Celtic Banter Archive September 01 2016

 

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01 Sep 2016 21:31:23
Ed was there any truth in the move for James Morrison?

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{Ed007's Note - I spoke to someone today who told me that Morrison's agent contacted Celtic to see if they were interested in Morrison and and also contacted a Scottish 'journalist' to tell them Celtic had been in touch with him regarding Morrison.
Looking through the mud it looks to me like Morrison wanted out at WBA and his agent thought if he could get a story that we were interested in him it would drum up interest.}

02 Sep 2016 03:39:18
Must a bit of dodginess about it ed because he's always saying that even though he's an english born scotland international he supports rangers because his scottish relatives are all big sevco fans, sounds like he's just letting it be known he wants out of West Brom.

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{Ed007's Note - I didn't know that he had a fondness for TRIFC. He does have the McCulloch scowl of perma-rage that most of them have right enough.}

02 Sep 2016 14:51:09
One of them can look and smell like Mc Cullagh but maybe the odd one has a brain, Morrison may just be one with a brain, . Morrison brain is telling him that he will be long retired before there is a Rangers in existence that he could reasonably expect to be able to pay him a wage for 2/ 3 yrs .

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02 Sep 2016 14:54:25
I was talking to a mate about who out of the rotten faced bigots we hated the most mine was Alex McDonald he wasn't overse to going over the top of the ball leaving fine upstanding gentlemen like the late great Johnny Doyle so angry that he had to put one on McDonald lol.

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{Ed007's Note - I think it's harder to find one I liked than choose one I hated most - there's just sssoooo many to choose from.}

02 Sep 2016 16:01:55
I recall Alex McDonald was asked if he would attend a local primary school by the pta to meet kids etc at Christmas and he seemed up for it until he got told the name of the school. Totally changed his tune at that point!

Luckily Brian McClair agreed and went down a treat with everyone.

Never like McDonald after that and left a sour taste to many of the pta.

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02 Sep 2016 16:16:18
Ian Ferguson and John Brown, Think i would snarl and claw like a Leopard being poked by a stick if i ever met either.

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02 Sep 2016 16:32:40
Greig was another one i remember him breaking Bobby Lennox's leg and not even getting booked i'm sure the ref gave a penalty for it then changed his mind after a mason's meeting sorry i mean consulting with his linesman lol.

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02 Sep 2016 18:55:45
A more recent blue beak I always hated was Nacho Novo, the only saving grace was he was pish, the players who could play a bit annoyed me more - the flying pig for example.

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02 Sep 2016 19:26:17
Got to be John brown for me! Despised him as a player! Not for being a great player for that mob because he was Shiite! Just the sight of his face even now makes ma blood boil! First class Bawbag!

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01 Sep 2016 17:31:11
Ed, can we sign players who have been given "frees"?
Also, did u manage to take a look at the £s in/ out this summer? Can't check back far enough through last nites posts
Cheers.

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{Ed007's Note - As long as they were freed before the window closes, Stevo, otherwise you can't register them until January.

Celtic players in:

S.Sinclair - £4m
K.Ajer - £800k
M.Dembele - £500k
D.de Vries - £500k
C.Gamboa - £400k
K.Toure - Free transfer

Celtic players out:

S.Johansen - £2m (According to someone in London it was a £3m + £2m add-on for promotion.)
S.Scepović - £1m
D.Fisher - £200k
C.Kazim-Richards - Undisclosed

Players freed: Anthony Stokes, Carlton Cole, Charlie Mulgrew, Calum Waters, Jack Breslin and Stuart Findlay.

Players out on loan: S.Allan, M.Duffy, P.McMullan, C.McCabe, F.Kelleher, J.Lindsay, J.Thomson, A.Nesbitt and L.Donnelly.

01 Sep 2016 23:49:00
Ed/ eds thank you personally for your commitment to this great page. Especially through the last transfer window, boy it was hectic with shot and uz kept with it. Thanks great site, much appreciated.

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{Ed007's Note - You're very welcome, Ciaran and your post is really appreciated too. It's an absolute (swear) pleasure to do the site, well most of the time lol I'm just disappointed that the final day of the window was such a damp squib for us Tims.
I'm sure a Treble and the CL nights will make up for it.}

01 Sep 2016 23:06:50
Also Ciaran Lafferty was released along with Blair Kidd. Lafferty is with Dunfermline and I don't think Kidd has been taken on with anyone. Innes Murray is now with Hibs.

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01 Sep 2016 22:58:49
Ed, I know where all the players who are loaned out ended up but didn't know that Colin McCabe was back out on loan. Did he end back up with Stenny?

Thanks
Stengo.

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{Ed007's Note - I've checked and he's still showing up as registered with them.}

02 Sep 2016 08:16:02
So still the same 5m spent every summer as usual

So much for champions league money

But on bright side I think we've broke through top wage barrier.

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02 Sep 2016 08:43:18
Janko loan.

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02 Sep 2016 09:26:13
Thanks Ed.

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{Ed007's Note - No probs.}

02 Sep 2016 00:46:10
Thanks Ed. taking account of all the ins/ outs inc wages etc plus excluding the unbudgeted income do you feel we could have invested more this window? A lot of fans now saying the next window but previously its always said Jan is a no no so why different this time?
Is reaching the CL group stage the glass ceiling for our club n many fans.

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{Ed007's Note - The money for further investment was certainly there but I'm more disappointed that we didn't strengthen the squad than that we didn't spend a lot of money - if that makes sense. I've said all along I'm more than happy going into the CL with a Brown/Bitton/Rogic 3 man midfield but I'm concerned about Rogic's long term fitness if he's playing every week, in fact if any of those three get injured we're down at the likes of McGregor, who I do like but for me he's an SPFL player at this point in time.}

02 Sep 2016 14:41:53
@Belfast Celt - We don't have any CL money yet as that does not get paid out until the end of the season.

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02 Sep 2016 15:00:10
If we didn't buy on the closing day because B R was unwilling to take a chance on players, he hadn't properly checked them over . Those he had checked over could not be signed for what ever reason .
If that is the case I am happy enough .
We have had a diet of people signed on closing day because they were strikers, defenders etc.

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01 Sep 2016 20:14:26
Here is the squad as it stands:

GK: Gordon, de Vries, Bailly, Fasan

RB: Lustig, Gamboa
LB: Tierney, Izaguirre
CB: Toure, Sviatchenko, Simunovic, Boyata, Ambrose, O'Connell

CM: Brown, Bitton, McGregor, Ajer, Henderson
ACM: Rogic, Christie, Commons

LW: Sinclair, GMS
RW: Roberts, Forrest

ST: Griffiths, Dembele, Ciftci

Development players not far from 1st team squad: McCart, Miller, Aitchison and Ralston (others are out on loan)

Here are my thoughts on the squad which you may or may not agree upon. Please keep in mind Rodgers wants to work with small squad so probably only wants 2 players for each position.

