Celtic Banter Archive March 25 2021

25 Mar 2021 21:29:18
Will probably go and win the game now haha but i stand by my previous post. Poor manager.

25 Mar 2021 22:39:55
Worked with Antons sister here In crumlin and her daughter lovely family . Mark.

25 Mar 2021 20:29:56
Happy birthday anton rogan 55 🥳.

25 Mar 2021 21:45:59
Happy Birthday Anton.
Anton made his debut in an 8-3 victory at home to Hamilton.
He made his mother proud because she was a massive Celtic Supporter. 🍀.

25 Mar 2021 22:04:12
A bhoy from the Fall's Rd who lived the dream, Happy birthday Anton.

25 Mar 2021 22:11:01
Buzz Bomb

I was at that game and I think it was the most goals I remember ever seeing Celtic score.

26 Mar 2021 00:48:21
Pretty sure he is from Andersonstown as I remember going over there to play football in my youth. We played a team called Saint Oliver Plunkett. I have a memory of the family I lived with telling me that Anton Rogan was from their estate and his family lived just up the hill from them.

I know he got a lot of stick as a player but I always liked him and admired his workrate. Anton down the left and Chris Morris down the right. Both had a good year in the centenary season.

26 Mar 2021 09:38:54
JFP
I was at Ibrox only 2 days previous in our 2-0 defeat on New Years Day 1987.
It was the coldest I’ve ever felt at a match.
It was a game of 2 goalkeepers, Chris Woods was saving everything and Pat Bonner had a nightmare. Bonner dropped the ball to allow their 2nd goal.
Going into the Hamilton match, Celtic had 3 defenders out, which gave Anton his chance.

25 Mar 2021 18:23:16
I understand that a lot of people don't want Keane to become the manager/ head coach due to his previous stints in management but I honestly think people are missing the bigger picture.

The appointment we need to get spot on isn't the managers position, it's the DOF role.

It's the DOF that will be at the club long after the next Manager/ HC, it's him that will overhaul all aspects of the footballing side of the club.

25 Mar 2021 19:51:22
He can start by sacking Roy Keane lol.

25 Mar 2021 21:05:39
What and bring the Lemmon back, that might make you happy.

25 Mar 2021 21:21:10
I didn't want Lennon back, remember feeling absolutely down trodden when he got appointed the day we won the treble treble.

And I certainly do not want someone who I rate even less.

25 Mar 2021 18:06:28
Hi Ed, I hope you're doing well,
With Brown now confirmed as leaving at the end of the season, I had a look at the 1st team squad, who has left already, who will probably leave in the summer, I've had a stab at the potential fees that could be brought in and wages saved.
2020 season out:
Bolli, £1M, £10k wages
Brown, Free, £20k wages.
Edouard, £20M, £20k wages.
Ajer, £15M, £10k wages.
Frimpong £10M, £5k wages.
Elmahmed, £1M, £10k wages
Rogic, £2M, £15k wages.
Christie, £10M, £10k wages.
Nitcham, £10M, £10k wages.
Jullian, £10M, £15k wages.
Bitton, £1M, £10k wages.
Kouassi, £2M, £5k wages.
Shved, £2M, £5k wages.
Duffy, £20k wages.
K Dembelle, Free, £2k wages
Hendry, £2M, £5k wages.
Laxalt, £10k wages.
TOTAL £86M in fees, £182k pw wages.

1st team remaining 2021/ 22 season:
Barkas.
Bain.
Hazard.
Welsh.
Taylor.
Johnston.
Turnbull.
Forrest .
McGregor (New Captain) .
Soro.
Henderson.
Connell.
Ralston.
Klimala.
Ajeti.
Griff.

I may have missed one or two but this is quite a rebuilding job, but what an amazing opportunity for a new management team to create and build their own squad.
HH and KTF🍀🍀.

25 Mar 2021 18:37:40
Ryan’s Papa
I’ve took off £40 million from your predicted valuations.
Frimpong and Kouassi are already gone and fair enough that £12 million is already in the kitty.
A few of those players will soon be entering the last year of their contracts.
I’ve took £5 million off Edouard, Ajer and Christie and I’ve took £7 million off Ntcham.
I’ve also took £5 million off Jullian.
I don’t think Celtic will get our money back on Shved.
But it will still leave Celtic with at least £45 million to help rebuild.

25 Mar 2021 19:11:40
I think your estimate is fairly likely buzz. The real struggle will be keeping the club's identity during such wholesale change.

25 Mar 2021 19:14:49
Won't get a tenner for Ntcham never mind 10 million. Lots of changes next season its already been mentioned but DOF/ recruitment is going to be vital in the summer.

25 Mar 2021 19:20:30
Buzz Bomb 10, your estimates below seem a bit low to me, but hopefully the new management team can get us good deals for the rebuild.

