Celtic banter 3

27 May 2026 17:21:10
I read on one of the Blogs that Celtic will have as many as 8 players at World Cup

The Positives are that it raises our Profile worldwide
Also FIFA will pay Celtic minimum of £2m could be more

Negatives are players will need extra rest
Also with a new manager and new players coming in our pre season training will be disrupted with players joining at different times.

28 May 2026 09:47:56
Rest? It's not like they are putting in an 8-12 shift every day

C'mon. It's 90+ mins shared between 15+ players.
Not on single player has the ball for the full game and half the team don't usually play the full 90 minutes.

If Scotland do their usual then it's 3 games and back home.
Tennis players are out on court full duration on a 1/ 1 basis.
Sometimes only get a day maybe two between games

I wish I had a footballers life compared to 12 hours+ shifts working on oil rigs in all sorts of weather.

27 May 2026 16:26:47
If you’re ever bored go watch some Tom Rogic Celtic highlights on YouTube. He was class. Proper maverick.

27 May 2026 18:01:16
Tom Rogic was a big game player or he would score crucial goals when we needed him the most especially in injury time.
Daizen Maeda is similar that he is also a big game player.

{Ed007's Note - Since I first watched Nygren I've compared him to Rogic, he is anonymous for long spells of the game but is always capable of popping up with a goal.}

27 May 2026 18:20:14
Was never near consistent like hatate both could be great but never for sustained periods.

27 May 2026 19:07:57
Rogic had way better touch mate plus he’s passing was good, but any scouts reading this nygren is twice the player.

{Ed007's Note - Rogic also had better hair and fantastic looking thighs compared to Nygren and Nygren is fitter/better conditioned than Rogic ever was but none of that has anything to do with the fact they had similar impacts in games.
Rogic scored 46 goals in 273 apps for Celtic (52 in 318 carrer apps), Nygren has already scored 21 goals in 58 apps for us and 69 in 237 career apps - at 24 years of age.}

27 May 2026 19:33:30
Cannot believe they stats on Rogic, although totally agree with the hair and thighs.

{Ed007's Note - 😂😂

27 May 2026 22:06:10
Nygren numbers are fantastic but if we could get big money it take or find some way work around how he plays.

28 May 2026 07:51:07
Tom was hot and cold as is Nygren but you always feel Nygren will sneak a goal.

MOR didn't have a great 1st season with us in his 2nd raised his game; if Nygren stays and does that what a player he could be.

His stats for his first season, even though many thought he was invisible in games, is very good for a player who may not be playing his best position.

28 May 2026 09:08:57
Rogic was like an athletic Paddy McCourt but primarily left footed. We've been blessed to have some real ballers at the club over the years.

27 May 2026 16:11:26
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Matchday 38 - Quick Round Up

27 May 2026 13:15:01
How long will the silence last in terms of a new manager coming in? Major overhaul required-thats stating the obvious and they've had a ton of time to put their ducks in order. Over to our beloved Board.

PS so glad I checked the wording before I sent this because there was another vowel instead of the 'u' for 'ducks' 😂😰🤣.

27 May 2026 13:37:19
Manager vacancy should b filled by now or very close, players a think can't b approached until end june mb wrong on that part other bhoys know better.

27 May 2026 16:00:21
MON saying he will have talks with DD this week means they have done nothing since January 5th.

27 May 2026 17:24:30
MO stated after the cup final he was meeting with DD in the next 3/ 4 days. The club can’t move forward until MO has decided what he wants to do and clearly needs a few days after an intense finish to the season.

The board have many a failing but clearly this is out of their control. We will know what Martin has chosen by Friday.

27 May 2026 18:25:22
So if mon says no are we back to square one. the nearer it gets to start of world cup i'm thinking itll be martinez. just hope if it is he and maloney have discussed signings. the board have had since Jan could they be about to fk things up again.

27 May 2026 21:28:56
It’s a guessing game for us all DRB. Hopefully MO and SM have started some form of progress evaluating players. But there is zero trust from us fans as the board have made a mockery of our great club.

Let’s hope MO’s heroics in winning the double doesn’t paper over the severe ineptitude of the last year.

27 May 2026 11:19:25
New poster here. Really enjoy this site so thought I’d contribute.

Here are my hopes for transfer window.

Manager.
O’Neil one more year (McKenna or Robbie Keane with Roy Keane assistant) . Keep Maloney also.

Defenders.
Shamal George (St Mirren) 1m -Big potential
Alex Gogic (St Mirren) 1m - strong, reads game well versatile.
Sarrachi ( Boca) 5M- Quality inverted style/ depth needed.

Midfield.
Elliot Watt- (well) 4M- Callum obvious replacement, breaks lines, calm, keeps possession but with intent.
(Would love us to put in 10 plus bids for mcginn but can’t see it)

Forwards:
Faris Gendjemis RW 9m- (France) real flair and pace
Kasper Hogh-CF 10M- (Glimt) - physical, proven finisher and potential combined.
Jakob Breum LW- (5m) direct and huge protection

Keeping Engels, AJ, Ineacho (new deal) really important.

