Im ignoring all the hysterical comments from some people lol . Got oor tickets for the game and cannae wait!! Never been to Paradise before so im a wee bitty excited haha .
Good show as always, bhoys. Enjoyed the chat. As Celtic supporters, we of course all want our players to do well and succeed. However, no player or manager is above criticism. In re Idah, he has done it for us and in big games, and I believe he will again. Like all strikers, he will miss chances and go through difficult spells, but effort, hard work, and conviction are the least you expect. It's been very disappointing that those qualities have been clearly lacking in his play in the last few games. In the last 2 games in particular, I've seen him not challenge the opposition centre halves for headers and not fully commit to crosses.. which is unacceptable whether you're a £9m signing or have come through the youth academy. If you're not playing well, hard work and effort get you through, and eventually, the goals will come. We've seen it with so many Celtic strikers over the years. I expect he will be told to up his game big time, but I think Johnny Kenny also deserves a chance to show what he can do, which should also motivate Idah to raise his game. I agree there is a weakness and softness in our play and must be addressed. The return of Tierney will, of course, give us more physicality and dynamism on the left side of our defence. Let's hope he comes in this month. I also think we need a real robust, physical, and defensive midfielder ( No.6) who is adept at breaking up play, winning balls, and starting attacks. I disagree with JP, I don't think Mcgregor is that player. Calmac is such an intelligent and gifted footballer that he can play anywhere in midfield, and especially in domestic home games when teams sit back, he dictates play. However, in tough away games, and in europe, he isn't strong enough.. and we suffer. I'd play him further forward, where he can be more influential, create chances, and, as we know, is also a goal threat. The wings are really needing strengthened. For me, Yang and Palma are nowhere near the level required and have to be moved on. Of course, they are part of that horrendous summer 2023 transfer window.. which also included Nawrocki, Lagerbielke, Holm, Tillio and Kwon. Over £17m spent on players who have not been contributing anything..totally unacceptable. That level of recruitment ineptitude can not be repeated. Hopefully, Brendan can address the issues in the wide areas this month. A top quality winger who can play both sides should be a priority, and I'd also sign Armstrong from Kilmarnock as back up to Kuhn. He has proved for a few seasons now, including against us, he can be very effective in the SPFL, and i think he could do a job for us, especially domestically. Also, we can not sell our "wee magic man" Kyogo.. He is still our best striker and has shown in the last few games what an intelligent and great player he is, even from deeper or wider areas.. we have to work harder at finding him more, and I've no doubt he'll score more goals. There has been lots of positivity, of course, and we've been very consistent for most of this season so far, but have shown some glaring weaknesses recently. I feel that some quality reinforments this month can kick us on and help us finish the campaign strongly, with a few more additions to the trophy room in Paradise. Hail Hail 🍀💚
Great discussion today as usual. I have to say I feel having one guest is always a better format for these videos. The St Patrick’s Day massacre in 1991 and 3-0 league win against the Huns was the highlight of 1991 for me. Hateley getting sent off for pointing at the ref and demanding he came over to him was comedy gold.
Ha! Fast forward & now were chatting East 17, who apparently played at a Buckhaven High School morning Assembly. A friend of mine was there. I love Thursday’s ACSOM blethers.
38:15 JP the game you can’t think off is the 7-1 vs Dundee, Yang was brilliant that game, set up Daniel Kelly for his goal and would have been MOTM if it wasn’t for O’Riley getting 2 assists and a goal but Yang was the best player on the park that day. He had also been excellent in the game before it against Motherwell where he assisted Palma and he was doing good in the hearts game until he got sent off, then things went downhill from there.
Not saying Yang is the answer but his stats have been rightly scrutinised but scores a goal and JP says he's not counting it.but then were given a long list of excuses for Idah
Robbie Keane at Celtic his first touch was insane, the way he could take a high ball down on his toe and kill it stone dead without turning his back. Great wee pod the day, very interesting!
@DuncanMills-r2f 16 in 19 appearances for Keane, but done nothing against Rangers and didn't win a thing despite his incredible 0.84 goals per game ratio. Sammy was probably our best loan signing considering he went on to win 4 league titles and become a cult hero.
