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Why Celtic have to make a success of Iwata

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Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda, Reo Hatate and Yosuke Ideguchi were our original players from the east, recruited during Ange Postecoglou’s first season in charge.  Kyogo was transformational, a truly special player.  Despite injury midway through that season, his influence over Scottish football was profound.

Like Kyogo, Daizen made a blistering start, scoring four minutes into his debut against Hibs.  A few weeks after arriving, Reo demolished Newco, scoring twice and assisting with a third.

Yosuke had the opposite introduction to Scotland.  He was assaulted during a brutal Cup game at Alloa, the resultant injury saw him used sparingly on his return.  The 28 minutes he got in the final league game of the season, against Motherwell, was more than the sum of all bit parts he played in other games following injury.  This season has been a wipe-out.

If asked to give your view on the player, you would struggle.  An alarm bell may have chimed for Yosuke when he discovered he was cover for captain, Callum McGregor.  Across football, captains and central defenders are seldom shuffled.  Callum has the added attribute of being almost indestructible, although he was a fellow assault-ee that night in Alloa.  If the captain is never rested, his understudy is not going to see action.

The world moved on in January and Tomoki Iwata, our sixth Japanese player, after the recent addition of Yuki Kobayashi, joined the most profound Japanese influence on western culture since the Plastic Ono Band co-opted John Lennon and Eric Clapton (don’t bother troubling your streaming service for that lot).

Tomoki was crowned Player of the Year in Japan in December, he is a talent who should be given the opportunity to flourish.  Can you see Ange resting Callum, even home to St Mirren on Saturday?  Me neither.  A reputation for improving and propelling players has to be a part of the story.  If we ‘waste’ them, supply of the good ones will dry up.

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  2. itscalledthemalvinas on

    SCULLYBHOY

     

    Football at its finest,that team will go far.

     

    Maybe need to tighten up that defence though. Losing three goals to Dundee just isn’t on.

  3. Coneybhoy on

    St Stivs

     

     

    Scottish living in Ireland, hence the parallels i tend ti draw. Similar size, GDP , skills etc

  5. paulsthroughball88 on

    Always happy to help a Celtic pilgrim.

     

     

    Fine food and beer in a historical Lisbon eatery.

     

     

    Cervejaria/Restaurante Trindade

     

     

    Rua Nova da Trindade 20C

     

     

    Lisboa.

  7. scullybhoy on

    marspapa on 8th February 2023 9:02 pm

     

     

    Do any of the Irish posters have info on the Clifftonville Young winger SEAN MOORE

     

     

    https://cliftonvillefc.net/player/sean-moore/

     

     

    https://www.irishnews.com/sport/footballsoccer/2022/10/11/news/teenage_sensation_sean_moore_making_waves_for_cliftonville-2856526/

     

     

    https://www.balls.ie/football/sean-moore-ireland-u19s-541836

     

     

    https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sean-moores-international-future-takes-26168815

     

     

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/west-ham-united-linked-with-late-bid-for-cliftonville-teen-sean-moore/ar-AA16X0wZ

  14. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Lennon to Aberdeen? Must be joking, better giving Robson till end of the season, they’re not going down, some space to try get it right.

  20. Jinkyredstar on

    Scullybhoy

     

    Your ‘weird’ clip from earlier certainly wasn’t from 1968, we didn’t play Hibs at Hampden that year. The close up of Jimmy Reid in the stand suggests that he was in the news at the time, which would put it post 1971 UCS Work In. I think this may have been the 1972 Scottish Cup Final which we won 6-1 – I was there😀

     

     

    HH JRS

  21. marspapa on

    SCULLYBHOY

     

     

    Thanks for those reports on the young wingers progress.

     

     

    Hopefully if we do get him he makes the grade .

     

     

    Sounds promising .

     

     

    Cheers.

  22. bankiebhoy1 on

    We must have a big game coming up………………..all the mischief-making meeja at play with Timdom’s fears.

     

     

    How much do thems fear and hate a successful Timdom?

     

     

    Anyhoo, see some brass-necks are in need of a blow-torch.

     

     

    HH

  26. Big Jimmy on

    SCULLYBHOY on 8TH FEBRUARY 2023 7:03 PM

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcqvOBs0V8o

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Strange clip this.

