon
Lustig, Boyata, Commper, Ralston;
Roberts, Rogic, Ajer, Armstrong;
Griffiths, Hayes.

Maybe need a few more beds in the treatment room?

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03 Feb 2018 15:40:25
Moussa Dembele is an absolute waste of a jersey and that is not solely based on today's performance. He has been posted missing in so many games this season. Griff is head and shoulders above any striker we have and I cannot wait for him to return from injury. If that's the type of performance we can expect from him I'd sooner see young Jack Aitchison given a run out at least with him you would be guaranteed effort. I'd happily take the first decent offer for Dembele in the summer and move on.

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03 Feb 2018 15:53:08
He is certainly not the same player of last season and his valuation has all-but evaporated since initial estimates.
However, he has had a very stop-start time with injury and the reported interest and speculation was very distracting for the lad.
He had a poor game again today, but so did the vast majority of Celts, just as they all played exceptionally well on Tusday; but a fully fit and focused MD will benefit all concerned in the long run and lessons must be learned from that shambles today.

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03 Feb 2018 15:54:35
What games? He's been injured. Griff can only play against certain defences Dembele is still a young striker and will go far in the game. basing your judgement off just coming back from injury is ridiculous. Rodgers like to develop players if he doesn't think Aitchenson is ready he's not ready. All these arm chair managers. You can only pick a team from how well players train or play the week before. I didn't see the game but from what I've heard we were abysmal I accept that it needs to be better I said it before we're not going to win every single league. Yes poor performances are unacceptable but they are going to happen.

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03 Feb 2018 16:12:10
If you want me to list the games he’s been posted missing I will. I accept players will have poor performances but what I don’t accept is a complete lack of effort. How long is his injury going to be used as an excuse. I don’t buy this Griffiths can only play against certain defenders nonsense the fact of the matter is when Griff is on the pitch he always looks likely to score and is a constant threat, he will also have his bad games but the effort is always there with him.

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03 Feb 2018 16:35:06
As we all know, Brendan has his philosophy of how he wants his Celtic teams to play. However, in my opinion, it has to be horses for courses in respect of how teams set up against us and playing surfaces etc. That was totally unacceptable today in front of a fantastic Celtic support. We made the lad Jones look like Arjen Robbens! Again, for me it reiterated the importance of Lee Griffiths. He gives our players more options with his runs and angles. On paper we have a fantastic squad, and I for one looks forward to Armstrong, Paddy, Griff and Paddy being back. The players currently playing have the chance to cement a place in that team, but on today's showing, nothing should be guaranteed.

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03 Feb 2018 16:40:36
Am with u ice man mousse has been awful all season he's not injured so what's the excuse griff is miles ahead of him on present form. more alarming for me is his lack of effort and attitude he was a passenger and I know the service wwas poor but u still put yourself about.

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03 Feb 2018 17:28:46
The same thing should apply to Forrest and Sinclair who were rotten.
Forrest flatters to deceive in maybe a couple of games, then has a run of very mediocre cameo's and on this season's form is easy to see why Sinclair has had almost a dozen clubs in ten years.
There's no denying that the forward line has struggled, compared to last season and the fact we don't top the SPL goals chart shows this.
However, today was disappointing from most of the players and there were virtually no clear-cut chances created or shots on goal and that, thankfully is a very, very rare occurance and we will improve.

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03 Feb 2018 18:16:42
We have only one way of playing. We have not won 4 games in a row so that tells you something. Poor performance mainly due today because we don't get the ball forward quick enough. Anyone can play it back. Take responsibility for getting the ball forward. All this recycling the ball is a load of tosh.

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04 Feb 2018 08:06:20
Griffiths head and shoulders above dembele is an absolute ridiculous statement.

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04 Feb 2018 08:29:38
Naw it's no he's been terrible what have u been watching for the last 8 months.

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04 Feb 2018 13:17:06
Griffiths is bog standard, gets found out big time when up against good defenders. To compare two players overall ability in the last couple of month is petty and a lack of complete knowledge.

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04 Feb 2018 14:55:24
So mousse has been great since he done his hamstring against sevco nearly a year ago. you obviously lack football knowledge if you think different. he's been awful so again what are seeing that no one else does.

