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I wish Momo all the best, he was a good character if not necessarily a player of Celtic's standard, but he's the first off the wage bill, and the £100k to boot is good news.
Interestingly O'Neill said he's not the only 'want away player' he smoothed the way for a quick exit, to clear GS' desk, any news on who the other's are officially, i'v heard all the rumours, Balde, Douglas etc is that all?
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Fernandez, Laursen, Rab, Hedman next maybe. Question, why dont we offer Hedman in part exchange for Neimi?? He would do a job for Southampton in that league they went down to. I wonder if there is a Q at the managers door this morning, players being told, yer oot, or yer in :-)
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According to the BBC website, Douglas has also joined. With Sylla on a reported £15,000 a week I would imagine that Big Rab would be on a similar wage that means we have already freed £1.56m in wages!
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Well Paul it was worth the wait, the big story, Sylla goes.
Seriously, a good deal, release wages and £100k, can't remember when Celtic last did this.
We always appear to be on the receiving end of a 'doing' in any negotiations.
With reference to anon 9.32 on the other subject, maybe Celtic have employed a good salesman to negotiate and he's just clinched his first deal .... £100,000 .... result.
PS... Cmon Paul you must be getting bored keeping that story all to yourself, what is it? We won't tell anyone :-)
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Good to hear that celtic have started clearing out the high earner/underachievers off the wage bill.
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Have to say, I'm sorry it didn't work out for Momo. Not the world's best player but he was perhaps someone who could've been moulded to become a better player than he was. Always looked as if he'd run himself into the ground when he got a chance too.
Having said all that, he wasn't up to the task but he'll probably do well at Leicester. All the best Momo
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Good luck to Momo. I´ll always remember MON´s double substitution when we were 2-1 down in Lyon at the end of 2003. He brought on Wallace and Sylla, as two wide men, and it was Momo who hassled the Lyon left back, stuck a foot out and the ball went in the direction of Sutton. The big man lunged at the ball with his left foot and it went in and we were about to qualify for the next stage of the CL. Alas it was not to be, there is always a fine line between anguish and elation in football
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Can anyone confirm if celtic have released details of a fee as the last information i had was that Sylla was going to be freed in exchange for termingating his contract one year early. His 'people' had in the first instance talked about a payoff for cancelling the contract.
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Momo was very frustrating-he obviously has bags of skill but somehow manged to stop short of being a great player.Blinker was much the same-I always thought he had a great first touch but would then do something daft-plus we never forgave the lack of bottle.
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Momo is best summed up that most of his best performances came in preseason friendlies or testimonials - the Arsenal game at Highbury comes to mind - hopefully first of many squad members who will leave and replaced with other of better quality
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Glad to see we are getting rid of some of the rubbish that we have on the fringes of the team.
Dont think we need a 'poker face' just good business men doing the deals.
Douglas has gone according to the BBC website - good riddance to him as well
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Paul, great site by the way, the most interesting Celtic site by far that i've found.
Anyway, when do you plan to tell us all the "Big Story"? I think everybody on the site is on the edge of their seats!
BelfastBhoy
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Schneer (or should it be sneer?),
I remember Douglas's save from a free kick at the death against Dundee United recently, which was crucial at that stage of the season. He dropped some clangers but pulled off some important saves too. We need better than Douglas but supporters expecting keepers to save everything is just unrealistic.
I wouldn't say good riddance, I'd say thanks for giving your all to the club but it's time we both moved on
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anon 11.53 - dont you remember the Vignal howler and who can forget that great night in Seville when he sold the jerseys (twice)
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Sorry to post these again, but I have a habit of getting lost on the end of the old thread when a new one starts. A couple of cases of Scot-bashing by the English media mugs:
Firstly I felt the need to email the writer of the following article to complain about his ridiculous statement that "Gordon Strachan is not an overwhelmingly popular appointment with Celtic fans".
I suggested that he visit this site, where he will see that this is clearly a false statement, and invited him to retract the statement from his article. I do not expect him to do so.
http://www.thisishampshire.net/hampshire/southampton/sport/SOTON_SPORT_THESAINTS0.html
And there is no way that Celtic would pay £4M for a 33 year old goalkeeper.
