Celtic Rumours Archive August 02 2011

02 Aug 2011 23:26:24
ed do you know the twins from hamilton celtics proclaimers? lol not a post just a question like. the biggest celtic fans i know in hamilton, you any word on a keeper yet as my cousin seems to think forster still on radar? another massive celtic man from coatbridge, just you seem a bit in the know with your replys? and never give too much away in your replys either

ktf davybhoy {Ed007's Note - You do know that The Proclaimers (the real ones) aren't actually brothers don't you? It was a gimmick made up by their record company ;-) I think Forster has always been NLs first choice but Newcastle weren't playing ball, whether that changes yet I am not sure, anything coming out of Newcastle is all about Barton just now.}

What price tag does Craig Gordon have ed? do you think he would come to celtic? {Ed007's Note - He is injured just now but his contract is up next summer anyway. Sunderland have just signed Westwood and also have Simon Mignolet so I don't think the price would be too high come January}

Course he would come but he is a liability due to injuries and isnt a top keeper anyway in my eyes.

02 Aug 2011 22:02:20
I know this sounds controversial but does anyone think Izzy is a bit over-rated? True he has great composure on the ball especially at the back, but his final delivery needs improving. This (as well as goalkeeper) has always been a problem position for us and Izzy is easily the best in my lifetime but he is the only player in the team who has no realistic competition for his place.

Goalkeeper and a centre forward who can compliment Hooper are priorities but I hope we dont get over-reliant on Izzy.

db

Totally agree mate if we are offered anything like 5million bite the hand off whoevers paying it

Hi just spoke to izzy(less than 1hr ago & got pics taken with my young son ) asked him how things were going at Paradise. He says he is more than happy with the Hoops

HH

Totally agree mate if we are offered anything like 5million bite the hand off whoevers paying it

ahahaaha

"Best in my lifetime" - Can I ask what age you are db?

Only I would reckon you'd need to be quite young to come to this conclusion after only 1 season.

We have had Danny McGrain (primarily a right back but could and did play left back) Tosh McKinlay, Tom Boyd and I'd also put Jackie McNamara before him (at the moment) although if he continues to perform as he did last season and improves on his positioning (at times it was suspect) then he could become an absolute legend {Ed007's Note - Tosh McKinlay under TB?}

Absolutely Tosh under TB

He was better going forward than Izzy IMO and as good at the back (which isn't brilliant)

JD

Certainly - 34. Only one of those 4 were left footed so I dont think they were better suited as left backs than Izzy. Only McGrain out of that selection could be classed as a legend. As much as I liked Jackie and Tom Boyd they were good players and even better servants to Celtic but were never of legendary status. I know you are not saying that but the fact you think Izzy could be a future legend suggests you believe he is better than the players you mentioned (with the exception of McGrain).
Anyway my main point was I am concerned of the lack of cover in that position especially as he is one of our most sought after players.
db

Yeah i agree izzy is overated. he is a good left back but anytime he has a winger running at him he looks vunerable. if i got offered £5m i would sell. Kayal at least has a bit of fight in him and looks like he wants to play for lennon. Izzy is a merconary(spelling)
Hail Hail mon the hoops x

Yeah he could be a legend, but after only 1 season I would still maintain that all 4 mentioned were better servants to the club and he still has a bit of work to do to be compared with them. I hope he stays and surpasses all of them though.
Also as I mentioned in another post M Wilson & Ledley provide cover for LB.

I dont get this at all need a striker to compliment hooper ffs him n stokes where classs together . wee need shot of samaras n get a striker that can play football
daviebhoy08

He cost us the title, he sold the jerseys at three of the goals at inverness.

Nah there's something special about Izzy and IMO the only player since Larsson we've had with the potential to be a world class player with the possible exceptions of (and probably pushing it) Kayal and McGeady.

His composure and attacking movement to support on the flanks is different class. I don't think his positioning is terrible either and I don't think he leaves us as exposed as you'd think for an attacking full back as he's pretty quick getting back into position and decent in the challenge. Can see him moving on to Barca eventually as he plays a bit like Dani Alves without as much in the way of getting into the box and goal attempts.

The only thing that annoys me is that his crossing can at times be erratic and he's easily beaten in the air but nothing the guy can do about being small and he's still a pretty young player and not the finished article. He had the odd off day last season but for the most part was as consistent as any player at the club.

