The forward line justifiably attracts most of criticism in the team, but the most glaring concern for me is how Celtic are in possession in the middle of the park. Too often at Dens on Sunday, we were unable to string five passes together, players were uncomfortable on the ball and resorted to speculative forward plays which inevitably ended in lost possession.
The surface and environment can have an impact. Four of remaining six league games are at Celtic Park, while the Scottish Cup semifinal is on the equally good pitch at Hampden. Callum McGregor was fit enough to complete the Dundee game, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain played over an hour; Martin even had enough options to leave Reo Hatate on the bench.
A Celtic win aside, the key metric I will measure tomorrow is how we take the ball out of defence and progress it through the St Mirren press. Teams who do this control play and inoculate themselves from random results. Get this right and the forward line will make chances and score goals.
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KINGLUBO on 10th April 2026 3:39 pm
Flynn from earlier
Agree with 2 up front, but a you suggesting we play still with 2 wingers, sound good to wee me.
Stay well my friend
KINGLUBO
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KINGLUBO hope you and family are well mhan.
Two wingers in every game weakens the midfield, and we bring in modern managers who don’t know how to play wingers, knowing that clueless fans will blame the winger, not the modern manager.
I would play 2 strikers who are a good outball if the defence is under pressure, especially if the 2 are speedy players like Maeda, Kyogo.
Last season in a CL game at Parkhead we played 3 quick balls over the top and Kyogo scored from them only for VAR to chop them off.
But think about that.
We had 3 goals chopped off in the CL – BEFORE – half time, and not a single ball was played over the top for Kyogo after that?????
Kyogo disappears if he is not getting any service, so does any striker, then Rodgers takes Kyogo off, and fans blame Kyogo for being invisible, never Rodgers, always Kyogo.
This one striker pish is modern they say, so why are we not even top of the league after spending many tens of millions since modern Rodgers appeared on the scene?
Three goals in the first half chalked off by VAR, in the CL, and Kyogo didn’t get one more ball over the top before he was subbed?
By modern Rodgers.
Kyogo’s scoring prowess took us back to the days were big Jock said: “They can’t chop them all off!”
But we’re too modern for that stuff now.
A savvy manager would have had Kyogo’s valuation at over 100 million quid that night in the CL.
But modern Rodgers style makes Kyogo invisible and gets taken off which makes his head go down, because he knows the manager is an erchie, and the fans are too pretentious to see that.
We could have won a European trophy if we had a manager who built the team around Maeda and Kyogo, and Khun’s pace on the break.
But we’re too modern for that!
We probably have been told that we cannot go too far in front of Rangers, for old firm reasons!
That’s why we’ll have a new puppet manager in the summer for old firm reasons.
Why not be big and admit that if there is no old firm Scottish football will die out?
Only big people speak honestly.
That is why Celtic FC will be a European minnow with small timid directors, and clueless always the mugs supporter base.
Keep well KINGLUBO and Family.
Not so much the speculative forward passes up in Dens Park that concerned me, though if you take too long to make them, most SPL defences will have no trouble intercepting. No, what concerned me more was the back passing to and fro, which invited Dundee to press Jackie Wilson style, an invite they duly accepted. Memo to Martin & Co. …..Saints will do that too, we’re not PSG. The Saints will play with two up front, who will work hard to put the likes of Scales under pressure, if he dillys or dallys as he tends sometimes to do, but Liam can hit a good long ball so should be encouraged to do that some of the time. That said we did play quite well in the first half, when we got on the front foot. Need to do more of that tomorrow……that and take one or two more of the chances we will create.
How about:
Sir/Lord Haughey is setting a trap which will keep the PLC in office whilst the fans one time of the year to exert significant damage onto the PLC ie: Season ticket boycott, goes up in smoke thanks to payed piper Sir/Lord Haughey’s shenanigans?
Sir/Lord = working for the same hidden hand that the PLC works for.
David Low’s comical Collective is the other joker in the pack!
EYE!
Don’t be fools or the lovely PLC will bring in Wilf-2 for old firm reasons, to thank you for your faithfulness.
https://the4thofficial.net/2026/04/is-this-the-real-reason-behind-celtic-lifting-the-green-brigades-suspension/
What a time to be alive!
prestonpansbhoys
Should be able to adjust for that. (he says…) Not sure exactly when Orion re-enters our atmosphere but that is when it really counts…..white light……white heat….
