When watching Real Mardrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich it is easy to be discouraged at the gap between where we are and the quarter finals of the Champions League, but despite the many hundreds of millions spent on both Paris St Germain and Chelsea, the standard of passing and decision making throughout their game last night was abysmal. Despite their win, PSG were the worst offenders last night, even the Great One was poor.
There is now a real prospect that no English side will make it to the semi-final stage of either European tournament for the first time since 2003, when Liverpool were last to drop out, at the quarter finals stage of the Uefa Cup…….. You’re welcome.
What struck me most watching last night’s game was Sky TV’s Gary Neville pondering how long PSG’s star players would languish in such a poor league. This is the French league we’re talking about here, not the Scottish Premiership, it’s Paris, not the ‘New East End’!
It’s easy to mock Neville but he asks an interesting question, will players always migrate to a higher-profile league? If so, there are more clubs than just Celtic in need of structural change.
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marrakesh express
09:19 on 4 April, 2014-good post,although Zidane wisnae bad :)) Rooney couldn’t hold down a jersey at Bayern,Real or Barca IMO.I agree that he hasn’t “trained on” ,has no pace to be a top player.
Agnes Hedman was the biggest coward i have ever seen in goals.
hoopy-do
AS someone who loved mathematics I just can’t accept that it is possible to give more than 100%. It’s my mindset.
Marrakesh Express
I tend to agree but Charlton was a class act. I always feel that England have a problem with team work. THere always seems to be a split in their camp. Bobby Robson was the last England manager who managed that well. Terry Venables also did well with a limited squad but probably had the most potent strike force England have had for a very long time in 1996 with Shearer & Sheringham. Ian Wright and Robbie Fowler couldn;t get in that team. They have been blessed with some great players over the years but the English public and media are very tough on their players for any slip up.
It is my belief that the English players and the national team are at a disadvantage to most teams in world football because their players in the majority never leave England. Players who usually progress and get better play numerous styles of football and different systems under multiple coaches in different countries. I think it helps them become complete players. The CL obviously helps in the modern game but in the past with one or two exceptions English players have stayed in England and only a few could be described as world class. Moore, Charlton, Matthews, Banks and possibly one or two others.
I think what Joey Barton has done to his credit is raise the debate.
LB
Apparently Damien Duff until quite recently had his wages paid into his ma’s bank account and he was given an allowance by her – if he needed more he had to explain what for and why !!!!
Massive Celtic fan but feel he’s too old now
Magness hedman terrible goalkeeper
Beautiful wife
PAUL67
Can you please delete CLIFTONVILLE CELT’s recent post.
Just in case my Mum’s lurking-or anyone else’s,come to that!
!!Bada Bing!!
10:07 on 4 April, 2014
Agnes Hedman was the biggest coward i have ever seen in goals.
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Her husband Magnus was nearly as bad :-)
100% is what it is! you can’t get or give any more than that! it’s like saying there is a Glasgow Rangers, there isn’t end of story, idiots say 110% it’s just stupid! and makes me cringe.
England will never win anything because the press pick their team
It is no coincidence that the last 2 managers to do anything with them had both announced they were leaving before the tournament started – robson & venables
They are also overhyped with generally crap players with crap attitudes
What struck me most watching last night’s game was Sky TV’s Gary Neville pondering how long PSG’s star players would languish in such a poor league. This is the French league we’re talking about here, not the Scottish Premiership, it’s Paris, not the ‘New East End’!
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I fear Gary has spent too much time in the sky sports studio – tales about ‘ the best league in the world’ may be affecting his normally astute thinking.
Re the spot fixing arrests yesterday-I was at a Preston game in November with a few pals in the Prawn Sandwich End.The bookie came in to the box,we decided to bet 10/1 an opposition player to get a red card.Preston were home and hosed,into the 2nd minute of injury time,Scot Paul Gallagher is penalised deep in the opposition half,kicks the ball away.A defender grabs Gallagher,he skelps the guy with a great left hook,the guy hits him back,both get sent off,cue wild celebrations.It was a few weeks after the initial spot fixing arrests,and i said at the time it loked very dodgy.Today Preston say the National Crime Agency have been in touch with them re new allegations.It all could be a coincedence of course….
