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The rules allowed it
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I'd still play Camara at left-back until a viable alternative comes up. I'd seriously doubt that young Wallace will play left-back at ibrox. I think telfers days are numbered. Interesting to see who will take McManus place , Surely Virgo?
Next objective for the Celtic team must be a clean sheet.
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Will Noel declare a stewards inquiry over the first post? ;~)
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Much as I was happy to see Keane at centre back on Saturday, I would hope we dont keep him there long term. The future must include him in midfiled and proper defenders being signed
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Paul
Excellent article but to parapharse yourself from the previous blog:
Anyone who believes that Celtic intend to play Roy Keane anywhere but midfield needs their heads examined.
109steps
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I didn't want this lost at the tail of the previous post....it is worth noting as we lurch from crisis to crisis at Celtic, as the tired, old, predictable and withering media methods would have us believe.....reminder that the crisis lies elsewhere....and will for some time....
Does anyone know when Rangers will get their £10million (copyright Johnstone, Young, Cameron, Jackson, Broadfoot, Leggat in times of immediate crisis) cash injection to buy players?
Did they not say it was for the January transfer window?
Did HE (trumpet blasts and regal music) not say McLeish would get funds to strengthen in January?) Or was Kris Boyd the strengthening he was talking about??
I was SO looking forward to making the comparisons...with the August transfer window.....
Jeffers.....gone
Manieri.....gone (did he trap at all?)
FanFan......gone yet?
Rodriguez...anyone?
Hemdami.....anyone?
Bernard.....someone?
Nieto (Batistuta)....gone.
Please don't tell me the £10million will be kept until February for the next manager in the summer? Please.....
Did he actually sign ANYONE in the summer who turned out to be a success?????
.....does Ian Murray count??? Na. Didn't think so.
Porkies anyone?
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It is clear that teams are targeting Wallace. Jankauskas of Hearts repeatedly drifted over to his flank, looking to get on the end of crosses, and Kilmarnock immediately looked for Danny Invincibile the second Keane gave away possession. Yes, wee Ross is exciting going forward, but we really need to come up with a way of getting some more clean sheets.
Virgo and Keane in the middle and McManus at left back would certainly give us plenty of strength and aerial power. The lack of attacking flair may be a concern, but I think Strachan would dearly love to grind out a workmanlike 2-0 any time soon.
Incidentally, how lucky were Rangers today?
And did Kris Boyd actually get a kick of the ball? He looked distinctly average.
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Perhaps Telfer has been worried about these additional players arriving all year but the debacle of Clyde has certainly made things more dire at the back. when we were beating the hun they were concerned about righting their ship and the defensive frailties of our club were put on the back burner. I welcome Mark Wilson and Gary Caldwell and the experiment of Mssrs. Telfer and Camara/Wallace can end. I believe this will help immensely...Bobo does not seem all that bad right now...I can't believe I said that.
John in Vancouver
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It wasn't a freudian slip!
I did of course mean 'Paraphrase'
109steps
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agree completely with muppetbhoy.
Keane should move to midfield soonest.
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Paul,
cheers for the reply on the setanta issue.
if wilson and caldwell arrive they will bolster our options at the back along with keane.
i too think keane is learning as he plays.
i think he'll take a week or two more to adapt to his surroundings and we'll then see a difference.
midfield or defence? you decide.
what i do know is we have signed a good bosman!
Emjay
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JohnBhoy
I can see where you are coming from, but give me an exciting 4-2 versus a ground out 2-0 anyday!
We are talking here about enjoying ourselves and playing football the Celtic Way after all!
109steps
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Paul you need a weekend away. Listen to Mrs 67. Look at the end of the last piece. Book the flights
Chinaski
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Paul,
I haven't seen enough of Caldwell to be able to comment, but I do think that Keane can play an important role at the back with whoever else is there.
Maybe he's the guy to keep Bobo sensible??????
On second thoughts.....:)
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Personally I think that Ross will not only make it as a full back (in the Gordon Strachan way) but that he has already been highly successful.
We tend to look at full backs when they are under pressure, i.e. when the ball is knocked down the inside our outside channels or possibly over the heads forcing them to turn;and to be honest Clyde exposed us very badly in those exact areas!
But hold on a second, just watch Ross preventing numerous attacks even seeing the light of day because he presses players, presses the ball, and gives us marvellous attacking options as he supports Aiden, Shaun, or Maciej!
