Celtic Banter Archive July 03 2015

 

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03 Jul 2015 17:21:42
Did you get my email this morning mate?

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{Ed007's Note - Yes mate, I had to get Ed033 to put the pics up, they're further down the page, thanks.}

03 Jul 2015 18:27:07
Cheers mate.
Pop Quiz.
Who can name the players?There are four i'm not sure off.

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03 Jul 2015 19:59:31
No Henke, McNeill or Burns? Or is my eyesight that bad?

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03 Jul 2015 20:21:59
I thought that Jim. No henrik and is that Stephen Pearson. Surely not. Also I think the most modern player is Neil Lennon. Says a lot about the team over the last 6/7years. How many legends have we had recently. Broony. Anymore?

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03 Jul 2015 20:33:32
This is the Jock Stein stand side.The Lisbon Lions stand has still to be done.

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03 Jul 2015 20:33:55
Haha think you might be on about Sutton mate. Definitely Brown in my eyes. Maybe he's on the other side. 6/7 years? Not sure. Big fan of Naka but think he's more cult hero status.

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03 Jul 2015 20:47:49
Naka is a legend in my eyes as well mate I thought he left about 6 years ago that's why I didn't include him. Thank god that's not Pearson.

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03 Jul 2015 17:39:24
Evening Ed, What is your take on Cifti? we know you don't really rate him but he now looks as though he is holding it out for us

PvH quoted tonight saying "In his opinion player decides where he is going to end up" & "Anyone would take an interest in signing for Celtic"

Would that be yours and others take on it?

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{Ed007's Note - It looks like he's trying to force Dundee Utd into accepting an offer without him putting in a transfer request.}

03 Jul 2015 17:55:41
"Shifty" Cifcti NO NO NO

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03 Jul 2015 18:36:04
Never thought of that angle Ed so thanks for that PvH saying now " It will all pan out in the next few days"

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{Ed007's Note - If he asks for a transfer he loses money and so does Pierre.}

04 Jul 2015 00:54:59
i think ciftci would be a great addition to celtic,i think him and griffiths would make agreat partnership up front

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04 Jul 2015 04:12:59
Rd won't play 2 up front

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03 Jul 2015 17:38:07

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03 Jul 2015 20:12:04
What four can you not get

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03 Jul 2015 20:37:05
The ones I can't get are the really old ones.I've got Dan Doyle but there are a few more that look around that era.

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03 Jul 2015 20:48:28
Is one not Charlie Tully or mcphail

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03 Jul 2015 16:12:20
ED007 the girls and I turned up at St Mirren Park on Wednesday and were shocked to see a banner advertising Celtic Football Club above the Saints shop, as Celtic were paying Saint Mirren £200,000 pounds for rent of the ground, surely Celtic could have asked for the stands to be repainted in green and white also.

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{Ed007's Note - It wasn't an advert, it's been turned into a CFC outlet while we're playing there for people to get the new strips.}

03 Jul 2015 17:46:51
Yes ED007 my point was the Scottish media as usual are trying to make a big thing of all this, obviously St Mirren must have agreed to Celtic selling their merchandise in their store (hence the £200k ) but the media are making it seem Celtic overstepped the mark and are quoting "enraged St Mirren fans angry at this banner"

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{Ed007's Note - Is the enraged St Mirren fan Chick Young by any chance?}

03 Jul 2015 18:31:50
The CFC sign has now been removed due to their fans complaints.St Mirren got paid £150,000 & 2 youths for the use of the whole stadium for the 3 games so their fans have got some nerve.Bet they won't complain if the cash buys them a few half decent players.

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03 Jul 2015 19:02:30
Don't worry about it guys as a Paisley man there ain't enough of there "fans" to start a fight in a phone box :-)

I doubt it was even removed Junglebhoy if am honest somebody probably nicked it during the night pmsl

That sign will be worth more than some of the hoose's down there trust me ;-)

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03 Jul 2015 19:47:21
I saw the picture of the Celtic banner in the paper, beside it was a St. Mirren crest which is built into the stadium and about 3x the size! Let them whinge.

