Celtic Banter Archive January 31 2017

31 Jan 2017 21:53:52
Anyone fancy a late loan move for ex hun schmuck McCormack, I know he's not the best but surely better than cifti. 6 months would do for me

31 Jan 2017 22:21:00
On his way to Notts forrest thank fook

31 Jan 2017 22:24:12
he has joined nottingham forest on loan.

31 Jan 2017 22:32:05
Too slow on the uptake haha was just a thought anyways.

31 Jan 2017 22:34:11
AG : no point in going for McCormack he can't jump gates let alone jump the dyke . Hehehe

31 Jan 2017 22:57:33
McCormack is a celtic fan and always has been, when he played for rangers youth he'd get home and change out his current bun clothing and get the hoops on to come get a kick about with us normal folk, doesn't mean he's not a dickhead lo and shouldn't ever b near our great club hail hail

31 Jan 2017 22:58:20
Oops just got that joke hahaha

31 Jan 2017 23:37:23
Augustus why would u even consider that wee rat. For 1 he's not that good imo. N he's a total fud of a guy aswell. Would rather give young jack aitchison a game.

01 Feb 2017 09:33:47
He already jumped the dyke once. That's enough for anyone except Kenny miller

01 Feb 2017 09:36:50
Agreed cprs lol. But see where AG was coming from. That boy has something about him, good goal scorer but rubbish attitude, reminds me of tony stokes. I would have been OK with a loan deal for him (also the manky mob would be sick) lol

31 Jan 2017 21:32:53
Spare a thought for poor old Lawwell. It has been a very difficult window for him.

31 Jan 2017 18:50:08
Evening ed bhoys and ghirls for the first window in i don't know how many years I look at our starting 11 and I honestly don't think we need to strengthen having said that do you see anyone coming in thank you

{Ed007's Note - I can't see anything happening this late - so much for Rodgers want to get CL players in in plenty of time.}

31 Jan 2017 21:23:54
I hope Rodgers gives a few people a bit of a clue as to how things will go in the summer. His way. And I mean at the start of the window. He's already shown on a few occassions that he is the boss now. If Chelski did indeed make a bid for Dembele today you can bet your bottom dollar it's because BR is in charge that Dembele is still a Celtic player. You can bet your bottom dollar we took a holiday in Dubai over a lucrative friendly tourney because Rodgers is in charge. And you can bet your bottom dollar he won't take the recurring excuses again.

31 Jan 2017 21:55:04
and you can bet your bottom dollar they be back for dembele in the summer

01 Feb 2017 09:39:05
That's a lot of bottom dollars 💵

01 Feb 2017 09:50:53
If there wasn't a deal to get the right players in on time then that's ok with me. In my opinion with the squad we have and a few summer additions we should do not bad in CL qualifiers. So not to disappointed about the signings or lack of.

31 Jan 2017 14:56:26
Hi Ed do to think anyone will come in or is that the door closed?

{Ed007's Note - Time's ticking down but I'm an eternal optimist and hopeful that something will get done.}

31 Jan 2017 15:39:12
cant decide if this is torture or pleasure, just can't stop watching

31 Jan 2017 15:53:59
no one will be signed.

31 Jan 2017 16:38:12
I think we could do with another forward but it's looking really unlikely. At the start of the window if we were only to get one player in, I would have been disappointed. Especially as br said he wanted two or three in. Now with all the speculation I'll just be glad to hold onto what we have . Although if dembele has a serious problem with his knee, we could end up struggling.

31 Jan 2017 16:49:29
Agree James, it's looking bleak on the signing front. Perhaps it's more about the players we have retained?

31 Jan 2017 17:16:47
Although it's extremely hard to sign quality in the January window - it's always easy to get caught up in the buzz.

We are currently in the best position for many years on the pitch, in the dugout and in the administrative corridors, so unless we receive an outrageous bid or pluck a rabbit out of the hat ourselves in the next 7 hours - it's carry-on Celts; Domestically, go for a treble, maybe a points record and many more great performances and memories.

Then there will be plenty of transfer activity in the summer to hopefully improve us even more for another CL foray.

31 Jan 2017 22:35:15
Dont see the need to buy players because its deadline day. We don't need to buy. BR will only buy if the right player becomes available. We need to get rid of the dross that Lennon and Deila bought just for the sake of buying! Only buy players that will get into the starting 11 otherwise no point in buying!

