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Kristoffer Ajer; Signs new 4 year contract.
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28 Mar 2018, 11:35 AM
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It's being discussed
Celtic and Scottish football have been a perfect move for Ajer and a perfect next step in his career. For adding physics and a physical way of playing, seemingly very happy with the gaffer. Add to the pluss side, fantastic atmosphere at the matches. On the minus side, poor opposition in the Scottish league, little prestige, no dressing room stories to tell about world stars, not enough money to be sure never to be in need of medicine books again. Ajer will be sold with more than one year left of his contract, maybe already this summer. I bet 5 pounds. Consider him a good investment. Hard to say no when money bites your butt. Aged 19 at a huge club. Playing regularly. Working under a manager who is as good as anyone in Europe at developing young players. European football. Playing international football.
He would be mad to want to leave any time soon and Celtic won't sell unless we are offered serious money.
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28 Mar 2018, 11:47 AM
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Little prestige, no dressing room stories to tell of world stars? Your best player and captain plays for Fulham 
Plus Ajer shared a dressing room with Kris Boyd, if he's not world class then I don't know what is Reckon that would have been invaluable teaching Ajer the physical side of the game. Having to muscle Boyd out of the way of all the food at lunchtime. Money can't buy that kind of training, it's next-level Mr Miaygi type stuff.
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28 Mar 2018, 11:57 AM
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Now looking like Ronny Deila's best signing (wouldn't be difficult tbf).
Still have my doubts as to whether he is top level.
The anointing of him and Hendry (based on a performance against Hungary) as the answers to our centre half issues is mystifying.
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28 Mar 2018, 12:02 PM
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Now looking like Ronny Deila's best signing (wouldn't be difficult tbf).
Still have my doubts as to whether he is top level.
The anointing of him and Hendry (based on a performance against Hungary) as the answers to our centre half issues is mystifying. Moany bastard
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28 Mar 2018, 12:20 PM
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Now looking like Ronny Deila's best signing (wouldn't be difficult tbf).
Still have my doubts as to whether he is top level.
The anointing of him and Hendry (based on a performance against Hungary) as the answers to our centre half issues is mystifying. He is 19. Of course he isn’t top level. Yet. If he continues to develop over the next 2 or 3 Years he could be some player though. Centre Halves tend to find it more difficult to break through at a young ages. A teenage striker who bursts on the scene is expected to have a quiet spell when the goals dry up and when this happens they will likely still get time off the bench but a defender at the same age has to really focus on playing well week in week out to keep their place.
I don’t think anyone seriously wants Ajer and Hendry to be our first choice centre backs next season but with Boyata being a diddy and Jozo having regressed/downed tools then I would be happy enough with Ajer if he continues to improve and a good experienced defender as our main partnership with Hendry and someone else as back up.
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28 Mar 2018, 12:30 PM
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Now looking like Ronny Deila's best signing (wouldn't be difficult tbf).
Still have my doubts as to whether he is top level.
The anointing of him and Hendry (based on a performance against Hungary) as the answers to our centre half issues is mystifying.
He is 19. Of course he isn’t top level. Yet. If he continues to develop over the next 2 or 3 Years he could be some player though. Centre Halves tend to find it more difficult to break through at a young ages. A teenage striker who bursts on the scene is expected to have a quiet spell when the goals dry up and when this happens they will likely still get time off the bench but a defender at the same age has to really focus on playing well week in week out to keep their place. I don’t think anyone seriously wants Ajer and Hendry to be our first choice centre backs next season but with Boyata being a diddy and Jozo having regressed/downed tools then I would be happy enough with Ajer if he continues to improve and a good experienced defender as our main partnership with Hendry and someone else as back up. I wouldn't give Jozo or Boyata a game for the rest of the season, see if Hendry and Ajer can progress and then bring in 2 more experienced CB's in the summer.
2 good prospects to have and playing better than those other 2.
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28 Mar 2018, 12:38 PM
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Now looking like Ronny Deila's best signing (wouldn't be difficult tbf).
