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Culpable defence, but that’s not all

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The most pleasing aspect about last night was the manager’s reaction afterwards: “Yet another soft goal”. “We don’t defend a basic ball into the box”.  But, before Cristian Gamboa and Craig Gordon pick up the tab for a bad night in Lithuania, more went wrong.  Much more.

Goals change games and you can be sure games will change when Celtic are defending the way they are right now.  Gamboa losing his man for the goal was in keeping with what we should expect.  Cristian is good going forward but is not the most diligent at the back.  We need a backup, backup, right back.  Right?

Despite all that’s going wrong in defence, I am just as concerned about how the midfield is operating.  Our passing was again poor.  Olivier Ntcham opened the scoring after two minutes and opened the Suduva defence late in the game for Moussa Dembele to shoot wide, but for the rest of the game his passing was as inaccurate as it was against AEK and Rosenborg away.

Callum McGregor, so often a key to unlock packed defences, was ineffective.  I would like to see him play the deep lying playmaker roll over our next three games.  There he can dictate the pace and accuracy of our passing, leaving space for Rogic to play in front of him.

Moussa Dembele is our best striker, but the shape of the team left him isolated and looking just as out of sorts as Odsonne Edouard did at home to AEK.  We have potent strikers who see little of the ball.

On the positive side, Suduva were as poor a team as I can remember playing in recent seasons – and I include the Gibraltareños (as they will be known after March) in that.  We will reach the Europa League group stage.  How effectively we compete there will be determined by the arrivals over the next seven days.

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Courtesy of Intelligent Car Leasing, we are raffling a table for four at Sunday’s game against Hamilton Accies in aid of your Foundation.  If like me, you watch football in the bitter cold and wind, even in July and August, this will be a fantastic day our for you and three friends!

It’s a free bar.  And you get the chance to support the Celtic FC Foundation.

To win, contribute to this MyDonate page.  Suggest a minimum of £5 donation, but donate less if you cannot afford that.  Your money does straight to the Foundation as they prepare for the difficult winter period ahead.

Then, please forward your confirmation email to celticquicknews@gmail.com with the words “Central defender” in the SUBJECT line. Competition closes at 11.00 Saturday.  Winner will be informed on Saturday afternoon – so include a phone number if there’s any chance of missing your email (it’s happened).

Good luck, and remember: Central defender.

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  1. Delaneys Dunky on

    Bateen

     

    Hope to see you Sunday J.

     

    Remember the ice cream van used to come down our street on a Saturday night after the Pink Panther cartoon had finished. All the weans used to buy the pink chocolate Pink Panther bars wi gingie boatles or pocket money. :))

  2. Gordon64 on

    Guram Kashia 31yr old Georgian centre back and captain certainly has the right credentials to be a Celtic player. DoyouknowthewaytoSanJoseCSC

  5. Kev on

    Who would win between, a rebellious empty seat, or a fully paid, educated by the Celtic View seat that goes to the AGM and moans about the pies not being warm enough, then comes oot the AGM thinking that their a “real” rebel ?

     

    Hmmmmmm.

     

    Zzzzzzzzzzz

  7. Delaneys Dunky on

    Celtic Mac

     

    You are thinking of Sipsini.

     

    He is a pink suited New Romantic.

     

    The best dressed dude in Chateau de lait. ;))

  8. Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles on

    David 17, you been hacked? ?

     

    Sure every PLC has a duty to its shareholders but it has an even bigger duty to its customer base, in our case the support. If you don’t have a customer base then your shares are worth Hee haw. In our case most of the shareholders are supporters though we might not own most of the shares.

     

    So Celtic PLC stop treating us like morons. You want our cash then treat us with respect because as David17 says if you feck up where we are now then there will be no hiding place in the future.

     

    I personally don’t buy into this if we demand action against RFCIL then we will become isolated. What’s new? If we are ostracised from the Scottish game then surely that would be a reason to ply our trade elsewhere. The Golden Goose that was the Champions League is now beyond us and every other great club that doesn’t have a population to fill UEFA’s corrupt coffers. The only thing we have to fear is our own inaction.

  10. Delaneys Dunky on

    G64

     

    We need a strong,experienced, leader and great communicator in our defence. There must be one out there in the fitba world.

  14. david17 on

    BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 24TH AUGUST 2018 10:10 PM

     

    DAVID17

     

     

     

    Also a concern…

     

     

     

    https://mobile.twitter.com/HughFClark?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&refsrc=email

     

     

    ———

     

     

    I’m a cynical sort and as such have always been concerned that Celtic wont do anything unless forced to by the support. Our Board are interested in money and status and don’t want to rock the boat incase it costs them money. Hiding behind the fact that the likes of Motherwell and Hamilton don’t want to loss the blue pound (allegedly) for a few years doesn’t cut it. The fact is the game was rigged/corrupt/cheated for at least 12 years and nothing has been done about it. To make matters worse, my personal view is the Huns are cheating again as money has appeared from ‘nowhere’. Celtic’s inaction to date has been unacceptable. Last year PL stepped down from the SPFL Board shortly after the Supreme Court decision which was quite convenient as they were set to review matters. One year on he has rejoined said Board. A cynic would suggest this was well planned. Barring a last minute intervention, it looks to me like Celtic have let their shareholders and supporters down badly.