Watch the number of times he either picks the ball up on the half-way line, prevents a preferred pass out of the opposition's defence, or plays quick one two wall passes out of our own defence to start another attack.
Lacks height- Most definitely.
But the pluses exceed the minuses most definitely.
For instance, remember Capuco bambooziling Joos (no slouch himself but good in the air), Ross would have put him in his admittedly very small pocket and suggested he come back when he could raise a sprint!
Keep the real faith
109steps
The bhoy is good and is going to get better!
109steps
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U2
just saw your post.
Realise by repeating the names and what they write you further their message ten thousand times.
I knew nothing about it until I read what you said.
brands and image
didn't read this one fully through yet but apreciated the title.
in the rye
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Setting free the bears! (From previous thread)
Not sure about where you are coming from on the own voice statement etc, but your point over Niemi is well taken.
I am totally convinced that the posters here are against signing KM because he is not up to scratch!
That is my own rationale!
If you look at my posts I was talking about those that I have bumped into over the past few hours and who have been texting me with their views since this morning.
BTW I would have taken Niemi like a shot!
Emjay,
Advice taken re stewards, and will be acted upon! I suppose like most people I ignore the nose on my face.
Prepare for a new episode of casualty live (or Dead) from the Jock Stein upper!
109steps
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Paul67 - A defence with Wilson, Keane and Caldwell would tighten things up considerably.
Would It ?
P.S. Well done to Ravenscraig Rangers on Sunday for maintaining their pathetic record of being the only team not to take points from FC Wee Team in the SPL this season. Maybe if it had been the last game of the season and they had nothing to play for they would have turned in a perfor ....
Och I'd better stop - we all know that is just bollocks .
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Whitedoghunch,
Agree - but at this point in the war against lazy and/or agenda-driven journalism it is worth ensuring their message is furthered when that message is total garbage. Sometimes it takes a little time to elapse before it can be highlighted as garbage (ref Miller, K.) - as there are still plenty Celtic fans out there who swallow the headline bait and have yet to twig. CQN can help get this message further across the Celtic domain and doing so without links avoids web hits and $$$ to them.
The more who recognise the trends this time and next time, the more who will see it for what it is the time after that. Rome wasn't built in a day.
109steps,
A full back is first and foremost a DEFENDER. Ross has great talent, it's just that none of that talent is in defending. He concedes too many crosses, is weak in the tackle and cannot defend the back post. Lovely guy, has a role to play, but not where he is being played.
You will be 10009 steps and I will be U222 before Ross can fulfill that dfensive role I'm afraid.
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U2
You may be right.
I hope (and also believe)that your wrong!
Wee Ross is going to be a cracker!
Or perhaps I'm just a daft green spectacled Celtic supporter!
No offence.
109steps
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or should that be no defence!
109steps
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Some of the forward play on Saturday was sublime. Through balls that nullified the defense and some of the forward runs where just what the doctor ordered.
[talking of doctors..I have my ultrasound on Wednesday]
Lately I have been at ease with BBJ but during the match I found myself swearing long and hard as he bollux'd up yet another attack. The man is nothing if not consistantly an enigma.
Maloney and Wallace worked very well together but still only made up 75% of what should have been. By that I mean a left back and a left mid not some hybrid of the two.
And let's not forget the defense playing passy in the six yard box when they should have been booting the ball up the park. Someone really needs to sit these guys down and explain the basics of defense....Safety first!
Still, a very entertaining game.
And finally, to all you guys who leave early...WHY?
It was the same at the Hearts game. A cracking game being played to the death and people start leaving. I sit at the end of a row so it is particulary irritating for me.
Next season I'm going to get a seat, hopefully, near the middle of a row. That's if my 'lump' disnae turn out to be cancer and I'm dead by then. Still, death will spare me the Wallace experiment. So it has some benefits.;-)
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Paul Telfer has not set the heather alight at Celtic
Think it's safe to say Paul Telfer doesn't know how to open the door of the newsagent to get inside and purchase a box of matches, let alone set fire to any plants.
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bono
how do you misspell ostrich
Before she sleeps in the sand
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If, after January, the team looks something like this:
..........Boruc
Wilson...Caldwell...Balde...New Left Back (Zewlakow maybe?)
Nakamura..Petrov...Keane...Maloney
...Zurawski.....Beattie (plus another young striker for the bench alongisde XXXLBJ)
Then I think we can safely win the SPL.
