Gary Hooper Update

[Bhoy From Brum]

He was 26 (maybe 27?) and the highest scorer in SPL history, he followed your quick guide to success by winning medals and playing European football and that got him 6 goals in 27 games for Boro (who also pawned a bunch of dregs from your team). I'm sure I heard of lower Prem sides being interested in him (and with his Rangers scoring record why wouldn't they be?!)

Even the most ardent hun would point to the fact Boyd never performed in europe or against Celtic. He score plenty against the ****e teams but scored twice in europe and possibly only once or twice against us despite playing against us 4 times a year!

He also elected to join a championship side & look what happened!

 

[Sotonist]

You keep believing that. I always have to laugh at no-mark fans of irrelevant English teams bumming up their league.

The fact is; The success in the EPL is down to Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd & Arsenal. The rest are just filler.

Even Tottenham and Man City have nothing to do with it.

The league leaders are uninvolved. OK. Chelsea were presumably nothing to do with it in the Zola days and when Abramovic took over.

 

[Dan]

You've named one player who left the EPL because of money, if I had the time or the inclination I could list hundreds who travelled in the opposite direction solely for money. The EPL is the only league in the world where an average pro can make £50k a week. The UAE tend to have one or two "star" players who receive mad wages, in the EPL mad wages are the norm.

I'm not denying the EPL has far more financial pulling power than almost every other league - the point is ALMOST. Of course it's wrong but football clubs all over the world spend far too much because finance in football is corrupt as ****. That's why Scottish football is skint, why Chelsea have the same debt levels as struggling African countries and owner turnover is absurd all around the place. Point is if someone **** like Aruna Dindane can go "**** this I'm off to Qatar" then far fewer players would enter the EPL.

 

[Go G YellowScreen]

Does anybody really join a SPL club from abroad to win the SPL or the Scottish cup? Ambition!

What's wrong with that? Would you rather they joined the likes of Bolton, Sunderland or Wigan and looked back on their careers and remember all the trophies they never won?

When Hooper is an old man he'll (hopefully) be able to tell his grandchildren about all the trophies and medals he won playing for Celtic. What stories would he tell his grandchildren about his time at Southampton? How his winning goal against Aston Villa staved off relegation for another year?

 

[Null]

At this moment in time, Celtic FC would comfortably beat Southampton FC.

I'd say, 2-0!

Lets push for a friendly during the summer!

 

[Piebacca]

The last real top quality player they had in the SPl was Larsson.

 

[Go G YellowScreen]

Make all the slants about his play you will - he outscored every other SPL player for years. Sure he was lazy, greedy and nothing more than a glorified poacher but he certainly did win medals and play European football, and his game suffered because he was too familiar with playing against the St Mirren defence where they'd happily give him six feet of space in the box. If he'd have grown up playing in a different league it may well have been different. On the other hand he may have just been **** all along, who knows.

He's the top scorer only because he played in the SPL for TEN years.

Give Hooper ten years in the SPL and he'll easily outscore Boyd

 

[Beef]

Celtic - Middling Club
Saints - Big Diddy Club
Celtic - Diddy Team
Saints - Gert Big Would Gub Celtic Right Now Team


ps Also to all those do gooders (****wit in one case) who do not like the chain yanking banter with our Scottish cousins, this is a football forum, I suggest you go and sign up to the Salvation Army forum or find another thread to be 'nice' on.

Hardly any of this ****e on here can be called banter .
It's just a few ****s that think they are funny, when clearly they aren't.

 

[Dan]

What's wrong with that? Would you rather they joined the likes of Bolton, Sunderland or Wigan and looked back on their careers and remember all the trophies they never won?

When Hooper is an old man he'll (hopefully) be able to tell his grandsons about all the trophies and medals he won playing for Celtic. What stories would he tell his grandchildren about his time at Southampton? How his winning goal against Aston Villa staved off relegation for another year?

Joe Ledley ambition: "**** I'm a good Championship player who would probably be quite good in the Prem, I'm young and improving... **** it, I'll go win trophies now in Scotland"
Antonio Valencia/Gary Cahill/Ashley Young/etc ambition: "**** I'm a good Premiership player. Could cash in and move abroad for megabucks, no point playing for Wigan/Bolton/Villa where I'm never gonna win anything... wait, this is a league where I can show what I can do, I'm gonna keep working really hard to improve my game and make it to a big team"

 

[Dan]

He's the top scorer only because he played in the SPL for TEN years.

