The other teams have internationally players except players like griezman etc are better than kyogo etc.
Rangers as well got shown up big style last time in champions league.
Sadly both scottish glasgow teams are europa league status.
Ps only used kyogo as an example as he is one of your top players who xan score at alll levels
Other sides have a halland, mbappe etc.
Some of the lads were complaining about mcgregor who lstands out in the Scottish game, he is hardly noticed in the European game simply as he is up against superior technical players.
Think how rangers feel with lundstram plodding away in midfield in the last champions league debacle 😀
Those players don't play for Feyenoord or Lazio (for example) though, other teams have good players, like us, without the superstars.
need to disagree, we are not a good team. We are a good team in Scotland.
Hart is past it
Johnston - worked under ange, looked lost last night and in other games this season.
CCV - player.
scales - his cracks are starting to show.
taylor - ha.
mcgregor - not working under rodgers, rarely motm, offering nothing.
oriley - player
bernardo - he's alright
Palma- looks decent, but a winger that doesn't beat a man.
maeda - best work off the ball.
kyogo - player, if we got the ball to him.
as for our "elite" manager, he's phish in europe for us and he always has been, his football is slow, boring, and no amount of "quality" will change that.
Celtic do poorly in Europe because they are not very good, it's no more difficult than that. You're not going to come across the likes of an Aberdeen in the CL.
You can blame the board if you like, money in the bank no ambition but just spending more won't guarantee anything.
Basically the whole standard in Scotland isn't good enough, Rangers somehow bucked that trend for a few seasons before catapulting back to reality
Europa League is our level......we all know that.... .still doesn't excuse not picking up the odd win in the Champions League.........
Seems to be a vicious cycle.........pull out all the stops to win the league every year to ensure we are not competitive in the Champions League every year and there to make up the numbers and trouser the moolah.
We're not alone. Royal Antwerp have nul points after 5 games.
comment by Izzy... The Rat returns....fvck off back to Sp... (U3410)
posted 47 seconds ago
Europa League is our level......we all know that.... .still doesn't excuse not picking up the odd win in the Champions League.........
Seems to be a vicious cycle.........pull out all the stops to win the league every year to ensure we are not competitive in the Champions League every year and there to make up the numbers and trouser the moolah.
We're not alone. Royal Antwerp have nul points after 5 games.
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Picking up the odd win is the goal for sure. in the CL you are up against the best in Europe so say top 4 in the big 5 champions/runners up in many other strong nations.
So look at the squad and say at what level could you're very best play at? Top 4 in England? Spain? France?
How many players do you have that could get near a first team in those leagues at that level?
The reason for the defeats is that simple and the odd giant slaying is all you can realistically hope for.
As JFK says, we're fine domestically (albeit boring this season so far) but so far out our depth in Europe and have been for around 10 years.
The only season I'd exclude is Lennon's Europa table topping campaign, but even then we shat the nest as soon as it got into the knockout rounds.
The strategy we have will only work to a point, but we if we genuinely have hopes of getting results in Europe (CL specifically) we need to put a bit of risk in it and invest in 3/4 players the level of Jota/CCV across the park.
I don't see us doing that sadly, and I fear next season is just going to be the same painful process again but with more games to suffer
Spending very affordable money on upgrading the standard of player over 4 or 5 positions is not a risk for us at all; but there’s every chance it will improve the team dramatically that dropping into the Europa after a CL campaign should not be beyond us.
We’ve £75m in the bank ffs and made recent profits of £35m last year. Where’s the risk in spending 5 x £8m as opposed to these countless £2-5m projects.
It’s getting tiresome.
If we win the league again and are back on the Champions League next year, anyone think it's gonna be any better under the new format playing 8 teams of varying quality?
