QUOTE (glasnost @ Sep 18 2008, 10:03)

A lacklustre, uninspiring performance from us which can hardly have came as a surprise. They may have been the worst team on paper that we have faced in the Chumpions League but that does mean they were cannon fodder.
The delusional nonsense that exists about our home form needs to end. It was nothing short of a minor miracle that we managed to win all three games last season, yet based on that some fans, many on here, thought we would take Barcelona and no doubt thought that we only had to turn up last night.
It was this which probably helped ensure the atmosphere was utterly atrocious. Could this myth about Celtic Park being some sort of turbo-charged atmosphere at European games please end. Maybe three or four years ago it was but not now. Christ, even the Aalborg fans were taking the piss out of us.
As for the game, it was disappointing to see him not start with McGeady. As much as Nakamura showed glimpses of his talent, we would have been far better served with McGeady down the right. Brown and Robson again showed that at this level they are out of their depth. McDonald and Samaras have little understanding together and Maloney up there would have been a better bet.
There was just so much wrong with the team last night that I'll only comment on something that for me was pretty telling, and it relates to the atmosphere comment you made, it was the amount of people expecting a struggle to get anything out the game at all. It genuinely surprised me.