My knowledge of Chinese football since 1979 is limited, and I don’t watch a lot of Brighton or Huddersfield, so I’ll need to bow to Ange Postecoglou’s judgement when it comes to Australian international midfielder, Aaron Mooy.
Mooy was a mainstay in the Huddersfield team that won promotion to the English Premier League, stayed there, then were relegated after two years. His form won a move to then-EPL side Brighton, where he stayed for two years before the lure of the yuan.
20 games in 18 months in China ended at the turn of the year. Since then, Mooy has played only internationals, including three games for Australia last month. The reported one-year deal, with a one year option, for a free transfer, is low risk for the club.
Celtic have cover in the wide positions but central mid is an area where the headcount is down, after the departures of Nir Bitton and Tom Rogic. Rogic is easier to compensate for in the existing squad, it’s the No. 6 position, where Ange is limited to Callum McGregor and largely untested Yosuke Ideguchi.
Some of us will have a Pavlovian reaction, Mooy is two months older and has the same positional profile as James McCarthy, who signed a year ago but looked short of fitness all season. There is certainly reason for caution.
Celtic faced a genuine battle for the league last season, and I expect nothing less in the season ahead. Getting the mix right in central mid is one of my biggest concerns. This feels like a pivotal decision.
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Pivotal? Yes, but which way does it pivot? :)) por cierto
Union SG topped their domestic standings after the first round of 34 matches last season but finished second behind Club Bruges following the six-match play-off series.
It was the club’s first season back in the top flight since the 1973, while the last of their 11 league titles came in 1935.
Aaron Mooy is at Celtic Park because the boss,or maybe someone else,has/have decided that the player is a welcome addition to the present Scottish league and league champions,time will tell as in all signings.
League cup champions that should be.
Well done Por Cierto on your podium
Merited after sorting the Saltmarket non coca cola drinking soiree merchant :-)
HH
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AN TEARMANN on 18TH JULY 2022 12:17 PM
Just commented on the article, was surprised when it was the 1st one! :)) por cierto.
I’d imagine Mooy could have got a longer contract down in England. He clearly backs himself if he’s signing a potential one year deal.
We need a central defender, Welsh is our only cover for that position. Jullien is clearly done.
Not a bad player by any means, but I don’t see an obvious role, unless maybe as backup for Callum. Anyway, Ange generally gets it right, so….
Hopefully this is just an opportunistic punt on a known player who is available.
We still need two other major players in — Starting CB / MF with talent / promise who is good to go from the off.
If he is one of our major additions this year then yo have to ask w=questions of our finances and our ambition.
Recycling for effect …
Stx2 @ 10.47
You should have given me a shout and I would have come in and met up with you
Dragged kicking and screaming to Auld Reekie to see an artistic p/point on VVG.
They certainly know how to wring the cloth dry.
Fair attempt at a here and now view of what is going on in the East End.
However it does not tell the full story and reflects old school / pre CoViD thinking.
I do have to wonder why you are so negative — to you nothing new will work.
Not sure why you don’t want to offer alternatives / different angles rather than a total rejection that quickly descends to sarcasm and abuse — are you PL’s point man on CQN — asking for a friend?
First rule of business — if you want to shoot the duck you aim ahead of the duck.
Target not what has been possible in the past / possible today but what could be possible tomorrow.
Main Stand @ CrP = big smoke build costs in play in a frothy market.
Tesco shutting down = Poor location vs local Asda / Morrisons and a Tesco clone too close in Rutherglen.
Barras = Being transformed in a 100 different ways — it will hit us soon enough.
Dennistoun = Duke Street is on the up so why not the Gallowgate.
Tourist trap — P/head vs Louden Tavern?
AP has moved us to a new level regarding interest from far away places.
We need to engage with his ambition and work towards delivering proper facilities.
The new road — EERR? — has provided us with a corner that we need to dominate.
The current arrangement of a posh portakabin holding the ticket office is derisory.
We own our surroundings — it is up to us to maximise the utility of that area to the benefit of the club and the fans. Our current efforts are shameful and reek of the old board and their lack of ambition / desire / forward thinking.
Who will be our FMcC Mk2?
We desperately need to find him quick.
Our efforts — or lack of them — shame our efforts on the park.
MADMITCH
Regarding the buses — what did we do before we cleared the land?
The buses parked in the street, ie the Gallowgate.
Stx2 @ East End updates
St Mary’s neighbours — Phase 1.
Developer = AS Homes.
https://www.urbanrealm.com/news/7874/A-listed_Calton_church_set_for_new_neighbours.html
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/saint-galloise-celtic-link-explained-27508995
The cooncil and the polis,have wanted The Barras closed for 30 years…….it’s still there….
Those three international games Aaron played last month.
Anyone know his total minutes played across them?
Back to
He played 120 minutes against Peru
TMcL @ 12.33
Using the ground surrounding P/head as surface car parking is just so lazy / low rent thinking.
I’m sure with a bit of imagination a better set up could be organised.
I would be in at GCC asking for funding from their Avenues project to improve the Gallowgate — all the way from the Cross / McChuils to the stadium.
Bigger pavements
Tress / standout lampposts / street furniture.
Flags and banners on the lampposts — nothing tacky / tastefull.
Processional Boulevard — the Road of the Champions in Latin in all the maps..
Linking the city centre to the club / sporting village.
have we no signed a left sided centre back and left back yet or are we going with a back 3
Mooy played 120 mins and 90 mins a month ago for Australia
He’s only one year older than Biton and 4 younger than Davis when he played nearly 40 domestic games fir the Huns
I think he can do a job for us for this season, domestically at least
Paul67
Never judge a book by its cover, never judge a Celtic signing by his profile.