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Paul,agree with you regarding Keane's performance Saturday.Apart from his mistake,he organized the defence well and his distribution was quick and accurate.I wouldn't see it as a long term solution,but as we are in a needs must situation,he is ideal at the moment.If he can get a hold of Bobo and get him doing what he is good at i.e. defending,we should be solid enough for the time being.This might allow Lennon to stop having to come back to the 18yrd line to pick the ball up,giving us a better all round shape.
Having said that I still think we badly need a ball playing centre-half and the main priority,two full-backs.
109 steps,I totally agree with you we do tend to look at our full backs when they are under pressure,well I do anyway.I want to know that when the ball goes down the channels,over their heads forcing them to turn,that they can do what they are there for,defend and be able to handle the situation.Unfortunately for Wallace he cant,I think as you say he is marvellous going forward,but he will never IMO be a full-back as long as he has got the provebial hole in his erse.I dont expect we will agree on this one and I respect your right to your opinion,but I cant see him being a left-back if he lives till he's a hundred.yours John-b.
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Come on lads. Let's get off Telfer's back. He was an emergency signing and at the moment we have no better choice as an out and out full back.
Mark Wilson may be the one who fills this gap, should we sign him this window.
However, I think signing Caldwell would be an unnecessary knee jerk reaction. McManus' form has deteriorated recently but what player having his first real lengthy run in a team would not suffer a dip in form?
Give him the chance to benefit from the presence of RK.
Winning 10 games from the last 16 will almost certainly guarantee CL qualification especially if we win at Ibrox. 12 wins will probably mean winning the SPL if these include wins against Rangers and Hearts.
In light of that, BB's return from the ANC, RK's relative comfort at Centre Back and the availability of Virgo we should tighten our purse strings and keep the money for a proven CL class CH in the summer window.
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109steps,
I must have been posting when U2 gave you his opinion on the Wallace situation.I wasn't jumping on the bandwagon,apologies if it appeared like that,yours John-b.
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All,
Time for lights out in the 109steps household.
Can I just say a couple of things regarding our wee friend Ross.
Firstly he is still learning and as the team developes in parallel I believe that he he will colour in the blank areas of his abilities.
Secondly and finally, a friend of mine acquired a wee book yesterday for me, from the book shop in the St Enoch centre, for the princely sum of two quid.
It is called
Celtic - the top 11 of everything Bhoyish!
It is a cracking wee reference book, for instance did you know that an anagram of Chris Sutton is 'Ostrich Nuts'!
Anyway there are also the 11 greatest quotes from the incomparable Jock Stein!
While it is obviously simplistic I like the one that goes
'the best place to defend is in the other team's penalty box'.
Get the wee book it is magic!
Goodnight and best wishes to Tom64.
109steps
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Spiers has an article in todays Herald sports supplement which says Petrov must be allowed to leave with dignity and that Du Wei is certainly leaving Celtic.
Since this new supplement is not available Online( for now)and you have to buy the paper, all of us Overseas fans miss out. When some of you guys wake up and have the Herald with your breakfast please scan and post if not too much trouble.
Paul if this causes trouble with the Herald for CQN then forget it.I'm sure it will appear on at least one Celtic website somewhere during the day.
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From Skyt Sports so it must be true :)
Celtic are understood to have made a move for Hungarian winger Peter Halmosi.
The 26-year-old left winger has revealed that he has travelled to Glasgow to have a medical and discuss terms with The Bhoys.
"I want to emphasise that it's not a trial, I will attend a medical examination and a physical test," Halmosi told Hungarian website NB1.
Halmosi, currently with Debrecen, almost joined Everton in the summer and was linked with a number of Premiership clubs last month.
Now Celtic look set to step in and take him to the SPL.
"When my agents were speaking with me about the possibility, I couldn't even understand immediately how big an opportunity it is," he continued.
"I like taking risks so of course I decided to go and try.
"I don't think that I'm pompous but I consider myself so good enough to meet the requirements at a team like Celtic."
Reports in Hungary report that Celtic boss Gordon Strachan contacted his mentor Sir Alex Ferguson to check on Halmosi - as United played against Debrecen in a UEFA Champions League qualifier last year.
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kenny miller ?
:))))))))))
Big up to Big Liam !
noel.
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Morning All,
I have for 1 wud stop playing Wallace at Left Back, however I think WGS priority is to sort the defence, he mentions individual errors however the space the opposition seem to have had of late is quite disturbing...
Noel, Kenny Miller - IMO not what we need as we have Wee Shaun, Beattie & Majic and a few upcoming stars from our Youth, what we need is a stron Centre Forward in the Sutton mould in order to compliment the pint sized strikers...
