Celtic Rumours Archive August 19 2011

 

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19 Aug 2011 22:23:23
roque santa cruz no chance and hope bellend doesnt join either we need a striker that wants to come and play for the mighty green n white and we dont need another lazy striker ie. sammy and cruz fits that bill...i would go try get murphy from motherwell and le fondre from rotherham prob cost bout 1m/1.2 for both them. le fondre valued at 400k would be a steal and better getting him now on the cheap cos next season will be too late with prem clubs gonna look at him

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We dont need another lazy striker

but you want ALF

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19 Aug 2011 21:19:30
Celtic should try to loan young Myaichi from
Arsenal. Was at Feyenoord last year, and is a VERY Fast winger which was what i think we need - along with a striker.

Recently thought about him when i seen something about him in the banter section. {Ed007's Note - It was regarding work permits he was mentioned.}

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Agreed. I saw him at Feyenoord too and I wanted Rangers to go for him He was a stick out that day (5-1 to Feyenoord).

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Some1's been playin 2 much fifa 11, we dont need wingers we have enough midfielders we need strikers cus stokes and samaras looked lost

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19 Aug 2011 21:19:15
apparently lennon is interested in roque santa cruz

www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/editor-s-picks/celtic-interest-in-manchester-city-striker-1.1118708?

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He hasnt scored in over a year why would we want him?

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Because he is a different class of striker compared to whats in the spl, i doubt he would come to the spl but if we had the chance of taking him on a loan for a year i would take it? wouldnt you guys? hes only 30, cant see it happening though, johnny

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19 Aug 2011 20:00:30
{Ed007's Note -Wee Pat, I have put your 'Meeting the Pitts' in the CFC News section.}

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Just read about wee pats schmoosing,on the CFC page(different class)MACCA {Ed007's Note - Thought it would be better to put them in there, so people can direct friends etc MACCA.}

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Another classic Pat. Tears mate, tears.

Evening Ed, u reckon a Pat based sitcom would be a goer? Rab C Nesbitt meets The Twilight Zone kinda deal?

Shaunybhoy {Ed007's Note - LMAO Shauny. The Jakey Zone! I've even tweeted that page!}

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Absolutely brilliant craic. Would there happen to be any more of Pat's banter on here? As Pitt story was my first introduction and was a great laugh. {Ed007's Note - If you look through you should find some mate, that's why I have started putting them as separate items now, so that they are easier to find, there was a couple yesterday I'm sure if you look in the archives. I will put all his future insights in the News section so that people can find them, e-mail or tweet them.}

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Wares ma blug ed ye promist me a blug,ahv been deemotit {Ed007's Note - You have your own page in the news Pat, what more do you want!}

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Hi ed just thinking how good it would be to see wee pat write the script to the glasgow version of(CHEERS)now that he has contacts in USA.MACCA

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Thanks for the prompt response, Ed007. Someone actually posted on the Rangers Rumours page about Wee Pats hilarious story, so I had to come check it out. Brilliant laugh. I'll be sure to check his future writings out. {Ed007's Note - Welcome any time mate, I'll make sure you all find out when he posts, it has honestly nothing to do with me or the site, even his IP number doesn't match with anyone, it is all he ever posts in!!}

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{Ed007's Note - I have added the 2nd part onto the first Pat.}

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Sitting on the 153 bus fae govan to city centre (got out of cumbernauld for the day) and u knw what ppl at night are like on the bus, one side of me is the oldest nedest couple ave ever seen n behind me is women way her 12 kids coming back from there granny's, 30th birthday party, the morale to my story is ave laughed so hard ave pissed myself n now everyone looking at me like am the crazy one lol wee pat is brilliant man, passed the link to everyone a knw what a laugh lol

Cumby Bhoy {Ed007's Note - ;-)

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19 Aug 2011 20:00:04
Why does Neil Lennon not play Rasmussen,Rasmussen is a goalscorer, why does Neil Lennon prefer to play someone who will never be a regular goalscorer and ignore a player who can score goals if he is given a chance to play,if only Rasmussen was given half the games Samaras has had,there would be 3 players capable of getting goal these players being Hooper,Stokes, and Rasmussen

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I wonder if NL has any problems with rasmussen cause he could provide the goals that we need instead of samaras

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Spot on mate couldnae agree more,give mccourt chance before shaun baloney

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Lot of sense being spoken tonight, can't understand why Ras has not been given a chance he can't be any worse than the dumplin who's got the No 9 shirt
Stevie

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Totally agree ras should be gettin games he will stand in box and score GOALS

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Evening Ed. Could u shed any light on this pls. Poster has a great point and I'm probably like thousands wondering why the guy isn't getting a chance. Seems a strange one {Ed007's Note - I honestly have no idea, not even gossip. I have said before with posters that I think he should get a chance as well. Even if it was anything dodgy I would tell you I wasn't prepared to discuss it, but nothing mate.}

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Cheers Ed, just backs up the weirdness surrounding the whole deal. Guy signs for 1.5m then plays and scores then disappears. Wld like pressure applied to NL to explain why. maybe sees something in training we dont but an explanation at least is warranted. ps. love the site. SC {Ed007's Note - Thanks very much and you are welcome.}

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Because he is rubbish, i watched him against thistle he was the worst player on the park, miles too slow for celtic, we have been trying to get rid of him for a year and cant get another sucker like mowbray to take him off our hands

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Jvoh was not the fastest either but got the goals

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Surley he at least merits a few games before the plate smasher?. I thought he looked a decent penalty box finisher.He is on the slow side pace wise but he scores goals if given a chance in the box. I think NL does not fancy the lad as he did not seem to offer much outside the box, but surley a striker is judged on goals unless your greek.

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19 Aug 2011 19:52:50
on last nights performance aye at times we wer sh1te and didnt look like scoring but the 2nd leg we need 2 be positive instead of negative at the end of the day we kept a clean sheet no away goal which is ideal and just remember 2 seasons ago we wer looking like going out of the champions league qualifier against dynamo after the home leg and we went away and got a reslult personally i think lot of u mite not agree but i think our performance next week will be a lot better coz our players sumtimes feel the pressure from the fans at paradise we sumtimes get on ther backs so away i think the pressure will be off a lil bit. We will get the away goal we always look good 2 nick a goal and 2 be fair that mob wer nothin 2 rave about .We will go throgh just keep the faith Hail Hail


GunnieBhoy

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Agree to a certain extent, we were bad last night too many square pegs in round holes, but i think we gave them too much respect ,that mob are no better than Dundee Utd , Motherwell was going to add Hearts but maybe pushing it a bit far, we should have had enough on the park last night to see them off but obviously not, if we can get 2 or 3 back for next week the square pegs can go back to their square holes. We need to get back to the days of Paradise being a fortress and terrifying the opposition whoever they might be.
Stevie

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If we want to celtic park to be a fortress then the fans have to play their part. The support needs to be brave rather than anxious all the time. European nights always used to be a time to back the team from start to finish. To hear so called supporters booing the team was dreadful

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19 Aug 2011 19:19:27
There is no way on earth Roque Santa Cruz will join Celtic. Not because he's too good but because his wages, he's a good calibre of player and i'm sure if Man City were willing to pay a large chunk of his wages (which they will need to do if he's to go to Celtic) then alot of teams will magically become interested.

