As always, it’s important to get the players you want, not end up with fourth or fifth choice, so on that measure, I’m happy Ronny Deila has secured a player he knows well. Jo Inge Berget is a wide attacking player, who will fit into the manager’s high-tempo, pressing, style of play.
The deal, a loan which gives Celtic the option to sign the player permanently if he’s successful, places incentives in the right places.
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Welcome to Celtic, Jo.
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gordybhoy
Remember yer place sonny bhoy. :-)))) cheers buddy.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
captain beefheart
Respect.
Squire Weefra
Due deference m’lud!
HH jamesgang
jamesgang
22:15 on 28 July, 2014
Just to be clear, yabigsnoblover :-)
£10m was for Efe
£12m + for Big Fraser
&
£15m min for VVD
Hail Hail
Cowiebhoy- Joe F- my fear is if we don’t make CL this year,a good chance FF & VVD will be sold,our base starting point this time next season will be from a much weaker position.HH
!!bada bing!!
22:12 on 28 July, 2014
Some on that Cardiff forum seemed to rate the guy and are saying he just needs a run in a team
Interesting they rated him better than kenwayne Jones who if we had taken instead people would have thought a bigger signing
Hopeful about this guy
captain beefheart
Nae worries buddy, we all like to think we are snobs at times, it’s the upbringing in Govan that let’s us doon. Lol. No offence taken kiddo.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
If Celtic are unable to curtail a young mans over inflated ego, then we are in trouble.
I don’t know the in’s and out’s of the Tony Watt situation but I am very disappointed we have decided to cut him loose.
I thought how we managed him a year ago was absolutely spot on, sending him on loan to a foreign country, breaking his social circles and habits and showing him what life could be like without Celtic.
The fact we did this and persevered with it for a year and presumably continued to pay a % of his wages makes the sudden decision to sell puzzling to me.
Yes you can of course point to the incident over the penalty, however I would be extremely surprised if this warranted a ‘pack your bags’ incident.
I’d also be extremely surprised if Deila has been able to make any sort of qualified opinion over Tony Watts ability in such a short space of time, let alone weigh up his current ability with his potential.
The fact we have brought a player in on the same day as we have sold another is leading me to believe the decision was more a financial one.
If this is the case then we really are in dire straights.
Oh furgoat,
If FF & VVD to Southampton for £25m, we also get big Vic back
He can fill a gap in Centre of Defence for us :-)
Hail Hail
Cowiebhoy
Left Kirkie 4-30 arrived M/field 5-35 gates no open, had Day ticket so back on the Tram intae Embra, Cream scone Tea in St Andrews Sq, then returned to M/field for the game magic.Left 5min to go to get the Tram, then ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE the rest is history as we all know.
Awerabest PJ
the glorious balance sheet
22:14 on 28 July, 2014
SeanOC, BigGeorges Fan Club,
I believe that Berget has played for Ronny Deila before. Ronny will therefore be familiar with the player`s capabilities so a 6 month loan deal with an option to buy is either:
a less than ringing endorsement on Ronny`s part, or;
the best that could be done with existing finances before our Champions League fate and income for this season is known.
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Thanks for replying. I’d say probably the second one is more likely.
HH
BGFC
jamesgang
Stop stirring it ya rascal ye. Lol how are you this fine evening?
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
WeefratheTim,
sorry boss,cap doffed,
can I have some gruel please
Cowiebhoy
£45m the lot!
Bada. Despite being a wee bit clapperish I too worry about that ever decreasing circles scenario. Really worry.
HH jamesgang
Ronny Dee bringin in a Loanee.. Is Approachin..well…
Kojohood!
because..
Ah am a Great believer in “Taste n Try… Afore Ye Buy!”
If Ah hid ma Druthers.. but ah canny Find ’em..
n.. well.Ah guess they’ll turn up Somewhere…
Druthers or No..
Bringin in a Loanee is
THE ONLY… way tae Fly!
Whit an Advantage..!
