I love this time of year. As we publish, 60 hours of the transfer window remain. Celtic have gaps to fill in the squad, we have targets for each position, each target has his own target destination clubs, and the potential selling clubs all want to hold out for as long as possible to get top price – and some do not want to sell at all.
There are options for several positions we could have concluded on Monday. These were not top of anyone’s list, of course, and not cheap either. Hospital facilities are reserved in cities across Europe, most awaiting medicals that will not happen, but may be required before Friday evening.
How long should we wait for top targets? You certainly wait this late in the window. Bedwetters signing players early in the window to relieve anxiety symptoms is a sight to behold. If you have that knot in your stomach right now, just go pop an antacid and let those with a seasoned constitution cope with stressful negotiating situations.
Every transfer window follows the same rules. Players want the most money possible and the best stage to enhance their subsequent contract. Clubs do not want to sell valuable players with a lengthy period left on their contracts. When a sale looks inevitable, they employ agents to entice more bidders into the market.
If more than one bidder is involved, stalemate can run until deadline day. People who ask, “Why are we not signing players earlier?” occupy that special peak at the top of the Dunning-Kruger chart. None of this is news, we all know and accept this as an absolute article of faith.
So why all the angst? This is the game, let the enormity of what Celtic are attempting to achieve over the next two days sit with you for a few moments and you might begin to enjoy the unfolding drama. It sure beats wearing adult nappies (I’m led to believe).
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Daily Record tomorrow
“Rangers narrowly miss out on Champions League riches in six goal thriller”
We can all mump n moan about signings but tonight shows why it’s important to win our league domestically (stay ahead of the Huns) and as far away fae these qualifiers as possible
Domestic fitba is so important to get us into the CL then hopefully progress
100% behind Brendan
Roll on Sunday and the transfer windae slamming shut on Friday
Plus Thursday / Sunday fitba for the Huns
Magic :-)
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Nope Beale would be sat here finkin.
!!BADA BING!! on 30TH AUGUST 2023 9:48 PM
Mick Bassett will need to fink fings froo
Brilliant
‘This time next year Todders we’ll be millionaires’!
Who is going to tell the SFA fixture computer that the Hun will be playing on a Sunday ( after us )
champs money rightly goes to the champs – they got smashed tonight but did look dangerous at times. Celtic need physicality in midfield – they couldnt click in midfield as they were out muscled and we dont have that muscle yet!
time to turn the screw Celtic!!
Huns have a decent keeper.
The bedwetteters might have a dry night.
Anyone know a goal scoring centre half?
“BANKIEBHOY1 on 30TH AUGUST 2023 9:57 PM
Huns have a decent keeper.”
Maybe they do but I don`t think this is a night for praising them for anything !!
Only one team worried about playing in front of the hun hordes on Sunday
The one wearing blue
Adidas Friday
Jimmy Bell’s boot room will be good 🤪
SIONNAIGH on 30TH AUGUST 2023 9:58 PM
The bedwetteters might have a dry night.
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That made me laugh out loud.
The ‘bedwetteters” bit , deliberate or not, made it funnier for reasons I can’t explain.
https://e0.365dm.com/23/08/1600×900/skysports-celtic-palma_6268383.jpg?20230830202202
Gers in the Urination Cup wee are the Poopil
Palma looks a strong guy, magic.
Oh well lots of new names on earlier but then disappeared when their favourites come on, wonder if they’ll come back tae gloat as they got humphed while we we unveil REAL signings .
will all our games be moved to mondays now ?
I thunk we’d beat PSV but we have to add muscle. We can’t allow ourselves to be knocked off the ball.
Huns defence are shite. Couple of decent forwards/ midfielders but we should take them. We won’t be at our best until injured players return and new players bed down. It’s going to be a long season .
SPIKEYSAULDMAN
Almost certainly
Draw on TNT1 4.45 pm tomorrow.
GFTB on 30th August 2023 9:55 pm
We need to start daeing Something in Europe.
And I’m hoping we will, as we huvnae been doing very well there lately. It annoys me but it upsets my only Son mair.
Hopefully we start addressing it despite the Level of Competition.
I’m in Heaven
Shortie in mourning 😂😂😂
Love it tonight, but it says much that I wouldn’t put us as favourite on Sunday.
Any one got Foolow Foolow comments ?
Missus chinning me from kitchen ” whits that durty laugh all aboot ?”
I reply to my sweet heart “Dutch fans singing always look on the bright side of life”.:O)
She’s winding me up now ” thought you wanted Scottish teams to do well in Europe “? :O(
just think…………..
The very huns who’ll be in charge of every decision influencing our game at the weekend will have been watchin’ thur horrible heroes get humped an’ humbled the nicht an’ will be harbourin’ even darker thoughts about us and ours knowing full well how we’ve been wettin’ ourselves……………..
wan scoddland, wan kulchur.
pick your headlines for the next few days…
a celtic paedo story
an ira story
someone turns down celtic
someones leaving celtic
rangers are gonna sign someone that they have no chance of signing (someone better than hazard)
SPIKEYSAULDMAN
Wouldn’t rule it out
How many of the dirty cheating scum got injured ?
Rangers TV have taken over TNT.
Celtic in the CL but only Pot 4
who was the hun trying to fight the psv sub at the end ?
Raskin.
What group do you want?
I will go for:
Feyenoord
Inter
Red Star Belgrade
Celtic
A really Celtic treasure trove of great past nights.
THE LONG WAIT IS OVER
Accidental. Although, I was calling out the bedwetteters on here for the last month.