Celtic FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2024/25

Not looking good now, wide open at the back

Starfelt & Welsh are awful, all over the place. Midfield non-existant too and passing all round has been brutal.

Will be a miracle if we can hold on here

Edouard has made a big difference since coming on.

Who scouted Starfelt?!?

Scales has signed from Rovers, haven't seen enough of him to say if he's the answer to our LB or CB problems but could be inline for an appearance on Sunday if Taylor's out injured

Could've been worse and could've been a lot better. Some tough games but would hope we can pick up enough points to get through

October was the last I heard

Yeah midfield is the key to these games and we'll have to be at our best tomorrow if we are to win. It'll be a big plus for us to have a keeper that can make saves compared to last season.

I'd go with Édouard up front and Kyogo on the left with Christie in the middle in place of Rogic.

Should be an exciting game either way

Looking forward to this, worried about our back 5 being young and/or inexperienced in these games. Hope they'll avoid any rash challenges.

Hopefully we'll get a hold of midfield and give our forwards a chance to get at Rangers

Decent possession but not doing enough with it, Christie hasn't really got involved enough and we need to try get Abada on the ball more. Shocking miss by Edouard.

I'd like to see Kyogo through the middle with Rogic replacing Édouard and Christie out left

Don't have any complaints about the result, we weren't good enough. Apart from McGregor we offered nothing in midfield and I'm done with Édouard.

Thought the back 4 were ok, Starfelt's best game for us

Hard luck lads. I thought it was a pretty even game, perhaps Rangers just edged it for their control of game in 2nd half. If you looked at possession stats, you’d say Celtic bossed the game, but as always, stats don’t tell the full story. I thought Odsonne was poor, miss aside, he wasn’t in the game at all. Furuhashi was far more involved in game and was unlucky with his chances. If you look at it, Celtic probably created two best chances of game. But you knew, with free kicks and corners mounting, that Rangers would create a decent chance and so it proved. I have to be honest and say as a neutral, Steven Davis, yet again, bossed the midfield in this fixture. Turnbull had another poor Old Firm derby, he couldn’t influence the game enough in midfield and ultimately this cost Celtic. Is McCarthy the man for this fixture to ultimately support McGregor against Davis and Kamara? I thought Ralston was outstanding and was probably Celtic’s best player. Compared where Celtic were in the last fixture at last season, when Rangers won the game without breaking a sweat, I thought things looked much much better for Celtic today. Finally, a shout out for the ref, I thought he was outstanding and handled the game very well.

There are 1000s of people in Ireland who enjoy the spectacle of the Old Firm derby, but don’t have an allegiance either way. They just want to see a game full of action and incident. They are mostly fans of premier league teams. They genuinely don’t care who wins, provided their actual team wins. Equally, there are 1000s of people in Ireland who don’t really support Celtic but would always cheer for them in an Old Firm derby.

That miss from Eddy is up there with the worst I've ever seen. His confidence is gone so low I doubt he will ever be the player he was again at any club.

When does Scottish transfer window SLAM shut?

Totally agree re. Griff. Get rid. Likewise Eddy. Looks like Christie may be signing a new contract.

I think a left winger is a must. Kyogo should not be getting shunted out there given how dangerous he is through the middle. A left full is still also required and possibly a centre half (maybe a loan signing before the window shuts tomorrow).

I have to say on reflection, I am still feeling positive about this season. We have progressed so well and will improve. As I posted before, I get the feeling we are in for a hell of a ride under Ange.

How do the bhoys feel about Christie and Edouard leaving? Two fantastic players I would feel, but perhaps haven’t always shown their best form for Celtic??? I did think Christie started the season very well and was on top form, even if he was poor on Sunday. Surprised that he has ended up at Bournemouth, no disrespect to them. I thought he could star at a higher level. What will their legacy be?

Not convinced it was a good transfer window myself, don't see how we're any stronger coming out of it than we were going in.

Seriously short in central midfield with Christie gone, short at LB too and LW.

It was a big ask to get everything done in 1 window and we haven't. We knew we had a massive rebuild to do this summer and we finish the window with a massive profit from sales. What's that about?!??

Boli is gone isn't he?

Kyogo just went down unchallenged in Japan match and is subbed off. Doesn't look good