Celtic Banter Archive June 12 2020

12 Jun 2020 18:26:01
Birger Meling joins Nimes for €1m. A bargain for me. Would have liked to have seen him sign for us.

12 Jun 2020 18:42:42
I am surprised with Celtic.
A 25 year old International player for under a million pounds.
That is normally the kind of player we try and sign.
Celtic must think he is not good enough.

12 Jun 2020 20:40:13
Maybes the scouts have watched him more than the few times our fans have?

12 Jun 2020 21:34:07
True Jimtim maybe there is a reason this kid has not moved onto bigger things but at that price I would have taken a punt on him especially as we paid £3m for Bollingoli 🙈.

12 Jun 2020 23:00:14
Strange one this have Nimes not just been relegated to the French 2nd tier?

13 Jun 2020 02:48:00
Maybe, he didn't want yo come to Celtic. His preference could have been somewhere else.

13 Jun 2020 06:03:18
I'd take a punt on you IceMan over Bolingoli! Meling had a great game against us at CP when he scored but I have to say the other times I seen him he didn't really stand out. Not sure why so many people kept mentioning his name. I've got no problems people suggesting players that have caught their eye at all but it's got to be after more than a few games. At that sort of price he might well be better than Bolingoli, at least Meling is actually a left back. But truth is I don't want us to be taking any more punts on that position. We got 25m for a LB that I think most of us agreed was worth that. So let's go and get a bit of real quality.

Stevie, 2 clubs up, 2 clubs down in Ligues 1 and 2 mate.

13 Jun 2020 11:06:18
Cheers Jim 👍.

13 Jun 2020 21:16:16
Or £4m for kouassi, at least we've seen that melling is decent.

12 Jun 2020 13:53:48
Hi guys hope everyone keeping safe question for use guys clearly first choice keeper will be big Forster if we can get him but with them offering Gordon a new deal if Forster can’t and Gordon said yes would they be looking for new number 1 or go with Gordon? Cause depending on the out come we could be looking at having to get two new keepers.

12 Jun 2020 14:09:46
I think there are worse keepers than Bain and Gordon.
But Forster is a level above.

12 Jun 2020 15:33:49
Don't fancy Bain or Gordon to be honest as FF makes far fewer mistakes or rushes of blood over a full season than both of them.
If we can't get Forster back - and you add that to possibly building another new back-line - I would be looking for much better quality.

12 Jun 2020 17:25:38
What about David Marshall never really got a chance at Celtic Park and has loads of experience.

12 Jun 2020 09:01:04
Well, I am not a fan of bolingoli and class left backs seem to be on every teams list out of what appeared to be available Birgir Meling seemed that best option it is incredible that Nimes have snapped him for 830.000 can anyone come up with a viable left back all I can come up with now is Mohammadi

12 Jun 2020 10:01:04
That's mad. No brainer at that price, especially with Hayes away. Hickey seems like the obvious target - cheap, big potential and is a tim.

12 Jun 2020 10:06:26
He's clearly not as good as everyone seems to think or we or someone half decent would have gone for him. Got to remember they were well into their season when they played us in qualifiers. Seem to remember wee James giving him the run around in a 3-1 win. Think he scored in that game but we weren't at our level yet. If he was a standout week in week out he would have got a better move. We made Dykes look like pele last season. He's still Colin Nish. looks like we will sign Hickey. Two young Scots fighting for the position. Hopefully they bring each other on.

12 Jun 2020 12:16:26
Tiger he's no kt but my god he's 17 and a very good prospect.

12 Jun 2020 13:22:30
Was talking about Melling mate! . Think Hickey would be a good signing.

12 Jun 2020 14:23:38
Apologies mate 👍👍agree good prospect.

12 Jun 2020 20:19:11
I would still prefer a bit of experience at left back, still think Barry Douglas of Leeds could do us a turn.
I am not sure about Hickey, he is young but obviously has potential. Any reason why he couldn't play right back?
Hopefully big FF will be here, but if not what about Joe Hart.
He is a free agent at the end of the month.

12 Jun 2020 21:34:02
hickey could play right back no problem imo, the boy could move forward in to midfield he's that good.

13 Jun 2020 00:03:29
Joe hart has been finished for years. As good as they were griff has hit far better free kicks than the ones that flew past Hart. Not to mention bales free kick at euro16. That was an embarrassment. Be as well getting doris back. He couldn't save anything either. Talk of Bravo he is the same. Every shot against these guys go in. One thing for bain he is a shot stopper. Same with Gordon and Forster who I hope we can get back.

13 Jun 2020 06:56:45
You are probably right about Hart Fifer, I've just got this horrible feeling we'll be left with Bain only. He is a decent keeper, but he ain't FF.
I'm sure our scouting dept will have a few names on their list, we'll find out soon enough.

13 Jun 2020 09:23:06
I'm confident FF will be back. No one is going to pay 10m in this climate. Soton desperate to get him off the wage bill. A loan will suit both parties. If not I'm sure we have other options and I can't see any of the paper linked keepers being options. Just hope we can get it done early but with extended transfer window it could drag on.

{Ed007's Note - I think there would be plenty of clubs that would snap up Forster for £10 million. The choice Forster has to make is whether he wants to be a back-up at a big Pub League club, first choice at a mid-table/relegation fodder team where he could end up 2nd/3rd choice again or be No.1 at a club he knows, in a smaller league, on a lot less money but winning trophies and playing European football.}

13 Jun 2020 10:35:09
Perfectly summed up Ed, here's hoping he chooses the last option.

{Ed007's Note - Fingers & toes crossed mate.}