The success rate of Celtic’s player recruitment strategy in recent years has been exceptional; pound-for–pound better than any period in our history. Forster, Mulgrew, Lustig, Matthews, Izaguirre, Wilson, Ledley, Wanyama, Commons, Kayal and Hooper have arrived for limited outlay and have propelled the club into the latter stages of the Champions League.
By contrast, Mo Bangura failed to impress on any occasion tested. At another time it would be easy to write him off but it seems unusual that the current system for scouting and assessing footballers has led to a striker who only yesterday recorded his first goal for the club.
In all honesty I suspect Mo will not get a chance to turn things around at Celtic, there are several strikers ahead of him in the squad and our scouts will forever be working on fresh recruits, but this doesn’t mean he is a bad player. It’s more likely that his induction into Scottish life missed a crucial step.
Did you see the story and photograph about Michael Johnson yesterday? The 24-year-old was paid-off by Manchester City near the end of his £40k per week contract. He was unfortunate with injuries but there is a lesson for football to learn in his demise.
The day anyone, young or old, clever or stupid, signs a £10m contract life can become one long party. ‘You don’t like my attitude/weight/blood test/friends? I’m on a multi-million pound contract, deal with it.’ How can football deal with this issue?
For the record, there is absolutely no connection between Mo, whose attitude has been first class, and Michael Johnson’s demise.
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sipsini
21:03 on 16 January, 2013
channelislandcelt
Ye think thems would be cross about it :-((
Weefra…,
I think some of the HIV shops are organising a sit in.
I’d imagine blockbusters are trying to get their stock back
Pauloantony
Would they want him …? Who would he displace ?
•-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-•
21:08
I am deeply honoured, especially in the face of such stiff competition !
A Leicester City fan sent me the gag , so theres a wee Lenny link into the bargain :0)
HH.
jimbo67
21:09 on
16 January, 2013
Dan
Dec 82- week after the league cup final. We won 2-1 – Provan and Macleod. Cooper should have been sent off!
Jimbo
TinyTim
21:09 on
16 January, 2013
Dan
Beale Cooper tells a very amusing story about that booking , during his after dinner speech .
Fergie had him wound up for 2 weeks building up to the game to nail Charlie.
Fergie , win at all costs.
TY
Burghbhoy
21:10 on
16 January, 2013
Dan….. Cooper nailed Charlie who wasn’t out the centre circle after taking kick off!
Shameless thug
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Thanks folks for clearing that one up. Yep Fergie used every dirty trick in the book. I’ve always had a dislike of him from those days and the tactics he employed. Although he had a great team, some of tactics of winding up the opposition, especially Celtic and the old Rangers worked a treat for him. I have grown to respect his achievements in the game, but there will always be that part of me that looks at the bullying tactics he employed on both sides of the border both on and off the pitch.
Phyllis
Ireland is where it originated.
Weefra HH
scotpatsfan
How the Hell did a Sevco director get in there?
GL2 how’s the cub, have ye heard owt? (Lancashire talk)
V
If Walcott wasn’t English he’d be derided as a wasteful sand dancer
Most people that have eaten a Tesco burger will eventually end up with the trots
Vmhan
BT
Greenlion2
Looks great…will check the flight prices….
bsr
Who is that in the picture??
neil
It shows the power of the internet, and not moving with the times, unfortunately. Mrs and I are probably as much to blame as we do 90% of shopping online. Well she is disabled and very restricted in movement. In saying that, we like nothing better than a wee visit to the East Kilbride Plaza on very rare occasions.
Weefra HH
GO ON THE SAINTS 2-2 CHELSKI
Dan
Agree re Fergie- complex character whose teams have been hard to love despite their magnificence. Liked him when I met him though
Jimbo
jude
Celtic legend – Tommy Kiernan
Chelski 2 Southampton 2
A major diplomatic incident is unfolding, the French have found traces of tesco value burgers in their horse meat
Wasnt really bothered who won till I saw big fartley played with Swansea.
Wit channel is the chelsea game on, if any?
Weefra HH
Wee Leo’s boots for tonight celebrating his 4 Ballon D’Or wins
pic.twitter.com/gJYnxLgQ
bsr
Thot that. His wive and my mum were full cousins. Ive just text his son Brian to tell him his dad is on the famous Celtic Quick News!!!!