Well over rated, looks great going forward against very very poor spl teams who dont attack us.
In defense he is shocking, but positioning, poor at getting back when losing the ball, seldom wins a header(crucial for a defender at dead balls)
Anything over 4 million would be a great price for him

The guy doesnt win a header because his height however he is composed on the ball superb going foward good in the tackle and i dont know what some people are watching because he also has a good delivery. also 1 bad game against ICT doesnt make you a bad player, at least 7 or 8 had a shocker that night if he has another season like that i would demand £10m

02 Aug 2011 21:35:51
Alright Ed, we've been linked with Rolando Bianchi and Plasmati, was wondering who, if any, you'd like to see us sign?

Greg {Ed007's Note - It would need to be Bianchi out of them. Plasmati has only scored roughly 30 goals in his career and he is 28!!}

I like Bianchi myself, think he could be a hit. Although, I still think we could find a better striker - bringing in Bianchi could be like Samaras MK2.

02 Aug 2011 21:23:14
My first post. Just been trawling the news websites and came across a couple of items. Celtic now 3/1 joint favourites with spurs to sign Joey Barton plus Arsenal looking to bid £11 million for izaguirre. Personally I don't think we need Barton we have enough quality & strength in depth in the midfield plus I've felt for a while we needed to buy cover for the Lb position if/when Izzy got injured not sell him leaving us vulnerable. Our main priority should be a quality GK. Keep up the good work Ed, great website {Ed007's Note - Thanks, I have commented on Barton on another post.}

In Lennon's mind we have got cover for Left Back, Mark Wilson can play there (still leaving us with Mathews and Cha for right back. Ledley can also play left back if need be.

JD

I agree with you both players as well as others can play here as cover but if Izzy leaves or is out for a lengthy period I believe it would be to the detriment of the squad as it is neither players natural position. Mulgrew can play there but I dont believe he fits Lennons tactics of an attacking full back.

Bigslim

Yeah I'd forgot about Mulgrew, so that's 3 players as cover... the plan is that Izzy doesn't leave and doesn't get a long term injury lol. I know that sounds pedantic but having 4 players at the club to play in that position is more than we can afford (O'Dea can also play there-if he is still there)

I personally dont want Barton and his antics, Kayal for me should be centre of the park with broonie or ledley,

02 Aug 2011 20:31:38
Ed, what do you think the chances are of us signing Rolando Bianchi?. {Ed007's Note - None unless the Torino president has changed his mind.}

02 Aug 2011 20:00:34
has anyone looked at bianchi record.it aint the best. lets not fall into the he is italian he must be good(donati)trap.yes we need a striker but a keeper is a must.the times is saying we are still looking at forster again we must be struggling to scout a keeper.we must find a keeper that can win us points.spending 2/3 million on a keeper is as important as a striker.AJ

He is a target man his job is not necessarily to score goals, it is to hold the ball up and set up the other striker. Plus Sutton didn't exactly have the best scoring record before he came did he?. Hail Hail.

When your job title is striker at celtic you have to put the ball in the net, simple.thats why we want rid of murphy and samaras cause they don't AJ.

There has to be akeeper out there better than forster, the holy goalie won us games with his reaction saves forster hasnt got that ability, so hopefully there is a goalie out there within celtics budget, think we paid 1.8 million( might be wrong) for boruc so why not

Keeper is top priority however, maybe NL has someone in mind we don't want to fall into the same trap as across the city where all transfer targets are in newspapers and we fail to get them (well i'm hoping this is the case anyway)

Personally IMO I think Celtic should sign Craig Gordon, although injured Zaluska could hold the fort comfortably in spl until Gordon fit As for Bianchi, I could b wrong but his scoring record for man city was almost a goal a game...... It was some time ago tho

I also have a sneeky suspicion Craig gordon is the target..

02 Aug 2011 19:05:01
Celtic trying to sign Rolando Bianchi after missing out on Craig Bellamy. 2 different radio stations Here's hoping

02 Aug 2011 17:01:26
Here's a list of a few players on the bosman list that I wouldn't mind seeing at Parkhead:

Hamit Altintop - 28 year old of Bayern Munchen. Would really do a job in Scotland, however being a midfielder doesn't help his case as we've a packed middle of the park as it is. {Ed007's Note - Signed for Real Madrid}

Tunay Torun - The HSV Hamburger starlet - only 20 - would be a top striker and with so much time on his side, could either be banging in goals for seasons to come or be a player we could use for a good barter cash wise. {Ed007's Note - Signed for Hertha Berlin}

Andrea Barzagli - The Italian defender currently at VFL Wolfsburg would be the kind of defender needed at Parkhead to sure up the defence. Under normal circumstances you'd be looking at 5 million plus for his services. {Ed007's Note - Plays for Juventus}

Nicolae Dica - the striker from Romania has one world cup competition under his belt and has talent infront of goal. Would be a good foil for Hooper or sub to call on. {Ed007's Note - Signed for Dacia Mioveni}