Maeda and Hatate both special players but want out.
(Brings in 15 million) - real effort to offload Fringe players, eg palma, holm,

45 million outlay - 20 million net dpend.

Leaves 50 million ish in the Bank. (January safety net)

Fingers crossed… Hail Hail.

{Ed007's Note - Welcome aboard mate 🍀👍🏻

27 May 2026 11:44:01
Welcome, no for me for MON or any of the Keans or St Mirren boys rest b more than happy with.

27 May 2026 11:46:40
Heard sevco in for rather watt or just.

27 May 2026 12:07:50
Alex gogic? is that for bar staff in hospitality. shamal George huge potential what for? Strictly come dancing. sorry mate imo both not good enough. never heard of faris. people on here have spoken highly of watt but i don't see it (not that i'm an expert😁) hogh isn't he slow and cumbersome decent return sonce joining bodo or am I thinking of haugh in same team?.

like they're cdm berg though. breum never seen him. like saraachi but 5m for a back up Also would he be happy with that. whoever we get we need best quality we can buy for first team starters and then fill out squad. unfortunately no matter who you I we like it's out of our hands and we can only hope they ( board new management team scouts ) get it right.

27 May 2026 12:58:43
Gogic no chance few of your other players are decent.

27 May 2026 14:31:51
A cheeky bid for McGinn wouldn't surprise me. Especially if the managerial options all underwhelm.

27 May 2026 18:17:29
Welcome aboard mate but that's a stinker of s first post.

27 May 2026 18:27:06
10 million for a near 32 year old. the board would never sanction that.

27 May 2026 18:52:26
think if Saint Martin comes back he said he doesn’t want a project so in other words he wants first team ready players I think we will maybe sign a cb a cdm possibly Nico sigur who we were linked with in January because he can play rb and cb as well but there are plenty players first team ready coming to end of contract shlager from Leipzig who we were linked with Robertson linked with van de bosch who I’m sure we were linked with last year young cb tomiyasu also free that’s just a few I think Martin if he comes back wants better quality of player on a higher wage and will have Maloney trying to empty the squad he already said it needs space for young players and last time he was in charge it was top first team players and squad was made up of b team players he stuck to his trusted 16-20 first teamers we have 40 players in squad we need to get rid of a lot before we do anything so free transfers for already linked players makes sense.

27 May 2026 09:49:10
KS has announced his retirement.

He's had a very good career at both club and internationsl level, I wish him well.

HH.

27 May 2026 13:46:26
Typical Sly "Former LEICESTER player announces his retirement"
Not a mention of his CURRENT team Celtic.

27 May 2026 18:29:21
Why so upset. it was like the old black and white frankenstein films with the fans all after him with pitchforks and torches only short time ago.

27 May 2026 08:18:53
On this date in 2017,
Celtic clinched a proper Domestic Invincible season in the Tom Rogic Final.
Tom scored in injury time in our 2-1 comeback victory against Aberdeen.

I always remember this date due to winning our 1st trophy in 6 years back in 1995.
Celtic lost on Penalties exactly 6 months previously in the League Cup Final.

Big Pierre scored an early only goal to beat the now Liquidated Airdrieonians.
The Celtic team bus to the same route as the Lisbon Lions going through the streets of Glasgow.

At 21 it was the first time I could celebrate winning a trophy in the boozer after the game.
I laugh that there’s 32 year old Ibrox fans who have never celebrated a top flight league title in the pub because their behind closed doors title was achieved during Lockdown.

27 May 2026 18:30:23
You could've drowned your sorrows.

27 May 2026 07:39:13
{Ed's Note - MK Scouser has posted a new article entitled, Slot, Reijnen and a Summer of Big Calls

26 May 2026 22:04:36
MON has just went to 4/ 6 fav for the job 🤷‍♂️.

27 May 2026 09:05:02
Same set up for another year if the board back him with serious money why not he has a young vibrant coaching team.

27 May 2026 10:32:22
Mally therein lies the real issue. MON is capable of leading us for another year but the board backing him or any other Manager is the real issue.

I would be OK with MON staying but would prefer a new Manager with a 3 year project, supported by a total transformation of our football structure.

If they replace Martin it has to be the right person, someone who can come in like Ange did, change things and yet deliver quickly because as Buzz said only one team qualifies for CL after this season coming.

If we can maintain the spine of the team, build it around Engels ( who they will undoubtedly sell unfortunately) and add some quality alongside him, at the cb positions and up front we can still be successful.

I just wish Reo hadn't lost his mojo as he had real potential.

Whoever they choose for Manager it needs to be announced this week, so they can at least have some input on who's leaving and who is staying.

MN making these decisions is the last thing we need.

