Negotiations for Albian Ajeti have gone on for weeks but as you and I have said often enough, it is important to get your first choice. Too often we end up with a player from well down the list, who did not do enough to overwhelmingly convince anyone. That is not the case with Ablian.
The player was scouted for a move last year before his ill-fated time in London. He is known to the manager, who will have sounded out Mohamed Elyounoussi for an assurance on things that are not evident from the stands.
Having played over 170 games, he is also more experienced than many we have signed over the last decade. This is why we missed out on him a year ago, he was caught on the EPL radars and West Ham made what was for them a cheap acquisition.
These factors make Albian’s prospect of succeeding at Celtic higher than most recruits. It is a pity he will not have some game time this weekend; let’s hope he is fit for this month’s challenges.
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GFTB on 16TH AUGUST 2020 3:49 PM
Big Wavy 3.34pm
Watch … some might agree with you :-)
Big Barkas was my top pick in Jobo’s competition, he wasn’t up against much but didn’t put a glove wrong
AKBW 3.40pm
Jamesy will need to keep on his toes, but he has been doing that for season after season … hope his “bro” puts a visible performance in for Livvy today.
JF, perfect performances Season after Season, GFTB, you must be just watching the highlights on
the TV. JF has not been outstanding Season after Season, when was the last time JF was awarded
player of the Season? I rest my point. I agree with MadMitch, a wee kick in the botty, will do JF the
world of good.
AKBW 4.04pm
Have a wee gander at his goals return and goals assists over a number of seasons … fair play if you disagree, I rate him and actually don’t care if others don’t … if he is that bad who would you replace him with ????
Rhetorical question … :-)
BOGNORBHOY
A fellow by the name of Mr Young Kelly, an American chap, & a good
Guitar Teacher, is looking for a Lyrics to match up with the songs/music,
which he can produce @ the drop of a hat. You are the Man, he is
looking for.
Wee Jamesie getting it big noo
thedaytheearthstoodstillcsc
Edgar Allan Poe —The Bells
GFTB on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:09 PM
AKBW 4.04pm
Have a wee gander at his goals return and goals assists over a number of seasons … fair play if you disagree, I rate him and actually don’t care if others don’t … if he is that bad who would you replace him with ????
Rhetorical question … :-)
We are not saying JF is a bad player, the point we are making, is that he does not produce enough
of his better performance’s, most of the time for us. For example, a while back I was watching JF
playing for Scotland @ Hampden, he scored two goals that night, & was player of the match.
Why can’t he do the same for us, more regularly? When was the last time JF was awarded player
of the Match @ CP?
BOGNORBHOY on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:15 PM
Edgar Allan Poe —The Bells
That was a few Moons ago, BognorBhoy.
Edgar Allan Poe, I remember years ago, watching an old Movie with
Peter Cusion starring in said Movie, & I’m sure it was based on one
of Edgar Allan Poe’s writings/novels.
FOURSTONECOPPI
agree with no. 3
Yuv goat tae laff.
It is with a heavy heart reading back on this blog sometimes.
James Forresrt form?
The sheer stupidity and ignorance in questioning or statistically most effective player should not be lost on some.
But to question that we should not be happy with his form after two matches including a fine performance in a 5-1 win is breathtaking.
Perharp’s I am barking up the wrong tree but this kind of mince seems to come on this forum more and more.
A player last week behaves like a selfish moron and all of a sudden or chief exec and first team manager are dragging the club through the mud according to some.
Perhaps some modern day Celtic fans have simply had it too good.
Perhaps they never went through the pain of the 1990s like the rest of us.
We live in incredible Celtic times.One day we WILL lose the title in the next few years.One day we will actually not win a trophy we enter on Scottish soil in the next few years.
Until then keep the negative garbage to a minimum please .
Have a wee moan and a niggle because we all do.But I refuse to see the worth and credibility of a modern day Celtic legend [James Forrest] continually dragged through the mud and questioned.
Creative players sometimes have off days.Get over it.
Fortunately for me, I do not subscribe to the view that everyone is entitled to their opinion. Because of that, I can say that anyone who cannot see how important James Forrest is to Celtic does not know what he ( The speaker, not James !) is talking about.
