Celtic Fightback

the 3 so called big sides have 60,000 + ground and the noise and stuff is the same mate let me tell you, the fans are up for it and they always sing been to a few games in my 4 years of living over there, people in portugal know all about celtic park and celtic lets not foget we have played teams from portugal a good few times over the last 10 years and they have seen what celtic parks all about

again don't know why people seem to think they will bottle it, again they play the likes of benfica and co with the same size grounds and the same big sounding fans

 

They won't have EXPERIENCED celtc park though. Enough said. Intimidating atmoshere in your own country is a much easier one to live with than one abroad

 

they are not known for their atmosphere are you kidding me? have you been to a game over their? am just asking i have and been to a few games and the noise is unreal, whe i was living in portugal for 4 years i went to a good few games and went to some games in the champions leauge

when porto pumped us 3 nil the noise was like celtic park from the porto fans i was on the old estadio da luz and it was 120,000 and let me tell you the place was jumping and then been to it since and i think its around 65,000 now lets face it mate it's not gona make that much of an impact we all hope it does but it's not our team is pish

 

Not only that, but Artmedia's strength was in attack, where Braga are strong in defence.

Three goals without reply is job done for them.

 

This has got 4-1 written all over it

 

Nope am not kidding you. They're not.

Am not talking about their atmospheres though, am talking about ours. And like i said, if they want to, the fans can make a difference, but a large crowd isn't in store so who knows..

 

nick your kidding yourself on here mate they have a 3 goal lead they are a counter attacking side and they are the ones who hold all the cards

they will sit back and hit us on the break like the way teams from portugal play, also most of them players from braga are from brazil and played in the big grounds over their aswell i don't think it will be a problem

 

sorry but if you have not been then you can't really make a comment can you?

it's like saying i don't like that but you havent tried it..... so if you have not been and seen what the atmpsphere is like, and bare in mind ive been to parkhead before going to a game in portugal i think i know more than yourself mate, since ive been and seen it first hand

 

why can none of our signings ever just hit the ground running? they either take ages to get settled or else stay * forever. Must be something wrong with our training methods, never seem to get the best out of players!

 

The Artmedia turnaround gives hope and makes you think WGS deserve credit at just how quickly he improved the side between the 2 ties. However, I think we are in an even more difficult state in that many of our new players have not even played/started in the 1st leg. Sorry but I just cant see it. Dont really care a lot because we are not CL material as yet. We need to build this team, win the title and earn the right.

 

i agree with you buddy 100% and WGS had better players in that team aswell this lot are not as good, lets hope this is a turn around and win the leauge thats all i can hope for really

 

Well i haven't had a * sandwich...but i know for a fact i wouldn't like it

 

they have done in the past buddy but i think like you said down to man managment must be..... plus the fact they have been flung the gether fast lets face it they look like a new found sunday pub team they way the played

 

don't knock it till you have tried it

 

Well obviously it won't be a problem if we don't get a decent crowd that is motivated for the game. But i'm not talking about the game or the teams mate, a dont know whats guna happen, ano its a tall order but am sayin the fans can make a difference if they want to.

BTW. am not kidding myself on actually, am being optimistic- besides a wasnt talking about the tactics, or the actual play, am on aboot the fans

Am not saying they havent got a good atmosphere, am not saying youre wrong, but look, i wana take away the focus from portuguese grounds because i'm talking about celtic park- a place known for atmosphere. Whether they are good or not, the fact is, portuguese fans do not have a rep like the turks, the greeks, celtic, liverpool. Am talking about how our own fans could make a difference. I think they could get the Braga team rocking. They done it to sooo many teams that think they have been and seen it all. Ac Milan, Juve, man u. But i do know that this won't be repeated if we have a poor attendance.

Regardless of whether we win or lose or play well or not, the fans can have a massive influence if they want to ? yes ?

 

Fair doos mate, i know it's a Parkhead delicacy...that and curly(*) fries:bbpd:

 

did you see any of the game last night? on sportTV the braga fans where jumping and the noise was thier to be heard, as ive pointed out mate we know ourself about celtic park what it's like and how the fans are, but am telling about the big teams in portugal because ive been and see it with my own eyes it won't bother them that much, celtic park has been going down huill the last few seasons when ive been to games in the so called big nights, it's happend in liverpool now aswell

look at the teams we had when we beat the likes of man u ac milan and juve and look at ours now....... not very good are they, again you are saying they may bottle it cause of the so called atmosphere at parkhead and it's different to what they have had or played before but it's not that different from a packed crowed when they play the so called big 3 in portugal

lets face it we don't even have a side like WGS when he lost 5nil then won the leauge....

 

you forgot the hot cup of * with that aswell