If ever you needed a reason to convince you to ignore the vast majority of transfer speculation which inflicts football fans from May until 30 August, the signing of Miku Fedor is a gift. Spanish football is suffering from the kind of economic wake-up call which makes it possible for aspirational Scottish clubs (I know there’s only one) to sign strikers first choice strikers. Miku came through the scouting process last season and remained on the list but the deal had to be right.
25 goals in 85 games for a struggling team in the top league in the world (Exhibit A: Atletico) suggests we might have someone who will flourish on an acre of Glasgow and will bring experience and confidence onto the field when he faced Barcelona, Benfica and Spartak Moscow. The deal has the hallmarks of Peter Lawwell’s try-before-you-buy policy. Get them in on a loan with an option to buy. If they are successful, do the deal, if not, you’re not stuck with Ulrik Laursen breezing into training asking the other players how they got on at the weekend.
Right now the most important question is, what shape of team does Neil Lennon have in mind? Miku plays through the middle and on the right. He’s fast and he’s 6’1”. Have we bought a someone to play on the right of a front three? Perhaps, but with circa 15 first-choice midfield players to accommodate the plan is surely more complex.
More on this when we have a quieter moment, I’m off to bed to forget all apache command line prompts until January. We’ll talk goalkeepers over the weekend.
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Canamalar – look forward to it. Goodnight
hh
bjmac
BSR. Thanks for the kind offer but i would not ask anyone to give up their own seat. Id be happy to sit and watch from your vantage point paying my own way. E mail address noted though and maybe I can buy you a pint next time I’m over?
He will Big G give him time and be patient hopefully our Lord will
give your ears a rest and things will work out fine for the young
Lhad
I’m sure it will, be patient Big G things will eventually work out fine
Lord willing
Canamalar. Been trying to buy a seasons ticket in the Main stand for 4 years straight. Nae luck. BSR used to post pics from his seat on FB. Looked to be a great view from where he sits.
canamalar
First off
As your the Celtic Superfan extrordinaire some of us actually have a life and have to worry about more mundane things like oh, is my daughter safe etc????
Every post I see were someone disagrees with you react in the knuckledragging fashion attuned to a hun.
Did I read your post?
reluctantly yes, like many of your other posts.
You are beyond debate to be honest as your mentality is fixated on an outcome of one result. Removal of the present board of directors.
Do I really need to forensically examine your post or be a Celtic superfan like yourself to have to express my disagreement or your post or our differeing opinions of our team, boardroom or anything else Celtic related?
Resolving to name calling because someone disagrees with your opinion merely demonstrates your lack of intellect.
HH
TimsinOhio,
chances are you still can, but you’ll ptobably need to ask for a supervisor if my young brothers experience id anything to go by, good luck.
hail hail
I think every other club in the land should follow follow on from the SFA’s lead by supporting our newest club to settle into their new home, way down there in Div 3.
I am sure both players and fans would get a great boost from the terracing united in voice:
“SEVCO! SEVCO! SEVCO!”
It’ll drive them nuts! :)
TimsInOhio
If you want in future I’ll try and get you a good seat in the Main Stand
I’m in the Main Stand Rear beside the happy clappers it took me
three Seasons to get my Seat it’s a good view I’m just in front of
the Radio Commentators
A couple of years ago, I manged to get my nephew a Seat in the
Main Stand as well
My Seat in the Main Stand was priced @ £609 for all the SPL Home
Matches this Season
Next Season I would imagine that said prices will be Frozen
because that’s two years on the bounce now that they have
increased the Season Card prices so there is no excuse
Also, if they want to increase there SPL Home Attendances
then a price freeze will have to be on the cards
Big G,
is that the best you can do, really
so, rather than respond to my points, you decide to bring in your family and try to attract sympathy on the most basic level, hoping its enough to distract people from my argument. how sad, you need your bed, and I look forward to your apology in the morning, after you reread this discourse.
I can take it better than most, but when its an sanctimonious assasination on the back of your own ignorant interpretation of just about everything I say (a bit like bjmac) then I really really dont see the point in further intercourse.
Take your opinion and ram it, or pay attention and deal with the argument, oh wait, its a personality thing innit, your just jealous cause you dont have one :oD))
I love this blog
Where’s Maggie?
canamalar
Thanks for proving my point
HH
Well Bhoys if there is anyone left it’s 03:40 in the Morning time for some zzzzzzzzz’s
Lord willing so Good Night everyone I’m off to land of nod
God Bless you all, and no doubt we will all have a chin wag tomorrow
Evening on-wards
Good luck to the Hoops later on today three points and hopefully a
barrel load of goals just to annoy my happy clapper friends around
me who likes close games (no chance, I like to see get it in there)
and increasing our goals for tally
Later’s Everyone & Come-On-The-Hoops! :-) :-)
Big G,
as I said, reread when your sober :o)
Okay, I’ll try this.
