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Moussa Dembele
Topic Started: 28 Jun 2016, 11:59 AM (860,765 Views)
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markybhoy
29 Jun 2016, 07:31 AM
Terrific signing but still think we need another striker, an older fella preferably. At 19 I think he's a bit young to be expected to play every week and not experience that dip in form young players always have. Depending on how things are going at the time that can be a hard thing to get through for any player.

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When I say older I mean mid-20's. Not Sevco 'I remember Nam' older.
Wouldnt be a bad shout. BR did something similar at liverpool when he signed Ricky Lambert. Older head to come in and mix it up a little. We will play close to 60 games so we will definately need more than griffiths and dembele, especially if we have 6 UCL group games too.
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29 Jun 2016, 08:36 AM
markybhoy
29 Jun 2016, 07:31 AM
Terrific signing but still think we need another striker, an older fella preferably. At 19 I think he's a bit young to be expected to play every week and not experience that dip in form young players always have. Depending on how things are going at the time that can be a hard thing to get through for any player.

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When I say older I mean mid-20's. Not Sevco 'I remember Nam' older.
Wouldnt be a bad shout. BR did something similar at liverpool when he signed Ricky Lambert. Older head to come in and mix it up a little. We will play close to 60 games so we will definately need more than griffiths and dembele, especially if we have 6 UCL group games too.
He replaced Suarez with Lambert (and Balotelli). It wasn't really bringing in an older player to pass on experience to the younger guys. It was just an inexplicable signing.
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29 Jun 2016, 08:36 AM
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29 Jun 2016, 07:31 AM
Terrific signing but still think we need another striker, an older fella preferably. At 19 I think he's a bit young to be expected to play every week and not experience that dip in form young players always have. Depending on how things are going at the time that can be a hard thing to get through for any player.

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When I say older I mean mid-20's. Not Sevco 'I remember Nam' older.
Wouldnt be a bad shout. BR did something similar at liverpool when he signed Ricky Lambert. Older head to come in and mix it up a little. We will play close to 60 games so we will definately need more than griffiths and dembele, especially if we have 6 UCL group games too.
A Rambo to the Macavennie / Walker sort of thing. I like it, no idea who the new Rambo is out there, but I like it.

And I like Brendan. :arrr:
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29 Jun 2016, 08:36 AM
markybhoy
29 Jun 2016, 07:31 AM
Terrific signing but still think we need another striker, an older fella preferably. At 19 I think he's a bit young to be expected to play every week and not experience that dip in form young players always have. Depending on how things are going at the time that can be a hard thing to get through for any player.

PS

When I say older I mean mid-20's. Not Sevco 'I remember Nam' older.
Wouldnt be a bad shout. BR did something similar at liverpool when he signed Ricky Lambert. Older head to come in and mix it up a little. We will play close to 60 games so we will definately need more than griffiths and dembele, especially if we have 6 UCL group games too.
What's Carlton Cole up to?
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https://twitter.com/ScotlandSky/status/748080102743891968
Edited by Luca, 29 Jun 2016, 10:22 AM.
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29 Jun 2016, 10:21 AM
Two differently coloured boots. Get that tae eff.
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Two differently coloured boots. Get that tae eff.
You no down with the kids Arsene :)
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His arms are effing huge, him and Janko should arm wrestle.
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Some interesting points in this podcast -

http://cottagersconfidential.sbnation.com/2016/6/28/12052772/cottage-talk-moussa-dembele-leaves-fulham-for-celtic


Good article -

http://hammyend.com/index.php/2016/06/why-moussa-dembele-might-choose-celtic/
Edited by Luca, 29 Jun 2016, 10:54 AM.
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29 Jun 2016, 08:41 AM
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29 Jun 2016, 08:36 AM
markybhoy
29 Jun 2016, 07:31 AM
Terrific signing but still think we need another striker, an older fella preferably. At 19 I think he's a bit young to be expected to play every week and not experience that dip in form young players always have. Depending on how things are going at the time that can be a hard thing to get through for any player.

