28 Aug 2015 00:28:28
What I want for my money is a celtic team that should be beating teams like Malmö to qualify for the champions league decent football and some cash being spent in decent players the same as everyone else thanks for your feedback though on another note what kind of atmosphere are you expecting on Saturday?

{Ed007's Note - Didn't you expect a team last season that could compete for the Scottish Cup and should beat a team like ICT?
On Saturday it all depends if the Green Brigade can somehow entice the rest of the stadium to create an atmosphere between their visits to the snack stalls, taking stupid pics or Tweeting some pi$h just so everyone they know can how good a fan they they are and that they're at the game. It doesn't matter that they sit there with their phone or tablet and miss the game - EVERYONE knows you're there, you're such a good Tim (puke) - btw if you take a tablet to a football match you deserve de-balled and sent to sit with the half and half scarf sell out panty wetters, they need to open a section for these type of day trippers and do away with the stadium wi-fi. If you're sitting at CP tweeting and taking selfies during the game then I'm sorry, you're a knob, in fact I'm not sorry, you're just a knob full-stop.
It's embarrassing that we need the GB to make an atmosphere, we go on about the great atmosphere at CP, well what about the atmosphere for 90 mins in Malmo? That itself put CFC fans to shame, watch videos of teams from Greece and Turkey, some of the Italian grounds as well, look at Dortmunds Südtribüne for atmosphere, when you look at it we really aren't all that, the fans are living off past glory and CL nights, other fans back their team in any game while the majority inside CP think that the GB are there to entertain them rather than inspire.
If you think the atmosphere is flat on Saturday what's stopping you and your family getting up to start a song? What do you do to help the atmosphere that you seem to care about so strongly? If the atmosphere is flat then you're as much a part of that than everyone else in the stadium.}

1.) 28 Aug 2015
28 Aug 2015 03:18:46
Yeah I find it strange how flat things have got.

Watching from afar and being used to Celtic park rocking not only on European nights but weekends as well, I can't believe how far the atmosphere has dropped.

There could be many variables to this as you mention ed social media which has consumed our entire existence seems people's perceptions of us means more than what we actually believe in.

Could also be the lack of entertainment on offer and if this is the case how do we as a club address this, couple of creative types that can actually take a man on and turn him inside out. A show boater who gets you there to see his skills alone or maybe instead of wasting money on players who are not pulling their weight try out more of our youth give us something to be proud of a few young boys that instead of being pandered with the lure of the EPL they are happy to play for the club.

If and when VVD goes then let's play O'Connell for the full season it's the only way we are ever going to blood new players.

I have never had the privilege to see the GB's displays in person but I never seen the need for such a thing when the whole stadium used to get right into it. Chants would start from any corner or any tier of the ground, so it's sad to think we no depend solely on a band of supporters to spark some life into the rest. Perhaps it should be the team you pay to watch that excites you that much to start you chanting.

{Ed007's Note - We definitely need 1 or 2 players to get the fans buzzing, you're spot on. Those type of players want decent wages though but surely we can get better value for money than Commons and Forrest.
I like you're O'Connell shout, I'd be happy with that but I stil feel we shoukd have Lustig in the middle, they molly coodle Craig Gordon who missed a game with a stiff neck yet ignore Lustig telling them and saying in public that for his own long term fitness he sees himself as a CB. Let Tierney or Izaguirre compete for LB, Rogic needs games, he's been out a long time so play him and if it doesn't work out punt him but RD has been impressed with him in training.
RD has said he wants a core of 22 players with the squad made up with young players but we have players like Forrest, Boerrigter, Mulgrew, Scepovic, Ambrose and even Stokes now clogging up the 22.
We'll never find out how good our youth players are until they get a chance to show us without the torrent of abuse from the stands every time they make a mistake or misplace a pass, it's all part of their learning curve, let's think back to Larrson's first game.
The GB do a fantastic job but the initial idea was to get the stadium jumping, now we've got doughballs sitting in CP watching the GB rather than the match.}

2.) 28 Aug 2015
28 Aug 2015 04:39:30
I watched the development match yesterday against Hibs and was very impressed with some of they young players on show. Especially Nesbitt and Thomson who I thought were outstanding. The question I ask is what happens to these lads between the under 20s and first team. Why can't they make the step up? It's surely time we put emphasis on getting these boys a real taste of first team games and stop buying dead wood in the transfer market!

3.) 28 Aug 2015
28 Aug 2015 08:34:20
heres a strange one! - I agree with you all- -Ibrox was the same over last few years (wonder why?) but no atmosphere other than the singing dervishes in the Family Stand.
Things are getting a lot better now (wonder why?) - answer I would suggest, is give the fans something to shout about & they won't be long in making a noise.
Even the social media crowd (agree with Ed07 - these should be banned)

4.) 28 Aug 2015
28 Aug 2015 08:34:30
Just in response to youth players getting a chance, I get annoyed every week at players like stokes, scepovic, ambrose, mulgrew are on the bench. For a start none of them have the ability to make any impact so are useless on the bench. How often do you see a young boy from killie or Inverness come on as a sub, run flat out for 20 minutes and cause problems like a sub should do. Instead we have like for like replacements whose only difference from the player that they are replacing is they are a worse player who is not up to speed. Other than 1 keeper, 1 defender and 1 attacking option the other 4 players on the bench should be youngsters chomping at the bit!

I thought Ronnys mentality was all about getting a young team? Why not use our youth team rather than signing youngsters from elsewhere?

5.) 28 Aug 2015
28 Aug 2015 13:31:59
We could have signed Van Persie , and guaranteed Champions League football .
Oh sorry Fenebache tried that and failed .