22 Mar 2025 13:33:57
I hate international breaks. But we probably need it to reset and kick on.
To keep myself entertained I was thinking of outside of Scotland what country has provided the best contribution to the Celtic team over the years. As in the Netherlands provided Van Hooijdonk, Petta, Van Dijk, Petta, Frimpong etc.
My taught will always be Sweden with Lustig, Mjalby, the king of kings, Starfelt etc.
22 Mar 2025 14:01:02
I like the Scandinavian players because they’re good and honest professionals who try their hardest.
Celtic have had a few Dutch howlers also.
Blinker, De Vries, Boeriggter and Sno.
22 Mar 2025 16:05:39
I also detest International breaks (and International football) . Especially when I am still seeing bravado headlines like 'What now for Celtic and Brendan Rodgers after 'Sevco humbling' Er; we get back up and do what we have more than any other club - we win trophies. Anyway, I agree about the Netherlands players being hit and miss over the years, but we have had better luck with Scandinavia and Poland. One region where we seem to have a poor record is South America. France and Belgium are other countries, I would like to see us explore although I appreciate the market may be competitive and costly.
22 Mar 2025 16:58:00
Wales in for a shout . hartson ledlely Matthews Bellamy.
22 Mar 2025 19:18:09
Japan, naka, kyogo, hatate meada . plus a few others that didn't really make a great impact like mizuno, kobayashi, iwata, ideguchi.
23 Mar 2025 12:00:13
International breaks may help fans to reset and move on. For some it's a good opportunity to rest by not even having to use remote control.
However International breaks are extremely difficult for many players and especially in Scotland, our club Celtic. Celtic would have somewhere between. 8 and 18 players scattered around the globe . It’s usually as late as within24 hrs before next domestic before BR sees all his players . This is particularly difficult for Celtic as most other clubs have a maximum of 3/ 4 players . With Celtic always going to have by far the most players away on International duty and no midweek match fixed for the next week, surely SPL is once again demonstrating their anti Celtic bias, by not arranging match for early Saturday and should fixed it for Sunday afternoon/ evening.