It is perhaps just as well Greg Taylor has had such an impressive start to the season. The alleged offence Alexandro Bernabei was arrested for yesterday will not enhance his chances of integrating into Scotland or the Celtic defence.
He is 21 years old, a long way from home and has a lot more money in his bank than ever before. It is a heady cocktail. Ange Postecoglou is experienced enough to know how to best deal with the player, how the season progresses is very much up to Alexandro.
After Hearts on Sunday, Celtic are away to Dundee United and Ross County, the latter in the League Cup. Alexandro should be hoping to make his competitive debut during those two away games. If he misses this window, he’s unlikely to make an appearance until after games against Newco and our first Champions League tie of the season.
Best of luck to old foes Bodo/Glimt and Copenhagen in Champions League qualifiers tonight. Good to see honest teams that live within their means prosper.
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PPS
At the final they signed off with ‘from the city of Oranges, it is Rangers feeling blue’
Scully @4.37
Benfica game 1969..Big Billy away for Toss of coin?
I smell shoite again. From the same faceless poster that is mad bitch.
Maybe 1 day someone will meet said poster but I doubt it.
1 of the distant brethren me thinks.
Big Packy and Kev J and some village somewhere must be missing him.
D :)
Scuffles in Glasgow already, PSV Hoolies are not for the faint hearted.
Lots of twitter commentary around this and sectrain singing tonight will definately (H) lead to a stdium ban.
Camusbhoy, MadMitch,
I agree that it’s not ideal we don’t have temporary accommodation we can put new players in. I live in London now and not far from me is a block of luxury flats and Arsenal own a couple for their new signings while they find their feet and the club helps them secure longer term accommodation. Crazy that we don’t, not least given the grief our players could face if they end up in the wrong area.
MM also fully agree that a support network is crucial and those arriving with a significant other tend to fare better. A simple thing like not going back to an empty house makes a massive difference and having club accommodation can mean that you effectively co-locate youngsters in the same area so they can hang out playing Fifa, etc rather than being lonely or falling into bad habits with the first person who shows some friendship. Ideally you’d work out who your Mrs ML mother hen is and have the houses near there to maximise that.
I hope all PSV supporters make it safely in and out of Glasgow
Not sure if this list is totally up to date, an army of staff for players to consult the depth of experience on the staff is excellent, players have their own agents and the players union to be there for them and assist them, some absolute gash being spouted
First Team
Manager: Ange postecoglou
Assistant Manager:John Kennedy
Assistant manager Harry Kewell
Assistant manager Gavin Strachan
Goalkeeping Coach:Stevie Woods
Medical and Sports Science
Head of Sports Medicine:Tim Williamson
First Team Physio:Danny Friel
First Team Physio:Davie McGovern
Head of Sports Science: Anton McElhone
Head of Strength and Conditioning:John Currie
First Team Sports Scientist:William Currie
Club Doctor:Ryan Connolly
First Team Masseur:Alan Baird
First Team Masseur:Graeme Reid
First Team Nutritionist:Rob Naughton
Analysis & Scouting
Head of Analysis:Craig Dunbar
Head Scout: Gary Penrice
Head of Scouting Operations: Mark Lawwell
Scout:Tosh McKinlay
Scout :Michael Murphy
Scout:Michael Doherty
Scout:Steve Watson
Scout:Matt Bradley
Scout:Craig Strachan
Scout:Pedro Matias
Scout:John Morgan
Scout:John Dawson
First Team Analyst:Greg Wallace
First Team Analyst:Peter Houston
First Team Analyst:Paul McLeish
Kit Staff
Kit Controller:Stevie Wright
Kit Controller:Hugh Hoolihan
Youth Academy Kit Controller:Hugh McGovern
Youth Academy
Head of Youth Academy:Chris McCart
Academy Welfare & Operations Manager:Brian Meehan
Head of International Academy:John McStay
Head of Intermediate Academy:Michael O’Halloran
Head Academy Scout:Stephen Gormal
Head of Academy Physiotherapy:David Creighton
Head Academy Sports Science:Oliver Morgan
Head Academy Doctor:Chris Lochrin
Reserves Manager:Tommy McIntyre
Reserves Coach :Stephen McManus
Reserves Goalkeeper Coach:Colin Meldrum
Reserves Sports Scientist :Scott Breddy
U18’s Head Coach:Darren O’Dea
U18s Coach:Grieg Robertson
U18s Goalkeeper Coach:Ryan Marshall
U18s Physio:Brendan Culhane
U17s Manager:Michael O’Halloran
U17’s Coach’s:George McCluskey,
U16’s Academy Coach:Willie McNab
U15’s Academy Coach:John McGlaughlin
U14’s Academy Coach:Mark McNally
U13’s Academy Coach:Miodrag Krivokopic
U12’s Academy Coach:John McStay
U11 Academy Coach:Aidan Robertson
U10 Academy Coach:Simon Ferry
Senior Groundsman:Johnny Hayes
Spidey 101,
Sorry,not buying those 3 examples.French Eddy,having a laugh.He was surrounded by Frenchmen.Loads of pics of them all together.He went in a huff when the others went.
