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Celtic vs Legia Warsawa (UCL 3rd round qualifier, August 6th 7.45. NOT ON TV).

Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by greengrocer, Jul 24, 2014.

Discuss Celtic vs Legia Warsawa (UCL 3rd round qualifier, August 6th 7.45. NOT ON TV). in the Celtic Chat area at TalkCeltic.net.

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  1. Fatface

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    Disappointed but not surprised. Dalia will soon realise that we do not have the quality of player to play a sophisticated passing/ attacking game, at least not at the level of European competition.

    As someone has already pointed out he needs to forget his dream schemes and set a formation that can get the best out of what we have got, otherwise we can kiss the Europa League goodbye as well.

    What worries me most is that he claims to want attacking, entertaining football and yet we created very few real chances and other than the first 10 minutes or so we couldn`t even sustain any meaningful pressure. Even Legia would have been surprised at the ease of their victory tonight.
     
  2. AnnoniOnAnawNoo

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    Not long home from the game and to say I'm deflated is an understatement. We never even made a fist of it tonight. Thought we started brightly in the first 10 minutes but them slowly wimpered out of the game.

    Probably the worst performance I've witnessed from a Celtic side at home. They won 2-0 without even playing well, we capitulated yet again.
     
  3. PeeKay Gold Member

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    I'm not even that angry at Deila to be honest. The whole team was just * pathetic! Professional players who suddenly can't pass a ball five yards.

    It just seemed they had a defeatist attitude,they come out in the second half and you could see they couldn't be arsed. Have some pride in yourself and the jersey ffs and put a shift in!

    Some of these players you can see in their body language do not want to play for this manager. It was completely embarrassing. Get most of these pretenders to * and bring in some players who want to play for Glasgow Celtic!
     
  4. HoopswithPride

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    Absolutely.

    I would be delighted with a good run in he Europa League. Just because the English turn the nose up at it, doesn't mean we should.

    Simeone used the competition to good effect with Athletico and came so close to being Champions League winners. If we even get a sniff of that success then it's a good experience.
     
  5. mightymcginn

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    yeah I know we lost some of our players but I still believe if we had been coached by someone who was less stubborn and stuck in his ways, and more willing to play to our strengths we would have had a great chance of going through. Lenny played the diamond in the midfield with two strikers last season because we are strong in the central midfield and have stokes and griffiths forming a good partnership up top. The diamond also led to us not having to play any wingers which is where we are weakest. Then ronny came in and started playing our current formation which plays to our weaknesses. If lennon was still in charge he also would have packed the midfield in warsaw and made it a terrible game for spectators but we wouldn't have lost 4-1. Deila is trying to play free flowing attacking football, which right now doesn't suit his personnel. I'm all for change but the change should have been gradual. If deila sets us up in the same formation and in a similar style I have no confidence of even getting to the europa league.
     
  6. Fatface

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    But are we in a position to look down on ANY European competition right now ? Sorry but the thought of only SPL fare for the rest of the season doesn`t really appeal to me. I will take what we can get.

    And I don`t remember anyone moaning about the EUFA Cup back in 2003...
     
  7. 31B404 Gold Member Gold Member

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    Hopefully, but the fact that that is the main prize and not the trophy itself tells you all you need to know about the Europa League.
     
  8. shendr18

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    Hopefully get a good run in the Europa league and give the team European experience in preparation for next season
     
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    Just got a text from EE asking if I was travelling in Europe this year, * *.
     
  10. Fatface

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    We should always aspire to be in the CL, but denigrating the Europa League is just bollocks.
     
  11. richardm

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    Right now I would grab your hand off just to be in the Group stages of it as I reckon we need a favourable draw to even just get in it.....

    We are clearly not CL level at present and have to face up to that reality and use tonight to realise how far we have gone backwards and to use the Europa League as a stepping stone for the future.

    Before any of that new faces need bringing in and many old ones need shipping out, we can't just treat this as a bad day at the office, it's an important moment in whether we are going to have European ambitions again or slip into the comfort of winning a poor league every season....the board has to act
     
  12. richardm

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    If we do make it through to the groups then that's Thursday-Sunday games for much of the Autumn/Winter.

    I'd imagine the Inverness game on the 23rd will need to be put back a day for starters!!!!
     
  13. McChiellini..

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    Only good thing for us outside of Scotland is a better way to catch 2 games up there on a Thursday and Sunday for a weekender only missing a day and a halfs graft..
    A positive spin on it i suppose..
     
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    Seems the players are taking most of the blame here? If we can see some of the players aren't good enough then why the * is Deila asking them to play an attacking formation which requires more skilful players?

    I'm sorry but he * up the main thing we all wanted this season. If Lenny were still here that would never have happened, absolutely no passion bar the odd few.

    Sad to say I called it when Lenny left.
     
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    Very true and a game on the Saturday and I suppose it's a potentially good weekend, looking at some of the teams in it there are still some potentially decent trips like Moenchengladbach, Partizan Belgrade, Spurs, Panathinaikos, Everton, Seville, Sociedad, Feyenoord, trying to be positive at least it's a bit different from the usual Barcelona, Ajax and Milan trips.
     
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    If we are to make the Europa League Deila needs to get off his high horse , forget all that he has read in football books and motivational books and direct and lead the players into playing systems and formations that suit the players . Deila has done the talks but he hasn't done the job yet .
    Deila had two problems at Murrayfield , one group of Celtic players couldn't play the formation . The other group wouldn't try to play the game.
     
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    Thumb wanting to have ago at fans who aimed abuse at him.

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  18. Random Review

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    OK. Normally i prefer German sausage but, what the *, YOLO!

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    i'm just in from work and haven't heard the score yet and wanna watch the game so will one comrade do me a big favour and send me a link to the game or hightlights at least to my user page plzz

    it's very difficult to seek out the game without seeing the score so plzz help me out bhoys.

    thanks in advance. i won't be reading the thread any further
     
  20. Random Review

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    That's a very good level to be fair.
     
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