Anya, Fletcher, fantasy

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“Celtic suffer double transfer blow as they are priced out of moves for Scotland duo Steven Fletcher and Ikechi Anya.”  Fantasy stuff from a guy at the Record who was chased from Celtic Park a long time ago and hasn’t been allowed back since.

No offence to Ikechi, but if Peter Lawwell sanctioned the payment of £4m to a guy who is in and out the Watford team he’d be the next one chased out of Celtic Park.  He is categorically not a person of interest.

They’ve also got the story on Steven Fletcher wrong.  Sunderland are keen on Virgil van Dijk and know Celtic are looking for a striker.  The English club were up for using Fletcher as a make-weight but we confirmed here two weeks ago this scenario was dead before it got off the ground.  Celtic didn’t even ask to speak to Fletcher, never mind inquire about his wage demands.  Celtic need Virgil for the qualifiers and need a striker for the qualifiers.  The deal was not contemplated at any wage level, Sunderland knew this from the off.

Sunderland paid £12m for Fletcher and are coughing up £48k per week wages, not the £60k reported this morning.  Getting the wages figure right is easy, just ask someone who was involved, and it wouldn’t change the parsimonious Celtic agenda.  The fact that Fletcher’s wage figure is wrong tells you the quality of the source.  He’s a good enough player but he’s a totem of so much that’s wrong in English football.

Today’s ‘news’ is as old as I am: ‘Rangers’ ‘immediately stepped in with a bid which has been accepted’, Celtic are ‘priced out of moves’.  It’s what it looks like, the fantasy of a man who’s banned from Celtic Park.

God help this poor Irish lad if he makes it through his medical, the weight of expectation will be heavy on his shoulders soon enough.  I seriously didn’t get where they were coming from with that ‘Fear no Foe’ business, b.t.w.  The world’s changed so much.


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  1. Shuggiebhoy67 on

    Macjay,

     

    I must have missed the Inquisitions` non catholic versions of interrogation,…. Galileo`s life was spared only because he had a friend in a Pope.bet that was a regret, as so ended The Dark Ages,Forza Science.

  2. ziggydoc1

     

     

     

     

    19:33 on

     

     

    18 June, 2015

     

     

     

     

    Tone tine tim

     

     

    16:44 on 18 June, 2015

     

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    Try Oz….now better than the States and a home from home with benefits from anyone from the British Isles. NZ not to shabby neither.

     

     

    *40 year here the morra but often wondered why I didnae go elsewhere especially in the middle of winter. I suppose the 5 1/2 hour flight hame and relatively cheap airfare had something to do with it.

  3. The Spirit of Arthur Lee on

    winning captains

     

     

    Use that cash along with a P45 to Derk and Amido

     

     

    Love

  4. confession time,

     

     

    at one time i was an avid reader, and also a complete edinburgh devotee.

     

     

    but,

     

     

    ive never read banks or rankin.

     

     

    i enjoyed that stonemouth drama on bbc2, based on banks.

     

     

    i might go read the book now

  5. field of drams,

     

     

    I will do another one tomorrow.

     

     

    Are you in Scotland?

     

     

    I will do a Ireland/Scotland quiz. If you are in Scotland.

     

     

    Clogher.

  6. clumpany and james forrest,

     

     

    enjpyed very much your recent works.

     

     

    well done.

     

     

    james i like the scoop.

     

     

    great work as well.

  7. question time,

     

     

    come on alex salmond, your a star ……………

     

     

     

    leaves hook in water,

     

     

    sinker

     

     

    rod in hand

  8. cowiebhoy

     

     

    20:35 on 18 June, 2015

     

     

    David Marshall, kept Barcelona out twice.

  9. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    Shuggiebhoy67

     

    22:19 on

     

    18 June, 2015

     

    Macjay,

     

    I must have missed the Inquisitions` non catholic versions of interrogation,…. Galileo`s life was spared only because he had a friend in a Pope.bet that was a regret, as so ended The Dark Ages,Forza Science.

