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| Topic Started: 15 Jul 2014, 12:03 AM (1,414,868 Views) | |
| want2live4ever | 26 Aug 2015, 02:35 PM Post #3081 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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Is anyone actually worried that this current team won't win 5 in a row? |
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| ChiliPepper | 26 Aug 2015, 02:37 PM Post #3082 |
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Getting on a bit
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Speak to us in March...
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| tinsoldier | 26 Aug 2015, 02:40 PM Post #3083 |
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Older than dirt
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I wish folk would stop comparing a relatively modest spend to what the huns did in the 90's. Murray was a megalomaniac obsessed with matching Celtic's European Cup win. |
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| Mackin | 26 Aug 2015, 02:41 PM Post #3084 |
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The Ginty McGinty genius
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No. We are pretty much guaranteed the next 3 titles. |
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| Corky Buczek | 26 Aug 2015, 02:42 PM Post #3085 |
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Trolololo
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This We can afford to go out and buy a better left back than we currently have. We could have afforded Hooper's wages two years ago. Answers on a postcard as to why PL chooses not to. Edited by Corky Buczek, 26 Aug 2015, 02:44 PM.
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| Novelty_Bauble | 26 Aug 2015, 02:46 PM Post #3086 |
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Considering retirement
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Good point. Any time supporters push for the board to invest, some pantywetter always pipes up with "you want us to end up like they *****?" Lawwell doesn't even need to hint at it himself now. |
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| Mackin | 26 Aug 2015, 02:48 PM Post #3087 |
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The Ginty McGinty genius
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To be honest, it would be quite fun to try and emulate Murray. A billion pounds in debt. We could have Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez, Muller and Neuer. Then just pretend it never happened. |
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| katlegend | 26 Aug 2015, 02:50 PM Post #3088 |
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First-team starter
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The management have made it perfectly clear that they are interested soley on profit & have no interest in building a stronger side. How else could you explain the last three Summer Transfer Windows or the last two managerial appointments? What ambition has been shown there? Considering our policy of recent years it's easy to understand how we got to where we are now.It hasn't happened by accident or by bad luck. Not investing after two successive CL campaigns & the sales of Wanyama,Hooper & Forster has set us back years & it's just history repeating itself after Fletchergate. We should now have a Celtic side heading into their 4th successive CL campaign with the funds & reputation that would provide. Instead we have a side not fit to be there with most of the squad unworthy of the jersey. It will be very difficult to attract decent players now, even if we did have the inclination. |
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| murphio | 26 Aug 2015, 02:50 PM Post #3089 |
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Could start a row in an empty room
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We'd need to invest in a private jet first. |
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| Smiley | 26 Aug 2015, 02:52 PM Post #3090 |
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Off treasure hunting in Holland
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I'm not defending the Chief Executive as he's a roaster AFAIC but are we sitting on a large profit? People are calling on us to spend more money but do we have more money? And what happens if we speculate and balls that up? edit: those aren't rhetorical questions, I genuinely thought we were relying on player sales these days. I personally think the strategy we've got is right but the execution has been terrible rather than underfunded. A lot of it comes down to making sure the players we sign are successful but that doesn't appear to be happening yet there's seemingly no accountability for it. I would love the stories of Dermot Desmond being furious to be true as it shows he still cares and recognises that what is going on isn't good enough, although if it simply means Deila's persona non grata then obviously we're back to square one - it's Lawwell and Park who seem to have engineered us into this position. Edited by Smiley, 26 Aug 2015, 02:53 PM.
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| tinsoldier | 26 Aug 2015, 02:53 PM Post #3091 |
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Older than dirt
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And never ever sack our managers. |
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| shugmc | 26 Aug 2015, 02:54 PM Post #3092 |
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I was there
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| Keltoi89 | 26 Aug 2015, 02:55 PM Post #3093 |
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*Goo Goo G'Joob*
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Because he and the current hierarchy are tight bastards?
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| green_equals_silver | 26 Aug 2015, 02:55 PM Post #3094 |
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Bobinho9
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Biggest issue we face is that we have a squad of underachievers on bloated wages, I've seen figures on this board (Mulgrew 16k p/w, Scepovic 17k p/w) and their accuracy may or may not be genuine but its frightening to think of what people like Stokes, Boerigter etc take out this club on a weekly/monthly/annual basis and give the team, the club, the 'business' and the fans absolutely zero in return. Contracts need to be reassessed, weekly wages reflecting the Scottish game and offer more money in terms of bonuses… then maybe these half wits will turn up for midweek Champions League qualifiers. |
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| Marado | 26 Aug 2015, 03:01 PM Post #3095 |
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I'll give you a war you won't believe.
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Not worried but more concerned than I ought to be. Aberdeen are a decent side and not many spfl teams will take points off them. We are clearly a better team but it wouldn't take much I don't think to knock us off our stride. I think it will be at the very least as close as last year. |
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| murphio | 26 Aug 2015, 03:02 PM Post #3096 |
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Could start a row in an empty room
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We are profitable most years - last year we posted a pre tax profit of 11m. It's not a great deal, it might buy us Callum Chambers. I don't think anyone should doubt that the club spends everything it earns - we have been paying debt down and investing in the stadium and the surrounding area. The issue for him is not what we spend but how we spend it. We have been very wasteful in trying to find players and the money we have earned (will earn) from Forster, Wanyama and van Dijk has been wasted on Bangura, Balde, Pukki, Scepovic, Boerigter and others. Our approach appears to be if we throw enough mud at the wall some will stick. One thing's for sure - we need to come up with something different because this time next year there will be no one to sell. |
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| Joseph D. Pistone | 26 Aug 2015, 03:03 PM Post #3097 |
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Club Captain
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Which should actually be a good thing. |
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| tinsoldier | 26 Aug 2015, 03:04 PM Post #3098 |
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Older than dirt
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Aye, after Virgil goes I can’t think of anyone left either – Bitton maybe if he keeps progressing (although he was cack last night). |
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| Mackin | 26 Aug 2015, 03:05 PM Post #3099 |
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The Ginty McGinty genius
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Bitton hasnt played in the CL (other than that 5 minutes where he got sent off) and come January will have 18 months left on his contract. We'll be lucky to get £5m now. |
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| tinsoldier | 26 Aug 2015, 03:07 PM Post #3100 |
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Older than dirt
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Nobody then. Unless we unearth a gem over the next week or so
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