As the transfer window slams shut, how satisfied will Brendan be? // A Celtic State of Mind // ACSOM

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[@jenshades2732]

Disappointed we didn't get a striker in, though got to say the thought of Jota, Daizen and Khun up front will be terrifying for teams 🔥🔥🔥

[@stringologymchugh4245]

The veey fact Jota came and kyogo went to Rennes has every connection under the sun

[@missxsoph1]

Rodgers,Lawell and Nicholson must've been down to London to take in a West end show

[@Walker010]

If we got a quality striker in the door he will be up to speed for next year's UCL qualifiers

[@jeanpaul2nd465]

As a club it doesn't matter how far ahead you are, you always inspire to be better and this celtic board are clueless that way, no forward is suicidal

[@Murney4]

I cancelled my direct debit for Bayern game,I’m showing the same ambition as the board for a game they think we can’t win anyway

[@stephencruickshanks3794]

If we are well ahead v Dundee with a bit of time to go, why not give Johnny Kenny some minutes to see if he's a viable option?

[@Pete-ou9kj]

And protect Idah

[@Joe-rt3xt]

@@Pete-ou9kj I saw most of Kenny's games for Rovers,at times he was trying too hard, but id have him in the team be fore Idah, who in my opinion,is a shocking waste of money,I hope I'm proved wrong tho

[@raymondflanagan9355]

The ghost of Willow Flood is alive and kicking

[@frankgreen1663]

Hardly...

[@dvp36]

It’s baffling to think our target of making the playoffs is achieved so we will metaphorically just chuck it for this year and just sell off your assets while still in the competition. It’s not like painting a wall you can’t just take up where you left off next year . Who knows the next time we will be this far in the competition.

[@3xo_void]

We could‘ve just kept Valle if Tierney wouldn‘t come in. Shocker of a window.

[@Bananas41]

Great show guys we should have done better in the window , especially after losing kyogo ,the league is not done yet and the chance of another treble is there for the taking , it might all work out , but its a massive gamble

[@PopGoz-j8m]

The biscuit tin / minimum spend approach of the board always trumps the ambitions of the manager and any team building programme or long term planning he might have.

[@ThomasBoyle-w8p]

As a Chairman of the Club, its a non exec position, surely that means his role is not to get involved in the day to day working, but to oversee from a governance perspective because he serves the shareholders (all of them, not just one of them).

[@Boviss1Bovis]

I am glad that we didnt buy overpriced players with little prospects of a permanent place in the team - or resale value. It is much preferable that we take a longer term strategic approach to recruitment. We need a striker. We didnt have enough time or opportunity to organise it last summer - and we werent going to pay over the odds for a player who doesnt fit the bill. I would start to get upset if there was no striker signed in the summer. We need time to identify and speak to the people that could do the job we expect from a young and mobile striker than we can improve, enjoy and sell on for good money. Fans want solutions NOW. Then they greet when the overpriced interim player isnt good enough and were a waste of money. Grow up. We have enough to do well in the league and win another cup. We were never contenders for the later stages of the UCL. Ambition is good, but reality has its own way with 'ambition'. Jota for Kyogo was an absolute steal by us. We have Plenty ammo up front without Kyogo - lovely player that he was for us. I wish some Celtic supporters would grow up. We have a recruitment and sell-on system that has kept us as a great team And made us money. We need to be patient and trust the process.

[@mattmaciver7981]

Hi Peter.

[@Boviss1Bovis]

@@mattmaciver7981 You cannae see the wood for the trees. Idah, Jota, Kuhn, Maeda. Only 3 of them can start any game. Could we bring in someone who would do better than any one of them? Spoiled wee pudding boys always want more - whatevers already on their plate.

[@mappy3258]

I'm excited to see the new frontline Maeda, Idah and Kuhn. Or Jota, Maeda and Kuhn. It' sad to lose Kyogo but the team looks good to me. COYBIG.

[@Joe-rt3xt]

@@mappy3258you must be joking Idah is only back at Celtic because of the boards ,reluctance to look for a REAL striker,which Idah certainly isn't

[@mappy3258]

@Joe-rt3xt Disagree, Idah is great and will only get better. Give the Bhoy a chance!

