30 Jan 2014 11:03:15
Celtic planning a double raid of Norwich, Snodgrass and Hoolahan.

1.) 30 Jan 2014
Nonsense, they won't be going for Tomlin either - Snodgrass/Hoolihan/Tomlin, if you gave every one the choice I'm sure they would choose to play the free role(no 10) Snodgrass or Hoolihan maybe, I wouldn't touch Tomlin-he has ability, but not the right application. We need guys who are prepared to dedicate themselves, - like the young German players coming through (Kroos/Schwensteiger/Ozil/Kroos/Gundogan/Draxler) these guys are all worth 30-40 million, why can Celtic not produce young players like that, the coaching and dedication is cringe worthy that's why. Even waiting until the last day of the window, where is the foresight, we should have had a top striker lined up for Hooper leaving. The latest belter I heard was that they are not bothering with buying another defender at present because the defense is doing well-this is the exact time to buy someone, there will be less pressure on them, and you obviously need quality cover anyway-well if you act like a big club you do. Paul

2.) 30 Jan 2014
To the above post your plain and simple an idiot! Our youth academy is one of the best in the world along with our youth teams! Calvin miller has been chosen as the best player in the world for his age group, an award Newmarket previously won! We will never sell players for 40m because of our league! And our coaching set up is excellent developing talents like wanyama from potential to excellence! Grass roots in Scotland has been behind most of the other country's and we are slowly but surely catching up considering we are about 10 years behind the major players!

3.) 30 Jan 2014
Spot on sos bhoy, saved me a lot of typing . Clueless or a zombie . Fab1

4.) 30 Jan 2014
Schweinstieger, young?

5.) 30 Jan 2014
Wanyama was a product of beerschcot ac academy mate

6.) 30 Jan 2014
An idiot, clueless or a zombie-because you are looking for a better standard, or looking for the club to be the best they can. Both of you obviously don't have a clue, Calvin Miller has just turned 16, I like Liam henderson, but apart from that we are bringing through too many average players. Our youth academy is far from one of the best in the world, sure we win all the youth trophies, but it shows how draconian(with the exception of D utd/maybe Hibs/Aberdeen) some of the youth academies are. I've been going to Celtic games for over 30 years so if you are going to come on slating people say something interesting, or at least factual! If The German teams can do it, if your Porto's/Ajax's/PSV's etc etc can do it, why can we not do it-it has nothing to do with the league, it's to do with ability, and that usually comes with structure/coaching/dedication. Sort it out the pair of you! Paul

7.) 30 Jan 2014
Fair point about Schweinstieger, I was thinking he was a bit younger, the point I was making was that the German teams are bringing players through their academy that are on a whole different level from we seem to be able to do, and it's not just Bayern/Dortmund, Ozil came through the Bremen academy, Draxler-Schalke. And Germany was just an example, look at what Belgium are producing, as a lad has just mentioned Wanyama came through an Academy in Belgium. Ajax have sold 3 world class players in the last couple of years-Eriksson/anderweirald/vertonghen, if they can do it, and they have been doing it for 30 years, why can Celtic not do it. If your sos bhoy and other guy can't understand this then it's their problem. Paul

8.) 30 Jan 2014
The facts are simple- unbeaten in the league, 10 consecutive clean sheets, last 16 and the CL, the. Qualify for Cl again! We bought 2 strikers to replace hooper and both are starting to settle in nicely!yes we all wanted a marquee CF but maybe the bhoys we've got will work!Maybe we need a CB but we have 2 good youth product who can step in if needed! German life and family philosophy is a lot different to ours! Much more efficiently minded and disciplined! With the culture differences in our country's their children are more focused in that environment! Their facility's are a lot better than ours at grass roots levels

SOS BHOY

9.) 30 Jan 2014
That old chestnut about the Germans, well sos bhoy/fabi, what about the Spanish the French, the Belgian players, why is it they bring through players at 20/30/40 million and we bring through guys that are lost to the game at 25 years old. If you are going to talk nonsense about different foreign attitudes/mentalities, why can Celtic not bring through a Paul Scholes/Ryan Giggs/Ross Barclay - a real top top player, we managed it 30-50 years ago with your Jinky's/Murdoch's/McGrains/Dalgleish etc. If you're happy getting humbled 6-1 by Barca, or generally struggling big time in the group stages, when we have money to spend on players then that's your call, one thing is for sure, Peter Lawwell will love you guys. I am always looking for more because the potential is there. Paul

10.) 30 Jan 2014
I already told u why they're all ahead of us FFs! These countries done complete overhaul of there games long before we did!
We appointed mark watte as the performance director not that long ago so at least the sfa have put the building blocks in place and yes more could be done! But they've had a massive head start compared to our country!

11.) 30 Jan 2014
You don't have a clue what you're talking about, what's Mark Wotte got to do with Celtic? What has what Scotland do got anything to do with what Celtic do? You said Celtic have one of the best youth depts/teams in the world, then you go and contradict yourself and say we are behind everyone else because we started later than them. Southampton have a better youth setup than us, they have brought through Bale/Oxlade Chamberlain/Lallana, and the lad Chelsea and M utd are offering 25 million for(Luke Shaw) so as I said if you are going to come on and shout your mouth off get it right! Paul

12.) 31 Jan 2014
@paul I understand what you are saying, but also SOS bhoy! Yes we should be bringing through the best Scottish players and be able to command a good profit! But players heads get turned! The Celtic coaching system is only as good as the money the will accept for our young talent before they are the finished article! Agree with SOS on the grounds that the Dutch and French have conveyor belts of young talent and have done so for many years while Celtic have tried to match the Murray bank roll across town!now there is no money in Scottish football, it's a must to bring through youth! Celtic are moving in the rite direction, but the minute scouts latch on to promising talent, agents move in and move them on to huge clubs where they fall by the wayside after a season or 2 . The young bhoy Chelsea hand picked for us? Liam miller, half a season then Man U turned his head with huge wages that they don't miss and we cannot match! Where is he now? So in a Sense both of you have valid points.