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3 hours ago, weeyin said:

I don't have any problems with the Danzaki signing. It was a creative idea that didn't work out, but in our position we need to try a few new ideas from time to time. He was playing the A-League before we signed him and has made quite a few appearances in the A-League after he was punted. So not a complete no-hoper like a few others mentioned above.

Yeah, I think it was more a case of him not really settling in the area, which is fair enough. He's shown that there's a player there though, doing reasonably well in Australia again since leaving us.

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Hard to say how really bad Danzaki was or wasnt. 

He came in when the club was an absolute carcrash and the manager who signed him got emptied within weeks if not days.

Clearly SK didnt fit into SKs style of football.

The good thing was that we managed to move him on quickly so he didnt end up stinking up the dressing room.

Its something Kettlewell has been pretty good at.

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10 minutes ago, Busta Nut said:

Casper Sloth

That was a very strange signing, according to his wiki page he's had 4 clubs including us since 2020 and registered a total of 7 appearances, plus I think he had 1 as a sub for us in the league cup, so 8 in 4 years.

The stats say he has only scored 11 goals in his entire club and international career since 2009, would love to know who recommended him as a good signing.

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2 hours ago, Spiderpig said:

The stats say he has only scored 11 goals in his entire club and international career since 2009, would love to know who recommended him as a good signing.

On paper his pedigree before he joined us was perfectly decent, with Leeds United paying decent money for his services, and representing his country at every level from U-17 to full international (including one in which he clogged Steven Gerrard at Wembley). I don't remember anyone ever touting him as a goalscorer, though.

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19 hours ago, StAndrew7 said:

Fair.

Who was the random midfielder we signed a few years ago under Alexander for 6 months who was announced and then disappeared into the ether?

Someone else mentioned Mich'el Parker, but we had signed a ton of players in recent times who hardly ever kicked a ball. Sam Foley was another midfielder who arrived from St Mirren but was injured almost instantly. Those covid years have almost been wiped from my memory.

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Parker definitely had pedigree coming through Liverpool and West Ham, and being on the books at Arsenal.

Just goes to show, in case we needed more examples, that early promise doesn't always lead to success.

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1 hour ago, weeyin said:

Parker definitely had pedigree coming through Liverpool and West Ham, and being on the books at Arsenal.

Just goes to show, in case we needed more examples, that early promise doesn't always lead to success.

And on the flip side, Nathan McGinley is evidence you can have a ok career whilst being absolutely shite

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57 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:

If he treats them with the same respect he showed to us they'll regret it. 

I have no idea how he'll fare in the Premiership, but he has few sackings and a relegation to his name like many other managers, so is in good company. 

 

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1 hour ago, Kmcalpin said:

If he treats them with the same respect he showed to us they'll regret it. 

I thought that our board turned him down twice - is that not the case?  Pretty sure he was interviewed for the role that Hammell got. 

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11 minutes ago, wellgirl said:

I thought that our board turned him down twice - is that not the case?  Pretty sure he was interviewed for the role that Hammell got. 

Never quite sure who turns down who in these cases. It often seems that candidates come in with big ideas needing big budgets that automatically rules them out.

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3 minutes ago, weeyin said:

Never quite sure who turns down who in these cases. It often seems that candidates come in with big ideas needing big budgets that automatically rules them out.

Possibly - but given the fact he applied twice maybe not. I would have liked to see him at Fir Park 

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16 minutes ago, weeyin said:

Never quite sure who turns down who in these cases. It often seems that candidates come in with big ideas needing big budgets that automatically rules them out.

There was definitely chat about us not wanting to pay compensation for him when we appointed Hammell.

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51 minutes ago, wellgirl said:

I thought that our board turned him down twice - is that not the case?  Pretty sure he was interviewed for the role that Hammell got. 

Sorry, I was referring to the way he left us. It left a bad taste in the mouth. I really liked him as a player and the club was desperate to retain him. He was all over the press saying he wanted to stay and was keen to speak to the club about it. Nothing happened and he signed for Derby. Nothing wrong with that of course. The fans gave the club pelters for not doing enough. The reality was somewhat different. The club repeatedly tried to contact him and his agent but they refused to reply and blanked us. 

All they had to say openly was that he wanted to move on. 

I don"t know if this was a factor in the club rejecting him as a managerial candidate. 

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Remember when we were a bit disappointed at losing 1 - 0 to Borussia Dortmund away, and ultimately seeing Paul Lambert join them on a Bosman?

At least Celtic won't have to worry about any German interest in their players.

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26 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:

Sorry, I was referring to the way he left us. It left a bad taste in the mouth. I really liked him as a player and the club was desperate to retain him. He was all over the press saying he wanted to stay and was keen to speak to the club about it. Nothing happened and he signed for Derby. Nothing wrong with that of course. The fans gave the club pelters for not doing enough. The reality was somewhat different. The club repeatedly tried to contact him and his agent but they refused to reply and blanked us. 

All they had to say openly was that he wanted to move on. 

I don"t know if this was a factor in the club rejecting him as a managerial candidate. 

Ah ok. I liked him too and I would have been happy to see him as our manager 

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17 minutes ago, weeyin said:

Remember when we were a bit disappointed at losing 1 - 0 to Borussia Dortmund away, and ultimately seeing Paul Lambert join them on a Bosman?

At least Celtic won't have to worry about any German interest in their players.

I actually just said to my mum about ten minutes ago at least we didn't get battered 7-1 by dortmund 

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