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January strategy and short-term cover

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I know what you’re thinking, let’s hope we get more exciting January signings like Pawel Brozek, Rabiu Ibrahim and Freddie Ljungberg.

It’s slightly unfair to mock our January transfer business. Kris Commons arrived two years ago and constituted a one man title challenge for a few months (and still delights).  Georgios Samaras and Barry Robson arrived in 2008 and went a long way to ensuring the title came to Celtic.  We went signing crazy in January (and 1st Feb) 2010 when Robbie Keane, Diomansy Kamara and soon-to-be World Cup final legend…. Edson Braafheid arrived.  Robbie proved his class but it was all in vain, alas.

Most of our worries seem to be focussed on protecting those already in the squad.  I’m not too concerned one way or another for the Juventus tie, which will take care of itself, but decisions made today will need to consider the Champions League qualifier challenges we will face in August.  If we sell Gary Hooper today there is no guarantee we will be able to recruit his replacement until the final gasp of the August window.

So far this month we have addressed long-term strategy and short-term cover, if we do any more business I’d be happy with more of the same.

Contrary to career expectations 29-year-old Edson Braafheid is not now a delivery driver for Argos but he’s not playing a lot of football these days either.

If the server overheats later I’m on Twitter, @CQN, and I’ll do my best to figure out Facebook, CQN Magazine, too.
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  1. Mea Culpa on

    Have been watching my recently purchased DVD of “Roots”.

     

     

    Tale after tale of how the official version of events is often doctored by those in power to put certain parties in a good light whilst they get away with blue murder.

     

    Oops, slip of the tongue there, I might to say Rampant F-ing Corruption.

  2. sixtaeseven - 4 fouls 4 cards & penalty, a day in the life on

    northbhoy … \o/

     

     

    It no’ often yer right…

     

     

     

    … and yer wrong again!

     

     

    ;o)

  4. up_over_goal on

    Murdochbhoy & EN

     

     

    The only flaw in your desire for a ‘playmaker’ is that the other teams in the SPL don’t play the game you’d like to see. If opposition teams play 10 men behind the ball, with no one pressing, our deep lying players have no one to thread the pass to, as our players are either marked or not posing an immediate threat. They then either lump it foward to Sammi (Mulgrew) or move forward themselves into the space (Wanyama).

     

     

    Small, intricate passing in more advanced positions is what’s required, and we saw lot of that on Wed, especially down the right, with Lustig/Matthews/Brown/Commons/Hooper.

  5. Tallybhoy on

    A very hearty Celtic welcome to Victor Noring!

     

     

    That’s 2 Victors in the squad now.

     

     

    If he’s even half as good as Vic67, he’ll do just fine!

     

     

    HH!!

  8. estorilbhoy on

    Can’t see how LNS can come to the conclusion other than to find oldco guilty.

     

     

    Any other verdict will open up the door for other clubs to legitimately make payments ( loans, he,he ) to their players without the knowledge of the governing body and make a nonsense of the financial controls and financial governance for which these rules are in place.

  12. northbhoy ... \o/ on

    Sixtaeseven

     

     

    How’s PSG doin, can’t wait to meet them n just like Big Baws B will be Probably Soon Gone !

     

     

    HH

  13. Murdochbhoy, yermanfromMK on

    up_over_goal

     

     

    We’re not actually a million miles apart on this and your point “Small, intricate passing in more advanced positions is what’s required” actually backs up the argument as that’s what play-makers do , they move defenders about in an effort to unsettle them and create SPACE.

  16. The Resident \m/O\m/ on

    So it’s 9:19 am

     

     

    Have you got up in the last 2 hours and want to shout your relieve about Hooper not being sold? that will be the majority of postings. Understandable.

     

     

    For 31 days our club fecked us about.

     

     

    For 31 Gary Hooper fecked us about.

     

     

    Gary Hooper should be binned

  18. The Resident \m/O\m/ on

    ah’m pashed

     

     

    hooper can get tae feck

     

     

    feck off ya wee english, money grabbin hun

     

     

    sign a feckin contract or get te feck, we should of sold him.

     

     

    feck me tony is there to take over….

     

     

    fuck of hoops

     

     

    sorry bhoys

     

     

    pashed

  19. miki67 on

    Did anyone see the epl get into a frenzy to reconstruct when Leeds went down the drain? A footballing ‘institution’ falling low being the catalyst for much wailing and wringing of hands?

     

    No.

     

    Did the Leeds fans issue dire warnings and retributional threats?

     

    No.

     

    The game went on.

     

    The whole stramash in Scotland has made a complete joke out of the situation, and the sfa a laughing stock throughout Europe, considering the entrenchment of some of the corrupt conspirators still running the game, Ogilvie being the principal miscreant.

     

    As for t’rankers?

     

    A rank rotten gang of bigots using football to further their aims got caught cheating and lying and thieving for years. And?

     

    Instead of being expelled in perpetuity they were graciously allowed to start again.

     

    And yesterday, their lard addict erstwhile ‘manager’ turned up to give his pompous pale pronouncement like a latter day Grima Wormtongue, then depart to report back to his lord and master with the stench of duplicitous arrogance trailing behind him slug-like.

     

    And these cretins are given credence? Airtime? Proclaimed as “the biggest club in Scotland?”

     

    Gie me a break. They’re extracting the micturation.

     

    They should’ve been run outta town on a rail a long time ago.

  20. Kilbowie Kelt on

    Wed. 30/1/2013. 22.30

     

    BBC Northern Ireland

     

    The Nolan Show – Series 2 – Episode 8

     

     

    I watched this programme last night. The main item is a discussion of the ‘fleg’ debate.

     

    More importantly for most of us is the second item, which is a very moving interview with Wee Oscar’s mum & dad & some lovely footage.

     

    I wonder if any of our techies might be able to post a link to this show to allow as many of us as possible to see the wee hero’s inspiring struggle.

     

     

    Thanks for any help.

  22. fleagle1888 on

    Lads, CQN naps here today please…

     

     

    my nap is Lancetto (Sandown 1:50)

     

     

    Cheers, fleagle1888

     

     

    p.s. – will update outstanding tables tomorrow

  32. 16 roads - Neil Lennon walks on water. on

    14:05 @ Ffos Las – The Romford Pele – NAP!

     

     

    Viel Glück! (That means good luck in German)

  34. tommytwiststommyturns on

    fleagle – out to your neck of the woods today for me….Mike De Kock has one runner at Meydan, Specific Gravity in the 17:10.

     

     

    BTW it was nice of Che to let you know his selection is from Sunday! He’s off to Belfast and is probably steamin already! :-)

     

     

    Mon the Arabs.

     

     

    HH

     

    TTTT

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