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19 Jan 2018 00:08:42
Axel Tuanzebe? Another loan but young and from what I've seen pretty decent.

1.) 19 Jan 2018 00:37:31
Why? We have Ajer Bitton can play CH need an experienced campaigner not another youngster.

2.) 19 Jan 2018 02:47:11
Is this the same Bitton that everybody was slating for being a bombscare and not a CH earlier in the season?

3.) 19 Jan 2018 07:32:49
I would rather him than bitton at cb but I think we should be looking for someone with a bit more experience and not a loan.

4.) 19 Jan 2018 08:31:44
An experienced CH would be great but I think Bitton is alright as part of a three in certain games but BR is now using Ajer in there more so if nothing can be done he's gearing Ajer for that position as his favoured two along with Boyata.

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09 Aug 2018 10:00:15
I never thought I would be reading so much negativity and pessimism at this early point in the season.

Granted: I wanted McGinn to sign. He didn't, for a plethora of reasons, with the Club at fault. Will we sign quality to replace Armstrong? I have no doubt. will it hurt the purse-strings. likely.

Granted: Do we have a Young defence with players still getting up to speed early in the season? Yes. Should we have strengthened / moved on players? Yes. Could that still happen? Possibly.

Granted: 1-1 at home to AEK (down to 10 men) isn't the best result we had hoped for. Where were we lat year v Rosenborg at home? 0-0. Did we score there and qualify? CAN we still qualify? YES.

There are clear frustrations with performances, personnel and possible ramifications of possible exit from CL football, but not so long ago remember WHY its so good to be a Celt right now.

BR's Legacy won't be failure or walking away. And KT is here for as long as we want him, or until he reaches his potential to play for the likes of Barça which is a few years yet.

Keep the faith, in BR and the players we trust.

PS - Hon the Maribor!

16 Jan 2018 00:47:15
Lets not panic about the happenings at Castle GreySkull. they will not catch us - financially or otherwise - unless we completely implode.

We are well on our way to TIAR and Domestic Domination for the foreseeable future. IN terms of Europe, we need the CL money and the aspiriation to play with the elite. Sadly, the financial disparity makes it difficult to compete.

Like it or not, Europa is our level and we are capable of mounting a challenge. To do so, like many here, I feel we need to address our defensive frailties.

I'd love Caulker to sign, Musonda on loan, and then with players returning to form / fitness we should be back to our irresistible best.

Patience, and plenty to be optimistic about.

In Brendan We Trust. HH.

1.) 16 Jan 2018 08:36:28
This kind of post worries me. Firstly, there is no 'on our way to ten in a row', a lot of long twisty masonic ridden football roads to go before that. secondly i think this attitude does not help us. This is why in tight games one poor pass is a cue, for some, to start the audible groans, petty but it pi55es me off.

The rangers will offer a much more determined challenge in the months ahead, a signing policy initiated, it seems, by buying fans of the dead club. I do however agree we will have to wrap it and present them the league or cup. Was the last game a marker? Not for me although some aspects were worrying. Bottom line? We were very poor, second half was in fact a joke.

Signings? I think we can all agree BR will be TOTALLY in charge of all aspects. A manager of his rep would not let anything other happen. After last season BR is the most powerful manager we have had since MON. The link between fans and players is as strong as the centenary season. Money is flowing in, and importantly we can all see this, eg VVD, and the whole club is moving forward nicely. Any one who tried to stop or curtail this, we know who the chief suspect will be, would be mad.

We do seem to be on the one road its up to BR, with the full authority of the board (PL) . to drive us on.

2.) 16 Jan 2018 08:54:36
Not one Rangers signing would make it onto our bench so what they do is an irrelevance. I have every faith that we will be stronger by Jan 31st and we are working behind the scenes in a quiet and dignified manner, unlike that lot who leak their derogatary bids to the press in order to unsettle players. You would think they would have learnt their lesson when Aberdeen called their bluff and put them firmly in their place. Know your place little Sevco.