I'm 100% convinced it's just paper talk and ofcourse Lennon is going to be interested if it's possible like alot of managers doesn't mean it will happen.

I'm a Rangers fan and not interested in who Celtic sign I just seen that story and came on to rubbish it, if anybody disagrees and thinks he will sign then good luck if that's what you're wanting but I very much doubt it will happen... thoughts Ed? {Ed007's Note - I doubt it myself too mate, but stranger things have happened. Not many but they have.}

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19 Aug 2011 19:02:45
I'm not sure if the guy hussklepp would have been the answer, but see he is off to Portsmouth for 2m Are Celtic really not in the Market for players at that value? Cause it's clear for all to see that we need something upfront, without hooper were powderpuff up there The board need to back Lennon with some money, if we bring on a quality center half and a quality striker I think we will win the league, which brings the club the possibility of 10 million from chmps league You have to speculate to accumulate

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Glad Huselkepp has went elsewhere. His scoring record is not much better than Samis

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19 Aug 2011 18:43:27
roque santa cruz no thaks he has only scored double figures twice in his career and has a 1in 4 avg , this is because of a recurring knee injury ,and of course his wages are out of our payscale , now ir we are going around epl clubs for players not in the 25 man squads wait and see what doing with berbetovs position is , or do something radical like buy a player

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19 Aug 2011 17:53:09
Neil Lennon today confirmed he would be interested in signing Manchester City misfit Roque Santa Cruz if the Paraguayan striker became available.

The 30-year-old hitman spent the second half of last season on loan at Blackburn, the club who sold him to City for £17.5million two years ago.

He is under contract until 2013, but remains surplus to requirements at City and will not be included in the 25-man squad Roberto Mancini will register for this season

The evening times

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Lenny's at the wind up me thinks, keep the hacks off the trail of the real targets.
HH
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19 Aug 2011 17:37:45
Someone posted on here last week that the young Liverpool defender , Jakub Sokolik was on the point of signing . Does anyone know if this deal went through ?

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19 Aug 2011 17:15:00
Dont slate sammys skill, slate his consistency. Remember he got 11 goals in 8 games, or something similar, then he got injured and now he has lost his confidence. FANS NEED TO CHEER ON SAMARAS FOR HIM TO PLAY, GET OFF HIS BACK AND GET BEHIND HIM.

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I disagree. I have had my season ticket since we signed Samaras on a permanent transfer and to be perfectly honest he is a terrible striker. People always fault his consistency but his problems are much worse than this. He lacks basic ball control, concentration, quick reactions and lacks any kind of football intelligence. Samaras' main strength is his pace and he can perform well against a high defence but his finishing is suspect at best. People praise his strength but how many headers does he score despite his height. I hate this "world class on his day" attitude in most games he is detrimental to the teams performance and is never really formed a strong partnership with any other striker. If you watch any game he is just a poor quality player and I don't know how he became a pro. And he is just living off the game at ibrox. All he can do is hit the ball in front of him and run but he rarely finishes them. And that missed penalty last season cost us the league. He is an inferior player get him out.

Sorry I went into a rant but he just frustrates me.

Lubo67 {Ed007's Note - Rants are always welcome ;-)

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Totally agree with Lubo , how this dud got a new contract on the back of 4 decent performances in 4 years is beyond me.
Stevie

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Absolutely agree wit both posters da fella has bin given numerous chances da prove himself n let himself dwn nt da mention da club n supporters wud rather nl play murphy dan sammi fella needs da look at his career n c if football is da answer

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Sammi has had more than enough chances and needs to be sold.5 goals in 2 seasons is hardly prolific.If i was that inept at my job then i would've been out of work a long time ago.Scoring the 2 goals at Ibrox in January didn't deserve a new contract (although it was good at the time),he needs to do more for his wages.
P.S Sammi,get your hair cut

Jungle Bhoy.

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Don't blame Sammi blame Lennon he's the one that picks him,he's the one that keeps him on the park,get off the guys back..Lennon's had all summer to sign a striker and as yet has failed to do so,so instead of getting on your high horse and booing the guy every time he touches the ball try and SUPPORT him,because that's what we are all there to try and do

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MESSAGE TO SAMARAS

What the hell is going on with you.

either shape up or ship out.

hail hail

Marco1888

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Sammy is a good player but doesn't give a s**t, he played well, got a new contract and then decided it was time to take it easy again. Get rid. Bring in a player who wants to play or give Paddy a chance

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19 Aug 2011 17:04:46
All these folk who want Bellamy back here really need to wake up. Besides the fact he doesn't want to come here he is not the player we had here 6 years ago, hes not the player Mark Hughes signed a few years ago for Man City. He has 2 bad knees,he's lost a yard of pace not to mention the fact he was picking and choosing his games. Best days are behind him, not the answer. Unfortunatley I have no idea who is thats within our price range.

Drew

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Cant agree drew, Celtic were toothless last night, stokes cant lead the line at all and is neither physically strong or quick. I would have loved Bellamy to be playing last night, he still has pace and is an intelligent player. Another thing is i don't care what he costs im a celtic fan not an accountant, i leave that to the experts at the club

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I care about Celtic paying sum1 40k a week who wud be unable to play 40 games a season. He's passed it.

Drew

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Its up to lenny and the board what they will pay, fans should be more worried about having a team that can win the league, we cant afford to slip up again. we will see if he is past it when he signs, i think he will be great

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19 Aug 2011 16:54:12
After a night of reflecting on our performance last night, it's time to move on. Yeah i admit we were poor against at best an average Swiss team but the tie isn't over, our away record is poor but we are Celtic supporters faithful through and through, keep the faith.
Some fans seem to get brainwashed with the fact we are pumping teams like Dundee United, in europe we are just an average team just like Rangers.
While i admit Samaras frustrates me every game, we should be backing our players with our full support. Just hope we manage to get a godd striker on board before transfer window, Aldo De Nigris would be ideal in my opinion.
Anyways time for a beer, keep the faith bhoys, get behind our team
Paulo67

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19 Aug 2011 16:48:43
The INS/OUTS in the coming weeks should be samaras, McCourt, murphy and hooiveld.
Coming in should be rickie lambert or Adam le fondre, Damien duff and peter whittingham of Cardiff and another cb for cover because we had to play a full back at cb last night. I also think morten Rasmussen should be given a chance to prove himself.

