Of the two loanees Lost in France this season, Issouf Bayo was the one I most hoped would secure a permanent deal. He was hooked an hour into Toulouse’ home promotion play-off defeat to Nantes last night. Toulouse need to overturn the result in Nantes on Sunday to earn the cash that will help pay for the striker’s permanent move.
Olivier Ntcham’s move to Marseilles was doomed to failure from the moment Andre Villas-Boas used it as a pretext to resign as manager. Olivier is a player. In the right team, he will perform far better than he has on most occasions for Celtic. I doubt we will see much of him at Celtic, but I would be happy to see him back at preseason training next month.
Bonnie Tyler: there was a chanter.
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Hail hail
The Celts are here
Ntcham not for me , . Get rid but not for free
Let’s get this manager,s job nailed down
Can enyone make any sense of the sevco court case.
Techically I think Ntcham is a great player but he has no heart
Paul 67
Don’t share your sentiment of welcoming back a charlatan
From last blog
Celtic Park playlist of yesteryear
Living Thing – ELO
So You Win Again – Hot Chocolate
Maria – Blondie (the tune to which Squire jnr made his CP debut in 2/1999)
I remember a day in 78-9 season where they played You’re The One That I want by Travolta and ONJ 5 times in succession. The Jungle’s patience was tried sorely.
Quite happy to cut losses on Ntcham and save the wages.
An absolute imposter who downed tools.
Get rid.
Celticforever @ 1034
I agree . He no doubt had the skill but didn’t fancy it more often than not.
Hail Hail
Stay Safe
An early new post, looks like it is not going to be a Carlsberg Friday then.
I must be getting old, as my razor sharp musical mind is diminishing. I had to check if Bonnie had died😂
If our new manager can change Ntcham’s mental attitude (a big if, I appreciate), we will have a right good player on our books.
No manager but we should welcome back the wage thief Ntcham?
How far have we fallen?
Paul 67,
Olivier Ntcham has undoubted skill, but a woeful attitude.
I would not welcome him back after what we have seen of his Celtic performances.
However, if our new manager ( With a proven reputation) would wish to give him another chance , then so be it.
Very hard to make any decisions without a manager at the helm.
HH.
FASTBHOY on 28TH MAY 2021 10:33 AM
Can enyone make any sense of the sevco court case.
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Yes.
That will be one hundred guineas please.
Regarding Ntcham, if he had half the drive that he has talent we would have had a complete player.
We would also have seen him leave 1-2 seasons ago for top dollar.
Now? He should be shown the door like many others but if the new manager likes him and can raise his contributions so be it.
Ooh la la la
Ooh la la la dance
P67
I doubt we will see much of him at Celtic, but I would be happy to see him back at preseason training next month.
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I doubt Monsieur Ntcham would share your enthusiasm….
Parkheadcumsalford on 28th May 2021 10:42 am
I see this so often now on players who contibute next to nothing for years.
Ntcham, if only.
Rogic, if only.
Ajer, if only.
Barkas, if only.
Griffiths, if only.
Seems we have an if only squad, I’d get rid of all of them. Better have a few hundred grand in the bank than pay wages for them to sit on the bench. Ajer is the only one who could potentially make us a few bob.
Where have all the good men gone and where are all the Gods?
Where’s the street wise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
Isn’t there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and I turn and I dream of what I need
I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ’til the end of the night
He’s gotta be strong and he’s gotta be fast
And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ’til the morning light
He’s gotta be sure and it’s gotta be soon
And he’s gotta be larger than life, larger than life
Somewhere after midnight in my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach there’s someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It’s gonna take a Superman to sweep me off my feet
I need a hero
I’ve cracked it
“I need a hero” is an anagram of “Eddie Howe”
CELTIC40ME on 28TH MAY 2021 10:51 AM
RIP Jim Steinman….
Contribute.
Shame the song is “holding out for a hero”
Very spookily they’re playing Holding out for a Hero on radio 4 right now
If that isn’t a sign
The season before Dembele left I thought Ntcham was our best player
but after Moussa left he totally downed tools as was mentioned before
and he never regained his will to play for us after that
SQUIRE DANAHER on 28TH MAY 2021 10:54 AM
Indeed
were we not offered £9m for Mr Ntcham a few years ago?
‘Holding out for a hero’ saw the Celtic tigress Bonnie Tyler sing that when we played Stuttgart in Stuttgart
…..well I think it was her ,drink was taken :O)
I remember booing Madonna’s True Blue and also If I Was by Midge Ure, the “if I was a soldier” line. Also remember Thompson Twins Love On Your Side before SC game in 1982 I think, how do I remember that?!
That was a great trip in Stuttgart
2-0 up after 15 minutes and held on for 2-3
Some interesting ‘reading between the lines’ of Paul’s recent posts , so I’ll say it first – Bonnie Tyler is set to be our new manager !
VP
I was “quite merry” before entering the stadium at the Stuttgart game, and because I was seated near a bar, by the final whistle I was quite blootered. It was the day after I was told the beer I was drinking in the stadium was non alcoholic
GLENDALYSTONSILS on 28TH MAY 2021 11:12 AM
Some interesting ‘reading between the lines’ of Paul’s recent posts , so I’ll say it first – Bonnie Tyler is set to be our new manager !
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Well she did say she was a Celt at heart before the Stuttgart game, when the MC asked who she’d be supporting.
Rangers administrator said a fans bid for the club would be ‘akin to herding cats’
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19331308.rangers-administrator-said-fans-bid-club-akin-herding-cats/
HH
With Zidane having now officially severed ties with Madrid, the final contractual obstacle has been removed and we can expect him to be presented as the new Celtic manager next week. Or just as soon as we can find him. He’s currently lost in France.
I think there is a bit of a subtext of xenophobia in these comments re Ntcham. Ntcham and Eddy are lazy, uninterested players who sold the Jersey. Boli, too.
Wee Leigh? He’s just a cheeky chappy. Couldn’t be arsed to be fit for the first 2 months of the season though, but not spoken of in the same terms as the others.
Our biggest problem was NL and the management team. Clueless tactics, team selection, game management. Who knows what was going on at training.
I’m sure CBN said on a podcast that Ntcham 19/20 v Turnbull 20/21 threw up some interesting stats, e.g. Ntcham was more productive and put more tackles in (both playing from 10), but the narrative is Ntcham is shiftless.
Can you imagine how demoralising it would have been to watch Broony get embarrassed against decent quality opposition but yet you don’t get a look in because of his status?
We have been mismanaged into the ground.