Celtic Banter Archive July 31 2011

31 Jul 2011 21:02:19
Just a quick question, would like to see if any one else is really starting to get frustrated wi Celtic bringing in 3rd rate players on trial? In my opinion if s player had to go on trial he isn't really up 2 much? Off the top of my head can't think of any success storys from this way of signing players

Was quite interested to see if there has been any successful trials. Rudi Vata started as a trialist, as did stan varga n a certain stillian petrov. Also found out macari had brad freidel on trial n deemed him no better than gordon marshall lol

Mikey

31 Jul 2011 20:13:56
Tony why have you not posted on your own site tonight? Posted plenty on here your ED047 and your fellow bears are missing your words of wisdom, looking out for a rare tony post on gers then I POUNCE LOL Timalloy
PS your other question Wanyama, Wilson and Mathews both on pre contracts but still signed with more to come can gers say the same about more players to come?

Ehhh Bedoya .... FAIL

31 Jul 2011 19:32:04
To all the people who are critical of Celtic going after Graig Bellamy , get a grip of yourselfs the guy is a class act and would be a major player for us not just his goals it's his alround play and work ethic that makes him such a great player , give him a break he is class.

Smashing player 90K per Week 11 goals 35 games for Cardiff last season wouldn't last 6 weeks in spl with his Glass Knees the SPL is way more Physical than the Championship would proberly pi55 of every player in the dressing room and the biggest problem who would you drop to accommodate him stokes hooper.
the problem is you guys still think he is the same player he was 7 years ago when he played for you's

i hope to hell you sign him

Tony

Hey Seamus what have I told you stop annoying the bhoys, at least we have a CHANCE of signing players unlike your mob across the city LOL timalloy

Remind me again tim who have you signed this season

tony

Dont think Bellamy wud be a problem in the dressing room, he, s older and wiser now plus he does have a soft spot for celtic. I just dont want him coz he wudnt be value for money.

Drew

Transfer so far this season for OF
in case you have forgotten
pre-contracts last season
mathews
wilson

bought this season

wanyama

Rangers in so far

Ortiz
Wallace
Healy
goian

bedoya pre contract


now rethink your last post Tim it helps if you get your facts right before making silly statements and before you start with all the we dont need player 5hit you are having more trials than Glasgow sheriff court after an new year old firm game lol

going out now for a couple of hours look forward to reading some of the replies and excuses when i get back

Tony

Everyone a panic buy, Ortiz no pace, wallace overpriced, Goian injury prone knees away, Healy ha ha, Bedoya Who, heard Whyte was in tears signing those cheques. At least Lenny is being sensible looking at players HIMSELF before shelling out money. I would put Lenny/Lawwell up against any of your clowns at Ibrox, the biggest loss you have is Martin Bain he would not have let whyte make laughing stock of your club.Timalloy

Tony, unlike Rangers we have a settled squad now with good players in the key positions, we don't need 4, 5 or 6 new faces. A GK and CF will do and as for all the Bellamy not being value for money nonsence ... when did we as supporters really make that a priority. If he comes up here and helps us win the league and a place in next seasons CL then he certainly is worth it, just my opinion.

Gary

Gary we have a settled squad. it mostly is the same squad thats won us 3 championships??

Err when you lot werent signing anyone it was because you have a settled squad. whats different with celtic?

31 Jul 2011 18:41:21
Tony/Seamus answer this question a couple of weeks ago Whyte gave interview to pet poodle Traynor of Sunday Mail in which he PROMISED £15m available NOW for Sally, we hear that Boughie is going for £3m and that THIS money will be used to bring in new players. Was Whyte lying to all the Rangers fans? Traynor only prints what he is told to print by his Ibrox puppet masters so why put that story out there? If you go out of europe on wednesday watch the outcry Timalloy

Jim Traynor is no friend of Rangers Tim he hates all things OF as for 15Mil if there is 15mil is it for the purchase and the wages for players or just to buy players is Ally waiting to see who is available after the EPL puts in their 25 man squad who knows we will just have to wait till transfer window ends before we judge

Now here is a question for you tim as Celtic are financially flush m8 why doesn't Neil Lennon just go out and buy himself a good Keeper as we are all aware you have good cover in all positions except between the sticks so with such good players all-round surely paying 3/4 million for a good keeper to complete your team makes more sense than trying to land Craig Bellend on a loan.

Tony

Tony watch this space... Newcastle are away on pre season tour just now I am SURE Forster will be coming back in a £2m+ deal Lenny has to wait on them but Forster will not want to sit on bench.Timalloy

I said a good keeper lol


tony

Tony, tony , tony...dont you worry about graig bellamy, your mob couldnt even sign craig conway..wait a minute your mob didnae want to sign him they only wanted to talk to him, has whyte got the cash?the answers staring you in the facewhy wont the laptop loyal admit it?time for the we deserve better banners very soon.basherbhoy

31 Jul 2011 17:52:41
I think Celtic should just concentrate on a GK. Our squad is pretty strong and I would like to see Hoops and stokes up front on a regular basis, they will only get better together and both seem to be on a similar wavelength. Stokes impressed me today and seems to have sorted out his attitude problem. I think we should be trying to get rid of fringe players before we start spending (apart from a GK).

