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Maeda return and Bernardo’s low price

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Brendan Rodgers will hopefully see Daizen Maeda at Lennoxtown earlier than planned, as Japan’s World Cup qualifier in North Korea has been cancelled by the hosts due to “unforeseen circumstances”.   Fifa have yet to decide if the game can go ahead at a neutral venue but that is currently considered unlikely.

Reports in Japan suggest the cancellation is due to the outbreak of an infectious disease in the country, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, which is deadly and makes international travel unnecessarily risky.

Daizen is a nailed-on starter for the important games after the international break, so having him back early and focussed on the priorities ahead is important.

I’m not having any “a bit steep” chat about Paulo Bernardo’s reported €7.5m asking price from Benfica.  The player only recently turned 22 and has the core ability we should be looking to turn into a top player – just as we did with Matt O’Riley.  This is the going rate, anything less than that and you’re not taking a talent out of Portugal.

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  2. TexasTim on

    I thought Scotland were the better side first half and unlucky Christie didn’t take the lead, with a header off keeper/bar.

     

     

    Good game for a friendly.

  3. Maestro on

    418 is a rancid racist keyboard warrior I suggest you scroll by until they are barred for life.

     

     

    Meantime good first half in the Netherlands played like a competitive match and Netherlands scored with a fine shot from range. Scotland playing well good in possession and creating also.

  4. TexasTim on

    As for the three numbered one, I’m picturing some bawbag in his Maw’s basement.

     

     

    Easiest scroll by ever and not worth a reaction bhoys.

  7. Turkeybhoy on

    Never seen Scotland play and pass the ball as well against a top side.Tremendous improvement.Only behind to a 25 yard exocet.Magnificent hit.KT looking superb.Should be top of our shopping list.Wee Greg can take the strain in a good few games.Keep KT purring.

     

    I stand by earlier comments on Bernardo.5 million would be a great buy.Loads to come from this kid.Too many write off players too quickly.Never learn,and carry on doing it.If MOR goes,ready made player to fill the space.

     

    The rise and rise of Ferguson in Italy tells a story.

  10. Prestonpans bhoys on

    CLUNKS on 22ND MARCH 2024 9:02 PM

     

    And yet he is still here….

     

     

    Just get his IP address and ban it, he could mask it but that needs some intelligence…..

  11. setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox on

    Chairbhoy

     

     

    I can’t make it any clearer.

     

     

    I too want Matt O’ Riley to stay.

     

     

    Neither you or RimTimTim are more “ambitious ” than me in that regard.

     

     

    We only differ on what we would do when a player tells you he wants to leave for a “better” club and a bigger salary.

     

     

    If you keep him to his contract, as you and RimTim suggest, you risk having an unwilling player on a work to rule. Do you get the same effort and skill from him? Do you get a poisoned player affecting the mood around the club? These are the real world problems that do not get addressed by proclaiming an Uber-Celt approach or an approach that does not see players as both assets and commodities.

     

     

    These players often join Celtic on the promise that, if they develop, they will be allowed to leave on a decent fee agreed by club and Player rep in advance. If you then turn round and say he cannot leave- will you get a season’s performance like Edouard in the failed 10iar season or a more honest one like Kris Ajer- who left anyway?. Will you indeed get a reaction like Leo Hjelde who refused to sign a contract extension after he saw how Ajer was treated?

     

     

    In the end it matters not whether you or me or RimTim are more ambitious. It matters even less whether “we” see players as commodities or assets (try telling that to assets like Lagerbielke who never get played).

     

     

    In the end it is the player’s ambition and attitude that decides, not the fan’s.

     

     

    Paul McStay stayed with us as a shining light through many seasons of failure. I loved that but it was his choice. James Forrest also stayed with us and faced calls in every year bar his first two with us, to show some ambition or, as the fans put it, “to leave us so we could buy better than him.” Henrik stayed at the cost of a transfer fee and he was well worth the sacrifice. But that too, was the player’s decision.

