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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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12 Oct 2024 18:29:55
A sad day for Scotland . was he perfect? . like you and me. naw he wisnae . but he was genuine and not many politicians attended Martin McGuinness's funeral. the Brit media will crucify him. may Alex and Martin rest in peace and rise in glory. Alba go Bragh.
1.) 12 Oct 2024 19:37:01
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2.) 12 Oct 2024 22:02:23
Well said, that man!
3.) 12 Oct 2024 23:25:32
Those are JFP's pics but that was the only way I know how to get them up ??.
4.) 13 Oct 2024 09:46:53
RIP Alex
A big Jambo ?.
5.) 13 Oct 2024 10:49:41
I will mourn him the sane way I did the queen.
6.) 13 Oct 2024 11:38:22
Not going to lie, I was not a fan.
{Ed007's Note - It was a shame the way things ended but in his prime Salmond was a formidable politician who had the balls to take on Westminster - and he nearly won.
I'd take Salmond over your Sturgeon etc any day when it comes to running - and doing the best for - Scotland.
7.) 13 Oct 2024 13:22:33
There are very few politicians that I like or respect. I could probably count them on one hand.
8.) 13 Oct 2024 14:04:12
Always felt there was something strange about him.
9.) 13 Oct 2024 14:21:48
I'm not into independence but Salmond was a formidable politician who, like you ed, I respect far more than Sturgeon.
10.) 13 Oct 2024 23:11:13
Dc
Whit?
11.) 14 Oct 2024 07:51:28
Jfp1888 I will mourn him the same way I mourned the queen.
03 Sep 2024 19:54:56
What a ball that is from Bernardo for Johnson's cross and Meadas goal. What a pass from Taylor for Kyogo's second. Taylor's passing of a football can be sublime get him signed up to a new deal Celtic.
My first two names on the team sheet on Sunday against the Belgian Beale's Bottlers would have been Calum McGregor and Greg Taylor.
(Aye am watching the highlights for the third day in a row) .
1.) 03 Sep 2024 22:41:15
Heard Taylor is hoping for a move to the states at the end of his contract. Time will tell if true or not.
17 Aug 2024 15:06:41
I've said repeatedly and on the podcast on Thursday night Celtic have neither a recruitment structure of strategy befitting of the clubs stature.
Rodgers obviously agrees given his press conference statements.
Structure.
"The work they've put in over the course of the summer and going back over the months being so diligent covering many games travelling out to games. So, I've done so much work on that front. '
Here's the BUT.
"But it's still an area I think that we can review after the window and see where like every area, every department where we can improve it. '
That translates as they've tried hard but they're out their depth and he's had to take charge.
Strategy.
'if you spend £18 million and you spend it on nine players, I would hope there's a possibility to spend £18 million on three players. That's £6 million each. '
Translated. Don't buy me anymore donkeys it's quality we need.
'It's the level of risk. You can sign a player for one, two million pounds, fine. And you might sell them for £10 million. But you can sign a player for seven or eight, maybe sell them for 30 to 40.it's the same thing, you know.
As Rodgers said in January he'd asked the board to be braver. Start thinking like a big club to realise our potential.
As the Spurs manager said recruitment isn't fast enough. What he was referring to wasn't the time to get deals over the line he meant the fact that season after season the quality that we develop is out the door before the next developmental potential is realised. Matt O'Riley's replacement should have been in the building last summer not this summer.
Thank goodness Brendan is at the helm because Michael Nicholson and the board are taking us nowhere in terms of structure or strategy.
As for Rodgers comments speaking about ticket allocation. 'It's not a Celtic and Rangers thing. It's a Rangers thing', Absolute class.
He's single handily trying to drag the club into the 21st century.
When he said 'trust the process' he wasn't if defending the board as some have suggested he meant his process not the boards process to date but it would take a few years to transform.
He needs to be here for the long here to revolutionise the recruitment structure and strategy. His first love and strength is coaching but there's an argument (for me) for making him Mr Celtic director of football and appointing him to the board. He brings more to the party than many of the incompetents currently on it. He dragged us across the line last season despite the boards failures.
His redemption is complete.
1.) 17 Aug 2024 17:18:33
Not much to disagree with there JFP ?.