[@Kenny-67]

Another shambolic transfer window... not to at least bring in a striker after letting Kyogo leave is a disgrace. I am underwhelmed and very frustrated, like most supporters. This mess is the fault of the CEO and chairman, who have again shown they have been under-prepared for another transfer window..and not given the manager the quality players he needed. To drag their heels and not pay to get players in for positions we need to strengthen the team/squad for the 2nd half of the season, is unacceptable.. They're not slow at debiting your bank account for match tickets.. That clown Mark Lawwell paid the price for his ineptitude last January... hopefully, his fat cat dad suffers the same fate this year...and his pathetic wee mascot Nicholson follows him. However, we know it won't happen as we have an old, twisted, absent landlord who enables this incompetence. We are run like a wee bowling club.. These people are not fit to run our club how it should be run.. No ambition, no clue and no respect for the manager and supporters .. We really deserve better, and it's clear the current custodians of our club can't deliver it. Hail Hail

[@Philpbm]

Difficult to argue BR has not been backed when he got Engels, Idah and Trusty last summer, Jota this window and Tierney in the summer along with additional players yet to be named. Squad turnover takes time and many windows, it's clear this is the objective. It's also clear he is targeting players of a higher caliber and he will wait for that quality if needed. He knows we don't have excess money to squander.

[@irishmaninporto2002]

With contracts we should never let them get to 2 years to run before deciding either to renew OR prepare to replace .. just on the Jota crying and Boyd/McGeady comments.... dont forget that we are talking about Latin temperament versus the Stiff upper lip brigade. Latins are hot headed and show emotion easily ...

[@den264]

Happy wine sippers versus grim faced whisky swallyers !

[@Toyotaamazon80series]

Jota loves Celtic and Celtic loves Jota, 👍💪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@Bombp1967]

The board are an absolute joke again and for people that think jota for kyogo is acceptable need help

[@den264]

Like the BBC tagline declaring that the attacks on the ship in the straights of Hor mouse had absolutely no connection to the conflict in Gaza. The board are attempting to tell us that Koyogo's leaving and Jota's arrival were equally non related.

[@chantyism]

I actually thought we would get what we needed in. What an absolute mug, and I have never been a fan of the board. I thought they must see the need to consolidate. No. A bunch of cheapskate, dithering, ambitionless shitebags. Lawells paws all over this. Lawell failed to get us into the CL 9 out if 13,attempts. He’s a liability. A great businessman my arse. He was also reality Si me for wasting £56m on absolute shite. Stop buying the hype.

[@raymondgoldie6162]

One word, Lawwell.

[@lf67hh28]

Superb guy. Nothing to do with transfers. Next.

[@Multijoe84]

@@lf67hh28what’s so superb about him?

[@Murney4]

The manager and the Celtic season tickets holders have been let down by a board who are happy to stay ahead of the rangers

[@Philpbm]

It's the final hours of the transfer window with no time to spare, maybe dermott was needed to expedite any transfer or it might have been missed.

[@greenlichtie]

I understand the disappointment, i for one was hoping we’d get a striker in as well. I would agree, business should have been done before kyogo left On the other side of the coin though, we’ve had many a moan about paying over the odds for Idah and Engels, would you seriously pay £14mill for kvistgaarden?!?

[@ianvass621]

Who re these top strikers that was willing to come to Scotland ??

[@kevinmcnicoll8649]

We are a funny fan base. We moan constantly about not giving youngters a chance, no wonder players like Cummings want to leave Lets be honest we are in a great place in the league, we are going out in europe so if we cant give Kenny a chance to see what he can do when do youngsters get a chance? Jota is still miles away from being fully fit, so Maeda will be on the left then shift to the middle when Jota comes on. And Kenny should be given games to see where he is at

[@patrickgloag6163]

If you let go a top striker you go all out and get another one no matter what it takes

[@lf67hh28]

Name a single top striker Celtic could have signed in January - I'll wait on this list of names for a "top" striker per your claim.

