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28 May 2025 12:25:34
Seen a rumour Fenebache want to buy shares in Maeda . cos the figure quoted wouldn't pay the interest on the loan they'd need to buy him outright ?.
03 Apr 2023 10:39:24
So Ange is favourite for the Leicester job, won't that interfere with his work at Spurs, Leeds, Crystal Palace and Chelsea? ?.
1.) 04 Apr 2023 14:36:17
Too late, you’re meant to piss off in February.
2.) 06 Apr 2023 21:14:46
Ange is now out to 14/ 1.
Ladbrokes have Benitez as their favourite @ 5/ 2.
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24 May 2025 18:05:57
Can't say it wasn't expected from early in the second half, they were always going to be relying on mainly set pieces . The problem we have is that we create so little from the possession we have. Most short corners end up on the half way line, every free kick 30 yards from goal ends up 40 yards from goal, we have wingers who are reluctant or incapable of getting to the line or putting balls into the box, 85% possession is made up from 90% backward passing. There is so little impetus to get forward quickly if at all.
A reminder that we need to do so much more. Congratulations to Aberdeen, we move on.
1.) 24 May 2025 18:25:05
Rodgers lost us the cup, 3 bizarre substitutions made when we were 1-0 up and coasting, we were dominating the game at the time and we lost momentum due to this.
2.) 24 May 2025 19:00:46
All ifs and buts now. Think we could all see how game was panning out. Dissapointing end to a good season.
3.) 24 May 2025 19:16:14
Have to agree thought the substitutions were a bit strange especially Engles as that left us short in midfield during extra time. Even though we should have enough to beat Aberdeen today think that Hatate injury proved costly as well.
Anyway main thing is leagues has been won and we should now know the areas that require strengthening in the Summer.
4.) 24 May 2025 19:18:03
It was the Aberdeen subs that changed the game.
5.) 25 May 2025 18:50:36
I don’t remember must change, from coasting one nil up until score was one all. I thought the game changed on the totally untypical mistake by our goalkeeper . We had 84% procession in first half and finished 82% for whole game . Any change by either set of substitution was minimum.
06 Apr 2025 12:58:52
Kuhn long overdue a spell on the sidelines, offers nothing, really tired watching him contort his body to fuck things up with his supposed good foot. Also, don't see Trusty as an upgrade on Rocky. He takes forever to move the ball then just repeats the same pass to CCV. Need changes now not 60 mins!
20 Feb 2025 00:09:41
Just watched the BBC highlights and listened to the " staters of the bleeding obvious ". Love how they are completely oblivious to the fact that if the "big five leagues " weren't greased into this competition, 75% of their teams would have to play in play offs and the co-efficient table would be unrecognisable.
We deserve credit way above the passing mention we get from these sycophantic lapdogs of a financially corrupt footballing organisation.
Anyway, got that out of my system, goodnight hoops ?.
1.) 20 Feb 2025 02:33:37
The new format has seen a good few of them ko'd. Man City.3 Italian clubs already Atalanta Juventus and AC Milan.
2.) 20 Feb 2025 04:08:40
Celtic were the only European club going for a 2nd Quadruple but we will need to settle for a 9th Treble.
3.) 20 Feb 2025 11:09:33
Buzz?
I said recently I would love us to reach 10 trebles.
I think this is achievable over the next couple of years.
4.) 20 Feb 2025 11:54:10
I’ve never really thought of that North,
But it would be good to see us being the first club to reach Double figures.
12 Feb 2025 22:22:47
Terrific performance against a top football team. Both goals a bit of a disappointment. Engels best game in a Celtic shirt. Don't get the penalty decision, does that mean as long as you get the first on the ball, you can deck someone and that's ok? I know, I'm clutchin.
Going forward, we can definitely handle this level. We just need a tactical upgrade each window. That shouldn't break the bank.
BM show you where you need to be, the first touch, the position they take off the ball making things easier for the player on it and the confidence not to be rushed. Still think we spend too much time going backwards rather than giving the opposition things to worry about.
Would take a 1-0 and win on penalties, can live in hope.
03 Feb 2025 23:40:04
Think the board better start looking for a new manager as part of their downsizing plan. If anyone thinks Rodgers will stay around just to keep ahead of Clement and his successor, they really haven't been paying attention!