2.) 17 Aug 2024 17:43:42
Hands up from me. I didn't want him back as I disliked his arrogance and style of football. However happy to say I can't fault him. Seems to have adapted his style and always has the clubs back. Fair play mr Rodgers. More than happy to eat humble pie on this one.
3.) 17 Aug 2024 22:19:01
Same for me Gerry, I obviously rated him and said I’ll be happy as long as we win the league but I didn’t expect to fall in love again. His redemption is complete.
4.) 18 Aug 2024 10:29:35
Circle of life managers come and go same with players. I thought the reaction at the time was a bit ott from supposedly grown men and when it comes for him to move on again I expect the same or similar reaction as last time from some fans.
04 Aug 2024 14:02:55
It's an absolute disgrace Buzz.
Just heading for the train and we should be buzzing on flag day.
I can't get my head around not having signed one outfield player other than last years loanee and starting the new season weaker than we finished. Who is heading up recruitment?
The board have taken their lack of vision, ambition and professionalism to new depths.
No cover at left back. A centre half who is only at the club because Aberdeen were £50k short of cash. A lone striker and we sold Oh. We can't even get the player we had on loan last year who just about single handed rescued the league and won the cup for us over the line.
50,000 season tickets. A sold out stadium today. £100m in the bank. A CEO who was there 10 years before Dom McKay was appointed and wasn't deemed the man for the job.
It's an absolute shambles. This is a board that were cracking jokes about Rangers at the AGM. They let Rodgers down during his first tenure. They let him down in last summer transfer window. They let him down again in the January window to such an extent Rodgers pulled a rabbit out the hat himself with Idah and he's done it again with Schmeichel.
That people would defend them beggars belief. Being better than the financial basket case across the Clyde is no benchmark. I've said repeatedly they are out their depth and are at the limits of their individual and collective capabilities. They have £100m in the bank because of us not because of anything they've done. I won't be shelling out £180 for Champions League package. And they're threatening Celtic bloggers with legal action?
1.) 04 Aug 2024 14:21:18
Spot on JFP. A club founded to help the poor are now a club with greedy capatilists who are money driven relics. I mentioned earlier about CcV Kyogo Taylor getting injured and we have nobody to replace them is a fecking shambles. The players and manager hopefully make it a joyous day but the Board will get a few chants directed at them! The asleep at the wheel banner is apt.
2.) 04 Aug 2024 14:36:12
Good post JFP can't argue with any of that. this is on them they better hope we don't pick up an injury to a key player. surely there's business this week to get done. if sevco had our finances you better believe they'd spend.
3.) 04 Aug 2024 14:37:45
The league flag flying today feeds their complacency and self importance, but the shortsighted, over-confidence will bite them on the arse if they fail to back the manager. I wonder what the banners will read today, as I am certain most of the support are angry too.
4.) 04 Aug 2024 14:38:28
Would you rather sign 4/ 5 players that don’t improve the squad or wait a while longer for a higher calibre player?
5.) 04 Aug 2024 14:55:06
@ken We have been waiting since last summer for players who improve our first team. How long do we have to wait?
6.) 04 Aug 2024 14:55:49
100% JFP ?
Our board are a group of corner shopkeers from the mid 20th century who find themselves in charge of Sainsbury's - completely out of their depth.
☘️ ? ☘️.
7.) 04 Aug 2024 15:12:51
I like the analogy Pedro. ??.
8.) 04 Aug 2024 15:39:14
Weejoe ?
BTW, I've just went onto the poll and chose the 'recruitment team' as the option to choose both them and the double act of Nicholson and McKay wasn't available ?
☘️ ? ☘️.
9.) 04 Aug 2024 15:40:53
Am I wrong in saying that the board apologized for the winter window? I get that we still have almost 4 weeks to this window closes But I really did think we would have most of our dealings done by now, and just had some tweaks to do if say players left or a good deal came along, I really didn't think that we would be going into the new season with only one left back and one striker on our books It just reaks of bad ( complacent ) management from the board. I don't blame BR for this at all.
10.) 05 Aug 2024 07:58:23
I totally get and share everyone's frustration but is part of the problem the players Brendan wants (quality) play for teams who's season is still a few weeks away from starting and their clubs just are not interested in selling at this time, added to the Euro's and the whole transfer market is pretty slow.
