I’m largely ignoring the defensive lapses of last night. There will be at least two changes for the Champions League, and everyone will be far more attentive. It was, though, a concern that both Kilmarnock goals came as a result of Celtic’s left-hand-side being breached.
Malmo’s Age Hareide will have noted this, and whatever attacking resources he deploys next week are likely to try to exploit a perceived weakness. Ronny will have a choice: Izzie or Charlie? My money’s on the latter.
Tom Rogic didn’t have the perfect game but it was good to see him take so much responsibility. He’s looked like the office junior of the Celtic midfield on previous outings, as did Nir Bitton for most of his early games. If Rogic has genuine talent, we need to let him find his feet in games like these.
Ronny Deila answered all questions after the game but gave little away. I hope his dismissal of injury worries was accurate. Kris Commons is the gravy in his pie. We are capable of beating anyone without Kris, but we need him doing his thing if we are to take a comfortable victory to Sweden.
Yesterday I was looking over Celtic’s form in November 2006 after doing an interview for a French magazine, who are writing a piece on Shunsuke Nakamura. That was the month Naka scored the goal which sent us top of the group and into the knock-out rounds of the Champions League for the first time – with a game to spare, no less.
It’s less well remembered that earlier that month we went out of the League Cup after losing at home to Falkirk on penalties, or that we couldn’t win at Easter Road immediately after the Champions League win.
Indifferent performances and results surround some of our greatest European performances. Getting it right when it counts is what matters.
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Make it 7….
Lennybhoy on 13th August 2015 6:40 pm
Ta for reply I will write to you in next mins.
The Evening times is suggesting that the deal will be done in the next few days for Allan.
IF and it is a big if this comes to pass the comedy value alone makes it worth it.
Derek Ferguson actually handing Wilson his ar$# on a plate after Dick said he was ‘a luxury player…’
Lenybhoy, interesting point. I think our vision should be about developing youth and wasting less money of transfers, no matter where those players are from. I’d far rather we bought in one or two quality signings every year, I think Ferguson tried this in latter years, that are guaranteed to improve the squad. The combined value or Rasmussen, Pukki, Scevopic, Bangura, Balde, Juarez, Hooiveld and a lot of the other guff we’ve wasted on would have paid for a lot of fans from Denistoun and Dalmarnock to see Celtic!
EXCATHEDRA44 on 13TH AUGUST 2015 6:48 PM
That’s not my e-mail addy mate, P67 will pick it up though.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Muscat_Bhoy1264 on 13th August 2015 6:49 pm
I agree with you mate.
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WINNING CAPTAINS on 13TH AUGUST 2015 5:30 PM
The mega thread on Scott Allan on FF has disappeared!
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Hijacked by the much more vibrant, realistic, ambitious & honest CelticQuickNews.
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Infantile reasons for wanting to sign/not wanting to signing Scott Allan no. 23.
Looks tooooooo much like Ian Ferguson to me…..its the eyes!
Scott Allen….get him to satan……hahahahahahaha
Good Evening Timland.
Celtic have been offered a lower league player who has show
some potential,this is causing much consternation with the fan’s
of another lower league club………..this is good,or I’m I missing
something?
I see the Trophies of the defunct Parma football club are being sold by the administrators, maybe RIFC will buy them and add them to the ones they bought from the Rangers administrators
I don’t suppose there was too much made of them not watering their plastic pitch …… how come all these teams suddenly develop a water problem re their plastic pitches when Celtic come ‘calling’……. I demand a public (toilet) inquiry.
I have heard from a normally good source that an English Championship Club is in talks to sign Warburton.
Scott Allen is a PR stunt from Celtic and should not be taken seriously
Why Lawwell plays these games is beyond me.
Focus on strengthening the First Team…everything else is noise
Unfortunately Celtic will weaken the team during this transfer window…let’s see how the Lawwell fan club spin that one
67 H- Fulham ?
Sevconian said, on hearing that Celtic are chasing Sctt Allen (hopefully to feck)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=fZIX7cPmFYc
LATCHFORD on 13TH AUGUST 2015 7:32 PM
Dooooohhhhh…..!!!!!
