We’ve known for a while the strategic alliance Celtic have had with Manchester City, but how we have burrowed into the France international youth setup is, frankly, highly unlikely for a Scottish club.
First came Moussa, then Olivier.
Olivier Ntcham (21) will have known Moussa Dembele (21) from the French youth setup, and Patrick Roberts from their time at Man City. How both flourished at Celtic last season was a prime motivator for the player to head north.
With Olivier and Moussa flourishing in Glasgow, Brendan Rodgers was able to convince a third French youth international, Odsonne Edouard (19), to come to Celtic. We are now an attractive destination for players graduating from one of the world’s most productive international academy environments.
Edouard is here on loan. Celtic have the option secured with both Paris Saint-Germain and the player to turn this into a permanent transfer, should he developed as hoped over the next season.
The story is a little more complicated than just this, however. Odsonne was convicted of shooting someone with an air gun in July and given a suspended sentence. This, frankly, is grossly irresponsible and a suspended sentence is one of the better outcomes for Odsonne. Whatever influences were in his life leading up to this point, a new course needs to be taken in Glasgow.
I have no doubt that this conviction thinned the heard of some potential suitors, unprepared to take the risk on him. He has a year to develop his potential and set himself a new course. If he does, Celtic will acquire a remarkable talent for what in the current market, is a snip.
Patrick Roberts back on loan means that we have retained all first team players from last season, while augmenting the squad with several others. Patrick agreed terms to join permanently, but Manchester City were not prepared to let him go. They, like many others, believe there could be enormous potential on Celtic’s right wing this season. What happens next summer is too far away to contemplate with any certainty.
Jonny Hayes now looks third choice for the right wing slot, but he’s more likely to be utilised as backup for Scott Sinclair on the left. While Patrick Roberts was pursued throughout the summer, we were always going to have to wait until City made their decisions. This left us with only James Forrest for the right wing position for the qualifiers – and James is no stranger to injury. Jonny was available early in the window, so was an appropriate acquisition.
Kundai Benyu (19) arrived from Ipswich after a season on loan at Aldershot. Like Hayes, he can cover for Sinclair in left mid.
Rivaldo Coetzee (20) is the one that got away. He would have competed with Kristofer Ajer for the fourth central defender berth. With Simunovic fit, and Boyata and Sviatchenko both back from injury this month, there was no chance of us splurging big on a central defender. A strategic purchase, like Coetzee, was another matter.
The litmus test for any transfer window is, did we come out of it better than we went into it? Such outcomes are seldom evident the day after the window closes, but having retained all, and added such potential, we have delivered.
What we need to do now is develop Ntcham, Edouard and the others, win the league, perform well in the Champions League, and solidify our position as a club where outstanding talent will flourish and succeed. This is what success looks like for an economically disenfranchised giant in a highly dysfunctional industry.
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Holland v Bulgaria odds at bookies roughly 1/4 home team and 10/1 away team, Holland have 10pts the Bulgars 12pts…. think I might put a quid or two on the away team at that price
StanPetrovCSC
Hankray
There is an element of truth in what you say.
In previous generations the whole “single mother/parent “family didn’t exist as a social issue or “problem “.mainly because they were dumped in to orphanages or Magdalene launderies.
From the 70s onwards (as it became more socially acceptable) single mothers became more visible but mainly continued to live with their own parents as they weren’t deemed eligible for a local authority house. In recent years this has changed and single parent families are allocated local authority houses.
The bigger picture is that local authorities haven’t built enough houses over the last 30 years.
So more and more people are competing for a smaller pool of affordable accommodation.
Anyone got a contact email address for the head of youth development at Celtic ?
Beatbhoy @ 12.58pm.
Thanks or the post and sorry for any confusion.
Thanks also for the thoughtful content of the post and the opportunity to clarify.
I looked back and couldn’t find the actual post but I am happy to clarify that ‘Eating Disorders are a range of non-communicable psychological disorders (NCPD) that involve abnormal or disturbed eating behaviors that negatively impact your health, emotions, and ability to function.
Risk factors include depression, anxiety, or OCD, dieting, excessive stress, distorted body image.’
I believe that those risk factors, I call it Fear, contribute to a large number of conditions and behaviours. Many of those conditions are chronic and fatal.
Fear is an emotion that is behind a great deal of our reactions and behaviours. IMO.
Psychologists, political parties, advertisers and policy makers are all too aware of how to change our behaviour. As a society we are under enormous pressure to have it all and look/be the part. When our lives don’t appear to meeting any of the expectations we have, the individual can become acutely ill in a vast number of ways.
Even the strain of the effort to meet the expectation can be hugely damaging.
The paradox often is when we arrive at our goal, it is an anticlimax so we keep on going. Some people seem to deal with this better than others, through no fault of their own.
Where I have some dispute is the term non-communicable. I think our enviorment and what we are exposed to communicates that anxiety in almost infinite ways.
Basically adverse stress/fear causes some kind of a reaction.
That reaction can be in a host of different behaviours where we try to compensate or relieve the stress/fear but that behaviour very often exacerbates the initial problem.
Over the years I’ve had to develop a holistic approach in relation to fear/anxiety/stress. It was only when I had to slow down that I gradually became aware of negative impact of ever increasing expectations.
HH
Bobby
Agreed
The money is there but government both UK and here are ideologically opposed to the concept of social housing. “Giving people something for nothing ” is bad. Unless they are millionaires who need tax breaks,incompetent bankers who need to be bailed out ,and private landlords who need rent subsidies.
