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Bhoys bid for Cox and Morrison rejected

4:14pm Tuesday 19th May 2009 in


TOWN have turned down a reported offer of £1.2million from Scottish Premier League giants Celtic for the in-demand Simon Cox and youngster Sean Morrison.

The County Ground outfit are believed to want £2.5million for Cox alone, meaning the reported double bid is well below Town's valuation.

Reports in Scotland have also stated that Town have had an £80,000 bid for Hoops defender Scott Cuthbert, currently on loan at St Mirren, rejected, but that some form of swap deal remains an option.

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graham81 says...
4:21pm Tue 19 May 09

What a joke !!! WHAT PART OF £2.5MILLION DO CELTIC NOT UNDERSTAND ??? and to try and snatch Morrison as well. Wake up Celtic. Learn how to do business. Talk about taking the ****. WELL DONE SWINDON FOR REJECTING THE TOSSERS!!!

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adrock says...
4:43pm Tue 19 May 09

No BREAKING NEWS prefix? Wake up adver, I posted this on the other article a few hours ago and even then it had been around all day.

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steve,brentford says...
4:49pm Tue 19 May 09

graham81 wrote:
What a joke !!! WHAT PART OF £2.5MILLION DO CELTIC NOT UNDERSTAND ??? and to try and snatch Morrison as well. Wake up Celtic. Learn how to do business. Talk about taking the ****. WELL DONE SWINDON FOR REJECTING THE TOSSERS!!!
I fully agree with you Graham,do they think were fu*king stupid or what,i like the idea that were stating at least 2million for coxy maybe we should of stuck a 3million price tag on him and stated that no-one should bother wasting our time with joke offers such as Celtic`s.

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luckyluke699 says...
4:54pm Tue 19 May 09

guys if something has a price tag of £20 on it... and you want to pay say £15, you don't offer £15, you start at a tenner!

The wonderful world of haggling...

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steve,brentford says...
4:59pm Tue 19 May 09

luckyluke699 wrote:
guys if something has a price tag of £20 on it... and you want to pay say £15, you don't offer £15, you start at a tenner! The wonderful world of haggling...
Yeah but there`s haggling and there`s taking the p*ss.

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mgstfc43 says...
5:04pm Tue 19 May 09

Swindon Town have decent players who can command a fee. I guess my only disappointment would be to accept that, in simple terms, we are what you might call "a selling club"..
In addition to the Cox / Morrison story there is a strong suggestion that Newcastle are monitoring a certain Callum Kennedy...It may come to nothing but I would hope we would work hard at keeping our young players to help us get out of the third tier of English Football. Morrison Included.

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graham81 says...
5:49pm Tue 19 May 09

steve,brentford wrote:
graham81 wrote: What a joke !!! WHAT PART OF £2.5MILLION DO CELTIC NOT UNDERSTAND ??? and to try and snatch Morrison as well. Wake up Celtic. Learn how to do business. Talk about taking the ****. WELL DONE SWINDON FOR REJECTING THE TOSSERS!!!
I fully agree with you Graham,do they think were fu*king stupid or what,i like the idea that were stating at least 2million for coxy maybe we should of stuck a 3million price tag on him and stated that no-one should bother wasting our time with joke offers such as Celtic`s.
the funny part of this bid is that it includes Morrison, as if it wasn't enough of a **** take with the cash bid ...

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Sham69 says...
5:50pm Tue 19 May 09

Good get lost cheap skates - taking our best players for nothing, them days of the bargain basement offers are long gone now.

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TheBlackHand says...
8:13pm Tue 19 May 09

I am not surprised the tight jocks only offered that amount i almost fell out of my chair laughing, don't tell me they offered a keeper as part of the deal.
they're taking the Jimmy

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Never mind says...
8:35pm Tue 19 May 09

Let him go and get a pre-season friendly as part of the deal, as it will save me having to travel across the UK to support one of the biggest clubs and supported in the world.

All you bumpkins could all squeeze into the Town End and the 15,000 Celtic fans could take the rest of the ground and would generate an atmosphere never seen in these parts before. Forget the £1.5 million generated at the BIG weekend, the mighty hoops army would double that in beer alone and I' have a short taxi ride to join them. Come Flitton 'think big' for a change.

Anyway, for someone who cost you 200,000 pieces of corn last year and the chance to make well over a million, as easy decision to make.

If COX had any ambition he'd go and have the chance play in front of 60,000 fans screaming 'hail hail'.

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Never mind says...
8:44pm Tue 19 May 09

........and don't forget, STFC still owe the majority of the £600k they didn't pay the might Hoops for Chris Hay.....or sorry that was wiped of the debt list when STFC went into administration for the second or tenth time, I can't remember as it seems to happen every season.

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cheftoimpress says...
9:01pm Tue 19 May 09

This is a tough one for me, a Celtic fan who spent a lot of time in the Town End this season.
Morrison is the real prize in this package, Cox whilst producing some great performances is a work in progress. Morrison is class and will make the step up with ease. If cox is worth 2.5 million I rate Morrison at 4.

