So Leigh Griffiths is set to be a Celtic player today. I bet we could all guess a few topics covered at induction. He is in because he scored 23 SPL goals for Hibs last season, more than anyone at Celtic achieved, and is currently Wolves top scorer with 12 goals.
Despite appearing to predictably win games 4-0 recently our problems in attack are evident. Anthony Stokes is our top striker but has scored less than half Kris Commons’ total, while defender Virgil van Dijk matches or better the rest of the strikers tally.
Leigh is the second striker we’ve brought in this month but at 6’2” Holmbert Fridjonsson is a completely different proposition.
More later on this and others, I’m sure.
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Lee is Here,n Cetic hiv goat him!
Pierre, Played his Cairds llike ..a Johnny Moss.
Bravo!
Like Ah done tole you folk…earlier..
“It’s a Done Deal..n…it wull be UNDER a Million..”
Jist like Down-Town!
Noo, whit kinda Celt…Did we Get fur oor.. Gelt?
Ah Do Declare… He wull turn oota be..
A BRAMMER!
LEE , Wull Dae!
Dae Whit?
Good Question…
Well..
Whit he Wull dae.. is..
Confound His Critics..n.. Aghast..His Disparagers…!!”… which is alwiz..
Verra Satisfyin’!… Ah like stuff like that.
Fur… Lee… is a Nippy Wee Player.
N.. Kojo, jist Luvs . “A NIPPY “,kinda Fitba’ Player.( Ah thought ye liked.. Big ,Strong,
Hulkin’ Players?…ed) ( That wiz , Yesterday… Today.. Ah jist Luv.. Nippy, Wee..
Barras.)
N ..Lee HAS tae be..well.. Nippy… fur,he is Not whit WAN wid Describe..
as.. Well Endowed…a la…in His Muscularity,
Wid Wan?
Although,Some Might ..Ah suppose..
It awe depends oan whit Muscle Group, wan is referring tae..
but,,
Not Kojo.. Na.. No Me.
By Ma reckonin’….
He wid be considered tae be..
Svelte n Slender….. with a Fine n Fragile Frame.
Nevahtheless….oan the Ither Haun..
if he wiz built like a Baby Battleship..
Then..
He COULDNAE be Called..
“A Nippy Wee Player”
Right?
N..
He is Surely .. the Nippiest Wee Player that we hiv hid..since.
Skippy McDonald( whom , Ah likedaloater,tae.. until..his Heid Started tae Grow… n.. Swell n Swell.
Tragic.. Ah know, but.. Wance a Player’s Heid Starts tae Grow.. it canny be stoapped..
His Heid jist keeps oan getting Bigger n Bigger… until, He turns intae a
Baloon!!..
which, whit, Inevitably, happened tae McDonald..
n.. he became as Popular,in the Celtic Dressin’ Room.. as
a Plate of Green Eggs n Ham…wid be..oan the Dinner Table..
in the Player’s Canteen, at Ibrox!
Welcome,Lee( which Ah prefer tae.. Leigh.. because it disnae spell like a Lassie’s Name)
Neil, his went n Done..
a Real ..
Jack Horner, in Pluckin’ You..oota a Stale n Unappetizin’… Third Tier Pie.
Kojo
Laughin’
No lunchtime run today so sitting here with a bowl of homemade ham and lentil (with totties) enjoying the closing day sales.
Braw (as someone on here says. Regularly)
P
Martim1980
InternetIntellectualBams#1CSC
new article posted.
kitalba
13:37 on 31 January, 2014
Hows that Resolution 12 coming on?
Or have Celtic just put parked it under the ‘whoopi cushion’?
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Ohhhhhhhhhh, that’s a no no, yi canny be askin that in here.
“The celtic jersey does not shrink to fit inferior players, unless their name is Leigh Griffiths. Cognitive Dissonance anyone? Boak.
tonydonnelly67
13:14 on
31 January, 2014
Fro FF
They have their snouts well and truly in the public trough and like the Soviets at their most rotten they can steal at will from you the tax payer and no one will say a dicky bird about it because the press are just another limb of corruption.