31 Jan 2017 23:41:45
maybe br things he can turn some of our "duds" around.

31 Jan 2017 13:16:16
Do not know how genuine the "Dembele to Chelsea, £40m" rumours are but just spoke to two of my ex bear pals and they are bricking it on several fronts. Firstly a few weeks ago I bet 3 of them that Dembele, when he went, would go for over £20m, looks like that bet is a winner (money going to the Thai Tims)
Secondly they know that Celtic already have MILLIONS coming in via our Champions League exploits, we are also awaiting money whenever VVD is sold, IF, Dembele goes then add another £40m to our bank balance, I know Brendan will not get anywhere near the full £70m+ coming in, but give him say £15m in summer plus getting some lesser players off our wage bill, then add the young players like Eboue, Ajer, Aitchinson etc to our squad and Celtic are in a very healthy position ON and OFF the park.
My ex bear pals now realise how poor their team and manager is (except bigot in a suit who still clings to the King "inheritance" money coming in) bigot is also desperate to get Senderos off the wage bill and wants all ex bears to text or email club demanding they let him go.
I am enjoying Transfer deadline day no matter what unfolds as IN BRENDAN WE TRUST.

31 Jan 2017 13:43:55
Tim there's a story circulating in certain circles that the sevco board want the lying king out as he's very seldom here and the much muted over investment hmm hasn't happened so bigot in a suit needs to take his heed oot his a$$e, as for deadline day personally canny go it HH

31 Jan 2017 13:58:48
jamie mccart to inverness on loan.

31 Jan 2017 10:01:17
Hi Ed

Do you know if there is any truth in BR not being happy with the budget. I would have thought that would have all been agreed before he signed on and that DD would make sure no one risks BR walking away after 1 season

{Ed007's Note - No, it's just more negative bs made up by the media to, what's that now? 5 or 6 players Rodgers has fell out out with and now the board over budgets while TRIFC are signng two-bit action an heads nobody else wants - it's all just PR stunts, Rodgers is well aware of his budget and knows there's money there and available for the right signing if he feels it's worth it. Rodgers won't spend money just for the sake of it or if the player isn't better than what we hsd.}

31 Jan 2017 12:40:50
Apart from maybe another forward why the clamour for new faces the young midfielder is good business hopefully, and I am sure they'll get there signings in early in the summer

31 Jan 2017 13:18:16
Cheers ed. I thought it was all bull

{Ed007's Note - Rodgers know the financial constraints when he got the job, why is it all of a sudden being portrayed as a problem?}

31 Jan 2017 11:59:17
Is it the usual unsettling media talk or are the likes of Dembele and Sviatchenko probably leaving before tomorrow? I understand with the team performing the way it is there will be vultures circling, seems to be constant though.

31 Jan 2017 11:15:10
Dembele in London for a knee scan does anybody else think we're a bit light up top

31 Jan 2017 12:02:01
We are a bit light. It's unfortunate, but at the same time this is where players like Aitchison should get the nod. Did they have to send Moussa to London today though lol, got my brain scrambled.

31 Jan 2017 08:36:18
Cant believe that fellow posters are believing the BS being spouted from tabloids and media about Dembele, KT etc. they have been trying to do this for decades . Also people think that because we have only signed 1 that its the boards fault?, when BR has already stated that the board have been backing him. im no fan of the board, but think that if they even tried it with rodgers he wouldn't stand for it (board realise this) . id be surprised if anyone left this window, and im kinda glad that we are taking our time and not just stockpiling average players like yrs gone by, we need more players to leave than to bring in. all this bojan marquee mince that has been floating for months was never going to happen, same for mcarthy, if everton have ko a 16 mill bid already would anyone want him at that price?, not me.

31 Jan 2017 06:36:01
We have a board that while look after the clubs interests they don't like parting with money much. But if there is 40m in the table that will definitely be grabbed. I think the only way MD will stay will be because BR won't let it not the board if it was last season with RD he would be off.

31 Jan 2017 07:11:05
Dembele/ Gordon/ Tierney/ sviatchenko
All on the last few days of the window I think this is all the down to the media trying to unsettle our team. None of these players will leave and nobody else will come in this is only my opinion by the way. Hope we get the following out the door though. Commons ciftci ambrose Baily and Allan hh guys hate this transfer window 🍀

30 Jan 2017 23:16:15
My thoughts on the Dembele rumour are pending Ed007's approval, but it is worth considering that we'd all ove us consider a 10-12M deal a marquee signing.

Retaining Moussa is surely thrice that!

Simples.

{Ed007's Note - Wasn't that marquee signing meant to be Bojan? (rofl}