Celtic Banter Archive June 14 2017

14 Jun 2017 22:42:45
I think Hayes will be a good signing, did he not have the most assists in Scotland last season.

15 Jun 2017 18:08:27
I think he got 11 goals and 24 assists last campaign. I doubt he will get the same amount of games with us but with us being so dominant imagine how much more he could add to that tally if he did. At just over a million too can't complain at that. The best player in the league that wasn't already at Celtic. One less to worry about next season.

14 Jun 2017 20:08:36
If Johnny Hayes has been signed as cover for the left wing I will accept that. If he has been bought to replace Patrick Roberts then it's back to the biscuit tin mentality.

14 Jun 2017 20:57:20
If Brendan Rodgers doesn't deserve the opportunity to choose who he wants to sign after last season's success, he is wasting his time at Celtic .

14 Jun 2017 21:33:37
This was what I was alluding to. I understand that we have a top drawer man in Brendan, and I do trust him. But we need to remember it's not in the to recent past thr biscuit tin mentality.

Let's be honest Brendan hasn't made a big marquee signing. Yes we have made some class good business buys which luckily worked out ok. But I feel for supporters to really feel this is something different and wanting to make a real go of it, some real quality signings have to be made.

Not quantity but quality. Like you say of Roberts doesn't come to anything, and Hayes is the alternative, that's pish iam afraid. Nothing against Hayes, as I like the guy, and think he is good, but he not Roberts or European quality, and I don't care how good a manager is at developing players, rodgers is no magician,

15 Jun 2017 10:20:03
people were saying tonight that it smacked of a deila type signing, surely nothing was worse under him and macari, i can't see a high profile manager such as rodgers not demanding decent cash, though in saying that i heard his wages went from 45k a week to 60k a week with his new 4 year deal, so maybe he's just insuring there's enough left in the pot to pay his own wages lol.

15 Jun 2017 20:52:42
Bad managers can make good players bad and good managers make bad players good . We have Brendan Rodgers who is a good manager and look at the job he made of Armstrong, Brown, Lustig, and Roberts .

Some people are getting over carried away with Roberts . I am not saying he didn't do well for us last season, but don't forget for at least half the season he was back up to the most maligned James Forrest. All I am saying no player is indispensable and irreplaceable and although nobody expects Hayes to dribble like Roberts, he can bring other skills which if he is probably supported could be v beneficial to us and a match winner.

14 Jun 2017 18:44:26
Pure gutted that Borini is choosing an Italian team over us so I am, in a kind of really pretty thank God we dodged that bullet kinda way!

14 Jun 2017 16:51:12
Supposedly the sheep have accepted our bid for Hayes,1.3m plus Christie for a season! Seems a bit much to me and not happy about Christie! But Brendan obviously wants him so he'll get my support.

14 Jun 2017 16:57:19
Who I see reporting this?

14 Jun 2017 18:07:32
Just what we need, a 30 year old from Aberdeen

Last 16 of the Champions League is a definite now we are signing players at Sevco level.

14 Jun 2017 18:14:46
Can't say I'm impressed by this. I had really hoped we'd turned a corner and would only see CL level or promising youngsters. I really hope he's not our first choice target for that RAM spot.

Now to tow the 'in everything Celtic do we trust' line, and churn out some positives; He's good enough domestically (not hard) . I'd have him over Forrest (not hard) . He's a Celtic fan (might have made that up, not sure) . Perhaps the analytics guys have spotted something I haven't (this is hard) . Sometimes when putting a jigsaw together, it's easiest to start with the corner pieces (after that BS, I'm done) .

As for Christie going out on loan, if he's obviously not part of BR's plans right now, regular games might be best. Sometimes I wonder if it's best to have a youngster out on loan or in and around the superior first team and coaches. I guess it's down to the individual and those that aid his development. So no complaints there.

14 Jun 2017 18:34:11
Kev t. he's a good player . we should have taken a chance on him 5 year ago though . spl great europe? . is he for the squad or replacing Roberts that is the worry for me . good squad buy or biscuit tin again and squad filled out with loans.

14 Jun 2017 18:37:12
If we're serious about being in Europe after Christmas then we're going to need strength in depth and Hayes is more than good enough to set up and score plenty of goals for us domestically. He's untried in Europe but his recent form has earned him international caps for a decent ROI team.

14 Jun 2017 19:35:30
Give the guy a chance, he's not played a game yet! Hayes will be a good signing for us, he's quick and has good distant shooting skills. These are attributes that win games. So what he's 30? Still got a good 4 years left in him, he looks fit just now and will only get fitter under our training regime.
I think this is the first of a few good quality players coming in.

14 Jun 2017 21:08:05
We have so many experts here, I am surprised that the club which is often accused of the biscuit tin mentality, went to the expense and bother of appointing Brendan Rodgers as manager .

14 Jun 2017 21:31:15
DRB - we have a squad full of good players, now is the time to sign better.

Of course I'll support the player, all the players get that chance. Remember when Ciftci signed folk on this site said he'd score loads for us and now look at him.

Lots of SPL players we signed did well against Celtic 95% of them fail to make the grade

Signing Hayes for me is not good enough, even if it's back up to Paddy Roberts if he signs.

14 Jun 2017 21:35:33
That's not what the guys on here are saying, he is a cracking we player, we may all well have to eat humble pie. I think it's about the board here, we are getting mixed messages, rodgers surely would have urged money when signing his contract. Plus bid dd said last 16 .

But maybe they want it for very little investment, let's be real here the board have infuriated us before. They have made massive pre tax profits from Brendan alone, plus cl money. We can afford it big time. All we want is just to see some ambition. It's like buying a Ferrari and pitting fiat pinto wheels on it.

14 Jun 2017 21:52:43
got to laugh on here folks talking about players age hayes being 30! let me see . brown 31 best season by far. lustig 30 still going strong . sinclair 28 quality . who cares what age they are if BR wants hayes he must see something in him does anyone think rodgers will be a yes man and just accept his lot from the board NO CHANCE he would be off in a shot said before hayes has ability and i trust the coaching team implicitly . after last season how can people moan really.

15 Jun 2017 06:05:30
Old man . why did they go to the bother and expense with oneill and then not back him aftet two year? . mcann telling burns if he wanted another player hed have to buy one himself. and tbe duds brought in under delia . Our board have a history of not backing managers and taking the cheap option . Hopefully under rodgers this changes.

15 Jun 2017 21:10:06
Simply if O'Neil had been allowed to continue signing £5-£6 m players on massive wages in their late 20's and early 30's on long contracts the club could have gone burst . D D who insisted on getting O'Neil in, also saw the need to put a halt to him and bought in Lawwell with the instruction to cut back spending and reduce wage bill. In fact damage was so bad in board's mind last season was first season of increased spending .

Kev T you speak about Clichi, I speak about Armstrong . Many smart people reckoned Armstrong wasn't Celtic class.