In a word.......No..... without a rethink of the spending strategy. Only hope I have is Rodgers recent comments of "we have enough project players". At least he has all the evidence he needs to plead for an upgrade in player quality if they will listen
our strategy is working, win league, qualify for champions league, sell players.
thats the strategy, but its on a knife edge every season under these buffoons.
our signings the past 2 years:
palma
lagerbielke
holm
yang
tillio
kwon
iwata
phillips
johnston
oh
haksabanovic
abilgaard
maeda
mooy
siegrist
jenz
kobayashi
massive list - how many a success?
palma looks decent.
mooy was good
johnston - looking a bit ropey now
maeda - fine off the ball, horrific on it.
i think iwata is decent but we'll never know, he'll be off to japan on loan in january for sure.
appalling mismanagement.
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comment by Izzy... The Rat returns....fvck off back to Spain (U3410)
posted 16 minutes ago
If we win the league again and are back on the Champions League next year, anyone think it's gonna be any better under the new format playing 8 teams of varying quality?
In a word.......No..... without a rethink of the spending strategy. Only hope I have is Rodgers recent comments of "we have enough project players". At least he has all the evidence he needs to plead for an upgrade in player quality if they will listen
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wont be that different .... every other team in europe will be the same so th co-eff wont change as others will be improving on theirs also.
It can be more luck of the draw in the new format, you play 2 pot 1, 2 pot 2 , 2 pot 3, and 2 pot 4 teams.
so its more equally balanced ie, pot 4 teams will play two other pot 4 teams, eve if they are a pot 4 side themselves.
will be some extra money but hard to say if qualifying through it will be harder or easier, but thats the europa drop down done with thankfully
I'm sure a few will disagree but Callum McGregor is a problem in Europe.
He's a fine player and a very fine player in the SPFL. Anyone attempting to compare him in any way with Lundstrum needs to have their meds adjusted immediately.
With Hatate missing, he is cruelly exposed in Europe against even mid-level teams.
He constantly demands the ball and does f-all with it. He doesn't make killer passes. He doesn't score goals. He doesn't physically dominate the middle of the park. He's not especially quick.
He's good at circulating the ball and he should be in the team because he's a decent all-rounder but our lack of creativity in Europe stems from the midfield and he's the main man.
Not a Brendan thing as he did next to nothing under Ange. Hatate being off form then injured has been a disaster for us.
He constantly demands the ball and does f-all with it. He doesn't make killer passes. He doesn't score goals. He doesn't physically dominate the middle of the park. He's not especially quick.
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this is where i'm at, he used to be box to box, now he isn't.
i preferred his movement at least under ange and he got away with more because everything around him was exciting.
he sticks out like a sore thumb just now and he is not, nor should he ever be, above criticism
"wont be that different .... every other team in europe will be the same so th co-eff wont change as others will be improving on theirs also.
It can be more luck of the draw in the new format, you play 2 pot 1, 2 pot 2 , 2 pot 3, and 2 pot 4 teams.
so its more equally balanced ie, pot 4 teams will play two other pot 4 teams, eve if they are a pot 4 side themselves.
will be some extra money but hard to say if qualifying through it will be harder or easier, but thats the europa drop down done with thankfully"
The way it's gonna work I think is 8 games against 8 different teams. Hypothetically you could play Real Madrid away 1 week and Royal Antwerp at home the following week. Antwerp have nul points from 5 games in this year's groups. More of a chance to pick up that elusive win though still won't be competitive methinks.
Mcgregor plays there because he was seen as Brown's replacement. Yes he can play that role but it isn't his best position. The AM role is far and away where he thrives. Get in a good DM or play Iwata there and then we have McGregor fighting for places with Hatate, O'Riley, Bernardo, Turnbull, Holm
comment by Magnum (3 in a row easy) (U22391)
posted 14 minutes ago
I'm sure a few will disagree but Callum McGregor is a problem in Europe.
He's a fine player and a very fine player in the SPFL. Anyone attempting to compare him in any way with Lundstrum needs to have their meds adjusted immediately.
With Hatate missing, he is cruelly exposed in Europe against even mid-level teams.