What’s anybody’s knowledge and or opinion on Joe Bennet?
Been with Aston Villa since 2012. 22 appearances last season on loan at Brighton, 25 years old. Could he be booked in for a medical, Leftback.
Also hearing Allan almost done .
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Struggling to keep up on here,busy bhoy, has Kevj been
on to tell us how he’s doing.
Scott Allan? Is this our ambition? If he signs for us I’ll back him but come on, another midfielder? I’m gutted for Hendo – would love to see him play 4/5 games in a row for us. Why have we got Lennoxtown btw?
From a footballing perspective the signing of Scott Allan would do very little for me. From another perspective, I think it would be very funny 0:-)
JJ
Badda bing
Derek Ferguson actually handing Wilson his ar$# on a plate after Dick said he was ‘a luxury player…’
Wouldn’t be because he has the same agent as Barry, John Viola.
I’d love us to sign a midfielder who can Get forward and has reasonable distribution.
Allan ticks plenty of boxes.
What’s not to like.? .With kris ‘ouch ma leg, ma back ma foot, ma eyebrow’ commons getting on, it’s only right to look at that type of player coming in given he is only 23 or so.
We are a UEFA cup team at the moment, that’s our level, I know there are a few happy dafties on here think otherwise – but that’s the state of play.
Now, to build on that. Thats the way forward.
Not for me folks. The thing we need is a forward of proven ability.
Celtic Underground @celticrumours 2m2 minutes ago
So £7K a week to go to the champions and play in Euro or £2.5K a week to play in the 1st division. It’s a difficult decision to make.
I expect to see succession planning from Celtic – realistic succession planning – If you read Ronnie’s philosophy Scott Allan fits his notion of mouldable talent.
We’ve missed Scott Brown, as anyone who knows football will know and Johansen might not always be there, so I’ll take a home grown rough diamond from Hibs anyday.
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Latchford on Lawwell – a lot of illiterate p*** – but he deserves his opinion – the rest of us don’t.
67heaven are there any other lower league players you want Celtic to sign ?
Celtic Underground @celticrumours now
Looking forward to welcoming Scott Allan to the club at half time on Saturday.
Jungle Jim Hot Smoked
I don’t believe the club would even consider signing him if it were just to get one over on a bunch of neanderthals in the lower reaches of Scottish football, certainly not Peter the Penny Pincher Lawell.
Should we sign him though, I will go straight to Sports Direct & purchase a Sevco shirt with “DIDDIES
00”
emblazoned across the back.
Hail Hail!
Latchford
“Scott Allen is a PR stunt from Celtic and should not be taken seriously ”
Got some info to back that up mate or is that just your opinion??
BCW……I agree, think a striker should be our priority,but I’m
loving the hun getting into a tizzy about SA.
Joseph “Joe” Bennett (born 28 March 1990) is an English footballer who plays for Aston Villa. Born and brought up in Rochdale, Bennett signed his first professional contract with Middlesbrough prior to the 2008–09 season and is comfortable playing anywhere on the left, although he usually operates as a left-back. He completed his move to Aston Villa on 29 August 2012 for an undisclosed fee. He has been capped at U-19, U-20 and U-21 for England.
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I would love to see us sign a 25/30 goals per season striker. I’m sure Ronny and everyone at Celtic Park would too. The doomsayers on here say we should “spend what it takes” (where have I heard that recently?) to achieve this. Failure to sign such a striker proves lack of ambition.
Who should we sign? Answers on a postcard to CP or CQN.
At least if Scott Allan did sign there’d be no pressure on him early doors – lol.
I wonder how many folk would get his name on the back of their shirts as a noise up?
Sipsini, sign him and loan him to Hibs for a year…
The transfer saga surrounding Hibs looks like to be unsettling them – so surely SA has played his last game for them.
Whatever deal is done will happen tonight, or, tomorrow – they won’t want another Dumbarton debacle.