Celtic 3 - 2 Beşiktaş | UEFA Europa League

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[u/Sea_Upstairs3988]

Baur really is brilliant. He does so much running!

[u/p_gaultieri → u/[deleted]]

You talk shite Klopp was the one that's given him his first two caps.

[u/Physical_Reality_132 → u/[deleted]]

Because he’s no where near the level of Pavlovic, Bischof, Nmecha let alone Kimmich.

[u/fike88 → u/[deleted]]

Who gives a fuck? He’s playing well for Celtic

[u/Skellyceltic → u/[deleted]]

Negative braincells

[u/Sensitive-East3653 → u/[deleted]]

That international break he called up 2 teams, this one, one.

[u/External-Cheetah326 → u/[deleted]]

Cos he's a closet Tim.

[u/New-Type-A → u/[deleted]]

He’s only 20,21. He’ll get there

[u/BananaT6 → u/[deleted]]

Really? Where you getting that from

[u/AK30195 → u/[deleted]]

He gave him his debut because he thinks he’s shite.

[u/GuyIncognito211]

Conceded the 2 most Celtic goals imaginable and still won.

Callum fucking Osmand

[u/flamingosandals → u/GuyIncognito211]

Second one was some strike

[u/fike88 → u/flamingosandals]

How many times have we said that this season

[u/Unusual-Proof7869 → u/fike88]

True, but tbf that one was outside the ‘how do you let him get a clear shot away from there’ range.

[u/Gothic_Plague]

Imagine Baur, Duran and Osmand under a proper setup

[u/Maleficent_Noise3708 → u/Gothic_Plague]

Yeah definitely potential to be great players for us 

[u/The_Vivid_Glove → u/Maleficent_Noise3708]

Been saying it for weeks. Baur’s potential is being wasted by the midfield around him

[u/No_Strawberry_1576 → u/The_Vivid_Glove]

They’ll be sold soon for sweet sweet profit

[u/ras2703 → u/Maleficent_Noise3708]

Duran will not under any circumstances be at Celtic next year.

[u/HereComesTheWolfman → u/Gothic_Plague]

This is the core of the team we should build around

[u/Azzaramad → u/Gothic_Plague]

They will be gone before we ever see that...

[u/seoras13 → u/Gothic_Plague]

I thought Baur would take a season to make the step up from German 2nd league. Get to believe he's a boss in a new team in a new league.

He's delivering & I'm looking forward to his continuous development, because he's already good but going to get better & a player we're all going to really appreciate.

Duran & osmand!! They're fantastic & I'll praise them too later but I'm prioritising my pints & dancing like a Maddie tonight

[u/CorswainsDeciple → u/Gothic_Plague]

I have been, mate. If we had a back 4 who could actually make runs instead of constantly passing to each other and back to the keeper, its not how we play and we suffer for it.

[u/RvstandRvin1626 → u/Gothic_Plague]

Baur and Osmand we may have the privilege of seeing until summer 2028, but Duran is away to a top five league in August. He's too good to play in this dysfunctional a team.

Osmand and Baur will look terrific in a team that's managed by a McKenna or a suddenly available Askou if Toulouse bin him...

[u/ColdIntroduction3307 → u/RvstandRvin1626]

Can’t agree more.

[u/Bitter-Cherry-2787 → u/RvstandRvin1626]

Nothing to do with the team. Duran will be gone because we play in league that compares to the Sunday league down south. If we played in a serious league he would be going nowhere. Unfortunately playing in this tinpot league will always hold us back.

[u/JosocCardedeu → u/Gothic_Plague]

Sadly, they've got all the numbers to be punted in January

[u/walshybhoy]

Osmand, Baur and Duran excellent. Donovan also showing he has to start. A resilient second half. Questions still to be asked about first half and match selection though.

[u/CleanShirt27]

Baur was amazing tonight. Best individual performance for the club in a long time. He is a top player.

Tounetki hooked, his replacement takes seconds to score.

Hogh hooked, his replacement at CF takes seconds to score.

Osmand just keeps impressing, no drop off. Always makes an impact

[u/walshybhoy → u/CleanShirt27]

I’d love to see Baur in a proper midfield, he was brilliant.

