Celtic’s January 2012 transfer window

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Michael Lustig arrived early on a pre-contract from Rosenborg.  A right back as tall as the North Stand he is one of the most curious signings we’ve made in a while, considering the strength we have in that position.

Rabiu Ibrahim, past-wonder-kid of African football, came in after negotiating an end to an unproductive stay in Eindhoven.  I hear lots about Ibrahim’s ability but Celtic will have to find a way of turning that into a productive force in the SPL, something PSV were unable to do in the Netherlands.

Polish international striker, Pawel Brozek, arrived on load from Trabzonspor, where he spent most of last year at the side of the pitch.  Pawel is an experienced pro who is likely to enjoy his time in the SPL.  He’ll keep the front pairing of Abbot and Costello on their toes, neither of whom will be certain of retaining their place.

Young players, Paul Slane, James Keatings and Lewis Toshney went out on loan to MK Dons, St Johnstone and Kilmarnock respectively, which Josh Thompson continued his tour of English towns and cities by heading to Chesterfield for 6 months.  None were likely to make more than cameo appearances this season, all will benefit from the career development opportunity.

Throughout the month I ignored stories that we would sell our prime first-team assets, Hooper, Stokes, Samaras, Forrest, Commons, Ki, McCourt and Matthews were all linked with clubs in England and offers were received for six of the above, but who in their right mind would sell top players in January when you are in a nip –and-tuck race for the title?

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  1. crc , well done ! everyone else with CRC , my sympathies.

     

     

    Jst back from london – did in my wheel yesterday (again) so had to come home on the spacesaver – 400 miles and not allowed to go over 50 mph . Left Harefield at 1 , in the door at 10:59 – never again .

     

     

    TTTT , whit’s wrong with contractors ? I hear they hold a place dear to you .

     

     

    Sanna (IR35 peoples front csc)

  2. FFM

     

     

    If you’ve been away for a while you probably wouldn’t recognise the ol place!!

     

     

    Right bed time, night Bhoys

  3. Pablo, Mwd, yer auld da

     

     

    Nearly a 5 a side team.

     

     

    I’m in underwriting…must know some if not all of you..

  4. Pablo B

     

     

    4 2 Republic

     

     

    Any of you new Santander House Clique Bhoys want to join me CRC and others in the Admiral for a beer and pizza way Samaras on Saturday. Hoops in the hold downstairs in Admiral. Will be happy to make your aquaintance if it has not already been acquainted previously.

     

     

    Bees are on CRC.

     

     

    MWD :-)))

  5. Palacio 67 – LoL, you make Troon sound like the Falls Road. I spent 18 years there as a Celtic fanatic and never experienced a single problem As lates as the 1970s Troon only had a population of around 12,000 and plenty of the town’s Catholic kids chose to go to Marr College over Ayr’s Queen Margaret Academy. The local RC school, St Pat’s, is just down the road from Troon Academy and again, I never saw any problems or got the notion that we were somehow different.

     

    Troon had the reputation of being a well-off area but things started to change through the 80s when Wimpey built 1000s of new houses in the outlying areas. This attracted a lot of people into the area from elsewhere in Ayrshire and things started to change. Marr’s reputation as a prestigious high school slid dramatically although I think a lot of that was due to kids being bussed in from Irvine. With the introduction of the Troon-Belfast ferry, the through traffic for football brought some problems and may be the reason the Mad Dog ended up there.

     

    But still, compared to most of the towns in the west of Scotland, it is a good place to grow up in. Especially if you like golf.

  6. kikinthenakas says:

     

    1 February, 2012 at 23:35

     

     

    Woodhead. Do you know it?

     

     

     

    Lennybhoy

     

     

    What night out? :-)

  7. tommytwiststommyturns on

    MWD – that will be going back soon, just need to decide what’s next. Handed back the bosses Saab last month as well.

     

     

    Sanna – you and me are gonna fa’ oot if you ever mention that combination of letters and numbers again….! :-(

     

     

    T4

  8. kikinthenakas says:

     

    1 February, 2012 at 23:41

     

     

    Frying pan into the fire? :-)

     

     

    Where in Hamilton were you?