After ten substitute appearances, Karamoko Dembele joins a long list of other prodigies, released by Celtic (or a later club) without achieving their hoped-for level. Unlike many of the others, Karamoko stayed, hoping to make the breakthrough here, but despite attracting global attention as a 15-year-old and making his debut soon after turning 16, it looks likely the London-born player is set for a career as a jobbing player.
Islam Feruz is just seven years older than Dembele. Chelsea beat off a host of competitors to sign him when he left the Celtic structure at 16. A career totalling 20 appearances ended five years ago with a loan spell at Swindon, remembered mostly for his conviction for driving his Porsche while disqualified.
The body of evidence grows that a player’s potential cannot be reliably assured I his mid-teens. Ben Doak (16), who made his Celtic debut, played in that memorable 3-0 win over Newco, then signed for Liverpool, has it all to prove.
Barry Hepburn, now 18, who left Celtic for Bayern Munich two years ago, or Liam Morrison, who we lost to the same club a year earlier, have it all to prove in Germany. Morrison has made just four appearances for the Reserves in three years since joining Bayern, two from the bench. Hepburn has made the Reserves’ bench only once in two years, but was unused.
Football is absolutely brutal when it comes to inflating and ending the hopes of young talent. A tiny percentage of those considered near certain to make it, actually do. No judgement on Doak, Morrison or Hepburn. They would have gone with dreams of Champions League glory and no doubt an unbelievable wage. Their next contract offer may be less attractive.
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It finally looks like it’s unravelling for Al Johnson.
And for all his numerous and varied transgressions it seems to be over the issue of once of his goons ‘behaving inappropriately’.
Probably wouldn’t have been the cults first choice of reasons for him to go, what with one thing and another.
EL,
which cult is it this time ? The Tory ones that allowed him in ? or another one ?
SAINT STIVS on 5TH JULY 2022 7:41 PM
Cults don’t behave the way the Tories are behaving at the moment.
Dissent is not tolerated.
The leader is always right.
No, the cult I was referring to is the party that does not currently have its troubles to seek in relation to the sort of activity Pincher has engaged in ie alcohol fuelled sexual harassment.
can you expand on that Ernie, who is the cult ?
MADMITCH on 5TH JULY 2022 7:28 PM
Are you okay ?
you have some issues, in a world you can be anything .. try and be kind.
was it a house party ?
PHEERSY on 5TH JULY 2022 7:53 PM
alrighty M.
You got an application in to be on the VAR panel yet ?
Rovers 1 up
In a nice comedic timing thing, the BBC is broadcasting live from downing street, facing the front door, the reporting doing his thing, ……….. trying to be all serious,
in the background Number 10 opens, and a guy in short shorts, lanky legs and looking at his phone comes out turns left and wanders off.
like a sketch show.
Cam Norrie was born in S’Africa, to a Welsh mother, with a Scottish father, grew up in New Zealand and went to college in the USA, a good place to play tennis, or golf for that matter. His dad is from Glasgow and as he told us last night both he and Cam are supporters of a club called Rangers. The MSM tried and failed for years to link Andy Murray with Ayebrokes, via youth football at Bothkennar, but they wont fail with this guy. The surname for a first name was a giveaway. Isn’t it always?
JACKIEMAC on 5TH JULY 2022 7:56 PM
Rovers 1 up
part of me is missing the fun of having celtic play in the qualification rounds with a makeshift squad ………..
said no one ever
Back to Back basics.
Ref Cameron Norrie being as Scottish as Richard Gough……..
Clear football leanings to match Gough as well.
Huns rebelling in his fathers comments about trying to get to Seville and how watching his son is even more nervy than watching his beloved Rangers.
Revelling in. Not rebelling in.
Although the latter would be funny.
That’s Hibernians FC of Malta
Re-Novak Djokovic:
Remember he tried to cheat his way into playing the Australian Open. He told lies about his vaccinations but was caught by a photograph on a date he said he was not in a country but was. Something like that. No doubt someone will be able to expand on my failing memory. Cheats are liars. por cierto
Celtic Mac
Andy and his brother Jamie were guests of mine at CP when we played Hibs.
At the time I worked for Carling so we had a lounge and could host them.
After the game which Celtic won 3-2 I managed to get them in to meet Tony Mowbray and his Hibs team in their dressing room. The Murray lads were delighted and really loved the experience.
No Rangers affiliation was evident at all at that stage.
