This impact Kyogo made on Celtic is difficult to overestimate. He cost three times more than any of our other recent players from Japan and established his credentials a week after touching down in Scotland. In August 2021, Celtic were trophyless and at their lowest point this century.
Kyogo was the spark that ignited the club. His perpetual motion, enthusiasm, selflessness and his goals, mostly his goals, gave us cause to hope for the future. He also gave us 8 out of 10 trophies contested during his time in Glasgow.
His first virtuoso performance delivered a hattrick against Dundee. We thought we were onto something special, but dare not dream of the levels he delivered. Kyogo enjoys a big game and took special delight in scoring against Newco. Including an incredible seven goals in 2023. He terrorised them at Celtic Park, Hampden and Ibrox.
With him on the field, you could be playing badly, but knew something special could happen at any moment. His hattrick of disallowed goals against Young Boys on Wednesday apparently bookends his time as an active Celtic icon. His inactive icon status will last decades, though.
Without doubt, he is the best since Henrik Larsson – the only appropriate reference point. We waited 20 years between the departure of Kenny Dalglish and Larsson’s arrival. The 17 years between Henrik and Kyogo were filled with some great Celtic strikers, but none possessed the sheer magic of Kyogo.
It wasn’t just his play. The man picked up litter, comforted injured opponents and wherever he went, made Scotland a better place. I cannot see someone throw litter away without contrasting them to our hero. He was an example of how to work hard and live your life. And there was that smile.
I have been preaching Asset Management here for decades. ‘Manage your assets or fail to manage your assets’. Fans like you and I have sporting heroes, but Michael Nicholson’s job (as well as being a fan) is to manage our assets. A reported fee of £10m for a player who turned 30 this month and had a significantly less effective 2024 than 2023 is Tier One asset management.
I only hope we do not backfill with one of Brendan’s agent pals’ players, or someone he watched a while back but is now out of favour in the English Championship.
Best of luck to Kyogo in France. Despite his horrendous performance last night Jack Butland will be a happy man today.
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AT,
Really baffles me how your brain picks up on things.I was saying that was the prices paid for top strikers now.Not that we should pay it.In saying that,I have read and heard many saying we need a top striker in to replace Kyogo.Also heard many saying we paid fat too much for Idah.£ 9 million would not buy you a half decent reserve striker.But there you go.
I had the full inside track on Toney,and wrote it on here.Every word proven true.Does that upset you?.
Now engage your brain,read things properly,not what your addled brain is telling you is written.
You’ll probably turn up on Friday and have a fooking awful joke competition with Big Jimmy, BelmontBrian and GGH. Dearie me. 😳
Above post for Tam. 🙄
Turkey – “Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true”. Francis Bacon
I couldn’t pick out half of the Man Ure team in a line up
Evening all.
A wee tune that I hope you like (I love it).
The drummer is a massive Celtic supporter.
Audrey Tait . HH
Franz Ferdinand – Hooked
https://youtu.be/E8oXUfUocs0?si=rryHFtPErVVsk-n3
what a strike.
but the ball hit 2 (two) players after it left Martinez boot.
can he still claim it?
Good evening all from the Queens Park Cafe. Time for a night cap before the small doll gets home. And then I get caught out with fibs, porkies and downright lies. Ain’t love grand bhoys? 😉😂
DeniaBhoy on 26th January 2025 12:20 pm
All the best to your good lady and you. I will remember you both in my prayers tonight.
Nite y’all
I’ll leave you with a trio of tunes from Carlos Santana, if you don’t mind.
Santana – Oye Como Va (Audio)
https://youtu.be/J7ATTjg7tpE?si=KE_UseAnHhOjnF9G
Santana – Black Magic Woman (Official Audio)
https://youtu.be/9wT1s96JIb0?si=pQa1kpavPrfwAcuo
Samba Pa Ti
https://youtu.be/timZoOs9ozo?si=_07j-c__wTIytWeu
Stay classy.