27 May 2026 11:29:39
If they sold Engels and Maeda for say £40m. I'd take Elijah Just and Braga. Spend the remainder on getting Saraachi back, a commanding RCB, strong DM and a 1st choice striker for starters.

A lot will depend on how the manager wants us to play and their preferred formation as to who else we need to replace/ recruit. I know it would be great to improve in a few other positions but it's the Celtic board we're talking about here so need to be realistic!

26 May 2026 20:40:57
Ed, how can I change my user name to 98.07? Or do I simply create a new account with that name? 9iar past it's time.

{Ed033's Note - Log out as 9iar and register a new username.

26 May 2026 18:53:13
This will probably be the best chance Celtic will have of reaching the CL Groups for the next decade at least.

Next season going forward only the Scottish Champions Qualify for the CL Qualifiers and then they will have to win all 3 Qualifying rounds to reach the Group stages.

Maybe that’s why Celtic could stick with Martin to give us continuity going into the CL Playoffs with a massive prize to the winners.
Celtic will have a good chance with us being Seeded.

Our chances will obviously become harder with a new Manager not having much time to find his feet.
We might not get another chance of being Seeded in a CL Playoff tie for the foreseeable.

{Ed007's Note - So basically when we continue to win the league we'll be the only team with a crack at the CL for the foreseeable?

26 May 2026 20:29:15
Buzz I hope you are correct but if you remember we were seeded last year and everyone was delighted when we drew an "easy" team in Kairat Almaty look how that turned out.
I hope we have learned from last year and are more prepared this time.

26 May 2026 20:31:51
It was a godsend that we never qualified this year imagi e a psg or a bayern against us 😭😭.

{Ed007's Note - But realistically we will never compete with those teams on a consistent or regular basis, they're expecting semis (giggity) or a final ever year, we're never holding Celtic to that level of account in my lifetime. Look where some of the teams fans want us to model ourselves on, Ajax 32nd, Brugge 19th, Bodo/Glimt in 23rd.
Even if we had qualified, won a few point, took a few pumpings and banked the money thise ummer nobody would have cared if we had took a doing off PSG or Bayern, richer clubs than us have and will.}

26 May 2026 20:47:37
The fans have learnt the hard way about last year, But I have my doubts about the board have or seam that bothered about last year. I would have thought the club would have been more advanced than just starting the interviews for the next manager they have had almost 6 months to sort it out.

26 May 2026 21:32:58
That is our position in the new world of CL football.

We have to jump through hoops to qualify and then just hope to win a couple of games or get a few draws, maybe get to the last 24 but its about making money to keep us in front at home.

We have no chance competing with these top clubs nowadays.

We may do the odd Bayern but those results will be fewer and fewer realistically.

Unless the whole structure of European football collapses or changes and the money is evenly shared out, we will remain on the periphery looking in.

Sadly we need to be at the table to make the money we need to keep ahead domestically but making any meaningful progress is only going to get tougher.

The CL is only that in name, it is designed to favour the top 5 leagues. m where all the money already is.

26 May 2026 22:20:24
For Celtic to progress we need champions league money every season.

However, the sad reality is our board seems unwilling to progress us and have shown a severe lack of ambition. That is why me and many other fans want them gone, as we had a great opportunity this season and failed to grasp it, due to their incompetence and lack of ambition.

World class in everything we do? My arse.

27 May 2026 08:05:08
Joe, they have a big window to prove that they are in any way really invested in this club but we can see the window already, we are extending contra to players a new Manager might not want and the rest is the usual rumours.

Even across at ipox that are making signings. One free and another ex -player who will cost very little but they are getting who they want.

We don't even have a Manager.

27 May 2026 11:01:08
Rodgers is the reason we failed to qualify for the champions league last season.

27 May 2026 11:24:48
Brendan was the problem last year.

27 May 2026 16:39:16
So it was Rodgers fault first team players were sold and never replaced ( ain’t we 50 odd goals down from last season) ? It was Rodgers fault the people who employed him were actively working against him? Rodgers was 💩 on twice by people who have held this club back for decades.

As for ambition, Desmond junior was sent to the AGM to confirm the lack of the aforementioned before slagging off the very people who fund this organisation. Viva la collective, long live the revolution. they want people to buy season tickets on a trust that no longer exists.

27 May 2026 17:36:05
How were the problems there both before and after Rodgers if he was supposedly the cause?

The board completely mishandled recruitment. Regarding Rodgers, they had two clear options if they wanted to move the club forward:

Back Rodgers by bringing in the players he wanted before the Champions League qualifier.
Sack him, appoint a new manager, and properly support him in the transfer window.

Instead, the board chose a third option, and the consequences were massive. It nearly derailed our entire season. Thankfully, MON managed to salvage things, but we’ve still left ourselves in a poor position with the squad, recruitment, and a major drop in revenue.

All of this was avoidable and ultimately unforgivable.