Paul slane

dont understand why some people are putting the lad down without even seeing him in a celtic shirt

 

Was this lad getting a regular game for Well ?? if so why arent we pitching him in , we cant do any worse can we ?

 

er, yeah... because in the future we're still going to need 11 players on the park

 

We should have signed James McCarthy instead.

 

Celtic wouldnt part with the extra £200,000 up front that Hamilton wanted at the time ..Was chatting to him after a Wigan reserve game at the end of last year , he wanted to come ...

 

That's a * shame that, considering we're snapping up, what our scouts and board believe to be, the next best, young stars across Europe, we could have had a fine, young player who has proven he can do well in the SPL let slip through our fingers all for 200,000 quid.

 

Yep he was quite open and honest about the whole thing ..Accies wanted £1.2m up front but Celtic offered £1m with add ons totalling £1.2m .

Anyway this paul Slane guy , do people think he should be in the squad now or is he one for a season or twos time

 

Maybe see Slane in the next season or twon getting involved slowly, Gutted about the McCarthy thing, smashing wee player

 

Probably another couple years before we'll see him.

 

ive never seen him play is he good?

 

We should tap McCarthy up, let him run down his contract at Wigan and sign him on a bosman. He will be then be 22 or 23 and we wont have to develop him ourselves. I cannot stress the importance of signing die hard celts. (and keeping them at the club)

 

is it not a waste to have such a talented young lad playing reserve football everyweek>? should we not loan him out till hes in a position to play 1st team or be on the bench with a chance of coming on

 

Might be good for him to have a season to settle then look for a 6 month loan like they did with O'Dea.. The bounce games they are playing are apparently quite competitive.. The Blackburn team they beat recently had a number of players with Premiership experience but Im not sure how often they play against that quality..

 

I think it was crazy leaving 1st team football for playing the odd reserve game with celtic but i supose i would be difficult to turn down training with your hero's everday.