Celtic Banter Archive December 05 2017

05 Dec 2017 22:47:24
Oh a i see there's been some massive overreaction. tonight again.

05 Dec 2017 22:29:53
I've added my comments to other posts and while tonights' performance was not the best.
Top of the league.
We have the first home trophy back in the cabinet.
Still unbeaten domestically.
The best supporters anywhere. H.H.

05 Dec 2017 22:35:01
Well said tim I posted something similar some bhoys need to get a grip HH.

06 Dec 2017 08:07:38
Guys I’m not having a go here but 1 win in 12 champions league games is not good enough. Larrsson, Hartson and Sutton claim we need better players all over the park and i agree. We need proper investment or we will be lucky to go any further.

05 Dec 2017 22:12:03
Not to sure where to begin after that performance the only positive to take from it was in the first game against them they were in disarray with no manager and gifted us 2goals but tonight was brutal to watch to many players who hide we need to forget this 67 unbeaten in domestic matches and be honest in any half decent league in Europe this group of players wouldn't get near c. l. or even Europa league in truth this is Ronnie deila's team just tweaked a little time for lawwell and Desmond to back BR this money gathering dust in the bank rubbish and the smoke and mirrors from them has gone on long enough if anyone thinks this is progress then feck it there are some dark Euro nights ahead.

05 Dec 2017 22:25:26
CG was our best player tonight. There only appeared to be one game plan and that was not to lose 3 goals. We will not be going much further in the EL if this performance is anything to go by.
PSG and Bayern were made to look better because of our poor performance and we would have been looking at another 5+ goals drubbing if we had been playing either tonight.
The only positives I can take from tonight is Craig Gordon's performance and third place.
But, tomorrow is another day H. H.

05 Dec 2017 22:39:24
The biggest positive tonight was half time when Brendan took Armstrong and Sinclair off. Both could easily been replaced after 20 mins. Big difference second half with rogic and ntcham coming on, especially ntcham who i thought was great.

05 Dec 2017 22:44:17
Gordon done well but ntcham was our best player by a country mile.

05 Dec 2017 21:58:51
On a positive not ntcham is starting to look like a real footballer who should start every week now in front on Armstrong who is looking more and more like an SPL player! Reinforcements needed in January. Right back and centre half a must. And what the hell has happened to Sinclair?

05 Dec 2017 21:36:36
Left 15 min early tonite! That was a pathetic gutless performance tonite by the way! Embarrassing!

05 Dec 2017 21:42:55
Let's forget the Dembele £30mill price tag. Take what we can get and move him on. BR clearly does not rate Griff so no idea what will happen there. On the whole we are not even a europa league team. So poor.

05 Dec 2017 21:45:23
Was really poor and takes the shine in qualifying for EL away. I think we really are starting to look tired, need a boost from somewhere.

05 Dec 2017 22:07:54
Let’s be honest lads if Anderlecht hadn’t been in a crisis when we played them at home then we’d be dead last yet again! Rodgers says we’re learning, well I’m sorry but that just isn’t true! That was one of the worse performances I’ve seen in a long long time! I take no comfort that we’ve stumbled into the EL! Any decent side in that will pump us home and away! Remember the days Celtic Park was a fortress! Those days are long gone now!

05 Dec 2017 22:17:11
You left early that's embarrassing.

05 Dec 2017 22:21:18
Yes we have qualified for EL. I think despite that we have not improved at all from last year. Behind points from same amounts of games as las year in SPL. Bigger defeats, but teams change so in many ways it can't be measured. So only in my opinion, we ain't progressing.

05 Dec 2017 22:30:38
That was the most spinaless performance l have seen for years. They say that they are not going to change how they play against psg and Munich but then they can kick the ball up the field from the word go. Only Gordon for me was a pass mark. The changes helped but hanni ran the show. We are no where near a champion league team. Struggle away from home and now not won a game at home in the group since 2014! Just goes to show how poor our league really is. One awful performance, thank god it's over!

05 Dec 2017 22:54:23
Aye welsbhoy it’s embarrassing that I didn’t want to sit there in the cold watchn that Shoite with ma 6 year old nephew tae 90 minutes were up! Away and don’t talk pish! Dae u pay ma season book by the way? Naw well never u mind when a leave!

05 Dec 2017 23:11:32
If you don't want people to mind when you leave maybe you shouldn't post about when you leave 😂😂.

05 Dec 2017 23:25:28
Fair play your right it's your book you deserve to do how you please we just have differing opinions on how we see things. as book holders some go to be entertained and want value for money for their book and when things aren't as they thought they can complain and leave that's their right and some of us go to purely to back the team right to the end no matter how good or bad the performance is.

06 Dec 2017 00:03:30
No kev83 I’ll say exactly when I’m leaving mate but thanks for the advice! Welsbhoy totally agree that we all have differing opinions and I tip my hat to those who stayed to the death to watch what was a woeful half hearted performance! For me that was as bad a performance as we’ve had under Brendan and we can’t always fall back on what we do domestically! Yes our run has been truly magnificent and we’ve shown unbelievable consistency! But that tonite was another abject performance to add to the many we’ve had under Brendan! We’ve won 1 CL game out of 12 and none out of 6 home games, I’m sorry mate but that’s reason to complain in my book! But I apologise if I was a bit nippy with you mate, just sheer frustration that’s all. feel like we should and could do better than what we have done of late!

