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| Stuart Armstrong; 'Fishel: Signs for Southampton on a 4 year deal. | |
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| Topic Started: 18 Oct 2015, 09:50 PM (731,092 Views) | |
| Kingslim | 26 Jul 2017, 04:36 PM Post #4061 |
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69 and counting
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Aye, but allows us to play someone whose committed to the cause. |
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| wigwam | 26 Jul 2017, 04:42 PM Post #4062 |
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Older than dirt
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But if we don't drop him, he has a good season, shows up well in the CL and is a free agent at end of season, he's played a blinder. For us, just bad timing. We win plenty, sometimes we have to take a loss. Although 3.5 seasons at decent wages shouldn't be considered a loss. |
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| macfleeto | 26 Jul 2017, 04:43 PM Post #4063 |
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First-team starter
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So you're saying that him having another great season this year particularly in the Champions League, compared to rotting on the bench won't have an impact on the quality of club interested in him? I don't think so. |
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| wigwam | 26 Jul 2017, 04:43 PM Post #4064 |
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Older than dirt
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Like who? Tierney is probably the only one that would knock back a decent offer from the EPL. And even that won't last forever. Be realistic. Only if he shows unwilling or avoiding injury etc should he be dropped. |
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| Stringer Bell | 26 Jul 2017, 04:50 PM Post #4065 |
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Getting on a bit
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No. I'm saying that the teams willing to sign him now will still be interested in signing him in 5 months on a pre-contract even if he doesn't play. Given that VVD and Wanyama went to Southampton I also doubt there's anything he could do this season to get a better move than that. |
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| Dan1974 | 26 Jul 2017, 05:13 PM Post #4066 |
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First team training
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He plays in Scotland and has had 8 months or so of decent form. I remember the first old firm thread and people where cracking up when he was brought on. He has 2 caps for Scotland and played 7 games in Europe since the start of last season. He is not worth 30k simply because we can't start upsetting the wage structure for one player. |
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| henke92 | 26 Jul 2017, 05:15 PM Post #4067 |
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Everyone's Fantasy Football first pick
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A bit gutted about this. Our first box to box midfielder since Petrov and we are possibly losing him after one good season? |
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| georgiesleftpeg | 26 Jul 2017, 05:21 PM Post #4068 |
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Everyone's Fantasy Football first pick
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Splobwell's played a blinder
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| Bhoy_Barker | 26 Jul 2017, 05:21 PM Post #4069 |
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Occasional Substitute
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If a player doesn't want to be at a club then it's best they leave and regarding Armstrong you would think with him being so intelligent he would look at those that have jumped ship and regretted it, yes they get a big bank account but that's about it. |
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| Kingslim | 26 Jul 2017, 05:24 PM Post #4070 |
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69 and counting
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I'd rather have someone like Kouassi getting his chance than Armstrong continuing to play when he's for the off. This is in the circumstance he signs a pre-contract in January. Happy for him to remain in the team until he's confirmed to be going |
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| georgiesleftpeg | 26 Jul 2017, 05:25 PM Post #4071 |
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Everyone's Fantasy Football first pick
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If it's true that his offer was to double his wages to £15k, then I can't for the life of me see Brendan being happy about this. If fact, this is truly ridiculous, and leaves one to wonder about the supposed upcoming golden era of the club. Edited by georgiesleftpeg, 26 Jul 2017, 05:26 PM.
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| 33-rpm | 26 Jul 2017, 05:25 PM Post #4072 |
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Still we sing with our heroes, thirty-three-rounds-per-minute
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A big bank balance is all the vast majority of modern day footballers are interested in. He has no allegiance to Celtic and has won all he possibly can with the club. I like him a lot and I really hope he decides to stay, but in the modern football climate I find it difficult to give a toss when a player decides he can earn more money elsewhere. |
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| steviefrombelfast | 26 Jul 2017, 05:27 PM Post #4073 |
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Considering retirement
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In actual fact he would be just fulfilling the terms of the contract he signed. He signed to play for us X years and we agreed to pay him for that period. in the bosman era all we are entitled to ask that a players give of his best for the period of the contract, we are entitled to nothing more. As long as a player keeps giving of his best the manager should still play him if he thinks he is the best option available. I thought by now we would have accepted that with bosman we are going to have periods when we are paying players who will be leaving. That's the way of it nowdays. Imo we should always try and get best value for those payments. Personally I would like him to stay, and I also believe he would have a better football career if he does. If he is going I can certainly see the argument in selling him at this point to get a fee, if the player will move. - however if Stuart Armstrong wants to leave at the end of his contract that is his right and we should respect that. |
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| murphio | 26 Jul 2017, 05:28 PM Post #4074 |
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Could start a row in an empty room
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If all he has been offered is 15k per week - given some of the reported salaries down south - it's no wonder he is keeping his option open. He could very likely treble that offer with a move to the likes of Southampton. If that is as far as we will go then he has to be made available now. Why on earth we would lowball him like that after the season he had last year is very, very disappointing. |
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| Archibald P Treadwhistle | 26 Jul 2017, 05:28 PM Post #4075 |
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Somewhere between madness and love
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He's not a Celtic 'fan' (well, not in the same way we all are, brought up with it from a young age and fully steeped in the history) - at least, I don't think he is or that Celtic was his boyhood club so the big bank account is probably very potent motivation. Not that playing for his boyhood heroes need necessarily prompt a player to ignore offers of ridiculous money elsewhere for the sake of the 'jersey' but we don't even have that intangible hold on him. Edited by Archibald P Treadwhistle, 26 Jul 2017, 05:29 PM.
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| Wanyerma | 26 Jul 2017, 05:32 PM Post #4076 |
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Considering retirement
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Even a Celtic fan wouldn't turn down trebling your wage on a short career, if they were sane. |
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| popeyed | 26 Jul 2017, 05:33 PM Post #4077 |
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Climbing walls while sittin' in a chair.
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It's a moral issue, this one. If he doesn't pish his money away, he'll never need to do a stroke in his life whether he leaves now or next summer. Just not very nice of the man, really. |
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| Torquemada | 26 Jul 2017, 05:34 PM Post #4078 |
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Off treasure hunting in Holland
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I meant a straight flush! If a royal flush is up against four aces, the game is bent!
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| Bertie Peacock | 26 Jul 2017, 05:36 PM Post #4079 |
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The Little Ant
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| wigwam | 26 Jul 2017, 05:45 PM Post #4080 |
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Older than dirt
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If his form was poor, we'd release him. No room for sentiment, either side. |
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I meant a straight flush!

8:57 AM Jul 11