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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Turkeybhoy wrote…..
We dithered about too long.Should have had the contract put in front of him and told ,”Sign now,or the deal is off”Amateurs.
Catch yourself on, TB. At least have the decency to say ‘I know nothing, but I will speculate that maybe we dithered too long;.
Nonsense like this belongs in the red tops.
Best thing about transfer deadline day just now is Hayley.
Richie
What ?
Like signing goalscorers .. :/)
Palace bid for Hooper, Southampton frightened off VVD by price
MONTEBLANCO 14.02
Is that wi the stookie oan or aff?
Gies yir baw, am goin doon :)
Michty me, Oor Wullie CSC
What is the Stars
14:05 on
1 September, 2014
The offer he was ‘bound to refuse’ that he agreed to? Is that the one you mean?
ernie lynch
14:12 on 1 September, 2014
Anyone seen any poppies yet?
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Can’t wait for the poppy season arguments…
“Peter has gone from declaring that we don’t need them to now claiming it has cost us £10m. Sorry but you can’t have it both ways.”
1. No he didn’t.
2. Even if he did of course you can have it both ways.
Davidopoulos
Guy at my work wears one 365 days a year!
LB
Timhorton
Bankier.., Minister for condescending comment… Another ineffective chump
Weeminger
He agreed to if ? did he really ? so he will be playing for Celtic
That’s good,lets see what he’s like
richie #teamoscarforever
14:09 on 1 September, 2014
For once I’m glad a noon Saturday kick-off is moved to noon Sunday. It means I’ll make the Aberdeen game!
Game still scheduled for the Saturday @ 12.45
Geordie Munro
What happened in the last 9 months? He was declaring we could spend £6m+ on a striker last season.
Something is going on behind the scenes.
Lennon has obviously called them out. Stop lying to the fans or I will blow the lid. Interview on Friday was the most honest in years.
LB
Fridjonsson off to Brondby. Season loan.
Anyone trying to state that it is becoming more difficult to attract players to Celtic will get immediately hit with the rather childish response of “Are you saying that this well run, world famous club cannot get anybody to come- that’s nonsense!”
And of course it is nonsense- it is a dialogue of the deaf.
We are hit by a double whammy though. The players who are willing to come are not often of the required standard (Berget and Johansen and Bangura were willing to come as Celtic was a step up from Norwegian and Swedish football, both in terms of wages and European competitiveness but neither is outstanding). Some players who are willing to come like James McArthur or Johnny Russell are either tempted away by bigger wages in England or are considered no better than their counterparts in our Development squad (with McArthur and Russell, that judgement seems wrong but there are many, equally touted Scottish based players, for whom that judgement was right- John Sutton, David Clarkson, David Goodwillie, Margaro Gomis, Prince Buaben etc;).
Then there are those who are willing to come, at a premium, but choose not to pick Celtic because they feel more comfortable elsewhere. We had a deal for Jeff Louis but he preferred to go to Liege, maybe to continue to speak French and have slightly better weather. Scepcovic chose to go to Getafe where I doubt he will enjoy better wages but will have a more familiar setting to play within, in a career where he has travelled much already.
We failed to convince these players to commit. Some of the players we did persuade, looked immediately unhappy on arriving here- look at Pukki!
Yet players did come- Wanyama came from a small Belgian club, Ki from Korea and Ambrose, Kayal and Bitton from Israel. There are markets we can still tap and profit from but England is, increasingly, not one of them.
Last night I suggested raiding the reserves benches of the bloated big squads in England, like we did with Denayer. Yet I read in the Guardian today that, at Man U, Wellbeck earns 80k a week, Ashley Young 115k, Hernandez 88k, Anderson 80k, Kagawa & Fellaini 70k each. Tom Cleverly only gets a basic 30k a week but has a heavily incentivised contract and Villa will pay him a basic above what Man U offers. Similar sums will be paid to the expensive subs at Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool and Spurs. Even an alleged Celtic fan like Agger preferred to downgrade to his boyhood club Brondby rather than indulge his fondness for Celtic. We would have paid him more than Brondby will but he has already made millions from England and does not need our little extra, when compared to playing for his first love.
