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  1. GORDYBHOY64 on 18TH DECEMBER 2019 10:21 PM

     

     

    That victory in the cup final would have done the same thing for the defence as a 5-0 would for the attacking players.

  2. Think I’ve seen 7 or 8 players mentioned for Jobo’s list. One of the few who hasn’t got a mention is Frimpong. Maybe the wee lad has set the bar too high for himself. We are expecting fireworks every game he plays.

  3. Potential banana skin avoided. Very dodgy surface. 3 great points . What is there to be negative about ? 3 points away to Hearts who were up for it and dominated the first 20 minutes. Well done the Hoops and Lenny !

  4. THE HANDS CANT HIT WHAT THE EYES CANT SEE on 18TH DECEMBER 2019 10:34 PM

     

     

    Ryan is wasted on the wing. We need to buy another winger.

     

     

    why so keen to spend our money? We’ve got two excellent, match winning wingers coming back from injury and we’ve just won comfortably at tynecastle

  5. Michael Stewart is a Jambo, what do you expect? I would think that Tom Boyd might take a different view of the game, from a Celtic perspective.

     

     

    I fully anticipate that he (MS) will continue to be an objective pundit.

     

     

    Good result tonight in difficult circumstances, but points on the board very valuable at this stage of the season

  6. Very pleased with the result, scoreline deeply flatters Hertz.

     

     

    Home team raised their game to blood and snotters, but were stripped bollock naked as soon as the football started, and we have a formation and squad, for every game.

     

     

    Only a question of how many more after Hertz were unpicked with counter attacking ahead of Celtic’s sublime pairing of Jullien and Ajer, who were once again imperious.

     

     

    Bring on the men from the Camp Ewe

     

     

    MOM Christie

  7. Alasdair MacLean on

    AoW

     

    “On the disallowed goal , the Hearts player blocks the ball and it runs through to Callum McGregor , should that have been offside ?”

     

     

    I’m still wondering. Anyone?

  8. The hands cant hit what the eyes cant see on

    @CELTIC40ME on 18TH DECEMBER 2019 10:46 PM

     

     

    Liverpool won the CL last year. They are 10 points clear in the league. They have arranged a medical with a Salzburg winger a couple of weeks before the window has even opened so that he can sign on the 1st.

     

     

    Don’t know about you, but I find it ridiculous that Liverpool want to continue to build on their success.

  9. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Had a few grumbles at full time but better left unsaid.

     

     

    Tough watch.

     

     

    Terrible pitch.

     

     

    Horrible team.

     

     

    Rotten referee.

     

     

    Two goals.

     

     

    Three points.

     

     

    Job done.

     

     

    I posted earlier about the challenge for the Hearts players to transition to a new manager’s methods.

     

     

    In hindsight that was cobblers.

     

     

    They played exactly like a Levein team.

     

     

    Hail hail

  10. Ntcham.. best team performance i have seen from him

     

    Johnny Hayes….. A warrior

     

    Jamesy… 2 assists

     

     

    Edouard and Forster won’t get headlines but absolutely pivotal as always.

     

     

    A championy performance on a quagmire.

     

     

    2 down and 3 to go…. At least 8 points clear by new year if we win all our games.

     

     

    Mon the Hibees

  11. Alasdair, we’ve been told that Eddy shot hit defender, then hit Eddy and went forward to Calmac.

     

     

    I only saw the block.

     

     

    How the ass ref saw that from the opposite side to the tackle is beyond me. He either was incompetent or wanted it to be off.

     

     

    On another point.

     

    Ajer was barged from behind by 2 Jambos forcing a corner. We are told he has to be stronger. He didn’t go to ground.

     

     

    Boot on other foot.

     

    When a Celtic player makes similar challenge at other end the defender always goes down and a free is awarded against Celtic. Happens every single game. They know it will be awarded. Why is that?

  12. THE HANDS CANT HIT WHAT THE EYES CANT SEE on 18TH DECEMBER 2019 10:54 PM

     

     

    How many players do they already have in his position?

     

     

    From what I’ve seen he’s a good player available at a very good price because of the release clause in his contract. But at the moment he’s cover for some much better options.

     

     

    Better cover for what we have would be nice but It’s not needed

  13. Craigan is the type of boy who, at school, would have covered his homework when you were trying to copy his answers before the teacher arrived

     

     

    Or went and told the headmaster if your teacher didnt turn up for one of his lessons

     

     

    Honestly can’t stand the man

  14. I’m going to bed to mull over my Jobo 3. At the moment Christie, Julien & Ajer are in pole but I’ll defer final decision till tomorrow.

  15. I think our hardest game is coming up.

     

    Aberdeen will be hoping to match their display against the Huns, and cement their position in the top six.

     

    They will look at how Hearts got in our faces and kicked, hacked, pushed and rolled.

     

    I expect to see a challenging game and a referee willing to bend over backwards to compensate for the points the zombies will drop at Easter Road.

  16. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    Deeply pleasing result .

     

    Hearts had the dead coach bounce and provided stern opposition. Assisted by the surface and the climate. A great leveller .

     

     

    Madden.

     

    Really.

     

    Apparently minor decisions like yellow cards would appear to be the ” stop Celtic ” tactic.

     

    Could any ref. be as consistently incompetent as Madden ? Or is he just biased ?

     

    Hard to argue with the latter.

