How Do We Approach Our Summer Business?

Look at the likes of Dortmund who managed to get their main business done in the space of a week.

Then look at us - we won't even have our main business done by the week before the deadline. And we'll struggle in the qualifiers as a result.

It's incompetence even accounting for the change in manager.

 

Honestly, the mess Congerton’s left us in I was always worried about how we’d manage to do this.

 

Congerton is a useless fall guy, the * was the same before him... Useless I agree but solely to blame no.

 

That as well. I'm not sure if we've ever had a scout who has accomplished so little.

 

Not so much that, by all accounts he done genuine damage to the set up we already had in place.

 

How many players is that off the wage bill now?

 

Need to get our deals done as soon as possible . It seems to be the same every year we fk around for weeks then the qualifiers begin and still no sign of anyone . Then its a couple of loans and a panic buy in the last week . Dont know why but i really thought we would be on the front foot this year still time to prove me wrong

 

Decent wee thread on Betis moving to a more analytical model used by teams like Liverpool and the Toronto Raptors in the NBA.

Be interesting if they can analyse how much players know the cities of the teams they’re joining...

 

So its mid June and less than a month from start of Champs league qualifiers and so far we have lost (arguably) our 2 best CB's in Boyata and Benkovic and we are due to lose our starting RB?

We have a 18 or 19 year old kid holding our club to ransom and a maybe kinda sort of transfer rumour for a CB.

It's the Celtic way.....

 

Off to a flyer anyway.

 

Disappointing we hat not added any players to the squad yet .

 

Have we missed out on harper?

 

2 new signings this week I'm hearing. Was meant to be 3.

 

Wouldn't shock me if we went into the first qualifier with Ralston, Hendry and Hayes at the back.

 

That’s almost a certainty.

Jozo or Ajer will pick up a knock.

 

It would nearly be a relief if we were given a transfer ban at this stage. At least we would know where we stand.

 

Calm down troops most business is done after the EPL window shuts

 

It amazes me that this is seen as novel in all honesty.

Our scouting process just now could be significantly improved with an up to date version of Football Manager imho. That’s about how much faith I have in the current ‘process’.