I know we’ve touched on this before, but I continue to see, “Why do Celtic always leave it until the last minute?’ question asked about the transfer window. This is not a difficult question, in fact, it is the easiest question you will ever get about how football works.
Why do Brighton always leave it to the last minute? Why do Manchester City always leave it to the last minute? [Brighton, Man City and Celtic have, of course, already signed players]. Brighton are apparently very keen to sign Matt O’Riley, but here we are, on the 22 August, their season is already underway and Matt is knocking about Lennoxtown this morning.
We all know why this is. Matt is under contract and Celtic want to keep him, so will leave it until they are sure it is right to sell, that they have extracted the highest possible bid, and that they have backfill. How is it possible to know how sellers act when you are connected to the seller, but not when you are connected to a buyer?
Transfer windows skew activity towards the end of the period. Exceptions to this rule exist, but they always come with a story. Celtic, Brighton or Manchester City are not responsible for how humans react to supply and demand. Complaining about it is like shouting at the wind.
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Bogusz is a bit of a unit!
Happy Friday eve all.
https://youtu.be/Pnq_J88So6c?si=xeEoc_Mudh8WF453
Saint Stivs on 22nd August 2024 11:20 am
Celtic would be unlikely to block a deal for Kyogo if Manchester City bid more than £20m for the Japan striker. (Daily Mail), external
Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers is against selling another of his key players in Kyogo, with Matt O’Riley edging closer to an exit and three bids rejected for Cameron Carter-Vickers. (Daily Record), external
Galatasaray have enquired about adding defender Carter-Vickers to the large number of former SPFL players in Turkey’s Super Lig. (Scottish Sun), external
Manchester City’s assistant manager Juanma Lillo knows all about Celtic’s Kyogo after managing him at his previous club Vissel Kobe. (Scottish Sun), external
Steve Clarke could call up former Dundee United midfielder Ryan Gauld, now in the MLS with Vancouver Whitecaps, and Rangers midfielder Connor Barron for the Nations League games with Poland and Portugal. (Scottish Sun), external
Rapid Bucharest have confirmed talks are ongoing to bring exiled Rangers playmaker Ianis Hagi to the club. (The Herald), external
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Celtic are keen to bring in LAFC’s Polish midfielder Mateusz Bogusz from the MLS for a fee up to £8.5m. (Daily Record), external
Winger Ben Doak and left-back Owen Beck are poised to leave Liverpool during this transfer window after being left out of an Under-21 game – and Celtic have been linked with the pair. (Scottish Sun), external
Dundee are running the rule over French forward Julien Vetro, who is a free agent after leaving troubled Bordeaux this summer. (The Courier), external
Celtic’s Japanese defender Yuki Kobayashi is to join Algarve-based Portimonense on a four-year deal. (Scottish Sun), external
Dundee manager Tony Docherty insists Luke McCowan will be fully focused on the Dark Blues at Easter Road on Saturday – and not a potential move to Hibernian. (The Courier), external
Celtic remain interested in a swoop for 26-year-old Dens Park captain McCowan. (The Herald), external
Manager Jimmy Thelin hopes starring for Aberdeen can propel new signing Topi Keskinen into Finland’s senior squad. (Press & Journal)
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Hey Wind! Calm doon!
What larks
Paul 67 “Complaining about it is like shouting at the wind.”
Be careful. Paul. CQN would be much quieter without those very wind-shouters !
“Why do Celtic always leave it until the last minute?’ question asked about the transfer window. This is not a difficult question, in fact, it is the easiest question you will ever get about how football works.
is it peter lawwell
The wind in the Willo’s
BOURNESOUPRECIPE
Don’t mention the Will Flood transfer window. This place will explode.
Transfers: supply and demand
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Yes indeed Paul.
Regardless of the spread of demand, those with the deepest pockets and the more attractive situation tend to hoover-up the lion’s share of the available sought after supply. Let’s hope we’re in the queue and get lucky.
Can only hope it’s Steve Austin’s doctor, that’s doing Mikey Johnston’s medical….
The game’s a Bogusz the rebels have won
THEBATTEREDBUNNET@12.01
Autumn gales are the new summer breezes .
Word is the Celtic Board is prepared to make a double bid…..
for Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
No idea if it’s true but the answer my friend is blowin in the wind
Bogusz in the third kit would just be an invisible imposter
Celtic Diary Thursday August 22: Sleepwalking Into Disaster ?
https://etims.net/?p=18746
Wind Paul?
Is that a coded message that we’re in for HarryKane ?
Well, my bed is pretty dry.
Could be the rubber underwear, however.
