Should Celtic offer Anthony Stokes a new contract or not?

whats this he's a celtic fan stuff ??? was he a celtic fan when he knocked us back to go to sunderland ?

 

naw!

- voted no. - there are better players out there, johnny russel for one.

 

Two different players, and why not have both?

 

No, we should let our 2nd best striker leave for free
Defo give him a new contract. We will always need him for the SPL and sadly Hooper won't be here forever.

 

Nah he's not Celtic standard he's SPL standard.

 

did i get that wrong mate

 

I dont see any sense in letting him go for free. He is still good enough to contribute to the team and to replace him we would likely have to spend a couple of million. I wouldnt mind if we sold him, but I dont think we should let him go for nothing

 

Laughable.

As much as I want us to sign Russell as well, how is he better than Stokes? Yet to prove his talent on a bigger stage.

And why not have both?

 

the answer to that silly question is yes.

 

not much of a celtic fan to knock us back for sunderland though i guess folks are allowed to make mistakes though, but theres nothing silly at all about it to mention it when folk are continually stating he's a celtic fan

 

He probably went for the money. He's realised where he's better off now though and I don't think he'll leave unless we push him out.

 

I think he's referring to the rumours that Stokes is pals with the top dogs in the IRA.

 

Yes!

 

Yeah, I was.

I don't wish to knock Stokes. I don't know him personally, and I really like him as a player, so ... all I know is what I've heard and read.

I'm amazed other clubs haven't showed public interest in him.

 

Russell can play wide as well as he has the pace to go past players and track back. Stokes is striker and that's all you're gonna get from him. There will be many other front men out there willing to sign for us instead.

 

Think that has been put to bed long ago, here are the FACTS
He never knocked back Celtic , as you put it

He wanted to sign for Celtic at time and would have, except that Celtic FC left it until the last day before he was to sign for Sunderland to even contact him or his agent , Stokes was back in London at that time drove up to Glasgow the same day (Saturday) thinking he was signing. Two things happned one they made the sort of offer that said they did not fancy him and would have made him the lowest paid player in Celtic.

That was not a problem for Stokes he still wanted to sign, againgst his agents advice. What stopped him signing was Gordon Strachan came into the room spoke to Stokes for less than five mins. What he said was that he had seven strikers and Stokes would be bottom of that list and there was no guarentee to would get any time of the pitch. Strachan made no attempt to allow Stokes to think he was wanted.

At that time there was another player signed from hibs that never really gat a chance so it looked in all possiblity that Stokes was signing to sit on the bench. Now you can believe this or not, and it will suit some people not to. You can take it from me that the above is 100% fact. I know he was very disapponted on the drive back to london this was a very young player that most Saturdays he travelled by train with another Irish player from London to see Celtic Play. So dont ever tell me he is not a fan of Celtic with loyalty to the club which exceeds most fans I know.

 

abso-*-lutely


hate the "he's a good spl striker" bit. He's clearly a good player

 

I don't think there is any coherent argument to back up saying no on this one.

 

Course we should. 2nd best striker in our squad.