Currently 50,000km from Planet Earth traving at 13,500 kmph
Which by my 1960s calculation is 2000 light years from home…..
Celtic Mac @ 9:23 pm,
Flat earthers look away now….
Artemis II will splash down @ around 1.00am BST landing off the coast of San Diego.
….no black man…..has ever travelled so far into space as the Orion”
Give me the flat earthers every day of the week…
It’s the 21st Century Geezer….
Hail Hail
Gedinte @ 8:25 pm,
Shallow GM is not about to change…
Evolving to two dimensional took eons
Hail Hail
Tontine
Brilliant stuff. Love it.
Gedinte
Most Celtic fans I have spoke to, of whatever type, are focused on supporting Celtic to win a league and cup with the players we have right now.
There is little that can be done publicly before then to help that imo.
chairbhoy
Knew it would go over some folks heads….might have guessed one of them would be yours….
Didn’t expect it to 252,000 miles over it mind….
WhiteyOnTheMoonCSC
Celtic Mac -“ Not so much the speculative forward passes up in Dens Park that concerned me, though if you take too long to make them, most SPL defences will have no trouble intercepting. No, what concerned me more was the back passing to and fro, which invited Dundee to press Jackie Wilson style, an invite they duly accepted”.
Spot on.
For me it comes down to deeply embedded muscle memory.
The shit-show of the Nancy appointment and the hectic two games per week schedule meant MON and Shaun had little chance to change it. Having said that, I’d have hoped they could have made a few tweaks.
The ghost of Rodgers’ one dimensional football is strong in this team, which means every opponent now knows how to counter it.
It means every game will be a slug-fest, but I’m hopeful we have individuals who can produce moments of magic to get us over the line.
Celtic Mac @ 10:16 pm,
“Until the colour of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes” is a famous phrase from a speech delivered by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I to the United Nations in 1963. It calls for the end of racism, inequality, and the pursuit of lasting peace.
Origin: The quote is part of Haile Selassie’s address to the UN General Assembly on October 4, 1963, focusing on human rights and dismantling racial
Almost three generations ago…
Hail Hail
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.
MLK Jr 1963…
Guess if you can remember the sixties, you weren’t there…
Hail Hail
Celtic Mac @ 10:16 pm,
“Knew it would go over some folks heads….might have guessed one of them would be yours….”
Thank you
It means a lot…
Hail Hail
Gedinte @ 6.08
Defaults to 4-3-3, yes.
It will take a different type of manager to shift Celtic’s core which hasn’t really changed since 4-3-3 or 4-2-4 in a place called Lisbon circa 1967.
Brendan Rodgers was rigid in both successful spells, and tried to assemble players to suit. Yes the team is weak, and was so, even when Blogger Paul67 first posted dissent mid-way through last season, and peaked after the Cup Final. It was weak to the extent we have had three managers, and sacked the HFO. Subjecting MON to agent’s mercy and loanees in a January window was always fraught, time will tell.
I’m more confident than I was when WN was sacked, under MON we are still in a position to win the league with 6 games to go, all down to him and his effect. He’s also knocked Sevco out of the Cups twice?
FWIW I think the next manager whoever he is, will play 4-3-3 or a variant.
HH
chairbhoy
Dr Maggie Adherin, host of BBCs ‘The Sky at Night’, just made the same point as I did, on NewsNight a few minutes ago….re ‘first woman’ and ‘first black person’ (slight variant there)
A Physics Graduate with a Phd in Mechanical Engineering, worked on both the Gemini and JWE telescopes….
But what would she know…..?
OverAndOutCSC
Celtic Mac @ 11:03 pm,
…But what would she know…..?
Don’t know!?
Maybe the second law of thermodymanics and black history…
Just~a~thot
Hail Hail
Rory…wow
Newsmedia Controlled by 911 Criminals!
Who knew?
https://jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20Government/911%20Cover-up/wtc7-bbc_lies.htm
Any good lunches lately in The City, Chairbhoy?
I’m sure you beefed your jocks on rumours Brendan could be fronting one of the world’s most oppressive countries at the World Cup.
I can only imagine the scenes in your household on match day as you march round the living room shouting “sack the Tory board”, chuck rotten fruit at your TV, then sit waving a Palestinian flag in one hand and a Saudi flag in the other.
