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| Topic Started: 15 Jul 2014, 12:03 AM (1,415,015 Views) | |
| Mubo Loravcik | 28 Jul 2014, 06:32 PM Post #201 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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Celtic have never built from a position of strength. That sums it up. |
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| janvoh | 28 Jul 2014, 06:34 PM Post #202 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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I'm my 34 years as a fan I've never known a Celtic so lacklustre in the transfer market, we have turned into a selling club, problem is we arnt investing any of the income on potential sellable assets id be happy to sign players like wanyama etc and sell them on however i think its a must that we replace these players will players who have at least a chance of improving our team and potentially making money on future sales. |
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| JimG31Bhoy | 28 Jul 2014, 06:38 PM Post #203 |
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Everyone's Fantasy Football first pick
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Two years. We've effed up big style. Edited by JimG31Bhoy, 28 Jul 2014, 06:39 PM.
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| remy mcswain | 28 Jul 2014, 06:39 PM Post #204 |
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Big in Canada
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![]() I'm keeching it from Cammy Bell, Richard Foster, Bilel Moshni, Lee McCulloch, Ian Back, Kenny Miller et al. They are utter mince. |
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| Wee Red | 28 Jul 2014, 06:40 PM Post #205 |
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not too serious
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Hopefully we never get there, but our club are taking a breather whilst they are absent, and our standards have also gone down. Last year's CL group displays were abject surrender, against badly misfiring previously legendary clubs. That is where any benchmark against improvement is self evident. We are and have been deteriorating. Hopefully Ronny will clear out the dross and turn it around in two or three seasons, when hopefully we will have our sequence of home raised players forming the bulk of our teams. We are using their absence to instigate our own new hydroponic youth system. We did'nt really have much of a choice, and money will not be spent unnecessarily. However we may slip further before reviving, hopefully we develop a cutting edge for the CL as we are presently gumsy. |
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| Glorious_1967 | 28 Jul 2014, 06:43 PM Post #206 |
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Getting on a bit
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Sweet smothering eff. |
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| crazypauley | 28 Jul 2014, 06:55 PM Post #207 |
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First-team starter
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I agree – for all they’re rotten for now it’s silly to assume that we’re so far ahead that they won’t be challenging again within a few years. Maybe they will, maybe they won’t but the fact is we don’t know. In terms of the Board more generally, the fact is that a certain number of people will renew season tickets regardless of the standard of the team and so they can trade off that loyalty. That’s a set level of income (which will probably be increased by £100 per season ticket next season / the one after) and, certainly for this season / CL qualifier next year, there is no ‘need’ to spend money to win the league and guarantee a shot at European football. It’s a difficult balancing act because I am naturally inclined to think that financial prudence / living within our means is absolutely the way to run the club. However, while I think buying prospects and selling them on at a profit is the right approach, there also has to be a focus on the here and now and the relative strength of the team. A difficult balance to strike. |
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| dr mueller | 28 Jul 2014, 07:37 PM Post #208 |
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pète facilement sa coche avec classe
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You know yourself there's absolutely no chance they don't add to that once in the top flight. |
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| Tim Waits | 28 Jul 2014, 07:40 PM Post #209 |
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Small-Minded Bien-Pensant
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We all love talking about the huns. They're so fascinating! Maybe we should worry about them! Maybe they'll sign good players! Look out - here they come! Wake me up if and when they make it to the SPL, because that's probably when our Board has the alarm set for anyway. |
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| One sharp cookie | 28 Jul 2014, 07:46 PM Post #210 |
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Getting on a bit
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There's nothing wrong with being a selling club provided you're striking the right balance. Porto and Benfica sell their best players every summer but they always have several new guys lined up who come in and do a brilliant job. Porto have sold Fernando, Mangala, Otamendi and Iturbe this summer for huge money. But they've signed Martins Indi, Casemiro, Tello and Adrian. We sell our best players and expect they can be replaced by guys who struggle to get a game in the Championship. |
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| dr mueller | 28 Jul 2014, 07:51 PM Post #211 |
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pète facilement sa coche avec classe
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that's a bit much. See, I've been trying to pinpoint the exact level where we lie on the spectrum between a) the essentially cyclical nature of Scottish football makes the "glass ceiling" of performance within a heavily compromised national setup hard to dislodge( hence us "failing" to permanently pull away from our rivals ); and b) within that shackling, but predictable and even possibly "planning-positive" constraint, the current board have committed multiple mistakes and utterly failed to adjust for the circumstances; ie are not behaving proactively where others might have done better if dealt the same hand. |
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| dr mueller | 28 Jul 2014, 07:57 PM Post #212 |
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pète facilement sa coche avec classe
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can't tell if you're being sarcastic with your second sentence, because if not, it goes some way toward illustrating the dynamic exposed in your first one. I'm guessing you are, but that strawman reply may not be as far from reality as you hope it is. Basically, I'm sure no one on this board, including myself, gives a damn about them, when devoid of any context. That much is clear. But some simply assume that the board will modify their approach if faced with a legit domestic threat, whether it be from across the city or elsewhere. People here may disagree, but it sure as hell not an observation so flippant that mere smugness can justifiably sweep it away. Edited by dr mueller, 28 Jul 2014, 08:07 PM.
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| JonnyB67 | 28 Jul 2014, 08:02 PM Post #213 |
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Off treasure hunting in Holland
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Not overly happy. I'm happy we are in a healthy financial position but we should be signing better quality. Sadly Pedro has done a grand job lowering expectations. |
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| Tim Waits | 28 Jul 2014, 08:08 PM Post #214 |
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Small-Minded Bien-Pensant
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Of all the reasons there are for the Board to spend a bit of money on decent players right now, and there are several very good ones, concern over the potential for a "legit domestic threat" - especially sevco - ain't one of them. |
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| remy mcswain | 28 Jul 2014, 08:09 PM Post #215 |
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Big in Canada
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What with? |
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| dr mueller | 28 Jul 2014, 08:12 PM Post #216 |
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pète facilement sa coche avec classe
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How do you reckon ? If the League's already a foreone conclusion, where's the incentive to significantly add to the squad? |
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| Tim Waits | 28 Jul 2014, 08:15 PM Post #217 |
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Small-Minded Bien-Pensant
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So that people actually want to buy tickets to see us play? So we don't get absolutely hammered in Europe again? So Remy can have a hero again? All of that, and more. |
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| dr mueller | 28 Jul 2014, 08:16 PM Post #218 |
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pète facilement sa coche avec classe
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Intuitively, I'd say without great risk that they'll be looking at roughly the same level of player as us. If not the first year, then the following one. IMO, people who assume that they'll just happily turn into perennial Motherwell-types are deliberately neglecting several factors, such as the constant lure of potential investors from Australia, South Africa etc |
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| Tim Waits | 28 Jul 2014, 08:17 PM Post #219 |
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Small-Minded Bien-Pensant
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Ok. Edited by Tim Waits, 28 Jul 2014, 08:18 PM.
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| Wailer | 28 Jul 2014, 08:18 PM Post #220 |
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Rebel music.
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How will they justify the £100 increase in SB's next year? |
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