The assembly of Celtic-2015-16 continued apace yesterday with the arrival of Saidy Janko (19) from on a four year contract. Saidy spent the second half of last season on loan to Bolton Wanderers, under Neil Lennon, in one of the game’s most bizarre transfers.
Manchester United were happy to allow Janko to go to Bolton in the winder transfer window but his absence would have left their U21 team short. They needed a defender so Bolton offered Andy Kellett. Kellett had only been in the field a total of 85 minutes in his Bolton career and had been farmed out to Portsmouth earlier in the season. So it came as a surprise when Neil Lennon called to say “Pack your stuff, you’re going on loan to Manchester United”.
Saidy arrived in Manchester from Zurich as a 17-year-old right back but now plays all right-side positions. There are things I like about this transfer: he’s been watched by the manager and scouts and was high on the wanted list. The success rate of players who have been well-scouted is vastly better than players who arrive after glowing references from respected names in the game, but where the Lennoxtown guys have only seen rare glimpses of the target.
It’s heartening to read glowing references from those who have watched him in England but references don’t mean he’ll make it at Celtic.
The use of New St Mirren Park by Celtic for a friendly game was not in itself controversial. Before being liquidated, Rangers used the same venue for youth games, and Celtic have often used Excelsior Stadium Airdrie for the same purpose.
But when photos emerged early yesterday of Celtic livery above the club shop, temporarily stocked with Celtic merchandise, it stirred something within St Mirren fans. They don’t mind their stadium being used by another club in return for cash, but for some, sensitivities need to be observed.
I can’t say I was remotely bothered by Commonwealth Games livery at Celtic Park last year, nor would I have raised an eyebrow to the Celtic Superstore being handed over for the sale of Commonwealth memorabilia, very few of us were. However, I have some sympathy for St Mirren fans. We were in a position of strength when we agreed to the Commonwealth deal, St Mirren have just been relegated and most fans expect their stay in the Championship to be more than a single season.
Yesterday’s livery was an indication of St Mirren’s place in the world, not so much a Celtic competitor, more a facilitator, who survived for years on a dividend from Celtic fans’ TV subscriptions.
Paisley is big enough to support a vibrant community club, but it’s too close to Glasgow to build an independently resourced competitor, they are not an Aberdeen, Dundee United, Dundee (maybe still), Hibs or Hearts. We have a handful of economically viable tier one football clubs and should nurture them accordingly, while aligning community clubs to focus on what should be their strengths.
Imagine, for a second, TV money concentrated on six clubs, not 42. These clubs would harvest the talent from a community feeder system and have the opportunity to build a sustainable businesses.
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QF
10:39 on
3 July, 2015
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The whole thing fell apart when Neil left before he was {Confidentiality-Claused}…into a, kowtowing-puppet-stringed statement say his departure was amicable…6 hours ‘after’ he left and…when Roy Keane was offere the job by DD…Roy popped his head round the ole Parkhead door and saw something that made him run for the hills…what did he see?
No oranjefest in Glasgow next year,…YES…Good to Know.
KevJungle
10:43 on
3 July, 2015
Why should Celtic take in £1.5 million for the always injured Adam Matthews and then baulk at having to pay £2 million for the fine specimen Cifti…why is it like that?
More to the point…why are fans ‘conditioned / brainwashed’ into thinking like this?…Dullards?…Hmmm?
Some “Dullards”would think its good business practice to take in as much as possible,and pay out as little as possible.
ECONOMICSMADEEASY CSC.
Kevjungle
You don’t half write some tripe
BGX
10:48 on
3 July, 2015
No oranjefest in Glasgow next year,…YES…Good to Know.
Best post today.(Well,apart from mine).Wink.
BMCUW- hoopy Friday to you too looking forward to Oct already :-)
KevJ – That made me laugh knew you had a sense of humour in there under those clouds
kevjungle
10:43 on 3 July, 2015
Did you forget to take your pills this morning, ya wee eejit……
KevJungle
10:48 on
3 July, 2015
QF
10:39 on
3 July, 2015
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The whole thing fell apart when Neil left before he was {Confidentiality-Claused}…into a, kowtowing-puppet-stringed statement say his departure was amicable…6 hours ‘after’ he left and…when Roy Keane was offere the job by DD…Roy popped his head round the ole Parkhead door and saw something that made him run for the hills…what did he see?
