Celtic FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014/15 Mod Warning post #6011

RoryMac

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

I thought we were very pedestrian. Izaguirre looked suspect for both goals

Haven't seen the 2nd goal but yeah his awareness was poor for the first. You might be right about being pedestrian but in the first half I thought we had plenty of possession in good areas but the final ball was poor. I was confident switching off at half time that we'd get something from the game

How did we play 2nd half?

SomethingElse

Commons coughed up possession cheaply tonight imo. I could see him being left out against Juventus. Motherwell deserved their win, full credit to them for taking their chances

PauloMN

RoryMac wrote: »

Haven't seen the 2nd goal but yeah his awareness was poor for the first. You might be right about being pedestrian but in the first half I thought we had plenty of possession in good areas but the final ball was poor. I was confident switching off at half time that we'd get something from the game

How did we play 2nd half?

Only saw 2nd half, and thought we were pretty poor, aside from some hard work by Forrest. Ambrose and Izzy both at fault for their 2nd, poor defending to allow the cross to Higdon, and poor from Izzy also. Credit to Motherwell, they made it very difficult for us.

Gave the ball away far too easily, like they weren't really in it or something. Players at this level really should be better tbh. I felt we didn't stretch them the width of the pitch like we could have in the 2nd half.

Great ball from Stokes to Forrest for his cross to Sammy though, enjoyed that!

Anyway would rather lose tonight than at the weekend. Must win game coming up, some sweet revenge due also.

Ladjacket

In all honesty, what way do we think Lennon will set up v Juve? I think it could be quite defensively so as not to get annihilated by them. Ambrose looks half the player he was before ACON, and at the minute I am having Ledley as our most important player. Commons annoys me at times. Lacks consistency,

PauloMN

Ladjacket wrote: »

In all honesty, what way do we think Lennon will set up v Juve? I think it could be quite defensively so as not to get annihilated by them. Ambrose looks half the player he was before ACON, and at the minute I am having Ledley as our most important player. Commons annoys me at times. Lacks consistency,

4-5-1 with Samaras and Hooper. Going to be a long, long night, with a whole pile of luck required to get anything out of it. Ledley has to play, I agree he's been very good of late.

As for who to play in central defense... your guess is as good as mine!

Ladjacket

PauloMN wrote: »

4-5-1 with Samaras and Hooper. Going to be a long, long night, with a whole pile of luck required to get anything out of it. Ledley has to play, I agree he's been very good of late.

As for who to play in central defense... your guess is as good as mine!

Would go with Wilson and Wanyama perhaps, allowing Kayal and Ledley to play central midfield - or play Wilson and Ambrose with Kayal Ledley Wanyama Foret and Samaras being the 5 with Hooper up front. Interesting to hear NL's comments tonight regarding Hooper - if indeed he does leave in the summer he will be looking for a fair whack of the CL money to replace him.

SomethingElse

I'd go with

Forster
Lustig Wilson Mulgrew Izaguirre
Forrest Wanyama Brown Ledley
Hooper Samaras

PauloMN

Ladjacket wrote: »

Would go with Wilson and Wanyama perhaps, allowing Kayal and Ledley to play central midfield - or play Wilson and Ambrose with Kayal Ledley Wanyama Foret and Samaras being the 5 with Hooper up front. Interesting to hear NL's comments tonight regarding Hooper - if indeed he does leave in the summer he will be looking for a fair whack of the CL money to replace him.

What did Lenny say after the match? I didn't see the interview.

Not sure about Wanyama at CB, not because I doubt his ability there, but more so it seems a waste to have him there. He'll be needed in midfield big time.

SomethingElse wrote: »

I'd go with

Forster
Lustig Wilson Mulgrew Izaguirre
Forrest Wanyama Brown Ledley
Hooper Samaras

Think Brown is out with his hip mate.

A Dub in Glasgo

Front page of today's Glasgow Herald

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From a poster on the Huddleboard

shanered

I've been quizzed by detectives at preswich airport coming back to Ireland after a celtic game for no reason whatsoever.
Thought it a bit strange and intrusive that I was just picked out and had to answer aload of questions.
Could be what they are saying in that article.

bobmalooka

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Front page of today's Glasgow Herald

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From a poster on the Huddleboard

Shocking stuff, again we don't know the nature of the behaviour the police were referring to but the general ramping up of use and misuse of powers against Celtic (and other clubs fans?) is worrying

CSF

bobmalooka wrote: »

Shocking stuff, again we don't know the nature of the behaviour the police were referring to but the general ramping up of use and misuse of powers against Celtic (and other clubs fans?) is worrying

What exactly does that letter mean? It's hard to understand for someone who isn't closely following the situation.

Jelle1880

I was wondering that too, if I'm correct someone applied for a driver's license (for work I assume ?) and the police informed the licensing committee that the person involved had/has a banning order.

Something which has absolutely **** all to do with anything else, but will probably mean the person will be refused a license.

RoryMac

It was a taxi drivers licence I believe and I could be wrong in this but I think the police never even followed through with application for the banning order.

CSF

I'm baffled as to what the problem is with the letter, unless we've grounds to suggest the lad in question was innocent.