This has been coming for a few weeks, its a wake up call for our first team starters. Our UCL game is coming up,a must win for us so a shake up may be required. A hard Scottish cup tie can give some players a chance to shine. A big week needs big performances
Funny you should mention Mastermind. There was a guy on mastermind about 11 years ago from West Lothian and his specialist subject was the Glasgow Celtic. He sat in the famous chair and took questions from the one and only John Humphrys, think it’s on RUclips somewhere 😂
Don’t worry troops everything will be alright as Bob Marley the tim said.I guarantee big Idah will score on Saturday. Regarding the champion league games the players know what is at stake,yes the form has dipped but we will ride through it.Talking of Dortmund I noticed that player Malen who was excellent against us has signed for Villa,not sure if he will be eligible to play against us. Onwards and upwards and as somebody said in the comments we are surrounded by silverware.👍🇮🇪🍀
18:10 - Just on that topic. Celtic's league record at ibrox in the five seasons from 1990/91 - 1994/95 P10 W3 D5 L2 Ironically our ibrox record in the 2nd half of the 90's was way worse, despite us having a MUCH better team than we did in the early 90's. "It's a funny old game" as Jimmy Greaves used to say.
That’s not bad at all! Off the top of my head, I can remember Paul McStay and John Collins scoring in a 2-0 win, Brian O’Neill scoring winner in last minute, a 2-0 win around 92 other than that memory is a bit hazy 😂
Young Boys will beat us, we're not good enough, the spfl have fucked us by taking away the winter break,what chance would any Scottish team have having to play the amount of games we're having to play?
Kyogo has not let us down in UCL, so i think he will miss killie game, and hopefully Maeda is fit. So a weakend team Sat, full strength wed. But do we gamble in cup game and maybe cost us a treble for progression in champions league?
I Had 10 Teams Up Out of 11 on my Coupon that Sunday Beattie's Goal Cost me £1045 Lennon Got Red Carded When He Breached The Technical Area 2 Confront The Official's in the Centre circle
I used to nip into the Plasterer 's Arms before heading to watch Oxford back in 1979. Some days I wish I had stayed in the bar and not gone to the match.
No one is bigger than the club magregor great servant has been average at best Needs to be taken of When that happens Reo Hatate the most overated talent that beleives he needs to play for the premier league no top epl is Interested .his form for the last 3 months And continually gives the ball away also needs to spend more time on the bench and get rid of him As he is taking macowans place and game time . Macowan is more consistant And the midfield is not Settled hence the midfield is chopping and changing And to many times 3-4 players are poor Making it harder to Win
JP always makes good points. But before the game the other night for some reason, I ended up on an article from the night we played Livi at home under Gavin Strachan. We had went to Dubai and had most of the squad with Covid and isolating. Read the report from that…..Jesus!! 20 points behind the Huns, made me sick thinking about it haha As an aside, Dundee were actually very good the other night. And not in a ‘aw the wee team done themselves pride. They had these big, capable footballers and well organised athletes. That’s what I was impressed by. They weren’t just big blooters. They gave no quarter But the fact again and I will say this as I did after tannadice. Systems and tactics can be spoke about all day and night We drew v DU cos Kyogo missed a sitter We drew v Dundee because we missed utter guilt edged chances from Idah then Bernardo. That game should have been done in first half. So systems take us only so far and it’s a ‘if my auntie had bawz etc’ But how do we legislate for missing those sort of match winning chances? So yes we have failings but let’s not fuck about here, the game was ours to take and those chances like tannadice cost us and that’s the long and short of it. Score those the rest is irrelevant
My worry about this window is getting too many changes, really worried about any players leaving. I really don't want to see Jota come back, just a gut feeling its not a good move. 2 or 3 in and nobody important leaving would be fine.
