Can we step back for a moment and look at Brendan Rodgers considerations for Odsonne Eduard this season? In May, Peter Lawwell is going to ask the manager if he wants to pay PSG €10m to make his transfer permanent.
To answer that question Brendan will need to a firm view on how Odsonne compares to other candidates, with similar profiles to him and Olivier Ntcham. They will all be a risk, but the manager needs to strengthen his team, so he must give himself the best possible information before committing.
One of the benefits of playing in Scotland is that we can afford to give a young talent an extended run in the team without affecting our title chances. We can make changes which will have a negative impact on short-term performances, but will improve our long-term prospects.
There is another side of the player acquisition equation to consider. Brendan had to convince Odsonne and Olivier that Celtic was the right club for them. To do this, he pointed to Moussa Dembele, who was given his chance. What young players attached to tier-one wealthy clubs want more than anything else (apart from money) is a game time.
Whether Odsonne makes it at Celtic or not, you can be sure Brendan will point to the opportunities he has to make an impression when he speaks to other targets.
Over the last 48 hours our lead at the top of the table went from 8 to 11 points, while giving a young player time on the field. Leigh and Moussa know the script and are happy to concentrate on their own game, while allowing the manager to worry about youth development.
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I stand 100% with the public comments today from Jim McInally manager of Peterhead FC. Bold words from a Celt who should be plying his trade with us now.
Hope he remembers his goal at Celtic Park for the reserve team, when he took the ball on the left touchline in front of the dugout then danced through the opposition and scored with a right foot shot. Think it was Thistle. Signing Brian Whittaker was a huge mistake.
Roma, Marseille, Palace and Newcastle all linked with Moussa. I reckon it’s 50/50 whether he stays or goes.
John McGinn is very unlikely unless he plays a blinder at the weekend.
Jack Hendry, I think there is a good chance that will happen. Dundee will probably take a million quid for him in the end.
As for anyone else, I think we are probably looking at players under the radar in England. 18-23 years old, with a similar profile to Ntcham. Jon Flanagan would have been ideal but unlikely now due to the personal issues. Musonda I think is unlikely. But something along those lines.
It’s not all bad, Roberts, Rogic, Armstrong, Compper and possibly Moussa have all to come back in soon with Ralston and Michael Johnston showing promise. The young players could well fill the gaps if we don’t sign anybody.
HAMILTONTIM on 25TH JANUARY 2018 8:36 PM
Big Packy/Natknow
The two people who deserve most credit are Jeannette Findlay and wee Paul Quigley. Their intelligence, determination and persistence looks as though it will be deservedly rewarded!
“””””””””””””””””””””
HT, well done, yerself and the rest of the FAC contingent HH
The two folk that you mention above, and the others within those circles, should be, inside, the Celtic FC tent, rather than have to battle from outwith the tent.
I offer one example of what I mean.
Had, JF and PQ, and their ilk, been holding the reins of Celtic FC,…….do you think they would have collapsed, wilted, and took the easy ride way out and, attended a shame-game summit, on the basis of, Celtic having 3 players booked ?
Or, do you think, like I do, that, JF and PQ, would have called a media conference, with no biased ‘local’ media allowed, and, announced, the rest of the world, exactly why, Celtic FC, would ‘not’ be attending a summit, which was used to whitewash, exactly why, Rangers FC, came to Celtic Park and, attempted, but failed, to kick Neil Francis Lennon’s Celtic off the park ?
The only accurate account of the shame-game, from Celtic FC, came the next day, from a player who the hun players were ordered to, and tried to, and failed to kick off the park was, Kris Commons, when he was asked on, BBC Reporting Scotland – BBC “Kris, what happened last night ?”…..KC “Rangers came to do a job on us last night, and they failed!”
The OBAFA, was conceived in the Celtic PLC boardroom, by PL, PMQC, and Campbell Corrigan, because, Celtic PLC, collapsed and sold out the Celtic support, imho.
I also don’t think that JF, or PQ, or folk of that ilk, would have flung NFL under a bus, for daring to prove, that his Celtic team were being cheated by the MIBs.
HT, the progress achieved today, will be undone, if, Celtic supporters continue to sing rebel songs.