Anyway better get back to work..... :>(
Hail Hail
SPC
P.S. The amount of Celtic Jerseys in which I spotted in Pattaya (Thailand) was just amazing in-fact I was flabbergasted..... Then you had The Wolfies blaring from large speakers it was like being down the Gallowgate!!!
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Home from Home...... :>)
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The positive comments on yesterdays radio indicate where our long term future is concerning the left back position.
Our future left back he of the Mulgrew Charlie clan was watched by WGS.
If the Well come at us like they did against the Rankgers then we will have a game on our hands.
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When Bill Clinton was running for president he had a big sign in his campaign hq which said'IT'S THE ECONOMY,STUPID'so if he were to arrive at Barrowfield with his magic marker and postits they would say something along the lines of'IT'S THE DEFENSE,STUPID'
In terms of asset management is SP[#1ASSET]at the stage where :
a/contract talks are on a break
b/contract talks are broken down permanently and he will leave as a free agent at the end of his current contract
c/he is being sold during either this,or the next,window?
Fair
then rain.
Moderate
or good.
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watched the rangers game yesterday. I have not seen one of the old firm get such a going over since well the clyde game last week!! Motherwell just couldn't put the ball in the net! Hit the bar and 2 cleared off the line! Denied a stonewall PK early in the first half.
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Dubcelt, comment deleted for language violation.
Good luck on Wednesday Tom.
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Dundee Utd accept Celtic's bid for Mark Wilson.
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Dubcelt, you naughty bhoy you......
Just when I thought it was safe to go home it starts rainng cats & dogs, oh well have to stay here and enjoy the craic....
Ferrari to Roller blades it has been described Heke to Miller lol....... :>)
I see Combe has come out and said our goals shud not have counted, bitter feelings one thinks...
TINHAT TIME: Do we think we are a good team? If so are the other SPL teams getting better or are have our standards dropped?
I cannot answer the above however i must emphasise I will support through thick & thin.....
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timoot I'm afraid my only contact with the herald recently was a polite letter to their owners Newsquest. Since they took on board scotlands second highest earning QC as a columnist it is no longer a suitable publication for me.
I am suprised that Nil by mouth have had nothing to say on this matter ah well.
Maybe the scotsman will give scotlands highest earning QC a column. I'd read his.
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Wilson undergoing medical. Fee of 500K mentioned and he himself will pick up half allegedly......?
Miller flattered to be linked with Bhoys move, I reckon he will be looking for more than he is worth....
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On the Miller thing, he is probably a better finisher than wee Shaun and Aiden but not the same versatility and if you had the choice would he play before Magic or CB.
We need another striker in the mould of big John but a bit of pace and full time commitment would be good. Anyone got any suggestions.
Before anyone moans I know that big John has not left (yet).
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109 steps...re prev comment,
i almost dont believe you!!
if anyone sitting near me was to call wgs an OB. theyd be 'out' and lose their season ticket. calling a celtic manager an OB ..your having a laugh!
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.....if it happened!
twenty aint plenty
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A lot of people have expressed some concern over the height of Ross Wallace at LB he is 5ft 8in, anybody worried that Mark wilson is only 2 inches taller.
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Giz A Huddle
Gary O'Connor, perfect replacement for BBJ.
A far better prospect than KB I think.
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Thismancraig, I agree with you but I bet a lot of others don't.
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Giz a huddle
Did you get that 5 foot 8 figure from the official club website. Having gone through their stats of player height and weight, I have to think that they are hardly 100% accurate. Wallace is no bigger than 5 foot 6, and to say John Hartson is less than 18 stone is laughable...
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Well the rain has stopped, my stomach is rumbling and I want my dinner.
Gary O'Connor, gotta disagree.
Happy debating CQN...
Hail Hail
SPC whoisgoingforabeer
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Brass neck award for 2006 has just been won by Michael Kelly. He has a letter in today’s Herald in which he states the reason for Celtic being on the receiving end of cup defeats by lower league teams is because the club was taken out of the control families who were supporters ‘first, last and all the time.’ No mention of the fact that these families had run the club into the ground and almost out of existence.
Does this guy still attend Celtic games?
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I'd never buy any player on the basis of 1 game but Vitaly Kutuzov with Belrus gave the Scotland defence a stack of problems.
26 years old currently with AC Milan but as is common with them he has been "loaned" for a few seasons....wonder if they would loan him in our direction.