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tommyg says...
9:02pm Tue 19 May 09

how about f-ing off and stop being arrogant, just because you are a so called fan of a so called big club. by the way, we proved today that we are thinking big and we have ambition by not giving in and letting our best talent go for peanuts. also cox want to play in the premier league, not play for the second best team in Glasgow against opposition who the top teams in our league would give a run for their money

Thankyou and goodbye

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tommyg says...
9:03pm Tue 19 May 09

tommyg wrote:
how about f-ing off and stop being arrogant, just because you are a so called fan of a so called big club. by the way, we proved today that we are thinking big and we have ambition by not giving in and letting our best talent go for peanuts. also cox want to play in the premier league, not play for the second best team in Glasgow against opposition who the top teams in our league would give a run for their money

Thankyou and goodbye
sorry, I forgot to quote Never mind's post

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Davidsyrett says...
9:23pm Tue 19 May 09

this may all come down to whether Cox wants to go up north, if he sets his heart on it ST hands are tied. Probably except 1.5 for Cox and refuse Morrison.

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Never mind says...
9:40pm Tue 19 May 09

Mmmmmmmmmmmm, Celtic and Rangers playing in the Premier League and getting the same millions as the others, at least it would be more than a four (well sometimes) horse race. Too many other clubs would be scared that another two big clubs would reduce them to virtual mediocracy.

Who we playing today the likes of Hull, Stoke or Portsmouth, or would you like Celtic / Rangers, fairly easy decision for any sensible fitba fan!

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Danielsan says...
10:10pm Tue 19 May 09

We've been taken for a ride by the scots for quite long enough thank you so much and goodbye.

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Dosomethingmutley says...
10:27pm Tue 19 May 09

So the two scots clubs should join the EPL. Try starting in the english non league & earning a place. All they want to do is scavenge at the table of English football. You know, where we have more than a 2 team race every season. 1.5m Sod off.

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SwindonYIDO says...
11:06pm Tue 19 May 09

Firstly, why would they ever want to play in such a joke league. Nobody can say that the SPL is good.

Secondly, will they get in the 1st team. I very much doubt it. So whats the point in going there and playing in the reserve.

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Never mind says...
11:31pm Tue 19 May 09

Dosomethingmutley wrote:
So the two scots clubs should join the EPL. Try starting in the english non league & earning a place. All they want to do is scavenge at the table of English football. You know, where we have more than a 2 team race every season. 1.5m Sod off.
more than a 2 team race, history shows that there has only been 3 teams to win the league other than the top four sides that are there now.
Everton, Blackburn and Leeds, where are they now ?
Everton and Blackburn aim for 5th or 6th each year and Leeds........well in the same league as .......mmmm STFC.
Let's face when the money goes, so will the talent.

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tabs263 says...
7:45am Wed 20 May 09

Between nevermind and cheftoimpress you are a complete pair of plums. How can you seriously defend the SPL when you say its only ever a four horse race at best down here? Is it because half way through your season your table splits in 2 to let the top teams play each other again and leave the bottom sides who probably have no or little money and would need the gate receipts of the Glasgow teams! Still your league remains a 2 team farce how very boring and dont think you would set the Prem on fire your only good against the equivalent of the Championship top end. You sing sectarian songs about the british, you know the race you belong too. Praise the IRA and all the hunger strikers and fly the tricolour all round your ground, the last time i looked Parkhead was in Scotland!!!
Save your comments for when Rangers (who are proud to fly the red white and blue of our lands) win the title.
12th July the sash my father wore!!!!!

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marky123 says...
8:47am Wed 20 May 09

Surely with the class of cox and morrison and the poor standard of the SPL everyone has been saying surely if celtic put in a decent bid and is accepted these 2 players would surely be 1st team regulars?
celtic or rangers i couldnt care less who wins the SPL.As i said in a previous post that OTJ agent must have read why would he want to go to barnsley or sheff weds DW get a move on and we can sign him.i also agree with another post that Hughes has paid his dues so give him a chance to come to the town if he wants

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stfc_tom says...
9:20am Wed 20 May 09

FACT: We have publicly stated that Cox's valuation is £2.5m on his own. So Celtic should respect this and only come back when they are prepared to negotiate at or around this figure. Anything less is royally taking the p**s. What's worse is that they are trying to get another player who's value is also 7 figures for the same price! This aint no Pikey market, thanks thanks but no thanks.All the banter between the 2 clubs is pointless because we're in 2 different countries let alone the same division and the fact is that if you lot can't pay the value we have placed on our star player ten you won't ever get him - simple aint it?

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Is that you Lovesey says...
9:28am Wed 20 May 09

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !! Oh Celtic you do make me laugh, the reason their bid is so low is they have no money !!! They may be well supported but they are still in one of the worst divisions in the world !!
Why would either cox or morrison go there !!

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jmostfc says...
10:46am Wed 20 May 09

Never mind wrote:
........and don't forget, STFC still owe the majority of the £600k they didn't pay the might Hoops for Chris Hay.....or sorry that was wiped of the debt list when STFC went into administration for the second or tenth time, I can't remember as it seems to happen every season.
youre a c**t pal. you jock f**kface.