Its as simple as that.
The armed struggle is now not an active issue.
The Jungle backed the armed struggle, whilst is was a live issue.
If the Jungle was here today, they’d be backing the peace process, and would have rallied the club to have, permanent white poppies of peace on the hoops.
The guid, grand oul folk fae Ireland are enjoying a peace process, that they have been praying for, for 800 years, don’t spoil that.
The island of Ireland is / was, historically known, as an island of peace, a magical place.
That changed recently when, Brittania’s huns wi thur long range guns invaded, and were resisted by an republican armed struggle.
Celtic supporters should out fox their would be establishment enemies, by portraying Celtic FC, as a club who reflect peace, but as a club who will challenge injustice, head on.
Pass a message onto your fellow attending Celtic supporters to, pull a Stein type trick on the Celtic hating establishment and, from now, this point, right here, right now, overnight, tonight, as if by magic, no more songs with the – three letters – in them, I won’t type the letters, or this post will be deleted. Thank you, well done.
P.S. I don’t / can’t go to the games anymore, or I’d be trying to spread the message myself, and they would get the message, because, I repeat, and, repeat, and, repeat, and, repeat, and, repeat myself, till they do get it.
Ye knew that, right ? :)
Hail Hail Amigo.
I wish you and yer grand, hansom Tim Mrs, awe the best.
YNWA
…..oot.
Hibs up next then Hearts?
#UnnaturalOdour
TONTINETIM
Shocking stuff. As for Sally,remember his sucker punch when Souness got sent off for doing George McCluskey at Easter Road?
THETIMREAPER on 25TH JANUARY 2018 10:44 PM
I think it’s more likely that Moussa will go, wouldn’t be surprised if Moyes makes him an offer to join West Ham. They need a centre forward with Carroll having Jozo-esque levels of fitness, Ayew off to join his brother at Swansea and Chicarito possibly away as well.
Also think the aforementioned Jozo will also go and possibly Armstrong as well (with Hendry and McGinn replacing them in the squad).
Musonda will be the big signing and possibly another striker.
Flanagan would have been ideal, a right back equally as good playing at left back but his recent conviction probably put an end to that.
Great news on the OBFAC. A significant day.
As for Paul. Jesus wept. His parodies get worse and worse. You are being softened up for the late sale of dembele. No other players coming in and the promise of jam tomorrow (again).
Paul is being duplicitous. He has the board agenda and is selling you stories.
It’s beyond unacceptable.
It’s appalling.
And it seems he is emboldened, as is the board.
Are you buying it?
It’s all over the football media in Europe that Celtic are hawking dembele.
They won’t buy Odense but they might pretend they will.
Jam tomorrow jam tomorrow jam tomorrow.
When the transfer window slams shut the Huns, for all their cheating and corruption, will have cheated their way to strengthening their team.
Celtic will have weakened, for no reason other than the love of money and Brendan will be on the slide because he has shown no courage in front of lawwell and Desmond.
Do you keep propping this up?
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 25TH JANUARY 2018 10:49 PM
TONTINETIM
Shocking stuff. As for Sally,remember his sucker punch when Souness got sent off for doing George McCluskey at Easter Road?
*aye, cheeky chappy my erse. There’s a photie on KDS of him, the gateshead eejit and charlie miller rounding on a Celtic player, might be Peter Grant, he has his finger in his face and looks anything but cheeky.
imo McGinn not for us, plenty of endeavour but not the quality we require , get PR,MD & SS back up front and watch us kick on again.
……the sleekit bushy-tail a-waggin’……………
oh aye.
GARY67 on 25TH JANUARY 2018 11:03 PM
Armstrong is very unlikely to go IMO.
I cant see Musonda happening, i know we have tried to sign him previously but he just signed a new deal and must be on £80k a week plus. The likes of Bournemouth will be willing to pay his full wage and i just cant see him wanting to come up here. Conte has made some really bizarre decisions mind you so here’s hoping, it would be a great bit of business.
KevJ
The missus no longer reads nor posts but I’ve passed on your good wishes and she thanks you with all sincerity.
A wee thing, despite what many might think, Jeannette and Paul would be two of the last Tims I know who’d want to be inside that particular tent :-)
I hope your keeping well Kev.
