Occasionally an innocuous comment left here can stay with you for years. The day following the 2005 defeat in Bratislava someone wrote, “I suspect we’ll find an injury in Nakamura’s fitness test”. The player was scheduled to sign imminently, but with Champions League income looking unlikely, doubts emerged that Celtic would pay the money.
Soon others expressed doubts that Shunsuke would want to come, but within 48 hours of that defeat, he was sitting in front of the media at Celtic Park. I was there, among a gaggle of Japanese and Scottish journos, when one of the locals asked why the prospect of being without European football didn’t put him off.
Shunsuke handled the question perfectly, “I am not here for six games of football, I have signed for Celtic and hope to play here for many years.” Rumour has it that not everyone in the dressing room back then was equally as enthusiastic about life in Glasgow.
I’ve heard lots about Wakaso Mubarak in recent weeks, he appears to be a genuine talent, as well as being spirited. What is most appealing about him is that he wants to be here. This deal would not have happened if the player was not absolutely committed to coming to the club, and making his stay a success.
Back in August 2005 we didn’t know what we were getting with Naka, and I’m not going to burden Wakaso with a comparison to a player who turned out to be a transformational legend, but we need players with big personalities who can walk into the dressing room with the determination to be there, just as Naka did.
Welcome to Celtic, Wakaso. Be yourself and you’ll love Glasgow; Glasgow will love you too.
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Does anyone think that Peter might have written the questions himself? Absolutely pathetic, an insult to our collective intelligence.
AR
Sounds like Celtic are dying to me!
MWD says AYE
P.S. No I’m a happy wind up shafter but not even I worry as much as WC did just there. We’re dying I tells yeez.
Correction Salzburg
tonydonnelly67
12:24
You’re a grade A halfwit mate, you got a warning from the boss and like all imbeciles you can’t handle it and try and blame others.
Salzburg happy with that draw.
(n.b. There was no punctuation mark between the words “Salzburg” and “happy”.)
Earnie lynch
http://youtu.be/WRK03q76GKU
Jfh
Im all for change….lets start in the boardroom.
Nobody should get rewarded for failure.
HH
Give us YB..
Top seeds – Salzburg Austria
Second seeds – Celtic
Third seeds – Everton
Everton, yaaas!
For Pot 1 teams, it could have been a lot worse. There are a few toughies in Pot 3 though.
beamishismypint
12:17 on 29 August, 2014
Sorry m8
We’re all raging at what’s happening. But we’re still supporting the club.
Your man sounds like he was only here for the crack and acknowledges that in his piece
The concern from the PLC is that regardless of the motives of him and hundreds like him, he brought money into the club.
Sorry, my mistake
Half way up an Alp, Mozart’s eleven, bring it on!
So we’re in EL group with …
Salsburg from Pot 1
Dinamo Zagreb from Pot 3
dinamo zagreb
Zagreb
Our pot 3 team is Dinamo Zagreb- not so great
eddieinkirkmichael
Aka as a grass
Ooooh Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
Blast from the past
Dynamo, rather
Dinamo Zagreb..
Dinamo Zagreb
I meant for us – not so great
Correction not Everton but Dinamo Zagreb
Apologies
So far its an ok draw
Winning Captains
Hear the one about the taxi driver who sold his car?…
Least not Everton!
What happened to Everton ?
And thank god not Legia
My friends in Celtic,
While acknowledging mistakes have been made, no matter what PL was going to say he was never going to satisfy some.
To satisfy some he would have to declare.
Today I will take an immediate 80% cut in salary with 0 % bonus effective immediately
.
Tomorrow I will resign, leaving via the back door with only the cloths on my back.
Before I go I will announce a transfer kitty to the new manager who has still to be named of > £30 million.
All salaries will match the EPL average of £32.000 p/w and will be topped up with EBT,s and we will have a new share issue which DD will underwrite.
DD after he funds the new transfer kitty will step down to be replaced by a sheik from Qatar with Janette Findley as the new CEO.
The club will increase agents deals pro rata to the EPL 2013 figure of £96 million.
We hate Sevco they are deid and categorically announce that we will never, ever play them.
The GB will get free seats wherever they choose and will be free to determine their own agenda.
A new standing area will be determined autonomously without consultation of any relevant parties.
Slightly over the top, but even then, would he satisfy all. ? probably not.
HH.
Not Legia good
I thought they drew Everton because it was the ball drawn after group C. For some reason they jumped from C to H.
Right just Slovan Bratislava and I am made up
En Avant Guingamp should really be drawn against Go-Ahead Deventer or Come Ahead YaBass
winning captains
12:24 on 29 August, 2014
I know.
Why don’t we sell VVD, Commons and Matthews and give the money to Sevco??!
WE missed Legia phew!