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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JAMES FORREST on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2016 11:39 AM
I’m serious, I’m not having a flounce.
But I’ve seen good people slandered by that idiot on here, him and others.
And I’m done with it.
Slanderd? Who? And you’ve proof of that too right?
What a drama queen, lol.
Turkeybhoy
What about the Green Man?
It wasnt me who couldnt sign a decent midfield player, even though the 50,000 season ticket money and 30 million from the CL would make that likely.
But no….they couldnt manage to sign a decent midfielder.
What a surprise eh…..again:)
HH
James Forrest
Calm down.
If you think he deserved it, fine, offend him somewhere else.
Foul language isn’t allowed either.
The Green Man,
They do treat the fans like ‘idiots’ and we buy it.
‘It sells.’ The rich become richer.
When my son was 10 he knew the WWE was makey-uppy. Shame we are about to hear 10 days of justifying the unjustifiable.
The criminal King enjoying free hospitality at Celtic Park as the ‘Fit and Proper’ man at Rangers.
He absolutely and unequivocally deserved it.
Hair for hare and now slanderd for slandered.
Thats edgedewkatesHun for you.
Mwaaaa
MWD :-)))
Clogher Celt
The whole scenario is a farce.
We have to ignore the cheating, and not complain about where the money goes.
The PLC look the other way, their only concern is bonus money.
And they still wont call the cheats out.
Its a disgrace.
HH
Happy clapping down a mineshaft, we’re Happy Clapping down a mine shaft, we’re happy clapping down a mineshaft……
C’mon you know the words!
Join in when you’re comfortable:/)
Happy Clapping down a mineshaft……………………..
Love ymthe post apocalypse stuff today:-)
MOONBEAMSWD ‘STAND UP ON 15 FOR THE GB:
Haha you’re a stirrer you are, son :)
What is Timdom Blogland becoming?
E Tims and CQN on the same song sheet?
The devil seen in Debenhams shopping for a fur coat.
http://etims.net/?p=9694
Lee Wallace ,s influenza on this blog …..spreading rapidly….
A grass a day keeps the writers away!
Smiley thing
Braw
JAMES FORREST on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2016 11:40 AM
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS
You think he’d talk to some of the people in a pub the way he does on here?
Not in this lifetime.
And you know this how?
TD67
You talk about slander…really!
You have been calling Celtic fans ‘Groomers’, even when asked to desist.
Fecking cheek you’ve got.
Thank God the Celtic Diary is now up on E Tims. Reading the shoite on here would give one the boak.
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2016 11:41 AM
Turkeybhoy
Calm down,eh Calm down,
it was a joke.
Just as a matter of interest,who would you have signed for the midfield?.
James Forrest.
Calm down and count to 10.
Forget any rights or wrongs. The blog cannot afford to lose any more decent posters.
HH.
JAMES FORREST
Get along to the Hootenanny, 1st October.
We will cheer you up.
Auldheid
I imagine the free Celtic TV subscription works wonders. :-)
MWD
JAMES FORREST on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2016 11:40 AM
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS
You think he’d talk to some of the people in a pub the way he does on here?
Not in this lifetime.
###
The difference is he knows that in the pub he’d get a slap so he’d moderate his behaviour accordingly.
No such inhibiting factor exists on here.
Best not to engage.
JAMES FORREST on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2016 11:42 AM
He absolutely and unequivocally deserved it.
I don’t think anyone should be spoken to like that on this blog, IMO.
Fully grown men that don’t know each other flouncing after a transfer window shuts and us looking at an awesome season ahead.
I’m off of here until the new article.
Growup.csc
KLV
“Personal attacks on here are not allowed”
And it’s a rule that’s adhered to about as much as the “No Smoking in Hospital grounds” up at Wishy General.
My dogs are giving me the old…”mair fightin’ oan the blog aul’ yin? Take us oot fur a walk then ‘n log back in later…and bring the poo bags…”
Think I’ll take their advice…hasta luego…
* I feel BR has done excellent work so far.
* On the down side this was the opportunity to add a quality midfielder with the attraction of Champions
League football.
* In all likelihood we won’t have European football post Christmas so real quality unlikely to come.
