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  1. THE EXILED TIM on

    TB

     

    You slagged him in an earlier post saying he wasn’t good enough, of course he isn’t, he is up against the best players on the planet, that was my point, I can’t get the head around posters, plural, slagging our players against the best the planet has to offer, my brain just doesn’t compute with that.

     

    Nothing personal, just an observation.

     

    HH

  3. Nas na Ri on

    THE EXILED TIM on 23RD NOVEMBER 2016 10:23 PM

     

    Those who are slagging off our player tonight really need to get a feckin grip, for all they are cheatin scum, they are some of the best players on the planet, this seems to have escaped those who are slagging our players, I despair at times so a do.

     

     

     

     

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    Tet

     

     

    I take it you are having a pop at me regarding Calum mcgergor but sorry mate he was posted missing again tonight in another big game., and was like a rabbit in the headlights with his big chance. Brendan must see something but for me his decision making when in possession was poor again, just my honest opinion. Hope he improves because like I said in my initial post I like the lad. Overall I was proud of our performance but personally I was disappointed with Callum’s performance because I think he is capable of better……

     

     

    Canamalar

     

     

    If Lustig has charged into the back of neymar like he did to lustig you would have seem that brazialian skid mark hit the deck and roll around holding his face with the result a red for lustig. Call it naive or too honest but we try to play ithe correct way.

  4. erskinetim on

    I think the Barca ‘love in’ is over.

     

     

    Barca

     

    – They’re better than us – of course they are. The movement of their front 3 is simply breathtaking.

     

    – They’re also far more streetwise than us.

     

    – very cynical in the tackle when they need to be and I’ll politely say ‘cute’ when tackled (Suarez….wink wink).

     

     

    Celtic

     

    – all about learning. Our disappointment at losing to Barca in the CL itself speaks volumes of progress.

     

    – still a wee bit too nice for me. I’d like to have let Naymar, Messi et al know they were in a physical contest.

     

    – individual player wise…..not gonna be too critical.

     

    – thought overall Sviatchenko, Brown, Simunovic, Sinclair, Gordon and Armstrong did well (although Armstrong did out us in the brown stuff with misplaced passes

     

    – need to be a bit more clinical. Imagine Macgregor chance went in away to BMG and Dembele header is in tonight?? Campaign might look a bit different.

     

     

    Last word – Neymar……..nae class!

  5. Turkeybhoy on

    Talking about penalties,I have seen the Arsenal penalty about 8 times and still cant see a touch.The Ref probably thought there was but the lump of wood behind the goal had a perfect view.Always some luck needed,or dodgy decisions.

  7. Art of War on

    Gerry, nope no day off. Pyooor martyr!

     

     

    Turkeybhoy- all instigated by Suarez….therefore….cheating.

     

     

    Dont think Barca will be so enamoured coming to Paradise in future.

     

    They’ve out-stayed their welcome.

  8. bournesouprecipe on

    Big shout out to my ticket man……….Hail Hail

     

     

    60,000 supporters at Celtic Park and Focus can’t put a traffic cop on the main artery for the South Side in place, so much for state aid.

     

     

    Thought Celtic were excellent all round against a team from a different world, at least up until the non penalty, where the dreadful referee killed the game, and our heads went down.

     

     

    Svaitchenko, Simunovic Lustig and Izzy did well to stem Messi and co, after Scott Sinclair received a nasty kick, and had Dembele put his head on the ball a bit better things may have been different.

     

     

    MacGregor did well considering one game he’s left back, and the next wide right,

     

     

    Don’t fancy Aberdeen’s chances at the weekend

     

     

    M.O.M Sviatchenko

  9. !!Bada Bing!! on

    I think the progress for a net spend of £4 mil is remarkable, we were fantastic in the 1st half IMO.The team shape and tactics were spot on.Some players will be replaced in next 2 Windows, we have made about £25 mil, spend £10 mil, sell £3-4 mil, we are making huge progress in a matter of months.

  11. ItaliaBhoy on

    Just back from the game. Random thoughts:

     

     

    * Thought we acquitted ourselves well. We passed well, supported team-mates, and defended stoutly. We weren’t afraid to tackle and mix it.

     

     

    * Armstrong, Brown, Izzy, Lustig and Jozo were our best players. Some outstanding work from them.

     

     

    *The loss of Sinclair hurt us – though I thought Forrest did well.

     

     

    * BR will have learned a lot, and with better luck of the draw next time we could easily qualify out of the group stage again.

     

     

    * Messi is a class act, and one of the best to ever play the game.