Its the same players 16 of them 60 min or 30 min same player's why not let our midfield get used to each other nothing to do with burnout its the exact same player's that play and ate subs
8:00 Scoring penalties is not "padding your record". That's a daft thing to say. Celtic (by far) spend way more time in the opposition penalty box than any other team in the league. It stands to reason that we will get a fair few penalties over the course of 38 league games. So having a guy who can convert them on a regular basis, is not something to dismiss lightly. Engels has scored 7/7 from the spot (if we include the penalty shootout) which is very good going. Anything above an 80% conversion rate, long term, is very good. Now, I do agree that just trotting out Engels "goals per minutes played" stats, without providing the context that he's the penalty taker, is also stupid. But having a reliable penalty taker is a very good thing for any team to have. Anyone saying "Och he only scores penalties..." is missing the point.
John Kenny would have been a better bet than Idah for the Dundee game ….I appreciate what Idah has done in a Celtic jersey but to have started Kenny would have made sense….if he was not up to it he could then have been replaced by Idah or someone else, no harm done…
Because clement said he didn't want his players diving. Yet haggis head must have missed the memo. Romanian gypo can't stay on his feet trys getting players sent off. Twice last night blatant dives by rangers players got ignored. Simulation is now allowed in our game
Because in this case like I said it’s absolute bull, explain how he bottled it? A winger showed him one way made a bit of space then went the other and struck the ball beautifully, Khun does it all the time so did Jota but and they always get the credit for it and we don’t ever say it was because the defender they were against bottled it! It’s just a very very poor depiction of what actually happened. Yang isn’t a defender, he’s a forward and he defended like a typical forward, he got outdone, bottle doesn’t come into it. How come you didn’t throw that label at your man Idah when he was in on goal on Tuesday? Glad you didn’t right enough but if you had that’s something that I wouldn’t have been scratching my head at.
Lads if you had read your history hou would know that Kiel is Germany's major naval base. It was their vesrion of our Portsmouth. Kieler Holstein are known as the Storks.
Still seen nothing much from him (beyond flashes of real potential), that suggest he’s been anywhere near the ‘outstanding’ label that many have placed on him lately. Truly baffling! I guess said hyperbole mostly comes from those that are desperate to deflect away from the distinct possibility of yet another Rodgers-signed dud! (There have been TEN thus far, not including Trusty). He’s had about 6 good games in 28 appearances, which is hardly impressive. Those talking up his 3 UCL assists in 6 games, merely demonstrates just how abysmal our European record(s) are. Aside from Leipzig - Can we really put claim to an assist in a 7-1 humiliation? and another against the second worst team in the competition? It’s clutching at straws! But, we ultimately knew what we were getting going by his poor Ausburg stats across most fronts: Number of passes, Passing Accuracy, Chances Created, Interceptions & tackles, Distance covered. 9 Assists and 4 Goals in two seasons is very poor, regardless of the age-old ‘he’s developing’ excuse. There’s a very fine reason why we signed him and no other club on our level or higher did. All that said, he is being asked to fulfill a (box-to-box) role which is to a large extent, nullifying the bhoy’s real strengths as a creative playmaker. This is a large part of the on-going midfield imbalance, created by Rodgers, who evidently doesn't have a clue how to solve it - hence the constant illogical rotations.
He has higher goal contribution than oriley did his first season. Amazes me yous will tear into a player like that who is clearly still settling. Yet taylor gets a pass 😂 unbelievable @leannecampbell4551
Consider this leane maybe he's not an attacking mid maybe a rodri type I think he's 1 25 yards goal to settle down he's not a moravcik he's more a lambert
@DuncanMills-r2f Firstly, Duncan, I don't think anyone has ever even remotely compared him to Matty, never mind bloody Lubo! Where did you get that from? In what world is Engels similar to Rodri?? They are worlds apart! Rodri is a single-pivot 6, Engels is a 'natural' advanced playmaker geared towards the creative/playmaker side of the axis, and not the box-to-box/workhorse/physical side. In this respect, Rodgers is playing him out of position which is further adding to his poor performances. The bhoy could'nae tackle a fish supper ffs! I've even heard others say he's a natural 6 - Wit?!? We don't have one single natural 6/pivot/holding midfielder in the squad, not one! Iwata was the only one we had and the clueless 5 foot one sold him for mere peanuts to B'ham! Engels evidently doesn’t understand what is being asked of him, let alone the ability (inexperience rather than his ‘actual’ technical ability/game intelligence) to carry it out effectively. He can’t hold the shape on the right-hand side or deep central positions because he intuitively wants roam in to his natural position. He has no physicality, can’t regain possession higher up the pitch in pressing phases, and can’t backtrack to defend deeper when the team are struggling for numbers at the back. His positional discipline very poor, but it’s ultimately all on Rodgers.
