Celtic Rumours Archive November 08 2012

08 Nov 2012 23:06:12
Hi guys was at the match last night. Amazing night! Was wondering if anyone has any links to extended highlights or footage of the Sly coverage. Cheers, Henrikstongue

Ed I sent a t t earlier to this comment did u receive it regarding kickass torrents for Celtic barca game {Ed007's Note - I never saw it.}

08 Nov 2012 21:43:59
Is it true that Neil will encourage the players to get more involved with
the Supporters Clubs functions ? This would really give the fans a signal
that our support is appreciated.

08 Nov 2012 20:26:27
Celtic's win over Barcelona is their best ever, says Henrik Larsson
08 November 12 15:32

Celtic legend Henrik Larsson has hailed the club's Champions League victory over Barcelona as their best European result at Celtic Park.
Larsson, who scored twice for Celtic in the 2004 Uefa Cup final, said the win surpassed anything he had played in.
"It has to be the best one, without a doubt. Beating Barcelona, with the team they have now, beats everything I've been involved in," he said.
"It just shows that anything is possible in football."
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Larsson is correct. This Barca team are at the top of their game and Galacticos. Celtic players tamed them across both games.

Celtic have shown that you beat Barca with the aerial ball into their box or last third. They obviously prefer the ball on the grass and don't even float in their corners.
All three Celtic goals were the result of a high ball set piece and header, a corner and header and a big punt up the park which Barca failed to control allowing Watt through.
To stave off their impressive attacks, 8 man zone defence and don't be drawn too far out allowing them in behind you.

08 Nov 2012 19:20:56
Fraser Forster last night in my opinion surpassed Arthur Boruc as arguably one of the greatest Celtic goal keepers ever. Ian L

He actually made more saves and more quality saves at the nou camp.
Celtic and Barca should both be on 8 points, that 4 mins 50 second extra time goal in Spain was so unjust.

If we drew in the nou camp, Barca would only have 7 points to our 8.. Lets just be happy with what we have right now, we just beat barca, sitting nicely in 2nd, and we are 1 win away from last 16!!

Barca would be on 7 points if they didn't get that goal, we'd be top on 8

Mikey Bhoy

The big man is a better celtic keeper for me.ability wise boruc is an outstanding keeper but i dont think he worked hard enough that is why he made so many howlers

Agree. Forster looks like a total athlete. Apparently he's one of the last to leave the training ground. Big man for me is on a par with Joe hart at the moment. Ian L

Mate there is no arguably about it. Boruc, Forster and Ronnie Simpson are the best goalkeepers we have ever had. Bonner was a ledge but like dracula when faced with a cross.

Ive heard the Javier Sanchez Broto chat before aswell and i cant take that seriously.

Best ever. total nonsense. played 4/5 really good games and many including me slated him for long long periods. especially last season when he couldnt catch the cold. best ever what a joke.
bonner was incredible. boruc done it for years not a few games. come back in 5 years if he is still at a level. remember. newcastle did not want him. only got in england squad cos every1 else pulled out and to the guy comparing joe hart. get a grip. forster is good but will never play for england and if he was the business the steve harper would of been sold by newcastle. not forster. FF wanted to stay at newcastle but pardew said no thanks big man. ill stick with krul
and harper. a total hasbeen.
People on here should actually think before posting utter nonsense {Ed007's Note - Who pulled out the England squad? Apart from Hart, England has a distinct lack of GKs and you are wrong about the Newcastle situation, Forster was looking for first-team football, Newcastle couldn't give him that when Krul decided to stay there.
Harper (who is going to buy a 37yr old GK??) and Rob Elliot are quite happy to be back up players, Forster wasn't. And as for Pardew saying 'no thanks', the deal with CFC was agreed last summer (2011), all CFC had to do was agree terms with the player, it was out of Newcastle's hands.
Had they wanted to keep him they would have had to pay CFC compensation as would any other team that tried to sign him, no matter what their offer to Newcastle was.
CFC held all the aces, Newcastle/Pardew were removed from the equation as soon as they agreed the £2 million fee with CFC.}