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03 Jul 2015 09:24:01
Ciftci turns down Wigan move. ssn.

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03 Jul 2015 10:26:22
We had a 900k bid turned down. Wigan had a 1m bid accepted. We've went back in and had another bid turned down. Unless we only increased ours by 50k (wouldn't surprise me either) then it does in fact look like Utd don't want to do business with us. Quite why i'm not sure.

We're going for the CL. We need a CL striker. We shouldn't be scrapping it out with a League 1 side over £100k. IF he was going to be 3rd choice maybe. But why go out for a 3rd choice striker?

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03 Jul 2015 11:10:07
Jim the Tim I think Wigans package was around 1.5m after add ons. I think ciftci is digging his heels in for the hoops. so unlike scepovic he wants to be here. He isn't my first choice and in no way excites me as a signing but I'd always rather have players who want to be here.

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03 Jul 2015 12:06:52
Agreed Gary, we do a hell of a lot worse. Ciftci certainly does have something about him and he is a tough character. Would be a good addition in my opinion. Hail Hail

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03 Jul 2015 13:32:57
He does have something about him. If we punt Stokes and Scepovic he would be good back up. But just back up.

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{Ed007's Note - I'd much rather we kept Stokes than sign Ciftci. In Ciftci's last 18 games for Dundee Utd he scored 6 goals - and 5 of them were penalties. }

03 Jul 2015 13:43:21
JimTim, A think Thompson does not want to deal Celtic in so to speak , a don't think there much in the bids although Wigan have went back in ssn saying there player wants to stay in Scotland

Just with GMS & Armstrong last team they want to deal in is us

Garybhoy not my first choice & a don't think he is that good but always warm to a player that chooses us last like Scepovic did! wonder if his agent PVH is guiding him?

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03 Jul 2015 15:22:21
ED/Jim, Have to say that when he was in the same team as Armstrong and GMS the 3 of them caused us a lot of problems. I would take him, would score for fun and I think he would be the physical presence that we lack up front just now. Just on a different note, the picture of the new Green Away top does not do it justice, received mines yesterday in Inverness and it is a quality top, my favourite away top. Hail Hail

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03 Jul 2015 16:05:34
Ed, Thanks for the stats I was struggling to remember his last goal from open play if am honest

Still Don't rate him but broonie points for snubbing others to plump for us , if we get him

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03 Jul 2015 16:10:21
I think in the current set up Stokes is straddling between ST and CAM. Can't see him leading a line for us. Ciftci, potentially, could. He did link up very well with the two from Utd and Gauld. I'd rather us not but I think he'll have a bit more to offer than the strikers that have already left. I'd settle, begrudgingly, with Vossen, Ciftci and Griffiths. Utd will buckle if it's between us and nobody, the player, and PvH, will force the deal.

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03 Jul 2015 16:22:58
Stats are all well and good but they do not provide the whole story. If Ciftci was playing for us for our last 18 games I would venture he would have scored a lot more than 6 goals. Could he do a job and be a good Team Player for us, the likely answer would be yes. Think he would be an excellent addition and would suit the RD way we set-up. Hail Hail

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03 Jul 2015 17:09:54
To be quite honest the pursuit of ciftci really underwhelmes me! I really thought(don't know why) that we would have learned our lesson about scraping about Lookin for 1 million to 1.5 mill strikers! But it seems we've not learned a thing! I'm sorry but if RD and Lawell think this guy is the what's required for the CL then there's sumthin really wrong by the way! And don't give me this pish we can't spend what the English teams can,I know we can't compete with the the EPL! But I'm sorry,if a team from league one can out bid us then i'm worried! How much money has the manager actually spent in 3 transfer windows? Lawells always Kwik to open that big mouth of his about how big a club we are and CL is where we belong! And the belter about how we could spend 6 million on a player! Utter garbage!