Any team that can’t sustain form is a worry. And we can’t sustain form. But how much of a worry, when surrounded by silverware? Dips in our form are not an anomaly but instead on a peak and trough cycle. Why do people pick apart on Engels? Because we live in a self publishing world feeding on content and response to that content. That’s why. Self-publishing demands that you consistently publish. And there isn’t enough material to cover so you end up publishing sh*te. Part of Engels problem is fan thoughtlessness. They just see that he hasn’t replaced oreilly and that’s all they need to kick off. He will never be oreilly and he will never produce his numbers. In some ways, but not all ways, discourse was much better and much more grown-up & thoughtful when we didn’t have 100 means to immediately publish every garbage thought we have. Alas, we’re here now. In this trash. And I do see the irony in my comment here. Except, I’ve considered it.
No one is picking the Bhoy apart ffs, the discernment that suggests he’s offered the bare minimum thus far, comes with the territory of being the most expensive signing in our history - as it does for Adam Idah too, who is the second most expensive signing. Show me another set of supporters who wouldn’t formulate an opinion (good or bad) on their club’s record signing after 28 appearances? There isn’t one in existence, so Celtic supporters are absolutely not doing anything out of the ordinary. The opinion many of us have of him currently is absolutely not definitive, but he has to be doing a lot more playing for the richest club in the land by a country mile, amongst a squad value of £130+ million, in one of the worst and least competitive leagues in world football.
Im ignoring all the hysterical comments from some people lol . Got oor tickets for the game and cannae wait!! Never been to Paradise before so im a wee bitty excited haha .
£60 odd quid I seen
I hope you enjoy your first visit to Paradise.. there's no place like it 💚
Hail Hail 🍀
Good show as always, bhoys. Enjoyed the chat.
As Celtic supporters, we of course all want our players to do well and succeed. However, no player or manager is above criticism.
In re Idah, he has done it for us and in big games, and I believe he will again. Like all strikers, he will miss chances and go through difficult spells, but effort, hard work, and conviction are the least you expect. It's been very disappointing that those qualities have been clearly lacking in his play in the last few games. In the last 2 games in particular, I've seen him not challenge the opposition centre halves for headers and not fully commit to crosses.. which is unacceptable whether you're a £9m signing or have come through the youth academy. If you're not playing well, hard work and effort get you through, and eventually, the goals will come. We've seen it with so many Celtic strikers over the years.
I expect he will be told to up his game big time, but I think Johnny Kenny also deserves a chance to show what he can do, which should also motivate Idah to raise his game.
I agree there is a weakness and softness in our play and must be addressed. The return of Tierney will, of course, give us more physicality and dynamism on the left side of our defence. Let's hope he comes in this month.
I also think we need a real robust, physical, and defensive midfielder ( No.6) who is adept at breaking up play, winning balls, and starting attacks.
I disagree with JP, I don't think Mcgregor is that player. Calmac is such an intelligent and gifted footballer that he can play anywhere in midfield, and especially in domestic home games when teams sit back, he dictates play.
However, in tough away games, and in europe, he isn't strong enough.. and we suffer. I'd play him further forward, where he can be more influential, create chances, and, as we know, is also a goal threat.
The wings are really needing strengthened. For me, Yang and Palma are nowhere near the level required and have to be moved on. Of course, they are part of that horrendous summer 2023 transfer window.. which also included Nawrocki, Lagerbielke, Holm, Tillio and Kwon. Over £17m spent on players who have not been contributing anything..totally unacceptable.
