It’s a well-established fact that we don’t have Beckenbauer and Baresi at the back, so the reason why we chose to play so high up the field is the most alarming element of last night’s debacle.
Dedryck was bound to misplace a pass, or Efe was bound to misread play. We all knew this. Regret over the last time mistakes like this were made doesn’t mean they won’t happen again. So when the inevitable occurred, our two full backs were 30 yards in front of the line of opposition attack, with our defensive mids well into opposition territory.
Efe’s failure to cover Kamara and Dedryck’s pass were consequences of the main mistake of the night, which was tactical. We didn’t lose the opening goal because of a bad pass, it was lost because we left an acre of Norway unattended.
Ronny, you should never have left so much space at the back away from home in Europe, we’re clearly not good enough for such an open system, not even close. We’ve learned nothing since what was supposed to be a lesson in Warsaw, when the same expansive errors cost us. Molde played rope-a-dope football, they could have watched us against Malmo, Maribor and Legia, as each opened their home games against us in exactly the same manner.
It must be an absolute joy to face a European opponent at home who leaves so much space at the back, begging to be exploited. If we had played with the same tactics we used in Amsterdam I’ve no doubt we would have won the game – no one in that Molde squad would get into the Celtic team.
There’s more. After dominating possession and creating genuine chances, the defeat looked inevitable from the 11th minute when we went behind. Body language changed in an instant and Celtic went out like a light. I’ll spare you what I said at the time in case it’s misconstrued, but the evidence suggests there’s more to worry about than repeating the same tactical mistakes.
Celtic have nine months and one and a half transfer windows to get ready for the next Champions League qualifiers. There’s plenty of time to put things right, but we can’t sleepwalk into another failure. More immediately, we could be out of a cup if we don’t pull our act together this week.
The original Holy Goalie, our own John Fallon, will be signing copies of his book, and no doubt giving you his thoughts on current events, at the Supporters’ Club on London Road on Sunday from 12:30. All are welcome. There’s live entertainment too, so get along and check it out.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx2ExLiuNE8
Farewell to Bellaghy
utlr
Sipsini….no magic hat, Just Realism
CRC, lovely stuff,
HH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSan37Algcg
darling baby
The Elgins
KTF
Calling for Commons to go is senseless…. If he was the problem it would be a good move . His behaviour last night was a symptom of a deeper problem
Cowiebhoy
The target keeps on moving because I keep on striving to do better and more to be honest.
That and because I am a born halfwit wi itchy feet!
Thanks for all your help.
Cheers
BRTH
Sipsini
Imagine being Dermot?
We would both run it differently to DD. To be sure.
I have commented that our club is not progressing. I’m now minded to say that we are regressing. Instead of making great leaps forward we are likely to be a team of lesser quality than we were in 2012 by the end of this season regardless of how many trophies we win.
Cowiebhoy…
I must have missed that post, too hard to keep up with hyper teenagers talking pash.
A granny, I’m not fussed :)
Cultsbhoy…agreed 100, Anyone who cant see that Needs a Guide Dog, Appologies to anyone with sight problems, And Guide Dogs…
Warren Zevon – Keep Me In Your Heart
https://youtu.be/1KjRLq4uF4A
CultsBhoy likes living wage hates heated driveways on 23rd October 2015 11:28 pm
Calling for Commons to go is senseless…. If he was the problem it would be a good move . His behaviour last night was a symptom of a deeper problem
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And if Kris doesn’t get on with the next coaching team, what then?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wmDDi_rSFA
The Specials
Hey Little Rich Girl
chrysalisCSC
josiebee on 23rd October 2015 11:04 pm
Ha, thank you and just in time to avoid the Sevco bad debt list of shame, I hope :-)
HH
CRC
Babyshambles & Friends – Janie Jones (Strummerville)
https://youtu.be/uR6bmMljBdI
Jamie T – Sheila
https://youtu.be/4-L7Cadb-c0
crc
“Now after a difficult week in football land, this made me very, very happy, but mind so did nutmegging SFTB to score a goal at Friday 5s tonight :-) ”
That was a nut meg was it?
