Reading Auston Trusty talk about his performance against Atalanta last season was illuminating. Having played for bottom of the table Sheffield United in the EPL season 2023-24, he was adjusted to defending deep every week of the season. Season 2022-23 was spent with Birmingham, who finished 17th in the Championship. Celtic’s more natural game, where central defenders play high up the field and have lots more possession, would have been alien to the default style the player arrived with.
We got the breaks against Atalanta but it required a super-human effort by Auston, Liam Scales, Alex Valle and Alistair Johnston to get to the end of the game without conceding. Even if Auston was ready to hit the ground as a back-to-the-wall defender, there was a requirement to develop his other (potential) talents.
There will be more back-to-the-wall games in Europe this season but we should look for growth in Auston in possession.
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bognorbhoy on 30th July 2025 9:17 am
Back to Basics – Glass Half Full on 30th July 2025 7:21 am
Good morning CQN.
Just over a month ago – when news of some book broke – I happened to mention an article written on here some time ago about the author.
A fellow CQNer (apologies, I can’t recall who but please let yourself be known) very kindly found that article and posted a link to it.
https://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/murray-coalescence-with-the-financial-political-media-sectors/
I read it again this morning.
Its just brilliant.
Respect to our host.
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I heard a quite decent radio Scotland interview with David Murray about his book 4 weeks ago. It was nowhere near the standards that an expert in business would have asked but some questions did probe and did elicit some remorse although Murray defended much of what he did with no self-introspection.
When asked why he went down the route of the tax avoidance scheme route, ultimately of course tax evasion, he said:
“Look, we paid enough tax”.
So there you have it.
Last week Brendan said he was hopeful of bringing in new players in the coming weeks.
Weeks, not days.
I see Davie Moyes bemoaning the lack of signings at Everton, they’ve tried , he said, but finding it difficult to get them done.
Celtic40me
Please no !
Chairbhoy
Hilarious seeing someone lecturing Blogger GM on managing a stock portfolio. That really is off the scale the most ironic thing ever on this blog.
Borg,
Everton are not in a CL qualifier.Not hard for us to sign players.Easy,just pay for them.
An Dun
Lindsell won’t vote against DD.
Mark K and Chris never have but would not carry the necessary weight even if they did.
Im as frustrated as the rest regarding the lack of “first team ready” signings
But the realist in me knows its a game of cat and mouse out there
Im sure clubs add a few Million to the price when Celtic come calling
Jakob Breum from Go Ahead Eagles (strange name for a football team)
We offer (allegedly) £3m they want £6m
I have no idea if the guy is worth £3 or £6m
But Go Ahead Eagles know we have just got £17.5m for Kuhn
I wonder if we had not yet sold Kuhn how much they would want ?
Also why sell now there is a month to go
I’m not saying we should not sell Kuhn – I get the model we have – but perhaps we should try and hold players until we have their replacement
Tough gig buying and selling football players
67ECW
An Dun
Happy to meet pre game Sunday and discuss it though. It is an interesting topic and more nuanced.
Good morning all.
HORSE RACING…If NOT interested just scroll on by…
DAY ONE GOODWOOD ( YESTERDAY)….
Good news is that I managed to back FOUR Winners at odds of 8/1, 6/1, 4/1 and 85/40.
Bad news is that I didnt have ALL Four on the one line !
More good news, I did manage to back the Goodwood PLACEPOT which paid out a Dividend of just over £113.00 for a £1.00 Stake.
Only Four more days of Goodwood to go, bring it on.
LOL
HH.
B78 – yes, I saw that and decided to let it pass🙄
Burnley78 @ 10:54 am,
You ever heard of Moore Capital, Blackstone, JP Morgsn, Barclay’s Capital, Swiss Re, etc etc etc…
All outfits with funds…
I used to go to Bars in the City, Mayfair and the Wharf where you could throw a stick and hit half a dozen GM’s
Sorry not impressed, you keep on idolising your Capitalist chums and reading the faux philosophy though, if it keeps you happy.
:)))))
Hail Hail
new article posted.