That level of recruitment ineptitude can not be repeated.
Hopefully, Brendan can address the issues in the wide areas this month. A top quality winger who can play both sides should be a priority, and I'd also sign Armstrong from Kilmarnock as back up to Kuhn. He has proved for a few seasons now, including against us, he can be very effective in the SPFL, and i think he could do a job for us, especially domestically.
Also, we can not sell our "wee magic man" Kyogo..
He is still our best striker and has shown in the last few games what an intelligent and great player he is, even from deeper or wider areas.. we have to work harder at finding him more, and I've no doubt he'll score more goals.
There has been lots of positivity, of course, and we've been very consistent for most of this season so far, but have shown some glaring weaknesses recently. I feel that some quality reinforments this month can kick us on and help us finish the campaign strongly, with a few more additions to the trophy room in Paradise.
Hail Hail 🍀💚
I've been Acsomless for a wee while, PJ - love the new backdrop, and great chat today.
It was time for some home improvements. I’m glad you like the backdrop 👍🏻
Great discussion today as usual. I have to say I feel having one guest is always a better format for these videos. The St Patrick’s Day massacre in 1991 and 3-0 league win against the Huns was the highlight of 1991 for me. Hateley getting sent off for pointing at the ref and demanding he came over to him was comedy gold.
Thom Yorke went to Buckhaven High School for a brief period.
Ha! Fast forward & now were chatting East 17, who apparently played at a Buckhaven High School morning Assembly. A friend of mine was there.
I love Thursday’s ACSOM blethers.
Correction, it was a Primary School he attended. He lived in Lundin Links till he was 7 years old.
38:15 JP the game you can’t think off is the 7-1 vs Dundee, Yang was brilliant that game, set up Daniel Kelly for his goal and would have been MOTM if it wasn’t for O’Riley getting 2 assists and a goal but Yang was the best player on the park that day. He had also been excellent in the game before it against Motherwell where he assisted Palma and he was doing good in the hearts game until he got sent off, then things went downhill from there.
Not saying Yang is the answer but his stats have been rightly scrutinised but scores a goal and JP says he's not counting it.but then were given a long list of excuses for Idah
'Call me irresponsible with a chemistry set' best unknown band who played in Glasgow late 70's, along with 'The Cuban heels' JP and Paul
Robbie Keane at Celtic his first touch was insane, the way he could take a high ball down on his toe and kill it stone dead without turning his back. Great wee pod the day, very interesting!
Was it 6 month and 19 goals I might be wrong but him and Bellamy were our best ever loans
@DuncanMills-r2f 16 in 19 appearances for Keane, but done nothing against Rangers and didn't win a thing despite his incredible 0.84 goals per game ratio. Sammy was probably our best loan signing considering he went on to win 4 league titles and become a cult hero.
@DuncanMills-r2f won Fcuk all though
great watch lads 🍀👍
This has been coming for a few weeks, its a wake up call for our first team starters. Our UCL game is coming up,a must win for us so a shake up may be required. A hard Scottish cup tie can give some players a chance to shine. A big week needs big performances
Funny you should mention Mastermind. There was a guy on mastermind about 11 years ago from West Lothian and his specialist subject was the Glasgow Celtic. He sat in the famous chair and took questions from the one and only John Humphrys, think it’s on RUclips somewhere 😂
Don’t worry troops everything will be alright as Bob Marley the tim said.I guarantee big Idah will score on Saturday.
Regarding the champion league games the players know what is at stake,yes the form has dipped but we will ride through it.Talking of Dortmund I noticed that player Malen who was excellent against us has signed for Villa,not sure if he will be eligible to play against us.
Onwards and upwards and as somebody said in the comments we are surrounded by silverware.👍🇮🇪🍀
Scales back in
Agree but Rodgers will persist with his sighings , Trusty and Idah.
Rest him is the word, he’s not a robot , needs a rest , now an again 🤷🏼♂️🍀
Haven’t watched the pod yet but the post - show comments are brutal
Tickets still available for Killie game. £25 max for adult, get along and support the Bhoys!
