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Lack of respect for Molde and Malmo

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Before this Europa League group got underway the trips to Istanbul and Amsterdam looked daunting. Those games produced two credible draws, but things went wildly wrong elsewhere.

Our goal last night was a peach. Dedryck Boyata split the Fenerbahce defence to open up space for Mikael Lustig to cross for Kris Commons, who peeled off his marker to create the space to head home. Unfortunately only one point was collected as we lost another Keystone Cops goal.

Craig Gordon seems to be struck by a lack of conviction this season. His was not the only failing at our repeated corner kick fiascos but letting a ball trickle through his legs as he appeared caught in two minds is indicative of a player who is doubting himself.

You know Kris Commons scores and creates huge goals for Celtic, we’ve discussed it often enough here. Despite his veteran status and apparent ill-fitting to our system he remains by far our most effective player.

For Ronny, it didn’t go wrong in Europe this season against Fenerbahce or Ajax (I’m absolving him of blame for Efe’s error or a last minute breakaway goal at Celtic Park), it went wrong home and away to Molde and Malmo. We appeared to underestimate both.  Did the manager have something to prove against fellow Norwegian managers?

Celtic dominated possession stats in all four games against Molde and Malmo but the Scandinavians exploited the acres of space which simply didn’t exist in our games against Ajax, Fenerbahce or Qarabag, for that matter. Ajax, Fenerbahce and Qarabag got the respect they deserved, not so Molde and Malmo.

The failure is, of course, more complicated than that. Jozo missed the bulk of the campaign, while Dedryck is only just beginning to look like a footballer (lovely pass for the goal last night). Scott Allan looks promising, but we’ve not seen enough of him either due to injury.

Curiously, Ronny’s big 2015 No. 1 striker target, Nadir, looks less like a Ronny Deila player than anyone we’ve bought in years. Knowing we were interested in him, I watched his performances against Celtic last season, and made the same observation at the time.

What happens if your keeper’s form falls off a cliff, one of your new defenders doesn’t settle quickly, two other new players miss months through injury, and your new striker doesn’t morph into a different player? You finish bottom of the Europa League group.

Celtic must now consider their strategy for January. Successive transfer windows have left us weaker, not stronger. Identify the reasons, remediate and we can build on the away performances which bookended this Europa League campaign.

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    DELANEYS DUNKY on 12TH DECEMBER 2015 10:13 PM

     

    TGM

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Alan Partridge is helping Delia at Norwich. Maybe he could help Deila at Celtic? :

     

    VG

  5. Delaneys Dunky on

    RC

     

     

    Funny that their scout was so blinded in his prejudice that he missed Daniel Fergus. Drumchapel’s best Protestant player ever. My proddy mate thinks Andy Gray fae Drumchapel was better than Danny. Hahaha.

  10. marspapa on

    Roy CROPPIE

     

     

    Any chance of the “the Saw Doctors ” I hope we meet again , I posted this we tune for

     

     

    Gordon 64 and VP on the loss of their good friend passing , I think of all the male relatives who meant so much to me through years ..

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    Mahe the madman

     

     

    There was a standout tussle some while back two heavyweights were trying to arrange a meet up it the asda car park out toryglen way. more recently some Internet warriors were going at it and if and when they did meet up one of them was ‘gonnae need hauners’! Hilarious stuff!! No doubt everyone passed out with the bevvy before it came to anything.

  19. Dallas Dallas where the heck is Dallas on

    Marspapa, sorry for the late reply.

     

     

    Their names don’t ring any bells with me unfortunately. My mum made sure I stayed in the bit of Kinfauns where we lived. I knew her heavy hand, a last resort with her, was not to be argued with.

  24. Dallas Dallas where the heck is Dallas on

    Delaney’s , when Tosh was at Hearts I thought he tried even harder against us. There was a cup game when he went flying into Starky, while Billy was on the deck. Big Mick took exception to Tosh’s ‘tackle’ on Starky, and was Mick’s want, Tosh felt the full force of an angry McCarthy.

     

     

    Fortunately, when Tosh signed for us, his commitment on the pitch could never be questioned.

     

     

    He and his family had to endure the grief of his son passing away at a very young age. A horrible situation to deal with.

     

     

    Good night all and sleep well.

     

     

    Celtic , Celtic , that’s the team for me

  26. Dallas Dallas where the heck is Dallas on

    Roy, thank you again.

     

     

    The photo of the players celebrating at the end of the 4 2 game. The buzzbomb is holding a bottle of swallay, imagine the outrage if a player did that now.

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    Dallas Dallas

     

     

    No problem bud , just thought I’d ask , joe McGovern was another name from St Thomas aquinas ( owned a butchers shop ) and Doc Martin St Thomas aquinas , I’m just trying to find someone I can relate to ….I asked weet weet weet and glendalystonsils ( im from easterhouse originally thought I might find something in common , but to no avail :((

     

     

    I get jealous of everyone having links to someone from the past and their memories.

     

     

    Maybe it’s a good thing no one remembers me :)) a greeting face wee so an so , laters ma man

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    RC

     

     

    I was at the funeral of a close friend last year.

     

    Near Wild Heaven got played whilst Murph got burnt.

     

    He was a big REM fan.

  38. Hamiltontim on

    DD and Roy

     

     

    It’s always a pleasure to read your posts on here.

     

     

    £26 Inverness

     

    £26 St Johnstone

     

    £25 Dundee

     

    £26 Hearts

     

     

    TonyD after that I couldn’t afford to hire an Orange Hall to criticise PL.

  41. marspapa on

    Delaneys Dunky

     

     

    You know anytime you and Ryan can stay the night oot here in the stix , and if you can drag Siipsini and Acgr oot wae ye , mibbee the wrong word to use “drag ” concerning Acgr lol

     

     

    Your more than welcome .

     

     

    RC anything from the Smiths , The Cure , Rem , Inxs, Gerry Raff , ELO , or you could play

     

     

    Billy Joel /.joe Cocker Baby grand ( the wife ) ..in the best possible way :))

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