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  2. celtic40me on

    Perhaps we could have spent more to guarantee champions league qualification but Kairat Almaty’s total, not average, transfer spend over the last 5 years is €1.7m.

     

     

    Lots of frees of course, like KT

  4. !!Bada Bing!! on

    stebhoy- I have always wanted a Celtic team to have 2 strikers, domestically no excuses, sometimes in Europe, a bit more pragmatic

  5. PeterLatchfordsBelly on

    The players have let us down tonight. They were largely a disgrace, Scales, Murray and Donovan apart.

     

     

    The Board will immediately move on. They budget for the Europa League and will immediately move into their marketing groove selling us their latest pish. We’re their cash cow. Forget the Champions League. Too financially risky to gamble on. We’re their sure things.

     

     

    There will no acknowledgement of the collective failure of tonight. Nothing to see here will be adopted. Time will pass, disappointment will fade and money will be made by marketing the Celtic schmaltz they know we we can’t resist.

     

     

    All will be forgiven unless the dreaded hun overtakes us.

     

     

    So it is, so it shall always be. Bye bye Brendan and his unshared ambitions, hello grateful Shaun.

  8. clunks on

    Its fecking guaranteed we get a europa league group of death

     

     

    Get that into the board and there lack of investment

  10. Timbhoy163 on

    Come on you cash rich shareholders etc,buy out Dermot Desmonds shares ,that to me is the only way our club will benefit, Lawell ,and a few others won’t stick around.

  18. Timbhoy163 on

    Brendan Rodgers kept telling the Celtic Board that we need quality in the team ,especially after Kyogo and Khun were sold in January, ,he was reheating himself in this transfer window ,same again no quality signings,any manager would have known that the directors had made there mind up about him getting another 3 year contract, Rodgers knew that ,he should have negotiated a pay off deal,,incidentally he isn’t short of a few quid ,fans say we were lucky to have him back,well the proofs in the pudding, and another thing who sanctioned the deal for Tierney to come back,God sake he can’t last 90 minutes, Talk about the James Mccarthy,

  19. quadrophenian on

    The result and the read back are hard to contemplate. Quel riddy.

     

     

    Lots of accusations, fair points, and a barrage of bedwetters delighted to roll about in their own damp duvets.

     

     

    Yes the club’s money men should have got in better quality earlier. Yes the players should have stamped their price-tag authority over two legs and definitely, BR should have reinforced his ‘elite status’ with a well-drilled game plan to dispose of a journeyman-quality side.

     

     

    What’s next? A face-saving draw v the Huns? A job lot of flak helmets for the Board? A sell of some assets like a distracted looking Maeda? Jotters for Doc Tisdale and some succession planning for a new gaffer ?

     

     

    The fanfare for the new loan left back will be muted for shizz.

     

     

     

    Hate To Say I Told You So – The Hives

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz1Jwyxd4tE

  20. clunks on

    a barrage of bedwetters

     

     

    Thats so perfect, any moment James Forrest will appear calling us all the d!xks under the sun

     

     

    Unless.

     

     

    We say his name 3 times in front of a mirror…

  21. stebhoy on

    the most famous aspect of celtic is the Lisbon lions – their creativity, bravery, character, guile, speed and togetherness. Not one of those is reflected in our team.

     

     

    Before signing any player for Celtic – they need character and personality (does Idah and Yang have personalities? ). Where is the fire , the passion , the drive ?

     

     

    We’re too quiet and too timid and way too cautious.

     

     

    Finally, why is Rodgers taking questions on recruitment? If I was him, I’d drag Paul Tisdale to Nicholson to the pressers – lets them answers those fkn questions!

  22. TheLurkinTim on

    Celtic…Brendan…we need you to stop sending the team out trying to keep posession

     

     

    Brendan…Celtic…I wouldn’t have to set the team up that way if you would trust me

     

     

    Celtic…Brendan…but we can’t trust you, ’cause you keep setting up the team this way

     

     

    Brendan…I’ll see this season out…am done

     

     

    Celtic…and that’s why we’re not backing you

     

     

    CFClogic

  23. YogiHughes on

    Celtic is getting worse. We need a clear out from the top. This is not the Celtic I know. There were players on that field tonight who should be nowhere near Celtic. What did the subs do nevermind the starting eleven?

