Great news that Mikael Lustig and Emilio Izaguirre have extended their contracts until 2017. Footballers’ careers flow on a few distinct tracks. Some are too hot for their clubs to retain, Victor Wanyama, who declined a contract renewal with almost 3 years of his initial deal remaining, fell into this category. Some, like Georgios Samaras, will represent diminishing value to their clubs, and attract only diminishing contracts.
I could make an argument that the players in the third category, who are highly valuable to their club, but are not so valuable that they are impossible to retain, are more important than the latter.
It’s important for Celtic to have outstanding achievers (especially up front) but clubs find it difficult to remain on-strategy if they have significant churn each season. Transfer income is great, and often needed, but ideally you would look at your squad around this time of the year and want to change no more than 3 players over the summer.
I reckon Celtic should be able to hold onto Lustig, Izaguirre, Matthews, Ambrose, Brown, Commons, Mulgrew, Stokes and Forrest until the club want to move them on. These players are the mainstay of our squad, hopefully Johansen will prove to be too. Forster and van Dijk fall into the same category as Wanyama and Hooper – they will have high paying options in England.
Forster and van Dijk will help get us into and compete in the Champions League, but two or three gems are useless if they are surrounded by players less polished bling.
The last 24 hours has been a salutary lesson on what will continue to happen until Celtic appoint a manager. The Daily Mail got the ball rolling when someone told them Roy Keane was leaving Dublin to speak to Celtic. This was good information, in as much as it was true, Celtic did meet Roy Keane, but the ‘paper put inappropriate weight upon it.
Soon everyone and their dog was reporting the deal was done. Which surprised Celtic.
Today’s news – there is no news.
‘News’ will continue to break and eventually one story will actually be the news we’re waiting for. There is value (reputation and advertising) in rushing out with a story before it’s confirmed or others are doing the same, and little consequence (zero damage to reputation and you get to keep the ad money) in getting it wrong, so stay tuned for the next instalment. Only this week, Pope Francis was talking about papal retirement, maybe he has another gig in mind.
London Calling
Let me know if you would like to attend the CQN Question and Answer evening at the Manor Club, Wimbledon, on 21 June, with a confirmed line-up of Lisbon Lion, John Hughes, and our own Brogan Rogan and Auldheid, celticquicknews@gmail.com
Visit the CQN Bookstore to get Tommy Gemmell to sign your personal copy of his tome, All the Best.
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Captain Beefheart = Knobend.
TRUE FACT.
petec 19:52
No offense taken. Warsaw is 1 000km distance from Bucarest :-)
Oops. Not pedantic at all Chairbhoy.
Funny how we all have such different responses to music: I just read a review of Van Morrison’s Tupelo Honey, which contains some fine songs, and the reviewer was critical of the song Starting a new life as he felt it was unmemorable. The same song which I instantly adored and remembered after hearing it. That numbskull evidently knows nothing about great music.
petec
20:03 on 30 May, 2014
WeefratheTim
19:59 on 30 May, 2014
captain beefheart
Thanks for you response. I had the honour of being invited to the final Burns Supper in the British Embassy in Helsinki, before the 9/11 incident. Hey ho. :-)) Still got my invite. KTF
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
“before the 9/11 incident”…. Bless you.
We need a lot more people doing what you do, everyone basically.
The panopticon works itself,
Canny work out whether that’s a compliment or an insult. So I will reserve judgement. I am still a Celtic Supporter at the end of the day. (Do I need a tin hat?) KTF. Maybe a mistake coming on here tonight.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
No end to it
Ernie,
What’s your problem with Beefheart? Have you listened to Trout Mask?
WeefratheTim,
You are innocent……
Never look too deep into Anything I post about a person.
I think you are Wonderful and the way you Bring Life to the World, well it melts my HEART mair than Celtic signing Cristiano Ronaldo, you can think that is Bullsh!t or believe it it means nothing to ME.
Engerlund will be home before the postcards. Wemberly crowd applaud overhit passes against reserve pub team.
petec
No offence, but why do I feel my intelligence is being questioned on here tonight? I have never insulted anyone on this sacred blog, and don’t expect to be insulted by any other blogger. If anyone wishes to converse with me, please make it in plain English. KTF
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Anyhoo, away to feed and bed down the poultry. KTF
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/sport/football/peter-lawwell-confirms-celtic-is-interested-in-roy-keane.1401443692
My reading of the above: Peter doesn’t want Roy but someone else at the club does…
Sensational breaking news from Italy!
