For those who weren’t there yesterday, Motherwell could have had five in the second half. Twice they were clean through with Craig Gordon to beat, but couldn’t, and on another occasion Craig was stranded off his line during a penalty box scramble which could have ended either way.
By contrast, Celtic were anaemic. We struggled to open a packed Motherwell defence –Nir Bitton’s deflected goal was a consequence of Motherwell having so many players to in front of their keeper.
Motherwell did well, Scott McDonald in particular, but they were repeatedly given the Freedom of Celtic Park. It goes without saying but we need to tighten up. A new system is required, one which will protect the defence. At the risk of sounding like the proverbial broken record, we need a defensive mid. Anyone can open us up without someone standing guard.
You know the rumour mill is doing its thing when you receive 15 texts on the same subject. Ronny is not about to leave Celtic.
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BADA BING
First time I saw Peter Grant was at Ibrox v the fod.
Who’s the mascot? I asked the lads.
His first contribution was to put a blue jersey damn near beside us,player still inside!
Aye,he might not have been aTB,a Maestro or a Murdo.
But he bled green and white for us.
Caveat-I missed 90-96…
Btw,we lost 1-0 that day!
Morning all from a wet and blustery South Ayrshire coast.
No change then!
HH!!
RAI Radio – 21 12 15 .
“Goodbye Platini – brown envelopes at St Etienne , curiously low wages at Juventus and then a payment of 2 million Swiss francs from Blatter.. Financial fair play in action ” .
Winter break time @ Serie A .–top 6 .-
Inter -36pts
Fiorentina 35 pts
Napoli -35 pts
Rubentus -33pts.
Roma-32 pts
Milan -28pts.
Most interesting / competitive serie A in years .Table topping Inter are a very different team from the shambles that played Celtic last season .
Clear blue sky and a big 18 degrees sun -way down south .
DD’s trip to Scotland in vain,Ayr racing is aff…..
TALLYBHOY
Welcome back!
Does that mean those trees are now at thirty degrees?
Q. What do you call some on here who advance the theory that Ronny is a victim of circumstances and has never sanctioned the signing of anyone and has had all the incomers forced on him by Peter Lawwell, Dermot Desmond, Lord Livingston, Brian Wilson, John Park and Uncle Tom Cobley?
A. THE FLAT EARTH SOCIETY
SOUTHOFTUNIS
I suggested on here that Rangers were only able to sign the likes of Francis,Wilkins,Hateley thanks to inside experience of disguised payments.
I doubt Platini was alone in getting augments over and above the declared amounts.
FRED NOAKES
Nobody has ever suggested that Ronny has had players foisted on him by Desmond,Livingston,Wilson or Cobley.
Delia must go NOW.
Celtic as a team are in terminal decline. Terminal.
Stuck in reverse gear.
There is so much that is sad about our team. We are an embarrassment in Europe. We might not even win this tinpot league. I weep.
Apparently both Moyes and DD seen in Glasgow today……
2+2=5CSC
Moyes at CP. That’s what we need. What has DD offered? Is there a war chest? Will we have a league team and a separate deluxe CL team?
BIG PEAT OF ISLAY
RD is not the problem. He is a symptom of the problem.
Sacking him won’t make things better unless the real reasons for the problems at Celtic are resolved.
HEBCELT
Has your mail account been hacked?
BMCUW .@ 9.54
Very few Italians pay income tax under in a PAYE style .. Most people pay once a year under a self declared system.. It is truly astonishing how little Italian lawyers earn . . Even more remarkable when you have experience of how much they charge.
DD playing golf on Saturday at 2:15 asks his golfing partner for the Score
‘2-1 Motherwell’
‘ no I mean our game here- Who cares about that football shite’
……
A imagined but possible scenario.
Big Peat of Islay
I think it’s a bit of both. New approach / strategy and a Mansger who dictates player movement in and out of the club.
Currently Lawwell and Park are running the whole show between them. The CEO is paying himself twice what the manager earns.
SOUTHOFTUNIS
As always the truth is to be found in The Godfather.
I imagine Italian accountants pay even less,mind.
Peter Grant ? .
Not my type of player but I do remember him scoring a screamer at Easter Rd in the centenary season . My old man once used that goal to help explain that monkeys and Shakespeare thing to one of my sister’s Arsenal supporting weans.
new article posted.
Why is our chief scout still in a job ?
Good morning CQN.
The Ronny out debate. Not convinced either way.
We do not play a rigid 4231 system IMO, we play a 2431 system, both full backs used as wide players with both left and right midfielders tucking in to support the lone striker.
Kris can barely wait for kick off to move in off the right and Wee Jamsie is supposed to cut in from the left onto his better right foot. The full backs provide width in forward areas. This exposes both our flanks behind our fbs and then exposes our central defence when a cb is pulled wide to cover when we lose the ball in forward areas and the opposition swiftly heads for the acres of empty space.
Motherwell are merely the latest mob to use quick wide men to exploit this glaringly obvious deficiency in our system. The two holding midfielders either have contain a natural defensive midfielders,( big Vic), or have abundant pace to cover gaps which apart from Broonie, none have.
At CP we invariably play in the last third against a 9 man defence happy to allow us to have ball in front of them, so unless we produce a piece of magic and/or score an early goal or two the dye is cast for our usual turgid Paradise experience. Only Rogic and KC have the required guile to produce something out of little and both lack pace and are inconsistent in application. Jamsie has pace but little guile or application. Armstrong and/or Allan I believe, should be given an extended run as the central forward going midfielder, to see if either of them is the answer. We need a central midfielder who can carry the ball and make a pass, give one of them the opportunity.
The enigmatic Stefan. He is an energetic, defensive, pressing, forward midfielder. He is very effective when leading the pressing game and his lead in retrieving the ball is excellent, especially for Broonie, I believe. Use him as a forward sweeper or not at all. He is great at charging about disrupting opposition, can tackle, can pass, can run and can score. The only problem is the rest of the team need to accept his role and take his lead. I don’t think he needs to play every game.
This is where I feel Ronny fails too consistently. He does not appear to factor in the opposition’s personnel and tactics into his game strategy!
Broonie and Chas work as defensive two because Chas’ frailties mean he has neither the pace for fb or last man defence but can sweep a central area and cover for cbs, leaving Broonie to fire fight everywhere else. Big Nir could be a player if he improves his decision making in defensive areas, ( even Maldini hits row Z when required), as he is the one hope of incisive passing from a deeper area.
Neither cb is good enough at present to play Ronny’s 2431 system. They need help. Play a system that allows them to dominate their central defence area. Both are ball winners, capable of defending their areas well, but they are being dragged out of their areas to defend areas vacated by others. Getting them settled will also help settle our keeper. Can we have a back four please or at least a 3?
Makeweights like, Calum, GMS, Ciftci, Izzy, Efe, Janko etc are necessary for squad rotation but never should be first team regulars.
That leaves us with Griff up front, we don’t have a second forward to play two but could have Kris, Armstrong or Rogic playing off him.
So play 4231 but have full backs not wing backs. Allow Jamsie or GMS to occupy one wide area if necessary, Griff up top, fill in the other 4 slots with Broonie, then 3 from Armstrong, Allan, Rogic, Kris, Nir and Johansen.
Adapt and be flexible.
Barca @ Paradise is different from ICT @ the Tulloch.
Eurochamps67
BMCUW
Howdy!
Aye, the trees are taking a battering.
Christmas shopping to look forward to later.
Ffs! Cannae wait!
Bought a turkey yet?
HH!!