Transfer window business is seldom completed in May, so anticipation based on Neil Lennon’s post-match comments about having bid £3m for a player should be tempered. We have a long close-season ahead, so I’ll avoid giving a name-check to the teenage midfielder Neil watched on international duty in February and who is being touted as a target today.
The most obvious question emerging from this story is why another central midfielder? Celtic have Wanyama, Ki, Brown, Ledley and Kayal all battling for places there, but it’s Kris Commons who is a rare entity. Kris is able to create goals at a rate none of the rest can. He’s also had a disappointing season, much of which was spent watching the action from the side-lines.
The problem for Celtic in central-mid is balance. When Kris Commons is injured, off-form, or playing in a wide position, we’re short of creativity in the middle. For the record, creativity doesn’t mean someone who can turn in a tight space or dribble, Charlie Mulgrew was our most creative player last season (as it now is). This strong area of the squad needs rebalanced.
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notthebus
They are sensitive wee souls for bigoted, ignorant, arrogant thugs aren’t they?
Regardless of who TFOD have representing their interests, Wednesday will either be upheld or they will be punished further to show how honest our system is to those who are watching.
The writing is on the wall for TFODia.
Blantyretim.
Glad to see you got your phone back.
Isn`t CQN brilliant? For the last few months, all we have spoken of on here is Rangers. Now, the day after our season has ENDED, we are talking football again! Come on the hibs.
JJ
Gerry McCulloch
Alex O’Henley
Peter Martin
All former Celtic TV presenters.
Now Bolton have been relegated Kevin Davies might fancy a crack at the Champions league.He was bags of experience and is as hard as nails and knows where the goal is.H.H.
oldtim
yes, my dad picked it up at the park today, he called just after we left yesterday do very lucky…
Can I please ask you all to spend one minute of your life and watch this clip. It was sent to me by a very good friend of mine that has never been to Glasgow. She is a very special lady and a fan of mine but always corrects me in my direct style of communication. She always says she enjoys my direct style but maybe I should tone it down. A contradiction maybe?
I would consider it a personal favour if you could watch this, I put it on this morning without the plea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Hzgzim5m7oU&vq=medium
Many thanks.
Zbyszek-cheers mate,I think this close season is going to be very interesting as far as transfers go.I know he is young, but I think Tony Watt will make a big impact next season.We do need a tall, experienced striker to give a different option,Mucha possibly.HH.
Paddy G
Connecting with others rather than isolating one`s own world.
JJ
PG-Interesting mate.
Paddy Gallagher on 14 May, 2012 at 20:08 said:
Great video Paddy,but it wouldn’t be you if
you toned it down.
We love you just the way you rrrrrrrrrrrrr
Alex Thomson
Definitely a spring in my stride as I head to
Manchester this afternoon to cover City’s
open-top bus parade. Whether buying it or
not they’ve widened the club of English
Premier League winners and that has to be
good.
And some finish – even as they prepared to
roll out the red carpet for the Reds…with
five added minutes still on the board for
City.
So optimism in the air and yes, across the
border too perhaps at Rangers, with – can it
be – the backing at last to pay off their
creditors: the charities, councils, colleges,
small businesses – and the larger ones too.
All Rangers fans, all football fans, will want
the debts paid – as will all taxpayers no
doubt.
But last time Rangers were sold this was the
situation:
1. The seller was desperate to sell the club;
2. The process was taken at the fastest
possible pace;
3. The new buyer talked big about plans for
the club;
4. The buyer was greeted as a saviour in
many sections of the media;
5. Large statements were made about the
buyer’s finances with little by way of hard
information to back them up;
6. The buyer had a chequered record of
company directorships;
And whaddya know? This time around all six
apply all over again.
True, this time around there’s been some
considered observation of Charles Green’s
background. Helen McArdle’s excellent
piece in the Herald on Saturday sets the
required tone of caution.
By way of filling in the (no doubt minor)
details, here’s what comes to light about Mr
Green’s almost lightning ability to flit from
boardroom to boardroom:
It’s mobile. It’s dynamic. It’s also a list of
dissolved companies .
What Rangers needs, what football needs,
what business needs in these times above
all else is sustainability. This looks, on the
face of it, a doubtful CV to bring that to
troubled Ibrox.
After Craig Whyte and the fiasco of his Ibrox
ownership, what Rangers fans deserve is
openness and transparency from Mr Green
about his past and his present.
There are commercial limits of course but
some disclosure of his financial backing
would boost confidence. So too, real
disclosure concerning the 20-strong
consortium. Glasgow and Scottish football
needs more than vague noises about Middle
East and Singaporean connections.