Anyone know where I could watch frampton fight in Derry tonight ?
LiviBhoy – God bless wee Oscar
10:10 on
4 April, 2014
hoopy-do
AS someone who loved mathematics I just can’t accept that it is possible to give more than 100%. It’s my mindset.
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I couldnt agree more
i love a bit of maths and science myself
so if this site is going to go along with the principle of the 2nd law of thermodynamics then im all for it
i was never that good at english anyway!
Well Paddy Murphy came to us,shocked I could tell……
HT-I always refer to him as Agnes,usually keepers are very brave/stupid and are fearless but…..
Celticrollercoaster luvs his luminious lime boots
07:17 on 4 April, 2014
Mountblow Tim
Have a great holiday. Hope your going somewhere with lots of beer? :-)
HH
CRC
Loads of cool beer and loads of Celtic Bars
In old New York :-)
Got all my old match day programmes
For the Bhoys over there
Hail Hail
MT
hoopy-do
10:16 on
4 April, 2014
LiviBhoy – God bless wee Oscar
10:10 on
4 April, 2014
hoopy-do
AS someone who loved mathematics I just can’t accept that it is possible to give more than 100%. It’s my mindset.
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I couldnt agree more
i love a bit of maths and science myself
so if this site is going to go along with the principle of the 2nd law of thermodynamics then im all for it
i was never that good at english anyway!
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Or probably the first law would be more appropriate, in that you cant get out more than you put in
Livi Bhoy
“Thankfully Neil Lennon is bright enough never to have said it. Not that I have read or heard anyway.”
Are you 110% sure about that.
JohnnyClash,09:58
Pat Lally,the former Lord Provost of Glasgow,was commonly referred to as “Halloween Cake Face”,given his shiny red visage and baldy heid,great Celtic man though.
Malone Bhoy petition signed.
HH
mountblow tim-where are you staying mate?
BRTH – I DID say the figure was from February 2009 ha ha
To all those commenting on the England team – I hope I live to see the day the Lahndon press manage to get the manager job for their hero, the King of the sound bite, everybody ‘s favourite barrow boy spiv, the one and only ‘Arry Redknapp
The Lahndon Sleekit.
I may be wrong here, but was it not the esteemed Joey Barton who poked a lit cigar into one of his teammate’s eyes? And still some folk take what he says seriously?
An Dun
That statement there is one of the problems in British football. The EPL may be nowhere near as good as they think it is but we don’t half give the Scottish game a kicking. I have watched games from both leagues this year and also matches from Europe and the Scottish league is nowhere near as bad as it is portrayed. The number of foreign players is dropping and the average age of he sides is reducing. There are more ball players and flair players being introduced to teams. Our game is certainly on the up and if we continue in this format our game will get better and better. England has way too many foreign imports it is ruining their game in much the same way our game was being ruined in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. Having a genuine quality foreigner is fine but having the dross that are no better than our youngsters on inflated wages is crazy. I would now like to see the SFA/SPFL put a rule in place that you can’t spend anymore than 60% or 70% of your earnings on transfers and wages. This will help reduce debts and ensure that a Rangers or a Hearts is less likely to happen. It’s like the 3 foreigner rule but in a financial format.
The English game is going to implode in debt. The more they make from TV the more they spend. It’s a virus. Look at the state of Bolton? They are hundreds of millions in debt and were making big TV money for decades.
A crazy state of affairs down there and it will get worse. Scottish football is not in as bad a state as some people think. What is required now to help our game and kick on again is financial stability and stringent rules to ensure that teams operate within their means.
LB
Paul McMullen was one of the stars of our Champions Youth League campaign, alongside Henderson, Johnstone and O’Connell.