And another one...
http://newcastleunited.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=893&p=2&stid=8382265
"STRACHAN - WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
By L Teasdale
Date: 1/6/2005
He has only been in the job 24 hours, but new Celtic manager Gordon Strachan has revealed the club's dream of moving to the Premiership has substantial support in England. What the hell do we want with those biggots in England?"
Well, there are only really two things we can say in response to that:
1. It's "bigots", not "biggots". I think he is getting confused with "maggots", which is what two thirds of the teams in the EPL are, feeding off the scraps from the big boys.
2. Now then, let's have a look at the respective reputations of English and Scottish fans across Europe:
Every time the English fans embark on an overseas trip we see the biggest security operation ever witnessed in their destination country, as their hosts quake in their boots at the prospect of the invading hooligans.
Meanwhile Celtic take 80,000 to Seville without even the slightest hint of trouble. And after being knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Villarreal their fans set up supporters clubs to come and watch Celtic again. My, we must have terrified them!
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Douglas always gave Celtic everything he had, a good honest pro.
How can he be blamed for the Vignal howler - it was 2 years after previous howlers. In which case - its the managers fault.
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BigChips Uk - i was trying to watch that England game last night on the telly & ended up under the covers with a beer in one hand & moved onto the bush - can you tell me where i went wrong?
regards
Momo's leather troosers
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I agree with earlier posts. Are we sure we are getting £100k for Momo?
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Schneer,
I replied already but doesn't seem to be coming up. Douglas was a good honest pro..he made some howlers, he made some good saves. Don't think he deserves to be vilified any more than those defenders who've made some howlers of mistakes over the years.
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Rammiebhoy/Belfast Bhoy, story tomorrow (assuming no more major news).
Bigchipsuk, interesting quote from the Newcastle fan. Let me assure you, Freddie Shepherd thinks differently.
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I agree with anon 12.15, i think our shaky defence was more to blame than Rab, and truly think we never replaced Johan Mjalby, he was cool calm and collected, and clearly done the thinking for Bobo. Remember Rab was in nets when we had the best defensive record in Britain.
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Thanks Paul,
I can sit back in my seat for while!
Cheers
BelfastBhoy
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Bigchipsuk
The GUFFS were even at it at the friendly in America last night!!!
Cheers
Murph
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Rab Douglas had his bad moments but he was not constantly bad. He made some fine saves and most of the time did the needful in goal. Okay so he was no Buffon, but then who is? (the reply came back 'Buffon, you diddy').
Whereas, in my opinion, Momo was beyond redemption. The only thing he was good at was falling on his backside. The man could not stand up for falling down. {interesting fact - Momo is actually a good player on Champ Man, which speaks volumes for the Champ Man database!)
I am more happy to see Momo go then Rab. So if Rab is going then good luck to ya big man, hope you do well at your new team.
What ever happened to the Lemmens guy that was about to join?
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The club has come to the end of an era, and for each of the players that do move on in the summer, I would like to thank them all for their efforts. Some more than others.
With regards to Momo, as well as his goal against Basel, his performance at Anfield was outstanding, but he possibly didn't get the chances due to Agathe's consistent form.
Big Rab also looks like he is sharing a Pickfords van with Momo, and I would like to also thank him for his contribution to the Hoops over the past 5 years.
While he has been much criticised for individual errors, he has had some fantastic matches. Who can forget his performance in Valencia?
I have the feeling that they will be the first 2 of many heading out of Celtic Park this summer? (If summer is the correct word, given todays weather).
T.O.T.
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As we have seen it takes a long time to move on a high salary bench warmer. Players have came to CP and doubled their wages and done nothing, sending our wage bill soaring.
We need quality even if we can only afford two or three. A quality player inspires the team and the youths. A journeyman is a long term financial drain and demotivates young talent.
No more squad players, first XI only required.
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Big Rabs goals conceded record last season stands up pretty well. Although his mistakes were pretty much all critical mistakes.
For that reason alone it is time to wave adieu. My priority would be a real (not pretendy) top class GK.
Other than Niemi cant think of one tho'. That then is probably the reason that we have had no real top class GK. If we can find one can we have him please.
All the best to Rab & Momo.
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Given is the best keeper in the prem, consistently consistent!
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Thanks to Momo and Rab. I think they both did the best they could even which is as much as you can ask.
Om a separate note I watched the GS interview on the website and was a little concerned about one comment. It went along the lines of 'the fans will eventually know the budget (from the signings) and will then have to set their expectations accordingly'. That to me suggests lower them rather than raise them. Anyone else have any feelings about that remark?