Ed I don't know who posted the post above as he conveniently forgot to leave his name. However I love it when u kill people of with your fantastic football knowledge. By the way it was me who started this thread about Forster & Boruc. Ian L {Ed007's Note - Everyone is entitled to their opinion Ian and to post and debate it, but there is a difference between an opinion and a fact.}

Ive watched the hoops for nearly 50 years and i love all the players in hoops but forster IS the best keeper i have seen amen

Names mk1. If forster was celtics absolute first choice and they obviously had the option on him y was it not sewn up at the of the season. y did it drag on. y did they look at several options then when wage demands got in the way sign forster.
also i never said anyone would sign harper. i said pardew was happy to stick with him rather than give FF a chance or a squad number in 2011 so it wasnt out of newcastles hands then. if they wanted him they would not of said go on loan and please sign which is, in my opinion what they done when they agreed the 2m deal at the time of the loan. we had the option all along but if a epl side believed in him the compo is not an issue. mick ashley loses 2mill runnin for the bus
And with regards to england. not the last squad but the 3 before keepers have pulled out or cancelled to get married for example or with a broken finger. valid reasons but dont think FF will ever play for england any time soon. my opinion is that they put him in the squad to fire up and buck up ruddy and gilks etc to say get ur priorities right. just my opinion but how dare u say FF is better than boruc or bonner. Celtic reviewed their options in summer and when all else failed signed forster. if 1 of the otjer targets agreed terms then theres a atrong possibility FF would be playin elsewhere. dont get me wrong. he played well for a few games. but cast ur mind back to last season. 4/5 games dont make a great keeper. 4/5 seasons does. {Ed007's Note - It wasn't sewn up because of agent fees and the fact Forster's agent wanted a £4 million release clause in the contract. As for Harper your actual words were

' forster is good but will never play for england and if he was the business the steve harper would of been sold by newcastle.'

That sounds like someone would need to buy him to me, wouldn't you agree? Mike Ashley might drop £2 million running for the bus but it would hit him on the back of the head on the way down, you don't become as rich as him by being flippant with money and NUFC fans would tell you all day long how he is a bad owner for not spending money.

The £2 million fee was only agreed with CFC, the price to another EPL team was £5 million then they would still have needed to pay to buy out CFC's option on the player.

What GK options did CFC review during the summer? Forster was always NL's first choice. I have been through this a hundred times if you use the search function. I never mentioned anything about his ability (as I said, that's just opinion) but when I cast my mind back to last season did he not break the SPL shut-out record and win the league as well as gain European experience, so what is your point there?

The way I look at it, the fee from Southampton for Hooiveld covered the Forster fee and I would bet you my last £ that we make money off of him in a few years.}

To Dd to last post. i seem to remember a huge section round me asking y zaluska wasnt gettin a game cos ff was hopeless. 6'8 and caught about 4 cross balls all last season. came out flappin most of the time but he has improved that and is a good goalkeeper but certainly not even ranking with the greats.
Mk1 over and out

I agree. we will make money on him. i agree he is a good keeper and i agree he was superb last night. i agree i was wrong last year about him.
i dont agree celtic done anythin special to get him for 2 m. if any other team came in and offered what we did it would be 2 mill. fact is after a few shut outs that went up. i think im right in saying he had a load of shut outs but done it making fewer saves than keepers of previous seasons as the defence were very good and up against guff not seen for many a year in the league and the standard is still dropping. check saves per game to other keepers. i may be wrong but i yhink im
right.
did they not have the croatian guy over and couldnt agree terms in the summer so then we signed forster. im pretty sure thats how it went. wages an issue so lets sign forster. yep!

FF has come on so much in the last year and has developed into a top keeper. He's got a long way to go to match Boruc who was always producing world class performances at CL & National level.

Ed keep up the good work as usual.


Richybhoy

Great reading through the posts. Ed you knocked Mk1 out with nothing but sheer knowledge - loving it. Anyway, all in all though, FF is a great keeper, and I think I speak for everyone that he has done us all proud, and we are just glad to have the big man in between the sticks regardless of greatest keeper in a celtic top or not.

