Celtic 2-6 West Ham Utd (24/07/21)
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Just read the Celtic forum. They played a full-strength team :shock:
Pre-season or not, that is a bloody impressive result.
Pre-season or not, that is a bloody impressive result.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
I've thought that about Fabianski for a while... doesn't look quite as agile as he once was.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Ajeti has hardly kicked a ball for them. I suspect it's a classic case of the less he plays the better he gets.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Nah, we just ripped them apart, especially on the counter. Their first goal was a gift from a Lanzini mistake and their second from rubbish keeping by Randolph.WCpete wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:17 pm I didn't see the game. I read they started with a full strength squad. Were they experimenting with a new system or something? It's just a pre season friendly and it's a different Celtic and all that, but letting in 6 sounds like they were mucking around with something maybe the players weren't familiar with. If not, then :shock: .
This was a good example of why people say Celtic and Rangers would struggle to stay in the Premier League. To be fair though, this is a particularly ***** Celtic side.
But also we are very good in attack.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Very few, if any, 36 yr old goalies are. Dino Zoff and Gianluigi Button are the only ones I can of, who wereBurnley Hammer wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:30 pm I've thought that about Fabianski for a while... doesn't look quite as agile as he once was.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Friendly or not, no way letting 6 in doesn't sting.Aztec Hammer wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:36 pm Nah, we just ripped them apart, especially on the counter. Their first goal was a gift from a Lanzini mistake and their second from rubbish keeping by Randolph.
This was a good example of why people say Celtic and Rangers would struggle to stay in the Premier League. To be fair though, this is a particularly ***** Celtic side.
But also we are very good in attack.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Tbf, Ajeti always looked like a finisher.
I'd still expect him to be a success in Scottish football starting for an Old Firm side.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
I was all ready for the Celtic manager, Angelos Postecoglou, to start speaking with a heavy Stavros accent then he pops up sounding like an extra from Home & Away :lol:
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
... and IMO, makes us so much better prepared for the season ahead than Alpine training camps and matches against Austrian farmers and local, yokel yodelling elevens. I never did understand that. No wonder it took us about a month after the new season began before we got into our strideLudeksgloves wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:30 pm Just read the Celtic forum. They played a full-strength team :shock:
Pre-season or not, that is a bloody impressive result.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
For a new manager Ange already sounds like he's been through the wringer.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Just watched the goals - we were decent, but their defence, and particularly the goalkeeper, were unbelievably awful - every bit the stereotype of Scottish football being a joke (even allowing for it being a pre-season friendly)
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Again, they were "Norwich".
They had a bit about them with the ball and passed and attacked quite nicely at times, but dear lord, their defence..........slow, powder puff - they'd ship 80-100 goals in the PL.
They had a bit about them with the ball and passed and attacked quite nicely at times, but dear lord, their defence..........slow, powder puff - they'd ship 80-100 goals in the PL.
Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
I thought Édouard was pretty good for half an hour and was wondering if Moyes was interested at all. Then Chris Sutton said he's got a terrible record for headed goals. So forget that one.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Celtic have a CL Qualifying second leg against Mogzgxlgxlgxlg on Wednesday... (can't spell it obviously)Kludgehammer wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:40 pm Just watched the goals - we were decent, but their defence, and particularly the goalkeeper, were unbelievably awful - every bit the stereotype of Scottish football being a joke (even allowing for it being a pre-season friendly)
After that performance I'm surprised they drew the first leg 1-1...
This Europa league is gonna be a doddle...
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
He'd probably be a half decent punt at about £10m-£15m max.
Judging by the state of Celtic today. I'd imagine we could lend/sell them 3 or 4 who'd massively improve them without weakening us.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Shilts?Puff Daddy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:36 pm Very few, if any, 36 yr old goalies are. Dino Zoff and Gianluigi Button are the only ones I can of, who were
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Not a single player I’d want from that shower of Preston and Stoke level merchants.
Thought Edouard looked pony for the most part. £10-15m on him would feel like £10-15m wasted for me. I don’t want these ****ers to get away with not spending money, but I equally don’t want half measures. Either sign a proper high-end striker or don’t sign one at all.
I’ve got a feeling we’ll end up with Ings late on in the window for a relatively cutdown price, preying on Southampton’s reluctance to lose him for nothing. That feels like something out of the GSB playbook.
Thought Edouard looked pony for the most part. £10-15m on him would feel like £10-15m wasted for me. I don’t want these ****ers to get away with not spending money, but I equally don’t want half measures. Either sign a proper high-end striker or don’t sign one at all.
I’ve got a feeling we’ll end up with Ings late on in the window for a relatively cutdown price, preying on Southampton’s reluctance to lose him for nothing. That feels like something out of the GSB playbook.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Yashin?Puff Daddy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:36 pm Very few, if any, 36 yr old goalies are. Dino Zoff and Gianluigi Button are the only ones I can of, who were