Celtic Banter Archive August 02 2013

02 Aug 2013 23:27:19
So a move is afoot to remove (allow out as planned) Mathers and Stockbridge before sevco accounts are published? Joining green and Ahmad on the walk away job done travellator. Green in the building temporarily to make it happen.

Green tells them job done club saved you've got your history, no titles stripped, we bag the cash, cheerio now you get on with it.

Easy work and easy money when there's a compliant helpful SFA.

The truth is that this is actually a criminal enterprise designed to defraud creditors and investors but is covered up as the authorities are too weak or have no motivation to do anything. It happens every day. CW is the architect of this 'good old switcheroo'. The history of those 2 football clubs is a pollution of the sport.

02 Aug 2013 22:01:52
I see Hooper hasn't lost his touch infront of goal since leaving us! Scored a double with 30mins still to play.

02 Aug 2013 19:26:41
HI ed, this is to Darrenbhoy, just seen your post.I do agree with most of your comments about me .Alas I have been watching this club since a kid, 1964.I do have a half empty rather than a half full attitude towards our great club. but I do have A right to my opinions. Stokes ain't as good as. McBride, Wallace, Kenny, Charlie, Frankie, Choccy, Pierre, Spaghetti, McgarveyMcCluskey, Suttie, Big Bad John. I have forgotten a few, its friday, ge me a break ed.McInally, joe craig, majik, ps A missed HENRIK, And scottie mc lol.dont ever think Darrenbhoy, a don't love THE club WE LOVE. JUST like your passion just like mine,, . GOD BLESS PS AM sure McGrory and Quinn were better, . H.H.

I have no idea what your talking bout mate

Darrenbhoy

02 Aug 2013 14:47:47
here rottin baws kin the sellik sine anuthur player afore the next roon if we get past elfs? {Ed007's Note - We can sign as many as we want as long as the A List is submitted before 12th August 23.00. First matchday in the Play-Off round is 20–21 August 2013 so we can also sign 1 other player between the 12th August deadline and 23.00 on the night before the first match.}

02 Aug 2013 15:18:44
ED007 as we all know Lawwell has been approaching players for a couple of weeks now, sadly I have to report my business colleague Wee Pat did same thing and got 28 days, please bhoys and ghirls rally round our "free wee Pat fae posso" in time for start of season. Timalloy
Ps all monatory donations will gladly be accepted by Pat and I for his "legal" fees and ahem, our Christmas party fund. lol

02 Aug 2013 15:39:16
Just heard that Colin McAdam, former Rangers centre half, has died aged 61.
Condolences to his family and brother Tom.RIP
Timalloy

Well said. Green jhedi

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the McAdam family. Rest in peace.

The McNeill family

02 Aug 2013 15:04:11
For the first time I had a proper look at Alfred Finnbogason of Heerenveen. I know YouTube can make many an average player look like a world beater but this lad looks like he's a bit of class. He doesn't seem to do much other than stand in the right place at the right time to poke the ball into the net but sure isn't that the main role of a striker?
He has that second sense of knowing where the ball will end up. Looks like he'd be worth a punt if Lenny can prise open the hands of Lawwell & Co.

Hail Hail
ChrisBhoy

Agree totally .

Love to see him but I think they might be looking for 6-7m.Add wages and it is out our range. green jhedi

02 Aug 2013 13:58:11
Chico Green returns to the sevvies in advisory role, timing couldn't be more of a slap in the chops for the poor deluded zombies.

Sold as many season books as they are going to sell so its time for the Yorkshire racist to bring his embarrassing lies and sounbites back into Scottish football haha.

Seriously though when will this mob cotton on? The way that club treats there fans is a disgrace, to the point it bothers me a wee bit which is something that's surprises me. Probably Because the only newco fans I talk to or associate myself with are good lads who have been put through the ringer over the last few years. Where is the fight though, the fan power? They just lie down and take it.

