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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jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on 3rd March 2016 4:02 pm
WHATS THE STORY RE KEVj ????
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He is still here, Thank the Lord Almighty.
Moneyball was all stats. If we apply to the current Celtic team in terms of defending and attacking we’d be a team looking to change players significantly. Find defenders who have a high % win rate in tackles and headers. Find attackers who have a high rate of on target shots and link up play. Midfielders, high rate of pass success and link up. Wingers who can deliver a cross. Etc. we have been failing on all fronts. Exception tierney, griff and big Erik.
PETEC
TA HAS HE BEEN ILL???
Strict ole UEFA bow to the English,Man U v Liverpool EL Tie moved from 6.05 to 8.05….
TIMMY7_NOTED on 3RD MARCH 2016 3:57 PM
I’ve been a season ticket holder since 1980 and I’m generally a happy clapper however its gone too far,we need a caretaker in to hopefully limp towards the title.The thought of us not winning the title and sevco lording it over us next year is to painful to think about.
Happy Clapper!!?? You’re a grumpy basket
Stephen Curry is the greatest sportsman on earth, at this moment in time.
I’d hazard a guess and say that he’s probably the highest paid on the planet as well.
Each and every game though – It’s 100 % effort and commitment – Nothing less.
Why?
Because the Yanks won’t tolerate anything less, that’s why – They’ll pay these blokes all the money they could wish for, but they have to apply themselves to the maximum, every time they step onto the court, or the field of play – that’s the deal.
Then take a look at European based soccer/football players – petulant beyond belief. That Ronaldo character the wee huffy Messi man etc.
Along with our own highly paid fraudsters.
It’s not right at all,and it just seems to be getting worse.
I don’t like football anymore,only Celtic keeps me interested now.
This a genuis:
https://youtu.be/d0ag_a_bgZM
HH.
Totally disagree about playing Mulgrew because he’s “not hiding” and playing Commons.
Can’t imagine any other manager putting up with Mulgrew walking off the park or Commons tantrums.
Problem is Ronny is to nice, we need an angry manager.
This is how we will look back on Ronny and we won’t see the fruits of his labour until next season – when it will start to really matter – See more at: http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/wealthy-put-their-tanks-on-uefas-lawn/comment-page-5/#comments
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Winning Captains
Regarding your post pre-match last night, can you clarify what you meant by the above? Why will it only start to really matter next season?
Cheers
LENNON’S PASSION HATED BY THE CLIQUE on 3RD MARCH 2016 3:41 PM
Boyata appeal fails.
No surprise there.
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on 3rd March 2016 4:08 pm
PETEC
TA HAS HE BEEN ILL???
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I don’t know. Everyone knows I don’t Trust anyone.
It’s the internets.
And the internets is just an expansion, Dance whilst you can.
Jude
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/celtic-v-dundee-live-updates-6/comment-page-21/#comments
I think that Griff has been off form recently.
His goal to shots ratio is not great.
He is looking increasingly selfish.
In his defense the service to him is poor forcing him wider and deeper in search of a pass resulting in to many speculative shots.
He no longer looks to pass.
Our system whatever it is supposed to be offers little threat and zero defensive qualities.
Our players seem to be positioned in isolation all over the field.
Not showing for throw ins is a sign of fear and being afraid to leave their allowed position.
Get a proper coach in now or the league is in peril.
fan-a-tic on 3rd March 2016 4:22 pm
I think that Griff has been off form recently.
His goal to shots ratio is not great.
He is looking increasingly selfish.
In his defense the service to him is poor forcing him wider and deeper in search of a pass resulting in to many speculative shots.
He no longer looks to pass.
Our system whatever it is supposed to be offers little threat and zero defensive qualities.
Our players seem to be positioned in isolation all over the field.
Not showing for throw ins is a sign of fear and being afraid to leave their allowed position.
Get a proper coach in now or the league is in peril.
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I read earlier that we have 4 away in the next 5. Thankfully.
I think, I Hope, I know
Kevjungle posted this AM that he was undergoing blood tests today
BCW
That was the bit that confused me, something far wrong.
