I don’t know is that was the worst home performance I’ve seen, but it was up there. We look like a broken team. Dundee were comfortable throughout, limited Celtic to one genuine chance in the game (in the 76th minute), and caused havoc during their regular attacks on Craig Gordon’s goals. Their best chance came from a corner kick (what else), which was sent over by a player who stopped to head the ball from 5 yards.
Charlie Mulgrew is not the most gifted player, he’s not a central midfielder and he’s not game-fit yet, but despite putting in an indifferent shift last night, he never hid. The juxtaposition between him and others was stark. We need players with attitude – the captain back on form, Kris Commons fully fit and starting, and others taking their lead.
Confidence is on the floor. Mistakes, backwards passing and long balls forward were all subject to derision, but I think last night was the first time I’ve heard a Celtic substitute being booed onto the field. All because he doesn’t want to renew a contract for his position as occasionally-used squad player. The seriousness of the situation is clearly lost on those who want to boo a player taking the field instead of encouraging the guy to help us win a game. The whole experience got me thinking, how many of us actually want to win this league?
You better believe they want to win it at Pittodrie. They have focus, form, packed stands and patience. They also enjoy the ‘Leicester City effect’ – everyone not competing directly with them wants them to win. The rest of Scottish football is desperate for us to tear ourselves apart right now. We need to circle the wagons, live up to the reputation we like to think we have, and play our role in delivering this title.
You want 10-in-a-row? Bring me your complaints in May, but for now get your shoulder to the wheel. This is not our first performance crisis and it won’t be our last, as a collective, we need to be smart in dealing with these situations.
Everyone at Celtic Park (and beyond) knows this is not good enough, and there’s going to need to be big changes in the summer, but we need to get our act together and put the inquest on hold until the end of the season.
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Ronny until May at least. Another poor descion from the suits. Slow,boring sideway passing and hope we fall over the line.
BIG PEAT OF ISLAY. You may well be right that Ronny has lost the dressing room but the players should still be professional .The supporters are paying good money to watch them anything less than 100% from the players is cheating the supporters. H.H.
BIG PEAT OF ISLAY on 4TH MARCH 2016 11:24 AM
Joe Filippis Haircut on 4th March 2016 11:15 am
Joe, I am at this stage absolutely certain, Ronny has lost the dressing room. I’m almost certain that he has lost the confidence of the board. I know for a fact that he has lost the confidence of the fans.
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Hang on a minute,pal.
Do you have U.N. figures to back up your ” fact? ”
If not Ernie et al. will be on your case.
Ronny’s a good guy. Capable, too.
By inclination, a conciliator and facilitator.
He strikes me as a football purist.
If I’m right, then he’d be especially good as a trusted assistant, rather than a leader. At least when managing in our league, with its own peculiar talent pool and dominant cultural mores.
I also have a theory that he’s over-analytical. Reflective and perhaps a bit stubborn, too. Which will be deeply problematic for him, should he surmise that many of his starting assumptions were misconceived, or that his original aims can no longer be achieved (for whatever reason).
Great managers tend to have a fairly simple football philosophy. Which is good news for the players they manage: they easily understand their coach and mentor and would have a fairly simple set of values to learn and instructions to follow.
Take GMS and SA: their first few games for us were impressive.
A few months later, they’re being played out of position and frequently seem to be ineffectual: is this because they’re not so good in the new roles, or because their instructions now stifle the talent they were freer to express in their previous roles?
Meanwhile, their coach is stockpiling equally talented players for the very roles they’re trying hard to master …
VIP
Macjay1
I detest the UN.
MacJay,
No-one in particular. Just a general observation.
CLOGHER CELT on 4TH MARCH 2016 11:20 AM
So we have white Europeans in places like Australia (nothing personal) making judgements on refugees? I wonder how the aboriginal people in places like Australia feel about colonisation.
Sure, they probably feel honoured to have our higher moral standards and diseases and quaint customs thrust upon their society.
I think that the move by The Native American Council to offer ‘…a partial amnesty to 220 million undocumented whites ‘ in the United States is very generous.
Isn’t it strange that some feel that their culture only brings progress and prosperity to the world and yet they forget some of the realities.
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How did the aboriginal Scots , the Picts , feel about their colonisation by the Irish Scotii ?
They even imposed the name Scotland on us.
Maybe the Picts felt “honoured to have their higher moral standards and diseases and quaint customs thrust upon their society. ” by the Irish Scotii.
Mate.
It`s been going on for millennia .
You can`t change history.
Much. :-)
JUNGLE VIP
Can you imagine how RD would deal with a bullying hun meeja next season.
I cant, they will eat him alive.
I dont think he would be prepared for the hun hatred.
Id say we need a tough character to deal with next season.
HH
BIG PEAT OF ISLAY on 4TH MARCH 2016 11:35 AM
Macjay1
I detest the UN.
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Mate.
So do I.
I detest pretend decency and pretend good will……….masking gross hypocricy.
Peace keeper rapists in West Africa the latest crime.
The Ronny Roar seems a distant memory.
MACJAY
I think some historians of early Scottish history would take issue with your analysis relating to the Picts and the Scotii.
Its a very grey area indeed.
Prof Davit Broun is your man.
Lecture on that very theme on yt.