GK: need to wait and see if de Vries performs to the level we would like. If not then we need to sell 2 of the 4 before we look for a new number 1. I am happy to see Gordon and de Vries fight it out this season and assess in January.

LB: delighted with our left backs, only need to look at bringing someone in if Izzy leaves next summer.

RB: Like GK need to wait and see how Gamboa performs before making a judgement but am pretty content with our right backs at present.

CB: I would say Boyata and Ambrose are surplus to requirments. Happy with the 4 others and hoping Simonovic will prove his fitness this season and fight it out with the 3 others for starting slot. Also have Kehler on the verge of first team. Really don't need anyone for this position at present.

CM: I know lots of fans would have liked another CM but I am happy with what we have and would like to see McGregor, Ajer and Henderson given a chance to prove themselves this season. If we are signing someone, need to move someone on first.

ACM: Again I am happy with what we have as Rogic is outstanding and Christie has bags of potential. Also have Commons (for the time being at least) as back up if needed.

LW: Happy with this line up domestically but think we could improve on GMS. Would be happy to see Miller or Nesbitt given a run if Sinclair was out injured.

RW: Happy with Roberts and Forrest and doubt we could do much better than this. Obviously need to be planning for future when Roberts leaves. Again would be happy to see Miller or Nesbitt given a chance here.

Striker: Happy with what we have, with Aitchison being emergency backup. Signing someone would only hamper Dembele's and Aitchison's development.

Really don't see the need for new signings domestically and only want to sign players if they are going to be better than what we currently use in the first team. As we will walk the league this year and additions won't help us get out of CL groups, I am happy to wait until January or next summer before strengthening.

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01 Sep 2016 20:56:58
The players we buy seem to be players that B R has full confidence can do the job he wants them to do . He is not going to sign a defensive midfielder, just because such and such a player has been described as such . He needs to know the player or know enough about the player to sign him .
It could be that the centre midfielders that B R knew well enough to sign were either not available or decoded to go elsewhere .
I think it is plain ignorance to blame anyone from Celtic, because we only have rumours not facts.

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01 Sep 2016 21:14:30
would like to see John McGinn come in some time net year.

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01 Sep 2016 21:15:57
Armstrong too and he can play CM or AM.

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01 Sep 2016 21:36:45
A fair and decent summary RabMac. I don't think I'd disagree with too much of what you've said.
I do think we need to bring a few of the young lads into the first team squad. There's no point in them being on the fringes of the first team if they're not getting the chance to step over the line. Get them training with the first team then ease them in slowly, one at a time. HH.

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01 Sep 2016 21:50:30
To supplement RabMac's post I've a list of contract dates for players. These may have been extended from when I got them so here goes:

Brandon Payne - 31.01.2017
Kolo Toure - 30.06.2017
Connor McManus - 30.06.2017
Josh Kerr - 30.06.2017
Efe Ambrose - 30.06.2017
Emilio Izaguirre - 30.06.2017
Eoghan O'Connell - 30.06.2017
Kris Commons - 30.06.2017
Leo Fazan - 30.06.2017

2018 is interesting as Craig Gordon, Logan Baily and Dorus de Vries are all up at the same time:

Dorus de Vries - 30.06.2018
Craig Gordon - 30.06.2018
Liam Henderson - 30.06.2018
Logan Baily - 30.06.2018
Mikael Lustig - 30.06.2018
Scott Brown - 30.06.2018
Stuart Armstrong - 30.06.2018

Stengo.

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01 Sep 2016 23:52:46
I agree should I say WE GOT A STRONG ENOUGH SQUAD FOR NOW.

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02 Sep 2016 08:35:50
We need back up for Rogic.

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02 Sep 2016 13:48:50
@TTTS - Would you not like to see Christie given a chance if Rogic gets injured or perhaps Miller or Nesbitt?

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02 Sep 2016 14:37:57
Deffo Christie for rogic if we need to rest him young Ryans a fine prospect.

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01 Sep 2016 20:09:31
i wonder who BR`s targets where anyway that he was talking about.

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01 Sep 2016 20:23:26
We'll never know for sure. We can assume he wanted McCarthy and apparently he tried to get James Morrison late on but apart from that I don't think we'll ever know. HH.

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01 Sep 2016 18:17:14
Would Efe not do a job for us as a DM? He's fast and strong and was bought as a defender who could also play in midfield. We all know the damage he can do in his own box so imagine the havoc he can cause in the opposition's and the oppportunities he can make.

Stengo.

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01 Sep 2016 18:49:33
I'd say yes. Although I'd love to see Henderson given a chance as well.

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01 Sep 2016 19:01:16
His distribution is not good enough to play there.

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01 Sep 2016 19:05:46
Love it Stengo. lol

'We all know the damage he can do in his own box so imagine the havoc he can cause in the opposition's'

HH.

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01 Sep 2016 19:06:00
Got a point lol.

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01 Sep 2016 19:10:42
Hi Stengo-welcome to the site. I also think our man Efe could possibly play in midfield. I would just never make him my last man as his decision making is horrendous.

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01 Sep 2016 19:14:00
distrubution not good enough? not any worse than scot browns also he can win a header unlike brown and bitton he was a dm for ashdod or whatever they are called but i doubt it matters he won't get a chance in any position with some of our support.

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01 Sep 2016 20:03:37
Jesus. The guy isn't not good enough for any position. Why are people trying to shoehorn him back it the team when writing have managed to get him out it?

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01 Sep 2016 20:06:50
would he not take the role as janitor hahaha nah that's harsh but your right he needs a role and if he's able to play midfield without any scares then i think it should be considered, we can't seem to let him go and we can't let him stay with a wage and not do anything, or he might just be used in easy games.

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01 Sep 2016 20:07:37
Bang on kev.

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01 Sep 2016 20:14:02
I think now that the transfer window has closed and we failed to address the soft non-tackling, non-tracking midfield, we should be looking at all possibilities with the players we are left with.
I am in no doubt that BR would like more- better players in and get rid of a few he inherited, but we are stuck with this squad until January and considering, we are involved in every tournament available, we have to utilize every player and try new ideas?

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01 Sep 2016 20:14:24
So Scott browns passing is no better than ambroses, if you believe that, you know jack rubbish about football and I'm not wasting my time with you.

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01 Sep 2016 20:24:45
Surely he's worth a try in that position in the reserves to see what he's like.

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01 Sep 2016 20:53:47
fabadabbydoo so scot brown is known for his passing is he have a word with yourself brown's passing is average at best.

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01 Sep 2016 21:39:00
Brown gives the ball away far too often and his ball control is questionable at times. HH.

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01 Sep 2016 22:19:58
Now your just making up conversation's you have had with yourself and putting them into posts bigD, I never said it was the strongest part of browns game, but his passing is still miles better than effes and is very important part of being a central midfielder.

