Celtic Rumours Archive September 19 2011

19 Sep 2011 22:10:12
CELTICNEWS ,
Expect Arsenal winger Rio miyaichi from japan to join celtic in jan on loan! Hes very quick , at over 6 ft...........AS

19 Sep 2011 20:45:01
does anyone else agree darren o dea better than any other cb we have playing just now {Ed007's Note - I didn't want O'Dea to leave, I said that all summer.}

I agree but dont you think that only shows what little quality we have central defence {Ed007's Note - I would rather see O'Dea in a CFC jersey that Majstorovic.}

O'dea falls into the paddy McCourt, big bobo, niall maginn and god knows how many others......they seem to get better the more they don't play. O'dea has found his level down south in the lower leagues. Its time decent money was spent on two cb's and a keeper. As the old saying goes....you pay peanuts you get monkeys!

Ed I'm not disputing the fact he is better than big dan I'm just trying to point out that if o dea is the best centre half at the club than surely that in itself shows the problems we have at centre back. O dea is just the best of a not so clever bunch. He is not the answer. Just my opinion of course

For the poster who mentioned big bobo, rangers were terrified of him, De boer complained he tackled to hard, i wish we had him now rather than loovens who plays like a 7 stone weakling

Some of the rubbish here is unreal. K Wilson has looked good for us sadly the old firm game was a bit much for him and he had a bad one. All in all i say he will turn out good for us. X bhoy

I think we need a partner for Kelvin Wilson. He looked decent in a lot of games this season but was awol against rangers. I think we need to shell out for as good a Central defender as we can afford. maybe £3million or £4 million {Ed007's Note - Why do they need to cost £3/4 million? Ability to defend is far more important than the price tag.}

Not Od'deas's bigest fan, but is he really any worse than Loovens, Big Dan or even K Wilson?. Come to think about was McManus any worse. Not saying there better but have we really improved at the back in terms of personel? Not sure on that one.

David

Dont make me laugh o dea my a*** we have been there and done it ,he was not up to it,Although I doubt it will happen we need to spend some real dough on an experiance centre back or 2. All the names current and past are not the answer we need a BOBo Balde type to put the fear of god into them not the powder puff defenders we have at the moment

I mentioned bobo only in the context of o'dea....because if you remember back yes big bobo would win almost every header that came into the box-and god knows we could do with that type of defender just now- be also got slaughtered because he struggled to pass water never mind a ball, and when dropped over the contract crap became a better football with each passing week. Before he left he was getting mentioned in the same class as maldini! Let's face it o'dea tried but never really had the class to back it up. {Ed007's Note - Who compared Bobo to Maldini? I've never heard that in my life before!! If anyone said that to me I would seriously doubt they actually knew anything about football what so ever. It must have been Bobo himself that said it.}

Sorry ed I hadn't finished that post and I know my spelling was dodgy {Ed007's Note - I've not posted it if you want to repost it

We cried out during the summer 4a striker now its the same 4 a CB.

No 1 will come in till next summer when we find out if it's us or them in CL

Sorry but the money isn't there 4a CB so it's time to back the bhoys with what we have.

K wilson and Rogne ( Speling ! lol ) will form a decent partnership when fit.

19 Sep 2011 18:14:43
Scott Brown reckons the celtic support need not worry because they can play better than yesterday. May I say that if that is his attitude then he can F off. You can't expect to win all o/f games but the least I expect, as a paying Celtic Supporter, is that they play to the best of their ability in every game.
Ben Bhoy 1916

I'm not worried that they can play better...i'm a tad worried about how many times this season they are going to show us this better play ?

19 Sep 2011 16:32:12
I might be being a bit dramatic but I think Celtic have little chance of winning the league this season unless they get there act together.
The players showed no commitment even Lennon didn't show much passion yesterday.
Praying this is the team by next summer
Craig Gordon
Adam Matthews new cb Charlie Mulgrew Emilio
Forrest new cm Ledley (new captain) McCourt/mcginn
Stokes Hooper

Outs samaras big dan Rasmussen(didn't get a chance) cha du ri daryl murphy (sell Ki and Kayal only if 5million+ offers)

CelticBhoy1967

U woul play McCourt/McGinn well I rest my case
I wish you were pickin the manky mob's team

U couldn't pick yer a*** never mind celtics first team. Why would we sell ki and Kayal when we don't have to. They are two of our best players. As for the Old firm game, we didn't show up in the second half and it was a poor performance but 4 goals was flattering and they showed signs of weakness as well. We just have to move on, up our commitment and make sure we demolish them next time. I also don't think Gordon would be a good signing because of his injury troubles.

Lubo67

4 goals was flattering? what about Laff's disallowed goal and 2 sitters plus Davis hitting the bar? shud have been more than 4! Plus Shagger gifted the 2nd goal.

Lennon is tactily naive some of the signing are a joke most fans have bought in to the irish thing wae lenny its time we had amanager with abit of stature cause we are going nowhere fast

You want to keep Adam Matthews and Niall McGinn, get rid of Ki and Kayal and think Stokes and Hooper is good enough for next season? Wow you are clueless

Ki was anonymous again yesterday, you cant have a passenger in central midfield against them. Stokes simply doesn't have the physical requirements to compete against rangers. Cha is the best right back at present, mark wilson was dreadful yesterday, he let wylde cross the ball at will when he should have been closing him down, kayal seems to be playing for himself more and more each week

19 Sep 2011 15:26:35
if celtic want rid of scott brown then i would happily accept him as a rangers player, the guy is a class act

from a rangers fan

19 Sep 2011 12:57:20
Badr got lucky with his goal but honestly what a poor show he never won a single header and has only played 142 times in 10 years if u go with what wikipedia says.thank god it's just a loan and we never bought this guy

I worry about the direction we are heading under peter lawell and lenny, we seem to have blind loyalties to his failings, if not sorted soon I can see gers having the better of us for a while. Any other celts agree ?