Dae ye realize if Lenny had bin Lucky enuff or astute enuff.. as tae Bring in
Well .. Boerrigter.. he springs tae mind.. foist.. as a Loanee..
Look at the Amount of Money we wid hiv Saved!
Yes..Ah am awe fur bringin in… Loanees..
Doncha Know…It is Nae Fun… Paying oot a Packet fur a Lucky Bag.
n then.. When ye Get Hame.. N…. open it..
oot Popps.. A Boerrigter!
Sure..Ronny is oan tae sumthin.. n.. Ah am right there ..eggin’ him oan.. n…
Clapping Him oan the Back..
Loanees..ur the Light n the wey!
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
Multis on CQN
What’s the issue?
Anyone can scroll past a post.
As far as IP addresses being an unique identifier, they are clearly not.
Proxy servers, VPNs, web hosting companies cloud the issue.
I believe our latest loan signing is an opportunistic one.
The lad was available. We need a backup for Kris Commons.
I don’t see him featuring in the upcoming CL games.
I assume the only cost will be his air fare and hotel room on the trip.
We get him basically free for a six month trial and as a back up winger and midfielder.
I believe we have already identified other potential signings that fir Ronny’s philosophy.
Else why do we have a scouting department.
But I could be wrong.
Here is the invite code to the EPL CQN Championship Fantasy Football League
296638-123206
You have 19 days left to register your team & join the league.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/
As an added incentive I’ve decided to offer some prizes for the top 3 come the end of the season. The winners will each receive items of their choosing from the Official Celtic Webstore to the tune of
1st £100
2nd £75
3rd £50
Or alternatively, winners can choose to donate any winnings to a Celtic charity of their choice.
HH
Tony will be back at Celtic in 5 yrs!! Have the bookies got a price??
The blog demands to know the name of THAT hamster!
Good man Weefra.
I respect your contribution to Celtic.
Seeing as we are talking Norwegian matters, read Knut Hamsun’s work. He was a terrific writer. Before Ernie jumps in, yes he had a bizarre Nazi affiliation at one point but many great writers still acknowledge his genius.
gordybhoy
Aye right, :-)))) cheers buddy. Ye can have some eggs though. Hahahaha
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
From oor Phil
The Sevco Conspiracy
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Ah these are dark days for The People; it really can’t be easy with such forces arrayed against you.
I had heard that there was to be some form of protest by Sevco customers at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth games at Celtic Park.
I think of how we here in Ireland put out the welcome mat to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2011.
For those few historic days she was “Eilish a Do” and she clearly loved being in Ireland.
Any large scale protest by Sevco chaps could have marred what appears to have been a brilliant opening ceremony at Celtic Park.
Bringing the bitterness of Fleg futility to modern Glasgow would simply be another PR own goal by The People.
In Belfast and in Glasgow their day has gone.
Equality is their enemy.
If they had gone through with this protest then once more they would have been aiming at the wrong targets.
Over at Ibrox they’re struggling with the financial realities of the Season Ticket Strike.
I had expected the strike to collapse by now, but I was wrong.
It seems solid and determined.
However the objective of the Strike doesn’t really seem clear.
The Dave King Putsch has rather flat lined since the heady days of March when we all set out timepieces to Statement O’clock from South Africa.
Now all is quiet and The People appear leaderless.
The same fans who are refusing to renew their season tickets also punch the air when the club signs a new player.
More players could be brought in if-say-another 20,000 season tickets were sold.
The ‘back the team not the regime’ only makes sense of there is someone or a consortium waiting to take over a la Fergus McCann in 1994.
There could be a newish regime at RIFC, but I would wager that they would not be to the liking of most of the home crowd at Ibrox.
If Blue Pitch and Margarita Holdings were to find themselves in total control the RIFC/TRFC then it would be a real backward step.
I understand that Blue Pitch Holdings and Margarita Holdings have offered to buy out the major shareholders who bought in at the Initial Public Offering.
So far their (well below market rate) offer has been rebuffed.
