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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When you look back, isn’t it sad that we were not allowed a lap of honour for any of our cup final wins because of the hordes?
And the MSM continouously peddle the ” they’re as bad as each other” myth.
Theycannytakeit CSC
Twitterati saying Atajic going out on loan to Shrewsbury???
Goldstar10
Bfdj brings up that penalty decision every time we get an ‘honest mistake’ against us. Fact is, for every bad call they got over the years (hampden 77 was a pen btw), we got twenty.
ger57
I think it’s sad that we can’t have the open top tour when trophies are won. I’m not sure if that is what you meant bt Celtic & Rangers must be the only clubs in the world who can’t do this!
I remember when Livingston won the cup. About 200 people turned out for their bus our of the town. Quite sad to be honest and it has been down hill rapid for them ever since. They have a sound footing now but will take decades for them to build a decent support.
LB
As we are talking of SC finals, the one that stands out for me above all others is the’69 one.
Pumped the huns 4-0. Swalex’s last game for thems.
My first SC final.
HH!!
Livibhoy,
I only really listen to big Al now.
Adrian Durham in particular drives mental.
As for Griffiths, I hope he proves me wrong, but im not a big fan, and although Im sure he will score us goals in the SPFL, thats his level as far as I am concerned.
Likewise Stevie May. I honestly just dont the attraction for him shown by alot of CQNers.
Decent player sure, but for me, thats it.
Like every player who dons the Hoops, whomever we sign will receive my 100% backing, but if these 2 are the extent of our ambition – bearing in mind the CL qualifiers – then i will be distinctly underwhelmed.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Shrewsbury are currently 20th of 24 teams in Division 1 – the third tier of English football.
I’m sure Atajic will be looking forward to playing some football, but trips to Swindon and Colchester are probably not what he would have expected. I would have thought we could have secured him a deal with a club higher in the standings.
Tallybhoy
First cup finals are always special. Mine was 1985. I was 7. Still remember it like it was yesterday. Amazing day. Got the retro tap for my birthday last year from Mrs LB.
LB
The Token Tim
Don’t disagree with any of that. Back our players 100% when they pull that jersey on.
Regarding TalkSPORT, I think they have gone down the route of getting people on who are either controversial or forthright with their views to gain more publicity and callers.
They are making money but that quality of broascasting has suffered.
LB
Marrakech Express- To be fair to BFDJ it was a pretty neat basketball manoeuvre.
The other thing that upsets him is scoring 40 goals in season 77-78 and Ally McLeod not giving him a sniff of a jersey in Argentina. How very dare he. (He should really be thankful).
Shrewsbury are 21st in a 24 team league . A third tier league featuring the likes of Stevenage and Crawley.
Tennis players are exhausted.
http://wimp.com/playersexhausted/
Lol.
Ger57
The huns got the lap of honour banned after they attacked the victorious Celtic team in 65 lg cup final. Big Gemmell actually launched at boot at one of the hordes’ niagaras, in self defence of course.
Talksport has turned into the radio equivalent of The Sun, thanks mostly to Durham.
Whenever I hear the name Leigh Griffiths being linked with us, I just think ‘Derek Riordan’.
Gordon_J,
it could be that Lenny and the management team feels Atajic needs strengthening up.
He’ll certainly need to be strong at that level. I regularly watch the lower league games highlights on Beeb 1 or 2. And they certainly need a striker, having lost their last 5 at home and scoring 0 goals!
Suppose Shrewsbury didnt do Grant Holt any harm in his career, hopefully will kickstart in earnest young Atajic’s too.
BTW mind that most of these lower league English clubs have stadiums and budgets to match at least half of the SPFL teams too.
I mind Scot Leitch leaving Hertz, when they were clearly Scotland 3rd Club, for Swindon and more than quadrupling his wages.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Marrakesh and token Tim.
I think talksport is one of the best stations out there but I refuse to listen to Durham. A poor poor presenter.
Liam Henderson agrees to a new 3 year deal. That’s good news.
BRTH:
Did Nelson Mandela consult South Africa before he set out on his road?
Did Michael Collins consult Ireland before he set out on his?
Did Mother Teresa consult the rich before she set out on hers?
Sometimes you just have to do what you believe is worth doing. And noses out of joint, well often that is an unexpected bonus, on a bonus on a bonus and maybe, just maybe, the fine was worth the publicity and the global round public point.
Did the ethos of the Celtic that I was brought up to support ever foresee the day that there would be food parcels and soup kitchens in Glasgow again and employees of Celtic would be picking up almost a mill in bonuses and they never once pulled on a strip?