     

    ………………..

     

     

    At around 8.49 in this video, is it BILLY CONNELLYS STUNT MAN who is being carried oot on a wheelie stretcher…..or is it THE BIG YIN Himself ?

     

     

    Whoever it is, is fairly having a good laugh on that stretcher !

     

     

    LOL

     

    HH

  27. Big Jimmy on

    BELMONTBRIAN on 8TH FEBRUARY 2023 8:36 PM

     

    Evening all.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Well that was a strange read back.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    For BIG JIMMY

     

     

     

     

     

     

    https://youtu.be/ZEWkZb11pss

     

    …………….

     

     

    Cheers BELMONT.

     

    That song should be sung by the Celtic Dressing Room….” WE NEVER STOP”.

     

    LOL.

     

    HH Mate.

  29. Big Jimmy on

    Laffertys comments about Linfield being a BIG Club are funny as feck. He says that it was a ” NO BRAINER” to sign up to Linfield…….Hes right about that…….Players, Staff and Supporters with ” NO BRAINS” !

     

     

    Whit a CHUMP.

     

    LOL.

     

    HH

  32. Big Jimmy on

    BELMONTBRIAN on 8TH FEBRUARY 2023 8:36 PM

     

    Evening all.

     

     

    The Hammond organ was / is amazing.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    https://youtu.be/VxA3atHD2QM

     

    …………………

     

    One of my all time favourite songs, and Singer.

     

    STEVIE WINWOODs voice is just SENSATIONAL !

     

     

    A very short version of a GREAT Song, sadly I didnt think much of Stevie’s Shirt and Tie COMBO.

     

    I had several shirts with the ROUND COLLAR as a young fella.

     

     

    i also had several shirts made of ” BRI NYLON”….when you washed them…you hung them up….and allow them to DRIP DRY quite quickly !

     

     

    LOL

     

    HH Mate.

     

    LOL

     

     

    HH Mate.

     

    HH Mate.

  34. Big Jimmy on

    Back in the Day..If you were meeting a BURD, and didnt have a clean shirt…You could wash your BRI NYLON Shirt, and hang it up on The PULLEY.

     

    A couple of hours later, it was DRY and okay to wear.

     

     

    What ever happened to BRI NYLON Shirts ?

     

    If we had them NOW….our Laundry / Electric Bills would be lower ?

     

    LOL.

     

    HH

  36. David66 on

    Good morning all from the good n the bad.

     

     

    Have a good yall.

     

     

    Laters off to work.

     

     

    D :)

  37. scullybhoy on

    I see the debate about Giako is in full swing – hero or villian? For me, he was a good signing. If he had been younger, would he have stayed longer and tried to oust Kyogo? I have tried to think of a Bhoy in a similar situation who stayed. I know James McGrory stayed on less money, as did Tommy Burns (?). Not true comparisons though.

  38. Big Jimmy on

    BELMONTBRIAN….

     

     

    Some great sounds…Sorry, but I cant do any Links.

     

     

    1979…THIRD WORLD playing ” NOW THAT WE FOUND LOVE”.

     

     

    1983…SOS BAND playing ” JUST BE GOOD TO ME”.

     

     

    1990….BEATS INTERNATIONAL playing ” DUB BE GOOD TO ME”….with NORMAN COOK on Guitar…alias..FATBOY SLIM.

     

     

    HH Mate, I hope that you and the family are all okay.

  40. Big Jimmy on

    DAVID66 on 9TH FEBRUARY 2023 6:57 AM

     

    Good morning all from the good n the bad.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Have a good yall.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Laters off to work.

     

     

    ………….

     

    Morning DAVID Bhoy.

     

    I hope that you and the family are all good .

     

    We MUST have a Bevvy real soon ?

     

    HH Mate.

  41. marspapa on

    https://youtu.be/NNEgUPKxk7A

     

     

    BIG JIMMY

     

    This group did a cover of Third worlds classic .

     

     

    BIG Jazz our apprentice (from Motherwell) could rap word for word …..ghettoblaster on blasting out the tunes and not for the first time getting caught dancing away at work …..Happy days indeed .

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