HH
Auldheid
Given what you know about the game, would you do worse :-)
HH
Boyata appeal fails!!! Hope uv learned summit Ronny???
Paul67 is right.
It is Time to get right behind the Bhoys.
5 in a Row…………
Wow.
Hopefully Mr C can get me 2 tickets for the games.
Five in a Row – Think about that.
Whenever else? ;))
Masty
If you are about mate.
Booing the team, not something i would do myself….although i will moan like feck:)
However, i do think fans who pay the inflated prices have every right to boo players who dont seem too bothered.
I also noticed today that Scott Brown said the fans were quite right to boo the team.
Says it all.
HH
Good morning from central California,
First Kev jungle I wish you all the best in your battle,,I sincerely genuinely do. Keep your head up partner and you’ll never walk alone,,you rocket!
Second,,all I want from the players is heart and fight. Losing matches is fine,,if we didn’t it would be boring. But please please if any players should look in just give us everything and we will understand what happened after that. Don’t think that’s too much to ask.
Hail Hail
And I will be shouting like a mad Man.
BCW
DONT GET IT.
HELP!!!
It’s the old debate.
The booing and unrest among the fans is causing the team to play badly…….
or……….
The team playing badly is causing booing and unrest among the fans.
In my opinion the booing and unrest will continue (or get worse) as long as Ronny patently fails to deliver the exciting football he promised, or makes way for someone who can.
When I look at Ronny I see a troubled man who has lost control and whose confidence has been shot.
When I look at the players I see a bunch of individuals with no common purpose or plan.
glendalystonsils on 3rd March 2016 4:39 pm
It’s the old debate.
The booing and unrest among the fans is causing the team to play badly…….
or……….
The team playing badly is causing booing and unrest among the fans.
In my opinion the booing and unrest will continue (or get worse) as long as Ronny patently fails to deliver the exciting football he promised, or makes way for someone who can.
When I look at Ronny I see a troubled man who has lost control and whose confidence has been shot.
When I look at the players I see a bunch of individuals with no common purpose or
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So many opinions out there.
IMO when Neil built the team around Kris. FFS.
Kris is a decent player but never a CL player.
Ronny has Nae chance when Neil’s remnants are there.
KEVJ
JUST FINISHED A NOVENA TO ST THERESA FOR A FRIEND AND HAD SOME POSITIVE RESULTS. YOURS WILL START IN 5 MINS!!!
Paul67,
For a long, long time this site has been my almost exclusive source of Celtic news, but of late the news stories and opinion have taken on a decidedly (in my humble opinion) soup-taking slant. It’s almost like you are on their books, and are being paid to put out content which naturally is defensive of the un-defendable. I’m sorry to say my number of visits here are rapidly declining, which to me is a real shame. A once great website/blog almost has an air of corruption about it.
Malcolm
PS – unrelated, but it’s also unreadable from an iPhone due to a full page ad which is unavoidable. Just FYI…
So long Paul!
Maybe if PL and the board were more positive and pro-active some fans might return….you know, actually give the impression that the problems are being addressed…but no, what the supporters get from the board, is silence.
I puzzled why its always on the supporters to get behind the team….but never the board.
At the end of the day, if you treat the supporters like s***, its hardly surprising that they boo.
Ignoring your own supporters….is not wise.
Peter, you cant hide forever….sooner or later, and id say sooner, you will be called to account for your performance…never mind the manager and players.
And it really is about time.
This PLC would struggle to run a chippy, never mind Celtic.
HH
HEY BROONIE SHAVE UR HEED FGS!!!
Planet 6…. Touched by Mojo/Kojo
Tekken it to another Level.
X-mix Mr C.CsC
jude2005
Kevj posted earlier:
KEVJUNGLE on 3RD MARCH 2016 11:40 AM
Celts, just back in from the hospital.
Had cancer bloods taken, will get the results next week, sooner if there’s something not right.
They want me in for an operation as soon as to, inspect my bowel again as I’ve been losing blood over the recent period…so all hinges on the blood results then take it from there.
Thank you all for the wishes and prayers and dunts oan the heid:)
God Bless You All.