And they need it fast. Avoiding liquidation
remains far from assured and nobody
should believe the administrators Duff and
Phelps with their catalogue of absurd hype,
missed deadlines and pantomime rescue
deals.
Dispassionate, forensic, cautious work is
now needed. We can only hope that finally
Rangers have found men of their word and
wallet, to lead.
But you have the CV – warning sign or
otherwise.
Aye, big Kevin Davies isn’t a bad shout, maybe at the age of 33 not a guaranteed starter due to fitness demands of playing approx 50 games inc european campaign, but as long as his wage demands are reasonable, he could prove to be a useful signing on a 2 year contract.
He could certainly play around 30 of the games bar injury and would give us another option up front, a target man that we have been lacking since big Jan left 3 years ago
Paddy
that is class !
P67
Thank you Neil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DTs1P28Juw
hhplc
Paddy Gallagher on 14 May, 2012 at 20:08 said:
Have actually seen that before… it is different class.
Paddy G
Video makes a good point.
Paddy G
I’m a terrible softie. Always have been and not ashamed of it.
Wow! As I reach for a hankie.
Thanks for posting that message.
Oldtim
did you finish them :¬))
Joe Filippis Haircut on 14 May, 2012 at 20:07 said:
Klasnic now a free from Bolton, better player than Davies and European /International experience. At 32 he’s 3 years younger than Davies as well
Kevin Davies
is somebody we should have bought years ago
Still a player
keep ki. and wanyama in the last few games being caught in possesion and a few bad passes but still a good player, who are the players that will be leaving ,lenny said 6 .im sure about 10 .
Philmac
There are perfectly
legitimate reasons for
wanting to stay out of
the public eye.
I get that.
Some people cherish
their anonymity just as
others yearn to be
famous.
Most people who want to own a
football club fall into the latter
category.
No one could accuse Sir David Murray
of shunning the limelight.
These days, I suspect, he may want a
lower profile when it comes to
matters Rangers.
A friend of mine recently interviewed
the son of one Mr Charles Green’s
consortium.
The man, who is in business with his
father, is no stranger to the craziness
of English football fans and rather
enjoyed the notoriety.
However, he was convinced that his
dad didn’t want his name out there on
this one.
He explained:
“We don’t want to be known as part
of this because of the angry people
around Rangers!”
I was surprised to hear this.
Mr Green’s consortium is about to
save the wonderful old institution,
woven as it is into the fabric of
Scottish life, by investing serious
money into Rangers.
Given that fact I would have thought
that these fine fellows would want to
take all the plaudits from the Ibrox
faithful for their sterling work.
Apparently not.
Ah well.
Paddy Gallagher on 14 May, 2012 at 20:08 said:
Thanks for the message & link, Paddy!
PG-Who’s the burd? Well somebody had to ask :}
goldstar10, please
who is Alex O’Henley ?
Bobby Russell
Last CESC of the season this week
25 mile rule stands – so we’ll pick up the champers & smoked salmon sarnies en route :))
Kayal33. I prefer Davies myself but any experienced striker who knows how to lead the front line and knows where the goals are would do for me.H.H.
Top Corner-
Alex O’Henley@UEFAcomAlexO
Alex O’Henley UEFA.com reporter; freelance football broadcaster/reporter/ summariser/pundit. You can also follow me at OHenleyAlex. (All views here are my own)
A right good Tim by all accounts.
HH
!!Bada Bing!! on 14 May, 2012 at 20:22 said:
PG-Who’s the burd? Well somebody had to ask :}
Ha Ha ya git!
One of my bosses, a Jersey girl who has been a great supporter but also admits to cringing at every meeting when I start a sentance with ‘ I don’t want to be controversial but’!!
Thanks to all who took the time to watch it.
Paddy G
just tell her to
well
on the other hand?….
who was the first presenter on celtic tv ,im sure he left to go to australia. alex ohenley is a commentaor on alba tv sports
BT
on occassions you`ve needed assistance in leaving :¬))
Paddy Gallagher on 14 May, 2012 at 20:28 said:
– > Jersey? I could have sworn she spoke with a Scottish accent…..
PF
yes, but I wasn’t drinking with you this time….. o))
I would love to keep Ki for Europe. But I don’t think we will ever see the best of him in the SPL. He will come into his own in Spain or Italy.
Paddy would be out the door, imo, because he needs regular football and he is not going to get that at Celtic.
We have so much young talent, who are only going to get better. But I would love an auld heid to bring them on, like wee Bertie. Where’s the current Lubo languishing?
By the bye, has anyone found out who the £3 million pound player is?
Rhodes was the bid, or so the rumour goes