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{Ed007's Note - I don't think Ciftci is being pursued as our main stiker, Wiss, at least I hope not but if we're going down that road looking to just strengthen the striker department I'd prefer going for Stevie May.}

03 Jul 2015 18:50:13
Do u honestly believe if we get ciftci that we'll go for another striker ED? Just can't see that happnin bud! Hope I'm proved wrong but! See its went quiet on vossen going to burnley to,says he's back with genk! Has he knocked them back ED?

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{Ed007's Note - It looks like Genk and Burnley haven't agreed any deal yet, it's all becoming a bit of a pantomime and it's time CFC forced an answer either way.}

03 Jul 2015 19:27:19
ED007 according to guys on the sevconian pages they were pursuing May AND Drogba last week (maybe Mr King's "warchest" is finally here lol )

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{Ed007's Note - That must be for the CL in 3 years.}

03 Jul 2015 20:52:53
Ed I thought Burnley had agreed a deal as they allowed vossen to travel for talks. Do you think he will sign for us.

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{Ed007's Note - The club only needs to give you permission to talk to another club, Marco and the player can talk to the club whilst the fee is negotiated. The longer it's dragging on the more I think he's going elsewhere.}

03 Jul 2015 21:23:57
So not coming here then.

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{Ed007's Note - I'm not holding my breath buddy.}

04 Jul 2015 07:08:35
Ok thank you

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03 Jul 2015 02:34:32
Few rumours about McGeady on his way back to Celtic. As an Everton fan here on a recommendation from Mr Bond I wanted to get Celtic fans' thoughts on him. I don't think I've ever seen anyone give the ball away so much, he is fast-ish but instead of beating his man (sounds bad I know) and crossing it he beats his man and then tries to do it again. His crossing is beyond awful, at Leon Osmans testimonial he hit about 4 corners into the side netting. He must love those deep fried Mars bars too because he is badly overweight. He has jiggling moobs and a beer belly. I think we paid (in more ways than one) 0.5m for him, that's a ripoff and Spartak Moscow should be proud. I would not wish him on my worst enemy but I'm really desperate for him to leave. He has had, maybe, 2 half decent games, Lille at home in the Europa League and no, 1 half decent game. In 18 months. One more thing, he does this really irritating skill were he rolls his foot over the ball, does a stepover and kicks it into space, he does it, I'd say, at least 5 or 6 times a game. Did he do it a lot at Celtic?. Just wanted to get your thoughts on him and whether there is anyone out there that actually wants him (oh you poor soul). Thanks.

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03 Jul 2015 07:06:13
I'd love him back. He may have struggled at Everton but that doesn't make you a bad player, lots of good players have bad spells at clubs - Chris Sutton had a shocker at Chelsea but ended up being great for us. The reason I want him is because he has that something special that I we lack. He has the ability to rip teams to shreads on his day, the 3-2 defeat to Barca at Paradise being a prime example. And yes GMS is a good prospect but he is untested at the highest level and has been in and out of the team since he joined anyway. Celtic are McGeady's club and that's why I think it would be a great match like it was in his spell here

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03 Jul 2015 07:21:39
McGeady's a decent player but I don't think he's a priority (although Ronny liked a winger)

I wasn't impressed with him at Celtic Park v Scotland and he wasn't a stand out when we played Spartak in the Champions League a few seasons ago.

Add to this his huffy ness and is it not the case he fell out with Strachan? Our squad are settled with a good relationship

If we sign him, fair enough but I'm not bothered either way.

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03 Jul 2015 07:49:56
LM67 I have to disagree, I don't think McGeady would improve our squad. I do, however, reckon GMS will flourish at the highest level if given the chance. He was our best player in the San Siro last season until Virgil got sent off and he got subbed. He's younger, hungrier, more skillful and has a better end product than McGeady.

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03 Jul 2015 08:15:24
The bhoy is the best talent to come our system in the last 15 years at least. I see no harm in bringing him back as long we don't break the bank to sign him. I do feel we need another winger as Forrest and GMS are both injury prone so another out and out winger is a must

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03 Jul 2015 09:19:21
Think you called it Swan. Pretty much to a T.

