The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Gaffer]

Got a ticket all right but I have to say it was a very poor game of football.

Really enjoyed the befores and afters but the game itself was very disappointing.

[Orior]

Isn't he referred to as Laugherty?

LOL. Would they be interested Healy? Which will Keane get more satisfaction from?

a) keeping Healy in the Sunderland reserves
b) off-loading the donkey to Celtics so-called rivals?

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Looks like Naka's staying put until he can leave for free in June, pity, the 3 million Yokohama were going to pay for him would have been great, f**king credit crunch!


Got Dundee at Paradise in the 4th round of the Scottish cup, Huns got St Johnstone away.


Hail Hail

[under the bar]

Looks like Naka's staying put until he can leave for free in June, pity, the 3 million Yokohama were going to pay for him would have been great, f**king credit crunch!

They were offering £3mil with only 6 months on his contract?  Are you sure?

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Looks like Naka's staying put until he can leave for free in June, pity, the 3 million Yokohama were going to pay for him would have been great, f**king credit crunch!

They were offering £3mil with only 6 months on his contract?  Are you sure?

According to BBC sport.

Nakamura's January exit on hold 

Nakamura wants to return to Japan for family reasons
Celtic's Shunsuke Nakamura will now stay with the Scottish champions until the end of the season.

Nakamura's agent Roberto Takuda left Glasgow on Monday after telling Celtic that Yokohama F Marinos will not now be submitting a bid for the 30-year-old.

Yokohama's parent company, Nissan, had raised a fee of around £3m in a bid to sign the Japan midfielder in January.

But, with the credit crunch hitting the automobile giants hard, they will wait until his contract expires in June.

Nakamura was widely expected to return to his homeland - and Yokohama F Marinos - in the New Year should Celtic exit European competition.

Last week's defeat to Aalborg meant that Celtic have not only failed to qualify from the group stages of the Champions League but also missed out on a parachute into the Uefa Cup.

And, with the J-League season beginning in March, January seemed like the right time to make the switch.

Nakamura signed for Celtic in the summer of 2005 and has been part of manager Gordon Strachan's three title-winning teams.

But, in recent months, the player has indicated that he wishes to return to Japan - and his first club - for the sake of his family and his international career.

It now seems certain that his departure will be delayed until the summer, when he will leave Celtic as a free agent.

A Celtic source has told BBC Sport that they are delighted the player will be available to help the club push for a fourth successive Scottith Premier League title.

Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell had repeatedly said that he would prefer Nakamura to remain in Glasgow.

[lfdown2]

i would rather take a third of that in january than to let him go for free, with an abundance of midfielders i think it would make more sense and at times this season he has been little other than a passenger imo!

[Main Street]

I suppose the "family reasons" sorta resolved themselves when faced with a the reality of the rewards of being a free agent in June.

[under the bar]

That's big bread for a 31 year old!

[off the laces]

That's big bread for a 31 year old!

for quality that not many off the other midfielders have VISION.......

[carribbear]

He's going to be gone in the summer anyway, we're out of europe and probably dont need him to beat the bears this season. Anyway, its time for Koki to step up to the plate and see what he can do. We can't plan on Naka dragging us through with his freekicks forever

Time to replan and spend a bit of money on some quality, not SPL bargain basement purchases.



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[carribbear]

Top notch performance today 
Loads of midfielders yet Gary Caldwell is now the playmaker....i'm thinking of coming out of retirement and offering my services

[illdecide]

Never seen the match yesterday as we had our AGM  in the club and was battling it out with a few drunken morans...

Were Celtic that bad??? and was Boruc at fault for the 2 goals???

[nifan]

The highlights are on the bbc website illdecide.

[illdecide]

The highlights are on the bbc website illdecide.

aye i know but it is usually around 5:00 b4 i can view that (wait to the boss goes home )

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Never seen the match yesterday as we had our AGM  in the club and was battling it out with a few drunken morans...

Were Celtic that bad??? and was Boruc at fault for the 2 goals???

Celtic were dreadful, the first goal will be in every howler clips show for the rest of the year and next. Second goal was a combination of goalie c**k up and defence screw up.
Problem was we had no control in midfield, didn't look like we could score in a barrel of fannies, WGS only brings McGeady on after 70 mins and two goals down, Samaras left on the bench until the second half while Sheridan played, Caldwell now being used as a midfielder!