Enda, James and Alan look back on the Scottish Cup final, whether Celtic should make Adam Idah a permanent signing and what the rebuild might look like over summer.
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The £ the bank in my opinion will make it harder to bring in new players, clubs will demand more £ for their players, with the knowledge Celtic are cash rich by Scottish standards
Most supporters don’t think anything about the 70% , there’s still far too many believing the press headlines on players that will never come to Scotland
Safe travels
Analytics does not take into consideration a player's mentality. Idah stepped up from February and delivered under great pressure. Fir Park and Easter Road were best examples of that. Oh was being brought on and was largely ineffectual (with the odd exception). They may have similar attributes and statistical figures. But I know who I would want in the heat of the battle…
A two handed push on the back of a goalkeeper is soft? Really? 🤣🤣 geeiz peace fs
Bernardo is 22 not 23… he's a year younger than Matt O'Riley who was nothing too special when he was 22
Idah is better than oh,better in the air ,stronger more powerful, oh doest score that goal at ibrox
All the best Enda. Thanks for the great shows. 🍀
I think you’ll eat your words reguarding Ida james
Best wishes in Australia, Enda.
Good luck Enda
Cheers bhoys
Celtic didn't actually achieve much this year. They won exactly what they were expected to win, so was it really a good year?
Bernardo is a good reliable back up player ie cant have too many similar players in my view ☘️ 🇵🇹
Thanks for this episode guys, I feel slightly more sane having listened to this as we broadly appear to be in agreeance about what has gone before, where we sit now and what needs to be undertaken moving forwards. One comment by Alan I found particularly interesting , and that was the comparable salary expenditure of Atalanta and Celtic which perhaps goes to show what is possible within the bracket that Celtic operate . For myself, what others perceive as the Holy Grail that being the CL is a real double edged sword. Sure, we all want to sit at the top table and rub shoulders with Europe's elite teams and benefit from the financial rewards, but it's a competition that is so often the cause of multiple disappointments given the gulf in the on pitch ability. We're all familiar with the adage that 'you need to walk before you able to run, and for this reason I'd be happy in the future to see the winners of the SPL go straight into the Europa League until such time that Scottish clubs or a club become much stronger. So, here's hoping that we all come back after the summer much stronger. Best
Wtf was the clicking sound throughout the podcast? Drove me insane
Something that is unknown (and unquantifiable) is how a new player will settle in at a new club/new city/new country. Some players take to it like a duck to water and some cannot settle.
There's no real way of knowing in advance who will/won't settle. We've had players come in from Japan and hit the ground running but also had Calvin Wilson who was famously "Homesick" for Nottingham!!
So taking this into account, does this tip the scales in favour of Idah & Bernardo? We already know they like it here. So how much should we factor that into the equation?
Maybe we can do better than Idah…. but what if the guy who is "better" doesn't settle in Glasgow or his family don't settle….
Given the sheer number of positions that we need to strengthen, then I think the "We know what we're getting" factor with Idah/Bernardo tips the balance.
We're probably going to have to bring in 6-10 players this summer. If Idah/Bernardo are included in that, then it's at least two in the plus column in terms of decent signings
My tuppence worth: there is no equivalent to this posdcast. Nothing like it. James and Alan should definitely continue this channel, along with a new recruit to replace Enda. I really hope this will be the case. HH to all 3 of you.
All the best Enda
Would love for the two lads to do a podcast discussing players in the league that we should be looking at. The likes of Watson and Miller look the exact types we should be aiming for especially to fill European quotas.
Not only have we been poor at holding onto our youths we’ve been really at picking off the best of the rest
Sorry to hear that you're going, but are you also having auditions for a 3rd 🤔😅
Good luck Enda, you will be missed
Enda, genuinely saddened to hear you're not going to be involved in the podcast anymore. Thanks for all the hours of great content and entertainment over the last few seasons. Happy to hear that the show must go on as they say in the business! But you will be missed and very best of luck for the future, and with the move to Australia.
End of an era. Farewell Enda and good luck.
Sorry to see you go, Enda. A big loss to the show and to Irish sports media – heart-on-sleeve Celts are very rare in an environment saturated with EPL coverage so hopefully you’re back some day on our screens or airwaves. Glad Statler and Waldorf will keep the podcast going 😜🍀
It's by far the best Celtic podcast out there. The content is excellent as always. Informed, data-driven, passionate and humorous. Alan's research on the Rangers penalty phenomenon is worthy of a journalist award! I hope James and Alan keep the show on the road or else there will be a Celtic-shaped hole in my podcast schedule! Best of luck with your travels to Oz Enda!
Thank you from Alberta good luck in Australia
Get that creaky chair binned Alan ffs
The Huddle Breakdown with no Coll at the helm is not the Huddle Breakdown. Gimme a call…
All the best Enda, and thanks for my new favourite cheerio phrase, "Good luck!
Sad to hear you are leaving, but obviously you have seen the light & heading to Oz. Along with Hamish, let the exodus continue lol That’s for another year of bringing some balance & reason into our Celtic world 👍🦘🦘
Europe and the league are different- Rangers did well in Europe and were poor in the league. Play style more important indicator of success.
On the ownership needing to be ruthless point – look at Steve Cohen and the Mets in the US – ruthless decision maker, second biggest budget in baseball, horrible team