Scored a good goal, but did miss several other very good chances I must admit.
However I am sure the Euro Scouting team will turn up a player of better overall standard.
If the Peter Halmosi deal is correct as per Sky..it's interesting that despite all the newspapers sources / the various Celtic website insiders...NOT ONE had any word on this guy ???
Maybe Celtic are keeping things really close - which is the way it should be.
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109 steps - Thank you. I thought I was going mad. Welcome to the Ross Wallace fan club.
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Michael I did get his height from the official site, just looked on 4thegame.com and they have him at 5ft 6in.
Mark Wilson is 5ft 11in according to them.
Mind you they only have big john at 14st 6lbs.
is Big John the fattest player to play for Celtic?
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Re whitedoghunch 9.19, I also wrote to the Herald informing them I would no longer be buying their newspaper, here is the reply I got. A couple of quotes from it are `I guess if both sides are annoyed we are doing something right` and ` If he`s good enough to appear in the high court he`s good enough to appear in the Herald` That makes it alright then?
Dear Reader
I refer to your letter regarding Donald Findlay, QC, who this week began writing a column for our sports pages. I must disagree with any suggestion that this affects the balance of our sports coverage. I believe our readers are intelligent and open-minded enough to recognise this. Everybody knows Donald is a Rangers fan so can read his column with that prior knowledge - the same cannot be said for columnists in some other newspapers who present themselves as neutral observers but are, in fact, supporters of a particular team.
I acknowledge that Donald once did a stupid thing, for which he was punished. How many other men in the West of Scotland have done the same thing without getting caught? Quite a few, I'd guess. I do not believe they are all bigots, just people who fail to seriously consider the implications of the songs - even if they are educated enough to know better. If anything, Donald Findlay's 1999 mistake, and the debate which followed it, have gone some way to change that kind of unthinking behaviour by otherwise decent people.
Before signing Donald I spoke to a number of Celtic fans, mainly lawyers who know him well, and they assured me that his passion for Rangers did not mean he was an anti-Catholic bigot. Having met the man, I find him a likeable and honest individual. For the record, I come from a Roman Catholic background myself and know what it is like to be on the receiving end of sectarian abuse. I do not think the solution to sectarianism is to demonise people. It's about saying sorry and moving on. That's why the peace process in Northern Ireland has made some progress, for example. It's when they start calling each other names and dragging up historical grievances that things begin to stall.
The Herald has excellent staff sports writers who will continue to do a great job for us, both in terms of analysis, comment and straightforward match reports. Our chief football/sports writer remains Graham Spiers who has been the subject of (totally unjustified) criticism from some supporters on the other side of the Old Firm fan base for speaking out against sectarianism among some Rangers fans. I guess if both sides are annoyed, we are doing something right.
Newspapers should be provocative and lively. That's why we signed Donald. He is an eloquent man and a leading QC - if he is good enough to appear in the high court, he is good enough to appear in the pages of The Herald. We remain totally fair and impartial in our news and sports news coverage. We continue to oppose sectarianism and will speak out against it in our leader columns, as we have done to date. Will certainly will not print any writing we regard as sectarian - though I cannot imagine any contributor, including Donald, producing that sort of piece. I would urge you to read our extensive Monday sports coverage as a whole and then make up your own mind. Do you really think there is another paper in Scotland with better coverage?
Yours sincerely
Joan McAlpine
Acting editor
The Herald
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mcgrory-for-arsenal,
Your suspicion is totally understandable, but I promise you that the judgement suspending effect of Vodka, Buckie, and other popular refreshments combined with emotional lows has resulted in some scandalous reactions.
At home it is minimal but present; away from home it can be disturbingly common.
Last week at Clyde, the reaction of one family party (Mother, Father, Daughter, Son and assorted mates)throughout and at the end of the game was nothing short of naked hatred!
BTW for you youngsters, this is no new phenomenon!
I sadly remember the same things being said about Bertie Peacock, Tommy Gemmell, and Willie Wallace! Of course no one would ever admit to it now, just few people admit to voting tory or booing Fergus!
SweetShunshukesBadassSong :
I don't think we'll have to book too large a venue for the Ross Wallace Cheerleaders AGM!
109steps
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Giz a huddle-the great Peter Latchford?
Also it's possible to be very effective on the pitch while not looking athletic eg Bobby Murdoch,Michel Platini.
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Bkbby Russell - I did same and got same reply.
