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28 Aug 2024 20:01:34
Bid for Arne Engels apparently now sitting at £10m and still being rejected by Augsburg. Like all other clubs they know we're cash rich and have lost our best player with 3 days of the window remaining and facing the champions league in a fortnight. that's what board negligence and incompetence costs a business. We're well and truly over the proverbial barrel and everybody knows it.
1.) 28 Aug 2024 20:10:51
Bogusz deal dead as well, this is what happens when you leave everything to the last minute, Que the we tried but couldn’t strike a deal excuse getting wheeled out yet again, Luke McCowan it is then ?.
2.) 28 Aug 2024 20:26:23
He is now £6million.
3.) 28 Aug 2024 21:13:03
Sometimes you guys on here really confuse me. We should hold out for top dollar for Matt but should also spend upwards of £16 million on 2 players before we sell him so the board are not seen as Cheapskates. If we then didn’t sell Matt we have 2 players who can’t get in the team unless we drop Rio, Matt or Callum. I am frustrated at the lack of activity but the comments here lack logic at times. Saying every club gets these business done quicker than us is nonsense as no-one on here knows how long others clubs deals have been bubbling away.
{Ed007's Note - That's far too sensible for on here. Cool name btw mate ?
4.) 28 Aug 2024 22:42:47
I’ve been saying that for ages Celtic can’t just buy buy buy and stockpile players! We’ve done well clearing out a lot who just don’t contribute and I feel we will get the 3-4 we still need. But the drama queens and anti board guys everywhere on the interweb just now is cringy.
Clubs know we have a bit of cash and are going to squeeze us for that little more it comes with being a well run club. I think it’s quite exciting the way it is and if I’m wrong are we not top of the league ??♂️.
5.) 29 Aug 2024 00:02:19
Top of the league shouldn’t be the extent of our ambition. What about being the best we possibly can be? We’re in a position where we have CL football and money in the bank, this is when to spend it. MOR was going this window, surely it’s not being a drama queen to suggest we should have better prepared for this?
{Ed007's Note - There was no guarantee MOR was leaving, the majority of teams interested in him walked away at the up front fee, you simply can't spend serious money on a replacement for a player you don't know is leaving.
There are thousands of DOF's, managers, agents and players all impatiently waiting on the domino effect to kick in to get deals over the line in the next couple of days - for every club that wants to pull our pants down over fees there is an agent ready to swoop in offering us their players - who knows who could lift the phone to Brendan in the next 48 hours..
6.) 29 Aug 2024 06:58:38
The problem we have now is. yes we could be looking at our targets and have then in on time but we have been down this road so many times you get the fear off panic buying due to just over 36hrs left in the transfer window and players may still leave and leave us weaker. even if Mor hadn't left surely the board and BR would have been looking at the other positions we needed. I know we got our lb but what about the our positions. sorry Ed it gets so frustrating.
7.) 29 Aug 2024 07:18:14
Welcome Mojo. With common sense like that, you won't last long on here ??
Clubs hiolding out for the most they can get for their players and us doing it with MOR are clearly 2 different things amd it's our clubs fault, no matter what.
The fact we have walked from the Bogusz deal suggests they were not flexible in any way with their valuation and we did not value him anywhere near that. Different with Engels as the club clearly value him higher.
For me overpaying for a player just to get them in would deservedly get pelters n here, so if the asking price was too high then we should praise the club for not wasting money.
8.) 29 Aug 2024 09:33:18
Thanks for the warm welcome guys. I have been following the site for quite a while and enjoy the banter and differing view point’s although I do feel some posters very rarely have a positive word to say but that is their prerogative. I hope for the best this transfer window but as the hours pass my positivity is starting to wane!
We have the Champions League draw to look forward to today so let’s see who we get and maybe play some teams we have not played in a while.
Try and keep the faith until the transfer window closes and if it ends poorly for us then everyone has the right to ask questions over the lack of quality transfers in.
Have a great day chaps!
9.) 29 Aug 2024 09:37:14
Reading Mojo's comment I had to doublecheck I was on the right site:-) I know it can be frustrating when it seems like the team is not be strengthened and although i have no proof i am sure a lot on here and those from the darkside were spouting about the boards biscuit tin when we bought an unknown from mk dons for 1.5m instead of spending 20m on someone.
For me the board aren't perfect ( thank God as i find perfect people to be a pain in the a**) but i would rather the club is run by our board than that across the city.
10.) 29 Aug 2024 03:43:11
Agreed ed.
However Rodgers claimed we would sign 1 midfielder and 2 if MOR left. So while I accept that we couldn't buy the second before he left. There is no excuse for not getting the first before mor's departure. Failure to do so will have added millions to the fee.
25 Jan 2024 14:04:01
Its doing the rounds that Greg Taylor has been injured in training and will be out of action for the next month.
1.) 25 Jan 2024 14:37:50
Ohhh imagine we signed a LB before the window opened so he was prepped for the inevitable. Celtic are really badly run atm it’s a joke!
2.) 25 Jan 2024 16:29:32
Just been texted saying we have announced no more signings until n January. Anybody else heard this? If it’s true, that’s utterly shameful, hopefully just mischievous crap, but with our board of dithering s-hitebags who would be surprised?
3.) 25 Jan 2024 16:29:51
John Scales can cover LB like he did at times with Aberdeen.
4.) 25 Jan 2024 16:48:06
Obviously Celtic aren't going to pay say £5 million for a player that is valued at £1 million on the transfer market just using that as a example But its when you hear that we didn't get the player because of 200k difference in what the selling club wants and what Celtic is offering that annoys me.
5.) 25 Jan 2024 17:10:05
Just read brendans quotes and he said they're working behind the scenes but it's been challenging. doesn't sound good.
6.) 25 Jan 2024 17:27:44
The whingeing is too much. Give it a rest.
7.) 25 Jan 2024 20:19:04
@ HenriksTongue, Naw.
8.) 26 Jan 2024 08:22:56
Imagine throwing some patter aboot a patter page n getting told to stop whingeing. Wind yer neck in.
9.) 26 Jan 2024 10:23:05
Seriously. If our club can’t find a couple of players ( from the vast numbers out there ) in our price range who are better than what we have, then we’re not looking in the right place or just not looking. Forward planning is part of the business but unfortunately our board of dinosaurs escaped the ice age. Standing still in football is effectively going backwards and we are decades behind where we should be as a club.
10.) 26 Jan 2024 10:41:42
Imagine throwing some patter about a patter page and being told to wind your neck in ?
Seriously though some guys on here just want us to buy for buying's sake. We already have too many players not good enough that we can't seem to get rid of. Miovski, Shankland would be the exact same
We've a few days left so let's wait and see. We all know how hard it is to get good transfers done in this window.
11.) 26 Jan 2024 13:32:38
That’s the issue though, it isn’t hard to get transfers done. Other teams manage to do it. You should have a list of targets that meet your needs and price range and start from there. If we have a bloated squad it’s because the people doing the buying at our club are basically Shiite at what they do. Any idiot can trawl in a lot of players and get lucky with the odd one, would’ve hoped our club was more professional than that, apparently not. Also I can’t remember seeing one post wanting us to buy for the sake of it, what we want to see is the quality the manager stated we need to IMPROVE. Something we continue to fail to do and have done not for years but decades. This club has been treading water for far too long.
10 Nov 2023 14:58:11
Maeda out for 6 weeks he has may detractors but that's a massive blow for me.
1.) 11 Nov 2023 10:30:58
What's the injury?
2.) 11 Nov 2023 13:27:50
Knee ligaments l.
3.) 11 Nov 2023 13:33:55
The Maeda bashers don't appreciate what he brings to the team. Said a while back what he lacks in technique he makes up for in energy and workrate. The games we've dropped points in all lacked pace and workrate it'll be lacking more with wee Maeda out. Shame really as I've felt since he's moved out to RW his wing play has came on no end.
10 Jul 2023 12:00:54
Calum McGreggor signs a 5 year deal with Celtic.
1.) 10 Jul 2023 12:29:07
Just away to watch on YouTube JFP ?.
{Ed007's Note - ??
2.) 10 Jul 2023 13:36:52
My Celtic Pools guy says rumours of £35k plus bonuses
If True Callum will pocket over £9m over 5 years
My buddy thinks Kyogo and Maeda must be on around that also
So our Board are splashing £27m over 5 years to tie down our important players.
Well done our Board.
3.) 10 Jul 2023 14:12:27
Does anyone else think this could be a sign that we are making changes when it comes to the wage budget?
