Celtic Rumours Archive August 17 2011

17 Aug 2011 23:04:43
i think Fraser Forster is a bad signing very unreliable

Should sign huselklepp or maybe johnny russel, what about gael kakuta on loan {Ed007's Note - How can Forster be unreliable? Look at his record? There is no evidence to suggest this.}

Forster has his moments, like ALL keepers, but his record in Scotland is impeccable.

On the forward side, Le Fondre is ok, but Hooper and Stokes are better, why not take a punt on Artjoms Rudnevs of Jong Tese?

Exactly ed played 44 games, best goalkeeping record in the SPL, didnt get injured, clearly wanted to come back since he went against pardew's advice - i dont see how you could call that unreliable. Good signing

Gee urself peace Forster is a decent keeper, better than the rest at Celtic. Hes still young, learning and constantly improving. I think u must be on something huselkepp? he would be a VERY bad signing. goal ratio of 1 in 7 games Thats why hes signed for portsmouth and NO EPL teams were interested.

Do any you guys actually go to parkhead to watch the games? His kick outs are terrible he can't get down quickly enough and he couldn't catch a cold, the last keeper that had this kind of record was Rab Douglas and he was great wasn't he.... NOT And stop playing footie manager and coming up with all these silly names like Artjoms Rudnevs ( who ever he is )

Artjoms Rudnevs plays for Lech Poznan and has a fanastic goalscoring record, if you don't know anything about football you should keep your opinions to yourself.

Forster lacks solidity, perhaps a confidence thing but there are definate flaws in his game.

I know plenty about football pal just don't have polish tv to watch lech Poznan Doubt your even a season ticket holder bet you just listen to the radio or watch the odd game on council tv don't you, fact of the matter is McGregor saves them about 10 -15 points a season all this guy saves us is a couple of hundred thousand Shocking attitude from our board They would rather see a healthy bank balance than trophies in the cabinet

A video of Rudnevs scoring a few goals, unfortunately his HAT-TRICK against the small team from Turin (Juventus) isn't on here:

bit.ly/mRqvFh

As I wrote last week, for someone so tall he is awful in the air, all over the shop at crosses and corners swung across the box. Go watch some games, the worst commander of the box we have had since Alan McKnight. Jees, considering his height, you would think the last thing we would have to worry about is handling crosses and corners.

Celtic fans are clueless about Fraser Forster.

Sure his goal kicks are weak and sometimes he can be too slow to collect but overall he is GOOD, and GOOD will do for me, back the guy or else get back to Ibrox you pessimistic lunatics...

Whatever muppet originally posted this needs his head checked out as he is talkin crap Forster is a solid goalkeeper, record number of clean sheets in the spl and made several vital saves. The statistics dont lie so either support the player and team or shut up I didnt realise not having a season book meant you cant have an opinion, i better get saving. Ed why even allow crap like this on the site?

Scotty Bhoy {Ed007's Note - Scotty, it might be his genuine opinion, like I keep saying, if people don't use names it's hard to determine if it is a CFC supporter or a WUM. I repeat it time and time again, on ALL sites, people who build up their own identity and can be directly referred to get better respect and better responses, some people just ignore anything that people haven't out a name to on other sites. It is not as if you need to register or anything just put a name at the bottom, and if you want to make sure no one hijacks it (kidding on it is you), put something in the e-mail field, it doesn't even need to be an address, just anything, and use it with every post and that verifies to us it is the genuine poster. As it is not a site rule rule I can't really do anything, sorry. }

I think big Forster is sold for spl, I just hope his inability to get to the ground fast enough dosent let us down in Europe, if he's good in Europe we will buy him, if not we will go for Gordon on a pre-contract.
I recon le fondre is a good option n would leave us some money for a 'marque' signing hopefully.

Nickybhoy

"I know plenty about football pal just don't have polish tv to watch lech Poznan Doubt your even a season ticket holder bet you just listen to the radio or watch the odd game on council tv don't you, fact of the matter is McGregor saves them about 10 -15 points a season all this guy saves us is a couple of hundred thousand Shocking attitude from our board They would rather see a healthy bank balance than trophies in the cabinet"

You're correct I don't have a season ticket, but that's mainly because I live in England and travelling every week would be a bit expensive. I too do not have Polish TV I just take an interest in players who are doing well in other leagues so that should we attempt to buy them I have an understanding of how they play so as not to get on their backs when "fans" like you start hurling abuse at them because "you know best"
Forster broke all goalkeeping records in Scotland, so how is it that you rate him so lowly? Is it because we didn't spend millions to bring him in or is it that you would prefer us to buy an over aged keeper purely coming for the money?

