[Official TC Thread] Partick Thistle v Celtic, Friday 11th of August, 7:45pm Kick Off on BT Sports.

I have to say, the reaction to the flare and rebs on a couple of Celtic pages I'm on has worried me more than the performance/Bitton shambles tonight. I was never quite aware of how much of a split there is in the support over issues like these. The Celtic Blog page has dozens after dozens of self-righteous attacks on these things, from "kids with asthma" to "the RULINGS ,the * RULINGS!".

I'm venting, more than anything, because I know there's a much more sympathetic outlook here. But I also think it might be time for some sort of wide-ranging conversation over these problems. German fans have been having increasingly detailed and complex debates on the pyro thin, and we would do well to pay attention to those discussions. And the rebs need a new "manifesto", if you will, a restating of the political, socio-economic and cultural reasons for singing them. It would serve the support much better than just flinging insults at each other.

PS. Please, Christ, Brendan, no more Bitton at CB. No more Bitton anywhere.

 

Do you not like ones with hair??

 

Bitton did a lot right tonight but is clearly not a centre half. Sinclair was poor and Armstrong gave the ball away several times when he came on. It's a win and that's all that matters.

 

Ross County away, Hearts away, you get decisions for and against you. 2 penalties given, unwarranted, against the afore mentioned. Tonight it was our turn for that luck, love it.

 

Untested at that level tbf..

 

Industrial Relations Act

 

What an absolute horrendous performance..3 points move on nothing more to add.

 

Other than the Doolan chance and the penalty claim Thistle didn't create a clear chance and Celtic squandered the chances that came with a mixture of poor final ball and some poor shooting, Sinclair last season was cutting in and firing of shots do far this season he has passed the ball on more

 

I heard Jim Duffy is still available

 

pish game.

 

I honestly thought we just coasted it. Wary of injuries but did ok. Maybe I'm just blootered.

 

Because of injuries. It's nothing to do with the board.

Rodgers has said himself he's not going to buy just because of injuries.

 

We wont see it. Itll be same old same old.

 

Football is a contact sport ,the thistle player ran across bitons stride and no way was that enough contact to send him down like that .the free kick at the corner flag when scott Sinclair got booted twice was the worst decision of the night. If biton is at cb on wed we are in bother

 

Moan then

 

Always hair raising trying to defend a slender 1-0 lead but we deserved to win given the goal line clearances and opportunities we created, and Thistle are a difficult team, they beat St Johnstone 3-0 during the week away from home.Unbeaten run extended to 51 games and no new injuries ahead of Astana, downside but a question mark hovering over Bitton's head now.

 

We were very very comfortable bar the header and last gap penalty..

Quite poor in the final third but still created a * load of chances/half chances..

1 nil is always a dodgy score at any level..

 

Fair enough mate....but ask yourself if it was at the other end would you have have shouted for it and expected to get it.....yes and yes for me

 

I don't think I will

 

They fill me with envy.