I’ve always cautioned against judging a player who has been out for an extended period but being hooked at halftime last night looks like an ominous sign for Derk Boerrigter, who sparkled for 30 minutes on his debut against Ross County earlier in the season but has come nowhere close to that form since.
Injuries stopped him in his tracks that day against County, and several times since, but whatever the reason, we’ve not seen anything like what the player is capable of, and at 27, he is likely to be looking for first team action elsewhere next season.
After last night’s game Neil Lennon spoke of the possibility of signing and losing players over the summer transfer window, which starts in three weeks. Buying well is crucial, and Celtic didn’t do that last summer, but getting those ‘no longer in the manager’s plans’ off the books as early as possible is also important.
Last August we offloaded Lassad, probably by parting with a bundle of cash in the process. This is not a precedent Celtic will have been keen to set, but it’s better to have the decks cleared than have an unproductive player linger around for a year.
Anyone starting less than a third of the games he is available for selection should be looking for pastures new, especially with new arrivals expected this summer.
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God rest your soul, Wee Oscar.
An inspiration to all of us and to your wonderful family.
Rest in peace forever.
God rest the wee hero
His suffering is at an end
He was an example to us all
R I P wee Oscar. and God bless his family. So sad !!!!
Terrible news, Rest in Peace wee man,
Leftclicktim : Hope you get through everything today as best you can,will be a difficult day.
Im off to Tannadice with my son and a heavy heart, thanks to everyone for informing me of change of date
HH
Heartfelt condolences to the Knox family. A long battle sadly lost.
RIP wee Oscar
Devastated at the news about wee Oscar.
Thoughts are with the family at this very sad time.
RIP Oscar.
http://www.celticfc.net/news/5849
Celtic web site article re Oscar
Sad sad news about wee Oscar. Thoughts are with the Knox family. I’ve just told my colleagues and we’re all filling up. Not been a good week. We done a babies funeral yesterday and now the news of Oscar.
RIP Oscar, May the angels keep you safe on your journey.
Horrible news, thoughts with Wee Oscars family & friends.
He touched so many peoples hearts.
RIP Wee Man & God bless.
Seeing Oscar run out onto the pitch last July was one of the brightest moments in Celtic’s history. I’ll never forget it.
If anyone wants to know what we mean by ‘Celtic Family’, they need look no further than this wee ghuy, and the way countless Celtic fans around the globe rallied round him in support.
RIP
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BnLfyLEIMAAZJE3.jpg
God bless wee Oscar.
Touched the hearts of so many in your short life.
Thoughts are with your mum, dad and sister…god bless them all.
Terrible news
R.I.P. Wee Oscar
No more suffering for our wee heto
He has a place in heaven and un our hearts
My thoughts are with the Knox family today. There are no words that will lift the pain they must be feeling right now.
Morning all
Such sad news to get up to , others have put it better here so all I can say is RIP wee Man and God bless your family.
Jimbo67 praying for Oscar Knox
So sad to hear the terrible news about Oscar.
He will be happy, dancing with the angels already.
Thoughts and prayers to all the family.
Rest in peace, you were an inspiration.
Tried to type a few times and ended up deleting. I don’t have the words.
Absolutely inspirational character and I was very proud of the Celtic family (and wider public) in our efforts to rally to his side.
He has left an indelible mark on myself along with thousands of others.
I hope his poor family can take some comfort in the knowledge of the depth of love,support and admiration we have for them.
R.I.P. wee man.
x
Heartbreaking.
So sorry.
RIP Wee Oscar
Such a brave young bhoy and what an amazing family, it was an absolute privilege to meet Stephen and Leona at the function at Donegal Celtic after the Wee Oscar cycle and I am absolutely gutted at the news this morning.
You’ll Never Walk Alone Wee man,
Sincerest condolences to the Knox family, Stephen, Leona and Izzie and all their family and friends
We will all see a brighter star in heaven tonight
God Bless
R.I.P. Oscar – in my prayers.
Rest In peace Oscar Knox
The bravest of the brave … An inspiration and a real hero
God bless
So upsetting that the wee mhan has lost the fight.
An inspirational little soul, i will never forget watching him cuddle Hoopy on the pitch at paradise, such a short life but he touched so many,
God Bless him and his brave parents.
HH
Mike
BRTH, terrible sad news about wee Oscar. His life and fighting spirit, and that of his mum and dad have been an inspiration to many on this forum. The wee man is finally at peace.
I’m not one for praying but wee Oscar and his family will be very much in the forefront of my thoughts today. My heart goes out to Oscars family, they will need all the strength and courage shown by their son to face the coming days.
Rest in peace wee Oscar.
ACGR
R I P Oscar, no more pain.YNWA
Just going to repost this.
