Celtic Banter Archive April 30 2019

30 Apr 2019 22:00:21
Just throwing this out for debate.
We all know Celtic need to fill a few gaps next season, are there any current SPL players that anyone thinks are good enough to play in our team?

30 Apr 2019 22:25:02
I'd take the boy Lowe that's playing at the dons on loan fae derby but that's it.
Only problem which ed had mentioned before would he get enough games to satisfy him because on Tierney being 1st pick?

30 Apr 2019 22:47:22
Timothy Weah 😊.

30 Apr 2019 23:04:50
The only player I can think of that might be of interest would be David Turnbull of Motherwell but I don’t think he would be a regular starter. Good player though.

01 May 2019 00:28:09
O'Donnel-killy RB (fight it out with Ralston for starting slot)

Ikpeazu-Hearts CF (battering ram for direct plan B approach)

Turnbull-M'Well Mid (replaces armstrong goals)

Liam Kelly- Livi GK ( excellent back up to SB)

Our sort of budget, weakens rest of teams. leaves enough in kitty for couple real QUALITY players . striker/ AM, possibly back up LB🍀.

01 May 2019 00:55:37
In past eras there have always been obvious players like McDonald, Hartley, Robson

Even Mackay Stevens, Armstrong etc. All good players but recently it's a bit stale.

None stand out to me. I think that Livingston keeper is good, Liam Kelly.

Greg Taylor at killie, Stuart Findlay at killie we sold to Newcastle.

Few things getting said about souttar making improvements this season.

None would get a game here atm but would be a good signing for other clubs.

01 May 2019 03:26:18
None. Signing players from clubs we regularly beat doesn't improve us. Some may look good but stepping up a level is too much for most. We will canter to 10 in a row as we will be up against that lot with signings from the likes of Killy, Dundee, Hearts etc.

01 May 2019 05:34:39
Omeonga has looked a decent player anytime I've seen him. don't know if he's gd enough for us though.

01 May 2019 05:40:25
Absolutely none. There's a couple that could fill in gaps in the squad but in terms of playing? No.

01 May 2019 07:36:59
Dicker looks decent and a Tim.

01 May 2019 08:35:00
We've seen a number of great goal-keeping displays this year. Would anyone take a punt on any of them? Seem to remember the Aberdeen and Livi goalies putting in especially good shifts.

01 May 2019 09:27:33
I think the other teams have players that look very good playing against us, but would probably struggle to make the step-up to The Champions and especially the demands of what is playing for Celtic.
There is a distinct difference in standards and class between us and the rest and although a few raise their game against us, we really do have the best players already here.

01 May 2019 10:34:20
Here we go, dicker looks decent because he’s a tim. He’s absolutely rank rotten and wouldn’t get anywhere near the bench.

Only a couple would be good enough for bench. Mulraney at hearts could be a good back up option, and obviously the boy Lowe. O’donnell one minute looks decent, the next he’s like an amateur caught in the headlights.

01 May 2019 10:39:34
Pud. I don't think that's fair at all. I mean our first team keeper is Bain from Dundee. A guy who couldn't make it at Aberdeen.

He's worked hard and put in some solid performances.

What about McDonald, Armstrong, Robson, Hartley, Pressley, Agathe, Robson, McNamara, Caldwell, Scott Brown etc list could go on.

You say don't sign people from teams you beat regularly. So why would Liverpool have signed van dijk from Southampton?

People just think signing domestic players isn't fancy enough but good players can come from anywhere

And like Bain some guys get an opportunity they never expected and they train hard to take the opportunity with appreciation.

01 May 2019 11:19:58
Tesla we don't see eye to eye on many thing but that comment just hit the nail on the head bud.

01 May 2019 12:08:15
Everyone is forgeting we signed Brown and Christie from the Spl. Ajer was developed into a first team player at Kilmarnock. No one wanted to see Armstrong leave.
Spl player are no greater a risk than another. we have signed a number of stinkers over the last 30 years from Different leagues. Who remembers Slater from Arsenal.
There are a number of players who could possibly possibly make it a Celtic Park.
Kelly, McKenna, Turnball, Brophy would be the four i would consider with Turnball and Kelly loaned back to there clubs for a year.

