Celtic aiming for top 4

Clinton Larsen keeps Bloemfontein Celtic moving forward

Posted: 15 June 2012 Time: 01:35 pm

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Bloemfontein Celtic coach Clinton Larsen says it is going to be difficult to move on without the services of Moses Spandeel, but is looking towards younger players like Auguston Leonard to take Siwelele into the future.

Celtic released 11 players recently, signalling their intentions to keep things fresh at the club and not rest on their laurels.

Siwelele did finish in the top eight, but their ambitions are to push for the top four bracket next campaign.

"Look, Moses has been at the club for more than 10 years, but he indicated to us that he wanted to retire. He has served the club very well, with distinction and has been one of the longest serving players in the club's history," Larsen tells KickOff.com.

"It was always going to be difficult to part ways with a player who has been at the club for so long, but life goes on and we wish him the very best and hopefully we will be able to get players of Moses' calibre to replace him and take the club forward."

Larsen says he has switched his focus to the younger generation.

"Auguston is an up-and-coming youngster; he has played at the Under-20 and Under-23 international level. We rate him very highly and we are sure he will make a huge impact at the club this season as we have great expectations of him," Larsen says.

The focus for Larsen and his team in the near future is to improve their form away from home and to make their home matches incredibly difficult for opponents.

"Two seasons ago we finished on 52 points and this past season we were plus minus 10 points shy of that mark. We fell a bit short," Larsen explains.

"It was mainly due to the fact that we were not good enough on the road and also were not as strong at home like we were two seasons ago when we lost only one match at home."

Meanwhile, Celtic will welcome winger Lyle Lakay to their pre-season training camp with a view to signing him.

Lakay has been on loan at First Division side FC Cape Town, but he belongs to SuperSport United.

Larsen will have a good look at Lakay during pre-season and if he likes him, then it will be up to Celtic and SuperSport to discuss a deal and agree on a fee.

If a move does not happen then Lakay is expected to return to SuperSport.

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Anonymous
posted: 02:16 pm
dont set yourself big goals Clinton, that goal of being on the top four is Chiefs's goal while yours is position 8 as usuall
SOMALI_*_PIRATE
posted: 02:30 pm
Yes, all they are saying is that they want to finish above Chiefs. Aim high Larsen, when you do not achieve hopefully you will make top 8 and kick Zebra out of MTN 8.
Speke
posted: 02:33 pm
Rubbish is what Slick & Jimmy are saying right now, we have been there before instead of talking about winning a silverware they talking nonsense. What will that number 4 do for us masele? 051
Kebsta
posted: 02:35 pm
u ll fall short
i hate it wen ppl aim low
cant u aim for the stars so wen u fall short u land in the skies
Nipsy
posted: 02:49 pm
That is why Vodacom pulled out as a sponsor of this team. Small teams like SSU with 7 fans are planning for a league or a trophy, while Celtics with fans capacity that exceeds abo Sweyts are planing for top 4. This coach must be fired, he will surely fail to motivate players.
Makhosi Let's Support our Team in Moses Mabhida Stadium
posted: 03:12 pm
WITH WHAT PLAYERS?
Anonymous
posted: 06:16 pm
Dreaming in progress you release 11 players and you say something about top four while it took sundowns 4 years to built the team that ended up at number four last seoson keep dreaming you will be enjoying the party that sontos is enjoying at the moment forget about top four and plan around playing the play offs
Phunyuka Bang'phethe
posted: 07:56 pm
Mr Larsen, please tell the truth, what do you mean than Spandeel indicated that he wanted to retire? The man still wanted to play and you don't want him in your team anymore. What you're saying contradicts what Spandeel said after getting the news that he'll be offloaded
Anonymous
posted: 08:34 am
Can some1 4rm the free state please buy our beloved team,these Portugees are killing it,please mr Kenny Kunene and Gayton,please buy our team 4rm these people,NXA
Anonymous
posted: 09:00 am
Larsen he contradict things here how he can say Spandeel he indicated that he want to retire,he chase all the players who have more years than him @ the club,mark my words before the season end Larson will be @ durban and jobless this is football what goes around comes around.good luck for destroying Bloem Celtic Moses was a pillar of that Celtic.
.petro
posted: 03:50 pm
Speke o ka rogakana o rogakanne, goneng ke rapela gore Jimmy a shwe, noooo maaaan.
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