Transfers that catch your eye, and make you go..mmmmmm

[Teacake]

Seem to remember all this chanter last season...and the season before...again last year we never brought anybody in but lost players! All this with Celtic spending(for a scottish team) a small fortune

In fact Dave how much did you bet on celtic winning the league last year? must've been close to £100 going through all your bets...seem to remember you betting £50 on Celtic when yous were like 7 points behind or something?

We might've lost Boyd, Beasley, Steve Smith & Novo...and maybe even Wilson soon but the key guy at the club remains...theres not a lot of times Celtic have got the better of Walter Smith over the 10 years he has managed the club

You've also lost Thomson and will more than likely lose more, possibly Miller. You've tried to sign one player who knocked you back, you have no money to replace what you have lost and you can't possibly expect Davie Weir to be wheeled out every week!
In the last 2 years you didn't bring anyone in but at the same time you didn't really lose anyone either. I'm not saying Celtic will win because they are a good team, they're not, its just that Rangers are going back the way a rate of knots. Seriously you must be concerned about the season ahead?

[Hairydude]

I'm not any more concerned than I was last year... Barry Ferguson was a far bigger miss in the centre of the field last season than Kevin Thomson will ever be. We also lost Hemdani, then Mendes mid season. Edu didnt play much last year due to injury then because we were winning couldnt change the formula but he is a far better ball player than thomson, Less reckless and less injury prone! Edu will almost be like a new signing next year when he becomes a starter

We also have Andy Webster Back who we loaned out to Dundee Utd last year...As I said my confidence is in Walter Smith and what he can achieve with a threadbare squad! I still think we will win the league.

For the past 2 seasons your lot have laughed, joked and absolutely slaughtered us about HBOS select, we're run by the bank, cant afford our own bus fare etc etc yet we have won the league 2 seasons in a row...with Nae dough! You would actually think you would learn your lesson about spouting off things like "5/6 is absolutely buying money" as we have all heard this before.

Miller would be a huge loss however and I really hope we dont lose him!

[Teacake]

I'm not any more concerned than I was last year... Barry Ferguson was a far bigger miss in the centre of the field last season than Kevin Thomson will ever be. We also lost Hemdani, then Mendes mid season. Edu didnt play much last year due to injury then because we were winning couldnt change the formula but he is a far better ball player than thomson, Less reckless and less injury prone! Edu will almost be like a new signing next year when he becomes a starter

We also have Andy Webster Back who we loaned out to Dundee Utd last year...As I said my confidence is in Walter Smith and what he can achieve with a threadbare squad! I still think we will win the league.

For the past 2 seasons your lot have laughed, joked and absolutely slaughtered us about HBOS select, we're run by the bank, cant afford our own bus fare etc etc yet we have won the league 2 seasons in a row...with Nae dough! You would actually think you would learn your lesson about spouting off things like "5/6 is absolutely buying money" as we have all heard this before.

Miller would be a huge loss however and I really hope we dont lose him!

Fair enough, still think you're wrong though as I think the 3 years of downsizing will catch up with you this season, you're an absolute shambles off the park and deserve all the stick you get. At the same time we were a total shambles for much of last season and deserved all the stick that we got, I just can't see us being that bad again this season.

I don't make rash predictions on here as you end up looking daft but I would price it up 4/7 Celtic 11/8 Rangers. I just think Rangers will find it difficult to sustain a challenge with their current squad and ever worsening financial position, God knows your chairman, manager and players have referenced it often enough but its your team and your quite right to back them.

[Hairydude]

I'm not any more concerned than I was last year... Barry Ferguson was a far bigger miss in the centre of the field last season than Kevin Thomson will ever be. We also lost Hemdani, then Mendes mid season. Edu didnt play much last year due to injury then because we were winning couldnt change the formula but he is a far better ball player than thomson, Less reckless and less injury prone! Edu will almost be like a new signing next year when he becomes a starter

We also have Andy Webster Back who we loaned out to Dundee Utd last year...As I said my confidence is in Walter Smith and what he can achieve with a threadbare squad! I still think we will win the league.

For the past 2 seasons your lot have laughed, joked and absolutely slaughtered us about HBOS select, we're run by the bank, cant afford our own bus fare etc etc yet we have won the league 2 seasons in a row...with Nae dough! You would actually think you would learn your lesson about spouting off things like "5/6 is absolutely buying money" as we have all heard this before.

Miller would be a huge loss however and I really hope we dont lose him!

Fair enough, still think you're wrong though as I think the 3 years of downsizing will catch up with you this season, you're an absolute shambles off the park and deserve all the stick you get. At the same time we were a total shambles for much of last season and deserved all the stick that we got, I just can't see us being that bad again this season.