     

     

    I still love Kieran Tierney as a player and a Celtic fan. I understand fully why he left and do not begrudge him his success and wealth. I feel less or no affection for John McGinn, who is also no doubt a big Celtic fan, but he never played for us and, more importantly, turned down the chance to do so because a Villa manager “promised” him a first team spot. The same manager that got sacked a few weeks after McGinn signed.

     

     

    So- I see little differnce in the qualities of our respective emotions or support. I only see a little less willingness to engage with the views of players, who do not think like supporters, at least during the times when they are commodities/assets.

  12. clunks on

    PRESTONPANS BHOYS

     

     

    And he is, and if it were only that easy

     

     

    a vpn makes ip address easy

     

     

    one of the vpn’s rotates the ip address just by checking a box

     

     

    The only real option is to keep deleting and blocking

     

     

    As like a virus they multiply and grow

  14. clunks on

    And there are thousands of throwaway email addresses that you login to once

     

     

    Sign up to CQN

     

     

    Get that email to confirm the new account

     

     

    And forget that email address

     

     

    And as I blocked the domain

     

     

    They move onto another

  16. Prestonpans bhoys on

    CLUNKS

     

     

    My background is solaris not windees and certainlynot network stuff, can see why that is a pain in the arse….

  21. clunks on

    Prestonpans

     

     

    2nd or 3rd iteration of chatgpt was trained on trillions of interactions on the internet

     

     

    Can u guess what happened

     

     

    On testing it was a racist, homophobic, nationalistic piece of trash

     

     

    ie it had picked up on the hate of the world thru the trillions of transcations it had modelled

     

     

    Sure it had to go to a programming company somewhere in africa to edit out the hate and get it to the chatgpt we use now

  22. Majestic Hartson on

    Caught the second half of the Scotland game. A decent performance ending up a bit of a doing.

     

     

    If I was to take any positives from it it would be that Souttar was to blame for a couple of the goals…

  23. TexasTim on

    Majestic – shame you didn’t see the first half – we were better.

     

     

    McTominay also not at the races for 2nd and 3rd goals, although good going forward.

  24. clunks on

    porteous and hendry played well but have been exposed for pace communication and spacing (2nd goal the striker got in between them) for a few of the goals

  25. !!Bada Bing!! on

    2-0 was harsh,never mind 4,Scotland need a decent striker and a winger,played some reality good stuff, good shape about them,….from not the biggest Scotland fan…

  27. clunks on

    Bada

     

     

    Just after 2-0 I went to msg one of the mindset coaches that work with some of the squad the exact same thing

     

     

    By the time I finished that msg it was 4-0…..

  31. clunks on

    WEEBOBBYCOLLINS

     

     

    Is it just me or does he look like an emaciated and underfed Kieran Tierney??

  34. Maestro on

    Scotlands Del Piero and not used enough latley at club or country such a waste.

     

    At least he’ll be fresh for the 8 domestic must win matches.🍀

     

    Night night 😍

  36. Majestic Hartson on

    WBC,

     

     

    Tremendous player, he’s got a touch of class about him. His body positioning as he was taking and preparing to take the ball was brilliant – he was in control of what was hap next well before it happened.

     

     

    Interestingly an ex Hun, Holliday maybe, says that having played with both, he reckons Lennon Miller is a better player for his age than Gilmour

  37. garygillespieshamstring on

    Who would win a fight between artificial intelligence and natural stupidity?

  38. clunks on

    natural stupidity obvs would kick the feck out of ai

     

     

    As it would drag it down to its level and beat with experience….

  42. clunks on

    GGH

     

     

    It’s no easy

     

     

    But

     

     

    Who would win in a game of british bulldogs

     

     

    Craig Browns Scotland

     

     

    Or

     

     

    Steve Clarkes Scotland

     

     

    And to make it more interesting – who goes first for each squad???

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