Celtic Rumours Archive April 28 2016

 

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28 Apr 2016 19:01:43
Celtic reportedly interested in Icelandic LW Arnor Traustason who plays for IFK Norrkoping valued at £2m. If that is true then surely that means we won't be after Elyounoussi anymore who would be a better addition Imo.

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28 Apr 2016 19:50:16
Haven't seen the Icelandic player Traustason but I was very disappointed Elyounoussi wasn't pursued. Given our strategy, cap etc I'm not sure there are many better available for an area we are desperate to improve. If JP and PL said no first time around I really didn't think we'd be back in. RD leaving after the season just puts the full stop to it.

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29 Apr 2016 01:13:23
True, He would be a good replacement for KC for goals and creativity if he is off at the end of the season. Sure the fee mentioned in Jan was £1.5m but Molde didn't want to sell until the summer. We need to replace these first team squad players with players that are doing well domestically elsewhere none of these projects. Be happy to replace both Stokes and Scepovic with Nikolic from Legia, Replace Cole and CKR and Ciftci with a decent target man. Be happy for this Traustason to replace Forrest if he's any good, Replace Mulgrew and Johansen with a powerful CDM that can play CB and a RB that can play CB too as looks like Fisher and Janko are off. That's downsizing as well as strengthening. 11 out 6 in. And that is without tackling the central Midfield issue.

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29 Apr 2016 11:01:27
Agreed. Was Nikolic not another name that kept popping up with us before we signed Scepovic lol? Would be interesting to see the written reply from Legia for a bid!

To get that proven quality up top we're looking at free agents or players with 1 year deals etc. I'd take a punt on a 37 year old Pizarro. Otherwise if we buy young, they've got to have pedigree. A name I've mentioned for a few windows now is Jurgen Locadia. Given a run I think he'd do the business. Like what you're saying about players being able to accomodate dimilar positions, he's versatile too, plays either up top or in a wing forward role.

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29 Apr 2016 23:59:33
I will YouTube him who does he play for? Pizarro still has it seen him play late last year and still has quality about him. I know Kramaric was linked as he was the player according to his agent was "left standing in the rain" and ended up going Leicester. Agree with Legia that would be an interesting one but hopefully they have patched things up with the talk of this CL reform.

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30 Apr 2016 03:15:22
Pizarro would be ghost in this team. Still has the quality. Granted. We don't create the chances he would need. How many times does LG have it served up on a plate for a simple tap in? Few goals. The rest have been pretty good finishes and I'll give him the credit. we have to work incredibly hard these days unless a team folds. Our play is so laboured. It has been wonder goals that have stopped fans lining up to take headers into the clyde.
Pizarro could mabey be of use in Europe . The old warhorse's seem to be the difference in some games. We don't have much else . sigh.

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28 Apr 2016 16:46:37
Paul Lambert talking live on TV, Jim Whyte says Paul you had 7 great years at Celtic, Paul replies I had 8 great years there you missed one out. When asked about Celtic job he said all he is concentrating on is the next 2 games for Blackburn and that he wished that Ronny would win the League.

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28 Apr 2016 17:54:44
I would have no problem with lambert coming in wouldn't be my first choice mind you but we can certainly and have done worse IMO.

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28 Apr 2016 18:24:10
Hardly shows any ambition with names like Lambert and McKay being linked with the job. Saying that, most of the names associated with the position are hardly ones to excite the fans. I'm sick of the usual suspects who are linked with us, both players and management. We have the opportunity now to make the right decisions to take celtic forward and develop the team we deserve.

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28 Apr 2016 18:43:21
I would be ok with Lambert getting it myself Dundeebhoy, 33-1 into 7/ 4 with one statement.

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28 Apr 2016 19:06:33
What makes lambert, mckay, Clarke etc stand out? It's obviously not their hugely successful management careers to date, or the exciting football their teams play or the European pedigree. They are no better than the money saver we just wasted 18 months on. Don't give me the celtic connection rubbish either. Just because some of the names played for us doesn't automatically make them good managers. Well be blindfold led to a manager sorry, coach who won't rock the boat, who will do the boards bidding and pretty much do the same as RD. Celtic fans have been short changed and misled for years now. Unless he'll freezes over it will be more of the same.

