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| Topic Started: 15 Jul 2014, 12:03 AM (1,414,949 Views) | |
| sevilliano | 15 Aug 2014, 10:35 PM Post #1521 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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Pl ain't daft he's created an expectation in the boardroom that if it's crap on the park and turmoil in support he's backed by the board because his prophecy has come to pass and he's a genius If Delia succeeds he's a genius Well done Peter it's you before Celtic as it always was |
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| frankebhoy | 15 Aug 2014, 11:24 PM Post #1522 |
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Everyone's Fantasy Football first pick
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Every season we seem to be grubbing about in July trying to get players in , your right the Pukki deal is a perfect example purchasing probably 3rd choice player when both the selling club and the player know we are desperate. this board does have a strategy, unfortunately its not for the team on the park, its for the board. they knew Hooper was leaving 6 months before he did, they knew what they would get for him, why didnt they have a replacement ready to move in, same with wanyama. this is bad business, look at the waste of money purchasing players like Balde etc , you couldent make it up, its as if buying these guys wasnt important and was secondary to the importance of the boardroom instead of the other way about. no forward planning, continuity or strategy for the team. Lawwell isnt running the club properly, there were strong warnings in europe last year, the Legia debacle was an embarrassment which will take years to go away.all down to a lack of forward planning. |
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| One sharp cookie | 16 Aug 2014, 07:36 AM Post #1523 |
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Getting on a bit
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Terrifying. How can they sell the best goalie, best centre back, two best midfielders and two best strikers and expect the team to be "not much different"? The spine of the side has been ripped out. We're like Southampton, only without the big money replacements. |
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| timtastic | 16 Aug 2014, 07:55 AM Post #1524 |
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Club Captain
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The club's way of making up for the lost fans is to sell players and replace with cheaper options. This is one of the reasons fans aren't turning up. The quality of play and player is reducing year after year and even £100 off season tickets isn't getting some of us back. This will go on as long as we proceed with the quantity not quality approach. The club don't have to spend like the old huns, they should spend some money on the occasional player who will get bums on seats. Last season we bought Pukki who seemed well down the wish list. Why did we bother? He wasn't good enough to be a top priority so he clearly wasn't that good. Pukki, Balde and Griffiths were a waste of money and the combined fee could have brought in a bit of quality with the wage probably less than the combined wage for the other three. If the board had their way we would have two celebrations today. The league flag and balance sheet, but think how much better it could be if we didn't waste money on third rate panic buys. |
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| sevilliano | 16 Aug 2014, 12:18 PM Post #1525 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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Good discussion on Celtic underground podcast on this - what was a £1m purchase 2 years ago is now £2m and what was £2m is now £3 -4m So when we've been buying we've stayed still getting lesser players despite getting more money in Someone is spinning the board a line and it's PL and JP It'll take us struggling in league or a hidings off likes of Aberdeen or utd to get message home that they're clueless as they had absolutely no shame sitting with money in bank |
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| fatboab | 16 Aug 2014, 12:19 PM Post #1526 |
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Just before the Dawn
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I guess yesterday afternoon didn't go so well then?
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| Dewey | 17 Aug 2014, 06:06 AM Post #1527 |
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Formerly Flatlandbhoy
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After the last two games, maybe I hit the panic button too soon. Waiting to see on Wednesday. Although I am convinced some systemic issues are present, despite the 6-1 smackdown of DU.
Edited by Dewey, 17 Aug 2014, 06:07 AM.
