29 Nov 2015 19:45:32
GMS, Armstrong and Ciftci - £3.5M
Complete and utter waste of money for three bang average players not capable of playing and being big players for Celtic, how on earth do we get rid of this trio who have about 3-4 years left on their contract on decent wages they won't get elsewhere? All three played in the side that lost the SC Final to St Johnstone couple years ago.
Should never have been signed and I said so at the time, sums up al lot of what's wrong with the current squad.
29 Nov 2015 20:51:17
Your tripping mate, the bhoys ain't playing great but in the current economic times they boys will come good!
Cifti keeps getting pelters but giving a run of games he'll score for fun in the spl,
Everyone is bashing Ronny but I think if he could pick HIS own assistant and OWN coaches it'd be a different scenario, the board need to invest in a few proven players fook Carlton Coles scoring overhead kicks on his debut
Sorry bond don't usually comment but had one too many rums.
{Ed007's Note - Batter in...
29 Nov 2015 22:35:00
I actually think Armstrong has done OK, although I think there is much more to come from him.
GMS is a decent squad player but is too inconsistent to hold down a regular place.
Ciftci is nowhere near fit enough for our team but I expect him to do OK once he has reached the required level of fitness, assuming he does.
My only gripe with signing these players is that we paid over the odds for Ciftci and Armstrong and should have waited until the summer to sign GMS so we got for free.
At the end of the day, when you shop in this price range there is always risk involved but I assume that our management/coaching team believe they are capable of improving any player we sign.
{Ed007's Note - I think Armstrong's best position is playing as one of the 2 DMs so I'm hoping he gets a run in there now that Brown's injured and that he can find some form, he's certainly a better player than we've seen from him this season.}
30 Nov 2015 00:02:36
Celticforever, I would have more faith in your judgement of these 3 players if you hadn't been so strong in your opinion that Celtic's midfield was much better without Scot Brown . GMS and Armstrong have both played some great games for Celtic unfortunately not many this season. I have little doubt that they can come back to that good form again. Cliftci is in a different situation, he hasn't had many opportunities to play and hasn't when he has got the chance he hasn't done well.
It certainly isn't Deila fault if Celtic over paid for these players .
30 Nov 2015 01:15:43
Well it is to an extent because it's pretty well known he was adamant we done all we could to get Ciftci for example which led to his price rising higher and higher if you remember the amount of bids we put in for the dud.
Anyway I stand by my opinions on Brown, he is an absolutely awful football player with a lot of limitations and is nowhere near as important to the side as is made out. Probably the most over rated player in our history imo. There was the perfect example, came back into the side against Kilmarnock and instead of driving the team onto victory it ended in a damp squib of 0-0. He has to take a lot of responsibility as captain for Celtic for the amount of failures we've had these last two seasons. When he leaves we'll be a much better team for it as he's a terrible passer of the ball.
30 Nov 2015 11:04:47
Armstrong and GMS were impressive when they first signed, but have struggled this season with Armstrong carrying injuries and being played out of position and GMS losing confidence and struggling to last a full game.
Ciftci in my opinion, was a rushed signing and we should have passed him by and looked elsewhere as he looks really out of place at the club.
The appearance of Cole yesterday may underline this?
Big CC may do a job in some games but his touch has always been dodgy and we should be looking at better quality strikers in January or the summer, whenever we can shift Stokes, Mulgrew, Boerigter and maybe Commons if he remains unsettled and disruptive?
30 Nov 2015 11:56:26
@Ed you may be right that Armstrong being suited to the CM position. However, a while back I recall Deila saying that Armstrong reminded him of Thomas Muller. The fact he plays in an advanced role, along with that comment suggests to me that Deila is going to try and mould him into that style of player.
Obviously there is still loads of work to do and it is very unlikely that he will ever be as good as Muller but I am hopeful that Deila will turn him into a valuable player for us.
30 Nov 2015 19:09:42
We have an opportunity of basically playing one game per week to coach and mould the team to Deila's liking . For the season up to date we were either playing two games per week or almost the whole squad were away on International duty .
The pressure is off to some extent, and now we should get behind the manager and players in supporting them to achieve their best individually and collectively for the club.
01 Dec 2015 02:01:56
Ronny Deila liking Armstrong to Muller in ANY way shows the sort of mental thought process Ronny has about players at times. I'm guessing he also thinks Boyata is like Kompany and Johansen is like Modric as well then as that would explain their inclusion every week.
The only comparison that can be made between Armstrong is that they're both males and play football for a living, it stops there. One is an imposter trying to pretend he's a football player and the other is a World Class genius and one of the best footballers in the world.
02 Dec 2015 23:31:46
in your estimation which is which?
I only ask because some of your posts are absurd 😄😀.