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Originally Posted by A face
opened up the can there,
maybe not ordinary but they were outplayed for large segments of the game last night.
looked a bit out of sorts and i think they gave barca too much room/respect.
bhoys are missing larson big time
They're ordinary, and that will continue to be shown in the champions league, especially away from home where the crowd and 'fighting spirit' won't be worth a damn to them.
Ordinary teams spend £1.5 million or so pre-season, great teams spend buckets. Until O'Neills purse strings are loosened, then it'll be the same old same old...
Outclassed totally. £45m spent by Barca in the summer showed the difference between the 2 clubs.
I thought we'd a chance of nicking it during a 20 minute period of pressure before and after our goal but if that had happened then it would have been stolen.
No complaints, ability beats passion 9 times out of 10 and I thought we'd get a hiding when I saw them keep the ball from us for the first 5 minutes and when we did get it, the first thing we did was hump it up the park and give it straight back to them :confused: . Never really understood that logic myself :rolleyes:
Unfortunately I think we'll get a few more comprehensive beatings in this group.
Well, there'll always been crowing in some quarters, whenever Celtic lose a high profile match like this.
It was a really strange evening all round. The whole Henrik thing was really bizarre, almost surreal to see Jebus-made-flesh himself potting it in the net... :( and then not celebrating in the usual manner. :( It wasn't the best of games, to be fair. I thought they were on top for a while, but the it-all-goes-titsup-fairy sprinkled her magic dust and it fell apart.
But to answer the original question, no, they're far, far from ordinary.
Define ordinary. Well capable of progressing from the group stage, unfortunately not this group. Barca are a very good side and will probably get better with time. AC may well do a job on Celtic as well.
However they have shown in the past that they are capable of beating some very good teams probably will do so again.
Certainly as well Celtic did have an off night (all three goals were down to defensive mistakes) however were comperhensively outplayed. Restricted by their (and Rangers) success in Scotland big tv companies will not touch them, they will unable to attract players to narrow the gap in Europe. This isn't a bealt by the way I know that the smaller clubs in Scotland have similar grievances against Celtic and Rangers. Simply stating facts.
Prob at monent a second tier European side.
Celtic, truely an awful joke, as my Dad said, small time players in a big club. When will Martin O'Neill wake up and jump ship, there is no more he can do with the club.
Before anybody makes scathing remarks, I have no interest in the 32 Counties aspect of Celtic, ie. The Celtic "fans" at Turners Cross a couple years ago.
a face,will be distraught today ;)
And what exactly makes them an awful joke?? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by ccfcman
They play every1 in Scotland off the park for fun and couldnt be bothered their arse raising their game in Europe, ffs did you not see the cut of their passing and off the ball running, Neil Lennon is a spoofer supreme, he couldn't get into a flippin Cobh team!Quote:
Originally Posted by drinkfeckarse
So that's their fault that they've outgrown their domestic league? It's a simple fact that if you're playing sh!te every week then you're going to struggle long term against better teams if you're not used to playing them.Quote:
Originally Posted by ccfcman
2nd half performance was woeful alright but their passing wasn't as bad as you suggest. Can you not recall the move where Hartson ballooned it over the bar in the 2nd half after Camara hit it straight at the keeper? The movement was excellent and they had strung about 20 passes together without Shaktar touching it before he wasted it.
Neil Lennon? While I'm not a huge fan, the facts are fairly simple......he's got a better pass completion rate than most midfielders in the Champions League (opto stats) which basically means he doesn't give the ball away, which basically means if the opposition don't have the ball then they can't score (no smart comments about how it hasn't worked so far!!). Carlo Ancellotti pointed out before the Milan game that Lennon was the player he most admired in the Celtic team and that in his opinion, every team needed someone like him.