Neverbefore 10,942 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 38 minutes ago, Payero said: They are spending a whole lot of money to just finish 2nd again, Rangers are way ahead of them. They're 6 points ahead and they still have to play each other 3 times I think it is? City are nearly double that ahead of Chelsea, should Chelsea not spend anything either? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
TeaCider24 12,641 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 36 minutes ago, Payero said: They are spending a whole lot of money to just finish 2nd again, Rangers are way ahead of them. Rangers are only 6 points ahead. That's nothing with the Scottish format. They still have to play each other 3 times, if they invest right then that gap is bridged and they can catch up before the split. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
SimonD 769 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, CambridgeBoro said: If you look carefully you can see the message 'Please schedule for 12PM and add Graeme's byline', don't think that is supposed to be there. lol - classic twitter card / meta data fail Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,982 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, CambridgeBoro said: Not sure if we still are battling for McGree or if this is just recycled news for them to fill a story.... Probably the latter! If you look carefully you can see the message 'Please schedule for 12PM and add Graeme's byline', don't think that is supposed to be there. If it involves Graeme Bailey, he's always about a week behind everyone else, so he's probably only just heard we're interested! Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,283 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, CambridgeBoro said: Not sure if we still are battling for McGree or if this is just recycled news for them to fill a story.... Probably the latter! If you look carefully you can see the message 'Please schedule for 12PM and add Graeme's byline', don't think that is supposed to be there. There's really nowt else in that article beyond what we already knew. Not criticising you there by the way. Criticising that this article is made for Bailey to say the following: 'Sources have also revealed that Middlesbrough have held talks with Charlotte for the 23-year-old' Tell us something we don't know for a change, Graeme. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyL 2,565 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) I wonder if the noise around Djed Spence might tempt one or two Prem clubs to jump in with an offer before the end of this window, never mind the next? Would be interesting. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
CambridgeBoro 118 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, wilsoncgp said: There's really nowt else in that article beyond what we already knew. Not criticising you there by the way. Criticising that this article is made for Bailey to say the following: 'Sources have also revealed that Middlesbrough have held talks with Charlotte for the 23-year-old' Tell us something we don't know for a change, Graeme. Yeah that was my initial thought as well, just something to fill in their 12pm slot! I would imagine he is 99% off to Celtic, they are paying more (by the sounds of it, I am seeing various figures being thrown around) and linking up with someone who knows him better. I think if his ultimate aim is to play in the Prem, he would be better off playing with us because he would either go up with us or play well enough to be noticed. Players get noticed more in this league, teams like Burnley, Southampton, Palace & West Ham all like to dip into the Championship market (Armstrong, Bowen etc.), unless you're world class like Van Dijk, he will probably end up back in the championship like Ryan Christie moving to Bournemouth. Would be interesting to find a stat of how many Championship players get bought to play in the Prem compared to buying from the SPL. Link to post Share on other sites
Blanco 4,917 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, CrazyL said: I wonder if the noise around Djed Spence might tempt one or two Prem clubs to jump in with an offer before the end of this window, never mind the next? Would be interesting. They wouldn’t be able to play him until next season so it’s probably unlikely 4 Link to post Share on other sites
CambridgeBoro 118 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 11 minutes ago, CrazyL said: I wonder if the noise around Djed Spence might tempt one or two Prem clubs to jump in with an offer before the end of this window, never mind the next? Would be interesting. I could be wrong but I think because he has played for us and Forest this season, I don't think he can play for another team this season. He could be bought and loaned back out to either us or Forest, that happens fairly often with January purchases by the Prem from the EFL. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
GrimsbyBoro 1,968 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Hewie said: People seriously underestimate the Japanese league. There players are seriously undervalued as well. Most of the top players only have a 1 year contract. Celtic have done some interesting business especially as a couple of them already have European experience. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
estonpidge 1,449 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 36 minutes ago, wilsoncgp said: Tell us something we don't know for a change, Graeme. He can't until he's read it on here! 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Tarmo Kink Army 1,122 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Apparently we are interested in Jack Simpson from rangers according to the Scottish sun not heard much about him but doesn’t he only have like 30 appearances in 6 years Link to post Share on other sites
CambridgeBoro 118 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Just now, GrimsbyBoro said: There players are seriously undervalued as well. Most of the top players only have a 1 year contract. Celtic have done some interesting business especially as a couple of them already have European experience. Kyogo Furuhashi who they signed in the summer has 16 goals and 5 assists in 26 games, supposedly cost £4.6million so bit of an outlay for Celtic but he's looked good when I have seen him, fairly short guy but incredibly fast, thought he might get bullied by the tough no nonsense Scottish defenders but seems to breeze past them. Huge market for Asian players because of the marketing opportunities, part of the reason Man U signed Shinji Kagawa a few years ago, you're going to sell a lot of shirts and have a lot of buzz from Asia. Helps having a manager who has actually managed in that league, he's going to know if these players are good enough to play for Celtic just from watching them and the performance stats. Furuhashi has done really well but will be interesting to see how the three new players do. Everyone's scouting department has started looking at the Czech league after the success of Soucek and Coufal at West Ham, if these Japanese players continue to perform, I would imagine a similar case will occur with the J1 League. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
boksicdink 1,942 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Bilongo deal done, should be announced by the club sometime this week. 15 Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,320 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 2 hours ago, JonnyMFC said: Was he one of the Lord of the Rings characters? Think he's mixing up 2 characters...Billy-Bob Baggins the redneck hobbit and Geldof the Grey - the wizard. 😉 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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