Bellamy to Celtic?

[eirebhoy]

http://scotlandtoday.scottishtv.co.uk/content/default.asp?page=s1_1_1&newsid=6541
Scotland Today can reveal that Craig Bellamy has signed for Celtic on loan until the end of the season. In other transfer news, Henri Camara has joined Southampton, while Blackburn Rovers have dropped their asking price for Barry Ferguson.

He is a welsh internationalist, a tempramental striker, and he is now a Celtic player. Craig Bellamy, who has fallen out of favour with Newcastle manager Graeme Souness, has turned down a move to Birmingham in favour of Celtic.

It is understood that Bellamy will earn around £45,000 a week at Celtic and although this is a loan deal until the end of the season, the Parkhead club have the option to purchase him for £5 million in the summer.

However, Henri Camar's days at Celtic are numbered. The striker, who has struggled at Parkhead, has signed for Southampton until the end of the season. Bobo Balde seems set to sign for Middlesbrough today - the defender did not train in Glasgow, and it is understood h is finalising his move to Borough. It has also emerged that Celtic are to make a third bid to lure Paul Hartley from Hearts.

Meanwhile, Ronald Waterreus completed his medical in Glasgow this morning. He will become Alex McLeish's fourth transfer window coup and Barry Ferguson is likely to become his fifth. Blackburn have dropped their asking price from £6 million to £5 million and now it is Rangers turn to play hardball, but the deal should go through later today.
------------------

As a Celtic fan, I couldn't care how good Bellamy is I'm not too happy about this. He's an idiot and has been at every club he's played for. I just hope he knows that he's not guaranteed first team football and better behave himself when asked to play out of postion. People underestimated the Hartson factor though. :) Actually, if he does start acting the eejit Hartson will sort him out.

[Stuttgart88]

Useful player but I'd hate to see him at Celtic.

Bellamy represents everything I hate about many of today's modern footballers. He's a thug wth no apparent sense of value, humility or just general decency. If he joins I won't be cheering him.

[Junior]

If he joins I won't be cheering him.

Not a big fan of Bellamy myself (in fact he's a bit of a ****!) but he is a decent player and MON's better attributes are dealing with players so it could work out.

As eirebhoy says he better not start acting up when asked to play out wide or from the subs bench.

However, if he's playing and wearing the Hoops I for one will be cheering him on

[ccfcman]

Brilliant move for Celtic, Martin wouldn't take him on board unless he knew he'd sort him out. Also I wonder by joining Celtic is there an element of pi55ing off Souness on Bellamy's part?

[eirebhoy]

Brilliant move for Celtic, Martin wouldn't take him on board unless he knew he'd sort him out. Also I wonder by joining Celtic is there an element of pi55ing off Souness on Bellamy's part?
Bellamy doesn't want to make a long term decision on his career on such short notice so wants a loan deal. Souness won't loan him to another premiership team.

[sligoman]

Henri Camara is gone to Southampton too. So they do need another striker

[thecorner]

still not confirmed

[pete]

Only seen that Camara guy a few times but he wouldn't get a game with Ramblers. :eek:

[eirebhoy]

Scottish TV got it right. A loan deal with possibity of buying him for £5m


Only seen that Camara guy a few times but he wouldn't get a game with Ramblers. :eek:
He's a big confidence player. Scored in 6 of Wolves last 7 premiership games AFAIR.

[liam88]

he wouldn't get a game with Ramblers. :eek:

Oi! Stevey Yelverton is one of the best players in Ireland (yes I know he's moved but not long back!) nice guy to!
Great to hear the news on our new bhoy....was sayin to a mate he would have to save Sounesses children from a burning building before NEwcastle had him back! He snubbed Glasgow bigots fc to join us to-quality stuff from a lad from celtic stock! All the best to him!
re. old frim rivalrys don't know if any of you sky digital viewers ever bother watching fizz tv.....normally naff music/text in job but a good old firm debate went along the screen tonight :D
simply the best? we'll see at the end of the season! no surrender? aye keep tellin yaselfz that.....