Italy v Ireland from Craven Cottage tomorrow night!
Roy Keane expected to be on the bench.
HH!!
evening timland
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WeefratheTim
20:27 on 30 May, 2014
petec
No offence, but why do I feel my intelligence is being questioned on here tonight? I have never insulted anyone on this sacred blog, and don’t expect to be insulted by any other blogger. If anyone wishes to converse with me, please make it in plain English. KTF
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
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Let me at them,,,,,,
You are ahead of the curve, you will be targeted if things go Tits Up.
Yeshua, talk to him, if you ask him to, he will protect you. Always Remember that.
Sturridge
1-0
HH
Nice goal from Sturridge.
England 1 Peru 0
italiabhoy
20:28 on 30 May, 2014
I don’t believe there are between 5 and 1o names on the list. I do believe that PL would rather somebody other than Keane gets the gig.
I think it is more than likely there are about three on the list.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
the battered bunnet
13:46 on 30 May, 2014
Hey! You! Aye you! Ah dae the opera references round here!
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Plagiarism, the playing field of the scoundrel.
Ernie’s vicious attack on a genius shall not be forgotten. Ernie, you are named after a psychotic murderer. You should show more respect to the Don. HH.
Captain Beefheart killed Marxist dreams… Keane ate my courage… Formerly JO’N… Just say no to the clique.
20:16 on 30 May, 2014
I have no problem with him.
I likes his stuff.
‘Drinking coffee from a crimped up can’. Could have been wrote by Mark Twain.
Marx Twain took his name from a river boat cry. Captain Beefheart took his name from his uncle’s name for his (ie the uncle’s) appendage.
24 hour Parteee People
petec
I am reading your last post to me as a threat to my well being. NOW can you clarify in plain english EXACTLY what your intent in that post is amounting to.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
weefrathetim 20:47
Take my advice.
Don’t get involved.
My Head is My Only House Unless it Rains.
I’ve always said that.
Rutherglen Vogue says Yes to independence..
Celts for change.
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squire danaher
20:48 on 30 May, 2014
weefrathetim 20:47
Take my advice.
Don’t get involved.
Paul67
I hope you are reading this. I’m well out of here.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Genuinely confused here, what’s going on?
Weefra, stick with it.
CELTIC CEO IN BELFAST TALKING TO FANS
Ernie,
You are a man of substance and are clearly disposed to fine words and tunes. Never had much of an urge to read Twain though. Try Chekov’s short novel The Steppe. It is a fandabbiedosy yarn. Or try The double by Fyodor.
For someone to tell me “you will be targeted if things go tits up” wtf is that about.? Sounds like a threat to me, and as I live in a very remote area, and certain CQNrs know my location, yes I am concerned for my families safety.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
WeeFrathetim
Just catching up, KTF, Old Apache saying says “Man with forked tongue, talks twice as much bull”
lilys
Just in case anyone missed it. Roy Keane naw from me. :)
glasgowbhoy
Cheers buddy, I have not a clue what brought all this on, but if certain bloggers are trying to be too smartassed and trying to combat DBBIA, their wasting their time. He and BSR would bury them when it came to intelligence. I know this as I have met half of that duo. :-))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
WeefratheTim
21:00 on
30 May, 2014
so wtf is the threat you talk about
concerned CQN
HH
Feeding time…….for me. :-))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Captain Beefheart killed Marxist dreams… Keane ate my courage… Formerly JO’N… Just say no to the clique.
20:59 on 30 May, 2014
Haven’t read either, though I’ve read some of their others.
I like Turgenev best.
Weefra
I think he means at the end of the world, not the end of the season.
You’re cool big ghuy. Anyway imagine any bams ever threatened a hair in yer heid. Imagine the honors that we by your shoulder.
Just ignore and speak to those who speak in English rather than speaking in tongues.
;-)
HH jamesgang
Mullet&co2
Think that was a given , for what its worth the more I think about it the more Im coming round to the idea
lilys