As I posted an a previous thread I thought the last sentence very smug - Scotsman is an alternative and the alternative I plopped for has good enough coverage of Scotland for me.
I count 4 lost readers from CQN alone.....may not have 'em quivering but the chances are that these 4 are right slap bang in their target readership.
TB
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dontbrattback...would add Z. Zidane to that - don't know what it is about him but he doesn't look like one of the best footballers in the world....more like a pals dad....
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Paul,
There are a plethora of reports on NewsNow that we are after Kenny Miller. Please tell me there is no truth in this.
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dontbrattbackinanger saw big Peter on Celtic TV last week and he is still on the podgy side, agree with the others as not looking like players.
Dixie Deans always looked like a bit of a down and out who had wandered onto the park by accident.
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Parkheadcomesalford, why let the truth get in the way of selling adverts.
I have no sympathy for you for reading this stuff in the first place.
on playeOs not looking liek fottballers; I always have this thought when I see the great Alfredo.
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BR
What a fudged reply from Ms.McAlpine and her from a Roman Catholic background as well.( Whats that got to do with it anyway.?)
Dearie me, Joan a few years ago, you wouldn't have got a job as a typist in Findlays office.
He was here in Singapore again a few weeks ago and allegedly was up to his old tricks again after a few jars with some 'rainjurrs' fans. Out of mind-out of sight( no I didn't type that the wrong way round.)
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OK, I was talking to someone while typing that last line.
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Could have the start of a world beating XI-
John Robertson[forest-always looked like he'd nipped a fag behind his ear before setting off down the touchline]
Andy Ritchie[morton]
Gerd Muller[b.munich]
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ps the greatest of them all-Ferenc PUSKAS!
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Fattest player to play for Celtic. Paul Byrne must take some beating...
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Whit, nobody mentioned BFDJ? He's not a world class footballer I grant you but he is world class fat!!!
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Stevie Fulton?
Nah, Paul Byrne must be the winner
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And there was of course fat le tissier.
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and in his latter playing days Michelin Man Maradonna..
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Maradona was off the wall fat for some time.
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Right heres a rumour for you John Hartson will be an Everton player by the end of the week.
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Brian Whittaker - looked like he had just walked off the set of the Blue Oyster bar from the Police Academy films.
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Bobby Russell
£&*£ing ridicolous!
Why not just say - "We've hired Donald Findlay to get Ranger's fans to start buying our paper again"
He is charged of sectarian abuse but is not sectarian, he is an intelligent individual yet did not understand the implications of his actions. What kind of a contradictory excuse is that!?!
Many do it and don't get caught - your point?!
And what has appearing in the high court got to do with impartial and quality journalism?
Is there any home for Scottish media?
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2:00 AM, Tom64 - good luck on Wednesday.
PSV (G14 member) have confirmed results for season 04-05 (I posted the provisionals a few weeks ago): Turnover ₤43.5m (€63m), Loss ₤7.8m (€11.3m), Salaries ₤23.5m (€34m). This is the third straight year of losses, cumulative ₤21.6m (€31.3m) & they are looking at selling the stadium. Chairman Rob Westerhof commented ‘The three clubs that drive the Dutch football economy (Ajax, Feyenoord & PSV) should get more of the TV money ……’. They expect a better financial result in season 05-06 because they plan to sell their car park. Guus Hiddink was reported to be 'shocked' at the size of the loss given their very successful campaign last season (Rory wears clogs too).
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bobby russell travelbhoy
you might be better served forwarding a copy of the letter to the owners of the herald either to their uk offices or probably best send it to the stateside office. If only politics had not got in the way the scotsman would own the herald. Hre is a link for said company and it's diversity statement newsquest
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BBc website has got the goods on Wilson.
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Fat Celtic player debate reminded me of 2 guys I had almost completely forgotten about. Left back Paul Mclaughlin, signed from Queens park, he kind of defeats the big full back debate and the big centre half boy that got a couple of games before going to Partick thistle - was it Jim Slavin? (oh, Lex Baillie was a big lad).
109 steps, I agree, I think wee Ross could make it as left back, though more more probably a left wing back in a 3-5-2, but WGS is a stickler for 4-4-2. Was jackie better in the air than i can remember or did we spend so much time in the oppostion half they couldn't target his lack of height?
U2, on the rangers spend, he also insisted there would be a mystery donor who would be giving £10m , i think, exclusively for transfers. This donor was due to appear 3 weeks ago (old Sean and Tom Hunter came to mind).
