Brendan Rodgers declared himself delighted with his first transfer window as Celtic manager, which is now over, after the additions of Kolo Toure, Scott Sinclair, Moussa Dembele, Dorus de Vries and Cristian Gamboa.
Toure, Dembele and Sinclair, the managers three primary targets, were acquired early, while de Vries and right back, Gamboa, were added recently. Deals went close to the wire today but the hoped-for midfield player (which was never James McCarthy) didn’t materialise.
A permanent deal for a (known around these parts) central defender to backfill Jozo Simunovic, who was wanted by Torino, couldn’t be tied up either, so Torino also look to have missed their target.
You’ll hear direct from the manager soon enough but he’s got the calibre of recruit he wanted – which he didn’t know would be possible three months ago.
There was never anything possible to make a formidable Champions League group look any easier, but we’ll compete at the top table, and we’ll wipe the floor with all-comers domestically.
More tomorrow.
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KILL ULTRA:
Amazing.
You speak as if we’ve talked before.
Which is odd, as we never have.
Not on here, anyway. But elsewhere? With you calling yourself something else?
Yes, I think so.
You’re busted mate.
Brendan will be off at end of season if he is messed around. CQN has resembled Pravda with this article: patently untrue Brendan is delighted. He was talking about another target last week
Kingoh
Another very good post.
MWD
I hate these long breaks between Celtic games. The blog is rarely at its best and occasionally breaks out into internecine clan warfare. I’m going to take a break for a week and log back in during the build up to the game versus the ethereal entity. I wonder what the chances are of it being troll free by that time.
DAVIDOPOULOS on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2016 10:00 AM
NatKnow
No, no, just all my CQN top ten lists :)
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Ach! You should’ve kept those for the January transfer window!
BTW – started re-reading Labyrinths last night.. There is no word for “moon” in the Southern hemisphere of Tlon…. :-))))
NAtKnow- surely Hunky Dory is better
Love the James Morrison story in the papers today :)
Because if he was the midfield target we worked even less hard than I thought.
How long does it take to lift a phone and say “I’m calling about James Morrison. Is there any scope for doing business there? No? Okay then, thanks.”
Transfer window shuts, at ten past ten on the day before the deadline.
See what I’m saying?
NatKnow
I am in crisis – I can’t find my copy. I need to confirm that Peter Lawwell is the Zahir…
;)
Morning Celts
All that money and we cant get a player to strengthen the midfield.
We tried….aye right you are.
See how that decision pans out shortly.
Gravy train driven by squirrels.
Lawell still calling the shots…..and boosting the bonus.
We all know what his first priority is….Dont we.
Just a smokescreen…..Nothing has changed whatsoever.
Same s***, different manager.
The PLC are taking the P out of 50,000 season ticket holders.
No surprise there eh
HH
Flamini !!!!!!!!.Playing in the SPFL for Celtic ?I can hear the smacking of lips from our referees now.Probably about 4 Reds an 20 Yellows in a season.
And not at Snooker.
More bowie folks
Love this tho less well known.
Love trents input on this
https://youtu.be/u7APmRkatEU
coolmore mafia on 1st September 2016 10:30 am
NAtKnow- surely Hunky Dory is better
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Absolutely IMHO. Best album ever made! Life on Mars, Quicksand, The Bewley Brothers. It just doesn’t get any better than that!
KTF
James Forrest.
Loved the blog yesterday
Excellent work
Sheik Yerbouti on 1st September 2016 10:36 am
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Yep, a little known treasure. His work with NIN was fantastic.
KTF
Tom Rogic starts for the socceroos against Iraq.
W.C. qualifying.
K.O. 11.30 UK time.
And its ….’We tried to get James Morrison’
Yawn….heard that story too many times.
Yeah, that would have really set the CL alight eh….James Morrison,…really!
Somebody is having a fecking laugh at our expense.
Guess who that could be eh.
50,000 season tickets and 30 million CL money…..But we couldnt sign a decent midfield player.
Something wrong there…..who is kidding who?
Farce.
HH
COOLMORE MAFIA on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2016 10:30 AM
NAtKnow- surely Hunky Dory is better
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Subjective mate – all in the ears of the listener! I love Hunky Dory as it was one of the first I bought, but Scary Monsters is a different thing altogether. :-)))
How much will we spend this time next year, if we qualify for the Europa League, and not the Champions League?
Vfr800a8
Have u heard this
https://youtu.be/PEfOrECg6jI
I can imagine some of the malcontents on here when they were kids (some still are) waking up on Xmas morning…waaaa-waaaa…I wanted a red bike not a yellow one, waaaa-waaaa…and where’s the cowboy suit I wanted?…waaaa-waaa…get a grip of yourselves :-)
Anyway, time to do away with effin’ transfer window and go back to what it once was…regardless of Sky and Jim Sh…White…
TGM…are you one of the 50,000 season book holders?