[@patrickgloag6163]

@@lf67hh28 probaly the boy that was st aberdeen went to Girona mabey take a chance on that boy coming back to Scotland boy dosent get a game. Colombian player that plays in the USA Christian Arango seems a decent player the boy from brondby mabey they should of just paid the money. There's a few. Mabey free agents now don't no.

[@lf67hh28]

@patrickgloag6163 Miovksi is on 60k per week. We can't afford him. Arango would require a work permit, which excludes him from viability. Next? Btw, "top" strikers aren't on free transfers... so are we to get freebies now?

[@ianvass621]

We could have bought a striker for 40 mill and he might not have settled in till mid March Maida plays through the center for Japan Idah is the only guy to score at villa in the champions league so lets settle down and enjoy the players that are here

[@forevereverceltic9160]

Celebrity Death match ! Happy clapper versus Mind shafter pre-match & after match pod. You know it makes sense.

[@Philpbm]

The 14m for kvistgaarden sounds about right, we were never getting him for 7m. Also brondy would know kyogo was likely to go as celtic would not carry 3 strikers at once for 1 position. Ultimately he either does not fancy celtic or celtic won't go that high for him at this time. On paper celtic are weaker at striker, stronger at left back and stronger on the wing I would say. We have to hope for no injuries to idah or daizen and also that idah steps up, we bought him for big money and for this purpose.

[@eddyquigley2350]

The lack of transparency from the board is a big problem, and no one holding them too account at the AGM'S year on year, the problem a have with the board is the bonuses for money made celtic is a football club it should be bonuses for the team doing well in Europe.

[@Sean-c9k]

Jota was a want, Striker was a need. Very disappointing transfer window same old same old

[@alimaceachen7797]

It seems as if our board are absolutely determined to make a profit on player dealings?

[@robertbarnes4151]

The interim accounts coming out likely next month will be further embarrassment for the board reflecting likely £100m+ of free cash in the bank. Been lucky with limited injuries to date…hope that continues🤞

[@rundabend]

hoping for some reasoned sanity from LC

[@Michael19841]

What a dog’s dinner. Waiting till the last day to try and get a striker signed is pathetic given Kyogo asked for a move in the summer. If Idah gets injured it’s brown trousers time.

[@Murney4]

We’ll play the next seasons CL qualifiers before we buy a striker

[@jamielatimer5547]

26:20 I heard on one of the other podcasts that they were away to London for some sort of award apparently and it was nothing to do with transfers! Don’t know if there is any truth in it but you would hope that on deadline day and with still needing a striker then it should have been all men on deck.

[@DJDaleAlexander]

Brendan was in London for a charity event not transfer talks

[@tonymcvey5162]

hail hail to all

[@johnmcdonnellakacarljunglebhoy]

Bottom line is that IF we’ve everybody fit, available and in form, we have a very decent front 3 from between Kuhn, Idah, Maeda & Jota, BUT, any of those get injured or suspended, then we are seriously weakened with Bayern on the horizon, because we have nobody else (other than Kenny) to come off the bench & make an impact.

[@davidgaull4897]

Don't forget Jamesie Forrest

[@johnmcdonnellakacarljunglebhoy]

@ Fair point. How far off is he from returning?

[@davidgaull4897]

@@johnmcdonnellakacarljunglebhoy not sure mate, i was hoping he'd be back for the Raith Rovers game

[@johnneary2254]

Brendan will once again leave the club. At least it wont be in the middle of a campaign this time. Sad and baffling state of affairs if money has prevented a striker arriving after Furuhashi leaving.

[@felixfene0n]

Kyogo's replacement has been in the building for 6 months already! His name is Adam Idah. The club knew Kyogo was leaving and part of the reason they went in over the odds for Idah is because they knew that outlay would be softened by the departure of Kyogo. The Board are right not to splash another 12-15m on a player when the 2 players that Brendan has pinpointed for that amount are falling well short of that kind of valuation. Brendan is being told...we backed you with these signings (Idah/Engels), now get on with winning a treble and convincing us that those 2 signings are worth what was paid for them.

