When the players arrived at Lennoxtown for training yesterday morning, Brendan Rodgers had no intention of allowing Moussa Dembele to leave the club. Such was the player’s behaviour over the following two hours, the manager’s view changed to “Get him out of here.”
Yet again, the days ahead of an important game were clouded by distraction, but this time it took the form of insubordination against the manager. Brendan’s view changed from not wanting to be left with only two strikers, to insisting the player was shipped out of the club.
One photographer, there for the press conference ahead of tomorrow’s game, told the manager, “I’ve been doing this for 30 years and never seen behaviour like that.”
You and I have seen many come and go over the years, so losing one is nothing new. Receiving £20m also breaks a barrier in what we can ask for our players in the future, but the manner which this came about is a source of regret. Moussa is a great player, one who delivered for us when it mattered most. His goals and swagger were a joy to watch. Now, the memory of his achievements have been violated by his behaviour. Having a go at the manager on Twitter, where he talked about being lied to (utter rubbish) and ‘Liked’ a comment from Chris Sutton saying he was targeting Brendan, all while playing to “Bhoys and Ghirls” is deplorable. I’ll get over it and applaud politely when you do the Paradise Windfall 15 years from now, but we’re not buying it, Moussa.
Lots to say on the transfer window, but I’ll pick up on it more next week. We have a game tomorrow against an outfit who think they can win the league. This is a day for Brendan and Scott Brown, Dedryck, Kieran, Callum, Tom and the others to do what they do so often against Newco. It’s a day for you and me to lift the team and paint Glasgow green and white.
Last month was traumatic, but it was also cathartic. We are a united club with a bit of an edge right now. Do your thing, Celtic. Spank this lot one more time.
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WESTCRAIGS
I always try to reason with others,while putting across my own opinion.
It’s only after about,say, three attempts at the above that I realise that I am banging m
I’m with you on that one MIT
NegAnon2 on 31st August 2018 9:56 pm
Honestly disgusted. End of my relationship with Celtic. Gone and done.
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Negative you are missing the point of being a supporter of a sport.
You unite with fellow supporters to cheer on your team, no matter what.
The other shit, is a bi product of the actual team
Maybe you should take watching chess
D. :)
You couldn’t even last 24 hours :O)
Ah ha the Return of The Cheating Girlfriend:))
BMCUW @ 7:18 PM,
Never thought of that… though I’m not sure they even look at it like that, it’s all about managing perceptions you know;)
BIGBHOY @ 7:24 PM,
This gets to the heart of the matter… that’s not good squad management.
Brendan had moved on 20 players before this window, when the window opened he was playing the likes of Ryan Christie and Scott Allan who had came back on loan as well as some fringe players to assess where they were.
He’d done this with every player he moved on and every player He’s kept.
I’m sure at that stage he was looking to move players along.
He said he was only looking for quality additions. He had asked for three positions to be strengthened the midfield area he wanted John McGinn.
None of that happened…
Now there was a likely hood that Boyata was going and a real chance we could lose a “star” like Dembele
This needed managing, it wasn’t.
Instead we get players like Arzani popping up from leftfield – why? We don’t need a loanee in this position.
We have gone for quantity rather than quality again, against Brendan’s expressed wishes.
We now have a bloated squad lacking the quality and permanence we need in certain areas and we are back to square one.
Only we now have peeved Belgium’s and Frenchmen plotting their Celtic Park escape.
Hail Hail
By the way there is a good chess board going on eBay
Sellers name big Mark McGhee, price £49
D. :)
so come on you lot beat my team of hunskelpers.
Welcome back Neg 2. Hh
Lot of confidence again from the darkside…
I want them hammered tomorrow.
okay im biased, john hughes used to come into my village glenboig every other week because his accountant con mcafee lived next door to us, so I would see him in his new ford cortina mki oh how I was jealous of that car.happy memories.hh.
Corkcelticwhat age is your mate,and were do you stay
This breaks my heart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihJAJA4ibEs
Please God it is also OK to pray for a Celtic win. I have a picture of the Sacred Heart across from me. I often talk to Him during the games.
Apologies to non believers, please scroll past.
Ma team for the morra
Gordon
Lustig Ajer Boyara Kieran
Forrest, Ncham , Macgregor Broony Sinclair
The Centurion Griff
Subs – Rogic to come on and finish them off
Hun Skelping Sunday awaits :-)
JIMTHETIM53
Whatever gets you through the night is alright.
I think there is a misunderstanding. I have ended my relationship withceltic. I won’t go anywhere near the club while lawwell and Desmond are around. You will all get there eventually.
But I ain’t going to let Mr Brennan peddle his nonsense unchallenged.
Anyway. David I’m afraid I am not missing the point. You can’t support so,done who is being abusive to you (yes starry my analogy remains).
GerrynotPaul (ages ago)
Thanks
HH
Tontine (ages ago )
Thanks – I enjoy your posts too.
I guessed the first British Football Club newspaper was launched about then, I was just a year too early LOL
The ole Celtic View couldn’t cope with the internet bampots, of today .The Blogs have never been busier due to what wasn’t a good window for Celtic fans, due to a variety of mistakes but also to media saturisation which can even now capture the training ground bust ups live, it seems.
Most Celtic fans are much more mild and philosophical about the transfer window but they appreciate too, the enormous chasm our financially sound well operated and administered club, has over Sevco and the others.
The player personnel experts on CQN can compare what we’ve lost, compared with what we now have , though despite Moussa’s late flounce to fortune, left us short. up front, chances were his flounce helped us make a good decision IMHO
I don’t expect we’ll ignore the out of contract possibilities? the list of strikers has some interesting names that will adequately cover us in the Europa until the next window opens, where we now have Gazillions to burn.