     

    AS far as I’m concerned, Rodgers can go tomorrow.

  24. James Forrest on

    clunks:

     

     

    Hahahahaha, no I don’t need to do that.

     

     

    If you’re not already mortified at being led by the hand like a silly wee wean this whole summer by a board of leeches and parasites who are laughing at you – you, not me, I know what they are – then you are beyond help or comprehension.

     

     

    No, I don’t need to do any of that. You look in the mirror. That guy deep down knows the truth.

     

     

    And he is at least embarrassed about it.

  25. mncelt on

    A really painful loss today. I didn’t see the first half, but I thought our opponents expertly closed us down when needed throughout the second half. The seemed to be able to sense when a Celtic player was unsure of what to do, and all of a sudden there were 2 or 3 players on him. The obvious problem was the slow speed of play – we were just not at the races. Despite that, we had good chances to score and restricted them to virtually nothing in front of goal. The fact they had nothing going forward made it all the more painful and will be the reason they fail to do anything in the group phase.

     

     

    Let’s see what the Europa draw brings our way.

  26. williamf on

    I’d like to give you a financial perspective on the board. I’ve been a Celtic fan for over 60 years. I’ve been a Chartered Accountant for 41 years, and the U.S equivalent, a Certified Public Accountant, for 33 years.

     

    Lawwell is an accountant, as is Chris McKay.

     

    It’s important to understand their professional mindset. They have been trained and educated to be pessimistic about the future. It’s usually a welcome attribute in all accountants, necessary to counter the often pie in the sky, sometimes delusional, over optimism of the owners that employ them. We have been trained to hope for the best but to always plan for the worst, to question and challenge forecasts and budgets and the assumptions on which they are based.

     

    That is why DD put them in position, and that is why there is all that money in the bank. DD likely never wants to write a check to cover any shortfall and he has likely made that clear to PL and CM.

     

    This philosophy is so ingrained that it cannot be changed.

     

    Of course when it gets excessive it can become detrimental to an organization and that is what is now happening at Celtic. The only way out of it is to have owners that loosen the purse strings, but that too comes with danger if uncontrolled.

     

    We, the fans, are in a tough spot. We want to spend, but the owner and his accountants are unlikely to do so.

  27. spikeysauldman on

    well, the worst that they planned for just happened, because they planned for the worst…

  29. dessybhoy on

    No it hasn’t because they’ll still sell tickets and turnover money in the EL, they don’t care which competition it comes from just keep it coming in, someone blogged earlier that the 40m turnover would have sat in the bank, it would have ,now they can sit on another 15 to 20 if the support buys tickets, accountants doing what they do and that is the issue at Celtic ,it won’t change until the first team is the priority.

  30. timmy7_noted on

    A barrage of bedwetters? On a night where we failed to qualify for the champions league against one of the weakest teams we could have drawn.

     

    On this occasion I’m proud to be a proven correct bedwetter and all you apologists should be embarrassed. Sheep.

  32. timmy7_noted on

    Can’t remember who but someone mentioned the Basle tie earlier. I was at the away leg on the official party it was a great trip, now that was Celtic team. I left Switzerland thinking we had done enough to go through that night. I missed the home leg I was abroad working and it wasn’t easy to see games particularly during the week.

     

    I got text updates and couldn’t believe we never got it across the line. Still we then had the silver lining of the run to Seville and probably the best season ever for me as a fan. No silver lining with the current set up I’m afraid.

  33. timmy7_noted on

    SPIKEYSAULDMAN, Karrect. The board must be happy today they’ve been planning for this since Ange left. It’s great when a plan comes to fruition.

     

    Now they can dust off the emergency planning process. Michael will be running around like a dug wae two cocks.

  34. TinyTim on

    I wrote this we ditty last week, before Mrs TT and I started our trip out to Almaty.

     

     

    It’s a long way to Almaty , it’s a long way to go .

     

    It’s a long way to Almaty , to watch the sweetest team I know.

     

     

    Farewell to the Calton .

     

    Goodbye to George Square .

     

     

    It’s a long, long way to Almaty

     

    To watch the Celtic play their .

     

     

    TT

  35. TinyTim on

    The feeling of grief after such a horrific loss , is lying in the pit of my stomach .

     

    A bitter , nauseous, gut wrenching puddle of vomit , is sitting in my stomach .