Never a doubt Re ‘Cameron’ Norrie.
Por C
I normally agree 100% with what you wrote on here.
The Australians moving the goal posts and moving them again for political expediency does not equate to Novak cheating imo.
Rafa Nadal the media and establishment darling by playing every trick in the book to slow his opponents down is a cheat.
BURNLEY78 on 5TH JULY 2022 8:16 PM
I like Djokovic and think he comes over as a very decent human being.
However, Rafa a cheat? In what way?
burnley78
Great story. Think there are Hibee connections on Judy’s side of the family, but their dad is from Kilsyth, lots of Celtic connections through there via their late grandad et al.
Apart from mood, would Johnson`s departure affect anyone of us in any way?
Bhoys
Djokovic religiously refused to disclose his vaccination status. He even said he was immune as he recently had covid, yet pictures were released showing him out and about therefore if infected then not isolating or telling fibs.
Can’t remember the full details of the Australian circus the above may have been part of it.
Just because Sinner is a redhead….
It does not mean that all redheads are sinners….
Can’t start to enjoy Wimbledon till all the Brits and kid on Brits get papped out.
Yes,you Murray with the butcher’s apron waving it about at the Olympics,I’m including you in this.
A.B.U.K.
B78,
poor show only taking the 2 Murray brothers and leaving Duncan out.
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Murrays Hibees connection is two fold –
Judys faither Roy Erskine, check the likeness.
Also, and I dont know if i can confirm this, Murrays dad was on the books at Hibs, but never played.
some talents all in.
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/judy-murray-tweets-photo-of-hibs-star-father-and-hes-the-spit-of-andy-and-jamie-2046526
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjU3YmRlYzE3LTNlMTQtNDEzNC1hMzRhLWZiNjdjMjg3MmUyMTo3MGUxNTEwMy1kNmI2LTRjMmQtYjY4Mi02YjAwODU0YzIyZDc=.jpg?quality=65&smart&width=640
I often wondered why Hibernians Malta version was called that, but never looked it up.
On doing so it appears like a Bob Mortimer story on would I like to you.
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History
The club played one season in 1922 as Constitutionals FC, representing the pro-British Constitutional Party.[2] They started up again in the 1927–28 season and became a top amateur side, winning the Amateur League in 1930–31.[2]
Meanwhile, the Constitutional Party had upset the Catholic Church so much that, in May 1930, Catholics were told not to vote for the party. The football club changed its name a year later to Hibernians Football Club[2] as a nod to Hibernian, the club founded by Irish Catholics in Edinburgh. They won their first match as Hibernians 2–1, against HMS Antelope in October 1931.[2] They had to wait for a place to become available in the professional league, but in January 1933 they joined the league with a 3–1 victory over Sliema Rangers. They have stayed in the top division ever since.[2]
Hibernians faced a long period of decline followed the success of the 1980s to the end of the decade.[2] Hibernians have a futsal team, which plays in Malta’s top futsal league, the Premier Futsal League.[citation needed]
As a general comment I consider many politicians (not all) to be liars and/or incompetents. Tonight’s emerging fiasco, whilst not altogether specific to the Pincher matter, is the straw that broke the camels back. Failure to acknowledge or attempts to cover up harassment and/or abuse is disgusting. Johnson will go and the sooner the better.
However, the silence of the SNP re Chris Pincher is telling. I guess it’s the result of Blackford being recorded imploring his MP’s to get right behind Patrick Grady when he was similarly accused . Stomach churning hypocrisy.
Aribo to Southampton
Bada
How many mullions and mullions?
Tim- they reckon £10 million inc add ons
Kinda sorry to see John parks going to them .
10 mill plus add ons will really tunr out to be 6 mill and lots of complicated add ons.
has patterson even made enough appearances to trigger first payments from everton ? wah wah wah.
in reverse though, we wont need to pay any adds ons for appearances for mccartthy
Excuse me but was Aribo any good?
Will he be missed?
Has aribo gone or is he being touted by the rags ?
Philbhoy- i thought he was their best player last season
!!BADA BING!!
Thanks! Good news for us then.
MODERATOR
OK.
Djokovic. his family, team country, are lying, cheating, scumbags, as the Aussies and subsequent investigations proved.
Why are the Wimbledon luvvies supporting him?
Rot in hell I say!
And I don’t care who Cameron Norrie’s auld man supports, I hope Cameron win’s Wimbledon.
Come on Novak!