12 Dec 2017 10:59:43
I cannot believe some of the negative posters on here after we draw a game, please remember we are still 68 games UNBEATEN.
As a Celtic fan of a certain vintage (just like wine I improve with age lol) and lived through some dark days including all the cheating EBT years and more, my advice is ENJOY OUR RUN, yes the team needs improving in January and some players need a rest and others need to find the form of last season, but it could be worse, you could be a Sevco fan who have nothing to look forward to, except hoping we get beat.
Be positive and support the Bhoys, that is what being a Celtic fan is all about.
"Faithful through and through" HH.

1.) 12 Dec 2017
12 Dec 2017 11:15:18
Truth is though Tim our reserve team should be beating Hibs and i don't mean any disrespect to Hibs it's just the way it is with squad/ budget comparison. Peope are just saying it as they see it and that 3 or 4 players badly need a break. As i said earlier they haven't become bad players they just need a rest because their current form doesn't merit being in the starting 11. What harm can be done throwing Johnston or Miller in at left wing or Ajer in at CB at Tynecastle. It could be the making of them and add a much needed freshness to the team. We are in more danger of losing this unbeaten run by playing out of form players in my opinion.

2.) 12 Dec 2017
12 Dec 2017 12:35:20
I remember thinking to myself after we beat Aberdeen in the cup final that this is about as good as it gets.
In any other year we would be chuffed to bits with the season we are having, we are a game in hand away from being 8 points clear before Christmas, we have won the league cup, we qualified for the champions league, we won a match in the Champions league and have European football after Christmas, we are in with a chance of another treble, and we are still unbeaten.
Last season nearly every player was playing to their maximum potential, that very rarely happens, this season for a variety of reasons they're not, but it's this season that's the more normal one, we've just been spoilt.
Another factor is that opposition teams will try different ways to stop us, what worked for us last season might not be as effective this season, we just need to look for other ways to combat them.
I don't think that we're having a bad season at all, I just think that last season was so exceptional that whatever followed would look tame in comparison.

3.) 12 Dec 2017
12 Dec 2017 13:13:18
Agree with that Gerry, though compared to last season we're still in Europe, though not performing as well at home. I think if we win the treble again then this season will have been more successful than last even if we don't go unbeaten. The team will hopefully be back all guns blazing after the Jan break and there are a few who look like they need the rest.

4.) 12 Dec 2017
12 Dec 2017 14:08:22
hey tim, this is just a place where we can all give our thoughts and opinions and I have been swayed and seen things from a different perspective by reading some posts, yours included (although I ain't betting another single donkey you suggest - lol) .

Truth is tho, we aren't 68 games unbeaten, we are 68 games unbeaten domestically - and 1) remarkable achievement especially considering "honest mistakes", injuries, loss of form, bad day at the office etc. and 2) given current finances we should dominate domestically.

I am now happy to see a settled back 5, midfield choices depending on opposition and how the games are going and competition for up front.

I think apart from number of games we have played so far and mental fatigue, giving key players a rest and then the proper break in January and perhaps a few key additions we will go into February with a full compliment of players (ex paddy) , rested and ready to go and we will hit the heights of last year.

People are disappointed by poor form and heavy CL defeats - I personally expected a dip and cl defeats, am fairly content about where we are and where we are going tho.

Getting to the break, I think we may not keep our unbeaten record, but that's the least of my concerns. League and a cup in the bag, still in Europe, not Servco fan = me happy.

5.) 12 Dec 2017
12 Dec 2017 15:24:15
Totally agree Tim. Just wait until we do lose a match, you will get people shouting to sack the manager. We haven't had it this good in many a year and people are still not happy.

6.) 12 Dec 2017
12 Dec 2017 16:11:32
The unbeaten run is being used to excuse substandard performances in my view. Instead of picking the bones of throwing away a 2 goal lead folk are happy to just gloss over it with “68 unbeaten”. It’s an amazing achievement but for us to have drawn a third of our league games isn’t acceptable.

7.) 12 Dec 2017
12 Dec 2017 16:13:42
Funny how people that are asking for out of form players to be given a rest and to be replaced by our star youth players are now being regarded as moaners, negative etc. Talk about deluded views.

8.) 12 Dec 2017
12 Dec 2017 16:34:16
We will at some point lose a game no matter what we do it will happen. But for me we need to freshen the side up. Looking at the past few games we look a little complacent IMO and that is not a dig at any one but concentration seems to have gone from some players and no wonder with the amount of games we have played this year And I am sure BR is on to how to fix it all be it perhaps when the window opens in January.