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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this one is a cracker, who is the bhoy in the picture
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZIbZD2XYAEWZj3?format=jpg&name=small
Bada
I missed Judith too, Saturday night ruined😢😈
St Stivs
The Blessed Martin
scroll down the wether link i posted. report is in there
BRTH
Thanks for the wonderful read especially about El Trinche.
Only spoiled by mention of Ruben Ayala whose name makes me shudder to this day.
Gerd and Jimmy- two peas from similar pods as footballers.
ROGAN ROGAN TREVINO AND HOGAN on 13TH JUNE 2020 3:26 PM
Best football read for many years – chapeau sir !
Saint
Well done my man, thought originally you were showing the weather report for Paisley😱
BRT&H
Excellent as usual.hh
BRTH,
Great read, thank you.
on the BBC Scotland channel just now, Scottish football show called Sportscene is showing the Scotland V England game from Euro 96
a game which Scotland lost
hmmm.
Later tonight, Celtic TV, will be showing our 5-1 defeat at Ibrox from the 90s
which of course they arent
i wonder if BBC Scotland think they will get plenty of viewers in Scotland for that game because of one of the goalscorers
🤔
Is that the goal which is Scotsman Gordon Brown’s favourite, Gordon Brown self proclaimed from North Britain.
indeed…
lets all do the huddle
To be fair they have showed games from 1974, 78, 82, and 1992. And they did show the game against Holland
the other night.
lets all do the huddle
To be fair they have showed games from 1974, 78, 82, and 1992. And they did show the game against Holland
the other night.
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achh
you’re letting facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory
cant be having that on cqn 😋
http://www.celticfc.net/news/18205
Good luck Duffer,
Bada
Any whispers about who Neil has lined up to replace him?
HH
Bada bing
Damien sounds gutted to leave,but his kids need their da.
Big Wavy
John Barnes – you heard it here first
GENE on 13TH JUNE 2020 9:37 PM
Big Wavy
John Barnes – you heard it here first
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Chablis spat all over the keyboard moment……
‘shudders’
Big W- not heard anything mate,McManus and O’Dea at Lennoxtown now,McCart doing more exec type stuff ,Mjallby back? Stevie Frail,Peter Houston I think still there too,or a left field appointment.
BRTH
Fantastic piece…………many thanks
Great read BRTH
In 1966 we undertook a massive NA tour, this time together is generally considered the catalyst for the huge trophy haul including the Big Cup at the end of the upcoming season. We tied 2-2 with Bayern Munich, that game is mostly remembered for being held up for 7 minutes as quiet mhan Stevie Chalmers chased an opponent behind the goal after he had been hooked. At right back for the fatherland side was a young right back who would later be called “”Der Bomber”.
Cheers Bada….
Seen rumours of Fletcher mentioned….pretty leftfield there…
https://twitter.com/BunnetMcCann/status/1271913984686424065?s=08
Bobby Petta or Brian McClair for the vacant coach job
At the conclusion of that wonderful BRTH story of El Trinche one player came to mind, no not George Connolly but Willie Hamilton, Jock used tae have him stay over in his house before big games tae keep him out of the pubs.when he was at Easter Road. When Jock came tae us as much as he coveted him he never brought him along.
nine
Jeezo, nightshift been furloughed…..
Beginning to look like one of the spare Ventilators the NHS have at the moment might be required for CQN.
The return of Football may come too late to save this place. 😔
Bateen Bhoy I think perhaps many are resting up these days because the ten in a row season will need extraordinary energy to see it through. After all we will have to undergo more “genuine” mistakes than ever before and the media will be as unsupportive as ever. So we are need to be fit and strong, do you not agree?
Good morning CQN from a blowy grey skied Garngad
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!!BADA BING!! on 14TH JUNE 2020 7:26 AM
Jeezo, nightshift been furloughed…..
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BB- now that’s funny😂👏
Good luck to Damien Duff, he spoke from the heart about his young family, Hail Hail Damien and the best of luck bhoy.
D. :)
Connaire 12,
I sincerely hope you’re right, but August is a long time away. Will the EPL generate enough interest on here to stimulate something which is quite stale at the moment ? Maybe.
The login problems, the proliferation of infuriating ads, having to turn javascript on and off on certain devices are all additional problems which don’t sem to have been addressed, and are driving posters ( and lurkers ) away, and there’s the fear that they may not come back, after finding an alternate for satisfying the Celtic craving which we all have.
As for needing all our strength for the season ahead . Yes, I agree. I think ‘everything and anything’ will be thrown at us in a bid to stop ‘The Ten’. I think we’ll come through it because we’re stronger than they think. We keep proving that, time after time. We’re not going away, no matter how much they might wish us to.
HH
Bateen Bhoy
I wouldn`t worry too much. Wee jamesy`s first mistake will create a tsunami of responses; as , indeed, would a Celtic defeat or even a victory with a small margin.
Bateen Bhoy
I may be wrong, but I think not supporting Res 12 is the major factor.
Loved seeing a few back on for CRC’s quiz and, hey, it’s the close season and the transfer traumas having started yet.
InquitiousIV have passed your email details on to Ross so he said he’d be in touch. Hope you keeping well in the “Land of the Free” !!! H H Hebcelt
CQN will bounce back.We need a forum comprised of generally good caring people and a much needed refuge of sanity.. More now than ever.
Imo; collectively we are suffering internet burn out and the appetite for debate has suffered.
Cheers and HH to all.
More images fae the new Adidas hame & 3rd kits… they’ve simulated thum for PES2020
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2020/06/adidas-celtic-20-21-home-third-kits.html