3.) 16 Jan 2018 09:17:26
I was there for the original nine-in-a-row when we had some of the best players ever to wear the hoops and we never sang about getting ten titles after the 5th, 6th or 7th and enjoyed one season at a time - playing some great stuff and raking in the silverware.
No-one is disputing how far ahead we are in terms of finance, class and ability, but football (especially where Celtic are concerned) has a habit of biting you in the arse and I will always appreciate and enjoy all success like the rest of us - one season at a time.

4.) 16 Jan 2018 09:35:43
Once a boy but nobody had done nine in a row so there was no target to aim for and surpass that’s why nobody sung songs and dreamed of 10 in a row kinda obvious mate? We sing the songs to wind them up and their adoring press members HH here we go 10 in a row ⚽️🏆🍀.

5.) 16 Jan 2018 09:47:31
2 good posts bigp and OAB! And I agree that we should savour each season as it comes and not get to far ahead of ourselves! But on the other hand I just love winding the sevconians up about 10iar 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 We know and they know what it means if we reach the 10! And it will haunt them forever when we do it! No matter what they or there pals in the media say, there arses are flapping because they know it’s a real possibility now! It’s always a great time to be a tim but it’s just that bit sweeter rite now ☘️☘️☘️😜😜😜🙌🏻.

6.) 16 Jan 2018 09:55:11
@formerlygreenjhedi - Im more worried about your masonic paranoia than the performances in the run up to Christmas to be honest. We were far from our best - jaded, exhausted, on the ropes, lacking creativity and stuttering towards the Winter break. Even at that point, having played the ridiculous number of games that we did in the short period of time Sevco played their biggest game of their season and still only managed a goalless draw.

Its not Rangers and their penny pinching of average players (at best) that they splurge on using their overdraft that we should be concerned about. perhaps the complacency of BR that was his downfall at Liverpool, and perhaps his stubborn (perhaps arrogant) approach he has knowing his popularity and ability to dominate here in Scotland.

I say all this with on caveat - that if the defense is not remedied we may yet still fall on our own sword.

I do however remain optimistic in the knowledge that we have only lost one game in a ridiculous amount of time by football standards, that even the riches of Man City or PSG cannot buy.

This is the foundation of my confidence for several successful seasons to come, but I am not naïve as to think its yet a done deal.

7.) 16 Jan 2018 11:10:15
lets get some perspective.

Yes we have defensive frailties (which would be madness not to fix in this window/ next window latest) and we can fall on our sword in certain games. PSG, Bayern fair doos, Hearts - bad but felt like a pressure value had been released.

AND we may get beaten by Aberdeen in a game before the end of the season and hibs may put us out the cup. But as far as the title is concerned, this season, next - all we need to do is turn up and play with a degree of professionalism and we will win more games and amass more points than any other team in the league and therefore win the league.

Aberdeen, Hibs, Hearts and especially Sevco are miles away from going on a "10 game unbeaten" run and would need beat us 2/ 3 times in a season to mount a serious challenge - and also take all the points from the other teams on that list - and that my friends is so unlikely that we will gain 10 in a row.

8.) 16 Jan 2018 13:32:44
Wait!

We’re miles ahead of the spl teams yet excuses about players being jaded/ tired for how rotten this year has been compared to last year

Got to laugh. We have played 10 proper competitive games going by the fact we are miles ahead of the SPL teams - surely league and cup games are training exercise for us then.

Let’s face facts, last year was superb this year has been a big disappointment. Domestic dominance isn’t worth getting excited about and with our current squad Zenit won’t break sweat on putting us out.

First team players in defence and a playmaker are required and should be signed to get back to where we should be.

9.) 16 Jan 2018 13:27:57
I agree, the only team to stop us doing the 10 will be ourselves. We can’t allow complacency to creep in, we have watched this current team go stale, and the signings we’ve made haven’t exactly set the heather on fire
Maybe Stale is to strong a word, but forget the huns, rangers sevco or whatever you want to call them, we are getting further behind the European teams every year, and eventually we won’t be qualifying for the cash cow that is the champions league.

