18 months from the end of his contract, it’s good to read Brendan Rodgers talk about securing Liam Scales on a long-term deal. The player is unrecognisable from the man who struggled against St Johnstone in August and is a testament to what happens when you develop a player properly.
Successive Aberdeen managers, Jim Goodwin and Barry Robson saw his potential, as did the Celtic scouts who recruited him from Shamrock Rovers in 2021 for little more than £500k. However, his career upwards trajectory could have been lost were it not for Celtic’s central defensive injury crisis at the start of the season.
Carter-Vickers, Lagerbielke, Nawrocki, Phillips and Welsh were all unavailable at various stages during the first half of the season, leaving Liam as the permanent feature Celtic built their central defence on.
One of the main reasons I’m keen we retain Liam’s services for years to come is his preferred foot and second position. As a left footer, he gives a more natural balance to central defence than is possible with two right footers. He can also play left back, a position pretty much every club in the world struggles to recruit for.
Lefties are 10% of the population and are considered a mandatory requirement to play at left back, even more so than having a engine to get up and down the field or an ability to cross.
Celtic have had remarkable consistency at left back since 2010. Emilio Izaguirre, then Kieran Tierney, then Greg Taylor made the position their own. Taylor has seen off a few competitors for the spot and is approaching his peak years. I’d like to see if Liam can be an option there, in the event we need one.
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The Master. Jimi Hendrix.
Let the good times roll.
https://youtu.be/oQ2BFYiUn7k?si=NSyuDIZerhWZz32U
Not another smal full back.
When Beckenbauer signed for New York Cosmos there was obviously a great interest in his first game.
After 20 mins NYC were down 2-0.
The Cosmos were owned by a Texan dude who wore the cowboy boots and cowboy hat.
After it went 2-0 he spoke to the manager on walkie-talkie from the directors box and said
” We don’t pay a million bucks for ‘ deefence’….get the Kraut up front”
What have i done wrong in my life to deserve CAPTAIN OBVIOUS doing football commentary.
Left Back Brighton linked with Valetin Barco is a steal at I think $8M US.
Wee Boca 18 year old LB will be a star. My boys watch Boca all the time and have been raving about him for a year “Boca’s KT”
ps has pleasure of going to a BOCA home game last year with my bhoys what an experience.
Franz Beckenbauer re-defined the role of central defender in football. Would love to hear the thoughts of George Connelly on his loss, though it was Scotland’s loss that George did not play in the 1974 World Cup finals, through injury. Forever grateful for his performance in the ECWC final in 1967, WC quarters Mexico 1970, Wembley in green and white alongside Netzer in April 1972, his part in the demolition in the replay aginstainst Athletico in May 1974, and again against the Netherlands in the WC Cup Final in July 1974. Do not think he ever played at Celtic Park though he was there when Bayern Munich celebrated a draw against Martin O’Neill’s great Celtic side in the CL twenty years or so ago and was effusive in his praise of Celtic’s performance. Did play at Hamden against Scotland in 1969, though Bobby Murdoch was the best player on the park that night, and again at the same ground in the EC Final in 1976. In short one of the greatest players ever to take up the game, and Captaining a great club and National team, and one of the few to whom ‘esque’ was a fitting addition to his name.
RIP Der Kaiser
Bernabei £3.75m
John Joe Kenny
Diego Laxalt
Greg Taylor £3m
Adam Montgomery
Bolingoli £3m
KT
Jeremy Toljan
Izaguerre ( 2nd spell)
Gamboa £1m
Tyler Blackett
Saidy Janko
Tony Ralston
Eoghan O’Connell
Mikael Lustig
Darnel Fisher
Adam Matthew’s
Lewis Toshney
Jackson Irvine
Emilio £600k
Edson Brafeid
Danny Fox £1.5m
Not many successful signings that made appearances since 2010.
TT
TINYTIM on 8TH JANUARY 2024 8:29 PM
Not many, but enough
Funny how almost every player we’re linked with , the huns are after him as well . What that really means is media are hoping they sign said player so that they can print ‘Rangers* snatch (insert player name) from under Celtic’s noses’ headlines . Meanwhile , we were never even looking at said player .
