It’s probably rash to suggest Neil Lennon dismisses the inflated English market when trying to sign a striker in preference for the Continent. Europe has plenty of quality leagues, and gifted players, but it also has plenty of scouts.
The tops leagues enjoy blanket analysis, which has consequences. Our experience of Lassad and Miku suggests that if we can tempt a striker to move from the likes of Spain to Scotland there’s maybe a reason why. Even the secondary leagues, such as Slovakia and Poland, are scouted extensively by German clubs, who are the most desired destination for most East European players. The success rate in bringing targeted strikers to the club from Europe has been low, which had real consequences for this season.
So where does that leave us? Second tier teams in second tier (but still good) leagues, like Vitoria Guimaraes, who we bought Amido Balde from (strikers at top Portuguese clubs are aiming for the sky), go back to the English Championship, or maybe a peripheral league, like Sweden or Israel, again, or Iceland.
Celtic proposition is not without merit, we will now be touting Champions League football under the noses of every prospect, but finding a player capable of delivering the talent for that stage is the central challenge to the club.
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hunshelper ?
Hunskelper
Kevjungle
You were right first time, no..?
I give thanks daily to the Great God above who made sure I was born into a Celtic supporting family.
KevJungle
Are you Bill McMurdo?
iPaddy McCourt Supports Wee Oscar – I presume they mean 8p in the pound. That’s more than their predecessors gave to their creditors though so they should be delighted.
LiviBhoy – God bless wee Oscar
11:24 on 5 December, 2013
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Did ah put in smiley ?
Kevjungle,
You forgot the smiley at the end of your post :)
Kevjungle
Don’t get me started about that plank McNee. Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
winning captains
10:50 on 5 December, 2013
Over on FF the penny was dropping last night re the stunning retail deal that Green has signed with Ashley. Apparently the “club” gets a mere 8p per shirt sold and Chuck has tied them in to this stunning deal for 7 years. The good news though is that Chuck himself is on a nice earner with this deal.
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And soon they won’t have any more penny’s to drop!
TheOriginalSadiesBhoy
11:31 on 5 December, 2013
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Aye, ahm sure your happy with ‘cosy’ journo’s like Phil ?
Kevjungle
I always smile when anyone mentions McNee. I think of Big Billy banjoing him at Heathrow.
Imagine the row if NFL did the same to, say, Chick Young. Remember him greetin when Jim Murphy MP kicked him in a charity game. The best thing Murphy’s ever done IMO.
Listening to that wee twat Osborne reading his Autumn budget forecast.
Does anyone recognise the Britain he is talking about – this land of milk and honey?
What a total pr*ck he is.
There will be some fluctuations in their share price as uncertainty spooks possible investors , if any.
Interesting to see what the share price looks like on 18/19 December.
It seems there are a number of shareholders incl CG who are locked in and cant sell until 18 December – the AGM is on 19 December , which can’t be coincidental.
There are presumably already deals in place for share sales but nevertheless the true share value will presumably reflected in the trades on 18/19th Dec.
hun skelper
10:43 on 5 December, 2013
natknow – supporting wee oscar
10:25 on 5 December, 2013
Took the trampoline down 3 weeks ago as it smashed through the garden fence last winter, won’t make that mistake again HH
Learnbyyourmistakes csc
It took so long to put it up and I nearly tore a hand off getting the prings in! If I take it down I won;t put it up again!! :-)
ger57
11:38 on 5 December, 2013
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Says more about you n Billy
than it does about Gerry.
Doc,
The penny will never drop with thems until we seal their tomb.HH
Doc says Vive La Resolution
11:35 on 5 December, 2013
winning captains
10:50 on 5 December, 2013
Over on FF the penny was dropping last night re the stunning retail deal that Green has signed with Ashley. Apparently the “club” gets a mere 8p per shirt sold and Chuck has tied them in to this stunning deal for 7 years. The good news though is that Chuck himself is on a nice earner with this deal.
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And soon they won’t have any more penny’s to drop!
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But, they get 2p per pair of shorts and 1p per sock, an additonal 4p if the full strip is purchased.
They must be coining it in!
sipsini
10:53 on 5 December, 2013
natknow,
Made the same mistake with the trampoline years ago, left the safety netting up and it became a twelve foot kite, luckily it hit the garden brick wall, so no damage done.
Ours now looks like it’s been liquidated!
