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Marvin Compper; So good that he exists on an etheric plane far beyond that of Scottish football
Topic Started: 19 Dec 2017, 10:30 AM (136,722 Views)
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19 Dec 2017, 11:54 AM
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19 Dec 2017, 11:40 AM
I've never seen the guy play to my knowledge. However I'm still willing to bet he's better than what we have at the moment. Hopefully his experience will make us stronger as a unit as neither Gordon, Boyata or Jozo are "leaders".

Hopefully he's the first of a few new additions in this window.
This is a key point for me. We need a guy to organise things at the back and do a bit of shouting and cajoling. Apart from organising defensive walls, I rarely see/hear Gordon shouting at the guys in front of him - even when they make a howler. That would be ok if the centre-halves were vociferous enough themselves but they also seem fairly timid.

Hopefully Marvin can come in and take on a leadership role and steady the ship until we get a more long-term solution at the back but, at 32, you'd like to think there's a few years in him - especially if he hasn't played much in recent years and there isn't much mileage on the clock.
Ye'd tell Gordon to eff off if he started shouting at you. :lol:
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19 Dec 2017, 11:56 AM
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19 Dec 2017, 11:27 AM
Players we signed after the age of 32 and had an Indian summer with us...

Lubo Moravcik
Pat Stanton
Even Dion Dublin did OK

Just because we occasionally sign a bit of experience, doesn't mean they are all crap, past it or coming to wind down on decent wages.

If we get 2-3 solid seasons out of this guy, his experience could be critical.

We're a young team and sign with future transfer fees in mind, but the downside is that this leaves us relatively short of experience in critical games.

Even Van Dyk had a howler against Karagandy a few years ago. Simply due to lack of experience, not lack of ability.

This guy won't be featuring in a best ever Celtic team I'll wager, but I doubt if he'll disgrace himself either.

I'm happy with this one.
Surely Toure would be the most appropriate example?
Varga was 31 when he signed, not as good a CV as Compper but a very good signing.
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19 Dec 2017, 12:08 PM
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19 Dec 2017, 11:56 AM
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19 Dec 2017, 11:27 AM
Players we signed after the age of 32 and had an Indian summer with us...

Lubo Moravcik
Pat Stanton
Even Dion Dublin did OK

Just because we occasionally sign a bit of experience, doesn't mean they are all crap, past it or coming to wind down on decent wages.

If we get 2-3 solid seasons out of this guy, his experience could be critical.

We're a young team and sign with future transfer fees in mind, but the downside is that this leaves us relatively short of experience in critical games.

Even Van Dyk had a howler against Karagandy a few years ago. Simply due to lack of experience, not lack of ability.

This guy won't be featuring in a best ever Celtic team I'll wager, but I doubt if he'll disgrace himself either.

I'm happy with this one.
Surely Toure would be the most appropriate example?
Toure played in nine Premiership matches for Celtic.

His experience was vital in that Champions League qualification campaign, and the end result and his role in it made the salary outlay worthwhile.

But he played in three league matches after the 4-3 win at Motherwell last December, with a total of 46 minutes played. He was done.

For the fee outlay on Compper alone, hopefully he is not done, and we would hopefully see him play many more games.
I'd say Mick McCarthy would be more of an equivalent in terms of experience. We got him at 28 or 29 years old - but he was done by the time he was 32. Not a "footballer" but he was the one player who could give Big Aitken a bollocking.

Hopefully this guy is a leader.
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All the centre halves in the world and we sign one that can’t play in the EL :cry:

Obviously not a deal breaker but that is such a Celtic thing to do. Zenit are going to ride us rotten because there is very little chance we are signing 2 centre halves this window.

Hope this guy can come in immediately and make a difference though. He can’t be any more cowardly than Simunovic so that’ll be a good thing.
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Welcome, Hank.
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A clever Centre half with a good football brain can play well beyond 32. Look at Weir at the huns (yes I know he was Mr Unbookable but he was great for them). You put a faster, more athletic defender next to him and it can be very successful.
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19 Dec 2017, 12:27 PM
A clever Centre half with a good football brain can play well beyond 32. Look at Weir at the huns (yes I know he was Mr Unbookable but he was great for them). You put a faster, more athletic defender next to him and it can be very successful.
He looked decent as they often sat in their own penalty area and didn't leave much space to play through. Smoke n Mirrors

Imagine Weir in our team :ffs: :lol:
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19 Dec 2017, 12:33 PM
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19 Dec 2017, 12:27 PM
A clever Centre half with a good football brain can play well beyond 32. Look at Weir at the huns (yes I know he was Mr Unbookable but he was great for them). You put a faster, more athletic defender next to him and it can be very successful.
He looked decent as they often sat in their own penalty area and didn't leave much space to play through. Smoke n Mirrors

Imagine Weir in our team :ffs: :lol:
I'm not saying we get Weir though, am I? I'm making apoint about age not necessarily being a big issue for a smart centre half. Like it or not they got to the Europa final with him in their defence at 38 year old. He was good for them.
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19 Dec 2017, 12:40 PM
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19 Dec 2017, 12:33 PM
BardseyCelt
19 Dec 2017, 12:27 PM
A clever Centre half with a good football brain can play well beyond 32. Look at Weir at the huns (yes I know he was Mr Unbookable but he was great for them). You put a faster, more athletic defender next to him and it can be very successful.
He looked decent as they often sat in their own penalty area and didn't leave much space to play through. Smoke n Mirrors

Imagine Weir in our team :ffs: :lol:
I'm not saying we get Weir though, am I? I'm making apoint about age not necessarily being a big issue for a smart centre half. Like it or not they got to the Europa final with him in their defence at 38 year old. He was good for them.
Weir wasn't great but he knew how to play the game. If Compper can do similarly we will be doing well.