[@markfitzpatrick5533]

foundation dinner 🤣

[@anthonybeattie4222]

No guarantee kvistgaarden would have been a success he plays forBrondby they wanted 14 million that’s why Celtic walked way we have more than enough to do the treble

[@mattmaciver7981]

It's interesting you say he isn't worth 14m because he pays for Brondby. They're a top Scandinavian club, we're the top Scottish club. We expect teams to pay us 20-25m for our most elite departures. I'm not saying we're not bigger than them because we are - but not levels and levels.😊

[@forevereverceltic9160]

Usual transfer window from a position of strength, with some positions needing strengthened. Don't worry we made a profit again & the balance sheet will be assigned a squad number. Great question with regard to Lawell & his presence flying to London. They may have been going on a jolly hitting the night spots ? Doesn't look good or anything like taking a back seat in any shape or form.

[@lf67hh28]

Given Rodgers said that Idah is Celtics first choice striker, why would any other striker of quality sign on mid-season? We got in the positions we badly needed, good window. As for Lawwell, he isn't an Executive at Celtic - which means he isn't involved in transfers. Simple fans need to let this idea go, Celtic exist in their current form (of HUGE success) thanks to Peter Lawwell.

[@den264]

No point in making more knee jerk sighnings. January is traditionally not the best time to find gems in the coal bunker.

[@forevereverceltic9160]

@lf67hh28 Brendan wanted a striker, he said he didn't want to use Daizen there, we all seen it or heard it straight from the horses mouth before yesterday. I don't know what to say 🤷‍♂️

[@lf67hh28]

@ He also said it's Idah's jersey to lose (he's first choice now). Covered by the Sky Sports panel on live television. Tell me a single striker we could have signed? £14million for a back up striker was never going to happen. Maeda literally played striker on Sunday after Idah went off - trust me, he will be playing there to accommodate Jota. Both Idah and Maeda have been better than Kyogo this season. Check their numbers, they don't lie. 🙂

[@forevereverceltic9160]

@lf67hh28 Check nothing out & i trust my own eyes & ears. Sky sports panels c'mon. I am not a scout, ridiculous stuff to somehow rewrite or justify an unacceptable level of backing.

[@neilbarnes6247]

The transfer window was not a 'disaster'. I still think the squad is actually stronger if not lighter. Brendan says Maeda's stats as a striker are better than Kyogo's. If Idah keeps going the way he is, we'll have some fire power. Admittedly, disappointing not to have another striker. Gutted to lose Kyogo. But hardly a 'disaster'. Jota's return incredible. Can't wait for the rest of the season.

[@Multijoe84]

I wouldn’t say its stronger either tho!

[@Philpbm]

Did Cummings get minutes to increase value in tribunal as now he has first team minutes and champions league minutes.

[@Michael19841]

Any reason why Celtic are hoarding money? Is Dermot Desmond planning on selling his shares? Re the fee for Kvitsgarden, Brondby are asking for the value of the player. Clubs are spending 40 to 80 million quid on good strikers.

[@leannecampbell4551]

On paper, Schlupp is indeed still a good multidirectional player by Scottish Football standards and will add much needed direct running, pace and power to our game. However, a critical component of signing someone in this window is to ensure they are close to match ready in order to hit the ground running. His last full 90 minutes appearance was in Sept 2023. He hasn’t been on a pitch beyond the 17 min mark since last April. He is also not a natural LB and hasn’t played said position more than THREE occasions over the past 4 seasons. It’s actually the position he’s played the very least out of all 5 positions he’s played in. You have to go way back to season 2016/17 to find any regular pattern of him playing LB for Leicester. Considering he’s been brought in to compete/serve as back-up to Taylor (a natural LCM that can’t defend to save himself), we literally have no natural LB in the first team apart from Adam Montgomery - who is technically a B alongside Mitchel Frame. How did we go from having the great fortune of having an excellent Barca LB on loan till the end of season, to him being recalled thanks to Rodgers not playing him, to now replacing him with a 32 year old midfielder that hasn’t kicked a ball for nearly 2 seasons?? Someone please make it make sense! 🤦🏻‍♀️ P.S. Jota is hardly match fit, but a genius like him can get away with it, others can’t!

