Celtic 2-6 West Ham Utd (24/07/21)
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
We do look very fit for this stage of pre season, agree with all the above re the defence tho... Fredericks, Diop & Randolph particularly poor today... We are electric on the break though & some of Coventry's through balls immediately after breaking up play were sublime...
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Defensively poor, but let’s not forget we have two of the best defensive midfielders in the league to come back into this team
If owners don’t support Moyes in the transfer market, given what he is building it will be criminal.
If owners don’t support Moyes in the transfer market, given what he is building it will be criminal.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Beef-Rahma...? Pretty sure I ate that on a trip to Malaysia a few years ago...
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
2 goals for Antonio. Some lovely touches.
Chances of him breaking down before the season starts?
Chances of him breaking down before the season starts?
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
And Nat Phillips, though I wasn’t suggesting I wanted him like the poster implied, was exceptional against us and is also well regarded by Liverpool fans and only 4th choice because he is behind Van Dijk, Konate and Matip.
I wonder how much he has actually seen Caleta-Car and Milenkovic play, because they would be coming with questions (and not universal rave reviews) from those who watch their clubs and league every week.
Blokes probably too busy firing out condescending emojis to know that.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
I'm sat here wondering whether Mike's new man-bun is some kind of coded 'come and get me' plea, to Bielsa.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Think there is a decent chance Alves displaces Diop in the pecking order this season. He looks to have something to him.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
How does it usually work?
Naff to unspectacular preseason = a decent season.
A brilliant pre-season = a crap season.
We were smashing teams left, right, and centre in Avrams pre-season, and the season didn't work out too well. We had a naff pre-season in 1985/86 and we all know what happened there...
This pre-season form is ****ting the life out of me right now.
Naff to unspectacular preseason = a decent season.
A brilliant pre-season = a crap season.
We were smashing teams left, right, and centre in Avrams pre-season, and the season didn't work out too well. We had a naff pre-season in 1985/86 and we all know what happened there...
This pre-season form is ****ting the life out of me right now.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Nah there’s no correlation to worry about really. These players are worlds apart from that Avram team. It’s going to come down to whether we can make the three or four quality signings to augment the weaker areas of our squad.-DL- wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 6:36 pm How does it usually work?
Naff to unspectacular preseason = a decent season.
A brilliant pre-season = a crap season.
We were smashing teams left, right, and centre in Avrams pre-season, and the season didn't work out too well. We had a naff pre-season in 1985/86 and we all know what happened there...
This pre-season form is ****ting the life out of me right now.
As always, like a few key moments we’ve had before, GSB will determine whether we push on and do something special or fall apart at the seams.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Phillips does the basics well, but he moves at the speed of a snail and is **** on the ball. He could've fit in at a top club a decade or more ago when there was less expected of a centre half but the game's developed.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Great result today, yet it’s a friendly and others have said we still need another striker and some more transfers to cover other positions, I wouid not let Bowen go at any price that kids got a lot more to come I’m sure, we can’t rely on Antonio as the premier league can be a gruelling time and with the added games in the europa we need good reinforcements to push this team on and that means serious dough for which I’m not sure our board will back. Well done again to the lads
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
I’ve not seen us looking so good attacking wise in pre season before. We are banging the goals in consistently and I’m not worried about the defensive aspect as we have Rice, Soucek and Coufal to come back in.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
Word of warning, Celtic were shocking defensively
And yes, Benny looks heavier.
And yes, Benny looks heavier.
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
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: .
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Re: ⚽ Celtic vs West Ham Utd: match thread
I had a brief hike through some Celtic forums to see what they're saying, and one thing that popped up several times was that Ajeti is regarded a lot more highly than Edouard. That's a little worrying given how frequenty we're linked with him.
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