Celtic 0 - 0 Livingston

Still darkened room time after that result…

 

They wer blocked because we played the ball side to side and had allowed them to keep thier shape , had we got forward more quickly from opposition corners or free kicks it woulda given us our best chances .

 

Maybe Livingston should aim to get more fans, they won't playing like that, meaning no growth for their tin pot club, meaning clock ticking on their death and good riddance.
Celtic fans and others shouldn't go to their stadium out of disgust of the way the try to play, hurt their pockets it doesn't just affect Celtic it affects the whole game
There's not a lot else to be said on it, if they can't play to professional level due to resources maybe they should try and increase their fan base and resources, until then stay in the lower leagues, not that we shouldn't still beat them mind but how much did people pay to watch that abomination from them. We gonna get decent TV deals with that * gameplan in play by most of the club's, terrible for our so called biggest game and it's being encouraged for a helluva long time in Scotland

 

Sorry To say all yesterday has showed is some Celtic fans are thin skinned bed wetters. It's the refs fault, it's anges fault, it's Motherwell's fault, Livingston's fault for parking the bus.
Abuse team and certain payers have been getting is embarassing. Agreed very poor performance but it's October not last game in May! Plenty of time to fix things, rather the mistakes are made now not in April.
It's a push pull season. It's going to likely go to the wire, if you ain't got the stomach for it..watch something else..

 

Livingston don’t play like that every week though. They play like that against us because we have a vast gulf in resources and players that they can only dream of having. The reason behind them having few fans is not because they come to Celtic Park yesterday and played a negative style.

 

Teams have come to Parkhead and sat in and defended for decades, and will continue to do so in decades to come. Teams coming and opening up and getting leathered won’t increase their fan base. Neither will it improve what TV deal we get. Nor will it stop our fans going to away venues. The football we played yesterday should be more concerning. Going from side to side for 90 minutes and throwing I in cross after cross with absolutely no success. Totally out of ideas on how to break them down, not for the first time this season either. Should we boycott going to our games as well since the football we played was rotten to watch as well?

 

Livingston’s penalty box was like a queue outside their manager’s hoose

 

Aye we were pish at least we were trying to play football though, that * livingston were playing is what Scotland has been advocating for years absolute rotten product hey I guess your a fan though.

Us sticking 3 or 4 goals past teams been happening since our inception and it makes no difference to the wee club's they know they can't compete at football but they should for the benefit of their players and fans at least try.
Us and the Huns sticking 3 4 or 5 past them in games makes no difference to them, them playing anti football with their players stuck in their penalty box for 90 mins hinders the spfl TV product from getting the same funds as other comparable leagues, it hinders their development of their own players and creating new fans

 

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Think you've nailed it there @Mr. Slippyfist with it's a "* ye". When I originally heard it thought there might be something in, only listened to it the once, but agree with you on that.

Up to Bartley whether he gets involved. He's got more at stake than most.

 

I’ve never once said I was a fan of it. However, it would have been completely idiotic of a manager of Livingston to come and try and go toe to toe with us.

In fact, what did you think of Rodgers trying to go toe to toe with PSG? Mind when we got absolutely leathered home and away. Did you enjoy it because we were trying to play attacking football? Losing 5-0 at home trying to match up to them, aye great so it was.

 

Idk how anyone can pick out wot was being said on this ,either they have an agenda or they need a * life .

 

Yeah, they play open football and take their best player off on 43 minutes at Ibrox and the guy the reformed money launderer brings on causes the goal.

 

No really sure what that has got to do with them coming yesterday and playing with every man behind the ball to be honest.

 

Livingston always up their game for us. We know that is going to happen.

It's not good for Scottish football when one team makes no effort to make a game of football. It's * when a team parks the bus for 90 minutes.

 

They'd probably say the same about 1, now 1 of 2, teams only winning the league every season.

They are entitled to play in a way that will get them their best result. Hats off to them for doing it.

 

FFS it's football you should always try and play football, that's not what Livingston were doing, incredible some Celtic fans think that bollocks is acceptable, probably why this country is * at football so many accepting this * lol

 

Hats off to them? That's a bit over the top is it not? Actually it's a * joke tbh, zero interest in trying to win a game of football, but it IS within the rules of the game so we can do nothing about it other than trying to break them down.

Not in this lifetime will you catch me praising the * for it though.

 

I can accept it's up to us to break them down 100% but 'They play like that against us because we have a vast gulf in resources and players that they can only dream of having.' is wrong or it would be true for every team with a vast gulf in resources.

They play like that against us because Livingston right now may as well be rangers B team. The Rangers academy graduate and ex drug dealer has us as Livingston's main rivals. They came here with one ting on their minds and that was to spoil.

If you think that lash out at Kyogo, targeting our AM, Madden letting 6 professional fouls from the same guy go, the racism accusations have any parity with clubs livi face of a similar level then back it up.

If you don't know what you are up against then you may as well be blind. They are the scum B team and should have been treated as such.

 

Livingston are not the only team to come to Celtic Park and put every man behind the ball. Why do you think other teams do it? Are they all managed by huns who have us as their biggest rival? Or is it probably down to the gulf in resources? Teams have been coming to Celtic Park for years and sticking every man behind the ball, it’s not exclusive to Livingston.

We have also played like that numerous times over the years against Europe’s top teams. Why do you think that is? Resources again perhaps?

Of course they came to spoil. Again, plenty others try and do the same against us.

The guy slapping Kyogo actually done us a favour. It gave us a great opportunity to put the horrible performance behind us and win the game, which we failed to do. Do you think Martindale asked his guy to slap our player and risk a red card and risk losing the game in the final few minutes?

Madden’s performance was a disgrace. I said it in the match thread. That has nothing to do with Livingston though. We face the same * week in week out from referees regardless of who we are playing.

The racism accusations has absolutely * all do with Livingston either. It was an independent journalist from Luxembourg who has made the claim. Or was he hired by Martindale to spy on our fans?

The biggest concern here is that once again we were unable to break down a team that is effectively run by a junior football manager. We better start to find a way as well because we will face the same when we go back to Livingston to play them later in the season. Two shots on target considering the possession we had is pathetic.