Celtic Rumours Archive May 19 2012

19 May 2012 23:16:21

JB {Ed007's Note - I have mailed you JB.}

19 May 2012 21:18:01
POPQUIZ:
Since the inception of the Champions League in 1993 there have been 348 different players who have played in the final.

There have been 30 players who have played in finals with different teams. However, there have only been nine players who have actually won the trophy with two different clubs.

To clarify, i'm only looking at the Champions League era, so that's since the tournament's rebranding in 1993. Also, i am only counting the players who have actually taken to the field at some point for the winning sides. If they were unused substitutes, they're not counted.

So, who are the nine?

Jungle Bhoy.

Etoo,lucio

Seedorfs one, beckham maybe?

kev88 {Ed007's Note - Beckham isn't one of them.}

Hargreaves,pique,Seedorf and maybe deco? Desailly? Etoo?
All I can think of
Chrissybhoy

Desailly, seedorf, deichamps, deco,

Also van der sar maybe deschamps thinking along same lines as marseille deseilly days

Chrissybhoy

Van der sar, zidane, Davids {Ed007's Note - Zidane and Davids haven't.}

Also maybe BOSINGWA tonight lol

Chrissybhoy

Seedorfs pique van der sar deco eto dechamps desailly paulo sousa ( fat) ronaldo {Ed007's Note - The fat Ronaldo never won it.}

You have managed some names.I posted the question earlier tonight so we will keep any Chelsea players out of it.I will post answers later so still time for any more.Prize for all nine.....A place in Charles Green's consortium.lol

Jungle Bhoy. {Ed007's Note - 9......I have 10 ;-)

Ronaldinho? Ibra?

kev88 {Ed007's Note - No.}

Deco?

Van der Sar? with Ajax/Man Utd?

Redondo? roberto carlos?

Thiago motta?

Guy called Panuci? my dad told me this one :P

kev88

(sorry, just posting as i think of them :P) {Ed007's Note - Not Bobby Carlos or Thiago Motta. The rest are right.}

Christian kanenbeu (ajax and real madrid) Alen Boksic (Marsille and Juve) {Ed007's Note - No.}

Seedorf, kluivert, Christiano ronaldo, and the defender who played for chelsea and porto, i want to say canavaro, or cotinho, or something. that's all I can think of for the moment.

Bowbhoy {Ed007's Note - Seedorf yes, but none of the rest.}

Is koemen, overmars, or the de boers contenders

Bowbhoy {Ed007's Note - Sorry, no.}

Thought Motta won it with Barca, and then Inter with Jose ed? {Ed007's Note - Good spot, I never had him. Is he maybe the same as Pique? Did he actually play in both finals? JB, your quiz is criminal mate, liven it up a bit :-) I had this:

Seedorf, Ajax, Madrid, Milan
Paulo Sousa, Dortmun, Juventus
Panucci, Milan, Madrid
Hargreaves, Bayern, Manchester United
Van Der Sar, Ajax, Manchester United
Et'o, Barcelona, Inter
Redondo, Madrid, Milan
Desailly, Marseille, Milan
Deschamps, Marseille, Juventus
Gerard Piqué, Manchester United, Barcelona.

What do you expect from Scottish journalism?

Jungle Bhoy. {Ed007's Note - *No comment*

Cha Du Ri's father Cha Bum Kun has was the European Cup twice prior to the inception of Champions league. Doesnt apply to the actual question, but an interesting tidbit nonetheless. {Ed007's Note - That was the UEFA Cup. He won it in 1980 with Eintracht Frankfurt and in 88 with Bayer Leverkusen.}

19 May 2012 20:13:47
So reading on here says Foster not yet committing to the club should we decide to buy him. Why not bring Gordon in on a free and look for a quality young keeper to keep goal for years to come?

Foster hasn't exactly been the fans favourite, although he has done very well in my opinion, but surely we should be wanting players who want to play for the club

19 May 2012 18:28:06
Sly Sports are saying Southamton have offered 7 mill for Hooper ...Is it getting close to an offer that can't be turned down?.....TTTS

He's on his way. Just the price to be decided upon.

