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| Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic" | |
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| Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,287,971 Views) | |
| popeyed | 27 Aug 2017, 02:51 PM Post #12021 |
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Climbing walls while sittin' in a chair.
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I'd be reluctant. He made a total baws of it the last time - wouldn't worry too much about playing him in the league, but not the CL. |
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| Hail!Hail! | 27 Aug 2017, 02:55 PM Post #12022 |
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I really don't think its a controversial opinion to say Brown should not longer be automatic 1st pick regardless of form. We have 5 excellent midfielders vying for 3 positions, we have another 3 decent ones behind them. |
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| Bodom Bhoy | 27 Aug 2017, 02:56 PM Post #12023 |
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Yes. |
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| dannyclyro | 27 Aug 2017, 03:24 PM Post #12024 |
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Like you can smell the psychosphere
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It's just my opinion: Brown's physical prowess is declining, and as a result he isn't going to be able to control games or drive the team on as consistently as he once was, because some of his best attributes are closely tied to physical prowess; not technique, which can be as effective in an older player as one in their prime. I'm sure his desire is still there, so maybe a poor choice of words. However, I think you know exactly what I mean and are just being pedantic for the sake of it.
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| jamiebhoy76 | 27 Aug 2017, 04:09 PM Post #12025 |
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Club Captain
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Broonies bad pass did cause us problems, but theres been games this season already where he's been flawless and not even made it into the top 3 in the man of the match thread. He was immense in Astana at home. |
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| Mubo Loravcik | 27 Aug 2017, 04:22 PM Post #12026 |
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First post on P602 of the old Deila thread. Dated November 2014, only 5 months after he took over ![]() He seems to talk a good game but it is not backed up by what we see. He is not solely to blame and is a symptom of a much wider illness within the club but i am really struggling to see how it will turn round for him? We are only in Europe because we got an almighty (and completely undeserved) administrative break. Otherwise our European adventure was over in the first week in August following a 6-1 pummeling from a run of the mill European side! We got back in and then contrived to lose to another side who aspire to hit the heights of average. Salzburg are ok with a couple of good players and they beat us fairly comfortably. They are not Real Madrid! They got 2 quick goals to kill us off last night and eased off the gas. After that Celtic had a lot of the ball but in the main did nothing with it. On the occasion when we seemed to be building up some momentum, the manager brought Commons on in the hope that he would get a shooting opportunity from outside the box and all momentum in the team was lost! We have made heavy weather in most of the domestic games and could find ourselves in a tricky spot on Sunday playing against a Hearts team with energy and confidence through the roof. They are easily capable of capitalising on another soporific start from our team. The other thing is that you cannot say with any certainty what team will turn up on any given day. We could turn up against Sevco in a few weeks and utterly garbage as they are, we are easily capable of plummeting to their level! He is not going to get money in January to replace guys like Mulgrew, Stokes, Griffiths etc and at the stage of their careers, they are not going to develop a first touch and an ability to pass the ball accurately and quickly. He made one permanent signing and he didn't think he was worth playing last night! The loan guys are going to have to be bought or replaced (further reducing the available cash to replace Mulgrew, Stokes et al). The whole thing is an utter shambles. |
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| Tim Waits | 27 Aug 2017, 07:44 PM Post #12027 |
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Small-Minded Bien-Pensant
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Enough of the "yer a hun" "naw yer a hun" tripe. Thanks. |
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| Wailer | 27 Aug 2017, 07:48 PM Post #12028 |
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Rebel music.
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I thought that was a term of endearment over the pond? Is it not hun? and [/flees] |
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| Jinkys 7 | 27 Aug 2017, 08:06 PM Post #12029 |
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The Guy.
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I understand BR's frustration with the fans yesterday. It's the first time in the year and a half he's been with us that our "playing out from the back" philosophy has cost us a goal. He's been an absolute godsend for us since he's arrived and he's earned the right to have patience from the fans. Personally I'd like to see us find the balance between playing out from the back and knowing when to play safe and clear our lines but I trust Brendan and his philosophies. Afterall, it hasn't worked out too badly for him and us so far... |
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| Fortune Teller | 27 Aug 2017, 08:09 PM Post #12030 |
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Hot to Trott
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Even when we were winning all the time there was still the odd nugget who sat around me who would moan about the goalie passing the ball to a centre half/full back rather than hoofing it towards Griffiths. It's mental, but i think a lot of Scottish fans are conditioned to expect it now |
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| Jinkys 7 | 27 Aug 2017, 08:12 PM Post #12031 |
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Stone age mentality. It works more than it doesn't. People tend to forget that. |
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| wigwam | 27 Aug 2017, 08:20 PM Post #12032 |
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Older than dirt
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Continually conceding possession by hoofing it forward to an out-numbered striker will cost you in the long run. Not as obviously as Saturday as there will be a period of possession before conceding, but it's especially important against top European teams who will lap it up and keep the ball. Penning you in your own half. It was very slack on Saturday, playing out you will always have a risk factor, but not taking a half-arsed sclaff would be a good starting point. |
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| bigkev | 27 Aug 2017, 08:35 PM Post #12033 |
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Playing the way we do created 31 attempts on goal on Saturday versus 1 stupid error. Our playing philosophy got the ball forward a huge amount of times and our front men were wasteful. On another day we would have hammered St Johnstone in spite of that error. |
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| titch | 27 Aug 2017, 09:56 PM Post #12034 |
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How many of those 31 were shots that didnt make it past the first defender? Up until the last 20m our real chances were few and far between - even then there weren't many clear cut chances - Sinclair's run in the first half being the main standout. |
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| bigkev | 27 Aug 2017, 10:03 PM Post #12035 |
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We hit the woodwork twice and screwed a handful past and their goalkeeper had a decent game. I'm just quoting independent stats and my point is we got the ball into the danger zone often enough to have won the game comfortably and not for the first time this season. |
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| atinofbeans | 27 Aug 2017, 10:10 PM Post #12036 |
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It's like there was some sort of secret meeting, and had a genius idea, involving some cunning stunts. |
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| titch | 27 Aug 2017, 10:10 PM Post #12037 |
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I think if we got the break of the ball and scored earlier we would most likely have won the game. Hitting the post twice was in the last 20 iirc along with most of our real chances. We just lacked guile on Saturday and the slow methodical build up didn't help. Once we got the goal we took a huge lift from it and started moving the ball a bit quicker. I dont just mean by getting it up the park quicker btw. |
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| bigkev | 27 Aug 2017, 10:16 PM Post #12038 |
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I must admit it gets oan my chookies watching it but I get it and understand the managers point.
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| FenianJack | 27 Aug 2017, 10:27 PM Post #12039 |
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Getting on a bit
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He shouldn't be making any mistakes whatsoever in these games....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 is that because he's in P7 and they are all P6-ers....... In other news Kylian Mbappe is 18 |
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| Kingslim | 27 Aug 2017, 10:36 PM Post #12040 |
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69 and counting
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I think you're forgetting that the players are yet to reach peak physical condition. We played teams like Rosenberg who are halfway through their season. Same with Astana. You've written Brown off before a ball has been kicked in the groups. He was the best player on the park in the 3-3 game with city. Brown has more CL appearances than any player in our squad yet you think he's the weak link. You want Erik in at CB even though his confidence has gone and his use of the ball is very poor. DDV in goals despite being having chocolate wrists and going down in instalments. His kicking has been poor this season too. Bizarre |
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I must admit it gets oan my chookies watching it but I get it and understand the managers point.

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