I’ve seen nothing of Stefan Johansen but I’m delighted we have signed a central midfield player. Deficiencies up front are glaring, especially in the Premiership, but in Europe, the critical area is central mid, where we need to control more than we did this season.
Central midfield protects your defence and provides the foundations strikers stand on, it has been an important area for Celtic to strengthen since losing our top man last summer.
Conversely, Scott Brown is playing his best football since joining Celtic in 2007 but, as his European adventures were nullified by disciplinary action, the gap was unbridgeable. Honourable mentions should go to Charlie Mulgrew, Beram Kayal and Joe Ledley, but in the case of Charlie and Joe, they were asked to play secondary, or tertiary roles, while Beram was promoted from well down the pecking order to a Champions League starter.
Please observe the usual caveats when a new player arrives. New club, new city, new tactics, team mates, match officials and game atmosphere, Stefan has a lot to assimilate in the coming weeks. It took six months for Victor to settle and at least as long before Mikael, Scott and Joe looked their best.
For Stefan and Holmbert Fridjonsson the primary objective of the next six months is to prepare for Champions League qualifiers, closely followed by a Scottish Cup tie against Aberdeen in three weeks.
Welcome to Celtic, Stefan. You have a fantastic opportunity ahead.
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Doc
Seems he’s been tae confession and he is Whiter than White an gonnae clean up the Scottish game from all that is corrupt,yae couldnae make it up.
Awerabest PJ
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon, supporting WEE OSCAR..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
21:42 on
15 January, 2014
macjay1 for neil lennon
21:36 on 15 January, 2014
I don’t think the Celtic Trust would be THAT silly, would they…????
The Celtic Trust will never get a seat on the Board……specific ‘skills’ are required.
Yep.Skills not possessed by theoreticians.
You`re hopefully right.
Doesn`t stop them agitating,though.
Meantime,they attempt to embarrass our Board and Club with the “Living wage” nonsense.But only for employees of Glasgow Celtic.
Is that not discriminatory ?
Papajohn
How about Leeds games ?
Would that be in your top 10 ?
Hail Hail
theoriginalsadiesbhoy
22:24 on 15 January, 2014
Could not agree more. The most important person, the manager, rates him very highly and heis one of the first on the team sheet when fit. My only doubt regarding him is his injury record. If this can be solved then he can go on to become a great Celtic player.
Cowiebhoy supporting the Celtic to 3 in a row
Thats a hard wan,the Morton game in the LC this season keeps flashen back, but maybe yur right, oh Hampden in the Sun.
Awerabest PJ
I’m back a little bit pished tried to scroll back. My only conclusion NegAnon & macjay don’t like each other.
The decision to clear the armed forces of their disgraceful behaviour at Ibrox, is reaching new depths of bigotry, by the law, the police and the armed forces. On what grounds can it be claimed that their chanting and their banners were not political, offensive and sectarian. This decision cannot go unchallenged or we can give up any hope of justice and fairness in this little country. How do we go about challenging it – HELP!
Just read some of the latest fencing on here.
Makes me wonder what it would have been like if we had blogs in 1978 or 1994 :-)
NegAnon2
22:31 on
15 January, 2014
macjay1 – you have offered no argument. No point of view
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Oh,really.neganon
You may have forgotten.
So.I`ll remind you.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
21:36 on
15 January, 2014
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon, supporting WEE OSCAR..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
21:14 on
15 January, 2014
Their political stance seems to be identical to that of the Celtic trust.
The “war criminal” accusations against John Reid and the upside down banners.
The clincher for me was the “kettling”farce where it seemed that the G.B. were deliberately provocative and achieved the derided result.The Celtic trust rides to the rescue,the rally in George Sq.surrounded by hundreds of good Celtic supporters who,in my opinion were simply duped by the machinations of the C.T.
The C.T. want a seat on the Board.The G.B. are the disposable cannon fodder.
Sorry,got to run.
WWC-Le Fondre is a sub for Reading ?
Coneybhoy
22:41 on 15 January, 2014
Just read some of the latest fencing on here.
Makes me wonder what it would have been like if we had blogs in 1978 or 1994 :-)
We did have them & they were full of sh…
Sorry that was bogs.
Shieldmuir Celtic
Yur beat fefore yae start, Its a constant in this Wee Bigoted Country we abide,when the 12th July is erased from Society we can move on like any other normal race.Its no gonnae happen Civil Unrest.
Awerabest PJ
For “derided”,see “desired”.
Freudian slip.
big wavy 22:21 on 15 January, 2014
Stephboy
Whilst that was very uplifting the equating of it to a group of young rabscallions with a few party tunes, a drum and an upside down banner is just OTT in the extreme . I love their noise and colour but they aren’t liberating civilizations FGS…..