Still have my doubts as to whether he is top level.
The anointing of him and Hendry (based on a performance against Hungary) as the answers to our centre half issues is mystifying. Our resident ray of sunshine pierces the clouds.
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28 Mar 2018, 12:47 PM
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Now looking like Ronny Deila's best signing (wouldn't be difficult tbf).
Still have my doubts as to whether he is top level.
The anointing of him and Hendry (based on a performance against Hungary) as the answers to our centre half issues is mystifying.
Our resident ray of sunshine pierces the clouds. It's better to be realistic than live in cloud cuckoo land.
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28 Mar 2018, 12:50 PM
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Now looking like Ronny Deila's best signing (wouldn't be difficult tbf).
Still have my doubts as to whether he is top level.
The anointing of him and Hendry (based on a performance against Hungary) as the answers to our centre half issues is mystifying.
He is 19. Of course he isn’t top level. Yet. If he continues to develop over the next 2 or 3 Years he could be some player though. Centre Halves tend to find it more difficult to break through at a young ages. A teenage striker who bursts on the scene is expected to have a quiet spell when the goals dry up and when this happens they will likely still get time off the bench but a defender at the same age has to really focus on playing well week in week out to keep their place. I don’t think anyone seriously wants Ajer and Hendry to be our first choice centre backs next season but with Boyata being a diddy and Jozo having regressed/downed tools then I would be happy enough with Ajer if he continues to improve and a good experienced defender as our main partnership with Hendry and someone else as back up. I know he's not top level yet. I have my doubts if he will get there. He has lots to learn e.g goes to ground too often without getting anything. He's much quicker going forward than he is once turned. Still weak positionally and, yes, he's 19 and yes he should improve but he has some pretty basic flaws to iron out. He has potential though there is no doubt on that.
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28 Mar 2018, 12:56 PM
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Now looking like Ronny Deila's best signing (wouldn't be difficult tbf).
Still have my doubts as to whether he is top level.
The anointing of him and Hendry (based on a performance against Hungary) as the answers to our centre half issues is mystifying.
Moany bastard Im only happy when it rains
Pour your misery down Pour your misery down on me
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Now looking like Ronny Deila's best signing (wouldn't be difficult tbf).
Still have my doubts as to whether he is top level.
The anointing of him and Hendry (based on a performance against Hungary) as the answers to our centre half issues is mystifying.
Moany bastard
Im only happy when it rains Pour your misery down Pour your misery down on me Do shut up.
I'm perfectly happy.
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28 Mar 2018, 01:01 PM
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Im only happy when it rains Pour your misery down Pour your misery down on me
Do shut up. I'm perfectly happy.
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28 Mar 2018, 01:18 PM
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Now looking like Ronny Deila's best signing (wouldn't be difficult tbf).
Still have my doubts as to whether he is top level.
The anointing of him and Hendry (based on a performance against Hungary) as the answers to our centre half issues is mystifying.
Our resident ray of sunshine pierces the clouds.
It's better to be realistic than live in cloud cuckoo land. So it's cloud cuckoo land to see massive potential in two young, tall, well-built and athletic young footballers who have already shown enough to impress at international level? Whatever you say, my little ray of sunshine.
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It's better to be realistic than live in cloud cuckoo land.
So it's cloud cuckoo land to see massive potential in two young, tall, well-built and athletic young footballers who have already shown enough to impress at international level?  Whatever you say, my little ray of sunshine. Maybe you should read posts before diving in like a young centre half with potential.
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So it's cloud cuckoo land to see massive potential in two young, tall, well-built and athletic young footballers who have already shown enough to impress at international level?  Whatever you say, my little ray of sunshine.
Maybe you should read posts before diving in like a young centre half with potential. And maybe you should refrain from using expressions like "cloud cuckoo land" for people who don't happen to share your opinions.
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28 Mar 2018, 01:33 PM
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Maybe you should read posts before diving in like a young centre half with potential.
And maybe you should refrain from using expressions like "cloud cuckoo land" for people who don't happen to share your opinions. When you are a mod, you could maybe tell me what to say.
