Celtic banter 10

21 Apr 2026 14:43:40
I never thought I'd say this but I think it could help our league chances if our skipper picked up a hamstring injury in training this week.

Of course I'd much rather MON moved him further forward in an attacking role but given his failure to see the problems Calmac's current play is causing us then injury could be our only hope?

Sad to say this of a Celtic captain!

21 Apr 2026 15:25:24
I remember in 2008 when Broony was going through family heartache in his first season and it showed in his performances.
I think he picked up an injury and then our midfield of Hartley and Robson were brilliant for our last 7 league games to pip Rangers to the title.
I still think our Captain has a massive part to play over the next month.

21 Apr 2026 16:17:27
Can't believe you posted that feck me that's a shocker.

21 Apr 2026 17:00:17
It may be your hope @Masoninblack, personally i wouldn't want any of our players injured.

21 Apr 2026 17:50:08
Calmac has been very poor but suggesting an injury to him is poor mate, MON n Maloney need to sort it out for last games.

21 Apr 2026 20:30:23
I agree but MON and Maloney have failed to sort it out for months.

I have no doubt in my mind our captain will play in his usual position for the last 6 games, regardless of how bad he/ we are playing.

By the way, I never said I wanted him injured, I want him playing further forward and have been calling for that for months.

I said "I think it could help our league chances if our skipper picked up a hamstring injury in training this week. ".

22 Apr 2026 08:01:54
Last paragraph says it all really, if callum stays fit he'll play and hopefully finds a bit of form for the run in yes he's not been great but has any of the midfield, maybe if the club had signed a cdm it would have helped the boy although has he not scored about 70 odd goals for the club not bad for a midfielder.

22 Apr 2026 22:23:49
Not exactly condoning MIBs post but know where he's coming from as the team played a lot more fluently and positively when he was substituted.

21 Apr 2026 14:01:42
Just saw this horse running today at Pontefract
2.42 DAIZEN 13/ 2.

21 Apr 2026 14:37:37
Cheers Tim I put £1 on at a boosted 9/ 1.
It won it’s last race Seven Months ago at 10/ 1.

21 Apr 2026 21:23:48
How did it get on?

{Ed007's Note - I've got no interest in horse racing at all but one thing I do know is that 100% of the times you're best ignoring Timbo's Tips!

21 Apr 2026 22:27:02
Ahahahahaha! 🤪HH!

21 Apr 2026 22:21:20
I only seen the second half of the race.
Daizen lost a few lengths going wide round the bend and finished well behind in 5th place.

22 Apr 2026 08:14:35
His heart must not have been in it - usually Daizen is faster than the sh! ts.

21 Apr 2026 14:00:09
Buzz, what's the script about Shaktar, do the need to win ther league to have any chance of overtaking cream buns in coefficient as Olympiakios seemed to have blown it.

21 Apr 2026 14:33:23
Shakhter are 3 points clear and they also have one game in hand this Thursday at 1.30pm.
Hopefully they will go 6 ahead with 6 games to go.

Reaching the Final should see them overtake Sevco in the Coefficient Table.
Shakhter are currently 3 Coefficient points behind but it’s 2 points for a Win and 1 point for a Draw plus an added 0.5 Coefficient points for reaching the Final.

If Sevco win the league and they don’t Qualify Automatically-
They will still easily be Seeded for the playoffs.
If Celtic win the league then our chances of being Seeded in the playoffs are probably less than 50% at the moment.

21 Apr 2026 15:27:59
👍thanks.

21 Apr 2026 13:47:18
Celtic will play 59 games in total this season.
Sevco will play 58 games and Hearts will only play 44 games in total.

Sevco played 4 more European Qualifiers than Celtic but we reached the European knockout stage and also both domestic cup finals to overtake their grand total.

21 Apr 2026 15:18:47
Martin O’Neill has been in charge of 23 Domestic League and Cup games for Celtic this season - Winning 19 and a 83% Win Record.

Rohl has been in charge of 29 Domestic League and Cup games for Sevco this season - Winning 20 and a 69% Win Record.

McIness has been in charge of 39 Domestic League and Cup games for Hearts this season - Winning 25 and a 64% Win Record.

21 Apr 2026 16:12:19
Falkirk will be the club fortunate to play 20 home games this season and only 18 away games.
Livingston will be the unfortunate club to only play 18 home games this season and 20 away matches.

21 Apr 2026 22:23:28
Martin’s win record is impressive compared to his 2 rivals but yet the Supercomputer only rates our chance of being Champions at 18.9%.

22 Apr 2026 15:51:47
Heart's will never be this close again. Playing 15 less games is massive. Next season when they play midweek European games will show the difference from this season. Also add in the Martin and Wilfred debacles.

21 Apr 2026 11:38:40
Why was Big Tomas dropped from the squad altogether on Sunday?
Granted he didn’t have a good game the week before but it wasn’t through the lack of effort.
His confidence is already low and maybe a seat on the bench would’ve been better rather than kick him when he’s down.