[Plastic Paddy]

Hello Liam, hope you're well and studying hard. :)

On the Bellamy deal, the man's an arsehole of the first order and I'm really uneasy about him signing for Celtic. That said, on the football field at least, he's better than "Flash" Camara anyday. So one only hopes that it proves to be a decent piece of business by MON and the board. I can't help having my doubts though.

:) PP

[tiktok]

Good signing for Celtic in the short term anyway.
O'Neill will handle him, he's a good man manager and at this stage I reckon Bellamy will realise he has to put himself in the shop window, so there'll be no lack of effort.

He's a very pacey player, a good finisher and strong in possession. A bit of a headcase alright, but that hasn't hurt Hartson has it. He should excel for Celtic until the end of the season.

[Plastic Paddy]

It turns out that as part of the deal we have first option on signing him, so there'll be no need for the shop window if i) he gets on well and ii) we qualify for next season's Champions League. Which, of course, is incumbent on us winning the SPHell.

Interesting times alright...

:ball: PP

[liam88]

Hello Liam, hope you're well and studying hard. :)



Ahoy there-you haven't fallen off the world yet? :eek:
How is the weather :D
Interesting times indead....as for studying hard-just ask me the Conservative and Liberal critiques of Labours Constitutional reform and I'll prove it to ya :D
Anyway better be getting to my bed for a hard days (3 and a half hours!) studying tommorow....... :D geographypoliticsaguitarlessonandhomeforlunchCSC

[thecorner]

we


:D :D :D :D :D

[Plastic Paddy]

We've had this before, haven't "we"? :rolleyes: I caught you out then too, just as I have now.

http://foot.ie/showthread.php?p=216001#post216001

Must do better next time. Go and stand in the corner, thecorner. :rolleyes: :D

:rolleyes: PP

[thecorner]

We've had this before, haven't "we"? :rolleyes: I caught you out then too, just as I have now.

http://foot.ie/showthread.php?p=216001#post216001

Must do better next time. Go and stand in the corner, thecorner. :rolleyes: :D

:rolleyes: PP

big difference my dear man.. i am a corkonian and have a right to call my home town team "we"....................you,on the other hand ;)

[Hibs4Ever]

Bellamy is a sc*mbag, he'll settle in well at celtic :D

[drinkfeckarse]

I can't stand the fella at all but as long as he's wearing the Hoops and not stirring it he'll get my full backing.

Great bit of business by MON in getting rid of Camara and getting him in. I'm not his biggest fan at all but he is a lot better than that dud.

[Plastic Paddy]

big difference my dear man.. i am a corkonian and have a right to call my home town team "we"....................you,on the other hand ;)

Unless your name is Lennox, I really don't think you do. But, since I'm a shareholder of "my" club, I do have the right to include myself as part of Celtic Football Club...

Beat that then, smart arse. :D

:ball: PP

[drinkfeckarse]

big difference my dear man.. i am a corkonian and have a right to call my home town team "we"....................you,on the other hand ;)

Everybody who supports any team has the right to call them "we" whether it's a Wexford man who supports Port Vale or a Cork man who supports Liverpool. They are his/hers respective team. Supporting a team is like being part of a family.

I love this attitude of " I'm sooo much better than you because I support my local team" Say's who???? Anybody can support whoever they like :rolleyes:

At the end of the day it's a bug, you caught the bug supporting City, someone else caught the bug supporting i.e. Man Utd....no difference whatsoever my man.

[razor]

the end of the day it's a bug, you caught the bug supporting City, someone else caught the bug supporting i.e. Man Utd....no difference whatsoever my man.
I beg to differ on that front, I think its a different type of bug.

While I totally agree that every single person has the right to support who they wish and call them what they wish (i.e. Manure), in my opinion there is no substitute for the pride one feels in supporting your home town team.