You can say what you want about the guy but Ed is right he does have a great record.

GaryBhoy88

17 Aug 2011 20:55:02
Is the Celtic game on tv or the Internet tomorrow?

Its defo not on T.V, not too sure about online.

Its on Channel 67 so hopefully there will be a link

It at parkhead so get yourself along and support your team. {Ed007's Note - Posters on here are from a bit farther afield than that mate.}

Ed007's Note - Posters on here are from a bit farther afield than that mate
Thatss what buses and cars r for Ed lol {Ed007's Note - There are people from all over Britain, Eire, and even further than that, CFC have a worldwide support, that is part of their attraction. People have bills to pay and families to feed, surely that should be their priority in life?}

Www.p2p4u.net is the place to get the game if it is being streamed anywhere other than channel 67.thankfully I subscribe to channel 67 and on this accassion it is on for UK and Irish viewers.

fatbhoy67.HH.

P2p4u.net
Myp2p.net or
Freelivesports.tv are normally all good, usagoals.net is not bad either.

Nickybhoy

Travel every week from fraserburgh with a supporters club, takes 4 and half hours each way I was there on sat, going tonight going on Sunday

To the poster says its at parkhead, yeh i know , i travel to most home games if its a weekend 600 mile trip, midweek i struggle with time off work with working shifts..derbycelt

17 Aug 2011 19:58:50
Is the Celtic vs Sion available anywhere but on radio? Or do i need to get the Tranny out..and ask him to put the radio on?

TrampsPants

Tramspants pal told me Swiss TV are covering it but how to access it - Sorry?
Timalloy

Here it disnae make ye a bad persun trampo,"let he who iz withoot sin throw the furst brick" naw yir rite f'kin weerdos,set fire tae hum

The game is on channel 67 worldwide so i'm sure someone will put a link in one of the usual streaming sites.

Jungle Bhoy.

17 Aug 2011 19:49:43
Newsnow celtic saying there is still a possibility of us signing Tomasz Kuszczak from MU even though we have secured Frazer Foster,it would certainly provide plenty of competition for the goalkeeping position.
PS. Channel 67 are showing the match live tomorrow night even for UK and Ireland viewers.Result.

fatbhoy67.HH. {Ed007's Note - There are still murmurs of this in Manchester, but I can't see it.}

Can't see it happening myself ed,just thought I'd post the rumour.
PS.keep up the good work mate.HH.

fatbhoy67.HH. {Ed007's Note - Thanks Fats, HH}

17 Aug 2011 19:41:21
I am delighted we have got big Fraser back. The only thing i'm disapointed with, is that we never bought him right now. He had 21 clean sheets last season. He made a mistake against Rangers in his first old firm game, but importantly he learnt from that, and went on to have 4 clean sheets against them. I never felt nervous with the big man at the back, so i reckon the players will be the same. I think he will keep on improving, that is why i wish we had bought him now. Paul Lambert will be keeping an eye on him this season, and will have big bucks if they stay up. So a good signing for us, now get a good centre half, and a centre forward and we are laughing. Welcome back big man, and help us win the league this time
paddybhoy

Gotta agree with you there mate. I wont go on about him being great or the clean sheet record. Putting it simply i didn't sh*t myself everytime the opposition go near our goal when he's in, not like when Zaluska or i gotta say it even Boruc in the latter stages. I think we've got a good safe pair of hands there and if you look on the main page there's a few English fans wishing they had made a bid for him

Gary

17 Aug 2011 19:03:10
Does anyone know if the U19 game against Marseille is on anywhere?I can only find a link to Liverpool U19 game with Sporting U19.

Jungle Bhoy.

The match is over,Marsielle winning 1-0 mate sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

fatbhoy67.HH.

