Once Partick Thistle equalised, it was clear Celtic had plenty of spare gears to move through. The game went to plan for the champions, even down to the manner in which the Thistle goal was lost. Both central defenders left themselves open to criticism, highlighting the glaring deficiency in the team right now. Whether the Belgian will play little or any part in the solution remains to be seen.
In five weeks, we face St Johnstone in the League Cup quarter final. Cup games away from home are never the easiest, but by then we will have had a chance to flex our muscles in the title race, wetting the appetite for a challenge in the cups.
Artificial pitches are disliked by footballers for various reasons, so I have sympathy for the Newco manager, who yesterday called for them to be kept from top flight games, as they are in England and formerly were in Scotland. They are cheap to maintain and provide an income for clubs, who hire them out, but the technology is still not up to the job.
How long before Motherwell, St Mirren, St Johnstone and others make the move?
What was it got Kenny Millar sacked by Livingston after two league games? Results, tactical competency? Or, judging by his mannerisms at Celtic Park two weeks ago, maybe a publicly overbearing attitude towards his players.
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Apart from Lewis Morgan Odsonne Edouard and Daniel Arzani
Centreback available played in the World Cup and in the Champions League…would we be happy?
Boyata to sign a new deal?
Don’t rule it out
Best 2 centrebacks as a team are Jozo and Dedryck best back 3 Lustig Jozo and Dedryck for me
Kikinthenakas
??? x 2
Brendan seems to share many of the same football philosophies and personality traits as Arsene Wenger – a dogmatic emphasis on what to do with the ball rather than what to do when you don’t have it.
In Brendan’s first season, I seem to recall Celtic successfully playing a “high pressing” game similar to Barcelona immediately when we lost possession – what happened to that idea?
Enter Catman…..
Jeffrey Bruma InJury History
injury
from
until
Days
Games missed
17/18 Knee Problems Apr 20, 2018 May 1, 2018 11 days 2VfL Wolfsburg
17/18 Virus Infection Apr 6, 2018 Apr 19, 2018 13 days 2VfL Wolfsburg
17/18 Training deficit Oct 19, 2017 Dec 3, 2017 45 days 7VfL Wolfsburg
17/18 Knee-OP Jun 29, 2017 Oct 19, 2017 112 days 9VfL Wolfsburg
16/17 Knee-OP Mar 16, 2017 Jun 29, 2017 105 days 12VfL Wolfsburg
16/17 Strain Mar 6, 2017 Apr 3, 2017 28 days 3VfL Wolfsburg
15/16 Thigh problems Dec 17, 2015 Dec 31, 2015 14 days 1PSV Eindhoven
14/15 Hip injury Feb 2, 2015 Feb 5, 2015 3 days 1PSV Eindhoven
12/13 Knee Problems Sep 17, 2012 Oct 1, 2012 14 days 3Hamburger SV
11/12 Knee Problems Feb 2, 2012 Feb 16, 2012 14 days 2Hamburger SV
Jeffrey Kevin van Homoet Bruma (born 13 November 1991),[3] commonly known as Jeffrey Bruma (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɟɛfri ˈbrymaː]), is a Dutch association football player who plays for German club VfL Wolfsburg as a centre back and is also a member of Paddy Mccourt’s Fenian army.
Wiki entry updated
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In your average boozer before the internet you got the odd muppet who hated everything to do the board , never darken the doors of the ground etc , etc , yawn , then there were the experts who couldn’t tie their own laces but they knew how to spot a bandwagon and jump on it …. at least in the boozer such muppettery could be suppressed with basically taking the piss
….. what do to with copious amount of BS muppettery on here ?
R67- bargepole stuff….
The broad black Bruma?
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 20TH AUGUST 2018 6:57 PM
brill.
OT for our medical staff ?
Were gonna need a bigger treatment room…..
Jeffrey Kevin van Homoet Bruma (born 13 November 1991),[3] commonly known as Sick Note (Dutch pronunciation: [ziektebriefje]).
do we not have history with dutch sick notes.
Jeffrey Kevin van Homoet Bruma:
Education: Saint Derk Boerrigter’s Infirmary
Excellent competition for comper
Is Kenny Miller being lined up as a replacement for BR? is that was behind the leaving of livi.
noteventheDRwouldgowiththatonecsc
played a total of 4 league games and 2 cup games last season , out injured the rest of the season.
Regarding the return of the prodigal CH back into the fold..
If you ask me its the fans that forked out to go to Athens that he should be asking for forgiveness from..
Me I wasnt one of them and I’m in 2 minds about him.
Heart says fek him should never be allowed to pull the hoops on ever again.
Heed saying team needs him so swallow our pride and allow him back..
I hate my heed sometimes..
???
If we do sign this guy just pray whoever does his medical is not the same person who did Marvin Compper’s ?