He constantly demands the ball and does f-all with it. He doesn't make killer passes. He doesn't score goals. He doesn't physically dominate the middle of the park. He's not especially quick.
He's good at circulating the ball and he should be in the team because he's a decent all-rounder but our lack of creativity in Europe stems from the midfield and he's the main man.
Not a Brendan thing as he did next to nothing under Ange. Hatate being off form then injured has been a disaster for us.
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Ah, at least an attempt to move the discussion beyond Jacqueline levels.
Physical domination - like what other midfielders do we have that do that?
Quick - as above
Goals - the guy that outscored MOR last year despite missing 12 games through injury? He's scored double figures when he played AM - as you say he's flexible.
Both managers wanted to play a pivot so who that player if not CM? I think MOR covered fine those 12 games he missed but we maybe lots some of his creativity because DM is just a notch above CB for above all ffs don't lose the ball.
I'm OK to play Iwata in there but he aint going box to box either. Holm, Bernardo, Kwon, ain't ready. Hatate can play in there when he's back but we lose his threat.
I'm open to solutions but they seem quite restricted to me?
comment by Izzy... The Rat returns....fvck off back to Spain (U3410)
posted 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
"wont be that different .... every other team in europe will be the same so th co-eff wont change as others will be improving on theirs also.
It can be more luck of the draw in the new format, you play 2 pot 1, 2 pot 2 , 2 pot 3, and 2 pot 4 teams.
so its more equally balanced ie, pot 4 teams will play two other pot 4 teams, eve if they are a pot 4 side themselves.
will be some extra money but hard to say if qualifying through it will be harder or easier, but thats the europa drop down done with thankfully"
The way it's gonna work I think is 8 games against 8 different teams. Hypothetically you could play Real Madrid away 1 week and Royal Antwerp at home the following week. Antwerp have nul points from 5 games in this year's groups. More of a chance to pick up that elusive win though still won't be competitive methinks.
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yup you play two pot 1 teams, two pot 2 teams etc... regardless of what pot you are in.
more chance of a win, but so does every other team. therefore more likely to bank an extra bit of money but chances of qualifying past the league after it are much the same and there is no europa drop down.
This years CL Group was telling in that 80+% of the games could have swung either way. All teams were relatively evenly matched for the CL?
Whether it’s tactics, athleticism, game management or luck, yet again Celtic were the only team unable to convert those fine margins into points.
Celtic need our first 11 all 9/10 to even keep our head above water in the Groups.
Ah, at least an attempt to move the discussion beyond Jacqueline levels
=======
is it aye?
aww ma callum.
have you met him or something and now you are starstruck?
he's no gna sh@gg you.
comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Magnum (3 in a row easy) (U22391)
posted 14 minutes ago
I'm sure a few will disagree but Callum McGregor is a problem in Europe.
He's a fine player and a very fine player in the SPFL. Anyone attempting to compare him in any way with Lundstrum needs to have their meds adjusted immediately.
With Hatate missing, he is cruelly exposed in Europe against even mid-level teams.
He constantly demands the ball and does f-all with it. He doesn't make killer passes. He doesn't score goals. He doesn't physically dominate the middle of the park. He's not especially quick.
He's good at circulating the ball and he should be in the team because he's a decent all-rounder but our lack of creativity in Europe stems from the midfield and he's the main man.
Not a Brendan thing as he did next to nothing under Ange. Hatate being off form then injured has been a disaster for us.
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Ah, at least an attempt to move the discussion beyond Jacqueline levels.
Physical domination - like what other midfielders do we have that do that?
Quick - as above
Goals - the guy that outscored MOR last year despite missing 12 games through injury? He's scored double figures when he played AM - as you say he's flexible.
Both managers wanted to play a pivot so who that player if not CM? I think MOR covered fine those 12 games he missed but we maybe lots some of his creativity because DM is just a notch above CB for above all ffs don't lose the ball.
