Very pleased we have signed Patrick Roberts (18) on loan from Manchester City for 18 months. A few quick observations on this signing:
He’s another wide attacking player. I’ve lost count of the number of wide attacking players Ronny has signed but it’s far too many. Only Stuart Armstrong has come close to making regular appearances. This means we are still short of suitable options here, so need to recruit for the position, and that we have made a number of serious oversights.
The ideal signing is a loan with an option to buy. Next is a straight purchase, then a loan without an option to buy, but the market is changing.
I mentioned last month that as a consequences of the uber-rich hoarding players (Patrick is a case in point, £12m for a player who will be peripheral for years), mastering the loan market will be a key element to enable clubs to over perform.
Celtic appear to have struck up an understanding with Manchester City, one of the richest clubs/biggest hoarders in world football. There will be rich pickings here. Such was the demand for his signature, Patrick wouldn’t be near Celtic Park unless on a loan.
Jason Denayer’s time at Celtic worked very well for Celtic, the player and City, which is why we were able to secure Patrick for 18 months. More of this kind of thing, please, Celtic.
Welcome to Celtic, Patrick.
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If they were going to increase my salary by a multiple of 4, 5, or 6 yes.
I have a family to support. Bills to pay.
Living a life of poverty to satisfy your conscience or morals is of no interest to me.
Unless you can gift me a million?
Bsr,
Evander
HH
Bourne
Regi?
I’m no defending RD here, but those who are saying this is his team, get your facts right ffs.
Out of the starting line up yesterday only three were supposedly signed by him, three out of the eleven.
And they say the huns are good at making up the facts to suit.
Living the life of well off or slightly more than well off, welcome to the difference.
We all know Philboy
I take it only the sacking of RD and Pl and the purchase of Messi, Terry and Costa will satisfy most of you on here tonight. It’s a no win for Celtic whatever they do. If we beat the sheep on Wednesday will you all disappear again?
Philbhoy,
I see you dodged the question as I suspected you would.
Looks like cash plays a massive part in yer life. Sad stuff..
new article posted.
A bit more info on Angela Haggerty’s sacking.
It looks like some vindictive thinking took the opportunity to be vindictive.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/feb/01/why-the-heralds-editor-fired-a-columnist-in-row-with-rangers?CMP=share_btn_tw
Who are these peepul?
lennon’s passion
From that list I’d take Scepovic back, no problem
Was it yourself that was looking for KD memories?
And you guys are criticising me for saying I would work for Rangers for a huge payrise that would solve all my financial problems.
A team with over one hundred years of glorious history!
A team that justabout never loses a court case!
A team on the up!
A team who have just made a bank busting signing!
A team with a £30,000,000 warchest!
A team with a board of directors committed to rooting out the sectarian songsters!
A team with a board of directors of REAL RANGERS MEN!
Where do I sign!!!!!!!!!
Guys
Sorry
Meant to say striker, cos it’s a much better answer.
Welcome Kazim.
Finally a guy who can represent us in press conferences.
Don’t know much about his footballing ability so will wait and see.
Philbhoy can I be one of your hanger-on’s that that crowd all have? We could go on the bevy all day in Linlithgow.
From last article…
Paul67…
I’m seriously questioning your agenda in the last post. Seriously. Hints of winalot journalism and spin have been emblematic of CQN for a while now, but this particular article is absurd!
Firstly – Will there be a defeat this season where we simply admit we weren’t good enough? Where questions about referees aren’t raised, or at least hinted at being the dark force that caused an otherwise valiant hoops to be narrowly defeated? Except we weren’t. Ultimately, *without* the penalty we’re still beaten 2-1. Ross Country won comfortably.
Which brings me onto my second point. Ronny. Brought in to improve the team, to improve the players and identify talent. So… the state of the nation as we stagger into 2016? Before Ronny arrived, Efe was ridiculously unskilled player. I remember *before* Ronny arrived likening him to Tebilly. Nothing that’s happened in the intervening years has improved him one iota. Unless you count adding comedy penalties to his repertoire. Where is the faster, fitter, younger?
Who has Ronny improved? Kris Commons? Our most effective midfielder since Stan Petrov neutered. And replaced with countless non scoring, ineffectual midfield players seemingly most skilled at letting the side down when it matters most. And then we get to the front players. Griffiths has improved in spite of Ronny. Unfavoured until he made himself undroppable by the sheer and utter failure of every other forward signed on a wing, a prayer and a healthy wage. Of course, I can’t forget – Craig Gordon. Improved to the extent that his form this year can only described as average because, well, the outfield players have managed to utterly redefine and own the terms risable, useless, pointless and mince. To drag them to hitherto unrealised depths. The defence? Well the least said about them the better, other than the phrase ‘You’re pure Celtic defence’ must be due to drop as a new witty pejorative amongst Glaswegians. I’m guessing it’ll mean rubbish, confused, disorganised and in disarray. Not forgetting prone to failure and leaky.
On a separate point – the wee rhetorical fallacy about how we couldn’t sack Ronny just now? I’m amazed you could type it – what with the hysterical laughter that surely must have came over you as you realised there are some people who will not only *believe* it, but who will share the same opinion!