Such are the contradictions of virtue signalling hypocrites.
dont know why they get referred to as ‘astronauts’ or ‘star-sailors’
the furthest they have ever been is only a tiny fraction closer to the nearest star than all the rest of us here on earth.
a total misnomer so they can pull easier up the dancin’ with the ‘what do you do for a living’ chat.
makes me sick.
Space Conspiracy
Who knew?
Investigative Journalist, Richard D Hall website.
BBC have been trying for years to stitch him up for exposing them.
https://www.richplanet.net/richp_genre_menu.php?gen=5
The Blogger Formerly Known As GM @ 11:37 pm,
You were wrong weren’t you!?
So, so wrong:))))))
Stick to your old school voltaire narrative, you sounded much smarter are relevant then…
Memnon The Philosopher:))))
Hail Hail
“God is not the side of big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best” – Voltaire, ‘ The Origins of Victory’.
Goodnight 🤫
Rory in dreamland.A 65,six shots clear.Magnificent.
Bryson De Chambeau,had a last hole very similar to a lot of mine.Horrendous.
Big Shane and Fleetwood parttnering tomorrow.
The Blogger Formerly Known As GM @ 11:51 pm
You and your pals’ sordid wee campaign to rid us of a top manager – so a useless Board faction could continue to wet their beaks at the expense of Celtic supporters is despiciple.
Hail Hail
Tiger like
Your elite manager got rid of himself, Chairbhoy and we’re still waiting on his law suit 😉
So tomorrow do we go with our best striker Iheanacho with a slow start….or Big Tam on the left with Maeda through the middle…..I think MON will go for the latter
one dimensional Goal Scoring football is rubbish
vance said today. lets all get on board this plane and hit the road.
The Blogger Formerly Known As GM @ 12:13 am,
You are a funny smiley guy, you and your overachieving chums…
“we’re still waiting on his law suit”
Are you?
Is that why you went cheap on Wilfried Nancy & Co and the January transfer window – again!!
I’m sure you are more than prepared and a mutual settlement will be reached in due course.
Hail Hail
lets all do the huddle@11.38pm
No. That is not how it works. The Moon ‘orbits’ the Earth, so you would have to factor it’s relative position during Artemis II journey, to Earht, the Sun or the next nearest Star, which also varies.
Fact is though, the Orion crew were in Space, and were further away from Earth than any human previously.
And will be back real soon….
Good luck to the Bhoys tomorrow. We’re going to need it based on the nonsense posted about Celtic players on here. Would be nice to see a large win. If we can get an early goal it will happen.
Brilliant from Rory today. What a back 9.
We have Splashdown!
Anthem of Vatican City (Holy See): Hymnus et modus militaris Pontificalis.
https://youtu.be/oilI9Kq8408?si=POKhXURI2Ew_5pUG
Ave Ave
Post Scriptum:
Vatican Media Live
https://www.youtube.com/live/03pYP2Nmreo?si=vJFx-3iMkwblxRWL
Ave Ave
BURNLEY78 on 10TH APRIL 2026 10:14 PM
Most Celtic fans I have spoke to, of whatever type, are focused on supporting Celtic to win a league and cup with the players we have right now.
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Yep, and I am with you and them – less than 10 hours until I’m shouting at the TV!
This was me just filling the void with a simple review of where we stand, and that largely has no bearing on anything we do for the remainder of this season, although…
I would be tempted to get Scratchy on the field so that we don’t have to watch the terrible footballer that Ralston has become. I’d also be grateful for any formation/selection that made our midfield a little more robust, while still permitting Nygren to operate in the space where he scores goals.
I genuinely neither pretend to have the answer or even suggest that the answer actually exists, so full of hope and little more, regardless of the lineup I’ll be cheering the bhoys on!
Just catching this in a news feed….
“As a result, the north London club will be forced to bring in a lot of new faces, so finding bargain deals like Nygren could be hugely beneficial.
If Tottenham can secure his signature for under £30m, it would strengthen their squad depth and allow them to add plenty of bodies elsewhere.”
🤔🤔🤔🤔
No. That is not how it works. The Moon ‘orbits’ the Earth, so you would have to factor it’s relative position during Artemis II journey, to Earht, the Sun or the next nearest Star, which also varies.
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i know exactly how it works thank you!