26 Jul 2024 23:27:59
This we pay more wages than championship teams, does that really matter? when players will always choose the top five league before thinking about our league, some do choose the championship before our league.
{Ed007's Note - And some don't, some choose to play for one of the biggest Clubs in the world, win trophies and play European football, CCV being one, MOR being another, Kasper Schmeichel probably had offersx in better leagues so what's your point?
If a player's ambition is to play in the English 2nd division chances are they aren't good enough for Celtic.
27 Jul 2024 01:05:20
O'Riley will move to a better league ed, so would ccv if he had a choice ✌️.
{Ed007's Note - CCV had other options including in England, the only thing that was worrying him was if playing in Scotland would affect his international chances.
27 Jul 2024 01:03:09
ED superb bud lol?quality want to play against quality weekly not average joes in our league, because if you don't come up against quality you will never improve your game, some don't understand this, does make me laugh on occasional, nothing to do with celtic all to do with our pishy league.
{Ed007's Note - I'm actually struggling to see what point you're trying to make here. Are you saying VV,D, Ajer, KT, MOR, Dembele, Edouard, Jota etc etc didn't improve playing week in and week out in Scotland? Ryan Christie, Starfelt, Armstrong.....
If they didn't improve why do clubs give us millions of £££ for them?
27 Jul 2024 06:54:00
I’d say English talent chooses the English pyramid and it’s associated money before our league not foreign unless it’s the prem, for me part of the scouting and behind scenes talks with agents is identifying the ambitious and hungry who want to develop or are young in top 5 leagues ready to play first team footbal, we have the budget we need to better with it.
27 Jul 2024 07:51:40
I have to agree with Ed, some players come here to win trophies and play in CL. Some so they get game time because they may not in top 5 league teams amd some because of our Managers, the support and we are a massive club where they get great exposure.
Others because they will get more money than offered elsewhere, hard for someone on here to get their heads around I know.
27 Jul 2024 08:40:39
100% right Ed. It has been proven time and time again, moving to Celtic improves players, raises their profile and when they or we feel it is right, they move on. The standard of the Scottish game is not that bad. We don't have Man City, Arsenal or Liverpool class sides, but neither does any other league, except one, and that league cannot accommodate every player and give them game time.
27 Jul 2024 09:06:52
I would agree with both, but still think those non natives at first come here for the stepping stone route, however I'm not surprised when players actually fall in love with the place, if you spend quality time at our club and give quality moments then youll never be forgotten, it's not quite like that at many other clubs.
In my opinion say MoR goes to italy playing for Atalanta, they aren't a huge club at all, better league absolutely but playing in front of an average attendance of 14,500 at home games to me isn't very ambitious, or ambition not being correct but jumping to the next level certainly not, go to athletics Madrid then yes that's a bigger jump in my opinion.
Wages talk, so does international football, our league not good enough dsnish manager said? He picked players from belgium and danish leagues, not that different really!
Sometimes you wonder if celtic get a player to become a spokesperson also to increase their value, as MOR gave many interviews for celtic last year, you would expext the more of cal mac.
27 Jul 2024 09:37:15
Ed of course a young player will obviously improve will game time and experience, then move on to a far better league, many quality players will not even think about moving here.
Question ed. Do you thinking vvd would be the player he is today if he never left our league?
Quality needs to play Quality regularly for improvement, average joes in our league is the reason quality will not come here.
{Ed007's Note - Would VVD have became the player he is today if he hadn't came to Scotland? I still don't know what point it is you're trying to make.
27 Jul 2024 11:21:34
My point is quality laughs at out league.
{Ed007's Note - That's just bollocks though, I've already listed quality players that have came to Scotland and could list plenty more. Yes it's seen as a stepping stone to bigger leagues and more money - that's called progressing their career.
And as I said, we get a Hell of a lot of money for these players you say are no good.
27 Jul 2024 12:12:30
I'm talking about if we pay the wage a team from the top five pay the wage and that player ain't coming coming here, by the way vvd improved more agaist quality in the championship.
{Ed007's Note - VVD never played in the English Championship.}
27 Jul 2024 12:23:31
Sorry epl but he improved massively at Southampton against quality .
{Ed007's Note - Who's saying he didn't but he improved during his time in Scotland to be deemed good enough to get a crack at the PL, he went down there, improved again and got his big move to Liverpool, that's how football works is it not?
In fact, listen this is boring me worse than it was last night so don't waste your time replying to this - I still don't know what your point is or was meant to be.}
27 Jul 2024 13:54:05
I am sure Jota thought he would improve his football career as well as his bank balance by following the money, which all our players who asked or even demanded to move . KT thought he was on the pig’s back when he demanded and got his move to Arsenal . Our “ best ever supporter “ slipped off whilst his adoring fans supported Celtic in Europe . Now as his Arsenal contract starts to wind down his demands may be less lofty.
27 Jul 2024 19:17:33
The SPL has all the makings of a very good league . We are told the EPL, is the top league in the World . Both EPL and SpL have a dominant team currently winning their leagues . Both SPL have a small group of clubs winning the 2nd, 3rd, 4th h and 5th positions. Then the differences EPL has a massive TV deal, SPL deal is minute . EPL refs and VAR officials make the very odd mistake, a true error . SPL refs and VAR have shown to have. a bias in favour of one club and against the top club Celtic. This prevents Celtic from winning the league by 15 and more points every yr . In both England and Scotland fans are very loyal and faithful to their clubs. England’s population of approximately 60m supports their clubs well . Scotland with a population of approximately one tenth of England also give most of their SPL clubs good support . Once and if it ever happens the SFA is forced to clean up its act from top to bottom, Scottish Football should become the envy of small nations, as Scotland has in the past produced outstanding footballers of their era.