Practically hours after Mathers rabble rousing speech to boot! I wonder how much Chuckles will charge in 'consultancy fees'? I also noticed that leggat is back calling him a snake oil salesman and sevco are banning radio snyde from the dust bowl for referring to them as a new club! You wonder when their fans will waken up. green jhedi

02 Aug 2013 16:30:40
dman, nobody is on 60k a week at a club the size of Herenveen. Franco.

Read the post franco its about defoe of spurs on 60k plus a week not anybody at herenveen
dhman

02 Aug 2013 20:47:43
sorry mate, didnae see the defoe rumour, Franco

02 Aug 2013 12:37:21
Looks like Kevin Doyle is going to be the striker to fire us to euro glory. what the hell are they playing at @CP? I'm sure he will score goals in the Prem but so will Watt, Stokes, Sammy and Balde. What is the point in getting rid of all the dead wood (Murphy et al) and then bringing in more? Why don't we just sign Dion Dublin, Ian Wright and J P Doumbe again? A little ambition goes a long way. Please give us something to get mildly excited about.

We need to get past this obsession with Doyle and his scoring record. Has it occurred to anyone that he was brought in to do a different job? I watched Doyle play up front alone for a season at Wolves.Any time I saw him he done exceptionally well in this role. This is what I think he is wanted for. Think back to Europe last year, how many times did the ball stick up top for us while our midfield got up to support? Not much I would say. In this role he will do a job I have no doubt. green jhedi

I thought doumbe played well for us just unlucky with injuries but agree with the rest of the post
Baccibhoy

If we are bringing Doyle in for his hold-up play and experience; who do we have that will score 30 goals a season?

Jungle Jim

Gj,, the obsession is because a stikers main job is to score goals, 27 goals in 4 seasons is shocking for any striker of any type eg poacher target man, if he comes and leads the line and his poor scoring rate continues where do the goals come from , I can't see our midfield dramatically upping their goal rates with doyle leading the line, if we sign him and no other striker would you be happy going into the coming season?would you honestly rather have doyle than say finnbogason,,, deep river bhoy

@deep river bhoy; Of course I would rather have Finnbogason mate, but I just can't see it happening. On Doyle, it depends on who Lenny has coming from midfield and the shape we play. let's say Doyle up front with a five man midfield, that would allow three men to burst forward.When this works it is hard to counter, in the SPL it would murder teams. green jhedi

Gj, we have lost a proven goalscorer and imo we should try to get another of the same ilk or better in, and this should/could take the pressure of balde (or even watt, atajic) to prove he is that target man we need, i'm not acting the james hunt but I think doyle is an honest hardworking but very average player, anyway according to other posts it seems nl has said we have no interest in him ,,,, deep river bhoy

02 Aug 2013 11:23:02
Like many of you I had assumed that with last season's CL money and the sale of Wanyama and Hooper that we would be in a strong position to make a couple of really strong signings with excellent pedigree. Yes we have made a few signings but we have lost a few too and I wonder if we really are going to be any stronger than we were last season.
We keep hearing that the CL group stages are holy grail as far as financial rewards are concerned yet we seem quite content to play fast and loose with our real chances of qualifying this season. We might make it but we could easily go out next week too. It's all a bit too close for comfort in my opinion. And unnecessarily so too.
Am I alone in this line of thinking?

Hail Hail
ChrisBhoy

I think we all have that fear mate.Even a victory next week leaves us with another tricky tie to negotiate. We need to face facts as well.We carried a slice of luck last year and were torched by Juve when it ran out. If the worst comes to the worst and we wind up in the Europa league I would expect a decent run in that though. green jhedi

We did carry some luck as we were out-played in most games but we managed 10 points and then came down to earth with a bump. But we gained respect.
The SPL campaign was also not our best with a lot of dropped points in a so called one-horse league, but we still are the Scottish Champions and should be aiming for the Champions league EVERY season.
The club sold arguably, our too best players and have been reluctant to replace them and that is a big worry for a club that hopes to compete at the highest level. We have more than enough cash to buy even one 'class' player who can score the 20/30 goals a season needed to compete on all fronts.
The Europa league is a real possibilty, but it will be seen as failure and will hurt us financially as well.

Jungle Jim

02 Aug 2013 10:11:13
Hi bhoys and ghirls, after wed night performance I would be willing to take Kevin Doyle for a minimum fee, now before you all shoot me down in flames here is why . He is an international in a descent rep Ireland squad he has a lot of experience playing at a high level, he is very good in the air and will give a lot of help to balde and watt, I watched celtic sign Sutton who was dead in the water at Chelsea and we all remember him. give him a chance . and another thing the only way amido balde is going to get settled at park head is if you play him, he is very capable and can be great but he's got to give him a game the lad cost a lot of money and was a regular in the Portuguese league which is a lot better than ours! Comebacks welcome!

Chalky bhoy!

02 Aug 2013 10:02:13
One paper saying we've increased our bid for Kevin Doyle to £750k. I cannot believe our club thinks a 750k striker from tier 3 in England is what we need. Totally ridiculous if true. His stats are crap and he's slow and too old.
CL is fraction of a second stuff. That's what gets goals.
Hooper missed chances as he was fraction of a second out. Not about bad luck or anything else, just not quick enough.
Celtic need a proven goalscorer in group stages.

This guy Doyle isn't as good as dozens of strikers in the championship, so why are we even considering him? We need a £5m man.

02 Aug 2013 08:41:44
When you see the money Real Madrid are going to spend on Bale, from a country that is almost bust and people can't get a job, its a bit sick .on top of that the way the "champions League" is set up to suit four or five countries .Surely something has to give, football is not the game we love anymore, has not been for quite a while with smaller countries not given a chance, unfortunately another Lisbon Lions just can't happen.cheer up eh!

02 Aug 2013 08:33:37
Although it is early days, it does seem as though Amido Balde is not good enough.And from what I've seen in the friendly matches he is very slow with a 1st touch like an elephant.Seems a waste of 1.8m to me and would have been better put towards a striker with a better goal scoring record ie Finbogassan, Hossiner etc. Wot do u guys think of Balde? Hail Hail Gbhoy.

Early days but you could be right.
Looks like we've opted for four 2 million guys instead of two four million game changers. We need game changers but are going for our limit two million bargain basket as usual. Same old strategy Peter gives you same old results, we have an opportunity to really up our game with this cash.

Commercially, we've only really had four recent good successes; McGeady, Ki, Wanyama and hooper. But you can stack up 15 expensive forgettable guys against that, Lawwell and Lenny's record on spending our money needs improvement. Doyle isn't the answer to the striker question at Celtic park.

Not one league match played and you think he isn't good enough, we better get rid of him then, you probably want nl out the door as he hasn't won the league yet,,, deep river bhoy

02 Aug 2013 10:07:40
It's sad to see that we're going back in with another bid for Doyle at all, let alone the fact that we could, and should, be spending more than £750k on a replacement for Hooper, a 'goalscorer', at European or International level. Aye Doyle will 'do a job' but is that all we're aiming for these days? There's time yet, for the optimist inside me at least, but the activity in this transfer window is largely concerning so far and a bit of a p!$$ take to be quite frank. Yes, keep one eye on the financial future of the club, but come on Peter, what we've raked in the past year we at least deserve better than this.

02 Aug 2013 00:22:54
Having lost Wanyama and Hooper, both of whom were brilliant at connecting with the midfield, does anyone else thing that Bangura looked like he could do a job for Celtic in the same sort of way Hooper did with his link up play? I'm not saying for a moment he could do everything Hooper did, but that sort of fluency and directness seems like something we could use at times.

NO bangura's carreer at parkhead is over even before this tie with elfsborg

I see celtic have made another bid for doyle I find it shocking we tak all that money in and that is who lennon wants. and another thing he has known since the end off the season we would need a striker but yet again we wait till last min. if he was that good wolves would have not went down and I don't see anyone else trying 2 sign him

At times during the game, the way he was dropping deep and linking with the midfield reminded me of Henrik Larsson. But the majority off the game he reminded me of Wayne Higgins.

Joeshmo1888

Dont think he could he would be here if that was tha case.

and after the other night he will not be back

Whos wayne higgins

Sorry, predictive text as usual. Biggins!

Joeshmo1888