Celtic banter 8

29 Sep 2026 20:58:03
Question, can we? Should we recall Bernardo.

{Ed007's Note - No, and no.😋 Without knowing the details of the agreement, we possibly could recall him in January but it would cost us money to buy out the remaining loan and their option to buy.}

30 Sep 2026 04:44:50
He likes playing with no pressure!

30 Sep 2026 08:19:30
Ed
You mentioned it costing us money. I can see a flaw there its Celtic plc.

30 Sep 2026 19:23:02
It’s madness he was allowed to leave imo, young, hungry, we’ve seen quality so nurture it from him,

01 Oct 2026 18:29:53
Kwaj, your statement is rubbish.
He played every European game under Rodgers and was immense against Sevco, all big pressure games.
The issue with him is the same for many, many players we sign, we sign them them try and shoe horn them into this idiotic 4-4-3 formation that we insist on.
Most of the players are then playing out of position.

29 Sep 2026 19:34:47
Tomorrows the last day of the pushup challenge. Beyond grateful to everyone who donated. Times are hard man so it means a lot. We don't all have that spare few bob but I know the Fenian brotherhood cheered me on either way💚.

{Ed007's Note - If you can afford to throw in a couple of quid you can do it HERE. 🍀
Fairplay to you Mad Dog 🙏

29 Sep 2026 20:23:51
Chucked a donation in. Well in pal.

{Ed007's Note - Good man, Ken 🙏🍀💚

29 Sep 2026 22:26:23
Cheers ken and all the boys💚.

29 Sep 2026 18:22:22
Jelly and ice cream in the Premier League lol!

Brought back memories of waiting for ED007 to post new updates on his side hustle tax case site (sorry Ed) .

I wonder if we will hear "no sporting advantage" after this rubbishshow is finally finished.

{Ed007's Note - 😂😋

29 Sep 2026 22:00:49
Or the classic "imperfectly registered".

29 Sep 2026 13:46:16
A rumour which most fans would probably find believable

Apparently our lovely Board are haggling over the severance pay owed to MON, well why break a habit of a lifetime as they fekin haggle over EVERYTHING

Also reports in press today with the Oasis concerts all sold out the club stand to make £1.2m a day after expenses so Board will pocket about £6m, poor Martin probably only wanted £2m.

29 Sep 2026 15:39:59
I remember during the lockdown season people were saying just pay Lenny his money earlier in the season but I think they were expecting him to quit empty handed.

{Ed007's Note - This nonsense came from Charlie Mulgrew on a podcast giving his opinion that MON could be due £1m in compensation...

"If he just walks away and says 'thanks', I don't think he is getting a penny - or he is getting very little - compared to what he is due now. If they got rid of him now it would be close to £1million he is owed, I would imagine."

"I think the standoff now is Martin O'Neill still thinks he can do the job, and I don't think Martin O'Neill is leaving with no money. I don't think Celtic want to pay him. Things aren't a disaster right now, he has only lost three games - three big games, and that is a disaster at Celtic sometimes - but if you actually take a step back he is still top of the league."

"There is a still a lot that can be done this season. If there is one man that can do it. So my point is, I think he would have liked to have done that [left in the summer], but how do you know back that contract and that money regardless of what age you are?"

29 Sep 2026 18:58:08
Ed do you think it’s too early to give him the heave based on the failures so far this year? Or have you seen enough to make the judgement? The games he’s lost for me is unforgivable - I don’t think being 4 -0 in the LASK game was handled property and for me that’s on Martin and Maloney and not the board.

{Ed007's Note - The LASK defeat is 99% on the players and 15 on MON and his staff, a team not defending a 4-0 lead with 20 mins to go is on the players showing no fight and dig, no passion and pride in the jersey they're lucky enough to wear. Once you cross that line there's nothing the board - or coaches - can do, it's on you, no matter you're ability you give it everything you've got regardless of the oppostion.
We can talk about tactics and team management but the weakest point in the team is McGregor, if he can't see it himself and do the decent thing does MON have the minerals to tell him?
And everyone can slag Scales off, he's still our best and most reliable CB - is he a world-class CB? No, nowhere near but he's a damn site better than CCV and Trusty, I'd rather see Dane Murray get game time than ever see CCV in a Celtic shirt again.
MON does't take much to do with training/tactics etc, he never has, but any time you see any videos of training it looks like all a bit of a laugh and a joke and when you throw into the mix how unfit our players look I think there's a problem there, what exactly does "Fozzy" do for his wage?
My own opinion is that a certain wee clique in the dressing room has too much power at the Club and too much input on how the team plays.}

29 Sep 2026 20:16:53
It was telling Ed that MON mentioned that he wanted to switch to a 4-4-2 at halftime and McGregor agreed! I thought why mention McGregor and not Maloney.
It's always the same at certain clubs when the captain and his wee pals end up with to much power.
I don't think this would have happened under Ange.