17 Aug 2011 17:43:16
Great piece of business in signing Forster on loan. He had a great season last year creating an SPL record for 23 clean sheets. 3 clean sheets out of 4 in the Old Firm league games. We now get to look at him for a further 12 months and if he continues to improve, we have first option to sign a tried and tested keeper who fits in at the club. Great to see us getting our No1 goalkeeping target. Fantastic business by Lawwell and Lennon.

Who wrote this peter lawell , i think big forster is a lump of wood he cost us the league cup final two soft goals versus der shame

What a joke, forster back in paradise, he should never be anywhere near paradise. we should have gone for a decent keeper in marion kello, far superior to forster.

Seemingly with foster coming on loan it will give lennon more money to bring in a striker and a centre-half

I agree he is a statue at times and he DID cost us the league cup final when he went down in instalments to try and save that shot(trundler) from the shame.

He did NOT cost us the final, god some of my fellow Celtic fans are so deluded

Back the guy 100%, if not go to Ibrox...

As a Rangers fan, I'd rather Celtic signed the Polish keeper but that's just my opinion. Think Forster is going to be a great bit of business for you lot this year.

17 Aug 2011 17:27:06
Celtic starlet Islam Feruz could leave the club for a lucrative move to England, Neil Lennon has admitted.

The 15-year old forward is rated as one of the hottest talents in his age group and has been with Celtic since moving to Scotland from Somalia in 2001.

The forward had been expected to sign professional terms at Parkhead on his 16th birthday but has attracted the attention of English Premier League sides Manchester City and Chelsea, with the latter said to be prepared to offer the player £2,500 per week to move {Ed007's Note - We all knew this??}

Lennon never said he could be leaving. He said ""I have heard all this rumour and speculation but I'm not aware of that. I do know that it is going to be very difficult for us to hold on to him".
Ben Bhoy 1916 {Ed007's Note - Chelsea quite legally put forward an offer approximately 6-8 weeks ago for the player to move to London, it is not quite clear if he is down there yet though, but there was some reporting of it at the start of pre season. I have just made contact with Ed002 so she is helping me, the fee will fall within the FIFA/UEFA regulations but she is not 100% on any SFA rules. The fee would be less than £1m more in the region of 300-400k(???).

17 Aug 2011 16:49:17
ed whats happening with ALF ? {Ed007's Note - Not much has changed that I know of.}

17 Aug 2011 16:41:54
Well fellow bhoys big fraser cxoming back for good this time maybe that means we got a gk for nothing ...hopefully we can bring another striker in before the deadline ...hey ed is there any news on mo idrissou???????

chalky bhoy hail hail {Ed007's Note - Not heard anything sorry, time has been took up a bit on Man Utd site with Nasri having a medical for City. Wait for SSN to catch up.}

We can only bring in one before the deadline and that's Forster

We can bring in as many as we like before the deadline, although only one will be eligible to play in the Sion game.

17 Aug 2011 16:24:02
Rumours of a video showing the new Rangers player scoring and running away blessing himself. He better watch that up here, imagine the first person lifted for aggressively blessing themself is a r****rs player,would findlay take the case do you think?

MoJo, Amoruso, Gattuso, Negri, Porrini, Amato, Caniggia, Arveladze, Paul Le Guen, Neil McCann... your point is? {Ed007's Note - I think the guy was making a light hearted point about the stupid laws that were being talked about, lighten up mate eh? But for the record did any the above bless themselves in public? Some people just like to look for an argument where there isn't even one. Look up what banter means.}

"MoJo, Amoruso, Gattuso, Negri...etc.etc"
What's your point?

As Ed said it was banter numbnuts Back on point (kinda) Basile Boli is the only Rangers player I can think of who blessed himself in public... but it is the exact thing that the politicians would be looking to do to make their point Remember Drunken Duncan?

JD {Ed007's Note - I actually thought it was quite a funny thought, seems some people are getting a bit edgy for some strange reason, any ideas what that could be ;-)

Haha I know what you're saying, but my concern is the people running this country want to make themselves some headlines, and hope to scare the fans and what better way than to charge a footballer? {Ed007's Note - Don't even joke about that! Imagine the chaos that would actually cause?}

I'm only half joking mate This is exactly the type of thing that Salmond would love.. and that goes for any footballer not just one playing for Rangers, he doesn't have the brains to work out that by doing this, his actions could be seen as Sectarian... on second thoughts I hope he does do it and is then arrested himself lol

