The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Angelo]

Of a team is willing to pay Christie 30k a week then they're mugs

Why you think that?

You think Christie became a bad player overnight?

I'd imagine Rodgers would be very interested in taking Christie to Leicester and would have no problem getting 50k a week.

I don't think he has become a bad player overnight. I don't think he was ever a very good player. Decent yes. Overrated. Yes. Worth 30k a week? Never

He's a better player than Armstrong for me who is doing well in the EPL so if Christie goes down there he will do very well.

It's also worth noting that Steve Clarke clearly rates Christie ahead of Armstrong at international level too.

We have Christie, Edouard, Ntcham and Ajer all going into next season with 12 months remaining on their contracts, it's an absolutely shambolic state of affairs. The biscuit tin mentality of failing to pay at least three of those players (Christie, Edouard and Ajer) what they are worth. Sure there form has fallen off a cliff this season but that's what happens when you hire a chump to manage the team.

Offer them all 65k a week sure. That'll help beat a skint rangers.

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Keep on missing the point and keep on misrepresenting what I said. Edouard is worth 65k a week, Celtic can afford to pay him that.

65k a week is about 3m a season. How much do you think it will cost us to replace someone like Edouard.

Some of you are very strange creatures. You seem to be all for the biscuit tin mentality of Celtic flipping their players, hiring a chump as manager and being left behind in Europe.

God forbid our billionaire owner invested some money, we showed some ambition, tried to better ourselves and keep our best players or at least now offload them on the cheap. God forbid rather than keeping big cash reserves in our bank account for the directors to pay to themselves, we would actually try to improve.

Some of ye are openly advocating a biscuit tin mentality.

I do know that you guys seem to be massively out of touch with the majority of the Celtic support. You were too dug in defending the arrogant incompetent manager we have in charge that you have no real basis to now criticise the stewardship of the club.

[Main Street]

When the Danish sports tv do their Match of the Day program, the intro song is a live match day recording of YNWA,  but it's the Celtic fans' YNWA that's used,  the Liverpool's fans' effort  just didn't pass muster.

[straightred]

Of a team is willing to pay Christie 30k a week then they're mugs

Why you think that?

You think Christie became a bad player overnight?

I'd imagine Rodgers would be very interested in taking Christie to Leicester and would have no problem getting 50k a week.

Christie who can't beat the first man with a cross. Christie who puts in 1 decent corner in about 10. Christie who gets the very odd goal among all the shots he has ballooned over the bar.

Better than Armstrong. He couldn't lace Armstrong's boots and Armstrong was (and is) a decent but not a special player.

I'd let him walk for free to get him off the books. He's a wage thief.

[Angelo]

Of a team is willing to pay Christie 30k a week then they're mugs

Why you think that?

You think Christie became a bad player overnight?

I'd imagine Rodgers would be very interested in taking Christie to Leicester and would have no problem getting 50k a week.

Christie who can't beat the first man with a cross. Christie who puts in 1 decent corner in about 10. Christie who gets the very odd goal among all the shots he has ballooned over the bar.

Better than Armstrong. He couldn't lace Armstrong's boots and Armstrong was (and is) a decent but not a special player.

I'd let him walk for free to get him off the books. He's a wage thief.

He's having a bad season (as are the whole team) but he's a good player, all these players didn't turn bad overnight - the manager is the issue. For me I'd have him over Armstrong and clearly Steve Clarke rates him ahead of Armstrong too.

[dublin7]

"Tin pot club Everton" with their players/manager only interested in the money played out an entertaining 3-3 draw with Man Utd tonight.

Maybe it's just me, but they way the players celebrated the last minute equaliser they didn't strike me as players who don't give a f**k and are only playing for Everton for the money.

Cracking goal from the former Real Madrid player James Rodriguez. I'd say their small supporter base (they ONLY have 2.3 million twitter followers) must have enjoyed that.

[JimStynes]

"Tin pot club Everton" with their players/manager only interested in the money played out an entertaining 3-3 draw with Man Utd tonight.

