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James Forrest; he's awright so he is.
Topic Started: 26 Feb 2015, 09:19 PM (517,943 Views)
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27 May 2016, 05:41 PM
shoukd get a £100,000 or so I we punt him Punt him in summer to some English championship side.
FFS glad you are not in charge of the finances

IIRC we got £1m for Maloney when he had 6 months left and he was even more injury prone than Forrest
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27 May 2016, 05:56 PM
This is the absolute last chance for him at Celtic.
Massive season for James Forrest.

Get him to eff.
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27 May 2016, 05:59 PM
jpk31
27 May 2016, 05:41 PM
shoukd get a £100,000 or so I we punt him Punt him in summer to some English championship side.
Are you mental? We'd get a lot more than that, even with six months left.
At the time it was reported we got 300k for Ledley but I think it was actually less.
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27 May 2016, 04:01 PM
Hope he impressed in pre season. The rage on here would be hilarious if he stays.
Even funnier that Mulgrew will get a game ahead of the dud.
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27 May 2016, 06:12 PM
jpk31
27 May 2016, 05:41 PM
shoukd get a £100,000 or so I we punt him Punt him in summer to some English championship side.
FFS glad you are not in charge of the finances

IIRC we got £1m for Maloney when he had 6 months left and he was even more injury prone than Forrest
Maloney was superb at the time, Forrest is nowhere near that level.
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27 May 2016, 05:59 PM
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27 May 2016, 05:41 PM
shoukd get a £100,000 or so I we punt him Punt him in summer to some English championship side.
Are you mental? We'd get a lot more than that, even with six months left.
At the time it was reported we got 300k for Ledley but I think it was actually less.
Plus a million when they stayed up. :thumbsup:
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A fresh challenge elsewhere would be best for him and Celtic. Has ability but struggles to use it often enough.
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27 May 2016, 05:59 PM

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At the time it was reported we got 300k for Ledley but I think it was actually less.
Plus a million when they stayed up. :thumbsup:
Didn't know that :thumbsup:
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27 May 2016, 06:12 PM
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27 May 2016, 05:41 PM
shoukd get a £100,000 or so I we punt him Punt him in summer to some English championship side.
FFS glad you are not in charge of the finances

IIRC we got £1m for Maloney when he had 6 months left and he was even more injury prone than Forrest
6 months of Maloney would be worth more than 3 years of Forrest.
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jpk31
27 May 2016, 05:41 PM
shoukd get a £100,000 or so I we punt him Punt him in summer to some English championship side.
FFS glad you are not in charge of the finances

IIRC we got £1m for Maloney when he had 6 months left and he was even more injury prone than Forrest
Maloney was superb at the time, Forrest is nowhere near that level.
No he wasn't. He had a superb season the season before that, and had a shampooe start to the new season with countless injuries before he left in the January.

Some of the abuse Forrest takes on here is well unwarranted.

Understandable that people think his time's up. Injuries over the years have curtailed a somewhat promising start, but I find it mental that there is a massive clamour for players like Allan and GMS when Forrest has achieved much more than any of them probably ever will at Celtic.

He's a decent player and will continue to be a decent player if he can stay fit and I'd much rather he stayed under the right terms.
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Maloney was superb at the time, Forrest is nowhere near that level.
No he wasn't. He had a superb season the season before that, and had a shampooe start to the new season with countless injuries before he left in the January.

Some of the abuse Forrest takes on here is well unwarranted.

Understandable that people think his time's up. Injuries over the years have curtailed a somewhat promising start, but I find it mental that there is a massive clamour for players like Allan and GMS when Forrest has achieved much more than any of them probably ever will at Celtic.

He's a decent player and will continue to be a decent player if he can stay fit and I'd much rather he stayed under the right terms.
Maloneys football in his POTY season was superb, he did have a bad start to the next season and the stick Forrest gets is OTT but even an on form Forrest wouldn't be half the player Maloney was back then.
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I'm afraid Forrest hasn't had a decent season since 2011

2011

Way too many excuses made for him - he needs to go elsewhere and sharpish
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I thought his contract was up already!
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jpk31
27 May 2016, 05:41 PM
shoukd get a £100,000 or so I we punt him Punt him in summer to some English championship side.
FFS glad you are not in charge of the finances

IIRC we got £1m for Maloney when he had 6 months left and he was even more injury prone than Forrest
Same for heid as well.

Less than a year left and we got over a million I'm sure.
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I still dont get why we let players run down their contract like this. Its unprofessional as hell.

start negotiating when they have 18 months left, if they havent signed a new deal within 6 months they are not going to.
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27 May 2016, 07:04 PM
I still dont get why we let players run down their contract like this. Its unprofessional as hell.

start negotiating when they have 18 months left, if they havent signed a new deal within 6 months they are not going to.
We did start negotiations but Forrest apparently knocked back our offers.

If we could sell him, I'm sure we would have, but why would anyone who wants him pay cash when they can likely get him on a free shortly down the road?

Ledley was a little different, as he was useful as a rental even if Palace didn't re-sign him.

Regardless, make or break season for Forrest coming up! :thumbsup:
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27 May 2016, 04:30 PM
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27 May 2016, 04:01 PM
Hope he impressed in pre season. The rage on here would be hilarious if he stays.
I agree. I keep reading & hearing how talented all these fringe players in our squad are yet the very same fans want shot of our most accomplished "young" player. I can only assume it's down to familiarity and the failure of Forrest to live up to unfair expectations. Maloney & McGeady were victims of this too. In fact I can remember how Forrest was a far better player than McGeady according to some on here and how he was going to have a better career :lol: This was when McGeady was leaving fir Moscow.
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You what? :lol:

Nothing "unfair" about it either. He's been crap for ages.
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27 May 2016, 07:04 PM
I still dont get why we let players run down their contract like this. Its unprofessional as hell.

start negotiating when they have 18 months left, if they havent signed a new deal within 6 months they are not going to.
I've been this for years. If you want to keep a player negotiate a new deal. If one can't be done or the player doesn't want to stay punt with a 12 months to go. Rogic has one year left I believe. He either signs or we punt. Only exception to this would be someone who will retire.
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