AS English @English_AS
Messi’s boots tonight commemorate his four Ballon d’Or wins pic.twitter.com/gJYnxLgQ
Ach i give up
jude
I’ll put it up again properly
This has just been posted on twitter by the celticnetwork tonight but it looks an old blog.
Same Fans
So. I am going to start blogging a bit harder with this Rangers Story. I did say a few blogs back “What is there to blog about” and is it worthwhile, well it is, but before I go and do what I love doing, one question, what exactly what died here? History we can all remember? I can remember them, and last time I looked, nothing has changed from last season, apart from them being in Division 3. Same fans, manager, 5 stars on the strip, same everything really
He is still there!
I have been saying this since the start off 2012, nothing new here. But don’t ask me to dance about the street naked at a club winning a battle against £150M debt and coming through the other side an EXACT replica off what had died. So what did die? Please, someone tell me. The name? No still there, the badge? No, still there. The manager, nope, he is still there. Oh wait, the 5 stars above the badge, ah no, still there. What died here? I tell you what died? I know the History is gone, so why the picture below celebration 140 years the other week? Who allows this? Why are they allowed to be a replica of this club that died? Am I missing something? And same vile fans, singing their same vile songs
I know it isn’t nice to view, but the more things change, they more they stay the same
They are alive and breathing that is not what we wanted at the start? We carried a coffin, we said they would die! They did, but they never, they were replicated. Same EVERYTHING exists today. Just in another league. The SPL struggled and still are in terms of punishment, the SFA were to scared to act, this took months, so the SFL voted over a cup of tea and it was division 3, the SFL to be fair didn’t mess about.
Why is nobody stopping this show of History?
5 Stars on the strip.
Still 5 stars on the strip!
So who is allowing them to pretend they are the same club? Who isn’t doing their job? What happened to the Crown office investigation? When will BDO act? Can they act? Things seem to be taking forever here. The rubbish we had thrown at us by the media makes a lot of sense not Jim Traynor is the voice of Rangers, the only thing that changed there is he in on the payroll now I guess. Where is Craig Whyte and his recordings? Who else has a claim to what here? Do ticketus still have a percentage of the gate money?
I know Rangers died, I know the history is gone, but look 3 pictures up, it doesn’t look like it. So blog I will. And blog hard to ask the simple question. Why? I also hear they are in heavy debt, some saying as much as £2M with this share issue not going as well is as being reported. A lot of IOU’s I am hearing are floating around
Also, something to look out for, Brian Kennedy (Sale Sharks) also has ties to another football club, Stockport County. I wonder what is being talked about there. I am not saying Rangers will take over Stockport, not for a second, but I hear talks have been done between Charles Green and Brian Kennedy and Stockport County. You guess the rest, as I try and find out the truth. Something is happening here, and I am going to try and get to the bottom of this. Or at least try
Evening bhoys n ghirls, havent been on for ages. Hope we are all well
HH
PF
Forgot about Kelvin, suspected Efe might be away so I`ll go with your selection. Not my night. I had a wee Treble (MAC) Man U ,Arsenal and Chelsea. When Arsenal got their late winner I thought i was quids in! Bloody Saints!
JJ
beamishismypint
Sure. Send me your email or mobile number and we can arrange something..
jimbo67
21:26 on
16 January, 2013
Dan
Agree re Fergie- complex character whose teams have been hard to love despite their magnificence. Liked him when I met him though
Jimbo
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Can’t argue with his record Jimbo and one man’s idea of cheating is another man’s view of bending or using the rules to their advantage. Guess that’s one of the reason’s why we have so many differing views about footie, so diverse at times.
Guess he would have some amazing “off the record” yarns to tell.
barca 2 malaga 1 decent wee game
interesting view of Juve’s current form with reasonable comments
http://www.football-italia.net/29451/not-so-deadly-juventus#comment-24558
Celtic Star – Tommy Kiernan
Anyone with a good memory of the 70s? I seem to remember a game that Gordon Strachan scored in for Dundee at Celtic park. I’m sure we were winning 3-0 and think it ended 3-3.
Anyone confirm this? At that time we were being linked to buying him from Dundee.
AtticusFinch
raymondoregan@gmail.com
Finish 2-2 chelski hehehe
HH
wooney skys a penalty RUBBISH lol
Justice – Rooney misses penalty
Rooney misses a pen …I had the bassas minus a goal…:-(