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| Topic Started: 7 Jun 2018, 05:42 PM (7,557 Views) | |
| Maleys Spirit | 8 Jun 2018, 09:40 PM Post #101 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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Funny thing about Celtic goalkeepers in my lifetime, I don`t ever remember us having two good ones on our books at the same time. I was too young to remember Evan Williams,Fallon etc. I mean both capable of first team football ,not a teenage Shay Given etc. By the sheer law of averages we are due two, maybe Gordon and Bain? |
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| KE0 | 8 Jun 2018, 10:14 PM Post #102 |
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I thought Latchford was a decent 'keeper. As far as two good ones on the books at the same time, I had a soft spot for Roy Baines, as my da and I would sneak off to his pub when we had to trail all the way through to Tranent to visit the in-laws. Edited by KE0, 9 Jun 2018, 12:45 AM.
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| Butters | 8 Jun 2018, 10:52 PM Post #103 |
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Club Captain
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When Zaluska came on against ICT after Gordon was sent off in the 2015 Scottish Cup semi final I genuinely thought that Van Dijk should go in goals, he'd have got closer to the ball than Zaluska did. I used to love watching him try & psyche out the penalty taker knowing full well he'd get nowhere near the ball. Useless pumpkin was at fault for their 2nd goal aswell. Edited by Butters, 8 Jun 2018, 10:55 PM.
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| kellybhoy | 9 Jun 2018, 02:20 AM Post #104 |
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Play me or trade me
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Certainly didn't merit the term "horrendous". |
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| thetrurolion | 9 Jun 2018, 02:27 AM Post #105 |
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First-team starter
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Maybe not horrendous, but a very poor keeper. |
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| CaltonBhoy1967 | 9 Jun 2018, 11:29 AM Post #106 |
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Billy McNeill - "Mr Celtic"
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If it is 50 years I reckon most who saw them play would have Ronnie and The Original Holy Goalie way ahead of Gordon. I change like the wind on the Boruc/Forster debate - Really just pleased we had both after so many duds over the decades - Even Big Jock struggled with keepers (he didn't sign Ronnie or John Fallon) - MON was the same - Last time I went for Boruc only just - Both were brilliant and could pull off saves out of this world albeit Forster only after he saved the Diets penalty - Boruc disappointed the way he went the last few season as he cgaf - Partly his lifestyle and partly the fact he knew no matter how shiiite he was he was still first choice as all he had for competition was Zaluska - Amazing how you can become a millionaire by doing feck all other than being Samaras's half time sub warm up pal - Forster applied himself and worked like feck at Lennoxtown to learn and succeed - He was also a cracking guy - Boruc could be a rocket on and off the park. Today I would go Forster was better than Boruc over the piece so I have changed my mind - No doubt I am liable to do so again the next time we discuss it but as I say I am just glad we had both. |
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| riddlehouse | 11 Jun 2018, 02:31 AM Post #107 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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The last few seasons thing is a myth with Artur. He was class in his last season at us. |
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| pablo5 | 12 Jun 2018, 01:08 AM Post #108 |
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Whatever it is, there's not enough of it
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Isn't there a story that MON actually signed Boruc? |
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| kellybhoy | 12 Jun 2018, 01:56 AM Post #109 |
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Play me or trade me
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He could take a good penalty himself though. Remember both him and Boruc scoring in the marathon shootout against DU a few years ago? |
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| johncfc | 12 Jun 2018, 04:21 AM Post #110 |
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First-team starter
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Taking a good penalty is definitely one of the first skills I use in determining a good keeper. |
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| redbhoy | 12 Jun 2018, 04:51 AM Post #111 |
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Whit's the goalie daein?!
