When an unexpected name flies into the frame from left field there’s always a concern about what you’ve written about him before. I still remember the day we signed Kenny Miller, and an earlier blog with my assessment of the player (subsequently found to be on the money). While it’s important to be fair when assessing players, I’m not in the business of trashing them before they kick a ball for Celtic, so Miller’s signing was not a comfortable one.
With this in mind, I typed “Leigh Griffiths” into the articles database to check what had been written. Apart from match reports, there was only one comment, the day after last season’s Scottish Cup Final:
“Leigh Griffiths has had plenty of uncomplimentary discourse written about him this season, most of it deserved, so it should be recorded that he was the first Hibs player to return applause in the direction of Celtic fans yesterday, closely followed by his team-mates.
“This is the way football should be. For too long our game has been poisoned by the unique kind of rivalry you got in Scotland. More of the same, please.”
He unquestionably did deserve the criticism that came his way last year. If he gets his move to Celtic he needs to grow as a person, as well as a player, which is a big challenge. His move towards the Celtic support at Hampden was a modest but necessary first step towards reassessing other people.
Having said this, don’t go ordering your ‘Griffiths’ shirt just yet, I reckon a deal has no more than a 50% chance of happening. Wolves didn’t invite our interest and our need is to be ready by June, not February. Neither club has an imperative to do this deal, which is often an omen for snags to get in the way. Patience required, as you know………
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“Socially, Celtic fans constitute a relatively exogenous community that attracts followers who enjoy the expressive, participatory, non-violent elements of passionate fandom.”
So there!
From Seville – The Celtic Movement, launching at CQTEN…
Bobby,
I’m glad you ain’t gonna argue.
I’m struggling to be able to leave here at five for the geme:)
weeminger
11:06 on 29 January, 2014
You know who had similar form scoring 146 goals in 155 appearances – Harald Brattbakk.
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I commented on that the other day. Harald is a good example of a player who could score goals – as long as the team’s style of play was suited to what he did. He scored some great goals making a run ftrom deep when the ball was played across goal to his feet. However, there were times when he appeared to be inches from the goalmouth and all he had to do was tap the ball for it to go in and it didn’t happen.
All in all, his style was not suited to ours. That has to be a consideration when purchasing a striker no matter what the stats are – do they suit our style of play? A further complication for us is that the style of play we deploy in the SPFL needs to be different from in Europe.
kitalba 11:20 on 29 January, 2014
It is a sweeping statement.
The suggestion that Celtic only sign ‘rejects’ is laughable.
ger57
More than Sammi anyway. His goals to game ratio must be more than Sammi’s. And yes, my memories of him seem to be mud splattered. He was also, latterly, playing in a better team than Sammi is. Off to check wiki in case I am wrong about his goals.
Geordie Munro:
I’m talking about the biggest green hun ever to grace these pages, though he did have competition from a certain southern journalist.
I even remember one moniker add on – “bring me his head on a plate”. (with regards Neil Lennon) (paraphrasing) (sic, sic).
If you were not about at the time and you’d like me to remind you by re-posting some of his bile, I’d be only too happy to accommodate you.
docwhat…11.29
LOL, LOL, LOL
Did you know?
That ,,,,,,,,,,,Swindon Town
Is the only team in UK football and The Republic of Ireland, that does not have a letter in it’s name from the word mackerel (the fish) in it.
Prove me wrong, I dare you, in fact I double dare you, you can even bring in Rugby teams, hockey teams, junior football teams, and basketball teams, ;)) go for it, I’m away to the credit union, ti see if the wee man in the back office has any kindness in his heart, HH.
ASonOfDan
Hope things work out!
Take care and God bless you and yours.
ger57
Yup. Yogi approx 1 goal in 2 games. Sammi approx 1 goal in 3.
natknow 11.37
Nail on head.
kitalba 11:33 on 29 January, 2014
“Chelsea played thru’ the middle when Sutton was there, that was the undoing of Chris Sutton at Stamford Bridge, not his lack of skill or guts.”
I know a lot of Chelsea fans and I’ve yet to meet one that rates Chris Sutton.
Sutton was a great player and I was really excited when Celtic signed him. I’m glad it didn’t work out for him at Chelsea.