Hail Hail
The bad ship bigotry set sail from Harland and Wolfe in September 1913. Untaxed and not paying the yards building fees.
Black hearted captain primore having thrown the former captain overboard is asked
How come you pirates are so ugly.
Just because we arrrrrr
I have also just read the story about Rangers and Celtic bidding for Scotland games.
This campaign to get rid of hampden is to benefit one club only. The Hun. But the boards absolute greed means the old firm are back and with avengence.
This is being done in your name. All your angst is being ignored. They want you the downtrodden minority. They want the Hun back with money.
They are saying “know your place”
No doubt Paul will tell you some nonsense about what it all means.
Celtic are dying, at least the Celtic you thought you knew……
Neganon2 on 25th January 2018 11:08PM
Have you considered the possibility that Moussa has told his agent, “I can’t stretch my left hamstring now in a real game”?
In such a circumstance, it’ll be the agent pushing for a move based on last season’s chimera. Not Celtic. We can keep him for two years.
HAMILTONTIM – If yer about, I got a reply from, Richard Leonard, saying that he would be backing, James Kelly.
Then I got the other reply below.
P.S. I’ve tried to cut out the spacing on Paul67’s blog.
HH
Dear Mr KevJungle,
Thank you for your email. Please find enclosed Mr Lyle’s reply which he has asked me to send you:
Thank you for your correspondence in relation to the Bill by James Kelly MSP regarding the repeal of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012
The Justice Committee has just finished taking evidence on the Repeal Bill and will publish their report in the next few weeks. Whilst I do not follow football I do believe that Scotland should be free of offensive behaviour and by extension – football should too; in order that it can be enjoyed by supporters and indeed families alike. I recognise that the majority of football fans attending matches in Scotland are well behaved and simply wish to support their team but unfortunately offensive singing and chanting continues to be a problem in relation to Scottish football. I recognise that legislation on its own will never resolve any social issues but it does have an important role to play. I do not support repealing the Act without a viable alternative being in place and I believe that Mr Kelly has failed to provide such an alternative. Repealing the Bill would send the wrong message to the public about what constitutes acceptable behaviour, a view supported by several organisations who gave evidence to the Justice Committee:
· Stonewall Scotland said they “would be concerned that an outright repeal of the Act may send a worrying message that prejudiced based and threatening behaviour at football is acceptable.”
· Victim Support Scotland said it “is opposed to the repeal of the 2012 Act unless there is a viable alternative to support victims of threatening communication and religious prejudice.”
· The Scottish Council for Jewish Communities said they “are concerned that repeal of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act would send exactly the wrong message.”
The Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 is not restricted to football or sectarianism. The Act has two distinct elements – Offensive Behaviour at Football (Section 1), not restricted to sectarianism, and Threatening Communications (Section 6), not restricted to football or sectarianism. The Act is designed to give better and sharper tools to the police and prosecutors to allow a more effective response to an issue which, sadly, many appear resigned to accept as the status quo. It allows prosecutors to easily identify those individuals who use football as an excuse for abusive and offensive behaviour they may not indulge in elsewhere.
Repealing the Act would leave a gap in the law meaning those who are victims of offensive behaviour would no longer be able to seek justice and those who commit offensive acts would not be held accountable for their behaviour. Section 1 of the Act strengthens the law by focussing on whether behaviour would be likely to incite public disorder, removing the requirement to prove it would cause fear and alarm to a reasonable person. Section 1 also has extra-territorial application, which makes it possible for a prosecution to be brought in relation to behaviour which takes place at matches played by Scottish teams abroad. Section 6 of the Act criminalises threats made with the intent of inciting religious hatred, something which was not previously covered in Scots law. Our concern regarding the impact on the law has been echoed by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service who told the Justice Committee “…there would be a gap in the law” if the Act was repealed.
There is also significant support for the legislation as shown by a YouGov poll on the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act conducted in 2015. The survey found:
· 83% support legislation to tackle offensive behaviour at football.
· 80% directly support the Act.
· 82% believe that offensive behaviour at football matches is harmful.
· 73% of the respondents who said they were “very interested” in football, directly support the Act.