Youseff Mulumbu by all accounts is excellent cover, in an area that was all to often vacant in Stuart Armstrong’s ‘his leaving year’, and glad Brendan Rodgers put his foot down and showed Moussa to his golden palace, avoiding exactly the same scenario, we prolonged with Armers.
I think a club of Celtic’s coefficient is doing fairly well for cover with the retained Keiran Tierney and Emillio not too shabby considering KT could play every game if he wanted?
Besides eventually retaining the best Centre Back at the club we appear to have covered Jozo Simunovic ‘s unreliability with Flip Benkovic. His transfer valuation seems to dwarf the rest of the combined SPL kitty, and to have him till at least a day in May at Hamdump? is even better.
Throw in , a couple of wingers, or wonder kids of OZ and Scotland, and I think we’re sound for record sales of a very attractive Europa Cup three match package selling sure to sell like hot cakes.
HH
Bobby. So we had a net cash at bank balance of £30m at the last accounts. If you take the long term loan that actually meant £50m in the bank (Celtic love bolloks like net cash at bank. A way to hide money).
So we have had another £20m transfer profit since then and a good second half in terms of accounts.
So I am being conservative in my£70m.
Question is. What is it for?
After all we clearly aren’t a proper football club………
Still can we unite whilst the board sticks hot poker up our behinds.
Perhaps some of you are into that?
Gordon
Boyata Benovic Ajer
Forrest, Ncham , Brown Macgregor KT
Griff OE
BIG PACKY 1 on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2018 7:46 PM
don’t worry jimtim, Charlie Gallagher will be fissing balls over to the buzzbomb, and big yogi will be running amok.ktf.
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If only packy. Any chance of tommy gemmell hammering them in from outside the box too please.
Yes Bournes isn’t everything really super smashing great.
Let’s see how you feel tomorrow…….
BP1 a ford Capri 3 litre ghia surely
Was too young to drive when they came out , I still want one
D : )
NEGANON
I genuinely do not know. But if the BSR post prior to yours is any guide,there are clearly some people who think they do.
From the BBC:
Stephen Dobbie says boyhood club Rangers are the “one team” who could tempt him to leave Queen of the South.
He netted four in Queens’ 5-0 thumping of Scottish Championship rivals Ayr United on the back of a hat-trick last week against Falkirk.
The former Hibernian, Swansea City and Brighton striker joined the Dumfries club for a second spell two years ago.
I think Griffiths might be injured for tomorrow ?
Edouard is fit and I think will probably start as lone striker tomorrow. I reckon Rogic will be in behind him, with MacGregor left and Forrest right.
The rest picks itself I think, only injury or having signed for Aston Villa will mean a change from the usual suspect in each position. (That’s not a geat thing, btw. We have little depth now).
With some good luck, we will win. If the breaks go against us, we won’t and that will be hard to take.
He’s back despite requests to stop posting.
No me. Not Neganon2.
Welcome back to both of us.
One insults the host the other expresses disdain for a treacherous puerile manipulator.
Quick question.
If we fail to score 5 against the confident Huns tomorrow will it represent a narrowing of the gap?
https://youtu.be/oCFxH9jwLxE
I think people are trying too hard to convince themselves that everything is all right
At least I hope that’s what they’re doing if not we’re DOOMED
Can’t see the wood for trees
Guys I’m in need of some help. I appear to have lost the ability to grasp the subtleties of fitba.
The SMSM all seem to be in agreement that Stevie G’ s Unbeaten Rangers are ” in the ascendancy” and “have the moments” but I’m struggling to grasp this concept.
Firstly, they’ve drawn their last two games while we’ve won ours. They’ve lost 4 goals while we’ve had 2 clean sheets. There’s another problem. They appear to have only won 5 games out of 11. Now, that’s less than 50%. We, on the other hand, have won 6 out of 11 – which is more than 50%.
You can maybe see why I’m confused?
Then there’s the “defence” stuff. They’ve improved dramatically whereas we’re a shambles with our best defender being a Bombscare. Yet, whatever way I look at it we seem to lose less goals.
Ach, it’s probably cause of the school ‘a went tae
I’m with Ron67
That’s got hunskelping written all over it
NEGANON2
I’ve had stones in my shoe like you mate :-)
But honestly, you should be sitting back and smoking a big ceegar………..you got one right.
Ok you’re no Nostradamus , and certainly no Cassandra, but suppose it had to happen sometime ?
Neg my post was not meant to be abusive and I apologise if you feel that way.
It was meant to help you, as you clearly have no enjoyment watching Celtic
Hail Hail
D. :)
BSR 829
Either a superb piece of satire or the most servile post I’ve yet seen.
BSR
Gerrynotpaul
Is far better than GFTB
GNP :-)
Jimmynotpaul get your bahookie back on here… I missed your flounce
Really looking forward to seeing Steven Gerrards Sevconians tomorrow, the law of averages the Sevs will one day against us (2-2 after 90mins isn’t a win :-)
Corkcekt good to see you back on as well
If we don’t win tomorrow, sometimes Celtic don’t always win, canny wait ?
DAVID66, how are you pal, no it was a ford cortina,but it did have mudflaps and wingmirrors.hope cheeko is well.hh.
Moment was momentum (c) Alex Rae.
Not a bad effort as I’m typing blind due to adverts covering the page sadly.
BILLY BHOY on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2018 8:37 PM
Talking sense and backing it up with facts.
It will never catch on here.
TimBhoy, I am not over in Glasgow myself, the lad who is stuck for a ticket is a lad by the name of Wayne, aged 27 from Westmeath, He is staying in Jury’s Inn on Jamaica Street,