Mistakes in the transfer market are more costly to a club than any mistake made on a football field. It’s too easy to spend millions on a transfer fee and commit to the kind of contract you or I will never see in our lives. After contracts are signed you need to hope the player settles into the squad, and the city, sometimes hope he learns the language, and assume he can cope with the weather.
So how do you offset this? In recent seasons Celtic have tried, when possible, to agree a deal in principle, but front-load the transfer with a short-term loan deal. This gives the club six months or a year to ensure all the boxes are ticked before they commit the kind of resources which would have an impact on multiple seasons.
Miku is a case in point. Glasgow is a long way from his native Venezuela, and as different from Madrid or Valencia, where he spent most of his adult life, as you will find in Western Europe. He is a almost certainly a better player than we have seen since he arrived at the end of the summer transfer window, but it would be foolish to suggest he has settled well at the club.
If Miku doesn’t cut it, he will return to Spain in the summer, or sooner, and Celtic will have conserved millions.
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setting free the bears
20:20 on
5 January, 2013
Brilliant post mate, here’s another idea for you, ‘The Dumb Huns’, to the tune of The Young Ones….!
Laird of the smiles
Your work is done for tonight… Until he phones at all hours needing a lift home ;)
evening all……
some great posts tonight and musical tunes……. i like a bit of music myself…..
New Orcs New Orcs…… SFTB…… feqin brill man……
HH
@celticrumours: Reports of FF that part of the roof in the Ibrox main stand concourse collapsed today. Around the 70 minute mark. #safetycertificate?
Sevco 8 games in a row against 10 men, that must be another world record.
Just had a wee squint on zombie media…. Sally taking a doing from many tonight
But best suggestion was he be given the scotland job and let a new man come in
Just seen the sevco score. Wow, this mob don’t half provide us with laughs.
To those talking about “obsession”, having a wee laugh at the local loudmouth when our team are on a winter break may be a little childish but it’s not an obsession.
This new club may be a million miles from a credible football rival to us but they are undisbutably an entertaining distraction, something to point at and laugh at when we are bored.
They are a different club from Rangers 1873 but they have the same horrible fans. That’s reason enough to laugh heartily as their millionaire goalkeeper throws the ball into his own net against a part time football team.
It’s been interesting to watch how desperate the media have become
to get Sevco into the SPL.
Plan
Promote scare stories that certain SPL clubs will go into administration
and the remaining clubs will plead that Sevco be immediately promoted to the top league.
Plan B
Support league reconstruction to get Sevco into the SPL
as soon as possible.
Plan C
Pretend Sevco are actually in the SPL.
So TFOD have played 19 games this season.
How many of them have the opposition finished with 11 players?
‘The day after tomorrow’ on 4 just now. Celtic getting beat by Man U in a champions league group qualifier? Feck that! When was the last time those feckers beat us in a competitive game?
APologies for the poor spelling and punctuation. Not using glasses and having to use iPhone…..:-)
Good night bhoys!
It’s been a long coupla weeks and liver nippin’!
Glad, as ever, to be a TIM!
And I’ll sleep tonight.
Celtic Underground@celticrumours
Reports of FF that part of the roof in the Ibrox main stand concourse collapsed today. Around the 70 minute mark.
Bada Bing
8 in a row !!!!
Hahahahahahahahahaha.
They really are pathetic. How many over the seaSon though? Out of the 19?
Theweegreenman.
Think channel 4 must have been thinking about a deid club with titles of their double bill films tonight;-))
Possible Sevconian match fixing orchestrated by the green gobshect ! Chuckles Green under investigation for pumping thousands on a half time bet 365 equaliser on Alexander ( not the meercat ) throwing the ball into the net ! SIMPLES ! GIRUT ! looks like he spread his bets oooffftttt honking Huns !!!!!!
Just watched the Elgin goal :0
I only hope Alexander prefaced his “save” with the obligatory roar of “Ma Baw”.
