20 Jul 2025 02:07:42
Ins and outs
Left - Lagerbeilka, Nawroki and Taylor.
New - Tierney, Murray up from youths,
New Japanese CB/ LB looks promising.
Defence has been replenished
Left - Kuhn, Kyogo.
New - Yamada, Nygren.
I believe someone will come in to replace Jota ( cover injury but may be right sided ) and a possible understudy for CalMac, a young defensive midfielder to assist in game management for Callum.
20 Jul 2025 07:20:11
I'd get ure out on loan for experience as I think he could fit that role in future.
20 Jul 2025 07:38:08
BR wants more goals.
I see a striker and one winger at least if Palma and Tilio leave, two if Yang goes.
I think Engels will rotate in the side to cover a midfield of calmac, Nygren and reo.
I hope a centre half with Welsh to leave with Scales dropping to cover.
20 Jul 2025 08:08:35
Gk: schmeichel, sinisalo, doohan
Lb: Tierney, inamura?
RB: Johnston, Ralston
CB: ccv, trusty, scales, Welsh ( injured and likely to move on) , Murray (still not included in 1st team squad)
CM: Callum, Engels, hatate, McCowan, Bernardo, nygren
Rw: yang, Forrest
LW: maeda, jota (long term injury)
St: Idaho, Yamada, Kenny, Osmand
Based on this I would say we will sign 1-2 CBS, 1 RW and 1 LW. We may also sign another striker and LB.
20 Jul 2025 09:51:34
Ideally a winger who could play both wings . a striker and a CB would do me . all better than we already have (please)
20 Jul 2025 12:51:07
We just cannot keep sending young players out on loan . The first option should always be to see how a particular young player can add value to squad .
If we cannot see that, we need to ask ourselves either how we have kept him so long and he has no value to us, or how he was bought as a project youth player and who is to blame, he who recommended him or the player himself who has through laziness or poor lifestyle hasn’t developed.
This type of player should be loaned, if possible with the view of club making it permanent. I don’t like loaning out players who have positives to offer Celtic for longer than 6 mts, as the loaning manager has no great desire to develop our player who we want back, and no manager and coach can improve players better than BR . 6mth loan period should hopefully give him experience playing in front of a crowd.
20 Jul 2025 12:58:45
I don't trust Reo to deliver consistency of performance.
20 Jul 2025 17:48:53
Reo ‘s lack of consistency of performance is playing at the same level of performance as our better midfielders to playing at a superb level that nobody in Scotland comes near . We are so lucky to have this player whose vision and execution of a killer pass is unbelievable.
20 Jul 2025 19:03:19
WeeDessie, on the evidence of last year, I'm unconvinced by our midfield. On the plus side, I think we've a player and a half in Engles. He will come into his own this season. Hatate, yip I agree the positives you mention but for eg, where is he on the trenches at the Crumbledome? How often does he stick out?
Calmac. Wonderful servant to the club but again based on last season, was mediocre a lot of the time. I don't think that's up for debate.
Bernardo? Jury out.
20 Jul 2025 19:55:11
Hatate is a class and genuine quality. We are blessed to have such a talent in our team!
22 Jul 2025 19:30:33
9iar what is your point and what is so important about crumbledome?
The home of the new club Rangers2012 who we should ignore because if it wasn’t for cheating they wouldn’t exist . A mythical club like them don’t worry me . Even so you can count on your fingers in one hand the number of times we have lost in Satan’s lair in meaningful games .
As Bhoy 88 appreciates we are blessed to have a player of his talent as he is class and genuine quality.