Celtic Rumours Archive August 05 2012

05 Aug 2012 22:47:03
Heard wilson away to ipswich for 250,000,
Just wondering if you heard anything,
Lennon had alot of faith in him,
Maybe more of a chance for him,
Loan move better perhaps
NDP83

Wilson is away on a free. Really good trier and team player, but too injury prone... no his fault....all the best man!

Think he means Kelvin Wilson mate.

From what I have heard this is true.

Think he meant kelvin not mark

bigD

Cant get rid of wilson the now we dont have a lot of cb and if he did go i would think it would be for more money

O'Dea,Loovens and Maijstorovic left,
no defender came in.
We have a problem at the CB spot and now Wilson can leave?
No feckin way, don't believ that at all.

05 Aug 2012 21:31:55
Gary Hooper is close to signing a new five-year contract with Celtic. Hooper will become one of Celtic's highest earners with the striker earning £25k p/w.

Here's hoping. Let him concentrate on his game.

Hoopey67

Stupid money if true ....TTTS

I dont think he does enough to justify that wage tbh .
CelticMatt

Really hope so!

I agree Celticmatt he's a lazy Ba*tard. Good finisher and a talent for sure but so lazy at times.

If you think he is lazy( and it is only 2 real games, I'm guessing some of you forget about the 50 plus goals he already has with us) then I would like to know what you think of stokes and McCourt. How many times have you seen hooper come back in deep mid to help move the ball around and then get back into the box? Stop judging after each game and think about all that has happened, he is well worth that and would only get us more in a transfer as well would not have his head turned.

Scott McDonald scored 88 league goals for us and was more of a team player than Hooper! Did we struggle to replace him? I'd take the money for him, Ki and if we managed to sell samaras I would too!

If the rumour of Wilson is true and they are getting nothing for him then that's shocking business! Unless its Marc Wilson! If its Kelvin Wilson then it's another piece of poor business by Celtic! Freeing wages up is one thing but paying wages, signing on fees etc to gain nothing is absolute stupidity!

C13CCO

Some of the fans reply to this post are ridiculous! Do yous know nothing about football? Garry hooper is an amazing cf great link up play always on the shoulder of the defence and his goals are priceless!
He scored in the cl qualifier and got no service against Aberdeen ,he was in our own half trying to get the ball so please think before you write idiotic invalid opinions.

Brian

I think that is well over his value, yes he scores goals but his work rate is shocking. celtic fans will always forgive someone who doesnt have the talent and gives everything for the jersey but never someone who has the talent but doesnt put the effort in. i would say id carry him down to a lower end EPL team but i dont have a forklift. we need some pace up front both strikers too immobile. HH

On present form and attitude he's not worth half of that
waste of money if it's true

weemarty

5 years at 20+ goals a season , nice return.

Justify 25k per week for any player in SPL
is my thoughts .Hooper is an ok striker ,championship standard or lower PL and the best we can expect at the minute(not a 25k per week player thou)and no better than an in form Stokes to be honest .
It's the standard of player we can expect for the next few years until things calm down in world football.
We should be content with racking up as many domestic trophies as possible and enjoying and building on what ever bit of success we have in European competitions...TTTS

Like i said before hooper scored 25 goals in 37 league appearances the 25 was scored in 15 matches thats a good tally but on the flip side 22 out of 37 appearances he drew a blank that is poor

Well Brian that opinion is idiotic and invalid to you mate but not to others.

You say he plays on the shoulder so could you tell me the last time he went through one v one on a keeper?

Also he is very scared of being kicked and if he can't lay the ball off with his first touch we lose it so his link up play isn't great

The guys scores two n three in games then doesn't score in the next three or four games, pretty sure it was Stokes' goals who pulled us through last years sticky patch.

For the selling fee compared to replacement fee I would have to agree that we would have to consider selling him for 7-8 M.

You see I've offered an opinion here without insulting anyone Brian, it would be courteous of you to afford those of us with a different opinion to yourself the same respect.

Hooper is not 4m better than Stokes so economically hoops would be first out the door for me and a few others it seems

Jamie Mac(detestes ignorance)

So you would have hooper out the door before stokes? How dumb is that, is it just because he is Irish that you would keep him(along with paddy)? I'm Irish but I could seperate that from a good player or comparing who is better. With stokes and paddy you have the two most ppl that complain when things don't go there way, how many times have you seem stokes stop playing just to yell at a player or paddy for that matter, like on sat game, he tried to take on a player and it didn't work so instead of going after the ball which was 5 feet in front of him he just stops playing and was complaining to our player. Hooper runs around to make moves and space, on says game I must have saw him come back deep in mid to help the ball move around and then gets back in the box. You guys need to wake up just because he is not as fit right now doesn't mean you should all turn on him. And just shows what some of you know if you say sell him before stokes or paddy, hooper is more of a team player and alot better worker then them.