I'm OK to play Iwata in there but he aint going box to box either. Holm, Bernardo, Kwon, ain't ready. Hatate can play in there when he's back but we lose his threat.
I'm open to solutions but they seem quite restricted to me?
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We're at a point that all teams in development get to and the decisions made now are crucial.
McGregor, Hatate and O'Riley are all good players and I'd be gutted to lose any of them. Same with Kyogo.
But we need to improve. How do we do that?
comment by Call Sign (U3627)
posted 40 minutes ago
Mcgregor plays there because he was seen as Brown's replacement. Yes he can play that role but it isn't his best position. The AM role is far and away where he thrives. Get in a good DM or play Iwata there and then we have McGregor fighting for places with Hatate, O'Riley, Bernardo, Turnbull, Holm
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i'd have to give iwata a run in there and push mcgregor up.
we are rotating between holm, turnbull, and bernardo and not one looks capable of holding onto it.
zero risk in putting mcgregor in there, facing the way he should be facing, and sitting iwata in front of the back 4.
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We're at a point that all teams in development get to and the decisions made now are crucial.
McGregor, Hatate and O'Riley are all good players and I'd be gutted to lose any of them. Same with Kyogo.
But we need to improve. How do we do that?
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we always talk about new managers needing the players to suit their system.
mcgregor doesn't suit this, at all.
so the solution is clear surely. get rodgers to fvck.
I never compared mcgregor and lundstram in my earlier post.
I mentioned some celtic fans on here are not happy with mcgregor.
I said how Rangers fans felt when lundstram was in the midfield in our champions league games when games were passing him by as he plodded along, no comparison was made between the two.
I on enough meds without needing to dabble and adjust them thank you very much.
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posted on 29/11/23
The other teams have internationally players except players like griezman etc are better than kyogo etc.
Rangers as well got shown up big style last time in champions league.
Sadly both scottish glasgow teams are europa league status.
posted on 29/11/23
Ps only used kyogo as an example as he is one of your top players who xan score at alll levels
Other sides have a halland, mbappe etc.
Some of the lads were complaining about mcgregor who lstands out in the Scottish game, he is hardly noticed in the European game simply as he is up against superior technical players.
Think how rangers feel with lundstram plodding away in midfield in the last champions league debacle 😀
posted on 29/11/23
Those players don't play for Feyenoord or Lazio (for example) though, other teams have good players, like us, without the superstars.
posted on 29/11/23
need to disagree, we are not a good team. We are a good team in Scotland.
Hart is past it
Johnston - worked under ange, looked lost last night and in other games this season.
CCV - player.
scales - his cracks are starting to show.
taylor - ha.
mcgregor - not working under rodgers, rarely motm, offering nothing.
oriley - player
bernardo - he's alright
Palma- looks decent, but a winger that doesn't beat a man.
maeda - best work off the ball.
kyogo - player, if we got the ball to him.
as for our "elite" manager, he's phish in europe for us and he always has been, his football is slow, boring, and no amount of "quality" will change that.
posted on 29/11/23
Celtic do poorly in Europe because they are not very good, it's no more difficult than that. You're not going to come across the likes of an Aberdeen in the CL.
You can blame the board if you like, money in the bank no ambition but just spending more won't guarantee anything.
Basically the whole standard in Scotland isn't good enough, Rangers somehow bucked that trend for a few seasons before catapulting back to reality
posted on 29/11/23
Europa League is our level......we all know that.... .still doesn't excuse not picking up the odd win in the Champions League.........
Seems to be a vicious cycle.........pull out all the stops to win the league every year to ensure we are not competitive in the Champions League every year and there to make up the numbers and trouser the moolah.
We're not alone. Royal Antwerp have nul points after 5 games.
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Izzy... The Rat returns....fvck off back to Sp... (U3410)
posted 47 seconds ago
Europa League is our level......we all know that.... .still doesn't excuse not picking up the odd win in the Champions League.........
