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  1. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Awe naw-ta for reply,as Raspberry is saying ,i am not sure who is bringing in some players.Pukki,Balde,Boeriggter ?about £6.5 mil? That is big bucks for Celtic.Every transfer is a gamble,for every Lustig there is a Bangura,but there are much better players out there for £1.6-2.4mil than Boeriggter and Pukki…….I don’t believe a word that the club says. They lie at the drop of a hat. You shouldn’t either.

     

    Can you point out where i am lying?

  2. ryecatcher on

    Haven’t seen much of Sevco at all, but from reading a few posts on here and other blogs,I get the impression that in footballing ability they are on a par with Partick Thistle.

     

     

    Can you imagine the squeaky bums if we were as incompetent at breaking them down as we were v Thistle.

     

     

    Just picture it….Scottish Cup tie….We huff and puff and can’t blow the rotten house down.

     

     

    5 minutes left…..0-0…….3rd tier team start hitting on the break…..Dallas in charge…….

     

     

    Nah,couldn’t happen……could it?

  3. WeefratheTim on

    TBJ

     

     

    When are you gonnie make it oot te the ferm???

     

     

    Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.

  4. Kilbowie Kelt on

    A WINNING Celtic satisfies my every sporting need.

     

    Winning with style & aplomb would be a bonus, but for those of us who suffered the indignities of being marginalised & blatantly cheated through many long decades, just WINNING will do very nicely, thank you.

     

     

    We do not live in a perfect world.

     

    Mind you, it IS getting better by the minute.

  5. BIG-CUP-WINNERS on

    Watched six cops today harass the Republican activists at Holywell St. The police were using the line that the protesters had to apply (with a £10 fee) to display the banner !

     

     

    Next stop may well be the Tri-colour ?

  7. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Awe naw-to back up what Raspberry is hinting at, BTM had never heard of Edson Brafied until he turned up at Lennoxtown one morning.A Peter Lawwell/John Park Production.So who has the final say? I agree BTW the rent a quote Coyle will be next in the door,another “manager” that PL can control.

  8. big wavy on

    Can I have a raspberry

     

     

    I had high hopes for Tom Rogic and don’t know what went wrong there. Very limited game time.

     

     

    The forward line is a combination of what today’s project now costs poor scouting and our dogmatic approach to wages and fees. Very frustrating.

     

     

    We also have to be more discerning about the youth setup. It produces too little by way of it’s stated aim and if it’s holding us back in terms of purchasing better developed players elsewhere then time to be bold.

  9. rebus67 on

    Big Wavy,

     

     

    It was!!

     

     

    It seems after every game we get the same debate. Good result, poor entertainment. Entertainment is poor because not a lot of chances are created and much of the possession statistics consist of sideways or backwards passing.

     

     

    Going back to my own coaching days I recall that the basics of attacking were:

     

     

    Firstly, try to send a pass to be received by a forward in the direction that he wants to go—i.e towards goal. Avoid passing to someone who has several defenders forcing him to have his back to the goal.

     

     

    Secondly, there are four basic ways to attack:

     

     

     

    1. Pass behind the defence

     

    We can try a thru pass or pass to someone who makes a diagonal run to the back post.

     

     

    2. Pass to the side of the defence

     

    The give-n-go round the side of the defence; or the overlap—run into space to create a hole for another to run through.

     

     

    3. Pass in front of the defence

     

    Pass square ball back and forth across the front of the defence.

     

     

    4. Faked passes and tricks

     

    For example, back heel or stop the ball for a following teammate and keep running past the defence to receive his pass.

     

     

    Ask yourself how much of the above do you see in our performances and which part of the field that each occurs.

     

     

    Certainly, there is a lot of #3 and that is the problem.

     

    Very little of #1 but when it happens it creates chances and goals –remember Commons goal vs Inverness.

     

    #4 is almost non-existent.

     

     

    I am not convinced that buying a striker is the solution if we keep using the same attacking strategy because it creates few chances. We need to change our pattern of attack, even if it means risking giving the ball away more frequently. I am not confident that the coaches are prepared to accept that —- and there’s the rub.

     

     

    Rebus

  10. Burnley78 on

    I had to listen to SSb today on way back from the game. My sons choice !!!!