GaryBhoy88

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Duff just signed a one year extension. source ssn

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19 Aug 2011 16:42:39
ed do you know what happened with erimenko did he find a new club think he could of done a turn for us {Ed007's Note - His club started wanting £1 million for him, then it dropped to 300k, he was meant to appear at Leeds for a trial (when they played Motherwell) and didn't show up saying his flight was delayed. His wage demands have been reported to range from 20k to 40k a week.}

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Thats a bit of a wage demand although the 300k price tag must be tempting cheers mate for the info {Ed007's Note - No probs}

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19 Aug 2011 16:05:21
Not a rumour but to all those saying we don't need Bellamy then I think last night proved we do. Just his pace, power and close control makes things happen when things aren't going to plan. The man commits defenders and creates space. He gets behind defences something I feel we lack as we generally try to play through teams . Just my opinion so if you don't agree be nice.
Bren

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Cant agree more mate, for all those people who dont want bellamy, they must be watching a different player that i see, hes better than any of the forwards we have. in fact we nee 2 more forwards and get shot of murphy and samaras

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I don't think Bellamy is the answer but a player with a similar style COULD be. Someone we can sign on a permanent deal then possibly sell on in the future? Someone younger and less expensive?

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I agree completely, i hope we can get him, one thing for sure we wont get someone as good who is younger and cheaper

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Bellamy is too slow. we missed hooper. we also need a target man. we have been linked with santa cruz - decent shout

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Bellamy is to slow? What planet are you from?

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19 Aug 2011 15:14:50
Swiss Tim here posted a few times
in the past, currently in Scotland
before returning to Zurich on Monday,
and was at the game last night, Swiss
football is nothing great, same as us
more or less, so why all the doom
and gloom, this is doable, sure
Samaras is not the answer i think we
all know that and Lennon is never
going to come out and slate his
players and quite rightly so, if your a decent Celtic fan gey of the teams back and
support them, i dont get the chance
to go to many games and was glad
to be there just to support the team
I love - a striker will come in before
the window closes mark my works,
either loan or money up front, did
anybody complain on Sat, no didnt
think so. {Ed007's Note - A Scotsman, from Switzerland, back in Scotland, posting from the USA? You must have more air miles that Richard Branson mate!}

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We've had 5 years of knowing Samaras isn't good enough. So why is he still played he doesnt close men down, he's selfish on the ball, and is certainly not a striker. Remember the amount of chances he failed to convert in Aalborg years ago? I lost faith in Strachen when he kept putting him on and I'm losing faith in Lennon he had no clue what his tactics were playing our top goalscorer on the wing and our worst striker by himself? Should of been stokes commons or stokes maloney.

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Samaras is only here because he scored THAT double

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{Ed007's Note - A Scotsman, from Switzerland, back in Scotland, posting from the USA? You must have more air miles that Richard Branson mate}
It's Shaun Connery Ed

David {Ed007's Note -It didn't shound like him ;-)

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Ed 7 i was posting from Scotland honest, just on my work time, the IP adress probably being picked up from there, be clocking up more air miles on Mon tho - Swiss Tim, hoping to at least get the game on Swiss TV next week {Ed007's Note - ;-)

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19 Aug 2011 15:06:35
I think last night proves that we are in desparate need of a quality striker, or even two. It's no use saying that samaras has all the attributes to be brilliant, he's a complete waste of those attributes and we should do our best to get shot of him. There's only so long he can live off the two goals at ibrox. It's up to you Lenny.
Kevbhoy

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19 Aug 2011 13:41:21
Lot of rubbish being spouted on here. Firstly i keep hearing stokes was playing out wide when he wasnt. He was up front with samaras but for sum reason he kept drifting out to the left, we were not playing 1 up top. And this rubbish about 5 at the back Back 4 was wilson, mulgrew,majstorovic,cha. No 5th man. Absolute nonsense.

Drew

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Stokes did the same thing at Aberdeen when Izzy got injured. He is drifting wide to compensate for the absence of an overlapping player.
That said, he should have been hung for his 'penalty' claim

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You were not at the same game as me drew.no player drifts in positions that dont come from instructions from the manager

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Players never drift without instruction... obviously you've never played the game and/or have little knowledge of it. Players drift all the time to find space/play against a weakness/or more frequently because they find success in that area. Managers very rarely instruct a plyer to drift and instead change the players position/the formation.

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What an utter muppet of a post, did you actually see the game? Stokes was told to play out wide with the exception of a 10 minute spell prior to being subbed when he was actually allowed to go through the middle. you should try going along to games sober once in a while

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Stokes was getting played out on the left wing from the start mate with Commons on the right and Sammy down the middle. Stokes then swapped positions with Commons for a bit but to no avail either.

Stokes is most effective when he plays in the box - he's a goalscorer and that's where he should be playing.

Bunny Munro

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Did i say stokes wasnt instructed to move out left? no. But he was playing up front with samaras. Dont know why commons is being mentioned, was at the game, well aware he was o the right then moved to the left. Celtic did not play one up front against sion. Stokes was up with samaras and ledley startedon the left. End of story.

Drew

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I disagree drew coz if u remember in the 1st half stokes swapped over with commons and went 2 the right hand side of midfield so that indictaes 2 me that it was 1 up front if he stayed on the left then aye fair enough id agree with but when he switched 2 the right that tells me that sammy was upfront himself


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It was clear for all to see we started with a 4-5-1 at home. stokes on the left and commons out right with sammy through the middle. there is nothing surer mate. At no point during the first half did we have 2 up top. FACT.

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19 Aug 2011 13:11:46
{Ed007's Note - Who said Robbie Keane supported CFC? I thought he was a LFC fan growing up? That's what he said anyway ;-) I notice you haven't mentioned what team you support?

Robbie Keane has always supported Celtic. He said when he played for them, he is a lifelong fan and always wanted to play for them before he finished his career.

I support Sunderland actually, which is irrelevant, but i have a brother who moans about Celtic all the time and says such ridiculous things about who they should buy when the reality is there not in any position to compete with big clubs nowadays thats all. Robbie Keane said he had been an LFC fan when he was younger when he signed for them to. And I think it is relevant who you support, if you were a Man Utd, Chelsea, City or LFC etc fan we could maybe take you serious, we are talking about CFC and Rangers European performances, all you Sunderland fans ever go on about is the last game against Newcastle and the next game against them, hardly a big club when you couldn't pay Darron Gibsons 40k a week wages.}

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19 Aug 2011 13:04:27
To whoever posted this:

19 Aug 2011 12:53:11
Hi ed, just of the phone to my mate Rocky Santa Cruz is defo on the wanted list at Celtic park. Source the evening times

hail hail

WAKE UP. Rivaldo was once on the celtic wanted list and it never happened. No one like that will play for celtic. You couldn't afford to wash his car never mind pay his wages.

You only go to scotland and play for celtic if your a) desperate or b) support celtic i.e Robbie Keane.

Besides he has already had better offers from the English Championship because its a better standard of football. {Ed007's Note - Who said Robbie Keane supported CFC? I thought he was a LFC fan growing up? That's what he said anyway ;-) I notice you haven't mentioned what team you support?}

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You the same idiot posting all the anti-Celtic posts today?

The Championship is pish, it's just the easiest way into the EPL for has-beens and wannabes who chase the quick cash.

The SPL has had it's dark times and is now recovering, slowly we'll all admit but at least our league wouldn't implode if the TV deal went sour.

Shaunybhoy

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The Championship is pish, it's just the easiest way into the EPL for has-beens and wannabes who chase the quick cash

hahah not the easiest, the ONLY way into the EPL. Somewhere Celtic and Rangers both desire to be, but never will.

