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Not, of course to be confused with Kjartan Finnbogasson, who was with Celtic a few years ago. At the time, he was expected to break through, and a first team shirt was printed, at considerable expense, \u00a0with his name on it. With money tight at Celtic, and no-one else available called Vennegoor of Hesselink, Alfred Finnbogasson is a natural choice.<\/p>\n
Although this lad can play a bit.<\/p>\n
Heres a wee fact you might not know. Last month he played for Iceland against Slovenia, and the Icelandic manager is a Mr. Lars Lagerbeck, who is not unknown to one or two at Celtic…<\/p>\n
A glance at these stats show that the boy is certainly worth a look, capable of scoring with both feet and his head, and in a total of 152 games at all levels, he has scored 84 times..which explains rumours linking him with Werder \u00a0Bremen, Hamburg and Milan.<\/p>\n
finnbogasson stats<\/a><\/p>\n ( Note, those links may or may not work. If they don’t, look them up yourself. I had to. )<\/p>\n The only doubt I have is the idea of signing a Scandanavian from the Dutch league. That hardly ever works out . But, of all the names flying about-or not flying about-Finnbogasson looks like a Celtic player..<\/p>\n Allow me to explain.<\/p>\n Growing up in the West coast of Scotland, when players were tipped to sign for Celtic, my old man would simply glance at a mugshot and declare that he looked like a Celt-clean cut, smiling, etc. If there was the hint of \u00a0er, more simian features , perhaps with even what phrenologists would call base criminal instincts, then the player was a stick on for the now defunct Rangers.<\/p>\n For example, heres Finnbogasson<\/p>\n and heres a couple linked with First Rangers in the past<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lennon specifically mentioned that he is trying to push the buttons on a couple of strikers, which may be perfectly acceptable in more liberal minded parts of the Netherlands, but might raise a few eyebrows elsewhere.<\/p>\n The boss \u00a0also spoke of gary hooper, who is now away from Celtic and has lost his capital letters entitlement.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sorry to see Gary go but he wants to play in the Premier League and he\u2019s got that wish.<\/p>\n His ambition is to break into the England squad and he has an opportunity to play in the Premier League and maybe be more in touch with the England manager now.<\/p>\n I wish him well \u2013 he\u2019s the best striker we\u2019ve had here since Henrik.<\/p>\n He\u2019s done everything I asked of him. He scored a load of goals, won trophies, made us better and there\u2019s been a huge resale value in him.<\/p>\n Part of me wants to strangle him but you don\u2019t want to stop the progress of individuals.<\/p>\n He brought real quality, a bulk of goals that separated him from the rest. He was Now we need to try to get replacements. We\u2019re definitely going to try to bring one or two strikers in and we\u2019re working away at that although it\u2019s easier said than done. ”<\/p>\n Its hard to argue with that. good luck , gary, and thanks for the memories.<\/p>\n You’re still not getting a capital letter though.<\/p>\n With all the fuss and interest on the transfer market, its maybe slipped the mind that Celtic have another pre season friendly today. As far as big names in football go, they don’t come any bigger than Borussia Moenchengladbach ( Ralph, check out the difference between “bigger ” and “longer ” -it might also help your marriage -ed )<\/p>\n The Germans come to town, ably guided by the groundstaff leaving the floodlights on, and they will be a good rehearsal for the Champions League game against the much easier to type Elfsborg.<\/p>\n Borussia sport quite possibly the dullest and most unimaginative badge in football history since the demise of \u00a0First Rangers;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n but how about this for a set of strips..?<\/p>\n Borussia have a Brazilian defender called Raffael, but its not that one, much to the disappointment of new signing Amido Balde, who for a fleeting moment envisaged \u00a0breaking all club scoring records in his first home start for the club.<\/p>\n A list of their previous managers is quite impressive, and includes Jupp Heynckes, Christian Ziege, and Dick Advocaat ( his name, not an opinion ) and a \u00a0former players rollcall is like the proverbial who’s who of European football.<\/p>\n Berti Vogts, Gunter Netzer, Rainer Bonhof and Lothar Mattheus are just a few, but as they are no longer in the squad, Celtic do have a chance today.<\/p>\n Lennon should give game time to Joe Ledley and Charlie Mulgrew against others, but will secretly be hoping that no-one gets injured and Peter Lawwell will prove that its not only mums who go to Iceland for bargains. (Yes, I know he’s in the Netherlands, but Mums go to Holland doesn’t have the impact as a one liner. Especially as its dads who go to Holland. )<\/p>\n The Green Brigade have released a statement concerning the allegations that they are not behaving at the football. Over long and somewhat petulant in tone, all it does it add to the growing feeling amongst the support that they are looking for some sort of preferential treatment.<\/p>\n Of course, their banners and tifo displays are great, their singing is a bonus, but they need to remember that if you take even a great big bucket of water out of the ocean, it will hardly be noticed…<\/p>\n As far as I’m concerned, having been to the odd game or two in my time, the golden rule -and one that became a sort of unofficial motto for our own CSC- is that people look forward to the game all week. Don’t spoil it for them .<\/p>\n Hopefully common sense will prevail, and Celtic folk can stop sniping at each other.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anyone who follows Charlotte Fakeover on twitter will have noticed talk of a police investigation as Jack Irvine finds out what its like when other people talk about you publicly, in much the same way as he and his mediahouse agency have been doing about anyone who slights the First and Second Rangers clubs, \u00a0with apparently even a police investigation underway as to the “legality” of these leaks, in what is plainly an attempt to frighten the bold Charlotte away.<\/p>\n Are we finally reaching a stand off ? Charlotte is sure of his\/her sources, and Irvine cannot use the scare tactics anymore- the police involvement, or threat of it, is looking more and more like the last throw of the dice.<\/p>\n Which should cheer us all greatly. as long as the appropriate authorities use such information to deal with any irregularities or inappropriate behaviour. ( Put the bastards in the dock and make sure the judge has his black cap ready )<\/p>\n Yesterday picture showed Tommy Callaghan, a favourite amongst the support in the seventies.<\/p>\n Today, who won the Peter Shilton lookalike competition in the same decade?<\/p>\n![\"alfie](\"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/alfie-Finn.jpg\")
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