It is interesting the Vanguard Bears – a small and secretive group rumoured to have links to Loyalist Paramilitaries – are backing the current Sevco board.
I’m at a loss as to why they would take this stance when all of the other Sevco supporters groups’ from The Sons of Struth to The Ministry of Funny Orange Walks, are trying to remove the board (don’t laugh).
Daniel Day-Lewis CSC
Lol, wut planet is that Kev guy on, haha, oh he sure does love attention, his opinion a suppose, god love um.
Just a thought when i see moshni getting a mention , did anyone notice him all over a defender for there first goal in there 89 th minute demolition of falkirk , it would have been a foul to falkirk had it been any other team . Just another wee unmentionable honest mistake .
SRS
Mibbe the secretive group known as the Vanguard Bears is the existing board.
:-)
Kevjungle
No but McNee was/is an arrogant, ‘incompetent’ ( his favourite word) idiot.
1) Celtic don’t need to build a 60000 seater stadium. They’ll never sell it out. 40000 will do.
2) get off the line, you moron. To Hun on SSB who mischievously suggested that Huns should sign Judas. McNee told him it would never happen. We all know what happened 3 weeks later.
3) he misled the whole nation during a game against Thems at Ibrox. He was the commentator but failed to notice that the referee had chalked off David Robertson’s ‘goal’. This went on for a good 10 minutes.
4) EUFA CL when we beat Man Utd 1-0 to qualify for last 16 and McNee is on Scotsport. He again misleads the nation. “They’re not through yet but they’ve given themselves a great chance”.
As I said, he’s a total plank. I can see that you set great store by the informed comments of Gerry.
stein reigned……,
Perhaps they are “informal” shareholders, of the cash in hand variety!
We are getting weaker, and they are getting stronger? @ 8 pence a strip? Aye ok lol.
Philbhoy – Free the Dam 5! 11:45 on 5 December, 2013
Nothing can be ruled out sure.
I dont think it will be easy to get Joe Ledley to sign a new contract as teams in the EPL can offer to double what Celtic can offer and Joe has tasted Champions league football and has won medals so he may well be tempted by the biggar money.I also think a striker valued at 6 million is an unlikely signing for us clubs know we have money from our transfer dealings in the summer and will put there value of players up accordingly that makes it difficult for us to get value for money we are likely in my opinion to be looking at players that the MSM have no idea about I think overall our signings have been good our one problem has been in relaceing Hooper but in Lennie I trust.H.H.
Trampoline Quick News
Must be a slow news day
steinreignedsupreme,
The vanguard bears are the more literate posters from hunmedia, if possible!
They even hate their own but as you say they have sided with the known crooks, rather than the sleekit crooks.
Challenging the Actions of a Sports Governing Body… http://t.co/k0wWRqsU6v
Can Football Supporters Challenge Decisions of Foo… http://t.co/ADbg526H9Q
Just thought I would post this on here boys n girls.
We will wait and see what happens with Res 12 first and then there are suggestions that a legal fund can be set up to take the SFA to court for the integrity of our game in the way they have been handling certain issues.
thomthethim for Oscar OK 11:48 on 5 December, 2013
The are a rum bunch right enough.
Seemingly they hate my pet Zombie Mongo Graham and the Legless Loon.
Maybe the ole Vanguard Bears want to get all the laughs.
Just logged in.
Whose stripping for 8p?
I’m in, unless it’s BMCUW :-)
TheOriginalSadiesBhoy
11:46 on 5 December, 2013
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1. 40k – be lucky to get that now. imo
2. P#sh. The Judas story didny break until – well the day it broke.
No ‘3 weeks’ of speculation – absolute rubbish.
3. Ah’ll give ye.
TheOriginalSadiesBhoy
11:46 on 5 December, 2013
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Oh, and
4. as well.
And when they sell Sevco boots they get further dividends but in electronic form.
They call it (fitba) bit coins.
8p a shirt!
Here’s the rub – it’s probably costing them 5p to put it in one of their plastic carrier bags (with the misleading logo).
tonydonnelly67
11:44 on 5 December, 2013
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Since the huns apparently died withoot the
stake through the heart – Cellic have been p#sh. imo
One CL victory v’s Barcelona and a skelping of Hertz
boys club dizny get the juices flowing I’m afraid.
sipsini 11:52 on 5 December, 2013
There has to be a very good reason for that.
They must find something appealing about the known crooks.
Bold individuals one and all.