Celtic Rumours Archive March 02 2013

02 Mar 2013 15:51:39
A win today. Nothing fancy, nothing too exciting.
We did enough to get through to the semi-final.
And in knockout cup competitions that's all that matters.

Hail Hail
ChrisBhoy

02 Mar 2013 15:00:51
I hope stokes is no where near the team for juve, we need to play as a team and not have someone trying to get all the glory. Stokes has a run and gives up the ball on outside of the box and he complains to hooper and blames him for not making a run when stokes gave up the ball all by himself and wasn't even looking for a pass. So instead of trying to win back the ball that was 4 yards away from him he complains to hooper, then instead of controlling the ball when he had a lot of time from the punt from ff he takes an off balance shot and miss the net when if he brought the ball down he would see Ledley wide open or even hooper at he back post. He did ok but way to selfish to play against juve, I had enough of him always complaining to other players and think he should go and it's a shame cause he has talent just dosent work hard and smart enough

Maybe we should play mc court in his place?.

Have to disagree with you mate, stokes is a goal threat and can also set up goals like young dylans the other night,. ,. kbarry

Kross Commons is way more greedier (gloryhunter),. ,. kbarry

What the stokes bashers don't seem to understand is, the guys been out injured since last season and has only played at best three games since his return. It takes time to get up to speed after such a long spell out, so please give him a chance to get his sharpness back. jimbhoy.

What don't you understand jimbhoy? He dosent play as a team player he wants all the glory and when he messes up he complains that it was the other guys fault. Injury or not he has done this since being here, instead of working to get the ball back he throws his arms up and stops playing to complain to a team mate

Stokes has scored 3 and set up about 5 in 5 games since coming back. how is that not team play?

02 Mar 2013 13:31:02
I can see a lot of the fans on here that have been slagging off james forrest eating humble pie, I said a couple of days ago that this would be the case and again I am proven right. 2 assists from his supposedly weak or bad crossing ability haha and I can see more to come from this boy so how many slices of the pie do people want, cream any1?

Its about time he got a bit of praise.
its always about hooper who does nothing. H.

2 swallows don't make a summer either. The lad done well just needs to do it week in week out. TTTS

To be fair I missed the first half, he was obviously happy with his days work at half time because he was nowhere to be seen in the second.

I won't be eating any humble pie. As TTTS says two swallows don't make a summer. When he can consistently beat his man and cross the ball he can get the praise everyone seems too be so happy to heap on him. As it stands, most of the time he needs a lollipop lady to cross the road.

MgC

02 Mar 2013 12:25:07
I think it is time for Celtic football club to speak out and defend themselves and fight for justice as I no longer believe that the relevant authorities have the backbone to do so.
For more than a year now we have had to listen to the ranger's fans, players and ex players play the victim card. They are not the victims in all this, it's the fans, players and ex players of every club that played against these improperly registered players that are the victims. The clubs that played against rangers during these years were playing within the rules and rangers were not. They were not paying the social taxes that they should have been. These rangers' players were being paid 40% more than their counterparts at law abiding clubs, just by not paying taxes. How does this sort of financial doping not give you a competitive advantage, honest teams could possibly offer the same wages that were being paid to rangers players because the honest teams were paying their taxes.
Celtic football club, their supporter's and player's are the biggest victims in all of this. Why would it be wrong to strip titles from ranger's players? What about the Celtic players that were denied the right to win titles and cups because there was not a level playing field. What about the Celtic fans who were denied the right to celebrate title wins because of the financial doping.
How long must we sit back and watch the Newco claim that they are the same club. Liquidation laws do not allow this but the authorities in this country are sitting back and letting it happen.
It is time for Celtic football club to compile a dossier and ask UEFA to look into all of this. I do not care how much this costs the club I would support this action 100%. I fear that if rangers are allowed to continue masquerading as the same club and they get off without any penalties for the financial irregularities the death of Scottish football is upon us.

Got to agree with you on most thing's, someone need's to take the bull by the horn's and say this is not right, are eufa watching this?. I for one don't want the title's but they should be witheld and the reason why.
Tambhoy

Completely agree as does another 60,000 behind me and several million behind them.
Celtic FC need to now be pro active on this. Our club came second our players and fans had it rubbed in our faces, but it was all done outwith the rules. It's monstrous and in the 21st century unbelievable.

The problem for me isn't the punishment it is how it is being reported. The headlines were that Rangers were found innocent, no they weren't they were found Guilty. It is being minimalised and spun the same way it was when they were going under for not paying their tax liabilities.
Its the Scottish press that should be accountable, happy to brush it all under the carpet so they can try and get things back to how they used to be. There can be no integrity in a club that cheated and did not admit it by still claiming it did nothing wrong, when it clearly did.

01 Mar 2013 22:17:32
Football anyone? I posted when the draw was being made that I felt Lenny had been a bit silly in asking for St Mirren. I get the revenge motive, but I think there is a weakness in this team now and again.

In the league cup semi St Mirren got in around us and used McGowan very cleverly. They were breaking for a spell in the first half with four men running on to four, that's dangerous. Another early kick off is a problem for me, we never seem to start these games well, because we will have to be on it from the first minute on a tight pitch against a fired up team.

I would give Watt the shout, if fit of course, as he will run their defenders, not the quickest, when they are facing their own goal. I would not start Sammi, still not 100% for me after the murderwell game, but play a tight 4-4-2. Anyone trust Efie? I'm really unsure. Looked so good early but has been erratic since even before Nigerian adventure. Commons is another who has been blowing hot and cold for a while, although he is a threat, maybe were due a turn from him. Forrest? The pitch, same for Sammi, might be too tight for him, Good sub? Lenny rates him highly so I think he will be in. jeeze it's a hard team to pick for a difficult game. Your thought peeps, and of course yours Bond. green jhedi {Ed007's Note - We need someone to step up and play like Brown plays, taking charge of the MF. I would drop Commons, Ambrose and Sammi.
................................Forster......
Matthews..........Wilon............Maldini......Izaguirre....
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....................Wanyama...............Ledley..........
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..............Forrest...........Kayal........McGeouch....
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.............................Stokes/Watt...........

I picked that team/formation as I think playing a 4-2-3-1 should be the formation we try to implement next season. There is probably someone suspended or injured but at this time of night I am going for hypothetical lol.}

Who's maldini? A youth player, haven't herd of him

Not a bad line up but beram kayal @ no. 10? get sammy in there instead

Maldini in for Ambrose? Is Baresi injured? ;) Daviebhoy77

ED007; Does have a nice balance to it but my worry would be the two wide Bhoys. Have they got the discipline to get up and down the whole game? Stokes? I assume that's because if Hooper goes the planning has to start now, a point I agree with. You don't want to be here you miss the big stuff, harsh but that's football. green jhedi

My thoughts for what they are worth Sammi and Commons for Mc Geough and Forrest and yes shoot me, stick with big Ambrose. TTTS

First of all the balance of the team looks spot on, no players playing out of position.
Secondly, team formations can look as they seem as does yours GJ, it's how other people interpret it?! With no instruction, it looks like Wanyama and Ledley are sitting? If they are? Which I doubt then there's no need for Kayal, Rogic should play there. ?
It's pretty easy to put 5 right across the mid, so I see where your coming from. No more Sammy out left unless need be, at this moment in time Stokes is doing ma nut in but benefit of the doubt, he'll score goals on his day.

Bigbadjohn