JD {Ed007's Note - It would definitely show up how stupid the law would be ;-)

Yes this is true all these guys are RC,,but they are not west of Scotland/Irish are they..sooo sensitive... {Ed007's Note - Never really thought it out did they? European opponents etc}

17 Aug 2011 15:31:52
If your glad to see big fraser forster back click 'believable' but if your not click 'unbelievable'

GaryBhoy88 {Ed007's Note - Mate that is just pointless because Rangers fans just click 'unbelievable'}

I'm far from over the moon. He a big guy that can't command his box and his decision making needs to improve. But as 007 said earlier, I trust Lenny and he obviously rates him so i will get behind him. Andy H

Wrong ed, im a rangers fan and i clicked believable cause hes rubbish {Ed007's Note - I bet you are sitting all chuffed with yourself now aren't you? ;-)

Hi ed cant you stop these currants from posting messages or clicking on believable and un believable by getting them to register what team they support so they dont write s**t and so on,on our page {Ed007's Note - It's a banter site, it wouldn't work without Rangers fans being allowed on, and don't get me started on names again. You should see the stuff I delete from completely out of order to just complete idiocy. As for the buttons, if you get your kicks out of messing about with a poll on an oppositions fans site I think you might be too young for on here, it's up there in the pathetic stakes of pretending to support another team to pretend you don't like a player etc, very adult behaviour. If I turned round and told Moneypenny "I'm kidding on I'm a Rangers fan so I can write........" she would clip me round the ear and tell me to grow up.}

17 Aug 2011 15:25:50
i am a hibby but would just like to say if there is a chance of you buying le fondre you should take it.£600,000 is cheap for someone who does nothing but score goals for fun.i only wish hibs would pull out the stops for this guy but if you get him we will be pulling the ball out of net when we play you .

Don't be daft mate, if hibs were to buy him we defo be interested in buying him from you.
HH
/BB

You only have to look at Le Fondre's scoring record on Wikipedia to see that this guy is a goal machine. He's another Gary Hooper and if Celtic can get in there quick before the big guns show an interest then we'll get another 20 + goals a season man. {Ed007's Note - It's not his scoring ability that are holding teams back from bidding, it is over all work rate.}

17 Aug 2011 14:17:26
Good afternoon ed,

Just had a wee glance at THERE page, all arguing between each other, and one fan enlightening his fellow supporters that whyte re-financed there bank debt, brought a smile to my face.

Where as we look to have sealed big forster again which I am happy with he kept enough clean sheets and experience in big games may have let him down but he is young and can only get better, plus any further news on sion thing we spoke about the other day with the ban n stuff??


Cumby Bhoy {Ed007's Note - It looks as if Sion will be kicked out the competition but they are willing to fight it through the legal courts, which will have very serious repercussions for them including a long term ban from Europe. They broke FIFA and UEFA statutes and need to be punished. They made things worse by taking the case to courts, which in itself is a breach of FIFA law, to have the decision rescinded. The Swiss FA backed down and allowed them to filed the disputed players, but FIFA and UEFA have not done this. If they field the disputed players against CFC, then they will almost certainly be excluded and CFC will get a bye into the group stages. You lot better appreciate all I do for you!!! Ed002 has been posted MIA!}

Afternoon Ed007, find it strange the way UEFA have handled this a decision should have been made already to exclude Sion for unregistered players, now it looks like game will go ahead at Parkhead but regardless of result second leg might not Farcical
As regards Forster it looks like Lennon has faith in him, he knows him and what to expect from him and obviously trusts him so we should all get behind big fella and welcome him back to paradise. Hail hail Timalloy {Ed007's Note - Afternoon Tim, it all depends on the team Sion put out mate. Until that happens FIFA/UEFA can't do anything, but if any the disputed players play the result will be meaningless as Sion will be expelled and no second leg will be played. Complete farce I know but the way Sion are looking at it is the courts are backing them. One extreme train of thought is that Sion could ask for help from the "big" clubs regarding the ruling. If the likes of Man Utd, Barca, Madrid, etc etc see a chance to help themselves and throw their weight behind Sion it could be used as a weapon against FIFA/UEFA in their ongoing plans to form a break away league of their own.}

Much appreciated ed, just wanted to find out what's happened since the other day. U do a good job mate must put up with a load of crap lol