     

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    I didn`t miss them either.

  10. ....PFayr supports WeeOscar on

    £480k for Pukki….about as much as he’s worth…sadly we paid £2m for him ….

     

     

    Add Bangura and Balde and we might just have bagged a decent striker

  11. long haired yins man

     

    19:37 on

     

    18 June, 2015

     

    Evening troops, need some help remembering a movie from late 80′s or early 90′s regarding a heist on a casino in Las Vegas and all the robbers were dressed in Elvis white suit outfits. Anybody remember the name of the movie please?

     

     

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    i think it was called

     

     

    The day elvises robbed vegas.

     

     

    happy to help

  12. Clashcitybhoy on

    Winning Captains

     

    Puuki bought for £2.1 m & sold for £480 k ?

     

    Any evidence to back those numbers up ?

  13. Celticrollercoaster supporting Shay,our bhoy wonder along the way on

    PF Ayr

     

     

    Other than Hooper, and perhaps Stokes at times, we have struggled on the purchasing of forwards. Thought Pukki had something about him. It just didn’t seem to work out for him or us!

     

     

    Hoping that Griffiths goes onto to be a great player for us at least on the pitch :-)

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  14. Good to see pukki off the books

     

     

    Only balde, derk, mcgeoch, stokes, forrest and mulgrew left to move out.

     

     

    In my opinion anyway.

  15. ....PFayr supports WeeOscar on

    CRC

     

     

    Agreed

     

     

    We have bought so much dross in pursuit of a bargain it’s be one a dreadful waste of money

     

     

    Add to my three above Boeriggter and Rasmussen ….shocking return

  16. Cloghercelt

     

    Read somewhere Dermot o Brien was so late getting into croker for the all Ireland final they had to make an announcement over the loadspeakers for the crowd to let him in as he was being mobbed so much

  17. I’m repeating myself here

     

     

    Whoever it was that identified and decided Amido Balde should be signed for Celtic, should not be working for Celtic again

     

     

    Proud bhoy, just my opinion, I would also move on McGregor if possible

  18. Ginger,

     

     

    I think he went for a painkilling injection in Malahide.

     

     

    Remember this in 1957, when he got to Croke Park the stewards wouldn’t let him in…until the Louth lads convinced them he was playing.

     

    He went on to captain the team and win the Sam Maguire.

  19. PFAyr, there’s also been a few loanee’s and one signed from Spanish league, was it Michu ? Or something, Brozeck ? Can’t remember the name of the other who came on loan from Spain

     

     

    Hail Hail

  20. johann murdoch on

    Pf Ayr somebody needs to be accountable for wasting our money on that scale-shocking

  21. anya fletcher no just wee suggestion we have good relationship with Southampton victor the wall we all know all the overated epl teams will go into sickening transfer deals now shane long on loan maybe pace good in the air fan of us only asking he wont get game with saints next year better than names said so far

  22. Corkcelt

     

     

    They paid 12m for Shane long

     

     

    They will want least half of that back if imagine , they are probably happy to keep him as back up striker aswel. Scored couple goals towards end of last season.

  23. Cowiebhoy

     

     

    Aye them 2 would probably be good to get off the books aswel.. I’m still hopeful thou McGregor might come good.. Right place at right time is half the battle and he is good at that.

     

     

    Another loan deal might help him.

  24. ....PFayr supports WeeOscar on

    Cowiebhoy

     

     

    Miku….Brozek …utter waste of cash

     

     

    Balde….seems a nice guy ..a real try hard …I’ve seen much better Sunday league players

  25. ....PFayr supports WeeOscar on

    Johann

     

     

    I’ve often wondered who scouted that sorry list

     

     

    Lenny knew Hooper …

     

     

    The rest have been dross apart from Griffiths ….

  26. Proudbhoy

     

    yeah agree but lets just say word on the streets in cork saying you never know ask see what happens