[Official TC Thread]Celtic V Dundee Utd, 02/11/13, 3pm

Good point, he seems to be the forgotten man lately

 

Glad we got a draw, November is always the start of the doom and gloom period of funeral atmospheres and lethargic football. I predicted a draw, should have put £ on it at 4/1.

 

That really * me off. Especially when Dundee Utd did it today to great effect to score the first goal.

 

It was a difficult match against a resolute and clever United team who are playing very well at the moment, and the dreadful weather was the great leveler again, so it is hard to make any clear cut assessments on that game today.Main things for me was we still could do with another left back as I thought Izzy was static for their goal, Ledley is like a man down at the moment, and Pukki looks like a man shot of any confidence or purpose. Apart from all that we did very well to * a draw and keep our unbeaten run going.

 

Utter dire , lucky to get away with a draw , harsh on Dundee Utd who deserved the win .

 

Poor performance overall today but a point is better than none. It was a frustrating game to watch where our passing in particular was woeful and the tempo was all wrong. There was no cutting edge play from the midfield and link up play just wasn't there. Created very few chances although Mulgrew's equaliser was a well taken goal.

United played well and deserved their point. Though I'd like to see a replay of their goal because from where I was sitting it looked like Armstrong used a hand to control the ball.

Ajax up next and lets hope the Bhoys can make us all proud.

 

Well done to the Fan who hit the crossbar at halftime!! He should be getting more than a signed top though

 

I know, that would earn you a nice little wedge down at Killie.

 

To be honest it wasn`t having a go at Celtic. I thought we were OK today; it`s just the negative attitude of teams in Scotland(even find it a hard to stomach when we do it in Europe). It was more a general point and a personal viewpoint about how football should be played.

Dundee United are getting all the plaudits on various media outlets and yet they played very negative. I would have more admiration for a side willing to make a game of it,rather than waste time with goal-kicks and produce foul after foul to disrupt a game(I get annoyed when refs fail to take proper action against offenders). One such example also occurred in the Liverpool v Arsenal tonight, where the ref killed a quick free-kick which was to Liverpool`s advantage.

This type of negative mentality/approach to the game is not something which should be encouraged.

No wonder Scottish Football is a turn-off.

 

Toothless, lacking in ideas and creativity.

We need to up it big time for Wednesday.

 

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Typical pre-Euro game. Mulgrew stepped up and rescued a point for us. Bravo big man. Should have kept Pukki on the bench to be honest.

 

Ach we never lost calm doon.

 

1-1 no worries, now for Amsterdam

 

To be fair I actually thought United were fairly positive today. Had 2 gilt edged chances before they scored and missed a sitter at 1-0 when they fluffed a header. Thought they looked more likely to grab a second than us getting an equaliser for long spells in the second half on the counter. It's only natural that you lead away at the league leaders and then sit back a bit.

They were certainly more positive than every other team at Parkhead this season and deserved their point.

 

Yep, just hoping for the best in Amsterdam this week.

 

Started well, and created a few good chances, then the game got very scrappy. Izzy was playing very well down the left and worked well With Mulgrew but the chances created from the crosses were not taken. Over-all a pretty flat performance, with Dundee Utd looking threatening on the counter- the tactic of pretty much every team that comes to Parkhead, without really threatening Forster. We struggled to break them down and the second half was as poor as we have played at home in a while. Got the ball into dangerous areas but nobody there to convert it. Wasteful from corners as well.

But oh well, happy to get the point in the end and to get the game out the way- still unbeaten in the league and massive game mid week to look forward to.

 

Ah well, we drew, no biggies, on the Arena in Amsterdam!

 

I actually think the game today was a perfect tie to play before the Ajax game. We had to work hard for the point today. It was an interesting exercise just to see the team minus Sammy and Commons and Darnell hitting a few near perfect crosses.

This way you learn about what we need and it doesn't give too much away. This is the thing to remember. Ajax watch the game, they study the game. There are still things we could do that they will not expect.

It was just a matter of getting through the game and Dundee United have to sort of be commended for playing a fair game and not committing lots of bad free kicks.

One thing i wouldnae be doing is trying to complicate Balde's game by asking him to hold the ball up. That's a midfield coaches mentality. A striker should get the ball and go. I think we definitely need a striker coach right now.

We can't sign a striker, so a striker coach is maybe the next best thing. Today Stokes, Balde and Forrest's game was all over the shop, but hopefully that's just to lull Ajax into thinking the game'll be easy

 

I didn't see the game, but we really should be beating Dundee United at home and we should be winning most league games comfortably. I know we got a last minute goal, but I don't know how anyone can be happy with a draw.

 

* performance. I'm happy we're still unbeaten though.