10.) 16 Jan 2018 13:29:34
Stan. not expecting many to agree here but I would take the boy Tavernier in a heart beat. Anyway . without being over confident I think we have enough in the tank to take care of the league for a couple of seasons yet but we still need to be mindful of what teams around us are doing.

Sevcos tactics are to fill there team with loan signings in an attempt to get a shot at European football next season. It's my opinion that at some point there fortunes will change like ours did when 'the bunnet' arrived. But in all honesty I detest all this 10 in a row stuff.

If it happens great. But let's just take it a season at a time. We'll lose cups along the way and we'll lose to them along the way too. We would all love a marquee signing every transfer window but that won't happen. Every now and then we will unearth a Ntcham.

Every now and then we will dig up a Bangura that's how it goes. Let's keep the heid bhoys and see where the window takes us and discard the absolute pish that's flying around. We are heading in the right direction. I agree with formerlygreenjehdi if you think there were dark forces involved at the last referendum wait till ye see the obstacles in our way if we are going for ten.

11.) 16 Jan 2018 13:49:25
Get where we should be? Were top of the league. The first cup of the season won and still in another 2. Yes we haven't hit last season's form but I expect a big improvement for the rest of the season. there's another fortnight before the window closes and hopefully Rodger's brings in 1 or 2 quality players for the here and now.

12.) 16 Jan 2018 14:45:00
Not for me i'm afraid Pat. Can only judge him on his performances against us though, he looks a decent enough player going forward but his defending is pretty woeful.

13.) 16 Jan 2018 18:00:29
Who's panicking.

14.) 16 Jan 2018 18:48:10
Mally don’t think anyone is panicking, it’s more being fed up with this inability to consistently improve.

Lennons last season was terrible, the rank rotten players signed where a joke.

Deila was a waste of 2 years. KT and Ajer the only positives

BR makes us an invincible force and we fail to sign the required quality of players to improve on last year.

Unbeaten record gone, string of humpings in Europe, endless rotten performances in the SPL and not one player in the team has stood out this season.

I’m not even confident that the 2nd half of the season will get any better.

15.) 16 Jan 2018 18:57:29
I think it's fair the team has had some criticism, but how anyone can say this season has been a "big disappointment" is beyond me when we're odds on for a treble and in Europe still. Also, if we had brought in the players Sevco have this window, on loan mind, we would be raging about it so don't worry about what they're up to.

16.) 16 Jan 2018 19:09:00
Your last few posts shoulda came with a health warning Kev.

17.) 16 Jan 2018 20:14:54
😂😂😂 just annoyed mate.

18.) 17 Jan 2018 00:20:53
Bhoys , I don't think we should worry about our defence . As B R says we defend as a team . . Our problem was over the last 6 weeks domestically we didn't . Our midfield were wandering too far up field and we were caught on the counter attack .
We had too many games to have time to work during training to correct this . Last week and this week at training I have no doubt B R would have got players back to basics and taking up right positions.

19.) 17 Jan 2018 16:52:23
I thought Castle GreySkull was were He-Man stayed. So your basically calling Rangers the good guys then. Haha.

13 Dec 2017 02:16:25
Any more news on Liam Moore from Reading? Or with West Ham sniffing about has that essentially made us move on to other targets?

With the Zenit draw, would be expecting some defensive movement in January - Erik moving on as you said ED, with CB, R/ LB coming in. Nor so sure about Midfield as there are so many at the club. GK no chance until summer I'd say. happy to be proved wrong!

01 Dec 2017 00:07:08
Hi Ed, great site especially living in China. loving all the discussion and rumors! What a great time to be a Tim!

I think the obvious January purchase will be a CB for BR, but do you see any movement (in or out) for our midfield? Wouldn't want any of our great young talent sitting on the bench where a loan for game time and experience may be key for their long term development.

All in all in BR we trust! HH.

{Ed007's Note - China - I thought you were in Australia! I don't think we've had anyone posting from China on the Celtic site before.
I know that Ajer will probably go out on loan for the 2nd half of the season and Benyu will do the same, surely the Club won't stand in the way if any offer for Liam Henderson comes in and the player fancies the move.
Me personally would like to see Kouassi either get more game time for us or a loan out for 6 months now that he's more settled in his personal life and picked up some of the language.}

1.) 01 Dec 2017 12:53:36
Ed i heard Kouassi was finding it so difficult to understand the Scots that BR has got them all learning French instead 😁.