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Sure we would love to play in the EPL. Sure Sunderland have more money and a better team than Celtic. But i would rather be Celtic than Barcelona. I am Celtic. Lenny is Celtic. We are Celtic. But you are no, so go away.

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19 Aug 2011 12:57:31
We're still in it and I'm sure lessons will be learnt from last night. Team didn't click but didn't concede, which is a major plus. The booing doesn't help the players, we should be doing everything we can to gee them up - that's all part of trying to make paradise a fortress again.

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19 Aug 2011 12:53:11
Hi ed, just of the phone to my mate Rocky Santa Cruz is defo on the wanted list at Celtic park. Source the evening times

hail hail

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19 Aug 2011 12:52:20
Not actually a rumour but would love to see Celtic go for Ricky Lambert at Southampton. Big, strong, great first touch and an eye for goal.

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Southampton are flying at the moment and would never sell Lambert, or should I say for the price we would be able to pay.
I do agree he is the kinda guy we need but I would doubt the Saints would let him go at this moment in time.
HH
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19 Aug 2011 12:51:04
Look, its about time Celtic fans walked into the real world and faced reality. All these fans calling for the board to spend money to improve the squad.
Who exactly do you think your going to buy? Nobody half decent would want to play in Scotland, don't you get it.

Craig Bellamy? He is on 90k a week at Man City. You will never be able to afford that for any player. And is he any good? No. Even he was farmed out to the championship. The squad you have now is average at best, for god sake the teams best striker (Hooper) has played no higher than Championship level, and even thats better than the SPL.

Celtic fans are never happy and basically live off the fact that you have a big stadium with lots of support. You won the european cup donkeys years ago and call your self a massive club. The reality is the team is rubbish and the league is appalling. No players want to go there.

You think you should be competing in the Champions league every year just because you have an atmosphere in your ground or because you've played in it before. Jesus....you can't even win the SPL

Hit reality lads and face up to what you are..... no longer a massive club.

Forget Bellamy and co and aim for more realistic targets.

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And what unfortunate team has u as a supporter.

If you look at our team when fit we have a much better side than most of the championship and could do well in the premier league, izzy worth 8-12 million, kayal worth 8-12 million maybe more seeing some of the crazy transfers going about, hooper is 22 lol and you having ago cause he played in the championship lol get a grip sir he has plenty of years left in him, others players include ki, ledley commons, brown all of which are full internationalist for there country.

Celtic belong in Europe, yes maybe were aren't good enough for the champions league just now but we will get back to playing there some day, and why not boost of past times everyone else does and am sure you do it as well.

One of the best supports in the world never forget that

Cumby Bhoy

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Laughable lol

Having the best support means jack s**t. It wins you nothing. Why do celtic fans use it as a excuse to everything.

Your team is made up of championship players. Hooper, Ledley, Commons, Loovens, Kelvin Wilson, Adam Matthews etc. There are plenty of players in the championship who are full internationals as well. Means nothing.

Why do you belong in Europe? No club has the god given right to be in europe. You have to earn it. Your not even the best team in the SPL. You have only ever had 1 good season (1967). No scottish club has ever been good enough for the champions league, never will because the standard of scottish football is rubbish and nobody wants to go there anymore.

Only Celtic fans think they have the best supporters in the world, don't try and tell me otherwise.

By the way, i support Sunderland. Yeah not the best team going, but we know are level and don't think we are entitled to anything other than what we have.

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English teams (i asume youre an english supporter) always confuse money with size of the club, Chelsea for example is big coz they have money theyve won like 2-3 leagues and no champs leagues, nothing wrong with that, but theres no guarantee that will last, i remember when leeds and Blackburn were the big spenders down south There are clubs that are big because of having a big support (55k+ home crowds) and a great tradition and world recognition, it remains to be seen if the likes of Chelsea are still big when Abramovich has moved on...

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Hello anonymous keyboard smasher. And which all mighty team might you support? A premier league team full of love rats and money merceneries by any chance? Or are you another orc fishing for a reaction? I think I speak for the majority of celtic fans here by saying, your opinion means less to me than the jobby I managed to squeeze out this morning.
As for the Scottish league, I'm more than happy watching it. What any other goon thinks of it is irrelevant, including you. Celtic are a big club, as too are Rangers, to think otherwise is nothing short of comical. We are known the world over.
Al make this one as clear as I can for you, most the celtic fans I know don't want Bellamy. He's being sniffed at by Sunderland anyway but they can't afford his wages either. By that logic the PL must be poor aswell. See what I did?
Dunc

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Nobody here actually wants bellamy. there will be plenty moaning in he does sign

David

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What an Idiot, try concentrating on whatever team you support or slag pal and let the true celtic fans worry about their own club.

Away and do something constructive with your time.

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Money dictates in football its ok for you guys to judge scottish football when you are getting 40 million pounds tv money for coming 10 th or whatever i have lived in england for the past 7 years and all i hear is how good the premier league is but 75% of your clubs including your own team couldnt survive without tv money aprt from liverpool/man u/and chelsea the rest of you guys have no history money money money at least we know our limits you guys have overated players overpriced and thats the reason you win nothing at international level both the old firm clubs reached a european final in the last five years and we are operating with a third of the budget that your smaller clubswith tv money have think before you speak ...football is nothing without fans and as far as that goes we have the one of the largest and faithful supports in europe

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Ok firstly, got to laugh at this t**t, a sunderland fan coming on here TRYING to state facts to us just wont wash. Yous are a mid table, at best, prem division side who will never see europe never mind play in it, so dont be jealous

Secondly, i actually think sunderland fans are quite passionate bout there club and have a good support but thats as far as my good generousity goes am afraid You know nothing by spouting utter pish bout our support....2 Questions -Is your club supported world wide? NO. Is our club supported on a par with the Man utds, Barca`s, Ac Milans....HELL YES Our club is a BRAND world wide, so sorry you cant say that about your own, not our fault you have a chairman that can throw squillians of cash to buy players that do f-all every season

Lastly... Now you said weve had 1 good season (67) Well sorry to shatter your ego but scottish football has had 2 clubs in major european finals and the quarters of the champs league over the last 10 yrs so where you been hiding?? Yes our league is in a pish poor state thats a fact theres no getting away from. Harry Rednap said last nite that the gulf in cash is a crying shame in the game nowadays. But it wont last forever mark my words. How much debt has Sunderland?? We may have championship players but its not your Man utds and Arsenals that are watching your players is it? Reality check....? Time you went back to football school son. Have fun finishing mid table and winning nowt every season getting cash thrown at you for nothing. Id take winning leagues and cups and competing in europe any day

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Arent sunderland that team that buy in man utd duds for excessive wages and inflated transfer fees?

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Whatever anonymous keyboard smasher typeed this needs serious help one good season in 1967? I remember 9 seasons in a row where we had good seasons, i remember pretty much all of Martin O'Neils time at the club which included a fantastic european run & I remember qualifiying for knockout stages of champions league As for all these championship players we have as we cant afford the big names, well we have a rather good habit of bringing players in as we get europeam football Yeah sometimes it may not last long but at least we compete Away back to your own site and your own team, celebrate avoiding relegation and finishing mid table you clown

Scotty Bhoy

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When was the last time u won something mate? Yeah Garry hooper is a really good striker in fact he is good enough to get a call up to the England u21s He also scored more goals than andy Carroll did in the championship.. england is all about money laeast we can say most off our players want to play football not get a pay rise every time someone new joins earning more money....