I would also stress that the legislation is just one of the actions being taken by the Scottish Government to tackle sectarianism and hate crime in Scotland. Since 2012 the Scottish Government has invested just under £13 million to tackle sectarianism, including funding for educational initiatives and academic research. In 2017 the Scottish Government commissioned an independent review of all hate crime legislation, including the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act, which is being led by Lord Bracadale. Several witnesses have told the Justice Committee that repeal of the Act should be delayed until Lord Bracadale has completed his independent hate crime review (Church of Scotland, Scottish Women’s Convention, Stonewall Scotland, Equality & Human Rights Commission, Scottish Council of Jewish Communities). I believe this would be a sensible approach to take as it could allow amendments to be made to the legislation to make it more effective.
I understand your concerns regarding the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012, but I believe repealing it without a practicable alternative would set back our ambitions to eradicate hate crime across Scotland.
Richard Lyle MSP
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Kira Brown
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Neganon
Today FAC, an organisation driven by the Celtic Trust and the Green Brigade but supported by ordinary supporters of all clubs, gave a national government a bloody nose.
That’s the Celtic I know and see mate.
@frankieboyle
Burns nicht we raise a wee libation
Tae folk wha voted gainst being a nation
Instead we bend in single file
For a pack o sleekit paedophiles
ah but I may aswell try and catch the wind….
Braw.
http://celticunderground.net/in-their-own-words/
Thanks KevJ. If you get replies which are unexpected from any political party I’d greatly appreciate you letting me know.
Hail Hail
Neg Anon
“It’s all over the football media in Europe that Celtic are hawking dembele.”
Which trusted European media outlet is stating this?
“This campaign to get rid of hampden is to benefit one club only.”
That sounds strange to me as Celtic fans, including myself, have a long record of being ill-disposed towards the new soulless Hampden. I was unaware that I was part of a campaign to benefit the hun. I thought I was just saying Hampden was crap.
Neustadt
I can’t be alone in being unimpressed by the likes of Frankie Boyle (London resident), Irvine Welsh (Dublin & Chicago resident), Sean Connery (Marbella) and Alan Cummings (Manhattan) telling us that we “shat it” in not voting for independence.
At least The Proclaimers live here and they can get a bye, but none of the above 4 will be rushing back to pay Scottish taxes after they have lectured the rest of us about “bravery”.
Aye- keep taking the Kool Aid.
HT I am incr dilly proud of Celtic supporters and always have been. I sent the letter to my MSP and have been engaged in what I can only describe as gentle warfare with the SNP Paisley nazi party.
Can I just thank you and the trust for what you have done here.
Guy fawkes I am sorry but really? This dembele stuff is bolloks. Club officials say he has had his head turned and today Brendan tells us he hasn’t asked to leave. You know what, dembele has threatened to go to the press to say Celtic are lying. Brendan has been wheeled out to deny it all today. It’s a shambles. An absolute shambles, Brendan is now all over the place and for what? Money?
SFTB did you see the Roma story about dembele? Says it all.
As for hampden. I have always hated hampden. But what 15 years ago Scotland’s sfa decided to spend the same amount of money that Wales got to build a new stadium and they spent it on one stand. On a ground they didn’t own. It’s just part of the absolute in pitied and corruption of the sfa.
Now the sfa say they want to leave. The media and Scotland should be all over this multi million pound waste of public money. But no. They back it.
The Huns need money. Desperately. This is a lifeline.
Celtic don’t need the money but they ejaculate over it.
So Celtic and rangers (old firm) say give us the games.
This will be significant to the Huns but for dermpt and Peter just another bit of bonus.
Happy?
SAINT STIVS on 25TH JANUARY 2018 11:39 PM
http://celticunderground.net/in-their-own-words/
*some interesting comments, Andy Ritchie was a huge disappointment, saw him playing for Rob Roy against the Vale of Leven Juniors at the Millburn, he was a provisional signing with us at the time, stood out a mile.
Later on was at a reserve league game one Friday night at Boghead where he scored a hat trick in a 3-2 victory, nae tap ins either. T he following Monday night we were back there in a reserve cup game, he scored the only goal, a cracker tae. Both McAdams played for the Sons.
