I was asked to contribute a piece on John Guidetti to a German magazine last month. John was on his way to winning the European U21 Championships with Sweden, while being every inch the football personality. The German publisher wanted to know why Celtic, Stoke and Manchester City had decided against re-employing a striker with a flattering pedigree.
During last season it looked like John was destined for the English lower leagues, or perhaps one of the resting homes in Turkey, but a few weeks at a tournament later he’s won himself a five year deal with Celta de Vigo.
Guidetti is a better player than he looked at Celtic last season. We don’t play a system which lends itself to a classic, British style, penalty box striker, which is what John is, but would you give him a five year contract to play in La Liga? Of course not. You’ve watched the player way more than Celta’s scouts and you know better than they do.
This is the truism in scouting, people who watch a player week-in, week-out, know vastly more than a scout who only gets to see a month’s games, or a handful of games across the season, or worse, a selection of DVDs provided by the agent, or TV highlights.
What’s made John Guidetti is his outlier season, 2011-12, when on loan at Feyenoord he smacked home an astonishing 20 goals in 23 games. Without that season, the Celta scouts wouldn’t even know his name. Maybe the serious illness he subsequently suffered robbed him of his mojo, maybe he’s a pound or two heavier than his fighting weight, but my money’s on Vigo suffering buyers regret soon enough.
The best of luck to John in Galicia, but I suspect he’ll be available for loan this time next year.
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Hard to tell what will happen to Guidetti.
If he puts his head down and allows his natural talent to flourish he will shine.
When he lets his ego dictate play then he will make life more difficult.
We saw the best and worst of him.
Always felt that once the goals dried up he beat himself up and his form declined.
He had a lot of excuses for his diminishing form but refused to look at his own part in that.
Good player with potential to be great.
He himself will determine the outcome.
Paul67
Total agreement regarding John Guidetti lacks quality, and pace. He’s got a shrewd agent to match his ego.
Weren’t the MSM telling us to stump up £5m for him in January?
You would almost think they had an agenda……
Good Afternoon Timland.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
Happy birthday ya cqn stalwart.
The young fella’s ST arrived,he opened it ,someone else’s name on it
HH
Magnus
Just looked back and got your answer
What is your Crieff connection were you brought up there as you know the Crieff families or is it relatives
billybear
No offence but why do you post here if you really are a follower of the new team?
Not that you’re not welcome I hasten to add.
John G
Hope life works our well for the young man. Our loss is Celta’s (I assume) expensive 5 year contract gamble. Good luck to them too.
HH jamesgang
weet weet weet(gbwo)
15:52 on 11 July, 2015
The young fella’s ST arrived,he opened it ,someone else’s name on it
HH
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My son’s Gaelic name ends ‘idh’.
His season ticket and cover letter both have it as finishing ‘ith’!
HH jamesgang
Sipsini………….. Just looking at the difference in body shape of the two players one is feminine while the other decidley muscular and masculine.
Bmcuwp
Hoopy birthday mhate HH
From the last thread
jc2
15:41 on
11 July, 2015
I reckon they got this guy in to write the tune for that video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7zw92lSNus
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
TheClumpany
11:28 on
11 July, 2015
And finally, here’s a link to this morning’s piece about Sevco’s epic trip to London. Well, North London…
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2015/07/11/a-different-sort-of-journey/
Enjoy the rest of the day!
Lifted this off hun noise…
‘After being beaten by effectively an u-17 Spurs side it’s unlikely that the London side will be sending any players on loan to Ibrox to boost their development.
That was kept quiet:)
jc2
15:46 on
11 July, 2015
You tube kept running in back ground from my last post
and this came on
Never seen it before
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PfCeSjE1IY
: > )
Superb
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
15:32 on
11 July, 2015
LIONROARS67
Totally unfair to expect someone’s elbows to play at that age.
Hoopy birthday to your good self have a great yin
As for unfair…….im sure the MIBS and Lee will be stretching the rules when the hoops take the field…………………..Lee’s elbows are protected by the mibs like a protected species
Good luck to Guidetti
I always think you should discount penalties and set pieces when assessing a striker’s record.
Of course you have to have the skill and courage to take them, but unless your free kicks are of the Nakamura standard, then there is normally two or three other guys in the team who can also take the pens or free kicks.
When we assess Guidetti’s return from open play at Celtic it is actually very poor ( 6 or 7 ?) , and I also recall him missing a few.
I’ve not looked at the stats, but, a five year deal for a guy who is now 23, and who has only scored around a dozen goals in the last two seasons is a nice piece of work from his agent.
hankray…
Yep, when you look at the build of Djokovic, Serena would leather him, off court that is.
I mind there was rumours flying about Nadal and Spanish footballers using drug enhancements, some Spanish judge supposedly ordered their samples to be destroyed. mmm
BMCUW.
Many thanks for the offer but no need . We have the 7 and the 12..
The woman from Padova has been Google Mapping in preparation for a soon come trip to London.- a ten minute walk from
Shoe Shop A to Shoe Shop.B etc. Watching tele recently and up popped an ad for an online shoe store .-
Her response to the ad ? -” it would be like agreeing to a blind date “.
Time for a dip .