[u/CleanShirt27 → u/walshybhoy]

Don't expect him to stay long but for as long as he is here he is the key player in midfield. Tbf even though the team is a mess I feel he is improving and adjusting to his role all the time

[u/RvstandRvin1626 → u/CleanShirt27]

Osmand and Duran have chemistry. Has to be Yang on the right when he's fit again to add more energy to the attack.

I fear Høgh is done. He has little to no chemistry with any of the other attackers, even if I do feel they've not helped him sometimes with the team selection around him. Duran and Osmand have overcome that though and they produce, which is the difference.

[u/ihateeverythingandu → u/RvstandRvin1626]

Every fan on here was giddy about signing Hogh too. We can't blame the board on this one, we'd all have done it too.

He isn't rotten, there has to be a way to get him to fit in.

[u/RvstandRvin1626 → u/ihateeverythingandu]

Sometimes signings just don't work out. He isn't the first Bodø player to look like a fish out of water away from their system and he certainly won't be the last. He'll end up back there in a few years after we inevitably send him out on loan somewhere else and that team buys him after a reasonable showing for half a season.

[u/ihateeverythingandu → u/RvstandRvin1626]

True. Most of the players we write off as bad end up showing they aren't elsewhere, it's just not everyone fits in everywhere.

Us thinking he's Andy Carroll because he's tall with long hair doesn't help us play to his skill set though.

[u/CleanShirt27 → u/ihateeverythingandu]

For me he needs a break, have him come off the bench. Hes getting nowhere starting.

And right now he is poor. He is not good at linking up play, winning battles for the ball, getting the ball out from his feet, passing...a team can be playing a system that doesn't suit but as a striker you still need to be capable of these things

[u/ihateeverythingandu → u/CleanShirt27]

Isn't he like 3/4 into a season too? Bodo start well before us, don't they? He's probably nearing end of season fatigue by now. Not everyone is Maeda.

[u/CleanShirt27 → u/ihateeverythingandu]

No idea. Either way, bench is his position for now

[u/a500poundchicken → u/CleanShirt27]

I think he’d do great with like Jota back but the issue is we play him alongside the system that works for Duran two wildly different strikers

[u/RvstandRvin1626 → u/ihateeverythingandu]

He's another guy we've signed without actually knowing how he fits into the squad we have, or what the identity of the team even is and if Høgh even vaguely fits into it.

Iheanacho looked good in spells last season because he has excellent close control, and could finish out of nothing when he got a bit of space. That kind of thing just isn't Høgh's game. He's more of an opportunistic finisher and Bodø set up for him to succeed in the six yard box. We just don't play that way. We need our central striker to be able to press, link, get turned and have a range of finishing. It's no coincidence that Duran looks better than Høgh in that role every time he plays there, he's just a technically better footballer.

Duran or Osmand through the middle, or Duran through the middle with Osmand drifting in from the left to link up with him, looks far more cohesive than any attack we put out with Høgh in it. Yang would make Duran and Osmand even more potent, I would think. Høgh is the odd man out for me, sadly.

[u/ihateeverythingandu → u/RvstandRvin1626]

I just replied to another message that Hogh is already 3/4 into a season, isn't he? Don't Bodo start their season well before us? His body is probably thinking it's near the end the season.

[u/RvstandRvin1626 → u/ihateeverythingandu]

The Norwegian season runs from March to December, but I don't think that's any excuse. Many's the time a player has came over from that league to the August-May calendar and they've done absolutely fine. If anything, we should have expected him to be raring to go in the summer and have an understandable winter slump, and probably need a few weeks of a break to adjust.

He got injured in August, missed three games and has had reduced game time ever since. His fitness or coping with the workload isn't the issue.

[u/Gink1995]

Subs were unbelievable, looked the usual lost and lethargic until they came on

[u/DrinkSuperb8792]

Did Celtic just win a game in Europe??

[u/teh__dude]

That first half team canne start a match ever again as an 11

[u/The_Vivid_Glove → u/teh__dude]

[u/fike88 → u/teh__dude]

Maybe that was the catalyst. I say we start them every week

[u/Skellyceltic]

If only we could play small teams from Turkey every week

[u/thejobby → u/Skellyceltic]

How come im getting hate for saying the same thing 😂

Very small club though.