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When I say older I mean mid-20's. Not Sevco 'I remember Nam' older.
Wouldnt be a bad shout. BR did something similar at liverpool when he signed Ricky Lambert. Older head to come in and mix it up a little. We will play close to 60 games so we will definately need more than griffiths and dembele, especially if we have 6 UCL group games too.
He replaced Suarez with Lambert (and Balotelli). It wasn't really bringing in an older player to pass on experience to the younger guys. It was just an inexplicable signing.
He always explained the Lambert one as his physical threat, his goto if he needed to change the way he played in games.
Edited by Lewis Hamilton's Biggest Fan, 29 Jun 2016, 10:51 AM.
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Funny how we've just chased two "older heads" and yet we're desperate for another now. :lol:

Sign good players, not experienced ones. Dembele will hopefully join the last of players who prove this.
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A good article about him:

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/10328039/moussa-dembele-to-celtic-why-he-could-be-the-new-romelu-lukaku

Moussa Dembele to Celtic: Why he could be the new Romelu Lukaku
By Adam Bate

Last Updated: 29/06/16 10:50am

He's just become Brendan Rodgers' first signing at Celtic but how good is Moussa Dembele? Adam Bate spoke to his former Fulham coaches to find out...

"He's a little bit like a young Romelu Lukaku when he first came to Chelsea," says Kit Symons. The ex-Fulham boss has volunteered the comparison and while he doesn't wish to labour the point, it's clear that he's aware of the significance of likening a young forward from the Championship to a £28m player with 60 Premier League goals by the age of 22.

"He needs to be pushed a little bit but he could go on to emulate what Lukaku is doing now. I believe that." The player he is talking about is Moussa Dembele, a 19-year-old Frenchman who scored 17 goals for Fulham last season. Out of contract this summer, he's been picked up by Celtic for a bargain fee and the deal represents quite the coup for Brendan Rodgers.

Chelsea had been tracking the youngster's progress and a move to Tottenham fell through in the winter. Dembele has pedigree having been at Paris Saint-Germain as a youth player and while he's enjoyed a breakthrough year, the potential has long been apparent. Strong and quick, he scored heavily at age-group level for Fulham.

Ray Wilkins worked with Dembele briefly during his time as a coach at Fulham in 2013/14 - the club's relegation season in which the teenage striker made his debut. "Moussa was always scoring goals at youth level, basically because of his size and pace," Wilkins tells Sky Sports. "He was a big boy then so he'd score goals and he'd run."
Dembele bullied young defences. "Moussa came in from PSG and made an initial impact in the youth team," adds Symons. "Even then he was a strong lad in his age group with pace and power. He scored a shed load of goals at youth level and looked a real threat and a real player. If anything it was probably a little bit too easy for him within his own age group.

"I was manager of the Under-18s and the Under-21s at Fulham and he pretty much missed out on the 21s. He went straight from the youth team to the senior group and that was because he was able to deal with all the demands of men's football."

After a quiet 2014/15 campaign, last season was a triumph for Dembele. Despite Fulham's struggles near the bottom of the Championship, he ranked among the top 10 goalscorers in a division not noted for being kind on teenagers. Remarkably, he's five years younger than any other player who reached double figures for goals in the Championship.

"He's made that step up really comfortably," says Symons, who was in charge for seven of Dembele's 2015/16 goals prior to his November departure. "It was quite obvious that he'd need to step up and be tested and pushed a little bit. Physically he could handle it without any problem whatsoever. Now it's just a case of him pushing himself to kick on."

This issue of motivation did appear to be an issue for Dembele at times. Some Fulham supporters grew frustrated by his performances either side of that proposed transfer to Tottenham, a period in which he scored just once in 13 games. But these dips are to be expected in a young player and Symons stresses the need for careful management.

"He had a few opportunities before I took over and then I played him regularly," says Symons. "That's because I knew him and how to manage him. He needed a little rocket here and there and a cuddle at other times to bring the best out of him. He's a quiet lad off the pitch but he's got an air of arrogance too - which is what you want from a striker."