Lets see how long the good wishes really last :)
Celtic ?
Rudderless Ship ?
House of Cards ?
Puppet Chain Of Command ?
Crowds falling by the week.
Ronny is not the type of guy that ye want tae see going through a carnage era….the carnage was there before Ronny arrived, he’s a guid big guy but, he threw his hat into the ring for a managerial post at Celtic.
All managers talk to each other…off the record….so, did Ronny walk into Celtic Park blindfolded ?
Or, does the menu that he was sold on…be at odds with what’s in the ‘real’ menu ?
We can all speculate as to what will happen next.
I’ve been saying for years on here that, the dynamics of Celtic FC / PLC are….
A, collusive, kowtowing, deceitful, shameless executive hierarchy, with an array of accountants who it seems are, unaccountable for the financial wastage / mismanagement of resources.
A, supporter base who are powerless all year round until they get to, SB-renewal time by which time of the year…the hierarchy, usually have the supporters with their eye’s off the ball being fed a stream of fruitless tales about prospective transfer targets and….ending up with a choice on the managers list that is not a priority….once, the hierarchy have swallied the SB-renewal money.
Another key point is the powder-puff AGM.
Ah mean wtf is that all about ?
Ah mean, despite tens of thousands of innocent, well meaning Celtic folk buying shares to contribute to the well being of the club, Celtic supporters are where they were under the Kelly’s & White’s, McCann and now, Desmond, on the outside of the club that your money saved, rebuilt the stadium, paid off debt’s and, filled Fergus’s going away suit case….yer still, outside…..looking in.
What’s happening just now, puts me in mind of the ole Gloria Estefan song – “Apathy’s gonna get you”….with a play on the words, ye’ll see whit ah mean.
The hierarchy sense a storm brewing.
Don’t forget that these guisers will play out every trick in the book to head-off any fan-revolt at the passe.
Ye know what……I’m starting to think that, when Greame Spiers said that Celtic should go for, McInnes to replace Ronny…that might just be the ‘sleekit’ plan ?
Think about it.
Celtic bring in McInnes….the fans tear themselves apart over the appointment….meanwhile, the deid huns arrive on the scene whilst, Celtic’s hierarchy have got the fans on a hook…got the fans taking a leaf from the hierarchies book….the wan were ye look the other way, especially if…..Auldheid and his res:12 rebels don’t bring home the bacon from the hun court cases….there are a lot of twisted minds on the hierarchy, that’s why so that ye don’t get caught out by them….ye have think the way they do….only faster.
I still think that there are a lot of fans who don’t realize what John Collins could bring to the table.
Sometimes the thing that yer looking for can be right under yer nose….sometimes.
Oh, and btw….I know that I mentioned wastage of resources etc above but, I think that there are a lot of guid players at Celtic Park, they just need someone to tune them in.
Folk say that, Collins is arrogant….was that not arrogance at it’s hun best from Commons over in Molde and, he walked back into the team after it.
I still say that a trick is being missed re : Collins.
Remember, the Celtic hierarchy are not dafties…they’re sharks…don’t under estimate the deceitful levels that they’ll stoop to.
Only saying…..
God Bless All Celtic Supporters and, Thank You Again.
You’ll Never Walk Alone…in the Jungle.
Have to go to see family….laters.
Hail Hail
– See more at: http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/celtic-v-dundee-live-updates-6/comment-page-21/#comments
The Green Man
Paul McBride.
I don’t blame anyone for anything.
Christ as Your King. Powaaaaa
AULDHEID on 3RD MARCH 2016 3:39 PM
And if I were RD’s boss I’d be asking RD what he was doing to sort things out.
Auldheid,
The elephant in the room seems to be that RD’s line manager has already given him his jotters but told him he needs to remain till the replacement comes or he doesn’t get his pay-off.
He is going through the motions and that’s why the team is playing so dysfunctionally.
Strategies eh?
HeadsinthesandCSC
The Green Man says SACK THE Board on 3rd March 2016 4:50 pm
Maybe if PL and the board were more positive and pro-active some fans might return….you know, actually give the impression that the problems are being addressed…but no, what the supporters get from the board, is silence.