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jmostfc says...
10:50am Wed 20 May 09

oh yeah, forgot to mention im playing my flute like gazza

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Highworth red says...
10:55am Wed 20 May 09

Who ever said that the Jocks are tight, so, so funny!!! Anyway, why would Cox and Morrison want to go north of the border to play teams of a lower quality than is already in Div 2. Norwich, Leeds, Charlton, Southampton, well even Swindon get bigger gates that 90 per cent of the SPL, and out of principle I couldn't play in front of hairy pro IRA supporting jocks.

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Highworth red says...
11:00am Wed 20 May 09

Oops!!! actually meant Div 1, but hey, alot of Div 2 clubs could probably mix it with the SPL. Celtic 0 Barnet 3....yeah, not too hard to imagine.

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steve,brentford says...
11:25am Wed 20 May 09

Never mind wrote:
........and don't forget, STFC still owe the majority of the £600k they didn't pay the might Hoops for Chris Hay.....or sorry that was wiped of the debt list when STFC went into administration for the second or tenth time, I can't remember as it seems to happen every season.
Why don`t you take your sweaty racist @rse and f*ck off back to live among the rest of the vermin in glasga. JULY 12th The sash my father wore! s/word= butt-head

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Lazaat says...
12:20pm Wed 20 May 09

Never mind wrote:
........and don't forget, STFC still owe the majority of the £600k they didn't pay the might Hoops for Chris Hay.....or sorry that was wiped of the debt list when STFC went into administration for the second or tenth time, I can't remember as it seems to happen every season.
Hey Jock, you certainly know how to win friends and influence people dont you? Why dont you take your 1.25million and go stick it up Mr Strachans ar$e?!! Even if you offered the going rate for Coxy and Morrison (which your club obviously cant afford) they would be crazy to go up there and play in your tin pot league! Dont let your big crowds go to your head Jock, because there are only 2 clubs in Scotland so not much choice is there? Now pi$$ off home to the gorbals and dont come back unless you have something intelligent to say!

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Never mind says...
3:48pm Wed 20 May 09

Lazaat wrote:
Never mind wrote: ........and don't forget, STFC still owe the majority of the £600k they didn't pay the might Hoops for Chris Hay.....or sorry that was wiped of the debt list when STFC went into administration for the second or tenth time, I can't remember as it seems to happen every season.
Hey Jock, you certainly know how to win friends and influence people dont you? Why dont you take your 1.25million and go stick it up Mr Strachans ar$e?!! Even if you offered the going rate for Coxy and Morrison (which your club obviously cant afford) they would be crazy to go up there and play in your tin pot league! Dont let your big crowds go to your head Jock, because there are only 2 clubs in Scotland so not much choice is there? Now pi$$ off home to the gorbals and dont come back unless you have something intelligent to say!
And there's only 4 (at a push) in Hunland! The money would prevent Swinetown going into administration....ag
ain next season!

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Never mind says...
3:51pm Wed 20 May 09

jmostfc wrote:
Never mind wrote: ........and don't forget, STFC still owe the majority of the £600k they didn't pay the might Hoops for Chris Hay.....or sorry that was wiped of the debt list when STFC went into administration for the second or tenth time, I can't remember as it seems to happen every season.
youre a c**t pal. you jock f**kface.
Must have taken you ages to come up with this response and i bet you had to use a dictionary!!!

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Never mind says...
3:53pm Wed 20 May 09

jmostfc wrote:
oh yeah, forgot to mention im playing my flute like gazza
Now who's racist - you might want to read The Sectarian Act about this one.

Gazza who ? Oh that's right keeping his local mental health team in work!

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Highworth red says...
7:01pm Wed 20 May 09

Never mind wrote:
........and don't forget, STFC still owe the majority of the £600k they didn't pay the might Hoops for Chris Hay.....or sorry that was wiped of the debt list when STFC went into administration for the second or tenth time, I can't remember as it seems to happen every season.
Chris Hay, oh my goodness how long ago was that. Jocks are like elephants, they never forget. Don't worry I haven't forgoten the 10p you leant me in 1972 for that Marathon bar. If we are gonna go back that far, how about paying us back for the damage you caused when you tried to invade Carlisle in the 14th century. As for administration, don't worry your little ginger head about that any more, we have more money than you now....fact!!!

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Paul Skinnbakk says...
7:17pm Wed 20 May 09

What a joke - I can't believe the Adver deleted my comment (in which all I said was how a BBC documentary about sectarianism disgusted me - hidden cameras in amongst Celtic fans singing/celebrating IRA "blowing up the English") - & yet they leave all this on here!!!
I was just talking about a FACTUAL tv programme, Adver, & my feelings about it. Clueless shmucks.

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grahamstfc says...
11:47pm Thu 21 May 09

Celtic are undoubtedly a very well supported team, no English team (even the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United) would get 60,000 turning up to see some of the opponents Celtic get in the SPL. But realistically they'll be out of the champions league before anyone notices (no wins in 20 odd away games isn't it?) and the prospect of playing the likes of Hamilton, St Johnson, and St Mirren isn't gonna tempt anyone to pick them over the chance to play in the championship.

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