Who is the Greatest Celt ever?

Also, it's unfair to say Dalglish won more in half the time. If memory serves me correctly Dlaglish had the sum total of one league title more than McStay and McStay won most of his trophies in the first half of his Celtic career.

McStay could then have left and probably would have had major success abroad yet chose to stick it out here surrounded by mediocrity.

 

Caesar for me.

Jinky and Larsson were clearly geniuses, as was Dalglish in a way, but that man was a great leader, on and off the pitch.
Tall and strong and ingrained with integrity.....he epitomised what a leader should be, and was also a very good footballer.

 

McStay not 'World class'

 

Paul McStay was a brilliant footballer that just happened to play for Celtic at a bad time, he could have went and played for any top side but he stayed at Celtic and we should be glad he did

 

Bit of a lack of respect and appreciation of the maestro in here..

 

The nit picking at him being voted in our best 11 by supporters, your reply was to point out it being in a midfield 5, which is here nor there. That's what I picked up on..

 

But surely whatever formation picked, those 11 in it must be classed or looked at as Celtic greats by many? Otherwise they wouldn't be voted..

 

I think you could make a case for Bobby Lennox given his longevity-played in the 60's, 70's and 80's-and his phenomenal scoring record

 

my head says billy mcneill but the heart is where celtic is and no player in my opinion had a bigger heart than jinky

 

McStay was knackered by the early 90s and was barely mobile. He stayed when, in all honesty, he should have left Celtic. The players around him were poor, and his injuries meant he really wasn't the player we needed him to be.

That shouldn't take anything away from the player he was for Celtic prior to that.

 

i remember i think him throwing his boots and shirt into the crowd and we expected him to leave for england but it never happened, was he hampered by injuries by this time Kieran ?

 

To be honest, I'm slightly too young to remember that. I only know from the documentary and whatever I'd heard from my Dad or whoever else.

Maybe someone will correct me, but I'm sure he got a bad injury after an international tournament when he was pretty much a cert to leave Celtic. He thought he was leaving, which is why he chucked his boots.

 

Agree, the question is who is the greatest ever CELT not who is Celtic's best ever player. For everything he's contributed to the club and what he has achieved its Billy McNeil for me. He has always represented Celtic brilliantly, whether as a player, manager or just in general. A real Celtic man.

As brilliant a player Henrik was he is definitely not the greatest ever Celt.

 

Can only choose between Larsson and Mcstay as they the only two I have seen play. Video snippets of others won't be enough to judge the rest on. Larsson for me.

 

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