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Originally Posted by eirebhoy
We had our own Polish clown, and I didn't like him. So to answer you're question, NO. (but thanks for telling me how I'd feel)
Am quite happy so far with Makalamby anyway ;)
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Originally Posted by eirebhoy
We had our own Polish clown, and I didn't like him. So to answer you're question, NO. (but thanks for telling me how I'd feel)
Am quite happy so far with Makalamby anyway ;)
You don't like Polish people then? Anyway, of course you would. Celtic fans idolise Boruc and have a great laugh with him during games. You're an incredibly biased man I must say. :)
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Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Your posts puzzle me sometimes I have to say ;)
Why do you think I don't like Polish people?
and why am I incredibaly bias just for slagging a keeper that DID have a complete nightmare of a game?
You're just really biased towards Hibs and it affects your judgement a lot imo.
Of course Boruc had a nightmare. I started this by replying to the "childish arrogant gimp" comment.
As for the Polish comment, could it be more obvious? :)
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Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Firstly, everyone is bias towards the club they support, FACT
Secondly, if someone was to poke fun at John O'Shea and Ian Harte for having very similar nightmare performances. Would you take it that that person is saying they don't like Irish people?? Very strange logic you have :confused:
About time Hibs profited from a goalkeeping error!
Delighted for Shiels when he scored the winner, almost equally as delighted for that pr!k Caldwell:D.
As I said in my previous post, Boruc's performance against Hibs has nothing to do with anything. I'm commenting on your post about his celebration. He's a football fan who likes to interact and have a bit of craic with the crowd.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibs4Ever
I had written a pre match post yesterday writing off Celtic in the CL and writing off Strachans chances to get his team Celtic mk3 going :)
I see there is a bit more to the 2 Scotts than was evident in the other CL games.
Last night was good though Milan were powder puff and only played when they had to and when they did play, the 4 or 5 one touch football was different class.
Jarosik surprised, wasn't bad at all considering his absence, plenty of mistakes but was willing all night, a Killer Kilbanish type performance.
Our lad McGeady looked like he was starting where he left off against the Czechs (against the same full back?). But he is more sure of himself in Celtic's team than ours, he is better supported by those around him. Cut inside a bit more, lost the ball a lot less, covered better and coulda scored one.
Nakamura is more than essential, vision and skill.
an accurate enough description imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
however i still think that Celtic are seriously weak up front and even though McDonald scored I thought he had a poor enough game. Nailor and Doumbe had decent games troo and I reckon Scott Brown was immense in the first half, well up until he got booked anyway.
Milan can be top drawer when they want to be and it is a pity they are 'ageing' as their skill is only produced when it is needed whereas a younger team would be able to maintain that level for a good proportion of the game.
Overall a good night for Celtic on the pitch.
I actually thought McDonald played well. He really did trouble Bonera and Nesta. His first touch is superb, the ball just sticks to him.
Celtic's reserves beat Rangers today. They might have some useful players worthy of taking the step up to the senior team come the next window.
Had the misfortune to watch the Gretna v Celtic game yesterday. Jeez it was grim. The only thing that helped me through it was the few beers that I indulged in.
Nobody can knock Strachans record but this team quite regularly produce absolute dross. That's the main reason why fans are still split 50/50 when it comes to him.
I think any fan that wants to see Celtic play good football will be fully behind Strachan. There'll always be a few dodgy performances away from home. I don't know how Gretna did it yesterday. It was like they had 2 or 3 players on whichever Celtic player had the ball. They didn't give them a second. Donati certainly wouldn't be used to that. You're allowed all the time in the world in Italy if you're at least 40 yards away from the goal. :)
Jaysus, Andy Reid would be a legend out there!Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Any team playing a big side will always be "up for it". That's not the issue and it certainly wasn't a case of Gretna running around like blue arse flies. They worked hard but it was to be expected. The problem was that Celtic were sluggish and went through the motions.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
I watched in the local supporters bar and the vast majority there were commenting about how regular this sort of performance was becoming. You'll know more than me eirebhoy when it comes to performances as I hardly see any games anymore but that was the general consensus anyway.
Maybe the fact the ball wasn't round didn't help the players :rolleyes:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ic/7032540.stm
In the last year they've more often than not played poorly away from home. Most of the time at home though they're a joy to watch. The likes of Naka, Donati, Brown and McGeady get so much more space at home. I don't know the reason. Many Irish fans only get to see the odd home game so I can understand them thinking the football under Strachan isn't great. His first season we played well 70% of the time. Last season it was more like 30-40% of the time. This season is back up there. The last few away performances have been poor but other than that it's been great to watch this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by drinkfeckarse
Bigger pitch maybeQuote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Hardly the IB??? Never liked watching games in there if so. Fellas opinions in pubs! If they knew so much why weren't they at the game, bus leaves from outside, heaps of tickets, only down the road.....Quote:
Originally Posted by drinkfeckarse
I'm getting wound up.
I'm with eirebhoy on this one, the football is coming back this season under strachan, and most fans (bar the totally anti brigade no matter what he does) are wising up to it.
On the contrary, most of them were season ticket holders. Not everyone goes to the away games and this is a supporters club that is based 2 hours away from Glasgow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bottle of Tonic
I wouldn't have them down as a moan and groan brigade either, in fact a lot of them I would class as knowledgable and reasonable. Just saying that they aren't exactly thrilled with the way the team has been playing.
Ah right, I had you down as an Edinburger for some reason. Agreed the two hour journey would put lads off for a gretna game alright, especially coming so soon after midweek.
