Paulo Bernardo’s signature on a loan-to-buy-option concluded Celtic’s business last night. It follows the same scouting, recruitment and commercial path established with Jota two years earlier.
At 21, he is bang on plan. If Celtic are to make a significant leap forward, we will not do it with mid-20s honest pros. Talent needs to be on the cusp of maturity, with world-class development added.
It would be an interesting move to start Paulo tomorrow, but a place on the bench isn’t out of the equation.
Welcome to Celtic, Paulo.
I’m seldom confident ahead of Ibrox and tomorrow is no different. The game is perhaps a few weeks early for us. Still, we have a manager and squad that know how to win there. Nothing to lose, Celtic.
Round up on the window next week.
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Good afternoon all from the Victoria Bar. You are an absolute shower of malcontents. So there now. Gerrintaethum Celtic!!!+
Radio Scotland going into overdrive about a goal that Clancy chopped off for Kilmarnock; saying McInnes will be feeling aggrieved,as they were denied a penalty against us last season. Weren’t we denied a penalty against them only a couple of weeks ago? No mention of that, of course. They get worse by the week.
PCS
Or the elbow on Taylor
It’s the apologists readiness to accept and excuse failure I don’t get. I’ve read the cups aren’t important this year and even if we lose tomorrow we’ll still win the league, we have a much better squad. Really? You sure about that? Our squad players lost 3 nil at Ibrox last year. Both squads have since changed and our first 11 is weaker. Why the hurry to surrender trophies? Wouldn’t it make more sense asking why with record earnings and Sevco buying basically mostly dross, we are righting off trophies. That suggests to me massive mistakes within our club. Isn’t that the sensible place to put your attention? The board apologists, never change their stance regardless of Celtic’s business, that highlights they either don’t care if Celtic are successful or are not worth listening too because if you don’t change your view when the facts change then your opinion is moot.
The facts are the manager wanted other positions strengthened,particularly left back and it wasn’t done whilst turning a profit.
Failure to win title will equal massive failure by our board and must pay the consequences with their jobs.
SID on 2ND SEPTEMBER 2023 5:55 PM
The facts are the manager wanted other positions strengthened,particularly left back and it wasn’t done whilst turning a profit.
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Must have missed that on my sunbed in Lanzarote, so the manager has stated something about a left back and it’s not just the usual made up pish facts …
Nobody told me there would be days like these, strange days indeed…..
never felt less confident going into this game. We are asking a lot from a team who has not been playing well to gel with 3-4 players who have not played together , let alone experienced this fixture.
Rangers despite their recent euro performance have had time as a team and appear focused on the league as a priority.
Would have liked some experience brought in (as Rodgers had asked for and could feel let down).
Having said that I’m intrigued by how Palma, Yang, Holm and Phillips will play tomorrow and through development.
Good early evening from a still qarm and sunny Garngad
Not long back from the Celtic story a nice wee afternoon, with son, son in law and grandson.
Of course wee Riley collected 42 cups and he got a quid return on each one on 5 different bank cards. He says that will do him for his trip to Madrid in November to see the famous.
Now lets get into this mob manana
D :)
Warm no qarm, is that a new word between cool and warm – qarm.
D :)
LETS ALL DO THE HUDDLE on 2ND SEPTEMBER 2023 5:06 PM · EDIT
there are 20 moderators on here
if paul was getting attacked then they would be barrd
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Only 2 of us on here (2nd one just last week)
Is there complaints??
Ekbhoy
Are you doubting the manager wanted a left back, really?
Do you feel this a position not drastically needing strengthened?
You’re not paying attention if you think Brendan is happy with that position.
Bernabei is an undisciplined defensive bombscare and Taylor is a weak link , although I love his attitude.
Will get back to you sometime between September and December to remind you how much of a mistake not strengthening that position was.
Wee 18km in Arrochar
https://twitter.com/antearmann1967/status/1698024449482629373?s=19
https://twitter.com/antearmann1967/status/1698024265952510149?s=19
HH
LUCKY CODY
£20M down the tubes in transfer fees. Add in wages its circa £50M wasted by Lawwell’s self appointed transfer guru with no track record.
Both Lawwell’s need to be removed after tomorrows defeat.
I smell Ibrox shoite.
