The All New FOOTY Thread 21/22

[struth]

currently 2-1 now.. plenty subs although not wholesale ones.. madrid down to 10.

edit and thts how it finished.

a good attacking game and irrellevent of some madrid players not being there it was still a star team v a scottish side..

madrid starting was...Lunin, Nacho, Marcelo, Vazquez, Jovic, Odriozola, Odegaard, Isco, Rodrygo, Blanco, Chust

[rmcin626]

currently 2-1 now.. plenty subs although not wholesale ones.. madrid down to 10.

edit and thts how it finished.

a good attacking game and irrellevent of some madrid players not being there it was still a star team v a scottish side..

madrid starting was...Lunin, Nacho, Marcelo, Vazquez, Jovic, Odriozola, Odegaard, Isco, Rodrygo, Blanco, Chust

Missed the game today as it was my grandson’s birthday , but seems a decent result

[struth]

celtic playing away in europe v Midtjylland . 11 after first game so a straight win needed for both sides tonight. good luck to marcos side. Midtjylland are fairly poor so they should beat them.

[rmcin626]

celtic playing away in europe v Midtjylland . 11 after first game so a straight win needed for both sides tonight. good luck to marcos side. Midtjylland are fairly poor so they should beat them.

0-0 so far, changed the keeper tonight which should help

[struth]

0-0 so far, changed the keeper tonight which should help

not seen team, so i take it bain is playing. not much between them tbh. both lacking confidence.

if it goes to et, it might well be a test of fitness for both especially celtic as they are behind on preseason

[rmcin626]

Extra time , Marco busy biting his nails

[struth]

Extra time , Marco busy biting his nails

i fell asleep.. oh well its europa for celts this year. side still has a number of players to fill in by then so hopefully they will manage; a chech side i'm told await them.

[Marco]

I'll comment more on this later, chaps. Needless to say though that I wasn't biting my nails Robin, as I *knew*, the way the game was going that we would go out. As I said last week, the 1-1 draw was a decent result, given the state and paucity of players in our squad, so I had little confidence that we'd win in Denmark, so no surprises there. I'd pretty much written off progress to the CL this season. You'd need to have been blind to have believed otherwise.

The only positive is that despite the team being shite, we still created more than enough chances to have won that game last night and the tie overall, but defensively we were an utter shambles. Good job we didn't win, and only delayed the inevitable, as PSV Eindhoven would've murdered us in the next round!!

This is about the fourth season in a row now where we've been forced to go into CL qualifiers with a makeshift defence, and worse now this season with a bunch of kids, and you simply cannot hope to progress at that level with not only that lack of experience in your team, but also a painful lack of quality in key areas, coupled with players (such as Edouard) who simply want away and are playing in 3rd gear!

And that sad state of affairs (if you're a Celtic fan) is ALL down to the board and those who run the club, for the embarrassing and disgraceful way they've dragged their heels, time and time again, in the transfer market and not completed deals that should've been done and dusted or strengthened the squad when it was patently obvious it was needed.

So Celtic now have a MASSIVE rebuilding job ahead of them, which will take time, and this new manager needs to be given it, as I'm confident that he'll get it right and build something good.

However, as I said before, don't expect any kind of 'real Celtic' until at least Christmas (once the new signings bed in), or possibly even after the January transfer window, as he'll need at least two recruitment windows, and time for those players to settle, before the team will be ready to mount a credible challenge to Rangers for the title.

Therefore, get ready to celebrate 2-in a row!

Marco.

[Marco]

No thoughts on that, daftees?

Btw, well done for beating Real Madrid. Friendly or no friendly, it was good advert for Scottish football, and Rangers have been excellent ambassadors in that respect since Gerrard's been at the helm

Marco.

[struth]

its odd that the board have been either dragging heels or being just been incompetent. they have known about this rebuild for a long time too.
still it doesn't hurt rangers chances any i suppose for league, which i think will be harder this year as we will be targets.. also hearts are back, and hibs and dons have strengthened too. also of course celtic will want it back and crowds will be back.

talk that gers have agreed deal to bring in man utd u23 midfielder charlie mccann who is an u19 roi international.