Idah looks uninterested, leave him in the stand and put kenny on the bench hh
18:10 - Just on that topic. Celtic's league record at ibrox in the five seasons from 1990/91 - 1994/95
P10 W3 D5 L2
Ironically our ibrox record in the 2nd half of the 90's was way worse, despite us having a MUCH better team than we did in the early 90's.
"It's a funny old game" as Jimmy Greaves used to say.
That’s not bad at all! Off the top of my head, I can remember Paul McStay and John Collins scoring in a 2-0 win, Brian O’Neill scoring winner in last minute, a 2-0 win around 92 other than that memory is a bit hazy 😂
Mantis early 90s I remember our players Jesus Stuart slater was our supper star Wayne biggins summer singing
KVISTGAARDEN'S THE new ALFRED FINNBOGASON
As soon as engles hits a 25 yarder into the top corner watch him go he strikes the football fantastic that's all he needs
Young Boys will beat us, we're not good enough, the spfl have fucked us by taking away the winter break,what chance would any Scottish team have having to play the amount of games we're having to play?
I would play Calum at left back now
They had at least 50% of the English national team cause English teams were banned from Europe
Kyogo has not let us down in UCL, so i think he will miss killie game, and hopefully Maeda is fit. So a weakend team Sat, full strength wed. But do we gamble in cup game and maybe cost us a treble for progression in champions league?
Is gerry the last striker thats came through our system??
I Had 10 Teams Up Out of 11 on my Coupon that Sunday
Beattie's Goal Cost me £1045
Lennon Got Red Carded When He Breached The Technical Area 2 Confront The Official's in the Centre circle
Anton rogan played for celtic and oxford
Any one ever play for Celts and study at Oxford 😂
Jonjoe Kenny and Stuart Findlay also, latter had no first team starts tho. Stuart is now at Kilmarnock for a third time.
I used to nip into the Plasterer 's Arms before heading to watch Oxford back in 1979. Some days I wish I had stayed in the bar and not gone to the match.
Pj it took mor 2 seasons to get a first team place both rogic and then moy kept him out
John Paul Mason and all this talk of Mastermind….does that make John Paul a Master Mason???
😂😂😂
We may have an Irish Mason of our own soon 😉
I wont even go into the name of the protagonist in the TV movie Mister Bates. wink wink !
@@den264 Alan?
@@den264wasn't mister he wasn't married wink wink
No one is bigger than the club magregor great servant has been average at best
Needs to be taken of
When that happens
Reo Hatate the most overated talent that beleives he needs to play for the premier league no top epl is
Interested .his form for the last 3 months
And continually gives the ball away also needs to spend more time on the bench and get rid of him
As he is taking macowans place and game time .
Macowan is more consistant
And the midfield is not
Settled hence the midfield is chopping and changing
And to many times
3-4 players are poor
Making it harder to
Win
We have 5 midfielder why not start the same 3 for a few games cause at most they only play 65 min it's not like they're getting run into the ground
Stale is the word for us. Having a £9m centre forward who couldn’t hit a barn door with a brush doesn’t help .
A bench warmer at Norwich is never worth nine million. We were sold a bill of materials.
@@den264our problem is supplying our strikers for God's sake there's fans slaggin kyogo for not scoring
BTW Stuart Gray and Paul Byrne both went to Oxford United. And of course Anton Rogan.
JP always makes good points. But before the game the other night for some reason, I ended up on an article from the night we played Livi at home under Gavin Strachan. We had went to Dubai and had most of the squad with Covid and isolating. Read the report from that…..Jesus!! 20 points behind the Huns, made me sick thinking about it haha
As an aside, Dundee were actually very good the other night. And not in a ‘aw the wee team done themselves pride. They had these big, capable footballers and well organised athletes. That’s what I was impressed by. They weren’t just big blooters. They gave no quarter
But the fact again and I will say this as I did after tannadice. Systems and tactics can be spoke about all day and night
We drew v DU cos Kyogo missed a sitter
We drew v Dundee because we missed utter guilt edged chances from Idah then Bernardo. That game should have been done in first half. So systems take us only so far and it’s a ‘if my auntie had bawz etc’
But how do we legislate for missing those sort of match winning chances? So yes we have failings but let’s not fuck about here, the game was ours to take and those chances like tannadice cost us and that’s the long and short of it. Score those the rest is irrelevant
The spine needs to be good celtic have got kasper trusty and idah..... Gash😅😅
I disagree a out Casper being gash.
mark walters
My worry about this window is getting too many changes, really worried about any players leaving. I really don't want to see Jota come back, just a gut feeling its not a good move. 2 or 3 in and nobody important leaving would be fine.