Personally I'll back the manager as long as I think we are making progress. Last season it didn't look like we were, in the league at least. I think we're better in the SPL this time around and our European efforts will end up making up a lot of peoples minds.
Shocking performance from Celtic today. A midfield full of pussy cats. How we had 9 players booked is beyond me - the thing we lacked most was players prepared to stick the boot in. Rangers fully deserved their win.
Hibs slipped up with a defeat to Motherwell, they could have gone 2 points clear at the top.
Most of the team are poor tacklers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junior
The Celtic team isn't suited to games like today. Interesting though that I don't think Boruc made one save.
Nope,he didnt, they took their chances we didn't but the difference was much more than that.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Not sure whay you mean by games like today, it wasnt like Rangers were putting it about that much, they just dominated the midfield. If you can't be up for a game against your nearest rivals then we'll have problems as more so than recent years these games will be the difference.
The 9 bookings cannot be attributed to 'poor tacklers' in my opinion
Gretna showed exactly how to beat us (I know they didn't win but they showed exactly how it's done). Don't give any player time on the ball. When Donati was playing in Serie A he had all the time in the world on the ball, as long as he kept a fair distance from the opposition goal. In the SPL, when he's in his own half he's being pressurised. It's a big change. It must be the only league in the world where a holding midfielder gets marked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junior
Someone like Andrea Pirlo would have been poor playing against that Rangers team today. We had 3 of those (of lesser quality) in the team in Sno, Naka and Donati. That doesn't mean they're poor players. Spain are a team of playmakers, look how they did in Windsor Park.
Rangers stood off a bit in the 2nd half and Celtic failed to take advantage but for most of the match they gave no space to any player to our players.
Strachan out manouvred yet again. Had my own game but heard the first half on the radio and saw the highlights later. Nakamura doesn't "do" Old Firm games, proved beyond any doubt now. Brown wasn't fit and Donati didn't fancy it one bit. Add that to playing a left sided central defender at right back and bringing Sno in from the cold.
There was only one winner after 15 minutes because that's when they started to lose the midfield battle.
Away games. :) He usually plays well at home against them. Put 2 players on Naka and you can restrict him to short passes backwards for the most part.Quote:
Originally Posted by drinkfeckarse
Anybody care to break a habit of a lifetime and have a punt on Rangers at 9/2 to win. Or what about Shakhtar at 7/1?
Yeah I'm definitely backing Shakhtar.
Fecking knew I should have had Rangers down for one of my 4 Game Draws instead of CSKA v Inter!! :mad:
I fear another 3-0 result tonight for the Celts. Had Rangers down for a draw last night funnily enough.
Isn't conceeding 3 goals away the norm for Celtic in the CL?
Normally yes. Benfica have injury problems so this is actually Celtics best chance in a while of getting their first away CL win. Stranger things have happened but if they give away an early goal then I can definately see them crumbling again.
It could have been 3 - 0, probably should have been.
I thought Rui Costa was too old even for Milan, he still has some juice in his tank, some player when he is ársed.
Pity Celtic don't have a big frontman like Cardoza, I suppose €9m fee answers that one.
Can't say even tough luck for the late winner, Celtic looked deadbeat in the last 10 minutes.
We have big front men, Killen (too early to tell if he'll cut the mustard), Venegoor of Hesselink, 'sicknote' hasn't done anything of note since the game at Old Trafford in last years CL.
The defeat was very hard to take, not because Benfica didnt deserve the win, hitting the woodwork twice + all the chances and posession they had. But we defended very well and the 87th bleeding minute....aggggggghhhhh.
We needed our midfielders to hold on to the ball better just do some basic passing and keep posession to give the lads at the back a breather. we didnt do that and so the inevitable happened.
From an Irish perspective, McGeady did do well.
Yeah he really could'nt stand the heat, totally melted :D :o :o ...sorryQuote:
Originally Posted by drinkfeckarse
Assuming Celtic win tonight then a top 2 place might be theirs if Milan beat Shakhtar.
I have to say McGeady's standing has risen. He had 2 awful games for Ireland, Stan had gambled big on him to deliver but for Celtic against the same Czech player he did allright. This is probably his most important season. Looks like whatever Strachan is doing with him is working.
Apart from Benfica fluffing chances in the last game I thought Celtic's real undoing was just running out of gas in the last 10 minutes. I'd expect that won't be a problem at home.
After that heartbreaking winner for Stuttgart against Rangers :rolleyes: it was some justice that Celtic gained a late victory.
It looks that Rangers may be in a better position to get through to the next round.
My MOM last night was Boruc, though he didn´t have much to do he looked to be on top of his game. That almost save at full stretch from point blank range was a magnificent example of his ability.
Patient build up play by the Celts in the 2nd half against a better quality team like Shahktar paid off after a moment of brilliance from McGeady.
They almost deserved it.
Great way to win a game, brilliant piece of skill from Mcgeeady to create the opening (one of many good balls he put over on the night). Bit fortunate with the finish but we'll take it, great atmosphere!!
Still need a point in Milan and well we all no what happens with Celtic on our travels....
Poor performance by the Celts last night but thankfully Shakhtar were below par. Hopefully that goal gives Donati a boost, he hasn't been looking too good recently. Jarosik has looked excellent recently, I don't know where he has got the heart from. Even against Aberdeen he was all over the pitch. Brown I thought was involved more than anyone last night and did very well. That footwork to beat 2 or 3 players was incredible.