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Lessons to learn from Pukki mistake

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Teemu Pukki’s permanent move to Brondby for a reported £500k is good business for a player who never came close to commanding a regular starting place at Celtic.  While we did well exiting him from Celtic Park but his arrival two years ago is worthy of review.

He came from Schalke as a 23-year-old, having been at Sevilla as a teenager and scoring slightly better than one in two in Finland.  Even his Schalke stats were decent, 8 goals in 7 starts and 30 appearances from the bench, which for a sparingly used young player is around the mark expected.  On paper, Teemu looked a good fit for us, so do we have anything to learn?

For a start, being able to score goals in the Bundesliga does not guarantee you will be able to translate this into an even better scoring rate in Scotland.  We have made similar mistakes when recruiting strikers from Spain in recent seasons.  For all our lack of financial clout, delivering in Scotland is not an easy task.

There is a whole world of potential issues around psychology, motivation and appetite, which I regularly hear cited about players from people in the game.  For the most part, I reckon these are excuses to bridge the unexplained gap between expectation and outcome.  You get the odd indulgent nutcase, but most players have an overwhelming sense of their need to maximise their commercial value by delivering on the park.  I suspect Teemu is no different.

Whatever the reason behind him not fitting at Celtic, the exercise cost us not only the £1.5m net loss on transfer fees, and wages paid, but more importantly the failure to kick on from reaching the last 16 of the Champions League in season 2012-13.

There’s a truth in the game which has stood the test of time: only people who watch a player week-in-week-out know his true value.  Schalke fans would have told us things about Teemu which we can tell others about John Guidetti.  John will pick up a club keen to exploit his untapped potential.  A year from now they will be a little wiser.

Our lesson: scouting is the only important part of recruitment, stats, references and YouTube clips don’t count.

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  7. Big Nan on

    Cowiebhoy

     

     

    22:57 on 20 June, 2015

     

     

    Big Nan

     

     

    You put up a player, under if you know your history, back in February.

     

     

     

    I believe that was my Great Ganda – although we thought his name was John and not Pat

     

     

    Clubs played for and dates all tied in

     

     

    Hail Hail

     

    ………..

     

    Name? I can sort.

     

     

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    Art of War, no I just came in on the conversation tonight. Some poster might want to retain anonymity and I can understand that.

  8. Turkeybhoy on

    The hypocrisy of complaining about Warburton bringing in someone relatively unknown is laughable when you consider that most of Ally’s signings were predictable, hand-picked players from the SPL with no regard for how they would work together. The problem with Ally’s transfer policy was that we all knew these players from playing against them year in year out and it was clear that they weren’t Rangers class. Warburton knows Eustace from his time at Watford and from managing against him in the Championship so I will trust his judgement on this one.

     

     

    There is not much you can say about this.Delusional,Gullible,Stupid,all these spring to mind.But do they actually cover it adequately?.

  10. stirlingbhoy on

    Rab Murphy Foundation……. played for Braehead against Paul McStay bhoys today…minutes applause was very hard to bear thinking about the big man….a great day was had by all…hope lots and lots were raised…a great effort by all involved…a credit to rab and his family…….

  12. Melbourne Mick on

    Cowiebhoy

     

     

    I push the wee mhan hard and try not to show my delight at

     

    the way he is playing but i’ve got high hopes for him, and i

     

    don’t know why i,m concerned about the Celtic brand as the

     

    other kids in his team are in awe of him and his mate who

     

    are always bigging up the bhoys.

     

    H.H Mick

  14. Gerryfaethebrig on

    roy croppie

     

     

    22:50 on 20 June, 2015

     

     

    Lou Macari testimonial

     

     

    We were in the “enclousre” in front of the stand, managed to get a bung up to the seats, ended up next to some guy & his missus (hope it was his missus) the stewards were running about daft trying to fling us out, the guy said sit here lads, the stewards came over and he told them we were with him, got back up the road (I was only 16 back then) told ma da that some guy who used top play with Man U let us sit next to him when the stewards were trying to fling us out…….told ma father it was some guy guy called Crerand, I was sitting next to Pat Crerand and didn’t have a clue who he was… Young & naive or just stupid !

  15. Cowiebhoy on

    Stirlingbhoy

     

     

    Donna has posted nearly £6000

     

     

    Big Nan

     

     

    Pat McCabe, we thought including my Auld Da, his Grandson, his name was John ??

     

     

    Hail Hail and Nytol

  21. clogher celt on

    Roy,

     

     

    If you get a chance would you play ‘The Merry Ploughboy?’ By Dermot O’ Brien captain of the Louth team to win the All Ireland in 1957?

     

     

    Thanks

  23. roy croppie on

    petec appreciate that from you mhate HH

     

     

    gerry that was one mental trip and I reckon there’s a story in it for these pages over the summer… :))

     

     

    HH

  29. petec on

    South Of Tunis

     

     

    17:08 on 20 June, 2015

     

     

    1971 Scottish League Cup Final.

     

     

    My PTFC mate won £ 120 on that game..Big money in 71. He bought me an Lp to remember the occasion( and rub it in ) – Donald Byrd – Ethiopian Nights ( Blue Note ) – great Lp .

     

    ~

     

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     

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    The Great Minds on this site put out Sonics for us all to admire. Cheers to SOT

  31. paddybhoy1888 on

    Ma da went straight from Clydebank boys guild signed for The Celts on 17th March 1943. Worked John Browns as an engine fitter. He would say that ach anybody could have played for Celtic in they days.

     

    I’ve got newspaper clippings of Jimmy McStay quoting him as a future international prospect.

     

    Bad injuries blighted his career and he spent 1946 in Belfast signed by Elisha Scott? The famous Liverpool goalie who managed Belfast Celtic.

     

    I remember Mum and Dad where invited to The Belfast Celtic centenary dinner held at the Europa hotel in 1993 and my Mum not too sure of going in case they blew the place up again.

     

    Dad came back regaling tales of sitting next to Ron Greenwood ex England manager and of meeting up old aquintances.

     

    His favourite Celt and pal was Malky McDonald.

     

    Charlie McGinley a well known Clydebank celebrity of his era.

     

    A great man, a great Da and a rascal to boot.

     

    HH PB1888

  34. Big Nan on

    Cowiebhoy.

     

     

    I did the Glentoran report and linked it to the Wiki Biog first entered in 2007. I have changed it in the biog to John aka “Pat” and if you get any further information or clarification please let me know via Paul.

     

     

    H.H.

  36. NZB - Beelin' and greetin' Troll Heids on

    Petec @23:07 – well said, hear hear. Couldn’t agree more.

  38. Saint Stivs on

    Gerryfaethebrig

     

    22:47 on

     

    20 June, 2015

     

    roy croppie

     

     

    22:39 on 20 June, 2015

     

     

    The Waterboys

     

    Whole of the Moon

     

     

    88/89 after the centenary season bhoy who drove us to all the games wouldn’t have the “tunes” on as he was driving and we were all swallying,

     

     

    who was driving ? that hun kit man ?

  42. Saint Stivs on

    roy croppie

     

    23:23 on

     

    20 June, 2015

     

     

    roy,

     

     

    told you before, check out Saint Stivs on Flickr, use any of the images any time you want.

     

     

    someday, i will oad up loads of my photies from the 80;s.

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