A year after trying and failing to sign him from Lech Poznan, Celtic have secured the services of Aleksandar Tonev from Aston Villa. Tonev has blistering pace, a right footer who is usually used on the left, he is an archetypal counter-attacking player.
The player’s profile blossomed during the first six months of 2013, in particular after he scored a hat-trick for Bulgaria against Malta, which brought Villa and Celtic to the table. The step-up to the English Premier League from playing a speciality role for Poznan was, not surprisingly, too much.
Aleksandar plays the same position as Georgios Samaras, albeit he’s a completely different type of player, but we will look to him to do the same job – be an out ball away from home in Europe.
Ronny will have seen him only from DVDs, so he’ll be keen to get him onto the pitch tomorrow morning for a run-out ahead of St Johnstone. Let’s hope the manager likes what he sees…. It’s a worry. The most promising part of deal is that Aleksandar has a point to prove, I’d rather hungry players with a point to prove than those who’ve too much on the clock.
Welcome to Celtic, Aleks.
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KevJungle is a Celtic fan…not a supporter.
10:21 on 11 August, 2014
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
10:13 on 11 August, 2014
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The only time that you engage with me is to take a cheap shot so, there is an agenda and yes, it is sinister – in your part.
There are times when ye try to be cute with yer, faint praise that drips of slime.
Only the way that I see it. ok.
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Joe fillips
and the excuses just keep coming…
If this and if that and if this and if that yeez would awe be happy.
Woop! Woop!
CQN at its finest Wool pulling.
MWD says AYE
big wavy
10:29 on 12 August, 2014
Something went very badly wrong early on in BTM’s time as Celtic manager.
He had a very promising start.
Gary67
Developing players.
We’ve just done it with Fraser Forster. I guess that’s our proposition, it’s just the timing that is the difference with a loanee.
I’m not getting hung up on that issue. Some will stay, some will fail to impress and some will demand a return to their parent club a better player. We have to prepare for a more multi dimensional world than we were used to.
TinyTim
07:59 on 12 August, 2014
‘Paul67
Dan Petrescu is quoted as stating that Celtic wanted him as manager , but he spoke Neil Lennon and was told that the club had problems.
He then decided to not take the approach any further.’
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That’s interesting.
I remember suggesting on here that such a thing might happen.
The notion was generally rubbished.
No surprise there.
Big Wavy
I agree with some of what you say re. the transition that is afoot.
But alas this transition was not planned and neither was it a first choice transition.
MWD says AYE
TSD
See you are still being a fanny of the highest order…but you know what.
Carry on, im past caring.
Do your worst:)
HH
tamrabam
10:26 on 12 August, 2014
Would you have sacked WGS after Artmedia? Was he on a par with BTM? Or Lenny after Utrecht. Or Saint Martin after Bordeaux?
joe filippis haircut
10:34 on 12 August, 2014
Exactly
ernie
Change took place, then 10 points behind the deid ones took place and then a firesale of ridiculous proportions that was desperate behind belief…
Tonev may be good business – probably no EPL side will want him even if he has a good season up here so we should get a clearer run at signing him.
A loan signing at centre half? Centre half is the position where you need to have a very good understanding with your fellow defenders to be successful. I’m sure that anyone who even played under 12s will know this. Long term planning is best for this area. Total bombscare idea if he is pitched into Maribor game in any form. See Karagandy away last season.
big wavy
10:42 on 12 August, 2014
And I wonder if perhaps something triggered that chain of events?
hun skelper
so if Ronni gets the boot again vs maribor all is well because he is just settling in
i assume he will go onto win the SPL (with you or me in charge we will win the SPL)
No, there is only 1 measuring stick nowadays in the hunless world that we currently live in and that yardstick is CL qualification. I guess i could accept it if Arsenal or the likes knocked us out, but 6-1 vs legia is a disgrace and a defeat vs maribor would be a severe boot in the hawmaws that would cost 20 million quid
The GB got banned because we incurred a 20 grand fine
defeat vs Maribor would be equally needless and SOMEONE should go for that
Im not being unrealistic here, im not asking for last 16, just qualification and no more
he has been handed the bonus that MON WGS and NFL would have cut your hand off for
he has no room to blow it AGAIN
Moonbeams
Perhaps you are right but sometimes big change events are reactive like that.
We’ve now got to adapt and it will be painful.
I’m not surprised about the reaction but I see no positive to be taken from flagellating ourselves over the sudden departure of Neil and the arrival of Ronny. It’s happened now let’s make it work.
eddieinkirkmichael
“19tr old loan signing with no option to buy totally contradicts previous statements by Ronny”
I have been paying attention. `totally contradicts` is very different from Ronny saying it was not his ideal scenario. My point concerned how people respond to various pieces of `information`. You see it as a total contradiction. I see it as not an ideal situation.
JJ
TinyTim
07:59 on 12 August, 2014
‘Paul67
Dan Petrescu is quoted as stating that Celtic wanted him as manager , but he spoke Neil Lennon and was told that the club had problems.