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04 Feb 2018 16:36:51
Bog standard? The boy has scored 97 goals and had numerous assists in 4 years at the club 🤔.

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03 Feb 2018 15:22:15
The question is have we improved the playing staff from last year. Other league winning teams always seem to improve and become stronger. We had a real chance after last seasons fantastic effort to bring quality additions to take us out of sight domestically and too make us competitive domestically. That hasn't happened and the last window was pretty underwhelming when it came to signings.

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03 Feb 2018 17:18:02
Above should have read also make us competitive on the European stage. Need an edit facility 😂😂😂😂.

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03 Feb 2018 14:59:35
We have had some shocking performances this season but that tops them all, Only shot on target in the 90th minute! No creativity, no urgency, even after the Killie goal, side to side rubbish with no clue how to break down a packed defence, Disgraceful! Not taking anything away from Kilmarnock but the SPFL need to get involved and get rid of that pitch! Would like to know how many players have been injured on that surface, football is supposed to be played on grass not plastic!

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03 Feb 2018 15:30:00
Issue is how BR wants to play. When you have a team sitting behind 2 banks of 4, you can try the BR way and get wide but Forrest and Sinclair were getting no where. So Kilmarnock were sitting deep so push players into the box and play long. Put them under pressure with long balls. So when they are under pressure they try and play higher up the pitch. That gives you the room. However BR is all about playing out from the back and building attacks. Sometimes you don't need to do that. Ofter BR is too clever for his own good. They set up with 2 banks of 4. Just miss out the first bank of 4. Go straight to the back line. Get our players in on top of them and see what happens. They will always push up once you put enough pressure on the back 4.then we have space and can play.

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03 Feb 2018 15:39:44
Pitch is a disgrace but not worthy of an excuse for that performance. Didn't help that anytime we went in attack they all took turns to scythe us down. Lost count how many times Musonda got fouled.

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03 Feb 2018 16:00:25
Agree these pitches shouldn't be allowed nevertheless I thought Killie were terrific and was actually quite jealous watching them defend as that's how I would like to see us defend. Malumbu was dynamite and would welcome him in our team. If and when Rodgers leaves I think Steve Clarke has to be his replacement. Credit where credit is due he is doing a sterling job with Killie.

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03 Feb 2018 16:01:29
Also was impressed with Hendry👍.

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03 Feb 2018 18:56:36
Malkybhoy we never put their defence under any pressure.

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03 Feb 2018 14:52:21
That was even worse than tynecastle not one player gets pass marks don't tho k the mousse will need to wash his kit didn't try a leg.

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03 Feb 2018 14:45:26
Why did BR change a team that played so well midweek.

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03 Feb 2018 14:34:51
two centre backs off injured, two new players and without a doubt the worst surface in Scotland. Having said that we were poor after 15-20 of the first and the same second, jeeze it could have been worse than hertz.

BR make a mistake dropping Odsonne? Moussa looked better with him on. Sinclair? Not even making 10 yard passes properly what's up with this boy? Forrest back to being Forrest again and Charly not finding space to work in.

Very disappointing all round.

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03 Feb 2018 15:03:50
By far, in my opinion, the worst performance under Brendan. They gave us nothing! Yes, we can complain about playing surfaces all day long, but we've played on them long enough to adapt. To go from a performance like we did against Hearts, to that showing today is not acceptable. We were absolutely dire. Granted we did not envisage losing two centre halves, and players are dropping like flies at the moment. Can we really blame plastic surfaces for all our woes? Teams are cracking how to set up against us unfortunately and it's up to Brendan to get us on a descent run again.

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03 Feb 2018 15:07:01
i thought young henry was supposed to be very quick yet to day he was left behind by anyone that ran by him.

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03 Feb 2018 15:18:07
Steve Clarke got it right narrowing the pitch and having them hit on the break on a pitch that makes it hazardous to turn.
The injuries did disrupt our shape and tactics; but apart from that there were far too many Celtic players out of sorts or being far too tentative/ negative and having no impact whatsoever.
I accept it was a different opponent and surface from Tuesday, but Edouarde has been making great progress recently and links well with Dembele, while Sinclair has lost all confidence and seemingly basic ability and needs to be dropped for a wee while.
Forrest was back to his infuriating worst and needs Roberts pushing for his place to give him a jolt - or replace him, while Musonda looked good in spells, but needed much more help and protection from the others in midfield.
I know it's only two defeats in two seasons, but it was the manner of the loss and sheer lack of creativity and potency - not to mention giving rivals a chance to cut the gap to single figures.

