I doubt we will see top this season. How long since that happened.
We will still have the die hard optimists saying just one more transfer window an Ange will get the team and players he wants.
Dream fucking on. It ain't happening, it never will till he gets Pep sized transfer budget. He came to the right club though, half the support are hopeless romantics.
i think your remarks are letting you down mate, we're Celtic fans, we love our Club, faithful through and through, but don't paint us as clueless.
we're all disappointed but some of us can see it for what it is
the board stacked the odds against being organised this pre-season, they dithered getting Ange and then signings for the team. With the Euros and the turnover of players it was a mess like we've never seen in pre-season.
They also decided to make 20 million on player trading after the disaster that was last season.
For a short spell, we got going for a wee bit, then the injuries hit. Not just 1 or 2 but half a squad.
We're in October and some of the signings have hardly played a game yet.
If anyone think that Ange has had a fair crack at the whip this season then they are deluded.
As i said last night, he's not had a training session consisting of his first 11 never mind a game.
So while i am not happy, i'm no hopless romantic either. But i'm objective.
If we're still losing games in 6-8 weeks then i think he is fair game but before then i think is unfair.
We've taken on Betis and Leverkusen and to be honest on another day could have scored 4 or 5 against them but for some good goalkeeping and some woeful finishing.
I go back to the defending, 90% of our goals are coming from defending you shouldn't see in a 5 a side game. It's not a system thats failing it's professional footballers making catastrophic decisions. I'd be worried if we were getting gubbed 4-0 and hadn't created a chance.
There are fine lines in football and on a different night last night it could have been so different had we taken a chance and defended better. Instead our 2nd half consisted of more missed chances before they get an unlucky penalty. Game over.
Hart looks good, the defence needs read the riot act and we need a settled back 4.
McGregor has come on leaps, rogic has played superb going forward at times but he's no box to box midfielder or battler. The wingers look like they will improve and the wee man up front will score for fun. Hopefully McCarthy/Forrest/Johnston/Georgi get up to speed soon and we get a settled team for a run.
The results are bad but IMO the direction of the anger is in the wrong place, but there has to be a quick turnaround starting Saturday