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19 Aug 2011 12:46:10
Hi Guys

I have waited a bit before I posted as i was really upset with our performance. I dont think its the end of the world and that team were there for the taking and we should go through next week. I have backed Neil Lennon all the way but need to put the blame of last nights shambles at his door. Firstly we played a 5-4-1 with numerous players out of position. Mark Wilson LB had a shocker, Commons RM had a shocker and will be a shadow of the player of last year if Neil continues to play him their, Stokes LM shocker and never a left midfielder in his life, he gives you goals play him central. Brown is not a CM shocker as he doesnt have the class or composure so play him RM. The only players with pass marks last night were Big Forster and KI, Ledley and Cha did ok but Ledley playing left is the reason for Commons being played out of position. Team if available for next week should be GK Forster LB Mulgrew CH Wilson, Mistoravic, RB Cha- Midfield RM Brown, CM Ki Ledley, LM Commons, ST Hooper, Stokes.

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I agree that we should go through next week, but still have painful memories of Utrecht last year who turned out to be a completely different team at their place than they were at Celtic Park. I'm not sure why you think we played a 5-4-1? It was 4-5-1 or 4-4-1-1 (or something). With Kelvin Wilson out it left us short of a centre half, Mulgrew is the natural choice to fill in there but that left us short of a left back. Who else do you put in there other than Mark Wilson. Yes you could shuffle that back 4 around and maybe play Wilson or Cha at centre half but either way that was to me the obvious back 4. I was annoyed at the treatment from the stands towards Sammy. I thought that he had a decent game and won a lot of balls in the air but with Stokes hanging around the left wing there was no one to pick up the loose balls. (blame Lennon's formation for that). I agree that Ledley has to be in the middle of the park and that Commons should be on the left. Also just because Brown is the captain doesn't mean that he can't be subbed. Finally, p'ssd off at the booing at the end. That's what Rangers fans do, not us. Keep the faith

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Scott brown is not a cm? yous signed him as a cm

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19 Aug 2011 12:26:58
Hi Ed first time on the site and their seems to be a lot delusional so called Celtic fans. If not slagging of Fraser Forster it is that Hooper and Stokes are inconsistent? They scored over 40 goals between them in their first year at the club much of what Hooper was injured and Stokes on the bench while Forster kept over 20 clean sheet Please remember our days of signing £7 million are over we need to invest in youth or to unearth a wee gem here or there. Stop with all the nonsense rumors of Keane seen here and there and has been looking at schools in Bothwell as it is all RUBBISH Keep up the good work Ed
Over & Over
Danny B {Ed007's Note - Thanks Danny and welcome aboard.}

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Danny B,

They scored 40 goals against poor opposition, when the opposition was half decent they failed to score consistently against the better teams. We lost the league because as a team we didn't score enough goals when it mattered

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19 Aug 2011 12:16:58
Hey Ed ive come to the conclusion that Rangers and Celtic have far more in common than both being from Glasgow we are both 5hite who ever wins the spl will just be the best of a bad bunch thank god it was hearts that got spurs because i think they would have humped both old firm tems if we are perfectly honest with ourselves we will admit teams like Malmo,Sion,Maribor,uttrect, must be delighted to be drawn against the Old Firm

Tony

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19 Aug 2011 12:12:45
Alrite Ed ? Is it safe to get back in the water ? Wow, some heated opinions floating about since the game eh.

Watched online, wasn't overly impressed but 2 legs and all that, no reason to fear them I don't think. How much ability can you conceal? They play like that again and we'll pump em with a stronger side (Kayal/K Wilson back & Stavros left at home to comb his mane).

Only Ki & Cha did enough for me, Stokesy ain't a winger and playing him there isn't helping but you could say the same for Commons, Mulgrew, M Wilson. Square pegs, round holes etc....it's making us look pish when these players looked so much better last year.

Shaunybhoy {Ed007's Note - Good afternoon Shauny. There is always a knee jerk reaction to poor results mate, that is why I just let everyone haggle it out.}

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Not a knee jerk reaction ed, this result has been coming, we just can't hack it against a half decent team. The flaws in the team are there for everyone to see. We do not have a striker who can put the ball in the net against a good defence.

Our team selection and tactics were wrong last night too. We are unbeaten in the SPL, woo hoo, bit it's just papering over the cracks. {Ed007's Note - Well if it is not a knee jerk reaction to say we will lose the league after last nights game as some fans are saying, I need to go and check what a knee jerk reaction actually is. If winning the league is papering over the cracks then I'll have the decorators in every May thanks very much.}

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Only cha and ki? cha didnt do enuf at all he didnt make the runs needed ki was 2 quiet. what about ledley and brown only ones who showed passion apart frm the subs who shud have come on much earlier

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19 Aug 2011 12:01:04
deseprately need a striker.

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19 Aug 2011 11:10:39
cant believe lennon is trying to justify samaras and his performance last night he was quite simply rotten just shows how poor our strength in depth really is as for the previous post with the 3 point your 1st point seememed to miss the letter T quite alot samaras canT play he canT score he canT hold the ball up he canT run and he canT head the ball he will stop having his name slandered when he leaves

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19 Aug 2011 11:06:19
Watched the game on chan67 last nite,thought that we werent as bad as people are suggesting.Forster v little to do and i was impressed with cha who was excellent.Ed do u agree that stokes/samaras will Never do as a pair? they played miles apart last nite.Another point for me is that although Bellamy can b a s***e he would have scored in the game had he been our player,if its not him we sign then it has to be someone of similar proven ability otherwise we wont cut it in europe,big sammy was frankly embarrasing and lawwell should push the boat out for a striker of pedigree,remember straight to ch.league ritches IF we win the league.Hooper was missed big time and i wouldnt bet any wages on guys like sammy,murph and maloney to get us a goal if he or stokes get injured for any length of time

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19 Aug 2011 11:00:37
Hi again, couple of points worth noting. 1) Stokes, Samaras and even Hooper are all inconsistent and that will never change, so I don't know why some are acting surprised by last nights empty jerseys (Stokes and Sammy). 2) For everybody attacking wee Maloney, it wasn't long ago we were all screaming to bring him back from Villa, short memory eh?

Would just like to ask also, although midfield isn't really a position we need to stregnthen, with Jimmy Bullards contract being terminated at Hull, and Norwich and QPR the teams looking at him, shouldn't we be looking into this option? Whats your thoughts on all this ed? {Ed007's Note - Jamie Bullard, NO!}

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19 Aug 2011 10:56:05
I was at the game last night and I think it showed up our lack of options up front. Sion sat beind the ball and hoped to catch us on the break.we couldn't break them down. I thought they were a poor side and were there for the taking. I thought the whole team wernt at the races maybe just one of those nights. Let's hope we can do the buisness over there coz that mobs got to come out and try get a goal at home.

