Winter
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Just as disappointed this morning. My other half doesnt get the depression i/we all feel over the game, gave up trying to explain years ago, gave up trying to explain why completely 2 years ago when I joined this forum ( thank God for this forum). Celtic in Europe can be such an awesome experience but also we get far too many of these utter shambolic performances and this has been going on since the end of the 70s. Unfortunately I'm just out of the golden age of the clubs european dominance , the best I've seen was the run to Seville. I dont understand it, even after all the years of having top managers Caeser , MON, BR at the club we have consistently flattered to decieve. Theres even a case for lenny being second only to MON for best European results over the years, he has masterminded some unreal results v Barcelona h&a and recently lazio. Still these results are peppered in between the harsh realities of the likes of neuchatel xamax, sion, legia Warsaw, Copenhagen, cluj, Lincoln red imps (sorry bhoys&ghirls) Vs Leipzig , man city h&a , barcelona h&a, Stuttgart, Bayern , Juventus and it's not good enough for a club with our resources. Sparta Prague have never been mugs and are a tactically astute side always. We are hit and miss ..always. last year we topped our group for the first time ever. What? No that's not good enough for a gold star club, we are not Red Star Belgrade we have countless millions and incredible resources to that club also a gold star elite member. I've often thought that its psychological, thought it was we're tactically naive but how does a club like ours fail so spectacularly and regularly only to shock everyone with a result like lazio? I'm at a loss to comprehend it. The players are there and the management team have been also. Perhaps we haven't had both at the same time but I'm clutching at straws now. Surely it has to be the target for our club to get back at least to the latter stages of european competition every season for our 'hidden saviour' and PL? Theres no money in Scottish football why have we not got a plan for the European season after all these years? I'm sick of one good result sending shockwaves around the world only to be thumped by Copenhagen next round. I thought it was a mistake to give up our unbeaten record in the group last season and I was right , it affected momentum losing that last game away to cluj. I dont know ( think I've said that ) it's not good enough for me so its definately not good enough for the board that's a given. Yet what have they done about arresting the slide? SFA thats what. Yes I'm still sore same as you all are but I'm waking up this morning and I've said my thoughts on lenny last night but the board? They employ him they are the losers in the club and in more ways than one. DD and PL cannot be making money from dropping out of the cl then dropping out of the EL with 1pt from 12? Where is the leadership? Pl is a magician with numbers , knows nothing of the game, DD is a billionaire who wants to make Celtic great again ( translation = make Celtic a great cash cow again) they are to blame for this all of it not one man , a legend in our history. Perhaps the GB could take this matter up next time they decide to inspire (joke) with banners?