CeLOLtic

[BR0B0T]

home, away or both?

could be Celtic playing in Linfield on the 11/12th

[AthleticoSpizz]

tasty

....nice ground Windsor Park

[BR0B0T]

tasty

....nice ground Windsor Park

I might go

[Stranded]

home, away or both?

could be Celtic playing in Linfield on the 11/12th

Linfield suggesting if they qualify (playing a team from San Marino, so should) then game would be on the 11th with a 5pm or 5.30pm kick off.

[BR0B0T]

[AthleticoSpizz]

[Silver Fox]

[Old Man Andrews]

Utter failures.

[From Despair To Where?]

Well, at least it wasn't against a side from Luxembourg.

[URZZZZ]

Always struggle to understand why an ambitious footballer would bother joining Celtic

Exact same thing every single season

[Snowflake Royal]

Always struggle to understand why an ambitious footballer would bother joining Celtic

Exact same thing every single season

Only got to look at how much winning a Championship medal meant to Harte and Roberts imo.

Winners medals mean a lot and can never be taken away. Finish 12th in a good top flight regularly, or win the SPL regularly?

Plus the money is decent.

[URZZZZ]

Always struggle to understand why an ambitious footballer would bother joining Celtic

Exact same thing every single season

Only got to look at how much winning a Championship medal meant to Harte and Roberts imo.

Winners medals mean a lot and can never be taken away. Finish 12th in a good top flight regularly, or win the SPL regularly?

Plus the money is decent.

It’s nice to win medals, of course, but in the case of Celtic, certainly more so in the last few years, it’s what’s expected of them, effectively it’s just routine. There’s no particular rivals to stop them, although with Rangers back in resurgence, it may make the SPL a bit closer in the near future

Simply put, I wouldn’t call winning the title a particular achievement as it’s so common for Celtic to win it. Compare that to your example of Harte and Roberts for us where you have 24 equal ish ability sides, especially when you consider where we were halfway through the season

Perhaps for a player towards the back end of their career who want to win a medal before they retire, it makes more sense, but for a hungry, ambitious footballer, I think they’d want to challenge themselves more to avoid the inevitability of winning the SPL and crashing in early stages in Europe

I didn’t think the money was particularly great in Scottish football but not 100% sure of that

[From Despair To Where?]

Top players at Celtic will get £30,000-50,000 a week.

I guess the playing side of it is probably easier but you'd have to put up with the local sports media shoving a microscope up your arse 24/7.

I remember reading in the Secret Footballer that a lot of players, especially those who move up from England, find it a bit of a poisoned chalice. You can be anonymous in English cities, if you lose a game for one of the Old Firm, every fcuker in Glasgow wants to remind you how shit you are. Can't be fun being called a useless, money grabbing pcunt by strangers whilst picking the kids up from school.

[Sutekh]

Simply put, I wouldn’t call winning the title a particular achievement as it’s so common for Celtic to win it. Compare that to your example of Harte and Roberts for us where you have 24 equal ish ability sides, especially when you consider where we were halfway through the season

Exactly why FL division 2 (forget the stupid fancy names, it is the second division) is the best league in the world. A good two thirds of the division, if not more, more than capable of beating each other while in the division 1 you generally get a 4/5 team snooze fest with Sky eventually bigging up a battle for 4th/5th place. Top divisions across Europe, and probably farther afield, largely have the same 2/3/4 team domination season after season after season, trouble is it doesn’t stop most of us on here wanting Reading to be part of that “division 1 snooze fest”.

[URZZZZ]

Top players at Celtic will get £30,000-50,000 a week.

I guess the playing side of it is probably easier but you'd have to put up with the local sports media shoving a microscope up your arse 24/7.

I remember reading in the Secret Footballer that a lot of players, especially those who move up from England, find it a bit of a poisoned chalice. You can be anonymous in English cities, if you lose a game for one of the Old Firm, every fcuker in Glasgow wants to remind you how shit you are. Can't be fun being called a useless, money grabbing pcunt by strangers whilst picking the kids up from school.

Interesting

I guess social media is the main problem for footballers in England, which granted still isn’t great, but better than taking verbal abuse when you’re out and about with family etc

[URZZZZ]

Simply put, I wouldn’t call winning the title a particular achievement as it’s so common for Celtic to win it. Compare that to your example of Harte and Roberts for us where you have 24 equal ish ability sides, especially when you consider where we were halfway through the season

Exactly why FL division 2 (forget the stupid fancy names, it is the second division) is the best league in the world. A good two thirds of the division, if not more, more than capable of beating each other while in the division 1 you generally get a 4/5 team snooze fest with Sky eventually bigging up a battle for 4th/5th place. Top divisions across Europe, and probably farther afield, largely have the same 2/3/4 team domination season after season after season, trouble is it doesn’t stop most of us on here wanting Reading to be part of that “division 1 snooze fest”.

Agreed although I’d argue the French, Dutch and Scottish leagues are the worst in that context

Its strange that even with all the top teams in the Prem, only one title race since 2014 has realy gone to the wire, seems to be always one runaway team

I think it’s natural for a team to want to get to the highest level possible, but agreed that it’s pretty soul destroying going to Anfield, City etc knowing you’re going to lose

[AthleticoSpizz]

weeeelllll.......thththat’s all folks

[Franchise FC]

Who the hell thought, in the circumstances bein endured by the population as a whole, that a quick trip to Dubai was a good idea.

If they have to postpone any games because of it they should forfeit those games.

[Winston Biscuit]

game tonight against Hibs to go ahead despite having 13 first team squad members isolating along with Lennon & Assist man

Hibs are still 9/4 if anyone fancies it

[Hendo]

game tonight against Hibs to go ahead despite having 13 first team squad members isolating along with Lennon & Assist man

Hibs are still 9/4 if anyone fancies it

So it oxf*rd should. Irresponsible to go away at this time, get everything they deserve.