But football fans are fickle, we see that on a daily basis on here. You will never convince any Chelsea fan that Chris Sutton was a great player.
Just heard from an impeccable source that Amido may be going to Wolves on loan, with LG moving in the opposite direction!
Mind you he was passed!
The source, not Amido!
HH!!
WINNING CAPTAINS
Eh?
Ffs,I hope it comes wi a glossary of terms.
Balde should be given until the end of December to prove he has what it takes and if he does he should be getting plenty starts by then.
That’ll be a year and a half worth of coaching so if he hasn’t made inroads by then we ought to cut our losses. He’s well into his 20s, he’s not a 15 year old kid still developing physically, mentally and tactically.
If by the end of December there is no change he should be sold in January. He will do a job for someone.
Interesting point made earlier about Niall McGinn and how he’s scoring for fun for Aberdeen and couldn’t do it for us.
He got about a third of the game time Paddy McCourt did. Maybe if we had tried him more centrally like Aberdeen have we might not have been so quick to let him go.
Ffs!
Passed – gassed.
steinreign…
No you’re right he doesn’t but the manager can influence the CEO, especially with the prospect of EPL riches on the horizon
Kit,
No need to post.
I believe you.
I just don’t know who you refer to.
tallybhoy
Passing gas? Too much pasta will do that every time. ;-)
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS ………FC not PLC
11:44 on 29 January, 2014
WINNING CAPTAINS
Eh?
Ffs,I hope it comes wi a glossary of terms.
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Glossary? I’ll need a translator!
:-)))
Sydney Tim
I think Pukki will turn out to be a good player for us. He will score 15-20 goals next season, given a run in the team.
TALLYBHOY
Gassed is not what I thought you meant to post the first time!
Steinreignedsupreme:
Where did I suggest Celtic ‘only’ sign other teams rejects?
I have lots of Chelsea mates too.
Three for a pound … what’s that? … four for a pound …
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
How about this one?
“The autonomous community of Andalucia (‘state’ flag: green and white) has, as its most popular team, Real Betis, founded in 1909, and who owe their own green-and-white kit to a local man who returned to Seville with Celtic strips that he had found attractive during a Scottish sojourn.”
Off oot.
HH
Cant see balde moving he has had to settle in a new country and learn a new language going to england will only make things more difficult imo.
TD…. Hibs ? Or are you meaning Sunday names ? (Hibernian)
Sorry for not replying to kind words from fellow CQNers earlier as really not coping and hard to type and greet at same time. Hail!,Hail! to you all.
WINNING CAPTAINS
Blinkin’ flip.
Was it written by a committee?
alex thomson @alextomo 1m
Interesting movement on the Craig Whyte front – hopefully Tomoblog later.
~SPF~
asonofdan
11:51 on 29 January, 2014
What has happened.?
ASOD
In my thoughts.
Passed, pissed, gassed…
Take yer pick!
The intake of too many vegetables is good for you.
Not so good for the environment -allegedly!
HH!!
Expect Nottingham Forest and Blackpool to get into a bidding war for Lee Wallace
ASONOFDAN
You have all of our best wishes,bud.
Goes without saying.
You have enough on your plate without feeling you have to acknowledge that.
HH&KTF
Watching the Merseyside derby last night. Gerrard is a obviously a class act with Roy of the Rovers qualities. James McCarthy is a good sort of holding link player, similar to Biton.
If Gerrard was 26 and not 34, he’d cost over 40m.
McCarthy 12m? I suppose thats the going rate but should there be an 11m difference between his and Biton’s value?
Which brings me to my point..What would Paul McStay’s value be right now if he was at his peak. Hypothetical I know, but I’d suggest a lot closer to Gerrard than McCarthy. The guy was one of those players who was born at the wrong time. Just as he would have been a star today, Paul would have made it into the Lisbon team, although not at Murdoch’s expense.
expat_celt
11:55 on 29 January, 2014
Haha a bidding war ….
NF- we bid £2.50
B/pool – we bid £2.51
NF- we’ll up it to £2.55
Huns – deal
That kind of bidding WAR hahaha HH
ger57:
Since the first game Pukki ever played for us I said on here he was a good player with fast feet and a football brain. I don’t see him as a striker though, though that is not to say he can’t become a very good one given the chance.