Celtic Banter Archive September 01 2018

01 Sep 2018 22:57:45
Guts starting to go now lads and ladettes.

{Ed007's Note -

02 Sep 2018 06:12:21
Sunday morning up with the lark think I’ll take a walk in the park hey hey hey.

02 Sep 2018 07:27:25
The song says it all ed, "You can take us anywhere, we WON'T LET YOU DOWN"
Example. Celtic play Villareal, we win their hearts so much they form Celtic Supporters Clubs.
Sevco go to Villareal and their fans attack the town, churches everything.
Welshboy have a great day hail hail.

01 Sep 2018 21:56:36
Given the transfer window we've just had and the disappointment of not getting in the quality that Brendan wanted, I hope between now and January the players Brendan doesn't fancy long term are told and get them out the door ASAP. Come January we MUST have significant funds to to go get the players that we need in certain positions and strengthen. Congerton and co ( if they're lucky enough to still be there need targets identified pronto and realistic targets at that. no more pissing about.

02 Sep 2018 00:34:43
Of course Gerry there needs to be sufficient money for the right players . In total we have wasted nearly £10 m on Compper and Kouassi .
Needless to say we can't afford to continue doing that . We must have money available for Ntcham and French Eddy standard of players.

02 Sep 2018 08:15:29
10 million?

02 Sep 2018 09:10:47
Kouassi was £3 mill and Comper £1.2, however add on Hayes, Hendry, Allen etc and we have spent over £10mill. We could recover maybe half and that's what we should do.

02 Sep 2018 09:20:26
OMC, That is why I am not too upset at this window. Wasted £10 million but a lot of fans were happy we spent that kind of money. I am ok with the current squad (albeit we need to strengthen our defence but failed there) . However, I also believe we have approached some quality players who have politely rejected coming to our wee league even although it would have been to Celtic who are known worldwide. Our Geography is against us regardless how massive a club we are. If moving to a bigger league was a possibility I am sure there are leagues out there who would take us in a heartbeat.
Anyway, I can dream. Have a great day and I hope a good celebration this evening.

02 Sep 2018 09:34:45
Only £4m in fees unless you mean wages too which I doubt would've been £6m since they've been here.

01 Sep 2018 18:52:08
Ed 007 does this Benkovic we've signed support the republican movement? Saw your mans tweet today! 😂👍☘️ C'mon the Hoops for the morra!

{Ed007's Note - I kept an eye on it waiting for him to post it too 😂😂😂

01 Sep 2018 19:03:46
Well I must apologise lads about what I said the other night about Moussa loving our great club very much ( I was convinced he did ) just shows how wrong one can be at times and makes me feel really sad the way he conducted himself.

Moving on from that now I'm glad to see young Jack being sent out to Dumbarton for game time and hopefully lots of goals, does anyone know if he can be recalled from his loan at any time as we may need him back if injuries come into play again?

01 Sep 2018 20:07:15
Royjac73. You were far from the only one that thought M D was a decent individual, we should know by now that there is no such thing, as a decent person a professional footballer .

Don't worry yourself Jack A WA loaned to a 3rd division football club, because that is exactly what he is, a Scottish 3rd division footballer . He is never going to make it at Celtic.

01 Sep 2018 20:40:01
Most of the Scots, Griff, Brown, Tierney, McGregor, Forrest all have a great affection for Celtic. Maybe one or two foreign players as well, Lustig for one but players who come in Even Paddy who talks about how great it is at Celtic will be off as soon as the big cheque book is waved under their nose. Posters need to stop confusing their love for the club with thinking players love Celtic. Bottom line is Celtic is a stepping stone to greater things. Unfortunate but true.

01 Sep 2018 20:42:39
Absolutely pathetic omc seems I’ve stayed out the whole negativity regarding our double treble winners and the manager but to slate a young footballer the way you have just done makes me wonder what you bother commenting at all I’ll be taking my seat tommorow cheering on the BHOYS, true celtic supporters are faithful through and through to all the BHOYS and ghirls you’ll never walk alone hail hail Glasgow’s green and white.

01 Sep 2018 21:06:52
Everytime I read something about moussa it really makes me physically sick to think I really liked him. He is a rat.

01 Sep 2018 21:15:21
How can you say that Chris? You're quick to jump on people about criticizing players yet you are about a kid. He has great potential and this loan will help him bulk up, get game time and do his confidence the world of good.

01 Sep 2018 21:37:12
Braveheart86, well said. OMC where did that comment come from?

01 Sep 2018 22:10:50
Aitchison hopefully gets a good season, another loan in the championship to see if he can step up and then maybe give him a chance.