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Momo's leather troosers:
Where did you go wrong? Well, if you had a beer in one hand you clearly weren't keeping a breast of the situation with the level of interest demanded by Mrs Troosers.
Re: Momo. I don't think he ever got a real chance to prove himself. True, he did do a remarkably good impression of Paulo Wanchope at times (how are the opposition supposed to know where the ball and his feet are going next if even HE doesn't know?!), but he also made a good few positive contributions. I think he took more criticism than he perhaps merited. Good luck in England Momo - the weather's better if nothing else.
Re: Rab. He made more top notch saves than howlers over the piece. And it's not an easy job being a goalkeeper for a team that is so much better than the opposition. You do nothing for 20 minutes then a shot appears out of the blue and has to be dealt with. It's too easy to drift off and start watching the game on the big screem - then realise that the guy standing still with the ball flying towards him is... yourself!
I wish big Rab all the best at Leicester also. Perhaps we'll see both of them on the Fantasy League player lists when Leicester get promoted... or not?
And I hope Bayern hurry and make their move for Bobo, as I don't want him at CP next season. He clearly isn't a Celtic man at heart, just a mercenary out to make his millions. Liam Miller mark 2?
On keepers, all those who were generally regarded to be the best play(ed) behind rock solid defences. Look at Zoff, Banks, Seaman, Clemence, Schmeichel. Most of the opposition attacks never made it through the defence, and those that did usually only resulted in half chances, or were from long range. e.g. Italy v Holland (x2) in the 1978 WC semi and v Brazil (x2) in the 3rd place play off... both whilst trying to defend a 1-0 lead (NEVER a good idea - GS take note!).
If GS can get a great defence sorted, either from what we have or with some additions, then maybe our keeper will also eventually be regarded as one of the greats.
Finally, not sure about Paul Hartley. Isn't he a couple of years too old? And he signed a new contract in order to secure Hearts a fee - Liam and Bobo take note.
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Wish both players the best of luck at their new club. Momo flattered to decieve, while big Rab made some great saves, his record against the huns was abysmal. I forget the exact number of goals he conceded against them but it was shockingly high.
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I'm glad to see that we are starting the rebuilding process quickly this year. Hopefully we will see new faces coming sooner rather than later. We must remember that the champions league qualifiers are going to be upon us very soon, so we can't afford to wait.....but judging from yesterday's press conference, the signs look promising.
I found it interesting that on his first day GS is already talking about celtic being in the EPL....has he been told something already???
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Tell me - how is getting rid of more players rebuilding?
If I were you I would stay calm until we have some definite news.
3 years of non activity does tend to make you a bit cautious!
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From last thread I think, sorry.
Can someone please tell me exactly what we turned down when NTL paid rangers £31million. If its half our media rights as is often stated does that mean that every time someone pays £5 to watch rangers on the internet NTL get £2.50. Surely the mint isn't that short sighted?
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I think it's churlish to be disrespectful or even Schneer-ing towards players who did their best for the club. Neither Douglas or Sylla were multi-million-pound buys but they gave their all and put in some tremendous performances.
Bob the Builder was fabulous in Valencia, great against Boavista in Oporto and had some great games against Rangers - although he had a handful of stinkers as well. Keepers have no hiding place when they make mistakes. Look at England last season, where only Cech at Chelsea avoided a litany of howlers. And Liverpool fans had despaired of Dudek's boo-boos against Man U before his heroics last Wednesday (and he was lucky to get away with a couple of bad fumbles during that match as well).
As for Momo, he was never quite good enough to hold down a regular starting place and his lack of positional awareness infuriated MON. I particularly remember a daft mistake in the 3-3 match against Rangers when he let Lovenkrands away to cross for De Boer seconds after we'd gone ahead. That said, he signalled the end of Lovenkrands's easy rides against us when he gave him a fearful blootering at Ibrox. I always liked Momo. Which is why Celtic fans are lucky I've never been manager of the club!
We must hope both will be replaced by players with the requisite class and character. But let's not denigrate those who did their job to the best of their ability and left the club on good terms. Good luck to both of them.
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"No more squad players, first XI only required."
Good thinking Milktray - but we need some subs don't we? And better hope we get no injuries...