Behrang Safari - Been linked with the Swede in past transfer windows. I believe he can play as a left back, but I may be wrong. Very skilled {Ed007's Note -Signed for Anderlecht}

Joseph Yobo - The former Everton defender's contract is up at Fenerbahce and the big man would boss the league's strikers around for fun. Dangerman at set pieces. {Ed007's Note - Was only on loan at Fenerbache.}

Thomas Hubschman - The Shakhtar Donetsk man again would be one to boss around in the SPL. Very surprised the club are letting him go. {Ed007's Note - Are you sure he is on a free?}

and finally, let's have a cheeky bid for Andriy Shevchenko. The man is a legend in the game and still has another season at the top in him. {Ed007's Note - NO!!!!}

Greg

Thats him told ed lol . clearly some1 hasnt done there research
daviebhoy08 {Ed007's Note - Thanks Davie.}

A think this gregs had to much to drink did you do any homework on these players before you posted ur ideas... a mean altintop cmon the guys a class pedigree we'd b lucky so sign him at 35 yr old never mind his prime

Obviously someone who spends too much time playing Football Manager

The funny thing is the guy isn't even playing the current FM ffs. It's rumours like this that make this site great. Too bad Lennon can't "borrow" 100 million from Man City and sign whoever he wants eh.

Haha ed that brought a smile to my face that guys probes sitting raging now lol

When ever u want u can take him out your back pocket lol

Cumby Bhoy

I never said we should bid for them, I said that I wouldn't mind seeing at the club. {Ed007's Note - We wouldn't need to bid for them, you said they were all Bosmans.}

Ed mate u have got to stop this guy probes can't take anymore lol, poor guy must feel like a rite tallywhacker now lol

Cumby Bhoy

Ed well done in replying to this email i dont want to read mails from this poster, been strung enough bulls**t over the years hail hail xx

02 Aug 2011 16:26:58
ED - any news on the Darren McGregor story. I heard St Mirren rejected two bids from celtic for him. Is this true and if so how much were we going to pay for him?

Tommy {Ed007's Note - I've not heard of any bids for him, sorry.}

02 Aug 2011 15:54:19
ED- av bn hearing stuff about us trying 2 sign matthew upson , , no source or that just m8s talking about it , , u know if thers any truth 2 it {Ed007's Note - A few people mentioned him but he was on 50k a week at West Ham which is why they never offered him a new deal.}

02 Aug 2011 15:17:29
Wot the hell did any of that have 2 do with the fact that ur not being realistic about what sort of player Celtic cud sign? And trust me if u were spouting this nonsense to me in person i would have absolutley no reservations about saying it to your face.

Drew

How about u come to hamilton n we'll talk football over a coffee then {Ed007's Note - I'm from Hamilton, we don't drink coffee! We get our caffeine from "the monks" ;-)

Now Now girls, put ur toys back in the pram and get a grip. it's ok ur mummy's still love u

Ok ma point is.... there are better players down the brew than the likes of jamie murphy that didnt quite make it for one reason or another hes not any better than wot we have n wot we have is deadwood in the shape of sami n maloney mcginn etc

Ed u think if a sez we'l discuss it over a bottle a wine it would get posted aha {Ed007's Note - Get a few and we'll have a pi55 up ;-)

Alrite ed whats going on here whats way the hostile atomsphere.

viewparkbhoy {Ed007's Note - Afternoon VPB, difference of opinions on signing targets.}

I think their are plenty young players in the SPL who would be more than capable of stepping up to play for Celtic. Players from down south or abroad are not always better and cost far to much. You just have to look at the kind of money the EPL and Championship are paying for players. Templeton and Murphy would only get better If they joined Celtic or Rangers. Look at James MacArthy at wigan, I'm sure Celtic and Rangers both wish they'd taken a punt on him and I'm sure they wish they'd kept C*****e A**m. These young players stand out in mediocre teams and would thrive playing with better players.

Mark

02 Aug 2011 14:02:45
cmon do you lot really think that jamie murphy, templeton, , kello and any other SPL players from outside the big 2 are goin to be able to stand there ground in the european stage, can you imagine murphy gettin one up on pique n puyol or templeton bossing the midfield against xavi and iniesta get a grip we are GLASGOW CELTIC and we can do better.

Y wud templeton be bossing the midfield against xavi and iniesta, hes a winger not a central midfielder.

Drew

Manchester utd midfield cant get one up on Barca either, I think you need to be a bit more realistic. The market we are in these days requires us to take younger players and hope they improve such Hooper, Stokes, Kayal and Izzy. The second they do improve (justify themselves) we will sell them reminiscent of Ajax in years gone by.