[@den264]

Schlupp as I remember him at Leicester bhad tremendous pace and loved to attack doen the wing. Symilar to what Tierney did for us last time.

[@leannecampbell4551]

@@den264 That was a full 8 years ago to be fair, but hopefully he has enough left in the tank to perform well enough in one of the worst leagues in world Football.

[@mattmaciver7981]

​@leannecampbell4551 you discredit your excellent argument when you call our league one of the worst in the world - it patently isn't.

[@misterc5783]

I’m beginning to suspect nobody has the first idea what goes on at the club, what might and might not be coming in, the progress and processes around all of that. Fans just guess then have discussions as though that guess is not only relevant , but on the money. Naebody has any knowledge. Naebody. But because their guesses didn’t come to pass, they get angry. It’s a bit child-like. I’m happy that the club don’t pay epl fees for players coming to the spl. If the club did the kind of things you hear demanded on channels like this we’d be sevco. We didn’t get a striker….and fans assume that’s 100% Celtics fault. The fans who think our club is anomalous in selling its star striker are losing their mind we didn’t get another clubs star striker. And they don’t even acknowledge the contradiction in that or how ridiculous they come across. Should we have paid £15m for Kvit? Seriously? And are we just assuming we didn’t offer them what they wanted but the player wasn’t interested. Where is the ceiling for fans? £15m for a striker. Then what? £10m for a winger and £10m for a LB? To achieve what? You think that’s enough to take us to a new level in the CL? Really? More logic. Less feels. “We had a chance to establish a level of dominance, winning the title every year, and we haven’t done that” Yer man there actually said that. Out of his mouth. And that’s fkng insane.

[@belfastbhoy5679]

Noones reading your Bible soup taker

[@leannecampbell4551]

The club categorically knew our best striker, Kyogo, wanted to leave in the Summer. His sudden change in agent last May told them that, over and above anything else that we supporters weren’t privy too. If it’s not the board and manager’s responsibility to source an adequate replacement in what has been an 8 month period now, then who’s is it? They are the primary decision-makers and are directly accountable for the club's strategy, direction and success - that remit very much includes the responsibility to make Celtic as lucrative as possible in order to attract and sell the club to prospective players. They have completely failed in this regard once again.

[@ACelticStateOfMind]

I can't speak for anyone else, but ACSOM constantly engages with sources, mainly agents, who work directly with Celtic. We do the legwork so that we have more of an understanding of what is happening at the club. We are, however, still able to speculate and opine, which have been valid ways of discussing football since the beginning of time.

[@George-n2r]

​@@leannecampbell4551ye,we should of got a good striker in it's really disappointing.

[@misterc5783]

@@leannecampbell4551 I don’t need convincing that our clubs preparedness in transfer windows can be lacking. I can’t disagree. But there are variables that must surely come into consideration when talking about us not getting what we want. It can’t be just “Celtic bad” at every turn. People are aware of the other factors, and acknowledge them, but then proceed to have a conversation that completely removes those factors from the conversation and conclusions. So for example, I’m of the opinion that the higher up the transfer market you go, the harder it gets to get the players you want (unless you’re top end epl throwing epl debt at it) When you operate where sevco operate in the transfer market you can pick up players easy. They are ten a penny, not as wanted as others. They have less lofty ambitions in most cases. So you can get them in. Easy peasy. And that’s not even meant as a dig at sevco. I think that’s just a fair comment on things. But where we operate players are thinner on the ground, wanted by other teams, and wanted by their current team. And they have options. A much tougher environment to compete. You can get easily “Norwich-ed” by clubs thinking it’s reasonable to expect epl fees from an spl club. I think we’d all agree with that. And if we do all agree with it, that’s the kind of thing that should temper our reaction to the clubs transfer activity. But it doesn’t seem to. And, while I’m not ignoring what acsom have said in the comments about their own insight, I’m going to go out on a limb and maintain that most of our fan insight is pure guesswork and our reaction almost entirely driven by those guesses. But that’s fitba, and logic is sidelined by feelings. Understandably. That’s literally what the game is about. I’ve also long argued that we should get players in a window early, from the O’Neill days I’ve argued for that but even that now has difficulties that didn’t exist 20 years ago. Ideally I want players in one summer to be ready for next summer. Preparedness. But if we keep our best for 2 seasons now we’re doing well so that kinda changes that a bit. There’s also this weird spot in which we have to exist as Celtic fans where our club are widely congratulated, including by ourselves, for the success of their transfer model, whilst wrapped in this endless despair of seemingly being god awful at the whole thing. The more I look around at other clubs activity, the more I think we operate just the same as most of them. I’m not pretending I don’t get frustrated with it. I know a lot of this is about the desire to push a little further for the CL, but as I’ve already said, I think we’re now at a point in the CL where further progress requires defensive quality we’ll never be able to attain, in the current market. We can spend £50m on wingers and strikers but you better have the same again for a whole new defensive unit. And we simply don’t. So is it money down a hole at that point? I dunno. it’s a discussion we’ve been having for years innit. Push the boat out, see what we can do, but countered with the view that even using all our resources wouldn’t be enough to take the steps in the CL that are now very big steps. Here’s a great example of acknowledging things but then completely ignoring them in the conversation: they were just talking about tracking the Brondby lad for 18 months…then one of them proceeded to voice their frustration that the club don’t know who they want 6 months in advance. That’s just madness.

