The general reaction to reports that a £1m bid has been received for Leigh Griffiths is that the figure undervalues the player. Early in the season the story was different. Leigh, who joined in January last year, was behind new arrivals John Guidetti and Stefan Scepovic. His perceived value was close to zero, alongside most players sitting on the bench or in the stand.
We were panicked on 31 August last year. Having signed Amido Balde and Teemu Pucki a year earlier we were desperately short of a striker, the arrival of Scepovic, then Guidetti was cause for celebration. Neither brought much to the club, we would have been better, with more money available for the next window, if we’d prioritised Leigh and given chances to a youth player.
If Celtic choose to sell Leigh this summer, it will not be for £1m. He’s worth much more than that, probably more than Leeds United can afford. He’s under contract, first choice and scoring goals. But Celtic will also put a great deal of effort into recruiting a striker in the coming weeks.
There are no guarantees Leigh will get an extended run in the team next season. Celtic should sell players at peak value, when they have reached the point they are no longer developing, before they become an overhang on resources. Leigh is probably at peak value, and unlikely to further develop, but he’s no overhang. That scenario won’t happen until a couple of new pretenders have proven they are better fits than Balde, Pukki, Scepovic and Guidetti.
Keep an eye on Frank McGarvey’s 1985 Scottish Cup Final shirt, which is being auctioned to benefit Maryhill Food Bank. It closes just before 8pm tonight.
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Jungle Jim Hot Smoked
We regularly play at a less than half full Celtic Park.
Rwe
I’m just alarmed to hear that broonie drives a car! I assume it’s a car?
HH jamesgang
Can we loan LG out to Hibees for their next two games
RWE
18:14 on
17 May, 2015
Leigh Griffiths
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Agree mate,just wish Derek Riordan had screwed the nut .
foghorn leghorn
18:17 on 17 May, 2015
and there’s sky giving todays result at asbestosdome as a ‘Scottish Premiership Result’
no it wasnt
how can they get such an obvious fact wrong
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foghorn leghorn,
BBC Scotland have been running it as a Premier Fixture all week.
Their colleagues down south had the Norwich v Ipswich play-off as a Championship fixture.
I found it hilarious. Reminded of the start of Sevco in the fourth division when BBC Scotland kept running their stories on the Premiership page.
cv
RWE
https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/490048003180489706/
Had a nice cup of tea today….
HH
turkeybhoy
18:14 on 17 May, 2015
I will gladly buy you a lager tops
Count me in
Everything to play for in la Liga.
Barca away to Atletico, Real away to Espanyol.
Games on!
Still goalless.
HH!!
There is a great clip on celic TV of the boys training at Lennoxtown recently that finishes with Leigh nutmeg broony not once but twice rapid.
Que Scott chasing him all room the place.
Very funny.
Jungle Jim Hot Smoked
18:21 on
17 May, 2015
foghorn leghorn said:
“you are lucky if there’s 25,000 there”
I have been to every Home game this season. I do not believe another 35,000 could have been accommodated at many of those games,
JJ
PS I do agree that the regularly quoted 45,000 is wrong but so is the 25,000.
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i think some of the attendances in november and december were around 25000 and not the 40 odd thousand given out
BCW
I don`t agree.
JJ
Is this why the next war is on?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NM0qnEvYbQ
whose side will all the SS be on?
viva cristo rey
Cathedral View
18:27 on
17 May, 2015
foghorn leghorn
18:17 on 17 May, 2015
and there’s sky giving todays result at asbestosdome as a ‘Scottish Premiership Result’
no it wasnt
how can they get such an obvious fact wrong
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foghorn leghorn,
BBC Scotland have been running it as a Premier Fixture all week.
Their colleagues down south had the Norwich v Ipswich play-off as a Championship fixture.
I found it hilarious. Reminded of the start of Sevco in the fourth division when BBC Scotland kept running their stories on the Premiership page.
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the funny thing was they had the fixture described as a championship game on the right hand side of their screen, while giving the result in the yellow ticker tape as a premiership result
mixed up fools
WITS
Any loss of life is a loss of life, thanks for pointing this out
San Diego Bhoy 17:53 on 17 May, 2015
HH SDB! Agree with you re Griffiths – he will score for us during his development at CFC. Starting to show a wee bit of maturity…just a wee bit!! :)
LiveScore…been using it for a few years too, they have done a good job of upgrading it on a regular basis.
Need to catch up with you for a Tim day out next time I am across in SD; usually there 2- 3 times a year
TC45
Houston is Green and White!!
foghorn said:
“i think some of the attendances in november and december were around 25000 and not the 40 odd thousand given out”
I agree. I believe, though, that the `normal` crowd size was in the 38,000 – 45,000 bracket.