Maybe it's just me, but they way the players celebrated the last minute equaliser they didn't strike me as players who don't give a f**k and are only playing for Everton for the money.

Cracking goal from the former Real Madrid player James Rodriguez. I'd say their small supporter base (they ONLY have 2.3 million twitter followers) must have enjoyed that.

Should have offered £140k and got James Rodrigues. Celtic can afford it sure.

[dublin7]

"Tin pot club Everton" with their players/manager only interested in the money played out an entertaining 3-3 draw with Man Utd tonight.

Maybe it's just me, but they way the players celebrated the last minute equaliser they didn't strike me as players who don't give a f**k and are only playing for Everton for the money.

Cracking goal from the former Real Madrid player James Rodriguez. I'd say their small supporter base (they ONLY have 2.3 million twitter followers) must have enjoyed that.

Should have offered £140k and got James Rodrigues. Celtic can afford it sure.

Celtic can offer big European nights that Everton can't as well

[JimStynes]

"Tin pot club Everton" with their players/manager only interested in the money played out an entertaining 3-3 draw with Man Utd tonight.

Maybe it's just me, but they way the players celebrated the last minute equaliser they didn't strike me as players who don't give a f**k and are only playing for Everton for the money.

Cracking goal from the former Real Madrid player James Rodriguez. I'd say their small supporter base (they ONLY have 2.3 million twitter followers) must have enjoyed that.

Should have offered £140k and got James Rodrigues. Celtic can afford it sure.

Celtic can offer big European nights that Everton can't as well

And 4 big derby games. They're mad men playing down in the tinpot EPL when all that is on offer up in Scotland.

[tyroneStatto]

It's a real shame that Lennon wasn't replaced in October/November as I feel Rangers under pressure would be dropping points left right and centre.

[JimStynes]

It's a real shame that Lennon wasn't replaced in October/November as I feel Rangers under pressure would be dropping points left right and centre.

The Celtic comeback is on.

[Angelo]

"Tin pot club Everton" with their players/manager only interested in the money played out an entertaining 3-3 draw with Man Utd tonight.

Maybe it's just me, but they way the players celebrated the last minute equaliser they didn't strike me as players who don't give a f**k and are only playing for Everton for the money.

Cracking goal from the former Real Madrid player James Rodriguez. I'd say their small supporter base (they ONLY have 2.3 million twitter followers) must have enjoyed that.

Well done on Everton on drawing with Man Utd. I'm sure that's what players joined them for.

Sheffield United beat Man Utd a couple of weeks ago. My god, any criticsim of your beloved EPL has you easily triggered.

Twitter followers?   

Wasn't there a certain big EPL club who recently had a big twitter farm controversy because half of their twitter followers were fake accounts.

https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/man-city-twitter-followers-252235

The depths of spin and bullshit you sink to when the EPL is criticised is hilarious.

[Angelo]

"Tin pot club Everton" with their players/manager only interested in the money played out an entertaining 3-3 draw with Man Utd tonight.

Maybe it's just me, but they way the players celebrated the last minute equaliser they didn't strike me as players who don't give a f**k and are only playing for Everton for the money.

Cracking goal from the former Real Madrid player James Rodriguez. I'd say their small supporter base (they ONLY have 2.3 million twitter followers) must have enjoyed that.

Should have offered £140k and got James Rodrigues. Celtic can afford it sure.

Such a juvenile comment because you missed the point. If Celtic pay their best player 2m extra a year they keep him or at the very least they don't lose him for a derisory fee.

Instead we have a CEO who has desrtoyed the club drawing a salary of around 5m in one season.

Are you even a Celtic fan? All you seem to be saying is we are a small club who should not show any ambition whatsoever? Or are you just a bit sore of how it worked out for your local lad?

[Angelo]

It's a real shame that Lennon wasn't replaced in October/November as I feel Rangers under pressure would be dropping points left right and centre.

Since the Rangers defeat, Celtic have dropped 9 points in the subsequent games.

Had they made the change after that game and not dropped those points, Celtic's league title fate would now lie in their own hands.

