THE BIG OFFICIAL CELTIC v BARCA THREAD

Oh, I must also add - Boruc truly showed his worth tonight. Barca could have easily scored 2-3 more goals if not for Boruc's amazing performance. That left leg desperation save nearing the end of the game was stunning in quality.

 

Caldwell, Robson looked clueless in the 2nd half

 

Briefly, it was men against boys.. we did our best , but that barca team is a class act without doubt...

 

i corrected it :icon_mrgreen:

 

I hope anyone who liked Caldwell * watched this match.

And dont say its because its against Barcelona.


* O'Dea was brilliant against AC Milan and they have just as many great players as barcelona.

 

honestly thats the best team tae come to parkhead in years

 

they are sky sports favourites to win the competition! being ahead twice in 1 game against a team like barca is something to be proud of in its self!

 

Barca played some amazing football.

Caldwell, McManus and Robson were awful.

Mistakes, giving the ball away etc is what cost us two of the three goals.

As good as Barcelona were, it was self inflicted damage by Celtic.

Also, goes to show how bad the SPL is, the mistakes we made wouldn’t be noticed in the SPL and we would win the game 6-0.

 

fek me that was unreal! 500 plus passes for barca....80plus success rate... they are too good!
good try from the bhoys but we just cant compete with a technicaly gifted team like that!
they are the best team in the world at the moment i think!

Im eating a major chunk of humble pie for wee caddis! he done really well and I need my head looked at for wanting to play GC....he needs shot!

 

until he blew the goal Caldwell had been one of our best players. Have to agree he was taken apart after that though.

 

I'm devastated but am slowly recovering from the defeat. Barca were amazing after all and what really matters is the league.

 

Granted but second half display was the most dominant ever at celtic park.Lets go for it in spain hail hail

 

Hmm... 2 goals were his fault.


How many were O'Dea's fault last season against AC Milan in 2 matches?

0?

 

The Bottom line is we played against a level we haven't met in Strachan's time at the club.. Yeah , I accept AC Milan were * good but midfield and defence was their real dominance.. Barca just attack and attack and while they attack they are vulnerable to the counter attack.. We probably created 3 or 4 or 5 good chances tonight and scored twice which says we didn't have enough emphasis on attack.. We played to their tune.. When they attacked , they attacked as a team.. Puyol was instrumental in every attack down the right side , Abidal got involved at the start of the second half.. When they didn't have the ball they worked their bollocks to get it back and they defended as a team.. I think that is the difference.. Their highline was just short of the halfway line.. Our highline was just outside our 18 yard box.. Barcelona are an awesome team with emphasis on attack.. We gave it our best , we made mistakes and we were clinical with our chances.. That's our level with the players we have.. Every single player can be criticised or praised , it's just how you saw the game , and that's the difference between hailing one player and slagging another player off..

For me , this was a free game to enjoy and embrace the fact we are palying at this level.. The priority has always been the league and if Strachan believes the second leg will be used as an exercise then it's good enough for me...

 

Haha, Keltoi, sometimes you try too hard to be different in opinion.

He was absolutely atrocious throughout the entire match.

 

I'm not arguing the point of our performance, but they are * hot team, Im sure a Celtic fans will agree, - would be different if they arrived to defend and steal a goal, but I'll take my hat off to them..

 

2nd half was an absosolute disater
also hartly should not of been taken off, i think robson should, he didnt do too much in the game except his goal and get a yellow
messi and henry killed us
as for caldwell i thoguht he was decent, the goal went in he went to shambolics

 

Weird, I’m not feeling too gutted

Let’s remember, it’s only half time!

 

the thing thats going to get to me is that the HUNS! will be all over us 2morro saying how * we are, truth is we ALWAYS get the group of death in the champs league and the last 2 years we have got to the last 16 we have had AC Milan and Barca! when are we gunna get a break! But the results we have had against the just goes to show what a * great team we are! we should ALL be proud of the scoreline tonight win or lose! HAIL HAIL!!!!

 

aint bothered at all by this. Our chances were always tiny of going through anyway. We just need to make sure we keep up the league form of the last few weeks now.