29 Jul 2024 22:00:29
Buzz
The board are a disgrace.
One week to go before the start of the new season and at present we're weaker than we ended last season having only won the league because the greatest asset we have at the club the manager dragged us over the line.
£100 million in the bank and were starting the new season next week with Scales at centre half no cover at left back neither of the two guys we had last year over resigned Idah who won us the league and cup or Bernardo sorted and wan striker with a shoulder injury.
After last two transfer window panned in please God don't let the board apologists speak.
As for the clubs support for American charities to canvass support please could you donate to St Mary's in the Calton our birthplace who are on their knees financially.
You give nothing because theirs nae money in supporting Catholicism but you're quick to rip the arse out it when we've a high profile funeral and you can gee it a lick of paint.
And on another note is politics in or out or is just your politics that's in? Am nae dafter on the pride flag than you were on the Palestime flag.
1.) 29 Jul 2024 23:54:53
The Celtic Board are taking all our domestic rivals very lightly especially the Ibrox club with all their troubles.
I was expecting to add a minimum of Idah and Bernardo before the season started and then another 4 signings before September.
But I don’t think we will sign Idah before the weekend.
The summer transfer window was always frustrating because we were always led to believe our budget depended on which European competition Celtic would enter.
Each year, Celtic would be scrambling for last minute deals about 5 or 6 domestic games into the season.
Last season we were already knocked out of the league cup and it’s not impossible for that to happen again against Hibs.
The Celtic Board can’t use that same excuse because this is our 3rd consecutive season without Qualifiers because Celtic are again already guaranteed CL football.
I’m still confident we will get the right players in before September but it’s not ideal preparation for the CL when new signings will just in the door only a few weeks before the 1st group match.
The Celtic Board are not being fair to Brendan and his new signings because they will still be expected to work wonders in that short preparation time.
2.) 30 Jul 2024 07:31:18
The thing with social media is you need to be very careful on your opinions, anything of a slight negative towards the club is seen by some as total betrayal. I fully understand there's 5 weeks or so of the window left, but with 5 days left before our opening game of the season I don't think its madness to think wed have done a bit more business before now, for example bernardo and idah at least. as it stands right now we're starting the league weaker squad wise than we finished last season. and as already stated, its ok bringing players in right up to the final minutes of the window, but its giving these guys very little time to bed in before the european games, hardly ideal.
3.) 30 Jul 2024 08:27:07
Business should always be done early, but if the recruitment team don't even exist then it's no surprise the situation we find ourselves in!
4.) 30 Jul 2024 13:14:53
Domestic season starts on Sunday, last season for 13 or more sPl games Scalescwas our leading centre half . Despite many people letting him know the didn't like him. Scales who played 34 / 38 SPl games 13 without CCv and lo and behold we won the League . Taylor played almost all games at Lb for last 3 winning seasons . What can be so terrible playing. one SPl game with Taaylor and Scales.
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.
06 Nov 2024 01:22:05
Derry Tim
There’s a gentleman I have gone to watch Celtic with for 50 years…. he’s 74 and he just said it’s the best performance since the Lions…. we held on against Juventus…. tonight we dominated for 90 minutes…. did the huddle in the champions league…. and watched Glasgow Celtic putting on the style against the second team in the Bundisliga…. who were assembled at a cost of £550 million and who have only lost 5 goals this season in the league…. who was the last individual performance in Europe to stand comparison to Nicholas Khun tonight……Larsson’s in the EUFA cup final?
06 Nov 2024 01:09:07
For whit leg?
23 Oct 2024 22:15:37
I thought Scales was excellent despite having to play on his wrong side to accommodate Trusty who also had a very good game.
I’d said at time to Campsieboy after Dortmund drubbing that I hoped when Rodgers said he wouldn’t change his tactics that I just hoped what he’s saying and what he’ll be daen are two different things. Thankfully that was the case. He got it as right tonight as he got it wrong in Dortmund.
23 Oct 2024 16:58:02
Staying in the game for a long as possible and avoiding another pumping is the order of the day and we should set up accordingly to avoid the negative impact on morale another bleaching would do to remainder of champions league campaign where there’s still games to be won and on domestic campaign.
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