I think Anthony Ralston is a decent cover at right back but Bernabei for me just doesn't look good enough. I would give Yuki Kobayashi a bit more time. Sadly I think Greg Taylor also needs to be regarded as needing replaced. He has played out of his socks domestically but I think he can be exploited by Europe's best.
Drop in performances happens almost every season. Im 50, seen it. Maybe younger folk think winning for celtic is normal. It is, just not to this extent. Bigger fish to fry now.
For a team who never stops, they never really started. Captain McGregor should be calling out the poor performers and making changes at half time, he is on the field and can see who is slacking
Celtic may well beat ICT in the Scottish Cup Final but the danger of a poor lead-in to that match is that it's very difficult to instantly switch form back on again after being fairly mediocre for several weeks – football tends not to work like that.
Ange can say we coped without ccv when he was injured during C/L, maybe that was because we had a decent replacement in big Jenz. He was far to quick to let him go as Kobayashi needed time to adapt to our league.
Hamish big joe should be left in the shower wae his head and shoulders shampoo, and give seigreist or the fiddelar ally, bain,, haha, big joes hair needs a good wash joe your duff im not joe your dan, druff im not haha hailhail,,
Hamish ange hasnt got a defence,, tae pick to me hes asking fur a lucky and doin thie hes had 2blibs,, as he depended on c, c, v, and a, j, and he doesnt want to say it hamish,, bottom line ange or is the jury out fur you ange,, haha,,
Thanks Hamish . I agree that as long as we win at Hampden we can tolerate a few poor results but nevertheless there are concerns about certain positions. Reinforcements are needed for CL and ensuring we continue to dominate the league 💪👊🍀💚☘
Hamish, this whole rhetoric about an expected drop off after winning the league is nonsense. There should be no reason for any performance drop off. Ange specifically stated he trains the team to finish stringer than they started. The core of the team was still present and yet against Hearts we weren't in the game till the sending off, and that has unfortunately bled into eveey other performance. When I'm ready to go on holiday I don't get a free pass from my job and my performance expectations are the same. You have hungry players desperate to break into the 1st team and that should be enough motivation to perform on the day. I think this perhaps highlights the drop in quality we have and our bench is not as strong as we perceived.
My fear is that the teams legs have gone. The high intensity training and matchdays have to take their toll over a long season. I think thats why crucial players who are first picks every week arent performing anywhere close to what they can do – theyve run out of gas. Throughout the season A.P. has rotated some players to try not to overload them, but there are five or six essential players who we rely on as the spine of the team – and who start more-or-less every game. I'm not sure how much theyve got left to give. You'd hope that they'll have one last charge in them for the cup final, but this Celtic squad is the hardest working team in the SPL, by a mile – and while the spirit may be willing, theres only so much a human body can do. We need to buy players in the summer so that people like CCV and Hatate and Calmac, Kyogo, Taylor and Johnson etc can be rested now and then without disrupting the team's quality. We still have a long list of players on the books – people who arent youngsters any more who you couldnt conceive of wearing the jersey as regulars. I think someone needs to be ruthless about who is worth keeping and who needs to be moved along.
Rely on the same half dozen or so to be the backbone next year and we can look forward to long injury lists and a ton of hard luck stories – and a team that is losing its way.
Hi Hamish and the Celtic mob, I am amazed at the job the Ghirls have done and to nearly WIN the title was phenomenal. They are a credit to the club and the coaching staff! I'm so looking forward to next season. Hail Hail Glasgow Celtic
CCV is this teams current best player and foundation for success. Without him at the back we look so ordinary. They need to upgrade his contract so he stays a couple more years otherwise his going to the EPL or a bigger league. Calmac is not our most important player as so many Folk like to claim lol
I still think the SPFL could do so much more in terms of promoting the competition. Have Celtic n Gers play a match for points at Wembley stadium; Celtic and Hibs at Croke Park (GAA permission required) A bit radical but may work in raising the profile of comp
Jurgen Klopp was complaining about the time wasting from Aston Villa. Radio five live described Nottingham Forest 's football v Arsenal as football from a past age. In Scotland anti football is often praised. Thank goodness for our team! 🍀
Drop of happens but to drop 4 points yes the old frim fc have tain an upswing but to no have st mirren inde rout boot shows just how much wee need to getbsome decent physical players for europe coz if we cant do it against mid table spfl teams were gonna get stomped in europe and we need another keeper
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I think Anthony Ralston is a decent cover at right back but Bernabei for me just doesn't look good enough. I would give Yuki Kobayashi a bit more time. Sadly I think Greg Taylor also needs to be regarded as needing replaced. He has played out of his socks domestically but I think he can be exploited by Europe's best.
Drop in performances happens almost every season. Im 50, seen it. Maybe younger folk think winning for celtic is normal. It is, just not to this extent. Bigger fish to fry now.
CCV is the most important player along with Macgregor! The Stats don’t lie! He’s the best defender in the league by a mile😁🍀
I don't like dropping points but our job is done with the league. Hopefully a win, lift the trophy and then game on for the Scottish cup.