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Ahhhhhhhhh hahahahahahahahHahahah a stop it, stop it, please, my feckin sides are splitting, hahahahahahaha
I love it when they come out with this stuff.Should agree wholeheartedly with them,”Aye,and dont you ever fekin forget it”.Even make up more ridiculous stories.They are so easy,will believe anything,so fill your boots.
Buy low and sell high…..its the PL way of massaging the balance sheet annually to achieve his bonuses. This is ever more so with falling attendances.
The board are not about satisfying the aspirations of the supporters…….a very modest annual budget will win the SPL with any manager we want to appoint.
Its about the CL for the foreseeable future and if we improve on last years efforts then it will be by chance not by design because we are not engaging in a deliberate strategy of improvement.
Theres enough money sloshing around CFC that this assertion must be true. We need to sell for only one reason…..to ensure PL gets his bonuses.
We will be using the money to play the FOREX markets soon.
LG
A ready made headline for the red tops ?
I can imagine the editors salivating at the prospect of banner headlines which will arrest their free falling circulation figures.
The zombies will be eager to read their sensationalism and wee Tims will have our interest piqued.
Extra ink and paper rolls already on order.
I think Pukki is a smashing wee player.More confidence,more getting used to the speed of the cloggers,and he will be a player for us next year.Derk,a waste of air.No guts.Forget about him.Joe leving can free up a bit of game time for young Henderson,a star in the making.Think we will see a bit more of this kid now.
Weeron
An attitude of gratitude…. it will never catch on. :)
I like “fat gas”. My favourite is “shovelling green steam” as it has a Celtic connection.
It can be a enjoyable pursuit as long as it recognised for what it is and not to be taken too seriously.
I remember once hearing Georgie Herd an excellent old fashioned inside forward who played for Clyde swearing outside the ground.
I was shocked but once I realised footballers were human beings and not demi gods my world righted itself.
Effin brilliant.
ulysses McGhee:
I don’t have the time or the inclination to watch much football beyond Celtic and therefore I hold back in opinions on other clubs and there players, but once a player is linked with Celtic, and maybe Celtic sign him, then I think like most I am guilty of googling a video or two of the player. And once they walk through that door they get my full support for what ever that is worth. Once they walk through that door they become family.
My beef of the last 6 months is the lies and silences of the PLC. If I wanted to support a PLC I’d support Irn Bru or Wheatabix or Nike. (I don’t even know if they are PLC’s)
In my mind and my heart, we are a football club with a totally unique conception. When we were wee, we lived to care; I’m not stupid and I know nobody cares anymore about our ethos, it’s all about money now, but for me it is not, it’s about Celtic FC and the money it generates either going straight back into the club, for the betterment of the club and its ethos, or it goes straight to alleviate suffering, wherever suffering exists in the world at the time.
Not for me a stand full of projects picking up five grand a week when five thousand kids a week die of hunger and disease and a pound per kid per week would save them.
We either have an ethos, a purpose, or greed.
Have Coca Cola or IBM ever won the European Cup when it was pure sport?
Afternoon all. Well it’s “DEADLINE DAY” (Jim $hite getting a rub doon wie a gregs pie as we speak). The day has gotten aff tae a cracking start wie Leigh (the Griffin) Griffiths signing and Joe (Deadly) Ledley goin’ oot the door wie a decent fee coming in. And the best news of all… Mo (Bang Bang) Bangura is being release. WOOHOO!!!!! (I think I need a lie doon noo!)
Well this is the first edition of the List today… I’m hoping there might be a few more to follow.
Anyway here yous go..
