As the transfer window opens, will the floodgates open too? // A Celtic State of Mind // ACSOM

[@patrickloughrey]

as Ange once said to press during his time at Celtic we dont need heroes just quality players that will continue to bring you success

[@guywoodford5854]

I absolutely love ACSOM. A great variety of Hooped talking heads. Astute analysis mixed with warm humour. Hail! Hail! to the next chapter of Paul John Dykes’ Green & White Army. 🟢⚪️👏👏👏

[@garywhite8880]

Great show lads. Could listen to Jim all day 🍀

[@andrewgalea7319]

Great to catch the pod live .. I'm normally in bed and watch it at 5am the next morning before work .. enjoy the Euros

[@henrikmclarsson]

Thank you Jim for being the voice of reason. Fantasising over past players return shows a serious lack of imagination. You’re spot on about wanting new heroes too. Unfortunately they don’t look like they’re coming from the youth system like KT, Calmac and Forrest.

[@den264]

I would love to have my teeth back, but sadly ! It aint going to happen.

[@Norrismash]

Mentioning Covid and Jim being the oracle Would send a shiver down the most hardy of souls. Funnily enough Jim’s still contributing the same level of discourse as back then.

[@patrickkerrigan3633]

Im concerned we could miss out on Miovski by waiting to see if we can get Idah -having said that I'd love to see both at Celtic next season

[@myoung7654]

Football matches are now a 16 player game. If you don't get any injury then the defensive players play the full game and you change 5 of the more attacking players. Therefore, you need different types of players in your squad. You need CCV standard right across the defence, including GK, and you need players, like Ralston and Scales, who understand that that they may not be 1st choice but can be relied on when required. However, the front players need to understand that some weeks you will play the first 60 to 70 mins and some when you will be an impact player off the bench. As Ange told us it isn't always about starting with your best 11 sometimes it can be about starting and finishing with the right 11, viz the way SA rugby team use their 23 players.

[@patrickloughrey]

i would like to see celtic Scott Mckenna on a free transfer for our central defence and along with another defender and this will give us plenty of defensive options and challenge CCV and Liam scales

[@mattmaciver7981]

I'd also love to see McKenna signed up.

[@celticfollower9840]

Great listen 👍🍀

[@den264]

I am still bathing in the glow of the double to worry about our transfer maneuver's !

[@Multijoe84]

Jim is spot on re Tierney. But I would disagree on one point, apart from injury, he has shown that he clearly can cut it down there.

[@benditlikeproductions5394]

Hi Joe, I didn't say he couldn't cut it down there at the moment, but when he gets to 32/33, there might come a time when he feels he can't cut it. Cheers. Jim

[@Multijoe84]

@@benditlikeproductions5394Jim I reckon even if we did get John mcginn back in 2018, he’d have left by now anyway, probably a few years ago now for the premiership, like ajer, Christie, Armstrong etc did

[@patrickloughrey]

according to Hugh Keevins Celtic have sealed a few transfers that will be announced very shorty, they are more experience players and are first team picks, do we believe him or is it just him trying to sell Daily Record (daily Ranger)

[@cfc18882000]

How can you say Lagerbielke never let us down when he literally did in Rotterdam?

[@patrickloughrey]

i would like to see celtic play 2 strikers up front instead one and go a 442 system that way then you will attract 2 quality strikers to our club

[@forevereverceltic9160]

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[@ronaldforsyth4337]

Exactly need new heroes

[@patrickloughrey]

transfer window is open and Celtic still make no bids, no deals in the pipeline and the silence from Celtic says it all to me. just a few weeks to pre season training and the team has not been strengthening, Mark cooper still not announced either, no leaderships or organisation at our football club, its a shocking situation and one that will not impress Brendan Rodgers as he is looking to add quality. our number 1 priority is goalkeeper situation is still not solved

[@ACelticStateOfMind]

How do you know there are no deals in the pipeline Patrick? The club will be working in the background on a number of departures and arrivals. Maybe keep your powder dry until we have a competitive game to play, then we can judge how we’ve done 👍🏻

[@patrickloughrey]

@@ACelticStateOfMind Celtic football club knows that our squad to big and its full of fringe players, according to reports Celtic are stalling on the Oh deal he now been left in limbo because our club cant decide whether to let him go permanently or let him go on loan for a full season and maybe bring him back season 25 /26. Celtic wont buy players until they off load fringe players free up lots of wages which will be thousands of pounds worth. their no deals in the pipeline because the club want to tried and swift as many as .of the fringe out of the club as possible. we are struggling very badly to find a goalkeeper to replaced retire Joe Hart. Siegrist might actually get his chance, just like james forrest got his chance and deservedly last season which proves to be the right decision.