James McCarthy had no club either when we gave him a contract last year, but somehow he wasn’t really a true ‘Ange signing ‘ Aaron Mooy on the other hand.
Looks like the budget spend forecast at £20M in still on course, any more outlay is riding on shifting Jullien and Ajeti off the wage bill.
Whatever we’re still a couple of signings shy.
TFOD2.1’s game in the CL qualifiers — Belgian team of neo-unionists …
Spelling “Boy” with an h included.
Interesting — real quandary for our Friend’s in Govan.
Certainly improves the squad and improves the bench if not the starting 11
He’s started in Calmacs position in the last 2 Socceroo games, so he’s at least a better back up for him than what we have.
We shouldn’t forget that his fellow pros had Calmac hams the best player in Scotland last season playing in that role. I think we’ll struggle to improve on him there
All we need is a high energy MF’r who can tackle.
AM is a step in the right direction.
AMcG should go back out onto his old position of LW.
He is still mobile and he still has a step.
Failing that LB.
Belgian teams ultras are called “union bhoys” :-)
RC on 18TH JULY 2022 12:48 PM
“have we no signed a left sided centre back and left back yet or are we going with a back 3″
Think you’ve been on a desert island for the last few months bud, either that or you don’t read or watch the TV when it’s about Celtic! por cierto.
St Stivs.
I think there is a hall proposed for St.Marys.
Enjoyed your posy.
There was a couple of walking tours goin based on Brendan Sweeneys writings.
HH
Mooy looks like a decent player, I reckon he will do fine for us. Important to remember mooy is not one of those guys that has had lots of pace, he has had to depend on high energy, workrate and footwork. Ange known him and trust him to improve the team. If anyone wants to call it a lazy signing fair enough, apply same to kayogo, meade, hatate and the other Japanese lad. Jota and CCV might also fall into that category I.e. signed because ange knows then and knows what they can do.
Ange has proven himself a very good manager and has done well regards signings. Let’s trust that he might know a thing or two about this game
HH
Do I sense a certain sellik snootiness when it comes to oor Aaron?
He’d not be wanting for offers. English and Asian for sure. Australian clubs would know they have no chance.
But the lure of the ole Champs League is a powerful aphrodisiac for a player like him.
Ange has made us more attractive since the Lenny lessons; we’ve done well to attract him.
Suspect we’ll love the composure and maturity he will offer.
Qualities necessary for Europe.
Cant wait to see him in the Hoops. HH Aaron Mooy.
Who would win between PNE and Huddersfield’s heyday teams?
SCULLYBHOY on 18TH JULY 2022 1:15 PM
“Who would win between PNE and Huddersfield’s heyday teams?”
Derby County! por cierto
MADMITCH
TMcL @ 12.33
Using the ground surrounding P/head as surface car parking is just so lazy / low rent thinking.
I’m sure with a bit of imagination a better set up could be organised.
I would be in at GCC asking for funding from their Avenues project to improve the Gallowgate — all the way from the Cross / McChuils to the stadium.
Bigger pavements
Tress / standout lampposts / street furniture.
Flags and banners on the lampposts — nothing tacky / tastefull.
Processional Boulevard — the Road of the Champions in Latin in all the maps..
Linking the city centre to the club / sporting village.
Aye very funny.
if you’re gonna take the piss and not take it seriously there’s no point in debating with you.
TMcL @ 1.23
I am not extracting the waste water — although I am not sure if you are …
Look up the Glasgow Avenues project.
GCC is wasting huge amounts of cash tarting up a few streets in mainly middle class areas of the city.
The Gallowgate upgrade mentioned above would have a huge impact on the area.
Plus it would help with big crowds heading to the city centre after the game.
Pretty basic stuff that would help both the club and the surrounding area.
Looks like the budget has been spent.
Now that’s a surprise
Glasgow Avenues Project.
First they came for Sauchiehall Street.
Then they came for George Square.
Then they came for the City Centre.
https://www.urbanrealm.com/news/9888/Ironside_Farrar_to_deliver_four_additional_routes_in_Glasgow%27s_Avenues_programme.html
We should be pushing for them to upgrade the Gallowgate.
Any new signings with either be hit or miss, only time will tell. A proven centre back, either permanent or loan, is the only required addition imo. Maybe someone like Nathan Ake.
The car park behind the Lisbon Lions stand was full 30 minutes before KO on Saturday. That was for a pre-season lunch time game with about only 50% of the stadium occupied. People want parking before pints, it would appear. It would be great if we were a city centre based club like Newcastle Utd, but we’re not. The vast majority of fans travel from outwith the G40 postcode. By bus, by car, or by train. Straight to the game and straight home after.
SS is correct. Build it and they won’t come. Not to G40 anyway.
Extend the Subway system out to the east end, schedule trains from Dalmarnock, every ten minutes on matchday. There are practical solutions to improving the matchday experience of 60,000 people who converge on a football stadium 30 times a year. On the 335 other days, they don’t.
MM@ every hour of every day , is, no doubt, a well intentioned chap. Just needs to sit the practical test rather than the laptop theory on a continuous loop.
Gene, Celtic40me
Thank you both.
So, the standard of the games might be subject to debate but at least the guy has recently played games that “mattered”.
Gut feel?
He’ll need 3-4 weeks to be ready to play what is in effect a mini 3½ month season to 12 November.
Then can drop off and pick back up over a 5 week break.