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28 Mar 2018, 01:34 PM
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Now looking like Ronny Deila's best signing (wouldn't be difficult tbf).
Still have my doubts as to whether he is top level.
The anointing of him and Hendry (based on a performance against Hungary) as the answers to our centre half issues is mystifying.
He is 19. Of course he isn’t top level. Yet. If he continues to develop over the next 2 or 3 Years he could be some player though. Centre Halves tend to find it more difficult to break through at a young ages. A teenage striker who bursts on the scene is expected to have a quiet spell when the goals dry up and when this happens they will likely still get time off the bench but a defender at the same age has to really focus on playing well week in week out to keep their place. I don’t think anyone seriously wants Ajer and Hendry to be our first choice centre backs next season but with Boyata being a diddy and Jozo having regressed/downed tools then I would be happy enough with Ajer if he continues to improve and a good experienced defender as our main partnership with Hendry and someone else as back up.
I know he's not top level yet. I have my doubts if he will get there. He has lots to learn e.g goes to ground too often without getting anything. He's much quicker going forward than he is once turned. Still weak positionally and, yes, he's 19 and yes he should improve but he has some pretty basic flaws to iron out. He has potential though there is no doubt on that. I think some of this could be put down to him learning to play at CB rather than CM though.
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And maybe you should refrain from using expressions like "cloud cuckoo land" for people who don't happen to share your opinions.
When you are a mod, you could maybe tell me what to say. Oooh, zinger!
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28 Mar 2018, 05:22 PM
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Celtic and Scottish football have been a perfect move for Ajer and a perfect next step in his career. For adding physics and a physical way of playing, seemingly very happy with the gaffer. Add to the pluss side, fantastic atmosphere at the matches. On the minus side, poor opposition in the Scottish league, little prestige, no dressing room stories to tell about world stars, not enough money to be sure never to be in need of medicine books again. Ajer will be sold with more than one year left of his contract, maybe already this summer. I bet 5 pounds. Consider him a good investment. Hard to say no when money bites your butt.
Little prestige, no dressing room stories to tell of world stars? Your best player and captain plays for Fulham  I think most would disagree that Johansen is Norway´s best player.
Think about it. At age of 19 he has already established himself on a big team like Celtic, and he has also made himself an obvious first choice for the national team. Ajer, with the rare combination of extreme physics (197 cm) and technical skills, is exactly the kind of prospect big clubs will open their wallet for. I would compare him to Genk´s Sander Berge (same age, a bit of the same attributes) who Sevilla offered more than 13 m BP for, but had it turned down because Genk´s are hoping for the double.
Unless he signes a new contract (which I honestly doubt), Celtic will feel forced to sell when a good offer is on the table. You can always hope I´m wrong, but I don´t think I´m being utterly unrealistic here.
Celtic are of course a big club and great to have on the CV, but no, playing in the Scottish league is not where dreams end.
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28 Mar 2018, 06:19 PM
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Little prestige, no dressing room stories to tell of world stars? Your best player and captain plays for Fulham 
I think most would disagree that Johansen is Norway´s best player. Think about it. At age of 19 he has already established himself on a big team like Celtic, and he has also made himself an obvious first choice for the national team. Ajer, with the rare combination of extreme physics (197 cm) and technical skills, is exactly the kind of prospect big clubs will open their wallet for. I would compare him to Genk´s Sander Berge (same age, a bit of the same attributes) who Sevilla offered more than 13 m BP for, but had it turned down because Genk´s are hoping for the double. Unless he signes a new contract (which I honestly doubt), Celtic will feel forced to sell when a good offer is on the table. You can always hope I´m wrong, but I don´t think I´m being utterly unrealistic here. Celtic are of course a big club and great to have on the CV, but no, playing in the Scottish league is not where dreams end. He will leave, for the reasons you give, but I don't think now is the best time for him to move. He has only just broken into the first team, and the national team and is still developing. Given that he has improved greatly with Celtic, it might be better for him to stick with us and move on in a couple of years.
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