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I have listened to both the BBC and one with John Cole. I think we should not make too much of the comment about the fans/budget/expectation. It would be remiss of GS if he gave anyone any idea of the amount he had to spend.
I hope that when the dust settles our expectations are high. However, that can quickly lead to disappointment. I know when MON came in I didn't have great expectations and would much rather have had Guus Hiddink. I remember the morning of the MON first OF game. I said to my mate (a rangers fan) that the game had come too early. If we got out of the game still at the top of the league I would have been happy. After 15minutes I was ecstatic.
GS has handled his first couple of days well. I think it is good he is very much hands on. I hope he is as good as his word and tries to improve every player. I know of a few players that need to learn to pass, a couple that need to learn to cross and one that needs both of these and taught to knock the ball past someone and use his pace as a weapon (like he used too).
I think too that the fact that we have two CL qualifiers can work in our favour. It will give the new team time to gel before the really serious stuff.
Roll on that big story Paul. The site is certainly harder work to read now. With so many people contributing I find myself little time to post, or someone steals your thunder before you get a chance. Keep up the good work.
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Bigchipsuk :
1. This site is NOT representative of the majority of Celtic fans IMHO. This site is a reserve of too "excited" Celtic fans - led by Paul"everything is great-buy your season ticket NOW using your Celtic Credit Card"67
2. "www.thisishampshire.net" and
"newcastleunited.rivals" are not representative of the English media. Why didn't you quote Kerrang or Popbitch instead ?
3. I doubt if GS/Liam/Bobo read this site - so plase refrain from asking them to "take note"
3. Silly name BTW
Littlefryblow
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Taken from the BBC site today:
`Hibernian striker Derek Riordan could be a Celtic player next season. BBC Sport understands that the Glasgow club have made an enquiry about the 22-year-old, who scored 23 goals this season and is in the Scotland squad. Riordan still has 18 months left on his current contract, but Hibs are listening to offers after he failed to agree a new one at Easter Road. New Celtic manager Gordon Strachan could move for Riordan if he fails to sign Craig Bellamy from Newcastle.
Bellamy was a success on loan to Celtic for the second half of the season and Strachan has already received indications that he would be interested in remaining in Glasgow.'
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The evening times are reporting that Celtic are in talks with Man Utd over a yet un-named player.
Anybody have any idea? Paul - Have you heard anything of this?
Frank Farrell
Bargeddie
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Au contraire mon ami. En effet je lis cet emplacement. Bobo va vous obtenir.
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Littlefryblow...."This site is NOT representative of the majority of Celtic fans IMHO. This site is a reserve of too "excited" Celtic fans - led by Paul"everything is great-buy your season ticket NOW using your Celtic Credit Card"67"
I would guess that the majority of fans do not know about the web site and are still reading the red tops for the latest info.
The big attraction of the site is that we can learn about the financial side and business side more than anywhere else.
A lot of people on finding the site state that it is the best thing available for Celtic supporters on the net.
We are excited because we see things beginning to happen, hope you will be just as excited if and when they do happen!
Your entitled to your opinion, and we all agree that sometimes Paul gets it wrong, but there is other contributors that are in the debate and make it the site that it is.
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Great No8,
I was of the same idea that Syllas'last year on his contract was cleared so he would take up the offer and get off the books.
Cabbage
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Just as you mention the Evening Times, I see they have ran a front page story today that TFOD are releasing a limited no. of strips for the new season minus the Carling logo for Muslim supporters.
Fair enough. The article then goes on to urge Old Firm rivals to do the same.
Well, if they had bothered to check with the superstore or any of the shops the new top can be ordered without the sponsor as was the case last season as well. Now that is lazy journalism.
Francine McGuire
In the family Changing Rooms with mirrors at my feet
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Johnbhoy - nice play on words - I like it.
I can't remember any 'tremendous' performances by Sylla. Did he ever play 90mins. I seem to remember his best position being at the touchline in his trackie.
There's a lot of 'excitement' on this page over supposed comments from Strachan yesterday. Think we should hold our breath until something tangible comes along.
I'm also very concerned if we are starting to look at un-named players!
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Tony :
I agree with most of what you said - except your ascertertion that "we can learn about the financial side and business side more than anywhere else".
Everything is about spin. Yes, the re-tops usually spin an anti-Celtic thread - but the guff spouted on here is far too rosy. Is Paul really B.Quinn in disguise ?
Red Tops/CQN - 2 wrongs do not make a right.