Tel your friends, they’ll like it.
It’s good to be a Tim.
HH
Brian.
The Battered Bunnet on 26th January 2025 5:35 pm
On the other hand, Packie Bonnar is a waste of airtime. I’ve been listening to this guy on Shortie for donks’ and have yet to her him say something interesting let alone useful. The sense is that he turns up unprepared, opens his gub to belch when asked and leaves with his cheque. Great keeper, crap pundit. And as the regular Token Tim on the show, a longstanding squandered jersey.
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Yep , I couldnt agree more.
Turkeybhoy
You had no inside track on Toney,i can exclusively reveal ha
Thats why he went to brentford!!
You are just baffled period,
As shown by you daily attempts to pass of rekord
and murdochs bog roll as your own.
Brain iis always engaged TB,no need to read from any tabloid on what Celtic are doing.you be good and do tell us
Whit urr thi huns daen?? :-))
Oh and PS
Kyogo tfer to be officially stamped
Jota tfer to be officially
Many who claim £9m idah valuation,no nothing of
Tfer structure and couldnt assess player valuation outside a playstation.
And talkin of addled brains whit urr thi huns daen?
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Serious Q aŕe you far from where that fire was at ski resort?
scullybhoy on 26th January 2025 7:48 pm
Some individuals are outspoken by nature. Others tend to think that they are morally superior to others. And some just enjoy making other people uncomfortable or angry. Any of these traits may drive individuals to express themselves online without a filter. Personality traits such as self-righteousness and social dominance orientation (in which you think some social groups, typically yours, are inherently better than others) are related to expressing intolerance. Others are “hard core” believers who will express their opinions no matter what, because they believe their opinion is infallible.
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All the info about and characteristics of trolls sounds a lot like Trump!
Last night, Mrs and I watched The Apprentice film on how Trump was mentored by the odious Roy Cohn.
A fascinating flick with brilliant performances by Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong.
Packy Bonner was not a great Celtic GK imo,very little challenge for his jersey either
Bada bing
Spot on
Rennes currently flooded after an Orange weather alert (seriously)…
The wee man left the Orange mob in floods of tears in Glasgow…
AT,
Only the last paragraph I could understand,🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔.
No I am not living near the fire,many thanks for asking.
P.S.When Toney was given the tour of Celtic Park,the guy who kept me informed,a very good friends son,accompanied him up to Glasgow.I knew the story.He wanted to sign,thanks to Gordon Strachan’s son,but was asked to wait till we sold Edouard.A long time waiting.The reason he signed for Brentford.
Marcus Hoiland,£53 million Man U paid for him,!!!!!!!!!.Dear God.
FF,asking if their are any lip readers on their blog,to prove Jim Goodwin called them” Orange Bastards”when they sang,GSTK.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂,fekin demented.
Turkeybhoy
Ah so thats whit the huns are daen- lookin for a translator!!
More excitement from hunland tomorrow,you wont say :-))
Maybe even talk Celtic,it gpin to be a big day
Glad your not near fire
HH
I understand the asset management arguement.
But.
I have a hole in my heart .
Kyogo was my favourite player at the club .
The best striker since the son of Lar.
At 61 , I cannot remember a striker with better movement .
He was light years above the players around him in that respect .
The ultimate Hun skelper .
I think he is going because he didn’t enjoy the change in role that BR enforced upon him .
It removed him from preying on the last defender , as much as he liked .
In the end it affected his confidence.
He was a marvellous hunslayer .
In my lifetime I have suffered lingering emotional sadness when Dalglish , Nicholas , Larsson , and now Kyogo have gone .
At 61 , I should not feel like this .(:-)
He was our Emperor of Japan .
Sayonara Emperor Furuhashi.
TT
I hope Brendan doesn’t waste the cash .
I have said before that I am not confident about his eye for a scout or player .
Adam Idah doesn’t score enough goals to replace Kyogo .
TT
Good Morning Fholks – Grand Week To Be A Tim…
Watch This Space!!!
