Steven Fletcher has his own place in Celtic folklore. We bid for him in January 2009, the player made a public plea to Hibs to allow the deal to happen, but Rod Petrie rejected the approach. Fletcher would go to Burnley at the end of that season for a deal worth around £4m, which seemed eye-watering at the time for a striker who scored 11 goals the previous 12 months.
As Celtic ran out of steam in the spring of 2009 attention turned to what might have been had Fletcher signed. He was the one that got away. The whats, whys and maybes of that time are irrelevant now, but in short, Celtic didn’t value Fletcher at £4m and Petrie reckoned he could get that kind of money in England if he waited.
Before selling to Burnley he didn’t even put the customary call out to Celtic to entice a higher bid. Petrie wanted Hibs to be known as a team who could produce players for the English Premier League – a Hamilton Accies-Lite, if you like. It’s a legitimate strategy.
The player is 28-years-old and now free of the ankle injury which plagued him for over a year. He’s on an astronomical basic wage at Sunderland, who paid north of £10m for his services. Few Scottish footballers will have higher career earnings than him, but that contract ends in June. This season has brought 4 goals from 11 starts for a Sunderland team who sit in a relegation position.
The injury profile makes him a possibility for Celtic. Without it, as a free agent, he would remain in the English Premier League next season (whether Sunderland do or not). His agent will no doubt be shopping him around right now, as will Sunderland, who at the moment will be asking for a consideration to be paid to release him this month.
We must have signed 20 strikers since January 2009, very few as good as Steven Fletcher. I’d take him in a heartbeat.
I’m pleased Anthony Stokes (16 months younger than Fletcher) has a choice of clubs wanting to loan him this month. All three: Dundee United, Inverness and Hibs, would be good places for him. United are a better team than their abysmal points tally indicates, but they are desperately short of strikers. Stokes could transform them. Hibs and Inverness are both clubs looking purposefully towards the second half of the season.
Charity Q&A Night, Carfin
I’m on the (otherwise excellent) Q&A panel at the Xavier Centre, Carfin, on Saturday 30 January alongside two Libson Lions – John Clark and Bertie Auld, Celtic author and sports academic – Dr Joe Bradley, and Fifa referee – Willie Collum.
The purpose of the night is to raise funds for Lanarkshire Cancer Care Trust and the Young Adult Ministry. Tickets will be scarce, so if you’d like to attend, call Mick on 07827 975271 soon.
You know when you look at a line-up and just know it’s going to be a great night…..
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Ernie…..exactly
u can’t reason with a fox…..u kill it ;-)(
H.H.
And this is all helped by many in here, supporters at Celtic Park, and the SMSM , it’s not a wonder I get abashed at some of the comments dished out to a present Celtic player STILL wearing the hoops, and then we have the attack on Stephan Johanson two days ago, Celtic supporters ? Not the ones I hang around with.
http://martini.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/celtic/14206860.Celtic_s_Efe_Ambrose__jeer_me_all_you_like_but_you_won_t_get_inside_my_head/?ref=rss
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Typist training, every letter of the alphabet in there.
Mundanechatter CSC
ERNIELYNCH
So…
Weefra is entirely correct to shoot them in order to protect his livestock,most of which he treats almost as pets?
Why didn’t you say so in the first place?
just picture it… weefra oot with his double-barreled, the coop sounding disturbed, weefra sights a fox, the fox turns to weefra and says ‘i’m a tv puppet, no threat to your hens’ alas too late as the custodian of the poultry gets Basil with both barrels BOOM! BOOM!
Timaloy
I think Biton is suspended? Not sure?
I remember drawing 1-1 with Killie at Celtic Park, 2010 I think, Connor Sammon scored for Killie, Rogne for us.
A record -12C and pitch was fine.
BT…
if u just didn’t make that up…..kudos…..DDUFC will quote beyond their anticipation…..and the FTSFA will accept it ;–))
H.H.
CHARLIEBHOY
Foxes are like wasps. No earthly use to anyone.
How’s tricks,bud?
Interesting blog today. Some understand animals talk and don’t understand Weefrathetim talk.
Mon the fox
BMCUWP
logic can’t b beat…..;-))
H.H.
BLANTYREKEV
I think its forecast for freezing during the match,but not f-f-f-freezing!
Dead on zero according to BBC.
So,cold but not likely to be problematic.
Unless ure a Schizophrenic;-)
H.H.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 15TH JANUARY 2016 10:13 AM
ERNIELYNCH
‘So…
Weefra is entirely correct to shoot them in order to protect his livestock,most of which he treats almost as pets?
Why didn’t you say so in the first place?’
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You mean say something like this, for instance:
“If you have to kill them fair enough”
Is that the kind of thing you had in mind?
BlantyreKev
‘Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz’ – only 31 letters used !
timmity-boo here bobby, hope swindons good after frank ?
