PAUL LE GUEN REVOLUTION

[BigTomatoes]

 glasgow bandit said we needed a left back , a strong defensive midfielder and a strong target man striker.

 so far we have got 2 of those in Naylor and Hesselink , roll on Thomas Gravesen.

 if we get Gravesen i think well have a very strong squad.

 with players like Maloney , Nakamura , Jarosik , Petrov , Riordan , Zurawski , Hesselink  only to name a few ,

 i cant see how we can lose the championship this year after winning it with such a margin last year ,

 all we need to is start putting the ball in the net , and when we hit form there will be nobody who can stop us.

 

[GlasgowBandit]

The most impressive thing for yesterday was the role Lee Naylor played in the first goal.

It just goes to show what your missing with a natural left back I can't remember the last time I seen a left back at CP get in the box and assist in a goal.

Tosh McKinlay?  The Mo Cammara friendly games don't count.

Celtic still need to do a lot of work defensively, I reckon - i'm not his biggest fan - when Bobo come back he will marshall the defence.  We have a quality right back, i think he can improve though and from what I have heard of Naylor he is a decent left back.  Young McManus and Caldwell are not yet the finnished articles and both have lots of improvement but IMO centre half is a position you learn to play with experience.

I am fairly confident we will win the league.  I'm not dismissing anyone yet on this thread I just wanted to chuckle about the revolution. 

with regards the Champions League of course we should be aiming for the 2nd phase we have been lucky enough IMO with the draw we have got and if we stop giving silly goals away we could do well ultimately, the most important thing for the club is extending any run in Europe beyone Christmas.

For once I think the board deserve some form of praise.  They waited till the CL draw and obviously agree that we can progress and have spent some money on players we need, I am lead to believe that Gravesen has been at CP this week for a medical and that the deal hinges on him accepting a decrease in wages, but with the promise of a regular game, medals and champions league football we must be in with a shout.

I also have it on good authority that Petrov doesn't want to leave Celtic but his relationship with Gordon Strachan has broken down.  Petrov has itimated to others that he would even consider going out on loan just to get a way from WGS, and is now training with the reserves rather than the first team.

Also with the fact that Celtic will be the only representatoves from \Scotland in the CL this year we are guaranteed at least 9 million so that also good news for next season.

[fergus8]

8.3m for the buscuit tin and 0.7m for securing a world class striker...............cue music ......and tom cruise hanging off a cliff

[johnlarsson]

no andy i think youll find we spen 6 million on a striker.  which is all the rangers transfer gitty this year in total

[Teacake]

Quiet on here this weekend

 

Bazza if your going to do this sort of thing 3 minutes after Celtic drop points you could at least have the decency to come on within 24 hours of your lot throwing away 2 points for the 3rd time in 5 games 

BTW Andy I think your lost, just follow follow the link & you'll be fine 

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?board=5.0

[madasahatstand]

8.3m for the buscuit tin and 0.7m for securing a world class striker...............cue music ......and tom cruise hanging off a cliff

this is one of the most ironic things ive heard on blonde, andrew are you aware how much weve spent compared to youre lot recently?or are you  still living in 1999?rangers are the new biscuit tin owners!!

[Bazzaboy]

Quiet on here this weekend

 

Bazza if your going to do this sort of thing 3 minutes after Celtic drop points you could at least have the decency to come on within 24 hours of your lot throwing away 2 points for the 3rd time in 5 games 

BTW Andy I think your lost, just follow follow the link & you'll be fine 

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?board=5.0

My post was merely making a mockery of the initial post which was made three games into the season.  If you'd like me to come on and give an in-depth analysis every weekend I will gladly do so

[Teacake]

8.3m for the buscuit tin and 0.7m for securing a world class striker...............cue music ......and tom cruise hanging off a cliff

this is one of the most ironic things ive heard on blonde, andrew are you aware how much weve spent compared to youre lot recently?or are you  still living in 1999?rangers are the new biscuit tin owners!!

Dont worry about Andrews opinions on footy Mad, no one else does 

[Teacake]

Quiet on here this weekend

 

Bazza if your going to do this sort of thing 3 minutes after Celtic drop points you could at least have the decency to come on within 24 hours of your lot throwing away 2 points for the 3rd time in 5 games 

BTW Andy I think your lost, just follow follow the link & you'll be fine 

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?board=5.0

My post was merely making a mockery of the initial post which was made three games into the season.  If you'd like me to come on and give an in-depth analysis every weekend I will gladly do so

C'mon Baz you'd already responded to the initial post & you were on for a wee gloat last week, don't get me wrong theres harm in that, friendly banter & all that but you let yourself down by not coming on yesterday or even today. You didn't exactly give us an in-depth analysis last week.

