covcity4life
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And with all due respect you can't tell me you watch other teams week in week out enough to say whether are they are arsing around at the back or not
And with all due respect you can't tell me you watch other teams week in week out enough to say whether are they are arsing around at the back or notWith respect the opposite is happening buddy.
You can surely see the difference between how we’re playing this season and last? The ball is getting up the pitch at a faster rate. The same is true even of Man City this season.
You certainly can. Take Russell Martin’s teams at Rangers and Southampton.And with all due respect you can't tell me you watch other teams week in week out enough to say whether are they are arsing around at the back or not
They got promotedYou certainly can. Take Russell Martin’s teams at Rangers and Southampton.
Southampton got absolutely torn to shreds.
It’s not the idea but the tempo. Passing it around the keeper and defence for long spells leaves you with the opposition set in place and tough to break down. If each player takes one or two touches before passing and does so up the pitch, you can play through the lines without hoofing it.On the playing out from the back thing. I read an article that this a modern day phenomena. It was noted that statistically hoofing the ball forward led to a goal for the opposition more often than not.
it turned into the playing out from the back. Now I always look at this as something realistically only the top teams could do as it requires elite concentration and control.
not a fan of it myself, but most teams take the odds that we won’t lose the ball are a lot better than getting it forward at first opportunity.
They weren’t only relegated they were on course to break Derby’s recordThey got promoted
If your gonna say that's no achievement with good players you can't then use relegation against him with a weak squad in prem compared to those that stayed up
No different to playing dinosaur and still going down like Luton ultimatelyThey weren’t only relegated they were on course to break Derby’s record
Lennon was lucky to inherit Rodgers first double treble winning side and it got worse and worse each year he was in charge.Top manager maybe not but he's not shite either as managers like mowbray failed at Celtic but are well regarded in the game so lennons achievements are more than enough not to be ridiculed
That's my only point. Keyboard warriors saying how shit everyone is even when they have achieved stuff
The king of tika taka Pep has even said his old style doesn't work any more. Team have learnt how to press better and it does work anywhere near as much as it did.With respect the opposite is happening buddy.
You can surely see the difference between how we’re playing this season and last? The ball is getting up the pitch at a faster rate. The same is true even of Man City this season.
Did he win leagues yes?The king of tika taka Pep has even said his old style doesn't work any more. Team have learnt how to press better and it does work anywhere near as much as it did.
Also people seem seem to not grasp that Tiki Taka is actually a defensive idea, the idea was if the other team doesn't have the ball they can't score and you then back your players to be good enough to eventually score. It's a system only designed to work at the bets of teams.
Wasn’t that Barca win the famous 11% possession game where Barca had like 40 shots. Thats not a tactical masterclass - that’s luckyDid he win leagues yes?
Did he beat Barca fucking lona? Yes
So he ain't shit wether you rate him as particularly good or not
You talk like an expert sorry but your just a tribalistic Celtic fan. I know more about Celtic than you clearly
Pipe down and let the neutrals talk
He won leagues when his team was fucking a million times better than fucking AberdeenDid he win leagues yes?
Did he beat Barca fucking lona? Yes
So he ain't shit wether you rate him as particularly good or not
You talk like an expert sorry but your just a tribalistic Celtic fan. I know more about Celtic than you clearly
Pipe down and let the neutrals talk
Mate, I'm a Celtic fan and I have said we were lucky that night. One header from a corner by Wanyama and a break away near the end from Tony Watt.Wasn’t that Barca win the famous 11% possession game where Barca had like 40 shots. Thats not a tactical masterclass - that’s lucky
Lennon’s career post Celtic would suggest that he was very lucky with the squad and situation he inherited
Possession don't mean anything these days right?Wasn’t that Barca win the famous 11% possession game where Barca had like 40 shots. Thats not a tactical masterclass - that’s lucky
Lennon’s career post Celtic would suggest that he was very lucky with the squad and situation he inherited
Who said he was brilliant? Well done for proving my point about black and white thinkingThe brilliant manager Neil Lennon is currently manager of Scottish Championship team Dunfermline Athletic.
The home of good managers.
No it doesn’t but in that game - Barca were camped in front of Celtics box. It was one of those games where for some reason it just didn’t drop for BarcaPossession don't mean anything these days right?
Right?!!!
It was a great victory mate. In a great atmosphere.No it doesn’t but in that game - Barca were camped in front of Celtics box. It was one of those games where for some reason it just didn’t drop for Barca
You fail to understand the point I made.Who said he was brilliant? Well done for proving my point about black and white thinking
Never said it wasn’t a great victory - just that it completely defied logic, and you play that same game 100 times 99 times barca win 7/8-0It was a great victory mate. In a great atmosphere.
Enjoy life
Haha it's always people not understanding when your caught outYou fail to understand the point I made.
Well done for once again not understanding anything people have said.
We shall never know. We shall never knowNever said it wasn’t a great victory - just that it completely defied logic, and you play that same game 100 times 99 times barca win 7/8-0
Care to explain how it is "tribalistic" of me as Celtic fan to say Neil Lennon wasn't a good manager?We shall never know. We shall never know
Depends on the motive doesn't it?Care to explain how it is "tribalistic" of me as Celtic fan to say Neil Lennon wasn't a good manager?
Depends on the motive doesn't it?
Were fucking celtic one of the best clubs in the world we need to play better than this or a different style where we have more shots Vs Barcelona or we need the elite managers not this guy etc
Don't even try to argue the above isn't a valid example of tribalism
Consider yourself taught
it's really not is it, that's not tribalism and that isn't what I'm doing is it. i'm simply being realistic about the ability of a former celtic managerDepends on the motive doesn't it?
Were fucking celtic one of the best clubs in the world we need to play better than this or a different style where we have more shots Vs Barcelona or we need the elite managers not this guy etc
Don't even try to argue the above isn't a valid example of tribalism
Consider yourself taught
Tbf that would be fekkin impressive by anyone's standards!you've tied yourself up in knots and are just windmilling now
i'm impressed today, he's invented a new type of "tribalism" where you downplay some of a team you supports greatest successes.Tbf that would be fekkin impressive by anyone's standards!
Keep telling yourself that, soon you'll be claiming it was your cousin who was a bit thick and doesn't understand what "tribalism" means.Lol love it when I've clearly won and I can tell I've ruined someone's day because of it
You can have last word you massive Celtic fan you.
Have you actually spent most of the school day debating football on the internet?Lol love it when I've clearly won and I can tell I've ruined someone's day because of it
You can have last word you massive Celtic fan you.
When you could have been having arguments about Israel or the Labour government - wasters!Have you actually spent most of the school day debating football on the internet?
Debating is a strong word.Have you actually spent most of the school day debating football on the internet?
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