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03 Feb 2018 15:55:37
Just get more direct. When it is too difficult to break them down miss out the midfield. Its really simple. They sit back so putting 4 Celtic players into their back 4 is easy. BR just won't change his philosophy. Big weakness.

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03 Feb 2018 14:30:24
WTF was that.

No need to say anything else.

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03 Feb 2018 15:19:11
Will the REAL Celtic please return ASAP.

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03 Feb 2018 14:29:47
That's a dreadful performance from us today. Firstly take nothing away from kille, they by far had the better chances over the piece and deserved the win. On to us now, too many big players didn't show, for me though the big thing is the tactics. Sometimes circumstances dictate that you can't play your usual expansive free flowing football and today for me we are playing too much passing football and no where near direct enough. Even in the 80th odd minutes we're passing the ball backwards, across field and it seems every player must touch the ball before we get to the Killie box. Granted we had two big injuries on that shambolic pitch but that doesn't excuse the need to continue trying to pass the ball about the way we tried on that surface. What's wrong with trying the long ball at times? Might not be great to watch but my god watching us try to play our usual game on that pitch was dire to say the least.

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03 Feb 2018 14:10:07
This is terrible to watch do we even no what way we are shooting Worst performance under BR.

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03 Feb 2018 14:38:08
Can't blame it all on the pitch but! When are they going to tell them to get rid of it? It's a horrendous surface and it really suits players like Boyd and Clubber Foot.
That said, very poor from our forwards today. Weren't in it at all.

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03 Feb 2018 14:47:46
Got to agree that must be up there with worse I’ve watched under Brendan! We played the same way from minute 1 til the 94th! Passing the ball about the back line like we didn’t have a care in the world! No urgency no fight and no bloody clue! To play 94 minutes against Kilmarnock and not have a shot on goal from open play is a disgrace! We could still be playing the now and not have scored! Far to many in that team living off past glories! Sinclair and Dembele being the main 2! Was at the game on Tuesday and I thought after that first half this is more like it! But to go from that to what I just witnessed is just not good enough!

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03 Feb 2018 13:24:41
This pitch is a disgrace to Scottish football. That said, we've been pish. Ntcham looks like he is really worried about the surface. I'd take him off and bring on Edouard if he doesn't improve but reckon BR will need to leave any sub to late as we only have on left. Gladly take 1-0 with no more injuries and GTF out of that hole.

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03 Feb 2018 12:22:56
Just watched Charly's interview on BT Sport there. Really excited to see what this lad can bring to the team. He sounds like he's not just happy to be here but really wants to be here as well. If we can get Paddy, Tommy and Stuarty fit again, we could push on in Europe.
Hope young Hendry has a good debut.
MON THE HOOPS! 🍀 🍀 🍀.

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03 Feb 2018 09:10:58
The champs pump almost 2mill back into the Scottish game and signed 2 of the countries best young stars cash up front btw over at sevco they're Paul b the boy dochertys fee in 65 instalments first tranche due I 2029.

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03 Feb 2018 08:22:35
Team for today

De Vrise
Hendry
Boyata
Ajer

Forrest
Brown
Ebousie
Ntcham
Tierney

Edourd
Dembele.

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03 Feb 2018 09:55:44
Rich that's exactly what i would want to see but BR will play Jozo at the start. Hendry will get on but maybe not from start. Would love to see Ajar and Hendry. Think it would help Boyota as well. Dropping Sinclair and playing Eduard with Dembele looks exciting. Just hope that's what he goes with. We have some squad now. Paddy, Rogic, Armstrong, Comper, all to come back. Little worried about Doris between the sticks but thay apart all good.

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03 Feb 2018 10:15:55
Johnny jozo usually gets dropped when playing on artificial playing surfaces.

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03 Feb 2018 10:19:47
Johnny BR may not want to risk Jozo on the artificial pitch which may see Hendry get a start. Let’s wait and see.

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Review Of The Day 3rd February 2018

03 Feb 2018 06:20:41
{Ed's Note - we have posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 3rd February 2018

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