Give a boost to the established players so that we can give higher wages to a new player and not upset the rest of the squad.
It's great to see the 3 boys rewarded with a new deal regardless.
{Ed007's Note - I've just put the same point on the banter pages about a possible change in the wage structure.}
4.) 10 Jul 2023 15:50:31
It's only way we will progress as long as money spent wisely! We need to break our wage structure or at least increase it so we can make a dent in Europe. Last 16 of champions league or last 4 in europa should be our aim at least . Next year improve on that.
5.) 10 Jul 2023 17:22:27
Fm24 will be out soon and I'll confirm or deny these wages then. ?.
6.) 10 Jul 2023 17:37:52
I have no doubt Cal McG has got a decent pay rise bringing him to approximately £35- £40 thousand a week . What would surprise me is that a Celtic Pool guy would have inside knowledge and would be guessing like myself.
06 Apr 2023 13:41:57
No Taylor or Hatata at training apparently.
1.) 06 Apr 2023 21:11:10
Hopefully good editing from Celtic TV.
I still think Taylor will make it.
2.) 06 Apr 2023 21:29:40
My daughter sent me a photo of Taylor training today.
Hopefully it’s real and not an old photo.
3.) 07 Apr 2023 08:22:39
Seems Reo was doing gym work but joined training later. I assume being monitored by the sports science guys.
4.) 07 Apr 2023 09:56:16
Hopefully both are fit to start tomorrow but if not we have a squad more than capable and will still win with a couple of goals to spare.
5.) 07 Apr 2023 10:56:01
Here’s hoping Hatate can at least make the bench. Even the last 30 mins he could make a big difference.
6.) 07 Apr 2023 11:09:16
Was mooy back training?
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20 Apr 2025 10:16:44
He is not here. He has risen - just as He said. ' Alleluia!
Wishing Ed and all my fellow posters a blessed and holy and happy Easter! ? ☘️.
{Ed007's Note - A happy & blessed Easter to you & your family John and to all the posters & their families too ?
1.) 20 Apr 2025 13:54:58
Let's also remember the brave men of Easter time, 24th April 1916.
2.) 20 Apr 2025 14:00:18
May the joy of the risen Christ be with us for the rest of our time, as we are living in dangerous times.
3.) 20 Apr 2025 19:21:58
Beannachtaí na Cásca ort/ oraibh! "????.
15 Apr 2025 21:18:18
MSPs have awarded themselves a £20k pay rise. Circa 20%. Council tax here up 10% plus a letter that NLC want £40 extra just to take my brown bin with garden waste away. 80% of missiles used to bomb Gaza American. 100% of reconnaissance flights undertaken by the RAF.
Greater redistribution of wealth from the bottom to the the top in the last 40 years than anytime other time in history. Trade unions contributing £30m annually to support a Labour Party committing genocide. No change in statistics since Tory government was replaced by a 'Labour' Government. I use the term lightly. Very woke culture, Net Zero and gender identity agenda and de-industrialisation killing economy while our competitors, China and America are firing up coal fire power stations. Change needs to come from the bottom up. because it won't come from the top down. Colours nailed to the mast. Answers on a postcard.
1.) 15 Apr 2025 21:34:23
PS: thank goodness my hope during this Holy Week is in Jesus.
2.) 15 Apr 2025 22:02:38
Can't argue with any of that mate well said.
3.) 16 Apr 2025 00:24:15
I blame Peter Lawwell?.
4.) 16 Apr 2025 10:22:43
The many damaging years under Hooray Henry Tories has been followed by a shower of imposters that would make traditional Labour stalwarts burl in their tombs. Our own SNP have been infested and diverted by greed and dishonesty and the rest are not even worth a mention.
Too many damaging and divisive decisions have been made by fools that would be too dumb to get into the Monster Raving loony Party.
5.) 16 Apr 2025 13:48:27
100% agree JFP,
I'd also add to that list, (1) the general diluting of Christian beliefs in Scottish society e. g. former elected Paisley SNP politician Mhairi Black inviting a drag queen, stage name 'Flow Job' into a local school to mark LGBT history month, (2) the fact that the traditional Easter school holidays have been moved over the years to the first two weeks in April, irrespective if this falls inside or outside of the Holy Easter celebration (3) the former First Minister of Scotland, Humza Useless making a speech that stated the country was racist as there were two many white people in the top jobs across the civil service and judiciary. (4) Even the reference of Christmas as 'holidays' or 'holiday season' no, it's Christs Mass, Christmas which happens to be a Christian holiday in this country.