[@Philpbm]

Did the rangers strengthen at all? Celtic are very consistent week on week, the rangers not so much. Celtic could definitely add to the points gap with what we have at present.

[@thomasmcguinness910]

Who cares about the rangers!

[@williammcilhenny4108]

if celtic loose the league ,brendin walks away in the summer

[@George-n2r]

If pigs fly, Brendan will eat a goldfish sandwich 🥪 for breakfast 😊

[@frankgreen1663]

Eh ?.....lose the league...beat Dundee and go 13 in front with 13 to play ...7 at home ..we've been great at home win those 7 and you only need to win ONE out of 6 !!!!!

[@lesleypithie6227]

@@frankgreen1663 till my dying day i will never forget helicopter sunday

[@frankgreen1663]

We wre 5 in front max ...never 13 !!!​@@lesleypithie6227

[@brendanmcghee5893]

Whoo hoo it is good to be a happy clapper Maieda three times the striker of any of the dud's we had lined up in the transfer window Tierney and Jota back yeah we are so much weaker lol it's laughable 😂, Thank god the board has the balls to run a tight ship when all around are shitting their pants as always and can't accept the club is well run and we have a strong squad who are about to hit top gear watch this space some people will never be appeased regardless what they do.

[@thebloodyshambles]

How can people blame the board or Brendan without any working knowledge of what is being done behind the scenes? Judging by Brendan's press conference I see no sign of any problem or that he is hiding anything. I would have liked a striker even a loan, but I don't see any problem. We have games against Bayern and a treble to look forward to until business is done in summer. We also signed Tierney. Knee jerk panic reactions. You can't say anything about Schlupp until he has played for the shirt, all conjecture and assumptions and an excuse to complain. Odsonne can't get a start at Palace, absolute guff analysis. 32 means nothing, Kyogo is 30. I couldn't get through 10 minutes 😅 Calmac will be 32 in a few months, probably should drop him. I love ACSOM, this pod was utter shite. Worst I have seen.

[@Jamie76044]

Could of done a lot better in the window i would of liked us to of signed kvistgaarden but hopefully we will sign him in the summer great to get jota back jota kvistgaarden kuhn front 3 next season 😃

[@mattmaciver7981]

No Maeda?

[@rtaylor91]

Of course it’s crazy and hard to beat Bayern but not impossible, well Neil Lennon would think he could beat them ? Guys in suits telling the fans we have no chance v Bayern so why bother trying to sign anyone as “the league is done” whilst charging £46 ? … also gambling the treble as last derby was a heavy loss with a stronger squad

[@John-em6wk]

We have enough to win treble

[@stephencruickshanks3794]

Cummings isnae even top scorer in the Lowland League. Should be used in emergencies only before he heads off to obscurity at West Ham.