If Laxey Partners and the Institutional Investors were to sell to these friends of Charlie then the business practices that saw £67 million leave the company would be back with a vengeance.
Graham Wallace and Philip Nash have worked assiduously to dismantle the structures that Charlie and the boys put in place when they set the new club up.
However there is only so much they can do.
I find it highly instructive that not one of the intrepid chaps in the Scottish mainstream media has attempted to interview Graham Wallace about how things are going.
The reasons for him spending most of his time in London recently should be newsworthy.
The Glasgow hacks might also want to interview Christian Nerlinger about his refusal to join TRFC as Director of Football.
There is a story there, but as with the downfall of Rangers it is a story that might cause some angst for their main demographic.
They could also ask Mr Letham for his thoughts on the unpaid loan.
Undoubtedly a Sevco insolvency event during the coming season would serve up industrial quantities of succulent schadenfreude for the green half of Glasgow and let’s be frank, just about everyone else on Planet Fitba.
Moreover, if any of The People scoff at such a possibility then they’re poorly informed and if they are also refusing to renew their Season ticket then they’re part of the process that makes Administration possible.
I suspect that the ‘starve them out’ strategy hasn’t really been thought through.
Actually it isn’t a strategy at all. It is a tactic and tactics are merely the nuts and bolts of a military plan.
Strategy is the big picture and there is a dearth of strategic thinking among The People.
They are simply emoting and lashing out.
Their reaction to Ms Angela Haggerty being on Scotland 2014 to discuss the Big Tax case was entirely Pavlovian.
The Rangers that The People grew up supporting was a vehicle for racist supremacism.
What they believe to be Rangers isn’t Rangers, but they have no choice.
They have to pretend because the reality is too painful and the glee of their rivals massively exacerbated the agony.
Charlie and the boys saw that there was money to be made from the grief of 2012.
People in authority positions spoke of ‘civil unrest’. There were many things about the Charles Green consortium that should have caused concern, but they blinked.
The mantra of “then, now and forever” is exactly what The People needed to hear.
Tens of thousands of Rangers supporters in denial about what Liquidation actually meant made millions for Charlie and the boys.
In the here and now Graham Wallace, with Philip Nash in his corner, is in a financial street fight to keep the lights on.
It is cruelly ironic that is the best hope for The People is the fighter they want to hit the canvass and not get up.
Back in January Graham Wallace had a workable plan to turn the ship around.
It would have been painful, but sensible.
Unfortunately the boardroom dynamics meant that the plan could not be implemented.
When it comes time to write the short history of Sevco this may turn out to been a crucial juncture.
It would appear that many of The People now see themselves as victims of a massive multi-layered and choreographed conspiracy.
Somewhere, somehow a beautiful mind constructed this labyrinth of Machiavellian plots and sub-plots that involves the BBC, the Co-operative Bank, East Dunbartonshire Council, Glasgow City Council, HMRC, Lloyds banking Group.
I’m sure I’ve missed out a few key conspirators, but you get the idea.
However, in the here and now the club currently operating out of Ibrox is in a real cash crisis…
Despite the fact that The People might scoff at that it is their stubborn refusal to buy Season Tickets that is making it a reality.
What was already a loss making business with no credit line from a bank now has a major revenue stream substantially reduced.
If there is a malevolent conspiracy arrayed against ‘Rangers’ then The People can see the prime suspect in the mirror looking back at them every morning.
Sammi and Watt out
Berget in
Cannae say I’m impressed …
Good luck mate, you’ll need it
Bada Bing. I understand and we will all feel the pain if we dont qualify for the CL group stage.However,with a new inexperienced manager on board that is a risk you take.I believe if Rony is the manager we are told he is he will strengthen our team it may take him a little time but it will happen remember when Lennie walked away he said he had taken the team as far as he could so he must have had concerns about qualifying for the CL group stage.I will give Rony 100% as long as he is the Celtic manager and hope we are at the start of a wonderful journey.I am off now but H.H. to you fella.