W̶a̶r̶b̶u̶r̶t̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶B̶a̶r̶t̶o̶n̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶K̶r̶a̶n̶j̶c̶a̶r̶ ̶s̶e̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶a̶k̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶g̶u̶e̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶r̶m̶
C̶a̶i̶x̶i̶n̶h̶a̶,̶ ̶A̶l̶v̶e̶s̶,̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶D̶e̶c̶l̶a̶n̶ ̶J̶o̶h̶n̶ ̶s̶e̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶a̶k̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶g̶u̶e̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶r̶m̶
Gerrard, Goldstone and Kyle Lafferty
SMSM csc
p.s. Dave King still a sugar Daddy
Daily Record
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cmon bhoys get real….we didnt fork out 9million on odsonne ffs!!! 4.5 million was the fee up front…add ons will eventually tally up near the 9m but that will be over the term of the contract…this will not show up on the year end figures…
Kenny Miller sacked eh,,, whats app with that ..
Wonder if old Pedro Cax has stopped laughing yet..
???
If we sign Bruma………….at least he should be well rested!
Ouch!
50 Shades- as a guy who has always supported every player in a Celtic jersey, irrespective of ability, Boyata will be a stretch for me and a few more , if he plays on Thursday……..and i think he will.
we need a BRAMA not a bruma
Evening all.
Facts are like Lego – amazing what you can do with them if sufficiently motivated.
Here are a few more.
Bruma has missed just four matches in 10 months since successfully recovering from a knee injury.
BR is 20/1 to be the next Man U manager (Hootsman)
Hootsman are 20/1 to be out of business before end 2019 (my bookie)
KT was … ahem … linked with a move from Celtic.
KT is still here.
Moussa – as above
Ntcham – as above
Several outlets reported that Celtic MIGHT have to sell players are CL exit.
Celtic have NOT borrowed money from a distressed debt specialist
Henderson and Jones Ltd are NOT pursuing claims currently which may result in a change of ownership of the Celtic Park stadium asset.
Hhmmm.
Bada…
I agree mate have always supported our players , totally mystified by the whole thing, I would have binned him the moment his agent turned up at lennoxtown looking for Brendan.
Money talks though as we well know.
But as I said at the moment he is needed.
Plot summary for the fillum “The Truth about Lies”
“………..is the very thing Gilby needs to get his life back on track. Desperate to impress her, Gilby starts to weave a web of lies; one bigger than the next. Now in a sticky mess, Gilby is forced to face the uncomfortable truth about himself before he can find a way out of his very own Lies.”
I think it reads just as well for Glibby
Thanks for the name check Bada Bing
Still lurking and waiting…………………..
HH
Of course facts aren’t always interesting.
Quizzes are much more fun so here goes.
Which one of these players had heart surgery just LAST YEAR?
a) Jeffrey Bruma
b) Connor Goldson
Catman
Get on the prowl :0)
If and it’s a big if the Bruma deal is true that would mean that the daily express reporter was fibbing, surely not
BP1
Thank you for you’re reply regarding Churches in liverpool, hopefully get to All Saints at Oakfield, supposedly 10 min walk from Anfield
Catman- interesting couple of weeks ahead HH
Catman
About to purr ?
Many punters post (& say) in Brendan we trust, so if Brendan plays big Dedryck then am sure every fan/supporter will want Dedryck to do well
Remember when we had to watch through our fingers when good old Olivier Tébily played CH!
I cant believe the nonsense and revisionism I’m reading in the comments today…
Let’s interrupt the nonsense with a few salient facts…
When Brendan Rodgers arrived he was promised a big spend!!
Now cast your mind back to just over two years ago,,,
He targeted a few Welsh players he knew as well as some playing in England. The European National Championship was on, many of our targets jumped in price due to Wales great tournament and all the guys we were after excelled. This coincided with the fees in the EPL taking yet another surge..
Brendan seemed to take a pragmatic view on this and settled for a few of cheap options and the bargan that was Scott Sinclair. and some nice deals, such as Dembele.
For me he did brilliantly making do… double treble anyone?
It seems in the last two seasons he has squeezed the lemon out of NL and RDs squad and in this window was ready to push the boat out to ensure we really strengthened the team…
Yet it seems he’s been cut out off the transfer, player recruitment process. As he is the Football operations Manager this was a disgrace and led to a cluster of posts today… the good, the bad and the ugly… a few examples…
Turkeybhoy @ 12:54pm,
”Amazing the views of some on here.Talk about wearing blinkers…
…A position that has been needing strengthened since BR took over,two years ago,is now worse. The same problem is what lost him his job at Liverpool Great at finding and improving forward players.Serious deficiencies regarding defenders. Every Liverpool fan was going through what we are now.Where is the list of defenders submitted to PL.I am sure we would have been made aware of them.