Duffy,!!!!,what far foreign shores was he dumped on?He could not see his kids because of Covid?WTF has that to do with Celtic?He had been playing in England !!!!
Barkas.All down to Covid,as he says.Like the rest of the population.No social mixing.Very difficult,but nothing to do with Celtic.All players the same.
If that’s the best you are coming up with,I will hold fire on the apology.
BSR,
Anything like their Ajax counterparts,I am sure they will.
Coneybhoy, Both Kerr’s Ma & Da came from Belfast.
I remember a few years back. Ireland were playing some Eastern European team, There was a Hun playing for them and the crowd were booing him when he got the ball anyhow he got injured and was carried off and a section of the crowd celebrated,
Afterwards Kerr apologized, might have been same interview but around that time was questioned about his allegiances and came out with some Guff about his Parents being from Belfast and said something like as a kid Rangers was always the first score he checked and added even though I love Celtic.
Personally I didn’t believe him, I reckon he is a Hun and have had no time for him since,
The majority of the playing staff currently speak very highly of Ange Postecoglou, also past players, the fact 4 Japanese players followed him across the globe speaks volumes
The Story Of… Damien Duff’s praise of John Kennedy’s work …https://www.celticfc.com › news
17 Jun 2020 — SPEAKING after his departure from Paradise, Damien Duff described his time at Celtic as the best of his sporting life. One man who made his time …
Kristoffer Ajer sends Farewell Message to Celtic with special …https://thecelticstar.com › Latest
21 Jul 2021 — Kristoffer Ajer thanking John Kennedy specifically in his farewell Insta post. ‘Without him, we would never have won the quadruple treble. I …
Goalkeeping coach Stevie Woods is Celtic’s unsung herohttps://www.67hailhail.com › Opinion
14 Nov 2020 — Long-time Celtic goalkeeping coach Stevie Woods has to be considered the club’s unsung hero for the success he has had with a host of …
We have contributions about Celtic that would fit very well with the tabloid scum laughable risible nonsense
First Team Analyst:Greg Wallace
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Hope no!
Fat ba****d!
What is the wage and expense bill for that lot in a year?
Nay wonder we’re no signing’ embdy else!
I went and asked some of our Real Estate providers here in Glasgow what they know about Celtic and property.
Celtic have arrangements with several for leasing agreements directly with players themselves. Longterm arrangments, long standing partners.
Mar Hall, Bearsden, Newton Mearns, Bothwell, Kilmalcolm.
Players are not left stranded in the Premier Inn.
I found the Odsonne story bizarre. I couldnt read the menu so i just ordered anything. Whit a nugget.
Barkas and Duffy situations no different to literally millions of people stranded places during lcokdown.
bloody Peter Lawwell
The gallant pioneers spotted rowing up the Clyde in their royal blue romper suits. Next stop Govan for ra gemme. Unrivalled staunchness.
Philbhoy Willing to take bets on Celtic will add to the squad before transfer window closes you up for it
Celtic transfer news: Ange Postecoglou targeting ‘one or two …https://www.skysports.com › football › celtic-transfer-n…
4 days ago — Postecoglou insists the club are not currently in negotiations with any potential signings, but they would move for the right player. Kilmarnock
LIONROARS67
My post was half in jest.
I don’t gamble, sorry.
Hope we do sign more players though!
The Blythswood Hotel isn’t too shabby
PHILBHOY on 16TH AUGUST 2022 5:26 PM
I know, I was at the wind-up
Hope all is well
LIONROARS67
All good here!
Hope you are keeping well too!
Tbf the fans mostly sing songs that have nothing to do with sectarianism these days.
Just one of the belters from Bare Arsed Den,on news that FARE will be monitoring the songs tonight.
“Out them and kick their Tarrier C—s in”
Oh dear.
LionsRoar
All those guys have jobs to do and I doubt spend much time worrying about players outside of the club. Many of them (scouts, analysis guys, youth team coaches) will be lucky if they’ve ever even said hello to Kyogo, Jota. Interestingly, no player liaison manager among that lot, nor a loan manager like Harkin used to do at Man City (keeping in contact with the players we have on loan).