02 Sep 2018 00:11:33
There are those who are born green and white and those like Big Jock, Tommy Gemmell, Bertie Auld, Daniel Fergus McGrain, Kenny Dalglish, Mikael Lustig and Scott Brown, etc etc, etc that grow to embrace the club, the support and all that is Celtic. God Bless them all.
Some appreciate what we have to offer and enjoy the ride, some others can't quite make the grade and we thank them for their efforts, while others use us as a stepping stone to 'better things' that very often simply never materialize and then their career goes into freefall.
The majority of us would give everything to ever have the chance to play for Celtic and those who abuse the opportunity often fade away.

02 Sep 2018 00:46:31
Aitchison may still be quite young but he has been on the edge of first team squads for quite a few years . B R new that he had a problem with one striker was likely to leave him down a striker . He still allowed the lad to step down to the 3rd division .
Now in my opinion and of course I could be wrong that isn't proper preparation for becoming Celtic striker .
It must be about 3 seasons ago since I caught sight of young Aitchison and I have followed his name since and I noticed he hasn't scored that many even playing with and against his own age group.

02 Sep 2018 01:41:57
There is nothing wrong in saying a player isn’t good enough for us. That’s life, or we would all be playing. If I can get over the fact I wasn’t good enough, then I can get over anybody. Aitchison isn’t good enough. To me he is at best a Dundee type player. No malice in that, it’s just the truth. We need to stop getting precious about players. If they’re not good enough, there a long queue of similar, including all of us.

01 Sep 2018 17:04:34
Whilst I totally agree with lots of posters that this window has been awful in terms of players coming in (or lack of) , I honestly don't think that we'll miss wee Paddy, Armstrong and the Frenchman. None of them made them made much of a contribution last season. What's done is done. We need to get over it and unite now. Tomorrow we will show the mob from the piggery that the gap has not closed.

01 Sep 2018 17:39:54
Well said VT! ☘️👍.

01 Sep 2018 18:00:09
Agree Viking, terrible window but I thought we played the best I have seen us for quite a while with fast passing, quick pressing. This could be the game we need to be honest, they think we are there for the taking and while form goes out of the window I’m confident our players who have been through this before will stand up and be counted. My main concern is there Croatian left back Barisic looks good going forward, so Lustig is going to need protection and a good game. If we can push him back it will nullify quite a bit of their work, if not we could be exposed.

01 Sep 2018 18:25:18
Totally agree Quinn. We need wee Jamesy to keep him pinned back. As for the rest. Bang average at best.

01 Sep 2018 20:15:52
The three players gone all missed an aweful lot of games last season . M D in particular could also be moody and in fact he scored just 9
I doubt very much if the Rangers2012.fullbacks attack us very much, they will be holding on to their defence by the skin of their teeth.
I have every confidence in Lustig controlling his side of defence. Lustig is a very clever defender and will be well fit for whatever they throw at him, providing he gets a bit of cover that he deserves if they do come running at him
The old story will be certainly true tomorrow, we defend as a team, we atack as a team and we win as a team.

01 Sep 2018 20:34:21
surely i can't be the only one sick n tired off what rangers might do or rangers are better this year ! feck sake the seasons only just started as always i honestly believe its about what WE do on the park and in the stands tomorrow people forget its us that are champions its us with a familiar and more than capable team and with the fans backing tomorrow we will turn up as a team players and fans together and probe were best team in scotland HH celtic forever .

01 Sep 2018 16:07:40
Is anyone doubting us tomorrow? i'm certainly not. 4-1, calmac, griff, eddy and ntcham. Let the hunskelping commence!

01 Sep 2018 17:51:15
Not in the slightest, business as usual tomorrow and let's forget about this transfer window.

01 Sep 2018 18:10:58
Im going with a 3-1 win.

01 Sep 2018 18:38:06
Play with the same confidence and control as Thursday and we shall have no problems. Sevco Steve will have them wound-up and to be honest that could affect their poor discipline as the vast majority are new to the atmosphere at Celtic Park and facing superior players.
My slight concern is that wee rat William Of Collum, his honest mistakes and his 'red card, red card' assistant ha ha ha.

01 Sep 2018 20:04:02
I'd rather Collum than any the other choices. He's just poor rest are bias.

01 Sep 2018 20:59:45
Bhoys if I am wrong I will come on and apologise tomorrow. I can't see us getting a win, maybe a draw but I think they have bags more energy. They don't pass back and to the side. They run into the spaces and God knows we leave enough space between midfield and defence. The left back will roast Lustig and they will pile crosses into the box. No one wants a Celtic win more than I do but I think we are way off the mark right now. Griff is not anywhere near his best. Eddy injured. Rogic injured. Sinclair miles away from 2 seasons ago. Boyota is back but let's see how committed he is when it gets rough and believe me it will. Brown I believe is carrying an injury so I can't see where we dig this win from. Now some of you will give me pelters but I have told you why I think we won't get a win. Its my opinion, but reading posts of winning 4-1 and 5-0 is just madness.

