It will not have escaped your attention that Scott Bain is the only senior goalkeeper under contract at Celtic. Fraser Forster is floating around while we wait and see if we can afford to meet Southampton’s terms (assume nothing here), while Craig Gordon rejected a “vastly reduced” offer to stay.
I know how important Fraser was last season, so if at all possible, I would have him back, but as a general position, I would be reluctant to pay comparable rates to anyone not in the ‘absolutely critical’ category. Football clubs everywhere cannot afford the contracts they paid last year. Like Celtic, many have to pay expensive long-term deals, but there can scarcely be a club in the world that would not be happy to offload players to generate enough cash to keep them in grass seed.
With so much trauma in the market, the clubs who shed expensive contracts and take advantage of newfound value from places they could not afford to buy from a year ago, will make the biggest gains this year.
The challenge for Celtic is to find a keeper who can mount a genuine challenge as first choice on the “vastly reduced” offer we made to Craig. The same is true for other positions we are looking to fill. Having missed Champions League football for two seasons, we have to be frank and admit that despite closing in on a fourth consecutive treble and nine-in-a-row, there are better players across Europe than some in our squad. 2020 will be the year of the trader, let’s roll the dice!
I’m not against reconstruction on principle, but like everyone else in the country, the first thing I think of is, “What’s in it for my club?” A 14 team top flight has two fewer games against bottom 6 (or 8) clubs. These games do nothing for Celtic beyond cluttering up our calendar, so I’m happy with that.
Since Hearts have moved on from both the football-competency and arrogant-belligerence approaches to avoiding relegation, their latest proposal, for a 14-10-10-10 setup hit the “What’s in it for me?” question. For most clubs the answer is nothing, beyond putting your name to a motion that helps a club that participated in an outrageous charade against the league in recent months. Aesop could have told the tale of Hearts actions this year.
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MADREBAMACS GRANDPA 🎣🎣🤔😂🕺🍀
1. Brussia Dortmund
2. 1-1
3. Paddy Bonner
4. Mark McGhee
5. Dortmund 2 Celtic 0
6. Murdo MacLeod .
Rushing trying to type no 4 Walker
1. Bor Dortmund
2. 2 – 1
3. Allan McKnight
4.Andy Walker
5. 2 – 0
6. Murdo McLeod
2 more mins
1 Can you name Celtic’s opposition?
Dortmund
2 What was the score at Paradise?
2:1
3 Who was in goals for Celtic that night?
Bonner
4 Who scored the first goal for Celtic that night?
Walker
5 What the score in the game in Germany (remembering to state the opposition score first)?
2:0
6 What ex-Celt played for the opposition that night in Paradise?
McLeod
FB
Broon Troot? 😊
Answers to Round 2: Celtic in Europe: It was Sept 1987 and Celtic were on UEFA Cup duty and up against German opposition at Paradise
1 Borussia Dortmund
2 2-1
3 Allen McKnightmare
4 Andy Walker
5 2-0
6 Murdo MacLeod
Scores after round 2
17 !!BADA BING!!
16 JOBO BALDIE
13 EMERALDBEE\O/ STILL PROUD TO BE AN INTERNET BAMPOT
12 CORKCELT
10 SAINT STIVS
10 DELANEYS DUNKY
6 ANGELGABRIEL
5 SETTING FREE THE BEARS
Is that an EK 1-2-3 at the moment?
Round 3: Picture Round: Name the players that donned the hoops
https://postimg.cc/LYwMJ04N
( 1 point for each question answered correctly. If you are the first person to answer a question correctly then you get a bonus point. Only your first guess will count)
1.
2. Payton
3. Coyne and Gillespie
4. Callaghan and Brogan
5.
6. Cifti
dk
Andy Payton
Brian O Neill Tommy Coyne
Jim Brogan And T. Callaghan
AARgh I know him
Nadir Ciftci
El Koudouri
Gerry Britton
Andy Payton
Brian O’ Neil
Tommy Callaghan
Jim Brogan
David Hannah
Nadir Cfitci( the worst ive seen in the Hoops)
1 El Houdrai
2 Payton
3 O’Neil Coyne
4 Callaghan Brogan
5 Hannah
6 Cifti
Having trouble seeing the pics.
I’ll skip this round.
1. Du Yong ( spelling)
2. Owen Archdeacon
3. Tommy Coyne & Brian O’Neil
4. Tom Callaghan & Jim Brogan
5. David Hannah
6. Cifti
1. EL Kaddouri
5.
Daryl Hannah made more of a splash
SFTB
Daryl sure did. To me then.
1. El Mahamme
2. Andy Paton
3. Brian McLair, Brian O’Neill
4. Callaghan T and Brogan J
5. Tommy Boyd
6. Cifci
Half Woman- Half Fish Supper
What’s not to like
Answers to Round 3: Picture Round: Name the players that donned the hoops
1 Badr El Kaddouri
2 Andy Payton
3 Brian O Neill Tommy Coyne
4 Jim Brogan Tommy Callaghan
5 David Hannah
6 Nadir Ciftci
Scores after round 3
26 JOBO BALDIE
25 !!BADA BING!!
18 EMERALDBEE\O/ STILL PROUD TO BE AN INTERNET BAMPOT
17 DELANEYS DUNKY
12 CORKCELT
12 ANGELGABRIEL
12 SETTING FREE THE BEARS
10 SAINT STIVS
Start again for final 2 rounds at 10pm
FB
Thanks to your support, I am climbing this league table steadily. A position a round. Cheers 😊🍻💚
DD
3 more beers and you will be top :-)
HH
CRC
BADA – Like I said earlier,my wife is in my phone under babe 😂 ignorant 🤔
DD -my google is ready for any hard ones 🍀
FB- touchè amigo…😁
CRC
My two friends Stella and Mary Jane are helping me. The more I consume both. 😜
And we are back:
Round 4: Celtic Anagrams: Name the Celtic Goalkeepers
( 1 point for each question answered correctly. If you are the first person to answer a question correctly then you get a bonus point. Only your first guess will count)
1 bold surrogate ( Did he ever brick it?)
2 cannons ginhead ( Played for us in the 60s and 70s)
3 dragon roll sham ( a sham of a keeper at times)
4 chef dart petrol ( His two brothers also played football)
5 easy robin (Andy Lynch scored a few past him in one game)
BADA-😂👍🍀
1 Douglas
1 bold surrogate ( Did he ever brick it?)
robert douglas
2 cannons ginhead ( Played for us in the 60s and 70s)
dennis Connaghan
3 dragon roll sham ( a sham of a keeper at times)
Gordon Marshall
4 chef dart petrol ( His two brothers also played football)
Peter Latchford
5 easy robin (Andy Lynch scored a few past him in one game)
Roy Baines should be number 5
1.
2. denis connaghan
3.
4. Peter Latchford
5. roy baines
Robert Douglas
Denis Conaghan
Gordon Marshall
Peter Latchford
Roy Baines
1 Rab Douglas
2 Dennis Connaghan
3 Gordon Marshall
4 Peter Latchford
5 Roy Baines