Ronny Deila’s dream of reconstructing the Dundee United team of 2014 is on track as United have agreed terms for the sale of striker Nadir Ciftci, who is set to join Stuart Armstrong and Gary MacKay-Steven in green and white hoops.
United are feeling sore at losing three players to a rival but it could be argued this deal is a positive result for them. They are no different than Celtic in needing to acquire good players who will enhance their team and generate transfer fees when they leave.
Armstrong and Mackay-Steven gave Celtic a timely boost when they arrived in the team in February. If Ciftci adapts as quickly he’ll do well.
Signing a backup goalkeeper is a tricky call. Do you blow a large slice of budget on a genuine contender for the goalkeeper’s jersey, or perhaps promote the next teenage David Marshall? Both are viable calls. If we sign Logan Bailly (29) for a fee from Belgian club Leuven the expectation at Lennoxtown is that he will push Craig Gordon.
That would leave us with competition across the field, apart from the left back slot…..
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TBM
Just as you start posting…
There I am reading the Steve Chalmers autobiography “The Winning Touch” and on page 2 does he not go and write TBM.
Yep TBM.
In his case though he meant tuberculosis meningitis, the life threatening disease that he contracted when he was 20 yrs old and playing for Kirkie Rob Roy.
Just saying, ken like :o)
Now get tae bed ya night owl.
HH
canamalar
20:00 on 7 July, 2015
googybhoy..,
Snap :)
Good to see we agree.
BT
You not back at work yet?
Googybhoy
Yeh, had a cracker today so that and budget cuts tomorrow and I’ll be a moaning git as usual very soon 8))
Moan,moan,moan,moan,moan,moan
Sorry about all the moaning but I am a whiny little bitch after all
:-)
HH
Celtic!!!!!!!!!
Possibly Signing a young player from Real Madrid…..
One of the hottest young prospects in world football…
Who with fist team experience under or manager….
has more potential than a certain young Denaya who arrived last season .
How dare Celtic
Its all Peter Lawells fault!!
Sack him and the board
Googy…,
The best bit is they are all falling out over a meeja report ffs :oD)))))
Some don’t see the point of bringing in a 16 year old who is never likely to turn up are being rounded on and slagged off by the people who keep telling us our league is too shite to attract decent players, they’ve been telling us the SFA/SPFL have no right to slag off our league but use the exact same argument to excuse downsizing. Jeez
CanalMar, if that’s how you see Scottish football why wonder that we cannot entice even half decent experienced players from outside. Must be the board’s fault for this terrible state of Scottish football.
RWE
20:02 on 7 July, 2015 …………..
Cheers, aye, I would but V is snoring away and is going to pick up my passport tomorrow.
Been a long time since I have wasted hours on CQN. May as well make the most of it because other than being in touch with some good guys, it doesn’t really do a great deal for me other than a wee story swap…………
Thought Stevie Chalmers was still on the ‘Jockey’s’ books at twenty years old; national service and all that.
Meningitis; horrible disease.
Later J……………
Take Care.
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM………………F
25thmay1967 – It was tongue in cheek, but McCann is his brother in law…
Ron…,
Try reading it again, I do to conform the the argument that out league is no good enough to attract good players, that argument is a monopoly of the board buttplugs who are happy with the downsizing.
Blantyretim
Welcome home , refreshed and rarin tae go :)
Blantyretim.
Glad to see your back in the fold. Might come into the Blane V for a few drinks on Friday but I want to get home for the football at 8.00pm.
I do not conform, even
Oh moany moany…moany moany moany moany moany mo.
midfield maestro
18:59 on 7 July, 2015
Re: Fr Stephen ex St John’s
I am at the other end of G78 and our local announced recently that a bash was being held for the good fellow marking his 50th and his silver jubilee as a priest
I expect you are aware he is at St Charles’ Stock St Paisley
TBM
Try singing that wee song :) see if she can sleep through that haha!
Good to read you on the blog again , don’t be a stranger …in the night
Cue for another wee song . Need to go the boss needs her back waxed :))
Evening Timland from a hot hun free mountain valley.
Hottest day of the year so far. high 40’s, still high 30’s, hard work so it is.
The young fella from Madrid will NOT be coming to Celtic, he will be loaned out to a Spanish team, end of.
HH
On Odegaard, the feeling I picked up on holiday recently was that Benitez wanted him farmed out in Spain after gauging him in a few friendlies, with local Madrid club Getafe mentioned strongly – no travel and still adapting to the local culture.
I would love to see him here, but no matter how good the young man is, in a year would he at 16 become a 1st team regular ? Or would some of Scotland’s ‘agricultural’ defenders allow him to become one ?
Cifci and Odegaard. Not a bad day’s work. Mon the Hoops
HH
:-)
Some moaning….and it will be even worse soon, when sevco’s three year plan for European domination comes good:)
HH
Syd Negakev
20:16 on 7 July, 2015
Oh moany moany…moany moany moany moany moany mo.
***
I have determined that Syd Negakev is, in fact, Tommy James (of TJ and the Shanells fame). I now claim my $5. Where do I collect it?
Odegaard ?
Mainstream Italian fitba media have Benitez waiting to see him in action in some friendlies before he decides where the player is going .
Italian click bait sites have him being loaned to Celtic .Those sites quote 1 particular click bait site which quotes ” sources “.
I will wait and see ! .
La Gazzetta dello Sport ran a very negative article re the player a few weeks ago.Team mates not happy – Johnny Big Time / interfering father/ obscene wages / not a team player / bad for team morale etc ..
Same paper then ran a piece of fluff quoting Ibra advising the player to grow up , sideline his father and get himself a proper agent..
Marspapa
Aye chilled , had a great time
Oldtim
Call you tomorrow
Green man
:-)
HH
canamalar
That may be the case domestically but hes guaranteed a go at some sort of european football if he does join u, that would improve him
canamalar
U = us
robert88,
How do you make that out ? we are only guaranteed two European games so far.
Odegaard is undoubtedly a great prospect ..still a young boy
Why would RM let one of their prize assets come to us and get kicked around the SPL by cretins like Lasley et al ….
mike in toronto
Dammit…cover blown!
It’s the Shondells by the way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkMgs3lFwkQ
Do we fall into the euro qualifiers if we get beat by the Icelanders ?
canamalar
As we’ll get the play off as a minimum balls that up and we’re in the europa.
Id be amazed if Real sanctioned a move to Celtic for Odegaard.
Keith Lasley will be sharpening his hooves as we speak.
HH
robert88,
Is it the euro league or qualifiers ?
Potentially four games in Europe and there’s no guarantee of any more or indeed he’d be signed in time or even getting picked, so back to your claim
Syd …. :)
As has been pointed out earlier, my typing is not so good today!
FatfingersCSC
Dooo doooooo ….now, where’s that green man…
https://twitter.com/csftt/status/618456671069847552
The green man
Bingo !!
67Heaven
Now…Lets wait for confirmation.
But if its true, I wont have a problem giving credit where its due.
HH