Its the same players 16 of them 60 min or 30 min same player's why not let our midfield get used to each other nothing to do with burnout its the exact same player's that play and ate subs
8:00 Scoring penalties is not "padding your record". That's a daft thing to say.
Celtic (by far) spend way more time in the opposition penalty box than any other team in the league. It stands to reason that we will get a fair few penalties over the course of 38 league games. So having a guy who can convert them on a regular basis, is not something to dismiss lightly.
Engels has scored 7/7 from the spot (if we include the penalty shootout) which is very good going. Anything above an 80% conversion rate, long term, is very good.
Now, I do agree that just trotting out Engels "goals per minutes played" stats, without providing the context that he's the penalty taker, is also stupid.
But having a reliable penalty taker is a very good thing for any team to have. Anyone saying "Och he only scores penalties..." is missing the point.
He strikes the ball so cleanly he's 1 ,25 yard goal away from his confidence just the 1
John Kenny would have been a better bet than Idah for the
Dundee game ….I appreciate what Idah has done in a Celtic jersey but to have started Kenny would have made sense….if he was not up to it he could then have been replaced by Idah or someone else, no harm done…
I hope Kenny succeededs but he won't get space time anywhere near like what he got in Ireland or conference league but I'm a fan hope he shines
Alliteration, big man- not onomatopoeia.
Was corrected very soon after 😂 I blame the schools
@@jipfast lol In that case, we can only assume you attended a non-denom 😉 Hail hail, big fella 🍀
BTW rangers have not been awarded a penalty all season wtf😅😅
Because clement said he didn't want his players diving. Yet haggis head must have missed the memo. Romanian gypo can't stay on his feet trys getting players sent off. Twice last night blatant dives by rangers players got ignored. Simulation is now allowed in our game
Coincidentally Wully Colum started his weekly show describing controversial decisions by EPL referees, this season.
@den264 willy gollum has always served rangers.
39:41 bottled it! Absolute bull, he defended like an inexperienced winger and that’s it!
Why does the term “bottled it” trigger fans so much?
Footballers do it all the time, much to the annoyance of their team-mates.
Because in this case like I said it’s absolute bull, explain how he bottled it?
A winger showed him one way made a bit of space then went the other and struck the ball beautifully, Khun does it all the time so did Jota but and they always get the credit for it and we don’t ever say it was because the defender they were against bottled it! It’s just a very very poor depiction of what actually happened. Yang isn’t a defender, he’s a forward and he defended like a typical forward, he got outdone, bottle doesn’t come into it.
How come you didn’t throw that label at your man Idah when he was in on goal on Tuesday? Glad you didn’t right enough but if you had that’s something that I wouldn’t have been scratching my head at.
Lads if you had read your history hou would know that Kiel is Germany's major naval base. It was their vesrion of our Portsmouth. Kieler Holstein are known as the Storks.
Aye but had you heard of that club?
Minus penalties it's a goal or assist for Engles every 261 minutes.
Still seen nothing much from him (beyond flashes of real potential), that suggest he’s been anywhere near the ‘outstanding’ label that many have placed on him lately. Truly baffling! I guess said hyperbole mostly comes from those that are desperate to deflect away from the distinct possibility of yet another Rodgers-signed dud! (There have been TEN thus far, not including Trusty).
He’s had about 6 good games in 28 appearances, which is hardly impressive.