Lazydynamite 4.39pm
There might be some … but probably better not “assuming” it’s Celtic fans just because it’s a “Celtic” blog :-)
Alan Forrest has been invisible so far, maybe my 500/1 hattrick is a bit of a step too far … he who dares Rodders
Watching Livie, my eyes are bleeding!
HH jg
James, 2 assists and 2 on target shots saved by the keeper in the hamilton game, but hey he doesnt do enough.
as to consistency and effort, you would need to be really stupid not to see how he has improved over time.
the bhoy is a celtic legend.
——————————————
The Men Behind The Nine
20th May 2020 celticbynumbers@btinternet.com 12 Comments
The 9 was achieved with 116 players over 334 matches. These are the men behind the 9.
One
There has to be a leader in the appearance list and that is captain Scott Brown. Not only did he appear in all 9 title campaigns, he leads on appearances with 256, 34 more than any other player and one of only two players over 200.
Averaging over 28 appearances per title he never made less than 17 (2012/13).
Brown should surely be considered a giant of this football club for all time.
Two
There were two men who played more than 200 times for Celtic across all 9 campaigns. Brown led the field in more ways than one, but after that comes one of our own. James Forrest has appeared in 222 matches averaging 24.7 appearances per title, and never appearing less than 15 times.
Forrest has blossomed with age and in the last three campaigns has 96 appearances, 29 goals and 35 assists.
He looks like being a one club Bhoy and only 1 player has had more Scoring Contributions (goals and assists) than his 116.
http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/the-men-behind-the-nine/
GFTB…….
:)
Do you mean that certain “characters” might no’ be Tims after awe?
I cannot believe that!
:))))))))))))))))))))))))))
LazyDynamite, JF a Celtic Legend, well that is your opinion, until I see him on the Canvas
around our Stadium stating “Where Legends Are Made” then I for one does not agree
with your view on JF. He is still a young man, who can prove himself as a Legend, in the
future years to come. So when was the last time JF was awarded by our Club’s
Supporter’s, player of the Season? Or when was the last time JF, awarded player of
the match, @ CP?
Lazy Dynamite. Well said.
I recall many Celtic “supporters” being critical of King Kenny when he played for us.
On a Blog, any Blog, even This Dear Green Place – ye can be whoever ye say ye ur ……oar urny…….
That was before social media!
Bankiebhoy 4.51pm
When the bhoys are back playing and winning …
The negatons will “slip” away like snow off a (Lyndon) dykes …
Helander is an absolute donkey
CORKCELT on 16TH AUGUST 2020 1:54 PM
what you actually said about Julien & Boli was we were buying 2 pigs in a poke.
what was actually said was I hope we haven’t bought , not we were buying .
James Forrest.
Celtic[2]
Scottish Premiership: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Scottish Cup: 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19[111]
Scottish League Cup: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18[112] 2018–19, 2019–20[113]
Individual
SFWA Footballer of the Year: 2018–19[114]
PFA Scotland Players’ Player of the Year: 2018–19[88]
SFWA Young Player of the Year: 2011–12
PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year: 2011–12
PFA Scotland Team of the Year: 2011–12, 2017–18, 2018–19[88]
Scottish Premiership Player of the Year: 2018–19[90]
Scottish Premiership Player of the Month: October 2018
SFWA International Player of the Year: 2018–19[104]
Celtic Young Player of the Year: 2010-11, 2011–12
Maybe so Ron, ’twas about a year ago I’m in my seventies so can’t recall the exact wording of your post but I hadn’t heard the pigs in a poke saying for some years and it just tickled my fancy at the time.
SAINT STIVS on 16TH AUGUST 2020 5:02 PM
James Forrest.
Celtic[2]
Scottish Premiership: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Scottish Cup: 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19[111]
Scottish League Cup: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18[112] 2018–19, 2019–20[113]
The above is all down to Manager & Staff Achievements
Individual
SFWA Footballer of the Year: 2018–19[114] (Popular With The Media)
PFA Scotland Players’ Player of the Year: 2018–19[88] (Popular With The Media)
SFWA Young Player of the Year: 2011–12 (Popular With The Media)
PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year: 2011–12 (Popular With The Media)
PFA Scotland Team of the Year: 2011–12, 2017–18, 2018–19[88] (Popular With The Media)
Scottish Premiership Player of the Year: 2018–19[90] (Popular With The Media)
Scottish Premiership Player of the Month: October 2018 (Popular With The Media)
SFWA International Player of the Year: 2018–19[104] (Popular With The Media)
Celtic Young Player of the Year: 2010-11, 2011–12 (Popular With The Media)
So when was the last time JF was chosen by the Supporters as player of the Season then?
& also Man of the match @ CP?
CORKCELT
not far behind you , you’ve got to laugh.
HH
See them supporters in glad they don’t pick the team …
Is there anybody watching the Hun game. I’m not but wouldn’t mind the odd update.
Hopefully no news is good news.
0-0 half time
Some posters on here, take everything which is posted on here, seriously.
Try to lighten up a bit, however you can’t answer the following two questions
I’ve asked you??
So when was the last time, when JF was chosen by the Supporter’s, as player of the Season then?
& also as the Man of the match @ CP?
Thanks Bognor, I’d take that at full time, with pleasure.
CORKCELT
Corkie 0-0 half time….keep expecting huns to get a penalty at any time :O(
Corky
Watching it while making the tea, awful game as usual on plastic, if there was a shot on target I must have missed it!
Huns are 0-0 at HT ..in a truely dreadful match at Livi
Corkcelt
I struggle to watch THEM (even with the sound off) but I managed 5 minutes . I don`t think they will win this game. 0-0 HT
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AKBW1888 on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:04 PM
GFTB on 16TH AUGUST 2020 3:49 PM
Big Wavy 3.34pm
Watch … some might agree with you :-)
Big Barkas was my top pick in Jobo’s competition, he wasn’t up against much but didn’t put a glove wrong
AKBW 3.40pm
Jamesy will need to keep on his toes, but he has been doing that for season after season … hope his “bro” puts a visible performance in for Livvy today.
JF, perfect performances Season after Season, GFTB, you must be just watching the highlights on
the TV. JF has not been outstanding Season after Season, when was the last time JF was awarded
player of the Season? I rest my point. I agree with MadMitch, a wee kick in the botty, will do JF the
world of good.
GFTB on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:09 PM
AKBW 4.04pm
Have a wee gander at his goals return and goals assists over a number of seasons … fair play if you disagree, I rate him and actually don’t care if others don’t … if he is that bad who would you replace him with ????
Rhetorical question … :-)
AKBW1888 on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:11 PM
BOGNORBHOY
A fellow by the name of Mr Young Kelly, an American chap, & a good
Guitar Teacher, is looking for a Lyrics to match up with the songs/music,
which he can produce @ the drop of a hat. You are the Man, he is
looking for.
CELTIC MAC on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:15 PM
Wee Jamesie getting it big noo
thedaytheearthstoodstillcsc
BOGNORBHOY on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:15 PM
Edgar Allan Poe —The Bells
AKBW1888 on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:18 PM
GFTB on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:09 PM
AKBW 4.04pm
Have a wee gander at his goals return and goals assists over a number of seasons … fair play if you disagree, I rate him and actually don’t care if others don’t … if he is that bad who would you replace him with ????
Rhetorical question … :-)
We are not saying JF is a bad player, the point we are making, is that he does not produce enough
of his better performance’s, most of the time for us. For example, a while back I was watching JF
playing for Scotland @ Hampden, he scored two goals that night, & was player of the match.
Why can’t he do the same for us, more regularly? When was the last time JF was awarded player
of the Match @ CP?
AKBW1888 on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:22 PM
BOGNORBHOY on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:15 PM
Edgar Allan Poe —The Bells
That was a few Moons ago, BognorBhoy.
Edgar Allan Poe, I remember years ago, watching an old Movie with
Peter Cusion starring in said Movie, & I’m sure it was based on one
of Edgar Allan Poe’s writings/novels.
RC on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:27 PM
FOURSTONECOPPI
agree with no. 3
BANKIEBHOY1 on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:29 PM
Yuv goat tae laff.
LAZYDYNAMITE on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:39 PM
It is with a heavy heart reading back on this blog sometimes.
James Forresrt form?
The sheer stupidity and ignorance in questioning or statistically most effective player should not be lost on some.
But to question that we should not be happy with his form after two matches including a fine performance in a 5-1 win is breathtaking.
Perharp’s I am barking up the wrong tree but this kind of mince seems to come on this forum more and more.
A player last week behaves like a selfish moron and all of a sudden or chief exec and first team manager are dragging the club through the mud according to some.
Perhaps some modern day Celtic fans have simply had it too good.
Perhaps they never went through the pain of the 1990s like the rest of us.
We live in incredible Celtic times.One day we WILL lose the title in the next few years.One day we will actually not win a trophy we enter on Scottish soil in the next few years.
Until then keep the negative garbage to a minimum please .
Have a wee moan and a niggle because we all do.But I refuse to see the worth and credibility of a modern day Celtic legend [James Forrest] continually dragged through the mud and questioned.
Creative players sometimes have off days.Get over it.
HOT SMOKED on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:44 PM
Fortunately for me, I do not subscribe to the view that everyone is entitled to their opinion. Because of that, I can say that anyone who cannot see how important James Forrest is to Celtic does not know what he ( The speaker, not James !) is talking about.
GFTB on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:45 PM
Lazydynamite 4.39pm
There might be some … but probably better not “assuming” it’s Celtic fans just because it’s a “Celtic” blog :-)
Alan Forrest has been invisible so far, maybe my 500/1 hattrick is a bit of a step too far … he who dares Rodders
JAMESGANG on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:50 PM
Watching Livie, my eyes are bleeding!
HH jg
SAINT STIVS on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:50 PM
James, 2 assists and 2 on target shots saved by the keeper in the hamilton game, but hey he doesnt do enough.
as to consistency and effort, you would need to be really stupid not to see how he has improved over time.
the bhoy is a celtic legend.
——————————————
The Men Behind The Nine
20th May 2020 celticbynumbers@btinternet.com 12 Comments
The 9 was achieved with 116 players over 334 matches. These are the men behind the 9.
One
There has to be a leader in the appearance list and that is captain Scott Brown. Not only did he appear in all 9 title campaigns, he leads on appearances with 256, 34 more than any other player and one of only two players over 200.
Averaging over 28 appearances per title he never made less than 17 (2012/13).
Brown should surely be considered a giant of this football club for all time.
Two
There were two men who played more than 200 times for Celtic across all 9 campaigns. Brown led the field in more ways than one, but after that comes one of our own. James Forrest has appeared in 222 matches averaging 24.7 appearances per title, and never appearing less than 15 times.
Forrest has blossomed with age and in the last three campaigns has 96 appearances, 29 goals and 35 assists.
He looks like being a one club Bhoy and only 1 player has had more Scoring Contributions (goals and assists) than his 116.
http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/the-men-behind-the-nine/
BANKIEBHOY1 on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:51 PM
GFTB…….
:)
Do you mean that certain “characters” might no’ be Tims after awe?
I cannot believe that!
:))))))))))))))))))))))))))
AKBW1888 on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:52 PM
LazyDynamite, JF a Celtic Legend, well that is your opinion, until I see him on the Canvas
around our Stadium stating “Where Legends Are Made” then I for one does not agree
with your view on JF. He is still a young man, who can prove himself as a Legend, in the
future years to come. So when was the last time JF was awarded by our Club’s
Supporter’s, player of the Season? Or when was the last time JF, awarded player of
the match, @ CP?
FRANKIEBHOY on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:52 PM
Lazy Dynamite. Well said.
I recall many Celtic “supporters” being critical of King Kenny when he played for us.
BANKIEBHOY1 on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:57 PM
On a Blog, any Blog, even This Dear Green Place – ye can be whoever ye say ye ur ……oar urny…….
FRANKIEBHOY on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:57 PM
That was before social media!
GFTB on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:58 PM
Bankiebhoy 4.51pm
When the bhoys are back playing and winning …
The negatons will “slip” away like snow off a (Lyndon) dykes …
!!BADA BING!! on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:59 PM
Helander is an absolute donkey
RC on 16TH AUGUST 2020 4:59 PM
CORKCELT on 16TH AUGUST 2020 1:54 PM
what you actually said about Julien & Boli was we were buying 2 pigs in a poke.
what was actually said was I hope we haven’t bought , not we were buying .
SAINT STIVS on 16TH AUGUST 2020 5:02 PM
James Forrest.
Celtic[2]
Scottish Premiership: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Scottish Cup: 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19[111]
Scottish League Cup: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18[112] 2018–19, 2019–20[113]
Individual
SFWA Footballer of the Year: 2018–19[114]
PFA Scotland Players’ Player of the Year: 2018–19[88]
SFWA Young Player of the Year: 2011–12
PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year: 2011–12
PFA Scotland Team of the Year: 2011–12, 2017–18, 2018–19[88]
Scottish Premiership Player of the Year: 2018–19[90]
Scottish Premiership Player of the Month: October 2018
SFWA International Player of the Year: 2018–19[104]
Celtic Young Player of the Year: 2010-11, 2011–12
CORKCELT on 16TH AUGUST 2020 5:09 PM
Maybe so Ron, ’twas about a year ago I’m in my seventies so can’t recall the exact wording of your post but I hadn’t heard the pigs in a poke saying for some years and it just tickled my fancy at the time.
AKBW1888 on 16TH AUGUST 2020 5:12 PM
SAINT STIVS on 16TH AUGUST 2020 5:02 PM
James Forrest.
Celtic[2]
Scottish Premiership: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Scottish Cup: 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19[111]
Scottish League Cup: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18[112] 2018–19, 2019–20[113]
The above is all down to Manager & Staff Achievements
Individual
SFWA Footballer of the Year: 2018–19[114] (Popular With The Media)
PFA Scotland Players’ Player of the Year: 2018–19[88] (Popular With The Media)
SFWA Young Player of the Year: 2011–12 (Popular With The Media)
PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year: 2011–12 (Popular With The Media)
PFA Scotland Team of the Year: 2011–12, 2017–18, 2018–19[88] (Popular With The Media)
Scottish Premiership Player of the Year: 2018–19[90] (Popular With The Media)
Scottish Premiership Player of the Month: October 2018 (Popular With The Media)
SFWA International Player of the Year: 2018–19[104] (Popular With The Media)
Celtic Young Player of the Year: 2010-11, 2011–12 (Popular With The Media)
So when was the last time JF was chosen by the Supporters as player of the Season then?
& also Man of the match @ CP?
RC on 16TH AUGUST 2020 5:13 PM
CORKCELT
not far behind you , you’ve got to laugh.
HH
BOGNORBHOY on 16TH AUGUST 2020 5:16 PM
See them supporters in glad they don’t pick the team …
CORKCELT on 16TH AUGUST 2020 5:18 PM
Is there anybody watching the Hun game. I’m not but wouldn’t mind the odd update.
Hopefully no news is good news.
BOGNORBHOY on 16TH AUGUST 2020 5:19 PM
0-0 half time
AKBW1888 on 16TH AUGUST 2020 5:19 PM
Some posters on here, take everything which is posted on here, seriously.
Try to lighten up a bit, however you can’t answer the following two questions
I’ve asked you??
So when was the last time, when JF was chosen by the Supporter’s, as player of the Season then?
& also as the Man of the match @ CP?
——————–
try google yirself ya lazy tube
Jamesie is a fantastic footballer with some terrific skills. Unfortunately, when the going gets tough, he quite often turns into a wee scared lassie who’s feart to get her tights ripped.
If he can ever sort that side of his game then hopefully he could well become a Celtic legend. For me at the moment, he goes into hiding too often and frustrates the thrupny bits out of me when we need someone like him to step up and take the game by the scruff of the neck
Zero chance of the huns not getting 3pts today.
More chance of Rocket Ronnie not winning his 6th world championship.
They will probably be good enough to get a goal or two in the second half but IF not they will be given a soft penalty or dodgy call to get them over the line…FACT