Should you not be Christian or ate from a non Christian faith, that's fine, you're welcome to join in or not, but it doesn't change the fact and that won't change to suit you or the woke brigade who think 2,000 years down the road in the 21st century 'feel' you might be offended - I'll happily offend you;- F**K OFF.
Scotland and the UK in general has been in decline for some years on multiple levels. The measures and legislation required to reverse this, I'm afraid, is way beyond the scope of the woke, self serving clowns who've been voted in by the electorate.
Rant over.
☘️ ☘️ ☘️.
6.) 16 Apr 2025 15:00:32
Good, valid additional points Pedro.
7.) 16 Apr 2025 15:03:07
JFP, Pedro 100% agree. But there is hope in the grimness of it all. Christ defeated death. Solid evidence that stands up to scrutiny.
HH.
8.) 16 Apr 2025 15:19:57
If you think it's bad now wait until they take away fiat currencies and replace it with central bank digital currencies.
When that happens we all become slaves with no means of recourse.
9.) 16 Apr 2025 18:29:58
SNP may have had faults, but they were never to blame for the big frauds that Mi5, probably with FBI assistance committed and placed responsibility on SNP Leders . In a blaze of publicity, spread by media to every corner of the earth who had slightest interest, sNp leaders were publicly shamed .
Later the fact that very few have any charges to answer . Has any been found guilty?
What a waste of public money to blacken a Political Party.
10.) 16 Apr 2025 20:43:22
Exactly des. The SNP spent some of their own party funds on a camper van. Obviously they shouldn't be doing it but it was small potatoes and not theft of public funds. However, it got an insane amount of media coverage.
Then we had the Tories who embezzled billions in public funds during COVID and there was barely a mention.
11.) 17 Apr 2025 19:34:38
Would buying a camper van using SNP election funding be wrong, if they had used it whilst campaigning .
Surely a Political Party could use Party election funds buying equipment that would help party to produce more electioneering posters in far less time .
Could it be that Director of Public Prosecutions directed that as SNP could use camper van at Local elections which would come much quicker than next Westminster election, they would have no case to answer .
So much bad publicity over so little has set back Scottish independence by probably 40+ yrs .
The crooks and con men those who make donations to the two big parties practice a form of democracy that normal people do not understand .
Decent voters who care about their Country and its inhabitants are so fed up they don’t vote.
08 Apr 2025 21:42:12
We will defeat the orange Ayrshire badger on Saturday and that will give the sheep all the motivation they need to pump Barry and his bigoted backroom staff in brogues on Sunday. The Aidrie Nostradamus.
1.) 09 Apr 2025 09:13:40
The orange badger ???
Class JFP.
17 Mar 2025 11:10:16
Yes they awake to the reality that they have won nothing and to the fact that Celtic are looking at another treble. But they've scored 9 goals against us in the last three games a win on penalties, a 3-0 defeat away and a 3-2 defeat at home.
I said before the game I was wondering if Rodgers could be tempted to sit in and invite them onto us given they struggle against domestic low blocks and have fared better when teams have a go at them in Europe? But he disrespected them and didn't adapt. Plus yet again we didn't have the balls for it.
Brendan was humbled by Barry.
1.) 17 Mar 2025 13:09:08
It hurts for a few days then we move on. That hurt we feel is what that lot live with year after year! No wonder they are always in rage mode. Our defence needs 2 new CH's and another RB. An enforcer in midfield is also badly needed.
2.) 17 Mar 2025 17:24:05
We should never forget the new club was founded illegally by SFA in a fiddle with C Green and maintained almost annually by Directors paying debts of many millions by loans converted to shares probably worthless . In these dire Financial Times it would be very desirable if Sevco Directors could risk such massive amount of millions
Not only is Sevco’s Finance very questionable, but Police Scotland from time to time shows us where their allegiances lie and certainly doesn’t liee.
SFA referees and VAR regularly show their true colours fully supported by SMSM who also manage to have worrying news for Celtic fans before and after matches.
