17 Jan 2021 06:20:08
Growing up in the 90s was hard to take watching the Sevconians lifting the title year after year. For me this is hurting me more as this is not a good rangers team. When you have a manger that gets out played by rangers its not good enough. Lennon has brought this club back towards that era of the 90s and as a Celtic supporter all my life I followed them true good and bad, never ashamed to wear our team colours.

For a new manager to come in I think it is going to take us a long time to become the team like the invisible as we saw yesterday we have players who don't play for the Jersey or not good enough for the club. it's it's going to be a long road ahead and we haven't been producing raw talent for a long period of time due to or management team lack of intelligence to help them break into the first team.

So it's not the first team is the issue it's what's coming true the ranks isn't good as they are not progressing their development with us and the players left aren't good enough. Young Dembele, harper, ox flex and I say Henderson will move on aswel. We need a manager like Klopp who has total control of the football side so our youth teams play the same way as first team.

Look at liverpool all the injuries and their young players just fit into the first team. We had a team yesterday on the pitch and it was like they hadn't a clue what tactic s where. My apologies about big big post but I'm fed up of Lennon and his coaching staff. I'm not angry anymore just hurt.

1.) 17 Jan 2021
17 Jan 2021 08:30:42
I would have to disagree a little with the above the south sliders are not a bad team, they have gelled well and are on a good run this season, individual players may not be the same perceived cost value but performances this year are at least better. Their keeper and back line as example performing much better. how much is McGregor worth? But his performances in comparison to the 5 million guy.
If this seasons performance was similar to the few previous years then points would have been lost and the gap either way would be much reduced
In short the south sliders are in a much improved totally unpredicted position. The fact the Parkhead management did not see this coming and mitigate against it is my issue, or did they and they scouting/ signings let things down after all good money was spent with all of the main assets retained
Where this goes now is anyone’s guess but how this is repaired is crucial for the next number of years. this has the potential to trigger the sliders on an extended rein reversing the roles completely
At the beginning of this season what would you have got on odds for where the league table is now and how many fans would have been ‘uncomfortable’ with an away game to Livy? I can see the same as yesterday where at times Livy dominated and were unlucky not to get three points.
Accept a lot on here won’t agree with above but I do think a dose of reality is needed if this collapse can be fixed.

2.) 17 Jan 2021
17 Jan 2021 08:34:57
Youth players who you expect to make the grade should be training with the first team all the time, or loaned out for valuable game time.
The amount of youth talent wasted in the past few years because of miss direction is astonishing.

The young players without integration and challenge will not progress, playing u19 league pish will not progress them, they should at 16 be ready to get on the pitch and start playing, simple, these 3G pitches should be their speciality they train and play on them enough through the ranks.

I to had the joy of the 90s being my first era as a Celtic fan and in all fairness we played good football, they just won more, however right now this is by far the worst Celtic team I've seen.

No solid GK, no defensive general, no solid creative fullbacks, zero wingers with flair and pace creating endless opportunities, no dominant midfielders who dictate the play, and the prolific strikers are fading.

Its a sorry state of affairs from top to bottom.

Not only is the football we play shocking, but the wages these players receive in order to produce this garbage.

WE WILL NOT LURE GREAT PLAYERS, simply because the challenge in the SPL is woeful at best, the only players we will get are agents laughing stocks. We should be scouting all European countries that have a lower wage structure than our own. That way we will be able to attract the right talent. There is no point buying a bang average keeper for 5m from Greece when we could've got a great keeper from Croatia for 4m. The model needs adjusted and dedicated to.
We clearly have agent ties that need completely severed, and Hammond needs replaced!

Livingston players earn an average salary of £40k per year vs £840k average salary at Celtic, that is a shocking return we are seeing on the pitch.

We will never challenge in Europe unless the right structure is in place, it needs sorted now.

3.) 17 Jan 2021
17 Jan 2021 09:34:38
Great post CP, think you speak for a lot of us.