£15M Eddie
£10M Ajer
£5M Christie
£3M Nitcham
£5M Jullian
£0 Shved

HH KTF🍀🍀.

25 Mar 2021 19:38:19
Next season was always going to be a big turnover with transfers.
A few players contracts were finishing at the same time.
We will need a new leader on the park.
Preferably a big strong CB who can organise a defence.
The Scottish players I would take a chance on are Ferguson of Aberdeen and Nesbitt of Hibs.
I would stay away from centre backs Gallagher and Porteous because they’re nowhere near good enough.

25 Mar 2021 19:56:12
I'd say closer to 50M but the point is a good one, cash and wages is a lfair chuck of change.

Our wage bill has been inflated for a few years and there's players out there that can come in and do a good job without costing the earth.

25 Mar 2021 20:26:21
Agreed Buzz, Ferguson is capable. I'd also be encouraging a shopping trip to Scandinavia and Eastern Europe for players.

26 Mar 2021 01:14:31
The big problem Celtic might have with transfers is the brexit problems. Going to be a lot harder with players from Europe getting deals done. Maybe a reason a lot more players been linked at are already UK bases. Just a thought.

25 Mar 2021 16:55:39
Betting has been suspended for Roy Maurice Keane being our new manager.

Whether or not that has any significance remains to be seen.

25 Mar 2021 17:35:09
Surely if we are trying to modernise the whole club and take us in a new direction it can’t be Keane .

25 Mar 2021 17:39:55
Mick

It’s like asking Noah to design you a speedboat.

It just can’t be him.

Juist naw.

25 Mar 2021 18:08:40
It would be the stupidest thing Celtic have ever done. Giving some one the manager job in a shower room without seeing another candidate was bad but this would take financial stupidity to another level.

25 Mar 2021 18:14:13
Totally agree JFP and you can’t seriously tell me he is the outstanding candidate for the job and if he is we are in bigger trouble than I thought.

25 Mar 2021 16:39:11
good move for broony will still get game time plus will be moving into the coaching side of things Aberdeen is a big club with a lot of potential.

maybe he also seen the slander he has been getting of celtic fans and how he is finished and should not be near our team but still wanted to carry on playing. good move for him should boss it up there.

25 Mar 2021 16:12:23
Right that's now staff leaving any coming in?

25 Mar 2021 15:34:37
So it's been confirmed Scott Brown will be leaving Celtic at the end of the season. What a servant he has been for the Club. A Celtic legend and such a pity fans can't be in the stadium to give him a send off he deserves.

25 Mar 2021 16:04:03
Well done to him so much success and all the best for the future.

25 Mar 2021 16:06:30
End of an Era.

Scott Brown was a talented footballer who made a huge contribution to an almost unparalleled period of success as a player and captain of Celtic Football Club.

Thank you Broony.
HH.

25 Mar 2021 16:52:05
Captain, Leader and Legend.

Big loss I hope somebody has thought about how his boots will be filled because they are not at the club just now.

He gave 100% of what he had 100% of the time and nobody can ask for more. The mob across in Govan will be delighted he’s away and there is no bigger compliment than that.

Thanks for everything Scott Brown and all the very best for your next chapter.

You’ll always be welcome at Celtic Park.

God Bless.

25 Mar 2021 16:55:25
We have dominated Scottish Football for the last 2 decades. Brown leaves with everyone's blessing and well wishes for his great effort.14 years giving it his all and winning 23 trophies. An end of an era for the quadruple treble champions with most leaving this summer. Heres hoping the new chairman DOF manager coaches players gel and we go on to dominate once more.

25 Mar 2021 15:29:33
Thats Brown confirmed as Aberdeen player next season.

25 Mar 2021 15:24:27
The SPFL have announced the first league game of the new 2021/ 22 season, will take place on Saturday 31st July Or Sunday 1st August.
It will be sandwiched in between 2 European Qualifiers.
The midweek before will be our CL Second Round,2nd leg game.
And the midweek after, hopefully Celtic will be playing our CL Third Round,1st leg match.

25 Mar 2021 16:38:20
We will be probably away to Aberdeen or maybe Hearts I'll bet.

25 Mar 2021 13:41:06
Why has this guys CV even got him linked with the Celtic manager job?

'Roy Keane was appointed manager of Sunderland shortly after his retirement as a player and took the club from 23rd position in the Football League Championship in late August to win the division title and gain promotion to the Premier League. He resigned in December 2008 and from April 2009 to January 2011 was manager of Championship club Ipswich Town. In November 2013 he was appointed assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland national team by manager Martin O'Neill. '

Aye and whit?

25 Mar 2021 14:03:45
Ohh JFP, with every report that Roy's odds are dropping you may require something stronger than the Bovril 👍 to get you through this.

25 Mar 2021 14:04:05
Agree its not the best, he's linked because of his name, I don't fancy him and think it would set us back a few years.