  17. The hands cant hit what the eyes cant see on

    @ CELTIC40ME on 18TH DECEMBER 2019 11:06 PM

     

     

    NL only trusts three wingers- JF, MJ and ME. Two of those players are left wingers and JF can cover that position too. Only one plays on the right. If JF gets injured we are playing RC on the wing; he is passable but his best position is in the centre, in the same way we wouldn’t play CalMac on the left wing unless in an emergency. We wouldn’t want to have to rely on playing RC on the wing for multiple games.

     

     

    Of the three wingers he trust, one is on loan and MJ has missed three months of the season and back out injured once again.

     

     

    The other wingers are not really in the picture- Morgan played through the middle but has not impressed on the wing; Sinclair, Shved, Arzani all seem well out of the picture and will likely not be with the club past the summer.

     

     

    We have three players for each full back position and all have contributed. We need similar options on the wings (minimum of 2) given injuries, suspensions and just to provide proper competition.

     

     

    A striker and RW in January please.

  18. Game went pretty much as expected. They came out fast and fighting – we weathered it and picked them off then bossed it. Thought Eddy tormented them despite some wasteful finishing. Brown & Hayes very good. Ntcham exceptional as was Christie. Jullien was a colossus, he marshalled and won every duel. 2 great goals and 3 very valuable points. Good business done and most pleasing that we are relentless.

  19. THE HANDS CANT HIT WHAT THE EYES CANT SEE on 18TH DECEMBER 2019 11:17

     

     

    We don’t need another backup winger

     

     

    We have three excellent wingers who are more than good enough.

     

     

    We have Sinclair, Morgan and Shved as backup

     

     

    6 players for two positions

     

     

    Do Liverpool have six wingers in their squad?

  20. dont think i watched the same game as some on here.

     

     

    hard first twenty minutes but from then on only one team in it, missed about three great chances could have been five easily.

     

     

    thought juiien had a great game and on. not pretty at times but neither was the pitch.three points and a happy tim.

  21. Forgetting Arzani

     

     

    7 players for two positions. Another one makes 8

     

     

    6 players for 2 full back positions is too much, but we’ve been very lucky or very smart to ourselves in the position of all of them being quality.

  22. I had a list sent to me.

     

    The greatest Hollywood Actors of Today.

     

    Names such as DiCaprio, Bale, Clooney and Pitt.

     

    However, can anyone today hold a candle to the likes of Tracy, Lamcaster, Olivier, Burton, Brando, Lancaster, Wayne and many others?

  23. Weejoe- I posted a couple of weeks ago re black Sunday, pumping DU 2-0 at HT….game finished 2-0…..don’t get me wrong, happy with 3 points against a ‘rejuvenated ‘ Hearts team….aye right…

  24. Terrible pitch, Eddy back fit,but we need Christie in the middle of the pitch, he has too much football in him to be a bit part player IMO

  25. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    ‘GG on 18TH DECEMBER 2019 11:53 PM

     

     

    I`m with you , but it`s all a matter of taste.

     

     

    We have good taste.

  26. The hands cant hit what the eyes cant see on

    @ CELTIC40ME on 18TH DECEMBER 2019 11:42 PM

     

     

    We have utilised all of our full backs this year. Two of them have been out for over a month (Boli/Elhamed). All of the additional wingers you mention are completely out of the picture and it’s likely that all of them will be gone in the summer (Sinclair, Morgan, Arzani and Shved).

     

     

    However, why spend money when we can get negligible interest on our piles of cash.

  27. I thought we were very comfortable tonight and cut through Hearts at will. We were very wasteful with chances but I never once felt nervous.

     

     

    Hearts gave plenty of effort in the first 20 minutes and the last 20 but were not at the races in the other 50 minutes. Even when they gave effort, their passing and shooting was awful.

     

     

    No-one was outstanding tonight and no-one had a bad game. We were all around 7 to 8.5 out of 10 and Hearts were all around 5 to 6.

     

     

    My order of left backs would be the opposite of many here. I’d have Boli- Number 1 with Jonny as back up. Greg Taylor has shown nothing above basic journeyman competence in a Celtic shirt so far- maybe with more time behind him he can bridge the gap between Killie and Celtic.

     

     

    Boli has speed and penetration supporting left side attacks and has the cover speed to get back. Jonny has big game mentality and never lets us down, even though he is rarely a stand out. Greg Taylor has it all to prove yet- I hope he makes it with us – but he needs to keep fit and imprress the management team to get his chance.

     

     

    This is a tough month and if we can get 6 points from the home game vs The Sheep and away to a battling St. Mirren, then the game on the 29th will take care of itself.

     

     

    It could be the start of the gap opening wider.

  28. Great actors?

     

     

    I like Tom Hardy

     

     

    Good scripts help mind you…and to be honest he’s had a couple of stinkers…but so did all of Hollywoods greats….john “doom” Wayne…Brannigan!!!! Paul Newman…Towering Inferno…..ffs

  29. THE HANDS CANT HIT WHAT THE EYES CANT SEE on 19TH DECEMBER 2019 12:02 AM

     

     

    Wage bill

     

     

    You think we need a squad with 4 strikers for one position, 8 wingers for 2 positions and 6 full backs for 2 positions. For Celtic in the SPL. Unless you want a team for Scotland and one for Europe

     

     

    Madness

     

     

    Back to Liverpool and their squad management. How many wingers do they have? How many full backs?

  30. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    G.G.

     

     

    Can`t quite say the same about T.V. productions.

     

     

    Some today are superb.

     

    And imho far superior to the ones I grew up with which are still available to be viewed.

  31. 31003

     

    You’ve ruined my good mood by mentioning the hapless gardener.

     

    I don’t know how he has the brass neck to appear as an expert commentator when he couldn’t overcome basement level part times.

     

    Says more about his employers I think.

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