Celtic Banter Archive July 14 2013

 

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14 Jul 2013 23:31:31
why is it that every time someone posts something negative about our club or says we need to spend some more of the money we have taken in, then they must be rangers fans .

it is really off putting, I know rangers fans do come on and post some rubbish, but genuine celtic fans will post there opinions and will get shot down as sevco fans .

I for one do believe more money should go to securing better players and not lining the pockets of share holders. {Ed007's Note - And if you have anything to say and expect to be taken seriously you could try tagging your posts with a name. It happens on all the sites, anonymous posts are 99% ignored for that simple reason. As an example you posted,

'I know rangers fans do come on and post some rubbish'

Who really cares what you know or think when nobody can enter a conversation with you as nobody knows who they are talking to.}

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What a rubbishty reply put me down as selboy added a few posts in the past and they were taken well . So as you put it anyone without a name on the site are all talking crap or who really cares what there point is as they didn't leave a name.

Thats total mince as what's the point in the site if someobe who didn't put there name on are just dismissed {Ed007's Note - What?}

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A reply to me was who cares what I know or think as I won't be taken seriously if I don't leave a name. {Ed007's Note - You haven't left a tag or name so I've no idea what you're on about, sorry. See what happen with anonymous posts??}

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Good grief.Genuine frontier gibberish. green jhedi (wheres that line from ED?) {Ed007's Note - The Rangers/Sevco Follow With Pride statement?}

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@ED007:CORRECT! Although they stole it from Blazing Saddles. green jhedi

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14 Jul 2013 22:32:36
Think these next two weeks will be crucial for a couple of reasons. We have just sold one of our most influencial players for 12.5m and for that sort of money who can blame PL for accepting southamptons offer. Gary Hooper the best striker at the club, best striker we've had in years is offski for 4-5m to basically anybody as long as its past Carlisle. let's not forget the amount of revenue we generated last year from the champions league last season, not forgetting new strip sales & season tickets. That is serious amount of money floating about Celtic park. Pre-season hasn't been great no matter what way you dress it up. If we go out and sign some 21 year old from god knows where for 1.8m and some other joker from Seria B. we can kiss good bye to the group stages. That squad needs a bit of quality right through the spine of it. PL didn't back NL last season. Miku, Ambrose guys like that, terrible signings, fair enough we rode our luck and had a great run in Europe, I can not see that luck running two seasons in a row. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Ian L

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Pretty much agree 100% Ian. We have done well with big Vic etc. But it doesn't matter how good our scouting system is. We can't keep buying 21 year olds and expect them to turn into stars.

Joeshmo1888

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I'm with you on some of your statement. I feel this is now crunch time for the team call it phase 2 as such. Lennon & co brought in 11 odd players in his 1st season ie izzy hooper kayal list goes on. Now most of them are good players with some if not a little sell on value but now we need to start again. Celtic won't spend IMO anywhere near 5 to 7m between today and 1st September, we made good money last year and so far this year. However Celtic will still need to keep at least over 50% of the money made from players sold.

As for wanyama, I do wish him all the best. I won't start following Southampton but I hope he does well and moves up the ladder.

As for hooper let him go, head was turned back in jan to go down south and ever since he's players below par. I had high hopes for him but now as you suggest the 1st team from over the border that put a offer in for him he will be off. Unless he moves & then hits the form he came to Celtic then to me he will just fade away like many other English strikers wanting to join that overrated national team.


Ps anyone heard that lassad has left the club? Think we came to a agreement to terminate his contact?

Lenny

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Not sure about Lassad. Don't think he has featured in any of the games in Germany. Another pointless signing. I don't blame NL there was probably 3-4 players he wanted and ended up getting Lassad & Miku. Ian L

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14 Jul 2013 22:00:29
Evening ed,

not been on in ages apologies just been really busy!

Anyway what's everyone's opinion on big vic and hooper, in my opinion I think big vic was admiral he was honest from the start about not signing a contract and had an outstanding season and was very respectful to celtic, even down to his statement today thanking everyone involved in celtic.

But hooper, yeh I loved him his goals against them and things but of recent months he hasn't gave his all and it's obvious ano people might disagree but I saw it in my opinion and I think the cup final he knew it was last competitive game and gave his all, but something that has got to me last week he said about his targets and not just a couple of days later it's all up in the air again, no one is bigger than celtic and if he wants out get rid of him, he's had been a great servant until last season which wasn't his best, but this is the seasons to bring through watt and players along those lines.

