Lessons from Jerry Maguire

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News that a striker reneged on a verbal commitment to join the club 24 hours before deadline day should surprise no one.  Think back to that line from Jerry Maguire, when Jerry’s girlfriend hears he had secured a representative deal on a handshake, not an actual contract.  The agent’s reminder of Lesson One in business was sharp.

Last minute change of plans happen, but only when you’re doing last minute business.  We are now 10 hours away from the deadline and in desperate need for what we’ve been in desperate need…. to replace the long departed Gary Hooper.  It would be wrong to think that Scepovic was the only striker we were pursuing, so we’re not starting from scratch, but he was first choice.

The ball is still in play, not panicking yet.

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  1. We can always pick up the free agent left back lee wallace from sevco next month when their contracts get ripped up.:)))

  2. Tim Malone Will Tell on

    Dundee Utd season ticket sales probably at an all time high as they take every opportunity to stand up for themselves and remind the Huns that they are – in fact – deid.

     

     

    Maybe Celtic should give that a try….

  3. from twitter, lets hope its true, and he did come back crawling, maybe Peter put the original contract through the shredder in front of him and said sign here son on the new one!

     

     

    Inside The SPFL ‏@AgentScotland 1m

     

    Hearing Celtic have signed Stefan Scepovic for £2.2m & Celtic have managed to get him for 2 grand a week cheaper than originally agreed.

  4. I am Neil Lennon e El Juarez Bravo on

    Scepovic signs. Will be loaned out this time next year.

     

     

    Just kiddin’…

  5. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon ....The angels are with Wee Oscar in Heaven.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    Skepovic signed …. Well done Peter Lawwell …….yeeeeeeessss

  6. twentyfirstofmaynineteenseventynine on

    tictaewin

     

     

    Loved Danny, seen him score at CP against Hibs, think it ended 3-0 but my favourite Barbarus goal was at Boghead in a route against Dumbarton,

  7. LAST UPDATE – someone else feel free to take over for the remaining 48 minutes

     

     

    Players in (allegedly)

     

    Guidetti – Man City (loan)

     

     

    Players very almost nearly in

     

    Skepovic – Sporting Gijon

     

     

    Players out (allegedly)

     

    McGeouch – Hibs (loan)

     

    Balde – Waasland-Beveren (loan)

     

    Fridjonsson – Bronby (loan)

     

    Pukki – Bronby (loan with option to buy)

     

    Irvine – Ross County (loan)

     

     

    Players that we’re kidding on are out (allegedly)

     

    Griffiths – Hibs (loan)

     

     

    Feel free to update….

  8. £2k per week less is it

     

     

    Haha that’s his punishment for U turn, now welcome with open arms :-)

  9. From the Fishal site..

     

     

    CELTIC are delighted to confirm the signing of Serbian internationalist Stefan Scepovic on a four-year deal from Sporting Gijon.

     

     

    The 24-year-old becomes Ronny Deila’s sixth recruit of the summer transfer window following the acquisitions of Craig Gordon, Jo Inge Berget, Aleksandar Tonev, Jason Denayer and Mubarak Wakaso.

     

     

    Having started his career at OFK Beograd, the striker had stints at the likes of Club Brugge and Partizan Belgrade before enjoying a prolific spell in Spanish football.

     

     

    Capped eight times by his country, the hitman opened his account for Serbia in their 5-0 victory over Macedonia last October and will bolster the club’s attacking options.

  10. Good night so far

     

     

    Possibly two strikers in

     

     

    Hopefully a left back to come

     

     

    All we need now is for someone to take Stokes off our hands and it will be a great night all round

     

     

    B-)

  11. Inside The SPFL ‏@AgentScotland 1m

     

    Hearing Celtic have signed Stefan Scepovic for £2.2m & Celtic have managed to get him for 2 grand a week cheaper than originally agreed.

     

     

    From £2,024.80 to £24.80.

     

     

    That’ll teach him.

  12. Sky Sports Scotland ‏@ScotlandSky 55s

     

     

    @celticfc sign Serbian striker Stefan Scepovic from Sporting Gijon on a 4 year contract

  13. an tearmann

     

     

    No didn’t go tonight though I had hoped to until I remembered that I’d to take the Minx’s bhoy for a gym induction!!

     

     

    Eh naw there’ll be no Echos :-)

  14. James Forrest is praying for The Unconquerable Oscar Knox on

    I hope this doesn’t mean Giudeti ain’t coming in.

     

     

    Fingers crossed that he’s signing too.

     

     

    Let’s see if we can get in any others.

  15. For those of you interested in the referendum, yougov have a poll coming out tomorrow. Excluding Undecideds, No are at 53% now, Yes at 47%. A huge surge in support for Yes – yougov had the gap at 22% a month ago and have been more No friendly than other polling organisations. Undecideds are favouring Yes by 2 to 1. Rock n roll :)

  16. roberttressell

     

     

    22:13 on 1 September, 2014

     

    I’m figuratively speaking of course

     

    A metaphor

     

    CQN”td use them all the time

     

    I’ve never met a phor I didn’t like