Celtic FC - Follow the Bhoys Thread

[JeffreyCC]

Any Celtic followers/ supporters out there?

 

[Hamingja]

Yes. We've been unlucky with the constant injuries to CCV and Hatate plus the situation with Abada but it is crazy the board and Rodgers have pissed away the massive advantage that Ange left. Rangers struggling financially and they have gifted them the opportunity of taking the automatic CL spot and the truckload of cash that comes with it. I don't think Celtic can win the league unless they win both derbies. Every game there is a risk of dropping points.

 

[windyhill]

 

[JeffreyCC]

Kyogo Furuhashi sparks win over St Johnstone to take Celtic back to top

Celtic beat St Johnstone 3-1 to leapfrog rivals Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premiership, via goals from Kyogo Furuhashi, Nicolas Kühn and James Forrest

www.theguardian.com

 

[AmericanHawk]

I’m a Liverpool supporter but also follow Celtic. Any Celtic followers/ supporters out there?

Yes my brother and I have been supporters for over 20 years and they are doing a USA preseason tour this Summer we are very excited about! Hopefully they can win the title but have to hope Rangers drops points and/or win out and beat them head to head, we shall see.

On a side note: Due to family reasons, we follow PNE as our English team haha; fan of the Scouser Lowe and what he has done, but know a lot of other PNE fans aren't.

 

[JeffreyCC]

Yes. We've been unlucky with the constant injuries to CCV and Hatate plus the situation with Abada but it is crazy the board and Rodgers have pissed away the massive advantage that Ange left. Rangers struggling financially and they have gifted them the opportunity of taking the automatic CL spot and the truckload of cash that comes with it. I don't think Celtic can win the league unless they win both derbies. Every game there is a risk of dropping points.

Agree, I am not happy with the Board.

Yes my brother and I have been supporters for over 20 years and they are doing a USA preseason tour this Summer we are very excited about! Hopefully they can win the title but have to hope Rangers drops points and/or win out and beat them head to head, we shall see.

On a side note: Due to family reasons, we follow PNE as our English team haha; fan of the Scouser Lowe and what he has done, but know a lot of other PNE fans aren't.

Shankly was PNE

Yes my brother and I have been supporters for over 20 years and they are doing a USA preseason tour this Summer we are very excited about! Hopefully they can win the title but have to hope Rangers drops points and/or win out and beat them head to head, we shall see.

On a side note: Due to family reasons, we follow PNE as our English team haha; fan of the Scouser Lowe and what he has done, but know a lot of other PNE fans aren't.

I’m in the USA also. Two things led me to being a Liverpool supporter- reading Shankly’s biography ( a PNE man!) and the first time I heard the crowd sing YNWA. Follow Celtic for the relationship with LFC and my families roots in both Scotland and Ireland.

 

[JeffreyCC]

Rangers 3-3 Celtic: Scottish Premiership – at it happened | Scottish Premiership | The Guardian

An absolutely wild game, Celtic botching a 2-0 half-time advantage then retaking the lead on 87 minutes, only for Rabbi Matondo’s equaliser to leave Rangers a point behind but with a game in hand

amp.theguardian.com

Really needed all 3 points

 

[JeffreyCC]

Things are looking good!

Dundee 0-0 Rangers: Ibrox side's Scottish Premiership title hopes suffer another blow

Rangers' Scottish Premiership title hopes suffered another blow as a goalless draw at Dundee left them three points behind Celtic.

www.skysports.com

 

[Hamingja]

Shocked at how they have dropped their bundle. They were dealing with the other teams in the league much better than Celtic. If we had held on in the derby it would practically be done after they dropped 5 points to Ross County and Dundee out of nowhere. Still think Celtic are a risk of dropping points every game though but with CCV back it straightens the team up a lot more.

 

[JeffreyCC]

Scottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup Semi-Final Preview: Aberdeen v Celtic

www.scottishfa.co.uk

 

[JeffreyCC]

Matt O’Riley helps Celtic see off 10-man Rangers to all but secure Scottish title

Celtic are on the verge of taking the Scottish Premiership title after a 2-1 Old Firm game win over a Rangers, who had John Lundstram sent off at 2-0

www.theguardian.com

 

[windyhill]

So good to see The King in the crowd on the weekend.

 

[JeffreyCC]

 

[windyhill]

Make mine a double.