TINYTIM on 27TH JANUARY 2025 1:52 AM & 1:54 AM,
Think the “Fraudgers” myth has been well and truly burst now.
Look, we may well end this season with the best season in a generation.
We may well end the season with our best football team for a generation.
Week after week Brendan Rodgers and a senior player at the club do a presser, an open and transparent presser.
It is mostly very informative, it is always very professional.
For several years after Rangers died, we had a hotch potch in player recruitment, leading with Lenny Mk1 leaving due to his best players being sold – ending with Lenny Mk2 being mutualled because we’d lost the ability to rebuild a football team.
We lost the ten in a role and our CEO resigned
The recruitment problem was eradicated when a new CEO and Ange arrived, the team was rebuilt with professional efficiency.
It stayed that way only briefly, as a new recruitment team was brought in, headed by Mark Lawwell.
Unfortunately, Hotch Potch would be a compliment to our subsequent recruitment – one doesn’t want to be derogatory, but it was dire.
In January 2024 the recruitment process was restructured as much out of necessity than anything else – it was then headed up by the manager.
Again we saw an immediate step up, not only in recruitment but overall squad management, still “on plan” as per Celtic’s stated approach, yet much constructive and proficient use of resources.
As I stated, this upgrade may well contribute greatly to Celtic having their best season in a generation and ending the season with the best team in a generation.
On the “Fraudgers myth”, Brendan brought in Lee Congerton, a very accomplished football recruiter, he’s on record as stating he was not allowed to bring in the players he wanted to Celtic.
He went to Atalanta, the team they built there, reestablished Atalanta as a top Club in Italy and won the Europa Cup last season.
Of course Lee Congerton was at Celtic during the smoke n’ mirrors era where communications were deliberately woeful and the fans misled – “every penny we make will go back into the club”.
The Ange rea moved us on…
A couple of years back it looked like we were going back to the bad old days but no, the Club has moved on – the real movers and shakers were not going back, as the Dublin recruitment summit clearly shows.
Yes, it is tough to see Kyogo going but three and a half fruitful years, his powers waning, doubling our money – do we really still need to play the blame game!?
It clearly is what it is – it was time, don’t dishonor an honorable man and great player by making it something it’s not.
The anti-Rodgers stuff is really thin gruel now, we need evidence to back up these absurd assertions.
And I’m not talking about bigging up Tilio or Kwon for a cameo, or doing down Adam, who over a year has brought a lot to our squad.
No, please stop myth making and smoke n’ mirrors because what we are seeing now is the reality.
And you know – it’s so much more effective than the snake oil…
Hail Hail
Good morning all from a 5 degree but wet, wet, wet Garngad.
Chairbhoy good post.
D. :)
Chairbhoy good post.
Chairbhoy on 27th January 2025 5:08 am
Look, we may well end this season with the best season in a generation.
We may well end the season with our best football team for a generation.
Week after week Brendan Rodgers and a senior player at the club do a presser, an open and transparent presser.
It is mostly very informative, it is always very professional.
The anti-Rodgers stuff is really thin gruel now, we need evidence to back up these absurd assertions.
Good stuff Chairbhoy – agree 100% (sorry pressed the button too soon) HH
celtic in crisis
David66
who are you getting in for your roof tiles ?
Has Brendan signed anyone yet?
Guy just collapsed on the baggage carousel at the airport,…. first aider says he’s coming round slowly.
bournesouprecipe
They will continue to monitor him……just in case.
I’m not talking about bigging up Tilio
Need to go some , supporters thought he was a club mascot when he eventually got on the pitch
THEBHOYFROMU.N.C.L.E
What goes around comes around 👍
bournesouprecipe on 27th January 2025 8:49 am
He got into a panic and was asking for his holdall…
HH
He fell on to belt 2 but ended up on belt 6
Unknown item in the baggage area
Good morning all from Govanhill. Another fun filled, action packed week starts now!