News that the sun is setting on Amido Balde’s Celtic career will be welcomed far and wide. His arrival on the back of a few YouTube clips and what now appears to have been a Portuguese marketing scam is a salutary lesson on how easy it is to expire transfer and wage budget, while incurring the even greater cost of poor recruits – Champions League failure.
We will never get them all right, but the processes Celtic went through to recruit a striker in the summers of 2012 (Lassad, Miku), 2013 (Balde, Pukki) and 2014 (Guidetti, Scepovic) are worth some urgent revision. None were able to hold down a regular place in the team.
In mitigation, it’s easier to recruit a keeper or a defender (which we’ve done very well at recently) than a striker, but there will be lessons to learn from those six signings. Quickly, I hope.
On the positive side, all of the aforementioned arrived with a degree of realism attached. I noticed this morning: “Wabara really is in the mould of Barcelona great Dani Alves”. This isn’t fun anymore. Honest football fans (many are) are being treated like simpletons.
It’s like that Steve Carell movie, Dinner for Schmucks, where Paul Rudd doesn’t have the stomach to laugh at absurdly unfortunate guests. Better they are put out of their misery than dragged through an ignominious humiliation before inevitably emptying their pockets at the alter of a Sports Direct retail contract.
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Wolfman & Pete Doherty – For Lovers
https://youtu.be/_lc2lchixWM
Sorry, I was called away
Canamalar
“But we would make more money if we get to the last 16, I do believe that.”
Of course we would “turnover” more money but most of it would go in bonuses due to the players who achieved it and paying back the increased costs of the players who did it. And, since we have already managed this 3 times during our “Complaining Years (post-MON)”, then where is the achievement in doing it a 4th time?
BMCUW
“Ambition,a dirty word around Celtic Park.”
Too many unarticulated concepts in that statement. Whose ambition? What level?
My ambition is to be as good as we realistically can be. That will always disappoint those who want us to be better than that and “damn the realism!”
And, as I’ve said before, I don’t think ambition is the right word, when you’re asking other people to achieve it for you. That is ambition akin to wanting your life to be better by complaining that your mother did not marry a richer man than your dad.
What a post :O)
Mr. Big – To Be With You
https://youtu.be/5QD5n98R_nk
The Huddle
Glad you share the love for Jamie T. Looking forward to seeing him smash Benicassim in a fortnight. Followed by Noel Gallagher then The Prodigy at 2am. Good Friday night line up. :)
Delaneys Dunky
00:17 on 30 June, 2015
The Huddle
Glad you share the love for Jamie T. Looking forward to seeing him smash Benicassim in a fortnight. Followed by Noel Gallagher then The Prodigy at 2am. Good Friday night line up. :)
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I’ve seen Noel and Liam in their various bands over the yearts, all good, but Noel and his high flying birds in Edinburgh was one of the great gigs, brilliant it was
Small Faces – All Or Nothing
https://youtu.be/NjEMHtSCU9M
Weezer – Troublemaker
https://youtu.be/0LSGvziX_6Y
The Huddle
Saw Oasis often, Balloch was mind blowing in many ways. :)
First time I will see Noel and his high flying birds will be in Spain in a fortnight. My son and I will be at the front with our new Hoops shirts on. Maybe storm the stage. Sure Noel would love to be joined by a pair of mad Glesga Tims. :))
I thought Beady Eye would be the best, and it was cracking in Glasgow but Noel blew it away. You are in for a treat, though I’m not a big fan of out door gigs
cat stevens Wild World
https://youtu.be/DHXpnZi9Hzs
The Huddle
Saw Beady Eye at the Barras two years ago. Underwhelmed. :(
The Smiths – Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
https://youtu.be/GiqOsKngc-c
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow
https://youtu.be/4sfhvxTZ0wo
Just read the post, haven’t scrolled through the comments. Makes me think of Wenger’s observation a few transfer windows ago. “There is more money available than there is talent.”
Meansong
Petr Cech is a brilliant Wenger signing. :)
Chile v Peru (almost finished now!), been a great open game.
HH
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you our club Captain Scott Brown:
“I think burnout is something that you put in people’s heads and I think it’s used as an excuse”.
WITS
Stop cheering on macjay and sneaking in your wee comments.
If you have something to say go for it yourself.
Is there a list for pointless lists?
SANDIEGOBHOY
Nearest I could find,mate.
http://uk.complex.com/style/2013/05/25-inventions-that-are-completely-pointless/breast-cushion
What’s latest with Copa America ? Semi finals yet .. When is final on ?
proudbhoy
http://www.ca2015.com/en/schedule
HH
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers
04:35 on 30 June, 2015
The breast cushion seems pointy, maybe not pointless though.
Morning everyone
Looks a lot more promising weather wise
Off to sunny Paisley
Catchyeez Laters :)
Good morning to all from a warm Govanhill. The Celtic are back tomorrow!
Dundee United have rejected an offer from Celtic for last season’s top scorer Nadir Ciftci.
It’s understood that the bid from Parkhead chiefs was in the region of £900,000.
Turkish striker Ciftci, 23, is in the last year of his United contract and rejected the offer of an extension earlier this month.
Good morning friends from a dry and much brighter than of late East Kilbride.
proudbhoy
05:03 on 30 June, 2015
Final is 21.00 on Saturday 4th July (Celtic park time per per coupon) Chile will play Aregentina/Paraguay playing earlier hours tomorrow
Can I say a big Hail Hail to a new addition of the Celtic family as my niece had a wee Bhoy last night, mum, baby (& dad all doing fine) the father attended Cqn11 with us and loves the hoops so welcome to young Finn Michael, away to get ready for work a happy great uncle, Cqners take care & Hail Hail
£900k for Ciftci?
http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/2015/06/30/dundee-united-reject-celtic-offer-for-ciftci/
Ciftci
Tell me it ain’t true.
If so, can anyone believe that would be an RD signing?
Strikes me as the opposite of an RD signing
HH
Burghbhoy
07:44 on
30 June, 2015
I would say 100% an RD signing and definitely not a scouting department recommendation. He scores goals so that rules out John Park and his staff recommending him. RD has said he wants (what he thinks is) the best of the SPFL.
The Sun say a £900k bid has been knocked back by DU from us, The Mail say Middlesbrough ready to bid £1.7m. Given he’s into last year of contract and can be signed for free in January I would say our bid is excessive (Boro’s nonsense), especially as there’s a chance he’ll miss a large chunk of the season if found guilty of biting. Can’t see anyone signing him before his hearing on July 20th.
Celtic in for Ciftci? The Lawwell haters will be along shortly ranting about cost cutting. From a football point of view I would prefer Rooney from the Sheep who is a proven goal scorer. Just my thoughts.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-33317604
Reading back I saw the link above posted.
I suspect this guy should have stuck to the party line about no potpourri! Shameless behaviour.
LB
gary67
Ok mate.
I just think he looks a lazy player, very immobile and disinterested.
Also disappointed if he is the height of our ambition.
A bit of a bammer as well!
IMO of course !
HH
BBC reporting Kris Commons doubtful for CL qualifiers after breaking his toe when a wardrobe door fell on it.
BBC reporting Kris Commons is doubtful for CL qualifiers after breaking his toe with a wardrobe door.
Apologies,
Bad internet connection here…
Morning all.
Mild but none too bright down here. Still, it isn’t actually raining, which is an improvement of sorts.
Won’t comment on Ciftci until/unless he signs.