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01 Sep 2016 23:34:23
well fabbi I tried posting some links that prove you wrong but for some reason either the ed didn't get them or just didn't post them site called whoscored . com and for the past few seasons in Europe going back to 12/ 13 season efe ambrose and scot brown have the same pass completion percentage (82.4%) with only a difference of average 10 passes per game between them (brown 46.1 total passes efe 36.2 total) now I don't care if ambrose stays go's or whatever but go check the stats and you will see I'm right.

www.whoscored.com/Players/42932/History/Efe-Ambrose

www.whoscored.com/Players/8331/History/Scott-Brown

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{Ed007's Note - The spam filter must have blocked your post.}

02 Sep 2016 01:10:12
You really can't compare a defender passing stats to a midfielders, centre backs most of the time are either playing a simple pass to the other centre back/ full backs or to the goalie it is a large percentage of their game.
Midfielders have to play passes in the busiest part of the field and the killer passes which have a much higher risk to them.

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02 Sep 2016 03:31:17
for the most part in the years I have mentioned scot brown has played a deep midfield spot and I agree to an extent with you but broony does not play killer passes and a lot of his passes are simple 5-10 yard's but this other guy is trying to make out broony is pirlo compared to efe which he most certainly is not also the topic was on dm not cm anyway i would rather play ajer at dm XD.

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02 Sep 2016 04:19:29
How anybody can disagree with rayman there.

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02 Sep 2016 05:03:37
Spot on rayman was just about to post the same thing myself, you know where the saying there are lies, dame lies and statistics comes from now .

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02 Sep 2016 06:29:06
How does saying brown is a better passer than effe, make him pirlo? Your just talking rubbish now, guess we know what the D stands for in bigD, now put your cap back on and go and stand in the corner.

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02 Sep 2016 06:39:21
Stats are important. But comparing a CBs passes to a CMs isn't much use.

Scott Brown plays more forward passes than people might think. Besides there's more to a midfielder's game than passing anyway.

I'd certainly like to see Ajer developed. He can defend and create, he's got a physical/ aerial presence, can move a bit and he's got goals in him.

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02 Sep 2016 09:50:51
Better for him to play there then if he makes a mistake there is people behind him to sweep up the mess. He gets caught out with the long ball that's his biggest downfall so in DM he wouldn't have that worry. I would rather him in the reserves than play at CB.

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02 Sep 2016 09:38:48
scot brown is no better at passing than efe. they have the exact same average successful pass percentage.

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02 Sep 2016 10:44:49
Tbh bhoys regardless of the stats etc I've seen enough of efe and the majority of fans have also.

I get the point about not playing him at the back but what about Gordon?
The guy couldn't catch a cold so should we fire him onto the wing?

The biggest disappointment for me during the transfer window was he didn't leave along with a couple others but efe is the one I wanted rid of most.

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02 Sep 2016 11:36:17
big. D, do centre backs and centre mids play the same sort of passes, in the same sort of situations? You've got to take a huge qualitative look at it not just quantative.

When Efe first signed he played CDM, and looked ok. I've said many a time I'd prefer him at RB to CB too. But thankfully, now, he doesn't get in at RB, CB, or CM. Why people are trying to shoe horn him anywhere in the team is beyond me.

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02 Sep 2016 12:12:58
If you really believe that effe Ambrose is a better midfielder than Scott brown then you are welcome to your opinion , maybe he is also a better striker than Griffiths as well because I remember effe had a shot on target in one game and that left him with a statistic of 100% shots on target and griff had 10 shots but only 6 on target so had only 60% of his shots on target, statistics are funny aren't they .

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01 Sep 2016 18:10:08
First time poster.

Just reading a lot of comments about the transfer window and I tend to agree that we could have gone for a holding midfield player to take the place of Bitton and McGregor, who I don't think would stand up to any of the 3 teams in our group.

Couple of things to say. Firstly, was getting into this Champions League budgeted for? I don't think it was given the limited time BR had to get to know his players and the players to know his systems. I think getting into the group stages was a bonus and this would have paid for any deficits of not getting into the competition during Ronnie Deila's time.

On to the finance. Having Dafabet and Magners as sponsors could have paid for BR's contract for this year but I'm sure I recall Dermot Desmond saying that extending the overdraft facility would pay for him so that tells me there was a deficit in operating costs. There were no significant player sales over the last 12 months and the team that BR inherited didn't have substantial profit in the playing squad. It's a bit different now with Sinclair, Rogic (probably Gamboa) and Tierney increasing their values now with BR in place.
I also read that half the CL income would go towards the operating costs so the other half may go towards contingencies and some left over for January. It'll be a different scenario come this time next year when this year's CL income would have taken the slack off the previous two years failures.

I'll stand corrected on the above where necessary.

Stengo.

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01 Sep 2016 18:28:26
Sorry to correct you but I seem to recall we sold Virgil van Dijk for a record transfer fee at the end of last year's transfer window. In addition we have just sold Scepovic and Johansen, plus got a sell on fee for Wanyama, which means the recent outlay on transfers has been extremely modest.

Going back to Rodger's wages, I am sure the extra season tickets we have sold more than compensates for that outlay.

So it raises the question, why did we not sign more in this window?

The only thing I could add in the board's defence is that we don't see any of the CL money until next summer (which most people are forgetting) . For that reason I am prepared to cut them some slack for the time being.

All that being said, I would expect to make a significant signing in January using the revenue generated from gate receipts for CL matches. On top of that I would expect to see some big spending next summer when the CL money is paid to us. If we don't see that then I think the fans have got every right to rip into the board and would expect them to do just that.

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01 Sep 2016 18:52:00
Spot on RabMac.

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01 Sep 2016 19:52:17
Agree with that Rab.

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01 Sep 2016 20:57:02
Not sure what our net spend has been during this window but I'd imagine that it is modest, no more than 4 million at a guess? We remain light in options up front and at RB to a lesser extent. January spend will be dictated by continued participation in CL/ Europa which while it looks unlikely, we'll have to wait and see and may be pleasantly surprised. Like you say though, even if we are out of Europe by Xmas, next Summer there would be no excuses for us not taking the tram to a new level. We will always struggle to attract top drawer players but if we do give a good account of ourselves in Europe, we could see ourselves having some really tidy options. We are already miles ahead of anyone in Scotland and will only get better. Will be interesting to see what happens in next coupla windows.

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02 Sep 2016 09:53:20
I would rather we done business elsewhere other than the overrated BPL where the wages are sky high. We should be doing business in Holland and smaller leagues where we pay more money at Celtic than most the teams do there.

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02 Sep 2016 11:05:36
Why is it relevant the ammount we have spent when we have brought in some quality players and a quality management team?

The only way the manager would be given the cl funds each year is if we have automatic entry each year which we don't its fairly straightforward.
We have more than enough to keep dominating the spl and we will continue with the same outlays each year to keep that going but pipe dreams of big signings etc are nuts.
Put into perspective chelsea on last day of window signed 50m worth of players who in all honesty are never worth close to that.
Does it mean they had a good wondow?

