We’re getting to that time of the transfer window when clubs with money and who are either underperforming, or who have silverware in sight, often make desperate decisions.
It is a remarkable statement of the times that three Celtic first team players have attracted interest from English Premier League clubs, at valuations that a year ago would appear eye-watering. It’s just as remarkable that we’ve not locked the suitors in a room until they emptied their wallets.
Seven months into the season, five credible Champions League performances and 27 peerless games in domestic football and our 34-year-old goalkeeper attracts a higher bid than would be achievable by any player at a Scottish club other than Celtic.
Not that I’m agreeing with all this ‘What we have we hold’ business. Every playing asset has a price, to borrow a regular CQN phrase from 2005.
I hear Peter Lawwell was spotted earlier buying tickets for tonight’s showing of T2 Trainspotting for himself, Brendan, Craig, Erik and Moussa. “Unreal” wage offers can turn a player’s head. Better get them to the movies with their phones switched off.
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Thanks Auld Tam.
Enjoy the game tonight all those lucky enough to be there in Paradise.
God bless the Celtic of Glasgow.
Slan.
HH.
H.T. 7.38.
Agreed.
At one point,yesterday, the press reported a Celtic spokesperson as saying Chelsea had not made any official bid for Moussa.
Unlike Craig were Chelsea dis make a bid but were refused permission to speak to him.
I guess we will never know the truth, we are all speculating, unless Big Peachy Lawwell does post on here. I wonder what his moniker would be!!!
Hail Hail.
Clogher
May your uncle Rod rest in peace with his wife and family
Tallybhoy
Hope mini is on the mend after her op
6 years today since Reamon was taken from us
Gone but not forgotten
JNP
You wanting me banned?! :-)
Keep well my friend.
Good morning from a grey and damp north staffs
I think if we were actually offered anywhere close to £40m we would have taken it. But more than happy that MD is still with us – should be a good game tonight.
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KTF
Clogher
Condolence for your loss
When did transfer window day become so un-commercialised?
MWD
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@paddypower: What Sky Sports News would be like on #TransferDeadlineDay if their reporters told the truth… https://t.co/QMoSUFccxV
MWD
Good luck to Efe on his travels to Blackburn.
MWD
MOONBEAMSWD on 1ST FEBRUARY 2017 8:29 AM
@paddypower: What Sky Sports News would be like on #TransferDeadlineDay if their reporters told the truth… https://t.co/QMoSUFccxV
MWD
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Brilliant.
:-)))))
Natknow
Think they tweeted that at lunch time yesterday. I was pishing meeself.
MWD
Morning all.
Many thanks to those Cqners who posted best wishes to Miss Tallybhoy after her knee op yesterday.
Seems to have gone ok, but she’s still in some pain, and will be unable to go back to her weekend job in a local hotel for the next three months.
Thanks again.
Bring on the sheep!
HH!!
Tallybhoy. 8.43.
I missed your original post.
I’m delighted that it appears to have gone well and I wish Miss Tallybhoy a full and speedy recovery.
Hail Hail
Tallybhoy
A wee word to the wise for your daughter! It’s all about lifestyle, professionalism and training mate. Get that in order and those nightlong injuries picked up will stop. :@-)))
Hope your daughters recovery is painless and speedy,
MWD
TALLYBHOY on 1ST FEBRUARY 2017 8:43 AM
Morning all.
Many thanks to those Cqners who posted best wishes to Miss Tallybhoy after her knee op yesterday.
Seems to have gone ok, but she’s still in some pain, and will be unable to go back to her weekend job in a local hotel for the next three months.
Thanks again.
Bring on the sheep!
HH!!
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Best of luck to Miss Tallybhoy with her recovery! My partner’s daughter had ACL reconstruction surgery a couple of months back and is now walking 10k a day. Seems to be going well.
NATKNOW on 1ST FEBRUARY 2017 8:56 AM
‘My partner’s daughter had ACL reconstruction surgery a couple of months back and is now walking 10k a day.’
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She must be in France by now.
Some people just can’t bear the thought that Celtic won’t entertain interest in a big asset. Other non Celtic supporters are also raging. Sad.
Morning
Good luck to Mrs Tallybhoy and her knees.
Still got the lurgi ( check spelling Ed) but having made it to work I am damn sure I am going to miss the game tonight.