You lurking?.Who knows ?
Turkeybhoy
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I’m not a betting man but, I’ll predict that…in the first thee games of the season…Lustig will get injured…it’s what he does.
Hissy-fit…LOL
Economy…LOL
It’s a bit hunnish to object to Dundee Utd being ‘economic’ dont ye think?
kevjungle
10:48 on 3 July, 2015
QF
10:39 on
3 July, 2015
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The whole thing fell apart when Neil left before he was {Confidentiality-Claused}…into a, kowtowing-puppet-stringed statement say his departure was amicable…6 hours ‘after’ he left and…when Roy Keane was offere the job by DD…Roy popped his head round the ole Parkhead door and saw something that made him run for the hills…what did he see?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
He saw you…..
One of the reasons I stopped posting here on CQN Was the rise of the attention seekers e.g Kojo etc.
I see Kevjungle is cut from the same cloth,,,so I’m afraid it’s back to lurking for me!!!
Pity really!
HH
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
10:11 on 3 July, 2015
You appear to think that Norman Tebbit’s only contribution to the political life of the UK, and the sole measure by which he is to be judged, is that his wife was injured in a bomb attack.
That’s both demeaning and patronising.
KEVJ
I think Celtic are correct to balk at paying £2m for Ciftci. His scoring record prior to Dundee Utd makes Bangura look prolific.
One league goal. Ever.
He doesn’t look like the kind of player to worry continental defences,nor the kind to get you back at Celtic Park.
That’s the kind of player we should be looking for. And if I’m honest,I’d rather do without than accept a poor substitute simply to prove that we are ‘doing something’
kevjungle
10:48 on 3 July, 2015
QF
10:39 on
3 July, 2015
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Roy popped his head round the ole Parkhead door and saw something that made him run for the hills…what did he see?
A well run, successful football club perhaps!
minx1888 praying to Wee Oscar
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The clouds are my disguise…dont list to all they eejits…epecially yo HamiltonTim Character:)
P.S. Dont be telling him I said that:)
Hail Hail tae ye lass.
minx1888
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Ye couldny put a wee quiet word in and ask him if he’ll give me spelling lessons?
HH
KEVJ
If clouds are your disguise,move to Wishaw. You’ll blend right in,bliddy micro-climate in that town.
KEVJ 1058
Kwalityman!
Gary67
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Define – well run.
And, please bear in mind that domestically Celtic are shooting fish in a barrel and that the stadium is half-empty and that the coffers are £20 million short this year coz of the online-poker-strategy employed by the board in their efforts to get Celtic into the CL and, also bear in mind that…the we’ll come out of each window stronger ‘lie’ is under close scrutiny as we speak.
HH
I’m a little sad to see Adam Matthews go, he’s been a good player for us when fit. Good luck to him at Sunderland.
Let’s hope that between Lustig, Janko and Fisher we have enough cover at right back. Another left back would be good though.
KevJungle
10:54 on
3 July, 2015
Turkeybhoy
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I’m not a betting man but, I’ll predict that…in the first thee games of the season…Lustig will get injured…it’s what he does.
Hissy-fit…LOL
Economy…LOL
It’s a bit hunnish to object to Dundee Utd being ‘economic’ dont ye think?
Thats what we all like to see,Celtic players getting full support from the fans,forecasting injuries.I have given you the facts on Lustig,yet you choose to totally ignore them.Thats what I call,acting like a Hun.
I think Ronny’s other left back was playing against den Bosch.
Excellent reply from Chicago beer company to Donald Trump on his racism.
They cut business ties with him….and changed the name of their beer to “Chinga Tu Pelo”, which translates in English as ” F*ck Your Hair”.
Love it:)
HH
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS,
I do honestly think that Ciftci could be good with us,but,who knows?.Who knows with anyone we sign?.
