Aberdeen v Celtic. All match chat in here please.

I actually thought the period in the game in the 2nd half leading up to skippy's equaliser we were playin some * great football, aberdeen were clinging on & looked dead on their feet.

 

All he does is punt the ball. I think he was a better player 2 seasons ago. I think he has gone backwards and has lost confidence. I do think he got a raw deal especially now whenever he plays wgs plays him out of position

 

Double standards are one of the reasons and yes the manager also has a part to play in it. One of the reasons we signed Hartson/Sutton/Lennon was because they wanted to play for the manager, that much was very clear.

The double standards are wages.. They wouldn't pay that Romanian CB (forgot his name) we were linked with £25k a week, but they pay Scott Brown that without blinking an eye. remember Brown was not performing well at this time either. So now we've got Loovens for what? £10k a week? Seems obvious to me that both parties are the problem. Strachan wants to sign quality players but cannot attract them tot he club and then when he does get a decent player through the doors to talk about contract, the board * it up.

The money is there, just both have to agree. I also think there is issues with Strachan. We only need to look at who has left to figure that out.

 

think my whole feelings on the budget debate can be summed up with one thing, we have more of a budget than any other spl team and we should be able to beat anyone rangers apart easily with our budget

 

In all fairness mate, with a name like "Naka fan" your always going to defend him. Nakamura used to be my favourite player so I'm not being biased. Nakamura can't skin players, so he doesn't get into the position to get a cross in, which is why he passed to Hinkel and he had many (albeit poor) crosses into the box. He's too lightweight for the center of midfield and I think he would be just as poor on the left.

Gone are the days where he picked out a brilliant pass reguarly, or when we got a free-kick and I was confident it would hit the back of the net.

Cheerio Naka.

 

Aye there was that move where it led to the shot when.... oh wait.

Or that cross that was delivered that was just wonderful, that guy got on the end of it and made the keeper really work for the sa... oh wait.

Or that great solo run by such and such where he beat 3 players got one on one with the keepe.. oh wait.

No shots on goal in the second half? Against Aberdeen?

We were pish.

 

obviously the game was *, so was the result. but putting everything into question again is over the top. also the "everything-is-fine-we-are-super" brigade needs to realize neither strachan nor the team is godlike and causes mistakes too.

I hope the team will learn from that and start working hard again.

 

I think playing in the CL and a guaranteed LB spot should attract anyone that's good enough to play for us. And sorry if I misunderstood you, but you're saying that players won't come here because they think WGS is a nobody? Then, we're screwed...

 

we had like sixteen shots on goal, were you watchin the game, or are you just commenting on the score

 

Remind me of a Langfield save in the 2nd half mate?

 

am probally gonna get slaughtered here. but at times i thought we played nice stuff. the goal for example. we were all over them the start on the second half aswell. the last 20 mins or so of the second half is when we were dire. we definetly need a solid centre back.

 

On the left, he could cross a ball. And he can get past a player, but doesn't try to skin 2 or 3, because he knows somebody would stop him. Unlike McGeady, who thinks that's feasible. Naka should be played in midfield, despite the lightweight build. Brown can cover for him. A 4-1-3-2 is the way to go, with Naka just behind the forwards.

 

ever so sorry, 2 shots on goal in the second half. one went in, the other was saved. tell me what else I missed? Maybe we had shots at goal, that went towards the general area, but we made their keeper do * all.

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It should be you're correct, but it's not. There was also the player that turned us down to stay in Serie A and never win anything.. that speaks volumes for me about the situation we're in.

O'Neill was attracting a certain calibre of player and even when he wasn't attracting the best, he made them better, something Strachan cannot seem to do. O'Neill made good players better players and made better players great players.

I've always had my judgements on Strachan and have voiced them many times on here wether we win lose or draw. I don't like him and how he works.

 

With McGeady it is feasible. It was also feasible with Naka, but it's not now. Why? The players behind the wingers.

McGeady plays better with Naylor behind him, why? I'm not sure, but he does. Naka used to play alot better with Telfer over-lapping allowing Naka to step inside or use him.

Strachan doesn't know how to and didn't change anything today even at 4-2.. it should have been major changes at 3-2.

Before anyone suggests lack of players to change it with.. there's only one person to blame there, the manager for not signing anyone.

 

Fair does, but I respect Strachan's 3IAR and being in the last 16 of CL twice. And if the thing you're saying is true, we're *. Still, Strachan isn't to blame if his transfer targets prefer to be somewhere else.

 

The manager should be selling the club, explaining why they should play for Celtic to win honours and make themselves legends for life. I don't think he does that or really wants to do that. Plus he looks for a certain personality or one he can manipulate to join his 'clique'. Hence his clash with McGeady.

 

I think he does promote the club, but the players are too greedy. And I don't think he could manipulate S. Brown or Robson, yet they are in the team. And he has to maintain the discipline.

 

Nakamura can't skin a player?

What you mean is, Nakamura can't skin a player and get away from him with pace. He can certainly skin a player.

McGeady doesn't get enough criticism cos he's lived out the dream of 99% of the people on here. Grow up in Glasgow, play for the Hoops and ROI.

 

Robson and Brown didn't need to be manipulated, they have the mentality he wants from his players. Some don't..

I don't think he sells the club well enough. We're buying players.. but where are they? for the future? I wish he'd stop * our money away if that's the case. We need players now, not for the future.