If we get rid of: Broadfoot, Ortiz/McKay/Bedoya, and potentially Mcculloch, and Bring in Bruins, Jaager and preferably a new striker for cover, we could end up with this team for the rest of the season.
McGregor
Jaager Goian Boca Papac/Wallace
Edu Davis
Aluko Bruins Celik
Jelavic
To me that looks a very good side, and when you consider Ness could come in for Edu(if he ever comes back from injury) and we would have the likes of Wylde Lafferty and hopefully a new striker on the bench this could be not bad at all.
It's optimistic i know, and we'd have to hope that Jaager Celik and Bruins can live up to expectations, but i think ths team would be capable ofmaking it four in a row.
Thoughts?
Potential Team for the rest of the season
posted on 24/1/12
Professor Ally can hardly take credit for great scouting of SPL players (Wallace and Aluko) When Lennon/John Park's best finds are mentioned Stokes & Mulgrew are not really mentioned
posted on 24/1/12
Or Bocanegra for that matter as he played in the premiership.
posted on 24/1/12
Exactly - they said we were (banned word) when over three transfer windows we signed nobody -we were stale, lacked competition in the side etc etc - we've heard it all before.
Do we think Celtic are going to the end of the season without dropping any points? No way. Yes, we are poor at the moment, but these things come in phases. We may well lose the league but daft to give up hope yet, with only 4 points adrfit, next OF game at Ibrox, few new faces in by that time, and we might end up with an eleven as you describe
Can this Jaager guy be a worse player than Broadfoot, or a worse defender than Whittaker?
We may end up paying wages to a few bench warmers, but at leastr there don't seem to be any transfer fees involved with Claros, Bruins, Cox, etc etc. All we need is for this Celik guy and a couple of others to turn out well - and who cares if some are merely putting themselves in the shop window with an eye to a future move to the EPL. We are looking at short-term goals at the moment until tax/debt stuff sorted. I'm sure Ally doesn't see himself as trying to create a Wenger-type dynasty to last a decade - just get us successfully to the end of the season and we'll be happy!
posted on 24/1/12
Le hammer
Ally wants to sign claros too. Ok, may be a bit early to say muslimovic n bruins will sign, but i know enough of their past to say if they are still near that level id hope ally would buy them.
So if we brought in jaager, claros, bruins, muslimovic n sold broadfoot, ortiz, mckay, jelavic, would my fellow bears be happy with that? Would like to see us try for brozek as well, on loan to buy
posted on 24/1/12
like I said I would be very surprised if anyone came in for the 3 mentioned and didnt McKay say he wanted to stay. Also by the time Jela is sold other teams may have snapped up Bruins, Jagger etc.
posted on 24/1/12
Claros would demand a fee as he is still under contract at Motagua
posted on 24/1/12
How?
We have them for the week on trial. Jela could go in days
Broadfoot may not go, but if ally wants mckay/ortiz out im sure they will go. Might not have happened for them here but im sure teams in spain will still think ortiz can do a job for them, n mckay was poty in oz so cant imagine there being no interest over there
posted on 24/1/12
Jelavic sold = money to pay fee for claros
posted on 24/1/12
Jagger's trial is over is it not. And teams can sign players when they are on trial at another club. Jelavic will leave 29th or later
posted on 24/1/12
Hammer
I don't know how much credit Ally is due for the different signings but I'm trying to say that four have been successful (Boca, Goian, Aluko, Wallace) and three not (McKay, Ortiz, Bedoya)
At the financial level we are operating at just now this sort of outcome is to be expected - a few decent value signings and a few duds. It's not as if he has blown his entire budget on one, say, £5 million player for it all to go t*ts up