Celtic were looking for a right back throughout the second half of last term, but in the early weeks of his tenure, Brendan considered Mikael Lustig and Saidy Janko sufficient for the season ahead. Mikael is four years into a successful Celtic career but his fitness issues are of a persistent nature. We’ve reached Peak Swede.
Saidy missed lot of last season, also through injury, but he showed potential in his early outing this term. Aspirations for the lad crystallised in Israel last week, but not in a good way. I’m not going to defend him, because he was unquestionably poor, but agreement only exists on his poor showing because he was prepared to receive the ball so often. Not everyone in black that night was as keen to get on the end of a pass.
That opened the door for Cristian Gamboa, 26, second choice right back for West Brom. We’re very keen, apparently. West Brom manager, Tony Pulis, is less in need of a full back whose key attribute is getting forward at speed. Horses for course, I suppose, West Brom face different challenges than Celtic.
Two rumours have circulated this week: Celtic are looking for a midfield player and James McCarthy’s position at Everton is less secure than it was a year ago. Whoever has been linking these two facts has overreached – or made them up. Celtic have no idea where this one came from but were clear, there’s nothing in it. Getting the right midfielder remains a task in hand, but usual caveats apply. There are no guarantees we’ll land all our targets this summer.
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Malone Bhoy
Got my doubts about the whole scenario
Get out clause…possibly.
Id take the money….pronto.
HH
Lustig can go into the CB positions now we have a flying machine at RB.
DAVIDOPOULOS on 30TH AUGUST 2016 2:34 PM
how desperate for a club must Senderos be if he is still hanging about waiting on a deal from Sevco? Although to him it probably seems like only a few minutes have passed.
*****
I have heard a rumor that he is only their second choice …. they are waiting to see if they can do a deal with their first choice player …whom they have described as having the necessary toughness and character to fit in at Sevco …. based on the reports of recent performances, I have to admit that it does sound like a good fit for Sevco ….
They are very interested in Ms. Nicola Saunderson, 38, of New Cumnock, and have offered her a deal …… the only stumbling block is the wages for the next seven months….
If they cannot do a deal with Ms. Saunderson, then they will ‘swoop’ for Senderos.
I’ll let you know if I hear any more ….
Warburton felt sorry for lescott that’s why he said family reasons failed medical
BFDJ
On clyde ssb last nite
WINNING CAPTAINS on 30TH AUGUST 2016 2:58 PM
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Hail Hail fella hope yer well.
was hearing that, Gordon is a ‘leak’ in the dressing room.
There was a Celtic gk who played during the WGS-era called
Brown who, was also a leak and, a hun and his bro used
to run a Rangers supporters bus from High Blantyre.
Anyway, Craig Gordon….
Also, he was complicit in the 2 goals lost in Israel…imho.
Also, he was complicit in the defeat of Ronny’s Celtic
vs ICT in the SCSF 2 years ago when he ‘knew’ that the mib
would put him off the pitch in that game and, still showed the
petulance that is un-becoming of a Celtic player who should have
been schooled by the manager as to, different rules being applied to us.
Obviously, mistrust of the establishment isny an issue that is hammered into
a Celtic player’s phsyche before he goes onto the pitch.
When I was a wee bhoy, ma granny said to me – “Kevin, one thing that you will need to be aware of if you wear a green n white scarf son. You can, never, never be paranoid enough!”
I thought she was crackers but,….as time went on, I looked upon her as some sort of Celtic-Prophet who’d been sent to map out the Celtic way ahead…..
May God Bless you wee Granny – I know that your always here.
….oot-this-time….
I must admit that when I saw Paul’s headline today, I expected to be reading a “The Cucible” type warning about our latest “huns under the bed” crisis……
KEVJ
You know what sisters are like,always roon’ the coarnir!
You couldnae annoy them anyway,bud. They’ve put up wi me for years,yer just a beginner!
HH,enjoy yer kip. Time for mine shortly anaw.
mike in toronto
I knew it! I knew all this laughing about Senderos would come back to bite us…
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 30TH AUGUST 2016 3:08 PM
ARCHDEACONSBENCH @ 1.49
Have you ever read any of the ‘misery’ novels by Paul Sheldon? Apparently they are very good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7LwFPp3SY
M23@CQN Uselesss Fictional Information
Baffled on the Simunovic thing. Baffled.