I thought we had a good transfer window in terms of recruitment but I would have liked to see a couple more depart the club to slim the squad.

Hh.

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01 Sep 2016 17:53:29
I keep Reading that " we needed another cm to makes us competitive in the champions league" are you lot kidding? A combination of Roy Keane and Paul mcstay in their prime , would just about make us competitive in the champions league . So unless you have a time machine and a couple of sacks full of money then give me peace our current squad is good enough to do what we need to do this year . There is not one player within our budget, who would come to Scotland that would get us into the top two of that group, that's reality . Augero could be sold tomorrow for 100 million EASILY and he is only the fourth best striker in the group .

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01 Sep 2016 20:34:43
5th best striker you mean.

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01 Sep 2016 22:43:37
I take it you have Griffiths at 4th Joe, lol 😁 , as good as he has been , I think I would still take a straight swap with augero if man city offered 😅😅😅😅.

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01 Sep 2016 17:47:39
Does anyone know of any "marquee" type players entering the final year of their contract. Perhaps there's a player we could get that would normally be out of reach.

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01 Sep 2016 18:35:50
Can we bin the word 'marquee' now. Not having a go Dundee just fed-up with that word. Its a magic word cause no one initially mentioned it but a high percentage of posters used it. lol.

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01 Sep 2016 19:25:12
Dundeebhoy I had a wee look on Comparethemarquee. com mate

Flock all there pal -P (Y)

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01 Sep 2016 19:52:29
Jamiebhoy7 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 that's a belter mate

HH

Chris1888.

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01 Sep 2016 20:10:43
Theres a couple good "marquees" available in Argos.

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01 Sep 2016 20:17:42
Funny as feck Jamie.

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01 Sep 2016 21:22:13
Wouldn't Commons be a marque player, if you like that type of player, Commons is entering his last year of contract . However I don't see the relevance of a player entering his last yr of contract as he cannot be bought before January 1st.

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01 Sep 2016 21:24:48
Thanks Chris and 1 11 67 👍🍀.

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01 Sep 2016 17:32:02
When is the deadline for champions league squads? Also does anyone think there's anyone on the free agent list worth going after.

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01 Sep 2016 18:23:31
Not really flamini is available but I don't want him anywhere near CP.

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01 Sep 2016 18:35:29
Flamini.

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01 Sep 2016 19:07:58
Why. He is likes a tackle and passes well.

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01 Sep 2016 16:18:44
Zakaria labyad free agent 24 good footballer attacking mid could be a good punt.

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01 Sep 2016 16:11:51
Would now like to see the boy ajer play with brown in the mf . think he looks very assured on the ball and could be useful against teams who pressure you off the ball in europe.

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01 Sep 2016 17:24:55
Let him settle in with the youth's get used to scotland life away from home entry of time on his side to make breakthrough.

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01 Sep 2016 17:51:51
I'm with you Belfast Celt. He looks as (more) composed than anything else we have in midfield and I'd give Ajer a chance. If you're good enough your old enough. Particularly since we didn't splash the cash to strengthen an area of the park that every man and their dug knows is (very) weak.

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01 Sep 2016 18:26:08
Ajer will get his chance DRB is right let him settle and earn the spot or he will be getting the brunt of the abuse for any little mistake! KT has a couple of sketchy games and people are on his back it's a joke so let's gee the Bhoy a chance to acclimatise!

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01 Sep 2016 19:18:37
what makes people think he is not settled and ready to play? played well in pre season don't understand why he is not involved lately.

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01 Sep 2016 19:31:45
Agree let him settle but the lad is already showing he is too good for that development league IMO

He is cruising through gas there from what I have seen.

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01 Sep 2016 15:56:07
Some are happy with transfer window and claiming others should be also.

The reason I'm not is simple. First of all I've heard all the justifications about requiring £300m to compete in Europe, hardly worth trying then.

Strachan and Lennon got to last 16 without spending £300m so that's nonsense.

Anyway point is not about how much we spend, it's about trying to cover weak positions. In CM we are weak and our attempts to solve that we poor.

Then I hear we should be happy because we got some good players in. Aye we did but why stop there? imagine putting good players next to those other good players? then you have a better team and the fans deserve it.

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01 Sep 2016 17:34:36
Agreed 100% Tesla. Bollocks to anyone who tells me I should be happy. Daft comments like another midfielder wouldn't get us out of champions league group so why bother? A quality one would have filled an area where as you correctly state we are massively weak. Obvious Brendan knows that given he's looked at boy from Juventus and James Morrison. That would have allowed us to at least go into champions league with our tails up hoping and would have been a massive step to scunnering the forces of darkness and evil before we even meet them. But oh well. it's better than it was under Ronnie and Rome wasn't built in day and all that so be happy! Absolute bollocks!

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01 Sep 2016 17:42:50
I think the fans really underestimate how much nobody wants to play in Scotland, let's be real with ourselves sincair, toure, de vries are all has beens in England that's why there in Scotland and of course the fact that Rodgers is there. Dembele is a good signing who probably would have cost 10mil easy if he wasn't near the end of his contract and Gamboa couldn't get a game for west brom, these are all excellent signing for our level, we have already stepped up our game. let's see how our signings gel before trying to add more, Every signing bar maybe de cries is a level above any player we signed under Ronny. So I don't see what the issue is? Why spend beyond our means to crash out of Europe and win a league we will already win? We have plenty of depth left in the squad and everyone of our first team squad would walk in any other spfl team.

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01 Sep 2016 20:16:18
If all the players we signed were done on deadline you all would be over the moon singing praises. Fact of the matter is team has drastically improved overall with these players and we haven't left transfers till last minute, which has secured CL football.

Utter bollocks of a post.

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01 Sep 2016 21:10:19
I'm looking forward to January and hoping that Celtic sign 2 players on pre contracts that will improve 1st team and hopefully trim some out
The cl group is very difficult and provides the biggest stage we have to sell our club to potential signings
Would be great to work on a deal to make Roberts permanent before the epl inflate his value and a team like burnley offer city 20 mil.

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01 Sep 2016 15:21:51
Anyone think if he hadn't drawn man city we could have had denyer and possibly toure and others from them this window.

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01 Sep 2016 15:29:40
heard we were after JD but hinged on jozo leaving, in the end he chose sunderland.

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01 Sep 2016 15:13:18
Overall I'm very happy with the transfer window. I think we're a bit short in central midfield, especially for the CL but I also think if the right player isn't there then it's a waste to just sign somebody for the sake of a signing. They should do the work now though to make sure we get a bit of quality in the next window. Also very happy to still have Jozo at the club, regardless of whether he wanted to go or not. Kolo is not the long term answer.

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01 Sep 2016 17:17:56
I think big jozo is a brilliant cb and I have to say I was delighted when his deal fell through. I think him and big Erik would be a quality pairing and have big kolo incase of injuries.

