07 May 2018 13:35:53
Ed do you think Roberts and Edouard could sign permanent deals with us? They'd both command high fees and I don't think we could compete with English clubs however it seems they both enjoy playing here.
{Ed007's Note - Yes I think they could.}
07 May 2018 13:46:48
think big eddy is nailed on, not so sure about paddy. Not a lot of game time maybe depends if he trusts BR enough to play him. By the way anybody notice how hw has bulked up, real core stuff?
07 May 2018 22:02:03
I think we would like to sign both of them but it is going to come down to price at the end of the day.
07 May 2018 22:56:37
Would be delighted if we could sign both - on top of Christie, Morgan and possibly McGinn joining up. The question must be whether Rogic and Armstrong stay - and although obviously we want them at Celtic, it could all depend on squad improvement and cash available.
However, there should be additional funds raised by the departure of several of the following:- Gamboa, Schevchenko, Allen, Ciftci, Compper, De Vries, Boyata, Simunovic, Bitton and Hayes, or others?
Hopefully, Dembele is in no rush to leave and then we could add more quality to our defense in preparation for Europe - and Scouser Stevie's Super Sevco lol.
08 May 2018 00:03:33
Once a bhoy, I think you are going away over the top with the number of players you are listing as leaving in the summer . Continuity from one season to the next is important, especially our young players like Boyata and Bitton.
08 May 2018 10:08:26
Just going by what I've read on here Chris; Boyata and Simunovic could make a name for themselves at Celtic, but seem to want away? While the rest I have listed are either totally surplus, or have failed to command regular appearances - even before injuries.
08 May 2018 14:59:47
Seems a very common misconception about Boyata being a young player, he's actually 27!
Meanwhile we have the likes of Ajer (20) , KT (20) , Dembele (21) and Ntcham (22) who all look mature beyond their years.
08 May 2018 16:22:24
Rogic and Armstrong will not be replaced by Christie and Morgan, unless of course we want to get worse.
Morgan’s a project and Christie is too inconsistent and nowhere near the level of Stuart and Tom.
If we lose all the players cited and try and replace them with ten bob buys, CL qualification is under great threat. Rogers own signings have been mostly a key down. He doesn’t even pick players he bought.
He needs to sort that to stay where we are, never mind to stop going into the CL as the team everyone wants.
ntcham, and Eduoard the only two successes. Moussa was already identified. That’s a poor return on 17 players. The wasted wages alone must be more than most have for a total budget. I’m hoping we can bring these many projects on and at least make some of the outlay back,
The target is CL qualification and not being humiliated in it. Do that and we won’t need to bother with whatever Stevie G does with his £35m transfer kitty, sorry that should read £65m it was it £200m.
Rogers needs to bring in quality. Two more years of CL cash in the bank and they won’t be back for a decade. Or longer. Lose our current best players and replace them with the cheap options and we will once again be the creators of our own demise. Only ours to Feck up. Those of us of a certain vintage have witnessed that too many times.
08 May 2018 16:45:58
U not counting sinclair as a success? Is that a mistake.
08 May 2018 18:33:16
Once a bhoy, you have been reading too many lazy and negative Celtic fans who are by and large repeating nonsense from the main stream Scottish media .
It appears Armstrong would have been away last season but stayed only because he couldn't get a better deal elsewhere. The EPL has a great divergence in wages, so called established EPL players are earning unbelievable amounts but there are a he'll of a lot of new comers in the EPL from Irish and Scottish leagues earning very little at EPL clubs.
08 May 2018 20:29:19
I omitted Sinclair probably because he doesn’t come into the thinking right away, as he has been a pale shadow of himself last year. Will await next performances before I would make. Judgement. Fantastic last year and guff this regardless of the goals, his performances looked like he had shat it to take people on. Hopefully back to his best next season. That’s still only 3 out of 17 and that’s piss poor recruiting numbers. Rogers must do better in thevteansfer market as Ronnies team will be away and we will be left with players he never picks who he bought.
08 May 2018 20:48:09
The main two issues Liverpool
Fans had of Rogers was.
1. He couldn’t sort out the defence
2. Bought 32 players and only 6 rated a success.
Anybody see a pattern? His recruitment has been awful in numbers terms here too and his four shots at fixing the defence have done nothing to improve it by additions. Ajer is also a Ronnie player, Hendry compared and Gamboa are nowhere near the standard we are crying out for.
08 May 2018 21:27:23
Thought Paddy looked really scunnered on the bench and at one point when the camera was on him he lowered his head and stared at the ground. The impression it gave me there and then was that he's had enough sitting on the bench.