{Ed007's Note - I'm just glad the CL is over for another year. I wonder where all the 'who cares about CL results as long as we're in it to get the money' posters we used to have went?
Me personally, I'd take a domestic Treble over CL Last 16 any season but the other side of the coin is the CL money keeps us light years ahead of the rest of Scottish football.
I think I might just have contradicted myself lol - **** it!}

06 Dec 2017 00:28:41
ED I’ll be honest and I’ve said it before. i don’t want us in the champions league mate! Yes the money is great but the hammerings we’re taking on a regular basis just isn’t worth it! That tonite was against a team more on our level and we failed miserably. i can take a loss mate but the way we’re losing is really tough to take! We’re either getting humped or look like a team who don’t actually believe they belong at this level! It reminded me of the gladbach game at home last year, just look like a team who lack ideas and the belief to tell themselves that they deserve to be in the competition! The team needs freshened up next month imo, there’s to many players who know theyr guaranteed a game and need competition in there! Also thought there was a lot of tired players out there to. wee Tierney runs himself into the ground for us and I’d hate the kid to get burn out! Few signings to keep players on there toes is a must!

{Ed007's Note - I honestly don't let CL results get to me too much, we simply can't compete with your PSG's and Bayern Munichs but there's no excuses for a performance like tonight. I think Rodgers made a mistake not starting Ntcham instead of Armstrong and I'd have started Rogic over McGregor. It wasn't good enough but it was still an OG that decided the game, 0-0 and folk would be saying we soaked up their pressure and got the job done lol.}

06 Dec 2017 01:20:43
Was a bit unfair on you there bud your assessment of the game was bang on. Felt a bit annoyed at the end of the game when it was half empty and the team tho it wasn't a good performance they had just qualified for Europa which was the aim didn't get the credit I feel they deserved from the crowd. Think to many have this illusion that cos were Celtic we should be doing better in Europe dontbknow why fact is were never going to compete at that level so Europe after xmas is a great achievement.

06 Dec 2017 08:03:13
Or you could say that most of the team has played a lot of football recently, and it just caught up on them, where as Anderlecht have been focused on this match, and knew what they had to do, they had to win by three goals, their trainer had them closing their eyes for ten minutes every day, and made them repeat, we have to win by three goals, yes master we will, and every night before they went to sleep, they repeated the mantra, we will win by three goals, yes master, we will, and then. well you know how it turned out.

05 Dec 2017 20:36:11
Just watched the first half on tv, really subdued performance, Brown is about the only outfield player with pass marks so far, Boyata and Armstrong have been quite frankly shocking.

05 Dec 2017 17:35:06
Evening all,
These text has came through and this is the Team Tonight.

Gordon

Lustig
Jozo
Boyata
KT

Forrest
Brown
McGregor
Armstrong
Sinclair

Dembelle

Sorry not got the Subs
COYBIG.

05 Dec 2017 18:34:14
Not sure Armstrong merits the start over Ntcham on recent form, but that's a swell line up all the same.

05 Dec 2017 19:12:55
Thinking the same, Ntcham before Armstrong for me but that team will do the business 😉🍀🍀👌🏻.

05 Dec 2017 19:29:15
it's certainly a team picked to win the game, with emphasis on attack and I think because we are playing with a back four, that is why BR has named Broony as the only sitting mid, although Armstrong and McGregor will have to do their share of chasing back when needed.
Anderlecht have absolutely nothing to lose; so will really have a go and hope to score early and test our bottle, but we have plenty attacking options of our own and should handle this professionally.

05 Dec 2017 20:12:23
To those who say we don't midfielders are right. We need better midfielders.

05 Dec 2017 20:13:30
Rabbits in headlights.

05 Dec 2017 20:35:07
That's the worst half of football I've seen this year. Thank goodness Anderlecht are mince. Armstrong and Sinclair might as well not be on the pitch and someone tell boyata his team mates are in green and white.

05 Dec 2017 20:36:49
To everyone who thinks our level is europa league think sgain. We are not that good.

05 Dec 2017 20:48:38
Just want to say that I called it regarding Armstrong and Sinclair (although probably along with 40,000 others)

05 Dec 2017 22:08:58
GT hats off must be a good source.

06 Dec 2017 16:52:29
Well, 60,000 in the ground and everybody who watched it on tv knew both had to be replaced. In fact, they should have been hooked after 25 mins. If they were embarrassed at getting hooked so early, a view of the game up until then would show exactly the reason.

Getting worried about Sincy, he's lost his bottke and belief.

05 Dec 2017 16:40:20
Really looking forward to the game, will be good to see us play a competetive game against a side more our level. Some of the results have been a kick in the nuts but hopefully tonight, we don't self destruct and restore a bit of pride. Finishing third and reaching the Europa league will be a personal target of mine (along with a league and cup double) this season. Great news Dembele is fit.

C'mon you Bhoys in green!

05 Dec 2017
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Celtic Player Sightings page entitled, Motherwell have released another statement