7 MILL go for it, 4 mill replacment and 4 mill cd cost 1mil,we as a club have let our DEFENCE go eg mulgrew bosman big dan bosman adam m bosman cha bosman etc some good deals BUT TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL MONEY HAS TO BE SPENT.AT THE BACK.l

If thats true, then for gods sake take it.the chances we create, barry chuckle would score 30 goals a season. Artybhoy

Is this true ed?Conor67 {Ed007's Note - I haven't heard of any bid going in today although they are expected, and probably not just from Southampton.}

Hopefully a bidding war and we can get near 10 for him

80 million minimum, if that f*d carrol is worth 35 million then hooper is worth atleast 80 {Ed007's Note - Or just see if Madrid will swap Ronaldo for him :-)

Or just see if Madrid will swap Ronaldo for him :-)

hmm that just might tempt me throw in alonso and casiilas and i'll consider

19 May 2012 18:13:08
Sly Spurts understands Southampton are lining up a new move for Celtic striker Gary Hooper.

Southampton have held a long-term interest in Hooper and saw a couple of bids for the 24-year-old rejected in January.

Saints boss Nigel Adkins is a huge admirer of Hooper having worked with him during his time in charge of Scunthorpe and he is keen on being reunited as he plans for life in the Premier League next season.

Southampton are looking to bolster their attacking options for next season and Hooper is thought to remain their top target

Hooper scored 29 goals in all competitions this season and he also won the Golden Boot as the SPL's top scorer as Celtic clinched the SPL title.

Celtic are determined to keep hold of their star striker, but it is understood Southampton are ready to test their resolve with a bid of £7million for Hooper.

Jungle Bhoy.

They can bid 7 mil if they wont but it would take min 10 mil for celtic to sell him

I don't think he will go this season maybe at the end of next, i think he'll want to stay for the European football.

St Mikey

£7m? I'd take that for him!
Yeah would rather £10m so fingers crossed we hold out for a bit more...
Iain

I dont think the European footie for 1 season is an issue St Mikey.

Footballers in general have such a short high earning period at the top level that he cannot and will not wait.

If someone said they would easily quadruple your salary what you you do.... tempting!!

Good luck to the boy, he came to us and developed himself and has now earned the right at a shot at the big time and I full respect that

Iain

19 May 2012 16:54:05
Well once again we have a game ruined by a very poor decision by a referee! Although Hearts wouldve won anyways. But how many more times are we going to see referees make decisions which either turn?change or downright ruin games before more is done! Ruined what could have been a great spectacle for scottish football. Onca again football the real loser in scottish game!

Evinguu

Are you serious.it was a foul.game was ruined by hibs woefully bad defending!!

Spot on my man the jammies would have won but a penalty and sending off DISGRACE.

If it was in or outside the box it was always going to be a second yellow card for pulling. So the red card was hardly a disgracr

Thought the decision not to send off Ian Black for his assault challenge in the first half was unbelievable ( not even booked) but saying that Hearts could have won with about 8 players, Hibs really are shocking.

Foul was outside the box. Red card was correct and yes Hibs were absolutely rank rotten. Wee Pat was absolutely raging i bet he bins at least half of that team by the start of next season. How bad is Gary O'Connor btw. He just didnt even turn up. That will bother him for the rest of his days. Or maybe it wont and that is the problem. Would have loved to have seen Hibs win it but they looked a division lower than Hearts today.

Hearts were the better side to be honest and deservered their win today a few mistakes by the ref but hearts would have won anyway enjoy your party well played unlucky hibs

19 May 2012 13:39:57
Anybody think big Jon Daly could do a job for us ...TTTS

If i see one more person touting Jon Daly for Celtic im not coming on here again. A big clubber with no pace, no skill and cant decide if hes right footed or left because hes mince with either. He scored 22 goals for Dundee Utd this season THAT doesnt mean hes good enough for celtic. I for one want better for my team. We need to be aiming higher than that and am im 100 % sure we will be. If you mean to sign Jon Daly and then another higher quality striker then thats your opinion mate. But then we would have too many and if your suggesting getting rid of Samaras or Stokes to replace one of them with Daly your mad. Stokes if a far more talented(albeit frustarting at times) striker than Daly. Faster, 2 good feet, Scored nearly as many goals and far fewer games this season and has scored and played at europa league level. Daly is not for us mate. Fair play though you are entitled to your opinion.