So how will he fare in Scotland? Importantly, he will get opportunities - ones that might not have come his way at Spurs. "I saw that he nearly went to Tottenham but I think he stayed at the best place - somewhere he'll play," says Wilkins. "It's all very well scoring goals at U21 level but the most important thing is to play and play against men."

He will get that chance at Celtic, following the path taken by fellow former Fulham player Patrick Roberts who is on loan at the club from Manchester City. Symons expects him to seize it. "If you look at his attributes as a player, he's got everything that the top teams are looking for," says the Welshman.

"He's got pace and he's a threat over the top, but he's also got the power and strength to play as a lone striker and hold the ball up. He can play as a one or in a two and he scores goals. Everything is geared up for him to be a top footballer." If Dembele can come close to replicating Lukaku's output, Rodgers and Celtic will have a serious player on their hands.


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Had a text from my mate who was head of recruitment at Halifax when they signed Vardy about Dembele: "He was the best young talent in the lower leagues for me. Dynamite signing, still can't believe the clubs you beat to get him"
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Moussa Demebele
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29 Jun 2016, 10:54 AM
Funny how we've just chased two "older heads" and yet we're desperate for another now. :lol:

Sign good players, not experienced ones. Dembele will hopefully join the last of players who prove this.
The two are not mutually exclusive. I just think he's too young to be expected to play the huge number of games we have. If he plays 40 games this season and scores what? 15-20 goals? That'd be an amazing season. Ciftci has never shown anything resembling the quality we'd expect in a Celtic jersey so he's not the option. It'd be a miracle if Griffiths gets through this season as well without injury.

Step forward....Zlatan! :lol:
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Already better than Amido. https://twitter.com/LilZe1888/status/748106246931292160/
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New Celtic signing Moussa Dembele has revealed the club tried to buy him in January and now he can't wait to get started scoring goals and achieving his Champions League dream.

Dembele was announced as manager Brendan Rodgers' first signing yesterday and will now fly out to join the club's pre-season training camp in Slovenia as they prepare for crucial European qualifiers.

The 19-year-old striker was a man in demand after impressing at Fulham and his signing came after he chose Celtic ahead of other clubs.

Tottenham Hotspur looked to have secured his signature in January before a move collapsed but the player revealed Celtic also made attempts to take him to Glasgow and remained an option alongside other clubs.

"I first heard of Celtic's interest in January," Dembele said. "[Head of Academy Scouting] David Moss spoke to my agent. It didn't happen for different reasons.

"[The Tottenham deal] fell through because that happens in football. The club didn't agree something and I stayed and had a good time at Fulham until the end of the season.

"I've been thinking about this move since January but I had a few other options. I took my time and looked at all the options and Celtic came up."

The forward also said that the Scottish league wouldn't be a step into the unknown as he had been a regular viewer.

"I came to Celtic to improve," he said. "I see my future here and hopefully I can score a lot of goals at the club and win trophies. I think in terms of football it's the best place for me to be.

"Last season I watched a lot of Scottish football. I know the club well and I know of the fans. It's one of the biggest clubs in Europe and I can't wait to start.

"As a young boy you always know about Celtic because the club is massive in Europe so you always hear about them. Last season I started to watch the Scottish League closely.

"I'm 100% ready to give everything I have for the club and for the fans."

Dembele and his new team-mates will face the immediate challenge of winning a place in the Champions League group stage and he said he was confident the club could achieve their aims in continental competition.

"I'm 100% confident," he said. "It's up to us to work hard and keep believing in ourselves. We're a good team so if we play well we'll win the games."
http://stv.tv/sport/football/1359030-moussa-dembele-i-ve-been-thinking-about-celtic-move-since-january/
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Very pleased with the way we have gone about this, and the signing, obviously.

Very good player with huge potential. A front three of Roberts, Griffiths, and Dembele would be dynamite.
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So this is a Celtic scouting network signing :twitch:

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