Anyhow , any player the huns are chasing is not good enough for Celtic, that’s official -)) . (Butland ,slight exception).
Appearances at left back .
TT
Missing from the list is, if transfer fee is to be believed, the best full back to wear the hoops since Danny McGrain.
Strong rumours are that previous “development success,” the diminutive Jeremie Frimpong will be snapped up by Arsenal who will trigger his release clause with a €40m offer, taking the total received for Celtic from transfers to amounts approaching £15m
At the same time Arsenal have decided our record sale KT isn’t good enough any more, even with a crisis in his position.
You’re suggesting a Charlie Mulgrew type role for Scales in the squad/team
If we can get performances like Chaz gave during his POTS season I think most of us would be happy
I missed Mulgrew .
A roaring success who Strachan emptied and Lenny loved.
TT
Scales doesn’t have Mulgrews wand of a left foot or his composure.
I like LS at CH.
Not sure that he is a full back .
TT
Watching reruns of Hun/St Mirren games later in Sports bar. Keeping friendly with the bar staff pays dividends.
Liam Morrison who Bayern Munich took from us a couple of years ago, CB for Wigan v Man U
30 minutes highlights I mean.
I went off Mulgrew when Ronny was the manager.
No surprise when he wasn’t offered a new contract when Brendan arrived.
JPR Williams RIP
A great rugby player in a great Welsh team
Evening all.
No Celtic = no interest.
Even more so when that @r$e is on commentary !!!
A wee trio of tunes from a brilliant band, Radiohead.
Radiohead – Street Spirit
https://youtu.be/LCJblaUkkfc?si=1MEriMDVHxTtGXIw
Radiohead – High and Dry
https://youtu.be/7qFfFVSerQo?si=j-kvRmp1aCxxEEuI
Radiohead – Just
https://youtu.be/oIFLtNYI3Ls?si=FvtYXyDQaRPg8Wx5
Nite y’all.
Stay classy
Tell your friends, they’ll like it.
It’s good to be a Tim.
HH
Brian.
BelmontBrian
Who de fook asked you anyway?🤔
Looks like Wigan are waiting for Godo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX19JJ54NM0
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Mrh71703dNw
Two great men, The Kaiser and JPR passing in the last 24 hours is a poor start to ’24.
The best of the best – RIP.
McCoist has a fekn cheek ….not enough contact to go down🤮
Think it’s about time Brendan Rogers and the club stop telling us that one minute we would like to add /2 or 3 Quality players in this month ,then he Rogers comes out and says it could be the in the summer before any transfers are done,if any ,Then McKay comes out after the AGM ,exciting news Celtic are upgrading Barrowfield to the tune of£20 million supposedly Last December,?
Shhhorry should be abbbshaaalute cheek.
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Voguepunter …absolutely that sleekit diving bigot who got big Roy sent off for feck all..and claimed his League cup final hatrick ( 2 of which were penalties of course !) ..bet more than 50 % of his goals for them would have been penalties !..same as it has ever been ..Anyway I think there are parallels in style with big VVD and the kaiser …RIP Franz …a proper legend ⭐️
Man utd are manure. And that’s from their own fans sitting beside me.
Man United fan says that the Celtic would thrash his team. Not sure about that says I. He’s a nice guy but asked if the Japanese assassin was for sale. F off 😂😂
Scullybhoy …that Celtic team pic …oh to see their likes again …the amount of genuinely world class players present 🍀
Young fella serving at the bar from Honduras
tells me that Izzy is a big star and that Luis is next. “You from Celtic Glasgow?”. And there we have it. The difference between us and the hun.
500 million fans worldwide. In Belfast. 😂
Thick hun canutes. 😂😂
Of course we have not signed anyone yet.
Keep the heid. Sheesh.
BRRB This is your daily check in on this side of the pond as immigration want me to keep an eye on you. This place is all Manure fans good sir. It’s the rent a team over here.
“Aye, I started supporting them because they had a Scotsman in charge, a few hard Scottish and Irish guys on the field and it was the right thing to do as they were winning everything.”
I don’t fault them all. Just ~95%?
Aipple
Nice one K.
😂😂