In years to come, football fans will refer to the Matt O’Riley episode at Celtic as a textbook case of how a football club should conduct its business. An English-born player, playing for an English club, was signed for £1.5m and sold for £26m, with add-ons hopefully to come.
Celtic have the luxury of being able to recruit and develop young talent without risking their business model. Signings will not all be as successful as Matt, but they don’t need to be. Look at any of the great teams from smaller countries who go deep into European competition, they have things in common.
They recruit lots of young talent, loan them out or play them in their first team. They develop all of these players, very few will not improve and appreciate in value. Those not good enough for the first team are sold, more often than not at a profit. The successes are usually sold quickly, with ever-more invested in the recruitment process.
Salzburg won 10 Austrian titles in a row before losing out to Sturm Graz last season. Even with one of the most respected operations in the business, football can be unpredictable, but you can hardly get a bet on them winning this term (a winning bet would earn a 20% return, more than a high interest account, but not much more).
As you and I discussed recently, clubs should always be ready to trade. It’s easier to love the model than to get too attached to the players (except Kyogo). Best wishes to Matt on the south coast.
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I know we complain about agricultural tackles in the SPFL but that Crawley guy who just did Matt O Riley???
Trusty on the bench for Sheffield United
Has O’Riley just been Alloa’d??
https://x.com/i/status/1828508449036214461
Video of tackle
Poor Matt.
I hope it’s not as bad as it looked.
I also hope we have cashed the cheque.
The article on rangers takeover is hilarious. Really not adding up or making any sense.
That said the FF response is crazy too. Claiming it is a Lawwell plot to destabilise them.
Also that the Fox lady behind the previous aborted attempt was Jesuit educated which proves the above. Somehow ???
Fool me once fool me twice eh
Match officials announced for Sunday.
A feel good story for Sevco announced.
tiktok says MJ is off to Sheffield ? very good result for him and us if that’s the case.
You couldn’t write that for MOR. too quick in midfield and gets lamped as if he was playing murdwerwell
Eyes on the prize Bhoys, we have a maggot infested, hell hole, zombie club coming to PARADISE and they must and WILL be put down on the Sabbath.
Transfers will or will not happen, we deal with that on Monday.
Lets get behind the squad that Brendan picks for Sunday.
COYBIG
D. :)
yet
B78 – I do not know anything about Aluko, was just paraphrasing Sly sports news.
D. :)
On a personal note to go and see doc tomorrow where he says he might prescribe some sort of nerve medication as some might have been damaged during operation.
Thank feck as he said it will help with sleeping along with my pain killers.
D. :)
David66 on 27th August 2024 8:41 pm
I hope the medication works. We never really appreciate being free of pain until we are in pain .
All the best.
DAVID66 on 27TH AUGUST 2024 8:41 PM
Good luck, I hope you find relief from your pain. Nerve pain is a bastard
BURNLEY 78 @ 4:13
I wonder how Davidson felt when his son played for the Celtic youth and reserve teams late 1970s.
I take gabapentin but it’s serious medication
Think Matt’s is a bad one.Got up and could not put weight on it,down again.Not a good sign.
Jota to Rennes on loan
D,Kiev,really look like they can’t be arsed a lot of the time,then a wee flurry of effort.Salzburg not looking great.
Bada
Strange one, they were 10th last year!
Bada,
He will be back.Eventually.Maybe next summer.
https://x.com/Celtic1967_com/status/1828524590865219768?t=vzpid-FMtENOY-SAaNBmUw&s=19
Thanks guys.
celtic40me on 27th August 2024 8:52 pm
I take gabapentin but it’s serious medication.
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Doc is talking about amotriptlene (excuse the spelling).
D. :)
DAVID 66
It should help you sleep ..
Thanks again chaps.
D. :)
Good game Salzburg v Kyiv, find Kyiv an odd team looks like they can play when they can be arsed 🙄
Good kick micky johnstone, hope you kick on and have a great career, always a celt and one who lived the dream. Another academy player who played a few games and earn the club a few pounds as well.
See shaw, still on the books, I presume he will be off before the transfer window closes.
Lots of talk about players coming in but so far nothing, prefer nothing if we can’t get better than what we already have, but doubt that is the case.
HH
Shame about Matty bhoy.
Hope its not that bad.
D. :)
I hope we draw Salzburg and Sparta Prague.
DAVID66 on 27TH AUGUST 2024 9:13 PM
It was also suggested by the specialist but I don’t tolerate it well, I’ve taken it before and ended up asleep quickly like marspapa says
Don’t listen to me, though, go with the experts
I hope you get some relief
David66
You should have some painkillers,
Speak to your doc re painkillers,,sleep and other thing impinging on your new part,mind keep to diet,am surprised you don’t have a team(nurses) to take bloods,weight,bandage change) keep exercises,don’t forget good eating,it all gets piled on legs.take it easy my friend.this is important for your long term
HH
We allegedly bid £6.5m for Engels?
Then allegedly agreed to sell MJ for £2.5m?
Then allegedly bid £9m for Engels?
Nothing wrong Nicholson’s arithmetic skills then?
Think any Ukrainians watching TnT2 will be pissed off at the commentators Russian translation of Kyiv 🧐
Agree with all the comments re Kiev. Really weird team. They look rubbish but then suddenly have these period of creativity.
That said all 6 teams tonight would be beatable at CP and all 6 would be capable of beating us on their own patches I would suggest.
Nawrocki is German.
Wonder if Augsburg fancy player plus cash?
Still nothing…..tic talk tic talk.
Fabrizio Romano saying Valle medical ok and everything agreed.
Announcement expected tomorrow.
AN TEARMANN @ 9:31 PM,
David 66,
AN TEARMANN talking uncommon sense…
No matter how difficult it is, keep those exercises going unless a clinician tells you to stop
It is crucial, your mobility will be key in the medium and long term
Keep~on~keeping~on
Hail Hail