09 Aug 2013 15:21:03
Part of me thinks that if we reach the CL group stages it will be through good luck rather than good planning. We have an obstacle to overcome in Kazakhstan. It is by no means a certainty and we are not putting ourselves in the best position to deal with it.
I'm sure some of you will agree with me (and others won't and that's fine) when I say that I'm disappointed we haven't been more proactive in bringing quality to the squad. It's all very well saying the club is working on it but we need the players now, not some time in the next few weeks. You could bring Lionel Messi in on the last day and it would take even him time to settle in. We should have our final squad intact and working together now. Not tomorrow or the next day.
No-one loves Celtic more than me. I live by the club and everything it stands for and I will give the players on the pitch and Lenny's team my full support at all times but I'm still entitled to be disillusioned.
I feel like a kid who has been led to believe that I had a good chance of getting Action Man for my birthday, only to end up with a 50p cheap copy from the local boot sale because my reasonably well off dad thought it was good enough for me.

Hail Hail
ChrisBhoy

1.) 09 Aug 2013
09 Aug 2013 16:14:27
Juan Agudelo has signed a pre-contract with Stoke, he looked quality, another player we miss out on. gazmw1888

2.) 09 Aug 2013
If only it was that easy ChrisBhoy. As 007 has pointed out numerous times it is not just the clubs who are involved there are the agents! But before you even start with them you have to try and convince a player to play in Scotland.Not an easy thing and pretty much impossible if an EPL or decent championship team enter the bidding. green jhedi

3.) 09 Aug 2013
The more I hear Neil Lennon speak the more I trust him and he knows who we need and what positions we need to fill. He 'sees the same games' as the fans and feels the same emotions and desire for success.
Losing so much quality before we had negotiated the CL qualifiers would never have been in his plans and although I understand that these offers had to be accepted, I am frustrated the Board never acted so briskly and obligingly in replacing the talent we lost.
Hopefully we can get our current squad up to full sharpness, clear the treatment room and get a couple of quality additions in the next week?

Jungle Jim