Kasper Schmeichel had very little to do against Kilmarnock on Sunday, however, the most notable aspect of his play was his distribution. On four occasions he swept an early ball to a Celtic player around the halfway line.
This ability is the new normal at elite level in England and is why outstanding keepers, like Fraser Forster, never made the step up, and why Joe Hart lost his spot at Manchester City. A keeper being able to find a teammate with a 40-yard pass curtails an opponent’s ability to press our defence, which creates space for everyone during the build-up period.
Teams will react to Schmeichel and it will be interesting to see how this plays out on smaller pitches. I expect we will see the central defenders and Callum McGregor get more space.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqnZ492U01E
Bada Bing
I think Brendan was emphasising the quality of the signings rather than the early date of his arrival; that was a preference and not an insistence.
In fact he explained that, IF it was an ideal world, he would want them in early but explained that we could have bought early but chose not to because they would not have been the quality we wanted. I doubt he’s either surprised or frustrated that it takes time. It’s not his first rodeo after all.
SFTB- We knew months ago Hart was leaving, it took Brendan a few weeks ago to text Schmeichel, so who’s in charge of transfers, and what are they doing? Thousands of players available, if you put in the work early to get them.
Stebhoy
Good man
scullybhoy on 7th August 2024 12:42 pm
Liverpool have signed………………………..nobody.
scullybhoy on 7th August 2024 1:11 pm
Man City have signed………………..one player.
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The reasons for that are almost certainly FFP of which we have no concerns whatsoever since never mind losses we can’t seem to stop making huge profits and hoarding cash whilst the team on the park gets continually humiliated in Europe.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/man-utd-chelsea-liverpool-ffp-32798200
Wilson said to OLBG: “Chelsea are the biggest red flag in the division without question. In the last set of calculations, they will need to sell upwards of £125 million worth of talent by June 30 in order to comply with the regulations this summer.”
FFP expert Stefan Borson claimed earlier this month that Chelsea are now even looking to ease their financial pressures by selling their Cobham training ground to themselves, reports the Express.
Wilson went on to mention four more of the Premier League’s top eight clubs, saying: “Chelsea are out in front as the biggest red flags, and then you start coming down into a group of other teams. In that group are Manchester United, Aston Villa with Newcastle and Liverpool creeping in there.
“Liverpool have spent significantly on wages, then of course you have Manchester City in and around it as well. Anybody that has had ambitions for European competition have probably stretched the boundaries in the last couple of years which is why we had a quiet window in January.”
Renowned football finance blog Swiss Ramble ran the numbers on a new FFP system, expected to be implemented in time for next season, using the available financial figures from 2022/23. The report found that Liverpool would have only narrowly got within the new spending cap based on those figures, which ties transfer and wage expenditure to a club’s revenue.
SAINT STIVS on 7TH AUGUST 2024 4:36 PM
Wonderful story and does highlight the complacency we can have at times, not only in being able to go to Celtic Park to watch our heroes but also our own financial situation. I do hope the family you met can make it to Paradise again and see the Bhoys in the flesh
Good man you are for taking the time to give them a tour and providing the background to our great club.
Bada Bing
I have no doubt that Brendan texted Kasper as soon as Denmark were knocked out of the Euros but……..
I very much doubt that this was the first contact between our club and the player and I don’t think Brendan claimed it was. Nor do I believe that Kaspar accepted an offer over the phone without terms and conditions having been hammered out or subject to being hammered out. Others will have been involved with that a they’re saying nothing about the timescale involved so we can fill in our own blanks.
However, I could be wrong. Perhaps we were in an Eddie Howe situation where we had been chasing Kelleher at Liverpool or AN Other with some encouragement and then were shut down (it happens) and then we turned to Kaspar plus Sinisalo. We have known about Kaspar being freed by Anderlecht for a while now. We had to play the game and not conduct negotiations while Denmark were involved in build up to Euro games but I strongly suspect that there had been an approach before that last-minute Brendan text to determine whether Kaspar was available to us and interested at coming and what salary was being sought. Agents don’t let their players sign on the basis of a managerial approach without any details being worked out.
But Brendan may have reasons of his own for presenting it as his triumph alone.
H
SFTB- Agree with your final paragraph HH
Reggie on 7th August 2024 5:20 pm
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Well explained.