I said that weeks ago, depends how far you think we can go in europe. Or you want to concentrate domestically.

Daly is to the SPL what Holt is to the EPL

Jazzus sir ,twas only opening a wee debate ....Didnt think it would get anyones blood boiling ... Personally speaking thou if he was a Celtic player there's SPL games where things have got bogged down you could throw him on and he'd get you a result but I wouldnt go out and sign him ....Need someone better .....TTTS

I dont think Daly is CFC class, however he is SPL class..on this seasons showing at least. TTTS it seems you can say what you like now regarding JD without offending anyone as our pal has had it, I saw him announce his departure on another thread after someone else had the temerity to mention John Daly's name in regards to our beloved Hoops. Pity as I enjoyed his post. PS we could start a sign John Daly campaign...:) Sopot Celt

19 May 2012 12:21:20
Ed do you happen to know if Celtic are interested in Marcus Rosenberg? Been released from Werder Bremen. I think he'd be a great addition

Heard we where lookin at him january

19 May 2012 10:07:54
could someone repost the info on how to stream football on google chrome please {Ed007's Note - Here they are:

1. Install the browser Google Chrome.

2. Look in the top right (your right) corner and you will see a spanner.

3. Click on the spanner and select 'tools'.

4. Click on extensions

5. At the bottom right (as you look at it) you will see 'Get More Extensions >>'. Select this.

6. In the search box type 'Chrome Live Football' and search.

7. Click on Chrome Live Football and then click on install. (it may download to a holding file in the bottom left as you look at it, in which case as soon as it's finished click there, but mostly it will install itself)

8. A small football will then appear in the top right (as you look at it). Click on that, select 'live stream' and reset the clock to GMT and it will list all the live games available all over europe and other places.

You may occasionally need to install other programmes or the link you pick will only work on Explorer (in which case cut and paste the URL into Explorer), but you will always get every EPL match (or any other). Sometimes you will only be able to find it with foreign commentary and sometimes you will get it in English. You'll get about thirty links and you may have to look through a lot of them to get what you want. You will also get most La Liga matches, Greek matches, Italian matches and French matches as well as top matches from South America.

Someone also asked about viruses etc. Google Chrome is actually far more secure than Internet Explorer so the risks are considerably less, but you should have decent virus/spyware programmes and run sweeps regularly as a matter of course.

The quality will also depend on the speed of your internet connection. If you have super-speed and have a modern HD TV, consider connecting your PC to the TV via the PC socket on the side/ back.

Cut and paste the above into a document and save it for future reference.

19 May 2012 10:00:46
Just a quick rant about Grant Holt. Celtic should definitely sign him as he would be a perfect partner for Hooper. My worry is an over inflated price tag for a player who has had one good season in the premiership. May I remind people that this is a guy who's scoring record has been achieved in the lower reaches of the English divisions up until this year. He would not sniff a starting line up in any of the top 6 EPL teams so would end up at someone like Villa, collecting 9th place finishes every year. He has one last shot at the big time, and celtic provide that platform for him (Champions League). I'm not dissing the guys talent, moreover the fact that this is a guy celtic should easily be able to sign him up. In old money this guy would be considered decent at best. Don't get caught up in the over inflated bull sh~@ that defines the EPL.........two words Andy carroll. A season before he hit 20+ goals and got sold for 30 million, Newcastle had him on the transfer market for 1 million!!

2 games in champions league before you go out is not a platform for anyone mate before the long cold nights in Ross county etc, he'll go to another English premiership club. By the way he's been a proven goalscorer wherever he's been and yes a sensational season this year, as has Hooper, which spookily enough has inflated his price, thats the way it works I'm afraid

19 May 2012 09:31:49
Craig Gordon has been released by Sunderland and is expected in Glasgow for talks in the next few days for talks with Celtic