02 Sep 2018 00:48:39
Johnnymac why am I not. Surprised?

02 Sep 2018 09:14:25
Because maybe you don't know as much as you try to let on.

01 Sep 2018 15:55:41
Team for tomorrow:

Gordon

Lustig
Ajer
Boyata
KT

Forrest
Brown
Ntcham
Rogic
McGregor

Edouard

COYBIG. 🍀🍀🍀👍.

01 Sep 2018 21:42:31
Hope Eddy is fit to play at some point. From what i understand he will start on the bench, as will Rogic. Sinclair to start on the left. Not ideal but Eddy and Rogic are not starting.

{Ed007's Note - Rogic not starting would be ideal for me.}

01 Sep 2018 15:25:25
For the way we treated Dembele, gave him chances in CL, EL etc, his comments are sickening. Glad he's gone tbh.

01 Sep 2018 15:45:11
Can t believe myself that dembele has said that. He was unhappy about not getting his move firstl that's fine but then when it goes through he comes out with this stuff. As u said brendan95 he got CL and EL playing with Celtic. Poor form from dembele alright.

01 Sep 2018 16:14:16
He's embarrassed himself and undermined our club . said last night it left a bad taste in the mouth.

01 Sep 2018 16:24:59
We should have kept him until January. If he didn't want to play for us then stop his wages.
I think we have left ourselves open to this every window now, Clubs will wait till the last few hours then try to sign our best players, and we have now shown we will give in.
Dembele would still have gone for a lot of money in January or next summer, we should have made a statement that we will not be treated like this. If Dembele didn't like it then he could stay away from the club and stew on it.
What I don't get is that we are not in financial trouble, we are in a position to sell players on our terms, which at least means being able to get a replacement in first. If after all we have done to improve Dembele as a footballer he won't even give us that, then being sent home with no pay is the way to treat him, and a warning to greedy players and agents that we won't be messed around.

01 Sep 2018 17:02:39
Don't know what's worse, dembele's comments or his shirt😄.

01 Sep 2018 18:02:23
F**k him he’s gone and good riddance! Not happy that we didn’t bring in someone to replace him but glad he’s gone! These footballers are mercenaries simple as that! See all the social media posting about the love of the club they may be at, its all pish and they couldn’t give a toss! Like I said good riddance and look forward to seeing u sitting on Lyons bench soon 👍🏼👍🏼.

01 Sep 2018 20:37:05
It appears he was charging around in training on Friday morning like a bull in a china shop. Boyata, even told him to calm down . Brendan had to take him out of the training .
His form didn't show any improvement and Brendan and the Board could not risk him any longer at the club A spoilt brat, he believed all the nice things Brendan and others said about him to build his confidence .
Brendan will be getting into the minds of the other players to prove to him he isn't missed.

01 Sep 2018 21:07:05
Gerryc, you can't legally hold his wages even if he refuses to play for the first team. If he is on the books the most you can withold is 2 weeks wages per offence. All he does is do a Boyata and declare himself injured. Boeringer (wrong spelling) and Lindgard did it for years. I am actually glad he is away. Has major injury problems and has not put a shift in this season. What I am unhappy about is that the club didn't see it and held onto him when he should have been punted.

01 Sep 2018 15:03:42
There are ways to leave a football club, and there is ways you certainly don't! Moussa Dembélé you are a disgrace. To treat the club the way he did in the last 24hrs along with derogatory comments in his press conference this morning were appalling. Celtic gave him the platform to showcase the player he was and to show the lack of respect he did is disgusting. On the other hand to get a player for under a million and sell him for 20 million when he spends half the season in the treatment room is a bonus! HH.

01 Sep 2018 15:38:19
Great player on his day, injured too much . Seems like a rat as a person now though . Very little dignity but how many modern players are the same. Apart from kt, the majority would do the same unfortunately . He had to go in the end as he was acting like a spoilt child, that photo of him with the huff at training should be put up as his Instagram picture seeing as he likes the site so much. I hope he hasn’t poisoned the other two French lads though as they were close .
He probably doesn’t care but he’s gone from respected to loathed fairly quickly with his actions.

01 Sep 2018 15:41:07
Totally agree with you there mate, didn’t think the guy was like that!

01 Sep 2018 14:04:50
Well done ed bet your glad this window is shut, condolences over the last week.
Guys we have many many OPINIONS over this window, the board our manager etc etc, but here are some facts to consider.
When RD finished and if we were told that BR would come in and that we would win a double treble, invinceable, we would sign a class striker for 385k sell 2 years later for 20m and get roughly 70m in next 3 years from Europe getting to CL 2/ 3 we would a snapped off every hand available.
Take a step back and look at the big picture here guys, the only reason the moans and groans are here is cos some other team has signed 15 players, and cos we never signed the player that YOU want.

Remember we are Celtic supporters faithfull thro and thro.

