Celtic banter 10

05 Mar 2026 22:53:16
I hope it does not come down to goal difference. I've been concerned for months about good because our strike rate is the worst it has been for many a season. With the strikers at our disposal we will never claw back the deficit.

06 Mar 2026 10:38:00
Need to worry more about goals conceded, we are highest scorers in League. Just.

06 Mar 2026 10:50:05
All the teams at the top have scored more than us.

06 Mar 2026 11:13:23
They all have better goal difference, but we're top Scorers in league unbelievably.

05 Mar 2026
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05 Mar 2026 19:03:39
So nygren is 1 goal short of the king of kings first season? Only the moussa is a better striker first season? I know nygren is not a striker. So only sinclair and commons are ahead of him?. Yes he is an enigma, but where would we be without his goals (19) and assists?

05 Mar 2026 19:46:46
5th or 6th place?

05 Mar 2026 20:57:08
Game time in the league -
Nygren has scored a league goal approximately every 120 minutes and a goal/ assist approx every 95 minutes in the league.

KT has scored 5 league goals and also has 7 league assists.
Maeda has 7 league goals and 5 league assists.
Both have 12 goal/ assists but Maeda has played approximately 180 minutes more than KT which is the equivalent of about 2 extra games.

05 Mar 2026 22:06:02
Who was it that sait, it's a funny old game.

06 Mar 2026 09:18:36
Maeda is either playing with zero confidence or zero commitment as the deterioration in his whole game in the last 12-18 months shows. It's also disappointing that the other wide players and midfielders (barring Engels) have not contributed more goals either.
The situation is compounded by the Boards inept and even damaging transfer/ loan dealings that have left MON very short of real options.

06 Mar 2026 11:46:38
I think it was Jimmy Greaves.

05 Mar 2026 16:30:00

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05 Mar 2026 13:10:08
For Sunday's cup match I would like us to move away from the 4-3-3 nonsense as we do not have the players to excel in that set-up.

A 4-4-2 would be better but in order to be really strong defensively, I'd prefer to see a 3-5-2.

Sinisalo
Arthur, Trusty (Scales or Tierney)
Araujo, McCowan, McGregor, Hatate, (Tierney or Saraachi)
Nygren, (any of our other strikers/ wingers) .

Sevco struggled to create much last Sunday and I doubt they would get much of a sniff at goal against that midfield-dominating line up.

{Ed007's Note - 3-5-2 is outdated and far too easy to counter with fast wingers. The squad we have is ready made to move to a 4-2-3-1....

--------------------Sinisalo-----------
Araujo-----Trusty-------Scales----KT----
-------------CalMac----Hatate------
Yang---------------Nygren-------Maeda----
-------------------Cvancara---------------

05 Mar 2026 13:46:53
Trusty has been poor and does't imo deserve his place in team, Arthur or Murray for me. Cvancara has been terrible and even if we get 45 mins from Inheacho i'd risk him at Ibrokes.

05 Mar 2026 13:57:02
We don’t have one good striker never mind playing two.
MON recently played Iheanacho and Tomas together for a short spell but it was no good.
They played too far apart and didn’t link up properly.

05 Mar 2026 14:07:21
See yove not got the boy Arthur in Edd a nvr seen last nights game, do you not think he b btr option ar RCB mate.

{Ed007's Note - No.}

05 Mar 2026 14:04:23
Nygren playing in that '10' position would suit him given the goal threat he has as well as offering support to the striker.

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05 Mar 2026 16:01:32
Yang and Maeda have both been dross for weeks. Play Nygren up top as we need his goals but he weakens the midfield when in a "3".

{Ed007's Note - So who do we start, Forrest?

05 Mar 2026 16:46:57
Not yang he is gash and has no heart definitely forrest even mccowan.

05 Mar 2026 17:43:46
The 4-2-3-1 is better than our current formation.
It protects the back 4 better and we might start seeing clean sheets instead of having to score 2 or 3 goals every match for a victory.
It also supports Calmac better.
Plus it suits Nygren in his favoured position.

Our record this season against the better teams in the league has been poor mainly because we’re leaving ourselves exposed.
Celtic need to start getting clean sheets the same as Hearts and Motherwell. A 4-2-3-1 formation will give us a better chance and make it harder for our opponents.

05 Mar 2026 22:02:00
I would try sarrachi at LB and Tierney LW with maeda up top. Cvancara has been gash. I know maeda has been gash too but i'm just hoping he turns up and runs their defence into the ground as he owes us a performance. Tierneys directness further up would cause them problems.
Again its not ideal but i would go for forrest instead of yang just for experience alone. Forrest is all but done but yang has no heart for these games. I would also go with Trusty as he owes us a big performance as he's been gash lately

Sinisalo
Araujo trusty scales sarrachi
Hatate mcgregor
Forrest nygren Tierney
Maeda

If it was my choice 5 or 6 of these players would be nowhere near our club let alone the starting 11 but there's nothing there to replace them with.

Sinisalo.

05 Mar 2026 22:36:17
Playing a 10 is a luxury in matches where you need to win the midfield.

05 Mar 2026 12:39:08
It strikes me that quality isn’t going to win this league (no team has enough of it) but bottle will.
So which team do we think has the bottle and can hold their nerve to win it?

{Ed007's Note - The team with the manager who has seen & done it all as a player & as a manager with a squad built with players that know what it takes to win trophies 👍🏻

05 Mar 2026 13:25:27
100%

HH.