Travelling over for the hun game with Mrs TT and it’ll all be over by then – hope we take three from the Buddies on Sunday, to set up a humdinger 🍀
Celtic Mac on 22nd August 2024 12:16 pm
I heard it was ‘L.Lucan’
““Why do Celtic always leave it until the last minute?’ ”
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Funny, but I seem to recall the story always being that players wouldn’t sign for us until they know we are going to be in the Champions League……
https://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/transfers-supply-and-demand/#comment-3940098
I think you’re tilting at windmills!
We don’t blow enough wind.
And that’s because the Board lacks ambition to develop a modern energy policy by harnessing the wind of a million worldwide Celts. If we had a hydro-electric policy to utilise the fluid of bedwetters as well, we’d soon earn a Green Flag on the Champions League Trophy.
Frack This!
St. Stiv’s
I am getting the message that E-tims is an unsafe place to visit- unsecured and compromised- both on Safari and Firefox as browsers- never had that before.
Don’t know if there’s anything in this but a friend of a friend was in a taxi driven by Owen Coyle’s granny who told him she had just dropped off the two super-agents Egor Ripovski and Pedro Puntaplaya at Celtic Park.
setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox on 22nd August 2024 12:28 pm
in all seriosness i want celtic plc to be as green a company as is possible.
no evidence of renewable energy provision for lennotown ot baarrowfield.
wind turbines at lennoxtown could be installed.
solar at lennoxtown and on the south facing roofs at celtic park.
an electric bus. a fleet of electric cars.
we have the money.
share price up again, now 2.05.
lots and lots of small trades. and a couple of around£40,000/
the question is who is buying ?
setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox on 22nd August 2024 12:32 pm
working fine for me, and did some virus scans, and it is working.
We need a number of Scots players in our CL squad. If Mikey goes, following the loss of Vata & Kelly- it is imperative that we keep McGregor, Taylor, Forrest, Ralston, Welsh, Bain and use some Celtic II (as they are called now) players to flesh out the numbers. I assume (but don’t know) that we cannot list players like Dane Murray and Matt Anderson- if they go out on loan so that leaves us with Francis Turley & who else? Mitchell Frame? Colby Donovan? Any other suggestions? How many do we need?
Just listened to Stylian being interviewed by Nick Eardley ( a big Celtic fan) on 5 Live. His greatest ever achievement and memory on looking back over his remarkable career …… The day he signed for Celtic!
Love that ghuy!!!
Best bit of advice ever,
If it flies, floats or f~~ks . rent it
KINGLubO
There’s always a forrest of hysterical whiners using ‘dreadful transfer window’ or ‘the fans must tell the Board’ as clickbait for their ill-thought through and poorly written sites.
When we were discussing Dom McKay’s exit earlier and referenced our loss to Sevco in the Scottish Cup during Covid season- I had a look at our back 5 that day and it read:-
Bain
J-J Kenny Welsh Ajer Laxalt
Greg Taylor came on for Laxalt when we went 2 down and we mounted a late challenge with a Taylor tackle saving a near certain 3rd goal for Sevco. Unfortunately Edouard missed a sitter and a pen and Elyanoussi missed another sitter too.
SFTBS @ 12:51 PM,
Dom McKay came in later, Big Pedro was still CEO then…
If You Know Your History
Hail Hail
I reckon Man City are buying all the Celtic shares – aided and abetted by Peter Lawwell.
They are going to buy O’Riley, Kyogo, Hatate and CCV – but then seize control of the club and take all their money back…
Chairbhoy
I was going with this from Celtic Wiki:-
“He was starting the day after Celtic lost two nil away to Sevco in the Scottish Cup ending a disastrous season without any silverware, and the announcement of a proposed controversial European Super League which was limited to big nations so far (which didn’t get off the ground).”
It wasn’t and isn’t a dig at Dom since none of us know the reasons for his leaving.
Brendan the return voyage,
Abada
Haksabanovic
McCarthy
Turnbull
Oh Hyeon-gyu
Tilio
Bernabei
Vata
Lawal
Kelly
Kobayashi
Lagerbielke
Kwon
M. Johnston
Montgomery, Kenny, Shaw already out on loan
With one or two likely to go as well we could be forgiven for expecting a fair few signings?
Pragmatism CSC
“Complaining about it is like shouting at the wind.”
Don’t fart in my face and tell me it’s windy!!
Notwithstanding my flippant response last night to Dom McKay’s exit …
… I do agree with the poster who said he spoke well.
His sit down Q&A alongside Ange was refreshing.
I got the impression he was a guy who wanted to keep fans informed.
In recent fans survey I called out communication as the weakest part (by a distance) of the corporate behaviour.
Even went as far as suggesting putting a Chief Customer Officer into the executive structure.
JPT is well intentioned but doesn’t have the juice.