I was initially surprised to hear we’re tracking a Jack-of-all-trades defensive midfielder-cum-central defender. Neil Lennon’s clear preference in central defence is Efe Ambrose and Virgil van Dijk, both of whom have been in excellent form this season, but he has backup in the form of Charlie Mulgrew, or even Mikael Lustig, who has played there before.
Defensive midfield, along with striker, is one of the key positions Celtic should be looking to strengthen; so a dedicated specialist would seem the better option, but our last outstanding specialist in that area arrived with exactly the same CV. I remember the disputes here when Neil Lennon talked about Victor Wanyama being able to play centre half. He could, but he didn’t.
It’s more important that we do our recon well than utilise everything in a player’s locker. Buying from England is usually expensive, but at least if affords you the opportunity to solicit plenty of reliable opinion on a player.
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Philbhoy
supper salary is too ugly even for the radio!
If you can be Welsh AND Australian, maybe you can be a centre half AND a 30 goal a season striker too.>)
another half million shares sold in sevco today…… could the directors be continually selling each other shares back and forth to maintain the share price otherwise the danger is that they would sink completely signaling the stock market to sop trading and initiate an enquiry into the whole debacle…. just wondering !!
hen1rik 13.37
what i dont understand about whyte is
that 2yrs ago he did not pay vat and
income tax , yet has to my knowledge
never been in court.
any other small business man would
have been done long ago
Philbhoy – Free the Dam 5! 13:40 on 22 January, 2014
Bobby Charlton was a brilliant footballer, a genuine world class player, and he was far more important to Manchester United’s success in that era than George Best.
I went to his testimonial at Old Trafford when we provided the opposition.
He didn’t have the looks or the charisma that Best had, and Bobby was never likely to be caught in any compromising situations, but his talent was easily on a par with Best.
The Preston gig was a bit of a disaster. I remember a documentary (about 1974) when Bob was at North End and was about to come up against Jack, who had taken the manager’s job at Middlesbro. Anyway, after a 40-minute build-up to their first encounter as managers, the game was called off because of bad weather…
CultsBhoy
13:37 on
22 January, 2014
I’ve missed the latest Craig Whyte stuff – what is he intimating?
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I am definitely “in to mating” braw …..when I think of oor googly eyed hero I am always reminded of the shell and pea game ….with The dead ones Deeds as the pea …..braw
Just a wee reminder about our CB’s…
People seem to be forgetting Myokolu….( forgive spelling if wrong)…..
He’s on the verge of a return…..
Seemed decent enough player when I watched him….
Just sayin’…..
Paul
I do not know the jack of all trades to whom you are referring but what better a man to recruit a defensive midfielder than Neil Lennon. His own understanding and ability to read a game that allowed him to play on even as his legs began to give would be enough to put my faith in his Judgement on this one.Indeed had he been a few inches taller what a centre back Neil would have been. Was he not also a bit of a predator as youngster ?
Mike Bhoyle
14:01 on
Myokolu could turn out to be a very special player for us, he could on the other hand get injured again quite quickly as he does seem to be injury prone.
whitedoghunch
what better a man to recruit a defensive midfielder than Neil Lennon. His own understanding and ability to read a game that allowed him to play on even as his legs began to give would be enough to put my faith in his Judgement on this one.Indeed had he been a few inches taller what a centre back Neil would have been. Was he not also a bit of a predator as youngster ?
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He must be the best reader of a game I have ever seen, because he could see things happen & snuff them out…. with his lack of pace (being very kind to him) how did he ever get near the ball, the booing he got at home against Celta Vigo was scandalous…nerves were getting the better of the crowd that night maybe
HH
eddieinkirkmichael …
Agreed…but..
I was making the point…
He seems to have been ” forgotten “…:0)…
HH
Steviebhoy66
Neil Lennon was booed v Boavista.
LB
HH
Craigies comin over the hill?
Could it be happening?
HH
For all you baldies out there
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Mike Bhoyle
Steven Mouyokolo interview
http://www.celticfc.tv/freeview
LiviBhoy – God bless wee Oscar
14:17 on
22 January, 2014
Steviebhoy66
Neil Lennon was booed v Boavista.
LB
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You’re correct, I stand….corrected!!!
HH
LiviBhoy @ 14:17 on 22 January, 2014
Neil Lennon was booed v Boavista.
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He was not booed. He received the ball in the middle of the park, shaped up as though he was going to pass the ball back to the Brickie which prompted a “Aw FFS naw….” or words to that effect from the stands. I think we were down 1-0 at this point in the game. He changed his mind and passed the ball to an out-field team-mate albeit a square pass. Don’t know how many times this was discussed on the Big Lhist – I lost count.
m6bhoy
I was at the game. People were moaning a lot after we went down a goal. Whether he was booed or people were moaning it made a hell of a noise. His father vowed never to return and watch his son.
It was poor.
I think most of us underestimated Boavista. They were a tricky side. Neil Lennon was a class player. My old man used to get frustrated with him but I used to say to him the Bhoy doesn’t give the ball away. The other team can’t score if we have the ball.
LB
Talking about Best, for three or four years he was about as good as you can get. In today’s terms he would have been at least the equal of Messi or Ronaldo or even JJ.
He Was boo-ed.. not by me, by the ‘get the baw up the park’ brigade, you know the type
You wonder why they lose the ball!!
HH
LiviBhoy @ 14:17 on 22 January, 2014
To be fair I don’t think Lenny was booed. There was a lot of groaning and general frustration because we were struggling to break Boavista down and it came out at that moment when he passed the ball back, rather than hoof it hopefully in the opposite direction.