Seems to be a vicious cycle.........pull out all the stops to win the league every year to ensure we are not competitive in the Champions League every year and there to make up the numbers and trouser the moolah.
We're not alone. Royal Antwerp have nul points after 5 games.
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Picking up the odd win is the goal for sure. in the CL you are up against the best in Europe so say top 4 in the big 5 champions/runners up in many other strong nations.
So look at the squad and say at what level could you're very best play at? Top 4 in England? Spain? France?
How many players do you have that could get near a first team in those leagues at that level?
The reason for the defeats is that simple and the odd giant slaying is all you can realistically hope for.
posted on 29/11/23
As JFK says, we're fine domestically (albeit boring this season so far) but so far out our depth in Europe and have been for around 10 years.
The only season I'd exclude is Lennon's Europa table topping campaign, but even then we shat the nest as soon as it got into the knockout rounds.
The strategy we have will only work to a point, but we if we genuinely have hopes of getting results in Europe (CL specifically) we need to put a bit of risk in it and invest in 3/4 players the level of Jota/CCV across the park.
I don't see us doing that sadly, and I fear next season is just going to be the same painful process again but with more games to suffer
posted on 29/11/23
Spending very affordable money on upgrading the standard of player over 4 or 5 positions is not a risk for us at all; but there’s every chance it will improve the team dramatically that dropping into the Europa after a CL campaign should not be beyond us.
We’ve £75m in the bank ffs and made recent profits of £35m last year. Where’s the risk in spending 5 x £8m as opposed to these countless £2-5m projects.
It’s getting tiresome.
posted on 29/11/23
If we win the league again and are back on the Champions League next year, anyone think it's gonna be any better under the new format playing 8 teams of varying quality?
In a word.......No..... without a rethink of the spending strategy. Only hope I have is Rodgers recent comments of "we have enough project players". At least he has all the evidence he needs to plead for an upgrade in player quality if they will listen
posted on 29/11/23
our strategy is working, win league, qualify for champions league, sell players.
thats the strategy, but its on a knife edge every season under these buffoons.
our signings the past 2 years:
palma
lagerbielke
holm
yang
tillio
kwon
iwata
phillips
johnston
oh
haksabanovic
abilgaard
maeda
mooy
siegrist
jenz
kobayashi
massive list - how many a success?
palma looks decent.
mooy was good
johnston - looking a bit ropey now
maeda - fine off the ball, horrific on it.
i think iwata is decent but we'll never know, he'll be off to japan on loan in january for sure.
appalling mismanagement.
posted on 29/11/23
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posted on 29/11/23
comment by Izzy... The Rat returns....fvck off back to Spain (U3410)
posted 16 minutes ago
If we win the league again and are back on the Champions League next year, anyone think it's gonna be any better under the new format playing 8 teams of varying quality?
In a word.......No..... without a rethink of the spending strategy. Only hope I have is Rodgers recent comments of "we have enough project players". At least he has all the evidence he needs to plead for an upgrade in player quality if they will listen
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wont be that different .... every other team in europe will be the same so th co-eff wont change as others will be improving on theirs also.
It can be more luck of the draw in the new format, you play 2 pot 1, 2 pot 2 , 2 pot 3, and 2 pot 4 teams.
so its more equally balanced ie, pot 4 teams will play two other pot 4 teams, eve if they are a pot 4 side themselves.
will be some extra money but hard to say if qualifying through it will be harder or easier, but thats the europa drop down done with thankfully
posted on 29/11/23
I'm sure a few will disagree but Callum McGregor is a problem in Europe.
He's a fine player and a very fine player in the SPFL. Anyone attempting to compare him in any way with Lundstrum needs to have their meds adjusted immediately.
With Hatate missing, he is cruelly exposed in Europe against even mid-level teams.
He constantly demands the ball and does f-all with it. He doesn't make killer passes. He doesn't score goals. He doesn't physically dominate the middle of the park. He's not especially quick.