[@MichaelJenkinson-m2w]

Hiding down there

[@Mark-A7S14]

Why does it always have to be about how Brendan is feeling or how the men’s squad is looking what about talking about Elena n how she might be feeling about things, she is a Celtic just as much as Brendan everyone forgets this

[@ACelticStateOfMind]

We approached the club and made an official request to have Elena and members of her team on This is ACSOM. We’d love to create more content around the women’s team, but we have not been granted the access we requested 👍🏻

[@jamesdaly4040]

Why do our fans constantly assume Lawell had a major say in transfers,we set a budget at the start of the season. Background team identify targets,tries to sign them, then money men get involved, have you seen any news on players failing to agree on money, it would be all over media. We will have to trust the players we have.

[@ew2079]

Aye great we have Jota but it’s not Kuhn we sold it was kyogo . No asking to break the bank but would rather have shankland than nobody and a don’t rate him . Club have told the players job done after lipzig game . This is unacceptable and it’s funny how the excuses they come out with is clubs don’t sell their best players in January 😂 well we did and replaced him with nobody . 3 months ago we all thought wee needed 3 now one is what we have

[@pinnball7992]

In what Europe are we ranked as a top 24 club? Don't make stuff up so you are allowed to complain. We dont spend like we are an English League 1 team, we spend like we are the top team in Scotland, which we are. You can only spend what you make, and you can only attract what is interested.

[@ACelticStateOfMind]

The comment was in relation to Celtic finishing 21st in the Champions League. As for the club’s finances, Celtic are in their best financial health of all time and have the money to buy a player like Mathias Kvistgaarden, who is apparently our top target. So why not buy him? And why only aspire to be the best team in Scotland, which we are already by some distance? Why not attempt to progress on a European level?

[@DonnyTinyHands]

Another window Another profit for the board.

[@lf67hh28]

Good - It's refreshing seeing a club run right.

[@EasyEasyQuadrupleTreble]

@@lf67hh28what? Having all that money and not progressing is criminal! Board need to go

[@lf67hh28]

@ We have progressed, literally hit our mandated season targets to date - which is progression from last season, where we failed on Europe and the League Cup. We have strengthened our weakest position with Schlupp coming in, and Tierney signed on a pre-contract, and upgraded the quality at LW with Jota. Keep in mind Idah has more goal contributions than Kyogo this season, playing far less minutes than him. You'll need to tell me in what way we haven't improved, as this is our best season in the last 20. People want Celtic to spend money, well we spent more this season than at any point in the clubs history - Also, Man Utd spent £230million this season, and have declined. Spending money is always a gamble - I'd rather stick to our model, which isn't changing for anyone - we are only the most successful club in the history of Scottish Football after all.

[@den264]

We have enough in the squad to see the season out. We wont relinquish our lead in the title, we will most likely win the Scottish cup and as far as the CL is concerned, we are out after the second Bayern game. Our learning curve has increased regarding playing in the C.L.

[@Nairb-i2e]

write a way for scales to appear in a tayto advert hes the full package.

[@den264]

Apparently Lawwell was down on the big smoke for a charity event. Talking of the value of teams playing with outright number nine strikers. At the weekend I watched Arsenal hammer Man. City 5-1 City were with the world's number one striker and Arsenal had no outright striker. Same at Liverpool. They have a triad of forwards who all contrubute goals. Look at Manchester United and their big burly striker Hoiland whos goal returns are minimal. We will still score more goals than our opponents this season.

[@thebloodyshambles]

Lawrence, we didn't get Tierney in this week, but to say tried brushes aside the fact we signed Tierney, and at same time this shows no ambition for CL. We just qualified for playoffs in the CL and we are playing Bayern Munich. Too many are following the MSM line, that they want you to follow, so they can cause unrest and panic, the sky's falling in, nightmare window, sack the board 🤣 Tierney is not going to play for Arsenal, so he won't get injured. He is fourth choice left back. PJ what evidence? The evidence is there, its easy to create evidence. Anyone can say there is a power struggle at Celtic without any evidence whatsoever, this is called Trumpian. Danny Ings is a class above Kyogo, he's proved that at the highest level and his age means nothing.

