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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Macclesfield 2 1 up
Macc 2-1 V Cardiff
LOLZ
Rubicon (2:34)
Couldn’t agree more re the disgraceful obituary of Hugh Adams in today’s Herald.
Sad that they would stoop so low as to try and besmirch the reputation of a dead man who simply told the truth about Murray playing roulette with Rangers on an annual basis and cheating.
The guy who wrote that should hang his head in shame.
What the Fek was the editor doing allowing such a nasty insulting article to appear in his paper – does he not check what’s going into his paper before publishing it? It reflects very poorly on the Herald and there should be an immediate and prominent apology on Monday to Mr Adams poor family.
Disgusted.
I wish his family well at such a difficult time.
No doubt the ref will change the decision
Sevco og Alexander
One each 87 min
Lol
Mario land
79 Caps
” Celtic have the lowest number of fouls and the second highest number of yellow cards in the SPL, while Sevco play against 10 men every week.”
I think you may have got that stat from MWD last night. I did not think it could be right and, according to the SPL site, it is nott.
We are listed 2nd because it is in alphabetical order but the figures show we are 10th of 12 for yellow cards
Aberdeen 32
Celtic 28
Dundee 31
Dundee Utd 27
Hearts 39
Hibernian 44
Inverness CT 37
Kilmarnock 34
Motherwell 26
Ross County 46
St Johnstone 40
St Mirren 47
The figures for fouls are not available there. Ross County, St. Mirren and Hibs seem to be particularly targetted.
how long before sevco get a penalty?
Wrong call
Og against 10 men ……pen in last min or not a good night in the lodge tonight for MIB.
obonfanti1888
Somewhere in the 8 mins of extra time!!!
Elgin drawing at ipox …….HAHAHAHAHAHA
Can see the Sevco game going on til about 5.15
Sevco looking for an extension
Full-time 1-1 hahaha
Full-time ……..Boos ……shockeroonie ……HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
1-1 ft poor team
KLV
Boooooooooooooooooo
RIP (Rangers international Plc) 1 Elgin 1
Crescendo if boos by the Sevconians at the end!!!
Why are they complaining ? They got in for hee haw!!!!
setting free the bears @ 16.50
Thanks for correcting me. However, the yellows for Charlie and Fraser on Wednesday were ridiculous.
Even when we don’t play I still enjoy Saturdays like this.
1-1, at home, against 10 part time men.
my goodness how far sevco have risen since those early struggles.
Rip jimmy mcewan.
Sunday Mail tomorrow, fat Sally’s war chest now 100m pounds…
Free ice cream for Sevco shareholders…
McCoist for pope…
Fat sally blaming it on not having a winter shutdown.
Nae luck to Big Feck
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTT
Fat Sally demands to know the names of the Elgin players.
Following today’s result, The Rangers are unable to equal or beat Gretna’s SFL3 record points total of 98, set in 2004/05.
Nottingham Forrest crash out of the FA Cup at home. When will club chairmen realise that Big Alex isnae very good ?
Macc and Luton both through well done.
Greggs the Bakers will be getting skelped oan Monday as Fat Sally tries to eat his way of desperation..
Fat Sally …We demand to know were our marbles are
The Quiet Man @ 16:48
“What the Fek was the editor doing allowing such a nasty insulting article to appear in his paper – does he not check what’s going into his paper before publishing it?”
Check it? It would appear that they never even spell-checked it?
The person responsible for this disgusting piece and those who allowed it to be printed should be made to defend their actions publicly.
78Caps
No problem. I agree that 3 of our bookings were unjustified though I thought Beram was very reckless with his.
Sevco still have to play Annan another 7 times and Elgin 8 before Easter