Shut up u fool thats the market wee have to use now the days of big name signings are gone mate wake up n smell the coffee
daviebhoy08

My point is tho that these players are not even in the same league as the likes of stokes kayal etc, n as for u calling me a fool u think im a fool because i expect better from celtic than to sign some average players from poor spl sides, a hink u have to wake up what will we achieve by that n as for templeton runnin from midfield against quality opposition the boy will b lost like a wee school boy

Why would we be playing barca anyway they are not in europa league and never will be, whereas we will be. Even if we win the league, because of the scottish co-efficient we prob wont be back in group stages for years. This boy has excelled in SPL which is the league we do play in and will get better if he comes to us. Hail Hail and keep it real bhoys.

I understand where you are coming from trying to be like ajax making a few quid. i see this the same way i look at a puggy, u can take a gamble on an spl player who wont cost much but half the fans dont want or even rate him or u can collect with a player who has a proven record who you know will do the job 10 times better and the fans will adore him. i honestly think its u who needs to smell the coffee mate...as the first post said "WE CAN DO BETTER"

Once again tho, templeton is a winger. Winger's dont run the midfield. U just sound like a complete moron here mate. We have an extremely limited budget and we play in a poor league. We can only attract a certain calibre of player. Ur living in the clouds. Accept it 4 wot it is.

Drew

Loovens murphy samaras we are glasgow celtic. get a grip

This is the moron again drew ma old man was part of martin fergusons scouting team in scotland for years he was behind steven fletcher goin to hibs etc he then moved onto b part of youth development at motherwell for another few years so, he was responsible for pickin up former celtic starlet charlie grant aswell he knows a player wen he sees him n insists at his time with motherwell that there wer better footballers than murphy that didnt quite make it for one reason or another, no need for name calling as you wouldnt say it to ma face so leave it at that

Would be very happy if all of them were to sign to be perfectly honest. Murphy is better than sammi and daryl murphy, templeton is better than mcginn, maloney and mccourt and kello is better than zaluska. Does anybody disagree with me here?
Kevbhoy

You won't have to worry about any of your new signings playing against Barca mate as they are in the Champs league. I reckon it could be quite a long exile for Scots clubs in the CL group stages tbh.

No Kevbhoy i wouldnt disagree...they are better than wot we've got considering wot we've got is 5 or 6 players who wouldnt get a game for accies. i would disagree with signing them tho as they are a slightly better form of pi5h too.

I could be wrong but I believe this years league winners go straight into champions league group stages, can you confirm Ed.

Mark {Ed007's Note - I'm 99% sure that's true, and there was/is a chance that 2nd place gets a chance to qualify, I'm having some technical problems accessing files so I can't check up right now.}

Glasgow celtic - one trophy in the last 3 seasons, outstanding stuff haw haw

Haw haw? r u a donkey or something? don't u mean ha ha?

Hey drew its because of fans like u that the board don't spend decent money on players caus your happy to take whatever thay gtve us look a few years back when we spent 5-6 mil on players, we got to the uefa cup final. this rangers team has won 3 in a row and they r pure crap what does that say about us? afer we won 3 in and that ginger kn*b left we could have got a decent manager and bought a couple of quality palyers and it would probably be 6 in a row to us but this board always look for the cheap option. we have lost out on alot of champions league money which would pay for these players. -

Yes use are glagow celtic But tell me something do u even remeber what the champions league music sounds like?? Until u can beat the MIGHTY GERS for the title (not going to happen lets face it) then dont start talking about players playing against the likes of Pique and Puyol.

Lol unless barca drop into the europa league it doesn't matter. Celtic don't need players to compete with xavi and iniesta, more like ross tolkley

Many players u lost out on now away to your own pages , have a moan about it

02 Aug 2011 13:50:15
See on sky sports news it show that shane long would be interested in joining west ham as there a big club, I'm sure if the hoops board got there money out he would be very interested in us we are bigger than west ham Seems like there being there usual tight selfs how many targets do we have to miss out on Long would be happy for years with us Plus we could give murphy samaras in return

We cant afford 8million fact why are we tight mate, reading have already knocked back a 7+million bid. The only way celtic could afford long is if reading drastically reduce asking price nearer to 3million or wait till january and hope he is still at reading and get him on a bosman.

It's true 8 million is alot but players plus cash could work. I just think if they spent 6-7 million take the gamble that we will qualify for champs league next season. Why hang around for cast offs, I understand they want to run a tight ship money wise but fan wise it's terrible. They have a billionaire on the board maybe like other owners do just give the club some of that money instead of paying the wages for loan signings.