In lennon I trust

DD

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19 Aug 2011 10:51:20
I think that the Celtic board , instead of jumping up and down about the fact the debt is down to £500k , they should be backing the manager with funds to buy the players he needs , i don't think spending £900,000 on Victor Wanyama is NEARLY enough investment for a club of our size , for over a year we have been in urgent need of a quality goalkeeper , once again we have the 3rd choice goalkeeper from a middle of the road premiership club on LOAN , not good enough , the board seem to think bringing in Craig Bellamy on loan will keep the fans happy , the money would be better , invested in a centre-half , left-back and a young striker who is hungry to make a name for himself , there are players out there who would do a good job and improve our team ie: Greg Cunningham (Man City LB) , Jon Bornstein (USA LB) , Solvi Ottesen (Copenhagen CB) , John Mensah (Lyon CB) , Jamie Murphy (Motherwell WG/FW) , Adam Le Fondre (Rotherham FW) , none of who would cost a fortune , some would be good loan signings , there are also players we have been watching ie: Honduran internationals Jorge Claros and Jerry Bengssen , so come Peter Lawwell get busy or we'll end up with no league title again .

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19 Aug 2011 10:42:10
I think after last night , it just proves we need a real quality striker, if stokes or hooper(like last night) are injured we have no fire power. I am one of those fans that cant stand samaras but at times he can play teams of the park.... and yes they're rare. Do you know ed if celtic have another striker lined up? I like the looks of A.L.F

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19 Aug 2011 10:38:16
as i have already said in other posts,they can talk all they like about no debt,how good the bank statements look and how good the club is being run but if they think the support will keep putting up with this crap they are sadly wrong.the season tickets are down and will keep going down if serious money is not spent in this window.we have a big squad with not alot of quality.we all love NL but he has to stop trying to tell us how good samaras is and what he brings to the team.then in the press con how good we were and how many good chances we had.come on NL we know when we are crap and last night was one of them.no more trials for players we are celtic we must be able to find some quality in the market.AJ

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19 Aug 2011 10:31:29
Why Is the glass always half empty with most Celtic Fans Ok it wasn't the best performance I've seen from a Celtic side in Europe but we were missing Big Kev Willson,Kayal and Hooper that's the spine of the team and arguably our best players I think if we have them 3 fit for next week we can give that lot a doing It's only 0-0 if we score over there they need 2 So lets start thinking positive bhoys

Gazcfc21

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19 Aug 2011 09:52:27
It's time for Mr Lawwell to get the dust off the cheque book and buy a QUALITY striker. And NOT Bellamy

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19 Aug 2011 09:28:23
2 Strikers before the transfer window closes is an absolute must

Personally i would go to Boro and get Scott MCDonald back, 20-25 goals guaranteed a season in SPL. Also didnt want to leave in the first place Dont think Boro would be hard to deal with

If we can get Bellamy back for a season as well, along with hooper and stokes would make up a good 4

Samaras and Cha should be given free transfers to get them off the wage bill, shocking by both last night Also Lennons tactics were terrible

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What game were you watching Cha was the best man on the park last night

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Really unfair on Cha he didn't put a foot wrong last night and his pace saved us on a couple of occasions.

As for McDonald, yeah he scored goals in the SPL but his attitude caused no end of problems, let's set our sights higher.

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Cha? he had a good game last night..your knowledge of football is zilch if you think otherwise

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19 Aug 2011 08:50:35
Tell me if I'm wrong no-one has mentioned the fact that we had three of last seasons best players missing last night. Izzy hooper and kayal. Added to that we lose our key defender. however that does not excuse lennons clear naivity when it comes to tactics. He changed three of the back four because one player was out. The balance looked horrible with Wilson out on the left yet we had to wait to half time before it changed. What is the fascination with stokes out left? It doesn't work Don't blame sammy although he was poor or mulgrew, this performance is simply the fault of lennons shambolic tactics

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19 Aug 2011 08:26:35
Not as much a rumour but more a wish what do you think Ed of Roque Santa Cruz would be a great signing for us if he is considering Leeds then why not chance our arm?? {Ed007's Note - It would be a risk, he hasn't played much in the last couple of seasons and is on big money, but it's not the worst idea in the world.}

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19 Aug 2011 08:16:40
Ed....and everyone else.......Oh dear, here we go again. We have fond memories of our Champions League endeavours from recent years and for some reason we think that we're going to re-create those performances every time we take the field in a European game. For the second year in a row it's possible that we may be facing a swift Euro exit (on the pitch. maybe not in the courts). It is a sad overall reflection of our great club that we stumble and falter when we come up against what can only be described as average and very mediocre European opposition. Looking at results last night it is clear that SPL clubs simply can't cut the mustard in Europe. Lenny as been shrewd overall as manager but his lack of experience showed last night. That will improve with time and we have to give him time. He's a good guy. The problem is the players. Whilst the endeavour may be there the quality isn't. There are decent players in our squad but there are some who shouldn't be there at all. I imagine the club will dispose of the latter at the earliest opportunity.

Anyway...chins up folks, who knows what will happen in the return leg. Our support is needed.

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19 Aug 2011 01:35:29
I seen the game tonight and as a whole team we were poor. Still, surprised Sion got away with not having half the team booked. Anyway, what I came to post was this:

1. You all slag off big Sammy to the dogs and it's bang out of order Not long ago you guys were his biggest fans when he turned the shame over, but as soon as he puts one tiny toe out of step in the game, you jump on him and tear him to shreds The guy probably doesn't have confidence 'cause he knows that the people who are supposed to support him don't trust him, or more than likely, like him Maybe if you gave the big guy a chance like we do every single week with McCourt he'd start to pay us back The guy can play - he can score, he can hold the ball up, he can run, he can head the ball..he just needs the club's backing instead of his name being slandered every other week

2. Paddy McCourt never has and never WILL have the skill or ability to perform as a Hoops player. Once every 6 or 7 weeks he scores a great goal or does something a bit different and you guys can't get enough of him For me, he's far too ball greedy and, when he should really play a simple pass through for a player in a better position, he seems to believe he actually is the white Pele and attempts taking on 4 or 5 players and scuffing a shot far wide or just running into players.

3.Maloney just isn't up to it anymore. When he came back I really hoped he'd show Villa they were wrong, but whether it be injury or just him losing it, he seems to have fallen away badly. I like wee Shaun, always have as a person..but as a player, I don't see the Celtic star in him. I'd much rather see wee Jamesy Forrest in the side, he scares defenders and gets players off their seat like Maloney used to. Maybe it's time for Shaun to call it quits?

Greg.

