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Smaller squad benefits..?

Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by hairytoes, May 17, 2011.

Discuss Smaller squad benefits..? in the Celtic Chat area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. Sonny7

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    had a great world cup for me. showed great form earlier on for us. we all no he's got what it takes to make it here, something's happened we don't know about.
     
  2. marti~bhoy

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    We've seen him about 10 times. Neil Lennon sees him every day, has Celtic's interests at heart and if he thought he was good enough to be world class I trust he would be playing him.
     
  3. Sonny7

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    a trust lenny knows what he's doing, but am going with my own opinion of what a saw of the guy, and in those game's i saw he looked rather good. took ki a year to settle in maybe the same with juarez. who knows.
     
  4. Mystic Penguin

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    I clearly wasn't talking about the away leg.
     
  5. marti~bhoy

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    I clearly am. You can't cite a decent performance against a mediocre team then ignore the fact that he shat it in the return leg when we were pumped.
     
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    The entire team "shat it" in the away leg.
     
  7. Bamboozle

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    agreed, there's between 10-12 players who we could get rid of over the summer and replace with 3-4 better quality players.
     
  8. marti~bhoy

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    True enough. Still not convinced he had shown anywhere near the ability to have the term "potentially world class" bandied about.

    Would like to know what kind of wage he has on as so far he would struggle to justify 50p and a box of chupa-chups per week.
     
  9. GreenLeanMean

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    thats 24 :rolleyes:
     
  10. Zander Gold Member Gold Member

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    i think juarez should be let go, if he isnt gonna get more chance, i hate seeing the wee guy on the bench and not coming on often
     
  11. GreenLeanMean

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    GK x3 ???
    RB x2 Wilson, Cha*
    CB x4 Majstorovic Rogne Wilson ???
    LB x2 Izagurrie Mulgrew*
    Wing x4 Commons Forrest Maloney ???
    CM x4 Brown* Ledley Kayal Ki
    ST x 4 Hooper Stokes Samaras ???

    *= Utility players.

    Only need maybe three to four more signings, possibly another utility player and then our promising youngsters can fill in any gaps that may appear.
     
  12. hairytoes

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    Rangers also have very adaptable players, who are very committed to the club & will literally play anywhere for their manager.

    Guys like Davis, Whittaker, Naismith, Lafferty - even Papac who is always LB nowadays was brought as a CB.

    This adaptability & good attitude really helps their small squad & frees up money to spend on good 1st team players who will improve the team.

    I honestly didn't get the Lungberg thing & still don't, there was never a slightest chance that he would turn out anything other than what he did, a nothing bit part player - who took game time away from James Forrest etc...whilst pressumably taking a good wage.

    We've got a few adatable guys like Mulgrew, Wilson, Brown, Ledley & Maloney, funny that their all Brits.

    Punt the deadwood & bring in only: players who will improve the 1st team, or young/cheap prospects - who can be brought into the 1st team setup a bit quicker than now...e.g. Tony Watt & the ex Rangers guy McCleouch?
     
  13. sdickson

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    get rid of foster,maj,odea,loovens,hooived,mcginn,maloney,murphy,stokes,sammy and sign gk,2cbs,wide right mid,attacking mid,2 strikers.
     
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    Well, he is looking for a club right now and several are interested. It really comes up to pay whatever Celtic paid. He is not happy, he came to Scotland because Lennon promised him playing time and stayed on spring because Lennon told him he was going to have more time on the pitch.

    We all understand Celtic is very competitive, you are looking for the championship and everything else. But if for whatever reason you can't guarantee more playing time, then this is not a good deal neither for Celtic nor Juárez.


    On what evidence is he not potentially world class??

    And please cite games where he actually had time to show himself (let's say 3 games in a row with more than 200 minutes).

    Well I think we Mexicans feel the same way, Celtic was a time thief, wasting his time and being unfair to him... he came because you were going to Champions, fail, at least Europe, fail...

    Is that fair to say? No way. So unless you can support what you are saying, please stop thrashing at him.
     
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