Gary Hooper

ssn- confirmed weve signed him

 

is it the braking news kieran mate?

 

its on the championship bit

 

never said he signed thought it said fee agreed and he was expected to sign mate , might be wrong tho but im sure thats what i caught .

 

you're right

 

aye thats it, so all is needed is a medical then? so its about 90% done

 

nothing new from yesterday then?

 

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Wot age are you? Mowbray might have been a poor manager but hes a Celt and one of us. Comments like this do me in.

 

not seen any of this guy couple of goals maybe. cant be bothered scrolling through the posts. what are we getting here. i did hear he's very slow but decent finisher? can someone sum him up who has seen a lot of him?

 

Hes far from slow - pretty pacey infact although some scunthorpe fans saying hes put on a few pounds but from what I have seen can get in behind defences and run at them with pace and a bit of skill and very rarely misses good chances.

Not the tallest but fairly strong. I would sum him up by saying similar to Scott Mcdonald but faster and with a better touch, but lacking in experience.

 

Cheers bud. must have been a scunny fan that didnt want him sold that said he was slow then!
You seen a lot of him? your description sounds ideal hope he does well. if there was one thing that got on my * with McDonald it was his touch, so if GH has a bit of skill and decent technique all the better.

 

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missed 16 games and still scored 19 for scunthopre, really think he can do the biss up here

 

Couple of very good goals there. Looks a strong boy and a good finisher.

Leeds United 3-2 Scunthorpe United on Vimeo

 

SSN now saying that Scunthorpe have agreed to sell him to us for around 2.4 mill

 

Scunthorpe's Michael O'Connor has tipped Gary Hooper to be a hit at Celtic should his proposed transfer to the Scottish club go through.
Hooper is primed to join Neil Lennon's team from the Championship club as a replacement for Scott McDonald, who left the Bhoys in January to sign for Middlesbrough.
Lennon has gone about rebuilding the Celtic squad in the close season after Tony Mowbray's ill-fated reign as manager left the club reeling and Hooper could prove to a key addition this season.
Five new faces have arrived at Celtic Park, with Hooper next in line, and O'Connor says his colleague will continue a vein of form that has seen him plunder 50 goals in two seasons at the Iron.
O'Connor revealed 22-year-old Hooper spoke to him about the prospect of switching Glanford Park for Parkhead and the midfielder had no doubts about what he should do.
He spoke so highly of Hooper that he even backed him to better the feats of McDonald at Celtic, with many feeling his departure was the biggest mistake of the Mowbray era.
O'Connor said of Hooper: "He is one of the best players I have played with, he is different class. If he goes to Celtic I will put a few quid on him to be top scorer in Scotland next season. I think he will get 25 to 30 goals up there.
Better player

"He scored 19 or 20 in the Championship last season even though he missed out on around 16 games. (Scunthorpe defender) Rob Jones, who used to play for Hibs, thinks along the same lines.
"Hoops is small, stocky, strong, quick off the mark and has a great strike. He is the same build as Scott McDonald but he is a better player, he has a better strike on him. He will score more goals than him."
The Northern Ireland international continued: "Hoops knows I am a Celtic fan and he asked me towards the end of the season about the club.
"I knew Middlesbrough were interested in him but I said if it was between Celtic and any Championship side then he should go to Celtic.
"He's a quiet lad but once he gets settled in up there and bonds with the players then he will do fine. It's a great move for him and for Celtic."




Michael O'connor would be a good player for us aswell I think. Glad to see that Michael is a Celtic fan aswell.

 

Again, I am just back from a Q n A session in Dundee with Lawell and Lennon. Lennon has confirmed that it is " ver, very likely that Hooper will sign tomorrow", although no fee was mentioned
From the horses mouth!

 

Literally just read a lesser version of this on Sky Text, saying that he missed out on a further 16 appearances last season which makes his record even better.

 

A steamroller has a better touch than Skippy !

 

Has he signed yet