Here is a novel idea to end homelessness
Build houses for people who can’t afford to buy their own
What Is The Stars……………..your spot on also landlords are not interested in renting to single mothers. Its a serious problem.
accies could well be a game where brendan tries the noobs ‘n youth
Prescient article?
Maybe CQN is more widely read than we thought(!)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/03/theresa-may-urged-to-force-councils-to-build-more-homes
If only we were going into the PSG game with a full international capped back 4
WITS – I don’t agree with your politics.
A contradiction in terms, like every other Marxist.
How can any Communist promote the European Union?
Isn’t the European Union the epitome of globalisation and capitalism.
Anyway, peace be upon you.
Disarm.
St Stivs
You can contact Chris McCart on
07789 220024
Or e mail him at cmccart@celticfc.co.uk
Half time in the hurling
Cracking game
Galway lead by a point
14 points to 2 goals 7 points
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 3RD SEPTEMBER 2017 3:46 PM
WHATISTHESTARS
There are more questions than answers,and more houses than tenants.
Obviously homelessness is not down to lack of availability,but down to cost and ability to pay.
The UK has the opposite problem-more tenants than houses-but the same result. Housing costs are stratospheric nowadays,and it’s criminal,little more than theft.
You pay the money,you’re left short for other necessities. You don’t pay the money,you’re f….d anyway.
And with average house prices at ten times average wages,buying is hardly an option. The faster you save for a deposit,the faster the prices are rising!
100,000 social houses at £100,000 cost each is £10bn per year. About five years of that would pretty much solve the problem in the medium term. But our government and it seems yours would rather give that to landlords than receive it back in rent.
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Well, it might be good to get the numbers correct, although I fully agree with the direction of your comment.
Average price paid for house purchases in 2016 — 169.8K. Average salary at the same time – 23K ; so not quite the “10 times” in your quote. A problem, nevertheless.
Suppose Marxism is really at the centre of it all now that I think about it.
Internationalists?
Ah well, such is life.
St Stivs
If it’s specifically the under 11s to under 16s you want, try
Brian Meehan bmeehan@celticfc.co.uk
GERRYBHOY
The Guardian article made pretty much the same point.
I’ve obviously spent too many years down south,where prices back up my point.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-house-price-index-hpi-for-june-2017
16 Roads
I haven’t been a communist for many years
Indeed I love the EU and would have a United States of Europe tomorrow
I do believe in a fair society. It can be achieved despite all the lies we are fed about financial crisis and the “money’s not there ”
The money is there but the political will is not.
Anyway whatever ones political outlook seeking solutions by placing the blame on the weakest and most vulnerable in society is not a very honourable policy.
It is however the policy that has been followed by the Irish government in recent years. Slashing carers allowances cutting back on medical supplies and services to handicapped people.
Now that just might make me go up to the attic to dust down my old Che Guevara posters
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/upshot/to-understand-rising-inequality-consider-the-janitors-at-two-top-companies-then-and-now.html?_r=0&referer=https://t.co/LcPKXzv2OT?amp=1
Gordon Strachan reckons that belief is the reason for Scots recovery – thought it might be 6 Bhoys in the team
What Is The Stars…………also watching the hurling a big improvement on the Georgian fiasco last night. My late father was a Waterford man and loved the hurling.
Gene 4.24pm
Was listening to sportsound on radio Scotland earlier and the impact of the Celtic players on Friday, winning can become a habit and if WGS wasn’t as stubborn Callum should also be there, maybe Broony told him he wasn’t coming back for Scotland unless the Celtic Bhoy’s get the nod :-) not many of our players involved at start of the campaign so maybe why Scotland is playing catchup in the group
To think they used to play hurling without helmets and faceguards – are there any rules?
Hankray
Cracking game
Last night in Tbilisi was terrible
Aiden should have won it at the end
Gene
For a potentially violent game there is very little violence
That’s alright WITS.
Che Guevara is a hero to some whilst Rafał Gan-Ganowicz is a hero to me.
An amazing contrast.
Gone.
HH.
WITS
first time i’ve really watched it – fast moving
AoW
Sad news about Peggy.
Stay strong for the wife, she will need you to be.
HH
one simple rule gene : don’t ever drop the hurl
When you compare the recent turgid Scotland displays when they couldn’t buy a goal, It’s obvious that Friday’s performance and result was made at Celtic park. If Scotland fail to qualify from the group ,it will be because the blazers have taken too long to put their bigotry aside.
GDT
Yip, I posted something similar the other night, hell mend them
HH
Galway win
Great game
26 points to 2.17
SAINT STIVS on 3RD SEPTEMBER 2017 3:58 PM
Anyone got a contact email address for the head of youth development at Celtic ?
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You feeling sprightly this autumnal sabbath afternoon?
;-)
Reminded me of P67’s leader the other day about PR the athlete. He’d be sitting in company chatting, then suddenly become fractious cos he needed food. My god, I thought, any of us muppets can manage to do that…..like Almore when I ate his chips!!!
HH jamesgang
Support vehicle not required so ONLY 1 tkt available Sorry for bum info!
Great game of hurling again in Croker it’s the greatest game in the world
Hopefully I’m two weeks another famine will be over
Roll on the Celtic getting back to business on Friday.
No injuries tomorrow pleaseCSC
LEFTCLICKTIC
International fortnights are a pain. And we best get used to them.
Another two to come by mid-November!
LEFTCLICKTIC on 3RD SEPTEMBER 2017 5:24 PM
Roll on the Celtic getting back to business on Friday.
No injuries tomorrow pleaseCSC
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I’m with you Lefty,take care big fhella .hh
JAMESGANG
You ate another fella’s chips?
That’s shocking,you’ve gone right down in my estimation.
You think you know a fella…