{Ed007's Note - Where's the Ange "mantra" of we never stop" went 🤷‍♀️ And I'm throwing it out there - are we missing Baby Strachan? Remember he was always there in camera shot with his tablet, pointing out stuff etc.... do you see any of that now?}

29 Sep 2026 20:34:11
ED007 is there any truth in rumour that team are getting mixed messages ie Martin giving his instructions, then Maloney and Fotheringham telling players something differrent.

{Ed007's Note - I seen the opposite, that MON only travels up on the morning of games and tells the players totally different tactics to they've worked on all week.
How there is pics of MON all week and a live press conference the day before games etc I don't know - maybe they're AI?

29 Sep 2026 20:42:43
We need a clear out of the coaching staff. They are failing this Club. Just like in business, if your managers can't be bothered that reflects on the shop floor.

{Ed007's Note - Remember Brown turned up to training in a t-shirt no matter the weather, KT even carried on doing it at Arsenal and they were like wtf(?) who's setting those kind of standards in training? The captain's a pussy, but where's the nutcases, KT is very subdued, Scales has the look of a potential lunatic but most gingers do, CCV and Trusty are horrendous and soft as $hit - remember we had guys like Lustig, Ledley, Bitton Leigh Griffiths even Greg Taylor I'd say , captains without armbands that went nuts when stuff wasn't going well? Where are those guys in this team?

29 Sep 2026 20:47:34
We’ve got a set piece guy noo tho.

{Ed007's Note - Okely dokely....

29 Sep 2026 21:51:06
Araujo and Saracchi showed plenty of heart in a Celtic jersey and both would probably have signed but the club didn’t want to know.
It’s characters like that we are badly missing.

I know Araujo has since picked up a bad injury but that’s not the point.
Taylor and Saracchi were both willing to come back but now we have a CB as our cover for left back.

29 Sep 2026 10:43:09
On this date in 1984,
Celtic wore a shirt sponsor ( CR Smith ) for the first time away to Dundee in a hard fought 3-2 victory.

Celtic were comfortably winning 2-0 in the first half but Dundee came back to equalise on the hour mark.
Dundee then received a penalty with the chance to take the lead but Bonner saved John Brown’s effort.
Tommy Burns then scored the winner with 9 minutes remaining.
A certain Albert Kidd played the full second half for Dundee.

A couple of years earlier in 1982,
Celtic went to Amsterdam and beat a Cruyff Ajax team 2-1 to progress 4-3 on Aggregate.
Celtic were heading out on goal difference until McCluskey scored a last minute winner.
Charlie Nicholas scored a World Class opening goal.

In 2022 an Ajax fan was telling me in the pub that was his first European match as a youngster.
He had just came back from a victory at Ibrox which confirmed Sevco were the worst CL side ever in 30 years of the old format.

Also on this date in 1993,
DJ Tiger Tim was sacked at halftime in our 1-0 victory against Young Boys AET.
Rangers FC had lost a last minute goal away from home in Europe in an earlier kickoff time which knocked them out.

Tiger Tim asked the Celtic fans for one minute silence because Rangers were knocked out of Europe and then Stadium Director Tom Grant went to the booth and sacked him on the spot.

29 Sep 2026 16:47:53
The only clear and decisive action any Celtic director has taken in the last 33 years.

28 Sep 2026 18:33:42
Its not all doom and gloom, just heard Rod Stewart is hanging up his mic 🥳.

29 Sep 2026 15:25:30
Take it u don't like Rod the Mod mate, must admit his behaviour at games past few yrs have been cringe worthy.

{Ed007's Note - Ggggrrrrr 🤢🤮

28 Sep 2026 14:42:59
I can lift the gloom on here in a Canter

"Rangers will win the league in a canter" (yesterday's Daily Ranger) says Hugh Keevins

Thank you Mr Keevins, and thanks DR for allowing this clown to say this.

Because as we all know Keevins could not tip rubbish.

28 Sep 2026 16:08:59
Every year he tips them Tim.

28 Sep 2026 16:10:13
Keevin’s is an absolute donut of a man.

28 Sep 2026 18:25:53
Keevins does this to keep himself in a job with any Bhun stream media that will pay him. He should have been retired years ago but he gets well paid for spouting drivel and the cash just keeps flowing in.

28 Sep 2026 19:56:31
A bitter and twisted old hack having been put in his place by previous Celtic managers, and put out the door by the Board.

28 Sep 2026 20:12:28
Kevin's is a crayon eating mouth breather.

28 Sep 2026 07:52:39
Heard vdb out till Christmas must have fell out the bath 😭.

28 Sep 2026 11:13:42
Celtic were always guaranteed European Groups football this season but when we dropped down to the Europa we only spent £3M on one permanent player who hasn’t kicked a ball.

Sevco on the other hand got knocked out of Europe altogether but then went out and spent £18M on 2 players.