If he’s good enough for Serie A he’s good enough for Celtic.
Cannot understand that at all. Has someone in the finance department had a nutty over the Sinclair deal and decided we need to recoup the cash?
Because this just seems so stupid, stupid, stupid. Brendan hasn’t even had a chance to evaluate this guy and what he might bring to the team.
We’re leaving ourselves short at the back again.
It just frustrates the Hell out of me to see such clearly daft moves.
Unless we’re bringing in a central defender, which I doubt.
Does this mean Boyata is rated? Of the two I know who I’d rather have.
Torino based fitba paper claiming that Simunovic will sign for Torino .The article includes a photo of him leaving a Torino medical clinic.Quoted fee is 4 million euros
MIKEINTORONTO
I hope,as a lawyer,you ran that past some of your learned colleagues first.
PMSL,very good indeed.
Btw,my sisters enjoyed the company of Dan and Waheena(?) on Saturday. Thanks to all involved in that.
Davidopoulos …
after reading BSR’s post @ 1:33, I had this image of ‘the big house must stay open guy’ in a dress! Scared the s**t out of me, so it did!
JAMES FORREST
Lustig may be moving in there and Ajer is there. Not a fan of Simo, I get the impression when i watched him his attitude was a little off, Caught out of position a few times and bitton got back to help him out and he never even acknowledged it. Not a team player for me.
Plus he always seems to be injured, Might be thinking take the cash and run.
Boyatta scares me.
KLV
MORRISSEY
She was playing the part alright
Did I imagine it or was there talk that Simunovic had not really settled well in Glasgow?
JAMES FORREST on 30TH AUGUST 2016 3:20 PM
Well one comment I’ve seen is that he’s not happy here. I’d probably be unhappy if I’d been out injured for the best part of a year. So maybe he just wants a fresh start.
Short of forcing him to stay, which wouldn’t work for anybody, there’s not much the club could do, if the above is true. Getting back what we paid plus add-ons is probably the best solution all round.
JAMESFORREST
Aye,but we wouldn’t get €4m for Boyata.
There’s yer answer,and it applies to all who had hoped that,erm,a new approach was at hand.
In other words,PL is still counting the beans. A big cash cow staring him in the face,still counting beans. Wi an “I’m Alright,Jack” smirk come bonus time.
Fly a kite pundits claiming that Simunovic is replacing Maksimovic who is off to Napoli for 30 million where He will replace Koulibaly who is going to Chelsea for 60 million.
FINGER OOT
CELTIC
GET A FEW SERIOUS SINGINGS
NOW
BFDJ – Senderos will be like a new signing next year.
KEVINLASVEGAS
I thought Ajer was a central midfielder?
Canny be sure,not seen him much.
SOUTHOFTUNIS
PL will choke on his beans if that is the case.
Top 10 Celtic
1 Celtic 4 Motherwell 0 (1973?) First Game
2 Centenary Season
3 Seville
4 St Patrick’s Day Massacre 1991
5 Celtic 2 Hearts 1 1988 Scottish cup semi (Didn’t get a ticket for the final….)
6 Celtic 2 St Johnstone 0 1998 As soon as I saw the ball leave Henrik’s foot I knew it was going in
7 Celtic 5 Partizan 4 I know we went out but it was the most incredible match I have been to… If had ended 5-3 or 6-4 you would watch the highlights all the time.
8 Celtic 5 Rangers(deceased) 1 Lubo who?
9 I can’t remember who we played (Dundee Utd I think) as it was my first visit to Celtic park when the refurbishment had finished and it looked stunning.
10 Paulo, Cadete and Pierre… a joy to watch.
Time to help a struggling football team out and Sendoordrawers to Edminston Drive.
TD67, try not to soil these one’s. :@-)
MWD
BMCUWP …
I was on a boat/diving the last few day (limited internet), so I haven’t spoken much with Danny and Waheeda since the game. So,other than the lads who arranged things, I wasn’t sure all of whom they met. I think D&W are back from Ireland this weekend, so I will hear all about it then.
