Celtic Banter Archive January 01 2020

01 Jan 2020 23:21:59
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new player profile about, Joel Matip

01 Jan 2020 20:20:23
When we signed him I had hoped Bayo was going to be a decent player but he really has shown pretty much nothing so far, a glimpse or two maybe.
I can categorically say right now that if we had a choice of say Bayo or big Sam Cosgrove I'd take Cosgrove in a heartbeat.
40 goals in the last year and puts himself about, seen him last season giving the Burnley defence as well as ours and Sevco a hard time most of the time, I've seen many people on here say he isn't good enough. I disagree as a squad player and something different to what we have I reckon he would be more than capable.

01 Jan 2020 20:53:46
Sometimes just what you need is right under your nose, it may not be popular, but id agree royjac73. Its a gamble well worth taking.

01 Jan 2020 23:09:41
Cosgrove? You've got to be at it? He's a lump a wid that is constantly fouling and elbowing, he'll get sent off for us every game. If that's the level some people are serious about wanting then I despair. I expected some rashness opinion wise after losing to them but Cosgrove is not good enough for us.

02 Jan 2020 00:27:19
Caese you obviously haven't read my post properly then eh haha.

02 Jan 2020 01:02:43
The sheep think McKenna is worth 10m. Imagine what they would want for Cosgrove 😂.

02 Jan 2020 01:55:45
Big Sutton was a lump o' wid, turned out nice. Look, im well aware he's not the preferred choice, but i think its worth the gamble. Only an opinion.

02 Jan 2020 10:00:06
I’d rather have Cosgrove than Bayo but Edouard and Griff would be ahead of him for me.

02 Jan 2020 10:55:17
Big Sutton was a lump a wid bhampot? your having a laugh aren’t u? your comparing big Sutton with cosgrove! Big Sutton was outstanding for Norwich and Blackburn and had a bad time at Chelsea because their style of play never really suited him. cosgrove is doing well at Aberdeen but he’s nowhere near what we need!

02 Jan 2020 12:17:11
Big Eddy is a touch-player who tries hard to hold the ball, but is often outnumbered and dispossessed, because of sheer numbers and no Celtic players close enough to play off his touches?
Griff is finished IMO and Bayo is a non starter, so we could actually do with two front men to freshen things up; a poacher and a big man.

01 Jan 2020 14:05:59
Ffs we no signed anyone yet. Bloody disgrace. SACK THE BOARD.

01 Jan 2020 14:11:09
I think you need to give PL until midnight Kev to be fair.

01 Jan 2020 14:39:01
But but but look at his wage JFP.

01 Jan 2020 15:36:29
Do I detect some sarcasm there kev 🤣🤣 to be fair lawells wages are a disgrace in Scottish football terms!

01 Jan 2020 15:47:32
why are we possibly about to spend 6 mill aprox on a guy who was outscoring bayo in the same league at same time, .

01 Jan 2020 17:58:16
Danny the are not a disgrace in business terms though. A company with a 100 million turn over it's pretty standard.

{Ed007's Note - Lawwell is paid £1 million more the the CEO of the Pub League and about £500k less than Ed Woodward at Man Utd - after he was given a 60% pay hike last year - who have a turnover of £627 million.
Lawwell's salary is pretty far from standard, Kev, he's taking home 3.5% of the entire business turnover and is one of the best paid CEOs in British - and probably European - football.}

01 Jan 2020 18:03:18
If he was outscoring Bayo then surely you'd prefer him over Bayo? He's got 56 goals since the start of last season and, without knowing much about him, it's the sort of numbers I'd be looking for all day long tbh. Eddy is amazing but he's not prolific so we need to be able to mix it up.

{Ed007's Note - Remember Bayo was brought over here so Toure could mentor him.}

01 Jan 2020 18:56:34
Lawwels wages are only around 1-1.5 million.
The rest is performance related bonus.
We have a share price that isn't that far off the highest it's ever been.
On the park we are going through a unprecedented level of success in my life time. The last 10 trophies are in our trophy cabinet and we've won 15 of the last 20 titles
How many teams in Europe can say that?

Jeez spurs have won nothing and there man took over 6 million home not that long ago.
I'd say lawwel does a better job than the likes of Ed Woodward while having a harder job.

{Ed007's Note - Whether it's bonuses or salary he shouldn't be getting that percentage of the turnover. There's no way in the world the Celtic CEO job is harder than the Man Utd job, Utd are arguably the biggest club in the world and the finances & market they deal in are astronomical compared to ours, the level and egos of players they deal with (Pogba) and dealing with superagents like Mino Raiola etc. I'm guessing Woodward's includes bonuses as his earnings dropped from £2.95m in 2016/17 to £2.6m in 2017/18 then up to the £4.1m last year.
Levy's earnings last year jumped from £2.6m to £6.1m because it included a back-dated pay-rise and performance bonuses that were also back-dated, basically they paid him money they had owed him over time.
How many other clubs in Europe can say their CEO takes the highest salary/bonus out of every employee? None.}

01 Jan 2020 19:00:09
Big Sam Cosgrove has scored 40 goals in last year, is a pure nightmare to play against. Just saying like.

Oh and happy new year everyone and thanks for your wisdom and input ed007 its appreciated 🍀💚 HH.

{Ed007's Note - Thanks mate, Happy New Year to you too.}

01 Jan 2020 19:09:59
DRB we paid 9 million for eddy and he had just 16 or so games under his belt before coming to celtic on loan.