He's good at circulating the ball and he should be in the team because he's a decent all-rounder but our lack of creativity in Europe stems from the midfield and he's the main man.
Not a Brendan thing as he did next to nothing under Ange. Hatate being off form then injured has been a disaster for us.
posted on 29/11/23
He constantly demands the ball and does f-all with it. He doesn't make killer passes. He doesn't score goals. He doesn't physically dominate the middle of the park. He's not especially quick.
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this is where i'm at, he used to be box to box, now he isn't.
i preferred his movement at least under ange and he got away with more because everything around him was exciting.
he sticks out like a sore thumb just now and he is not, nor should he ever be, above criticism
posted on 29/11/23
"wont be that different .... every other team in europe will be the same so th co-eff wont change as others will be improving on theirs also.
It can be more luck of the draw in the new format, you play 2 pot 1, 2 pot 2 , 2 pot 3, and 2 pot 4 teams.
so its more equally balanced ie, pot 4 teams will play two other pot 4 teams, eve if they are a pot 4 side themselves.
will be some extra money but hard to say if qualifying through it will be harder or easier, but thats the europa drop down done with thankfully"
The way it's gonna work I think is 8 games against 8 different teams. Hypothetically you could play Real Madrid away 1 week and Royal Antwerp at home the following week. Antwerp have nul points from 5 games in this year's groups. More of a chance to pick up that elusive win though still won't be competitive methinks.
posted on 29/11/23
Mcgregor plays there because he was seen as Brown's replacement. Yes he can play that role but it isn't his best position. The AM role is far and away where he thrives. Get in a good DM or play Iwata there and then we have McGregor fighting for places with Hatate, O'Riley, Bernardo, Turnbull, Holm
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Magnum (3 in a row easy) (U22391)
posted 14 minutes ago
I'm sure a few will disagree but Callum McGregor is a problem in Europe.
He's a fine player and a very fine player in the SPFL. Anyone attempting to compare him in any way with Lundstrum needs to have their meds adjusted immediately.
With Hatate missing, he is cruelly exposed in Europe against even mid-level teams.
He constantly demands the ball and does f-all with it. He doesn't make killer passes. He doesn't score goals. He doesn't physically dominate the middle of the park. He's not especially quick.
He's good at circulating the ball and he should be in the team because he's a decent all-rounder but our lack of creativity in Europe stems from the midfield and he's the main man.
Not a Brendan thing as he did next to nothing under Ange. Hatate being off form then injured has been a disaster for us.
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Ah, at least an attempt to move the discussion beyond Jacqueline levels.
Physical domination - like what other midfielders do we have that do that?
Quick - as above
Goals - the guy that outscored MOR last year despite missing 12 games through injury? He's scored double figures when he played AM - as you say he's flexible.
Both managers wanted to play a pivot so who that player if not CM? I think MOR covered fine those 12 games he missed but we maybe lots some of his creativity because DM is just a notch above CB for above all ffs don't lose the ball.
I'm OK to play Iwata in there but he aint going box to box either. Holm, Bernardo, Kwon, ain't ready. Hatate can play in there when he's back but we lose his threat.
I'm open to solutions but they seem quite restricted to me?
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Izzy... The Rat returns....fvck off back to Spain (U3410)
posted 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
"wont be that different .... every other team in europe will be the same so th co-eff wont change as others will be improving on theirs also.
It can be more luck of the draw in the new format, you play 2 pot 1, 2 pot 2 , 2 pot 3, and 2 pot 4 teams.
so its more equally balanced ie, pot 4 teams will play two other pot 4 teams, eve if they are a pot 4 side themselves.
will be some extra money but hard to say if qualifying through it will be harder or easier, but thats the europa drop down done with thankfully"
The way it's gonna work I think is 8 games against 8 different teams. Hypothetically you could play Real Madrid away 1 week and Royal Antwerp at home the following week. Antwerp have nul points from 5 games in this year's groups. More of a chance to pick up that elusive win though still won't be competitive methinks.
