He'll be Celtic's Lys MoussetQuote:
Originally Posted by Trequartista20
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He'll be Celtic's Lys MoussetQuote:
Originally Posted by Trequartista20
Did Celtic failed to get a replacement in for Idah? They do seem to fail in the transfer market more often than not. But a good opportunity for Kenny to get minutes now if nothing else.
Celtic seem to have contracted that Scottish feature of being very tight with money ! ! !Quote:
Originally Posted by ifk101
And generally I like people who are, cute / clever, with money but does it work re; football clubs buying players, when they definitely need to buy players ?
Maybe Celtic see a coming economic downturn better than the rest of us ?
This is nothing new for Celtic. The "biscuit-tin mentality" as it's known by their supporters has been in situ for decades.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
At least the didn't go down the Rangers route of going off the deep end with, corruption /etc, but you would think their could be a happy medium !Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
When you think about it, it is surprising that Celtic don't, have or try very have, to have a very high level system for bring young players through ~ Though, maybe the Celtic supporters wouldn't be the most realistic fans for giving young players the necessary time to come through !
Celtic forums are crying out for a midfielder with a physical presence. Yet they sold Bosun Lawal to Stoke(?) for buttons.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
They've signed Iheanacho. But (not unlike a number of other players from his part of the world down the years), he has looked past it since about his mid 20s. Although, possibly in this case, he was just never that good to start with. You'd never know, maybe Scottish football will suit him.Quote:
Originally Posted by ifk101
Idah, a confidence player and as young lad, probably never off the internet, was more or less hassled out of Celtic by the supporters. Some of the opinions expressed about him online are very poor stuff from what are supposed to be "supporters " after all. His 'shush' celebration after scoring for Ireland was about that I'd wager. He was a handy back up striker for the club who could step up to first choice if needed. All clubs of course always want better and Idah has several faults. He was adequate for Celtic and 9 million is not a lot in today's market but the fans seemed to think they had way overpaid for him. I'm a Celtic supporter but I'm glad for Idah that's he's off to somewhere a lot more low key.
When playing for Celtic, you are sort of playing in an un-real world. Scottish club football has become stranded by, their league / possible money generated by that league / possible money generated from football in a country that size. It's as if supporters of the " big " clubs in Scotland just haven't and can't come to terms with their present day reality. After all, soccer supporters are all too often impossible dreamers, and that is even more so, when you have had the now distant history that both Celtic and Rangers have had ! !Quote:
Originally Posted by Bottle of Tonic
Tis only if a European league ( if Celtic and Rangers could get in it ) came about, could they ever have a chance of realising the fanciful dreams of their supporters !
The thing that got me about the shushing the fans thing was that he did it to the Ireland fans. Presumably didn't have the guts to do it to the Celtic fans, who were the ones actually giving him the grief. Thought it was a really short sighted move from him actually - especially as he's been bombed out of Celtic now but is still with Ireland for a long as he can hang onto a squad place.
Young man does something silly. We all done plenty of it but not so much in the public eye .Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
100 percent. It was really out of place too. He's never gotten much jip from Irish fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
who knows... he may have got some abuse from someone in the crowd during the game and reacted accordingly when he scored?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
its all heat of the moment stuff after scoring for his country.
i doubt anyone in the ground gave his reaction much notice
Id forgotten about the shushing thing, but I didnt like it at the time. He definitely doesnt get any where near enough abuse from Irish fans to justify doing that. To me its a sign that hes let the criticism from the likes of John Hartson get in his head too much. If he was getting hammered by Irish fans during the game Id say fair enough, but it looked to be a sign that he was mentally not strong enough, which in the end may have led to his departure from Celtic.
Yeah, I'd agree with that. I noticed it at the time and thought it was strange, though it didn't particularly bother me much personally. But I think you're right about the questions it raised. Shushing opposition fans after a goal is fine. Shushing your own fans is different - doubly so if it was really for Celtic pressure. (And in fact equally if he was responding to foot.ie/ybig pressure!)
When was this? When did he score for us last? You tend not to notice these things when one is in the ground itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
It was when he scored late on in the home game against Bulgaria.
He was aiming it at you Kingers, loudest mouth in the crowd that night says everyoneQuote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
:D :D :D
That was little Kingers not me! I was looking at Collins, it just appeared that I was looking at Idah due to my gunner-eye/
Credit where it's due, he delivered a goal at a time that actually mattered in an important game and used his size and height to do it. If he could do that consistently he could still be a real player, because we all know he has the attributes if he could learn how to use them to full effect.
Apart from his loan period Idah hadn't been an established thing at Celtic that they need a replacement for. He did not nail a starting position, he ended up becoming a spare part, unlike say Kyota or O'Riley, who were established. Celtic certainly need forward players but not a replacement for a player who failed to make his mark. Rodgers prefers the lone striker supported out wide by wingers such as Maeda on the left and whoever on the right.Quote:
Originally Posted by ifk101
I will express my opinion again that Idah is underrated - he is not a 20 goal a season striker but he does an awful lot of stuff that goes unnoticed. I think the Swansea move is a very good one for him. He will be out of the spotlight - Sheehan's reputation as a coach is growing and I think he will do a lot better job of protecting Idah than Rodgers did.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Good to see Idah shutting up a few of his critics. Shush.
Professional football kinda comes with criticism. Anyway good-luck to Adam Idah.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trequartista20
Yeah, definitely.
I think the Swansea move is a good one.
A greatly higher level of football. I really wish the lad well.
His movement is good for the goal.
But if I was Hungary manager I wouldn’t be happy that he was allowed slip away from the defender that easily
He took it well though and I’m delighted for him getting big moment like that in Lansdowne
Every debit has a corresponding credit. Every well worked goal for one team is an avoidable goal for the other.
Reported at the weekend that he's on £40,000 a week at Swansea. Talk about landing on your feet!
He was hardly on that amount at Celtic was he?
Something in the 20,000s at Celtic at a guess.
there's reports out there saying everything from 16k to 24k to 30k for Celtic. genuinely anyone's guess unless it's leaked by the club upon signing, you never really get an accurate picture of a player's wages. all those sportrec sites are just someone like me or you making up numbers. any time that an actual contract is leaked it like when someone went to Riise's bins and found his payslip or when there was an email hack which had Firmino's contract - those numbers have been totally different to what was reportedQuote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
Seems to be settling back into his Norwich form early doors - 10 minutes today, 15 minutes last week, an ineffective League Cup start in there too. Vipotnik is ahead of him and in flying form - already on 6 for the season; seems a bit like trying to get in the team ahead of Sergent at Norwich.