Littlefryblow
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Littlefryblow
If you believe that "the guff spouted on here is far too rosy"
why do you waste your time not only looking at this site but bother to post on it?
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Littlefryblow
If you dont like what you see theres always the redtops or other less informed sites that you can go to
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Some advice for Anon 2.05
Everything is about spin - don't go down this 'all politicians lie' type generalisms.
Likewise this site...is pro the celtic board yes. If you don't like this angle then find another site.
The red tops are an insult to most people's intelligence and I, for one wouldnt add to their coffers. Buy either the Herald or the Guardian if its measured, structured debate yer after
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I know its silly season and we shouldnt comment on rumour and speculation but;
If we fail to get bellamy (£6m player) and replace him with Riordan (£1m) will we all still be singing the praises of Wee GS?
To be convinced (TBC)
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Thedominie, Rangers sold half their Internet media rights for a fee of what I think was £15million to an NLT company Premier TV.
Thanks TheMadMurph
Frank Farrell, the Neville brother who plays left back has been mentioned.
Anon 1.59, in French according to babel fish has said:
“On the contrary my friend. Indeed I read this site. Bobo will get you”
If indeed you are Bobo, drop me an email. I promise not to ask questions about you moving.
Many thanks again, Tony. I need the tin hat these days. As I have said before, some people would rather Celtic fans would stop discussing the matters we do in this manner: “shut-up you CQN people or I’ll come on and say I disagree with you all, even those who offer both sides of the argument. Now get back to reading what I read.”
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Anon who has just been removed. This is a family site for a family club. If you cannot contribute without gutter language, even by abbreviation, don’t bother.
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Afternoon Paul
Can you let the site know where you got the £100k figure from? I never saw anything on the newsewires about celtic receiving a fee.
As for the potential neville link, if any of you have Man U supporting friends then ask them what they made of the nevilles getting new contracts worth 50k per week a year or so ago.
I am told Mr Strachan has made an enquiry about Kieran Richardson.
McStay
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2:24 PM, Anonymous et.al.
For all of you who think, for what ever reason, this site not worth reading do us a favour and stop reading it.
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The un-named ManUre player is apparently O'Shea.
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Littlefryblow....I have met Paul and can assure you he is not B Quinn in disguise.
He's a supporter who reads the accounts and researches his stories, this is derived from a true passion for the club we all support.
The web would be a poorer place without CQN in my opinion.
It was the one place we could let our feelings and thoughts out last week which for many of us was amongst the worst in our lifetime as Celtic supporters.
It was the place we all started to feel better together.
Paul gets no money from the site, it is done more as a hobby and no revenue comes in from it through advertising etc.
He as a young family as well as a business to run.
The time he puts in, in my opinion is worthy of more than some of the negative points and accusations made at him.
There is a golf day out in the near future, anyone who thinks that Paul is one of the board in disguise would do well to go there and see for yourself.
No one has to agree with everything said, room is there to debate.
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For what it's worth I can't find anything mentioning a fee for Momo either, and the following site states explicitly that it was a free transfer (see below). However, for the sake of £100,000 is it really that significant? After all, that only amounts to about 2½ weeks wages for Craig Bellamy!
http://www.teamtalk.com/teamtalk/News/Story_Page/0,7760,1863_500567,00.html
"Foxes snare Sylla on free
Leicester boss Craig Levein has completed the signing of midfielder Momo Sylla, with goalkeeper Robert Douglas set to follow him from Celtic.
Sylla, who had one year remanining on his Celtic deal, has joined on a free transfer."
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I am sure paul can defend himself but it seems a bit rich that people use the very forum he created to launch personal attacks.
Its great that people dont agree life would be very dull if we all did but lets keep it civilized. If posters are lambasted for their opinions people will no longer post and the celtic debate in general will be the loser.
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what's the point in coming on here to slate the site or paul's journalism, unless you are from the dark side. People always have different points of view on this site and that's what makes it so good.
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What annoys me about some of the contributors to this site is they can not give a critique with out resorting to personal attacks.
You can disagree with Paul, is is allowed!! Just keep the tone civil.
That's not too much to ask for, is it?
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Lets get back to the football stuff.
As I posted up from the BBC site we seem to be interested in Derek Riordan anyone got thoughts on him. I don't see him as other than buying into a longer term potential player. By that I mean we would be wise to get him now rater than try and buy him 3-4 years down the line as an established player.