We don't have 4 or 5 million to spend on players never mind 6 or 7 on 1 player.
He is still young and that kind of money would be a hell of a risk
Until we get into the CL group stage we won't be spending much money, thats why we are going for the £1m player bracket, loans and free's

I understand what your saying, even the likes of shay given, 3.5 mil and then ask dermot to pay his wages it's a position we are desperate in. We missed out big time there but there are other options I'd sooner they get rid of a few players and spend more than 1-2 mill on one player

Long isny worth that no chance i would rather we spent 2 mill and bring bk scott mcdonald

Hey mate the reason we r not in the champions league is cause we don't spend money

U only have to look at our 1st game against Hibs. Half empty stadiums in the SPl compared to the Championship.....Sorry but as much as a pull Celtic are, players do have ambitions and that's playing at the highest level. Think outside the box mate when it comes to the players that we can sign.

Richybhoy

Dont think Reading would want Samaras or Murphy, they want to stay in Championship, not blue sqare...

DazzaBhoy

02 Aug 2011 13:34:25
we should wise up and go for young players already established in the scottish game like jamie murphy, david templeton and johnny russell. kello of hearts would aslo be a good signing BELLAMY DEAL IS DEAD, LETS MOVE ON

Would take all 3, leave murphy for the rags, cerny would do a job for us also, heard lennons still interested in big forster.

Like the post above would murphy, templeton etc do the job in europe? theyd get bullied by the likes of puyol, xavi, diarra, vidic, again i make a strong case that they would b well out ther class bracket, i would hav faith in brown kayal ledley on the other hand holding ther own against top class opposition

Buying in promising Scottish talent is not a bad way to go, should walk the league with the addition of kello templeton and russell
Give it a couple of seasons and they could hold their own against the likes of these players

02 Aug 2011 13:22:30
hail hail. the celts are to step up interest in young northern irish stopper chris keenan {Ed007's Note - He only signed for Carrick Rangers this summer.}

Dont think it would be a problem that he only signed this year due to the stature of the club {Ed007's Note - So he signs for a team that has just been promoted to the IFA Premeirship, and all of a sudden he has appeared on CFCs radar. The club would have been aware of him before now and if they had wanted him I am sure moves would already have happened.}

He has been on celtics radar for aroung 7-8 months. FACT

02 Aug 2011 12:58:11
{Ed007's Note - The thread discussing Peter Lawwell and contracts I had to remove. I noticed the "H" word had got through (and none of you did tut tut). Once it has been posted I can't change it so I had to delete the full thread, although if people want to keep discussing it that's fine.}

No worries Ed, that was my fault for putting the 'H' word in. Cheers for explaining it though as I was wondering were it had buggered off to.

Bunny Munro {Ed007's Note - Ok, sorry about that.}

02 Aug 2011 11:29:59
rangers are also rumoured to be interested in a move for rolando bianchi if they fail to sign david goodwillie

Despite the fact they can't afford Goodwillie and Rolando is twice the price

Yawn........the shame have had more knock backs than a spotty teenager at a school disco

not a chance

Roland butter is about the only thing the shame can afford

02 Aug 2011 11:07:05
CELTIC have stepped up their interest in Torino
striker Rolando Bianchi. The 28 -year -old ex-
Manchester City frontman is set to leave the
Serie B club with Celtic keen to clinch a deal,
according to his agent. (Daily Express)

hail hail

Marco1888

Seen a lot of people mentioning this guy..any good?

viewparkbhoy

The guy looks as if he's got an eye for goal, (youtube can make people look better than they are), also looks as if he can use his head which we don't really have at the moment.

He has scored 54 goals in 104 games for torino, which is 1 goal every 2 games this is a good record considering the italians are renowned for their good defending

Total rubbish as usual fae Marco1888, a player of his calibre wont be coming anywhere near parkhead FACT was it not you who was being negative about bellamy last week saying we dont have money for him? what do u think Torino are paying him? fresh air? cause believe me he will be on a good wage and will need to take a drop in wages to come.

Also, its a sad day when people believe the bull printed in the daily express

Is this the same Rolando Bianchi that couldn't hit a cow's backside with a banjo when at Man City?

02 Aug 2011 09:20:31
bring back Arthur .

02 Aug 2011 00:09:59
Ed Why do we want to continue with being linked with money grabbers. Looking at the back four Zaliukas of hearts would be a good addition playing along side Kevin Wilson. Think Pederson was a great shout earlier. I d definitely take Larson of Malmo great pace touch and a football brain. Midfield we have plenty of options. Goalkeeper is a tough one but Hamilton accies keeper comes to mind. I d even take a chance on rangers no 2 proved his worth.