The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

Started by Gaoth Dobhair Abu, January 26, 2007, 10:41:11 AM

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Rav67

The side could do with a bit of genuine pace in attack, going forward the team is just too ponderous at the minute.  Celtic will need to improve before the rearranged home rangers fixture, that will be the most important Old Firm in a few seasons and a must-win for the Hoops.

Gaoth Dobhair Abu

Quote from: Rav67 on January 28, 2008, 11:00:15 AM
The side could do with a bit of genuine pace in attack, going forward the team is just too ponderous at the minute.  Celtic will need to improve before the rearranged home rangers fixture, that will be the most important Old Firm in a few seasons and a must-win for the Hoops.



Quite Rav, but the league could be a distant memory by the time of the re-scheduled OF match!
Yesterdays performance was dire, but lets not forget that Falkirk put in a great performance, it's difficult to play against a team which is defending with 8-9 men for most of the match!
Thought Naylor had another poor game as well.
Tbc....

red hander

Apparently Kyle Lafferty has agreed to sign in deal worth over 3m with Riordan going the other way to Burnley

slow corner back

Quote from: red hander on January 28, 2008, 06:06:29 PM
Apparently Kyle Lafferty has agreed to sign in deal worth over 3m with Riordan going the other way to Burnley
Is that a piss take????

Rav67

Quote from: slow corner back on January 28, 2008, 07:57:45 PM
Quote from: red hander on January 28, 2008, 06:06:29 PM
Apparently Kyle Lafferty has agreed to sign in deal worth over 3m with Riordan going the other way to Burnley
Is that a piss take????

Nothing about it on F365 but he was linked last year, and although he was/is a Rangers fan he said he'd be honoured to join such a great club.  Personally, I don't see how we need him when we already have Hesselink and Killen as tall targetmen strikers and he's not going to start ahead of Hesselink anyway.  Would be a real test for how much things have moved on at Windsor Park though if he did sign, it'd be interesting to see how the crowd would receive him at NI matches.

lfdown2

Check PM Gaoth Dobhair if ye get a chance

red hander

No pisstake.  He's keen to go, Celtic have apparently offered £2.7m plus Riordan (= £3.2m) but Burnley are holding out for another £800,000. 

Gaoth Dobhair Abu

Quote from: red hander on January 29, 2008, 11:32:17 AM
No pisstake.  He's keen to go, Celtic have apparently offered £2.7m plus Riordan (= £3.2m) but Burnley are holding out for another £800,000. 


Heard this yesterday, nearly started crying!
WTF do we need another target man up front, have JVOH and Killen, and Killen like Lavatory has only scored a couple of goals this season.
The wee p***k was courted last season and stuck the single digit up to the Hoops when somebody else came in - fcuk him, we don't need a Burnley reject!! a striker who can't f**king score - brilliant!
Tbc....

nifan

Did lafferty stick the finger up at celtic - I thought he said it would be an honour, but burnley rebutted the offer celtic made for him.

Evil Genius

Quote from: Gaoth Dobhair Abu on January 29, 2008, 11:39:45 AM
The wee p***k was courted last season and stuck the single digit up to the Hoops when somebody else came in - fcuk him, we don't need a Burnley reject!!

1. Lafferty said he'd readily consider playing for a "big club" like Celtic (I think Nifan is correct that he used the word "honour");
2. Far from being a Burnley reject, the only reason he hasn't already moved to Celtic, Wolves or Fulham (all of whom bid for him), was because the Clarets want to keep him, so won't budge from their valuation;
3. Burnley sold another forward (Andy Gray) last week, so if anything, they're even less likely to sell Lafferty (unless the money's right).

Apart from that, though, you make a good point... :D

Oh, and far from being "wee", he's 6' 4" and built to match.  ;)
"If you come in here again, you'd better bring guns"
"We don't need guns"
"Yes you fuckin' do"

red hander

Samaris is coming on loan apparently, and it looks like that Japanese lad they were courting (Mizuno?) is on his way too

nifan

Havent thought much of samaras, but have heard good things about the other fella

Rav67

What EG says is true, he would have been happy to move to Celtic or an EPL club last year but Burnley were asing £6m(!) for him.  He's not worth £3m IMO and certainly not the type of striker Celtic need so I hope he doesn't sign.  Strachan seems to think you always have to play with at least one tall and immobile forward for some annoying reason.

Samaras has been no great shakes in the Prem apart from when he first signed, but Man City paid £6m for him from Heerenveen (a lot of money when you think of other bargan signings from the Dutch Eridivisie) so he must have shown something there.

Main Street

When you compare the present team with the first team 5 years ago I see only 2 real improvements, the outstanding Boruc and Nakamura. Brown replaces Petrov, McGeady is a survivor and defintly a better player now.
Overall the team is getting poorer, except for Boruc they would be already dead.

In fact if you took only Boruc from the present team and put him in MON's team how things would have been different


nifan

Rav, id agree with you that he may not be what they need, though he has been playing on the wing most of this season - he is not immobile. his current biggest problems are the fact he jumps with his elbows out(causing plenty of frees) and his first touch ranges from the sublime to the ridiculous. I would have thought celtic should have gone after someone like Baros personally.