During the infancy of the WeeOscar4Life fundraising I posted a thread on KDS to highlight Oscar’s and the Knox’s situation. One of the early posts on that thread informed that any fund raising on behalf of Oscar was futile and would be money wasted (to paraphrase). The post was not made with any malice but an opinion given by a medical person who had previous experience of how dreadful a disease Neuroblastoma was and who knew how low the mortality rate was for children like young Oscar who were fighting and battling the disease. It was a very brave post amidst the many posts of empathy, hope and those offering their thoughts and prayers.
To this day there has not been a day that has gone by that I have not thought about that post. All my education and informed knowledge of Neurablastoma gained since the day Stephen Knox, or to give him his proper name, Knoxy2000, posted on CQN informing us that his son’s battle had begun has had me consider the possible futility of all our efforts to help such a special young Bhoy and his family. I imagine that many of you have had the same thoughts at some time or another during the last few years.
Sadly last night all our worst fears for Oscar came to fruition when @Wee_Oscar posted on twitter that the family and doctors were now in the phase of managing our wee hero’s pain. It was devastating news!
Now we can only hope that the remaining time the family have together is peaceful and Oscar is pain free. God bless him and please hold his family close. (My anger for the big man has not yet subsided).
Remembering back to that day after Knoxy2000 informed us all of Oscar’s fight against Neuroblastoma, and knowing so little about the disease but learning more daily, I will be forever grateful for the traits of human nature. I will be forever thankful that as beings we are able to see past the cold hard facts and are able to empathise, be hopeful, be able to offer our thoughts and prayers for whatever worth they are. Medical science is easily measurable as are mortality rates etc. But just how do we measure empathy, measure hope and measure the power of our thoughts and prayers?
There have been so many highs and so many lows for Oscar, Leonna, Stephen, Izzie and their extended family throughout the last few years that to try to measure the good will of all those who took the Knox’s to their hearts is impossible. How can we measure what a baking bee in Philadelphia, a sponsored silence in a classroom in Glasgow or the prayer for Oscar of a young child before bed did for Oscar or helped the Knox’s get through another day? How do you measure the efforts, empathy, hope, thoughts and prayers of the 100’s of thousands and likely millions who took Oscar to their hearts? Is it possible?
There is an image for me that will forever remain with me till the day I pass. That image is worth all the empathy, love, hope, efforts and the thoughts and prayers that others gave to Oscar and the Knox’s. You could say it is a £650,000 image as that was the sum eventually raised to help save young Oscar’s life.
The image though is priceless!
http://sport.ie.msn.com/soccer/‘absolutely-magic’-cancer-survivor-wee-oscar-4-takes-centre-stage-before-celtic-win
The image proves the poster on KDS to be wrong!
My thoughts and prayers will be with you wee man and with your mum, dad and your little sister Izzie for every day to come.
Hail! Hail! The Bravest Little Fighter
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RIP Wee Man. I know I am a better man for having had the privledge of meeting you and sharing your smiles.
Daniel will miss you.
MWD
So sad to lose someone so young and full of life, our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends….
so strong, Oscar showed us of the rhythm of life, tingle in his fingers tingle in his feet.
Eternal rest grant unto him
And let perpetual light shine upon him.
MWD
exactly
Requiescat en pace, wee Oscar.
Rest in Peace Oscar
Saint Pio take good care of him.
I having nothing but the upmost admiration for the Knox family.
I still remember the chill that overcame me when I read his fathers first post on here disclosing Wee Oscars illness.
The Wee man fought a fight no child should ever have to.
His parents have a loss know parent should ever have to contend with.
My heart goes out to all of them.
I am not a religious man ,but I pray that i am wrong.
That there is a heaven ,and that he is with the Angels.
R.I.P Wee Oscar
TT
Bravest of the brave.
Playing wi the angels oscar.
Condolences to the family at this sad time.
Big sean.
God bless you wee Oscar and may perpetual light shine upon you. RIP
Wee Oscar – a hero and an inspiration to the end! I am privileged to have known you, wee mhan.
The Knoxs – unbelievable strong and loving family. Not sure how they coped in the last 5 years of turmoil and pain. Not sure how they are coping now?
I do know we need to support the family now more than ever at this sad time, to help them get through this.
We also need to do something to commerate the live of our Wee Celtic Warrior, IMO.
Good night Wee Oscar, finally at peace. Your battle is now over and perhaps, one day we shall meet again.
HH
CRC
Paul67.
You have mail.
RIP Oscar,
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these” (Matthew 19:14).
Prayers offered up.
Just logged on and read the very sad news about Oscar. The whole family have been so brave throughout this trial and my heart goes out to them.
Rest in peace, Oscar.
Just logged on to read the sad news of wee Oscar passing.
Such a brave little man.
May he rest in peace.
HH
/Bishop B
Sorry to hear about Oscar.May he rest in peace,sad,sad news.