As far as I could see you telegraphed aiming it at my left hand post and when I stretched to block it, your sclaff sent it down the middle. If you had meant it you would have shouted choo-choo :-)
Anyways further to your assertion that Molde played well, I sourced the individual stats for player pass completion:-
Individual player stats
Our pass completion rates are much better than theirs- Efe and Scott Brown especially.
P.S. I know this is mis-leading pish but I still feel Molde and Malmo were as bad as we were.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtT7Og2LBbE&list=PLLtQvkTqKXTgIP98vl
Paul Simon
Graceland
HH
Those who call for Commons’ head, should take a good look at themselves. I would rather have a talented passionate correctly positioned player anytime, before a cold clueless fish who couldn’t organise a chant in a monastery.
We had a once in a life time chance to blood young talent and build a new team instead we are scampering about signing a 32 yr old Carlton Cole.
The Huddle…
Commons was Letting out his Frustration, Lots of the Supporters are Frustrated, My guess would be Some of The playing Staff( Even the ones NOT substitutted on a Regular basis ) Are too…
HT
Just reading back. A truly fantastic story. Cherish those memories of your Dad, but please forget the game :-)
HH
CRC
Sipsini’s new burd will be needing a guide dug soon. A specially trained one that can change a nappy, and understands the welsh dialect.
BGX on 23rd October 2015 11:41 pm
The Huddle…
Commons was Letting out his Frustration, Lots of the Supporters are Frustrated, My guess would be Some of The playing Staff( Even the ones NOT substitutted on a Regular basis ) Are too…
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Commons has moaned since the day Ronny walked in the door, so his hissy fit now has less impact to me.
ACGR
Hoping to meet a non steradent snorter in Spain next week. Mind ye, any port in a storm when the tequila kicks in. ;)
Sftb To be fair we gave Malmo a bit of a game. We were spanked by Molde. HH
Hate playing a doubla but WTF
Jamie T – Zombie
https://youtu.be/3PU4d5Iogd4
Commons should be getting a bonus for highlighting the obvious unrest in our player / management relationship. And I’ll say no more on the matter except that he should be getting a bonus.
The huddle
Kris only has one objective within his remit and that is to perform on the pitch.
He achieves that from what I see.
Suarez , Keane, Costa, … I could go on. Best , Gazza…..Duncan Fergusson , Jinky, every Duth international who has ever lived… Barry Fergusson. ( lots of Huns, eh?)
Nobody cares what footballers do off the pitch as long as they perform on it.
Commons has had the very occasional grumble – no saint but no criminal either. He has also been badly treated for not fitting the Delia/ Collins mould. No wonder he went bonkers…
The Huddle
Sheila magic. Zombie by Jamie T better. :)
Wolfman & Pete Doherty – For Lovers
https://youtu.be/_lc2lchixWM
ACGR…
Good to see you on again, btw, you left your teeth the last time you stayed over.:)
SFTB
Choo choo :-)
HH
CRC
The Huddle….
Hissy Fit…..Aye ok….Hissy fit…
so you think its Just Commons, I Think Commons Said What Others Think, Reason i think that is Lots of the Support Think , Why would the Players be any Different, Youre making it Personnel between Coomons and the Managenent….I Think its WAY bigger than That…
Some groovy tunes on bbc 4 Psychedelic night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOZHwWFjb30
The Body of an American
The Pogues
bigJim DwyerCSC
SFTB
Stats tell nothing. Unless of course you want them to.
I think in our game against Barcelona at Parkhead they had something like 89% possession.
Result?
Celtic 2 Barcelona 1.
Gordon64
I would wait until we have played both legs before I evaluated them as anything. I never dismiss these teams as diddies or pub teams. They are always teams capable of beating us nut I saw no great football from Molde- they just played the plastic pitch slightly better. There was no one in the Malmo team or Molde team that I would welcome as a signing by Celtic (EL Ayanoousi was their best player). That is what makes the defeats so galling as these teams were eminently beatable.