Celtic FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2019/2020

PauloMN

Lovely build up play to that goal.

This ref is a total bottler.

PauloMN

Cole makes it two after a lovely chip in from Biton.

TheCitizen

PauloMN wrote: »

Lovely build up play to that goal.

This ref is a total bottler.

I blame the parents;)

TheCitizen

Deila's playing 2 up top today which is a breath of fresh air 'cos he has been so rigid with his "system" up 'til now. A manager should always be prepared to change his system depending on who they are up against.

TheCitizen

Carlton Cole gets a goal

PauloMN

Griffiths for 3.

A Dub in Glasgo

Some nice goals from Griffiths. The Stranraer keeper done well

eire4

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Some nice goals from Griffiths. The Stranraer keeper done well

Yes a young lad too only 18 and making just his third start for Stranraer so all credit to him as but for a few very good saves that was 5 or 6 goal mauling.
Solid all round perforamnce on a difficult surface. Simunovic looked very good again for me and I really liked his attitude to the game from the off. Made a very good pass to McGregor in the build up for the first goal as well. Johansen looked much more like his old busy self in midfield and Griffiths up top was superb. Bailly in goal had only 1 save and very little to do but I do have to say his distribution from his feet on a poor surface was very good which helped in our ability to play out of the back.

eire4

Interesting draw for us with the last 16 in the cup seeing us away against non league East Kilbride or Lothian Thistle.

buckfasterer

http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/35311478

Agreement in place for Stokes to go to Dundee Utd but not finalised yet.

eire4

Personally I am hoping he goes to Hibernian and has a good second half of the season and helps them win the championship and gain promotion. One way or another it is a dead cert he will be off on loan for the rest of the season in the next week or so.

A Dub in Glasgo

STV News reported that he is looking to join an English Championship side

PauloMN

Finished 1-4 to Celtic. Good performance from Celtic overall with Griffiths bagging 2 to reach 51 goals. Commons and Simunovic got the other 2 goals.

DU were very poor it has to be said and should have had a penalty with Forrest's handball. Mj do you Commons had a valid goal chalked off for offside also so Madden was poor all round.

Some nice quick and crisp passing tonight which was great to see. Rogic has done brilliantly of late and Ambrose seems to be turning a corner as well.

eire4

Really enjoyed that game tonight. I wondered given it was a cold Friday night and how bad Dundee United have been all season what the home crowd would be like but credit to both their supporters and ours who made a good atmosphere.
Lots of really good attacking football to enjoy as well and what a goal from Commons. Stunning strike after great work in the build up from Armstrong and Rogic. Griffiths once again showed just how vital he is to the team and all in all a good performance.

eire4

Confirmed as well today that Stokes is off to Hibernian on loan for the rest of the season. Hopefully he can do really well for them the rest of the season.

Dempsey

Ridiculous that he didnt go to ICT. The chap just wants an easy life.

eire4

Personally I am happy he went to Hibernian as given he played there before and did very well he should be able to settle in quickly and hopefully get his match fitness back quickly. The ideal would be for him to come back to Celtic in the summer after getting himself fully fit and sharp over this final 4 months of the season and really be ready to go full pelt come pre-season training.

PauloMN

Celtic confirm signing of Danish international defender Erik Sviatchenko:
http://www.celticfc.net/news/9904

Looks like a good bit of business on paper anyway. If he's any good on the park, that's Boyata down the pecking order.

The Golden Miller

Does anyone know if Celtic are doing anything to commemorate the rising?

Savage Tyrant

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Does anyone know if Celtic are doing anything to commemorate the rising?

Politics has no place in football.

Unless Poppies... Poppies are fine.

weldoninhio

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

Politics has no place in football.

Unless Poppies... Poppies are fine.

And cannons, don't forget cannons

PauloMN

As for Stokes, couldn't care less where he goes, it won't make the blindest bit of difference to us anyway. He's made his bed, can't ever see him being anything other than a bit-part player for Celtic in the future - even if that.

So much potential wasted by his own doing.

A Dub in Glasgo

Emphatic 8-1 win last night!

eire4

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Emphatic 8-1 win last night!

and what a joy it was to watch. Fluid passing and movement with tremendous pace in how we moved the ball and we scored pretty much every type of goal. Superb performances all over the park. McGregor was given man of the match which says it all about how many good performances there were when Griffiths gets a hat trick and isn't man of the match. I have to say as well as crazy as it seems but none of the goals were keeper errors and in fact if it wasn't for their keeper playing so well we could easily have scored another 4 or 5.

PauloMN

3 up after 9 minutes and you know you're going to get a game where the players can relax, pass the ball about with confidence and score a few more without even trying too hard. Lovely to watch when we play like that. Hamilton keeper did well enough as stated above, the result certainly wasn't his fault.

Nice confidence booster and nice for Griffiths to get another few goals. Lots of nice goals to pick from but I loved Bitton's goal, makes it look so easy.