[@patrickloughrey]

i agree with Jim. am getting bored watching Celtic with the slow pass from the goalkeeper, to Liam scales, to CCV back to the goalkeeper because their no movement in front of the defenders to make that forward pass, its boring to watch, lets go more direct in the new season with pace because its more exciting to watch, its easy on the eye, its Celtic way, the Tommy Burns way that was fantastic to watch his teams.

[@ronaldforsyth4337]

We got new heroeskyogo Hatate o Reilly new ones notold

[@paulmcguire3382]

I think we will spend 40 mil hh

[@chrishiggins9323]

Celtic is NOT a retierment home! True celtic fans dont leave the club they love, look at cal and Jamesey. For thoes who want to come when theyre "over the hill" then keep going your not wanted! If you dont want to play for us when your at peak then you dont deserve to pull on the hoops when your past it just so YOU can tick a box!

[@Mantis_Toboggan_MD.]

It's not as simple as that. Arsenal offered Celtic £25 million for KT. He didn't ask for a transfer or even push for one, Celtic accepted the offer. So Celtic(by their actions) WANTED to sell KT. The club wanted him to leave What do you honestly think would've happened if KT had turned down the move? You think Lawell & Co would've been ok with that? Or do you think they'd have taken measures to force him out?

[@chrishiggins9323]

It absolutly is that simple, he had a contract they cant force you out! Imagine they tried to force you out your club..would you not just come out and tell everyone? He wanted to go,he has said that himself, fair enough no probs but you had your chance! You dont get to come back whenever you want and once you have made your money and are done eg keane,ljunberg,and so many more!

[@frankbrennan1619]

Wee Callum & Wee Jamesy didn't leave Celtic ONLY because naebody desperately wanted them when they were at their peak...

[@frankbrennan1619]

@@chrishiggins9323 Of course they can ''force you out'' as you so dramatically & hysterically put it & completely no matter whether you ''have a contract'' or not & as with the case of golden boy O'Riley in this summer transfer window & for sure, he totally has NO say whether he wants to stay, he's being sold this summer, simply because this is when he's at his peak market value, although sadly several millions have been wiped off his selling price with him not even making the Danish squad for the Euros....

[@George-n2r]

A player is worth what a club is willing to spend. Same with buying and selling a house or car. It would be stupid for a manager of a club for example simeone to think hmmm i thought he was a player because Denmark don't want him in the squad maybe i was a little deceived! I don't think I should offer 25 million anymore let's say about 19 maybe 20 max. The boy would probably only of got injured in Germany anyway 😂 o Riley is a puppy! I could ramble on about it but i won't. Maybe we won't sell then lol if we are no longer getting a succulent fee due to his extended summer holidays 😄

[@sheriffrossco3826]

Christ Jim, I hope KT isn’t watching this. He wants to come back at his peak, simple as that. He’s 27.

[@patrickloughrey]

i agree with some of Jim Orr comments today. the other ones i totally disagree about Kieran Tierney and criticising Scottish football. Celtic cant afford 25 million pounds Jim and wage hundred thousand a week in wages that just false commenting, we would go bankrupt within a week paying that sort of money out for Tierney. ive seen big players come and here and flop in Scottish football flo of Rangers, he cost 12 million pounds, thomas gravsen.

[@benditlikeproductions5394]

Hi Patrick, I said that we COULD (as we have the money), but I never said we SHOULD, for the reasons you cited, and many more reasons. Cheers. Jim

[@Harrow932]

Glasgow “hunners a money” Celtic

[@Mantis_Toboggan_MD.]

If we can't buy players in the £12-£15 million transfer fee range (because it would send our wages spiralling and we'd run afoul of UEFA's financial fair play rules etc...) and are restricted to the usual price range etc.... And if we do still have £50-70 million in Cash come the end of August then we simply have to put that money to good use elsewhere in the club. Having 10's of millions sitting in a bank vault serves no purpose, so either spend it on the team or spend on the stadium & other infrastructure projects. I don't know what the legalities are around PLC's owning property/land but could we not spend £10 million on acquiring some property? We could then lease it out and that'd be another source of revenue for the club which in turn would mean a higher turnover which in turn would mean being able to pay higher wages in the future without breaking any UEFA rules... As I said, I don't know if the above is even legal (or practical) but the point is that we should be doing SOMETHING with this money for the good of the club wether it be on or off the field.

[@frankbrennan1619]

They promised us a hotel & a new Celtic Museum years ago as part of the Celtic Park ''compound'' & indeed received the necessary planning permission to do so but so far NOTHING & indeed nobody ever talks aboot it & for sure, that would cost several tens of millions if they did it properly....

[@den264]

Doesnt the money accrue interest over time. Or is it illegal for football clubs to invest their profits.

[@Mantis_Toboggan_MD.]

Any interest would be minimal though and wouldn’t even keep you above inflation. So you’d effectively be losing money

[@brianclements1575]

This guy has absolutely no ambition.