So many players will not come. The lure of Celtic and our position in World football can be much exaggerated. But some will still come regardless.
The only question is what category of player will come-
As good as Wanyama?- that’s odds against
As good as Bitton and Ambrose- that should be achievable
As good as Pukki and Balde- that should be avoided and resisted.
If we cannot buy anyone good enough, then, rather than waste money, I would accept a loan player if he was as good as Denayer.
Ernie @1412
“Anyone seen any poppies yet?”
Aye, me earlier. A mate sent the link to the kate Upton story.
Sunderland have confirmed that defender Modibo Diakite has left the club by mutual consent, reports Craig Hope.
The 27-year-old joined from Lazio on a free transfer last summer but managed only seven appearances for the Black Cats.
Worth a punt?
It’s not a rumour about the top tier for EL games, it’s fact. They may open it later if sales exceed expectations.
“James,far too many on this site seem to have a problem facing up to facts.”
Now, I wonder what those facts were?
MadMitch
“Can this get any worse”?
For you Mitch? I am absolutely certain it can. 0:-)
JJ
“We don’t seek special treatment for Celtic,” he said. “I have never claimed we are better than anyone else. But we won’t be treated as less than anyone else – those days are gone.”
John Reid.
“We don’t seek special treatment from Celtic,” they said. “We have never claimed we are better than anyone else. But we won’t be treated as less than anyone else – those days are gone.”
A deafening whisper from departing Supporters.
In my hour of need I’d thank God for Heart’s striker Osman Sow.
!!Bada Bing!!
:-( Told by one of the Lisbon Lion bus guys last night it had been moved. Bummer if not (for me)
Even the players that are willing to come, don’t come.
sftb res12…
Agree with every word!
Deadline Day
Magic watching it unfold
All the deals going thru
Everybody engaged and excited
Clubs out to improve their squads
New deals being done all day long
Then I remember I’m a celtic fan.
Phil Thompson been on the bevvy?
Rogue Leader
Yip, even Miku got kicked out of the club pretty early in his career.
Speaking of Miku, we often forget that he played an integral part in our win over Barca a couple of business cycles ago.
He plays in Qatar now, another Miku Mouse league.
there is something VERY rotten going on at Celtic at this moment in time, from top to bottom
LiviBhoy
14:15 on 1 September, 2014
Davidopoulos
Guy at my work wears one 365 days a year!
LB
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This year will see poppyfest go into overdrive with the centenary etc.
That’s just an observation, not making a comment about Rememberance either way.
Facetiousness is a tool often employed by inadequate reality deniers.
What is the stars
Hi mhate.
What would you have done differently that would have altered his mind change-scepovic?
*Where have you gone, Willo Flood-io, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you*
Oo-oo-ooo…
PFAyr
We have enough real problems without folks making stuff up.
Richie @1409
Has the tic v dons game been moved from Sept 13th??
What is the Stars
14:16 on
1 September, 2014
We agreed a fee with Gijon, and we had his agreement on the personal terms. He should have been secured weeks ago, but that’s a different argument.
Do you remember the days when we always had a ‘scout’ posted outside Ross Hall.
You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, as they say
Not expecting any strikers, midfielders or left backs CSC
What about going the other way, which of the deadwood can we move on today.
Davidopoulos
The whole reverance has been forgotten.
I used to wear one as a kid on the Sunday and that was it. Now people have them on for weeks and months.
LB
The cry for a striker is predictable…… of course we need one……..but the whole function of the team is wrong
No one scoring………the sieve is back with a vengeance !!……we are creating feck all……the midfield is about as solid as a box of eggs…
Time to get back to basics…..
Its back to the days if you asked 10 supporters their best team you would get ten different answers….
Davidopoulos
14:14 on 1 September, 2014
ernie lynch
14:12 on 1 September, 2014
Anyone seen any poppies yet?
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Can’t wait for the poppy season arguments…
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Why would there need to be a Poppy debate in an independent Scotland? Wouldn’t it be just like ROI basically British army = not our fecking concern and just what would past British imperial glory have to do with a post independent Scotland ? ‘Hud on’ – damn good reason to vote Yes in that case – no more poppy debates on CQN- emmm food for thought.
Frankie bhoy wavering yes / no CSC