Give Hooper ten years in the SPL and he'll easily outscore Boyd

Why would Hooper do that? If he doesn't join us this window (I highly doubt he will) then it won't be long until he does bugger off to the EPL.

 

[Sotonist]

What's wrong with that? Would you rather they joined the likes of Bolton, Sunderland or Wigan and looked back on their careers and remember all the trophies they never won?

When Hooper is an old man he'll (hopefully) be able to tell his grandsons about all the trophies and medals he won playing for Celtic. What stories would he tell his grandchildren about his time at Southampton? How his winning goal against Aston Villa staved off relegation for another year?

So you're saying it's best to compete at the lowest level at which you are the best.

Celtic are the special olympics.

 

[Bhoy From Brum]

He's the top scorer only because he played in the SPL for TEN years.

Give Hooper ten years in the SPL and he'll easily outscore Boyd

Doubt it, that **** Boyd seemed to score a ****ing penalty every week............remember once being surprised Rangers hadn't had a pen during one game, realised Boyd was on the becnh & they got a pen about 2 mins after him coming on

Not claiming bias or anything huns were already about 3/4 up in this game just a memory I have

 

[Bib Fortuna's Maw]

Jesus, you try not to be snidey and....


Scottish folk on here.


Name a Southampton player who isn't Hooiveld or Danny "six game" Fox Is he still there?

 

[Null]

Joe Ledley ambition: "**** I'm a good Championship player who would probably be quite good in the Prem, I'm young and improving... **** it, I'll go win trophies now in Scotland"
Antonio Valencia/Gary Cahill/Ashley Young/etc ambition: "**** I'm a good Premiership player. Could cash in and move abroad for megabucks, no point playing for Wigan/Bolton/Villa where I'm never gonna win anything... wait, this is a league where I can show what I can do, I'm gonna keep working really hard to improve my game and make it to a big team"

Leldey could have eneded up at Stoke!

Next year, he may have Champions League football (SPL winners this season have automatic entry) to play in!

Know what I'd rather have!

 

[Bib Fortuna's Maw]

Joe Ledley ambition: "**** I'm a good Championship player who would probably be quite good in the Prem, I'm young and improving... **** it, I'll go win trophies now in Scotland"
Antonio Valencia/Gary Cahill/Ashley Young/etc ambition: "**** I'm a good Premiership player. Could cash in and move abroad for megabucks, no point playing for Wigan/Bolton/Villa where I'm never gonna win anything... wait, this is a league where I can show what I can do, I'm gonna keep working really hard to improve my game and make it to a big team"

Again - they didn't move for money?

What league do you get more money in than the English?

 

[Dan]

Jesus, you try not to be snidey and....


Scottish folk on here.


Name a Southampton player who isn't Hooiveld or Danny "six game" Fox Is he still there?

Good thing you never had any Southampton rejects like Scott "two sub appearances where he was **** so flog him off at the first possible opportunity" McDonald

 

[sa1nts]

Hardly any of this ****e on here can be called banter .
It's just a few ****s that think they are funny, when clearly they aren't.

Lead on then Beef. You obviously know all about this sort of thing.

 

[Null]

Jesus, you try not to be snidey and....


Scottish folk on here.


Name a Southampton player who isn't Hooiveld or Danny "six game" Fox Is he still there?

Without googling ... A guy called Lambert and that's about it.

Name the last famous Southampton player I've heard of... Le Tissier!

Probabably the same for the Southampton fans tho (re Celtic) - they probabaly only know Hooper (and Larsson)!

 

[Bib Fortuna's Maw]

Good thing you never had any Southampton rejects like Scott "two sub appearances where he was **** so flog him off at the first possible opportunity" McDonald

That's Scott "scored a winner against AC Milan before I got too fat and ****ed off back to get paid in England" McDonald to you.

 

[Sotonist]

Again - they didn't move for money?

What league do you get more money in than the English?

If uefa (or is it fifa?) have their way, cut down the english league to 16 teams and give half of them european football, I think your advantage int he transfer market could disappear.