Captain Beefheart
I read Hunger, great book…
Auldheid, 2204:-
I accept that the 6 month loan avoids a long term financial commitment. But I don`t see anything in Berget`s career to date that suggests that he will be the difference between CL qualification or not. He has scored 1 goal in CL qualifiers in his career, an apparent downgrade on Samaras who managed 3 goals and 2 assists in CL qualifiers over the last 2 seasons.
If Ronny thinks so highly of him why were moves not made to sign him and integrate him with the rest of the team at an earlier stage? Signing him less than 48 hours before the CL qualifier hardly suggests he is a gamble geared up to deliver CL qualification, especially when his lack of match sharpness at this time – played 2 games in the last 9 months – is factored in.
Weefra
I’m ok Mhate. Trying to balance the complexity of step family politics.
Not easy!!!
Aff oot to the highlands tomorrow. Hope to catch a few fish!
KTF big ghuy.
HH jamesgang
the glorious balance sheet
You might be right. He’s not managed him for a while and he didn’t play much last season, so maybe he wants an initial loan in case he’s not the same player anymore.
Maybe he’s happy to sign him outright now but Peter suggested an initial loan in case it doesn’t work
work out. That seems sensible.
Or maybe he’s average and just brought in to bulk up the squad ahead of the qualifiers because we couldn’t get our primary targets or there’s no money. It’s all conjecture from us tho.
Deila seems happy enough:
“I’m really pleased that we have been able to add Jo to our squad. I know his qualities and I am sure he can add something new to the team.
“He is a player who will work hard and give everything to the team. I hope he can enjoy a successful time at Celtic.”
We have lost a fine prospect today. It is remarkable that some posters downplay his composure in finishing that goal vs Barcelona. I expect him to score plenty in Belgium, do we have a sell on clause?
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
22:12 on
28 July, 2014
BRTH
Tất cả mọi người sinh ra đều được tự do và bình đẳng về nhân phẩm và quyền. Mọi con người đều được tạo hoá ban cho lý trí và lương tâm và cần phải đối xử với nhau trong tình bằng hữu.
HH
Awe Naw
Don’t be ridiculous!!!
Where would I get a naked woman with that size of silicon implants, a tub of ice cream, a car battery and a set of jump leads at this time of night?
Besides the last time I tried that I got an electric shock and found that I could no longer play the banjo!
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Oscar Knox, MacKenzie Furniss and anyone else who fights Neuroblastoma
Try Gumtree
Tony Mowbray arrived and bought Fortune and Danny Fox within (I think) 4 weeks.
We know how that ended up and we know what we all think of rash decisions to buy players with our money.
Ronny has appointed an assistant that he knows well, signed a loan with a view to signing forward that he knows well.
He is putting his own “team” in place and that is how it should be. That is what I would want a manager to do, period.
I don’t know how much Celtic have to spend on players, and other than a few in the inner circle, I don’t believe anyone does. Speculation about how much we should be spending is part of the fantasy football cyber world.
Celtic managers get slaughtered for whatever they do, so Ronny – just do it your way.
Welcome Jo. Good Luck.
HH
prestonpans,
Get my address of Paul and post him up here…my Caesar the cat would get the weight off him…;)
Big Georges Fan club,
Cheers – I think the second scenario is more likely to be the case too. Here`s hoping that I`m wrong to be so worried and that Berget turns out to be a star for Celtic.
Hail hail!
Starry, indeed it is. Very upsetting and shocking at times. He is respected by many legendary writers.
Glad we agree on something Starry, I suspect we may share affection for other books.
Goodnight everybody.
!!bada bing!!
******
Who are these two psychiatrists you are on about.
As dear as I know, we have a Sports Psychologist, Mc.Guinness and have today appointed a Sports Analyst.
Sometimes I think it is CQN that heeds the resident psychiatrist.
PFayr,
I know you like a wee flutter,have you ever tried spread betting?,
Sporting Index are giving new account holders £100 to play with,
after a week you keep anything above the initial hundred,
I messed about with small stakes and ended up £45 ahead
Until we meet again…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!