We have a couple of seasons before they are back experiment don't send our youth out on loan.

Final point can't wait to see kayal get a run in the team again love the guy, think he will fit back in the midfield Nicely after a stop start season last year. {Ed007's Note - Evening Cumby, nice to hear from you.}

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14 Jul 2013 19:20:44
ED007 with all that is happening over in Belfast just now, I am worried about safety of players and Celtic fans. We could become targets for some of these clowns.
I hope UEFA and our own SFA are monitoring things and will act if violence escalates. Timalloy

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UEFA never cancel games on local civil unrest. They insisted teams should play in Georgia, former Yugoslavia, etc, .
Didn't Manchester United have to play in a war zone once?

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They have moved games in the past in cases of civil unrest. I suppose if they become concerned enough that could happen.

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14 Jul 2013 11:01:12
ed, we were going to solitude, but on advice from my brother who lives over there, we have decided to body swerve it . he is convinced that, with the annual orange nonsense . his mob { he is a sevconian } will be out looking for trouble with celtic fans .

and before any sevconians come on here and say the rangers are nothing to do with the orange mob . just go to any walk . a huge percentage of the halfwits watching it, will be wearing sick and alcohol stained, the rangers colours . so ghuys and ghirls, think twice . i'm taking my bros advice and staying away . he has lived over there for 20 odd years . so he knows what he is talking about . shammy {Ed007's Note - I know a few people that are having second thoughts Shammy, and all they need to do is get from Solitude to a safe pub or friends/family homes as well mate.}

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15 Jul 2013 08:36:14
you won't have to worry mate. I posted along time ago about this being a bad time to play in Belfast cause tensions were already high but it will be a great atmosphere over here. all the trouble will have past but wherevere you go you get the usually half wits shouting abuse no more so than over here in Belfast. Ano this is a longshot but any1 from Ireland got a ticket please cause would love to get

thanks bhoys and don't be put off

KieranBhoy88

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14 Jul 2013 21:18:24
Just seen a report on the sevco game in Bristol. The reporter writes about the noisy sevco support but adds, 'mercifully the Bristol fans could not hear what they were singing'. He did not expand on this, I wonder why?.Nice to see 'durranty' christening the new boy, Mohsni?, 'Billy'. So that's that is what he does, I always wondered. green jhedi

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GJ, are you talking about the Keevins report in the DR/SM? He also said Rangers fans letting off flares gave the day a 'Mediterranean atmosphere' and called Liam Kelly 'cheeky' for wearing green boots.

How can we expect them to improve their behaviour when we have the likes of Keevins pandering to them?

TomTheTim

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@ TTT: Think it was from the other chip paper I seen it mate. This would be the same Keevins who claimed flares were a disgrace when Celtic fans let them off?. green jhedi {Ed001's Note - just to point out, Moshni's name is Bilel and he was known as Billy before going on trial to Rangers mate. Not sure about the rest, but a friend of mine was planning on going, he is a Bristol City fan, so I will ask if he heard anything or saw anything untoward. To be honest though, I very much doubt he would have a clue if the singing was sectarian, rather than just abusive, it is not exactly well known in the area.}

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14 Jul 2013 04:46:31
Ed I'm no one to advocate spending money that we don't have but just to evolve as a club it surely falls square with the powerbrokers at paradise to just once in a while (which surely is now?)to give us hard pressed fans some degree of optimisim for the season ahead by releasing funds for a half decent player or players.weve been biting the nails of austerity for seasons now and by being prudent we can surely have a wee go in the transfer market? {Ed007's Note - I'd like to think money will be spent.}

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Their banter really is tragic innit mate. Between the watp number plate on the "best bus in scottish football" to dubbing a french tunisian lad named Bilel "Billy" to keep the "element" interested. Poor, predictable banter. {Ed007's Note - It's not banter, they are incapable of banter. It is lack of intelligence. Durrant's intelligence level is staring out him, he has 2 expressions, frown and super-frown. I've met some dumb footballers over the years but Durrant is on a planet all of his own.}