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yup you play two pot 1 teams, two pot 2 teams etc... regardless of what pot you are in.
more chance of a win, but so does every other team. therefore more likely to bank an extra bit of money but chances of qualifying past the league after it are much the same and there is no europa drop down.
posted on 29/11/23
This years CL Group was telling in that 80+% of the games could have swung either way. All teams were relatively evenly matched for the CL?
Whether it’s tactics, athleticism, game management or luck, yet again Celtic were the only team unable to convert those fine margins into points.
Celtic need our first 11 all 9/10 to even keep our head above water in the Groups.
posted on 29/11/23
Ah, at least an attempt to move the discussion beyond Jacqueline levels
=======
is it aye?
aww ma callum.
have you met him or something and now you are starstruck?
he's no gna sh@gg you.
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Magnum (3 in a row easy) (U22391)
posted 14 minutes ago
I'm sure a few will disagree but Callum McGregor is a problem in Europe.
He's a fine player and a very fine player in the SPFL. Anyone attempting to compare him in any way with Lundstrum needs to have their meds adjusted immediately.
With Hatate missing, he is cruelly exposed in Europe against even mid-level teams.
He constantly demands the ball and does f-all with it. He doesn't make killer passes. He doesn't score goals. He doesn't physically dominate the middle of the park. He's not especially quick.
He's good at circulating the ball and he should be in the team because he's a decent all-rounder but our lack of creativity in Europe stems from the midfield and he's the main man.
Not a Brendan thing as he did next to nothing under Ange. Hatate being off form then injured has been a disaster for us.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ah, at least an attempt to move the discussion beyond Jacqueline levels.
Physical domination - like what other midfielders do we have that do that?
Quick - as above
Goals - the guy that outscored MOR last year despite missing 12 games through injury? He's scored double figures when he played AM - as you say he's flexible.
Both managers wanted to play a pivot so who that player if not CM? I think MOR covered fine those 12 games he missed but we maybe lots some of his creativity because DM is just a notch above CB for above all ffs don't lose the ball.
I'm OK to play Iwata in there but he aint going box to box either. Holm, Bernardo, Kwon, ain't ready. Hatate can play in there when he's back but we lose his threat.
I'm open to solutions but they seem quite restricted to me?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
We're at a point that all teams in development get to and the decisions made now are crucial.
McGregor, Hatate and O'Riley are all good players and I'd be gutted to lose any of them. Same with Kyogo.
But we need to improve. How do we do that?
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Call Sign (U3627)
posted 40 minutes ago
Mcgregor plays there because he was seen as Brown's replacement. Yes he can play that role but it isn't his best position. The AM role is far and away where he thrives. Get in a good DM or play Iwata there and then we have McGregor fighting for places with Hatate, O'Riley, Bernardo, Turnbull, Holm
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i'd have to give iwata a run in there and push mcgregor up.
we are rotating between holm, turnbull, and bernardo and not one looks capable of holding onto it.
zero risk in putting mcgregor in there, facing the way he should be facing, and sitting iwata in front of the back 4.
posted on 29/11/23
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We're at a point that all teams in development get to and the decisions made now are crucial.
McGregor, Hatate and O'Riley are all good players and I'd be gutted to lose any of them. Same with Kyogo.
But we need to improve. How do we do that?
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we always talk about new managers needing the players to suit their system.
mcgregor doesn't suit this, at all.
so the solution is clear surely. get rodgers to fvck.
posted on 29/11/23
I never compared mcgregor and lundstram in my earlier post.
I mentioned some celtic fans on here are not happy with mcgregor.
I said how Rangers fans felt when lundstram was in the midfield in our champions league games when games were passing him by as he plodded along, no comparison was made between the two.
I on enough meds without needing to dabble and adjust them thank you very much.
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