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Would take peak Forster over peak Boruc, only because Fraser Forster was the more consistent player. Both capable of wonder saves (Boruc shades Forster there), but Boruc would have the occasional lapse, or at least have them more often than Forster. Gordon is a very good keeper (at least as far as shot stopping goes) as well, but a distance behind the other two. Nonetheless, he's better than any of the other keepers of the last 20-odd years. To think that fourth place is a debate about Jon Gould, Rab Douglas, David Marshall and Stewart Kerr is, well, disturbing. |
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| Monthecandy | 12 Jun 2018, 11:05 PM Post #112 |
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First-team starter
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There was some real howlers over the next few decades. |
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| Luca | 12 Jun 2018, 11:10 PM Post #113 |
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Off treasure hunting in Holland
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Ronnie Simpson, as far as I can tell, was nowhere near Boruc, Forster or even Gordon. |
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| weejimmy | 12 Jun 2018, 11:53 PM Post #114 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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As far as you can tell eh ! So fill us in on how you arrived at it. Go on. |
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| CaltonBhoy1967 | 13 Jun 2018, 07:51 AM Post #115 |
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Billy McNeill - "Mr Celtic"
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Yes - Let's see the workings on "as far as I can tell"? May well be right on Boruc and Forster I don't know. As for Gordon - First league game of the season please wait on Bertie Auld coming out after the game and tell him as far as you can tell Gordon is a better keeper than Ronnie Simpson was - I will pay good money to see and hear his reaction!!! |
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| Luca | 13 Jun 2018, 09:22 AM Post #116 |
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Off treasure hunting in Holland
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I seem to have offended you both, apologies, i'm only stating my opinion - as I say, I'm going on the basis of `as far as I can tell`. I'm not the only person to have stated this opinion on this thread btw. Also, i'm not slighting Simpson in anyway if that's why you both seem so offended. He was obviously a very good goalkeeper. And an absolute legend for Celtic. Anyway, as others have also said, Boruc at his peak was one of the top keepers in Europe. Gordon and Forster at their peak were the best keepers in Britain. So far as I can tell, Simpson never reached that status. On my part, 'nowhere near' was probably a bit strong, but I stand by my opinion that Boruc, Forster and Gordon were better goalkeepers. The three of them weren't, however, European Cup winners or Celtic Legends (although, they have all written themselves into Celtic folklore). Edited by Luca, 13 Jun 2018, 09:24 AM.
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| Flawless | 13 Jun 2018, 09:42 AM Post #117 |
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Fatboab shirt designer
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Boruc was better than Forster. |
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| CaltonBhoy1967 | 13 Jun 2018, 10:07 AM Post #118 |
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I will never get offended by any opinion on football people post on a messageboard Luca. I suppose I am guilty of the "as far as I can tell" scenario on my take that Jimmy McGrory is the Greatest Ever Celtic player as I never saw him play. Really don't see where an at his peak Gordon was the best keeper in Britain tbh - He hardly kicked a ball at Sunderland and even then he would have been competing with an aged Van Der Saar and Cech to name two who were better than him - When he was at the Diets there was Schmeicel for starters playing so imo the case is closed there and then as to Gordon ever having being the best in Britain during his Diets era. Gordon is a good keeper and at times was a very good keeper he also can and has been poor - He is nowhere near the fit and interested Boruc or Forster and I would never have had him in the best in the Britain category. |
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| Hail Hail Cesar | 13 Jun 2018, 10:22 AM Post #119 |
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First-team starter
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I would put Dmitri Kharine and Broto above that lot. Edited by Hail Hail Cesar, 13 Jun 2018, 10:23 AM.
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| Luca | 13 Jun 2018, 10:27 AM Post #120 |
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Off treasure hunting in Holland
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I might be wrong on Gordon and only seeing him through the lens of him getting the accolade of Greatest Ever EPL Save - I thought he was very highly regarded down there, but again, it could be a case of revisionism on my part. What I will say is that our last 3 consistent/regular keepers have been a vast improvement on the 20 or so years prior to them. I'm hoping our next keeper maintains that level...
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As far as you can tell eh ! So fill us in on how you arrived at it. Go on.

8:43 AM Jul 11