Mowbray defends players

Tue, 20 Oct 15:52:21 2009

Tony Mowbray dismissed any notion of the Celtic players letting him and the fans down after the Hoops surrendered their lead at the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League to Old Firm rivals Rangers by failing to break down Motherwell in a 0-0 draw.

Rangers' win at St Johnstone earlier in the day had taken the Ibrox side two points clear, but Mowbray's side failed to respond as they missed a series of chances in a frustrating afternoon at Celtic Park.

"Let's put it into perspective. It is the first time we haven't scored in the league this season and we had lots and lots of chances," said Mowbray.

"I defy anybody to say there was a lack of determination, desire or effort in the way we went about our job.

"I must congratulate Motherwell on the way they played. But I was looking at statistics, we had 24 shots on goal and 15 on target, so not scoring is the frustration.

"If we had scored two of our 15 efforts on goal we would have said `job done, let's move on to next week.'

"Most weeks, with those stats, you would be sure that you would score one or two goals."

Hoops' wide-man Niall McGinn played down the impact of losing the lead at the top of the table to their Ibrox rivals.

"It is disappointing but it's early enough in the season. It won't come down to Old Firm games, us and Rangers will drop points against other teams," said McGinn.

"We are playing well enough at the moment and if we had scored in the first half it could have been two or three nil."

 

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  1. rangers assaulted yet again on th big stage,would you­ listed to tom n john below,a proper pair of­ wan,kers,get it up both you ugly c,unts! fail fail

    From zzgus f, on Wed 21 Oct 5:41AM

  2. WER"E SEPTIC SUPPORTERS FAITHFUL THRU N THRU, AYE­ RIGHT!

    From tom_g, on Tue 20 Oct 6:15PM

  3. point 17.so throwing bananas at black players is ok as­ long as it was 25 years ago is that what you are trying­ to say and it wasnt just a few it was hundreds and­ point 19 what about the trouble you tims caused in­ liverpool,burnly,nottingham,manchester the list goes­ on/ENGLISH SAM

    From john, on Tue 20 Oct 1:00PM

  4. why blame mowbray he is doing a wonderful job rangers­ best man at septic

    From colinshield, on Tue 20 Oct 3:12AM

  5. you tell 'em sarah baby!!!! - WE'RE MILES­ BETTER!!!!

    Hail hail

    From arrkin.2009, on Mon 19 Oct 11:16PM

  6. Celtic always play top notch so they drew 0-0 thats no­ big deal least they r treble winners and they r far­ better than rangers .

    From sarahrankin29, on Mon 19 Oct 10:39PM

  7. I don't blame Mogga....I blame the­ squad
    Caldwell's only interested in top pay;­ Loovens only came to Celtic to play in the Champions­ League and without that he cannae be bothered; McMannus­ looks like he's several years past it; N'Guemo­ may have flattered to decieve, and we only got three­ weeks worth of play out of fortune! I wish we could go­ back to the time when men wanted to play for Celtic­ just for the joy of wearing the hoops, but now players­ are only interested in playing in the Champions League­ (so they can be seen by an even bigger club) or making­ as much money they can squeeze out of the club without­ putting in any real effort!

    From seaniebhoy163, on Mon 19 Oct 9:47PM

  8. English Sam you must be joking...the hun can't even­ go down to market without starting a riot

    From seaniebhoy163, on Mon 19 Oct 9:42PM

  9. #15 english/sam / the gers man....paul wilson got­ pelters of your lot and he wasn't even colored, and­ dont ever forget your lot 2 european finals 2 riots,­ newcastle, birmingham, manchester, dublin, villareal­ ,the list goes on and on

    From the azzurri, on Mon 19 Oct 8:13PM

  10. frankiethebear, can i just point out that Celtic­ dropped 21 points from january to May last season when­ Strachan was in charge, so it's just carried on­ from there, these players aren't good enough, the­ manager must sort it now, your right about that.

    From inverkenny, on Mon 19 Oct 4:16PM

  11. sorry john, but throwing a couple of bananas on the­ park in a bygone day when there weren't many­ coloureds around never mind playing for major clubs in­ Scotland can hardly be on a par with going on the­ rampage after winning the cup winners cup, and im not­ even going to mention the manchester incident as i feel­ that was the english media blowing a rather small­ incident way out of proportion to the amount of fans­ there, your always having a pop at Celtic, that is a­ sure sign of insecurity, and you have at least two­ names so must also be a gemini, or just a two faced­ @#$%.

    From inverkenny, on Mon 19 Oct 4:14PM

  12. english sam,the scum from ipox did the same to a celtic­ coloured player called Paul Wilson,he played for celtic­ in the 70s.the ipox scum were the first so called fans­ in scotland to start the racist chants.english sam if­ that is your real name U are BNP SCUM

    From mac, on Mon 19 Oct 4:08PM

  13. maybe someone should remind point 8 fungus about the­ shameful past the tims fans have had over the years­ like mark walters getting pelted with bananas hugh­ dallas getting pelted with coins 2 rapid vienna players­ been attacked on the pitch at old trafford i wonder how­ many awards did euefa give you tims for that­ distgusting behaviour.you can keep slagging the Rangers­ fans for manchester but you cant cover up your own­ manky past/ENGLISH SAM

    From john, on Mon 19 Oct 2:42PM

  14. Get it together Celtic, you look like a fecking pub­ team! How does McGeady look so great against Italy. but­ looks like he cannae be bothered against Motherwell?

    From seaniebhoy163, on Mon 19 Oct 2:07PM

  15. tony's right, the players never let him or the fans­ down, they're just mince, i've said it before­ and i'll say it again, McGeady, MacDonald and­ Maloney are terrible, all huff and puff and no end­ product, and can anyone point to a footballer at­ Celtic? there used to be Tommy Burns, Paul McStay and­ the like, now it's Scott Brown, the guy is a­ headless chicken, same as the forwards, why has it­ taken the media and the fans all these years to see­ that.

    From inverkenny, on Mon 19 Oct 1:35PM

  16. Keep Tony he's doing well hahahahahahaha

    From Charles, on Mon 19 Oct 1:25PM
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    MY ONLY COMMENT THIS MORNING IS MOWBRAY MUST GO NOW­ BEFORE HE PUTS CELTIC IN A POSION THEY WILL TAKE YEARS­ TO RECOVER FROM

    From John, on Mon 19 Oct 12:05PM

  18. no doubts cwltic deserve all the criticism they get. ­ they have no organisation, no heart, no desire to win­ and no spirit. WE NEED TO SORT THIS OUT NOW! the way­ we are playing is a disgrace. if mowbray cant fix this­ he needs to do the honourable thing whilst there is­ still time to salvage somethi ng from this season­ domestically as europe has gone. keep the abuse coming­ Huns, its the only way things will improve.
    i could­ pick a pub team to beat this lot at the moment and i­ put it all at the feet of tony mowbray.
    sort it or go.

    From frankiethebear2002, on Sun 18 Oct 8:09PM

  19. point 8, is that the Celtic v Rappid Veinna game a few­ year back you on about? aye heaps o trouble in they­ games. thugs= celtic.

    From Gary S, on Sun 18 Oct 8:03PM
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    football matters..you ignorant @#$%s,stole three points­ yestrdy again,crowd trouble in mankland,thats a­ football matter all you bitter die hards have never­ defended, when you shamed th whole country,and dont­ give me that wasnt rangers fans!im still watching th­ footage it will never go away..

    From zzgus f, on Sun 18 Oct 7:18PM
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