Billy bhoy
Think his shout mighta been in the plural
rangers are not my favourite team csc
19:03 on 5 January, 2013
jeeezasss!!!!!!!! its amazing reading the posters on this website, ye spend more time worrying about rangers than discussing our club, CELTIC.
get a grip ffs
this is a celtic forum not a website for keeping tabs on a stupid sectarian club in div 4
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There are times when we are not worrying about them
C’mon, efter watchin that goalie gaff even you must be rollin aboot the flair……
Glasgow Warriors are interested in signing Neil Alexander due to his superb passing movement this afternoon.
stevebhoy
16:33 on
5 January, 2013
Embdy know how to refresh safari iPhone without scrolling all the way up?
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Stevebhoy
I had the same problem months ago – having to touch the top of iPhone screen either side of the time to reach top of page then hitting the button & scrolling all the way down to the bottom of the page again.
To get round this I downloaded a free app called “End of Page” & it solved the problem of getting to the bottom of a page with minimum fuss. Once installed you still have to touch the top of your screen @ hit the button, but after that you use the app like a normal bookmark & it takes you directly to the bottom of the page you’re reading.
Simples…. :-)
Hope this is of some help.
Hail, hail
LzB
I can’t remember who it was that posted earlier that AT should be sent a link to the most vile obituary ever, he definitely should though, and if there is no response, perhaps as TET says there is Masonic stuff going on all over the place….. Shock, Horror.
ernie lynch says AT has given up on the story, I can accept that. I hope after going out of the way to meet Hugh that he rekindles his interest. Respect for a man who was Always telling the Truth.
Stephen McLees @scmclees79
@davymcguire79 @paul_spencer1 @etimsnet is it true they will buy the record points total? They have previous for buying dead clubs history
por cierto
Apologies – previous post should say ‘touch the top of your screen @ hit the “Refresh” button. Forgot iPhone doesn’t like ”s….
Soccer am this week has elbows Getting dive of the week ! Guess who’s getting the taxi nxt Saturday morning oooofffffttt ! Two awards for the tribute act must surley be another world record !!! COYBIG n COYB !
Knots Landing FC with their massive wage bill holding on against Elgin.
About time the real berz demanded that big money is thrown at the problem.
Great article Paul.
Stevebhoy , Touch the date and time under the name at the top before u refresh
Cheers jibla65
I just switched onto Sky Sports as the equaliser went in and then salleens wee bumbstruck interview afterwards – aaaah a nice surprise
On a serious note – anybody got any advice on curtailing/ managing internet use for a 12 year old at home, we’re really struggling – what he can find – bloody hell (it’s actually upsetting him) – bring the old days now please
HH
ALEXANDER in Parkhead switch??
Neil “the juggler” Alexander is clearly thinking of a move to Parkhead, to the Scottish Rocks basketball team!,
They play in a stadium adjacent to Paradise and which unusually for the juggler, has hot running water, soap and a supply of spare light bulbs.. and pies..
HH
HH
Jackie Mac 21.44
yes been there many a day! You the parent.. A time limit, remove and lock away.. They get the message! Sometimes..
GOOD luck
Petec
Well said.
All those involved at The Herald should be utterly ashamed
to have allowed that to be printed.
Big Hately thinks Owen (sp) Goal is like a new signing, although, with a Christian name like Owen, they want to know what school he went to.
Will someone copy and paste the H.Adams Obituary please. If it’s that bad I really do not want to give them a click. por cierto.
This cannot be right? look who the holding company are on the sevco shares page
scrolll down
http://www.google.co.uk/finance?q=LON%3ARFC&sq=rfc&sp=5&ei=HPfSUNidMsWCwAOFvwE
Re the OG from the sevco 2012 keeper today .
Is it just me or does the ref look really reluctant to give the goal ,it’s as if he is frantically thinking of how he can avoid giving it .
Hail hail
Fair chance they will buy Gretna’s history now….
MurdochauldandHay
21:55 on
5 January, 2013
Isn’t RFC2012 what deadco changed it’s name to pre-liquidation?
Murdoch
Is that for real
por cierto
21:54 on
5 January, 2013
It’s on here already – I read it this morning about half nine or ten
Just seen Alexander’s equaliser, wonder if hes friendly with Steve Jennings ex Murderwell player…