I puzzled why its always on the supporters to get behind the team….but never the board.
At the end of the day, if you treat the supporters like s***, its hardly surprising that they boo.
Ignoring your own supporters….is not wise.
Peter, you cant hide forever….sooner or later, and id say sooner, you will be called to account for your performance…never mind the manager and players.
And it really is about time.
This PLC would struggle to run a chippy, never mind Celtic.
HH
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You know I’m a FundaMentalist.
I’m hanging on that the whole thing comes together. I know I know a Primordial Scream.
THEORIGINALSADIESBHOY on 3RD MARCH 2016 2:28 PM
Paul
– See more at: http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/derision-hiding-wanting-to-win-the-league/comment-page-4/#comments
Well said; a sober assessment and clear recommendation.
That will do for me.
HH
WE WERE ALWAYS RUBBISH AT SHYS!!!
off oot
for a wee while.
Petec….you should appreciate this one, and im sure you will agree.
The worship of money and power is the worship of the beast:)
When a man’s principles fall by the wayside, he loses his soul.
btw…i havent lifted that from any book, i just made it up on the spot:)
See how easy it is.
HH
I’m glad to read today that the calamitous performance last night is the focus for the players and management to clear the air today among themselves. I’ll be at the cup-tie on Sunday hoping to watch a visibly improved effort from any of last night’s team lucky enough to be picked again.
From my perspective, half of our outfield players were out-run, out-muscled, out-fought and out-played by their immediate opponent: in no particular order of incompetence Armstrong, Brown, Lustig, Mulgrew and Rogic. Add to that two teenagers, one of whom requires rehydration even during the first half of any game to avoid later cramps presumably, makes for a sore watch at present.
I suggest we drop the emphasis on possession and let the game flow as it should, reach the final third of the pitch and provide chances, especially more shots at goal.
Well played Dundee. I hope you’ll see a different Celtic team at Den’s Park soon, sometime before the split.
What good is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise?
Fitter, faster, stronger…
Never materialised.
Sideways passing, or ‘recycling’ to give it a catchier title, ad infinitum until the ball is returned to Craig Gordon and is humped up the park to inevitably not stick…
Our Bread & Butter.
Money spent as good as wasted – Ciftci (Our main target that window), Carlton Cole (Who’s knees, I’m reliably informed are done and will be lucky to show the rest of this season), Simunovic – must have came injured, must have.
Still spending large enough sums to acquire players who should be a whole lot better than what we’re getting.
Unexpressive play & players – like a spiral turning in on itself as opposed to the expected explosion radiating outwards.
Basically the cream of young Scottish talent played or not played into nervous, self doubting, unfit/overfit injury prone lightweights.
A horrendous, embarrassing PR and media strategy (I’m no playing him, no, I am playing him. He’s not ready. Oh wait, he is ready. No place for him. Oh wait! I want him to stay) culminating in Deila stating he’s having ‘clear the air talks’????
Is he insane? He’s presently the manager and should expect those under his charge to do as asked, if they don’t then he should drop them and find someone who will or wait until the proper response is attained.
The pitch side coaching trio’s body language smack of guys frozen by fear into inactivity, trusting to type even when that is patently failing them. Players like Commons and Mulgrew – straight in the team after lay offs – no under 21 games or bounce games. Subs borne of desperation not tactics.
And team so emotionally lightweight that they mentally keel over at the first whiff of mishap or danger.
Either sack him and let the new guy in for an idea of what we have in time for next season. Or sack him and get a seasoned stand-in for the end of this season.
Talk of 10 in a row, get behind the team and ‘big changes in the summer’ is doing the support no favours.
I steadfastly denounce the booing from last night. But I received too many texts and messages stating that that game might have been one of the worst -EVER- and certainly worse than the Strachan/Motherwell debacle at home.
There’s no easy change or decision here. Keeping Deila is a title risk in my opinion. I have already spoken to two fans today that are dreading Sunday – because we’re up against a good footballing side – and if they bring their A game…?
U