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Starfelt out for the rest of pre season at least so there's an opportunity for Lawal to make an impression in the next couple of weeks if he's good enough to take advantage of it.

Good point it will be interesting to see if Bosun gets any game time in the Celtic friendly today.

As is Kenny McCarthy and Vata.

Kenny and Vata were unused subs.

how can someone be that very poor in just 17 mins lmao come on now

I haven't seen him play, but in general, if you were to lose the ball continuously in that 17 minutes. Make poor challenges, constantly losing your man. Players can make a huge positive impact in 17 minutes. Don't see why the opposite wouldn't be the case.

 Conclusion on a Celtic fan forum ain't great. Time for a loan?

Also, not helpful from an Irish perspective that they're developing him as a centre back - when he moved there he played both centre back and as a deep midfielder.

I'm not sure a year playing in the Scottish fifth tier has done much for his development either, probably just a lost year playing at that level against amateur players. Fine for a younger player like Vata as a stepping stone but Lawal came in with a decent reputation as the best young player at Watford so it was probably a step down for him. A loan would probably just send him off the same path down the Scottish leagues as Connell and Afolabi, but I suppose it would be marginally better than playing another season in the Lowland League.

 

I watched the game on Saturday morning and he was poor, but they all were. Celtic kept on trying to play out from the back and Blackburn were pressing them high up the field giving Lawal and others very little time on the ball. Would have been incredibly hard to him to stand out or make an impression in those circumstances.

Ali Dia (pretend cousin of George Weah) showed in 17 minutes he wasn't very good at football

Would love to be fly on the wall when it comes to why players are convinced Celtic is the route to take when recent history shows you get very little to no opportunity to impress there.

Vata is still a kid only 17 so not that alarming for him! Lawal surely they loan the lad out now. Kenny will be spending a 2nd season playing Lowlands League football when he could be starring for Sligo Rovers having a 20 goal season and as a consequence attracting high profile interest.. 

Utterly ridiculous situation Kenny and Lawal are in. Luca Connell finally got out and already starting for a side in League 1 who will be pushing for promotion and that's with him having gone backwards the last 3 years.

 

Opportunity is the difference. As mentioned, I think he was blinded by the hoops instead of taking the more pragmatic option. 

Doesn't make a difference where you're at now. A year of lowland league could very well have your confidence elsewhere. Before you know it, you're out of sight, out of mind. 

There's always the next young gun coming up the line to take your place.

Same three lads lining out for B team again.

Disaster.

Sure the 3 of them were playing at a higher level than that before they went to Celtic. Complete waste of their time.

too good for this garbage

These are actual team names in this division...

Seriously! they're pub team names...

Would be class if he got a full cap. OLA, OLA,OLA.

Lawal and Vata on the bench for the Celtic match v Sydney FC this morning 8:45 ko.

Crucial role in their 5-0 win

Ridiculously strong team selection from Celtic against absolutely crap opposition. If you're someone like Vata looking at that today you'd want to be thinking about some of the other clubs you've been linked to and whether you'd get better opportunities elsewhere.

Vata is injured, out for a few weeks.

Postecoglu mentioned he was disappointed to not have him for this game.

Pete O'Rourke (usually reliable) linking him with a loan interest from Portsmouth and Bristol Rovers.

Portsmouth are more likely to push for promotion.

Tunnicliffe was released, so he could be a good replacement.

Portsmouth have a lot of good League One CBs. Ragget and Towler. Ogilvie can play at CB as well.

They just bought Conor Shaugnessy and Rhys Poole this summer.

Talk of Raggett going to Gillingham I think, he wants regular first team football and wasn't always getting it at Portsmouth. In terms of Lawal getting first team football Bristol Rovers would probably be the better bet of the two. From what I have been told based on his B team performances he has some good attributes but plenty of issues to work on as well, so going to a team where there is less expectations in terms of a promotion challenge might be better for him.

Raggett started 42 of their 46 league games last season.

I know he did, I posted his player ratings all year because he's said he'd play for Ireland if he was ever called on. But he lost his place towards the end and now there's talk of him dropping down to League 2.

Either way would be nice to see him get rolling as regards playing men’s football.

He was born in Gillingham according to Wiki. Maybe he's moving home for personal reasons.

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At least it gets him out of Celtic B anyway.

Vata would be naive to sign the contract. Essentially holding the players development to ransom cause he won’t sign a contract. 

Pathetic behaviour yet you will get the usuals defending Celtic. 

I wonder would you have the same attitude about your own workplace displaying such disregard for your own development? Sure you're only a number right, it's perfectly right for the organisation to throw you under the bus for it's own betterment?

Didn’t take long. They should have a plan in place for every youngster regardless of what they do/their contract situation. “We won’t loan you out unless you sign a contract” isn’t the way to go about it. 

If it works and Vata signs the contract good luck to him. 

Probably worth pointing out that Crystal Palace did exactly the same thing with Killian Phillips this summer and Palace is full of young Irish players these days. The optics aren't great alright though.

Palace have really bucked up as a club regarding developing young players in recent years. A clear plan in place.

Forget about Irish lads with the talent Scotland are producing they should be developing them hand over fist and selling for big money like the top Dutch/Portuguese clubs are for example.

Fair enough. Entitled to your opinion but for me Vata would be niave to sign the contract under those circumstances.

He'll need to hope Scott Brown survives long enough as Fleetwood manager for him to get down there, certainly sounds like they need reinforcements anyway after the start to the season they've had.

In his defence they were hardly expecting to topple Bolton away. Expect Bolton to be very hard to beat this year in League 1. 

You’d hope he’s capable of playing a full season of games at Fleetwood will help him develop massively. 

His loan to Fleetwood has been confirmed this evening. Good opportunity for him.

Consistently referenced as a defender by both Celtic and Fleetwood, even though he's generally been listed as a midfielder in Ireland squads. It looks like he is being developed entirely as a centre back these days.

In for his first start for Fleetwood.

Played the full 90 last week in a 1-0 defeat to Derby afaik

You're right, he did. Completely missed that.

Brown sacked by Fleetwood. Can never understand sacking a manager two days after the transfer window closes. Will be a tough season for Lawal I think, but hopefully still one where he can develop his game.

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“How he dribbles with the ball, his touches and passes - there are not many midfielders like that in the Championship in England.

“He has got a bright future. We will send a better player back than when he came in here.”

Any time I have seen him play CB for our U21s it’s like watching what would happen if you put Pogba Yaya Toure or Doucoure playing CB. Just a bit clumsy,lacking in concentration to play there! Think this lad has all the tools to be a decent box to box CM. 

Man of the Match today in a 3-0 win over Port Vale. Playing in midfield. 

Played the last 30mins alongside Gavin Kilkenny who was making his debut.

Extended highlights

Involved in the first goal with the ball over the top. Great run for the second goal.

Kilkenny (no.8) takes the corner for the 3rd goal.