{Ed007's Note - Cheers, Rayman 👍

01 Sep 2018 19:06:44
Top post Rayman 👏
Couldn't have put it better myself.

01 Sep 2018 20:44:15
Signing 15 players is a recipe for disaster . Everton signed 12 or more last season and sacked their manager in Oct/ Nov
West Ham did similar and have yielded no points out 12 .
In 2016 Rangers2012 signed 10 + players and sacked their manager
In 2017 Rangers2012 signed 10 + players and sacked their manager
In 2018 Rangers2012signed 15 players and haven't got a proper manager.

01 Sep 2018 12:58:43
Oh the irony we now have 5 cbs and 2 defenders that can play there and 2 forwards. marvellous Pedro.

01 Sep 2018 14:09:29
Hendry should have been sent out on loan before being punted back to Dundee which is his level. We need to reduce the wage bill too high with players not nearly good enough picking up thousands every week. We need a cull.

01 Sep 2018 14:18:18
Shame I couldn't Add to the agree 100 times Magicpole.

01 Sep 2018 20:51:02
Ruts easy to post and laugh and sneer at Hendry and try your best to destroy his confidence, but Jack played 5/ 6 matches in terrible pain from a badly injured ankle .
He did that because his manager needed him.

01 Sep 2018 04:14:50
Thanks for the great work as usually over the transfer window.
I don't envy your work but I like everyone else appreciate it.
The whole window has been a shambles but at least we can all concentrate on football for a bit. 👍.

{Ed007's Note - Thanks buddy. I've never been so glad for the window to close, I don't think it's as bad as some people are making out but it was certainly a massive letdown and the same mistakes must not, no they can not be allowed to be repeated in January and next summer, although during January it is really difficult to get the players you want rather than players that their clubs don't want.}

01 Sep 2018 12:56:16
Well done ed and welcome back. am just surprised there was no plan in the event dembelle left to bring in a striker last season the 3 of them were injured and we had to put Sinclair in.

{Ed007's Note - Our plan for the long term was -and hopefully it still is - Nick Powell but it would have been very difficult to get Wigan to sell during this window or the back-up was a years loan for Shane Long. The way Dembele played it there was no time or point in trying to sign Powell and my hunch is that Rodgers just didn't fancy Shane Long.}

01 Sep 2018 13:05:07
Thanks for your great work over the transfer window.

{Ed007's Note - You're welcome mate 👍

01 Sep 2018 14:01:04
If THIS board won't give BR what he wants, they won't help ANY manager.

01 Sep 2018 14:11:01
Pity Lawell didn’t put in as much effort.

01 Sep 2018 14:31:35
Is Powell any good?

He was a prospect at Man Utd a few years back but haven't heard much about him since.

{Ed007's Note - He made the wrong choice going to Man Utd (Neil Lennon tried to bring him here at the same time) and if Rodgers could get Powell's head right he would be a sensational player for us, he's a genuine talent and according to Ed001 is one of the best, if not THE best technically gifted players to ever come through Crewe's academy - and that's some achievement when you consider Crewe have had one of the top academies in England for years under Dario Gradi.}

01 Sep 2018 14:47:24
Do you not think we could be priced out of a move for him if he has a good season Ed? Is he predominantly a striker, centre mid or attacking midfield?

{Ed007's Note - Powell is out of contract next summer and he can play both as a No.10 and as a striker.}

01 Sep 2018 15:28:22
Cheers Ed well that's good news may be in with a chance come Jan/ July.

{Ed007's Note - Fingers crossed 🤞

01 Sep 2018 15:55:07
Best wishes to you and your wife ED. I know it may sound crass but I hope yesterday went okay for you both.
If we are interested in Powell then I hope we are a lot more professional in the way we handle it than we have been in this window.

{Ed007's Note - Thanks, Gerry.}

01 Sep 2018 20:59:42
Can I add my hope that you and your wife are able to get through this difficult time .

The thing that most people forget is that no matter how financially rich we think we are . We are really the paupers shopping for targets we aim for . We have no chance if the financial heavyweights of the. championship eye our targets . It is damn hard and only for the French boy, I would have been very happy .
Our problem for the last 10 yrs and longer is once we get a good player the vultures come and sign him.

01 Sep 2018 11:33:12
Right we can all see that was a poor window.
But it was not as bad as people are making out.
Our defence is stronger at both CB and LB
The bhoy fae Kilmarnock is a good signing and will add a bit of steel we've been missing.
He up front we are a bit light. But dembele was going to cause more trouble if he was here so had to go.

Out wide we have added 2 player and now young Johnstone is getting game time.
Something that nearly every fan on here wanted to see.

Now on to this rubbish that lawell is ruining our club and where is the money.

Since lawell arrived we have won more than domestic honours than we have lost.
11 out of 15 league trophies while up against a team using dodgy dealing to compete against us.

Our club has grown and been successful it his time here.