The media described the reaction as ‘booing’, but their track record on accuracy is not all it should be.
I have to confess I was one of those who booed our manager that night. I thought he was wasting precious time playing the ball backwards. I still feel the same, although I am more than happy to concede that my nerves were getting the better of me. They very often do.
new 1st on CQN…. starting a rammy!!!
HH
fritsong
Agree about Best.
Can you imagine how good he would have been if he’d stayed off the birds and booze.
Mind boggling, although I’ve got the feeling someone on here is going to tell me he didny drink or misbehave until he retired from football……….I’ve gotta feelin’!
One of things i noticed right away about Lenny when he came to us was his ability to read the game.
He wasnt the most athletic, skillfull or even graceful player, but jeezo he won some amount of 2nd ball. Broke down more attacks against us than he should ever have been able to and as someone else said a few posts ago, very rarely gave the ball away.
A player who knew his own shortcomings so played to his strengths.
A great team-player.
Bit like Joe Ledley IMO, albeit in a different position and style of play.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
parkheadcumsalford,
One thing i’ve never quite understood is why many defenders, when under no real pressure, play the ball back to their keeper who then simply humps the ball up the park.
Why?
Surely they could do the very same thing, but from a more advanced position?
Fair enough when they are closed down quickly and the keeper is a safe “out” ball or if their position is such that they have a very small area of the pitch to send the ball into, but so often defenders or deep-lying midfielders do this from positions of general safety.
And its not as if its a possession issue is it?
Strange.
Interested to hear others take on this.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Parkheadcumsalford who is supporting the Amsterdam 5 14:43 on 22 January, 2014
Obviously some people were booing then.
You were drowned out by industrial language though.
LiviBhoy – @ 14:38 on 22 January, 2014
I have to confess I wasn’t at the match but it didn’t sound like mass (no pun intended) booing on the telly. More like a collective low level mumblings of discontent as it looked as though he was about to pass the ball back to our goalie. I Altohough there was some individual boos but not enough to be classed as the crowd booing.
Also, I don’t agree we under-estimated our opponents. I thought they were poor for cup semi-finalists but we choked big-style on the night. Bizzarely, we were as bad if not worse in the away leg yet thanks to Henke’s slight mishit shot we scrambled through.
SFTB…..
Bobby was too smart to get caught in compromising situations.
Martin Edwards took the heat for all of them……allegedly.
Neil Lennon: boos
George Best: booze
Gotta be a pun in there somewhere.
j67
what i dont understand about whyte is that 2yrs ago he did not pay vat and income tax , yet has to my knowledge never been in court. any other small business man would have been done long ago
This is the media interpretation that it was big bad Craig Whyte who didn’t pay taxes. In fact and in law, it was the company, Rangers PLC that failed to pay this and this company was duly punished by being put out of existence. Individual owners of companies have limited liability and are not personally responsible for actions carried out on behalf of the company. In order to get a prosecution, HRMC would first of all have had to claim against the company and if successful but company had no money to pay, they could claim against the director but this requires a lot of work and it has be proven beyond ll reasonable doubt that the director personally acted illegally. HMRC don’t tend to take individual directors to court for this.
A small businessman who is a sole trader is personally liable for debts and can be prosecuted more easily than a company.
Mort
Wonder if Whytes forecast and Phils forecast are connected?
Seems like there is gonna be some fun taking place down Govan way :)
To clarify my intial comment mentioned booing because I replied to a post which mentioned the word. Barrack would have possibly been a better word to use. I was at the Boavista game and the impatience and over confidence of our support was evident in the frustration when Neil Lennon got the ball and held possession for the team.
We were playing continentals and Neil Lennon had changed his style to suit. he could also change his style when playing hammer throwers. He was a manager on the pitch in some respects. Something we are sadly lacking at the minute. I didn’t boo or barrack Neil during that game. I have never been one to boo the team or individual players. I remember being at many games throughout the lean 90’s and people would boo the team off at half time and cheer them back on. I never understood that.
LB
The token Tim
Simple the defender retains his passing percentage.
I don’t think keepers are judged on pass completion.
The modern game is risk aversive.
Watched Ki on many occasions take the higher percentage pass sideways or backwards when a goal scoring run was on in a forward position.
Coaches are far to obsessed with meaningless possession .
Think Bayern under Guardiola are a prime example.
They keep the ball more now but are less direct and potent than last year.
The super cup against Chelsea was a good example were they dominated possession but struggled to score .
I have always thought booing is a really childish activity. Stricktly for yer panto crowd.
I mind someone in front of me in The Jungle booing Souness and adding an expletive at the end of it.
I was in stitches. Every time I looked at the guy I started laughing again when I though about it.
Happy days. And we beat the Huns 2-0 too boot.
Not that it really matters now, but…..
Moaning/groaning/general frustration/low level mumbling – That’s what happened when Mo Camara would sprint towards the byeline with the ball, only for the ball to outrun him before he got to the byeline. Or when Lee Naylor would send in a back post cross from midway in the opposition half, only for said cross to pass approximately 25 metres above the crossbar.
Booing – What Neil Lennon was clearly subjected to in a European Semi against Boavista for contemplating a safe out-ball to the keeper, or what Wee Fergus was rewarded with for saving the club, building a stadium and winning the league.
THANK YOU KIND SIR…
Hope he’s back soon….
HH
whitedoghunch
14:22 on 22 January, 2014
Mike Bhoyle
Steven Mouyokolo interview
http://www.celticfc.tv/freeview
Fat Sally has told his players that they will definitely be in a European competition this year.
Even if he has to write the song himself.