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01 Sep 2016 20:37:43
Agree completely Marco, that's the central pairing I was hoping 4 as I think both r great in different ways, for me toure would be backup. Lustig or gamboa, n Tierney left n that's a strong defence.
Hail hail.

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01 Sep 2016 14:49:51
Bhoys,

I'm sure ChampionsLeague Squad deadline is 11pm tonight, therefore could we not make a Free Agentsigning today and register them in time?

Only asking as there are two free agents who could do a job for the team.

Flamini is still a free agent and would be good to sit in front of the back four.

Also in support up top Stephane Sessegnon is a free agent still! Skilful lad and can play anywhere across the front 3.

Only a thought.

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01 Sep 2016 16:24:48
Well I'd have Flamini over Morrison. Obviously he'll command more money. Sessegnon is a very skilfull player, his end product is shocking though.

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01 Sep 2016 14:31:19
I like Jozo's attitude, hopefully the big man's injuries are behind him. Maybe he could become our long term solution at centre back, I didn't realise he is only 22🍀.

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01 Sep 2016 13:05:40
Right now that the window has shut! Is there any free agents out there that would be worth a punt?

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01 Sep 2016 13:23:40
Caceres!

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01 Sep 2016 12:58:10
Realistically.
The league is won. Cash in the bank
Scottish fa cup .? Money that we can win
Scottish league cup.? Cash that we can win
Champ league.? 20-30 million minimum
Europa league.? Pending on progress 10million

With the squad that's there at the moment and rotation can not see why we can not dominate domestically. Any team in our group instead of us would only be playing for third spot and Europa league.

With that being said I am happy that there is cash in the bank prior to season starting instead of blowing cash needlessly. At Xmas we can take stock weakness/ injuries may force our hand. But by next summer there should be vast amount of cash in bank and Brendan should be given war chest to craft the squad that we all want. We still need rid of dead wood.

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01 Sep 2016 17:05:05
Europa league I don't think so, Borrusia are a decent side.

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01 Sep 2016 21:32:11
Saying the league is won is the kind of attitude that gave birth to all those old sayings like, pride comes before a fall, never count your chickens, etc etc, the league is won when it is mathematically impossible to lose not before.

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01 Sep 2016 12:54:57
Would anyone have been happy with a 'marquee signing'' if it meant Rogic had to be dropped, this guys going to be our player of the year, put a 10MIL price tag on him and call him Rogicihno if it makes yous all feel better, Keep The Faith.

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01 Sep 2016 13:26:11
Was thinking the same after Saturday, guy is immense. A four with him and Brown in between Roberts and Sinclair with LG and MD up front could adapt nicely to a very aggressive 4 3 3.

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01 Sep 2016 20:52:54
Davie bhoy n joe88, couldn't agree more. I love the different types of forward players we have, it gives us so many variations we could play. In a 4 brown n rogic central Roberts Sinclair either side dembele n Griff up top, or 5 in there brown n biton, rogic Roberts n Sinclair with Griff up front, or even dembele or brown n rogic as the 2 Roberts Forrest n Sinclair n Griff or dembele up front, although most would pick the wee man, I would.
We have a really good forward line n I can't wait to see whatever variation we play.

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01 Sep 2016 12:43:16
Some of the posts on here - in my opinion, are absolute pish.
How can anyone say the transfer window was 'same old'?
Our team looks to be getting into gear and that is in no small part down to the new signings.
People seem to have a massive issue with the board, but did they not appoint a premiership quality (if there is such a thing? ) manager?
Have we not qualified for the CL as some people only measure success by this achievement?

We have
Good stadium
Good training facility
Good team
Good manager
Good finances

We all want more on the pitch, but let's take stock of where we are and remember where we could be. 'Oh the rangers are dead! '

Maybe the players we could afford weren't available,
Maybe they didn't want to come.

I doubt very much we didn't buy anyone else yesterday was down to PL wanting to stuff his mattress.

Maybe some people sound quit dripping for the sake of it and enjoy the good times ahead.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, mine is a happy one as I believe we have made progress.

If anyone is that unhappy with our club/ board etc I will gladly take their season book as I am skint and couldn't buy one!

Hail hail.

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01 Sep 2016 12:55:02
Here, here. Hail hail. Well put island celt. Fed up with the moaners myself. Alls well in our house ta very much.

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01 Sep 2016 12:55:39
Hi island Celt what your saying makes sense but no matter what club your at or what transfers happen you will always get someone in the crowd moaning about who we should have got or how much we should have spent unfortunately that's life everyone is entitled to Thier opinion and like yourself I'm happy and think we have made progress.

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01 Sep 2016 13:05:25
Second that island. Reading posts of how we are already finishing 4th in the CL and stupid crap like that. I am happy with our dealings in the market although I would have enjoyed seeing someone else sign but it isn't a big deal cause we have more than enough to win the league and compete in the CL imo.

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01 Sep 2016 13:20:32
We could have invested more in the side, it's as simple as that IC. There are gaps in the squad, I don't think we would have been chasing players yesterday if BR doesn't also think so.

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01 Sep 2016 14:28:57
Yes Jim there are still areas that need a bit of strengthen but isn't it better to wait for the right players than just bringing in someone just for the sake of it?

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01 Sep 2016 15:14:09
Great post IC.

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01 Sep 2016 15:22:36
Just seems like every window the right players weren't available kev that's all.

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01 Sep 2016 15:47:04
Shum of the poshtersh on here are shbsholutely phished more like.

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01 Sep 2016 21:36:54
Good to see most people realise that we are in different hands now, and most have left the old negative mutterings behind .
Let's get behind the team and the whole team and we can make this season a super season and to hell with the begrudgers.

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01 Sep 2016 12:31:53
Yes I'm disappointed with this summers transfer window but what do we really expect. We are a club that are trying to survive in a limited market. We do not have the revenue to compete with the EPL, Championship and the bigger European teams. I am not disappointed that as a club we live within our means. I'm proud of that. That cannot be said for the majority of the English and European clubs which will come back to bite them.
In BR we have a manager that appears to get his players playing a style of football we like to see. So week in week out if we enjoy and are being excited by the football that is being offered then that will do for me. Anything else is a bonus.

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01 Sep 2016 14:31:11
Hey it's everybody's entitlement to disagree with anything said on this site but it makes it much more fun and envotes discussion if you leave a reply to why you disagree with something. I can only guess that either you think financially we can compete or its not sensible to be financially stable or we don't have a manager who is developing and playing a more suitable style of football that is enjoyable to watch or you think we did have a good summer window and couldn't have brought anyone else in to make sure we are completely dominant domestically. Maybe it's a mixture of all or maybe just one point that you don't agree with but we'll never know unless you reply :-)

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01 Sep 2016 03:37:52
Right. Window's closed. We move on. (Ed 007 must admit I was taken aback by your optimism of one or two signings before the window closed) . Anyways, the reason I am on is this. I am a pessimist, look on the black side of everything. canny watch the last 5 mins when we are 1-0 ahead. that kind of thing. Talking football here, not life in general. However, I must say I have not been this confident going into a Sevco game for a LONG time. And I include that bloody semi last season. I say 4-1 or 5-2! Thoughts?