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Weight of evidence (the Leicester web site) seems to be pointing against my information that a £100k fee was paid. Clearly ‘Paul talks *!* rubbish’.
Concur with your thoughts on £50k per week Great No. 8.
Riordan outplayed McGeady last month Celticbhoy. Worth a wee gamble.
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CelticBhoy,
How established do you want?
The guy scored a hatful of goals this season in the very league Celtic are playing in.
Why can't we buy him and allow him to mature at CP?
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Paul,
Someone suggested in an earlier post that you could enforce signing into blogger before posting a comment. Whilst this is undoubtedly never going to prevent some of the more unwelcome comments it would surely deter many.
I welcome the debate on this site, and read as many posts as possible( both positive and negative- whatever way you look at it)and make my own informed decision on whether i retain or bin.
An incredible site that i am totally addicted too, and it seems many others too.
On the subject of GS, i welcome him into the Celtic family. Signings will arrive and players will depart - my belief is that GS has the total committment to the job that we all expect and demand in his position.
Lets see how things unfold in the coming season and whilst i try not to look through rose tinted glasses i suspect many will wish to retain GS than discard him to dusty bin.
HAIL, HAIL!!
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Riordan is a good player but is he going to be first choice? if not then we have able young players of our own who need developed.
This season we must spend on players for now. We have an allegedly very succesful youth system, these are the ones who should be the squad players.
In an ideal world it would be good to snap up all the young talent we can but budget is limited and we need 4 players for the first XI, this must be the priority.
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"Paul talks *!* rubbish’"
Aye.
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I think the type of signings mentioned in various quarters i.e Hartley, Neville, Huckerby, Riordan fit out profile of younger pacey, adaptable players.
Add to them one or two others - bellamy or keane being the dream scenario as well as maybe niemi.
Further add Beattie and McGeady (our brighest hopes) and our attacking options stop looking so predictable (probably now looks inconsistent if anything!!!!)
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Hope your correct Tom64 about O'Shea.
Or is it prhaps Kleberson?
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Paul67 you seem to agree with me when you said he was “Worth a wee gamble.”
As do you Tom64 when you said “Why can't we buy him and allow him to mature at CP”
My point is that he would have to wait his time along with some others at CP especially if we manage to get either Keane or hold on to Bellamy.
Taking the transfer issue further:
1) Is it not the case that you told us Paul67 that the policy was to go for younger players rather than the policy of last year of trying to get older `named’ players.
2) The country we were to look at was not England but more likely Germany for potential signings.
3) I don’t think this policy will have changed even with the turnover of late.
4) Also given that we have major problems in the defence trying to keep cleansheets and with WGS saying that you get a team with a sound defence and then get your quality players to make the difference up front should we not be thinking of who will fill the very much needed defensive positions.
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Interesting site - if a bit too nicey-nicey.
Riordon would be interesting - like him as a player. I guess there will be a lot of speculation for the next few weeks to get us all "excited".
(BTW en français, a Web Site is "Site Web" -pronounced Seet Web of course. Emplacement is more of a physical place. C'est la vie.).
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O'Shea rumour (for that is what it is) comes from keep-the-faith.
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Hi Paul,
Have you heard anything about Gordon Strachan being on a retainer for last 12 months at all?
I have a friend who's saying that when Martin's wife was first diagnosed last year Celtic were lining up Strachan to take over but then Mrs O'Neill had a period of remission so the board decided to hold him on retainer for the year.
This might explain how the events over the past week have moved so smoothly.
Hail, hail.
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As soon as any football type fan website becomes popular the loonies flock there with their loony or even worse postings. I agree its now time to make this site password controlled - but how? - when trying to open an account every user name I've entered when asked for one is 'Sorry, not available' How can you get round this Paul?
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Thebhoys67: It wouldn't surprise me at all. MON was on a 1 year rolling contract, and as such would, I believe, have had to give one year's notice to quit. Assuming that he did this, then the club would have been making moves over the last year to secure a suitable replacement.
Shame the same can't be said for the club after receiving Henrik's year's notice!
WEE TAM: Yup, you're right about "the loonies". I gave up on the BBC message boards because the average mental age was about 7, and it was just one long slagging match. I now use CQN and www.iii.co.uk (search for share code CCP, and there is a discussion board), as the discussions are generally far more sensible, relevant and mature.