1.) 04 Feb 2025 04:00:03
I think we should wait until the dust settles until we make any decision on BR ‘s future . We do know that BR knows exactly what has happened in the transfer window and before it to know whether the Board is matching his ambition or only playing lip service to him . BR has a hands - on approach to what is going on, he knows who exactly club were trying to sign, other players Board were interested but he didn’t actually want .
I think. the Board made many moves last summer and bought players that suited BR . I doubt that they deliberately didn’t try to get key players in for him in January window .
2.) 04 Feb 2025 05:14:22
Downsizing? Didn't we break our transfer record for the oven ready £10-£15m CL player that everyone was saying should be the market we shoukd be shopping in? Didn't we just splash out £8m on a winger? The January window is a nonsense window, it's only good for clubs fighting relegation to panic buy.
3.) 04 Feb 2025 08:29:46
I’m old enough to have seen this movie far too many times. Every time we spend a bit more than expected there’s a backlash, someone gets a nosebleed and ambition goes on hold. As for all this pish about what we need to target in the summer…. maybe we should make a new club motto, ‘Jam Tomorrow ‘
We have to play qualifiers, so the planning should have started now. Lawell cost this club hundreds of millions ( not even an exaggeration) in prize money and status over several seasons by failing to prepare.
Also in the summer, any targets, and I use that term loosely, will have many more suitors prepared to spend more than we will.
Maybe we could have a statement of intent from our illustrious CEO if he ever gives up his vow of silence.
4.) 04 Feb 2025 12:29:28
IMO opinion successful CEO’s tend to be neither seen or heard . Unsuccessful or CEO’s whose clubs are performing below standard that is expected, tend to have CEO’s regularly seen and very often heard . Mr Stewart ( or whatever his name is was very vocal at United for the earlier part of year, the time when UTd accelerated their slump .
This absolute genius of CEO’s probably best in the English speaking world became CEO at another Glasgow based SPL club, not P Thistle and on the day he took up appointment he made a public appearance and statement concerning officiating by ref and VAR at a match between us and them, which took place before he began his new employment.
I for one prefer our CEO to perform his duties as a gentleman and get his message across in such away that he doesn’t seek support from the filth Rangers2012 CEO aims to please.
5.) 04 Feb 2025 13:05:53
But he hasn’t performed his duties. I don’t want him to set up a blog but I genuinely don’t know what he sounds like. I would like to hear the occasional comment on his hopes and plan for taking the club forward.
Like it or not, with him not making an utterance, the perception will always be that he is like Nooky Bear ( google it ) being controlled by Lawell.
6.) 04 Feb 2025 19:53:35
Chasabhoy, I have never heard the vast majority of CEO’s in the EPL or in Italy or Germany . They are not Public Relations Officers but sometimes they have to face the media and fans when the Board believes the rubbish has hit the fan . Not when supporters think it . How will you be better off if Mr N stands in front of the Rangers 2012 supporting media and utters some meaningless platitudes.
7.) 04 Feb 2025 20:29:46
At least we could form an opinion as opposed to now. Don’t forget this is supposed to be the entertainment business and we are the paying public. The club doesn’t exist as a vehicle for the board to perpetuate their own existence. They should be answerable to the supporters. That’s why we have a 60,000 seater stadium, we are that important.
8.) 04 Feb 2025 20:32:41
And I wish people would stop comparing us to sevco, they are an irrelevance.
This is about Celtic and where we see ourselves in the future. No one expects us to go to the wall buying players!
30 Jun 2025 14:15:12
We definitely getting Kosugi?, from the clips he looks a tenacious little guy, bit like Taylor but stronger in tackling.
{Ed007's Note - I don't know mate, we've definitely been scouting him.}
24 Jun 2025 12:54:30
If he does go, I hope we would get a better up front fee with a smaller sell on. Strikes me as a moody, lazy little fecker. Maybe that’s why it took him to this long to make any kind of mark. If he does elsewhere what he’s done here, he be sold on at a loss!
08 Jun 2025 10:39:17
Nothing to do with ridiculing Irish players, post was tongue in cheek. But the player mentioned has done nothing to warrant us paying the ridiculous fee and wages it would take to land him!
06 Jun 2025 22:00:29
Only on YouTub. Looks faster, sharper, more skillful and better ball winner than Taylor. Like Taylor but Kushiro looks like an upgrade, but won’t improve defending high balls, looks no taller.
06 Jun 2025 21:56:00
Can’t get a game for them, why would we want him? Is he Irish or something?
30 Jun 2025 19:54:36
Clearly I’ve got it wrong, but at the time I can’t remember any supporters being pissed at Balde, just miffed that was at the club and not being used as he was one of the best defenders we had .