01 Sep 2018 12:10:08
We have been winning trophies because they died and their new club are sh"te.
I like most other fans want more than dominating in scotland with a little progress in europe. Lawwell has no ambition and how any fan with any ambition for our club can condone him is beyond me.

01 Sep 2018 12:29:33
Kev if this was an isolated bad luck / circumstance poor decision making or whatever widow then fair enough . but i've / we've seen this happen with frightening regularity with our board . we get ahead we look to progress then they revert to biscuit tin mentality . the last 7 year has been a stroll because our biggest rivals got deservedly punished and banished . whether they are good enough or not to challenge us I don't know. but they are trying their upmost to catch us . can you say our board are doing the same to stay ahead?

01 Sep 2018 12:36:12
Again Irish that's a load of bollocks.
If they hadn't been using ebts the old club wouldn't have been competing with us never mind their new one.
Progress in europe?
What to you expect to do in the CL like when we are in groups against PSG and Bayern?
Last year 3rd was all we could get and that's what we got.

01 Sep 2018 12:36:19
I think Lawwell's remit has to change as far as contracts go Don't think he is bad for the club he seems to be good at everything else but 💩 on getting players over the line.

01 Sep 2018 12:51:46
DPR yes I would. Rogers has sign around 15 players in under 3 years.
People moaning about our defence but the gaffer has now sign 5 different defenders.
How is he not being backed?

01 Sep 2018 13:04:17
Kev I’d agree that Brendan is somewhat culpable as well due to some of the signings but out of the five defenders, how much has been spent on them? Apart from Hendry ( who I don’t think is any good but others think he will come good at 23) the rest of them were for little money, we just seem to never want to spend big on defence . I alluded to this recently that we are scraping around the bottom of barrels when it comes to defenders hoping to pick out a rough diamond, really we end up polishing a turd .
If we had a half decent budget, half decent planning this window we would have been out of sight of the dark side . Let’s be honest he said he wanted 3/ 4 quality signings to boost the side and we never got them, all be it Benkovic will be good, he goes at the end of the season and we are back to square one again.

01 Sep 2018 13:53:46
Quinn 3 of the defender are very experience players with about 200 caps between them. How is that looking for a ruff diamond?
Gamboa was around a million and has hardly been seen
The big Germain was around the same and has never been seen.

01 Sep 2018 14:13:46
There is no point trying to deny Rogers has made a complete arse if too many signings. That doesn’t mean you don’t back him. He knows he needed to up his game and I’m sure all of the people he identified this time would have. We will never know, because we will never get in real quality unless they are loaned.

01 Sep 2018 15:01:11
So dembele ntcham edouard haven't quality?

01 Sep 2018 15:26:55
Dembele was on the radar before BR came in.

01 Sep 2018 16:12:19
That doesn't matter johnny he was signed under Rogers.
He's was also quoted as saying it was Rogers who convinced him.
But that's not the point any way.
Magic said we NEVER get real quality unless loaned.
They 3 names prove that wrong as does van dyjk Griffith Sinclair.
It's another over reaction.

01 Sep 2018 16:42:02
Will give you that one Kev. What I want is some more and less duds and projects.

01 Sep 2018 21:06:24
Notcham came about because of Peter Lawwell and son .
I think when the manager doesn't come up with enough quality targets, then P l stamps in with his big size 10 . That happened with RD and I hope to God B R gets his act together and sorts out this part of his management.

01 Sep 2018 11:25:53
I have read many contradicting posts about The Board, the 'window' and players we brought in and sold and there was a lot of valid opinions and reaction to the controversial last few weeks.
Supporters emotions are running high because we all care so much about our club and how it's run.
The last few weeks have been very turbulent and unsettling, as we tumbled out of the CL, were beaten in only our second league game and lost one of our star players on deadline day.
However, in spite of it all, we have moved into the LC quarter final, sit ahead of the perennial gap-closers in the SPL and have progressed to the EL group stage - playing better than we have done in weeks in the process.
The new arrivals maybe not be to everyone's taste, but we still have the vast majority of the double treble team, with the knowledge we are the best around.
BR - and the team have never let us down in any important domestic game in two years and tomorrow, we will show why we are champions.

01 Sep 2018 09:45:32
Looks like Moussa let himself down on the way out the door which is a reflection on him and not Celtic and the right decision for me he had to be sold and not a bad bit of business turning £1/ 2m into £20m in two years. Anyway we are where we are and it is what it is. It's time to grateful for players we have and managed to retain and to turn our attention to putting Stevie G and the Govanites back in their box. Heads up the Celtic team and family and all the best to the Bhoys for Sunday. 3-0 for me. ☘️.

01 Sep 2018 10:30:01
How did he let himself down? He made it clear at end of last season he wanted to leave, that was plenty of notice to get a replacement in. BR has been caught in middle of situation and hung out to dry by board yet again by PL and DD regarding transfers.