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@1 Ed, brilliant lol

Taz

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14 Jul 2013 04:35:51
Hi Ed haven't posted for wee while just sort of pickin up the vibes fae ma fellow hoops?!.I'd just like to ask you Ed do you think our recent signing policy is not so much coming back to bite us as such but that we are in some degree of a struggle with regards to experienced personnel for the kick off to this season?.Surely losing wanyama and hooper without a "Quality street"signing is just streatching our patience a wee bit too far.To my mind we should be going in to this campaign stronger not weaker than we are at present?. {Ed007's Note - Hi mate, welcome back. Nice to see you around. Sorry I never answered until now, I have had serious technical problems all day. I think it depends on who else is brought in before we can really judge our recent signing policy. As you know I have had my fair share of rants at PL et al over signing dud loans etc over ANY of NL's targets (I was proven right over Miku and Lassad last summer) so I will wait until the window closes or if there is any disaster's in European qualifying.}

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TBF I think lassad might have turned out alright if given a decent amount of time. I was Suprised when we released him. But at the time I thought we were freeing up wages for a great signing. Still waiting.

Darrenbhoy

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14 Jul 2013 19:35:56
A wee bit of site feedback ED, hope you don't mind. See they adverts that play a video, they are a pain in the ar*e. Every time you go into a different page another starts again. I use the site every day and absolutely love it but I've been avoiding the site all week due to these and its really putting me off coming on. martyc1888 {Ed001's Note - if you switch the sound off on the video player, it should remember you have switched the sound off and leave it off. If not, let us know so we can get that changed, we can't stop the autoplay, something to do with cookie legislation meaning permissions need to be asked to put a cookie in to remember you switched it off, or something.}

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Cheers ED, that worked a treat mate. martyc1888

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14 Jul 2013 18:23:22
Does anyone one know when our net yearly spending on transfers was more than we have got of transfer fees? We need to stand together - I want to go to paradise for every game but by doing so I would in effect be condoning how we are being short changed of the club! STAND TOGETHER AND BOYCOTT UNTIL WE SPEND AS MUCH AS WE SELL!

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Haha belter mate, you can't be a Celtic supporter

Bman

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Thanks for the info on how to bankrupt ourselfs into the third division buddy. Don't know about everyone else but I enjoy being at the pinnacle of Scottish football. Think we will pass on your advice.

Darrenbhoy

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Gee yerself a shake man. Do you want to end up like Rangers or Hearts? We are the best run club in Scotland and one of the best in the UK. Why spend money on something we don't need? Fair enough we have lost Wanyama and probably Hooper. To win the SPL we don't need to replace either. In Europe is the last 16 a realistic target? I would say so. I think Ambrose could easily do the job of big Vic in midfield and we've just bought the lad Van Dijk who I think will do well beside Kelvin Wilson in defence. People moan about the possible signing of Kevin Doyle but he works his socks of for the team which is all Hooper really done in the European games anyway. I would take a punt on Gary MacKay Steven as he would bring a bit of flair to the team. I would also like us to reconsider a move for Itay Schecter who we were linked with before he joined Swansea. I think he would have goals in him especially in the league. Throw into the mix a move for another centre half maybe the lad from Evian I think we would have a team that has 2 people competing for every position, the signings would not break the bank and we know our club is financially secure for the future.
cw-88

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Were as I don't fully agree with the poster, I do agree with some of it.

PL to busy trying to please the big share holder, the more profit the club make's the more dividends the club pays out to the larger share holders, so as it stands there is more money going out to share holders. as one myself I would like the club to keep my £72 a year .

we could invest a little more on a experienced player rather in players who could be a hit or a miss .

So a little more on players and less on share holders

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Its a shoddy business having any share dividend. I personally have invested 3 times. Losing about 2000 into the bargain. But I have my 300 shares. I was happy to do it and would do it again. Then I found out about preferential shares and dividends. Well you can bump on about business this and business that but I don't wear it. We as CFC fans don't invest to make a dividend or a profit. We want to see our boys developed and given a chance and we want to see 100% effort when any young man pulls on that hallowed shirt. We would like to see a winning team and silverware. But ask me if I want to make a profit and ask me about people who want and take a profit and I simply don't understand what their motivation is. Sopotcelt.

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14 Jul 2013 18:20:06
I advised my fellow fans to delay buying season tickets as Wanyama and Hooper would be off to boast the shareholders profits, and Celtic were just holding of selling them so mugs bought season tickets. Without them two we are a pub team as you can see in Germany. How many season tickets have we actually sold this summer?