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28 Apr 2016 19:49:13
Its where we are as a club under DD and PL that's our targets get used to it.

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28 Apr 2016 13:51:55
I got told from a coach at a youth football tournament yesterday that Celtic are looking to bring in Ralf Rangnick, we seemly sounded him out in January to take over from Ronny but he wanted to see out the season with his current team RB Leipzig where he is also director of football they are currently second in the German second division and pushing for what would be a remarkable promotion as they were only promoted last year to the Second division.
He's a guy I've mentioned on here before good credentials! No idea if this is true or not could just be another name being floated about.

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28 Apr 2016 14:44:54
Like Jungle Bhoy's just said - Lambert's leaving Blackburn and is now the 7/ 4 favourite for the Celtic job. I'm not his biggest fan, simply because his teams don't pass the ball, it's a typical English style he plays. If he had someone like Rangnick as a director of football is be more into that, there's also the German connection. There's some great foreign managers I'd prefer, if we had to go UK/ Irish it would definitely be Brendan Rodgers for me. The biggest reason would be the style of football he plays. I'd like a director of football - someone that the manager agrees to/ recommends, with pedigree and a Rodgers type as a head coach. He's made mistakes but he plays the right way and has some great ideas. I've heard Lennon say he went to Reading to watch him coach and stole some of his ideas. I've heard Roy Keane say he's probably the best coach he's seen, and obviously Warburton was his youth coach when he was at Watford, and you can see he's copying him. The main thing the board need to do is show real ambition/ imagination. We need to change the whole perception of the club as much as anything, get a bit of a fear factor back, especially with the Champions League coming up. We need to pay whatever it takes to get the very best man who will come to us!

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28 Apr 2016 15:36:04
I agree with that Delphic, our next manager shouldn't depend on who will save us the most money, we need someone to really come in and ensure that we firmly remain the dominant force in Scottish football. The board need to see the bigger picture and back the manager and realise that there's a far better chance of a CL jackpot if we bring in better players.

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28 Apr 2016 15:36:04
I agree with that Delphic, our next manager shouldn't depend on who will save us the most money, we need someone to really come in and ensure that we firmly remain the dominant force in Scottish football. The board need to see the bigger picture and back the manager and realise that there's a far better chance of a CL jackpot if we bring in better players.

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28 Apr 2016 17:56:19
I would have Rogers but I think if he starts producing the goods he will get too big for his boots and be looking to get back down south the first good chance he gets.

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28 Apr 2016 19:05:24
Delphic it doesn't matter about odds. Bookies will be covering themselves in case he takes job. doesn't necessarily mean it will be Lambert.

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28 Apr 2016 19:08:14
I would dearly hope that the board has got the message to get the right man in place and I am sure they know it's going to hurt there pockets in the short term Short term loss long time gain.

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28 Apr 2016 20:40:29
Yeah maybe we should go for somebody say like LVG, he might be available soon, would cost loads of money is a big name, might be a crap manager but surely if we pay him loads so that he can waste it must show that the club has some ambition at least.

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28 Apr 2016 13:49:04
Lambert to leave Blackburn at end of the season. I would take him as our new manager.

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28 Apr 2016 16:04:38
Why because he played for us?

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28 Apr 2016 16:35:52
why not has more experience than our previous 4 managers the fact that he played for us is of little relevance, but it surely shouldn't rule him out.

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28 Apr 2016 19:06:21
Dundeebhoy doesn't have more experience than Strachan.

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28 Apr 2016 20:09:41
DN30 at the point in strachans career when he got the job he didn't have as much experience as lambert does now that was my point.

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28 Apr 2016 09:01:38
Starting to think Steve Clarke will be the manwho will be appointed. He is out of work and will probably see the job as a pleasure regardless of the many constrictions Peter Lawwell will put in place.

Of all the other names linked there is not many that are realistic targets unless our major shareholder has finally seen sense and realised Peter Lawwell's way of doing things is taking us backwards.

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