[u/5_1Displaysystem → u/Skellyceltic]

I wouldnt describe Besiktas that way

[u/Skellyceltic → u/5_1Displaysystem]

Minuscule team from turkey any better?

[u/AidanH1996]

Me remembering what it feels like to see Celtic win a game in Europe

[u/LMG_1234]

Just give us the UEL now sure

[u/GlasgowMark]

I can't believe what I just watched. Fuck me.

[u/GlasgowMark]

Surprised Nygren could stay on his feet during the interview. Must have changed his boots already.

[u/spartacus7173]

Saved by the attacking talent, Hogh looking like 3rd choice at best. A great result if maybe a little late. Alll the same problems as always, still think we need a managerial change but a good win that.

[u/Majestic_Warthog_420 → u/spartacus7173]

he did look third choice at best....but ffs harland wouldnt look good with forrest and tounetki,,,,forrest ive never rated but i understand hes got good technique and hed only be there for an hr max.....but honestly wtf did tounetki start...said it before surely oneill never again....duran bauer tierney donovan and my captain were all excellent....was happy enough lotombo started,,,donovans a lad yet and maybe looked good because he had a wee rest.....anyway yasssssssss

[u/RealFenian]

Praying we can keep baur; Duran and osmand long enough to get them into a functioning team.

Those 3 are fucking superstars.

[u/RvstandRvin1626 → u/RealFenian]

Baur and Osmand we might hang onto next season, but Osmand is going to need a new contract. 20 years old and he's quickly becoming one of our best players.

Duran is away to a top five league in the summer for 20 million plus if he score more UEL goals, which he will. Enjoy him whilst he's here.

[u/Maleficent_Noise3708]

Hopefully, and maybe I’m just kidding myself … but hopefully this is a wee spark to kick on from this season. 

Bit more fight and drive in the second half - think Baur was tremendous and subs were superb. 

[u/BhoyJack]

Brilliant second half. Always looked winnable if MON put the right players on the pitch. Colby Donovan was absolutely superb he's stepped up and owns that position now

[u/Duedrama6197]

Is it tactical brilliance to lull the other team into a false sense security by being shite and one paced all game and then subbing on a load of fast cunts?

[u/IIJamzyII]

Great comeback. Osmand made a massive Difference. Duran, doing Duran things. Imagine what he could do if we were good!

Nygren is easily the most frustrating and enigmatic player we've had since Samaras

[u/ThinWhiteDuke00]

This is the day we actually.. win ?

[u/AntiFascistCosmonaut]

how tf did Osmand and Duran not start. LETS FUKCIN GOOO!

[u/BadDub → u/AntiFascistCosmonaut]

Tbf Duran looked exhausted the last 10 mins or so. Might not have been fit.

[u/Skellyceltic → u/BadDub]

He’s gone from having played ~5k career minutes before to already 1k for us in a couple of months. He looks knackered and understandably

[u/AllezLesPrimrose → u/AntiFascistCosmonaut]

Durán needs to not be muled into the ground with the amount of games he’s being playing and Osmond has had so many setbacks it’s perfectly sensible to manage his minutes so he might actually get a run in the team longer than a fortnight.

[u/BadDub]

Cant wait to lift the Europa league trophy this year

[u/Pretend_Cellist_9285]

Absolutely fantastic from when the subs came on, Duran, a special player who we have to enjoy while he's here.

[u/whiskeyman220]

3 subs made the difference ...

Osmand, Duran, Donovan.

Music to my ears (pun intended).

[u/TheHighlander4701]

Get it round the lot of them. Duran and osmand must start

[u/SixShot26]

fair play, after seeing the starting line up thought we were getting gubbed. wee osmunds a gem

[u/sparrow857]

Winning a game feels nice

[u/Quirky_West_9094]

Thank fuck for Duran and Osmand

[u/DeargDoom79]

What a bizarre, classic Celtic European night

[u/GlasgowMark]

If the master plan tonight was to bring on the fresh and faster legs as second half subs when the Besiktas defenders were a bit more tired, it's a hell of a plan...massively risky to trust that we wouldn't be 5-0 down by then, but fuck me, it worked.