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I was not comparing like for like, but a group of people are being criminalised and demonized because the ruling classes i.e. law makers etc… wish to remove political banners, songs etc… from the public arena, oh unless it is acceptable politics and songs, then its ok. you know like poppy’s on football tops, minute silence for mandela etc…
thing is, its not just football, the drive for conformity in thought is massive in just about every area of our lives. if people don’t challenge hypocrisy then were does it stop? we are actually meant to live in the free world in a democratic society. western society does not birch people like the uncivilised societies, no we just demonize and criminalise them
Coneybhoy
Too true!
Imagine what it would have been like after the 1909 Scottish Cup Final (2 draws – no extra time) – a riot and a stand burnt down!
Homing pigeons (and feathers) must have been flying everywhere.
:-)
corkcelt- SUPPORTING THE DAM 5
22:39 on
15 January, 2014
I hold no animus.
I love Celtic and will defend against those who wish to use our Club for their own selfish and often political motives.The fallout is more than tolerable.
Hail Hail
Winning Captains
Late entry……….just after Sutton volleyed in V Juventus my mate tapped me on the shoulder and pointed up to the big screen. I looked up the screen and there it was;
Celtic 4 Juventus 2
Well, it was spine tingling. We had waited years to join the party and here we were at last.
It may not have been THE greatest game but, by God, that was one magical moment!
Djynwa67 and praecepta
:-)
Papa John
For different reasons, one of the best I could quote was against Ipswich for Alan Hunters testimonial, watching the original Dutch stars ?
Naw, halftime entertainment as floodlights failed now that was class :-)
( no sure how J Wark enjoyed it right enough)
Hail Hail
Lisbon
4-2 game
4=0 C F
Leeds game
St Mirren 5 nil
7-1 cup final on the wireless
7-1 Cup Final on the wireless
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Hail HaiL
Absence makes the ole heart Le Fondre.
macjay1 for neil lennon
22:46 on 15 January, 2014
For “derided”,see “desired”.
Freudian slip.
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Hate when that happens. You’re on your high horse and then you see the dreaded typo when you read back what you’ve written after you’ve posted.
Happens to me 100% of the time when I’m on a rant – usually about other people’s spelling. Bet I’ve done it again. :-))
NA2
I know fine well they want the OF back up and running, that is waht puzzles me.
Without them, we have a chance to reap the rewards of the CL cash for the forseeable, with them back, the honest mistakes will see a halt to that gravy train.
And for businessmen who in their own fields are second to none, it defies logic.
I ask again, not you in particular, who, what are they scared of, and why are they doing this ?
HH
Bada bing:
Maybe so he has better stats than our recent striker signings…
NegAnon 2 macjay 1
Jude
The 86 st mirren game ?
Another special for me, came back from SA on the 2nd, game on the 3rd, and 1st child born on the 9th , back to SA on 16th
Hail Hail
bsr
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HH
Reading a wee article about Paul Currie from Del Amtiri. It looks like he was sad to see the Green Brigade being move!!
Shieldmuir Celtic 22:40 on 15 January, 2014
The decision to clear the armed forces of their disgraceful behaviour at Ibrox, is reaching new depths of bigotry, by the law, the police and the armed forces. On what grounds can it be claimed that their chanting and their banners were not political, offensive and sectarian. This decision cannot go unchallenged or we can give up any hope of justice and fairness in this little country. How do we go about challenging it – HELP!
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down right bigotry – criminalise celtic fans for singing political songs and flying banners while clearing other fans with obvious political, offensive and sectarian tripe, nothing to see here timmy
aye ok then
TheOriginalSadiesBhoy
22:51 on
15 January, 2014
Mate,I`ve done it so often,it no longer embarrasses (sp?) me.
A bit like the flak you cop when you suggest that the leaderene was somewhat less than the devilene incarnate.
Watter aff.
Thanks for lightening the atmos.:-)
Cowie
Yipp. God Bless Albert Kidd H H
Are you still in S A?
Papa J.
I would wish him luck in his quest.
If I believed him.
Best game? Or is it a top 10, still working here, so not caught up, started at 8am!
It’s that time of year for me. Hectic.
Winning the league at Eater Road, Joe Craig scored the winner.
Up on Jim’s shoulders walking back down Leith Walk, I was 10.
Edinburgh was Green and White that day, Glasgow stylee.
Must read boys from BhoyEddie
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bournesouprecipe
22:56 on
15 January, 2014
NegAnon 2 macjay 1
Hun referee.
Cowiebhoy supporting the Celtic to 3 in a row
My God you did’nt let the grass grow, Global support right enough.
Awerabest PJ
Have we bot M P yet? Heard its brownland. Should be cheep cheep!!
WWC-An ex Bishop of Galway had a better scoring record than the current strike force.