He has shown his ability against better defenders than the Ibrox reserves. I was impressed by the way that John Herron, playing the unfamiliar right back role, created space to leave him isolated against the terrified Ibrox left back.
tonydonnelly67
10:14 on
4 April, 2014
100% is what it is! you can’t get or give any more than that! it’s like saying there is a Glasgow Rangers, there isn’t end of story, idiots say 110% it’s just stupid! and makes me cringe.
Tony, I just knew you’d be the one to spin that discussion round to Thems. The perfect analogy though.
hoopy-do
At last a Maths and Science debate!
setting free the bears supports Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
If I was 110% sure I would be wrong.
BigYinMilan
Yes he has made mistakes. Plenty of them. So have plenty young lads. He is quite open about how much of an eejit he was.
LB
Fleck has found his level scrabbling about in the third tier of English football
He is about as successful as the wunderkind Wilson …soon to be in the second tier of Scottish football
….PFayr supports WeeOscar
In fairness to Danny Wilson he did look a very decent player beside Davie Weir.
He looks hopeless at Hearts. The lad has lost his way a wee bit. I reckon he wil be back at Ibrokes in the summer.
LB
Quonno
OK – No worries
Hypothetical of course, but an all time Scotland XI would be at least as good as the England one, but would be nowhere near as good as the XI from Brazil, Italy, or Germany.
What I find even more annoying than the 110% thing is when the pundits start talking about players in the plural sense e.g. the Shearers, and the Dalglieshes and the Sounesses, I mean what’s that all about! There only one of them! It rattles my cage every time.
Bada
Aye right enough :-)
Right I’m off to have weans pelt me with wet sponges (water not alcohol!!) for next few hours, still it should make a few quid for SCIAF so play nice everyone :-)
LiviBhoy – God bless wee Oscar
10:24 on 4 April, 2014
Tell you what is wrong with Scottish football is lack of consistency from the other teams. Aberdeen’s last three games are drawn, now if they could stop that then they would be a lot closer to the bhoys and any victory against us would be more meaningful.
I have been given 2 tips for today
In the 4.50 at Aintree
Zabana about 6 or 7/1 and I have been told to have a good each way bet
In the 9.15 at Dundalk I have been told that a big run is expected from House Limit (about 12/1) This is owned by the same guy as last weeks Dundalk winner Farranadooney
Under no circumstances however is anyone to put 110% of their wages on these horses
Rock Tree Bhoy.
Good point. It is appropriate on some occasions though, such as when discussing the Nevilles, the Charltons or indeed the Rangerses.
I was listening to the live Radio commentary of the Lyon-Juventus match last night. The pair of commentators are very knowledgeable about football and are among the most enthusiastic Lyon commentators you could imagine. There depth of knowledge of the game of football is enormous and, quite frequently, they set up a challenge to make teams of French players, old and new, who have certain characteristics. Last night, they spent the ‘boring’ parts of the match trying to name a select side who were all less than 1.65 metres (less than 5feet 5 inches) tall. Great challenge. Jimmy Johnstone and Billy Bremner would be in my Scottish team of wee men.
Marrakesh Express
10:34 on
4 April, 2014
Hypothetical of course, but an all time Scotland XI would be at least as good as the England one, but would be nowhere near as good as the XI from Brazil, Italy, or Germany.
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Yes, but how many of that all time Scotland XI would be from the last 15 years say.
Darren Fletcher is probably the most recent one playing for one of Europe’s top clubs, but I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t be in most people’s all time Scotland X1
Scotland just doesn’t produce top quality players anymore
Where are the Kenny Dalglishes, Graeme Sounesses, Brian McLaughlins and Denis Laws these days…
Rock Tree Bhoy
I find pundits are good early doors and then they all start to conform to the same nonsense of their peers.
I think that’s why Strachan and more so Roy Keane make good viewing. They are totally against the grain and say what they think.
LB