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| Edmontim | 17 Aug 2014, 06:45 AM Post #1528 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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There is a massive difference in quality between the spl and teams such as legia and Maribor. I wouldn't be surprised if we are beaten easily on Wednesday. If the board were willing to spend the money then players would come to celtic. Be have announced impressive profits the past 2 years and we're about to do so again. We could be bringing in 2-3 quality players per season and break even financially but we choose not to. Frustrating for a supporter when 90% of teams our size lose big money every year. |
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| wigwam | 17 Aug 2014, 08:00 AM Post #1529 |
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Older than dirt
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Yeah our deficiencies will be fairly obvious to a seasoned manager watching our recent games. Hopefully we're going to play a less expansive game this midweek going by what RD has said. If the Board pony up for the fabled 4-5m striker, they may well go from zero to hero instantly. If they don't and Gordon breaks down injured, they'll be getting effigys burned in the car park. Fine line. Another year of 'not quite being able to get it over the line' isn't going to appease a lot of fans. Edited by wigwam, 17 Aug 2014, 08:01 AM.
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| Neil Jung | 19 Aug 2014, 06:39 PM Post #1530 |
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Off treasure hunting in Holland
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A few hours to go til the deadline and still no sign of a the fabled striker. |
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| Winds of Change CSC | 19 Aug 2014, 07:01 PM Post #1531 |
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First-team starter
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the last 2 games have taken the heat of Lawwell given the growing anger that was building in his personal direction after the Legia debacle. I doubt very much if we'll see this fabled "striker" that we have been expecting since Hoopers' departure. We have pulled in over £11 million already this season and we have yet to invest a penny of it back in the team with loans seemingly Lawwells new mantra. It remains a soul destroying state of affairs and is completely unacceptable given how much money the football part of the business has generated in the last few seasons, either from selling anything that looks like an asset or qualifying for the group stages of the CL. Only a tiny fraction of that money has been put back into the most important part of our business i.e. the first team on the park. Lawwell is currently getting away with it - again!!! |
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| wigwam | 19 Aug 2014, 09:06 PM Post #1532 |
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Older than dirt
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See you in here this time tomorrow.
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| Dr Huffarr | 19 Aug 2014, 10:20 PM Post #1533 |
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The irony is that the real prize is getting into the CL, competing is not possible in there. We need the players to qualify!! No real point after the fact. |
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| lenobhoy | 19 Aug 2014, 10:42 PM Post #1534 |
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Catch some light and it'll be alright
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From 2005 Peter Lawell
Peter from Feb 2008
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| BlackpoolBhoy | 19 Aug 2014, 10:44 PM Post #1535 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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Maybe I am really off the mark but it seems to me like the board have tried to put across a catch 22 scenario to the supporters in the sense that we shouldn't invest a lot of money on one or two first team players because we aren't guaranteed CL football because of the qualifiers and then when we get there the same thing is used against us because we are only there to make the group stages for the guaranteed TV revenue and anything more than that, for example last 16 or the Europa League last 32 is an added bonus. What's really worrying more than anything is that the fans aren't buying this and rightly so. Even with the £100 discount and the CL reprieve we didn't sell out for the opening home game of the season and the board will only use lower attendances as a reason for not spending more on signing players thus giving is very few options at all. |
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| Lobey Dosser | 19 Aug 2014, 11:02 PM Post #1536 |
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Considering retirement
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Won't be long, Lawwell has organised a lift for him on the back of the tooth fairy. |
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| Ned Rise | 20 Aug 2014, 10:41 PM Post #1537 |
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These boots were made for hunbustin'
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If we get through this tie, there better be some deals lined up for players coming in. If the only transfer activity revolves around VVD leaving, then we're in for a heavy bruising in the Champions League. |
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| fatboab | 20 Aug 2014, 10:44 PM Post #1538 |
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Just before the Dawn
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Spend some feckin' money ya shower of tight fisted bassas.
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| CaltonBhoy1967 | 20 Aug 2014, 10:52 PM Post #1539 |
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Billy McNeill - "Mr Celtic"
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If we get through next Tuesday absolutely no amount of spin will be acceptable this feckin' time around.
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| antbhoy | 20 Aug 2014, 11:12 PM Post #1540 |
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Marshal of the Soviet Union
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Agreed, surely they wouldn't be that arrogant out of sync. A striker is a priority. |
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absolutely no amount of spin will be acceptable this feckin' time around.
8:52 AM Jul 11