Odsonne Edouard, who turned 20 in January, is at the pivotal season of his career. He scored lots of goals at youth level but was heading nowhere at PSG before Brendan Rodgers made the trip to Paris to encourage him to come to Glasgow.
His stats until that point were meagre: one goal in 16 appearances on loan at Toulouse, but Celtic scouted him thoroughly and all were convinced of his potential. After settling into life in Glasgow, he is beginning to fulfil some of that potential, Sunday’s winning goal being the clearest example.
In only two months Brendan will decide whether to spend €10m on him or let him return to PSG. For Celtic, this is a serious gamble, but I expect them to take it.
The club have money to spend right now, but being able to spend it as effectively as you would like is another story. €10m on a striker guarantees you nothing, not even a resale value. Then consider the contract a €10m striker would want. The club know well how difficult it is to sign anyone who has clearly demonstrated they are ready to take on the Champions League. To improve players at this level, we need to graduate them through the final phase of their development here.
If we are to break the €10m barrier, and I think we should, we need to be sure we can improve him and that he has the right attitude to the game. If Brendan is convinced on these questions, Celtic will exercise their option and sign him on a permanent deal. But even after a year’s trial, it is a huge gamble.
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HEN1RIK on 14TH MARCH 2018 8:05 PM
Good….to me then they all go TU.
http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/celtic-hoist-the-rangers-by-their-own-petard/
Defensive frailty all over the place in the Derby. The sending off made the game simpler for Celtic. My derby review of the key action.
A very clever tweet by James Doleman –
“very sporting of Rangers to put Sunday’s result on their shirts along with the initials of Celtic’s goalscorers…….
32Red
Just watching the 2nd half of that game. Collum was even worse than I thought. Mark Wilson comes close to saying he has been cheating us.
CBN. I’ve been keenly awaiting your article. Great stuff as usual.
Couple of points. You highlight Tierney as being out of position on a number of occasions and opine that were were NOT playing a back three. However you don’t back up that statement. I certainly think we were.
Half time stats. The possession shows 62% to Celtic and 28% to the The Rangers. Who had the ball the other 10%? Was it Collum?
One other question I have which is not within the scope of you stats, how long did Bain take when he got booked for “time wasting”? And how did compare with other goal kicks, especially Fotheringham who I thought was wasting time IN THE FIRST HALF.
Also, the 24 crosses which were ineffective for the rangers, I think the bulk of those were from Tierney’s side due to him having to contend with two and three players un-aided. It’s the one tactical decision I thought Brendan got wrong. Or maybe he knew how rubbish they are at crossing.
Just readin’ back………….
LOL’s….as the kid’s might say.
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Such a shame that a really good footballing team are such a bunch of play-acting cheats. Makes it impossible for me to like them.
Think I would like to see Bayern win the comp.
All the English teams in CL blab blah blah !
No British players in Chelsea team…
Just catching up after reading back.
If we do sign Papadopolous, embdy any idea how much he will urn?
HH!!
erniewiseCSC
Uefalona.
SuperSutton on 14th March 2018 8:30 pm
CBN. I’ve been keenly awaiting your article. Great stuff as usual.
Couple of points. You highlight Tierney as being out of position on a number of occasions and opine that were were NOT playing a back three. However you don’t back up that statement. I certainly think we were.
Half time stats. The possession shows 62% to Celtic and 28% to the The Rangers. Who had the ball the other 10%? Was it Collum?
One other question I have which is not within the scope of you stats, how long did Bain take when he got booked for “time wasting”? And how did compare with other goal kicks, especially Fotheringham who I thought was wasting time IN THE FIRST HALF.
Also, the 24 crosses which were ineffective for the rangers, I think the bulk of those were from Tierney’s side due to him having to contend with two and three players un-aided. It’s the one tactical decision I thought Brendan got wrong. Or maybe he knew how rubbish they are at crossing.
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Thanks corrected the errors.
Evidence of 4 at the back. Who was taking throw ins for Celtic at their corner flag? Ajer. When 3 at back Forrest does this.
The overlap on the Celtic left was giving me kittens second half. I thought we got away with it.
Messi tidy
Messi….game over!!
Bye Bye Chelski!!
HH
TC45
Celtic By Numbers. Point taken on Ajer with the throw ins. I will say that there seemed to be times when we weren’t sure who was supposed to take them. Rogic even took one.
Collum was even worse than I thought. Mark Wilson comes close to saying he has been cheating us.
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so for the last 30 minutes of the game after the red card we seen one of the most magnificent displays ever by brooooneeee
and also seen one of the worst refereeing performances as well
utterly shocking. yet nothing will be done about it
MAHE
I don’t know what I posted to irritate you, if I did I appologise. I’m away back into hiding again, was good while it lasted. HH and goodnight .
did anyone else see the suited bhoy taking fotos on his fone from the hun main stand of us celebratin after the final whistle on sunday?
hope he made it out alive!
WeefratheTim on 14th March 2018 9:17 pm
don’t :-(((
HH
WeefratheTim on 14th March 2018 9:17 pm
Posts followed by wee smiley things are tongue in cheek so no offence meant i’m sure
HH
Weefrathe, Mahe wasn’t having a go at you but it was a stupid clumsy post and once i read it, I knew it would upset you.
You are very well liked and admired here please stick around.
WEEFRATHETIM,please wait, this might be a storm in a teacup, you are a good tim, and as far as i know so is mahe, what was the post about.hh.
Was it just me who wanted Chelsea to get beat by more than 3 nil.
HH
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Was it just me who wanted Chelsea to get beat by more than 3 nil.
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i needed them to score
so 6-1 wuld have done me!!
lets all do the huddle on 14th March 2018 9:31 pm
:-)))
That scoreline would do me too
would put a stop to the over hyped, overpaid epl (the best league in the world) rubbish
HH
One more sleep till Benidorm for paddys weekend.:-))
FAIRHILL BHOY on 14TH MARCH 2018 9:36 PM
One more sleep till Benidorm for paddys weekend.:-))
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Not going with the Knight Club are you…?
fairhill bhoy on 14th March 2018 9:36 pm
Lucky Bhoy……Enjoy
HH
*Knights
Bedtime:-))
Ghuys n ghals is the game on the box on Sunday HH
DENA29-thank you,nearly sleeping there:-))
Weefra,
I’ve just read your post in reference to me.
You’ve picked me up wrong I’m afraid but I shall leave you alone and wish you the best.
Apologies for any misunderstanding.
Hail Hail
NATKNOW-no mate just me and the wife,it’s apparently my Christmas present:-)))
Moderators
Could you please remove my post at 7.36
Thanks KS in advance
The Spanish League Is not very good. More Dunphy eejitry on RTE.
Mahe the Madman on 14th March 2018 9:46 pm
:-))))))))
HH
frannyb67 on 14th March 2018 9:45 pm
yes its on sky……not sure the channel
HH