This one would think would with all the cards stacked against Celtic everyone fans, players manager and Board would unite more than other club anywhere in the World and certainly in the UK and Scotland . The greater part of society in Scotland that have the least interest in football are totally against our club and the founding principles of Bro. Walfrid . We need to work together for Celtic, ignore the nonsense pouring forth from Sevco, Sevco fans and media with their outlandish claims about the glory days. by winning a meaningless game and that is only one true Champions in Scotland and that no tribute club managed by a bankrupt EBT drunk will challenge us.
15 Mar 2025 16:48:22
So what's the predictions for tomorrow score wise? And does Rodgers go with Maeda through the middle and Jota wide? I'm wondering if Rodgers could be tempted to sit in and invite them onto us given they struggle against domestic low blocks and have fared better when teams have a go at them in Europe? That would make best use of our pace up front. Almost treat it like a European game. We certainly played right into their barra at Ibrox in January when it was asking us to go long. Thoughts?
1.) 15 Mar 2025 18:40:00
I reckon we will score at least 3. I think maeda jota and kuhn will start. I don't see us sitting in I think we will take the game right to them. Hopefully we make a fast start which we haven't really done in the 3 derby's this season.
What's your predictions mate?
2.) 15 Mar 2025 18:46:43
DC
We’ll reverse the last scoreline 3-0.
3.) 16 Mar 2025 09:52:03
I was thinking he is not one for surprises or major changes and will play the same team that beat Hibs last week (Cal-Mac permitting) . Sevco will expect this but as long as the players perform, it will make little difference as long as we show the right attitude.
Hatate is due a big performance and can create something from nothing and the front three - on their day - are unplayable. COYBIG.
20 Dec 2023 22:40:58
TC
You’re bang on 100%.
15 Aug 2023 21:38:05
£150k in Euros.
{Ed007's Note - Transfer fees as always recorded in Euros by UEFA and on the that FIFA TMS. Some posters think I'm being a pretentious sod when I put figures up in Euros but it's just what's written and I don't keep up with exchange rates to know the difference.}
08 Aug 2023 21:26:43
Pedro
Agreeing or disagreeing great tae see ye beck on the banter page ye were missed. ☘️ jfp.
08 Aug 2023 18:23:21
Pedro
When you look at the number of midfielders we have McGregor, O’Riley, Turnbull, Holm, Kwon, Iwata etc. if we’re looking at another midfielder it makes the think Hatata is away particularly given Turnbull starting against Ross County.
I don’t think we’re looking at two centre halves because CCV is likely to leave I think it’s more in case one falls through that we don’t have all our eggs in one basket with only three weeks of the window remaining.
I wouldn’t expect us to sign both the Dutch lad and the Swedish lad it will be one or the other particularly as we’ve just signed Rocky. Not sure all would be happy chasing two starting places either.
Really like the look of the Swedish boy he can play football and head a ball my prayers would be answered.
07 Aug 2023 17:21:07
It’s been rumoured it’s the last of the DMcK low release clauses whether that’s true or not who knows the last of which is Abada I believe as the others have signed contract extensions and Abada is about too as well by some accounts.
21 Apr 2025 22:16:35
I thought Idah went down too easy and heading straight up the tunnel when your subbed at a full Celtic Park when people who earn much less than you struggling in poverty and have paid to come a see you is bad feckn craic.
{Ed007's Note - Do you mean when Idah was subbed in the draw with Dundee? He went to get a warmer jacket/coat and came back out to sit on the bench.}
20 Apr 2025 22:12:33
Johnny
You’ve not offended anybody. You look after yourself. God Bless. John.
20 Apr 2025 20:56:51
Hi Johnny. Thanks very much great to hear your take on things. Ad Ed said don’t sweat it - you’re among friends. I’m a practicing Roman Catholic and my Faith is the most important thing in my life. But this is a football forum and Celtic unites us. I’m sure you’re able to respect my beliefs as I am able to respect your rejection of my beliefs. A inability to do that and respect orhers beliefs is the definition of a bigot. You look after yourself my friend. God Bless. ☘️.
20 Apr 2025 17:31:53
Happy Easter 9iar
Keep your chin up - two years isn’t long.
Paying the price of love - I’m sorry to hear that my friend.
God Bless.
20 Apr 2025 08:22:24
KenLikeEh
100%.