  15. david17 on

    DELANEYS DUNKY on 24TH AUGUST 2018 10:19 PM

     

    G64

     

     

    We need a strong,experienced, leader and great communicator in our defence. There must be one out there in the fitba world.

     

     

    ———-

     

    None of our defenders could lace the boots of John Terry, a no brainier if there ever was one. Should have been done weeks ago.

  16. The Spirit of Arthur Lee on

    Evening timdom

     

     

    The other night the full team were crap without Derek and Jack to blame

     

     

    my worry is what if some of our so called top players decide next week the want to GTF

     

     

    Love

  19. Mahe the Madman on

    So I fried Hamish a slice of liver,,you can probably smell it from there. The old woman at checkout asks you eat liver?

     

    That got me thinking it is very old fashion. And some of the older ones on the blog probably like it. And then I realized who am I kidding those bhoys probably love it and it was someone’s wedding or Christmas meal.

     

    Own up if you like liver? Hamish does.

     

    Happy Friday everyone

     

    https://youtu.be/qGITFJr_4Po

  23. Sid1888 on

    Good evening bhoys and ghirls

     

     

    Have read all the blogs and comments over the past week or so and some of the posts and discussions have made for pretty depressing reading.

     

     

    I’ve refrained from getting involved with individuals as I fell there is a fair bit of trolling going on but some of what has been said about the board, PL in particular and Brendan and the coaching staff resonates so at times it’s difficult to differentiate between the trolls and the genuine Tims who are rightly concerned as to how we have got into this situation as a club from such a seemingly invincible position. From my perspective it smacks of complacency and arrogance. As others have rightly said, the recent blog from Paul67 on our dominance being guaranteed for years to come epitomised that mindset. Apart from being such errant nonsense when our business is sporting competition it was embarrassing and if a Hun had written it we would have been all over it about their supremacist sense of entitlement.

     

     

    Anyway, I digress, Brendan’s presser today and interview last night do worry me as he looks thoroughly unhappy and if that’s the case then I am unhappy. For those of us who lived through the late 80s. the 90s and the cheating years (the aforementioned + the noughties) then these past few years have been Karma coated with jelly and ice cream. Brendan has been the best thing to happen to the club since MON. If he leaves as a result of not being backed when we have clearly got the money to back him will be unforgiveable for those who allowed that to happen. Of course he is not without blame and has weaknesses (perhaps too much focus on possession and lack of improvement at set pieces both for and against us) but the positives overwhelmingly outweigh the negatives thus far and so he should have been backed, end of!

     

     

    Where we go from here, who knows but one thing I am certain of is that if we pull together as a club in the next 9 days, i.e. the board, coaching staff, players (the ones who want to wear the jersey) and fans, then the world will look and feel like a very different place. So here’s my prediction – at this time on Sunday 2nd September 2018, we will all be heading to bed celebrating 3 Celtic wins and a slapping down for the enemies of our club.

     

     

    In Brendan we Trust!

     

     

    Hail Hail and KTF

  27. Delaneys Dunky on

    Pog

     

    Weezer are on main stages at Reading and Leeds this weekend. Like their version of Africa out now.

  29. Mahe the Madman on

    Delaneys,,I knew someone on here would love liver but didn’t figure you for some reason. Auldheid or someone. But thanks for the info and I don’t wanna try. ;)

     

     

    Sid1888, great post. This bit ” If he leaves as a result of not being backed when we have clearly got the money to back him will be unforgiveable for those who allowed that to happen. ”

     

    Remember that and never forget it and keep telling everyone because on here you will be told ge was under forming and succumbed to the pressure and chose to walk.

     

    An average manager I would be blah, but a guy who brings 2 trebles. That’s some going you gotta admit and he gets the club.

     

    To eff up from such a position is hard to believe.

     

    Hail Hail

  30. weebawbabitty on

    SOAL, ah see you are back amigo, as you will know Angela in NY so on my own , be looking in and getting pashed HH

  35. Delaneys Dunky on

    Mahe

     

    Hamish knows the score regarding liver. Where all the nutrients are. Liver onion and mashed totties one of my favourite dinners. Yum.

  37. Guiseppe67 on

    The board lied to the fans about the simunovic price and expect us to believe they bid 3.5 for McKenna. Lol.

  41. Delaneys Dunky on

    Pog

     

    Enjoy Yorkshire.

     

    My uncle Danny in Leeds enrolled me in the Yorkshire Republican Army as a kid visiting Leeds. I love the county of Yorkshire. Harrogate and Otley was where we camped. Stunning

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