I don't make rash predictions on here as you end up looking daft but I would price it up 4/7 Celtic 11/8 Rangers. I just think Rangers will find it difficult to sustain a challenge with their current squad and ever worsening financial position, God knows your chairman, manager and players have referenced it often enough but its your team and your quite right to back them.

To be honest you've made some really good points on the state of Rangers as a club.....yous guys have spent a fair bit of dosh on players and that looks to continue...whereas we probably wont make many signings...certainly nothing marquee and probably nothing to get too much excited about.....so you would have to agree that with the total state that Rangers are in; and the fact you guys are spending quite a bit of dosh on players that it would be an absolute embarrassment to Celtic if we were to win the title this year? Even more so than last year?

[Scottish Dave]

Hairy-baws, Would you like a wager on the league this season coming?

Obviously you rangers, me Celtic?

[Teacake]

I'm not any more concerned than I was last year... Barry Ferguson was a far bigger miss in the centre of the field last season than Kevin Thomson will ever be. We also lost Hemdani, then Mendes mid season. Edu didnt play much last year due to injury then because we were winning couldnt change the formula but he is a far better ball player than thomson, Less reckless and less injury prone! Edu will almost be like a new signing next year when he becomes a starter

We also have Andy Webster Back who we loaned out to Dundee Utd last year...As I said my confidence is in Walter Smith and what he can achieve with a threadbare squad! I still think we will win the league.

For the past 2 seasons your lot have laughed, joked and absolutely slaughtered us about HBOS select, we're run by the bank, cant afford our own bus fare etc etc yet we have won the league 2 seasons in a row...with Nae dough! You would actually think you would learn your lesson about spouting off things like "5/6 is absolutely buying money" as we have all heard this before.

Miller would be a huge loss however and I really hope we dont lose him!

Fair enough, still think you're wrong though as I think the 3 years of downsizing will catch up with you this season, you're an absolute shambles off the park and deserve all the stick you get. At the same time we were a total shambles for much of last season and deserved all the stick that we got, I just can't see us being that bad again this season.

I don't make rash predictions on here as you end up looking daft but I would price it up 4/7 Celtic 11/8 Rangers. I just think Rangers will find it difficult to sustain a challenge with their current squad and ever worsening financial position, God knows your chairman, manager and players have referenced it often enough but its your team and your quite right to back them.

To be honest you've made some really good points on the state of Rangers as a club.....yous guys have spent a fair bit of dosh on players and that looks to continue...whereas we probably wont make many signings...certainly nothing marquee and probably nothing to get too much excited about.....so you would have to agree that with the total state that Rangers are in; and the fact you guys are spending quite a bit of dosh on players that it would be an absolute embarrassment to Celtic if we were to win the title this year? Even more so than last year?

Yes I would agree with that without a doubt even with a rookie manager and the risks attached to that. We are still woefully short at CB and need a goalscorer but I would think that will be addreseed before the end of the window.

[Div]

Yes I would agree with that without a doubt even with a rookie manager and the risks attached to that. We are still woefully short at CB and need a goalscorer but I would think that will be addreseed before the end of the window.

Still need a keeper too. Not actually sure how much we have spent. Lots of players off the wage bill - Boruc and McManus sold for maybe £3m between them. Few Bosmans in plus Juarez and Murphy. Net spend maybe £2m or so?

Likely outs over the rest of the summer - McGeady, Samaras
Likely ins - central defender, proper goalscorer, keeper, ideally a left-back, and maybe another creative-midfielder/winger type?

Rangers squad:

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All in all, Celtic should be definite hot favourites for the league, but I'd have said the same last season and we were abysmal.

The encouraging thing I take from the signings so far is that Lennon seems to have focused on rectifying the lack of physical presence and pace in the team. In the Martin O'Neill era, I reckon Moravcik and Bobby Petta were the only players I'd have fancied my chances against in a fight (and neither was a regular). Last season we played Rangers with a centre-half who I could probably batter!!

Add in the probability there can't be anywhere near as many 'honest mistakes' as last season, and there's only one winner. We will still get humped in Europe though.

[Boba Fett]

Celtic fans not worried about Lennons total lack of experience in management?  I know he got some games last season but he only had to manage glorified friendlies (except for the Ross County game).  A few of the Celtic signings seem decent from the outset but I think for Celtic this season the manager will be more of a problem than the players.  If Celtic arent top of the league by xmas the Celtic fans will be calling for his head bemoaning his lack of experience so the pressure really is on Lennon to get off to a fast start, or at least a faster start than Rangers

[Hairydude]

Hairy-baws, Would you like a wager on the league this season coming?

Obviously you rangers, me Celtic?

Yeah your on....£20 bet cool?

[Acidmouse]

pls no more old firm talk...

[ChipRich]

pls no more old firm talk...

[sovietsong]

pls no more old firm talk...

[boldie]

pls no more old firm talk...

[Josedinho]

pls no more old firm talk...

[pleno1]

pls no more old firm talk...