I dunno mate, I thought he had a so-so game (sometimes he was alright, sometimes he was poor) but he looked good in the motherwell game, and as I recall Izaguirre had a shocker the first time he played rangers. Thank God we didn't give up on him straight away...

I think the jury's still out on Badr, give him a bit of time.

I agree he looked good in the Motherwell game but looked like a different player against that lot.fingers crossed we can get a half decent back line set up and get a run without many injuries

We had 2 Old Firm Debutants playing at the back. that means three players that don't know what its all about and it showed. Give the boys time and they'll get there.

David

19 Sep 2011 11:05:44
see the Record has apologised for Saturdays headline regarding Lennon and the tax man

I posted keith jackson was a touble making scumbag on here the day before the lennon and taxman hate jibe.
the record have apologised but this means nothing to me and i will still not be buying that rag.

It wasn't Keith Jackson that wrote it .......

That means the record has more than one trouble making scumbag.

Bbc sport, the article written by keith jackson.
news from usa today, the article written by keith jackson.

19 Sep 2011 10:06:45
Yesterday I was gutted and calling for wee Lennys head some of the tactics he adopts are awfull. I could go on all day about them. However a love the guy and want him to do well but just cant decide if he is right for the job. What do my fellow hoops fans think?

I would always say, CELTIC are far too big a club to have a Rookie Manager, reguardless of the person. Lenny has too many games were his decision making is questionable.

Argee with your post mate, think he needs time but taking in the pro & cons.if Lennon never took over from TM then what state would we be in ? Last season was a full new team that just lost out on winning the lot? Ok Sami at ibrox, the ICT game that most folk had written off & the cup game we lost too rangers in Extra time ? Call it fate or just seriously unlucky.

Think he should really give hooper & stokes up front next time Lennon has always said he thinks Sami give rangers real muscle in these games but I personally not a fan of the guy. Think if we can square up the back 4 think we should be ok.not 100% sure about Forster put he did have the most clean sheets last year ?

But think Lennon is on the same boat as AVB at chelsea, young manager big club if u don't bring home the league/cups then ur off.

Lenny.
Come on you bhoys in green!

I'm still really undecided, he's still a rookie making rookie mistakes. Ally might be in charge for his 1st season but he's been under WS for 6 yrs with rangers and scotland, NL doesn't have this experience. Having said that, I don't think he'll take back seat now & let someone else come in..I would like to think he phones Martin O'Neil for advice. He might have brought back the thunder but i would prefer the league title. rangers are an average team & played the best they have all season in the 2nd half, didn't help we fell asleep (literally). But there for me is the difference in the experience of managers - the half time talk. - Chrissy

Ok we lost and probably deserved to in the end. We didn't come out in the second half for what ever reason. We seem toi have the tendency to lie too deep in situations like yesterday when if we had have pressed for the third goal at the start of the 2nd half it would have been a different outcome. I feel there was poor team selection. Ledley (Mulgrew move to CB) on Mulgrew should have remained at the back (Loovens out) Would have probably gone for Stokes instead of Sammi. Mosy of all I'd get the center backs to defend set pieces by picking up there known danger men and stop this zonal marking it aint working

We were well beaten in the second half to many players didnt show up,they are good against the lesser teams but big games posted missing,would have mulgrew and wilson cb,mulgrew for me has been the most improved player and you can see that,he was a bit heavy with the takles but didnt give up he needed help,its only one game i love NL but he is under more pressure this season,i hope he does it

I love Neil and want him to stay but perhaps he needs someone above him for the big games euro games. I think you cant get any better coach and man manager but not sure if he has the tactical experience for us in europe or big crunch games

Lenny always lets his heart run the team. maybe needs to be an assistant manager to someone with experience. I would bring in someone to be a sounding board for him. not above him though or it might make him angry.

Listen to yiz! He is not a rookie, Sally is a rookie! Lennon has had time AND money to get it sorted. He has lost us one league already! Just because he is a Celtic man u all LOVE him! Great way to run a club eh? As long as the wee fella talks the talk and laps up the "you can't touch Lenny, coz he get's a hard time" you lot will be happy! Better that than to have a "non" Celtic man like Strachan eh? 3 titles but dizny greet about refs and "clarification" enuff so, ta ta... idiots! Pump him and get ANYONE who understands the game! Don't care who, don't care if he never played for us, just as long as he know's how to win FFS

I replied to initial post to say CELTIC are too big a club to have a Rookie Manager. My point being we should never have given Lenny the position in the first place.
Unfortunately we are where we are, and because he is one of our own it does seem most people are more willing to give him a chance. I do take your point though I would much rather be winning and could not care less who the manager is as long as he brings home the trophies.
Perhaps the day after such a pathetic defeat is not the best day to get sensible argument?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s, however I have more concern over Mr Lawwell?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s ability to pick the right man for the job, so maybe that?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s a better question to be asking?.