Show no fear tomorrow Celts …all we ask is that you give 100 % for each other and the game will take care of itself …remain focused …block out the bigoted noise and remember who are the champions ..and who will be playing in the champions league this season !🤔
AN TEARMANN
That mountain in the first picture looks uncannily like the top end of Australia.
An Tearmann ……outstanding scenery …can’t beat a fine undulating landscape for taking your mind off pressing football concerns and worries 🤔
Paulo Bernardo ‘i am ready to perform’ 1st team ready
Check out this post from Celtic FC https://www.celticfc.com/news/2023/september/01/paulo-bernardo–i-m-ready-to-perform-for-celtic/
TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 2ND SEPTEMBER 2023 6:46 PM
LUCKY CODY
£20M down the tubes in transfer fees. Add in wages its circa £50M wasted by Lawwell’s self appointed transfer guru with no track record.
Both Lawwell’s need to be removed after tomorrows defeat.
I smell Ibrox shoite.
*husnae been seen since the Covid season Tom so what do you expect.
Incidentally William Fredrick Cody aka who grew up in Mississauga Ontario was active in the concordant bodies of the fraternal organization of Freemasonry having been initiated in Platte Valley Lodge No. 32, in North Platte, Nebraska, on March 5, 1870. He received his second and third degrees on April 2, 1870, and January 10, 1871, respectively. He became a Knight Templar in 1889 and received his 32nd degree in the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in 1894
a good wee drive doon to see the big new cruise ship at greenock, the new visotor centre restraunt scotts was rammed.
then a drive around the cloch road.
just cos i am childish, 23 celtic tops v 9 hun outfits counted.
oh, and bizarrely one of the celtic iops worn by a kid coming out of cappielow with his mates.
now to tomorrow.
and our recent experiences of the glasgow derby minus fans.
they killed the fixture, they couldnt take celtic fans celebrating in the broomloan, and now they go to these games expecting to win, that may well be the case, but imho, it will have no bearing on the outcome of the league.
the homes games will most probably have a 6-6 points spilt and cancel out.
the expectation levels on their blogs are huge, but they are worse than on here, beale must win, or walk is a theme.
as always i do fear for our players and staffs safety, does anyone know if the “board” take up seats in their directors box ?
Tom McLaughlin 6.50
Maybeez Tom :-) its The Cobbler Arrochar
A lot of history attached to it in scottish climbing terms from 1920s onward.
Carpe Diem
Nowt to fear but fear itself regards tomorrow.
Good meetin you
HHx2
SAINT STIVS
a good wee drive doon to see the big new cruise ship at greenock, the new visotor centre restraunt scotts was rammed.
Jeezo Stivs. You’ll need to be more careful with your driving.
HA…Ha…..Howe 🤣
This is a very odd state of affairs
The aul cognitive dissonance in full flow, I must say
“If Celtic are to make a significant leap forward…”
Let’s remind ourselves where we were two years ago
Ange was building the team up from a carcrash, Ange then may a significant leap forward from that wreckage and won five out of six trophies
He did that with a real mix of professional players
He gave the team UCL experience even if it was a season too soon for most players and gave us a great platform to build on.
We are now suggesting that we play a youngster just in the door, who may well not even have visited Scotland in a crucial Glasgow Derby.
That means the Ange leap forward took a great leap back, a leap back we always make with this plan, this model
Out of Ange’s team that made the great leap forward, we have lost
Juranovic, Giakoumakis, Jenz, Starfelt, Jota, Mooy
Crucial players, lots of experience, good physicality and replaced them with moneyball signings and loanees
Don’t be fooled (again), just think logically, the folk are pulling the wool over your eyes
When Ange made the leap forward he didn’t go for inexperienced players around 21 years old
There was a real mix, that is the tried and tested way to build a team; youth, experience, guile, physicality, teamwork, individual brilliance
Ange’s team didn’t have it all but it had enough, it was still a work in progress but it had made good progress
So think, why are we not building on that platform, replacing quality with quality, experience with experience and pushing forward?
Why every couple of season we end up back at the beginning?
It is because our Board is not a Football Club Board, it is a PLC Board
The PLC is there to make a profit…
Read this again…
“At 21, he is bang on plan. If Celtic are to make a significant leap forward, we will not do it with mid-20s honest pros. Talent needs to be on the cusp of maturity, with world-class development added.”