We probably had the best out of him actually, in the SPL of course, even then he flattered to decieve and had a terrible final product. Which is why he'd never get a game over say Mirallas. Went to Spartak for 'big' money and probably just about maintained his level. You'll know yourself he hasn't done hee-haw at Everton. His career hasn't really gone anywhere.

I personally don't want him back. And that's from somebody who thinks we could really do with another wing forward. Because Celtic on the otherhand, have progressed. We brought through Forrest who I said, and maintain is more effective. And now we have Mackay-Steven who I would have ahead of Forrest all day long. GMS would do a job for you btw! From what I see your lot are more about the hold up from Lukaku now, either playing it on to Naismith or Kone, or to hold it up for those coming up from deeper, Barklay, Mirallas etc. You need midfielders who are going to find Lukaku's napper or do something with it when it's played into them, i.e, score. You don't need McGeady. Neither do we.

I'm actually surprised our camp is actually so split on McGeady. Some people just mustn't recognise what the players are being asked to do now. And that McGeady would not be able to do it.

YNWA

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03 Jul 2015 09:37:04
He could be a but inconsistent but he needs to be reborn as a player. We got £9m fir him. There hasn't even been one bid fir Forrest which dies bit surprise me one.

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03 Jul 2015 09:41:02
He has always been lazy and his attitude stinks RD is big on youth what kind of example would his attitude set for the youngsters. He's had his time at Celtic and left for so called bigger and better things.

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03 Jul 2015 10:07:30
totally disagree, the wee guy was a first team pick for 6 years and won Player of the year and young player of the year awards. lazy players don't win these accolades or if they do they must have fantastic ability. not sure either if we can say Celtic have progressed since his first spell when we were easily qualifying for champions league etc. if we can get him for a low transfer fee then I would go for it. its ok saying Ronni prefers young players but if McGeady comes back it will be because the manager wants him. wee Lubo wasn't young when we signed him and he was fantastic. not putting Aiden in the same category but just pointing out that a bit of experience can bring something to the team. ok Everton fans don't like him but who do they like, Lukaku gets pelters from them

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03 Jul 2015 10:49:22
Just to clarify something eddykane. I love Lukaku, McGeady cannot be compared to him in any way, shape or form. Lukaku gets pelters for sometimes being lazy and having the touch of a submarine but he still scores goals and the majority of Everton fans love him. McGeady on the other hand, well, I'd say about 95% of Everton fans would pay for him to go.

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03 Jul 2015 11:14:16
I agree with Jim and the original Everton post, he was a bag of tricks with very little end product. It's always exciting to see someone tear a defender a new ars: I just wish he produced more. If he comes back and Forrest goes i'd be a happy man. At least aiden got you off your feet before hitting the first defender with a cross.

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03 Jul 2015 12:33:31
Swan. I happen to agree with you about Lukaku, think he is a cracking player but as you say he gets pelters for been lazy which you say McGeady is as well, I don't think any of the 2 of them are, think Lazy players are a thing of the past the way the game is played now. 95% of Everton fans might not like McGeady as he hasn't really produced for you but that doesn't make him a bad player, maybe style / manager did not suit him, he has been excellent for Celtic/Spartak and Republic and i'm sure he can reproduce that again. I know a few Everton fans through work and although they will be happy enough for him to go they do wish it had worked out better for him and that the manager had given him more game time as they thought he showed some flashes of brilliance. anyway genuinely good luck next season

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03 Jul 2015 13:09:14
And to you mate.

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03 Jul 2015 13:22:18
Mcgeady is done simple as that. There is no room in our squad for a has been.

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03 Jul 2015 13:36:30
It's certainly split a lot of fans but in my opinion I wouldn't be for it. I think a lot of the people tht want him seem to think we are getting a player of the same level he had when he left (which even at tht time I still didn't rate him as highly as others). If we sign him we are signing a player who has (IMO) declined as a player from when he left and I think his aquisition would be nothing but a hinderence to the lads we already have there.

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03 Jul 2015 20:16:59
Thanks lads for your time, enjoyed reading each post. Good luck for the season.

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