There has never been a mention of us being interested in a CH. Not one.
I also fail to see the harm in taking in loan players,the likes of ones we could never afford.It seems OK for teams from,Spain,Italy,France,but not us.A reality check needed.We are what we are.A giant team in a threadbare league. Dear God,we could not get a better club to get them from than Man City,but for our fans,no.With our management teams success rate signing defenders, we should be grateful for small mercies…
Yes a position that has needed strengthening since GS took over, since MO’N’s time there has been a deficiency here, getting the sieve © DBBIA – circa ages ago – sorted out is not new.
The few times we have made progress, the defence has not been built upon…
Let me give you a recent example… Ronny’s team had a reasonable run of success at central defence…
He had a great asset in Virgil van Djck… bought and sold for English gold, partnered by Denayer, on loan, so played less than 30 games for us and went off, leaving a massive gap in the squad…
Where was the squad management… nowhere.
You ask where was the list of defenders that Brendan put forward?
Well we can’t be sure, but as BR was obviously out of the loop on the Boyata deal, on the McGinn deal and on the Arzani deal, my best guess…
Ignored!?
Celtic Mac @ 1:28pm,
”Pretty sure it was Brendan who let Charlie Mulgrew go…
Apart from on the pitch that is. I posted last week that Peter Lawwell put more effort into selling Boyota than to signing McGinn after which Brendan threw his toys oot the pram. Boyota kept his side of the bargain, and was and is understandably upset at not being given the same opportunities as Wanyama, Van Dyck and Forster. Not to mention earning Celtic close to £10 mill. Ajer and Hendry do not have a whole lot of game time between them, but both are ahead Of Boyota in terms of footballing development. With Gamboa seeing some daylight, and the new floodlights too, Lustig and possibly Boyota available for Sudova we can hope we will defend well enough to get into the EL stage.
Interesting on Mulgrew, I seem to remember when he first left the Club I wanted to keep him – 90% on CQN disagreed. Pretty sure I was really glad to see him back at Celtic a versatile and very underrated player IMO – 90% on CQN disagreed.
As far as Brendan is concerned…
Pretty sure he didn’t let Mulgrew go… pretty sure Mulgrew was out of contract when Brendan got his feet under his desk, pretty sure Mulgrew with the other Delia rebels had blotted his copy book, pretty sure pretty sure Brendan offered him training facilities until he got sorted, pretty sure Brendan had a chat with him… in this regard, I’m not at all sure what your point is!?
Well think your right about Boyata, ten mullion… yet everyone who has said that is great money for Boyata has missed a huge salient FACT!!!
Why was the Head of Football operations outside the loop…. If he has no input into these decisions whose DRIVING THIS!!!! It is key… if our Manager doesn’t know what’s going on in the transfer window WHO DOES!!! That’s where the screw up was!!
Maybe we should be relying Older & Wiser people!?
They haven’t done so great themselves in the last decade or two….
stephbhoy on 20th August 2018 2:12 pm
”Our team is not good enough and big upgrade is needed. We look at the massive money wasted below kinda highlights that…
…yet we are told we cant afford better player, sorry but better squad management could improve our lot”
I’m not sure I’d agree with absolutely all of your player assessments (astute as they are) but I’d agree with fact that a big upgrade is needed. We need to manage our squad much, much better. And we really need to know where the money is going… we don’t need to go back to Seville © BSR… lets start with Lenny’s reign…
Where’s the NL money gone!!!!
Go tell the Spartim @ 4:30pm,
Two things
The PLC board not happy at quality of signings, so they are interfering in the football side then
Name one club that hasn’t bought its fair share of duds”
For me this is huge… who is it that is saying you don’t need a right back, you don’t need a Centre Half you don’t need to bolster Central midfield!?
Unless some genius who pops it head out on ground hog day and says…
Buy Ki… he’d be good
Get Foster on loan… he’d be good
Buy Wanyama… he’d be good
Buy van Djyk… he’d be good
Buy Dembele……????
So, if unless our resident genius is prepared to stop working on a very part time basis, we are going to have to listen to our Football department… they might not be perfect but they know a heck of a lot more than our Commercial department – well, when it comes to football anyway as it has been indisputably proven by the fifty odd duds they have bought during that time.
BMCUW @ 4:40 pm,
Christ,queuing up wi reasons to diss the fella. Unbelievable.
Whit do you mean? like a concerted campaign. Worrying ain’t it. I sincerely hope that if this Campaign by folk who want to enrich themselves commercially at the expense of Celtic football team, gathers momentum the CSA and CST and the GB will be out in force to ensure it doesn’t happen – not after the event. But before they force Brendan out,
They don’t seem to like those resolute Ulstermen do they;?
Hail Hail