     

     

    I have to say Celtic should take issue with these clowns. I never usually take to do with the shock jocks and idiots but to call footballers ‘jokers’. To then discredit tweeters claiming not to miss the old firm despite the evidence and to then say ‘Peter Lawwell would definitely prefer to have rangers back in spl when he has said nothing of the sort, is a disgrace. Lies and personal abuse at best and out and out misrepresentation and ignorance at worst.

  12. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    starry plough forza oscar

     

     

    How obsessed are Basel with profits ?

     

     

    Or how obsessed is their main shareholder ?

     

     

    Is he..she also an absentee landlord ?

     

     

    HH

  13. Burnley78 on

    Re the game today.

     

     

    It was poor but I have seen a lot worse.

     

     

    Even in the centenary or the ‘ten men won the league’ seasons we had much worse.

  14. Big Georges Fan Club - Hail, Hail, Wee Oscar on

    Poor performance today, as everyone says. Glad to get the points.

     

     

    Thought the setup at the start was odd – Neil started Jamsie on the left (I think he is better on the right), Commons on the right wing (much more effective one in, or central, where he is on the ball more and can slip passes in), and played with three fairly defensive midfielders (Broonie, Charlie and Joe) against a struggling Thistle side.

     

     

    All of this led, I think, to a situation where we had little positive play from the centre of the park, and we resorted to side-to-side or backward passing. Even when there were changes in position (Charlie moved left eventually, and Jamsie switched), the die seemed to have ben cast and not a lot changed – we continued with the side-to-side and backward passing.

     

     

    Having been a critic previously, I did think Pukki covered a lot of ground, but with no backup and absolutely no service whatsoever.

     

     

    Midfield, forward-looking, creative play is much more of a problem than striking for us. It is impossible to judge the strikers when they have little or nothing to feed off. Fix the midfield first, then we can see if the strikers we already have on the books are any good.

     

     

    HH

     

    BGFC

  15. WeefratheTim on

    TBJ

     

     

    Yer always welcome. Gies a couple of days wi family commitments. The eggs are Vunderbar. :))

     

     

    Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.

  18. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Front row of the Darts Final bhoy holding a card up”hail hail Zombie free zone” magic darts.

  20. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    Bada

     

     

    No I am not saying you are lying and I have now read that you know that recruitment was done by comittee. So the original question you posed about Neil been given the money was what I thought you believed. A situation and not a lack of money that MON wouldn’t tolerate.

     

     

    Hope that clears that up

     

     

    HH

  22. labis on

    Neil Lennon admits Celtic will be “vulnerable” to bids for Georgios Samaras but insists the club have not given up on retaining the striker.

  23. southside on

    ryecatcher

     

     

    20:05 on 1 January, 2014

     

     

    If yer auntie had hawmaws she’d be yer uncle.

  24. Burghbhoy on

    Ps I’m extremely drunk,heard some songs aired on the bus today I ain’t heard for yonks !

  25. Turkeybhoy on

    Terrible crowd.Free tickets did not seem to help???.Terrible atmosphere.Boring,turgid display.No bad pitch,or wind today to blame.This against a team getting gubbed regularly,by other SPL dross.Still I will go along with the opinion of many on here that everything is wonderful.I am feeling better already.

  27. latchford on

    A typical team talk from Lenny

     

     

    Keep the ball ( this is his mantra as a player and manager ) ; he drums it into the players. This is one of the main reasons we have this one dimensional sideways passing take place. Keep a clean sheet is his other mantra.

     

     

    Lenny is probably the most defensive minded manager in Celtics history. We are playing effectively pub teams and he is treating them like Real Madrid.

     

     

    The entertainment value is zero. Today like many season ticket holders I passed along with the bhoys.

     

     

    I am not sure if Zinadine Zidane was available to us today that he could make the current approach pleasing on the eye with the advice of our esteemed manager.

     

     

    We are heading for 20k season tickets with this dross.

     

     

    I hope Lenny can find a gig in England so we can fins a manager to bring some life back to the tic.

  29. big wavy on

    Rebus

     

     

    Great post fella and can’t argue. I was listening to an interview about Fergie s legacy and one stood out which was his use of assistants down the years to help him refresh his ideas.

     

     

    I think our team is highly influenced by Neil and Johanns playing style and MONs legacy. Very cautious at heart with a view to not losing.

     

     

    I think adding a creative force to the management team that could complement the strides we have made defensively would be great. Maybe a Lubo type ?