Anything that can be done to prevent this site sliding down the BBC MB route would be welcome.
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It's funny how opposite veiws are considered "loony, or worse".
This site is pretty good. Paul lives in a dream world, but some of his wee ramblings are interesting. Looking forward to the "Big Post". Probably along the lines of "The Celtic Board have announced WGS as manager - isn't it exciting !"
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I heard a rumour (from a "source") that we may be swapping Hartson with Phillips from Southampton.
DSTM
GingerAvenger
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Sorry for breaking thread !
Francine - Anon 2.02 said :
"Well, if they had bothered to check with the superstore or any of the shops the new top can be ordered without the sponsor as was the case last season as well"
This only applies to kids tops AFAIK.I tried to buy the Home top 03/04 at Celtic Park Superstore in Aug 03, without the carling logo, as I reckoned they spoilt a great version of the hoops, with that logo emblazoned on it, and was told it only applied to kids tops.
Not sure if this is still the case, but try buying the new top, without the carling logo - i'm quite sure they will say the same.
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Hartson scored 30 goals for us this season - no way could we let him go this summer. I agree that maybe if his end of season form continues he could be moved on but he's got to stay
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3.41 me thinks you get your fun trying to wind people up! Just home from school?
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Bigchipsuk,
surely the years notice would not have applied to MON under the unfortunate circumstances! Hopefully I'll never have to be in that position, but if I was I certainly wouldn't be thinking about contract lengths and the likes.
bryanboru
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Mes Amis du Celtic park.Je departe a Munich a lundi et apres ca quand je retourne a Celtic Park je joue pour un plus grand e'quippe, Bayern en le Champions league et gange.Je pense je suis traus bein pour le SPL et les Bundisliga est pour moi avec le beer et le brockwurst.Merci pour ma temps ici en glasgow mais je nes pas si je vous mange un autre parkhead pudding.
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Taken from skysports:
`Skysports.com understand Celtic have had a bid for Derek Riordan rejected by Hibernian.
New Celtic boss Gordon Strachan has admitted that he had already outlined his transfer targets after taking over from Martin O'Neill and it is thought Riordan is top of his list.
Strachan has wasted very little time in making his interest known and is believed to have made an enquiry for the highly-rated striker.
Celtic could be in the market for a new striker with doubts still surrounding their pursuit of Craig Bellamy, with the Welshman's loan deal expiring last weekend.
Hibs have put Riordan up for sale after he turned down the club's first offer of a new deal at Easter Road.
Riordan has just over a year to run on his current contract and Hibs could be ready to cash-in on him rather than risk seeing him see out his contract.
Hibs boss Tony Mowbray is keen to keep hold of Riordan and he rejected the offer from Celtic for Scotland's Young Player of the Year.'
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3:41 PM, Anonymous:
I do not regard "opposite views" as "loony". People are perfectly entitled to post ANY views, positive or negative, but I do prefer them to be factual, or at least to proffer reasoned arguments. I do however object to personal insults or put downs, as these are unnecessary and unproductive.
Littlefryblow:
I did not state that the two sites quoted were representative of the whole English media. I wrote that those were "a couple more cases of Scot bashing by the English media mugs". This is my opinion, and I am as entitled to state it as you are to oppose it. But please do so eloquently.
My assertion (not "ascertertion") that the "overwhelming majority of Celtic fans" are NOT against GS's appointment is based upon what I have read on a range of websites, including CQN, iii, CelticFC.net, KTF, and Comeonthehoops, to name a few.
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Anon 3:53
Je pense que la niveau d'éducation dans les écoles marseillaises n'est pas trop fort - eh?
Vous êtes d'ou - St Jerome, La Rose ?
Adieu et j’espère que vous allez apprendre comment contrôler un ballon !
Emplacement- aie, aie, aie
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Surely if MON had given notice a year ago the stock exchange would have been notified. If anything his personal circumstances will have allowed him to not give a years notice.
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BigChipSuk - I believe we have all taken note of your neccessary, and indeed productive, eloquence.
Merci.
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Paul, at least geeza wee clue, the suspense is killing me, don`t know if I can hold out another 24hrs!!
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Yes Paul, a clue would be good, how about giving the rating of the news on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being totally excellent news?
Go on, it will keep us going for a while longer.
BelfastBhoy
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