Saint Stivs on 7th August 2024 4:36 pm
so back to Sunday.
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Lovely story.
Regarding Kasper schmeichel.. I believe that there was contact made before the Euros. When you listen to Peter schmeichel talk about the approach it seems it happened some time ago
Kasper was signed a few days after the EUROS but still we hear the complaint “we knew months ago that Hart was leaving”.
You can’t legislate for stupid.
Tom- fk off you prick
STFB
We did look good preseason but I’m sure you would agree winning this year’s preseason cup means nothing in the grand scale of things, nor does beating a Kilmarnock side thin on numbers and with one eye on their European match. The manner of those performances is of course encouraging and a good reflection on what the manager can do when he has time to work with the squad, despite operating with at least one if not both hands tied behind his back.
I vehemently disagree if (big if) we sign the 3 or 4 quality first team starters that we desperately need in the final days of the window that any of them will be anywhere close to being ready for matchday 1 when there is an international break in between. But by the by for now. I just want to pick up on one thing.
“The harder task is sourcing the older experienced defender, repeating the CCV trick. I read this morning that Brentford had offered £7m for O’Shea from Burnley and were turned down. How much higher would we have to go and what wages could we offer that are competitive with Brentford?”
This is the best source I can find for Brentford’s wage bill
https://www.spotrac.com/epl/brentford-fc/cap/_/year/2024
Clearly paying higher wages than us but not significantly enough that I’d expect them to be blowing us out the water unless they were making O’Shea their highest earner.
So leaving aside whether the player would join us over Brentford, looking at their wage structure then a deal of around £10m and £40k p/w wages looks competitive to me, do you think that is beyond us?
I don’t know enough about the player to say yes or no, and I’m not really specifically talking about O’Shea I’ve no idea if we are interested, but in principle surely we absolutely should be able to spend that kind of transfer money on multiple players? Makes more sense to me strategically if they were 23 or under (O’Shea is 25) and more like £25k – £30k wages so players from smaller leagues than the EPL(or just relegated from), but if the manager was adamant that this is his guy, shouldn’t we be taking a risk? If not now when?
john moss new var manager
Saint stivs
At least he is not from the LRA ludge.
Culture Club must have split up again…
Celtic exchange again, and info.
Tino directlyy asked Kaspar himself in an interview last week.
When did Celtic make an approach ?
He said brendan texted a couple of dats AFTER his euros.
However, CE also said they think Salsalo deal was already being concluded.
Then Peter S says interest was known before the euros.
Maybe Brendan left it at that out of respect to let the player concentrate on the competition.
All ties in with early Rumour Mill that there were 2 keepers to come, 1 an older experienced number 1, and another to be developted.
I too am left scratching my head a little as to what is actually proves.
Brendan recuriting him ? what is wrong with a manager knowing the strenghts of his foremer player, and even having a good relationship with his father.
While out other day my spotify dropped onto a download i hadnt done.
The subject was english league financial realities now due to compliance with FSR.
was really interesting
Chelsea sell and rent back for the training complex to shift assetts of the books.
Man united speculating that building a new 100,000 and !.4 billion investment (with other peoples money by the way) stadium retaining OT as a downsized stadium for womans and academy teams.
Others giving up academies to concentrate on analytics, let others do the development.
Newcastle problems that they might be super rich but cannot actually spend it.
The wages to turnover FOR footballl REVENUES ONLY.
All it did for me was reinforce, I would rather be us all ready for it, that all these other supposedly “richer” clubs.
Real Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium renovation costs stand at €1.76bn
66 million repayments a year, till the 2050s.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5367568/2024/03/25/bernabeu-real-madrid-renovation-cost/
Looking back to the ‘Celtic PLC Interim Report’ (July 1 – December 31 2023) issued on 23 February 2024 along with Chairman Peter Lawwell’s attached Statement also dated 23/02/2024, I wondered what had changed significantly since that report was released. The only thing I can think of is the subsequent transfer of Liel Abada to MLS club Charlotte in early March this year, for what could be £8-10 mill. But that was five months ago, and had it been disclosable it would surely have been notified to the LSE at that point, indeed maybe it was. It was and is a known known hardly meriting yesterday’s statement or today’s follow up. So what else since the Interim Report, UEFA CL money was also known as was SPL ‘prize’ and broadcasting shares. More recent disposals such as Oh (to Genk) and Vata (to Watford) were hardly groundbreaking, and anyways occurred after June 30, as did the recent USA mini tour. So once again what has changed since February 23 this year, the Abada sale apart, that would lead the PLC to expect that “earnings ….will be significantly higher than previous expectations”?
