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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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  1. petec on

    Big Nan,

     

     

    I know FFM disnae post anymore on here, a big shame for sure, but he asked me to Pray for you because you are fighting them with the Truth. You certainly dinnae need my Prayers but you have them.

  4. Saint Stivs on

    Big Nan

     

    23:21 on

     

    20 June, 2015

     

     

    hello bud,

     

     

    spent a lot of time on the celticwiki today,

     

     

    its a brilliant source, and incredible records of things.

     

     

    i know you were, are involved some.

     

     

    how could i help on there ?

     

    i found a lot of early links awaiting information, part time i would like to contribute when i can

     

     

    how can i do this ?

  7. Cowiebhoy on

    Big Nan

     

     

    He was known locally as Big Celtic Jock

     

    Was found dead on the rocks at Back of Hill – for those not from Stirling that’s the rocks behind Stirling Castle at the Raploch, believed murdered ? My Auld Da said he had an eye for the ladies, and reasoning behind his death ?

     

    I have never ever looked into my family tree, when you posted that name I asked my Dad, he said that was the teams he had played for and dates tied in

     

    Will ask more, next time I’m oot visiting him (usually go out on a Sunday, but not tomorrow, something else on)

     

     

    Hail Hail and Thanks for the response

  8. Gerryfaethebrig on

    saint stivs

     

     

    23:25 on 20 June, 2015

     

     

    Obviously a right good Celtic bhoy, but as a daft teenager the driver of many a car always resented us getting blootered and singing a wee song or two, just plain jealousy I was just glad I never got my driving licence

  15. Big Nan on

    Cowiebhoy. The name Pat comes for the official Celtic FC site but they are often wrong with names.

     

     

    Paddybhoy1888 your old Da was being too modest I am sure. Just anybody didn’t get to play for one Celtic let alone two famous clubs.

     

     

    H.H.

  22. paddybhoy1888 on

    Doc, Cowiebhoy greeting when’s the next clique lunch?

     

    Hail hail to you both.

     

    PB1888

  31. Cowiebhoy on

    paddybhoy1888

     

     

    I was heading to my scratcher :-)

     

    I’m off work until mid July with my ankle, so we will look at arranging after that, CRC was actually asking the same just the other week

     

    Doc appears a very busy Bhoy, or is it his turn to pay :-)))

     

     

    Hail Hail

  33. stirlingbhoy on

    Cowiebhoy…an amazing amount raised…..was weird playing against a team wearing the hoops today!!!!!

  36. Cowiebhoy on

    stirlingbhoy

     

     

    23:45 on 20 June, 2015

     

    Cowiebhoy…an amazing amount raised…..was weird playing against a team wearing the hoops today!!!!!

     

     

    . . . .

     

     

    Aye and beating them :-))

     

     

    Right I away to my Bed

     

     

    Hail Hail

  41. jamesgang on

    Roy Croppie

     

     

    You do deserve the honorary No7 CQN tap!!!

     

     

    ;-)

     

     

    HH jamesgang

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