Cumby Bhoy {Ed007's Note - Cheers Cumby.}

17 Aug 2011 13:47:27
bring in frazer forster, then a new striker and i think that will be enough 2 bring the league 2 parardise

i would like 2 see maybe 2 striker come in like a big target man maybe Borussia Monchengladbach striker Mohammadou Idrissou

and also someone like jame murphy or adam le fondre and sell daryl murphy or samaras

Celticshaun7

17 Aug 2011 13:44:45
Im disgusted about us trying to sign that third choice keeper at newcastle once again.Can someone please tell me why were going for this guy again he didnt impress first time round and i dont think im the only one who thinks this.Clearly lennon is getting him on loan again because the heirarchy will not give him funds for a half decent keeper what the hell is going on.Fans been short changed once again.

He broke the record for most spl clean sheets in one season so he must be doing something right.

Ok if he didnt impress surely this means our defence are great? no he holds the record for most clean sheets in spl history so must have been doing something right. hes young has the potential to be our goalkeeper for the net 10 years and will only get better. even the best goalkeepers make mistaked :@ rant over

He might be 3rd choice but he is alot better than harper or krul and is only going to get better welcome home fragil

He may be 3rd choice at NUFC, but when you look at who's in charge at Newcastle, Pardew couldn't tell his ar5e from his elbow.
I only hope this doesn't mean Zaluska walks if he's now demoted to 2nd choice, otherwise we'll be in the same position again with only 2 keepers to select from.

So Forster is not the best keeper in the world. Reality check here please guys lets look at this clearly. Pardew is not the best manager in the world and he is either embarrassed by the riches of talent at his disposal or he is wrong having FF at no3. I have only rated 2 keepers that Celtic have had in the past twenty years, Packy Bonnar and our beloved Artur..hallowed be their names. The rest have been from rank rotten to passable. Forster I admit just gets into the passable section but he has only played one season and did a pretty good job. Not amazing not outstanding just pretty good, so on balance he performed to the average standard of the team..pretty good. And remember for a goalie a clean sheet is the equivalent of a goal for a striker.

17 Aug 2011 12:56:43
anyone think thomas sorensen would be a good signing. stuck on the bench and desperate to play every week so would lower wages and be about £1.5m-2m. also plenty of experience in big games and at 35 we could get another 3 years out him

17 Aug 2011 10:37:06
so Huselkepp is going to pompey for 1.5m,
so lennon wanted him in january and lost out 2 bari, then he says he'd like him again and we will lose him 2 pompey

does anyone agree we really needed a new striker and then we r getting out bidded by pompey

wat is goin on ??

Give lenny a chance to get someone in then judge him at the end of the season. I think we need a keeper more than a striker at the minute and if we get Forster back and sign a striker by deadline day I think we will take the title. Idrossou might save us a few quid if he impresses on trial.

To be honest he looks abit like a norwegain Lafferty. He might have been worth a punt but no more than that. I think most of just want to put H*nskelper on our shirts

David

Wats going on is we already have a donkey called samaras, we dont need 2 thats why we havent signed him. Hes only managed 2 goals in 14 appearances for Bari. £1.5m is the equivalent of £6m back in the day with regards to transfers in SPL. Too much money these days to waste on sh?*e like huselkepp

I think what u are forgetting is Bari were looking for £3 million when Celtic were sniffing about, from what I remember anyway.

On a personal opinion go online to his wiki his goal scoring record is not great and I think he isn't worth a punt at all, I actually think samaras has a better goal scoring record lol

Cumby Bhoy

I would prefer de nigris sorry if wrong spelling .. But he would be a great signing for Lenny? What you think??Æ‚Äû¬ê

Its the SPL its happening to the oldfirm over and over again this transfer window both teams just don't have the European respect of years gone by and so just don't have the money or buying power

Unless he's massively bulked up since last year he's not what we need. Stokesy and Hoops cover his role rather well.

It's a toughie mate cos who wants to spend £1.5m for a bloke to sit on the bench? We ain't got that money anymore, don't think we've been outbid, we're trying to find a bargain cos Lenny knows the plan. Stokesy & Hoops 1st choice all day, back up is needed.

Shaunybhoy

Dont think we need a striker. stokes is on fire and hooper will get goals so cant see the need for someone else. if anything we should go for an experienced target man

Did you ever think the wages would be the same up here to what they could probably pay.