{Ed007's Note - Having Kolo Toure at the Club and then coming back has meant to have really helped Kouassi. Can you imagine Brown or LG trying to learn French?}

2.) 01 Dec 2017 15:54:44
They not fully learnt English yet lol.

{Ed007's Note - LG speaks the same language as me, fluent Neddish.}

3.) 01 Dec 2017 16:07:18
I would imagine Glaswegian would have been hard enough for that pair haha. Do you know what language Kouassi speaks Ed sorry I just assumed it was French.

{Ed007's Note - He's from the Ivory coast so it will be French I'd imagine.}

4.) 01 Dec 2017 21:39:11
As long as he ain't picking up the language from the Ayrshire coast he will be fine ;-P.

5.) 01 Dec 2017 21:49:33
Cote D'Irvine.

30 Nov 2017 10:44:45
Hi Ed, love the site - great to keep up with rumors whilst living on the other side of the planet

It's a great time to be a Tim, and although we haven't played brilliant lately, I do think we will kick back into gear soon.

Agree teams are a bit wiser to how we are set up, coupled with loss of form / confidence from a few players. That said - we are far superior to any other team in Scotland. illustrated by how poor we were against a sturdy Motherwell side. and still come away with a 66th game unbeaten!

Looking forward to January, hopefully a hungry decent CB t.

{Ed007's Note - Welcome aboard mate.}

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14 Jan 2019 23:22:39
Sounds like Single Fish to me. 4 strikers (Odsonne, Weah, Griff and Bayo) plus Janssen?

Can't see that as a credible rumour. I'll file that one next to Yaya.

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10 Aug 2018 05:55:06
How many first team games did Odsonne Edoard play for PSG?

Does the lack of first team appearances for the big European sides matter if they can cut it for us?


For all we know, the lad from marseille could be a step up from Ajer and a real gem.

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19 Jan 2018 02:47:11
Is this the same Bitton that everybody was slating for being a bombscare and not a CH earlier in the season?

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01 Feb 2019 00:53:58
I don't see how anyone can complain about this window - probably one of the more successful we have had in recent times:

1. Signed a RB (priority position) in Tojian
2. Bolstered attacking options (Bayo, Weah and Burke)
3. Signed a few young prospects in Shved, Perez and Gutman
4. Locked down players to new contracts, most notably Brown and Henderson
5. Sent out a few on loan for game time - Mulumbu, Morgan, Miller

The loans we have are a good temporary measure, and I would imagine Tojian could turn into a permanent deal if he impresses.

All in all, as BR said we would, we have come out of the window much stronger than we went in and the club should be praised for the good business in this window. HH.

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16 Jan 2018 09:55:11
@formerlygreenjhedi - Im more worried about your masonic paranoia than the performances in the run up to Christmas to be honest. We were far from our best - jaded, exhausted, on the ropes, lacking creativity and stuttering towards the Winter break. Even at that point, having played the ridiculous number of games that we did in the short period of time Sevco played their biggest game of their season and still only managed a goalless draw.

Its not Rangers and their penny pinching of average players (at best) that they splurge on using their overdraft that we should be concerned about. perhaps the complacency of BR that was his downfall at Liverpool, and perhaps his stubborn (perhaps arrogant) approach he has knowing his popularity and ability to dominate here in Scotland.

I say all this with on caveat - that if the defense is not remedied we may yet still fall on our own sword.

I do however remain optimistic in the knowledge that we have only lost one game in a ridiculous amount of time by football standards, that even the riches of Man City or PSG cannot buy.

This is the foundation of my confidence for several successful seasons to come, but I am not naïve as to think its yet a done deal.

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02 Jan 2018 12:45:21
Sounds like good business to me!

Have you heard anything on midfield? Any more news on Armstrong leaving?

{Ed007's Note - I've not heard anything, sorry.}