HH
Buenas noches , todos.
Hail Hail to all Tims.
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 4TH MARCH 2016 11:45 AM
MACJAY
Thanks , pal.
Always keen to know any new theories and opinions.
Re possible managerial change a pivotal moment may be Monday March 28th no game for 2 weeks and several players going away on international duty.
I hope it doesn`t happen because if it does it means there`s been another couple of poor results/performances. Then that`s it until the end of the season.
In the meantime you heard it here first…………………………………….
Macjay1
The individual instances I’m not too interested in. The guys who wear the blue tin hats will have their fai share of the good the bad and the ugly.
It is the UN itself. A progressive US puppet anti Catholic behemoth.
In the game against Dundee we had one shot on target (allegedly).
It’s late in the game.
We need someone to come on a change the game.
Someone to make an impact and help us win the game.
Enter the ineffectual and uninterested James Forrest.
Honestly, the guy hasn’t got a scoobie.
No a teeny weenie Scooby
Ave hid enough.
We need to replace Deila now.
Give the new ghuy or ghal time to settle in.
We need someone to lift the team out of the doldrums and win the league and , if possible the cup too.
Before it’s to late.
WITS!!!!
Fancy a pint?
The biggest problem Ronny has in my view, is that he is trying to keep everyone happy, by changing the lineups, every match and I think this is were it all breaks down.Ronny pick which players you trust,play them for a few weeks and see what happens surely then you should have a good idea, which ones needs to stay,and the others moved on.
BIG PEAT OF ISLAY on 4TH MARCH 2016 11:45 AM
A wish Ronny was a distant memory.
timbhoy3 on 4th March 2016 11:54 am
You have a good point. Bring forth the first witness: Leicester City.
LENNON’S PASSION
Tell yer pals on the bus that yer not hated on here,you merely post contentious opinion occasionally with which others take issue.
And respond accordingly.
As for ‘the clique’ it’s a figment of the imagination. Honest. The place is full of people who complain about being ignored when they post,but mutter about cliques when challenged.
Enjoy the game on Sunday,bud. If yer near 106 say hi to my two-lurking-sisters.
BIG PEAT OF ISLAY on 4TH MARCH 2016 11:50 AM
Macjay
The individual instances I’m not too interested in. The guys who wear the blue tin hats will have their fai share of the good the bad and the ugly.
It is the UN itself. A progressive US puppet anti Catholic behemoth.
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Anti Catholicism is a universal ( geddit ? ) team sport.
All other religions are teflon coated.
U. S puppet ?…….mmmmm……. Israel ?
Hilarious, according to a Dutch data project the last battle to be fought on mainland Britain was in 2008 – when SEVCO played St Petersburg in the infamous Manchester Riots final: http://goo.gl/6GJiPH
TIMBHOY3
BIGPEATOFISLAY
Spurs and Leicester have both played as near to a settled team all season.
Consistency of selection,consistency of results from the top two teams in that league.
We’re stuck with the P.E teacher until May?
What happens then? Does the Geography department get a shot?
SANDMAN
Sure beats the Economics department.
Sandman on 4th March 2016 12:08 pm
PE teacher.That’s funny, but sad too.
new article posted.
Haha
Lennon’s Passion certainly isn’t hated on here.
He got me two tickets for Tannadice in December 2014 and I enjoyed his company at the game- we got beat 2-1 due to an ‘honest mistake’.
Even then he wanted Ronny out so unconvinced was he with our manager. We had a wee debate about it that day in Dundee.
Ronny went on to win the league and league cup and only two other ‘honest mistakes’ put him out of two other cups. He is in my opinion about to win the next two trophies – the league and Scottish Cup.
That will be 4 from 6 with referees being involved in the 2 losses.
Europe has been bitterly disappointing, but it usually is (with a few periods of notable exceptions).
When we were naming the tables for CQN Ten we were going to name them after famous Celtic wins in Europe.
Looking at the history books we struggled to get 50 names for the tables and dropped the idea.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 4TH MARCH 2016 12:01 PM
Most of the stuff I post is a wind up.Never meet a Tim I didn’t like apart from those on my bus.
Big Peat of Islay on 4th March 2016 10:35 am Awe_Naw
Right wing CQNers? What is your definition of a ‘right-winger’?
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Definition of a right winger? let me see.
Predominately left footed, normally plays in another more central position and well within easy shouting ( and listening) distance from the fans, so that we can shout encouragement obviously :0)
HH
CRC
Lads,
posting from Auckland (NZ)… CQN naps on here today please.
Happy holidays !
fleagle1888
Burning Thread 15:40 @ Lingfield Park.
Off to Kelso today but go to Doncaster 345 Band of Blood for the nap.
Good luck everyone
Nap the day – 3.25 Newbury Little Jon
Best of luck to all
Fleagle have a great holiday
Cheers GFTB (posting from Coatbridge not as exotic as New Zealand)
Have a great holiday fleags.
Exmoor Mist 4.35 Newbury,g’luck.
KELSO ABANDONED.
fleagle1888…..Auckland ya jammy bassa,will you
be home for Chelters?
Generous Ransom 3:25 Newbury tae end my
miserable run.
Sametegal 3.25 Newbury.
Good luck everyone.