I don`t know how many Saturday 3 0` clock KO`s we had but I would guess that they were very well attended and that the KO day and time are massive factors in determining crowd size.
Cheerio for now,
JJ
Dearie dearie me, Colum, how do you manage to earn money as a ref ?
By the way don’t get too stuck up with attendances, by law Celtic PLC have to state how many tickets were sold, I know many a season ticket holder who at the last minute says ‘F this am staying here” ticket already bought and paid but didn’t go through the turnstile
Just saying
Cowiebhoy
Pretty easily, actually.
foghorn leghorn
18:15 on 17 May, 2015
San Diego Bhoy
17:53 on
17 May, 2015
I have a wee application on my phone called “LiveScore”. It started off by just showing scores some years back, but now has expanded to live commentary and many useful stats covering all European games.
One of the stats that I find fascinating is the attendance of games, bearing in mind again these are published from all across Europe.
What strikes me is just how huge a club Celtic are. Even in this age of supposed waning attendances at Celtic Park, we are on many match days, among the top few in support inside stadiums anywhere.
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no we arent
many of the games in the last few seasons where the attendance is given as 45,000 for example, when you actually see the crowd inside the ground, you are lucky if there’s 25,000 there
huge club, yes
up there with the top attendances in europe, nope.
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Your post makes no sense at all.
So we are to believe your opinion on attendances, with no grounding in fact, or access to stadium paperwork?
The attendance figures published are the official figures released by stadiums and the governing bodies.
Your “opinion” and attempt at rubbishing the OFFICIAL statistics may be summed up thus: pure unsubstantiated pash.
The reason it is labelled an SPL play-off is because there is an SPL club in the mix. In England, all the play-off contenders are from the same division.
Besides, getting upset about them calling it an SPL play-off instead of a Championship play-off really is petty in the extreme.
Seriously, does it really matter?
I honestly cannot begin to imagine what motivates someone to actually go to the trouble of writing a letter to the BBC because of such a trivial thing.
thecelt45
18:35 on 17 May, 2015
San Diego Bhoy 17:53 on 17 May, 2015
HH SDB! Agree with you re Griffiths – he will score for us during his development at CFC. Starting to show a wee bit of maturity…just a wee bit!! :)
LiveScore…been using it for a few years too, they have done a good job of upgrading it on a regular basis.
Need to catch up with you for a Tim day out next time I am across in SD; usually there 2- 3 times a year
TC45
Houston is Green and White!!
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Our local, delectable craft beer is on me.
Great Barca HT
struggling to cope with watching two games at once
Alloa and Barca on my coupon
SDB –
Correct.
Celtic’s tax bill over a season is affected by how many people attend games. Are people really suggesting that Celtic FC are happy to increase their tax liability just to falsely enhance attendance figures?
I bet the people who claim this also believe the board are money-grabbing misers. Doesn’t quite add up does it?
Alloa 2 with big Rabs help :-)
Hibs are our last hope. Mudders are preparing to sacrifice themselves on the masonic altar.Aided of course by the high priests of mibbery. (Skippy’s red card).
San Diego Bhoy 18:52 on 17 May, 2015
Done!! Will drop you a note on here (or get my email from P67) next time I am headed across. Generally stay in the Murphy Road / Aero Drive area, but downtown is not a problem either!
HH
TC45
Big Rab a wee bit to blame there though 3.3 on agg now …game on …..
braw
Alloa down to 10
turkeybhoy
18:14 on 17 May, 2015
I will be up for a bevvy in the KSC club on Wednesday,Coatbridge to watch the game.
Anybody in the area up for it?.
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Gerry said your barred :))
ooooooooooooooooooooooo Gollum gives a red card to Allohah……advantage the loons …
braw
At the Dundee United 3-0 League win recently, I looked round the stadium and reckoned it was about 4/5ths full, which equates to around 45,000.
Next day on CQN at least 2 posters slagged the club claiming the stadium was half-empty. I checked the official attendance – 43,000+.
The 2 detractors weren’t even at the game and were basing their half-empty claim on TV highlights.
Thank feck I’m still on dury duty, you would think thems had won the European cup.
The flute playing clown next door is giving it laldy on his penny whistle.
Get a job Ya parasitical bassa.
Allohaaa 3
Pity the deid team isn’t playing Alloa. They now lead Forfar 3-0 (agg.4-3). Down to 10 men too.
Oh well quiet on here, reckon your all watching the great escape…the huns biography:))
Sipsini
BBC Alba for Allohaaa
boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo