Bobby Collins left Celtic in 1958 after nine years’ service. He’d won the Cup, the Double, the Coronation Cup, and, of course, the 1957 League Cup Final – Hampden in the Sun, Celtic 7, Rangers 1.
He went on to have a great career at Everton and to make a transformational contribution to Leeds United, but he will forever be a team mate of Sean Fallon, Willie Fernie, Bertie Peacock, Neil Mochan and Charles Patrick Tully. Our thoughts go to his family and friends today.
Over the last year or so we’ve asked the question, how many appearances a player needs to make in a well-scouted league to allow an agile club to discover him, before the hoards arrive and price-away any value in him?
Victor Wanyama made 50 appearances in Belgium before we nabbed him but he was knocking back substantially improved contracts from Celtic after only 30 games (which is a different point); England had already taken notice. Virgil van Dijk made 62 appearances for Groningen, would we have been able to sign him on the kind of money we did if he’d stayed for another 30-or-so games? It’s unlikely.
Amido Balde made 27 top flight appearances before arriving here, while Teemu Pukki played 37 times for Schalke – enough to score 8 times but there would have been little game time for Celtic scouts to watch him.
In the summer we concluded that there was a 50-80 game value opportunity. Below this and you’ll struggle to find a player who has developed sufficiently for our agile scouts to be on the case and to do their work properly. Above this and any player worth a punt will be packing stands with scouts from all over Europe.
If we’re signing someone without the necessary miles on the clock, he’s a punt and should be considered off strategy. If we’re singing someone who has been watched by dozens of scouts, chances are, at best, he will be no more than a decent return on our money, there will be no hidden value.
Stefan Johansen has made 67 top flight appearances for Norwegian champions, Stromsgodset. Enough for him to develop into a player who can attract the most agile to Norway, not enough for him to attract those who seem to use Fifa 14 as their primary recruitment database, so he’s on strategy, as far as our 50-80 game value opportunity theory goes.
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Rycatcher.
Thats you oot the gang for having an orc brother in law. No wonder you moved to englandshire…8)
Weefra…
I have a border collie / Labrador cross.
I think they call them Boradors.
Henrik the Dug……mad as a brush….brilliant at fitba.
Rescued him as a 10’week old pup…….brilliant dogs.
e=mc2
excellent post
Weefra
My first dog was a Collie, A Rough collie, black, and he was massive for the breed, as big as an alsation. A beautiful animal that I grew up with.
Blantyretim…..
Funny he’s never been back down to visit since his club died.
EmbarrasstheOrcsCSC
WeefratheTim
Gon by recent post,s re awe this crap aboot Politics, thurs mair than the poor Dug goat the same symptoms, btw good on yea.Eight months oh Canvasen, fur wan lot tae get the best oh the Gravy,and the plebs will soldier on as before,no matter who gets tae the table first. whairs,s ma Tablets
Awerabest PJ
Have we signed Willo Flood yet?
Weefrethetim
Noticed on the edinburgh cat and dog web site a dug which is a look a like for my old zoomer. I have too!
Ryecatcher
No doubt they were in the Jungle in the early part of the 70s. Plenty of photographic evidence exists to prove it. But any who were there on 21/5/79 did not display colours, sing ‘party’ songs etc.
Jimbo67 supporting Oscar Knox
BT
I really hope they can home him, but have told them if he is to be put down, contact me. I will go through and pick him up and give him a happy and peaceful home to see out his life. I can just see him lying in front of this blazing coal fire fast asleep. :)) Maybe a wee dug would get yer ole bones working again. :)) Then again, maybe no. Ha ha
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
prestonpansbhoy
If I could buy enough land I would take the lot of them. Unfortunately I am working class and lease what I have. Sadly. :))
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
jimbo67,
I can assure you there certainly were huns in the Jungle the night of the 4-2 game. When Johnny Doyle got sent off they launched a barrage of cans across the “no-mans land” filled with polis. I was leaning on one of the pillars and the cans were hopping off it. When Murdo’s goal went in they just drifted away. I can’t recall how many Huns were there but I reckon they had about one fifth of the Jungle .
Wee fra.
Aye. Cannae picture myself walking down bardykes rd with a lipso whatever can u..?
So told the ghirls its a gernan shepherd or nowt…
prestonpans bhoys dam justice for the 5
21:42 on 14 January, 2014
They most assuredly are…..hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
margaret mcgill
22:34 on 14 January, 2014
Hahahaha…..brilliant….!!!!
Weefra- well done that’s wonderful – ( and I’m a cat guy !)
Scared of dugs!!
BT – you could put the lipso in yer man bag!! :)
WeefratheTim
My mother now nearly ninety, has rescued two dogs over the past 25yrs, one a Collie the other a Labrador, from the home in Cardonald, has contributed to her still being with us today,a good companion and friend.
Awerabest PJ
BT
Haha had 3 in the past, in fact had two when mrsbt knew mini weefra. Great dugs. Best of luck wi that yin. Gies a call for info if required. :))
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
Johann
Ya pussy…
Man bag for white port.
Johann & PJ
Thanks guys, please remember this is just a normal day for us. :))
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
BT haha :)
3 cats !!!
Need some techie help ghuys.
Looking at buying a DVD off Amazon…..says DVD : NTSC region 1
I’m sure that means its compatible for US DVD players, but will it work over here on as UK player?
Cheers in advance
Weefra- would love to visit the ole dug and ducks!!
BT
Make that 5. :) forgot how old we are. :))))
Weefra supporting Wee Oscar.
Night bhoys.
KTF
Conamara Bhoy
Well one of us has an imperfect memory. It may be me- I do though remember being in the Jungle in the earlier game that season v Them because I was in the last section beside the Rangers end and it was all Celts. Was right in the middle of the Jungle at the 4-2 game and there certainly weren’t any there!
Sorry if I seem a bit grouchy tonight Bhoys and Ghirls- something I learned today at work (not relating to it though) has left me wanting answers. Don’t consider myself to be too paranoid but if my suspicions are proved remotely true then things are worse than I thought.
Jimbo67 supporting Oscar Knox
Guten abend vom Munchen
I have seen a full stories about dogs on the blog recently.
When our king charles spaniel died I said to my wife that we could not get another dog as I had lost my job at the same time. After 4 weeks she said that we needed some pet for the house so we went to the animal rescue centre in Dumbarton to buy this white cockatiel
We came back home with a black labrador .
Best decision we have ever made
Anyone who takes a pet in distress will have their kindness repaid 100 times over.
PJ
You have to be proud of her, well, I am. :))
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
tontine tim
22:18 on 14 January, 2014
Is the BEE-hives….?…….. :)
The = that
johann
Yer welcome as all other CQNrs are. You know where I am. :)) Here.
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
WeefratheTim
She’s jist a Wee Gem, bit thats Ma MAMMY.
Awerabest PJ
PJ
As my wee maw is. :))
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
Jimbo67
Like you I don’t recall them in the jungle.Did we not lose a Drybrough cup game against them 3.1 and that is why the fence appeared between the jungle and the hun end?
Kilbowie Kelt will vote YES
22:06 on
14 January, 2014
YES indeed.
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Braw………
Gerry.
NTSC is the DVD format for Nirth America (region 1) PAL is format for UK and Europe(region 2). If you have a multi. Region DVD player then you can play both format DVDs. You may find that the cheaper players are actuall multi region. That is certainly the case in Canada.