DAVIDOPOULOS on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2016 10:34 AM
NatKnow
I am in crisis – I can’t find my copy. I need to confirm that Peter Lawwell is the Zahir…
;)
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“Perhaps behind the coin I shall find God”
Sounds like a moonhowling nightshift on CQN…. :-)))
You know, for one minute, when we got Brendan….I really thought things were going to change.
I really should have known better.
Same s****, different manager
Bonus culture and the gravy train still going strong.
We will get absolutely pumped in the CL…..see if you are all still happy then.
No attempt whatsoever at strengthening the squad…..but the bonuses will be sucked up.
No change whatsoever.
Same old s****….treat the supporters, as if they are daft.
Sheik Yerbouti on 1st September 2016 10:49 am
Vfr800a8
Have u heard this
https://youtu.be/PEfOrECg6jI
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No; that was some line-up!
Looking forward to hearing this: http://www.whatrecords.co.uk/items/72790.htm
Volume 1 and Volume 2 ordered for delivery next week!
KTF
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2016 10:55 AM
Where do you think we would have finished in the Group, if we had managed to get McCarthy in?
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2016 10:50 AM
I can imagine some of the malcontents on here when they were kids (some still are) waking up on Xmas morning…waaaa-waaaa…I wanted a red bike not a yellow one, waaaa-waaaa…and where’s the cowboy suit I wanted?…waaaa-waaa…get a grip of yourselves :-)
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Da?? Is that you…??
The biggest lesson learnt this summer is always get the highest profile manager that fits the bill that you can.
They are high profile for a reason – they are ruthless and come with a list of contacts in the game that will help fill 2 or 3 positions with sufficient quality right away before you even need to talk to your scouts.
In a way we are 2 years behind schedule and will be paying for mistakes made in the last two years at least until next summer. At least then there are at least 4 more out of contract and more deadwood may also be shifted in January, giving huge scope to continue to add quality rather than quantity.
That is why people are saying give it 2 or 3 transfer windows – it is a reasoned opinion but lets not forget it was mistakes of our own doing that put us here. No more ‘project’ managers – its too important a position.
Now we are on the right path again and it feels good – I have a feeling we will forget the disappointment of yesterday before too long.
HH
The Green Man says SACK THE Board on 1st September 2016 10:55 am
You know, for one minute, when we got Brendan….I really thought things were going to change.
I really should have known better.
Same s****, different manager
Bonus culture and the gravy train still going strong.
We will get absolutely pumped in the CL…..see if you are all still happy then.
No attempt whatsoever at strengthening the squad…..but the bonuses will be sucked up.
No change whatsoever.
Same old s****….treat the supporters, as if they are daft.
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Aye, imagine thinking Toure, Sinclair, Dembele, De Vries and Gamboa will strengthen the squad! I’m sure they’ve made it weaker!
KTF
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS
What do you think?
Do you think im the kind of person to throw money away on the word of millionaires?
No…certainly not.
40 years being treated like an idiot, home and away….was enough for me.
It saddens me though….that Celtic fans have no power to get rid of these halfwits on the PLC.
They only want the bonus money, they do not care about supporters.
Its all graft.
NatKnow
Everything can be related to Borges. I mean, CQN basically is the Library of Babel…
I can imagine some of the conformists on here when they were kids (some still are) waking up on Xmas morning…yeeeaaahhhh…I wanted an action man not a cindy doll but that’s ok she’s lovely, my friends are going to be so jealous, yeaaaaahhhhhh I always wanted those fine silk new curtains mummy?…yeeeaaaahhh…get a grip of yourselves :-)
agree with this bit though.
Anyway, time to do away with effin’ transfer window and go back to what it once was…regardless of Sky and Jim Sh…White…
Vfr800a8.
Wow DiD not know such an item need to get that
VFR
TOURE, DEVRIES, GAMBOA……Yeah, big fecking wow.
Am i supposed to be impressed?
HH
VRF
Toure ans SS have strenghtened the squad.
Jury is still out on Dembele.
De Vries has played one game, looked nervous and jury is out.
Gamboa hasn’t played yet so yip. tht jury thing again.
I am however happy they were purchased as targets identified by Brendan.
MWD
https://youtu.be/ELKbtFljucQ
.iron sky live at Abbey road
Paulo nutini
Natknow…I never got the cowboy suit but I got a Geronimo headdress, so, I went next door, scalped the wee boy and nicked his red bike…
DAVIDOPOULOS on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2016 11:01 AM
NatKnow
Everything can be related to Borges. I mean, CQN basically is the Library of Babel…
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Aye – but with a lot less credibility :-))))
The Green Man says SACK THE Board on 1st September 2016 11:02 am
VFR
TOURE, DEVRIES, GAMBOA……Yeah, big fecking wow.
Am i supposed to be impressed?
HH
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Watch them and tell me in 2 months.
KTF