They Gnu 11,553 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 16 minutes ago, Lord Lockin said: Being a bit unfair on Souness - yes he could handle himself but also a player - I'll give you Hurlock though No mate that was Souness’s instructions to Hurlock before he went on the park. By fuck Souness could play. Lord Lockin and ayrshireranger 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HG5 10,946 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 19 hours ago, bluenoz said: When fit or available, Aribo, Jack & Helander walk into the starting team. Balogun will play on Friday and maybe Roofe. Our depth is fine. Is it, mate, when the 2 of the first 3 you mention are permanent or semi-permanent sick notes (with Roofe)? Got a lot of players on the books, certainly, several of whom aren’t doing us a vast amount of good. Now hearing Alf misses the scum game for a (likely) bench warming role across the water. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacBoyd 5,328 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 hour ago, SeparateEntityMyArse said: Neither Lundstrum nor Mccarthy across the city seem able to cope with with current pace of the game here. I'm not sure how important experience in British football is tbh. I'd happily take a signing capable of being a 1st team starter from loads of European leagues, even if they've never set foot in the UK. Just feel they are more likely to hit the ground running like Davis Mendes etc did but you are probably correct Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HG5 10,946 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Lord Lockin said: We need some fucker in the middle of the park that can handle themselves and put a mark down on teams that set out just to bully us Aye - between Brown, Hayes & McCrorie, they had all the thuggery required to knock us out of our stride. falkirkNS and Blue Viking 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,548 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 As soon as we drop points people start with the “we need a right hard bastard” patter. It’s a total cliche these days. Laudrupsleftfoot 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadron Collider 30,305 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 hour ago, HG5 said: Aye - between Brown, Hayes & McCrorie, they had all the thuggery required to knock us out of our stride. We weren’t up for this game at all mate. Deserved what we got. Hoping Gio now sees what’s required after that shite last night. Let’s see what the end of the window brings because changes have to be made. HG5 and falkirkNS 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,633 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 24 minutes ago, DBBTB said: As soon as we drop points people start with the “we need a right hard bastard” patter. It’s a total cliche these days. We haven’t even had a “hard man” player in well over 20 years as well 😂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabc10000 5,060 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, G.E.C. said: We haven’t even had a “hard man” player in well over 20 years as well 😂 Ian Black no count nowadays?? I or even joey barton Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lockin 3,900 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 35 minutes ago, DBBTB said: As soon as we drop points people start with the “we need a right hard bastard” patter. It’s a total cliche these days. nothing to do with dropping points it's a fact - if you think what brown, griffiths etc have got away with over the years I don't Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,548 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 8 minutes ago, Lord Lockin said: nothing to do with dropping points it's a fact - if you think what brown, griffiths etc have got away with over the years I don't Wanting somebody on the park because they will get stuck in about the couple of players who noise us up a little bit is exactly the sort of backwards thinking 80’s mentality that people constantly say holds Scottish football back. BearInTheToon, Laudrupsleftfoot and KeyserSoze 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lockin 3,900 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 minute ago, DBBTB said: Wanting somebody on the park because they will get stuck in about the couple of players who noise us up a little bit is exactly the sort of backwards thinking 80’s mentality that people constantly say holds Scottish football back. I want the full team to get stuck in not one player - aye and Scottish football's going forward in leaps and bounds falkirkNS 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,548 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, Lord Lockin said: I want the full team to get stuck in not one player - aye and Scottish football's going forward in leaps and bounds You’ve sort of proven my point for me here. The only team in Scottish football dragging it forward in any sort of form, especially on the European stage, is us and that’s because we aren’t a team who fill our team with limited grafters who have to resort to caveman hatchet job tactics because they are being outplayed. Why do you think teams like Aberdeen get scudded out of Europe before the schools are back every season? Laudrupsleftfoot 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lockin 3,900 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 18 minutes ago, DBBTB said: You’ve sort of proven my point for me here. The only team in Scottish football dragging it forward in any sort of form, especially on the European stage, is us and that’s because we aren’t a team who fill our team with limited grafters who have to resort to caveman hatchet job tactics because they are being outplayed. Why do you think teams like Aberdeen get scudded out