Celtic Didn't Want Or Need To Sell Hooper

And he never looked as if he wanted to leave either!

We made it hard enough for West Ham to sign Holt in the Summer. Like Celtic, we didn't want to sell him and didn't need to-unlike Celtic and Hooper however, Holt had asked for a transfer.

West Ham put the bids in, we kept rejecting them-and were credited for playing hardball.

Celtic did the same except their player didn't want to leave and hadn't asked for a transfer.

So what part of a) Celtic didn't want to sell him, b) Celtic didn't need to sell him and c) Hooper hadn't asked to leave do people not understand?

They probably enjoyed the game of putting us repeately in our place mind. To lambast the club for not signing him is wrong-we were never made to think we had a chance of signing him in the first place and they never would have let us buy him anyway. Yes, they might have taken silly money-but its called silly money for a reason and its not because they take it.

Posted By: Martin Peters on February 1st 2013 at 10:34:25

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Even my 12-year-old son was satisfied at our business yesterday (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 10:08:01
- was just going to post similar - BLUBBERS (NCFC) - Charles21, Feb 1, 10:21:15
  - Hughton had a reasonable target, and our board didn't deliver (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 10:24:05
    - Celtic Didn't Want Or Need To Sell Hooper (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Feb 1, 10:34:25
      - We didn't offer the ?8m they 'at least' wanted. That's the part I don't understand (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 10:44:25
      - This ^^ In Abundance (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Feb 1, 10:42:33
        
        good Northern word chaz, more please (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 10:45:38
        
        which makes the board a bit muggy in pursuing and sending the wrathplane (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 10:44:05
        
        fuck the plane (NCFC) - Charles21, Feb 1, 10:46:24
        
        fact is it was a waste of fuel (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 10:49:13
        
        What's this about a plane? (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 1, 10:46:06
        
        we had a plane at glasgow (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 10:47:43
        
        Haha. Brilliant (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 1, 10:56:35
        
        the charter company is based in norwich so must happen a bit (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 11:02:16
        
        Yes (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 1, 11:10:31
      - i think hoot thought there was a chance (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 10:37:48
      - good post (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 1, 10:37:42
      - To be fair, there must have been a fair possibility of it (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 10:37:32
        
        Celtic Didn't Ask Us To Send A Plane Though! (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Feb 1, 10:40:57
        
        Maybe. Who knows? (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 10:42:09
    - But we honestly don't know why (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 10:26:40
    - see below (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Feb 1, 10:25:02
  - what happened was (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 10:24:02
    - we signed those (NCFC) - Charles21, Feb 1, 10:26:35
- some of you happy clappers need to wake up and smell the coffee (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Feb 1, 10:15:52
  - What happens when you smell coffee? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 10:17:19
- Hardly, Hughton wanted a one player, and focussed on it (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 10:13:14
  - because of various reasons (NCFC) - Charles21, Feb 1, 10:24:43
    - This isn't me questioning the expertise of the military during a hostage crisis though (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 10:42:57
      - so your negotiating strategy would have been to just hand Celtic a blank cheque? (NCFC) - CWC, Feb 1, 10:54:25
        
        They had a figure that they would move on. It's been in the media all window that (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 10:58:07
        
        Rubbish. (NCFC) - NJ_Canary, Feb 1, 13:01:12
- I think you are getting a bit wound up for no real reason (NCFC) - earlydoors, Feb 1, 10:11:34
  - Not wound up at all (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 10:19:04
    - let down by the strategy (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 10:21:43
      - Well, I don't know what the strategy was (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 10:24:14
    - The inflated price comes with charging ?50 a game and taking inflated revenue (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 10:21:23
    - win tomorrow and all is well. lose the next couple and then this place will be poisonous (n/m) (NCFC) - earlydoors, Feb 1, 10:20:33
      - what time are we meeting at the swimming pool (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Feb 1, 10:23:37
      - vmt (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 10:21:12
        
        But that's even more reason as to why the board should have given Hughton his man (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 10:22:51
  - vmt (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 10:15:33
- lol fair enough but hughton clearly wasn't (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 10:09:50
  - not like we have had since august to line up transfers either! (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Feb 1, 10:17:12
  - Loads of clubs tried to sign players and didn't get them (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 10:11:42
    - We wanted Martin Taylor too, and pissed about, same with Helgusson (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 10:15:27
    - i'm sure they aren't essential to survival (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 10:15:21

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