21 Apr 2026 12:06:01
Buzz he is dreadful but better than Adamu I'd get osmand straight in front of both when he's fit, I was more baffled hatate never got used.

21 Apr 2026 12:18:40
Buzz I read a report that Martin thought he was not putting effort in at training.

21 Apr 2026 18:58:59
It’s a seat in the stand he needs.

Some other clubs stand who couldn’t believe their luck when the quiet man came calling.

21 Apr 2026 11:16:12
Rookie Ryan Lee will be our referee on Saturday.
He was also our referee when we beat Falkirk 2-0 in our midweek fixture earlier this season.
Chris Graham will be doing VAR and his Assistant is the more experienced Greg Aitken.

21 Apr 2026 16:03:15
It was actually the other Falkirk home match he was the referee in our 4-0 midweek win.
The 2-0 game was on the weekend.
His only other Celtic game was squeezing past Dundee in the SC this season.

21 Apr 2026 10:46:50
Thank you Mr Keevins

Anybody worried about us winning the league can take heart from our "friend" Keevins prediction that "he is 100% convinced Celtic will not win the title"

Why am I so happy, this clown is NEVER RIGHT lol.

21 Apr 2026 11:26:04
Ewan Cameron said the same.
He’s willing to wear a Celtic strip as a forfeit if we win the league.

21 Apr 2026 07:36:52
Every game is winable and on recent form loseable. The chances therefore of winning every game are not great. That however is also true of our rivals and had Sevco player been red carded at 2-0 down they would have dropped points to Falkirk. By playing 1st we have to win (hopefully by a few goals) and see how they react to the pressure.

Biggest concern for me is our midfield, will MON bench Calmac? Engles should play that role as he is more dynamic, will pass forward and also break the lines with forward runs. Reo, inconsistent as he is, imo has to feature, even if off bench.

21 Apr 2026 07:39:14
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Everton v Liverpool - A Quick Liverpool Perspective

20 Apr 2026 22:08:18
What do we all think is the toughest upcoming games the ones I'm most concerned about is Easter Rd and Fir Park.

21 Apr 2026 01:57:07
I am concerned about them all to be honest. The team doesn't fill me with confidence.

21 Apr 2026 07:22:18
The lot sevco and wee sevco aren't great but neither are we.

21 Apr 2026 07:58:39
I think against top 6 teams we have worst record, good time to put that right,


I think we need to drop Nygren get another proper midfielder in there, and try dominate teams from that position, there’s an argument for me that Maeda starts up front with Yang and Forrest being our wide men,

Subs being impact subs per game Nygren tonetki inheacho ox sarrachi.

A total clutch at straws opinion I know, but in my head that works.

21 Apr 2026 09:13:21
As we saw - yet again - on Sunday, this Celtic team cannot perform at their best for a whole game and we concede goals far too easily. Alarmingly, we always seem to have half a team well off their best and it has taken huge effort and determination to win many games. Hopefully, between this desire, the experience of past campaigns and players coming back from injury will help.


However, watching Celtic this season has been an ordeal at times, but we need more from the team and much more of what we saw in that first period of extra-time - in every game.

21 Apr 2026 11:30:18
I'm less concerned with Easter Road trip. Can't envisage Hibs defeating us to potentially hand Hearts the league?

21 Apr 2026 11:30:31
Conceding goals in the first 20 minutes of the second half remains an issue for Celtic, which means we’re having to score at least 2 goals in every game to give us a chance of victory.

21 Apr 2026 13:59:34
Hibs beat us at parkhead which was pretty damaging and their fans let us know.

22 Apr 2026 10:33:53
3 poor teams going for the title but I fear our form
Is the poorest - losing 2 second half goals to St Mirren confirms my fears.

20 Apr 2026 21:57:20
This will be Dunfermline’s 6th Scottish Cup final appearance and their 5th Final against Celtic.

Dunfermline won the 1961 Scottish Cup under Jock Stein after a replay against Celtic in their first final.
Celtic then got revenge in the 1965 Final with Jock Stein only being made the Manager 2 Months previously.

Dunfermline then beat Hearts 3-1 in the 1968 Final after winning an earlier tie at Celtic Park.
That was the only domestic cup final Celtic never played in from October 1964 to May 1976.
The SFA banned lap of honours from 1965 to 1975.

Celtic then had a comeback 3-1 victory in the 2004 Final with Larsson scoring a Double in his last game for Celtic.
Celtic then won the 2007 Final with a late winner against an already relegated Dunfermline side.

21 Apr 2026 10:13:00
Buzz, I attended both 1961 games and I was so sure we would win, but in typical Celtic style at that time we could not hit the net and keeper Connachan had a wonder game with some amazing saves.
The 1965 final was a cracker and victory with Big Jock on our side this time paved the way to Lisbon.