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01 Sep 2016 15:15:42
I've always thought any old firm came can go 5-0 either way and any result up to that swing.
We had far better teams than them on several occasions and they have won. (The flying hippo broke my heart) .
But agree we are in good shape and can defend if they attack and we can attack no question. With the game at paradise too it should go our way. Looking forward to brown v Barton.
I'd settle for a professional approach, a recognised, long standing club full of sporting tradition and the current champions to boot against a newly formed lower division side and a 1-0 win.

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01 Sep 2016 21:45:50
This would be a fantastic time for there to be an old firm . Unfortunately we can only beat those in front of us .
Rangers died in 2012 because their owner's greed and jealousy of us . The Rangers now are in danger of going the same way but I cannot see a team mostly comprising of hasbeen who on the most part never were . On a final pay day, they have little to offer.

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01 Sep 2016 11:38:39
I have to say I am disappointed but not surprised that we never got a few more in Yesterday! I really thought this was our chance to really push on! Yes we are miles ahead of the rest in Scotland but Europe is a different matter. I guess the money has gone so crazy that even the cheap options are expensive. Ajax sold Arkadiusz Milik an average player in my eyes for £29 million what was Wanyama really worth when we sold him? Ajax used that money to buy Hakim Ziyech for around about £9 million a player I would say that is far better! Sporting Lisbon sold 2 players for almost 80million both decent but not world class! What's going on! Clubs won't want to sell to us when they know they can get 5 times what we could pay from any English Club! English championship teams are buying players for 10 million plus! It's crazy we need a cap on this EPL clubs spend 1 billion on players that's just 22 teams! 1BILLION! Let that sink in a minute! We live in a crazy world, agents are getting paid £25 million for one transfer What the F**k! I own a business I can barely pay my staff let along pay myself!

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01 Sep 2016 11:29:04
Slightly disappointed that we didn't bring anyone with proven quality in after CL qualification however in comparison to where we were last season, we are much stronger on the pitch and in the dugout.

Brendan Rodgers, Chris Davies, Glen Driscoll

De Vries/ Gordon/ Fasab
Lustig/ Gamboa/ Ralston
Simunovic/ Sviatchenko/ Toure/ O'Connel/ McCart
Tierney/ Izzaguire
Brown/ Bitton/ McGregor/ Armstrong/ Rogic
Sinclair/ Forrest/ Roberts/ GMS
Griffiths/ Dembele/ Ciftci


Should walk the league and win at least one of the cups.

We will struggle in Europe, but getting there was the main challenge and hopefully we can use the money made to add more quality in Jan and keep building.

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01 Sep 2016 10:09:08
My assessment of the summer window:

ARRIVALS

Ajer - Excited. Aye we knew we were getting him but worth a mention anyway as I think we've got a very promising player in the squad. Don't see why he can't get involved given the fixture list.

Dembele - Delighted, I was pinching myself when we signed this kid to be honest. Yes he's a bit raw, but given opportunities I've no doubt he'll score for us, and his potential is sky high as he seems to have the lot. Not many better young strikers in the UK. Reassuring to know the club were identifying this player in January.

Toure - Very good. A pretty shrewd bit of business in my eyes. For several seasons I've been banging on about looking in the free agent bracket for a leader at the back with a wealth of experience. Delivered. Hats off to Rodgers there.

Sinclair - Very good. Sceptical at first, given his baron several seasons combined with what he would cost. But there was always the thought that reuniting with his mentor at Chelsea, and manager during his best career spell, playing in a dominant side at the right end of the pitch, he could do well. So far the idea seems to have worked. At the end of the day he was always going to be an improvement on Forrest.

De Vries - Meh. Was hoping for better, but BR needs to at least be given the chance here, he has a style of play he thinks De Vries will be better suited to. Let's see. Perhaps he's just a stopgap. As long as he doesn't cost us such important goals though, he'll be a 1up.

Gamboa - Hopeful. Obvious Rodgers wants pace in the wide areas, clearly didn't rate Janko, step up Cristian. Can't say much about him apart from he had a stormer in my World Cup Dream Team.

EXITS

Disappointed Johansen didn't work out. Have to say I am slightly surprised Janko is out the door, just for numbers. The rest of the exits I'll not miss, but we could have done with getting a few more out the door. The real plus point here is that we players like summers gone by.

OVERALL

Well, what a spoilt little @$%! I am. We're coming out a summer window looking stronger. When did that last happen? Most of the areas I wanted a face in, have happened. But, and there's always a 'but' with us (me) , I think given the resources we have, there could have more quality. Final verdict? Pleased, but with a bitter taste of the same old.

Special mention to the Eds and in particular Bond. Putting up with us in what must be a very busy time. Even with plenty sh*t on his plate he has the time and generosity to put together something we all enjoy. Big respect.

COYBIG.

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01 Sep 2016 11:19:22
My problem jim is 2 are projects bleeding in gentle required fine with that. . one a veteran at end of career will do job this year fine again. de vries is he better than Gordon? juries out should've went for better biscuit tinner. Gamboa not played much in two years fast a few people have said no one knows if he can defend biscuit tinner. Sinclair done well. so out of 6 .1 Def starter 1 most week starter the others bench youth's stands . I feel we've papered a few cracks an only sorted one position imo we should have the two projects 1 vet and 3 who are considerably better than we e got
Imo board has let down br and us a gain.

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01 Sep 2016 11:52:59
I agree with you to an extent JimTim. Personally, I haven't been this happy with signings for long and many a season. It would have been brilliant to strengthen further but it has been a good window for us all-in-all.

It is early days and Rodgers first season/ transfer window. I am guessing he is finding it difficult to entice the standard/ calibre of player he would like. If we aren't singing superior replacements then I am happy to let them pass us by. The squad is already overpopulated with mediocrity.

The other issue is 90% of players value money over medals and therefore get dazzled by the bright lights of English football. Good luck to those clubs who have bottomless pockets, but we are operating under different constraints. Obviously we have money, but how can you compete when Championship clubs like Burnley are in the position to splash £10.4m on someone like Jeff Hendrick? This guy has had a decent Euro's but £10.4m! Wolves have signed 12 players and smashed their transfer record with the signing of Cavaleiro from Monaco. This is why we are finding it tough in that market.

We have previously signed far too many players who just don't cut it at the level we want to compete. I am happy to patient and take our time to assemble a strong team. Hopefully we get the correct players in over the next couple of windows, and almost as important, keep the good ones without selling to balance the books.

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01 Sep 2016 13:17:32
Fair comments there bhoys.