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I couldn't agree more mate, shame the way `we treat one of our own. Ohh Ahh Samaras lol

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I agree with 2 out of 3. personally ive never wanted samaras at parkhead...ever

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Spot on with points 2 & 3 but don't know what you see in Samaras ? The guy is gutless. Yeh he scored against the rotten mob, however he was up against a guy 40 years old with no pace. I remember 1 instance in last seasons ( think it was the semi final )when the defender lost his footing about 5 yards into his own half, thus leaving Samaras with a clear run at goal and no one within 5yds, and yet the defender who fell, managed to catch up and tackle him b4 he even got a shot away. If he was so lacking confidence and knowing that the fans don't like him then why did he sign another contract ? I would much rather has seen Rasmussen being given a chance. The guy had scored 12 goals in 15 games b4 we bought him and score 44 goals in 84 games for Brondby, a feat Samaras will never achieve. After watching last nights game it is blatantly obvious our current strikes ( hooper excluded ) aint good enough

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Some very good points Greg. I unlike many you refer to do not see GS as the anti-christ, I think he has very good technical ability and played to his strengths he can do a job. He did well last night and I expected him to, although his finishing (he was not alone) could be better. No-one could question his commitment
Paddy has not been given a proper chance in my opinion. Being given less than ten minutes to unlock a defence that had stubbornly refused to buckle for over 80 was always a big ask.I admit the Ref was terrible (maybe Swiss teams get good treatment as we know who is Swiss and where FIFA is) NL should play him and give him a half or sell him. I would've considered playing Paddy or Forrest in front of CC as CC is a yard slower than last year (at least) and fr me is just not doing it so far this year.
I am afraid Sean although I defend him often may well be in his last season, I think going to Villa ruined him as a Celt and as a player.
My biggest concern is NL tactics and team selection, admittedly he had to shuffle but as he and all the sqaud say he has good players and they can all do a job so why does he look like he is getting mugged as a coach everytime we play in Europe. BTW I would not call call for NLs head as I think he is doing a very good job overall considering his management experience. I am hopeful he becomes one of the best managers we have had and its still possible.

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Greg...

Don't agree with you on any of your points mate, I was at the game last night and Sammy was mince, He is lazy, doesn't think about it and is a greedy bassa. We are playing 4-5-1 with him up top and he is flicking on headers to their defence. SHOCKING and shouldn't play for Celtic again. One good game against the Huns isn't good enough and we should off load asap.

Paddy McCourt has something but he just doesn't get a chance to start games, Yes he scores fantastic goals and a run in the team would see him do alot more, Giving him 10 - 20 minutes every other game isn't enough for him to contibute.

Maloney is just back from injury and he still has it, the defence splitting passes, the free kicks the link up play are all still there, What has changed is his speed, He is slower than previous and this is due to injuries taking their toll, Forrest is a good player but he is still too young to command a starting place every week.

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Samaras can play? Are you serious? So tens of thousands of people at parkhead last night including myself are wrong and you alone can see the shining beacon of light that is samaras's talent?
He is poor, he had one good game against the dark side and he was wrongly given a new contract off the back of it. He then missed a penalty against rangers which effectively cost us the title. He is a pro footballer who is payed thousands and he should be able to score from the penalty spot. His goal scoring record is terrible which speaks for itself. He must go and he must go now he is not Celtic quality it's as simple as that anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves on.
On another point brown was also terrible lastnight, commons was non existent mulgrew is a bombscare at left back I thought wee forest made a difference when he came on. Penalty looked a stonewalled from where i was sitting.
Hail hail.

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Personally i don't' get how you can defend Samaras. 2 goals in a season?

To say Paddy McCourt doesn't have skill astonishes me to be honest. I suggest you go to YouTube and type in his name Maybe he doesn't have the stamina, strength and workrate to be in the team every week but no skill? come on pal.

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Samaras played well but missed some howlers Greg, you can't deny that, and people have a right to vent their frustration if a player should have scored a couple of goals at least and doesn't in such an important tie.

Paddy was brought on as a last chance saloon player, what your saying is correct about him but you've also admitted he's more than capable of unlocking a defence so how can you argue with his late involvement?

As for Forrest, well, he had his chance in Europe last night. Let it be a lesson for him.

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Totally agree Greg we've got a bad habit of demonizing / idolising players without much justification (Stephen Person hero of the fans??). I did think that Maloney showed a few signs he may be getting a bit of form back last night.

Still really missing a target man.

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Greg Samaras, stop sticking up for your greek cousin. He is awful. I witnessed that debacle last night and he hasnt changed or will never change. He has a terrible scoring record, no heart and doesnt deserve to hand out the pies at half time never mind picking up a shirt. A useless article who cost us the league last year by missing a penalty against the shame. if he scores that we can allow for the defeat at Inverness and still win it.

Lennon is blind to him, for reasons known only to himself. I cannot understand for the life of me why he sticks by him or for that matter my fellow Celtic fans. He is gutless, spineless and the sooner he is shipped out the door the better as he will end up costing Lennon his job.

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As for Maloney, at least we nearly got a goal from him although granted I am not his biggest fan either.

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5 goals in 52 games greg??
cmon....hes not up to it.
check his stats....woeful

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Samaras is a joke,must be like playing with a man short,will never be a goalscorer,scored 2 goals in january and is given a new contract,missed a vital penalty towards the end of season,Samaras must be brilliant in training,because when it comes to playing 90 minutes,he is a average player,I would like to see Rasmussen given a chance and he will score goals.

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Greg i was at the game last night and yes the whole team were very poor , the only players i'd give pass marks to are Scott Brown and James Forrest , as they at least put the effort in , but i'm sorry pal Samaras , as a Celtic centre-forward and No 9 , is just nowhere near good enough , he had 3 good chances last night , 2 headers and a shot which he put in row z , 3 goals last season not good enough , Paddy McCourt played a lot fewer games and scored 5 goals last season from the wing , Celtic will need to buy at least 3 players , centre-half , left-back and a good STRIKER who will score 15/20 goals a season , last nights performance was not acceptable and the players should take responsibility for it .

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Hi - I was at the game last night and agree with you re the abuse that was being directed at Samaras. He doesn't hide and tries his best but you can actually see his head going down when all the abuse starts. The team also got booed off the pitch, which I think is a disgrace. Okay, it wasn't the entertaining football that we all love to watch but we're still in it and need to support the team not undermine them. I was ashamed of the support last night, even Ki was getting abuse from people sitting behind me.

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We need a new striker. Sammmy is rank rotten and Stokes isnt much better. Cant see us progressing from this. Another barren year. Lennon needs to go. We'll never get anywhere in Europe with him at the helm and wont win the league judging by last nights performance. {Ed007's Note - What mistakes has he made in the league so far? He pushed the second most successful manager in Scottish footballing history to the wire in his first full year as a manager, and if the players had performed at ICT we would have been champions, and he is off to a 100% start this year, I think you are hitting the panic button a bit early mate.}

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Samaras is a good player, remember he got 11 goals in 8 games, or something similar, then he got injured and now he has lost his confidence. FANS NEED TO CHEER ON SAMARAS FOR HIM TO PLAY, GET OFF HIS BACK AND GET BEHIND HIM.