Mark

Think we missed the boat on westwood

31 Jul 2011 16:17:12
Just watched game young Cervi was rarely tested seems confident enough, Wanyama neat and strong in the tackle will be a good addition I think but not yet first team standard, Mathews looked OK good turn of pace on him, Murphy I was impressed with good attitude on him and put in a good shift, Maloney non existent when he came on get rid, for Aberdeen game Mastolevic must partner Wilson.Cant understand why Neil never played Rasmussen? let club scouts look at him and maybe an offer will come in. Timalloy

Agree but how is Maloney still in the team

31 Jul 2011 13:41:59
any links that can be used to watch the game on an iphone anybody? im at work and cant get it on the pc.

Logie67

31 Jul 2011 13:09:54
Ed007 heard it got quite heavy on here last few days with heated debates, friends kept me informed,
Tony I got told still noising up us poor Celtic fans, you know me dont like it too heavy lets get back to humour, so how about as Tony has been a regular on Celtic site for some time we "Confirm" him with his own name, I think Tony's "confirmation" name should be SEAMUS as he comes on here and tries to be the"Seamus" as all us Celtic fans (ouch) Gang why dont you give our other regulars Billybhoy1 and Baybear a "confirmation" name, lets have some fun Timalloy
I know you missed my jokes??
Post Office have had to recall thousands of Glasgow Rangers FC stamps as people did not know which side to SPIT on Timalloy ( resident comic)

Keep your day job.

Another invisible critic, aw did I upset diddums timalloy

Keep the rattle in the pram timalloy (who are you anyway?) can you no take a joke.

MY name is there where is your name and we will discuss your problem PS
here is another wee joke just to annoy you further .........
Heard Whyte is thinking of making a bid for Bellamy, he is also THINKING about making offer for Messi, Ronaldo, Balotelli too, ach well thinking costs NOTHING LOL Timalloy

Sorry i cant see your name, unless your parents called you timalloy. your jokes dont annoy me (i am a celtic fan) but just because posters dont bother with a tag does not mean they dont have the right to an opinion if you go to other team pages like chelsea or aston villa you dont see many of these tags on posts. so give me a break with the looking down at posters with no tag after all you are the new guy here. how do i know that because i have been on here for alot longer than you btw its paddy who am i? who are you? who are we?

How do I know that if you keep posting with no name, you could simply say that EVERY post without a name is yours, get yourself a "tag" as you call it then people can engage with you, I put my "tag" timalloy to everything I post so people can agree/disagree with me but at least I engage with them not post stupid anonymous posts LOL Timalloy

Thats only your opinion if someones post a stupid post or not. people might think your posts are stupid with a tag. how hard is it to agree/disagree with a post without a tag? if i want to stay anonymous that up to me not you. if you want to look down on anonymous posters well that can work two ways as sickbhoy found out. good luck to you.

31 Jul 2011 10:27:11
Morning Ed,
Do you think that the lad kirkland or foster would be a great signing for us in goal? Although i dont know how far along the foster to WBA deal is but surely he would be a steal on loan. After watching the game yesterday we defo need a gk and iam also not so sure whos going to play in midfield and where? Kayals the best in the middle but me and the lads had a debate lastnite on whos best in there with him. We alot of good midfielders but the balance aint right. Which admittedly threw up some heated views.
Still recon we need a class centre half to partner wilson and a classy striker to play with hooper if we even want to get close to our glory days. To many indians not enough chiefs Ed. All the best troops lets hope some of the young pups do well today in Dublin.
Stu88. {Ed007's Note - Kirkland is a terrible GK and conceded a goal every 27 mins in the EPL last year.}

31 Jul 2011 02:04:44
I cant understand why we havnt made a move to bring back Keane if were going to chase Bellamy who even tho would be a great signing only played every other game for cardiff last season and its hard to know where his fitness really is at. I realise Robbie wants to stay in london but with his strong links to Celtic it would be worth a try aways gets goals and gives 110% and would be great to see him playing his golden years while has a few left terrorising defences at Paradise and throughout the spl..? Gall32

30 Jul 2011 23:32:52
Perhaps a bit off the topic of Celtic but seeing as I don't really chat football anywhere else, thoughts on the Scotland draw?

Croatia
Serbia
Belgium
Scotland
Macedonia
Wales

IMO it's a weird draw. Offered Croatia from pot 1 and I'd have taken it, and wouldn't necessarily have picked Serbia but also good to avoid France and the Czechs in pot 2. However would rather have avoided Belgium, Macedonia and Wales from the other pots as there were far more favourable potential opposition in each of these. So basically we're arguably given a slighly easier ride with the top two seeds but the lower pots have balanced it out springing up tricky opponents not enormously better or worse than ourselves.

All in all though I'm fairly happy with it as even the "easiest" permutations only leave us with an outside chance anyway. If Scotland get their act together and play their best home and away in all games we could be in with a fighting chance of 2nd place as there isn't a Spain, Holland or Germany that's likely to run away with the group although I guess sometimes this can help as it makes results a bit more predictable and minimum objectives in each game clearer. At home I reckon we could at the very least draw against the better sides of the group but even if we do I don't think we can afford to lose to Wales or Macedonia away, and obviously will need to nick the odd draw or win away against the top 3 seeds to have any chance whatsoever of going to Brazil. I reckon it'll be a tight group, especially amongst the top three seeds but hoping we can get off to a good start and stay within touching distance.

For once lets get behind the team, instead of hoping for 2nd place why not go for 1st? If we play our best home and away we'v as good a chance as any.

Mikey

Who cares it doesn't matter what group they were in they'd still get humped or bottle it

Quite happy with draw, couldve been a lot worse'
hugh

What group "they" are in? Are you the "ireland fan from glasgow"

Nice to you lot are still support your national team