01 Sep 2018 11:15:30
Bang on Benny. His spat the dummy out and acted like a spoilt wean.
That's what he will be most remembered for now.
He can save his I love the fans and crest pish. He tried to cause as much trouble as he could and disrupted our preparations for Sunday.

01 Sep 2018 11:39:45
Devils advocate . did he wind up boyata for his move to create turmoil and unrest and then use it all to engineer a move himself🤔🤔.

01 Sep 2018 09:18:09
THE TRANSFER CIRCUS HAS CLOSED.

Listen not what we had hoped for but it is what it is. I think we are going to be pleasantly surprised with Moussa going.
I can't wait to see Arzani Morgan when fit and wee Ryan Christie I feel is going to step up and become a star for us. We have plenty in attack and we french eddy will now get to be the main man. Sinclair looks like he is in the right frame of mind and wee Griff got the 100 monkey off his back. Add in that we have signed albeit on loan a quality defender we never could have afforded to bring on Ajer and Hendre. With this all in mind and still having Nicham and Tierney hopefully we can ALL get back to supporting our great club and get behind their attempts to go for 8 in a row. I can't wait for tomorrow's game.

01 Sep 2018 09:52:43
Great Post Kwaj, a nice bit of reality to put us on the path for tomorrow. The past is done and gone forever. COYBIG.

01 Sep 2018 12:38:52
Christie is pish end of.

01 Sep 2018 12:49:41
😂😂😂 Ryan Christie will never be a star.

01 Sep 2018 06:04:24
Everybody needs to calm the F*** down. If I were to blame anybody for our difficulty in attracting quality signings it would be the Governing bodies. They massively undersell our game, to the point where English fans see us as a pub league. We don't know what goes on behind the scenes but I'll bet my house we had numerous enquiries turned down flat by players and agents.
We are what we are, a fantastic club with strong tradition and amazing fan base, stuck in a league that is not attractive to a players career move. One look at the wages a top player can command down South absolutely destroys any hope we've got of attracting them here. These players have no loyalty to the shirt anymore and cash is their motivation. There are exceptions. KT could have went anywhere this summer but he loves Celtic to the core. Yes, he'll probably be off eventually but when he wants to.
It always gets me down the way the media treat our league. It's a strong, competitive one that has shown up many an English team and player who thought they could stroll it.
Thank f*** that's the circus over for another year. Let's now get on with doing what we do best. Winning trophies.

01 Sep 2018 07:21:40
Great post Big Rab, any chance you could do the negotiations when the next TV deal is due!
We have to move on, the fans have to back the Team. Yes all of us wanted more signings (hands up I was wrong, I didn't think we'd sign anybody in the final week of the Transfer window) . Starting tomorrow let's put Sevco, their fans and most of all the Media in their place. I'm sick of all this crap that the tribute act is back. Normal service will resume tomorrow, keep the faith Bhoys and Ghirls.
Let The People Sing. 🍀🍀.

01 Sep 2018 07:22:40
Well said Rab probably one of the most sensible posts I’ve seen in weeks. Yes we can try n attract players to our great club, yes maybe not been best transfer window but in reality it’s what the league offers that’s the down fall in my opinion a lot of the time. No champions league just made it all the harder to get players.

Onwards n upwards hail hail.

01 Sep 2018 07:41:01
Staggering that people are trying to blame anyone but the board for our failure to bring in quality this summer! Open your bloody eyes! we’ve brought in nearly 30 million in transfer fees this summer and apart from eddy spent f**k all! Rodgers says we need to replace Armstrong and paddy didn’t happen. said we need another striker if dembele goes, didn’t happen! Crying out for a right back, didn’t happen! This window has been a shambles and an embarrassment and whoever tries to somehow defend it or make exuses for needs to seriously have a word with themselves! And to top it off they Announce Benkovic at 11:35 last nite, after dembele left! Even though the guy had trained durin the day and the deal was done! This board and lawell in particular treat the fans with utter contempt and couldn’t give a toss what we think! Shambles embarrassment and incompetence, there’s 3 words for u! Aww aye and let’s hope at least one of our 2 strikers are injury free for tomorrow eh! JOKE!

01 Sep 2018 07:41:50
Spot on Big Rab money has ruined the game along with the Bosman ruling.

01 Sep 2018 08:00:40
Big Rab makes a good point and something I've been saying for a while. English Market is our closest and at present we can sell to them but can't buy from there with even the championship now out of reach.

With shared media outlets and the constant belittling of our game from our biggest market does make it difficult, take Burnley, Aberdeen could've knocked them out but no one from our league or association promote the positive, they just got knocked out n we have 2 teams through which is aother opportunity to promote but silence.