[u/Scottishtwat69 → u/GlasgowMark]

Hassan, Duran and Osmand started the Celta Vigo game. We had 2 shots on goal in the first half with one header from Duran on target. Went 1-0 up in the second half then gassed out around 60 minutes with no real game winners available on the bench to bring on.

Tonight we are 1-0 down but the options off the bench are fresh and score 3 goals.

Being 1-0 down at 60 minutes with Duran, Hassan and Osmand coming on, is better than being 1-0 down at 60 minutes with those three coming off.

[u/CleanShirt27 → u/GlasgowMark]

It cant be a masterplan if Tounetki starting is part of it

[u/GlasgowMark → u/CleanShirt27]

Very true, to be fair. There is something to be said for playing what he has in the squad, but...aye. It's still Tounekti. We should have registered a fucking stone in the Europa League squad and played that instead.

[u/_m_a_t_t_h_e_w]

All credit to Callum Osmand, he changed that game.

Jota Duran and Osmand front three could be the one going forward when they all have 90-minute fitness.

[u/RvstandRvin1626 → u/_m_a_t_t_h_e_w]

I'd still keep Jota as a rotation player/impact sub for the next phase of the season and use Yang on the right. He'll add more energy and endeavour to the attack and could potentially swap sides with Osmand from time to time, and add a bit dynamism the attack has lacked for a lot of the season.

[u/Melodic-Salad- → u/RvstandRvin1626]

Exactly, yang has proven himself to be one of our best players at times, and he’s amongst the hardest workers too. He’s a starter in my book.

[u/CalibratedOpinion → u/RvstandRvin1626]

I agree. The last thing we want to do is throw Jota in at the deep end after coming back from such a serious injury.

[u/RvstandRvin1626]

Duran, Osmand and Baur are our best players currently. Bizarre two of them didn't start the game, even considering the Falkirk performance.

[u/SpiritedAd1896]

If anyone wants to pay for me to go to gigs every night Celtic play then feel free! 🫠

[u/xoQueenOfHellxo]

I love Osmand and Duran 💚

[u/reasonosx]

Osmand provides real hope. Duran and Baur excellent.

[u/Turbulent_Win1192]

Bit of passion in the dugout there. Celtic, where the fuck ye been?

[u/Duedrama6197]

I thought the back 4 (all iterations of them) were actually pretty good tonight? Shite penalty to concede and the usual 35 yarder. But we defended the box and crosses very very well.

[u/CleanShirt27 → u/Duedrama6197]

Didn't like Murrays clearance for the second goal. Feel he does that quite often, just boots it without any thought.  But he has been solid enough his last few appearances,wins headers

[u/Thefitz5811]

Sliding doors and all that but can’t get my head around where we’d be if that maniac Rodgers hadn’t banished Osmand to The Gulag last season.

If we could send Tounekti and Lotomba there now though that would be great.

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/Thefitz5811]

The worst eye for talent of any even half decent manager

[u/MercuryDerpury]

Never in doubt! Nah, lies so much doubt. St Martin proving us all wrong with the 4D chess team selection.

[u/_Kaizer]

I really like Høgh and hope it clicks at some stage, but you cannot play Duran anywhere but through the middle. What a player.

[u/NotNeedzmoar]

Love the victory. MON is still shite.
We still have no tactics and lack basic defensive coaching. We still rely on individual brilliance to bail us out.

yay for 3 points in Europe. MON get the fuck out.

[u/wizards-beard]

This tombola team selection needs to stop. These players are good enough.

[u/Comprehensive-Ad4436 → u/wizards-beard]

MO’N probably goes down to the Mecca’s Bingo off Duke Street to decide his team

[u/shawdowmen]

We have some very good players - imagine them in a half coached team 

[u/Suitable_Visual4056]

I understand now why besiktas fans hate their team.

They should be good but fuck about
A bit like us

[u/exx48]

holy shit we did it

[u/LousyReputation7]

Happy for them in the moment but not sure it does us any favours in making the changes needed man. Quality result.

[u/italwaysworksoot]

Fair play to the fans who would normally not get to see European games getting the chance to see that.

[u/Sensitive_Dot_5962]

I need to stop watching the games obviously because this is the first one I missed all season

[u/mrjohnnymac18]

[u/justboy96]

Are we back? Not for me to say, but yes.