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05 Mar 2026 13:29:14
Think we need to close goal difference.

05 Mar 2026 13:31:05
We certainly have the best manager and players with experience of what it takes but our performances and finishing will need to improve as well, for the home strait.
I also feel we will be up against 'The Fifth Collum' as his minions will find it too hard to hide their bias.

Last night it took Walsh half a second to award that Aberdeen pen, as opposed to Beaton who was obviously 'conflicted' to reach that pen decision last Sunday.

05 Mar 2026 12:18:14
The ox doesn't get off the bench is this another ilheanacho scenario.

05 Mar 2026 13:31:15
Mally, not quite.

Iheanacho, the last minute panic signing that no other wanted hasn't been fit. If he does play and makes a contribution - great.

AOC was brought in by MON to help a depleted midfield and so far has done well.

I think the Ox will contribute more than Iheanacho in this run on, time will tell.

When next season kicks off I doubt either will be at Celtic.

05 Mar 2026 08:32:00
I noticed last night we were again back to the one touch passing, often to players in worse position, or to no one at all.

I've said before, look at the Motherwell midfield, constantly on the move, willing to hold the ball and take a few touches until a good pass opens up. They also run with the ball and run into space without it.

Compare with our CM and RH who jog about playing first touch passes, normally backwards and seldom move after passing. CM obviously thinks the gap between the two CBs is his "bit" and reluctant to go forward. He obviously thinks he is screening the defence but I honestly think he is bringing pressure onto it. Get yer arse up the pitch and leave the defending to the defenders. Maybe would help Scales keep his position rather than following his man up the park leaving his CB partner exposed.

05 Mar 2026 11:16:35
Much of our play worries me and the 'blind' passes and punts annoys me and gives possession and incentive to even the worst opponents. The fannying about at the back usually involving Tierney, Scales and McGregor is still going on; causing unnecessary pressure and errors. Throw-ins 'up the line' also favours the opposition more often than not as does failing to leave a out-ball at corners.


Apart from that MON keeps getting results with a group of players that lack quality on some areas, but have great determination that are grinding out results during a season of much turmoil and uncertainty. Well done.

05 Mar 2026 13:00:46
When a team presses you high up the pitch, you either need to be great technical footballers to pass through it, or hit long balls over the top of it to turn the opposition.

Given the current lack of quality in our squad, I'm comfier seeing the latter. However, we need our midfield to push forward as well to compete for 2nd balls. McGregor's reluctance to do this leaves us a man down in an already weak midfield and results in loss of possession more often than not.

05 Mar 2026 13:14:08
There weren’t enough players taking charge of possession. That’s the hottest tottie I’ve ever seen last night. Even with time to turn or time to stride into space people just offloaded the ball to whoever was the easy ball and no one really tried to penetrate. An on form Hatate or Engels exploit that usually.

Mccowan was not brave at all in possession which I feel we needed last night to boss the midfield. Great 3 points though - conditions were poor and the pitch wasn’t great. Saying that Aberdeen in pockets passed the ball like prime Ajax at times.

05 Mar 2026 08:14:23
In Martin’s both spells combined this season Celtic have dropped only 7 league points.
During that same period Sevco have dropped 12 points and Hearts have dropped a massive 19 points.
At least he’s giving us a fighting chance and the Celtic Board now need to help him by getting the thunder back into our Stadium.

05 Mar 2026 11:24:35
Absolutely Buzz, O'Neil deserves the best fighting chance. Hearts will drop a load of points between now and end of season, i'm actually more concerned about Motherwell than the other 2.

05 Mar 2026 12:17:06
Stevie my worry is so will we.

05 Mar 2026 07:39:14
{Ed's Note - KeeDal has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool Concerns Over Slot, Standards and Squad Attitude

05 Mar 2026 06:38:23
As if needing highlighted our options in the final third are pitiful at best. Tounetki for me is better off the bench, more of sn impact player IMO. when he starts he offers zilch. yang? A playerbthat was almost out the door under rodgers who we now desperately rely on at RW, flatters to deceive most games and turns up sporadically. centre forwards OMG. Amadu, Cvancara? Think its safe to say neither will be here beyond this season, then you've this RW brought in in january who's played 45 mins and gone AWOL. when you consider we sold kyogo, idah and khun to the tune of around £33/ 34 million and replaced that with what's currently there, just goes to show how God dam awful our recruitment and scouting is/ has been.

we've let Welsh go on loan to Motherwell and only for getting injured in the warm up Murray would've played again, and as I say centre forwards? From what I've seen and watching we'd have been better persevering with Kenny. absolutely pathetic. the clowns running the club have so much to answer for. absolutely dreading playing Motherwell in the next league game.

05 Mar 2026 08:01:36
I read an article which mentions Celtic are 53 goal difference worse off than last season.
Sevco are only 7 good worse off.

05 Mar 2026 08:13:29
Have to agree, Jan recruits up top no better than Kenny.

05 Mar 2026 08:28:21
Great Post and bang on with all that, the board have sabotaged the season with their penny pinching and poor recruitment, if hearts don't win this league they will never win it but I fear they'll get over the line because we are bang average and your right iam also dreading the Motherwell game because it could make it break our season.

05 Mar 2026 09:58:45
Doesn't come as any great surprise buzz, especially when we'd idah who scored around the 20 mark, same with khun. plus whatever kyogo scored before leaving in the january, then look at what's replaced them.