That will be the difference until the January transfer window opens because I expect them to be top come the New Year.
But it’s a long season and Celtic will need to get the finger out in January or we can forget 6 in a row because this current squad isn’t good enough.

28 Sep 2026 12:38:21
Hope it's not like last January's sg@tshow 6 loans all garbage.

28 Sep 2026 13:09:47
If it is Mally we can forget it.

Since January Celtic have made 16 signings -
5 Permanent signings,
10 Loans signings,
1 who was without a club.
Now that pathetic record is showing on the pitch.

28 Sep 2026 13:51:39
Definitely coming home to roost, you get what you pay for.

28 Sep 2026 15:07:37
In agreement with you both, if we continue to perform as we have been recently then I just hope we are still in touch come January.

28 Sep 2026 16:36:18
We will be top of the league come the new year.

28 Sep 2026 16:54:20
That's my wish still in contention come Christmas but again will they spend.

28 Sep 2026 16:56:05
We had a bad week with the midfield posted missing and a woeful defence yet we are 2 points ahead in the league! We will get better and hopefully buy some physicality in midfield and defence in January. So many have written us off far to early!

28 Sep 2026 18:10:12
You wish to be in contention come Christmas? Have the standards dropped that much. Fans like you are annoy me. Let's do enough to be ahead of sevco and you are happy. We will win the league again this year and will be top at Christmas.

28 Sep 2026 19:13:24
DC no one in this site wants to be just above Sevco.

We are however not blind or stupid to think that 4 defeats from the 4 big games is a blip.

2 goals scored with 12 conceded in them 4 games and scraping wins against the bottom 6 teams in the league.

Only 2 pts ahead after we all laughed at the Sevco start. Unless MON can change things up and start dropping empty jerseys then yeah it as it stands being in contention come January is likely.

28 Sep 2026 20:01:46
£100 bet we will be top by Christmas bishopton? We both pick a charity and if we are top you donate and if not I will? So who's you charity?.

{Ed007's Note - Well we do have our annual Christmas Foodbank appeal... 🤷‍♀️😊

28 Sep 2026 20:14:28
Fans like you annoy me what you watching that iam not seeing, stand by what I said.

28 Sep 2026 21:03:43
I’ve got more concerned after watching a podcast about Celtic by numbers.
It mentioned this Celtic team are giving away more chance than last season’s team and more than the 2020/ 21 team.

Luckily so far our keepers have had a league high of 86% save rate in the league which is very unlikely to stay that high.
Usually a decent keeper is in the low 70s and so far we are the only club in the 80s.
Hearts have only had a 53% save rate from shots on target in the league this season which is also unlikely to stay that low.

It’s a probability things are going to get worse in the league before they get better because we are not being coached properly.
But it’s a long season and we need to dig deep similar to last season.

{Ed007's Note - I'm concerned you can listen to that stuff!!}

29 Sep 2026 14:58:14
DC I don’t bet and I certainly wouldn’t bet on Celtic.

You’re clearly confident so why don’t you pay your £100 to the food bank and if Celtic are 2nd then you’ll pay £200.

That way you can be happy if they are top and you’ve helped a good cause.

27 Sep 2026 18:09:45
It looks like Martin is staying at Celtic. On a purely personal level we all hope it works out for him. He epitomises all that's good about the Celtic spirit.
If it pans out to be a tough season over the longer haul I can definitely see him walking.


All that aside, the guy's got too much class to publicly open up against the hierarchy. Stagnation is king with our club.

28 Sep 2026 08:37:53
You have to bear in mind that anything said or done can affect stock market so there are restrictions.

27 Sep 2026 15:30:38
Hearts have not won an away league match outside of Edinburgh since the end of January when they beat 9 men at Tannadice.

In their last 11 away league fixtures their record is -
2 Wins at Easter Road,
3 Draws,
6 Defeats.

Hearts next away league match is at Celtic Park.

26 Sep 2026 20:43:33

Troops, if you don't know, our resident mental specky b@stard GerryMcGin has been doing the 100 push-ups a day challenge for Cancer Research.
With the month coming to an end, if you can afford to give anything, please do. If you can't, even sharing it would be appreciated. 🍀🙏

Click HERE or copy and paste this link:

https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/100-push-ups-a-day-in-september-challenge-2403

26 Sep 2026 23:29:58
Brilliant from the Big Dog 🍀💚. Is that 100 push ups over the year 😂. only joking big fella, great cause and very well done!
Sorry guys not been in touch greatly recently, still reading, but personal problems with Mrs 🦊 oldies. Be safe and well my friends.

27 Sep 2026 03:34:29
Ed007 great cause just donated under my real name.

{Ed007's Note - 👍🏻🍀

27 Sep 2026 15:17:19
Cheers troops/ ed.
It goes to a very worthy cause.

{Ed007's Note - 👍🏻🍀🙏🏻

27 Sep 2026 17:11:34
Genuinely thanks troops for the donations.
Sitting at 96% of the. £300 goal. Legends to a man.