of Europe before the schools are back every season? Playing in Europe is totally different to play in the SPL - most teams in the SPL try and turn the games into a battle - last night an example - and you need the players to stand toe to toe with these fuckers and for me it just doesn't happen or is that me back in the 80's falkirkNS 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueKnight87 17,242 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Just now, Lord Lockin said: Playing in Europe is totally different to play in the SPL - most teams in the SPL try and turn the games into a battle - last night an example - and you need the players to stand toe to toe with these fuckers and for me it just doesn't happen or is that me back in the 80's The issue here is any players that goes toe to toe like you say with the hatchet men and try to get stuck in for us. They will be on the end of a lot of red cards. Officials in this country have sent our players off for less. Even if it didn't happen during the game you would have the band of pundits along soon after calling non-stop for retrospective bans. We showed last season how to deal with these arseholes. Play them right off the park and make them irrelevant. Negri's lovechild 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HG5 10,946 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Hadron Collider said: We weren’t up for this game at all mate. Deserved what we got. Hoping Gio now sees what’s required after that shite last night. Let’s see what the end of the window brings because changes have to be made. Too true, mate. Could do with some movement, and fast - 2 weeks til the crunch! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkirkNS 6,298 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Lord Lockin said: Playing in Europe is totally different to play in the SPL - most teams in the SPL try and turn the games into a battle - last night an example - and you need the players to stand toe to toe with these fuckers and for me it just doesn't happen or is that me back in the 80's 100% the battle need won first, we really dont have any, jack, arfield at most, we were bullied and pushed up the park. Sheep den and tynecastle isnt no ttechnical, its the biggest game and best game of their seasons, we are too weak HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,548 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 People talking about us not being able to win battles in games and getting bullied like it’s a huge problem when we’ve lost a grand total of one league game in the past fifty nine Essandoh, Laudrup1984 and SIRB_72 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BearInTheToon 1,575 Posted January 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2022 To be honest, I don’t think it’s someone ‘getting stuck in’ that we need, or that that’s what people really mean. I think it’s more we need midfielders who we can rely on with proper leadership, presence and bravery on the ball to step up and dictate play. Kamara’s classy, but he just doesn’t have that confidence/personality/balls to do it. Jack and Arfield are perennially injured and Lundstram’s shite. We need Davis and Aribo back pronto, and a new signing. If Kamara and Aribo go in the summer, we’re looking at replacing an entire midfield, which should never have been allowed to happen. Ambrogio, MacBoyd, Negri's lovechild and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacBoyd 5,328 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 40 minutes ago, BearInTheToon said: To be honest, I don’t think it’s someone ‘getting stuck in’ that we need, or that that’s what people really mean. I think it’s more we need midfielders who we can rely on with proper leadership, presence and bravery on the ball to step up and dictate play. Kamara’s classy, but he just doesn’t have that confidence/personality/balls to do it. Jack and Arfield are perennially injured and Lundstram’s shite. We need Davis and Aribo back pronto, and a new signing. If Kamara and Aribo go in the summer, we’re looking at replacing an entire midfield, which should never have been allowed to happen. It's been totally neglected for too long, I'm guessing lunny was meant to improve it but he's abysmal. We must sign a player this window. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman 1,178 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 13 hours ago, rabc10000 said: Ian Black no count nowadays?? I or even joey barton I remember Black being bullied by a 16 year old Fleck and constantly whining to the ref in a reserve game. Was still a shitebag when he played or us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BlueSuedeSambas 53,548 Posted January 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2022 3 hours ago, BearInTheToon said: To be honest, I don’t think it’s someone ‘getting stuck in’ that we need, or that that’s what people really mean. I think it’s more we need midfielders who we can rely on with proper leadership, presence and bravery on the ball to step up and dictate play. Kamara’s classy, but he just doesn’t have that confidence/personality/balls to do it. Jack and Arfield are perennially injured and Lundstram’s shite. We need Davis and Aribo back pronto, and a new signing. If Kamara and Aribo go in the summer, we’re looking at replacing an entire midfield, which should never have been allowed to happen. I don’t actually disagree with that assessment of it. We don’t have a lot of legs in midfield sometimes. The only person who has any is Arfield and at his age and with his injury record we cannot be relying on him every week. Replacing him and what he offers should have been a priority last Summer. Maybe we thought Lundstram could do it too but yeah, he can’t really. BearInTheToon, Negri's lovechild, HG5 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Viking 