If you give it out you've got to take it back 

[Bazzaboy]

lol I'm happy to take it, had to get used to it past few years.  Not really much to say though, we should have won but didn't - same old story.  Still confident that we will improve dramatically as season goes on though, although I will admit that it looks as though you have made two excellent signings in Gravesen and Hesselink, Petrov has done you a big favour by leaving imo.   I'd take Gravesen and Hesselink over him every time.

[Teacake]

lol I'm happy to take it, had to get used to it past few years.  Not really much to say though, we should have won but didn't - same old story.  Still confident that we will improve dramatically as season goes on though, although I will admit that it looks as though you have made two excellent signings in Gravesen and Hesselink, Petrov has done you a big favour by leaving imo.   I'd take Gravesen and Hesselink over him every time.

 

Petrov has been a great player for Celtic for 7 years & I don't blame him for wanting to leave, I think Villa is a good move for him & I wish him well.
Looks like we're getting close to 8 million for him so we can't complain. Gravesen & JVoH will improve our team without a doubt.

Rangers will prolly sign 2 players this week as Murray will be raging at the fact Peter Lawells being running rings round him lately. Not sure about the quality of those signings though as you guys have limited resources at the moment.

[Div]

I had a few discussions about Rangers after their first two games and my assessment was - good from middle to front, poor in front of goal, and dodgy at the back. They'll win some games 6-0 but drop points in other games they should win easily.

That's not too far from how I'd assess Celtic too.

Damn I'm good

For what it's worth, I expect the league to be a lot closer than last season - it could hardly be less competitive - and the final outcome will  have a lot to  do with the transfer moves to come over the next couple of weeks.

It's getting interesting now!

[Bazzaboy]

lol I'm happy to take it, had to get used to it past few years.  Not really much to say though, we should have won but didn't - same old story.  Still confident that we will improve dramatically as season goes on though, although I will admit that it looks as though you have made two excellent signings in Gravesen and Hesselink, Petrov has done you a big favour by leaving imo.   I'd take Gravesen and Hesselink over him every time.

 

Petrov has been a great player for Celtic for 7 years & I don't blame him for wanting to leave, I think Villa is a good move for him & I wish him well.
Looks like we're getting close to 8 million for him so we can't complain. Gravesen & JVoH will improve our team without a doubt.

Rangers will prolly sign 2 players this week as Murray will be raging at the fact Peter Lawells being running rings round him lately. Not sure about the quality of those signings though as you guys have limited resources at the moment.

We badly need a commanding centre half.  Svensson looks like a fish out of water and makes so many basic errors its not true, he is young though so hopefully there will be a lot more to come from him when he adapts.  I know very little about Papac but looks like he is coming so need to hope he hits the ground running, tbh I can't believe we didnt move for Webster in the summer.  I think we look really good middle to front and if we could convert half our chances we'd be thumping teams.  I know what you are saying about Lawell running rings around Murray in the transfer market but you must admit its not a level playing field at the minute what with the CL money and the 7/8m for Petrov, whereas it looks like we will be paying our dross to leave lol.  On that subject, given our lack or resources I cannot get my head around our pursuit of Sebo, he may well be one for the future (he hasnt shown anything yet) but we really need players who can make an impact now.  Clement on the other hand will be a class act.

[brad.strider]

do you think klos will walk straight back into the team when hes back bazza?

[GlasgowBandit]

do you think klos will walk straight back into the team when hes back bazza?

Even if he does I don't expect to behalf the player he was previously, he can't possibly have the same sharpness and reflexes he had before injury and being dropped.  Especially not now he is getting older.

I haven't seen to much of Rangers but I would agree with Bazza they desperately need a commanding centre half, but more so they miss someone in the middle who can take the ball, hold it up and find a pass. 

Big Prso can create chances but he misses some sitters and I don't know how long PLG will put up with that.  I think Prso is the best allround player in that team but his main job is a striker and he's just not doing it.

Already Celtic and Rangers have dropped points they would be expected to drop and its going to be a far more competive league this season, will it have the same quality?  Yes and no, I think certainly Celtic are strengthening but others look weaker than they have before.

But this is how Scottish football has operated for years teams go through periods of domination, I personally think if it werent for some failings of MON we'd be going for 7 in a row this year .... but it obviously wasn't to be.