Bring on Benfica and Spartak, In Lennon We Trust - Hail Hail.

Seamus

Boruc was a great celtic goalkeeper, if I'm honest I think he made to many high profile blunders at Celtic. FF is a true pro. Boruc could have been world class if he was just a bit more dedicated. Ian L

I would be willing to bet my last pound that Fraser Forster plays for England against Sweden this week. As for being the greatest we will wait and see but he has time on his side and seems to have the right attitude to succeed. Hail Hail

08 Nov 2012 15:14:05
I hope that the game was getting recorded last night,I for one would love to see the dvd of a fantastic night for every celtic fan,for those that were there,and for all the hoops fans wathing on tv or listening on the radio,to lenny and all the players involved,and all the backroom team,and the magnificint display from the green brigade,thank -you all,glen 1967

I'm a Rangers fan and I genuinely wish to congratulate Celtic. That was possibly the best result a Scottish team has ever achieved.

08 Nov 2012 13:16:33
Celtic did themselves 2 favours.
Barca now have to go out and win against those chasing Celtic rather than have qualified last night and then rest key players in remaining games. Helps Celtic against Moscow and Benfica if Barca now have to take points off them.

Unfortunately if barca beat spartak they will be through as top and will rest players v benfica. We need a score draw v benfica otherwise we will probably go into the europa.

08 Nov 2012 01:05:47
What a game! Lennon and his team has made a great club and one we have not seen in many a years. He has shown how to deal with barca as I learned from Lennon that they do not like to use crosses, this is why Lennon gave them the wings. Instead they like to. Bring it in the middle and walk the ball in to the net, it is only when barca is feeling like they are running out of time that they cross the ball more. And instead of it being the Chelsea model that so many has used to beat barce, maybe they will use the Celtic model instead.
Celtic did have fewer chances however out of 3 shots on net(i think) we scored 2, to barca's 23 shots and having 1 goal. We took them to 90+mins again for them to score as we lead for the whole game. Lennon has solved barca, at least this time lol, and maybe because barca is the best in the world that they don't get negative press but I loved watching Celtic play more then barca. Cause they were in our area many a times and never took the shot, instead they passed it for 5mins before shooting wide. This again shows how Celtic and how Lennon beat barca as we let them pass it all they wanted to amount to nothing, so I ask them who play the more boring game, Celtic 3 chances and 2 goals + same great play or barca passing 500 times with 23 shots and only one goal from sO many misses.
On top of it all barca should have had 2 Players sent off, as the ref showed to much respect for them to not give a couple of calls, but we won so dosent matter.
C-Bhoy

Barca should have had 2 sendings off in anybody's interpretation of the rules. Young Watt pulled down by the last man attacking on front of goal. Disgraceful.
Barca cannot handle high balls. Maestros on grass, with ball at feet useless in air.

08 Nov 2012 00:31:57
Thank you to all the Bhoys.

My birthday is so complete.

Lost Bhoy 52

08 Nov 2012 00:05:33
Well done the Green Brigade.That montage was probably the best thing I've seen at CP and I'm 54.
We'll be talking about this with our grand children.Not just the result but how you,the fans,put on the best show ever seen at CP.
GB,when you do it right,there is nothing in world football to compare!
Hail Hail.

Absolute genius hats of to the green brigade.Ps love Rod Stewart ................. jimthetim...........

Amazing work lads, take a bow.

Had a tiff with a guy on here the other day about the Green Brigade cos he was obsessed with bringing up a story about a non event in Barcelona which was a nonsense, seemed intent on bad mouthing them. I hope him and the rest of the haters appreciate there efforts. We all know there was a bit of signage a long time ago that some of us didnt agree with but it was then, its in the past. I just appreciate what they are doing now. Magic lads.

Absolutely brilliant the whole thing what else can you say......col

Didn't make the game as I live down south, even my mates down here have been txting to say not only the game but the crowd, atmosphere and support is something very special.

Another amazing night in our history.

Congratulations Celtic FC.

Richybhoy

As a ger the display and support of celtic fans was fantastic well done celtic you desrved the win you done scotland proud