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‘We’re a big fish in a small pond. Europe is a rigged, financially doped game,’ Celtic Noise the morning after the night before

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THOUGHT it might be interesting to drop into the conversation on Celtic Noise this morning after the latest reality check in Paris last night when Celtic went down to a 4-0 defeat to Paris Saint Germaine with their team jam-packed with global superstars, all on the kind of money that is as obscene as it is ultimately ridiculous.

“I know we all think Celtic is the be all and end all, but in reality, Scottish football, is on a par with Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Poland and any other football backwater you care to mention, apart from 4 Celtic v Rangers games, and the ever decreasing chance of making it into the Champions League, what do we have to offer?….Not much, playing in front of some great fans…” Bellshill Bhoy.

“Hard work and determination in any particular season can match the best in one of games with a massive home crowd. If football continues this weird money game though, less people will love the game and it will implode from bottom up. And to be honest I think thats happening already. Game overall quality is diving as elite end wages expand and I don’t see that many weans playing game itself.” TET.

“We are the best team in Scotland but the game last night showed us that PSG are clearly a better team. The first ten minutes was scary as we were cut apart but we came back into it in and fared better. The second goal was a nasty deflection that wrong footed the keeper and was a sucker punch. I hoped we would fare better in the second half against a second eleven but hope is not enough. We can learn from this that we have to be better but I do not know if our management team can motivate our players to become even better.” Fisiani.

“Celtic is a big fish in a small pond. Europe is a rigged, financially doped game, we have to punch above our weight, which can happen, but in Europe we are minnows. Second eleven? One of their subs cost more than our first team combined! but hey ho!” Michael Duffy.

“Agreed Michael so the only solution is to find a bigger pond. We’ve been bumping our gums about that for years but still no sign of it ever happening. I’d be happy if we did find a bigger pond AFTER we have won the TEN.” Fisiani.

“Just finished watching the game: It bloody hurts getting hammered! I’m not going to tear into the team as lets face it, they are world class. However, Lennon didn’t agree to play them if he wasn’t going to learn from the game. These are my learnings from the game. (not iny particular order).

1. Pingpong – just can’t defend great going forward (doing a Boligoli at the back isn’t good enough constantly out of position).
2. Taylor – Links very well with Elyounoussi up the left. Like Pingpong struggled at times but I quite like him and I think there is a real player there.
3. Edouard other than the offside goal has done nothing all in pre-season – very poor so far.
4. Away from home in Europe we need to stop giving cheap early goals away (friendly or not).
5. We played some good football in the 1st half.
6. The players heads went down after the 3rd goal, don’t think I can recall that happening before.
7. Bain makes 1 mistake in preseason – fans sing Pink Floyd’s The wall.
8. At 0-2 we still had a chance back at Paradise.” CarlisleReiver.

“The bigger picture is football is a game and if you can coach youth to be the best they can be and better than their peers, the problem that creates is they move for more money under contract. Suddenly Eddie, Ajer, McGregor are all attracting attention and our problem is how to keep them, that’s your issue.

“We cannot afford Fraser Forster and Forster is not even top drawer in European circles, not in demand, Billionaires have ruined the game as we know it, if we want to enter their tournaments and we have to survive with what we have.

“Time to cap everything in football we let it spiral out of control and we participated in it’s demise, we bought into the commercialism and lived in it, we the fans can take the game back, but alas it is not going to happen as some fickle fans are engrossed in a belief system that they are watching the greatest ever, it’s like the globe trotters on steriods, the pandemic is easing slightly and actually at the top nothing changes, players will demand extorianiate money and will get it as their fat cats at the top will make more than the demands ten fold and so it continues.

“Football is about physical strength and tactics and competition, what we are witnessing is financially doped steriod football and it it rubbish. Soon as Celtic go out of Europe I switch off, I support Celtic and do not give a toss about other teams and do not hold any in awe, Celtic first and Celtic only.” boab1916.

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The Celtic Star founder and editor David Faulds has edited numerous Celtic books over the past decade or so including several from Lisbon Lions, Willie Wallace, Tommy Gemmell and Jim Craig. Earliest Celtic memories include a win over East Fife at Celtic Park and the 4-1 League Cup loss to Partick Thistle as a 6 year old. Best game? Easy 4-2, 1979 when Ten Men Won the League. Email editor@thecelticstar.co.uk

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