Celtic Banter

12 Jan 2025 14:57:06
I came across a 18 year old forward Lucas Vennegor of Hesselink, who played the last 9 minutes on his professional debut for Twente earlier today.

Twente won 6-2 and Lagerbielke played the full game.
Young Lucas is probably the Son of big Jan with that unusual name.
Hopefully the lad has a successful career.

12 Jan 2025 15:31:28
The lad steijn caught the eye buz hatrick. Lagerb og. At times his positional awareness was non existent but as were his team mates. Entertainment to the fore it was.

12 Jan 2025 15:31:46
Lagerb with an og.

12 Jan 2025 16:06:47
Both Flashscore and BBC don’t have it listed as an own goal by Lagerbielke.

12 Jan 2025 17:12:20
Watched it live buzz. Maybe given to player but if he had put himself in front of it properly its not a goal. Came off hos right arm and diverted past keeper.

13 Jan 2025 00:20:47
Sem steijn is one i would have loved us to have moved for but probably too late now. Probably the best player in holland just now.

12 Jan 2025 11:39:14
On this date in 1901,
Celtic beat Rangers 1-0 in a Scottish Cup tie.

Our keeper was knocked unconscious after 75 minutes.
Celtic finished the game with 10 men, after an outfield player went in goals.
( no subs back then )

That was the 4th time the same keeper had received similar assaults by the Rangers players and it was an obvious tactic.

Celtic took the squad to Rothesay that week to prepare for the match.

Celtic Manager Willie Maley also took his Family on the trip.
Tragically a couple of days after the match, his 6 month old daughter died in Rothesay of Acute Bronchitis.

12 Jan 2025 11:55:37
That is a sad story about Maley's daughter.

12 Jan 2025 12:59:55
Were you there Buzz? Remember me? I was the guy selling the macaroon bars. 😂😂.
On a serious note, looking forward to seeing today's walkout on you tube later 😁😁.

12 Jan 2025 13:58:25
I'm responding to my own post. I'm losing the plot but when the Onion bears walk out with the others, ya think they'll sing YNWalk alone 😁.

12 Jan 2025 10:35:13
I thought the pitch was dreadful.

12 Jan 2025 11:02:16
Parts of game I seen looked dangerous they were that rutted and uneven.

12 Jan 2025 11:21:04
The players mentioned after the match, that they were expecting the pitch to be worse.

12 Jan 2025 11:24:31
It was dreadful. It probably helped that it was so cold as it meant it was firmer. If there had been rain, that would have been like a cow field.

12 Jan 2025 10:09:32
Kenny was definitely raw but I think he’s definitely got a poachers goal and nuisance element about him that we definitely perhaps need, I said yesterday about kyogo being a better player than we see as cf, Europe aside I’d like to see us start with idah as cf, we need to give him a chance to find form and stake a place for cf position, we can rely on kyogo to help rest our wide players and to contribute with goals from wide, yesterday could have been a banana skin, if Kuhn meada where fit they would have played, kyogo would have been like for like for idah with the result not a given, if we can’t get idah scoring well all be steaming for a new cf, kyogo will prob be sold so that may be the case anyway but goal scorers don’t grow on trees and neither do 18point leads that allow you to bed a striker like idah or any other player for that,

Anyway do we all have our popcorn at the ready for today.

12 Jan 2025 11:07:00
I agree to give Idah a run of starts for the rest of the season. He just needs a goal or 2 and the goals will follow. For me his over all link up play is generally very good. He just seems to be lacking a bit of confidence and better service.
Also Id like to see Kyogo, Maeda, Kuhn and a new winger rotating on the wings to keep them on their toes. It will take the pressure off the new winger to let him bed in also. I think Kyogo is better suited out wide.
Maybe let Kenny play as back up to Idah for the rest of the season to see what they've got.

12 Jan 2025 14:56:07
Idah certainly needs a goal or two . Something not right with him . Last season whilst on loan he scored regularly and many of his goals were very important. This season he is going through a very dry period . BR may have to ask the question do we continue to persist with him either as a lone striker or should he change his formation and tactics to help an out of form player or a player who for what ever reason has lost his ability to score .
If BR persists with Idah and he scores plenty, great, however if he persists and Idah doesn’t pick up a good strike rate, his price might plummet should we wish to sell him and replace him with a goal scorer.

12 Jan 2025 04:37:03
I will probably get pelters for this. Is Engles a player? Saw the game today. Linked up play well. Very good at the penalty (Retake) but also skied a shot when in a good position. Not the first time. Corners have got better, but couldn't have got worse. What I'm saying is I admire the Bhoy for not hiding. Now time to press on! I so hope he goes onto great things.

12 Jan 2025 07:57:43
Aye he's a player.

12 Jan 2025 09:24:06
I wrote previously about how long it took Stan Petrov to settle in a new country with a new club and what a player he turned out to be.
I think Engels is improving all the time and will only get better.

12 Jan 2025 09:59:52
For me he slotted into a winning on form team when first signed, then there was a clear dip in form, now there’s an obvious hard work element about him on the park as if he’s realised he’s not entitled to a starting place and needs to work for it, the football player was always there, I think we will see some good stuff from him in spring, I wander if he has a trick or two to beat a player aswell that as yet we’ve not seen, if he does that’s exciting.

12 Jan 2025 10:13:18
His corners are better than orileys and in time he will become a much better player than him. He's been our best midfielder the past month and hid performances are only getting better.

12 Jan 2025 14:41:09
I see a bit of Rogic in him woth his ability for ball retention and use of his body. He is going to be a fantastic player and worth 3 to 4 times more than what we got him for.