Celtic Rumours Archive January 25 2014

25 Jan 2014 20:39:59
Holmbert Fridjonsson set to make his Celtic debut tomorrow.

~seamus~

I hope so and I hope him and Balde get a decent run in the team. NL keeps banging on about trying 2 sign a goal scoring striker but we have 2 strikers who haven't been given a chance yet.

Forget about signing Ings or Fletcher etc all these guys r over priced just because they r playing in the championship or EPL ( I'm not saying they aren't good players but they r over priced!)

Ed, how do I post on main page?

{Ed007's Note - I'm not sure what you mean, look at the left of your screen and there is a list of different sections. Click on either one that says 'Post Rumour' or 'Post Banter' and a text-box should appear.}

Forster; Fisher, Ambrose, van Dijk, Izaguirre; Forrest, Brown, Mulgrew, Ledley; Commons; Balde.

Subs: Zaluska, Biton, Samaras, Boerrigter, Fridjonsson, Pukki, Johansen.

~seamus~

Forrest is injured groin again, I wouldn't play Joe if he is looking to move mulgrew is a cb if u ask me .

Forster

Fisher, Ambrose, Van, Izaguirre

Commons, Brown/biton, johanson, Boerrigetr

Pukki/ Friðjónsson. Blade

Not even on the bench Seamus?

@celticfc: #Celtic: Forster; Fisher, Ambrose, van Dijk, Izaguirre; Brown, Biton, Mulgrew, Ledley; Samaras, Commons (LB)

@celticfc: #Celtic subs: Zaluska, Boerrigter, Balde, Pukki, Johansen, O'Connell, Henderson (LB)

Well you are wrong with a striker, sammy gets the nod and I seriously don't know why! Why is lenny willing to play 2 players not willing to sign new deals, time for sammy to be punted. we need to let lenny know we don't want sammy anymore, he doesn't want to be here so get his bags packed infact even if he did want to be here, pack his bags he's rank rotten!

S

Sammy in the team. NL obviously planning for the future;-)

Utter joke of a line up

@HamiltonBhoy - Was in the squad. Didn't make the cut for the bench for one reason or another. Would expect his name to be on the teamsheet in the next couple of weeks though.

~seamus~

Don't expect to see him in lineup with Lennon at helm. Balde is ahead of him in queue and even he can't get a start with stokes suspended. Lennon now favours 4-5-1 with his favourite stokes lone striker and now pukki looks to get more time after his goal today. Would like to see Balde get more time after a good showing and great goal in Turkey but he will never get time with Lennon at helm. Amido was signed on recommendation from John Park as was the fridge. Samaras and Ledley playing as in shop window. Expecting both to leave soon with Johannsen taking over from Lesley in midfield . Boerrighter coming back to fitness to replace Sammy on left wing when he leaves too. John

25 Jan 2014 20:25:43
Not sure if this is true but my dad stays in Chester and he's just tx me sayin, there's a forward from Everton coming to celtic on loan and if all goes well there would be a swap involving a celtic player that's injured just now! Has anyone heard anything?

Lennon said he wouldn't be doing any loans unless it benefited the club in the long term.

~seamus~

25 Jan 2014 21:30:16
What forwards have Everton got they don't want? Naismith no f*cking way, who we got out injured? Dirk, mouyokolo, lustig

Monkeybhoy

25 Jan 2014 22:15:59
There's a Greece forward or kone looks like there not getting a chance . Possibly kayal

26 Jan 2014 09:07:30
Edd says Kobe out injured for season, did he not play with Martinez at Wigan aswell

Aye kone is out injured that's why they signed that lacine traore(spelling) on loan and I wouldn't welcome a loan signing a total waste of time, why should we give game time to a guy that will be gone in 5 months? Waste of time and money when it could be spent on better things such as new deals or permanent signing.

S

25 Jan 2014 15:04:31
Sunderland rejected a Celtic bid for Steven Fletcher yesterday.

~seamus~

According to the Sunderland Echo.

~seamus~

Sunderland echo?
sunderland echo?
sund.

Good, let's hope that's the end of the interest in Fletcher! The guy has always been well over priced & over-rated IMO. Never seen the appeal in him in the first place. there's far better out there for that kind of money!

25 Jan 2014 18:32:16
Wonder how many of the fletcher haters wer moaning about Peter Lawell not backing starchan by signing yes you guessed it fletcher
Monkeybhoy

Also glad we are not signing him. There was never any serious interest. It is all a distraction so we don't notice or the excuses are ready to cover the in fact no well known big player is going to be signed.I would prefer honest feedback. What about something like; We don't expect to sign anyone of note or spend any big money but we are always on the lookout for the right deal, but if that happens at all it should be a surprise and not the fact we did not bring in a big player. Why don't they just tell it like it is? Sopotcelt.

Dont think anyones a Fletcher hater Monkeybhoy, he just doesn't represent value for money anymore. he's coming up on 27 and after a contract will be in 30s. First time round he was 21 and had the potential to be sold on for a big profit as was subsequently proved twice.

25 Jan 2014 21:35:08
Some fans need to make there mind up then keep hearing we should stop signing players for the future we want players that are ready now. 27

25 Jan 2014 21:37:42
N fans didn't want to sign him back then because he would have a sell on value, if we would have spent the money on him we would have won league, that was the moan going around and still is to this day

No doubt about it we'd ave won the league with him. I've said on here before WGS lost the respect of a lot of fans by not standing up to the board and insisting they paid the extra quarter million for him. The difference now is that he seems to be a bit more injury prone and as someone on here said last week do we really need someone who goes around filming themself spitting on people and posting it online.

26 Jan 2014 09:11:16
Ur prob rite about a prob wouldn't want him now not because he wasn't good enough. If he was good enough back then for me he's got better with more experience playing at highest level

25 Jan 2014 10:33:47
NL has said we have tried and failed to sign a striker who was "high up our list". Any ideas who it was Ed or anyone else?

{Ed013's Note - McCormack?}

It wasn't McCormack. it was a Foreign player

Hardly devastated. The McCormack/ Griffiths moulds aren't really getting my lips wet tbh. I'd have them, just don't particularly want them.

Alfie?

I hate to say it but same old garbage we all got fed during the last transfer window about deals falling through.

I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't even a deal lined up. It will just be to justify spending a million or 2 on someone like Griffiths.

Exactly - why even come out and say that. The really big clubs never come out with that sort of nonsense, simply because it makes you look small time - the way we act. We have money to spend, loads of players would love to play for Celtic, so find the right ones/just for once go and show some ambition, instead of the usual pathetic excuses, they must think we were born yesterday! Paul

I think Lennon has got something in the pipeline and there it is again all the negativity about Griffiths this lad will score goals something our strikers don't know how to do he is a better scorer than what we have at Celtic park right now fact. I can see him and another two in before the window closes but don't hold your breath for this 6 million signing because it was never going to happen.

This pish about griffiths being a better scorer than what we have did stokes not score 20 odd goals a season for hibs for about 2-3 years in a row

Sam

I wouldn't mind Griffiths if Lennon hadn't tried to dupe the fans again with talk of 6 million pound players. The guy needs to stop filling the fans head with complete garbage.

I sound like a broken record but both Lennon and PL spoke about shopping in the 4 million market when the season tickets were up for renewal in May and we ended up with 4 second rate signings. I would rather they said nothing.