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Ciftci, Nicholas and shiftless brilliance

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Of all the players signed for Celtic by Ronny Deila, Nadir Ciftci was the strangest. He faced us for Dundee United after news leaked we were interested in him, so I paid close attention. After the game I was convinced he would not sign for Celtic, such was his languid performance.

More than any other Celtic manager, Ronny valued movement. Stefan Johansen was his architype player, always covering ground. Nadir was the exact opposite of this that evening for Dundee United.

Maybe Ronny thought he could build on Nadir’s touch and perform an engine and mind-set upgrade, whatever the reason behind this particular raid on United, the player was never going to cut it at Celtic.

He reminds me very much of Charlie Nicholas (although Nicholas had heaps more talent). Charlie was irrepressible in his first period at Celtic, but the game changed under Charlie’s golden feet. When he returned to Celtic, he looked lazy. In reality he was the same player, but shiftless brilliance was no longer enough.

I hope Motherwell get a turn out of Nadir during his six month loan.  There’s talent buried there, if they can make it move around a little.

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  2. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    TRADITIONALIST88

     

     

    Another season-long loan deal-anywhere-will see Paddy a few months shy of his 23rd birthday when the following season kicks off. I’m not so sure that he would be wise to do that.

     

     

    He needs to know where his future lies-I very much doubt it is at MCFC-and get his career back on track.

  3. traditionalist88 on

    BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS

     

     

    Agreed – the issue will be the fee City demand for a transfer, which will not be insignificant given his age, talent and that hes still under contract for a couple more years.

     

     

    They may feel that one more loan to a side in a top European league might help them maximise this fee. Either way, they will call the shots, as they did last summer. Granted Paddy got his way in the end, but we don’t know for sure he’d be up for a permanent deal with us.

     

     

    HH

  4. Philbhoy on

    ECWC semi final v Liverpool.

     

     

    I was in the Celtic end and stood next to the PARA HANDY crew!

     

     

    Roddy McMillan had a half bottle of whisky which he was passing round but denied me a sip as I was too young!

     

     

    Great memories, apart from the gemme!

  5. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    PHILBHOY

     

     

    Did they have licensing laws when you were “too young” to drink?

  8. blantyretim is praying for the Knox family on

    2 replies so far

     

    Joanne Lamont and Tory MSP Adam Tomkins

     

    Looks like they have a stencilled reply

     

     

    No reply from Mr Kelly yet, hmmmm :-))

  10. Philbhoy on

    IANBHOY

     

     

    A place I’ve never been to!

     

     

    Worth a visit?

     

     

    Nearest I’ve been is Bournemouth (Dorset) .

     

     

    Liked that town a lot.

  12. South Of Tunis on

    European Cup Winners Cup Final 66 .( Borussia Dortmund 2-Liverpool 1 (aet )

     

     

    Went to the game at Hampden with my old man . A truly minging wet night . Not a big crowd . Most of them were Liverpool supporters .

     

     

    We were supporting Borussia Dortmund -an emotional response to how Liverpool had played at Celtic Park and the dreadful Ref error that gifted them progress to the Final .

     

     

    Liverpool did most of the work . Dortmund played defensively but were real quick on the break . Liverpool dominated but Dortmund had the better chances . Tommy Lawrence made some great saves which kept Liverpool in the game . 1 -1 after 90 minutes . Dortmund goal was scored by the great Sigi Held . One of the great No 10s. Borussia scored the winner in extra time -ironically that goal stemmed from a mistake made by Tommy Lawrence .

     

    My old man and I walked back to Queens X content that Liverpool hadn’t won and some kind of justice had been served..

  15. Teuchter ár lá on

    Ianbhoy929

     

    I went to Torquay once and bought my mother a dishcloth with pictures and places from around the Torbay area. I just stuck it in my bag and took it home. As I lived in Canada, it was a couple of years til I saw the dishcloth pinned to a door in my ma’s kitchen. It had a picture of Henrik Larsson pinned to it – covering a section of the cloth. When I asked what Henrik was doing on the dishcloth she removed one of the safety pins to reveal a statue of William of Orange at Brixham.

  20. Chavez on

    BARNEY67 on 11TH JANUARY 2018 12:09 PM

     

    Who stole the new article?

     

    ******

     

    A guy from East Devon. They’re for the watching.

  23. Teuchter ár lá on

    If you are hanging about waiting, why don’t you tell me these 10 former tic’ players.

     

     

    1 NDCPDERYARAD

     

    2 MAEMRCAAKIJCNAA

     

    3 NEEMSMPTUCSAHN

     

    4 SCEALALIONHCHRI

     

    5 LKABRCRLIMUH

     

    6 AICRMCENAL

     

    7 LYCLADGAWELR

     

    8 MADOHELMSMIMA

     

    9 NCOSLHNJILO

     

    10 OYNDLJEHNO

  26. erskinetim on

    This new article is like an insolvency event, we know it’s gonna happen……..it’s just a matter of time.

  27. Hrvatski Jim on

    I presume that the new article is about Lewis Morgan and has been immediately loaned back to St Mirren Quick News

  33. Seánp1916 on

    TEUCHTER ÁR LÁ on 11TH JANUARY 2018 12:29 PM

     

     

    9 = John Collins

     

     

    I thought 10 = John Doyle but too many N’s

  34. thomthethim for Oscar OK on

    GENE on 11TH JANUARY 2018 10:20 AM

     

    SOT

     

     

     

     

    5 goals would not have flattered us that night – Edit.

     

     

    ****

     

    We often say leaving a ground that we “should have beat that mob 5-0”, but I actually said it

     

    that night leaving Parkhead.

     

     

    Go on, Paul, post the N A.

  36. martin42 on

    the boss has been told

     

    about the problem. he will be in the office in 15 minutes.

     

     

    Martin42

  41. What is the Stars on

    Ok

     

     

    Claiming a podium any way

     

     

    I insist on being able to carry my history forward to the new article after this article is liquidated

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