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  1. Beamishismypint on

    The next article will be interesting. Will there ever be a word of criticism of the party line?

  2. I am embarrassed as a Celtic fan.

     

     

    This lot are an amateur team who have been organised well and yet looked the more professional of the two teams on the park.

     

     

    Absolutely disgusted.

     

     

    Embarrassed at my clubs performance, embarrassed by the board’s lack of urgency, embarrassed by Neil Lennon’s tactics, team selection and subs. Neil Lennon is a yes man and that performance has just potentially cost us £20m not to mention a waste of losing our two best players.

     

     

    Those with any foresight have been pointing it out for weeks.

     

     

    There is no excuse and something must be done – now!

  3. GG

     

    I have been banging on during Lennons tenure about our useless possession.

     

    Typically under this coach in worthless areas.

     

    He seems to be obsessed with it but does not seem to understand the difference in positive and negative possession.

     

    We are a very poor team who are easy to defend. With our ponderous approach play.

     

    We lack tactics ,shape and cohesion and are solely reliant on our better players having good individual moments.

     

    We should have signed a striker and creative mid but Lennon probably wouldn’t know how to utilize them.

     

    We had 3 strikers available and none were picked.

  4. leftclicktic oscar in our thoughts on

    cavansam \o/

     

     

     

    17:45 on 20 August, 2013

     

     

     

    Nobody else think we’ll thrash them in Glasgow? Only me?

     

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    Me Too

     

    I cannot defend Neils Tactics or the players effort tonight,

     

    Buuuuut we ha 4 good chances to score and I think we will turn it around at home.

     

     

    Off to my group meeting

  5. Well..they now have to come home and play inverness. Its been a difficult week, playing the sheep and playing on the Tuesday…but the blame falls directly on the team. They looked knackered. They might be knackered now.

  6. canamalar prays Oscar can do it again on

    Lucky we never wasted our money on a striker, looks like we’ll need it.

     

    Karaganda wanted it more, jerseys on the park display

  7. TBJ Praying for Oscar Knox on

    I still think we will go through

     

     

    If we don’t .. lenny should tender his resignation

  8. Well, how do you sum that up… ?

     

     

    pedestrian football, no creativity, poor defending, and virtually no will-to-win…

     

     

    v.poor performance !

     

     

    fleagle1888

  9. Beamishismypint on

    The OriginalSadiesBhoy

     

     

    Who’s going to scor? 3 Commons screamers from outside the box.

  10. Still reckon we can do it at cp .

     

     

    Unleash Balde and stokes ffs. We need goals.

     

     

    Saying that a shambles that we gambled by not strengthing. Shambles. We never learn

  11. I am Neil Lennon e El Juarez Bravo on

    Lost 2-0 to a team that would struggle in the Ayrshire juniors. Not good enough.

     

     

    Untested back 4 looked like an untested back 4 and we paid the price for not having a midfield playmaker or recognised striker. There’s no point having all the possession if you don’t do anything with it.

     

     

    We may yet turn it round but I fear they will score from a set piece at Celtic Park and put the tie to bed. Hope I’m wrong.

  12. timgreen

     

     

    17:47 on 20 August, 2013

     

    Whatever Sammi is, he is not a lone striker and we knew that ages ago.

     

     

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    I wish someone would tell Neil that. Sammi was woeful. Simply woeful. Near the end of the game he actually stood on the ball and tripped over himself ! The fact he stayed on the pitch is a monument to Neil Lennon’s stupidity.

  13. ....PFayr supports WeeOscar on

    Half time 2-0

     

     

    The great Desmondo’s gamble is in danger of blowing up in his face

     

     

     

    Not sure i want to hear another Lenny rant about not good enough ….he was as bad as the worst player tonight

     

     

     

    Financially CFC are sound …if that floats your boat you’ll be happy ….

     

     

    Quite a feat to reduce our team to that rabble from a last 16 team of last year

     

     

    EL in front of less than 30,000 …anyone?

  14. Missed 4 great chances. Conceded by Izzy switching off and a lucky deflection.

     

     

    We can score at least two at home, but not sure about clean sheet.

     

     

    COYBIG.

  15. We got what we deserved……….ZERO

     

     

    Out fought…outplayed…..out muscled…….no imagination…no guile………

     

     

    Can we beat them 3-0 in Glasgow?

     

     

    Not likely…..

  16. \o/ Hugo Z Hackenbush \o/ on

    The board gambled that without H & the 2 Ws we’d still be good enough.

     

     

    Well we might not be now. Plan B anyone, cos there’s no goalscorer in our squad.

  17. McDowellcelt god bless wee oscar on

    That’s what happens when u do things on the cheap. Fu**** embarrassing awful and a disgrace. All the bhoys who were happy with our pre season of not buying quality and spending money. Wise up.

  18. Headtheball says sign and promote the petition for wee Oscar and others on

    hun skelper

     

     

    I know you are gutted like the rest of us but language like that has no place here.

  19. Somesaythedevilisdead on

    The commentators repeatedly used the word Desire and I have got to say we never matched them and that’s unforgiveable with so much at stake truly pathetic. Make them walk feckin home!

  20. Oglach HH brave Oscar on

    I hope Lenny explains team selection. A few questions marks over selection and positions.

  21. FT 0-2

     

     

    I didn’t think we were as bad as some make out but that is a shocking result against a very average football team. Failing to score could be our downfall, but we can get more than 2 goals against this lot at home.

     

     

    Hang the blame at Lenny’s door for this one. Very poor decision to play a new centre back partnership and to play James Forrest in a game like this. Said it before kick-off.

     

     

    Remember this was a tough game under the travel and pitch conditions. Cut the Bhoys a little slack. They will have to redeem themselves at home.

  22. Lads a part time team in Dublin could score twice against this mob at home don’t tell me we can’t score three. In saying that tactically Lennon had a nightmare today. Needs to learn his lessons.

  23. A tactically inept performance. the players we have at our disposal should be capable of beating a team like that.

     

     

    When was the plan hatched to play Moloukyo and Virgil as our CB pairing. If it was always going to be the setup then they should have played together at Pittodrie.

     

     

    Get the feeling sometimes NL makes it up as he goes along.

     

     

    But we are good at square passes.

  24. tom mclaughlin

     

     

    Ya pr*ck!

     

     

    Beat it!

     

     

    C’MON THE CELTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  25. mungolian bhoy on

    TLWIO

     

     

    I guarantee three goals with no reply as long as forster gets some sleep.

  26. There should have been no surprise with this team but amazing what lots of effort and a bit of skill does for you

  27. johann murdoch on

    Simply dreadful-still halfway-I wasn’t going to comment about signings till the end of the window- but we have been sold down the river in not strengthening in time for the most important period of our season…if we go out expect the cheque book to be padlocked in a locked drawer..

     

     

    Hold on ..

  28. There set up is to defend en masse and hit on the break that is how they put out Bate. It may not be pretty but they know what they are doing and they are effective at it. Yes of course we can beat them by more than 2 at Celtic Park but the problem is they will do the same thing. If they get one on a break we will need 4. The tie is still up for grabs but I bet the Bookies will make Shaktar favs to get through.

  29. A wee chorus of Thursday night, Channel 5 to the board on Saturday? Oh that’s right, the guys who sing the songs are barred!!!

     

     

    Priorities