702 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 We are going to be in real trouble, If we do not strengthen this midfield by the end of this Jan window. BlueKnight87 and DrLaudrup 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLaudrup 4,437 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 5 hours ago, Blue Viking said: We are going to be in real trouble, If we do not strengthen this midfield by the end of this Jan window. I'm totally underwhelmed by the last 2 transfer windows. We have spent basically nothing and signed squad player after squad player. This window we have Souttar who won't play until next season and Sands who is also a squad player. I'd argue we have not signed anyone who will improve our first 11. If we don't improve we could well be in trouble as you say. It's hard to say what will happen second half of the season but it's clear that celtic have improved from last season. Frankly I don't think we have, in fact i'd say our levels are below last year, and our signings have not made things any easier. It is imperative we sign one player who can start for and improve us, in midfield and in this window. No more potential or squad signings. I don't blame Gio for this. He has shored us up and got us playing better, but it doesn't hide the fact we are really lacking some quality. We need someone dynamic and attack minded to come into the side. There may be things going on behind the scenes but the early window positivity of getting deals done early is being replaced with no movement at all. Surely the board have to be aware of the significance of this season. graeme_4, docspiderman and Blue Viking 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueKnight87 17,242 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 43 minutes ago, DrLaudrup said: I'm totally underwhelmed by the last 2 transfer windows. We have spent basically nothing and signed squad player after squad player. This window we have Souttar who won't play until next season and Sands who is also a squad player. I'd argue we have not signed anyone who will improve our first 11. If we don't improve we could well be in trouble as you say. It's hard to say what will happen second half of the season but it's clear that celtic have improved from last season. Frankly I don't think we have, in fact i'd say our levels are below last year, and our signings have not made things any easier. It is imperative we sign one player who can start for and improve us, in midfield and in this window. No more potential or squad signings. I don't blame Gio for this. He has shored us up and got us playing better, but it doesn't hide the fact we are really lacking some quality. We need someone dynamic and attack minded to come into the side. There may be things going on behind the scenes but the early window positivity of getting deals done early is being replaced with no movement at all. Surely the board have to be aware of the significance of this season. Spot on mate. Our recruitment in last 2 windows hasn't been great. It's either squad or project players that need development. I've no doubt Lundstram was seen as a first team pick when signed by previous management. But it hasn't worked out. I think we need 2 players that come in and improve our first team. CM is one but we also need a RW. We don't imo have an automatic pick. Wright is a squad player and Hagi doesn't work out there. If we can add those 2 I'd be a lot more confident in the league. DrLaudrup and graeme_4 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Viking 702 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 8 hours ago, DrLaudrup said: I'm totally underwhelmed by the last 2 transfer windows. We have spent basically nothing and signed squad player after squad player. This window we have Souttar who won't play until next season and Sands who is also a squad player. I'd argue we have not signed anyone who will improve our first 11. If we don't improve we could well be in trouble as you say. It's hard to say what will happen second half of the season but it's clear that celtic have improved from last season. Frankly I don't think we have, in fact i'd say our levels are below last year, and our signings have not made things any easier. It is imperative we sign one player who can start for and improve us, in midfield and in this window. No more potential or squad signings. I don't blame Gio for this. He has shored us up and got us playing better, but it doesn't hide the fact we are really lacking some quality. We need someone dynamic and attack minded to come into the side. There may be things going on behind the scenes but the early window positivity of getting deals done early is being replaced with no movement at all. Surely the board have to be aware of the significance of this season. Couldn't agree more - every morning when I wake up - coffee and toast ready, sit down at the computer to read the news and see who we have signed - and it's the same disappointing shit every morning " Nothing " - but those fuckers are signing left, right and center and are strengthening every where. Huge stake and money to be made by winning the league this season, never had this situation before- Scottish champions direct into the champions league and a huge sum of money into the bank and we are fucking around again with transfer windows. Skov Olsen and Danilho Doekhi - 2 players that we seem to be chasing - I would be so happy if we got these players - so come on, get the bloody finger out and bring them to Glasgow. We need them now and not this shite ! we got our man and he will be here after the summer - that is like - Okay we are of to war tomorrow, and our guns will arrive in 5/6 months. DrLaudrup 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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