Escaping the orbit of the EPL scouts

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We all have our prejudices and mine kicks in when Celtic sign a player with a high profile in England. They usually come with zero development opportunity and they have all been scouted every time a ball bounced within five meters of them. We do very well when monitoring the development squad at Fulham and almost as well with the same cohort at Manchester City, but for the most part, Celtic need to cast the net wider than their English counterparts.

Azerbaijan is just about as far from the regular haunts of English scouts as you can get. If a Columbian striker can settle there, he can settle in Scotland. There are no guarantees any new signing will work, we know for sure some will not. Football is a numbers game, get the right profile in, in the correct volume and at the right price, and you have a chance of succeeding.

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  3. Hardly filling us with confidence with this quote from MO’N……

     

     

    “We have a number of players that we’re looking at,” he said. “We’ve had a number of offers in for players as well too at the same time.

     

     

    “And I’m hoping in the not-too-distant future, and I mean maybe in the next couple of weeks, that we will have some really decent players at the football club to add to the very decent players we have at the football club.”

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  7. DUSHANBE BHILLY BHOY on

    clunks on 7th July 2026 7:56 pm

     

    the trump phone call must have gotten thru

     

     

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    GOT thru

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  9. lets all do the huddle on

    the trump phone call must have gotten thru

     

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    GOT thru

     

     

     

    GOT THROUGH

  10. vinniethedog on

    Didn’t see all celtic game…just looked usual pre season fare …pitch Didn’t look great

     

    Suppose that went along with lots of celtic players 🙄…….think I’ll go under a rock until September

  11. vinniethedog on

    On the pens….to me there looked a clip on the Sherbourne player …but just outside the box

     

    Celtic pen was a pen …definite push though if 0 0 he might not have given it

     

     

    Disappointing to see Alfie Devine going to Preston…thought he’d be ideal replacement for Hatate

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  13. DUSHANBE BHILLY BHOY

     

     

    clunks on 7th July 2026 7:56 pm

     

     

    the trump phone call must have gotten thru

     

     

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    GOT thru

     

     

     

     

    Ok spelling boy, I have tooken your point

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