....still waiting.
It's starting to resemble the hunt for weapons of mass destruction clock run by newsnight.
WMD, Where's Murray's Donor.
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Bobby Russell et al.
Well done for calling the Herald on this.
The letter from Mrs McAlpine made me smile. It tries to start/perpetuate the myth that Findlay made one mistake, and only once.
No, madam, he was caught on film once, and that is a whole nuther thing.
My real problem with Findlay goes back to the murder of Mark Scott - a young boy murdered for being a Celtic supporter.
The brutal act itself was sickening. The following actions of the Rangers vice-chairman (Findlay) were as shocking as they were baffling.
If the Celtic vice-chairman had defended an adult Celtic supporter who murdered a young boy Rangers supporter, do we really have to wonder what the media outcry would have been? They would have said that Celtic were validating the act - and they would have been right.
No such outcry was heard of course. What does that tell us?
Findlay's reply, when questioned on his judgement, was that everyone deserved a defence. Did he believe he was the only barrister in the UK? His actions were horribly inappropriate, as any sentient professional would have recognised. Who knows what additional emotional pain it caused the Scott family.
Just realised I'm preaching to the choir. I'll write to Mrs McAlpine also. I do think it matters, and I do think an impartial press are essential to a democracy. This man Findlay shames the country I would love to feel part of.
PS - McGrory
You asked me a specific question - I've tacked the response on to the end of the last thread
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'Fatty' Foulke
This guy has to take the biscuit, pies, breakfast, lunch etc...
Although he was authentic, his stature and the 'Who eat all the pies' was seen as urban myth. Last year I saw a programme on UK History, someone had discovered old film that had been tucked away in a warehouse for the best part of a century.
There was some footage of Fatty Foulkes and he looks even larger than alleged, he has a long beard alla WC Grace and his agility for a big man is something to behold.
BBJ still has someway to go!
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Fellow Hoops fans it is to great regret that i have to bring this news to you all. Through a very good friend of mine in the Sports agency network, i have come across some interesting news. As we all know mark wilson will complete his move today, he signed on thursday last week. Gary caldwell and Gary o connor Have already signed pre-contract and will arrive in the summer.Great news i thought untill the regretfull news that Stan The Man Petrov has signed a pre-contract with newcastle, on the condition that MON takes over in ther summer, pretty much a double Kick to the teeth.If this was not enough Mr lennon and BBJ will be making their was back south in the summer out of the "goldfish bowl ". i would be nmore than happy if someone had some concrete evidence to suggest this is untrue.
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Shamrock
I'm confused - I thought pre-contract agreements could only be signed 6 months before the end of a players contract - Stan has 18 months to go.
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Incidentally, as a postscript to my previous post at 10.49, not once in my letter to them did I state that I was a Celtic fan, yet she states that if both sets of the old firm fans are annoyed then they must be doing something right. Her research into whether or not to employ him was by talking to `a number of Celtic fans, mainly lawyers!! Priceless.
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well unfortunatley he had a clause written in to his contract, that he is using.If you want you can rephrase pre -contract to an agreement in princple with newcastle boils down to the same thing.
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Kenny miller.I've Been laughing all morning.
In saying that some of the faithful would believe that grass is blue if the rag printed it.
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SP's contract underb the rulings of Bosman 2 would immediately be null and void. If he had signed this *deal* and the club found Newcastle would be guilty of tapping up the player.
You can take this rumour and disregard it immediately as it's a Regi Blinker...
Also O'Neill would not have been able to talk to Newcastle when under contract to Celtic, so there's no chance of this clause being in either. otherwise he, SP and NUCC would all have been guilty of tapping...
So.....that's that rumour well and truly scudded.....
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Shamrock,
I think you may be residing near a dangerous sunstances factory.
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Shamrock
Neither Stan nor O'Connor can sign any kind of pre-contract. If you do sign something it can't be predicated on the replacement of a manager with another.
Latest MON report: Wife condition no change therefore football no chance.
I think you sources are as solid as those based in the media here, which is "not very".
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By pre-contract then you mean there was a clause saying he could move to Spain/Italy/England if an over came in over a certain value and he wanted to go.
If this is true then fine... at least we know we have the money to find a quality replacement... either now or for the summer.
The MON part would only be the case if the player decided - yeah I want to move but only if Martins there.
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Should be substances.....but if you are it would've looked the same anyway:))
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Another thing...