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Hmm. I smell a sevconian resident on a fishing trip. green jhedi

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14 Jul 2013 19:24:17
Hi guys, there's no doubt we"ll loose games in the league but who do you think will stay the longest with us, mines is ross county and my outside bet for most improved side has to be aberdeen, what's your thoughts .Ths

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14 Jul 2013 23:06:58
Hi ed, any info on the young forein goalkeeper we have, do you think him and zaluska are the answer if big fraser goes? . Ths {Ed007's Note - I wouldn't be confident with either starting as our No.1 but as of right now I don't think there is any chance of Forster moving on.}

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14 Jul 2013 16:46:47
I was just reading an interview with the Cliftonville Manager, Tommy Breslin.

Last season they won 25 out of 28 matches at Solitude, the park is artificial and they expect a crowd of 5000 which he knows is all in Cliftonville's favour.

'Three of our boys attracted most of the attention last year' said Breslin

'Liam Boyce is a 21-year-old striker, who came through our ranks and then was over with Werder Bremen for a couple of years before coming back. Another striker is Joe Gormley, a young lad who came through from the amateur ranks and between him and Liam they scored 66 goals which propelled us to the league title.

Conor Devlin is a young goalkeeper who was with Manchester United for four or five years before coming home to try and resurrect his career with us'

He goes on to say about the friendlies played:-

'We have had three friendlies against junior and amateur teams deliberately so the boys could get the confidence of hitting the back of the net. It's been very warm and the boys have had a good run out or two'

They are a part-time team and we really should have no excuses at all but Clifonville mean business and why shouldn't they! ~ Mrs E

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14 Jul 2013 19:36:51
Does anyone else worry about the logic of switching the Cliftonville game to within a few days of the biggest marching weekend of the year. Having seen the troubles this weekend I am genuinely worried for the safety of visiting fans.

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I think it was silly to switch but for a different reason.You cannot let these imbeciles dictate any aspect of life. This could have been played in December and it would still have attracted sectarian elements to it. green jhedi

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14 Jul 2013 14:03:42
Bhoys and Ghirls i'm a bit concerned about the way the team is going to perform this season. I don't want to dwell too much the poor pre season performances but it did highlight a few major problems to me. The defence is as slow as a week in the jail and we look like we are going to struggle to score goals. The teams we faced are not quality sides but they did make our overated squad look like a bunch of amateurs. Yes people will say its all about fitness and match sharpness but i'm not being funny most of the squad only had 3-4 weeks off and they have come back looking like they have never played together. Just my thoughts and i'm sure I will be critisised for it.

Dannybhoy84

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14 Jul 2013 13:09:49
Hi guys, Ed great work as usual esp during silly season. Little bit concerned about some posts and negativity at moment because of pre season results. Guys if you know anything about football you will know that you can't take out your 3 best players and still be as good(vic hoops broonie) as you were its just not possible. Take out Messi Iniesta and Xavi and Barca are not half the team. We are going thro a little transition at moment as Vic has left and Hoops imminent dep but new guys must be given time to settle. We have not even played a competitive game yet lol. I for 1 trust Lennon and Park to get it right with new signings and tactics there is a long season ahead with hopefully C L campaign, give it time guys we will be ok as league is certainty and same again for me in cups and CL.
Rayman

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I agree that pre season is about fitness but there was no progression. We were as bad in the first as we were in the fourth. Add in that we were still losing silly goals and that's bad news. There just seemed to be a malaise in every player. green jhedi

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The pre-season should be about team spirit, fitness and sharpness progression and we failed miserably.
Another problem is selling two of our best players before a ball is kicked in anger and not having quality replacements in place to compensate.
We seem to be taking the CL qualifiers for granted, when it appears all is not well in the camp at present: (injuries, players sent home etc)
We seem well short of the standards we set ourselves and malaise GJ mentions is a bit of a worry so close to the start of a new season.

Jungle Jim

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14 Jul 2013 17:32:37
Gj, always respect your thoughts, but how can we have progression without our main players playin and losin vic and hoops our squad is weaker without them until Lennon gets opportunity to bring in quality.Not to mention Brown who I admit I was no fan of till last season we not the same team without him or Ledley. Have patience as Yoda (who I believe you know well lol ) said all will be well.
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@Rayman:I see your point mate.What I meant by progression was in the team as a whole.There did not seem to be any kind of shape or cohesion.Even at set plays we were disappointing, I at least thought we would show something.As you say Broony and Deadley will help, but on the whole I don't think there was any positives at all.