     

     

    * Naymar and Surez, however, are both horrible, horrible players. Neymar in particular was a disgrace from first to last, fouling, diving, niggling. Dreadful advert for the professional game.

     

     

    * Overall, the love affair with Barca perplexes me no end. As far as I can see they are a financial bully, part of a rapacious euro-elite intent on carving up the game for themselves and their mates. The club seems to be defined by a chauvinistic, conservative nationalism perfectly suited to our age. No wonder the medievalist monarchs of Qatar love them.

  13. THE EXILED TIM on

    Nas na Ri

     

    No I wasn’t, it was a collective thing, they are the best the world has to offer, the referees are on their side as well, another hurdle which we should be well aware of, but we just have to take it on the chin FFS.

     

    The players he was up against tonight could fetch anything up to 30-50 mill £s, yet posters are happy to compare our players to that, again…………………A Do Despair, and nothing personal, just a collective thing.

     

    HH

  14. Hoop hoop Hooray on

    Mike

     

    Yeah yellows carry over into knockout stages. Rakitic also ruled himself put of the meaningless final gamewith a yellow. Certainly neymar looked like he was trying to get booked

  16. Turkeybhoy on

    TET,

     

    I am not expecting our players to compete with Barca,but quite a few did their best.Mc Gregor could have done,but did not.I keep saying,its not his fault,and I would not think you will see him in this company again.Armstrong did very well tonight,but he is still under the microscope.He will have to keep his form up for the rest of the season.The midfield is our weak link.We know BR knows this,so lets see.

  18. THE EXILED TIM on

    WTF are people expecting ?

     

    We are a big club in a small time two bit league which does everything to hinder us, our players are as good as they can be, they do their best, they don’t go out there to perform badly ffs, they can only do as well as they can do, they are miles away from the team we played tonight, yet some feel the need to crit our players ffs.

     

    Feck yous

  21. Gerryfaethebrig on

    JImBob71

     

     

    Next wee Cqn hoot get yourself there for a beer or two, we can talk rubbish about Celtic or how we didn’t manage to wear the hoops :-)

     

     

    AoW

     

     

    Didn’t see you about today, on my way home on Monday from the late shift I had a wee read of Cqn and read your post if your pint in Tennets………was gutted, but reading your post it read like a great pint :-)

  24. Jim payne on

    Evening

     

     

    Bit of an odd night. We played well for an hour at least with Craig G , Broony and the two centre backs were excellent but in the end Barca won pretty comfortably.Messi really is a great player and their two centre backs are class but the rest of the team seems a step or two down from the other Barca teams I’ve seen including the ones we beat. But they are still much better,much smarter than us.

     

     

    I think overall this section was far too strong for us – in a year’s time with a couple more signings of equal calibre to Brendan’s first three as well as the manager’s methods becoming more deep rooted and we’d have be in the mix in any section but this one has been just too difficult.

     

     

    But we are better than we were 10 weeks ago when we started and the games where we drew were great.

     

     

    Disappointed and all that but disheartened? No chance.

     

     

    Jimbo67

  25. Allgreen on

    We played well tonight but against better players. Encouraging that we seem to have learned since away tie. Another couple of transfer windows uld help.

     

    I hope Neymar stands on a plug, horrible wee scrote.

  26. thomthethim for Oscar OK on

    My thoughts at the time was that Neymar was looking for the yellow card.

     

     

    He knew the points were safe and took the hit, to clear his record.

     

     

    Every Celtic player gave his all and singling out individual players for criticism is not on.

     

     

    We were playing Barcelona not Brechin and it only goes to show that there are guys here who don’t really understand the game.

  29. Nas na Ri on

    THE EXILED TIM on 23RD NOVEMBER 2016 11:04 PM

     

    Nas na Ri

     

     

    No I wasn’t, it was a collective thing, they are the best the world has to offer, the referees are on their side as well, another hurdle which we should be well aware of, but we just have to take it on the chin FFS.

     

     

    The players he was up against tonight could fetch anything up to 30-50 mill £s, yet posters are happy to compare our players to that, again…………………A Do Despair, and nothing personal, just a collective thing.

     

     

     

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    No problem buddy I just want us to be the best we can and you are correct when you say the many hurdles we have be aware of. They are a great team but are going through a transformation just now but with that strike force they get away with it. Just look how deep they come to receive the ball. Thought if we played to our strengths tonight and took advantage of set pieces we might have got something but onwards and upwards. as others have said we have come a long way since the qualifiers and long may it continue. Perfect way to bounce back on Sunday COYBIG.

