01 Sep 2017 00:31:06
Not want to sound harsh but another window goes by feeling disappointed, Cb was a must, just gave celtic another £200 yesterday for champs league tickets, along with kits for kids and season tickets.2/ 3 million cb wouldn't have put us under! I'll always be 100% behind team And BR, but not 100% behind board.

{Ed007's Note - We've brought 5 players in, we've had over 20 players leave on loan or permanently and the squad overall is stronger and better than last year. Did we concede a goal in Scotland last year with Boyata playing? And the best CB in the country outside Celtic came back after his loan at Kilmarnock. With Coetzee being our main CB target it looks like Rodgers first choice CB pairing was always going to be Simunovic and Boyata.
If we had brought in a CB people would have just fixating and moaning that we needed a 'keeper and we can't play PSG and Bayern with Gordon in goals.}

1.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 01:06:52
Ed, c'mon. I think we all understand that money is not a problem at the minute. Simunovic and Boyata (if they're both fit) MIGHT be a good enough partnership to get us third place in the group. Just think a little more could have been done. and MAYBE WOULD HAVE, had there been movement on VVD. Overall, personally very pleased with the window. Just not ecstatic.

{Ed007's Note - What I'm saying is I don't think Rodgers was looking for a CB to play with Simunovic, he sees him and Boyata as his first choice pairing in there, he has said Boyata's the best defender at the Club.}

2.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 07:03:47
So that's it, time to actually assess the window. Could we have done a bit more? Yes. But I think most football fans will feel like that, especially us lot. That said, I'm still pretty pleased. All I ask is that we come out of each window stronger, and to be fair, we have. Firstly, we haven't lost any members of this young squad that will get better as BR tries to develop and build a side. PR was my main target, and we got him. OK, on loan again, but there's chance for a permanent deal yet. Ntcham looks like a quality addition. We got a third choice striker in who fits the model. Personally, and I know I'm in a minority, I want to see Boyata and Jozo developed together so I am happy enough with the whole CB 'issue'. I think all I would have really wanted was a quality keeper, and somebody other than Hayes.

3.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 07:09:42
*key members.

4.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 07:28:12
Got to agree jimtim. But I think Hayes will be fine for spfl when we need to rest sinclaire.

5.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 07:50:59
He should be kev you're right. Being picky, I would have went for a promising youngster over Hayes for domestic cover. Would probably prefer to see Miller get games there over him to be honest.

6.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 08:31:25
I think everybody is happy with the players we brought in and holding on to our players. That doesn't alter the fact that our weak link is our defence.

If Rogers thinks either Boyata or Shev are good enough then I'm afraid the majority of Celtic fans don't. I was dissapinted that Young Rivaldo is injured as I was genuinely excited by getting him.

We need to move on and hope the defence is strong enough to edge out the Belgians. Middle to front I have no doubt we can, it's the defence that worries me.

7.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 09:39:29
Don't see how he would be any better than Jozo or Boyata for me MP.

8.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 01:22:51
Fair doo's. Thanks again Ed007 for the great work you do on here. And also for treating posters with respek! (mostly :) ) Not all eds do. The game's all about opinions. HAIL HAIL! GB.

{Ed007's Note - Thanks buddy.}

9.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 06:20:00
Morning ED, I think we've had a great window and I do get what your saying regarding the partnership of siminovic and boyata, I just hope boyata and svitchenko aren't to far away from being available to play. I just hope by the time the PSG game comes around we're not facing them with bitton at centre half. That's not me being critical of bitton but the guys not a natural centre half and its ok saying ajer is there, if the PSG game comes around and both svitchenko and boyata aren't fit I think Brendan would play bitton in there before ajer purely for experience and that could be a big mistake. I get that it seems the south African was his No 1 target but with that falling through, there must have been more centre Half's identiqfied? Again ED I'm not having a big st.

{Ed007's Note - Boyata will be fit to play next Friday night at Accies but whether he'll be risked on their plastic pitch is another question. I doubt Simunovic will play because of their plastic pitch. Next Friday Ajer will definitely start because of his experience playing on plastic at Kilmarnock with either Boyata or Bitton as his partner.}

10.) 02 Sep 2017
02 Aug 2017 21:46:12
everyone saw how poor a centre back boyata was in the cup final.

11.) 02 Sep 2017
02 Aug 2017 21:50:05
I agree with Ed. And tbh i would have had a better keeper before anther CB. But i didn't expect either to materialise. Glad we have picked up this young striker tho.

12.) 02 Sep 2017
02 Aug 2017 21:51:31
Still no reason to better the team by buying a third Ed, what's the worst that would have happened? The one nit getting the game as the other 2 were plying well left in January?