{Ed007's Note - At first a lot of fans questioned it but as it went on and more & more came out a lot of could see/understand what was going on. Balde actually played 33 games under Strachan in his first season as manager who then brought in Gary Caldwell to replace him in the summer - I think a lot of Celtic fans seen Caldwell as a downgrade on Balde and that's where a lot of the conspiracy theories about it all stem from, that it wasn't a footballing decision, that it was all down to money etc.}
30 Jun 2025 18:48:16
Wasn’t suggesting we rip up his contract, but he clearly didn’t fancy what was on offer at the time. Do remember him being made to train and play with the kids. That would suggest the club were trying to piss him off.
{Ed007's Note - He was sent to train with the kids because he was disruptive and causing problems, it happens a lot at football clubs. What about him refusing to play in reserve games?
You started off saying that Lawwell wouldn't pay him up his contract of £7.3m allowing him leave on a free which is literally ripping up his contract... Wouldn't it have suited both parties if he had been sold or went out on loan, or was Balde just happy that he was getting £28k a week for doing nothing for 3 years, Bobo Balde, what a guy eh? Ripped the Club off for millions but it's all Peter Lawwell's fault.
So what exactly did you expect/want Celtic to do? What did Celtic do wrong apart from try and move on the highest earner who wasn't part of the manager's plans?}
30 Jun 2025 17:24:02
I seem to remember Strachans remit was to get the squad wage bill reduced after MON gave the board coronaries.
{Ed007's Note - If MON had stayed there wouldn't have been any problem. Of course the board wanted the Club's top earner of the wage bill if he wasn't going to be playing under the new manager who had replaced Balde with Caldwell - it would be sheer stupidity for any club not to do that surely? - but to suggest that Celtic or Lawwell tried to make him just rip up his contract without no financial recompense is just nonsense. Why didn't Balde just get a transfer, he negotiated with enough teams, why didn't he go out on loan and let Celtic top up his wages?
Clubs negotiate with players and come to a settlement figure, if Balde wanted the full 4 years left on his deal paid up then he was off his head and as Buzz said probably needed an agent to advise him.
If that is what Balde wanted - so he was then free to sign for another club with a higher signing on fee because of no transfer fee then Celtic (Lawwell) was 100% in the right.
Are you seriously suggesting Celtic should have just gave Balde £7.3m (£10.7m today) to get him off our wage bill - even though it'll cost us the same of keeping him - and thus allowing him to join another Club on a free?
It's ludicrous. Should we just do away asking for transfer fees for our players, so when a player wants to leave or they aren't in the managers plans we just pay up their contract and let them leave for nothing? That's one way of getting rid of Nawrocki, Lagerbielke etc AND our bank balance.}
30 Jun 2025 14:34:25
The reason Bobo sat on the bench picking up a wage was because Lawell took the huff and tried to make an example of him when Strachan was ordered to reduce the wage bill! He said he would go if Celtic paid up his contract or made him a good offer, Lawell refused. Would anyone else give up their job for less than half their salary just to suit a tight fisted employer . He was fit and available to play, Lawell’s directive was not to play him to try and force him out.
{Ed007's Note - Really? That's not how I remember it and HERE'S how it was reported at the time. It all stemmed from MON sanctioning Balde's new deal then leaving within months. Strachan came in and didn't rate Balde as a player so it was a footballing decision before it became about money and neither Balde or Lawwell cover themselves in glory in the whole episode but there is no mention of anyone asking or even suggesting that he should rip up his contract and walk away with nothing, Celtic even offered to top up his wages to what we were paying him if he wanted to go out on loan and the other club couldn't or wouldn't pay him it.}
29 Jun 2025 00:07:34
Most issues with the board aren’t about transfer windows. It’s probably frustration over total lack of engagement with the support . Nicholsons problem as a CEO is that to form a proper opinion and appraisal of his position you need information as to what he is doing/ thinking. Anyone got anything? Until you have a gauge, what are the support to make of him. Reasonable success is expected, not entitled, due to our financial advantage that does come about indirectly from he fans
Might as well made Aggie the tea lady CEO on a £50 bonus coz no idea what’s going on or if we’d notice. If Nicholson doesn’t like being in the public domain, why is he in the post. At least Lawell, marmite, was making himself known on the wider stage. If Nicholson went to a UEFA meeting, their staff would be in a panic trying to find someone to do sign language for him.