     

    Weighing me down like a clootie dumpling .

     

     

    2 more days here , before we fly back to Istanbul .

     

    Then 2 nights in Istanbul before arriving back on Sunday in Edinburgh .

     

    We are scheduled to land at 14.15.

     

     

    Just as the Derby finishes.

     

    Our team looks spent .

     

    I have little hope of a win on Sunday brightening our mood .

     

     

    If by some miracle they Huns qualify tonight .

     

     

    I may just top myself .

     

     

    The tune in my head has changed .

     

     

    It’s been a long way to Almaty .

     

    It’s been a long way to go .

     

     

    It’s a long way to Almaty ,

     

    To watch the poorest team I know.

     

     

    Goodbye to Kyogo , farewell to Jota and Khun .

     

    It’s been a long way to Almaty ,

     

    To watch the Celtic let you doon .

     

     

    TT

  37. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Good morning CQN.

     

     

    Still hurting and bewildered by it all.

     

     

    The wisest of men once said

     

     

    “Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”

     

     

    I think he was onto something.

     

     

    All on here, have as good a day as you can.

  38. lynott67 on

    Where do you start with that shambles .

     

    After last week, many of us it seen this coming , it was difficult not to.

     

    A new low , even for us bedwetters ?

     

    The only positive I can take from this season is , I knocked back a £2500 Club Celtic padded seat , which is proving to be a very wise move indeed .

     

    Should the Huns pull off the seemingly impossible tonight and you couldn’t rule it out with the luck they have carried , things will get a lot worse

     

    Totally scunnered but sadly not surprised

     

    Europa here come

  41. Moisey17 on

    BURNLEY78 on 26TH AUGUST 2025 11:39 PM

     

    Can someone tell me why it is acceptable for a Celtic manager to lose its biggest games if the season to a club with a budget the size of Livingston. All he does is talk down his squad. No wonder they go out and play like frightened rabbits. Thus is on him and HIS recruitment guy.

     

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    Remarkable garbage as usual. Not without fault I agree but what you say is just not true. You are a Trump- Farage type character that continues to repeat the same mistruth until it becomes almost fact. BR has NEVER undermined his squad he has constantly praised them and that is a fact. He has constantly been asked about recruitment by media and he has answered like all managers do by saying we would like a few new face in, add some freshness, couple of quality additions. Two things – what is he meant to say? Stay silent? Refuse to answer the questions? Say our squad is amazing we don’t need any new blood? Also can you point me in the direction of a manager who during the transfer window or any other time has not wanted to add some additional quality to their squad?

     

    You can’t be taken seriously as you offer no balance – you hate BR and that’s all that matters.

     

    Last night reflects badly on the whole club – that we are knocked out by such a poor outfit is embarrassing in the extreme and will do damage to our reputation for years. Despite seeing this movie multiple times we did not prepare well enough and we did not invest sufficiently to minimise the risk and that is on the board or whoever has final say on these matters. Individually and collectively the players were very poor last night. Technically they were poor but they also looked a little spooked – the conditions did not help, the altitude perhaps and the pitch was difficult for sure but same as the first leg you get the sense that they don’t buy into the ethos and lack of ambition the club has shown and I’m certain the infighting between the football and finance departments does not create the best environment.

     

    BR intransigence in style of play is a worry. Having said that competent fit sides playing that horrible low block is a problem for most teams. There is no space and no gaps to play through and no room in behind – it is not easy. Angeball was great while it lasted but last few months of Ange was similar to this as teams changed how they played against us. It is far easier to be destructive and defensive in football than brave and inventive and that is why so called inferior teams can cause “better” so much difficulty. Our lack of movement up front is a problem, our rigid 433 is a problem, our recycling of possession at all costs is a problem but most of all regarding tactics the lack of desire to change it up in game is a problem. There is an arrogance about many managers and “their style of play”. BR has it as do many many others and it’s fine when you are winning but the moment that stops you are in trouble.

     

    Ultimately it is about players that have that extra bit of ability, skill and vision. It always has been and always will be and we simply don’t have enough of them and we won’t invest in them as caution is in our custodians DNA. We had it all to gain but failed to invest, we tried to get away with it and tiptoe into the richest league in the world when we should have battered through knocking the door off its hinges. That is 100% on the la know vision and ambition from the top.

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