Yngwie

Re Buckett's praise of Hastings. I agree he played very well, but I'm wondering why he was away from his usual position for the Celtic goal? The ball was played to Miller when he was in Hastings usual territory, but Hastings seemed to be about 30 yards up the pitch, leaving Dods (I think) to go wide to the attacker and allow space in the middle. I just can't remember the build up prior to that, did an ICT attack break down and allow Celtic a quick break?

Well done to Charlie and the team for a much improved second half, and very successful substitutions. :003: :clapping04:

I can't remember seeing us outplayed like this. Defence are just about coping, but the midfield is totally overrun and as a result the forwards aren't getting a sniff of the ball. Surely we need Russell Duncan for this kind of game? The only positive is that Rankin had a couple of decent long range efforts near the end of the half, but otherwise it's been the easiest 45 Celtic will get this season.

Apparently Jim Delahunt has just signed for Setanta! What are they gonne do, bring back Julyan?

Dods' agent has apparently told Radio Scotland that he plans to sit down with the ICT board on Monday to resolve the impasse.

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Nah, with 1 win in 18 he'd be called Arabworst.

Sensible idea, although i can't help thinking Charlie will give Bayne a start with Dargo, to "unsettle" the opponents.

Reminds me of Bingham saying he wanted to leave to be closer to his family...then going to the other end of Scotland for the biggest pay packet of his career.

I would imagine that Ritchie's agent has been in touch with just about every pro team in the land.

Think he's just gone to Montrose.

I agree with CaleyD, I don't think we'll see him again. The danger for Foxy is that he might go down to Division 3 and be found to be no better than the part timers there.

I presume you are talking about the overpaid dud ex Dundee Utd defender, as a replacement for Dods, as opposed to the almost legendary ex-ICT striker?

He tends to be in the T&T squad but doesn't play many games. And no, St Johnstone would not let him go as they are targeting promotion. Next suggestion?!

Who were the last team to put 5 goals past Gretna? :004: Although I can't imagine that our goals were anywhere near the calibre of Derry's.

I don't think we need to worry about agents going hungry. They can make enough on a few decent deals to keep them in a good lifestyle for a very long time. I'm sure there are people here who know more about it than I do, but from what I have heard the most common way they earn money is by getting around 10% of the player's earnings and transfer fee. For example, if a player goes from ICT to Dundee Utd for a £50,000 transfer fee, on a 3 year contract of £60,000 per annum, the agent would get 10% of the total value of the deal (£230,000) giving him £23,000. Don't know how much of it would get paid upfront though, and how much spread over the 3 years.

I reckon that with just a wee bit of retraining, Bayne could be turned into a central defender and fill the vacancy that may be arising there!

He's still giving 100%, and did you see how he celebrated our goals more than anyone else. It's just that the Machine got a bit rusty over the summer and one or two of the cogs have been sticking.

Parrat's been booked on his Hamilton debut, they are currently losing to Queens Park.

I suppose Caff is the cover, but it's not his position.

".....we will not be doing transfer business with Dundee United in relation to players who are important to our manager's plans. End of story." It would be very different if he had just said "we will not be doing transfer business with Dundee United. End of story." I suspect Sutherland chose his words carefully.

But that's not what he said!

We've just got so many midfielders at the moment. Wilson Black Rankin Duncan McBain Keogh Hart Morgan + youngsters There's probably only space for 7 of them on the team sheet. Wouldn't be surprised if one of them moves on this month in search of regular first team football.

Hearts were much better than Celtic. And what a disaster for Lennon :015:

Yes but what I meant was the journalist maybe had a snippet of info, but wrongly put it all together into a story. Often happens.