 

[JeffreyCC]

 

[Hamingja]

Windown shut. Transfer business was slow, might turn out ok. O'Riley was always leaving so not a bad result for him to be the only major outgoing. Got a lot of non contributing players off the wage bill.

IN:

Schmeichel (Anderlecht)
Sinisalo (Aston Villa)
Bernardo (Porto)
Idah (Norwich)
Valle (Barcelona) - Loan
Trusty (Sheffield United)
Engels (Augsburg)
McCowan (Dundee)

OUT:

Hart (Retired)
McCarthy (Released)
Haksabanovic (Malmo)
Siegrist (Rapid Bucharest)
Oh (Genk)
Vata (Watford)
Kobayashi (Portimonense)
Lawal (Stoke)
Kelly (Millwall)
O'Riley (Brighton)
M.Johnston (WBA)
Iwata (Birmingham)
Kwon (Hibs) - Loan
Lagerbielke (FC Twente) - Loan
Tilio (Melbounre City) - Loan

Squad

GK - Schmeichel, Sinisalo, Bain
DR - A.Johnston, Ralston
DC - CCV, Trusty, Scales, Welsh, Nawrocki
DL - Taylor, Valle
MC - McGregor, Hatate, Bernardo, Engels, Holm, McCowan
Wingers - Maeda, Kuhn, Forrest, Palma, Yang
Strikers - Kyogo, Idah

I think that means one of the foreign players has to miss the champions league as I think you can only register 17 + 4 club trained (McGregor, Forrest, Welsh, Ralston) and 4 association trained (Bain, Taylor, McCowan, empty slot)

 

[JeffreyCC]

1-5 and it's not even half time. Embarrassing.

 

[Hoop1888]

Hello, fellow Tims. Did not expect to see an official Celtic thread on here. Looks like we might be seeded in the qualifiers for the CL next season. Be interesting to see what phase 2 of us being competitive in Europe looks like.

 

[Hamingja]

I don't really follow the whole coefficient thing re Europe but I have seen a few threads where the league results in Austria, Croatia, Switzerland wherever else are actually going against Celtic being seeded for the qualifying draw.

That's the annoying thing about the January window. They didn't need to replace Kyogo for this season but they should have been buying a striker and a winger to get them settled for the qualifiers. Now with Jota doing his knee, Maeda has to play as a winger, Idah is the only recognised striker and Maeda/Kuhn are the only wingers good enough to start and to be honest I would sell Kuhn if we got a good offer anyway.

 

[Hoop1888]

I don't really follow the whole coefficient thing re Europe but I have seen a few threads where the league results in Austria, Croatia, Switzerland wherever else are actually going against Celtic being seeded for the qualifying draw.

Ah ffs. Guilty of reading clickbait headline, then, and giving it some sort of validity. Headline was something like 'Basel (or whoever) set to not win league title pushes Celtic as seeds for CL draw' Haven't been following it either and have sort of tuned out this season as we had the league won the longer they held on to big Phillipe.

That's the annoying thing about the January window. They didn't need to replace Kyogo for this season but they should have been buying a striker and a winger to get them settled for the qualifiers. Now with Jota doing his knee, Maeda has to play as a winger, Idah is the only recognised striker and Maeda/Kuhn are the only wingers good enough to start and to be honest I would sell Kuhn if we got a good offer anyway.

100%. We always do this and this nonsense is part of the reason why Rodgers left the last time, imo. I wouldn't be surprised if they get Schlupp back on loan, recall Tilio and sign some U-21 from around Scandinavia. So much harder getting new players in more than ever before and now with the qualifiers to go through, it's a tough sell to bring in players from a stronger league.

 

[windyhill]

He's been a pretty good pick up.

 

[Hoop1888]

He's been a pretty good pick up.

Lot of Celts who don't rate him. I still think he is a work in progress & he'd have appreciated the pressure of playing for Celtic where we're excpected to win eleventy nil every game. He's had poor & good games, but we don't really play a game that suits him as an off the shoulder of the last defender type striker, so hopefully develops under Rodgers more. His finishing has improved for sure.

 

[Hamingja]

Idah is fine as #2 striker. We paid 4-5 million too much for him but we knew that at the time.



That video explains the co-efficient. Fingers crossed that Zagreb don't win the Croatian league, that seems to be the best chance, the other two would need to choke.

 

[Hoop1888]

16th consecutive season James Forrest has scored in. Good on 'em.

 

[windyhill]

Frimpong to Liverpool = Slice of the pie for Celtic. 4-5 million squids.