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Hi, agree to an extent, the problem with Samararse is - when on form, he is a handfull. The fact he is only on form 2 or 3 games each season makes you ask the question. If Paddy McCourt got a regular run in the team, guarantee he would show up well. Only player we have capable of splitting defences wide open with passing (maybe Commons too). Agree with the Maloney point, no heart, too weak. His best attribute used to be the fact he was small, quick and had sharp feet.. now he has none of this

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Greg u r either deluded or u just fancy the pants off samaras? samaras is just peter van vossen in a hooped top.
jimmybhoy

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Congratulations Greg..you certainly got us all talking, maybe the board should drop in on the site for a few moments between their first class business travel & prawn sandwiches and see what the real fans of the Club are saying

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Im surprised how many comments this got In reply to one post - anybody can look good on Youtube, even Mo Edu. Also, Rassmussen deserves another chance - whoever said that, brilliant shout

Greg

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19 Aug 2011 01:04:25
We were poor enough tonight but the ref didnt let us play either. Few Sion players should of being booked and they played with 11 men behind the ball the whole game. I'd sell samaras to rangers for 100k...if they can afford it. Can anyone confirm if its same match officials for next week? HAIL HAIL

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I have been a season ticket holder for 22 years at celtoc park n i must say yes we were very poor tonight but that is no xcuse 2 boo ur team. personally i think samaras is one of the worst celtic player ever 2 pull on a celtic jersey. the guys a f....n liabilty n i dont understand how lennon cant see how terrible he is, he shld b thrown out of celtic park the guys a joke

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Its Spanish officials next week, hopefully from Seville ha :P

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You just contradicted yourself there don't boo our team but boo samaras isn't he part of the team

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19 Aug 2011 01:02:06
Right, I've had a wee read of these and agree it's not the best right now. We are still markedly better than the crap that Strachan left for Mowbray and that's cause Lenny bought quality in at cheap prices. Why don't the keyboard coaches just trust him to do his job. 100% SPL start and a clean sheet with our 3 stars missing is not too shabby. Tell me a team outside of the elite who you can rip theirs stars out of and they don't struggle. Settle down Bhoys and stay positive ffs. Hendy.

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What? that "crap" won 3 league titles and missed out on a 4th unluckily mowbray is an idiot who lacked passion-thats why we lost league that season dont slate chesney he signed some qualit players such as robson etc

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I agree the team are nowhere near as bad as some of the posts seem to be indicating and the same old attacks on the same Celtic players continue. The ref was a disgrace and we were unlucky and Sion are no MUGS. NL has built a team with a profit on the balance sheet (thanks Aiden) and we are all a lot more excited than we were a little over a year ago. and KI was outstanding and proves he has b***s. A few of the other lads should stop feeling sorry for themselves on the pitch and roll up their sleeves and get on with it like KI does. Also I watched with a few foreigners and they enjoyed the match and were generally full of praise for Celtic

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19 Aug 2011 00:45:48
On the Orcs page


another thing is i hope the performance from CARLOS BOCANEGRA was due to jetlag and not actually knowing the team.

Jetlag from France???

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I hope the performance of Celtic was due to the selection and not just the team starting to implode..

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Jetlag on a flight from france. Brilliant. Maybe he flew via austrailia. I think Rangers were poor in the second half last night cause Ally changed tactics to protect their one goal. Just as good ald Wally Walter used to do. But Boxofknickers looked s**t.

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His travel was detailed in the D**** R***** (didnt buy it), sounds like he had a bit of a journey. amazing to see that rag stand up for a new currant!

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Worry about your own team and not ours, bocanegra will be fine when he is rested and gets to know the players, for your small, uneducated brain this may be too much information but he travelled from france to glasgow, then from glasgow to slovenia and then had a 3 and a half hour drive to the hotel in Maribor itself and only had 3 hours rest before he had to travel to the stadium for the game, if you wouldnt be tired doing all that then why aren't you a top class athlete or playing for the vile team you support? {Ed007's Note - Why was he picked then if the travelling took so much out of him? Bit of a bad decision by the manager then, would you say?}

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Because Ed without him we would have been short of players to play, take a look at our bench, i would rather a tired international than a fully fit youngster with absolutely no european experience, so no not a bad decision, just our situation, and yes i admit we are short of a decent pool of players, but from what i have seen so far from celtic and rangers it will be a very very very close scrap for the title again. {Ed007's Note - I have no doubt it will be a close league race again, at no point have I said it won't be. My point is that if the player was 'jetlagged' (how many time zones did he fly through exactly) he shouldn't have played. Fit inexperienced legs are better than tired experienced legs, that is why managers sub players later in games, players become tired, not start a game tired, football does entail a lot of physical exertion. Also tired legs get injured a lot easier, what if he had sustained a serious injury? It could have seriously backfired then.}

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Well thats for the manager to decide ED, dont get me wrong im not saying he was jetlagged, i think he was tired, not jetlagged, and from what i heard he didnt even play that badly, but i didnt see it

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19 Aug 2011 00:43:28
hi ed....first time poster. av just been reading all the comments and cant see one person having a go at NL.
sorry bhoys but this is on his head.
cant believe the fomation he went with.
commons...wrong
ledley,,,wrong
mulgrew...wrong
wilson....wrong
stokes....wrong
samaras...should never have started
NL took far too long to correct all these errors so if u want to point the finger.....point it at him.
the most annoying thing is....that team were poor. {Ed007's Note - Welcome to the site mate/miss}

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Apart from the goals last season i didnt think that commons contributed much but was shot down by my mates. cant beleive how bad he looks this season

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Well said, 7 away wins out of 38 Europa games tonight, Celtic needed something from the game.

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Couldn't agree more to change formation and go 5 in midfield 1 up front total baffles me especially at home again another big game and neil lennon gets it wrong tactically nieve(spelling lol)

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Commons was Celtics best player after Christmas. I cant believe what I am reading here. What games were you watching,

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Have to agree, lennys biggest fan but what is gling on in his head going one up front and stokes as a winger, he then changed it to sammi hogging the line, it was terrible to watch , he needs a experienced number 2 who can help him change tactics, commons poor, folk were on browns back, i thot him and ki at least tried, lenny has to get a goalscorer in pronto andnit wastd cash on greedy bellamy , de negris in , and for love of ghod dont offer him a trial

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19 Aug 2011 00:23:55
Samaras is arguably one of the worst celtic players in the last 20 years. He showed tonight he isn't good enough. The whole team was shocking tonight apart from big maj. We need a big strong forward to hold the ball up and bring the other strikers into play. We also need a right winger who could just cross the ball instead of trying all this step over p**h. McCourt and Maloney aren't fit enough to wear the hoops and Forrest will be good in the future.

GaryBhoy88

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I blame lennon for last night mccourt shoulda been on 20 minutes earlier and maloney scored a free kick just a dodgy ref

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19 Aug 2011 00:07:59
ffs why all the doom and gloom we still have 100% spl record and a clean sheet in europe so lets get behind the team and stop acting like the manky mob from castle greyskull

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Nah I think i'll voice my concern on this 1. We're basically relying on uefa turfing this mob out so we can go thru. Kayal may be be back but without hooper and izaguirre we will struggle to break this mob down again. Really poor.

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People should get a grip on reality, yeah Celtic were not great last night, but without izzy, kayal and big wilson. big sammy is not the answer and mark wilson looked like a fish out of water in the left back position. hopefully hooper & Co will be fit for the 2nd leg. Im confident we can at least achieve a score draw over there. CMON THE HOOPS

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