Celtic in the UEFA Champions League 2024-25

One of the boys who went of injured is their captain and he was injured before this game so must have gave it a go and had to come off. The other has been playing regularly at CB and went off in the first 9 minutes.

They did have a couple of boys on the bench who would normally start Baturina being the main one and their big talent. He was meant to be struggling too so was surprised to see him make the bench.

It is definitely a game we should compete in but it is us away from home in Europe.

 

Assuming we beat Zagreb we are guaranteed to move up the table rankings as long as at least 1 team from position 6 down to 19 lose because team in 6th is on 10 pts and we would be on 11 if we win.

 

Just need to make sure no pyro from our support or they will be banned for the Villa match.

 

Flying out tomorrow, few lads I know from Vukovar are coming up for the craic, buzzin!

 

Aye we know yer like a broken record now

 

So * what.
Stupid pyro idiots will cost not only Celtic much needed funds but also supporters the chance to go to away matches in Europe.

 

Hardly going to cost Celtic money plenty of it in the bank

 

I think we've put unnecessary pressure on ourselves to beat Young Boys.

That said, at the outset I would have taken 9 points going into that game. Just feel like we're lacking the ruthlessness and drive to make a real dent at this level.

 

Oh and get Engels so far to * from set pieces, over 6 foot and can't cross a ball.

 

What scenarios are we potentially facing?

 

A strange campaign.

Great results against RB and Atalanta. A * easy win against Bratislava, who are just about Conference League level. But the last two matches have been killed that momentum stone dead.

We should be going into this next game with 12 points.

 

We’ll never get a gift draw like that again.
12 points would still be solid but starting to become a campaign of what ifs

 

Absolute * from us tonight. Bar the first half versus Ross * County, we have been far to predictable and formulaic recently, with some players just hiding and technically pathetic. That Zagreb team were absolute * and we barely left a glove on them.

Sick and tired of our timid, passive wee nice guy football. * get in about it and show some * desire. Too many shitebags and I hate to say it, but I feel it McGregor's wee school head boy persona doesn't do anything for me in games like this. Rockets needed up their *.

 

A full six weeks until our next game against Young Boys, an eternity in football.

6 played, in the old format that would be the end of the group stage. 2 home wins, a home draw and 2 away draws. 9 points. As much as we should have won tonight, that's still excellent progress

 

Down 1 place so far within 5 minutes of the start of other matches tonight but we won’t be in 24th no matter the other results

 

So, what are the results we should be looking for tonight and tomorrow which would see us benefit from ?

 

Shut the * up ya mutant

 

It’s an excellent return considering our European form last few seasons. Still think we could get another 4 at least in last two games.

 

Half time at other matches Celtic back to 17th

 

For me the disappointment in the result tonight is a retrospective one really. If we had 9 points after 6 games with one game at home and away to play and the home being with someone we can compete with I would have been happy.

But that doesn’t tell the whole story. When we beat Leipzig we showed how well we could play. We haven’t got close to that the last two games. Brugge were a decent team and they managed the game well but Zagreb tonight were ordinary and for me we were presented with a very real chance of finishing top 8 and we haven’t risen to that Challenge.

On the flip side we haven’t blown qualification. Although we have two games to play it is really like a one game shoot out. Win against Young Boys at home and we will be through probably somewhere around 20th.

However, on a cautionary note, I don’t think we win against anyone in the CL if our performance level isn’t better than these last two games. We need to find some more aggression in our game and creativity. Take the shackles off a bit as we almost look frightened to take that step and qualify in those last two games.

I don’t think Young Boys will be worse than what that Dinamo team were tonight.