[drinkfeckarse]

I beg to differ on that front, I think its a different type of bug.

While I totally agree that every single person has the right to support who they wish and call them what they wish (i.e. Manure), in my opinion there is no substitute for the pride one feels in supporting your home town team.


But how would you know Razor? I feel immense pride when my team does well as you do. How do you know what I feel is any different to what you feel just because your team is on your doorstep?

I understand the point people try to make when they come out with this stuff but at the end of the day "your" team is your team whether it's on your doorstep or not.

[razor]

But how would you know Razor? I feel immense pride when my team does well as you do. How do you know what I feel is any different to what you feel just because your team is on your doorstep? I also support a Premiership team and of course rejoice when they do well (not much lately though) but not with the fervency that I support City. Nowhere near.


I understand the point people try to make when they come out with this stuff but at the end of the day "your" team is your team whether it's on your doorstep or not.Agree, I just think that because the team is local and that as EL fans we realise that a lot more support for our local teams is required to make our league successful.

[eirebhoy]

I beg to differ on that front, I think its a different type of bug.

While I totally agree that every single person has the right to support who they wish and call them what they wish (i.e. Manure), in my opinion there is no substitute for the pride one feels in supporting your home town team.
That's because, as I've said many times, Cork to Corkonian's is like Ireland to the Irish. The majority of Dubs don't care that Damien Duff or Andy Reid are from Dublin, once they're Irish. If Duffer was from Cork it would be completely different. I don't feel any huge affections with Dublin but the vast majority of people from outside Dublin feel very strongly for their hometown.

[drinkfeckarse]

I also support a Premiership team and of course rejoice when they do well (not much lately though) but not with the fervency that I support City. Nowhere near.


That's a fair point but to me it is the same as me supporting Liverpool AS WELL as Celtic. Celtic are my first love, Liverpool are my second but when it comes to the 2 of them meeting as they have done in recent years then I support Celtic and that's the way it's always been.

I played for the Ramblers but don't support them even though I am a Cobh man. I still want them to do well though and normally take in a game when I am home. I don't support City either but I want them to do well too because they are a Cork team. I've been to a few City games too and while I cheered them on, I didn't catch the "bug".

To me that doesn't make me a better or worse fan than anyone else. I just support "my" team which happens to be across the water.

[razor]

So hypothetically this discounts anyone who ever moved from their home town
not necessarily, people that move from their home town often tend to be more fervent in their support, there are a lot of City exiles in Dublin as there are Irish in England. Thankfully there is a forum like this to keep everyone active and informed. ;)
Is Location a factor in your support of Celtic ?


Sadly,even young kids can indulge in freedom of choice......even if they may not always know better! ;)
Even sadder is the fact that most kids freedom of choice these days is more heavily influenced by Sky Sports than by any other factor.

[Junior]

He's a very pacey player, a good finisher and strong in possession. A bit of a headcase alright, but that hasn't hurt Hartson has it. He should excel for Celtic until the end of the season.

Im a bit worried about the 'headcase' element, I'd imagine there will be serious money going on him to be sent off in the Rangers game in Feb!!

As for Hartson, I think you do him a dis-service, I'd say he's more of a gentle giant type myself (apart from the training ground incident with Berkovic obv!) he rarely gets involved in any handbags stuff, just gets on with his game really.

[sylvo]

Bellamy is a sc*mbag, he'll settle in well at celtic :D


The Hibs casual is up to his old response's about the champions again. :D

[Hibs4Ever]

The Hibs casual is up to his old response's about the champions again. :D


Gotta pass the time somehow, bored in work :D

Bring in March 6th, booked our flights and hotel yesterday, have a good feeling about this one ;)

GLORY GLORY TO THE HIBEE'S

[eirebhoy]

I was right about Big John BTW:

''I've been here four years and you simply can't go around like he does and say the things he does, I'll be having a word.''
:D