Kristoffer Ajer made clear to Norwegian media his intentions to leave Celtic this summer. “With one year left of my contract, that would be the best solution for me and my club. Something is going to happen this summer.”
Kris made it clear to the club two years ago he would not sign a new contract and has stuck to plan since. For me, he was our stand-out Player of the Year last season and compares to the very best central defenders we have seen in the modern era.
At 23, Kris is one year older than Virgil van Dijk when he joined Celtic in 2013. I would be hard pressed to pick a more impressive season between Kris’ last season or Virgil’s first. Virgil was better in the air but I have never seen a Celtic central defender break through the lines as safely or effectively as Kris. Virgil tried this but was not in the same class.
Just as we knew Virgil could do better than Southampton, Kris can do better than the apparently-keen Newcastle. Liverpool could do worse than pair them up next season, he will play for a top EPL team eventually. I hope we keep him for the European qualifiers.
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Refuse the job, if you can’t appoint your own assistants, simples
Think the Neil Lennon stuff has been done to death. Time to move on.
I’d rather have Michaela strachen than they dumplings.strachans team was one dimensional and it bored the fans to the pub at half time.i stopped going until he was gone.boring boring boring
DREW1967 on 5TH JUNE 2021 3:23 PM
Both of us started in Govan shipyard last week.said he was from the Garngad
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Drew yes I know big Brian well he worked in the same company as me years ago before my rise to the top.😂😂😂
He went to school with my Daughter and was never away from my door asking her out when they were weans?😂 The big chancer.
He played with Clyde and went to the US of A to coach.
Tell him I was asking fir him
Marspapa- 👍good one
D :)
I cant recall watching a worse celtic team than last season, not because they had the worst player i have ever seen in a celtic top, but because there was no leadership, no team shape, no pace no pattern and no desire to play as part of a team, added to no supporters to watch.
Amost of the blame falls on celtic’s first team management and players because despite what we witness we were more than capable of winning the league. The money was spend and the best players were retained (mistake in hinsight).
Covid did not help our cause with lots of first team players missing 5 or so important games. Brown been player regardless of his clearly diminishing returns. But a manager publically going through want away players and players spitting the dummy out the pram cause they did not get their desired moves led to the shite show we watched.
Not sure the supporters can be blamed for much, but if there was any chance players would refocus the protest at celtic park following the cup exit did not help. I would suggest the ship had already sailed.
The board were slow to react to the situation and to stubborn/ arrogant to get things sorted quickly. Howe burned them, but again they allowed themselves to be put in that position. Poor communication has just added to annoyance of supporters.
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Looking forward to next season there is a chunk of work needing done, but it’s not all doom and gloom. The loan players have all left, jullian and forrest should be returning to the fold after lenthy layoffs and the need to play an under preforming brown is removed. Ralston and the griff will go too after showing very little this past season and the option on their contracts not being taken up.
It also looks like the want always will get away in ajer, ntcham, christie and eduard and we will get a chunk of change for them. Hendry and shved look like they will also be leaving following successful loans.
The combination above means the new manager should have a healthy transfer budget and wages to get the players in he wants and will need.
Team for next season:
GK
1st choice Gk
Barkas (will not be the first players to struggle when moving to a new club, country. Let’s not write him off just yet)
Bain
Hazard (loan)
Leftback
Boli (Imo loaning and exiling boli now seems harsh, yes he messed up but the book was thrown at him, compare and contrast how other teams dealt with players. He is easily our best attacking leftback and should be brought back into the fold).
Taylor
Montgomery (looks decent)
Rightback
1sr choice New rb
O’connor 20 (has 30 plus more games at senior level so should hopefully be able to push on and challenge for the rightback spot).
Centeback
1st choice leftsided centreback
Jullian
Welsh, 21 (shown they can both perform in the scottish premier league).
hjeti, 18 ( see welsh)
midfield
Soro
McGregor
Turnbull
Shaw (played in the english championship and has shown he have something)
Connoll (played in the english championship and has shown he have something)
Scott robertson (will return having tasted first team football in a competitive league).
New midfielder may be needed depending on dembele willingness to sign and pushing on.
Left winger
New 1st choice left winger
Micky Johnson (has a lot of injuries but when fully fit looks decent, need to push on).
Right winger
Forrest
Dembele (needs good pre-season and break through season).
New winger may be needed depending on dembele willingness to sign and pushing on.
Centre forward
Ajeti (needs to show early season form to have chance of being no.1 forward)
Bayo (has again shown in france that he is not shy of work and he knows the way to goal. Providing the correct service and he will do us a turn).
New 1st choice striker needed.
HH
JHB on 5TH JUNE 2021 2:26 PM
No wonder Neil Lennon highlights this “new breed”of “joyless” supporters. We all know where they are – the GB, Celtic Trust and all the other political factions who use the good name of Celtic as a platform. Oh for the days when we were all just Celtic supporters.