What happened to we never stop 😮🤔🤷🇮🇪🍀
Sky are too busy pushing English women's games to bother with us up here 🤔🤷🇮🇪🍀 HAIL HAIL
CCV and AJ missing to big misses 🤔🇮🇪🍀
Really don’t care about the women’s team
For a team who never stops, they never really started. Captain McGregor should be calling out the poor performers and making changes at half time, he is on the field and can see who is slacking
Top job. Top info. I like the plain mug. Can see me having my sixteen morning coffees in that! Where's John been lately? Need to get him back on.
Celtic may well beat ICT in the Scottish Cup Final but the danger of a poor lead-in to that match is that it's very difficult to instantly switch form back on again after being fairly mediocre for several weeks – football tends not to work like that.
Wrong comments… Glasgow Woman deserved the league…well done the Ghirls ☘️⚽🍀
Ange can say we coped without ccv when he was injured during C/L, maybe that was because we had a decent replacement in big Jenz. He was far to quick to let him go as Kobayashi needed time to adapt to our league.
If ccv wasn't there we would have lost the league
We never stop until we have won the league is good enough for us all xx
Hamish big joe should be left in the shower wae his head and shoulders shampoo, and give seigreist or the fiddelar ally, bain,, haha, big joes hair needs a good wash joe your duff im not joe your dan, druff im not haha hailhail,,
Big Joe is just not good enough unfortunately
Hamish ange hasnt got a defence,, tae pick to me hes asking fur a lucky and doin thie hes had 2blibs,, as he depended on c, c, v, and a, j, and he doesnt want to say it hamish,, bottom line ange or is the jury out fur you ange,, haha,,
No interest in women's football lesbians & the politically correct love it. I would rather go thru my old work emails than watch it.
Thanks Hamish . I agree that as long as we win at Hampden we can tolerate a few poor results but nevertheless there are concerns about certain positions. Reinforcements are needed for CL and ensuring we continue to dominate the league 💪👊🍀💚☘
Your stat graph is meaningless as Celtic huv played very few games without CCV the two stat columns huv far too big ah difference in game numbers
Listen, the team can't revolve around one man, unless that man is Lionel Messi.
Kayo dropping Bien sports in Australia so no SPL next season unless another service picks it up. Grrrrr!
Mrs Stein would be proud of the Celtic Women.
Hamish is right …job was done no need to worry about recent performances. Give the guys that come in a break , nothing to lose if we lose
Hamish, this whole rhetoric about an expected drop off after winning the league is nonsense. There should be no reason for any performance drop off. Ange specifically stated he trains the team to finish stringer than they started. The core of the team was still present and yet against Hearts we weren't in the game till the sending off, and that has unfortunately bled into eveey other performance. When I'm ready to go on holiday I don't get a free pass from my job and my performance expectations are the same. You have hungry players desperate to break into the 1st team and that should be enough motivation to perform on the day. I think this perhaps highlights the drop in quality we have and our bench is not as strong as we perceived.
My fear is that the teams legs have gone. The high intensity training and matchdays have to take their toll over a long season. I think thats why crucial players who are first picks every week arent performing anywhere close to what they can do – theyve run out of gas.
Throughout the season A.P. has rotated some players to try not to overload them, but there are five or six essential players who we rely on as the spine of the team – and who start more-or-less every game.
I'm not sure how much theyve got left to give. You'd hope that they'll have one last charge in them for the cup final, but this Celtic squad is the hardest working team in the SPL, by a mile – and while the spirit may be willing, theres only so much a human body can do.
We need to buy players in the summer so that people like CCV and Hatate and Calmac, Kyogo, Taylor and Johnson etc can be rested now and then without disrupting the team's quality.
We still have a long list of players on the books – people who arent youngsters any more who you couldnt conceive of wearing the jersey as regulars.
I think someone needs to be ruthless about who is worth keeping and who needs to be moved along.
Rely on the same half dozen or so to be the backbone next year and we can look forward to long injury lists and a ton of hard luck stories – and a team that is losing its way.
Hi Hamish and the Celtic mob, I am amazed at the job the Ghirls have done and to nearly WIN the title was phenomenal. They are a credit to the club and the coaching staff! I'm so looking forward to next season. Hail Hail Glasgow Celtic
CCV is this teams current best player and foundation for success. Without him at the back we look so ordinary. They need to upgrade his contract so he stays a couple more years otherwise his going to the EPL or a bigger league. Calmac is not our most important player as so many Folk like to claim lol
I still think the SPFL could do so much more in terms of promoting the competition. Have Celtic n Gers play a match for points at Wembley stadium; Celtic and Hibs at Croke Park (GAA permission required) A bit radical but may work in raising the profile of comp
Welch to start! Kids way too good to be sitting on the bench, he needs a game
Jurgen Klopp was complaining about the time wasting from Aston Villa. Radio five live described Nottingham Forest 's football v Arsenal as football from a past age. In Scotland anti football is often praised. Thank goodness for our team! 🍀
Drop of happens but to drop 4 points yes the old frim fc have tain an upswing but to no have st mirren inde rout boot shows just how much wee need to getbsome decent physical players for europe coz if we cant do it against mid table spfl teams were gonna get stomped in europe and we need another keeper