Saying that, could our issue be that congerton hasn't understood this correctly and his targets haven't been more 'creative'? No point shopping in the wrong markets so we need to look at up and coming players further a field. They certainly exist, see VVD, Victor, hooper, izzy, Ntcham, moussa (spit) , rogic, griff, Armstrong, the list goes on.

01 Sep 2018 08:12:21
Good post Big Rab.
I was in car yesterday and listening to talksh*t.
They were saying that the "Old Firm Game" (I know but they are ignorant) is too big a game to be held in Scotland and should be played at Wembley. How fecking insulting and degrading is that not only to the Celtic/ sevco fans but to the Scottish Fans/ people as well. "It's the only real game that matters to people up there, they said. Needless to say OUR authorities will never comment on that (I have written to them demanding they raise it with the station) . They are probably too busy looking to see how much they can get in wee brown envelopes on the decision for Hampden v Murryfield.

01 Sep 2018 09:41:14
Well said Big Rab. It's a sore point how a world wide brand like Celtic has been tramped on by Sky to be honest because they have created this EPL monster, the championship play off being the richest game in football and teams getting 80million for failing. Adam Rooney left Aberdeen for Salford for christ sakes for more money. Better get used to guys like Dembele (showed his true colours) spitting out his dummy to get his way. No loyalty in football no more. That's why King Billy, Danny Mc grain, the maestro and recently Henrik, Broony and even KT are held in great esteem because they showed loyalty and personal wealth was secondary.

01 Sep 2018 09:42:49
Iistened to that tinytim, a bit later in the show they stated the europa league cannot be considered a major trophy but the FA Cup is!

This is what we are dealing with, I had to switch off it off.

01 Sep 2018 02:12:42
That's it folks The credulous Calvinist belly kickers have been stupefied by their new pied piper for yet another share issue right on que.

Sorry to say but we have a lot of players needing shipped out, Allan, Compper, De Vries, Hayes, Benyu, Kouassi who all will be on decent cash and need to go.

Looks like the squad needs some surgery in January but we know we have the resources.

I still hope we can get cover for Dembelle. Found it strange Aitchison was shipped out so you never know.

Keep the faith in a squad who have served us well over the last few years. Enjoy a libation as it will be a beautiful Sunday in paradise.

HH.

01 Sep 2018 09:41:11
Powder Finger we can't get cover for Dembele till January and by then it may be too late. Yes we have resources available but we had them available now and didn't use them. Posters need to wake up. They make excuses for the lack of transfers talking rubbish like "we are waiting till the EPL window closes so we can get better value", telling the rest of us to chill out there is still 4 weeks of the window remaining and now we are getting posters telling us we will strengthen in the January window. It seems that no matter how poor the team play, the issues with transfers or whatever then its all right because its Celtic and you mustn't criticise because if you do you are not a true supporter. Well the goings on at Celtic football club since January are a disgrace. The team was faltering as far back as then. Surgery was required. Now its major surgery at end of this season as we will lose N'tcham, maybe Tierney next year. As for BR, he has not covered himself in glory. His sniping at the Board re transfers destabilised us further. He should have the conversations behind closed doors. All BR was doing was giving himself an excuss. He knows he is never going to bully Peter Lawell to spend when he decides not to. PL could come out and justify why in his opinion he has backed the manager but he won't do that. So BR is not blameless. This entire episode has for what ever reason gone badly wrong.

01 Sep 2018 11:35:01
You really think we have been poor? this team has been on a 2 year massacre hardly put a foot wrong won everything put to them domestically have broken just about every domestic record it was always going to hit a buffer.

Now Europe that's a completely different situation we came up against a stuffy Greek team who were well drilled and had a bit more experience than us and were better prepaired on the day. Sods law.

Look at Olympiacos and the high flying Burnley's result or another example we get a loan player who cost 13 million with no senior caps for Croatia.

We sell Dembelle for a record deal for 6 or 7 million more Leicester City aren't even concerned by that outlay how much do you want Celtic to spend put a figure on it.

We have a bunch of decent players who have done us proud support the team and don't feed the hype.

01 Sep 2018 00:04:26
Peter Lawwell and I quote:

"Every transfer window we aim to come out of it stronger than we went into it and that's what we will do"

Please explain?

01 Sep 2018 00:11:18
We’ve just broken our record for buying a player and for selling a player. We’ve held on to every first team regular bar one and we’ve brought in a couple of half decent squad players who may or may not have an impact. Stop reading the pish that the Scottish press write about us and open your eyes.

01 Sep 2018 00:18:56
Ice man perhaps you can explain how you think we are weaker? Yes we sold Dembele for a record fee but we still have Eddy and Griffiths. We have a CB which we badly needed. I can't understand where all this doom and gloom is coming from.

01 Sep 2018 00:38:13
I’ll explain it very quickly for you Malky. We’ve lost Armstrong, Roberts and now Dembele without replacing any of them. That makes us weaker.

