Venus will wait for planets to align

Thu, 25 Jun 12:04:57 2009

Celtic assistant manager Mark Venus will forego Champions League football this season in order to get the right players into the club.

The new Hoops' management team of Venus, manager Tony Mowbray and first-team coach Peter Grant are already preparing for their first Champions League qualifier on July 28 or 29, which comes before the Clydesdale Bank Premier League season begins on August 15.

He said: "Obviously we have lost a couple of players and we will be trying to bring players in. Who they are and where they are, I don't know. Personally, and this is me speaking, I don't care how long it takes to bring people into this football club."

Celtic will be without key man Shunsuke Nakamura who is to join Espanyol, and there are doubts over the futures of midfielder Paul Hartley and striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, who are both out of contract.

Skipper Stephen McManus will miss the start of the season as he recovers from a knee injury and midfielder Scott Brown is a doubt with an ankle problem.

However, Venus, speaking to the media at Celtic's Lennoxtown training centre, claimed there will be no panic buying over the next few weeks.

He added: "If we have to miss the Champions League qualifier, the bottom line is, I'd like to think we will manage this football club for a lot of years and I'd like to think the players we are going to bring to this club are going to stay with us for a couple of years.

"So I would not want to panic into bringing in a footballer to do a job on the 27th of July when I might regret bringing him in for the next four years.

"We have to bring in the players who we think are right."

 

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  1. Metz, you seem to pass alot of wind from the wrong end­ m8! ha! (How ya ya doin fella?)

    From Black47, on Thu 25 Jun 11:08PM

  2. Catch him???? he couldn`t pass wind?????

    From METZ, on Thu 25 Jun 4:56PM

  3. U would need to catch him 1st m8

    From stub1, on Thu 25 Jun 4:33PM

  4. #31 Ah,but the difference is Scot Brown has a face you­ couln`t get tired slappin!!!!!!!!!!

    From METZ, on Thu 25 Jun 3:11PM

  5. Metz...Paul G is making everyone laugh the noo...he is­ saying that Kevin Thomson is twice the player Scot­ Brown is...

    From stub1, on Thu 25 Jun 3:02PM

  6. #29 LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! Best laugh I`ve had in a­ while!!!!!!!!!!!

    From METZ, on Thu 25 Jun 2:53PM

  7. Must be lookin for new sexual conquests or fresh meat­ if you like!
    BAAAH BAAAH!

    HAIL HAIL!

    From sherbet_d, on Thu 25 Jun 2:39PM

  8. #27 Ah they mutton molesters get everywhere big­ fella,even got a few of them over here!!!!!!!!!!

    From METZ, on Thu 25 Jun 2:35PM

  9. i wrote an answer to you a while ago metz but on­ flicking back av noticed its no appeared, yahoo must no­ want us to noise up the mutton molesters!
    HAIL HAIL!

    From sherbet_d, on Thu 25 Jun 2:31PM

  10. #24 cheers bud

    From METZ, on Thu 25 Jun 2:29PM

  11. #23 very true, nothing happemin up north apart fae some­ sspca issues and scott severin boltin so we'll just­ have to noise each other up again.
    HAIL HAIL!

    From sherbet_d, on Thu 25 Jun 2:22PM

  12. METZ (12) - If you have a pic you want to put up here,­ click on the SPL link at the top of this page / go down­ towards BOTTOM, MIDDLE, and click on MESSAGEBOARDS..­ Select any topic (as though you are gonna reply), then­ hit the REPLY button on the topic you selected. Under­ it, it should show your CURRENT NAME (rangersmetz), and­ under that it has 2 options - CHANGE IMAGE and CHANGE­ NAME... It's that simple, mate!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Thu 25 Jun 2:22PM

  13. #20 Again Sherbet you speak with wisdom,maybe if we­ ignore them they will go away,or maybe they will go­ back to school,either way they just wee men hidin­ behind keyboards

    From METZ, on Thu 25 Jun 2:16PM

  14. #19 Cheers bud,will need to download fotos from pc to­ laptop 1st

    From METZ, on Thu 25 Jun 2:09PM

  15. #18 Nah,you heard the BIG news frae­ "paradise"?

    From METZ, on Thu 25 Jun 2:08PM

  16. ach ah know but we're havin a laugh,metz ah would­ class you as a buddie and we've had our rumbles,we­ dont feel the need to issue threats and shytte. Its­ just sad thats aw!
    how ye doin spud?
    HAIL HAIL!

    From sherbet_d, on Thu 25 Jun 2:07PM

  17. Metz and others for pictures on posts... You go to­ 'my yahoo' at the top left of this page... Then­ scroll doon on the left on the yahoo quick links and­ click more yahoo services at the bottom. Then You get­ an a to z so go through to you get profiles, you should­ get your own profile... On your profile page just­ upload a picture from your hard drive.

    From NokturnalKelt, on Thu 25 Jun 2:06PM

  18. Awrite metz...heard the big story out of Ipox the day­ yet?

    From Stuart, on Thu 25 Jun 2:05PM

  19. #14 Spud,old bhouy!!!!! hows it hingin? Am with you oan­ that 1,the last few old firm games have been a bit­ turgid to say the least,hopefully we both get a gud run­ in europe next season and the likes of hearts,dundee­ utd and the mutton molesters can give us a run for our­ money

    From METZ, on Thu 25 Jun 2:03PM

  20. #13 they more to be pitied than scolded,as ma old man­ would have said,people who have nothin other than bile­ to spew should be treated like mushrooms( kept in the­ dark & fed bull@#$%,pualgardner please take note)

    From METZ, on Thu 25 Jun 2:00PM
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