Rangers are mentally brittle and if we applied the pressure I pretty sure results like today would have happened more and more again. Instead Lennon has gifted them every opportunity he could. They play these games without any pressure at all.

[JimStynes]

"Tin pot club Everton" with their players/manager only interested in the money played out an entertaining 3-3 draw with Man Utd tonight.

Maybe it's just me, but they way the players celebrated the last minute equaliser they didn't strike me as players who don't give a f**k and are only playing for Everton for the money.

Cracking goal from the former Real Madrid player James Rodriguez. I'd say their small supporter base (they ONLY have 2.3 million twitter followers) must have enjoyed that.

Should have offered £140k and got James Rodrigues. Celtic can afford it sure.

Such a juvenile comment because you missed the point. If Celtic pay their best player 2m extra a year they keep him or at the very least they don't lose him for a derisory fee.

Instead we have a CEO who has desrtoyed the club drawing a salary of around 5m in one season.

Are you even a Celtic fan? All you seem to be saying is we are a small club who should not show any ambition whatsoever? Or are you just a bit sore of how it worked out for your local lad?

Your usual go to line about Lennon doesn't apply to me as I was always critical of Lennon getting the job. The small club line doesn't work with me either as I have stated numerous times that Celtic are much bigger than Everton and most of the premier league. What I am is realistic, you're looking to double Celtic's wage structure. A wage structure that is significantly bigger than the rest of the league. Celtic's reason for failure is because of shite management on the pitch and at board level. The dont need to pay double the wages and they can't afford to either. The worst team in the EPL gets significantly more money than Celtic from TV deals alone. Celtic can't afford to pay EPL wages.

[Angelo]

"Tin pot club Everton" with their players/manager only interested in the money played out an entertaining 3-3 draw with Man Utd tonight.

Maybe it's just me, but they way the players celebrated the last minute equaliser they didn't strike me as players who don't give a f**k and are only playing for Everton for the money.

Cracking goal from the former Real Madrid player James Rodriguez. I'd say their small supporter base (they ONLY have 2.3 million twitter followers) must have enjoyed that.

Should have offered £140k and got James Rodrigues. Celtic can afford it sure.

Such a juvenile comment because you missed the point. If Celtic pay their best player 2m extra a year they keep him or at the very least they don't lose him for a derisory fee.

Instead we have a CEO who has desrtoyed the club drawing a salary of around 5m in one season.

Are you even a Celtic fan? All you seem to be saying is we are a small club who should not show any ambition whatsoever? Or are you just a bit sore of how it worked out for your local lad?

Your usual go to line about Lennon doesn't apply to me as I was always critical of Lennon getting the job. The small club line doesn't work with me either as I have stated numerous times that Celtic are much bigger than Everton and most of the premier league. What I am is realistic, you're looking to double Celtic's wage structure. A wage structure that is significantly bigger than the rest of the league. Celtic's reason for failure is because of shite management on the pitch and at board level. The dont need to pay double the wages and they can't afford to either. The worst team in the EPL gets significantly more money than Celtic from TV deals alone. Celtic can't afford to pay EPL wages.

How am I looking at doubling Celtic's wage structure?

I said we should pay Edouard his market worth. It's roughly 2m extra a year? That money can be saved by shifting deadwood out, by removing parasites who sit on the board and steal our resources, by utilising our 22m cash reserves, by our billionaire owner investing, by giving us the best chance of adding an extra 30-40m in revenue from the CL, by ensuring we get the market value on our best players when we sell them off rather than the farcical situation we now face with Edouard, Ajer and Christie.

65k is not EPL wages. 200k is.

Celtic are more than capable of paying these wages. You're just finding ways to excuse the biscuit tin mentality. CL football is an extra 40m in revenue. We will lose out about 40m this summer when we sell Ajer and Edouard at knockdown prices. If we paid them they're market rate we could get 70m for them when we decide to sell - we will be lucky to get 30m for the two of them next summer. That's the biscuit tin mentality you are advocating.