17 Aug 2011 08:35:17
Everybody on here saying the deal for Forster is just a loan however some press saying it's permanent with a 1.5 million fee. Anybody know? We've been in talks with Man Utd over kusczak in the past 48 hours so this seems a little strange.

17 Aug 2011 02:06:23
I would like you to please publish this as I feel my fellow Celtic fans and some ridiculous Rangers fans need to read the truth...

On behalf of me and my fellow Celtic supporters allow me to welcome Fraser back to Celtic Park, if indeed the deal does go through.

Okay sure we wanted a Shay Given or a Craig Gordon, but there are certainly far worse out there than Fraser. He is criminally underated by both the Celtic support and the Rangers support(glad they do) but I have every faith that he will add significantly to his magnificent 23 SPL clean sheets of last season(including 3 against Rangers in 4 derby games in the league)

Hail Hail

100% agree with you mate. i dont understand the folk slagging him off after the season he just had with us...ok, he's no Holy Goalie, but we need to get real and hope we can unearth another gem somewhere along the line. and lets not forget, he's still a young guy with plenty to learn and improve on, i think we'll do ok with him once again

To say that we wanted a Shay Given or a Craig Gordon-type keeper isn't strictly true. It is my understanding that we tried to sign Forster once last season was over but Pardew at Newcastle told us in no uncertain terms that he wasn't available and to forget about him. He was first choice. It was only then that Lenny began to look elsewhere. So well done Neil for sticking to your guns and getting your preferred keeper. Fraser may have some areas for improvement. That's fine, he will learn quickly. Great signing........as long as it goes through

Fraser did OK with us and sometimes what a goalie doesn't do is just as important as his saves Welcome back and I am sure the defence will be happier with the big man between the sticks as a first choice and heres hoping LZ improves too

Totally agree, the big man was good last year
And have faith in him.

Hail hail

Not on to slate the big man,but just think we need a bit of experience in goal,for european games as we will be up against better opposition than the SPL offers,just hope he proves everyone wrong including me,and wish him all the best,i will be there cheering the big man on regardless,because a celtic player is a celtic player end of.MACCA

I didnt want him to come but you cant argue with his record maybe with a settled back 4 he will command his area more but no matter who we sign lets just get behind the team and stop all the moaning it was the same last year why are we buying a striker from lower league english teams who is this left back and never heard of kayal

Well said mate. I'm delighted he's back. My fellow Celtic fans need a reality check. Shay Given was NEVER coming and as for Graig Brittle Bones Gordon??.............do me a favour he spends most of his time in the treatment room.

I think big ff would benefit from showing more emotion ,imo this is one of the things fans like to see and i feel this would endear him to our support more

Could not disagree more, why should we settle for less? Not slating him, he is a big honest keeper, but looked really nervous and awkward under pressure

The guy is only young, the faults he has can be worked on with plenty of years ahead of him. Can't be that bad setting anre record for clean sheets in the season.

Welcome back big man.

17 Aug 2011 00:41:29
Celtic were on Tuesday pursuing a move to bring Newcastle United goalkeeper Fraser Forster back to Parkhead on loan.

Source www.dailymail.co.uk

Not my first choice, but this could give us more time to find a good keeper to lock in for several years. {Ed007's Note - He was NLs first choice all along, he kept a record clean sheets and if we had won the league everyone would have said we should do everything to sign him. It was only today Pardew decided he could go, if he has another season like last, whether we win the league or not (though I think we are now even stronger) why not just buy him outright as the deal looks like? He is young and can only get better and it would help with the consistency I keep going on about. Granted I am disappointed it looks like it is only a loan again, but this time, Forster knows if he does the job he will become THE No.1 GK at our great club. Look at it this way, we all say ILWT, well he was always wanting Forster, that was never in doubt and he has now got his No.1 GK target, if the reports of a deal are true, not a bad piece of business in my book.}

16 Aug 2011 23:58:19
not so much a rumour, but you never know....my colleague plays golf now and again with eric reilly, both were at troon yesterday and Reilly kept talking about Milan Baros, saying things like 'he'd score a barrowload in a team like ours'. my mates not a footy fan, but he thought Eric was going on a bit lol