Tallybhoy @ 11 36.
Ah ———–the 69 final.
The last one I attended..
Jumped a tube from Ladbroke Grove to Hendon . Walked to a motorway slip road. Stuck my thumb out and got a lift within minutes .A Glaswegian , going all the way to Ballater Street , Gorbals. Nice guy , kind guy , bought me a cup of tea and a cake and then lunch . A Deady Bears fan , going to the game , confident of victory !
Great game ———
Extreme paraglider soars over Europe.
http://wimp.com/extremeparaglider/
Some paper run this guy has,lol.
Livibhoy,
1985 was my first Cup Final too.
A skinny wee 14 year old with a mop of hair.
Jesus! What the hell happened in between times???
Loved that day and game. In the Celtic End behind the goal. Getting the “special” from Motherwell to Kings Park, the train literally bouncing on the tracks heaving with Celtic support. Provan’s free kick and Frank’s header. Seeing the Cup lifted in the flesh for the first time. Brilliant memories.
I had considered the retro top too, but given my frame these days, decided to leave it until a shedload of pounds have been dropped….
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
What’s this, a bun with a sense of humour? On the BBC website, discussion about your club’s record signing:
‘As a Rangers fan I always say “throw wads of cash at them, what could possibly go wrong?”‘
Take a bow, Paul Snowdon.
adrain durham is a tool of the highest order
he presents the radio equivalent of your worst tabloid newspaper, and embarrasses himself anytime he speaks about scottish football which he clearly knows nothing about and has no interest in apart when theres a bit of celtic bashing to be done
for some reason he has a dislike for us and our fans, but in typical tabloid journalist style isnt big enough to admit it or explain why so just snipes from behind a microphone
the irony is if he is ever looking for a new job then the radio clyde phone in would suit him perfectly
Re my earlier plea for tickets for Sunday, I hope to be sorted thanks to a right good Bhoy on here, if it falls through I will be back on with my begging bowl.
Thanks
HH
Who scored for utd in the 1985 final?
No googling now;-)
Beedie
Kevin Gallagher
South of Tunis
In 1969 I was a spotty 15 year-old bampot.
My late mother – an ex-schoolteacher in Italy – was threathening to send me to the Fort Augustus Abbey school, to ‘sort me out’.!! She had contacts there – one of the teachers whose brother had played for Celtic in the inter-war years.
Never went, and continued my education in a catholic secondary comprehensive school in Kilwinning!
BMCUW was not there.
HH!!
kevin gallacher
Tsol.
Buy that man a hawf.
Bsr, easy mistake. He scored in the Frankie bhoy final.
Son to Father…
“Dad, are Celtic ever goint to sign another striker?”
Father to son…
“Well apparently they’re after that Griffiths geezer”
Son to father…
“What like is he any better than those other ‘strikers’ we forked out millions on from Hibs and fudded it?”
Father to Son…
“Somebody has to run back and forth behind the goal in a Celtic Strip and get paid ten grand a week and wave to the fans and never play and eventually just disappear and the people they – the ten grand a week dud – is waving at, are struggling to buy tins of soup to donate to the starving of Glasgow… surely you can understand that?”
Marrakesh. I remember that incident well.
The scrofulous one tried to attack Big Tam and ended up with TG holding him by the neck whilst administering some well deserved corporal punishment with his size tens before handing him over to a big Glasga Polis who continued with the lesson.
Oh how we laughed!
Beedie
Geordie Munro,
hahaha very good question and one i have to admit that i cannot remember!
Must have blanked that part from my memory ;-)
I’ll make a guess at wee Ralph Milne? or was he away to Man U by then?
Strange though that just 3 years later I vividly remember wee Gallagher scoring 1st for them….before we once again slotted twice to beat them and shatter Jim McLean’s dreams
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Great chattin’ fellow tims. Aff oot!
I hope Atajic loan deal is made up garbage.
The guy scores for fun in the u19s, has a better scoring record for the first team than any of our first team strikers. If he isn’t good enough to make the jump from u19s to first team then who is?
Evening troops. Soooo griffifths
Take him in a minute
Let’s be honest. We have about 5 strikers who in the spl would not even know where the banjo is Never mind where the coo is
Yes griffifths is not the class we want. But he will score for us far more than the banjo brigade
We will not spend big for a striker as it will affect the balance sheet that’s a fact
So do the business Maybe pukki as part of deal ? If they are daft enough