25 Mar 2021 14:10:34
we will just need to get behind him jfp if it is him bro. ed pointed out on here that it will be crucial to who his assistant is i 100 percent agree there if he can bring a great assistant with a tactical knowledge of the game could be a good appointment.

25 Mar 2021 14:13:31
Genuinely not trying to tip you over the edge JFP (honestly) but in his favour, Roy that is,

* no fool
* great football knowledge
* winning mentality
* Scottish Premiership hardly La Liga
* managerial experience
* excellent people to call on if needed (Sir Alex, MON, Mick McCarthy)

25 Mar 2021 14:15:50
Pedro Mally

It’s embarrassing.

If he wasn’t Irish, Dermot’s pal and unemployed he wouldn’t even be in the frame. He certainly wouldn’t be getting an interview on the basis of his CV.

He is to progress what Nigel Farage is to European unity and race relations.

I’ll have a half in that Bovril please.

25 Mar 2021 14:16:03
It's early days Mally and as they say until it's signed, sealed and announced it's nothing more than a guessing game.

Maybe Roy is playing along under DD's instructions to throw the hacks off the scent.

25 Mar 2021 14:25:19
UI, totally agree. I'd say assistants plural (the team that's around him) would be crucial.

Listen, if Slippy G can win this league in 3 seasons, why can't Roy (with the correct backing) not do better?

25 Mar 2021 14:29:04
JFP, I hear what your saying and you know I agree with you, but I'm just trying to play 😈 advocate.

No matter who is appointed, whatever their credentials, background or experience for the job. There's always someone that's not going to be happy.

25 Mar 2021 14:34:13
pedro. its Michael beale who does it all for that sevie team all the tactics and formation slippy is juts a big brand name that sells seasons books attracts players and brings money in to the club. as for winning the league in 3 seasons no chance need to win league next season and try push on in Europe.

25 Mar 2021 14:35:05
Mccarthy aye right, seriously ad back him like any of our managers but gut feeling this won't end well if it's him. too much baggage and let's hope he doesn't bring butt.

25 Mar 2021 14:47:01
If it is Keane I would not even look at Celtic or the results until I know he and DD is out the club But I really can't see it being Keane.

25 Mar 2021 15:15:17
I'm not sure I would go as far as you Tony but I certainly would not give the club any of my hard earned cash and would be calling for DD and the board to resign as they are obviously clueless if they appoint Keane.

25 Mar 2021 15:24:48
JFP, I read a bit on the guy Beale but again, with the right team around there's nothing to say that Keane couldn't win the league on his first season.

Mally, the Mccarthy bit was tongue-in-cheek as we all know how much Roy 💘 Mick.

More often than not, I agree with the two of you and the posts you put up, so I really hope that Keane doesn't get it or there will be some sore heads on here.

25 Mar 2021 15:27:12
Agreed UI re Beale @ Sevco.

25 Mar 2021 15:27:21
UI what are u trying to say that Beale is the fat bird that can sing but needsto be fronted up by a model who cant? 😂.

25 Mar 2021 15:40:07
Don't get me wrong I really admire Keane but not as a manager he has done nothing to show me that he would progress the team in any way Its just clone for Lennon IMO as far as manager goes.

25 Mar 2021 15:46:17
Hi Ed, good stuff with the podcast stuff it’s something I will tune into when on the night shift. Always read the pages but usually by time I’m going to post I have read similar. I am undecided on Keane but like everyone else his success it’s dependant on recruitment of good coaches and we need players out and others in. I’m always cautious of the french players we have had, some great abilities but attitude at times questionable. I always think a good market is Scandinavia, Germany, Poland etc. They settle well with weather and Glasgow etc. Anyway good luck Ed and if it’s Keane I’m quids in as backed him at 16s lol.

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25 Mar 2021 15:57:30
Keane would be a really bad appointment imo.

25 Mar 2021 16:08:28
In relation to the younger players, I know it’s a gamble signing them and it’s all about potential but like we have seen in recent times, unless our youth coaches are not doing their jobs then the path to 1st team has been blocked so it’s money wasted. That’s why we need the d. o. f role and set our style of play out then no matter what manager comes in the philosophy is the same it’s just really about them working around it.

25 Mar 2021 13:38:10
Bhoys and ghirls rate 1 to 10 to keane being new manager 10 being most likely i say a 6 what's everyone elses?

25 Mar 2021 13:47:23
Rich
I would have him as the favourite at 7 out of 10.

25 Mar 2021 13:50:52
Rich T

Nae idea.

Could be a 1 could be a 10 but should be a 0.

Hope that helps.

25 Mar 2021 14:01:13
Rich last week I'd have said 8. Now though after DD talking about it being important that the new manager plays football the way Celtic fans expect I'm probably at 3 or 4.