*if that’s true then Lenny should not be allowed to darken the doors of Celtic park….that’s just like “where’s yer mammy gone” ex telling Portuguese refs tae go back home during the strike.
ernie lynch. If petrescus story is true it doesnt say a lot for Lennie who was quoted in the MSM saying ” I will help Celtic find my replacement .” H.H.
Ernie
Do you a theory ? It should be said it was a season that the honest mistakes against BTM were off the radar. The huns were given their usual free passes through lots of games.
ernie lynch
10:40 on 12 August, 2014
TinyTim
07:59 on 12 August, 2014
‘Paul67
Dan Petrescu is quoted as stating that Celtic wanted him as manager , but he spoke Neil Lennon and was told that the club had problems.
He then decided to not take the approach any further.’
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That’s interesting.
I remember suggesting on here that such a thing might happen.
The notion was generally rubbished.
No surprise there.
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Dan Petrescu had an offer on the table from Al Arabi in Qatar.
I wonder if the money on offer played a part in his decision-making?
Not that I’d suggest for a minute that a gloating anti-Celtic Daily Record story (word used literally) has no legs.
southside
10:42 on 12 August, 2014
Hey never mind them it’s Ronny’s head that on the chopping block here haha
Some supporters are spoiled and want managers sacked after 4 games FFS I’ve heard it all now, bring back the jungle, the place where supporters knew how to back the team and manager HH
SOUTHSIDE
for the avoidance of doubt – I would have!
and WGS didnt get a second chance that “saint” Ronni has been given
incidentally no comparison with Bordeaux and Maribor in my book
a second failure would be McCoistesque.
big wavy 9.52
unfortunately i go way back to the 50s when it
was really dire.
however we are where we are
some of decisions of our present board to put
it mildly leave a lot be desired
but now is the time to get right behind the team
its what we have always done.
get them through to the group stages and on
to ten in a row
Leave RD alone ffs, everybody deserves a chance, same goes for the players.
However. ..this plc need to take responsibility for failure…and address it in the proper manner.
Pronto.
HH
tamrabam
10:35 on 12 August, 2014
I actually get the impression that some on here want us to fail, to feed their negativity. If I detested Celtic as much as some of them seem to do, I would ‘move on’ to find something to make me happy in life ……. It’s the same posters all the time, and they NEVER have anything positive at all to say about Celtic …… Indeed, when Celtic win a game, they seem to disapear for a few days ….
hun skelper
let me be very clear, im not saying sack him because of the legia debacle
but i am saying sack him if he falls again vs Maribor
20 years a jungle bhoy!
Whatever happened to Marcus Fraser?
MWD says AYE
The Embra Panda is up the duff…….cue LG punchlines..
j67
Great sentiment fella. Couldn’t agree more.
Hail hail
the green man
10:51 on 12 August, 2014
Are you “green” with envy…your relentless onslaught makes you sound like a hunlurker ..!!??
67heaven
name and shame them! Go on.
MWD says AYE
67Heaven. Exactly fella Celtic seem to give some on here no pleasure at all. H.H.
tamrabam
10:52 on 12 August, 2014
Sorry 6 games, jungle bhoy 20 years, you should know better then haha HH
• KevJungle is a Celtic fan…not a supporter.
10:25 on 12 August, 2014
Big Joe
10:12 on 12 August, 2014
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Balde, Pukki, Derk were playing under a bad manager, despite his success against who?
Quick fix in all of this, dismiss Ronny and put John Collins as manager.
JC is a horses for courses manager, which is needed right now. Ronny is in the wrong movie but, talking about movies…looking at the big picture, the executives who came to the decision to bring in Ronny should be cleared out but, that won’t happen cos, the only thing that hey have to fear is, financial starvation from the ‘supporters’ and, as it’s obvious to anyone who employs a segment of reallity that – Celtic ‘supporters’ are rendered toothless once the ‘bored’ has their SB-money. Once a ‘supporter’ hands over their SB-money they lose the potential to be a threat ie: they lose all their power. Until that changes, apathy will kill Celtic. imho
Question……………………..
How many of Jock Stein’s opening games did he win.
Patientlywaiting
j67
10:50 on 12 August, 2014
Ah, constructive criticism ………HH
So the Celtic Support go to Murrayfield twice and the Panda’s pregnant? Hmmmmm!
It’s all tha tpositivity I tells yeez.
MWD says AYE
!!Bada Bing!!
10:53 on 12 August, 2014
The Embra Panda is up the duff…….cue LG punchlines..
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The cynic in me wonders why The Embra Panda only seems to get up the duff when the Embra Festival is on and the place is full of tourists! Still, the zoo needs to make it’s money somehow while we await a “Strong Rangers” (© Scottish MSM). BTW – The Embra Pandas were not purchased – they are 2 x loans from China – genuine FACT!! :-)
The Dan Petrescu interview was in Bulgarian.
I’m surprised that anyone’s surprised that a prospective manager would try to get a heads up from a former manager.
It seems glaringly obvious that it might happen.