Nameless poster- I have not turned on Hooper as you put it, merely pointing out some of his weaknesses.
My point regarding Stokes and Hooper is this - they will both score roughly the same amount of goals each season. With this in mind I suggested it would make more sense to sell Hooper rather than Stokes as we could get 7,8m for Gary as opposed to 2,3m for Stokes. This is sense.

Hooper is hanging out for a move I think but at this minute this is a hypothetical discussion and to suggest nationality has anything to do with the shaping of my own personal opinion is absurd.

Jamie Mac(talking sense)

Another thing Hooper hasn't moved a leg effort wise in the four games I have been at so far, again only my opinion before people think I think I have absolute wisdom, again its only my opinion.

Watched the game back last night and the commentator remarked ONCE about Hooper coming deep and it seems a lot of people may have taken this to the extreme. He hardly ever chases a defender down.

Watch him in the coming Weeks and this is not all you will notice, you will see that he is terrified of being kicked and this shapes things he does majorly at these times.

if an offer of the reported value comes in he's away so this is all academic really but so are most threads on forums I suppose.

Still good to be talking bout the bhoys,whatever the topic,whatever the point

Hail hail

Jamie Mac

Early days into the season. To many people dont understand that you cant play to the top of you game every minute of every game. The fact is that even when he plays not up to his best there is always a chance he will score which is something every team wants. Also anyone saying he should leave are off their heads. His movement, runs, and finishing is up there with the best in britain. If you actually watch him off the ball and how intelligent he is then maybe you will understand where I am coming from. I guarantee if he leaves we will be wishing he was back within two months. Best striker at the club by far and no guarantee who ever we bring in will score goals, but you know Hooper will. Crazy if we let him leave this season unless crazy money comes in.

Skooter

05 Aug 2012 21:28:17
Hi all does anybody think we should look at getting mackay stephens and russel from dundee utd. Need two get rid of murphy and I think mccourt too. Any truth in chris berra cming 2 celtic?

2 good lads from utd fast an are playing better than what weve got at the moment sign them up,murphy get rid not wot we need, but i wud keep paddy he,s still got a wee bit owe magic///derbycelt

I agree would love to see the two utd boys in the hoops would give better balance on the flanks, with Forrest on the right side plus wee Stevens takes players on we dont have that apart from Forrest an McCourt, big fan of johhny Russell I think him and hopper would be a fantastic strike force for the SPL and Europe

Sign the 2 in a heartbeat

gunniebhoy

Sign both immediately, could pay both wages on the lads who have left already.
Both now proven SPL battlers. I believe they would both be better as a pair coming in than just buying one.
Mackey-Steven had Bartley of Rangers in his back pocket last season. Their sell on in a few years would be profitable. Good squad additions.

05 Aug 2012 19:52:05
fao ian l, henrickson playing well tonight ,,,deep river bhoy

Deep River Bhoy are you sure you are feeling ok tonight? Lol Glad to hear it, Just think how good stan petrov was when he signed for us at 19 years old. Let's move Ki on and get the 6m for him, get young Heninricksen in. Ian L

05 Aug 2012 17:30:55
lennon after 2 cb back after kelvin wilson looks 2 be on his way 2 the champonship most likely matt mills will be the replacement but for him he has another couple off targets (curtis davies and ben haim of portsmouth) he is also looking 2 gt rid off murphy and bring in a new striker possibly hennrikson or kitson and a six month loan for striker as bangura probs going 2 be out til january

Matt Mills signed fur Bolton ages ago!

Mills has just Signed for Bolton, hennrikson is a midfielder and kitson is pi55

Bigbadjohn

Henrickson is cm and kitson is pish,,deep river bhoy

You obviously just made thsi up you clown! Matt Mills signed for Bolton a good while ago..

Bran0

Is bangura really out again until January??! I feel bad for him if so, but it would certainly emphasize what a disaster his signing has been cos he was out most of last season too!

Ben haim on 36000 a week and really crap

And Bangura had only tweaked his hamstring. So From start to finish this rumour is completely made up.

Wilson going noware bullsh..e////derbycelt

05 aug 2012 12:30:44
ed its funny to see everybody wanting to keep ki now wen a few weeks ago he didnt bring anything to the team ect. look at my previous posts and you will see i wrote that ki should be our main priority to keep this year he one o the most creative player we have had in a long time and can pass a ball for fun. ki must stay. mikeybhoy27

Ki is terrific technically but in order for him to dictate a game he needs more time on the ball than he is allowed in the SPL. In a more technical league (Italy/Spain) he would thrive and probably reach the very top level
Kevbhoy

Great player dont think anyone ever said he was crap. But if we can cash in and get better players both suited for spl and cl then would help us better. He is wasted in scotland. Big money and maybe a sell on would be good for Celtic as a club. Could invest in 2 players and keep the club moving forward

Ki is Gash!

Iain

05 Aug 2012 10:21:00
Hopefully Ki's performances at the Olympics will bring in a few more bids and a few more mill.
A great player but one we can afford to leave as long as Henriksen is brought in.
HH
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