posted Dec 7, 2006

Miller is not good enough to be wearing the Celtic No9 shirt, he is not a goalscorer.

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posted Dec 7, 2006

Stachan stated after Lisbon he knew what was wrong with the team and why they played the way they did. If that is the case why did he not solvethe problem, apart from the weather it could have been Lisbon again.

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posted Dec 7, 2006

mikeyj "you never know you may win a title bigger than the scottish league one day" Lisbon67 first team in the british isles to win the european cup, also with a team entirely of scotsmen. Check your facts before you open your mouth next time cos it just makes you look stupid.

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posted Dec 7, 2006

Despite Celtic's poor away CL record, you have to remember that last night's defeat came from a team that was undefeated at home in 3 CL games this year, conceding only one goal (to Celtic).
The real test of Strachan and Celtic's away form will come in the first knockout stage, when Celtic will have to perform well, or go out.

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posted Dec 7, 2006

I hope that those who diss Naka (are you listening Derek Johnstone??!?) can now see what people who know about football always could. Far from being a liability, he is the attacking fulcrum of the team and we don't have another player of his skill or positional awareness.

Graveson was MIA in Naka's role last night and the team lacked balance and cohesion as a result.

The fact that the defence was poor last night - Wilson got no help from Graveson and Balde was poor all game. Pass marks to Mick and kudos to Naylor for a good performance.

Combine that with being toothless up front - Magic was posted missing and Miller, for all that he brings a lot to the team, missed some real sitters.

With the full team out and motivated, we're not a bad side though...

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posted Dec 7, 2006

"What I don't understand is when we went to Old Trafford we played five in the middle and but for a dive and some poor passing by Gravesen we would have won.

To then change to 442 for Benfica and Copenhagen is crazy. "

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Totally agree with this. The starting line ups recently have showed a real tactical niavety.

Zurawksi should never have been played last night. A fron tw owas never gonna work, I dont think they won one header so it was always gonna be a case of packing the midfield and getting some balls in behind like Naylors to Miller.

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posted Dec 7, 2006

Opinions about Zurawski are strange, to me he was the best player on the field, only one who looked dangerous...
That remindes me one Celtic's game in Europe, Scotish press and some fans pointed him out as the weakest player but at the same time FIFA officials picked him the man of the match.

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posted Dec 7, 2006

All I was saying was that it has been a while since a scottish team has qualified for the knockout stages of the champions league and all the comments were negative. you are meant to be celebrating and all the comments were complaining

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posted Dec 8, 2006

Simple fact is your defenders aren,t good enough to compete in europe,they may well cope with Inverness Cally thistle but opponents in the Champions league have badly exposed your defensive frailty. Balde is physical but clumsy in every other department, Caldwell looks like a nervous schoolboy and your full backs have both struggled in the championship with Wolves and Saints respectively. Strachan needs to invest in two quality centre halves before you get turned over in the away leg.

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posted Dec 8, 2006

I must say you're being a bit harsh on the lads. They qualified for the last 16 didn't they? and as for Copenhagen they were in the champions league so they can't be that bad. I mean they beat man u in denmark n drew with benfica. Maybe you could say that they have the exact same problem as celtic. They cant win away from home. So you could say that it cost them a place in the last 16?

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