John Guidetti was at Man City for 7 years but in the last five years has been on loan to five different clubs, including Burnley, Feyonoord, Stoke City and Celtic. In the middle of this time (July 2011) his agent who is also his father got him egregiously and needlessly involved in a serious double contract situation involving Man City and FC Twente.
His agent (still his father) has now got him another five year deal.
Speculation about these similarities and his time at Celtic is fair.
John’s habit is to arrive with a bang and then fade away – just as he did at Celtic.
In a full season at Celtic under a new manager, where LG rose to prominence, where AS faded from favour and where Scepovic couldn’t get a full game – JG flattered to deceive and failed to show the manager AND the fans that he wanted to stay.
JG’s LC final attitude was very poor and he lost me at that point. More to the point, this behaviour was never going to impress a manager like RD. He was finished. Enter Nadir Ciftci.
JG’s record shows that his ego exceeds the opinion of every manager he has worked under. He sulks when he doesn’t get the game time he thinks he deserves. Someone should be advising him better, but maybe when you mix family and business things don’t work out that well. In an individual sport like golf and tennis (Woods and Williams) it might work, but in a team sport you need to sacrifice some of yourself to help the team: that apparent dissonance always seems to derail John. Until he gets better advice the same thing is bound to happen again.
He was a wondrous thing to see in his first few months at Celtic though.
HH
papajoe55
15:52 on 11 July, 2015
Magnus
Just looked back and got your answer
What is your Crieff connection were you brought up there as you know the Crieff families or is it relatives
Arranmore connections mainly, our family used to visit the Colls in Crieff and still in touch with one of them. Went to Blairs College with a Maclellan (now also in Oz) and a Sweeney, RIP, who were best friends.
Quick Qs
Has Amido Balde actually left our club.
There was a bit in a newspaper and on here a few weeks ago suggesting he is off to Metz, but he isnt on their website ?
Also, looked at our team last night, and assuming McGeough, Irvine and Boerrighter are all in the departure lounge ( maybe wishful thinking with Boerrighter’s wages) but, our squad is actually very thin.
Aside from the 14/15 who played last night, we have Forrest , Commons and very few other senior players.
If we do add to the squad I hope it is first team ready players, otherwise lets give Henderson & O’Connell a chance, and no more ‘hit n miss’ projects
Good luck tae the cqners heading fur Hamilton tonight,
a rogue’s track,been a few times and only ever backed
one winner @ 4/1…….the sp 11/2,so don’t go daft.
jc2…
I hadn’t seen that before either, a belter:)
I’ve not seen anything from billynowel for a long time, I hope he is keeping up the fight somewhere, I actually thought he might be the “Clumpany ” both with great sense of humours and imaginative. HH
Magnus
That would have been Owen God rest his soul . We have a good few Arranmore descended families here Wards , Odonnells Connaghans McColes to name just a few
John G is not a team player – until he learns to be he will never make it in any league
Good luck big fella – live and learn
SOUTHOFTUNIS
Never been on a blind date. Been blind drunk a few times after many a date though.
And obviously beforehand at the asking oot stage…
Could it possibly be that Guidetti is what you end up with when you nanny aboutt until the last hours of transfer windows?
papajoe55
16:19 on 11 July, 2015
Magnus
That would have been Owen God rest his soul.
The same. His friend Ian is just back in Oz from another visit to Crieff and the Hebrides.
BMCUWP…
Went on one when I was a youngster, my mate set it up and showed me a headshot of her.
Not bad I thought, I’m up for that, we went up to his birds flat in shawlands and a bleeding man mountain of a woman opened the door. Oh well, must be the babysitter thinks me….wrong, a sharp exit was made.
Memories :))
BMCUW,
A very happy birthday from a rainy Largs. What’s new, sez you.
BMCUWP…
if ye were blootered as you say, how can you remember them asking ye oot??
DESERTBHOY
My short-term memory was much better then,ya lippy sod.
Usually only had to remember from Saturday to Sunday. It gave me a week to forget and regret.
SIPSINI
Still Game-pinta Guinness?
PARKHEADCUMSALFORD
Cheers,mate. My Dad loves the weather in Largs just now.
Hits Kelburne every Monday and Wednesday and prays for rain.
Always dry in the clubhouse.
Magnus
I can’t recall Ian but I think his nephews Ger and Norman went to Oz,
Owens father buried all 6 of his sons not one made 60 Life is cruel , Owen would be ages with my elder brothers about 75
blantyretim is praying for the knox family
Cheers for the information think that’s a cracking bet. Need to wait until tomorrow to bet it. Bigot March starts at 5. Wee town I stay in and that’s the second one today.
Just layed the losing Willian of Orange to win just over fifty quid thank to those good people at Betfair (or should I say the OO bigots who probably backed it.)
GIRFUY you Hun monkeys. I’m off to buy a bottle of Jamesons and a big fat curry for me and Mrs SB.
Afternoon Timland from a seriously hot, 46 deg, hun free mounain valley.
BobbyM
Feliz Cumpleanos Mi Amigo, and I hope you have many, many more.
HH
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I see the super dooper Barca esq sevco got a spanking from a bunch of weans yesterday, good of the kids to give them a two goal of a start as well.
HH
Rain dance time lhads