Those talking up his 3 UCL assists in 6 games, merely demonstrates just how abysmal our European record(s) are. Aside from Leipzig - Can we really put claim to an assist in a 7-1 humiliation? and another against the second worst team in the competition? It’s clutching at straws!
But, we ultimately knew what we were getting going by his poor Ausburg stats across most fronts: Number of passes, Passing Accuracy, Chances Created, Interceptions & tackles, Distance covered. 9 Assists and 4 Goals in two seasons is very poor, regardless of the age-old ‘he’s developing’ excuse. There’s a very fine reason why we signed him and no other club on our level or higher did.
All that said, he is being asked to fulfill a (box-to-box) role which is to a large extent, nullifying the bhoy’s real strengths as a creative playmaker. This is a large part of the on-going midfield imbalance, created by Rodgers, who evidently doesn't have a clue how to solve it - hence the constant illogical rotations.
He has higher goal contribution than oriley did his first season. Amazes me yous will tear into a player like that who is clearly still settling. Yet taylor gets a pass 😂 unbelievable @leannecampbell4551
Consider this leane maybe he's not an attacking mid maybe a rodri type I think he's 1 25 yards goal to settle down he's not a moravcik he's more a lambert
New culture new country 2 game a week no training just rest prepare and go again and he's young and not used to it I think he'll come good
@DuncanMills-r2f Firstly, Duncan, I don't think anyone has ever even remotely compared him to Matty, never mind bloody Lubo! Where did you get that from?
In what world is Engels similar to Rodri?? They are worlds apart! Rodri is a single-pivot 6, Engels is a 'natural' advanced playmaker geared towards the creative/playmaker side of the axis, and not the box-to-box/workhorse/physical side. In this respect, Rodgers is playing him out of position which is further adding to his poor performances. The bhoy could'nae tackle a fish supper ffs! I've even heard others say he's a natural 6 - Wit?!? We don't have one single natural 6/pivot/holding midfielder in the squad, not one! Iwata was the only one we had and the clueless 5 foot one sold him for mere peanuts to B'ham!
Engels evidently doesn’t understand what is being asked of him, let alone the ability (inexperience rather than his ‘actual’ technical ability/game intelligence) to carry it out effectively. He can’t hold the shape on the right-hand side or deep central positions because he intuitively wants roam in to his natural position. He has no physicality, can’t regain possession higher up the pitch in pressing phases, and can’t backtrack to defend deeper when the team are struggling for numbers at the back. His positional discipline very poor, but it’s ultimately all on Rodgers.
Still fourteen clear, as no one will match our goal difference. Sevco will stumble again in the coming months.
I’m not interested in the Scottish Cup. If Celtic qualify for a CL play off game it’s 1000 times more important than the Scottish Cup.
Any team that can’t sustain form is a worry. And we can’t sustain form.
But how much of a worry, when surrounded by silverware?
Dips in our form are not an anomaly but instead on a peak and trough cycle.
Why do people pick apart on Engels? Because we live in a self publishing world feeding on content and response to that content. That’s why.
Self-publishing demands that you consistently publish. And there isn’t enough material to cover so you end up publishing sh*te.
Part of Engels problem is fan thoughtlessness. They just see that he hasn’t replaced oreilly and that’s all they need to kick off.
He will never be oreilly and he will never produce his numbers.
In some ways, but not all ways, discourse was much better and much more grown-up & thoughtful when we didn’t have 100 means to immediately publish every garbage thought we have. Alas, we’re here now. In this trash.
And I do see the irony in my comment here. Except, I’ve considered it.
No one is picking the Bhoy apart ffs, the discernment that suggests he’s offered the bare minimum thus far, comes with the territory of being the most expensive signing in our history - as it does for Adam Idah too, who is the second most expensive signing.
Show me another set of supporters who wouldn’t formulate an opinion (good or bad) on their club’s record signing after 28 appearances? There isn’t one in existence, so Celtic supporters are absolutely not doing anything out of the ordinary. The opinion many of us have of him currently is absolutely not definitive, but he has to be doing a lot more playing for the richest club in the land by a country mile, amongst a squad value of £130+ million, in one of the worst and least competitive leagues in world football.