I thought nothing could ever dilute my total Celtic love affair that started when I first headed for Celtic Park at the age of eight….however I have nothing personally in common with some of these people. Their behaviour and outlook on life is completely foreign to me. I feel less Celtic with them around me
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Funnily enough, those same people probably feel the same way about YOU ?
You are HILARIOUS…..keep em coming !
SCANIEL on 5TH JUNE 2021 9:33 AM
BIG JIMMY
Happy New Beer to you!
Hope you enjoy the day and your Derby pick romps home.
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I picked the RIGHT Stable to win the Derby…but the WRONG Horse LOL !
I live to fight another Day.
I was in my local Pub today around 11.15 for the first time in 8 long months. I had around 9/10 Beers with a couple of Celtic associates…and then left to cross the street ( about 20 yards), to watch the Derby.
I fair enjoyed ma wee day oot !”
HH Mate.
Give JHB a break folks.
Best parody spoof contributor on the internet.
VALE BHOY on 5TH JUNE 2021 1:48 PM
‘A new breed of supporters.’
He’s actually quite right.
Supporters who won’t blindly follow the Board/Management and fall for all the spin. Supporters who want to see the club and team run properly while shelving out a fortune for STs, only to watch a delayed feed. Supporters who could do nothing about Lennon’s appointment or foreseen ineptitude. Supporters who watched, amazed, as Lawwell fucked up potentially superb signings. Supporters whom the Board never backed against government and police bullying tactics. Supporters who can smell the coffee and realise that there is absolutely zero connection between them and the Tory, privileged ‘running’ (or ruining) our club.
Aye, damn tooting a ‘new breed of supporters’.
Pity some of the ‘new breed’ don’t have a say in running Celtic.
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I am finding it VERY Difficult to DIS AGREE with anything in your Post…,, Sadly.
HH.
Away for a pint to work out who fkd up last season….it wasn’t Lawwell….it wasn’t Lennon…..mmmmm so it was the fans…..?
If Neil Lennon wants to blame the supporters, imagine if they had actually been allowed to attend.
Then he might have had some cover for his excuse.
Shocking stuff from NL.
Shocking lack of… Anything, from the club.
We really are a mess and any professional coming in can see that.
A director of football should have been working away months ago.
King Kenny picked his all-time eleven.
Danny. Billy. Bobby . Jimmy made it in.
Contrary to many opinions. He spoke fondly of all times at celtic. Stayed extra two years because of jock. First loyalty to him. Then loyalty to the club after the accident.
I enjoyed it.
Saint Stivs . I heard that too , more Celticy that ive previously heard him to be honest , also pleased to hear he agrees with me that he let his mate Barnes down a little bit with the job of managing the club .
Rolling Stone
Don’t you know only Burnley knows responsibility and achievement? The rest of us are know nothing idlers and gamers, only happy when criticising our social and economic superiors. Guys like him in fact 😂😂😂.
He continually returns to this bogus ‘you’ve never walked a mile in Lawwell’s shoes’ argument. Don’t know which mugs he thinks are falling for it.
Instead the lumpen proles should just roll up, hand over the little cash they have to the adults in the room, sit back and be grateful for what they’re given.
Anyone who knows the history of Celtic knows its values are best embodied by the multi-millionaires (like Lenny with his 28 investment properties) and PLC sharks, not your average working Joe.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Heavidor/status/1400849857452052482
Between them David’s tweet and the first comment from Timposter say it all.
Business model for an organisation with absolutely ZERO cash flow.
– Invoice received
– Directors approached for cash
– Victim director nominated
– late payment notice received
– Shares issued to victim director
– Victim director hands cash over
– Invoice paid
LAMBERT14 on 5TH JUNE 2021 5:46 PM
Give JHB a break folks.
Best parody spoof contributor on the internet.
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ehhh! mmmm na.
i think you could give him a run Lambo 🤣🤣
HH
The captain of industry has surfaced to give us his wisdom. !!!
B2B.6.31
thanks for that post
Timposter made a great post on SFM a few days back.i linked it on here in an answer to good Celt Westcraigs
it is a joke.everythin about the cheat.
no rules none to break.
i note club2012 are stickin to payin the squinted king back.
No ffp no rules to break
no governing body setting rules and as the ‘appellant’ knows its their works team
HH
AN TEARMANN on 5TH JUNE 2021 6:31 PM
Haha, good one.
Did you not say the other day that you frequent with company who are big fans of Lawwell?
What number was the lodge?
AT in you come ! here fishy fishy,
St Stivs
Enjoyed KD too.
HH
no lodge Lambo
you know that anyway.
Celtic men one and all.
i would suggest Peter has had a death threat for each post you make.would you say that would be bout right?
hh
I’ve read the full Lennon interview.
