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Can we make Parkhead a fortress again?

Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by Cringer67, Sep 2, 2024.

Discuss Can we make Parkhead a fortress again? in the Celtic Chat area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. Patrick Bateman

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    Yeah, exactly.

    But we always knew, coming from a weaker league there was a need to defend well and make tactical or style adjustments to account for the better quality opponents. And yes the mindset too, and being highly concentrated for 90 mins.

    It’s like we’ve regressed from those days quite a bit. Now it’s all about style over functionality. You are a slave to a “football philosophy” even if it means giving opposition lots of chances and being far too easy to play against.

    Most people that blather on about philosophies and “the Celtic way” haven’t got a monkey’s what they’re talking about. If you brought big Jock back from the dead, and made him watch some of the pish that we serve up in Europe in recent years, he’d probably have another heart attack.

    There’s no way he would agree that this was “the Celtic way”… he was a winner and a very clever manager. His teams were well organised and could defend as a team, as well as playing good football. He wasn’t a slave to some BS philosophy. He liked attractive football, but he wasn’t a tactical idiot…