I will say again.I don't bother my ass with the results, it is about performance.Sadly ours were pretty poor to average This close to a Euro qualifier you would have expected them to be fired up.I never seen that. green jhedi

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14 Jul 2013 10:45:07
Have we somehow landed ourselves in a state of confusion? While I don't think for a minute the Cliftonville game will be a pushover, I expect us to go through comfortably. That is why the statement from Lenny regarding maybe going to extra time was very disappointing. Is that the sort of thing a Celtic manager should be saying? I expect him to be respectful, especially to this particular opponent, but he needs to show confidence in his squad surely?

The other thing is the story that Watt and McGeough may be going out on loan.Firstly, this is from a tabloid so who knows if it's true.But what if it is? These two were expected by most of us to break through this year.So what has happened to their development? Rumours surrounding Watt were all over the place, including a supposed shouting match with big Johan.Were they true, who knows? What I do know is people who know young Dylan, and they say all he does is work at his game and be professional.I suspect if these players go on loan we will have seen the last of them.

Last year we won the double and reached the last sixteen of the CL. A decent season that could, and should, have been better.We should have won the treble, and we certainly should have won more league games.We also could have played better football.With the exception of the last ten league games our displays were average. Assuming these two players go on loan, and Hooper joins Vic in leaving are we in good shape? Are we stronger than this time last year? Pre season would suggest we are not.

The flip side of this is if Lenny is letting two go on loan we must assume he will be spending.With the season book reduction and the stadium and surrounding area upgrade how much will he get? Maybe it's just pre Euro nerves but I am not as confident as I was this time last year. I would hope when we get our first picks in the team we show up better. green jhedi

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What I've heard about watt us that the barca goal had still got to his head a bit & thinks he's the big man.

Didn't believe it at first but heard he was ruffling feathers within Celtic park then maybe a loan to someone else is needed?

Lenny

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Things are going the way they always go. A good season then a poor one. We used to share with the dark side and had a ready made excuse for failure. Now what is the excuse?Mismanagement? I tell you IMHO there is more going on than we can even imagine. Proven by the mind boggling comment by NL about extra time which I have no reason to disbelieve. A terrible season beckons. Sopotcelt.

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14 Jul 2013 13:50:05
@Green Jhedi/Lenny yes we all heard the stories about Watt letting the Barca goal to his head, I had hoped he would have settled down now in a new season, if he has got a poor attitude maybe it is better to let him go out on loan away from the dressing room.
Maybe I am clutching at straws here but perhaps this explains our poor form so far with the Wannyama, Hooper saga and Watt's petulance unsettling the dressing room.
As for Dylan I too had high hopes for him this season as well as Atajic as I said in an earlier post, but GJ if 2 go out hopefully 2 more experienced players will come in.
Also like you I am disappointed in Lennon's comments, yes respect Cliftonville but we should be able to beat them 99 out of a 100 times.
hail hail Timalloy

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I'm going to reserve judgement until after Wednesday, I haven't seen any of the pre-season games but I do know they have not been pretty.

We are not the only Club to have lost players. Just within the SPL Dundee Utd have lost Daly and Russell, Motherwell seem to lost half their team. Then you have Borrusia Dortmund who having lost Lewandowski and Gotze might struggle to get out the group stages. Their fans enjoyed the CL final only a few weeks ago. Manchester Utd have lost their Manager, who was not just any old Manager, he was one of the best. They also lost their friendly yesterday and one look at their forums tells a story.

A lot of Clubs have strengthened their squads but there comes a time when they will lose Managers and Players, its the nature of the game and we have to move on.

Pre season has been disarray to say the least with Neil Lennon giving the youth a run out, transfer speculation and fitness levels low.

There's a chance Ledley, Matthews, Hooper and Mulgrew will not be playing on Wednesday ~ Mrs E

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What about this for a question. CFC will secure close to or over 100million over the last few months and the coming ten. What has the outlay been? Fans pay and buy into the club to see a winning team. If you are buying a car you choose every detail. Now I don't expect that kind of contract but I do expect to at least know that we will be getting from A to B. It seems like we are being led on a wild goose chase to me. Why in goodness name we have not bought a few tried and tested players and upped our wage structure I can only wonder. It truly is unbelievable. What is even more unbelievable is the way fans have been conditioned to accept this policy of buying unknown players year in year out with many many failures BTW and not a word of criticism. We build from strength and have a flexible strategy or we see another death of a team with potential. We have been here before. If we are skint I accept the policy of development but now we are flush why we can't kick on I will never understand. If we fail to get into the CL group stage and we are already being softened up for that very prospect it will be an utter disgrace. Sopotcelt.