He contradicts himself.
He praises Desmond and Lawwell then makes a dig at one or both because they wouldn’t let him bring in his assistants.
Why praise people who interfered in something as huge as this?!
It doesn’t make sense.
I just hope he is ok and in a good place mentally.
N TEARMANN on 5TH JUNE 2021 7:02 PM
no lodge Lambo
you know that anyway.
Celtic men one and all.
i would suggest Peter has had a death threat for each post you make.would you say that would be bout right?
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I’ve no idea what you are talking about, but if I were you I would request that the moderator delete your last post.
Loneliness can create attention seeking and I think we should be mindful alot of what is read here is from lonely people craving attention.
If you are online, anywhere, complaining, consistently day in day out about anything even including Celtic and the f%$%ed up season, you are opening yourself to mental health challenges.
It really isn’t healthy.
Delusions of Grandeur
Examples of grandiosity include:
Exaggerating your own achievements
Criticizing and dismissing other’s achievements or talents
Constantly boasting and talking about yourself
Believing yourself to be infallible or invulnerable
Believing that you are more intelligent than others
Thinking that common rules don’t apply to you
Acting selfishly
Treating others with disdain or contempt
Not caring if you hurt someone with your actions
Being quick to anger if you are challenged
Being unable to see how your behavior affects others
Being unable to see how unrealistic your beliefs and actions are.
Also if you read the above, without me naming anyone and you take offence, then you are showing some of the signs ie believing everything is about you.
It’s time for a break.
Take care.
MARTIM1980
I’m curious to know your profession that makes you qualified to make those judgements?
Lambo
no need for moderators at all.
genuine question to you.
dont be so shocked and pretendy black affronted.you were comfortably giving comparisons of how fans react around the world when things dont go fans way the other evening.its been happenin here for years Lambo.
anyway,enjoy your eve Lambo,i will.hopefully see ye in the BV in new season
Peace
:-)
HH
The Scottish Elite and Anti-Irish Racism
JUNE 04, 2021
https://www.conter.co.uk/blog/2021/6/4/the-scottish-elite-and-anti-irish-racism
Lambert, talking about moderators. You stated the other night that it it would be understandable that Peter Lawell would come to serious harm if we were in South America for his actions as Celtic CEO. You have a brass neck mentioning moderators.
I think Ajer might find himself on the bench at half decent team in England. Sometimes you don’t appreciate what you have got, till your gone. That has been proven true for a lot of players after they have left Celtic.
aye but m your Peter Lawell,
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all that business experience, success and an MBA doesnt mean you know anything about celtic.
sack neil lennon.
Burnley 78 👍 give it 10 minutes or so to they can go google it.
AN TEARMANN on 5TH JUNE 2021 7:32 PM
Lambo
no need for moderators at all.
genuine question to you.
dont be so shocked and pretendy black affronted.you were comfortably giving comparisons of how fans react around the world when things dont go fans way the other evening.its been happenin here for years Lambo.
anyway,enjoy your eve Lambo,i will.hopefully see ye in the BV in new season
Peace
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Did you open some of the links I posted which shows how volatile some fans are?
I’d like to ask you to be honest and tell me how do you think the same fans would have reacted if they found out that their own clubs CEO actually done nothing when he had the authority to request that the administrative body, (in Celtics case UEFA) look into trophies won by players ineligible to play in hundreds of matches, where rules were ignored?
AN TEARMANN on 5TH JUNE 2021 7:32 PM
Lambo
no need for moderators at all.
genuine question to you.
dont be so shocked and pretendy black affronted.you were comfortably giving comparisons of how fans react around the world when things dont go fans way the other evening.its been happenin here for years Lambo.
anyway,enjoy your eve Lambo,i will.hopefully see ye in the BV in new season
Peace
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Did you open some of the links I posted which shows how volatile some fans are?
I’d like to ask you to be honest and tell me how do you think the same fans would have reacted if they found out that their own clubs CEO actually done nothing when he had the authority to request that the administrative body, (in Celtics case UEFA) look into trophies won by players ineligible to play in hundreds of matches, where rules were ignored?
How do you think they would have reacted if they found out that their clubs CEO actually lied in his knowledge of a secret agreement made up to favour their biggest rivals?
Or how they would have reacted if they found out that he had a document that was a smoking gun, prepared by his own clubs fans and shareholders, that proved that corruption took place, and that their CEO actually covered it up?
It’s gonna rain tomorrow in DL10😎
CARDBOARDCSC on 5TH JUNE 2021 8:00 PM
Lambert, talking about moderators. You stated the other night that it it would be understandable that Peter Lawell would come to serious harm if we were in South America for his actions as Celtic CEO. You have a brass neck mentioning moderators.
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Simple question, did you read the links I posted in reference to it?
And, knowing what Lwwell has done, how do you think the fans I mentioned would have reacted