[@CelticBhoy95]

"the world is ending" Lawrence - aye but Celtic didn't get a striker 🤣🤣 I agree massively with that, but was there a parrot in the room? It seemed that's all he could say 😆😂😂

[@Pete-ou9kj]

If strikers so easy to sign, how come Arsenal can't find one?

[@neilbarnes6247]

Hi JP. I love ACSOM. You and your guests normally talk real sense & wisdom. However, I think you are all over-reacting on this. There is no guarantee that you will always get your targets and there could be many unknown factors. Rodgers said it wasn't to do with money. White lies possibly? I agree Lawwell should not be involved in transfer negotiations. But all of this is total conjecture. All that matters now is getting Jota up to full fitness, Idah, Khun and Maeda to keep up their good performances. January is a tough window. We will do better in the summer. I think we'll go from strength to strength even though we haven't replaced Kyogo. If we can stay relatively injury free, I think we'll see great success. It's highly unlikely we'll get anything from Bayern. Just hope we give them two good games. Keep the faith Bhoys! 🇮🇪🍀💚🏆

[@gavinegar7162]

Not sure what the gentleman in the top right is on about - we don’t keep players on a 4/5 year cycle. 2 to 3 at most if they’re decent.

[@bobj2447]

Need to change the name of the channel to Celtic neurotic state of mind. We are top of the league Still in the champions League 25 million pound players playing and coming in the summer why negativity

[@Bananas41]

There is always two sides , and I understand the negativity along with the positives , have an open mind to these discussions or don't listen to the free content , and go elsewhere

[@bobj2447]

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[@brendanmcghee5893]

Cracking dose of reality 😂.

[@ACelticStateOfMind]

Which part of the discussion did you perceive to be negative?

[@leannecampbell4551]

@@ACelticStateOfMind Imagine me making an appearance on the show! 😂 My perceived negativity would lose you about 3,000 happy-clapping, reality-denying subs! 😂😈

[@eddietraynor5781]

DON'T NEED ANBODY ELSE, TO HUMP THIS LOT .and we do have a centre Diezen japan centre forward hh

[@ACelticStateOfMind]

Surely we shouldn’t be operating from one window to the next? Players brought in now will be primed for next season’s Champions League campaign. We are perennially under-prepared for Europe and should have built on our best campaign in 12 years. Instead, we pulled the handbrake on.

[@brendanmcghee5893]

A lot of tosh Maieda is an international striker who Celtic chooses to play as a winger not the other way around Jota left wing Maieda or Idah through the middle really weak like get a grip, They tried to get a striker in they choose to join Celta Vigo and Middlesbrough that's the truth but don't let the facts get in the way.

[@ACelticStateOfMind]

Which striker signed for Celta Vigo?

[@lf67hh28]

Erm, Kvistgaarden didn't sign for Celta Vigo. Celta didn't even bid for him - but don't let facts get in the way.

[@Joe-rt3xt]

The only good thing to come from this window is that that. Rodgers the That will get away from our club

[@leannecampbell4551]

Would you be happy if he leaves in the Summer?

[@Joe-rt3xt]

Yes the guy turned his back on the club,and should never been allowed a 2nd chance ,tbh id be happy if he was gone before summer 💚💚

[@lf67hh28]

You're not very bright.

[@leannecampbell4551]

@@Joe-rt3xt Spot on, Joe. Many supporters share your view, as a direct result of his shameful past conduct, the lies and gaslighting which he actively still engages in, and more so the listless playing style and the limited structure used to execute it.

[@Joe-rt3xt]

@@lf67hh28 explain ??

[@Nairb-i2e]

is there anyone left of faith and modern education ....be patient bhoys b patient

[@keiranallan5367]

H. H all things said and done.. We have progressed and in a good place. All Joking aside.. I slate mgregor in big games.. But he's 32.. He's a winner and a great footballer for last decade.. But he's looking tired.. It happened with Scott Brown.. Then he kicked back.. I guess I hope Mgregor does that.. Because him gtn that bit slower is starting to show up in bigger games.. I dunno the answer. Give him a rest for a number of games after league is won. He's still been a great captain.and is quality player but every game.

[@celticfollower9840]

HH🍀👍