Is that true? Will our plethora of new young recruits make the difference tomorrow or will Nat Philips?
My feeling is we can depend on Nat.
If any of those youngsters benefit from our world class development, like Jota they will be off in the wink of an eye
It helps that player, it helps the agents, it helps our Board get richer
Loosing the likes of Jota does not benefit the team one iota, so drop the scales from your eyes and get real – moneyball is a get rich quick scheme, not a plan to make a football team leap forward.
Get smart – follow the money.
Hail Hail
Tom
that is the cobbler, cobber.
AN TEARMANN on 2ND SEPTEMBER 2023 6:46 PM
Wee 18km in Arrochar
https://twitter.com/antearmann1967/status/1698024449482629373?s=19
My local pub in haddington has a new tap, Victoria Malaga, it’s decent, having not been abroad for over ten years this is the closest I’ll get by ordering a pint of it
Lucky Cody
You are sailing close to the wind, this is a Celtic site.
https://x.com/moravcik67_/status/1697942352814289057?s=46&t=PNNx1cSBe6kRqG-F-W-_XQ
Champions league squad stuff
Mod67
Did i ever show u how to ban such posters for 24 hours??
Great Pics AT, spent nearly every weekend at Arrochar when I was 18/19.
Have a memory that one of the local hotels was owned by an ex-Celt, can’t remember who maybe someone with better memory from 40 years back will know who it was
Who really cares about boardroom guff or players we didn’t sign should have could have …
The Huns have beaten Morton & Ross County, don’t buy not the “hype” especially from some “Celtic” fans on here …
Got a feeling Brendan has been dropping wee Kyogo deep in our opening games to get Goldson & Soutar to defend high up the park … 100% confident about tomorrow … why worry ?
Greg Taylor man of the match … we missed Greg last season when he went off injured at the Hun hell hole
“If” the Huns & officials manage a decent result tomorrow we will be 2pts behind after 4 games having been to pittodrie & Ibrox …
Only a fool would predict the score …
Huns 0 Celtic hunners
Nothing better than a 350 mile trip home on a Saturday night after a drubbing. No consideration given to fans by TV companies.
This morning one of the BBC sports journalist was commenting on the £2.6bn spent by premier League clubs. He pointed out that what we’re seeing now are players you haven’t heard of going for £30 / £ 40m.
Lucky Cody
Come back tomoz after the game??
The Jameson and ginger I’ve just had is making me feel quite qarm
Moderator 1888
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Looking forward to the game tomorrow, we really have to see a huge turnaround
Our biggest challenge, as I see it, is our 4-3-3
We were overrun at Ibrox last season with that format, with very similar personel
Good we have better options in defence but it was midfield we lost it
We haven’t tried any other format in anger though and we may struggle due to injuries to have all the options
I’d love to see the return of BR’s
4-2-3-1
That would mean Oh or Meada up front though
The two in front of a new back four is crucial and like some have said Scales or Lagerbielke at left back could add the physicality we need
Hart
Alistair, Philips, Lagerbielke, Scales
………..Turnbull, Calmac
…..Abada, Kyogo, O’Riley
……………..Meada
Only unorthodox because we haven’t had time to bed the players in, Yes we could do with more physicality in the middle of the park but we simply don’t have it
Whatever happens, I’m sure there are some surprises in store
The The Rangers 1 2 Celtic Glasgow
Hail Hail
John McKillop was a wine and spirit merchant and took over the Grosvenor Hotel in 1899. He was a native of Catrine, Ayrshire and came to Glasgow with the rest of his family, his brother William was also in the licensed trade in Glasgow, he owned the Royal restaurant in West Nile Street, William died in 1909. John and his brother William was also in partnership with Mr MacKenzie in various catering projects including the world famous Glasgow International Exhibition in 1901. The brothers were awarded many awards for their involvement in the Scottish Licensed Trade and catering services. John was a member of various societies including the Scottish Licensed Trade, he was a Director of the Glasgow Restaurateurs Association, a member of the Lethahill & Cardross Golf Clubs, he was elected onto the Celtic football Board in June 1897 in the Annfield Hall just off the Gallowgate and served on the board until his death in 1914, John died at the age of 61 and was unmarried.