PauloMN

3 up after 9 minutes and you know you're going to get a game where the players can relax, pass the ball about with confidence and score a few more without even trying too hard. Lovely to watch when we play like that. Hamilton keeper did well enough as stated above, the result certainly wasn't his fault.

Nice confidence booster and nice for Griffiths to get another few goals. Lots of nice goals to pick from but I loved Bitton's goal, makes it look so easy.

A Dub in Glasgo

3-1 win today with GMS getting 2 and Armstrong getting the other

https://vid.me/vqXM 1-0
https://vid.me/MJZP 1-1
https://vid.me/vq1M 2-1
https://vid.me/61tg 3-1

ActingDanClark

Currently 1-1 with ross county

Dempsey

Efe Ambrose is such a bonehead!

PauloMN

Dempsey wrote: »

Efe Ambrose is such a bonehead!

Yet another stupid mistake in a big game. This fella needs to go.

Dempsey

PauloMN wrote: »

Yet another stupid mistake in a big game. This fella needs to go.

Watch Deila defend him again after the game

ActingDanClark

Why am I not surprised- celts 1 down

Dempsey

Should have been a free out. Gordon was being held.

Dempsey

Thomson is losing the run of himself, again!

ActingDanClark

Ffs

Dempsey

That Celtic team wont come back from that.

ActingDanClark

What headlines will this provoke? Hard to beat "super caley go ballistic "...
But Celtic ARE atrocious...

ActingDanClark

Tho tbf ross county are making the most of the situation

Dempsey

damian139 wrote: »

What headlines will this provoke? Hard to beat "super caley go ballistic "...
But Celtic ARE atrocious...

A scientific paper should be commissioned to find out what exactly is between Ambroses ears.

RoryMac

It's a real struggle watching Celtic now, we're awful. Ambrose costing us again, lack of ideas going forward.

A few decent wins in the league over the last couple of weeks doeant hide the fact we are getting worse under Delia

Dempsey

Thats a ridiculous decision tbh

Good save

Ross County will not be beaten today

ActingDanClark

Dempsey wrote: »

A scientific paper should be commissioned to find out what exactly is between Ambroses ears.

I suspect the Hubble telescope would struggle...

ActingDanClark

Congrats to ross county

Dempsey

Fair play to Ross County. A good win for them. The final will be a good one with 2 Celtic players involved 😅

PauloMN

Deila should go, as he should have after Europe this season. And please take Ambrose and Ciftci - who is possibly the worse striker I've ever seen play for the Hoops - with you.

Dempsey

PauloMN wrote: »

Deila should go, as he should have after Europe this season. And please take Ambrose and Ciftci - who is possibly the worse striker I've ever seen play for the Hoops - with you.

Lawwell looks at the bottom line and the conditions for his own bonus and will keep Deila there.

Backing Ambrose and then today happening as everyone knew it could happen should be enough to sack him. Deila doesnt have what it takes, unfortunately.

TheCitizen

Dempsey wrote: »

Lawwell looks at the bottom line and the conditions for his own bonus and will keep Deila there.

Backing Ambrose and then today happening as everyone knew it could happen should be enough to sack him. Deila doesnt have what it takes, unfortunately.

Deila's on about 400k a year I believe. Lawwell is on more than a million sterling. I think a club of Celtic's size and wealth could afford a manager that would command a 1m sterling salary.

I think it is short term, blinkard, bottom line thinking that means Deila will remain in charge despite it being obvious that he's not up to the task. He won't walk away, why would he? The club is not being well served by the board right now, not punching our weight as a club at all.

I hope they see the sense of getting rid of Deila sooner rather than later though.

Savage Tyrant

Delia needs to be cut lose.
But in a world were balance sheets are more important than what actually happens on the pitch only means that the budget to replace dictates the next numbty will be just as clueless.

PauloMN

Honest question folks, do you think Lawwell going would make any difference? Let's face it, the board will always be there to run the club like a business - and in my view, they've done a good job in very difficult circumstances. I guess there is always a straw that breaks the camel's back with regard to a manager's performance, but equally the right time to sack a manager has to be picked.

For me, abject failure in Europe for a second season was that straw, for others yesterday was that straw, maybe the board have the league and one cup as the minimum requirement.... who knows. All I do know is that I'm pretty certain it would make no difference if Lawwell wasn't there and someone else was.

PauloMN

Celtic sign 18 year old winger Patrick Roberts on loan from Man City:
http://www.celticfc.net/news/9975

CELTIC are delighted to confirm the signing of Patrick Roberts who has joined the Hoops on an 18-month loan deal from Manchester City.

Patrick was originally at Fulham before signing for Manchester City in a £12million deal in July 2015, and he has already played for the City first-team.

The 18-year-old winger has now joined the Scottish champions, aiming to play his part for the club over the next 18 months, and everyone at the club welcomes Patrick to Celtic.

Interesting loan deal, £12 million is serious wonga even for City to be spending on such a young player, they must see something in the lad. Might just be what we need - if young Tierney is anything to go by, these young lads at least have a hunger about them that we desperately need at the moment.