Beetleuice
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
canamalar
Reread when you understand what i said
oh, last word stuff now, very growed up :o)
It’s what you thrive on is’nt it?
RC,
maggie is counting all the dividends she’s due :oD))))
have we bought a new keeper cause we;re selling at Christmass
Canamalar
I think the goalkeeper is a loan arrangement.
Nonetheless if it was 6 months cover if we do sell another one then good move by PL I think.
Especially if our ST and corporate mix projections are as poor as it seems and the bad is out of kilter to begin with.
Meant base not bad in previous post.
Burnley78,
sorry pal, where did you get the loan arrangement info from
why would we need a keeper on loan if we have two keepers already
Oh well I’d it is a signing then it does make sense as you suggest.
Foster will have a great platform to show his value in next 6 months. If he does but we go out then good to have option to cash in and also injury cover for CL
methinks, but hopes I’m wrong. we’ve already recieved\accepted a big offer. Shame really if suspicions prove correct, innit.
cash in for what, sorry, bigger dividends are not why I buy a season ticket, jam tomorrow is not what I signed up for.
anyroadup,
bawbaws time
hail hail
Canamalar and blantyretim . . .
The Statler & Waldorf of CQN.
:-)
By STEPHEN HALLIDAY
Published on Saturday 1 September 2012 01:48
AS HIBERNIAN’S defence may discover to their cost this afternoon, North Lanarkshire Council’s loss is proving to be Celtic’s gain as young Tony Watt finds his true calling in life.
In fairness to the local government organisation who handed him an administrative apprenticeship when he left school two years ago, they probably aren’t missing Watt too much.
Asked what he did in when he was in their employment, the Coatbridge-born teenager replied: “Nothing.”
So it is probably no surprise he was handed his P45 when he decided to take an unauthorised leave of absence to spend what proved to be a fruitless few days on trial with Liverpool.
Such is the unlikely path Watt has taken to become a Celtic player, one whose recent emergence has thrilled the club’s support and provided manager Neil Lennon with a potent attacking option for the season ahead.
Still only 18, Watt scored twice in his first starting appearance for the first team at Inverness last Saturday and impressed once more with his dynamic contribution as a substitute in Wednesday night’s Champions League Play-off round triumph over Helsingborgs at Celtic Park.
An £80,000 capture in January 2011 from Airdrie United, with whom he finally realised his ambition of playing professional football after replying to an advertisement for trialists in a bounce match, it seems remarkable that Watt was not spotted at a younger age by some of Scotland’s bigger clubs.
But perhaps a clue to his relatively late discovery comes in what he admits is not the strongest level of self-belief. Fortunately for the likeable teenager, it is a flaw which only seems to manifest itself on the training ground.
“Sometimes when I’m training with the first team, I do something wrong and it just sticks in my head,” said Watt. “It starts playing on your mind. I’ve been told by everyone that I’m not a ‘training player’. But if I can do it in the games, then I’ll be happy.
“Confidence in training and confidence in matches are different. When you are on the pitch, you can’t afford to let yourself think about things going wrong. You’ve just got to go out and give your all.
“Before the Inverness game, the manager told me to clear my mind and told me I was good enough for it. He told me I could go out and be a handful for any defence. Luckily, I had a good game up there and hopefully I can keep it going.
“I spoke to my Dad and my former manager at Airdrie (Jimmy Boyle) this week and said ‘would you have expected all this for me two years ago?’ To be fair, they both said ‘Aye’. But I would have thought you were having a laugh if you said I’d be playing for Celtic now.
“When I left school, I just started going to the gym every day and looked to pursue a career in football. I got an office job with North Lanarkshire Council, an apprenticeship, but I got sacked for going down to Liverpool for a trial. The office told me to choose one or the other, so I said ‘see you later’.
“The teachers at school asked me why I wasn’t staying on at school and when I told them I wanted to be a footballer, they just laughed at me. There were a lot of things like that, people not believing in me. But my Dad was always 100 per cent behind me, even when I lost my job. He encouraged me to keep trying to make it in football if that was what I wanted.
