I doubt even the Celtic board will allow last season's events to happen again given that they were seven points clear at one point only to throw it away. I'd expect Celtic to get another couple of players in at least to strengthen the squad especially if they have a decent Europa run.
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I doubt even the Celtic board will allow last season's events to happen again given that they were seven points clear at one point only to throw it away. I'd expect Celtic to get another couple of players in at least to strengthen the squad especially if they have a decent Europa run.
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Really? Funny how you are always involved in a posting frenzy whenever Celtic lose isn't it?
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I don't think so, I haven't mentioned three straight draws without a goal or last night's drubbing. Oh wait. 
I don't think so, I haven't mentioned three straight draws without a goal or last night's drubbing. Oh wait.
You showed amazing restraint there!!
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Slack defending cost us an early goal but given the chances we had, we should have won. Other results in the group show that we have no fear when it comes to playing the Jerries and I hope we can at least pick up four points from those two games.
Roll on Sunday.
Roll on Sunday.
I think we played very well last night and deserved to win it but it was a tiring game - could have done with more than 2 days rest before the OF game.
so it begins, it's early season so I dont think it has that big an effect at this moment in time. Anyways roll on Sunday, we played some very decent stuff on Tuesday night and it was really a weak ref and poor defending which ultimately cost us.
Having to sit through that 23minutes of utter shambles was painful in the stands, looked back and Edu and Broadfoot were totally bewildered like the fans.
Hopefully we'll see a reaction from the players and take the win.
One apparently stonewall penalty from Maloney with decent claim turned down though he got done for diving after it so wasn't sure on the claim. They're falling in the box easily enough especially Zhi.
Zhi just got a penalty that McGeady scores, 2-1.
Zhi just got a penalty that McGeady scores, 2-1.
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Absolute shocking defending again by Celtic centre halves - if we want to progress this season, that has to be sorted. Glad we got the score back a bit. We look like we are dominating posession and are more comfortable on the ball. Hopefully, the defenders can pick up the case in the 2nd half and the rest of the team needs to just keep doing what its doing.
Zhi looks like a player who could be a good addition. Brown and McGeady looking hapless.
Zhi looks like a player who could be a good addition. Brown and McGeady looking hapless.
Terrible defending by Celtic for the first 2 goals. Mowbray has to sort that out. Up front Celtic are missing a clinical striker. Celtic denied a stonewall penalty, but that's what happens at Ibrox. They should have been good enough in open play to beat that Rangers side and only have themselves to blame.
Is that 2 dives in the area already by celtic? Both were going down before even getting touched if they got touched at all. Nice to see they aren't hypocrites
Yep, even in Celtic's penalty claim Maloney was already midway through a dive. They ended up with two yellows for diving.
Funniest was the Samaras hand ball, I didn't see it until the replay, and thought by the way he was protesting he might not have done it... He got both hands to the ball.
Is that 2 dives in the area already by celtic? Both were going down before even getting touched if they got touched at all. Nice to see they aren't hypocrites
Not sure at all what 'dives' your talking about
I'm aware Maloney got booked but it looked to me like there was contact. However, that was the refs call so not much I can do about it
Woeful Celtic defending let Rangers get two goals up, after that It was always going to be uphill against a Rangers team who, for long periods of the match looked content to sit back and soak it up, which they did rather well.
Concern from me is that despite our possesion/territory advantages we did not trouble McGregor anywhere near enough.
Samaras, again, didnt really look interested when he came on. Brown was average at best. The less said about the 2 centre backs the better.
On the plus side I thought McGeady was at least giving 100%, McCourt was willing and always looking for the ball when he came on and it was a decent debut from Zhi.
And to cap it all off, despite the defeat we are still 1pt ahead in the league. By hook or by crook bhoys, eh?
Not sure at all what 'dives' your talking about
However, that was the refs call so not much I can do about it
Yeah - the replay at the end of the game showed contact and the referee made the decision on the angle he had - doesn't make it right but we live with it.
The better team lost today although the Rangers defending was dogged and made all the difference.
I still remain confident for the season as a whole - didn't see enough there to think that Rangers will be a threat - they were gifted two goals. I think they will lose more points to the other teams in the league than we will.
Mowbray has a job to sort out the defence which has been problematical for a while now.
We dominated so much in posession just like the last game at Ibrox but as Charlie says, if you don't convert that into chances, you don't deserve to go away with 3 points and he was right.
Was a VERY exciting game though !
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