As they used to say in the Norn Ireland ad”You’ll never know,until you go”
One thing I do know,he would be a vast improvement on some of the dud strikers we bought.I know that would not be hard,but you get my drift.
BMCUW
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L-O-V-E
Hail Hail
The Green Man
11:12 on
3 July, 2015
Excellent reply from Chicago beer company to Donald Trump on his racism.
They cut business ties with him….and changed the name of their beer to “Chinga Tu Pelo”, which translates in English as ” F*ck Your Hair”.
Love it:)
HH
Hope this does not catch on at Warbs World.Mini Murray would be horrified.
Bobby.
You say.
“You seem to be seeking offence these days,this on the back of your reaction to a Pilger article-straightforward Ad Hominem-and the Thatcherism one where you decided it could be discarded on the basis of two accompanying photos. Judging a book by its cover,I think better of you than that.”
Not so.
If you have respect for Pilger and his cronies,then you respect his attempts to prevent a man being returned to Sweden,a country not usually associated with fascist courts, to face a charge of rape.
“Offence’?
The only thing that offends me is a distortion of facts and the blinding bias which Pilger has demonstrated for decades.
I read the article.
I could pick holes in it from start to finish.
One piece of blinding nonsense………The suggestion that Murdoch`s purchase of the “Times” newspaper group was the “doing” of Thatcher.
It was the doing of the print union which prevented the publication of Times newspapers for one year.
My god.
One year without pay.
This resulted in the exit of Lord Thomson of Fleet,imho a decent man,and the ingress of the dirty digger.
Thatcher helped to facilitate it ,but she wasn`t responsible for it.
That lies at the door of the extremely well-heeled print workers.
They got precisely what bullies deserve.
Redundancy.
Turkeybhoy
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I dont hope that any Celtic player gets injured…wee bit twisted there?…Ah would say Aye.
But…I still know that Lustig will get injured.
…watch this space…
TURKEYBHOY
I genuinely don’t think he will be an improvement. I honestly do not rate him at all. But that is probably because I’m old enough to remember top top strikers playing for us.
Put it this way-I was convinced Leigh Griffiths would score plenty when he signed for us. I’d seen him for Hibs,could score from forty inches or forty yards.
I don’t see that in Ciftci. But if he signs,he becomes a Celtic player and gets my 100% support.
So…who will Cifti replace?
Leigh?
Scepovic?
Turkeybhoy
Im hoping sevco get drawn against Thistle at some point this season.
The thistle mascot winding up the booing sevconians should be worth seeing:)
HH
Players will come and go it’s a fact of football. We move on and Ronny must build his own squad. £1m for Ciftci tops. We can speak to him in January and get him for a bag of joob joobs and a Sunday Post. Let United sweat. Offering £2m is out of the question for me.
Pleased with the work done this window so far and the development of the players.
LB
MACJAY
On The Times,I read recently about a few different bids for it,including management buyout and workers buyout. I’ll try to find it.
Might take some time,I should stop reading so many different publications!
The official reports of meetings hosted by Thatcher on the matter do not show her in a good light.
Would not be surprised to see RD lining up with,
Lustig Boyata VVD Izzy
Janko Broony Nir Mulgrew
Striker Jo Hansen,
for CL games.If the boy shows up well.
Forrest,SA,Fisher,Smiler on the bench.
Just a wee hunch.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
11:14 on 3 July, 2015
‘If you have respect for Pilger and his cronies,then you respect his attempts to prevent a man being returned to Sweden,a country not usually associated with fascist courts, to face a charge of rape.’
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And extradition to the USA.
You forgot that bit.
The Green Man
11:18 on
3 July, 2015
Turkeybhoy
Im hoping sevco get drawn against Thistle at some point this season.
The thistle mascot winding up the booing sevconians should be worth seeing:)
HH
Its a YES from me.
Two guy’s on here who know their fitba stuff and then some, Auldheid and SFTB both think that…lets say…Warburton knows what he’ll be doing and, knows what he wants…I think that Warburton is far from the daftie that he is portrayed on here…only saying.
Joob joobs, I rememember them :-)
Brilliant