Most of us accept that our level has dropped from last season - although admittedly Thurs night was better - and we are all searching for possible reasons.
We knew that, after the mess they were in last season, Celtic would give their new manager funds to strengthen their squad and would provide better competition - and they have done that. The indications are they will strengthen again in January. This should not have taken our board by surprise. My feeling however is that we have added numbers to the squad but only invested in one first-team starter....Lundstram, and it took him a few months to get going
Not being an Ibrox insider it is difficult to know how this situation has come about. Did Steven Gerrard and Ross Wilson think Simpson, Wright, and Sakala were better players than they appear at the moment? Did they identify better targets to the board but who were too expensive for us? Do I have unrealistic expectations of our club's finances at the moment?
Maybe I'm being too critical of these players who need (yet) more time to settle in? I apologise for having more questions than answers but I am concerned that Celtic's form is starting to pick up, and have no doubt they'll splash the cash in January. I think we need to respond, and hope our board can find a way
Complacent in summer transfer window?
posted on 24/10/21
Utd players are an embarrassment.
Not one ounce of fight from any of them.
posted on 24/10/21
comment by #55 Has Ruined Them! (U22266)
posted 3 minutes ago
Utd players are an embarrassment.
Not one ounce of fight from any of them.
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nonsense, it was a nice attempt at a dropkick from Pogba
posted on 24/10/21
Lundstram has been decent and schite, I think he’s best used in Davis’ position but on a free won’t complain as I think he’s getting better.
Sakala is schite. Pace aside I see no other attributes but we have no money so we have to take these gambles much like Simpson. Though we need to decide quickly and move them on when it’s clear they’ve no chance before their reputations are muck and we can’t shift them.
A big sale would have been made if there had been an acceptable offer. There wasn’t.
Morelos would be first to get sold if it was me but I think Aribo is more likely. As long as we get enough money from that invested in the team to replace Goldson I’ll be happy. I think Bacuna could be a player if he got a run.
posted on 24/10/21
In the summer, the club obviously targeted keeping last season's squad together and bringing players in to give us strength in depth.
I think the only player signed with a view to strengthening the first team was Lundstram...and although the big man is a decent player, for me, having him and Davis in the same team is like having two of the same kind of player in the engine room, and it just doesn't work
The only surprises for me were one, letting Itten go out on loan, still don't understand why we did that
Secondly....why does Defoe have a player contract?
Other than that, I thought our business in the summer was good....the summer transfers aren't the issue...the issue is the players from last season not playing to anything like last year's standards
posted on 24/10/21
comment by Miller - Bounce Game Champion (U9310)
posted 1 hour, 35 minutes ago
comment by RenegadeOF (U9457)
posted 1 minute ago
Ole looks a broken man, got tea bag eyes.
Could get even worse now
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Aye just waiting on the sweet mercy release of the sack.
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Filth
posted on 24/10/21
You’d have to be honest and say Celtic would hardly have been setting alarm bells off at Rangers over the summer. I can see why they thought spending big wasn’t necessary. It still might prove unnecessary.
Time, like Lee Wallace, will tell.
posted on 24/10/21
comment by Zico 💚 (U21900)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Miller - Bounce Game Champion (U9310)
posted 1 hour, 35 minutes ago
comment by RenegadeOF (U9457)
posted 1 minute ago
Ole looks a broken man, got tea bag eyes.
Could get even worse now
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Aye just waiting on the sweet mercy release of the sack.
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Filth
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posted on 24/10/21
comment by HB Fash (U21935)
posted 20 minutes ago
Lundstram has been decent and schite, I think he’s best used in Davis’ position but on a free won’t complain as I think he’s getting better.
Sakala is schite. Pace aside I see no other attributes but we have no money so we have to take these gambles much like Simpson. Though we need to decide quickly and move them on when it’s clear they’ve no chance before their reputations are muck and we can’t shift them.
A big sale would have been made if there had been an acceptable offer. There wasn’t.
Morelos would be first to get sold if it was me but I think Aribo is more likely. As long as we get enough money from that invested in the team to replace Goldson I’ll be happy. I think Bacuna could be a player if he got a run.
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If Goldson goes we'll lose the league.
I agree that Aribo is most likely to go. He's been excellent despite us being pash.
posted on 24/10/21
Aribo has looked decent tbf.
Goldson too.
posted on 25/10/21
comment by lauders 55 (U9757)
posted 3 hours, 47 minutes ago
comment by HB Fash (U21935)
posted 20 minutes ago
Lundstram has been decent and schite, I think he’s best used in Davis’ position but on a free won’t complain as I think he’s getting better.
Sakala is schite. Pace aside I see no other attributes but we have no money so we have to take these gambles much like Simpson. Though we need to decide quickly and move them on when it’s clear they’ve no chance before their reputations are muck and we can’t shift them.
A big sale would have been made if there had been an acceptable offer. There wasn’t.
Morelos would be first to get sold if it was me but I think Aribo is more likely. As long as we get enough money from that invested in the team to replace Goldson I’ll be happy. I think Bacuna could be a player if he got a run.
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If Goldson goes we'll lose the league.
I agree that Aribo is most likely to go. He's been excellent despite us being pash.
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You're being very unfair on Alfredo here.