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01 Sep 2016 09:49:56
Having had time to get over the disappointment of last night I think we can all agree that the finger of blame has to be pointed.

Where is Skinnybhoy?

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01 Sep 2016 09:57:51
He's changed his name to marque bhoy.

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01 Sep 2016 10:20:10
Hi there first post here not to dissapointed with yesterday feel our players are good enough for europe under BR. What about K. Ajer for midfield ball player.

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01 Sep 2016 21:50:02
We have brought in 5 players, if we are going to develop our own players we need to let this window be our busiest in terms of players coming in, as we need to have space for our youngsters to come in and show what they can do.

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01 Sep 2016 09:45:37
What a moanfest just because we didn't sign a so called marquee signing on the final day. We got our players in early, players that have walked into the starting 11. Add to that guys like Roberts who we are blessed to have, Simunovic fighting for a place and not to mention the many players from last season who look like new signing themselves. Get behind the players we have because they will destroy everything infront of them in the SPL. Can we raise our game in the Champions League again the so called best. of course we can. This is just the start of BR's reign and he is off to a flier. KTF.

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01 Sep 2016 09:57:24
Well said Stan19 HH.

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01 Sep 2016 10:29:00
I didn't think it likely that we would spend lots of money on deadline day.
We have to be realistic, our board are reluctant to spend money to get us into the Champions league when there is a £20m windfall on offer, so I honestly can't see them splashing the cash to try and finish 3rd in our CL group where the only reward is Europa league football, and that isn't very lucrative.
I think rightly or wrongly that the aims of the club have been met, we have the strongest squad in Scotland, and we have the windfall from the CL.
Maybe if we had an easier CL group, they may have been tempted to have a go and try to qualify for the last 16, but I don't think that we have the resources to challenge Barcelona or Man City. Unless either of these 2 badly underperform, the best we can manage is 3rd in the group.
This board will never spend money that they don't need to, I think that they'll view it that if we spent another £10m we wouldn't end the season with any more than we would currently.
It's actually quite hard to argue with that.

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01 Sep 2016 15:27:02
Great post Stan. We're a matter of weeks into the Campaign and are already top of the league with a game in hand; into the CL; bought and are playing some of the most direct and exciting players I've seen at Paradise for a very long time and and young but experienced coaching staff and our fantastic supporters filling our top of the state stadium. I am one happy Celtic man and know we will only get stronger. Hail Hail.

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01 Sep 2016 09:04:19
Another deadline day, another big letdown from Lawwell, guys it is our fault for listening to the spiel from Pedro, it is NOT in his interest to spend the club's cash, the more in Celtic's bank account the bigger his bonus.

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01 Sep 2016 09:34:13
Well like I said last nite, he won't be getting my money for the CL 3 match package! And the 3 others who go with me are the same! Yes I'm happy with Sinclair toure and the rest that have been brought in! But to me it's just another wasted opportunity to give the fans a real buzz going into the rest of the season and Europe! And it's the same old story! Top class manager with diddies working above him! The manager stated quite clearly he wanted a creative player in! We had a week from the game in Israel to produce one and nothing happened! Total incompetence from the people above the manager! But like u said Tim, Lawell will be well chuffed! No doubt his smug face will be In the papers soon telling anyone who will listen how great we did! It's the same old pish year in year out! Well I'll be keeping my money that I would have spent if we brought even one bit of quality yesterday in my pocket!

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01 Sep 2016 09:45:16
Tim, some people want us to become a top European team overnight. That is unrealistic and it would take £300m to do it. Another player of £3-5m isn't really going to make a huge difference to our team. Yes it may strengthen us a bit but we should still have enough in the tank to win the league and our CL exploits will be what they will be. Let's all settle down and look forward to slow and steady progress. If we do again in January what we've just done in this window then we'll have the best team we've had in many years. HH.

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01 Sep 2016 10:12:25
The expectation and anticipation when BR took over gave me some hope that the money manipulation and tying managers hands behind their back was over - even for a short while?
The increase in season book sales, plus the offloading and sale of several surplus players and the CL money guaranteed to the club for the first time in three years - gave us a fantastic opportunity to bring in a couple more CL quality players.
I understand, the club has a priority of domestic dominance and winning the league, but with that comes a secondary obligation to qualify for the CL group stage - raising the profile of the club and bringing in vast sums of revenue for a Scottish club.
However, what is the point of busting a gut, with three untimely qualifiers all over the world, to qualify against Europe's elite, with a limited squad on a possible hiding and humiliation, while the pots of gold are sitting in Lawell's 'counting house'?

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01 Sep 2016 11:20:13
Same old story, we've not had a top class manager fae wee gs dry yer eyes one more midfielder would have made no difference to our cl fate would have needed to spend 100mill get to the games and support your team.

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01 Sep 2016 08:43:53
I would like to see Simanovic given a chance along side brown in mid field like Wanamya. He is tall, athletic and if he can pass reasonably well he could be the answer in the CL.

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01 Sep 2016 09:44:44
His passing is suspect.

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01 Sep 2016 09:46:38
No matter where we play him I think it's important that we play him somewhere. It's time for him to step up and show he has the physical ability to go on a run of games without injury. HH.

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01 Sep 2016 09:51:26
he's a centre half if good enough play him there.

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01 Sep 2016 09:55:34
He's passing poor watch some clips when he's played there no many but he's passing is poor.

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01 Sep 2016 10:30:56
Just because there is a clip showing Jozo make poor passes doesn't mean he's poor. How many of them in the clip were down to poor control from the receiving player. I'm sure there's a clip that shows amido blade as a deadly striker. Anyway, given a chance I've no doubt he could be out main CB, let's hope his injury is behind him!

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01 Sep 2016 11:19:02
I think the player just doesn't want to be here and will be treading water, (probably in the treatment room) until January.

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01 Sep 2016 08:12:13
All I can say is I'm glad the transfer window is closed. Too much hype and unrealistic expectations from too many people. Let's settle down now and get on with it. HH.

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01 Sep 2016 08:32:36
Agreed, Kolo Toure plays for Celtic and some people still aren't happy. Pretty great window all in all, for a change.

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01 Sep 2016 09:52:09
Wouldn't matter who we signed during the transfer window
If we don't sign someone on deadline day people think it's a failure.

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01 Sep 2016 07:32:54
Disappointed with Transfer Deadline Day - thought we would have made it more fun, not torture. Could be because I built it up in my own mind tho.

However not disappointed with In All Competitions, Top of the SPL, Few Good Signings, didn't buy just for the sake of buying and a few other reasons.

Just hope come November it doesn't come to bite us, we are not injury beset - Brown, Toure, Griffiths out would see a very different team.

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01 Sep 2016 07:31:54
Well the dust has settled and every source, including my tea leaves, were about as accurate as a shot from the great Danny Mc Grain.

If we were to transport us all back a few months ago and comoare how we all feel then we are in a much better place. Who thought we would make the CL at the end if last season? Not many. And yes we scraped over the line, but, we got over the line. That's all that matters.