  30. Joe Filippis Haircut on

    Can I wish all Celtic fans where ever you are a Happy New Year.There is a lot of negative posts on CQN and there is no doubt that entertainment value in the last few games has been poor I believe that happens to young teams take Dundee Utd for instance they were playing some great stuff and were getting great reviews but have lost there last three games they just couldnt keep it going but they are still a fine young team.Now we have managed to keep winning despite a loss of form and injuries to Mulgrew Matthews and Lustig and Stokes and Sammi loseing there form.I think we should be congratulating Lennie and the team for there consistancy.No doubt most of our summer signings are taking more time to settle than any of us would like and those saying it may be time for Lennie to move on in the summer are nuts in my opinion we will try to strengthen during this transfer window and we will buy the best players that we can find to improve our team within our budget and that will be no easy task taking into consideration the mega-wealthy clubs shopping in the same market as us.Those saying the Board are against the Celtic support dont seem to realise the board watch the same game as we do each week and I am sure would prefer to see more entertaining football but know and accept as a team we are a work in progress.Also blaming the board for the the loss of the Green Brigade is not accurate either the board gave them every chance but got there leniency thrown back in there face so ultimately they made the decision to move them out of section 111.I have no idea how our board have delt with the Rangers situation but it seems to me they are letting them get on with there infighting while they go broke not a bad strategy in my book,I think in Lennie we have a fine young manager who is learning his trade my fear is all the negativity from us the support will drive away one of the best managers the club has ever had remember the supporters who wanted WGS to go and they got there wish only to be landed with take it on the chin Tony.Well there is a danger if you dont learn from history you are in danger of repeating it. H.H.

  31. smoke and mirrors on

    BIG-CUP-WINNERS

     

     

    20:08 on 1 January, 2014

     

     

    Watched six cops today harass the Republican activists at Holywell St. The police were using the line that the protesters had to apply (with a £10 fee) to display the banner !

     

     

    Next stop may well be the Tri-colour ?

     

     

     

    New Year same crap. I went to watch the football not the upthera brigade.

  32. Burghbhoy on

    Honestly , I used to worry about how we played , is it the Celtic way?

     

    Now I really don’t care as I realise that every victory for us is a dagger in the heart to every Orc on the planet.

     

    Get it right up em

  33. rebus67 on

    Big George,

     

     

    I agree we cannot judge the strikers until we fix the midfield. We have a midfield in Lenny’s own image–remember the way he played? Break up the opposition’s attacks and move the ball sideways with a short pass.

     

    Also have you noticed that we tend to buy or play a lot of wingers –Derk is an out and out winger; I believe that Pukki is really a winger; Stokes is better running in from the wing; Samaras is a winger; Forest is also a winger, who may develop into a midfielder. Balde is only purchase from the last window that is not a winger.

     

     

    Why are we doing this?

     

     

    We have a fleet of excellent backs who can throw in great crosses but there is nobody there to attack them—they are all out on a wing playing just inside the full backs.

     

     

    Rebus

  37. Greenpinata on

    Evening my friends in Celtic,

     

     

    Up the Dubs, a very warm welcome to you.

     

     

    I fully back NFL, after all he has had to endure since coming to Scotland ( And not only down Govan way I may add ) he deserves our support.

     

     

    He has earned that right.

     

     

    That is not to say he cannot be criticised. Constructive criticism is a positive thing. Yes ; He has made mistakes, he is still making them, but I believe he is in an impossible position. Ref Tony Watt. The manager must manage or his authority diminishes, same with Alan Thompson.

     

     

    Our league is a one horse race, but winning playing entertaining football must be a priority. At times our games are dire, we cannot dress that up. The crowd and atmosphere reflect that, especially at Parkhead.

     

     

    If we sign the best talent in Scotland we further weaken the opposition and therefore make the league less competitive. If we win 5-0 every game it will be down to the standard of opposition.

     

     

    If we don’t win every game 5-0 we will be criticised for failing to beat inferior opposition.

     

     

    Make no mistake he is managing in a unique situation. Domestic football no longer excites or motivates us. Europe is our only yardstick. IMO once we were out of Europe all the dissatisfaction would emerge. It was / is inevitable.

     

     

    To all who say ban this, ban that. We do not live in an Amish society. If you do not like it——– easy, switch off or do not read the product. Simples.

     

     

    HH, Always in Celtic.

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