I know what you are thinking, Ewan Henderson looked the part. Even more so than his brother, Liam, who also left Celtic for a loan spell at Hibs, before moving to Italy. That laser-precise pass at Tynecastle which set Celtic on their way to an important victory when Neil Lennon picked up the pieces left by Brendan Rodgers pointed to riches ahead.
Unlike many apparent teenage prodigies, Ewan never disappointed, trouble was, he did not play often enough to disappoint. All we know for sure is that Lennon did not rely on him and after six months at Lennoxtown, Ange Postecoglou has moved him on.
Hibs, managed by Shaun Maloney, who worked with the player as a Celtic youth coach, is a good move. He has a realistic chance of commanding a regular first team place in an aspirational side. Celtic released him permanently for little more than an initial loan agreement that will prevent Ewan from facing them for the remainder of this season.
With two midfielders already signed this month, it is no surprise that Ismaila Soro is set to follow Ewan out the door. For reasons that continue to perplex, MLS clubs continue to swoon around the edges of the Celtic squad, with New York Red Bulls reportedly hoping to add Ismaila to a list of former Celtic misfits that includes Patryk Klimala, Cameron Harper and Lewis Morgan, the latter moving from Inter Miami last month.
Another midfielder on the move is 20-year-old summer recruit from Sheffield Wednesday, Liam Shaw, who will spend the remainder of the season on loan at Motherwell. Liam was one of the success stories in the win over Real Betis in December. The move to Fir Park will hopefully give him an opportunity for first team football, it should also give you and me a better chance to assess his potential.
The Dundee pantomime season officially ends this week (oh yes it does) and Dundee are wondering what use they have for our on-loan panto act, Leigh Griffiths. We are short of striker talent and Ange is still new to Scotland, so may be unfamiliar with how things work. The panto season is also over in Glasgow, Leigh’s time at Celtic must also be over.
10 sleeps ’til Hibs.
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Good afternoon all from Shawlands via Govanhill.
Especially to AT and Tony R. Troublemakers I tell ye. 🤣
SS- very interesting how long the contracts we are giving the new Bhoys….
bigrailroadblues on 9th January 2022 1:39 pm
Especially to AT and Tony R. Troublemakers I tell ye.
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Hi J
I see you’re still on tour. Mind that phone call at 3.30 today.
KEEP THE FAITH
Afternoon all,
Watching some of the great European victories for Celtic. this one IMHO is one of the best,
https://archive.org/details/CelticVLeedsUnited1970EuropeanCupSemiFinal
Brian
Tony, 3.55 mate. By order of Mrs BRRB. 🤣
TLT – from earlier it will be good next Monday to see our first team squad.
Who has made it and who has not.
D :)
COYBIG
D :)
Nae truth in rumour BRRB got a GPS wi timer alarm aff Santa?? 🤣 hope alls good hh
I knew Ange would have his eyes on some upcoming Aussie youngsters, here’s hoping he has more irons in the fire, :)) por cierto
PC- he’s also spoke about the Korean and Iranian leagues, as having a lot of good players.
When the B team are playing with their fellow wannabees you cannot expect them to be as good as they are when they appear in the first team squad- they are not surrounded by such good players in this environment
Hjelde doing very well for Leeds,we could regret that one….
1:0 for Celtic B- good fast feet from Ben Wylie, best player so far, to set up Ben Summers
stupid questions from me.
for the “b” team, and playing in a ;ower league, do they have to register a squad and is there an age limit on the squad or not ?
In old money, thios would have been an excellent fixture to introduce new players or injured returnees.
and is the aidrie stadium pitch artificial ?
SAINT STIVS on 9TH JANUARY 2022 3:28 PM
I believe the pitch is artificial but the stadium looks a nice wee place.
Dawson 2-0
Good feet from Joey Dawson for number 2
Should be 3
Just watched a few minutes of the B team game and realidsed that I am not really a football fan at all. Just a Celtic fan and even that needs to be qualified by saying that I only gain real pleasure from watching the first team from my seat in 106.
What kind of supporter does that make me ? :-))
….but I was still pleased to see goal number two today!
Ben Summers came very close to adding another.
Is this our Home Ground for B games?
St Stivs
It’s a similar rule to that used by other sports where B and C teams play. You have to be registered to the lower team but you can play a set number of games for the A team but once you pass this number you can no longer play for the B team.
In my sport, there was an allowance to let first team players play for the B team but again only for a set amount, and it was quite a small alowance (all or part of any 10 sets, if I recall correctly) before they had to go back to the first team squad.
I do not believe such an allowance is in place for Football
HS
Yes, Airdrie is our home for the B team.
It is an artificial pitch unfortunately
ta for all answers, cheers/
how do you pick gotm when 3 of them were worldies, Tom, Kyogo and Kyogo, caitlains for the ladies smashing header as well.
SFTB
Thanks.
SAINT STIVS on 9TH JANUARY 2022 3:52 PM
`how do you pick gotm `
I suppose my criteria is `pleasure gained`. That being so, Tony Ralston`s goal is the one for me .
AT, how did you know?🤔
Do we coach our players to miss good chances? That was another good chance not converted.
HOT SMOKED on 9TH JANUARY 2022 3:44 PM
Just watched a few minutes of the B team game and realidsed that I am not really a football fan at all. Just a Celtic fan
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😂😂I know. I’m the same. Couple of English games on terrestrial TV apparently. Not interested in how the likes of Hjelde do. That’s a lie, I hope he’s hopeless😂. Childish I know.
“ZIGGYDOC1 on 9TH JANUARY 2022 4:26 PM
That’s a lie, I hope he’s hopeless😂.”
:-))))
someone mentioned earlier which players from the history would you have liked to have seen, well for me its all of them, but defiantely these 4 legends.
https://images.webapi.gc.celticfc.com/fit-in/1400×1400/a3eda670-a665-11ea-a054-69904762f534.jpg
Quinn, the croy miner who went back down the pits during the war, our record goalscorer until mcgrory overtook him. he always looks to me as hard as nails, the sterness of the face.
Maley, born in an army barracks in newry, in many of the old pics I am just amazed at the sheer size and prescense of the man, even as an older fella he carries himself with that military air and determination.
James Edward, from the gargad, no doubt he felt himself glasgow-irish with all that closeness to donegal, if you have never read his book, his goal-scoring acheivements, season after season after season are just incredible, imagine scoring eight in one game.
Patsy, born in a milfordpoorhouse, raised in clydebank, mercurial talent. ‘Hampden to the last 75,000th man was rising in starry-eyed tribute to a genius in bootlaces.’
Thats how close we are to our own history
Henderson scores for Empoli in 5-1 home loss to Sassuola in Serie A.
!!BADA BING!! on 9TH JANUARY 2022 3:04 PM
Yes, he did, and I hope has a one or two in his sights from these countries also, por cierto
It was me, Great picks ST STIVS! por cierto
Is that picture taken during the prohibition :)) por cierto
I like the look of young Brookes down the left. Not afraid to take on opponents and he can cross a ball.
Wee question: who thought it was a good idea for our young lhads to play their home matches on plastic?