I would like to see at smaller younger squad for next season with reserve players given a chance to step up.
Ralston, Perez, Gutman, Deas and Welsh, Church, Kouassi, Hill, R Hendry, Johnston, Henderson, Morgan, Aitchison, Bayo and Arzani all given time to play some part in first team games.
Lets find out if they are good enough also I would like to see Doohan and Hazard on the Bench backing up Bain and J Hendry and C Miller given a run to find there feet I see Hendry in a three and i would love to see Miller play as central a no 10 breaking into the box not a full back or winger. Did anyone see his goal for Ayr when he had to play as a striker classic back post slide in.

01 May 2019 12:08:18
Wind yer neck in Gerry the boy strolled through sat game the Tim comment gets made on here all the time and it helps if they have a genuine love for the club.

01 May 2019 12:44:26
I'd take the Aberdeen keeper that's on loan there. No others are up to the level to play for us. Don't want to weaken other teams we are already stronger than them. Let them fight it out for 2nd with the huns.

01 May 2019 12:44:53
He’s 32, what makes you think he would come in and do a job for us ahead of brown, Ntcham, McGregor, Biton and even Henderson who is a better player? Genuinely curious. Did you think he was a good player when he got ran ragged earlier in the season against us?

01 May 2019 15:15:14
A never said he was better than the players you mentioned, the question is would he do a job he bossed the game at the crumbledome a few weeks ago as well. Salzburg ran us ragged by your logic we should bin most of our first team.

01 May 2019 16:19:09
Good question and it’s a market which has produced gems as well as duds, for every Scott MacDonald we have a Ciftci.

Marciano - Hibs
Omenga - Hibs
Mallan - Hibs
Lewis - Aberdeen
Cosgrove - Aberdeen
Dicker - Kilmarnock
Findlay - Kilmarnock
Bachmann - Kilmarnock
Morelos - Sevco

Some of them above are still developing and could become Celtic quality but at this time all would be regarded as back up.

Gary Dicker has been solid for Killie this year and deserves some plaudits but he is on the wrong side of 30 and unlikely to be even considered + we thought Mulumbu looked good for Killie last year and look how that turned out.

01 May 2019 17:05:20
Well the answer to your question Mally is he definetley wouldn’t.

01 May 2019 19:07:11
Didn't know he was wrong side of 30 am basing my assessment on what I've seen.

30 Apr 2019 20:40:39
I see the U20 have the same injury curse as the first team. 3 limped off already.

30 Apr 2019 21:01:54
Think we won 3-2.

30 Apr 2019 21:19:25
Finished 3-2 us, were cruising at 2-0 with Mikey Johnstone running riot then Aitchison went off injured then Johnstone went off and the game turned and we were kind of hanging on at the end until the big centre half smashed one into the top corner to win it. Got to say the boy Middleton scored an absolute screamer to equalise for them.

02 Apr 2019 13:46:09
Belter of a goal to win it.

30 Apr 2019 12:34:43
Hey guys I know I'm from the other side lol but would just like to say cheers to the kano foundation and the people behind it, Brian is an absolute gent and supports kids that usually can't make games and maybe are having a hard time of things.
I now work with in kids with trauma so know how important even small things like this can be, Brian mate I hope your on this site and read this as your work doesn't go unnoticed 👍.

30 Apr 2019 11:36:41
Wagner off to Schalke.

30 Apr 2019 15:36:37
Yeah don't know if we were interested in him in the first place but another to cross off the list I just hope it's not Lenny and we are in at least advanced talks with the person coming in.

30 Apr 2019 07:18:09
At the start of nextvseadon we should be well covered for wide men if you count shved Johnstone Morgan arzani hayes Forrest and possibly Sinclair.

30 Apr 2019 09:39:33
Shved is an unknown quantity, Morgan not Celtic class, Hayes is squad player. Other than Forrest we don’t have sufficient 1st team quality.

30 Apr 2019 09:50:09
Shved has scores 15 Goals in 25 games in a league better than our own. Don’t act like he’s an unknown quantity when he’s been one of the best players in the Ukrainian league this year. Second top scorer in the division and that’s all coming from the wing. Only Junior Moraes of Shakhtar Donetsk has scored more than him. Do your homework before branding players and giving false information. He’s a huge get for us and probably our best prospect on the wing.

30 Apr 2019 10:09:55
Ideally, I would like to see a squad of 24-28 players with quality competition for every single position and some spare for injuries.
At present we have too many who are not up to the task, picking up wages for hee-haw and distinctly no better than on match days.
I appreciate how difficult it is to shift 'deadwood' on decent contracts and unwanted by other clubs, but there may be quite a few leaving anyway - either out of contract, or loan expiring?
There's no doubt we still have the best team in the country by a country mile and there is plenty of young talent available, but it's obvious we have struggled in key areas with injury or we simply lack a bit of quality here and there, so decent new faces are essential as the huge amount of games we play every season really takes it's toll on stamina, form and consistency.

30 Apr 2019 10:46:53
KenlikeEh, until they have done it with The Hoops I meant. We have signed plenty with big reputations that have not lived up to billings, A Balde, Rasmussen, Pukki, even Bayo so far. And a host of others. Shved might be a start, hopefully he will be but at the moment can anyone say that for sure. Mussonda was me at to be dynamite 🤔.

30 Apr 2019 11:18:02
Mussonda is dynamite but is one of those Chelsea academy players that need to get there head out of there own arse! Shved comes from a more humbled background unlike Musonda etc. So I am expecting big things from him and has some left foot on him!

Shved has bigger potential than all players listed. I’m surprised Shakhtar weren’t after him and probably would have been after this season if he hadn’t signed for us already.

30 Apr 2019 11:33:10
Once a boy, do you think the manager at the time and his scouts deliberately bought players that would be worth hee- haw, or did they think they were buying players who they hoped would develop into worth-whle . Think like most clubs they wee hopeful of unearthing gems who could become very useful Celts in the future. Almost every club do the same as Celtic and all finish up with players not good enough . If Celtic are stupid enough to buy 6-8 players in the summer, at least some will be not good enough . We cannot buy every player the finished article.

30 Apr 2019 14:10:30
Hi Chris; at present we have Compper, Hendry, Gamboa, Allen and De Vries who are nowhere near the first team squad.
Add to that Biton, Griffin, Eboue, Arzani and Bayo who are currently unavailable, then there's Mulumbu, Benyu, Shved, Hazard, Miller and Morgan all out on loan; then we have our own imported loans Toljaen, Benkovic, Weah and Burke, who may or may not leave in the summer?
So when we add those to the first team squad from Saturday we have just under 40 players on the books - I think that's far too many?
My point was simply the need to change quantity to quality, while strengthening the positions we are lacking in .

30 Apr 2019 16:31:56
Once a buoy, tell me another club that hasn't a similar number of players they don't want and who they thought would be some use to them . It happens at every club . Why in God's name would Commper leave Celtic to have to play for his keep.

30 Apr 2019 18:35:21
Shved has also had 2 stints abroad with one of them being at Sevilla as a teenager, he has probably matured a bit now and is more ready for making an impact at first team level. Add to that he is playing at a higher level now than the one he is coming to, I think this is an exciting signing and hopefully he comes and does the business 👌.

02 Apr 2019 13:41:39
Chink every signing is an a unknown quantity until you see him so we can only go on his stats as pointed out by Ken so fingers crossed btw Larsson was an unknown quantity.

02 Apr 2019 13:44:37
would anyone be up for wee paddy to come back or is it not worth while.