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Again you can't judge him on a youtube video. You beed to judge by the way he plays and if it would fit into the team. You could give us a list of players like that but I doubt you've actually ever seen any of them play and the likes of Lassad would have been on that list before we signed him last year. You can't judge a footballer by their scoring record, it can help you make a decision on him after you've seen his all round play.

Celtic aren't just looking for a goalscorer, we are looking for someone similar to Hooper who you can shape a team around.

 

Worth a punt. He started to score more goals last season in a good league and at the age of 24-26 is usually the age that promising strikers starts to deliver.

 

This one freaks the * out of me, if truth be told.

We are missing out on primary tragets, and if serious interest in this guy is actually true, for me it suggests there is an element of desparation creeping in, truth be told.

This guy does not intrigue me by even 1% - no joke.

 

Last person I was like that with was Gary Hooper... here's hoping eh?

 

That is exactly how I feel about this. I think there is a hint of a panic buy in all honesty. Had we won on Tuesday night, I don't think this guy would have even been mentioned. I might be wrong though.

 

I'm not sure about my position on this tbh.

It would appear that John Park has identified Finboggason as being "good, but not £5m+ good".

The lad from Werder Bremen has apparently knocked us back, and the guy from Shalke looks to be unavailable.

Granted I know absolutely * all about this guy (haven't even bothered watching any poxy YouTube vids), but it would appear this guy (with a fantastic name btw :smiley-laughing002 does interest the Celtic chiefs enough to be apparently making a serious bid.

Now, I personally could not care about signing an "expensive" player - I just want the RIGHT one in that will be for the betterment of the team - and I have to trust our main Park on this one.

Like Devlin, I wasn't too enamored at all when Hooper was signed for nearly £2.5m, but look at how that turned out.

We'll just have to wait and see how this evolves

 

this guy isnt a mug with a strike rate like that in serie a, given playing time here he could thrive

 

Haha - really? I was always pretty happy with Gaz - he had outscored Andy * Carroll playing for a * (in comparison) side, so I was very confident with the guy.

He had that uncanny history which showed him to be a striker with an ability to score goals, and bearing in mind our apparent preference for those who look at a net and say "i'd better not hit that" I was always happy with Hooper.

This *? Nope!!:smiley-laughing002:

 

First three, to be fair - and I would class taking in a number 4 whose record is in no way impressive bar a half season period as at least having a hint of panic about it, truth be told.

We know frustration levels are high concerning the way the search for a striker has gone....Lennon has said as much.

It's a question, for me, of whether we spend money for the sake of it, to fill a requirement which undoubtedly exists......but at the same time take the larger risk as a direct result of said player not, seemingly, being in the first 3 preferred options. Yet still having a purchase cost in the millions.

Anyway - suspect (hope) it's conjecture. Won't happen prior to next week, and next week will make or break transfer policy, you can't help but feel. Qualify, and I expect a higher calibre of guy we are reported to be interested in.

Fail to, and this may well be the kind of option that comes to fruition.....and it is one I would have serious concerns with, truth be told.

 

To be fair, our top target was Finnbogason, then Pukki, then Arnautovic. I just don't think we would be after this guy had we won on Tuesday in all honesty. He clearly wasn't somebody we were overly keen about. Otheriwse we would have already tabled a bid and tried to get him.

 

anyone?

 

I have my doubts about this guy even though i havnt seen him play. Usually youtube video's make you look good but they just made him look average!! I dont think he's the type of striker we need, he's fast and has a bit of skill but alot of his finishing on the video just seemed lucky more than anything, dont think he'll score consistantly for us and would end up being played as a winger if he came

 

I'd never seen him play and was on holidy when the original hype came about, when I came back I just couldn't be arsed getting caught up on it. Was like oh well when he signed then I * loved him

 

sounds like another bangura ffs

 

To be fair, you don't know if this guy has been on the list or not. Nobody does. Maybe we were already confident of getting one of our top 3 targets, in fact, you could argue 4. Because we bid for Doyle as well. I would like to know how long this short list is. As I said, we obviously weren't very keen on him.

There is a definite argument to suggest this could well be a panic buy, the fact that we have just been beaten in a massive game, by a poor side. There are a lot of fans questioning why we haven't replaced Hooper, and Tuesday night only added fuel to the fire for most. So a signing to try and calm things down and butter up the fans is a possibility. I'm not saying for definite it is, but it may well be.

 

It's something a bit different, but i disagree with the Daily Record's hype that he took Serie A by storm. Otherwise why is he going to Livorno and not Juventus? How come he only scored in six games?

One thing is for sure, not many players are gonna be able to handle that kind of pace.
He's like Goncalves, nobody wanted him right. But now we get conned into doing a big deal on a guy who's done relatively little in the game.

I'd rather go and take a punt on Harry Kane or someone like that.

But if we sign him, i'll back him - but lets be honest here - he was the 43rd top goalscorer in Italy last season, over half a season though. Double the games and double the tally would make him top 15.

Hmmmmm.... don't really know for sure - he's got that long distance pace, runs with a slightly higher knee than most players, like a 100meter sprinter.

I'm thinking the SPL won't be able to handle him, so fuckit i'm in. But i bet technically he's * at holding the ball up and dribbling because we a'int seeing much of that on the video right, maybe they forgot to splice that * on.

It's just long ball stuff, but that can be a good tactic to have in the locker.

These signings are weird - all of them. £2million+ for potential. Not the route i'd have went down at all, but who's to say it won't work.