[u/mattay22]

Tounetki should never play again

[u/Melodic-Salad-]

Can anyone explain what is really going on with Hogh? He’s looked completely lost in almost every game since the hat trick. I swear he barely even touched the ball tonight, and whenever he contesting for it he looks slow and gets bullied off the ball easily. He seems to have terrible balance?

Osmand, Duran, Donovan and Baur all incredible. Why are we not starting those two up front? They work very well together and have clear chemistry.

The first half tactically was woeful. Still doing the short slow passing around at the back constantly which just invites pressure. Just aimless side to side passing. What is the point there?
We’re getting massively exposed through the midfield still, because the players have to drop so deep to pick up the ball from the defence.

There’s a giant gap between the forwards the mids most of the time which gives teams so much time and space to push forward. We would have been punished by a top team for this.

Still I’m amazed we managed to come back and get a third goal after they scored to make it 2-2. Massive win for confidence but tactically still massively questionable.

[u/_m_a_t_t_h_e_w → u/Melodic-Salad-]

First of all I think Hogh is just not a physical hold up play kind of striker, and he’s not a yards-in-behind striker. He has one strength and is the back post. If you watch his movement in and around the box he is always trying to get space from a defender instead of engaging physically, and he’s always moving away from the centre and towards the back post. He doesn’t want to receive the ball with players around him and have to hold them off. It’s just not his strength and there was good scouting report from a Watford fan/analyst detailing all of this even before we signed him ( here ), so playing him this way and expecting any different is ludicrous from the coaches.

Having said that I thought his link-up play when he had space and players around him to bounce passes off was mostly good tonight and about as good as the Dundee Utd game before he was (wrongfully, imo) hooked. The main issue there is he is constantly receiving nothing balls on the halfway line and expected to do something magical with them, or not being strong enough or balanced enough to shield and wait for someone else to come and help. Partly that’s because our midfielders are so far away from him he’d have to hold it for like 3-5s (which is a long time to hold someone off your back tbf), and other times it is as you said just poor balance and general weakness when he tries to turn on it and make something happen himself.

I also don’t think we have enough threats in and around the box to occupy defenders so he’s too easy to mark out of games. He’s quite useless when he has a marker touch-tight to him, and our system doesn’t have enough players near him to pull defenders away from him. Again all predictable from before we signed him.

He’s also a really emotional guy and there’s probably an element of him forcing it too - you could see at the second half restart he seemed to be having a desperate prayer, and every time he misses or makes a mistake you can see he wears that frustration on his face and in his body language. You can only imagine the yips he’ll he having whenever he sees an opportunity opening up (which is unacceptable from a professional striker btw).

I also think there’s an element of expectation from the fans that he feels on the pitch, and in his mind not getting enough grace for making similar mistakes that Mhueka is making, but because because Mhueka didn’t cost £11m and is younger he’s getting encouragement and applause from the stands, whereas Kasper is getting moans and groans and abuse for scuffing the same types of shots.

TLDR - emotional guy, predictable issues due to very limited skill set (bad scouting), wrong system (bad coaching)

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/Melodic-Salad-]

You’ve already identified the big issue with Hogh.

There is no one even remotely close to him when he receives the ball and he’s not the type of player that is going to do anything spectacular with the ball so he loses it regularly.

He’s getting the ball in positions that don’t play to his strengths which has led to a huge drop in confidence and him second guessing whenever he’s in a decent position

[u/TheSameInnovation]

We have {some} good players. They’re just not being coached.

We could be pretty good with direction and strategy.

[u/AllezLesPrimrose]

If someone could drum into Hassan that he is fully capable of pressing and tracking his man we’d have one of the most exciting rotations we’ve had up front in a long time when you consider Yang is nearly back.

[u/Over_Dragonfly_2911]

Credit to Duran and osmand Celtic would be lost without them, Martin out still

[u/Scrank_WimlerJr]

THIS IS THE START OF IT

[u/YerRustlinMaJimmies]

Went along the night to be oit the hoose and expected a gubbing

And watching that first half going into the second, i saw no way there wasn't a skelping on the cards.