Turkeybhoy – I did say COVID was a factor in the Duffy and Barkas cases and yes we all had lockdown to contend with. At my work, we put on extra mental health provision, had zoom quizzes, etc – sounds like we had none of that but instead left the players to their own devices (so Griffiths could get away with putting his monitoring vest in a car to make it look like he was keeping fit). We either didn’t pick up that DUFFY and Barkas were lonely or did nothing about it – by the time they arrived the team could train at Lennoxtown so we could easily have put on extra sessions, meals etc there to help them.
On French Eddy, are we surprised that he might have made poor choices when in the hotel on his own? He was a daft 19 year old lad who, let’s remember, had form for making bad decisions and getting into grief when left to his own devices (the air rifle and Toulouse) so to not have a proper integration plan for him seems a bit naive.
Anyway, my point is that these are things we absolutely need to be on top of. Not doing it thoroughly to save 5 figure salaries seems daft when we pay millions for the players – to use Paul’s terminology it’s bad asset management!
Can’t lay claim to this one.
Merely reporting it.
I wonder if the police staff (I won’t call them officers) thought Bernabei was a “puddle drinker”.
Or know George Square well?
Or are currently having their social media accounts cleansed before any court appearance.
They certainly seem to have done a fine job zeroing in on this ALLEGED crime.
From a force who, less than two years ago, couldn’t find the birthday boy among a mass ILLEGAL birthday party gathering.
We should all be thankful for this improvement in performance.
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https://www.thecelticwiki.com/toronto-cup-1970/
SPIDEY101 on 16TH AUGUST 2022 5:37 PM
LionsRoar
All those guys have jobs to do and I doubt spend much time worrying about players outside of the club. Many of them (scouts, analysis guys, youth team coaches) will be lucky if they’ve ever even said hello to Kyogo, Jota. Interestingly, no player liaison manager among that lot, nor a loan manager like Harkin used to do at Man City (keeping in contact with the players we have on loan).
I did preface my post by stating that my list wasn’t up to date, the players interact with all of the staff who work or visit Lennonxtown it would surprise you who players chat to, in my time I used to be able to walk into Barrowfield as a visitor and was able to chat to players, I see the main point of the list you have ignored clearly it didn’t fit your negative ill-informed narrative, numerous members of staff to consult, from the manager down, its ludicrous to suggest these players are isolated, ignored
Man City ?
Three high-profile Man City players unhappy with roles at clubhttps://punditarena.com › football › darraghmurphy
31 May 2021 — The Athletic reports that there is significant disharmony in the Etihad dressing room; naming Raheem Sterling, Aymeric Laporte and Gabriel Jesus …
Knowing Sevco’s ‘luck’ the UEFA observer will be from Northern Ireland where the Scottish songbook is not only acceptable but lauded.
Lionsroar – We’re not going to agree on this so I’ll simply say I take the point there are plenty people to talk to and consult with, but those guys have their own jobs and lives to contend with and probably don’t have anything to do with players outside of work. Ange has publicly said he keeps his distance from players and he’s not seriously going to be dealing with queries like “what’s a really good sushi restaurant”, “where can I go to meet other Japanese/Israeli/etc people”, “where is my local place of worship” or “where can I get Kosher chicken” type queries is he? Nor are any of the other folk on the staff likely to be able to either. I mentioned before, it’s probably been easier for the Japanese players to settle as they have a Japanese translator who will know all these things and have show the players where to go, etc. Abada has already said Bitton was invaluable in helping him with that sort of stuff.
The Man City three were unhappy because they weren’t playing as much as they’d like and didn’t feel engaged with on that – very different scenarios.
TURKEYBHOY
To be offended, a game verse Aberdeen at CP usually does the trick.
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/20662313.psv-eindhoven-given-2am-wake-up-fireworks-set-off-outside-glasgow-hotel-rangers-clash/
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Was Dembele not here when Eddy signed?
I think if we sign someone under 30 that isnt married they should be allowed to bring their mammy with them.
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Who’s the bhoy at the back between Billy and Ian Young
SPIDEY101 on 16TH AUGUST 2022 6:05 PM
Kyogo and the other Japanese players have an interpreter who I’m sure has been invaluable in getting information on Japanese restaurants in Scotland.
The uninterested indifferent manner you have outlined that the staff have towards our international players is unsubstantiated guff, Celtic have an excellent record and are known for developing talent to sell on to top clubs, particularly in the EPL, we wouldn’t have that reputation if we treated players as coldly as you suggest, players wishing basic info on places of worship, restaurants, entertainment, the club will assist, coaches fellow players, HR, agents, etc or do as many of us do when we travel abroad, use Google you can change the language on the page to Japanese
aff oot
Glasgow Evening Times fireworks at PSV hotel are just banter
That CFC window in Scullybhoys last picture was preserved and is now inside the main entrance