Celtic Banter Archive April 09 2014

09 Apr 2014 18:47:22
For the likes of DN30 etc. I am going to surprise everybody and talk about CELTIC lol
Want to ask all the regulars on here who do you think will be leaving?
Sammy? a given, Forster? probably, Virgil? hope not, Griffiths? sacked? Mathews? too injury prone, Forrest? again more time on treatment table than on bench, Moukolo? a big risk keeping him with his injury background, Stokes? another one with baggage like Griffiths, Pukki? Balde? give them one more season to prove themselves, Fisher? out of contract will he sign new one?
Boerighter? another one with a lot to prove, has the talent but has the mental attitude to survive the rough and tumble of Scottish football.

Praise the Lord, a post about Celtic on Celtic Rumours lol. I think Samaras, Forster + Virgil will be away. Possibly Kayal as well, maybe even Griffiths depending on how the club go about his latest controversy. If it was up to me I'd get rid of Ambrose, Sammy (leaving on a Bosman already), Stokes, Boerrigter, Mouyokolo, Griffiths, Kayal + Forrest. I'd agree with you on Balde + Pukki, give them another 12 months then show them the door if they can't break in to the starting XI. As I said below on another thread, I feel we should be getting about £18m for Forster + Virgil, so if they go as well there should be plenty money in the kitty to bring in a GK, CB, playmaker + goalscorer. Possibly even a LB once these positions have been fulfilled.

10 Apr 2014 12:48:49
@hamiltonbhoy yes give Balde and Pukki another chance.
Look at 3 high profile centre forwards in EPL.
Michu started great last season but not so good this season.
Benteke, same thing, although got bad injury but neither are the players they were last season.
Finally the biggest flop of the all.
Torres, even made Andre Flo look good ha ha
but Torres must be on upwards of £100k a week yet his attitude is a disgrace.
So when we mump and moan about Balde think about Torres and thank our lucky stars he is nowhere near Celtic.

The less important players moving on the better. To my mind Balde and the youngsters who are currently out on loan would be the ones I would move on if possible .

09 Apr 2014 16:09:27
Leigh Griffiths has been has been issued with an amended Notice of Complaint

Alleged Party in Breach: Leigh Griffiths (Celtic FC)
Date: 30th March 2014
Disciplinary Rule(s) allegedly breached:

1) Disciplinary Rule 86: Not acting in the best interests of Association Football by singing in public about Heart of Midlothian FC in administration;

and

2) Disciplinary Rule 79: Bringing the game into disrepute by singing in public a song of an offensive, racist and/or discriminatory nature;

and

3) Disciplinary Rule 86: Not acting in the best interests of Association Football by singing in public a song of an offensive, racist and/or discriminatory nature.

Principal hearing date: Thursday, 24th April 2014

Rule 79: No recognised football body, club, official, Team Official or other member of Team Staff, player, match official, or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA shall bring the game into disrepute.

Rule 86: A recognised football body, club, official, Team Official, other member of Team Staff, player, match official or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA shall, at all times, act in the best interests of Association Football . Furthermore such person or body shall not act in any manner which is improper or use any one, or a combination of, violent conduct, serious foul play, threatening, abusive, indecent or insulting words or behaviour.

09 Apr 2014 00:21:43
If Forster goes in the Summer who do you think Lennon will bring in? Fabianski (28) and Westwood (29) are out of contract in a couple of months. Fabianski has rejected Arsenal's offer and has some Champions League and Premier League experience. Do you think Alex McCarthy would be a possibility if Reading don't get promoted?

We also need another CB and a top ST. I would like to see Tony Watt back for next season and depending on the fee and likelihood, a bid for Danny Ings (if not Finnbogason).

If, and it's a big if, Forster does go, I'd like to see an attempt made to bring back David Marshall; especially if Cardiff go down as expected.

#1 target for me would be Kasper Schmeichel, although I feel he'll want another crack of the whip at the EPL with Leicester since he barely managed a string of games for City as a youngster. All we can offer him that they can't is the "possibility" of Champions League football. I would be too dissapointed if we signed Philipp Tschauner as FF's replacement either - 6ft 5in, managed about 10 clean sheets for St Pauli in 30 games this season. Plays like a sweeper keeper, always first out to any loose balls, corners, etc.

David Marshall I would have. Said it on here before. Admittedly it may be a step sideways, or even backwards because I rate Forster that highly. Still, but not as much as Fabianski or Westwood would be. Ideally I'd like us to go for Maxym Koval (young keeper caught my eye for Dinamo Kiev), Handanovic (Inter reportedly ready to off-load), Ali Ahamada (Toulouse). Maybe even Pantillimon or Butland? A friend of mine who stays in Cologne through work raves about a keeper they have called Timo Horn. Supposedly considered the next star to come from between the sticks in Germany. There's no reason we shouldn't get a good fee for Fraser. Just hope it's reinvested properly. He could be a massive miss for quite some time if it isn't.

@JimTim Timo Horn's a great young GK. He's been outstanding for Koln this season, they've got the best goals against record in Bundesliga 2 but they're on the verge of winning the league and promotion to the Bundesliga, so I reckon he'd fancy a crack at (in my opinion) the best + most competitive league in the world.

Was there not talk about signing a GK from Argentina?

Hamilton it's certainly my favourite leagur to watch (mostly just the highlights). It may not be so competetive at the very top but there's usually plenty of cracking scorelines. I still feel we should and can go for that calibre of young player though.

09 Apr 2014 13:10:07
I'd like to see Schmeichel also, but can't see him coming to Scotland unfortunately. Wouldn't mind David Marshall.

I could watch Bundesliga football all day long. Aye, Bayern have stretched away from the rest but below the Big Two the position's are anyones. Quality style, amazing pitches, cracking stadia's, cheap, standing, alcohol on sale, 50+1 rule. The reasons go on. In the last 11 years Bayern, Dortmund, Wolfsburg, Stuttgart + Werder Bremen have all won the top division. Teams like Kaiserslautern + HSV have went from European regulars to relegation battlers. It's a crazy league! Even the 2nd league is of great standard. I was over for the St Pauli v Greuther Furth game 2 wks ago, boring 2-2 draw lol. Then watched them away to Sandhausen last weekend, came from behind twice to win 3-2. Unreal.

HamiltonBhoy

Wes Foderingham at Swindon

Don't think FF will leave this year but if he does it will be David Forde coming in, short term solution.