20 Aug 2019 09:28:27
Been a long time reader of the forum but 1st time posting as felt it was about time I added my tuppanceworth .
I think it's shambolic the way the club is currently going, we, the fans are being fleeced big time by the board. Every year we buy the season tickets, 3 x new strips, conventions, etc etc and yet when it comes to the transfer window we get the usual cr@p. PL's moto was constantly that we aim to come out of every transfer window stronger than when it started. I'd love to hear his thoughts on this window (& the previous 2-3) . Total amateur hour the way our club is conducting it's business. Here were are 2 weeks or so before the most important window in some time closes and total silence, at most we will scramble around for a few loan deals for a short term fix, rather than make a long terms statement. Yet when the window closes we will hear about how we tried, but failed to get a couple big deals over the line. We've known since February what's been required and the deals should have been in place.
This stems back to the McGinn deal, allowing that deal to collapse over a few hundred grand, yet we will waste millions on so called projects. McGinn is going to be a superstar yet our so-called professional lub had the biscuit tin mentality.
The amount of money wasted on the likes of Commper, Gamboa, Scepovic, Koassi, Hendry, Mulumba (the list will go on and on) - if only we had the balls sign a few 1st rtam ready platers for a big fee and wages rather than waste millions on squad players that makes no contribution. We've allowed Rangers back to the party when we really should have been out of sight with better planning, I really fear for this season because I'm not holding out much hope that we will get the right quality in on time, if we can't get deals done when the window has been open 3 months then what hope have we got getting 2,3 or 4 deals done in the next 2 weeks (except desperate loan deals)
For what it's worth I think Juian will come good. Boli, not so sure, perhaps if we bring in another 1st team ready left back then Boli will be pushed further up. I do feel for SS, his treatment has been awful and is far better than Morgan. We will miss his goals this season.
I'd like to see a 1st team ready LB, back-up RB, DCM (Wanyama) and a new GK.
Over to you PL
Rant over.
20 Aug 2019 12:35:22
Good post buddy!
20 Aug 2019 12:49:33
Ffs first time poster do you have anything positive to say. Treble treble. KT YOUTH RANK GOING TO ARSENAL for millions. I could go on. Celtic are always slow at the start they always wait till euro qualifiers are over they keep there transfer dealing internal the way it should be incase we get gazumped. Also the madia hate us including ex players the bitterness is shocking.
I know it's an opinion forum try and stay positive there. It's like nothing is gd coming from some Celtic fans yes we have been spoilt big time. Give it a couple of weeks.
20 Aug 2019 13:40:10
You are 100% correct, I posted very similar as my first post about 2 weeks ago and was shot down for it. You are pointing out the obvious. We are a seeker team by far this year and across the road are a stronger team. Lack of ambition and arrogance verging on neglectful behaviour from the board. It’s hard to have the positivity when you see what’s transpiring in front of us.
How can we expect Nick Hammond to come in and automatically identify targets who can handle the magnitude of pressure and also have the required level of talent. We need players of a level above reading and wba, no disrespect to his previous positions, but this is massively different! We need better quality witching a more restricted budget, hence the reason for it going quiet. The best way around it I see is to go big (edouard) -young, potential- or go home. HH.
20 Aug 2019 14:35:14
Good first post. 👠Stating the obvious.
20 Aug 2019 17:29:54
You can see why people are put off voicing their opinions.