If Ronny is sacked just now – it’s not because he failed to win the treble. He’d be sacked for a continual and persistent pattern of losing important matches. Of losing games that matter. Of failing to identify talent, and worse, failing to identify the garbage that currently infests our team. Any manager that looked at Celtic over Ronny’s ‘reign’ would not only recognise that but I’m sure would be astonished that a club that paints itself as ambitious would accept the absolute rubbish being served up in place of tactics, planning and forward thinking.
The loan signing? He brings nothing to the club. He makes us no money. And comes with, in essence, pressure to play him regardless of form, lest we lose the opportunity to get more cheap loan signings. And we’ll lose him after ‘developing’ him (Or course, we’re more likely, given the current record to turn him into a feckless, lazy ineffectual imposter than a top player, but I digress).
Ronny, unlike some of his equally bad predecessors (Lou Macari springs to mind) seems like a nice guy. But he’s out of his depth. His only skill is being the eternal optimist. And that sadly isn’t enough for a Celtic manager.
I do not possess a crystal ball. Nor do you. We have no idea who might be available, but at the moment, pretty much anyone but Ronny would improve the team in my opinion. I’m not sure how it can be worse.
Sorry, I can. When we’re cheated (naturally) out of the Scottish Cup. Not defeated mind, it’s not Ronny’s fault. Or Peter Lawwell’s. The plan isn’t the problem, the referees are.
Maybe Man City can loan the SPL/SFA some referees too?
Apologies for the sarcasm, but I’ll make no apologies for holding you to the high standards you’ve set. Or for expecting you to grow teeth when the people in charge at Celtic are failing. And failing badly.
/p
We have signed an apparent dud from Feyenoord before.
The guy went on to be my favourite ever Celt !
Maybe Man City can loan the SPL/SFA some referees too? –
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Yeah that ” decision” against Everton where the ball was 60 yards over the line was prime fodder for the conspiracy theorists.
HH.
CORKCELT 7.58: Good to see you back,even if only for one post! You make your own decisions but I wouldn’t leave the blog because of anyone’s comments. Opinions vary being a well-known phrase.Anyway,will we see you at Dublin2016? Certainly hope so. KTF.
I don’t know anything about Richards, my bhoy is singing the praises of Roberts, to me he looks like another lightweight youngster that might not fancy the fight up here.
Still a bit down about yesterday, felt for the supporters at the game, it’s not easy getting beat, even harder when we some hide on the park!
Hopefully we will get a lift against the sheep.
Ach, cheer up I say to myself….you could be a feckin hun. :))
P8DDY
One of the best,if not the best ever posts I’ve read on here.Marvellous reading there and spot on.
Sky Sports slabbering about the magnificent transfer deals in England and multi million pound deals involving the likes of Stoke City ffs.
We’ll see how good that league is when the European Cup is being presented.
Re: Young Nesbitt
A (younger) friend of mine is in the Partick Thistle Youth coaching system – has been for a few years (pre-RD).
He and PT think very highly of the CFC Academy System and Lennoxtown set-up. They have enjoyed the interface when competing and speak well of how they been assisted as they’ve developed their own in-house system.
Their longterm philosophy is to get more of their Youth into first team football and play a passing game.
Young Nesbitt is good and if he demonstrates those abilities at PT – I think he will get more 1st team starts and/or feature off the bench than at CFC.
We will see!
P8DDY on 1ST FEBRUARY 2016 8:17 PM
From last article…
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Patrick.
A hit.
A palpable hit.
Just one other thing………………It has been obvious for SO long.
Welcome to Celtic
Colin Kazim Richards ,I hope you settle down and are a great player for us.
How many players have John Park & Duda Dudan brought to us?
bit of a worry for me
Did we recall young Paul McMullan from St Mirren or was his loan up?
Richards will either be a roaring success or a total disaster doubt there’s any middle ground with this guy. Hopefully he can bring some much needed pace, skill & power to our forward line.
I am obviously in an optimistic minority in thinking we have made three good signings this week. Hey Ho am excited to see the debuts. Thought Erik looked good in his.
Angela Haggerty drags Celtic into her sacking from Herald newspapers,
“this incident will be an eye-opener for those unaware of the influence of Glasgow football clubs and those connected to them on the media in Scotland. This is a serious problem, and it should be examined further.”
Any idea why she mentions “Glasgow Clubs”
I had no idea other clubs in Glasgow behaved in the same way.
anybody seen carlton cole recently ? how’s his fitness?
http://funnyasduck.net/post/5161
Warbs brings in new footwear ;)
HH
I cant wait to see the new debts either!
LEFTCLICKTIC on 1ST FEBRUARY 2016 9:07 PM
Loan cut short. New management team at St Mirren obviously bringing in their own signings
debuts…sorry…..bloody ipad!!
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Hello fellow Tims! I was just thinking on how much Glasgow Celtic means to me philosophically, morally, politically,historically and culturally. Actually. Apologies. I wizny. Go ahead and continue blethering.
“I’ve seen players get sent off for a lot worse than that!” John Hartson
yup
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-35460096
Maggie
New article
Pleas keep up