FredTilson
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Player Thread: Patrick Roberts
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SWP's back
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Surely him playing well and scoring is making it worthwhile to them. That and their player of the year last year being free from us as well. Cheeky cunts.I think it makes sense to me. You've got to make the deal worthwhile for Celtic, and next season Pep will have a lot of work on his hands with the defence and midfield.
There's only so many new signings and youth players Pep can integrate at a time.
He'll come back only 20 - and I expect there is some sort of break clause as well, but it might cost us.
Doncha just love hindsight
It's not hindsight. I was desperate to see him in the squad before he went to Celtic. His potential was always apparent
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Of courseIt's not hindsight. I was desperate to see him in the squad before he went to Celtic. His potential was always apparent
Surely him playing well and scoring is making it worthwhile to them. That and their player of the year last year being free from us as well. Cheeky cunts.
From their point of view they don't need him to win the league this year and they could be developing one of their own promising young players instead - and they do have a couple in that position. Then after they push through the mistakes and inconsistent performances that ever young player puts in when they first break through, and he becomes a big player for them, he leaves for nothing and they have a massive hole in the team which they can't afford to replace properly.
It's not a great deal for Celtic or Celtic fans, if it were us, people wouldn't be happy, but there seems to be this blindness to it on the part of some on here.
It becomes a good deal for them if he can get them past the CL qualifiers or out of the Europa group stages. Then they at least get some tangible financial reward for having him.
(And even that benefits us as well because it g era him valuable experience)
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Yes. Though I wouldn't say it's blindness. I'd simply say it's an awareness that they currently have a player that is better than what they have at present and a player that they could not afford.From their point of view they don't need him to win the league this year and they could be developing one of their own promising young players instead - and they do have a couple in that position. Then after they push through the mistakes and inconsistent performances that ever young player puts in when they first break through, and he becomes a big player for them, he leaves for nothing and they have a massive hole in the team which they can't afford to replace properly.
It's not a great deal for Celtic or Celtic fans, if it were us, people wouldn't be happy, but there seems to be this blindness to it on the part of some on here.
It becomes a good deal for them if he can get them past the CL qualifiers or out of the Europa group stages. Then they at least get some tangible financial reward for having him.
(And even that benefits us as well because it g era him valuable experience)
lightning Rodri
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Superb goals.
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Good point.From their point of view they don't need him to win the league this year and they could be developing one of their own promising young players instead - and they do have a couple in that position. Then after they push through the mistakes and inconsistent performances that ever young player puts in when they first break through, and he becomes a big player for them, he leaves for nothing and they have a massive hole in the team which they can't afford to replace properly.
It's not a great deal for Celtic or Celtic fans, if it were us, people wouldn't be happy, but there seems to be this blindness to it on the part of some on here.
It becomes a good deal for them if he can get them past the CL qualifiers or out of the Europa group stages. Then they at least get some tangible financial reward for having him.
(And even that benefits us as well because it g era him valuable experience)
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I don't get the moaning now he is doing well! If he was with us he would be behind the likes of kdb silva nasri etc. He might get some game time but is he realistically going to keep players like that out of the Team? He is much better off playing fir Celtic than sitting on our bench! If 18 months means he gets games then that is the price we pay for giving him a great chance to develop! Not ideal but they are investing in him as well knowing that they have him for next season as well!
It's not hindsight. I was desperate to see him in the squad before he went to Celtic. His potential was always apparent
Of course
He was injured for most of the first half of the season.