01 Jan 2020 19:21:47
I think we should honour that arrangement Ed and sell him off to Leicester 😂.

{Ed007's Note - For £12 million 😁

01 Jan 2020 19:36:06
Plus Benkovic.

{Ed007's Note - I'd settle for £10 million for Bayo if they were throwing in Benkovic 😂

01 Jan 2020 19:42:06
Ed lawwel has to work harder to get things like sponsorship deals, revenue streams, kit deals ect ect ect. Compared to EPL teams we work with both hands behind tied behind our back.
Put us down there and lawwel would wipe the floor with that lot.

{Ed007's Note - Aye OK then.}

01 Jan 2020 20:16:46
Can’t agree kev. lawells salary even before his bonuses are way to much for the environment he works in! And the ‘bonuses’ he gets are quite frankly are absolutely scandalous! Nobody can deny that lawell has done good things at the club but he’s also overseen the loss of major revenue streams with major failure in the champions league qualifiers! For me he gets just a little bit to much credit some times and avoids a lot of the real flak when things don’t go well. and I’ll be brutally honest and say that he doesn’t fight our clubs corner even nearly enough when we’re getting it tight from all angles! The aftermath of Sunday’s game being the latest!

02 Jan 2020 07:22:25
I’m with the majority of the lads on here where I think he’s overpaid for the environment . I appreciate we are going through unprecedented success at the minute, but I wouldn’t put too much of that down to lawell. He has seemed to go down cheap options regarding managers, Ronnie / possibly Lennie . The appointment of Rogers by all accounts came from Desmond as he had the hump with sevco directors jumping around in front of him.

He never over spends when fans sometimes are crying out for a larger outlay, we all know he keeps the books positive so he can earn his big bonus cheque. Also like Danny said,
He rarely backs us up. ( in another note I miss the times of the lawyer that passed away, who always took sfa/ Rangers to task )

01 Jan 2020 12:46:14
Happy new year to uourself Ed and all poster's. Enjoy your stew and for those veggies enjoy what ever you eat.

{Ed007's Note - Steak pie (with sausages of course) for me again today and I can't wait! Happy New Year buddy.}

01 Jan 2020 14:52:43
Happy New Year Bhoys, Ghirls and lurkers🤣🤣. Have a good one Ed, that steak pie sounds epic. Enjoy the vitriol of the transfer window, I know you love it🤣🤣.

{Ed007's Note - Ach at least this window is only open for a month. Happy New Year, Brian mate, steak pie's is by far my favourite dinner 👍

01 Jan 2020 11:24:49
Happy New Year Ed and all on here have a good one.

{Ed007's Note - The same to you, Tony.}

01 Jan 2020 10:45:52
Happy NY hope you all have a healthy and great 2020. Ed thanks for all the great work this year. Wht are our Board so quiet Ican accept the defeat but can't be si gracious when it comes to the so called impartial media in this country, CFC is a Global business and should be defended so, our Club over the last few days has been slandered by the PR that comes from the other side. We are keeping silent why? Sorry for the rant but surely we need to respond. HNY.

{Ed007's Note - Happy New Year, Jamie.}

01 Jan 2020 14:37:37
Jamie; the club rarely rises to the bait as most of the bile and propaganda is manufactured to get a response/ debate, so the tribute-act hang onto our coat tails for publicity (in lieu of trophies) .
As much as I detest the Scottish Media and others like SLY who fly the flag for Sevco - the best way to shut them up is to carry on our TOTAL domination and do our talking on the pitch.

01 Jan 2020 01:19:16
Happy New Year to you Ed, and to all who contribute. I hope 2020 is good to you all.

{Ed007's Note - Happy New Year.}

01 Jan 2020 08:17:04
Happy new year to everyone on the site. Had a rollercoaster of a year mostly downs but hopefully new year and all. So that being said is the transfer window officially open so Celtic can start the hard work to bring in additional support to help boost us to 9 in a row.

01 Jan 2020 09:48:54
Keep your chin up Rich T, not had the greatest year myself but new year, new beginnings, happy new year to all posters and especially Ed007.

{Ed007's Note - Happy New Year, AGG and hopefully things are on the up for you and Rich.}

01 Jan 2020 13:57:27
Cheers guys fingers crossed HH.

{Ed007's Note - 👍

01 Jan 2020 12:59:27
Same to u mate and the rest of the bhoys happy new year! Had a really bad 2019 couldn’t wait to get it over with.
Roll on 2020.

01 Jan 2020 14:10:30
Thanks Ed, I'll pray strong and stay strong 🙏.

{Ed007's Note - Good man, I'll keep you both in my prayers.}

01 Jan 2020 02:52:34
Happy2020,to everyone, I recall when it was the 2000 eve, the planet was filled with these doomsday merchants, there was people digging caves into hill sides, storing up supplies of dried milk and eggs and beans, and teaching their children how to make bows and arrows out of knicker elastic and chopsticks, so they could kill rabbits to eat, because they thought, because they had been told, that all the computers in the world would not be able to cope, because they were all programmed upto 1999,and it was ardmegeddon after that,

01 Jan 2020 13:14:33
Lol don’t forget 2012, the end of Mayan calendar on 21st December haha all the end of days headcases going nuts lol good movie tho special effects is unreal.

01 Jan 2020 07:39:01
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 31st December 2019