bring back bobo.

Going forward, i think McManus will be first choice unless he drops form completely, which hopefully is unlikely.

The question is, who will be beside him. I think Kennedy will win the race between himself Caldwell, Balde & O' Dea. I hope O' Dea can build on a first good season, but we've seen it before where a young player doesnt do so we'll in their 2nd season in the first team. e.g. John O' Shea

Balde needs to beat all his critics, get his 1st team place back and no mistakes to justify his wage. I dont think he will and should be sold especially if their is a 1.5M bid on the table for him.

Balde was good in the past but that shouldnt be the reason to keep him. Players have to merit being here and he's one of many that isnt cutting the mustard, regardless of injuries.

Give him a few games to get fit, see does he still have it, if not we could still sell before the window shuts

 

Sure I have no problem in selling Bobo although after a full season of injuries a few games might not be enough for him. But if we do sell him then we should bring in a centre back for cover as in my eyes it would leave us short as Odea at 19 would be unfair for him to play a full season and Kennedy had such a bad injury how reliable can he be hopefuly he will still be as good as before. Then that leaves just Mcmanus. Cos Pressley is not a player that should be at parkhead,

 

i don't know why ppl want to keep bobo this guy is on 30k a week hes not a young man anymore he makes loads of mistakes and has cost us lots of important games (hand ball against Lyon) but when u look at John Kennedy or big Darren if they make mistakes both will learn from them Bobo wont both are better players than bobo and will only get better the more games they play id let Kennedy O'Dea and big Mick fight it out for first team spots and have Caldwell for back up!

 

i think WGS will pick Pressley for the start of the season, Kennedy needs more games under his belt for me but i would like to see him become a feature once the season is well and truly under way O'Dea is young and still learning but no doubt he'll get his chances, Bobo? offski. Caldwell once fit will struggle to get back into the team imo, perhaps we won't see a definite partner for mick in defence until the latter part of the season.

 

No Mcmanus is first coice With Balde currently our best experianced defender and as for mistakes all players make them even Henke was * at pens. Balde handball in Lyon was ulucky to penalised. Ie. Maldini got away with a similar handball against us at the san siro we just didt get the decision as I said all players make mistakes. As for Caldwell and Pressley they just dont have the ability to be celtic players.

 

Agreed McManus 1st choice, ermm Balde well he hasn't kicked a ball for Celtic in a long time (yes yes broken leg i know! but even before that) yes all players do make mistakes but i don't see Balde pulling on the hoops anytime soon more as back-up to the 2 CB's.

As for Caldwell and Pressley, well they are Celtic players so we're stuck with them. I'm not a fan of Pressley but i realise that there was a need to sign him due to injuries and an experienced SPL CB for free is not to be sniffed at & i think WGS will put him top of the list to partner mick. Caldwell came to cp on the back of his Hibs reputation but has given us all "heart-attack" moments and defo scares me however i think his confidence will return and we'll see him at the back this season.
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Lennon was , wether u loved or hated him, one of the best celtic captains of all time; cunning,loyal,detrmined,passionate ,loud , involved and a big influence in the pitch.

I like Naka but in temrs of captaincy you cannot say he meets anythingnear the standard lennon set

 

nakamura as captain? are some of you joking? the guy can't even say that he is a midfielder, his english is awful. to be a captain you need to be able to communate with your fellows players but he can't do that.

 

* because he has selective memory thats how he can say that.
simple.

anyone care to remember virgo and du wei in the heart of the celtic defence?

anyone care to remember how RUBBISH our defence was when balde was away at african nations cup? those that do may also remember eveyone calling for baldes head before he left for africa. then he left we were shockng, he came back and we steadyed up.

but lets forget that and judge him on 15mins of a preseason after coming back from a broken leg.

 

and naka for captin is laughable and those who suggested it showed they know little about football.
being a captin is not how good a player you are its about how well you know the game, how carismatic you are and your natural leader skills.

as well as the basics like being able to speak the same lanuage as your team mates , ofcourse.
just because naka is good at football dosn#t mean hes a good captin.

 

If you have read my postings you will see that I have said that Naka would not be ideal because he dosnt speak english however im sure he gets his point accross of the field through his interpretor. I only mentioned him as he is the captain of Japan and him being made captain would else the clubs profile and maybe attract better players to the club. As maybe if Mcmanus was given it then just an opinion if I was a topish player then I may find it difficult to play under an inexperianced player.

Also Naka was not my only choice although he has the biggest profile of any of the players at the club. Boruc would be avery close secound as both theese players have experiance at the highest level ie. World Cups.

Anyhow the team should have eleven captains on the park not just one.

 

Lennon was one of the best captains the club has ever had. We could do with another one just like him maybe WGS might get his check book out. exactly what I have said previously

 

Appoligies for terrible spelling sry

 

cheque book out? you don't sign captains. Lennon like every other captain before him earned the captains arm band through his performances and personality on/off the pitch. I've said it in other posts but i reckon it should be between McManus or Boruc, both of them deserving the captaincy.

But that aside this is about Bobo, personally having seen WGS strategy/tactics over couple of seasons and his selection policy i don't think he'll be a 1st team pick this coming season he'll be back-up and used in the domestic cup games, assuming he's not sold on.

 

Yes I agree that with his selection policy. then yes I doubt that Bobo will be a 1st team pick. However the poll is about what we think not WGS. So are you saying you agree with his current selection Pressley and Mcmanus.

Also I agree that you earn the right to be captain however Strachen himself stated at the end of last season that the clubs new captain may not be at the club his words not mine.

 

Like everyone else i have an opinion on who should be in the team week in and week out and currently i do agree with Strachan's current selection, why? well putting aside the emotion of who should play and who shouldn't we're two trophies to the good and "they" once again got hee haw. regardless thats all that matters to me....​

 

Your correct results dont lie. As dont performances and seriously I think the majority of them have been mediocre. Maybe thats selection or maybe formation or even the quality of player. I would prefer to say selection as I dont think we have alot of bad players, as also good players can play to most formations.

And Iam sure they will get HE HAW again this time around. But Europe is becoming more important as thats were the money is and we need it to continue our dominance.

 

We were mediocre at the end of last season, but the league was in the bag by christmas, half the job done and dusted without breaking sweat. All this before Pressley /Hartley joined the team. We could theorize on selection for a long time but i'm wiping the slate clean for these guys and will look to this coming season to properly form an opinion on them. We're winning trophies and WGS is still Celtic Manager, he must be doing something right?!?

 

Sure the league was done and dusted and maybe thats why performances were below par. However Your optimism is fantastic and I hope Pressley suddenly thinks hes Maldini and Hartley bangs his head and devolops a french accent and thinks hes zizou etc etc. All kidding aside I admire your outlook and sincerly hope we perform well and our results match last years.

 

IMO Pressely and Hartley looked good in a very average team who just were doing well. Hartley has been a complete non starter and if some1 can tell me one good thing he has done in a celtic jersey i would love to hear. As for Pressely he thnks he is a awsome player as he was chased by the prem big boys ( charlton) and he lacks the basic essentials of clearing your line and is made to look a fool by poor players. Even at cp sebo ran rings around him, and if strachan can look up and watch he will see that most of the pre season goals are because of a poor cntre defensive partnership, which wasnt a problem before xmas i.e when press wasnt ther