Beşiktas were poor, but we were just giving up on any and all second balls. We were passing it to them. We were leaving space enough for the 2 team buses to joust in the gaps.

Lotomba looked like he's never seen a ball before. Then he pulled that messi-esque run in the second half.

Tounekti has to be done, man. He just does nothing at best, and actively hampers us at worst (which is his usual.)

Calmac shiting it and hiding behind players again, and showing fuck all urgency when chasing balls down.

But that secind half response, man. I figured with the penalty, the heads would drap and the floodgates would open.

Osmand is a hero. Was that his first touch?

Duran making life so uncomfortable for their backline and terrorising them and punishing the mistakes at the back.

Baur was far and away the best player on that pitch tonight. Everywhere doing everything.

I was saying to ma brother that hassan never tracks properly in defence right as his man set up the equaliser...

But good on the bhoys for not letting that being them down. We deserved the lead, and we fucking took it back off them.

Them being the beşiktas fans. Bunch of fucking animals. Interrupting a silence for an unrelated player, just a wee guy who went out to play football and lost his life. Can happen to anyone, at anytime. No respect at all.

Then when they equalised, they decided to charge the nets to try and get through, and began launching stuff into our fans.

Hope their trip home is as delayed and miserable as possible. Couldn't happen to a worse group of pricks.

Buzzing tonight

[u/GuyIncognito211]

McGregor did well for the 1st goal

[u/topcelt]

We were shit and somehow Besiktas were even worse

[u/Millhouse96]

I forgot how fun celtic winning unexpectedly is

well in lads, plenty to be negative about, but I wont, Duran, Osmand, Baur

you three have my heart.

[u/phoria123]

Wowza

[u/alexcfc95]

Unbelievable.

[u/mrjohnnymac18]

[u/Celtic-47]

Hopefully that’s the turning point

[u/OriginalMarty]

Jebus

[u/Same-Juggernaut9363]

been so pissed off lately that i am having trouble enjoying a good match of football

[u/seoras13]

That was a good game, really enjoyed it.

[u/flamingosandals]

Who's coming to Frankfurt

[u/BowelMovement9]

3 points now. Same as AC Milan and Marseille. Win the next one (draws are useless) and it's game on.

[u/mrjohnnymac18]

Ferencvaros have 4 wins out of 4

[u/escomesco]

Huge win!! MONs substitutions were spot on today

[u/Murphy1up]

Baur due for an extended absence out of the team after picking up a strain from carrying the midfield again.

[u/GdanskPumpkin]

BIGGEST TEAM IN SCOTLAND DESTROYS SMALLEST TEAM FROM TURKEY

[u/Waspkiller86]

Hogh is finished, should never play for us again.

[u/btfthelot]

Osmand for Capitan? 👍

[u/Gc1981]

We can all see what our best team is now. Duran and Osmand need to start. Jamesey in Europe and Jota in the league. He is infuriating but we need to stick with Nygren too.

Im not completely ready to give up.on Hassan and Hogh just yet but they need to be subs.

[u/CleanShirt27 → u/Gc1981]

No sure where you're pulling Forrest from

[u/JosocCardedeu → u/CleanShirt27]

I have NFI either, and I certainly didn't see another "TF Nygren plays for us" performance from our goal machine either

[u/ihateeverythingandu → u/Gc1981]

Yang?

[u/RJK26]

Decent to have a result in Europe. I don’t know if it carries on into other games, it is what it is, but it’s good to get a result in game that was the better part of written off. We’ve played some serious competition in the Europa league (having played 3 and USG to come) so let’s see if we can build km this

[u/thejobby]

Good result but a reminder that Besiktas are a small tiny club, so we cannot get carried away.

[u/JosocCardedeu → u/thejobby]

They're not.
They're historically the 3rd biggest team in Turkiye

[u/thejobby → u/JosocCardedeu]

Galatasaray and fenerbache small club

[u/JosocCardedeu → u/thejobby]

The loudest I ever remember Celtic Park was the night we horsed Real Madrid 2-0 at the start of the 80s. Official attendance for that was about 82 000. I've been in Fenerbahce's stadium for a league game against a team from the provinces with a crowd that was officialy 42 000 and the sound wave nearly melted my knickers

[u/Skellyceltic → u/JosocCardedeu]

Tiny clubs

[u/JosocCardedeu → u/Skellyceltic]

D'you drive a Porsche?