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Players in:
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Name Age Position Club Price
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Fridjonsson – 20 – Striker – Fram Reykjavik – £100K
Johansen – 23 – Midfielder – Stromsgodset – £1.7M
Griffiths – 23 – Striker – Wolves £700K
Players out:
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Name Club Price
—-—- —–
George – Hamilton Accies – Loan deal
Rogic – Melbourne Victory – Loan deal
Atajic – Shrewsbury Town – Loan deal
McGeouch – Coventry – Loan deal
Miller – Dumbarton – Loan deal
Ledley – Crystal Pal – £700K
Bangura – No club – Contract terminated
Rumoured transfer in:
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Keepers
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Name Age Club Source Price
—-— —- —— —–
Forde – 33 – Millwall – STV – No fee mentioned (06/12)
McCarthy – 24 – Reading – Talkceltic – No fee mentioned (16/13)
Johnson – 24 – Chicago Fire – Daily Express – No fee mentioned (11/01)
Johnson – 21 – Port Vale – Celticrumours – No fee mentioned (12/01)
Defenders
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Name Age Club Source Price
—-— —- —— —–
Taylor-Sinclair – 22 – Partick – Various – £75K (30/11)
Taylor – 27 – Newcastle – Talkceltic – 6 mths loan (13/12)
Kalas – 20 – Chelsea – Celticrumours – 6 mths loan (05/01)
Kingsley – 19 – Falkirk – The Herald – £500K (10/01)
Capuano – 22 – Pescara – Various – No fee mentioned (14/01)
Morrison – 25 – Charlton – Daily mail – No fee mentioned (23/01)
Buttner- 24 – Man Utd – Talkspurt – £1.6M (26/01)
Grimmer – 20 – Fulham – Talkceltic – No fee emntioned (28/01)
Djilobodji – 25 – ETims – No fee mentioned (31/01)
Wallace – 26 – ETims – No fee mentioned (31/01)
Midfielders
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Name Age Club Source Price
—-— —- —— —–
Armstrong – 21 – Dundee Utd – Various – £500K (01/12)
Gauld – 18 – Dundee Utd – Celticrumours – £500K (01/12)
Guidetti – 21 – Man City – – Talkceltic – Loan until summer (09/12)
Bryson – 27 – Derby County – STV – No fee mentioned (12/12)
Toivonen – 27 – PSV – Talkceltic – No fee mentioned (13/12)
Norwood – 22 – Huddersfield – The Scottish Hun – £3M (17/12)
Eikrem – 23 – Hereenven – Various – No fee mentioned (21/12)
Henrikson – AZ Alkmaar – various – £2M (23/12)
Hassan – 19 – Al Ahly – Various – £2M (24/12)
Mackay-Steven – 22 – Dundee Utd – Various – £1M (03/01)
Berisha – 20 – Red Bull Salzburg – Celticrumours – No fee mentioned (03/01)
Fletcher – 29 – Man Utd – Various – No fee mentioned; possible loan (04/01)
McDonald – 25 – Wolves – Celticrumours – No fee mentioned (04/01)
Hupperts 21 – Roda JC – Talkceltic – No fee mentioned (07/01)
Mane – 19 – Sporting – Scottish Sun – Reported £1M buy-out-clause (09/01)
Firmino – 22 – Hoffenheim – The Times – £4.5M (12/01)
Larsson – 16 – Hodaborks – Celticrumours – No fee mentioned (13/01)
Bryson – 27 – Derby – Radio Snyde – No fee mentioned (16/01)
Tomlin – 25 – Peterborough – Daily Mail – No fee mentioned (23/01)
Golasa – 22 – Maccabi Haifa – Israeli press – No fee mentioned (24/01)
Hupperts – 21 – Roda JC – Dutch press – £1.5M-£2M (28/01)
Iancu – 19 – Steau Bucharest – Romanian press – No fee mentioned (28/01)
Walker – 17 – Hartlepool – Daily Mail – No fee mentioned (29/01)
Trotter – 25 – Millwall – Evening Standard – £500K (30/01)
Hazard – 20 – Chelsea – ETims – Scouted for a possible loan deal
Labyad – 20 – Sporting – ETims – No fee mentioned (31/01)
Strikers