The Scottish Cup Final riot game, one of my weans was in hospital so we spent most of the Saturday there and I only heard the score that night. The following night I was watching the sports news on the Buffalo channel, Buffalo has a huge Irish/Polish Diaspora, when they showed the riot which I had been unaware of. At the end one of the presenters said “who won anyway”, to which the other one replied “the Catholics 1-0” and the whole studio cheered lol.
Really disappointed to ready that Paddy Crerand was working his ticket, he was my hero then and I was at that game, big betty d avis is credited with a goal but it went in off Paddy. Charlie’s right about the weather it was really cauld and the park was bone hard and icy and in this 15 year olds honest opinion unplayable. The next day we woke up tae a blanket of snow and the season was pretty much cancelled till about March.
Neganon2 on 26th January 2018 12:11AM
No worries, we all think what we think.
I think there isn’t a football club in the top tier of the top fifteen leagues in Europe which has put a formal bid to Celtic to buy Moussa.
I think Moussa’s agent is not idling in a seat listening to his music, unlike Moussa.
See you at Dalbeth on Saturday, 12pm.
Guy Fawkes. I cannot say much mor but I do have some inside info on dembele. He isn’t asking away and is confused by the recent management teams pronouncements I’m the media. He loves Celtic and just wants to play.
But the management team? They are all over the place.
You gotta ask why?
Why is always the question.
Paul tells us how secret Celtic keep transfer stuff. But this window we have Chris Davies spill img his guts all over the place.
Why?
Huns is Huns.
The media is the media.
Scotland’s racism is Scotland’s racism
Celtics board are liars.
Total liars.
And I accuse paul67 of lying and peddling propaganda.
CQN.?
Not lazy journalism, just propaganda……….
Neganon
“SFTB did you see the Roma story about dembele? Says it all. ”
I did see several versions of the story each of them building on the first report. In some Celtic are touting the player and in others Roma are preparing a bid for their target. Your “says it all” suggests that you believe the former- so I asked Why and on what basis? Is there real evidence or dos this version merely confirm your pre-exisiting view that Celtic are only in it for the money. It’s a wonder we ever sign anyone as there’s no money in it, is there?
On the Hampden story, you are conflating two different trends. One is the general supporters view that Hampden is a poor stadium and we would like a better one. The second is that Celtic and Rangers and Scottish Rugby have the most likely alternative placements. I am no fan of Scottish Rugby either and would not want their private school and lottery-fund filtered coffers enhanced by being chosen as the replacement.
But I cannot alter my view that Hampden is soulless and needs replaced because Rangers or Scottish Rugby might be beneficiaries.
SFTB I believe what from what I hear and Chris Davies and Brendan are either not talking (unlikely) or, frankly bullshitting.
On hampden. It’s a dump. But it’s a national scandal that it is and even worse than the sfa, public ally funded have led us here.
The absolute key reason the sfa want to move is to give the Huns money.
Does it make you happy?
neg
I can’t debate with “what I hear is…” because I am not privy to what you hear and why you chose to believe one story and not another.
I am neither unhappy or happy about the SFA querying Hampden because I haven’t heard their proposals. If they vote to play every game at Ibrox and pay Sevco £1m for every match, I would not be happy.
If they voted to play every game at CP and pay us likewise, I would. (I would also be surprised).
But I will reserve my ire in each case until reality becomes a bit clearer.
Art of war. I would be upset at your name calling. But then again you have never offered a coherent argument on anything in maybe a decade.
Hampden is being hawked by the SFA as an OF business continuity plan because the huns cannot afford to fix Ibrox. Just you wait and see.
Dembele will be sold.
The inexplicable transfer strategy of WGS, NFL, RD and BR has got nothing to do with any of the recent Celtic managers. See if you can figure out.
Willo Flood anyone?
Old Firm anyone?
Zenit will knock us out of the EL.
Phew!
Ok next….
SFTB all I will say is. Have you been paying attention? Do you trust the Hun and the sfa?
Has Celtic Park ever hosted a meaningful Scotland International match ?
HH
We beat ROI 1:0 in an EC tie in 2014 but there have not been many.
Scotland v Ireland and Scotland v England I think were both played at Celtic Park, so yes would be the answer.