* Next summer we’re back into the lottery of qualification.
* BR had stated that qualification for the CL would make signing real quality possible.
* The pre-season tournament fee would cover the net spend on fees of circa £3million so why have we not
used any of the other monies that have come our way?
Not a rant just an outline of my understanding/lack of understanding of what has gone on. HH
I think the term in Scots Law is “defamation”.
I could be wrong and I’m happy to admit I have been before.
Mind you, it was AGES ago!
BEATBHOY on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2016 11:49 AM
Gets on my nerves that, smokers thinking a magic fairy comes and sweeps away their litter.
Breathe deeply James … in and out … in and out …
Apologies to yourself THETIMREAPER and to PAUL67.
None to the individual my post was directed at, and I said at the start AND at the end that I had never wanted to write it. Not my thing. Didn’t feel good about it but sick fed up of reading the same personal attacks against the same people over and over and over and over again.
But it didn’t belong here, as honest (brutally honest) as it was.
Now … E-Tims ….
They’ve made an EXCELLENT point about the coming rammy at Celtic Park.
I know we’re OBLIGED to give an away team an allocation, but when you’re talking about a club who’s board is on the record as justifying pitch invasions, assaults and sectarian singing are they REALLY the kind of people we want to give 7000 plus tickets to?
For our own SAKE we should have sought to limit that number, even if they respond in kind.
They are dangerous, frankly, a club run by seriously unhinged people and supported by even more.
When I wrote an article last year on whether or not we should ban them from Parkhead entirely the response, as you can imagine, was overwhelmingly supportive of the idea.
They’ve got worse since then.
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2016 11:47 AM
TD67
You talk about slander…really!
You have been calling Celtic fans ‘Groomers’, even when asked to desist.
Fecking cheek you’ve got.
Not that I recall, but it seems the pack think that, anyone got proof, and if I did, I’m sure P67 would have put me in my place long ago, naw, your at it again TGM .
Turkeybhoy
Im always joking bud.
I say my piece:)
I would have signed one European midfielder of good quality.
The work should have been done months ago, they had plenty of time.
One…just one decent mid from Europe…..but, shucks they just couldnt manage it.
Those fabulous businessmen on the PLC who have built careers on their acumen…..couldnt sign a player.
Shock eh.
Cmon now
HH
And now Beatbhoy is grassing up hundreds of hard working health professional s…..
Crazyman Road rules OK
Braw
TD67
So you are denying that you called Celtic fans ‘Groomers’?
If thats what you are saying…i tell you straight, you are a liar.
knows that in the pub he’d get a slap so he’d moderate his behaviour accordingly.
No such inhibiting factor exists on here.
Best not to engage.
Lol, do I know you?
Mathieu Flamini is still a free agent (I think). I reckon he is the sort of non flamboyant, shield the defence, don’t give the ball away, receive a pass from the CB, sitting midfielder we could use for our CL fixtures.
Alternatively maybe Kolo could move to a sitting midfielder and Lustig move into CB.
Neustadt-Braw
The patients are the staff??
Must be the passive smoking!!
MALARKEY:
By the way, that’s an outstanding point and I wonder how many other very decent players are out there, right now, available for free.
Not all free transfers make you wanna giggle uncontrollably :)
Flamini would be a very good shout. An old head, European experience … yep, good call.
Ernie’s pub!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qlSvf0c9Gn4
Good morning..ish,
Just trying to catch up, so haven’t read back, so I presume we are mostly happy, over all, with the transfer window.
I wonder if Mc.Carthy was the player that Brendan really wanted?
If so, then I am quite happy that he is still at Everton, or more precisely, the Physio’s couch at Goodison, awaiting confirmation as to whether he needs a groin op or not.
So far, all the players brought in have improved the team. Gamboa still to show.
Even though we had no new “ins” yesterday, I consider Jozo’s collapsed move to Torino a blessing for us……like signing a new player (c. some nutter).
Happy to see Chucker Mulgrew vacate the premises. Just Commons of the Dissenters left, after Scott Brown had a word in his ear.
I’ll finish now and let Paul post a new article.
I don’t want Jam tomorrow I want Conserve.
MWD