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Name Age Club Source Price
—-— —- —— —–
Parzyszek – 20 – De Graafschap – Polish press – £800K (30/11)
Vaughan – 25 – Norwich – Daily Mirror – No fee mentioned (03/12)
Ings – 21 – Burnley – The Scottish Hun – £5M (03/12)
May – 21 – St Johnstone – Northern Times – No fee mentioned (07/12)
McCormack – 27 – Leeds – SSB – No fee mentioned (07/12)
McKay – 24 – ICT – Daily Express – No fee mentioned (12/12)
Boyd – 22 – Rapid Wien – Talkspurt – £1M (13/12)
Wells – 23 – Bradford City – Daily Rectum – No fee mentioned (16/12)
Ntep – 21 – Auxerre – Talkceltic – No fee mentioned (16/12)
Finnbogason – 24 – Heerenveen – Herald – £5M (17/12)
Mawuli – 24 – Hapoel Ashkelon – Herald – £750K (17/12)
Johannsson – 23 – AZ – Daily Mail – £4.5M (19/12)
Soriano – 28 – Red Bull Salzburg – Daily Express – £4M (31/12)
Fletcher – 26 – Sunderland – Various – £6M (02/01)
Aboubakar – 21 – Lorient – Talkceltic – £3M (13/01)
N’Doye – 28 – Lokomotiv Moscow – Celticrumours – £6M (13/01)
Nikolic – 26 – Videoton – Guardian – £500K (14/01)
Le Fondre – 27 – Reading – Talksport – No fee mentioned (15/01)
Bent – 29 – Aston Villa – Daily Mirror – No fee mentioned (15/01)
Walters – 30 – Stoke – Celticrumours – No fee mentioned (15/01)
Rhodes – 23 – Blackburn – Talkspurt – No fee mentioned (16/01)
Marica – 28 – Getafe – Daily Express – No fee mentioned (16/01)
Damari – 24 – Hapoel Tel Aviv – Israeli press – No fee mentioned (24/01)
Kone – 30 – Everton – SlySpurtsNews – No fee mentioned (25/01)
Rotariu – 18 – Dinamo Bucharest – Romanian press – No fee mentioned (28/01)
Cornilus – 20 – cardiff – Various – Possible loan with option to buy (30/01)
Assombalonga – 25 – Peterborough – Daily Express – No fee mentioned (31/01)
Russell – 23 – Derby – Celticrumour – No fee mentioned (31/01)
ShamPOO rumours:
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Name Club Reason
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Yamada – 24 – Jubilo Iwata – After a week long trial Celtic decided against
Pawlowski – 20 – Udinese – Player going to Slask Wroclaw on loan
Snodgrass – 26 – Norwich – Neil Lennon denies interest/player says he is not moving in Jan
Djuricic – 21 – Benfica – Players agent has insisted Djuricic will not be joining us
Williams – 26 – Middlesbrough – Serious ankle injury has ruled out this move
Kermorgant – 32 – Charlton – Fee agreed with Bournemouth
Janko – 30 – Trabzonspor – Deal couldn’t be agreed
Rumoured loan out:
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Name Source Club
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Bangura – Daily Rankers – Loan to Falkenberg
Balde – Daily Rankers – Loan to Birmingham
Rumoured transfer out:
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Name Source Price
—-—— —–
Foster – Various– £7M to Southampton/Sunderland/Everton/Benfica
Samaras – Various –£2M to Borussia Monchengladbach/Hull/Toronto/Aston villa
van Djke – Various – £10M to Man City or Arsenal
McGeouch – Various – £250K or loan to Coventry
McGregor – Express and Star – £750K to Wolves/Derby
Pukki – Celticrumours – West Ham interested
Grown – Various – £5M to Newcastle
Ambrose – SlySpurtsNews – £4M to Fulham
Bye for now fholks!
HH
/Bishop B
tallybhoy
12:52 on 31 January, 2014
Italian msm linking Celtic with Carlo Testadicazzo – a striker, aged 19, – who has scored 99 goals this season for Fanoschiffo a club in Serie D – the fifth tier of Italian football.
He has been described as a ‘project’.
HH!!
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I heard he was a bit of a D–k, actually!
HH