Brewster

What do the Bhoys think of yesterday's statement? I would have thought it wasn't really their place to place to comment?


Celtic Football Club Statement
By: Newsroom Staff on 01 Mar, 2013 17:45
Following yesterday´s SPL Commission decision, we have been inundated with requests for the Club to make its position clear:
 
Celtic FC has today made the following statement:
 
We note yesterday´s decision that Rangers FC has been found guilty of contravening the SPL rules on disclosure of payments over 11 years between 2000-2011. The scale of this amounts to a deliberate non-disclosure of £47 million in payments to players and staff. We also note the penalty of £250,000 which has been imposed.
 
Like many within Scottish football, including supporters and other observers, we are surprised by the parallel conclusion that no competitive advantage was gained from these arrangements.
 
However, the implications of this verdict are for the Scottish football authorities to address since the rules breached were specifically intended to defend "sporting integrity".
 
Throughout this matter, Celtic has refrained from comment on the affairs of Rangers FC while the various tribunals and commissions went about their work.
 
We will continue to concentrate on our own affairs, and assure our supporters that at all times we will operate within both the rules of our governing bodies and the law of the land.
 
Our Club is in a great place at the moment and we are enjoying a fantastic season, maintaining our position at the top of Scottish football and enjoying huge success and profile across European football.
 
We ask our fans to unite with us once again as we look ahead to the rest of the season, to the Scottish Cup on Saturday, to the UEFA Champions League next week and to an exciting future with a young squad of high quality players and a talented manager in Neil Lennon.
 
Our fans have been magnificent this season, home and away, and as we head towards the end of the season, now, more than ever, we need our fans to be with us and to back the team and the Club. We sincerely thank our fans for their continued support.

A Dub in Glasgo

I have no issue with the statement which can be paraphrased below

* Rangers have been found guilty (that little fact can easily be forgotten amongst all the back slapping in the media and the Rangers family about how they were vindicated!)

* The rule broken was specifically there to ensure sporting integrity

* The sums involved are vast and sustained over a long time

* Surprised that the commission decided that breaking those rules did not amount to competitive advantage on the field

* The implications of this are for the football authorities to deal with

* Celtic are in the last 16 of the CL, are going to win the title and have a QF Cup tie today so GIRUY

PauloMN

Brewster wrote: »

What do the Bhoys think of yesterday's statement? I would have thought it wasn't really their place to place to comment?

Celtic have no place commenting on a ruling which affects all of Scottish football?

Crawl back under your rock Brewster.

http://www.celticfc.tv/freeview

"We are playing Juventus in the last 16 of the CL, we are not renting them out a training ground".

Nice one Lenny.

Brewster

PauloMN wrote: »

Celtic have no place commenting on a ruling which affects all of Scottish football?

Crawl back under your rock Brewster.

http://www.celticfc.tv/freeview

"We are playing Juventus in the last 16 of the CL, we are not renting them out a training ground".

Nice one Lenny.

Great quote by Lenny, Paul you are one of he fairer guys on here. No need to be so condescending. You know the abuse I got on this thread by sticking up for Rangers over the issue and the accusations of cheating. The Commission has fully cleared Rangers over the allegations of cheating. As far as Celtic fans were concerned, this was all about title stripping and I found this attitude very regrettable.

A Dub in Glasgo

Shocking defending from Izaguirre, at fault for that goal

A Dub in Glasgo

Great worked goal from a corner, Stokes makes it 2-1 to Celtic

PauloMN

Forrest having a great game. Izzy having a mare.

ColeTrain

Job done, good result.

eire4

Well a win is a win especially when its a cup quarter-final on the road and over the 90 minutes we probably just about deserved it. But we looked like a team with the Champions League on its mind. Still nice to see Stokes get another goal and then come out and make it clear he wants to stay at Celtic. I hope he gets his wish and is given a new contract.

bobmalooka

How are we fixed for tomorrow lads? Stokes was saying on twitter the fans in the airport were in good form.Hopefully the bhoys do themselves justice out there, the EPL fanboys are drooling at the tought of us taking a pounding.

PauloMN

bobmalooka wrote: »

How are we fixed for tomorrow lads? Stokes was saying on twitter the fans in the airport were in good form.Hopefully the bhoys do themselves justice out there, the EPL fanboys are drooling at the tought of us taking a pounding.

Who gives a **** about EPL fanboys? We've done fantastic to get this far, all I want is for Celtic to make it a game tomorrow. We're there on our merit while other EPL clubs failed.

No pressure on this game, hope we can score a goal to celebrate.

RoryMac

bobmalooka wrote: »

How are we fixed for tomorrow lads? Stokes was saying on twitter the fans in the airport were in good form.Hopefully the bhoys do themselves justice out there, the EPL fanboys are drooling at the tought of us taking a pounding.

Hopefully we'll go out and try to make a game of it, no chance of going through but we should be looking to take something from the game. If we got a draw it'd be a great finish to the campaign.

Lonesome Boatman

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ColeTrain

A quick hat trick from Hooper and we're back in it

PauloMN

Sammy's back lads, we'll be grand.