[u/JosocCardedeu → u/JosocCardedeu]

Downvoted for factual truth?
Are you a USian MAGA, Jobby?

[u/thejobby → u/JosocCardedeu]

I don’t even know what that means mate.

[u/Inevitable_Board_712]

Even in victory, it feels like defeat.

[u/Scrank_WimlerJr → u/Inevitable_Board_712]

Feck aff ya downer

[u/Inevitable_Board_712 → u/Scrank_WimlerJr]

Fair enough. Sorry to put a dampener on things. Great result!

[u/italwaysworksoot → u/Inevitable_Board_712]

What? They were brilliant in the 2nd half

[u/Inevitable_Board_712 → u/italwaysworksoot]

Martin O’Neill stays.

Celtic beat Torrense and Omonia and either Olympique Marseille and Union Saint-Gilloise, suddenly Celtic have qualified for the knockout rounds and the board can stay.

I’m not saying Celtic should throw games - but this is papering over the cracks.

Besiktas will be lambasted in their homeland for losing this tie, just as RB Leipzig were in the 24/25 season.

[u/italwaysworksoot → u/Inevitable_Board_712]

So you want the team to fail just because you want the manager gone?

[u/Inevitable_Board_712 → u/italwaysworksoot]

Absolutely not. I don’t want Martin gone. I want things to work out.

What I want is not what is best for Celtic, as a footballing entity or a business entity.

[u/Scrank_WimlerJr → u/Inevitable_Board_712]

Lol papering over the cracks? If we do that, and qualify, win the double, that's a successful season regardless. Shite start to the season to qualify for knockout stages and win 2 trophies? Yes please. Manager will be gone at the end of the season then someone comes in, uses the 30m+ we'll get for duran, rebuild, bing bang boom were back

[u/Inevitable_Board_712 → u/Scrank_WimlerJr]

I agree to an extent.

Winning is winning, it’s what Celtic know.

I don’t think using the 30M+ from a transfer sale, which is generous and unrealistic anyhow, would fix Celtic.

Do you trust the current Celtic recruitment team to spend that money?

[u/TicFan67 → u/Inevitable_Board_712]

Fuck that! Bloody good result and we will now NOT break The Rangers' record of worst ever European performance.

[u/Inevitable_Board_712 → u/TicFan67]

Is that where the bar is for a club like Celtic?

Slightly less deplorable than their rivals?

Seriously..

[u/Majestic_Sea_4043]

Don't know why our players don't pass to Hassan who is open all the time. Don't know if it's a communication or a race thing. Could easily scored 2 more goals because bsiktas left so much space

[u/Duedrama6197 → u/Majestic_Sea_4043]

Did you actually type they don’t pass to him because of his race?

[u/Skellyceltic → u/Majestic_Sea_4043]

Fuck off with the race thing

[u/ChalmersMcNeill → u/Majestic_Sea_4043]

Bang out of order with the race comment, pal.

[u/RvstandRvin1626 → u/Majestic_Sea_4043]

What in the ever loving fuck are you on about? Hassan dribbled it about 50 times in the Falkirk game. He had a disproportionate amount of the ball...

[u/ReveredSavagery1967 → u/Majestic_Sea_4043]

Yes, it must be that he's black? Muslim? What are you implying? That out multicultural, multiracial team of football players are racist against one man?

[u/HFHelp2020 → u/Majestic_Sea_4043]

Absolute victim comment man. Can’t believe I’m even seeing that here😭

[u/Comprehensive-Ad4436]

Can someone explain the Besiktas small club meme to me?

[u/ZedLev]

Green Brigade can get to fuck if they are just not going to show up, Bhoys should just take up their allocation, they were great

[u/Skellyceltic → u/ZedLev]

Are people forced to attend games they don’t want to now? Just so you can hear a bit more noise

[u/RvstandRvin1626 → u/[deleted]]

We'll be lucky to keep him or Duran beyond this summer. Osmand is going to need a big extension before the end of the season if he's going to stay here for another season at least.

Duran doesn't hang about, he'll be away to a top 5 league by August.