Would you sacrifice......

..... the treble this year for a prolonged run in the Europa League?

Would you settle for just the league title and say last eight or Semi Finals of EL?

TBH I would settle for semi final of EL and just league but if we don't make it out of the group stages of EL, treble is a MUST this year. No excuses or distractions after Christmas.

Thoughts?

 

Yes.

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

Need to sign 2 quality CB, LB & ST first but no I want a domestic treble and last 32 will do me fine but way squad is just now I would think the league will be it for us this season!

 

I probably would ... But I don't know if I could handle the heartbreak of losing in the semi

 

no.

the final, yes

 

YeSH

 

The treble is a distraction. We can win it any year for the rest of our history. We have a small window to make something happen in Europe, possibly less than 10 years. Failure to qualify for the last 2 years have probably cost us this in fairness but Europe is everything.

 

if we can't do anything in europe then a treble just feels a bit more hollow, as it just says more about scottish football than about how good we are.

Europe for me

 

Agreed we need 3 quality players..... even with that I doubt this squad have the mentality to get past the last 32. Big changes required.

 

Aye for the quarters or semis I would.

 

Absolutely. Both cups are really just there to complement the league title for us. The latter stages of European competition would make for a very interesting season.

I do worry about attendances this season. Morale is low and belief in the current backroom team even lower.

 

Semi in the Europa League? Are you nuts!? Do you have any idea at all as to how many champions league class teams we would then have to beat?

A quarter final is impossible, much less semi finals.

 

Bullshit. If we can be smarter than our opposition and with a packed Celtic Park behind us, we can beat a lot of fancied sides over 2 legs. For reference check out how Malmo got on last night.

 

I disagree. Getting our * handed to us in all 6 CL games against the best of the best will make our players better than playing in the EL groups.

We should target 3rd in the CL group with a view to winning the EL. The only way to get to this level is to play the Bayerns of this world.

Also the finance that this brings in (in theory) means we should be able to spend real money.

The damage from not qualifying for the last 2 years has undone all the good that Lennon done. Sad times.

 

Once in a while when they have a bad night and we have a good one, sure we can! Consistently? No * way, and that really shouldn`t even be debated.

Lenny`s team did not consistently win in Champions League either. Celtic is always playing at their very, very top level when they do well in Europe, there is hardly any denying that. Do you really see us beating Borossia Dortmund even under Lenny except if there is a fluke game when Borossia plays sub par and we above and beyond? Of course not!
Some realism please! We are all fed up with the fact that we are not in the Champions League, but lets be real, even if we were, we would hardly get far there.

 

yes.

Sick of all this treble talk as if it's the be all and end all, if we do it then great, but the league and the Scottish cup are the two trophies that really matter.