I don't think you'd associate Keane playing attacking expansive football. I think he'd come in and get the team well organised, slick and drilled, very fit but doubt it would be pleasing on the eye.

I'm kind of expecting something from left field. Enzo Maresca or Dominic Torrent type character, maybe even someone like Julien Stephan or Philip Cocu who haven't really been seen on bookies shortlists.

25 Mar 2021 14:10:16
I don't want to depress myself by contemplating this possible scenario.

25 Mar 2021 14:27:26
LennonAtWork
I don’t want to depress you more but your Username usually involves our managers name.
What if Keane does get the job?

25 Mar 2021 14:36:43
Then I will need to change my name lol.

25 Mar 2021 11:51:30
Just a thought when was Keane last on sky was it the day draw at united and he did not praise them for winning the league?

25 Mar 2021 12:49:29
He also stated that "Celtic will bounce back next year" with a wry smile on his face. I get that he has certain qualities, particularly his winning mentality, but he wouldn't be a good choice for me.

25 Mar 2021 13:19:09
Mon seems to think he had the qualities needed, but also touched on players would have to deal with his mentality, snowflakes need not apply.

25 Mar 2021 13:37:08
If Keane can keep all his positive attributes but lose his anger then he could be a masterstroke of an appointment but that's a big ask of someone who has been a certain way all his life. HH.

25 Mar 2021 14:06:48
As BigBenny said, if and it's still a big IF, Keane got the job, then perhaps those players we recruit would be mentally tougher or just mental 🤔.

25 Mar 2021 08:11:37
Another day another odds on manager for the Celtic job. This time it's Roy Keane.

25 Mar 2021 09:55:13
I have not spoken to many Celtic fans who want Keane as the manager. Most people I have spoken with, myself included believe that appointing Keane would be a monumental mistake.

Much of his record in management has been well below par, so can see no logic in this appointment.

We already took our foot of Rangers' neck and allowed them to gain ground on us. If we don't get this appointment right, my fear is it could take a few years to put things right.

However, if we appoint a top class manager and give him financial backing and strengthen our youth setup, we will put our foot back on their necks and hopefully never take it off.

25 Mar 2021 10:30:23
roy keane won the championship in his first season championship is a very good standard of league. and i will say again we did not take our foot off rangers neck to allow them to gain a foothold on us

they have spent money to challenge us they have been unbeaten this whole league season that is nothing to do with us taking our foot off there neck. people need to stop saying we have allowed them to become strong we have allowed nothing they are splashing the cash did man u allow city to become strong no city are splashing the cash if you splash the cash you challenge and win things.

25 Mar 2021 10:37:11
Agree with you LAW.

25 Mar 2021 10:48:33
God help us if we go for Keane.

25 Mar 2021 11:48:46
UI I get your point however if we had have appointed a good manager in the mold of BR we would have almost certainly been on Sevco's heels at the tail end of the season. We would likely have beaten them at least twice by now as well. With a small gap they could have crumbled under the pressure of leading the pack. Celtic self destruction by Christmas allowed them to play with no pressure.

25 Mar 2021 12:02:57
@United Ireland, while I agree that Rangers have invested money and have improved since Gerrard took over. I still believe we took our foot off their neck.

Celtic have far greater resources than Rangers and if we had appointed a top calibre manager instead of Lennon, as well as planned better for this season, then Rangers would have not gotten anywhere near us.

The writing was on the wall as early as last season but luckily Rangers imploded. In recent years more often than not, when we lost a manager, coach or player, we replaced them with someone inferior. That is a fact

Rodgers to Lennon
Forster to Barkas
Dembele to Bayo
Tierney to Bolingoli/ Taylor
Duff to Strachan

There have been few cases were we replaced them with an upgrade. Call this what you want but to me it results in letting your adversary get closer to you, instead of maintaining the distance between you.

This season, we were screaming out for a CB and right winger before the season started and any fan that had looked at our squad knew that if anyone got injured or was underperforming then we had no one to step in. We started this season with 4 CBs, 1 of which was injury prone and 1 of which was normally a defensive midfielder. We started the season with 1 right winger and looked what happened when he got injured.

25 Mar 2021 14:24:13
thats the thing when we loose the quality we have been it will be replaced with lesser quality there is no way we were getting some one the same quality as KT bhoys one of the best left backs out. massive club in a small pond we have limits. with the league were in in most cases its not done to us its if they fancy the Scottish league.

as in the manager lenny seen the 8 and double treble out then delivered the 9 and another treble to many things went wrong this season just tp blame him. as for the forster to barkas the club had the deal lined up for forster was all agreed he chose to stay in the skysports league like many do. barkas came with a great cv and was greek number 1 the player has just not settled its something no one can see happening. its been a poor season we move on and support.

25 Mar 2021 14:38:22
Still does not change the fact our board took the foot off their necks.