BRAGA v CELTIC all post match chat in here please

for braga?

because we didnt do anything mate, i think we had one attempt which was a cross that the kepper decided to catch

 

Early days so I'm not going to have a go at lennon, although I would have used different subs.

I'm still just baffled by Brown, what has he done to earn his place in the team, nevermind be captain, he's had 3 years how much longer do we persist with him?

 

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cmon now lads lets just take it on the chin and move on!

 

when is he not the scapegoat?

bit harsh on zaluska mate - ill put it down to being angry

 

Mulgrew was the worst of a bad bunch tonight. The last good left back we had was Mahe and that was more than a decade ago. There must be a half decent left back out there.

 

hooper wasnt their mate

 

Your talking bout Scott Brown ere eh?? Same guy who's had 3 year at this club???

 

Unfortunately nights like tonight come with the territory of being a Celtic fan..

Lenny put out a team to contain them and even at 1-0 before they scored their 2nd in the 75th minute he'd probably have settled for a 1-0 defeat.. When it goes to 2-0 he's got to decide does he chase the away goal or put faith in the team to do damage limitation but the pattern of the match was fairly set in stone by then.. The 3 goals were all avoidable or could be classed as errors by our players and maybe not as a result of the tactics but with hindsight Lenny'll probably say he should have gone 2 up front to go for an away goal , but at what point in the match he should have done that Im not sure.. Maybe from the very start or maybe at the start of the 2nd half but easier to call that now..

From the moment Ki got fouled and Brown was running in the clear only to be called back by the ref and the Braga player not even cautioned , it had me thinking it was a continuation from last season refs.. Not the reason we lost but when it came to the 50/50's Braga seemed to get them 80/20 in their favour and the bookings were not consistent.. The name McCurry springs to mind..

It's weird but I don't feel as bothered as I should be , not that the result was expected or acceptbale but the bigger picture is that a team simply has to developed to mount an SPL challenge this season and Im fully believeing Lenny will win us the league.. It's a night for Celtic fans to react however they like but I'll pass on the prozac this time..

 

Horrific game, but some of the reaction has cheered me up.

 

player performances were bad but manager sent them out with negativity ringing in their ears

and because of that lack of faith by the manger we got what we deserved * trounced

no ambition

we went to portugal with the sole purpose of trying not to lose a goal

nothing defeats a players confidence than the manager not having any confidence in you

 

Although tonight was probably a major embarrasment up there with the Bratislava episode ..You just cant help feeling the prep was all wrong , Juarez has never walked out onto the pitch with his teammates before ..Cha,Mulgrew,Murphy,& Ledley never worn the hoops in a competitive game

thats nearly half the side ...mcGeady didnt play because he is getting sold , like it or lump it he is and he is the fallback £10m we are going to lose out on in the CL ....I dont think we would have qualified for the CL anyway were we to get through this tie ..Europa League is the best at a push ...

The SPL is the main priority this year and by the time we get going in that maybe the players will Gel ..There will be more ins and outs before the transfer window ends ..Talk of "Sack Lennon" ect is sick ..

Some of you younger ones have had it too good over the last 10 yrs ..You never experienced the likes of Wayne Biggins & Carl Muggleton in the dark days of the 80s biscuit tin !!!

 

Agree with everything there especially things in bold, i too dont feel as if it affects me as much, we have our priorities and it is getting harder and harder to play europes teams

 

We seemed to have trouble keeping the ball. Zaluska would roll it out then after 2 or 3 passes we would launch it upfield when we were only playing 1 cf. Our best move came from good link up play through mf involving Juarez, Brown and Murphy which got us a corner. But that's about it.

 

i dont think we can slate lennon for this. Not one player on that park had a celtic heart. They didnt give a *? we need more celtic fans as players. whos up for it???

 

If you play Samaras alone, kiss goodbye to long balls, you have to play it on the deck. Lennon should see that. And Mišun should've played. Mulgrew really has an issue with defending.

 

scott brown brings sfa to the team apart from kicking people and its not even when its needed like when the huns are bullying us get him tae sharpish please

 

who the * were we going to hire mickey mouse?
lennon was our only option and now were stuck with end
END OF

 

the only time sammys not the scapegoat is when aidens playing

im not angry at all, i knew we were going to get battered since the draw was made. i have never seen zaluska make a comfortable save, he is a pathetic excuse for a goalkeeper.

 

I could have accepted it a lot more if Braga out fought us, and out played us, but a catalogue of ridiculous performances, decisions and attitudes coupled with the shambles of a referee leaves me reeling