01 Sep 2018 00:39:05
I don’t read the press COYBIG. It’s my opinion.

01 Sep 2018 00:41:28
There’s certainly no doom and gloom here in any event but there’s no doubt we’re not the squad we’d had this time last year. Although the Sunday game will be incredible towards a massive hoops win.

01 Sep 2018 00:55:28
Neither Roberts nor Armstrong played regularly last year. Dembele was a top class striker but towards the end of last season, Eddy emerged as our top striker so I’d say he replaced him. We’ve also signed a CB from the Croatian champions but somehow Sevco are stronger because they signed a CB from the team that was 7th in the Croatian League. Over to you Iceman.

01 Sep 2018 00:58:27
Stopped reading at we lost dembele. we had 3 top strikers, we now have 2 top strikers. We are now 1 top striker weaker.

01 Sep 2018 01:31:11
COYBIG at what point did I mention anything about that other lot let alone that they’re stronger. They don’t interest me. Regardless of whether Armstrong and Roberts played or not they were still quality players that we had the option to call upon (when they weren’t injured) last season. They have now gone and not been replaced therefore we are now weaker. It’s really not that difficult to understand. I put it to you COYBIG do you think the squad we have right now is stronger than the one we had this time last year?

01 Sep 2018 03:19:05
We loaned a Croatian from Leicester we could have bought 3 seasons ago but penny pinched and bought the cheaper optiin that was jozo siminovic.

01 Sep 2018 04:37:20
Coybig, Armstrong played 40 games last year, a blind man on horseback can see we are a lot weaker than last year. we keep hearing about all the money we have, how big profits we make, stupid fancy lights etc,
Me and my 3 boys have season books, my hands never out my pockets at parkhead, and here we are again, making fortunes in the transfer market, and bringing in freebies and loans, it’s an absolute disgrace, and I’m totally sickened by the way we’re being run at the moment.

01 Sep 2018 09:14:04
I wouldn’t say the squad is stronger than last year but I don’t think it’s been weakened much. When you’ve already got a good team, holding on to the majority of your key players is at least as important if not more important than signing new players who may or may not settle and make an impact. We’ve done that and we’ve shown a profit as well. We’re miles ahead of the rest of Scotland and even if Sevco start giving us a game now, which I doubt, we should still have enough to consistently beat them and win trophies. As for Europe, they’ll just make it harder for us every year so do we really want to spend like Sevco did previously to try and compete in a rigged competition? BTW Jag, Armstrong didn’t play 40 times, it was only 39.

01 Sep 2018 09:26:01
Maybe we can be like the tribute act and spend the menage money. Our wage bill needs trimmed as it's running over 50 mill a year. If we do we would have a smaller squad and less depth which wouldn't do. We can't afford to go out and spend spend especially after breaking a club record. Any other season if we had done this we would all delighted I am think Eddy will be brilliant this year. Don't let the bast Ards get you down our great club will prevail.

01 Sep 2018 09:46:29
Jaj73, its no use putting your point of view over to some supporters. Yes we are weaker but when you get posters telling you we are no different from last season then they are just in denial. Just to lose Dembele makes us weaker, never mind Armstrong etc. We never played great from January and the Rangers games papered over the cracks.

01 Sep 2018 10:32:39
Back to back trebles and we’re ‘papering over the cracks’. I’ve heard it all now.

01 Sep 2018 11:14:54
COYBIG, the back to back trebles have gone. I am looking at this season. We are not playing great. let's see what happens tomorrow then come back and post.

01 Sep 2018 13:01:40
Good idea Johnny. Let’s wait and see what happens over the next few months before we start hitting the panic button. Perhaps that’s what all the doomsday posters should be doing as well instead of helping out the James Traynor led stenographers relay the ‘facts’ of the Stevie G revolution and the concomitant Celtic implosion.

02 Sep 2018 01:14:01
First time posting here but an avid lurker, its hard watching it all unfold from the other side of the World but at the same time it is what it is.

I think Izzaguire coming back is a great move, his directness is exactly what we need, if you watch him play then you will see he is the one player in the team that is hardly ever looking for that sideways or back to defender pass. he may be getting on but his legs look fresh and he is one of us.

Edouard is going to come on and be a solid signing, yes maybe he may go in 2 or 3 years but that's the climate we are in now and we have to live with it. Im looking forward to him pairing with Griffiths.

Benkovic may be here for only a year, but he will stabilise our defence, I'm certainly not upset at getting a £10MILL + Defender on loan, be ready for Boyata to go next but let's all be honest, how many on here would have thought it was an outrage to be selling him anyway? He adds a bit of rigour to our back line but he has been caught ball watching so many times,

All in let's hope we have our ducks in a row come January, surely we can't screw up two windows in a row. We all need to get behind this team, its the one we have and it the one we support. Blind loyalty it is for sure and the past few seasons that has been overlooked by the board. I for one still have faith in Brendan.