Bit pessimistic about the game- partly because I know we have to lose sometime, partly because the Dons seem to have found a bit of form and partly because we are likely to be short of some of our best players – not having both Armstrong and Rogic is more worrying than the lack of a conventional forward. It is also likely to be a bigger test of the ‘New Dedryk’ than the previous matches. Should be a good game though- not almost knowing we will win beforehand is no bad thing
Also a bit underwhelmed by the transfer window. One guy in – who seems to be unlikely to play for a while yet- and some fringe players out on loan. We do not even seem to have any agreements to sign anyone in the next window in place either. Of course not losing any of the players who were the subject of bids- real or imagined- is good but I would have preferred a couple more players in and perhaps some of the fringe players out on permanent deals
Have a good day and mon the Hoops
Jimbo67
Sorry that was ‘bare’.
ERNIE LYNCH on 1ST FEBRUARY 2017 9:01 AM
NATKNOW on 1ST FEBRUARY 2017 8:56 AM
‘My partner’s daughter had ACL reconstruction surgery a couple of months back and is now walking 10k a day.’
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She must be in France by now.
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Well she’s Australian – so she keeps returning back to the house… :-))
JIM PAYNE
I’m looking forward to tonights game, should be a decent contest, you’re right Aberdeen have come back into it after a disappointing start to their season.
Midweek under the floodlights, a packed Celtic Park against the Sheep.
God I wish I was going.
Gute Besserung as the Swissies say!
HH
Celtic to prove to classy after a hotly contested tussle!!
Rangers boss Mark Warburton says he was pleasantly surprised there were no late offers for winger Barrie McKay and hopes to keep the 22-year-old beyond the 18 months remaining on his contract. (Daily Express)
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM…………MMMMMMMMMM…………MMMMMMMMMMMMM
Starry Plough
I would still fancy us to edge it but I doubt it will be the walkover the final was.
Jimbo67
Jimbo67
I’m not too worried about tonight.
Once we get 1st goal and Aberdeen open up it’ll be 2 or 3.
The window was a wee bit of a disappointed but it we were superbly managed with regards to expectations.
MWD
MOONBEAMSWD on 1ST FEBRUARY 2017 9:41 AM
Jimbo67
I’m not too worried about tonight.
Once we get 1st goal and Aberdeen open up it’ll be 2 or 3.
The window was a wee bit of a disappointed but it we were superbly managed with regards to expectations.
MWD
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You were disappointed we didn’t sign a striker or because we didn’t get rid of that lump o’ wid Dembele??
:-))
Natknow
Well I was disappointed we did not sign another striker in addition to as opposed of Widdy Dembele. Leigh G’s fitness has been patchy all season, Aitchison is (possibly too) young and Ciftci is not in the picture which leaves us poorly covered in that area
Jimbo67
Disappointed we did not build from a position of strength with champions league qualifiers in mind to meet the expectations as described by Brendan.
I think he used words/phrases: disappointed; six months; club had, etc…
So yip. Disappointed we did not match managers expectations. But in the words of Talking Heads “Same as it ever was”. So my expectations were matched.
MWD
TALLYBHOY….
Best wishes to miss TALLBHOY, catch up soon mate. HH
MWD
he also said that it was not always under our control
abitofbalanceCSC
MWD
and i am sure conte is disappointed he didn’t get craig
1.33 in.
Brendan proving that he can speak for himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCUcsOd2yhc
Morning all
should be a very good game tonight,short of a few players but every faith in those Brendan will play, prob be same starting 11 as weekend.
Best wishes to Miss TALLYBHOY
So Port Vale replaced Sevco’s Galactico GK signing, with our 4th choice GK Fasan?
Sorry Gene..
!!BADA BING!! –
The discussion on a hotel replacing the ticket office last night – where did you hear that mate?
Bada
Happy to have a Tim in the side after a few loanee huns
I’ve no interest in Conte or any other team.
I listened to our manager after game on Saturday and his statement with regards club and 6 months to prepaired spoke volumes. He may have followed that up with a mildly appeasing qualification but he publicly made a point to the board that he ain’t going to take their shit.
That I am happy about.
Better than just quiting and leaving is with PL giving us Ronnie!
He definately marked a card or two.
The clappy happers will completely miss that though as the garden is always Shamrock green.
MWD
MWD and others – where in that interview did Brendan say that we’d had six months to get players in? What I heard was him saying that we’d try to get one or two in but it’s not always down to ourselves – am I missing something, or are you referring to a different interview?