     

     

    ALMORE

     

     

    Did you get my message re Callander and when are you over.

  30. IniquitousIV on

    Just a couple of points at the end of another frustrating and disappointing evening.

     

    The opening skirmishes go as one largely anticipates. Then we get a corner. Thoughts go to Charlie Mulgrew’s sublime corner to the head of Victor Wanyama, and resultant ecstasy. Then reality hits. We have Simunovitch, Lustic and Sviatchenko all up and either Armstrong or Sinclair ( I couldn’t see which) hits it limply about 4 feet high to the first defender. Simply shocking technique, and it has been apparent all season.

     

     

    Secondly, McGregor’s abysmal trundling sclaff at goal with his best foot. Apart from Commons and Griffiths, we have no one who has the timing to hit the ball hard. Our shooting is simply woeful.

     

     

    It could have been worse. Gordon had one superb save. I believe Barca hit the post a couple of times. Lastly, why on earth did no one go with Messi’s run for the first goal? Suicide. The only home team of eight tonight to lose. Fortress Celtic Park is becoming a memory.

     

     

    Finally – Bitton is slower than a week in jail. He simply could not cope with the lightning quick Barca players. Sorry, but no future for him at Celtic Park.

     

     

    Heads went down after the second, same as Moenchengladbach game. Contrast that with the Besiktas effort after going three down to Benfica earlier.

     

     

    Overall, not a bad performance, but we have to learn from it, or just make the same mistakes next season.

     

    IniquitousIV V

  31. iki on

    Question for JPT SLO.

     

     

    There was a medical emergency in North Stand this evening.

     

    The response time was worryingly slow and a bit confused.

     

     

    Does the club review the procedures for such eventualities?

  32. Gary67 on

    Just back, freezing. Thought Brown was our MOTM with the centre backs not far behind. Armstrong and McGregor both played well. If we can get a No. 10 to play behind Dembele, and if we’re greedy a central midfielder to play beside Brown, then we won’t be far away from having a team who will qua for CL and be fighting for 2nd/3rd spot in group.

  33. fan-a-tic on

    There is a huge step up for our players in Europe in comparison to the calibre of opponent we face in Scotland.

     

    I think it shows most with Rogic as he seems to lack the speed of thought so gets less success against smarter players.

     

    We are learning and i think Brendan is varying tactics and personnel in SPL games with one eye on the bigger picture.

     

    So far he has had a fantastic effect on our squad with Paddy being the exception.

     

    Would the real Paddy Roberts please stand up?

  34. Gerryfaethebrig on

    Fellow Celtic fans good night and God bless, Barca are good, but not sure what Barca r up to Sunday ….

     

     

    We do live in good times, roll on Sunday

     

     

    Hail Hail

  35. Turkeybhoy on

    Great words from Moussa tonight,

     

     

    He has been linked with a money-spinning move to Arsenal, Paris St Germain or one of the other big clubs on the continent, but Dembele said last night that he wasn’t planning to go anywhere. It is the kind of news which will hearten most Celtic fan.

     

     

    “That is what everyone is saying but I haven’t said that,” said Dembele, picked up for a paltry £400,000 from Fulham last summer. “For me, I am here until the end of my contract and for many years. It is not something I think about. I don’t listen to those stories.

     

     

    “I want to keep playing in the Champions League and keep playing in the Champions League for Celtic first,” added the French Under-21 international. “Because I think I will stay here 100 per cent. I want to keep improving and keep developing as a player.”

     

     

    Wont stop the MSM though.

  37. owen on

    Iniquitousiv

     

     

    You have got to be kidding you denigrate almost every Celtic player and opportunity tonight and then end with “overall not a bad performance”

  38. mickbhoy1888 on

    Not had the benefit of watching any replays of the penalty, initially I was surprised as it appeared to me that the ref had awarded a by kick,because it looked from where I was sitting that it was a penalty.

     

    Anyway we really needed a slot in that Europa Cup nas playing in a league that is already won for the next six months is not going to prepare us for the same challenges that face us again in Europe next season.

     

    All romanticising aside we are just not up to making a concerted effort on the European stage for the foreseeable future

  42. Turkeybhoy on

    ITALIABHOY on 23RD NOVEMBER 2016 11:14 PM

     

    Thought MacGregor was OK tonight.

     

     

     

    Well I am really glad somebody did.I was feeling terrible about myself.No idea what game you were watching by the way,but its all about opinions.

     

    Nite all.

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