I think the disappointment is due to the fact we think we needed a creative midfielder to take us to another level. That hasn't happened and I think the need now if for the players in there to prove in the CL games that they can compete with teams or at least provide a credible game against them.

Time will tell, but you can bet your bottom dollar if we do get mauled with the midfield failing to impose, it will be revisited.

I have no illusions that a player we could afford would be enough to challenge Barcelona or city but it may have improved us and bedded in a team capable if qualifying in a less frantic way next year.

It's done now and we move on. The rest for this team for me comes in the 10th in eejRion to bottle. We shoukd tear them a new one. Any less for me will be disappointing. They humiliated us, or I should say, we humiliated ourselves and the players have to exact a crushing revenge.

Time will tell.

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01 Sep 2016 07:30:21
This whole transfer deadline day guff does my head in. Its made for tv hype. Now fans are getting all wound up if no one gets signed in the last minute. Buisness was all done relativly early, that's a good thing. Between that and the nonsense posted on twitter about signings the whole thing just becomes a frenzied mess. People in general are becoming slaves to this type of media, they need a reality check. Weve done enough for now without being careless. HH.

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01 Sep 2016 08:07:48
the fact its on for the whole day bham, and people take time off work to watch the same speel every hour, a player worth 5 mill goes for double etc, i for one am glad we done our buisness early.

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01 Sep 2016 07:13:41
I hate the EPL

Markus Henrikson joins Hull City, there is just no ambition with players thanks to this overrated and over inflated league.

Stoke City get Bony and Martins Indi on loan, 2 players that could easily play for most champions league teams.

I for one cannot wait for the collapse of the TV deals they get so football can get back to normal.

On another note Balotelli to Nice on a free transfer, he will come good again no doubts about that only wish we where the club to take the chance.

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{Ed001's Note - seriously? Henrikson didn't have a bunch of offers on the table to choose between, nothing to do with no ambition.

Bony and Martins Indi have joined a team that has ambitions of becoming a Champions League team, though Martins Indi is exceedingly average and a bad signing in my view.

As for Balotelli, the fact you even suggest he has ever been good at any point to come good again, well it just shows how little you know of him. He is a lazy, good for nothing waste of talent. He has never had more than a couple of good games in a season. I really wish anyone had shown enough ignorance or stupidity that they had taken the chance to buy him, so Liverpool didn't lose so much on him. Considering you all worship Brendan, you would think you would back his judgement of a player he worked with once and would never pick because of his appalling attitude.}

01 Sep 2016 07:32:20
Balotelli is a total waste of two good legs.
I do agree with the EPL comment.
That said, it is hyped up and we'll promoted worldwide to the point where it is in your face constantly.
I have lived and worked abroad and the advertising and promotion for this league is on par with any blockbuster movie with special effects et al. The players are made to look like explosive heroes with goals raining in from all angles etc.
SPL? Too busy telling each other how good they are.
Mind you, some of the Scotish games I have watched abroad are mind numbingly boring at times.
I was really peed off last nigh. There was the Football focus programme specifically capturing the last half hour of the English Transfer a Window. 11pm. finished
What did we do up here (and we had an extra hour) ? Feck all.
We don't have a clue how to market the product.

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{Ed001's Note - fully agree on that, I wasn't disputing the EPL comment, it is about marketing, just that the players being singled out were being unfairly judged.}

01 Sep 2016 08:09:12
balotelli is a merc who can't be arsed, can't stand that guy, a player that had the ability but no heart, now he has nothing.

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01 Sep 2016 08:15:10
Hull city have ambitions of becoming a champions league team? Aye I have ambitions of dating Beyoncé. that's no going to happen either.

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{Ed001's Note - nobody mentioned Hull in that respect, though they are being bought out by Chinese with ambitions. It was Stoke that are looking to make the next step up to being regulars in Europe, then Champions League.}

01 Sep 2016 08:15:56
Sorry. Stoke city.

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{Ed001's Note - you do not have ambitions of dating Beyonce, you have a ridiculous fantasy. Ambitions are achievable and Stoke have lots of money and invest heavily in their future. They have been gradually building for a long time. Perhaps if you spent some time in the real world you might learn something about Stoke and their plans for the future.}

01 Sep 2016 16:14:16
so what are stokes plans for the future that the rest don't have? All clubs in England have lots of money. Stoke city will not be in the top 4 over the next decade.
The EPL is now ruining world football. The sooner the money falls out the bottom of it the better.

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{Ed001's Note - I give up you stay ignorant sunshine you are too bitter to have a clue.}

01 Sep 2016 17:06:02
Great answer.

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01 Sep 2016 06:45:42
I'm interested to hear what Celtic and simonovic have to say regarding this failed transfer to Torino. I'm glad the big mans coming back as I think 100% fit there's a place in our back line for him. I'm just intrigued to find out wether simonovic really wants to be at Celtic or was it him that wanted to leave? Only last week he shot down rumours linking himself with a move and saying he had unfinished business at Celtic yet a week later he's in Italy all ready to sign for Torino?

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01 Sep 2016 07:35:30
I'm glad too.

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01 Sep 2016 05:43:54
Realisticly I never want to see someone signed on deadline day. the business should be done early. Lawell said one more player before rb was signed and he stuck to his word. And let's remember the last few deals rushed through on deadline day not exactly success stories

The frustration, for me, lies at the players still here efe boyata ciftci Bailey to name a few.

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01 Sep 2016 06:44:31
Marco

Got to agree with you. The following were all deadline day signings; Pukki, Scepovic, Armstrong, GMS, Ambrose and Griffiths. 1 out of 6 right.

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01 Sep 2016 07:03:12
Armstrong and gms haven't been that bad.

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01 Sep 2016 09:03:13
Armstrong and GMS aren't that bad? At their very best squad players. Last 20 min players against the lower teams when we are 4-0 up to enable rest time for others.

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01 Sep 2016 11:05:07
Armstrong and GMS started well but haven't lived up to their billing. I was expecting him to be a future Celtic captain but he has been lucky to make the bench this season. GMS is a nice guy but he doesn't have the mentality to be a Celtic player. Hides far to often.

BR clearly doesn't take any nonsense as Janko and Gordon have already found out and we will see what his assessment of those 2 are by the end of the season.

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01 Sep 2016 04:56:11
Now all the champ managers will be on with there list of donkeys who were not good enough to get signed up to a club during the transfer window lol 😁.

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01 Sep 2016 04:32:03
I know a lot of people will be disappointed that no one was brought in last night. Look on the realistic side of things 9 out 5 in. Come January BR will have had more time to scout players and to assess those needed to reach a higher level. I would expect 4 or 6 to leave then and 2 or 3 more to come in. Next summer 7 players contracts end some of them the top earners and 9 the year after. That could see a clear out of lots of players whether they like it or not and some others will leave through natural selection.

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