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Sopotcelt- u r on the money mate. Totally get the policy and it's worked but it does still mean an investment in quality, ready for cl players. We need an experienced spine to bring thru the boys who will be sold on for profit.
This is the period when we should be pushing on and untouchable domestically fr the next decade but I now seriously worry about events in the next 3 yrs, can u imagine the ott reaction when that mob get back. We should b out f sight but.
As for PL statement, all transfer money will b reinvested- let's see. Did he mean upgraded wages to existing employees in that?
We need a marquee signing or 2. A c/f for sure and creative m/f
Stevo Dundee

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We can only hope and pray Stevo. Based upon historical evidence NL will be let down and professionally this is the equivalent of being treated very badly. Many people ethical people like NL will find this hard to bear. He proved he is worthy of being trusted. Contrast that to Mowbray. What did he cost us? 30m or more and a nice pension pay off. No shame there.
We as fans deserve better. I actually think the powerbrokers secretly think we are an immature naive bunch of kids. Why do I say that? Well quite frankly that's how we are being treated. This you asked we listened nonsense gets on my T***! Well what about this. Back NL. Give him the cash to improve the contracts and buy quality or stop all this pie in the sky CL aspirations and develop our own boys. Say whäat you like there are no aspirations if you buy Miku and Lassad and Amido. Quick one on Amido. He looks about as good as Pierre.in 1973 that is. When VHD was 14.
Wishing for something is not planning to succeed. I wish I was 190cm 25 years old and playing CF for the Hoops. PL and the board should stop selling us wishes and dreams and start to prove their intent by backing NL. We need quality players and we need them quickly. Aything else is a let down and to my mind dishonest. Promising one thing and delivering another is not on. The defence will be we have been honest with the fans regarding our policy. My point is the inference is we seek to be champions of Europe and win the treble. The very least we should plan and resource for is CL group stages. What we have is plans that cater for failure and are actually designed to fail regarding CL qualification. This is what I mean about being dishonest. NL said again and again what we achieved last season was extraordinary. Think about it. It was not expected. It was a once in 5 years achievement against all odds. Its time he got real respect for that and its time the board backed him. Anything else is just and I will say this again. Dishonest and even cowardly. Sopotcelt.

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14 Jul 2013 10:36:26
So it looks like Hooper is now going in a £5m move to QPR (what does that say about HIS ambition, only going for more money)
But I am fearful the Celtic Board seem to be cashing in on Vic and Hoops £17m, banking it and not investing much in team.
In a lot of fans eyes it looks like they are taking the money now in case we do not qualify for group stages of CL. Celtic should be again looking to group stages but we need Lawwell to back Lennon with decent money.
But for the Cliftonville game all Celtic fans need to get behind the team 100%, yes pre season was poor but we have had poor pre season results for past 4/5 years and still did well, think positive bhoys and ghirls.
As for the new signings let us trust Park and Lennon's judgements, Van Dijk looks decent, the other defender has had a year out with a serious injury, but by all accounts is a good defender.
As for Balde give him time to adjust, as someone else said, our own Henrik started badly, remember his first game at Hibs?
But on Wednesday Sammy, Stokes, Brown etc must lead by example. Celtic must have their serious game face on and treat Cliftonville with respect but beat them.
I would also have the young hungry players on bench like Watt and Atajic who looks a real prospect. Timalloy

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Let the board do their stuff. Have faith. They do what they think is right for the club, they are privey to issues we are not. Credit where it's due we are in good shape, sometimes you just can't have your cake and eat it bhoys. Secure the club first, keep doing all, the good charity and community work we do, and then buy. HH. JOE

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14 Jul 2013 10:29:01
Just seen that Celtic will allow watt to go on loan should a suitable offer come in. With Lennon saying hooper is for the off and stokes still not officially signed a new deal that would leave us with samaras and blade up front! Surely that can't be right

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14 Jul 2013 10:25:54
My Saturday home game experience has been ruined. My day would start with a nice wee train journey to Glasgow Central then a nice wee stroll up Sauciehall Street to Bradfords Bakery tearoom. I would have a really nice brunch and then make my way to Celtic Park for the game. They have now closed down and I am gutted. Julieghirl

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Right across from Bradfords is a great wee coffee shop, Vanilla Blacks, try that . green jhedi (sorry ed turning into the sunday post here!)

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Deepest sympathies Julie, life can be cruel at times. HH. JOE

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