What players do you think regretted leaving us?

Hooper 100%

 

Frank MacAvennie and Charlie Nicholas both regretted leaving the first time around. It never worked out for Charlie at Arsenal. MacAvennie was scintillating for us at the time he left to go * a page 3 girl.

 

I think Charlie regretted going to Arsenal, he should have went to Liverpool. Think he said so himself.. and they would have been a much better fit for him. We tried to resign him in 1987 I bet he regrets that decision.

 

Yeah he said in a recent interview that he wished he'd signed for Liverpool purely because their style would have suited him more, and of course Kenny Dalglish was there at the time.
He'd also met with Manchester United, but essentially decided (after one meeting) that Ron Atkinson was a * and he'd never play for him again.

Both Nicholas and McAvennie have spoken about how Celtic don't really look after their former players as well as other clubs, I think they're more fond of Arsenal/West Ham respectively.

 

Bet hes gutted now

 

Kind of true when you think of it, they look after the Lions and a couple of players around that time like Dixie Deans and Tommy Callaghan but pretty much everyone since then you never see or hear of much. Packie Bonner, Peter Latchford, Tam McAdam, Roddy MacDonald, Johannes Edvaldsson, Roy Aitken, Andy Lynch, Frank McGarvie, Davie Provan, Brian McClair, Murdo MacLeod, Paul McStay, Dalglish all players who played a couple of hundred games but they never really do anything, never on Celtic TV, never doing HT draws, never involved in anything really you see them in the Celtic View interviewed about once every 5 years.

 

I can't really say too much, because you never know what Celtic do for former players behind the scenes (if they do anything).
We might be helping ex-players financially with medical help or whatever it might be, and it's just not made public, but Nicholas/McAvennie seemed to think that wasn't the case.

There's no reason why we can't have ex-players as a 'Guest of honour', doing the half-time draw and a bit of a Q&A in hospitality or stuff like that, as well as having them on Celtic TV/Celtic View, as you say.

For the ones who still live locally, there's no reason why (assuming they were up for it) couldn't go along to schools and put on coaching sessions with the kids alongside club officials.

Mind you, all of this is probably getting done and I just don't know about it.

 

Where is he playing now?

 

Not a chance Dalglish would have regretted leaving.

 

Charlie Nic and Judas Liam Miller were the first i thought off. Both went too early and to wrong teams imo....Nic should have gone to Anfield and Miller was always going to be a bit-part at best at Manure. Maloney first time round is a good shout too!

Think Lenny had to get out of this * place for his own sanity in the end.....scandalous what he had to go through!!

 

Denayer

 

Sheffield Wednesday

 

Is he getting a game?

 

The last time he played according to transfermarkt was the 19th September, during which he got an assist. Since then he's only made the bench once, which was the 20th January.

I'm not sure what's going on there, but it doesn't sound great.

 

Bit of a waste, he'll be wishing he just stayed with us.

 

As others have said, Hooper was the first name I thought of when I saw this thread.

 

Hooper could have been a legend here

 

Disagree with Hooper I don't think he will harbour as many regrets and people think. Yes things in England haven't worked out as planned however he had three very good seasons with us outscoring any Englishman in the process while bagging in the champions league and there was a * chance he was getting in that England team and for a young English striker playing for your country is the panicle so he had to go. He isn't a Celtic fan and he gave us three good years so he owed us nothing, I don't blame guy for going and trying it out in England, I think if hed of signed for a mid table prem team rather than * Norwich he would be doing a lot better for himself because that Norwich side where *.