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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I am a Mole and I live in a hole
Palma now must take all our free kicks and corners
Bhoy got a whip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpRQoNpBHlA
SPIKEYSAULDMAN
I think it was Raskin.
TET,
Barisic.Good injury for us.Great crosser of the ball,and his replacement is a dumpling.
Petec 10.04pm
Try and beat the 3rd seed (if we are 4th) over two legs (we should have done it with Shaktar last season) aim for third …. a bit of luck maybe 2nd
A Bhoy can dream …
Canny wait for the draw, done Big Wavys simulator earlier Bayern Munich, Real Madrid & Shaktar.. don’t fancy that, although take Shaktar without Mudryck this season …. Unlucky with you goals in the Huns game unless you had 5+
The peter Liewell lovers will be saying we dont need any quality players now.
For what its worth huns are pish but we should be demanding better each year from our own squad/new players.
Anything else is sleeping at the wheel and when you have at least 30million in bank its penny pinching.
Roll on Sunday 2 – 1 to us.
We have backed Brendan with ST sales now for Liewell and his self serving board members to back him.
D :)
i think Carol Baskin was having a go at the PSV guy. She has previous
So how much extra is that ???
Ps I had 3-1 psv and cashed oot.
Beer tokens banked.
D :)
David66
Calm doon big mon.
Pedro is doing his best
Spikey……….
earlier re scoddish meeja.
Correct.
I read someone say earlier how we should learn from Rangers getting their recruitment done early and being ready for Europe. Paraphrasing, but sentiment is correct. What a lot of nonsense.
McCann talking to Thomshun on publicly funded radio saying “we still don’t know what oor best team is”
Dreadful.
The long wait is over 9.49
Big Jimmy does the jokes on here 😂
I heard the news today ..oh boy..
An unlucky man never made the grade
And though the news was rather sad..
Well i just had to laugh……
I saw the photographs…
Roll on Sunday (or spray if you prefer)
Looks like
Hart
Johnston Phillips Lagerbeilke Taylor
O’Reilly McGregor Turnbull
Abada Kyogo Maeda
Personally I’d like 4231 with Turnbull at 10 and O’Reilly dropping in with McGregor
Now talking about Celtic- “they, they, they”.
Rangers radio.
bankiebhoy
yet some still think that if we did stuff differently/more cute/spoke out/whatever with the meeja and the sfa/refs etc, things would be different. Not a chance.
WITS – I beg to differ.
Respectfuly the man is a Liar.
D :)
Bizarre. Huns get pumped 5-1 and they’re talking about Celtic.
total myth – the currants did not get their signings done early – their greatest hope – danilo – was signed way too late to integrate well for the qualifiers…
Fantastic Moon tonight.
`night all.
no Turnbull or maeda on sun.
Spikey…………..
Correct again Sir.
There is a consistent insidious drip feed of bent negativity aimed at painting us and ours in the worst possible light.
wan scoddland…….
McCann – Beale “just missed the top table”.
This is surreal stuff, even within the realms of the SMSM.
So Roofe to lead the line on Sunday. A guy they couldn’t wait to be rid of.
For shure,what a pumping. Fair cheered me up on a Wednesday night.
As the the PSV fans reminded us. Always look on the bright side of life !
Doesn’t anybody ever think about the co-efficient, ffs???
Nope.
Me neither.
GIRUY Ya Hun Monkeys !!!
HH
TB
1 is better than none I suppose >:)
Some players coming in, got the CL draw tomorrow is it, which will give us a lift, only one game before the International break, and PSV have shown us that they are weak defensively. Not a league decider…for us
Shortbread have spent 90% of their analysis tonight on Celtic and the game on Sunday…
SNAKE PLISSKEN on 30TH AUGUST 2023 10:11 PM
What group do you want?
I will go for:
Feyenoord
Inter
Red Star Belgrade
Celtic.
…………………..
Benfica
Man U
Braga
Celtic.
We would qualify from that group.
Breaking news : rangers have announced they won’t be taking any tickets for the champions league group stages
Inside The SPFL
@AgentScotland
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1m
Celtic earn €19.875m more than Rangers from UEFA before a ball is kicked in 23-24
Celtic:
UCL Groups – €15,640,000
10y-Coef – €10,233,000
TV Pool – €6,500,000
Total – €32.373m
Rangers
UEL Groups – €3,630,000
10y-Coef – €3,168,000
TV Pool – €700,000
Total – €12.498m
Tomorrow’s Daily Ranger – “ Spurs in late Kyogo bid”
Stunning Aiberdeen transfer.
What’s a co-efficient?
I musta missed that at school
Didn’t watch or listen to a single second tonight.
Flicked TNT on at full time to see the goals.
Tavernier is not a defender.
Souttar is not a footballer.