BlantyreKEV
Remember it all to well. We were desperate to get above deid team
before NEW year game and desperate to get game on.
Questionable if pitch was frost free.
Come NEW year we are short of players and over at IPOX the call in
fans to help fix burst pipes ect as now they are desperate to get game on
as they know we are struggling to get a team out.
2-0 SAMMY
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A record -12C and pitch was fine.
– See more at: http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/fletcher-what-might-have-been-what-makes-it-possible/comment-page-11/#comments
A couple of things.
Has anybody asked the fox his or her opinion?
Also wasn’t it convenient that Stranraer’s finest had buckets of earth handy to douse flares.
Just saying.
If I remember correctly, 1966 5-1 dping of THEM was played out on an ice rink.
Foxes and hens
Well ask the government why people are killing themselves due to being sanctioned and taken off benefits
That’s the reality in this bastard country of ours
That was another night where
another two useless points were
dropped to a useless Killie
during another useless season
from another trialist / project
in the dug oot.
When will the trialist / project in the dug oot era end ?
Probably when the died(LOL) huns come back and
mibbery the useless drawers aff us ?….
Bmcuw
The TV wildlife geezer who looks like Billy Idol, forget his name, said they keep down rat and mice infestations in many urban sprawls nowadays, thus inhibiting the spread of diseases.
It’s definitely it a case of ‘give a dog a bad name’, with the poor fox.
Also wasn’t it convenient that Stranraer’s finest had buckets of earth handy to douse flares.
Just saying.
– See more at: http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/fletcher-what-might-have-been-what-makes-it-possible/comment-page-11/#comment-2753745
Ah ok, so the NEDS call ahead and ask the club we are playing, saying, ……we where thinking of bringing flares and smoke bombs to the game today, do you have buckets of Earth at your stadium? And if not that’s fine we won’t bring them? ……..that’s a great post , that’ll stop the NEDS.
bankiebhoy1 on 15th January 2016 10:07 am ” ….Auchtermuchty…!? “
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Wear the fox hat?
We need a fox in the box type of striker
Is Franny Jeffers still playing ?
Td67
Tony, was that the guy Frankie in the wheelchair who passed away?
oh, dear….time to fox ma way ….oot….
I agree with Ernie on 2 points :
1. Foxes do not have the higher cognative abilities required to enable them to act as moral agents.
2. Hairy, greasy pies make me uncomfortable and I will report to Police Scotland naow they offer a service to address.
Hoopy Friday everyone!
Marrakesh Express
Yes it was sadly, Franky McGurk, lovely Wee guy.
Morning all, we signed emdy yet? HH
Td67
Must have been one of the best known guys in the scheme, sad. 58?
i was gonny post
you tube keith lemon urban fox
but its too sweary and offensivie ish.
for those abroad that dont get the lemon show, check it out.
Oh aye, always had someone to push his wheelchair in the Castlemilk marathon every year, bit of a character too. Funny Wee guy.
Anyway
Long live The Fox Hunters.
I know a few people who take part and they are far from the stereotypical caricature of the “upper class twit of the year” that we associate with the “sport” or activity if you prefer.
As a city boy I don’t get it but I cant have them anti blood sports people,silly middle class twits ( hows that for stereotypical caricature) who would probably ban boxing,fishing and horse racing if they had their way.
Anyhow,did someone mention horse racing…
Gordon Elliott takes 2 horses to Wolverhampton tonight (why not the short drive to Dundalk)
Lady Fandango in the 5.45 and National Service in the 615
I think National Service in the 615 could be very well handicapped.,was rated 72 at one stage and when Elliot got him he was rated 69.He has now dropped to a handicap rating of 54 and runs tonight in a low level handicap for horses rated up to 60.I think he will win. About 4/1
In the last race at the Dundalk I have been given a good word for Empressario (trainer thinks he can win) 5/1
Each way double on those 2.
Animal lovers unite.
anyone still miss this lot of horrible… ?
Earl of Leven
Earl of Leven is online now I can hear you Clem Fandango
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Why is it so surprising that so many of us have reservations?
I suspect that the care bear bunch are younger – certainly on average – than my generation.
I grew up and we despised them…we were ‘more than a club’ and we had a very specific community, as did they. We were ‘the people’ and we didn’t have filth as ball boys let alone players.
If that’s changed then couldn’t you at least have told us?!
(I hate the thought of bheasts at our club at ANY level…why apologise or pretend otherwise? Who hasn’t wanted Broomloan on Celtic game days to collapse under its own weight with them in it?)
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 15th January 2016 10:18 am CHARLIEBHOY
Foxes are like wasps. No earthly use to anyone.
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As much as I hate feckin wasps there is a reason for every animal/insect on this planet.
WASPs I’m not so sure about and this may be open to debate :-)
wee fra,
rumours overnight we are linked with a welsh under 21,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Fox_(footballer)