Vasilis Barkas does not enjoy too much appreciation among the Celtic support. It is not that he makes mistakes, more that he has failed to take the numerous opportunities presented by a largely lax defence to convince us he has the talent to become a mainstay in the team for years to come. What’s for sure is that he cannot perform the miracles we were treated to last year by Fraser Forster.
At 26-years-old, Vasilis should be approaching his prime years, but instead of building on a solid reputation gained at AEK Athens, he has seen Scott Bain and Conor Hazard chosen ahead of him this season.
There will be many changes this summer and if the manager (?) wants to move Barkas on he will likely find a taker, but there are reasons I would persevere with him for the rest of the season. First of those is the development we saw in Fraser Forster under goalkeeping coach, Stevie Woods.
When Fraser first arrived at Celtic on loan a decade ago the jury was out on him, some of the support preferred Lukas Zaluska, whom he shared the gloves with for a period. Fraser was 18 months into his load period when a penalty save against Hearts brought wider recognition of his improvement over that period, however, he continued to improve well into his third season at Celtic. There are few keepers Stevie has not improved in his years at Celtic, given time, Barkas will also benefit, although let’s hope he does not have too many opportunities to demonstrate that against Hamilton tomorrow.
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Tiny Tim @ 8.44
Succinct 😀
Good news latest ………….Paradise Windfall tickets on sale now
31003
Think it’s a bandage on his hand
Alex Neil? ………. now that’s downsizing
Gene
Bandage doesn’t work for the joke
May Dr Jo Venglos rest in peace. Pity he didn’t become our manager a lot earlier. A class act.
BSR
Neil Lennon was downsizing 😟
https://twitter.com/harrybradycu/status/1354177895472705536?s=24
Dr Jo,5-1,thank you RIP
31003
A sore finger is no joke 😟
So apart from it being a bandage and he plays through the middle it was a cracking joke 😂
Dr Joe RIP
More sad news during a very tough time for Celtic supporters
WBA losing 0-5 , I wonder if big Sam will come out after the game and say that they (WBA) were terrific.
Good Luck wee Jeremie
Hope you do well in the Bundesliga 👍
…..talk about Les Miserables
RIP
Jozef Venglos
AYE Chic ‘Josef Who ?’
RIP Dr Jozef Venglos
Arsenal sub Pepe,gets booked for wandering off,Arteta has to take a guy off who’s injured,sub changed, Pepe stays on…
Wacko…
31003- we were real underdogs going into that game
There wasn’t a dry eye in the theatre when the father sings about bringing his son home.
I was the only person who couldn’t wipe the smile off my face. I’m sure I seen the actor doing a double take at me as he was singing it
Jozef Venglos.
An absolute gentleman and a classy individual.
I shouldn’t really sour memories of his time at Celtic but ….
…. the contrast between how he conducted himself and the behaviour of those boorish, Murray fuelled, ignorant jackals of the SMSM who besmirched and belittled him at every opportunity?
Major turning point for me and how I perceived “the media”.
RIP Dr Jo.
RIH SMSM.
31003
Bet they loved this line from Stars
It is written on the doorway to paradise
B2B- spot on.
#Lampard on his sacking from Chelsea
Friends & family are everything,” said the former midfielder. “When I got home, John Terry was already there comforting Christine on the couch.Not sure how he heard the news so quickly, but they were both red-faced & breathless with emotion.”
I don’t know how much they actually took in….they all looked shell shocked
Ah……memories
RIP
Dr Jo Venglos
A gentleman.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/55722109
Some good news
https://twitter.com/moynihan_4/status/1354186086612930560?s=24
Verdict from the January review is in…
RIP 🙏 DOCTOR JO VENGLOS
ADI_DASSLER NOT FOR 2ND BEST on 26TH JANUARY 2021 9:43 PM
RIP Jozef Venglos
AYE Chic ‘Josef Who ?
*Dr Who he called him, nae class.
RIP Dr Jo. Wise old owl.
What was Bellerin up to lying behind the wall ?
God ‘ol Joe gone RIP fella btw thanks for Lubo!
Very sad to hear of the passing of Dr Jo.
RIP
Andrews, sinclair, reid, mcgugan and mcadam……….there ye all go. Defence sorted.
BSR 9:45
Great clip.
It’s a mad world .
Around 19.00hrs tonight I was talking about Dr Jo.
He gave us
Vidal Ruseth, Lubi and JohannMjalby.
Tt
Riseth , Lubo
_/+
West Ham 4th.
Dodged a bullet with Moyes I think.
Leicester 3rd. We made the right decision in not backing Brendan I think.
Accountants and bankers don’t make ambitious leaders of football clubs.