Celtic Banter Archive February 20 2014

20 Feb 2014 15:52:24
Just reading a wee story bout Joe Ledley on Celtic rumoursnow and basically he's saying he was prepared to sign a contract until celtic accepted the offer off crystal palace. Pretty gutted as we're thread bare in there now and we're not/won't replace him as a player of that calibre fall into the 6 million mark. Thoughts?

Johansen will do nicely for me . I did like Ledley but I'm not swallowing this bull that he was ready to sign a contract when all of sudden CP came in for him . The contract was on the table for months why wait till a couple of hours before the deadline to sign it . Ledley knew what he was doing and played NL and Celtic like fiddle to suit his own ends . If he loved Celtic and the fans the way he is going on about now he would have signed on the dotted line months ago . Samaras is another one who IMO is seriously taking the p!ss . When Celtic went for that hard earned rest in Turkey NL sent him home to Greece to mull over the contract and give him an answer . February and we, re still waiting . 3 weeks ago NL gave him a fortnight for an answer . Still waiting and he was rewarded with a starting place in the cup debacle . I honestly hope he never signs again as I don't think I could take watching him not being bothered on a park again . DH

If joe was going to sign then why didn't he?. ayee he was ah great player but biton looks lyk he's more than capable to fillin this slot. dunno why he says it when its too late. we couldn't let him go for freein the summer. anyways bring on the jambos HH

chris1888

Queenslie we will defos miss Joe Ledley, a cracking player who was very underrated by some of the posters on this site but a very good player he was. Will be gutted if this is true. A Welsh International (one of their best), Defensive Mid or Attack Mid and Scoring Left back. Any of those positions could be filled by Joe, a steal for anyone at £6M . Hail Hail

Got to agree with DH, if he wanted to stay at Celtic then he would still be a Celtic player.

He is a miss in midfield but we need to give Biton and Stefan a few games, they seem to be showing good potential.

Agree DH, my big fear is he signs a new contract then Lennon goes and a new manager comes in and won't rate him, which is very likely, then we're stuck with him on big wages.

I agree with Mrs E. He was never going to sign. We got him when he ran down his contract, CP got him just before he ran down his contract and his next team will no doubt get him in similar circumstances. The common thing is that nobody is paying a large transfer fee and he is in the driving seat when negotiating his salary. having said all that, good luck to him, he was a good, consistant servant.

@1), Well said.
Sammy is taking the pish. What disappoints me more is that Lenny is allowing him to do it. You could understand him was getting a game if his performances were quality but they're far from it.

Hail Hail

Exactly arrowh, he was seeing out his contract with Celtic as far as i’m concerned to. The offer was there to stay.

Totally agree, he was a good player for us and wish him all the best.

He told Cardiff at the start of that season that he would leave if they didn't make the premier league so it was no a big secret like a lot of posters seem to think he never once said he wanted to leave and I believe he was pushed out Adam Mathews has said it to he isn't the first this has happened too and he won't be the last

20 Feb 2014 10:45:49
Morning Ed, hope you're well mate. Just reading everywhere about Forster and the world cup. How about a poll to see how many think he will go or will he be overlooked for those who play in England? Cheers .

{Ed007's Note - I'll get that set up Andy.}

20 Feb 2014 10:11:48
I know a lot of you will moan, but how can we possibly say Darren Fletcher is captain of the Scotland national team? I really do not rate him and feel the team would flourish more under the new captain Scott Brown.

Anyone any thoughts?

In my opinion, Broony shouldn't be the captain of Celtic or Scotland, end of story.

Who would you have then HB out of the current Celtic team?

I like Darren Fletcher so have no issues with him captaining Scotland.

Hamiltonbhoy, I think Broony is a fantastic captain. I think recently he's been injured and not playing great, but his attitude is always spot on in my books!

@1 Now I wonder why you think that way?
Tambhoy

Hb every post of yours kinda turns my stomach mate! You call yourself a fan but all you do is slag the team, player, board and then you moved onto the fans. I literally have no idea how one person could become so bitter. Get a grip mate seriously. If broonie looses the arm band ill be gutted, he has been a fantastic captain for both club and country the guy is a natural leader! Stracken needs to leave him as captain.

@2 Right now, out the current players fit there isn't a captain among them. Possibly Virgil after a couple of seasons. I think Lustig seems like a real quality leader though.

@3 As I said, it's my opinion. Just like you have yours.

@4 Because I don't believe someone who can't remain calm or composed in a heated situation is fit to be the captain of a team. He's their leader and role model, getting caught up in the moment and sent off or in to a scuffle isn't an example to be setting to fellow teammates.

@5 Get off your high horse. I've stated my opinion, I may be in a minority but at the end of the day - it's my opinion, I won't ever agree with someone to keep others happy or to fit in with the crowd. So you keep accepting commercialisation over football, scrappy wins over entertainment, fan harrassment over freedom of speech and overall mediocrity - while I'll continue to be ambitious and dream that one day Celtic will be a great club again and those in charge will regognize the potential of speculating to accumulate.

Darren bhoy HB is right why do people constantly bang on about him being a leader, when he is fit he rarely does anything to create or inspire the team other than the odd tackle which should not be enough to make you the captain of the greatest club in the world.

We sold our true leader and most consistent player in January: Joe Ledley.

I'm happy to have Broonie as captain of Celtic but couldn't care less who captains or plays for Scotland. I will leave that for the tartan army to worry about.

I agree with HB don't like brown as a captain of celtic I'd give the arm band to Lustig or VVD who show composure in every match I've seen them play