TET
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it shows the economy is totally out of whackWe'll never get beyond our current level while the price of mediocre players is hugely overblown.
that much money for mediocrity when people need food banks
it shows the economy is totally out of whackWe'll never get beyond our current level while the price of mediocre players is hugely overblown.
Too paraphrase TET It's a disgrace to see oil rigs from the shores of Aberdeen and have foodbanks in Scotland. That's the real crime, and if you think it's gonna change under that Fuckin idiot in NO.10 wake up.it shows the economy is totally out of whack
that much money for mediocrity when people need food banks
I'll never give up hope. We showed the way once before. Not niave but shit does happen.We'll never get beyond our current level while the price of mediocre players is hugely overblown.
It does indeed and hard work and determination in any particular season can match the best in one of games with massive home crowd.I'll never give up hope. We showed the way once before. Not niave but shit does happen.
Love the optimism mate but fuck me the Gulf has never been wider. Still faithful thru and thru.I'll never give up hope. We showed the way once before. Not niave but shit does happen.
We're big fish in a small pond Doc,Europe is a rigged,financially doped game,we have to punch above our weight,which can happen, but in europe we are minnows,second eleven?one of their subs cost more than our first team combined! but hey ho!We are the best team in Scotland but the game today showed us that PSG are clearly a better team. The first ten minutes was scary as we were cut apart but we came back into it in and fared a better. The second goal was a nasty deflection that wrong footed the keeper and was a sucker punch. I hoped we would fare better in the second half against a second eleven but hope is not enough. We can learn from this that we have to be better but I do not know if our management team can motivate our players to become even better.
Hear hear Doc.Agreed Michael so the only solution is to find a bigger pond. We've been bumping our gums about that for years but still no sign of it ever happening. I'd be happy if we did find a bigger pond AFTER we have won the TEN
The bigger picture is football is a game and if you can coach youth to be the best they can be and better than their peers, the problem that creates is they move for more money under contract. Suddenly Eddie, Ayer,McGregor are all attracting attention and our problem is how to keep them, thats your issue, right there, we cannot afford a guy like Fraser Forster and Forster is not even considered top drawer in European circles and not in demand,Agreed Michael so the only solution is to find a bigger pond. We've been bumping our gums about that for years but still no sign of it ever happening. I'd be happy if we did find a bigger pond AFTER we have won the TEN
We are the best team in Scotland but the game today showed us that PSG are clearly a better team. The first ten minutes was scary as we were cut apart but we came back into it in and fared a better. The second goal was a nasty deflection that wrong footed the keeper and was a sucker punch. I hoped we would fare better in the second half against a second eleven but hope is not enough. We can learn from this that we have to be better but I do not know if our management team can motivate our players to become even better.
Agree with what you say what hey spend on one player could buy a team in some leagues ours included,but we do have cash and even given the situation at present there are decent players the club could buy without busting the bank as I said it depends how serious the club is about the future
What we need is players in the mould of McGrain, Dalglish,Aitken,Burns,players of that calibre that played with their heart and soul and never gave up. This season coming is the most important in our history, we need a team that will battle to the end. Preseason games although great to win is all about preparing for the season ahead. Like every Celtic supporter I hate getting beat no matter the competition. Let's all get behind the team no matter what comes our way in the season ahead. Yours in Celtic HH.
Too true TET it used to be kids playing on waste ground or down the park,councils moore likely to sell pitchs than do anything to help pavilions falling into disrepair.No encouragement given to put thier phones and I pads down until the FAs across Britain get thier backsides in gear and do something about it the young talent will dry up why do you think German teams are after Celtic youngsters,as you say the roots are suffering from the lack of interestIt does indeed and hard work and determination in any particular season can match the best in one of games with massive home crowd.
if football continues this weird money game though
less people will love the game and it will implode from bottom up
And to be honest I think thats happening already
Game overall quality is diving as elite end wages expand and I dont see that many weans playing game itself
Totally agree boab. Its just that I want to see our team win every week. Being harsh I know but being brought up with great lions and the first nine in a row team, Im used to success. I know also that our best players will go eventually but is to much to ask that they give us at least 5years.HHAlly i do not think we would be able to keep players of that mould anymore therein lies the problem, Europe treat the rest of the teams as academies for the elite, if they see a potential player they like they lure them with wonga.
Can be hard to expect loyalty from players now when they see the cash and see the reality of playing in major tournaments, but the vision sometimes becomes the obscurity and the player is lost and trapped in contracts offering massive wages that they will never leave regardless if it means not kicking a ball, PSG brought on Julian Draxlier who has not kicked a ball for them and has watched his German career go down the pan and will allow it to spiral further rather than let go of massive wages for sitting on his arse, this is not football, this is stockpiling and waste.