“I wasn’t confident of making it into Celtic’s first team. I thought I’d get three good years on the books here and then have to step down a level. But now I could be up against Messi and Iniesta in the Champions League this season. It’s unreal. I just need to not think about it until the day comes and then hopefully I can be involved. If not, then it’s not meant to be, but hopefully I can work hard and be in the manager’s thoughts for it.”
The SPL may offer more serious first-team opportunities for Watt in the shorter term, starting with today’s early-season top-of-the-table visit of Hibs to Celtic Park.
“Although I came on late in the game against Rangers at home at the end of last season, I never touched the ball, so this would be my home league debut if I play,” he said. “Wednesday night at Celtic Park was great, coming on in a Champions League match.
“I created a couple of chances and never gave the ball away, so I was happy with that. When you have good players around you, like Gary Hooper, Scott Brown and Victor Wanyama, you are going to feel comfortable. They do their jobs and you need to be up to their standards or they’ll tell you about it.
“Hopefully I’ll play in a few SPL games over the next few weeks. I’ll do as much as I can to stake a claim for a place in the team. I just don’t get ahead of myself. It’s not about putting myself down, but being self-critical helps me become a better player.
“If I’m bad at something I’ll try to work to improve at it. I won’t say I’m brilliant at something when I’m not.”
So how does he think his career trajectory would have panned out had he decided to commit himself to North Lanarkshire Council instead?
“I’d probably be in my bed doing nothing.”
Champions sign two more new Bhoys
By: Newsroom Staff on 31 Aug, 2012 22:45
CELTIC are delighted to announce that they have signed striker Nicolas ´Miku´ Fedor from Spanish side Getafe. And the Hoops have also signed Slovakian goalkeeper, Lubos Kamenar from French side, Nantes. Both players join the Scottish champions on a season-long loan, with the club having an option to make the moves permanent ones.
Twenty-seven-year-old striker, Miku, is a highly-regarded Venezuelan internationalist with a wealth of experience at club level in Spain and at international level for his country, and he was top scorer for Getafe in La Liga last season.
Lubos Kamenar is a 25-year-old goalkeeper, who has gained full international honours with Slovakia.
Both Miku and Lubos are delighted to be joining the Scottish champions and are ready to play their part in the campaign to retain the SPL title. And the two men are also looking forward to the forthcoming UEFA Champions League campaign, with the Hoops facing Barcelona, Benfica and Spartak Moscow.
The loan signings of Miku Fedor and Lubos Kamenar, along with the signing of Nigernian defender Efe Ambrose, will further strengthen Neil Lennon´s squad, and everyone in the Celtic family welcomes the players to the club and wishes them every success at Celtic.
And the club are also looking to bring in another striker, which they are hoping to do ahead of Monday’s UEFA Champions League deadline.
Michael Owen still looking for a club?
Tottenham, as ever, were busy on transfer deadline day. The arrival of Lyon goalkeeper Hugo Lloris was no surprise but the signing of Fulham’s Clint Dempsey certainly was.
Liverpool’s failure to complete a deal after their offer was rejected by Fulham completed a fruitless deadline day which will undoubtedly disappoint manager Brendan Rodgers after he cleared Andy Carroll off the wage bill to West Ham and brought in £4m from the sale of Charlie Adam to Stoke City. Their failure to make Fulham an acceptable offer is a sign of more austere times at Anfield.
Manchester City, predictably, were big spenders as they parted with £38m to sign Benfica’s Javi Garcia, Fiorentina defender Matija Nastasic, Maicon from Inter Milan and Swansea City winger Scott Sinclair.
One man who hoped to be involved in deadline day – but ended up still without a club – was Michael Owen. Still time though, as he is a free agent and he remains hopeful of being back in football soon.
How come every time I introduce a new big word to the blog, canamalar is using it within a couple of hours?
:-)
The acquisition of a goalkeeper on loan was a surprise keeping 3 goalkeepers happy is impossible ………………………….
Celtic must have a very healthy balance sheet, Squad reduced, sale of Ki and C/L cash must mean we have money in the bank
CELTFISH……………………..or anyone in the FAIRFORD area.
If you know a couple of fellas by the name oF
J O’BRIEN
or
S O’BRIEN
can you please let them know their photo-id CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY permits were left on the step of the local Co-op.
With names like those,I reckon there’s a good chance you’ll know them!
TOM McLAUGHLIN 0600
Cos he’s a quick learner?
tom mcglaughlin
superallyisatrociouscelticareferocious
hh
jimthetim