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19 Dec 2017, 12:08 PM
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19 Dec 2017, 11:56 AM
Wilfred Benitez
19 Dec 2017, 11:27 AM
Players we signed after the age of 32 and had an Indian summer with us...

Lubo Moravcik
Pat Stanton
Even Dion Dublin did OK

Just because we occasionally sign a bit of experience, doesn't mean they are all crap, past it or coming to wind down on decent wages.

If we get 2-3 solid seasons out of this guy, his experience could be critical.

We're a young team and sign with future transfer fees in mind, but the downside is that this leaves us relatively short of experience in critical games.

Even Van Dyk had a howler against Karagandy a few years ago. Simply due to lack of experience, not lack of ability.

This guy won't be featuring in a best ever Celtic team I'll wager, but I doubt if he'll disgrace himself either.

I'm happy with this one.
Surely Toure would be the most appropriate example?
Toure played in nine Premiership matches for Celtic.

His experience was vital in that Champions League qualification campaign, and the end result and his role in it made the salary outlay worthwhile.

But he played in three league matches after the 4-3 win at Motherwell last December, with a total of 46 minutes played. He was done.

For the fee outlay on Compper alone, hopefully he is not done, and we would hopefully see him play many more games.
Oh, I realise he was hardly a permanent feature in our games. I'd imagine that for the ££ we used in employing him he was very worthwhile though.
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BardseyCelt
19 Dec 2017, 12:40 PM
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19 Dec 2017, 12:33 PM
BardseyCelt
19 Dec 2017, 12:27 PM
A clever Centre half with a good football brain can play well beyond 32. Look at Weir at the huns (yes I know he was Mr Unbookable but he was great for them). You put a faster, more athletic defender next to him and it can be very successful.
He looked decent as they often sat in their own penalty area and didn't leave much space to play through. Smoke n Mirrors

Imagine Weir in our team :ffs: :lol:
I'm not saying we get Weir though, am I? I'm making apoint about age not necessarily being a big issue for a smart centre half. Like it or not they got to the Europa final with him in their defence at 38 year old. He was good for them.
If anything, what that horrific Europa campaign showed is that if you have a rock solid back four you can beat pretty much anyone in the tournament.
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19 Dec 2017, 12:33 PM
BardseyCelt
19 Dec 2017, 12:27 PM
A clever Centre half with a good football brain can play well beyond 32. Look at Weir at the huns (yes I know he was Mr Unbookable but he was great for them). You put a faster, more athletic defender next to him and it can be very successful.
He looked decent as they often sat in their own penalty area and didn't leave much space to play through. Smoke n Mirrors

Imagine Weir in our team :ffs: :lol:
They used to play 2 sometimes even 3 defensive minded MIDs too. He did do well for them in fairness, refs used to allow him away with murder.
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19 Dec 2017, 11:06 AM
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:rubeyes: :rubeyes:

seriously that's his youtube :lol:

tbf our bundesliga cogniscenti rate him so :thumbsup:

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19 Dec 2017, 12:25 PM
Welcome, Hank.
I'm on board with this nickname
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BardseyCelt
19 Dec 2017, 12:40 PM
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19 Dec 2017, 12:33 PM
BardseyCelt
19 Dec 2017, 12:27 PM
A clever Centre half with a good football brain can play well beyond 32. Look at Weir at the huns (yes I know he was Mr Unbookable but he was great for them). You put a faster, more athletic defender next to him and it can be very successful.
He looked decent as they often sat in their own penalty area and didn't leave much space to play through. Smoke n Mirrors

Imagine Weir in our team :ffs: :lol:
I'm not saying we get Weir though, am I? I'm making apoint about age not necessarily being a big issue for a smart centre half. Like it or not they got to the Europa final with him in their defence at 38 year old. He was good for them.
I know, I'm not suggesting you did.

What I'm saying is you can get away with a 38 year old at the back if you play the Watty way with safety in numbers surrounding him.
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19 Dec 2017, 01:02 PM
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19 Dec 2017, 12:25 PM
Welcome, Hank.
I'm on board with this nickname
Hopefully, he turns out a good one or his new nickname could take a sinister turn.
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Only know that RB Leipzig are an all-action high pressing team, so he should be used to playing similarly at Celtic. That and he's also played as left-back so probably decent on the ball, and will likely play as the left-sided centre-back which should bring a bit more balance mean Boyata can move over to the right.
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Only know that RB Leipzig are an all-action high pressing team, so he should be used to playing similarly at Celtic. That and he's also played as left-back so probably decent on the ball, and will likely play as the left-sided centre-back which should bring a bit more balance and allow Boyata to move over to the right.


Sorry, meant to edit but pressed quote
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That and he's also played as left-back so probably decent on the ball,
:ponder: Some of the worst players I've known were left backs.

Doesn't fit the model and at 32 I'm assuming he's a stop-gap, but in BR we trust.
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