But I am glad you had the chance to meet them. I think they are two of the loveliest people I have ever met….
From what I did hear from them, they LOVED Scotland and Celtic! In fact, Danny is already talking about when he can get back for another game!
Well if he ain’t happy here in Glasgow, or can’t settle, then we’re doing the right thing.
I hope Torino are getting a heck of a player, I hate to see any player out with long-term injury issues, especially one who had a lot to offer.
We seem to have made a profit on it.
Fingers crossed (hahaha why do I do this to myself?) we spend it before the window shuts!
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
He is mate, But Pre season he never looked out of place in CB. ;)
KLV
Simunovic gone. pity lookedas if ho could be s good dplayer and we are left with Efe and Boyata! Oh and means we have spent virtually no money this window……
The defence looks like
Craig/ DeVries
Gamboa/Janko/Lustig Lustig/O’Connell/Sviatchenko Toure/O’Connell/Sviatchenko Tierney/Izzy
1st picks probably:
Craig
Gamboa Sviatchenko Toure Tierney
I suppose they think they can do without Simunovic and handle an injury or two and will definitely try and use everyone through different competitions.
JAMES FORREST on 30TH AUGUST 2016 3:35 PM
It’s just one rumour I’ve seen but frankly it’s as valid as any other, and at least makes a bit of sense.
JAMES FORREST @ 3.20
What bit of cutting your losses baffles you?
Maradominic on 30th August 2016 3:37 pm
Simunovic gone. pity lookedas if ho could be s good dplayer and we are left with Efe and Boyata! Oh and means we have spent virtually no money this window……
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No, what it means is we’ll have brought in a lot more money than we have spent.
Bobby
You and I are generally on the same page re Celtic, Celtic board, Peter Lawell, transfer strategy etc.
Not so on this occasion.
I’m delighted with the business in the transfer market to date, and I see it as a huge bonus if we end up in the black at the end of this window.
Simunovic hasn’t delivered for obvious reasons. Injury limited his game time.
If he’s going, for a profit, well done I say.
Toure, Dembele, Sinclair, Gamboa and De Vries and Brendan in ( v) what has gone, is going, out?
With a profit to boot?
That’ll do me bud.
Another window in Jan. If Brendan needs another by then, he will get him.
We could spend £20m. It won’t impact our CL group this time around.
The league? Paddy Power will be paying out by Jan end.
Nope. I’m very happy. I believe Celtic, that includes PL, have done well this time around.
so much for investing in the team……. wait tilll PL says ” we tried to get players in but it just isn’t that easy. we nearly got X Y and Z.. should hae a CF and CM in a while ago
Maybes, just maybes Brendan disny rate Jozo as highly as some posters on here, maybes he insy a team player, maybes he can’t settle, maybes our Doc’s forsee long term problems, maybes the shock of breaking even in the window has given Pedro palpatations and he needs to get a few bob in, who knows, but I trust Brendan.
As for top ten reads ….these would definitely be in the running for me …
love in the time of cholera – pure poetry disguised as a novel
The Little Prince – everyone should know a love like this, at least once in their life
Great Gatsby – most of us have known a love like this, at least once in our life
Betrayal by Harold Pinter – I like reading plays, and this just edges out Six Characters due to it being able to tie in Sartre
Ulysses by James Joyce – wow! just wow… a true artist with words. maybe the greatest novel ever written…..
Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondatjee – and not just because he is Canadian … one of the few modern writers whose work is almost as polished and precise as Joyce’s … not a word wasted or misplaced in this book
Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot … didn’t like his politics, but, as a poet, there were few better. Genius!
Absolute Beginners … Colin McInnes … not saying it is the best, but as a young lad, reading that, listening to the Jam or Miles Davis …. to be 15 again!
Of Grammatology by Derrida – not a novel, but a book I can read over and over …. as close to a Bible for me as possible
and, of course, the Bible …. didn’t always agree with Northrop, but he was right about one things … it is the basis for all of Western literature. And some of the poetry in it is breathtaking.
ps
I’m guessing that Toure and Sviatchenko are 1st choice for the CL games and Simunovic doesn’t want to be backup.