Celtic Mac on 7th August 2024 6:59 pm
The actual transaction of Selling the player does not need to be reported to the stock exchange.
The normalities of news will see that announced and speculated on price, contract etc etc.
But when it comes to the annual accounts, the STATUTARY AUDIT WILL flag up that btw, by selling that person at that time you made even more money than expected, and to ensure fairness you should now make an official statement notice to the LSE, so that all shareholders can decide what to do with respect of their shares.
It is all very formal, and normal, and the time table is strict.
SAINT STIVS on 7TH AUGUST 2024 4:36 PM
Well done Stivs , yir a good mhan hh🍀💚
Groundhog Day in a period of total domination by Celtic after a 4-0 opening league win.
The same folks lining up to abuse a board who collectively have zero influence on a transfer window.
Even those who do have influence like FD. CEO and Manager cannot control the macro environment where Man C and Liverpool and many others have hardly made a move. Breaking news. We don’t operate in our own wee vacuum.
Fek me,that was a hard read back.
More confusing cash talk than the guy from the Fast Show,sorting out all the customers change in the Bar.
For a one that’s seen it.
Celtic Mac, couple of other things regarding these –
The only thing I can think of is the subsequent transfer of Liel Abada to MLS club Charlotte in early March this year, for what could be £8-10 mill.
* that is a good example, I can see “news” reports with as low as 6 and as high as 9, but in euros, pounds and dollars. so when the actual accounts are rolled up you will find out the real number.
So once again what has changed since February 23 this year, the Abada sale apart, that would lead the PLC to expect that “earnings ….will be significantly higher than previous expectations”?
* maybe some ex player reached a number, apperances, goals, national team, that triggered a payment to Celtic, that is possible.
* maybe a commercial deal reached a figure that triggered a payout. More strips sold and we reached a number never acheived before.
* maybe a commercial activity with the Betting company, they reach a revenue number partly based on sponsorship and another payour is made,
wait until frimpers, ajer, keiran eddie et al get sold by their current clubs, we could be rolling in sell on fees gained, even more than players sold.
thats why we do accounts as snapshot of the then and now, a specific year end.
like a census.
B78-0We don’t operate in our own wee vacuum
You definitely do,just keep staying ahead of the skint huns, zero ambition, and give a myriad of excuses for not buying players,’ Big Peter’ will be proud of you, as I’m sure he’s told you before. Kidding nobody on here…..well maybe a few of your Flashman chums on here
Off subject totally, but I have a BMW M4 competition. Insurance last year was £ 265 comp.
This year over £ 4000, wtf, they say inflation, rip off to me. No claims nuffin
KINGLuBO
Kinglubo- try Saga ,I got it for half the renewal,and upgraded to top package with price locked for 3 years,if you don’t claim,for an extra couple of quid
Kinglubo- they aren’t on price comparison websites, but well worth it
Argumentative bunch of rascals. I’m glad I’m an old drunk.
Alan Price is taller than Katie Price and Vincent Price was taller than both of them , that was according to a Price comparison website
BOURNESOUPRECIPE
🤣🤣🤣
” So tired,tired of waiting,tired of waiting for yoo,ooo”
Our Board has a few Kinks in it.
“bigrailroadblues on 7th August 2024 8:34 pm
Argumentative bunch of rascals. I’m glad I’m an old drunk.”
No you are not.
The wee vacuum’s are gathering dust like Celtic money, and the dry bedders are hoovering up perceived negativity.
The CQN echo chamber.
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 7TH AUGUST 2024 8:36 PM
Your posts are usually priceless .
Burnley78 @ 7.46
Indeed, don’t know whether to laugh or cry when I hear “ The Board”.
Yep, Brian Wilson, Sharon Brown and Brian Rose et. al. have a say on transfer decisions.
I have my own views about how the club is run/transfers etc, but anyone who out with “The Board”, the “TORY BOARD’” simply has no idea what they’re talking about.