If a good friend of yours in the Sports Agency network told you about it I'm sure it would have already hit the press.
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ShamrockBhoy is apparently a very new addition to CQN.
Apart from all the obvious glaring errors in his "exclusive" giving him away, I think he might well be popping over from the other side on the wind up.
Busted!
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Wee Wallace
I thought he had a very good game on Saturday, constantly being available and getting wide at pace.
He is vulnerable to the high ball as last man. This oocurs in a 4 because usually one of the central defenders has been drawn out. He would fair much better in a 3/5 as this allows a further central man to cover.
He cannot do anything about his height so this a weakness that cannot be trained out.
That means if we persist with a 442 we need someone else. If WGS is prepared to resort to a 3/5 then I feel he can be used without the height vulnerability.
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Re Donald Findlay. The Herald must have been aware of what kind of reaction they would get by giving this guy a voice. I guess the FFers boycott must be biting. I will continue to buy it too as, despite its faults, it is still the best paper up here.
There were quite a few letters published in the paper last week about the column, James McMillan notably jumping in early but only two of the letters (including one from yours truly) addressed the content which was so embarrassing an ‘O’ grade English student would have disowned it. This week’s isn’t much better.
I believe the approach of criticising the message rather than the messenger is the best one. By all means write in to The Herald but only with regards to the content of the column. Unless and until he causes actual offence in what he writes the only way he will be dumped is if his columns continue to be so poor and the readership picks on that fact.
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Paul, not sure how you can think Keane played well in defence. I thought he had a pretty rotten game and was no better than McManus beside him. I never liked Keane at CB with Man U when he filled in the odd time, and I certainly haven't changed my mind. Twice in the first half he steamed into challenges and only took the player. Both times he was fortunate to escape action from the referee. I also didn't think he looked too clever in the air - but he's not really tall enough and hence it isn't really his fault. Bobo would have been slsughtered on here for some of his slack play, and to tell the truth, I'd much rather have Bobo any day of the week.
As for Telfer being consistent, he consistently can't run with the ball, can’t tackle and can’t cross. He consistently pumps the long ball to BBJ rather than play a simple pass to Naka and he slows everything up - Nakamura had to wait an age for him to overlap all game on Saturday. The sooner he's kicked out of the team the better.
Delighted Wilson is signing and I'd be more than happy for Caldwell to join him before the end of the transfer deadline. That way we could get Keane into the midfield where he belongs, probably at the expense of Lennon who seems to be in a bit of a rut at present. As I said after the game, I felt it was completely embarrassing watching some of our defending on Saturday, and unless we sort it out quick, we'll be dropping points in the next few weeks.
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Shamrockbhoy
Can your "Sports Agency" contact tell us exactly how much each of the respective parties will be bunged in a brown envelope as well?
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Martin O'Neill has already shown where his priorities lie,therefore it is despicable that his name crops up in rumours like this while his wife remains unwell.
This is a criticism of the originator of this story,not yourself Shamrock,or even your mate.
On a less serious note there's a big difference between players who looked unfit while playig at the height of their powers,and those who succumbed to the ravages of time,women and cuba libre
BBJ must have done something very wrong in a pevious life if he's going to Goodison..
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dumbhoy,
If Wallace is any sort of back at all, surly it is a wing back. If we are not playing 5 at tha back I can see little point in playing him.
Felt Shaun helped him alot on Saturday, tracked back well when Wallace went forward.
Shows what an intelligent and complete mid field player Maloney is becoming.
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At 11:42 AM, Cubist Funk said…
...stuff about PSV....interesting figures, Cubist. A quick look at the G14 web page had me wondering how some of these clubs got in there.
A few don't have great Euro records, and from what you say, some may have lower turnover than us.
Apart from residing in well-populated countries, I don't see much else going for a couple of them.
Just goes to show what we should be able to do with our current turnover.
Tom....good luck this week!
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Kenny Miller to Celtic
Petrov on pre-contract with Newcastle, with MON going in the summer.
I smell Rafael...
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Paul, (or any other financial whizzkids out there)
If, as it increasingly seems to be, Wilson signs today, does it have to be announced to the stock exchange first? And if it does, can it be announced at any time of the trading day, or will it have to wait till tomorrow? morning?
Cheers in advance!!
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PlatowasaTim
Don't have a clue but I'm 99% sure it's one of the reasons Celtic can't comment on player... saying we've nearly signed Ronaldinho on a free for the deal to break down could have an affect on share prices I'd imagine.
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Plato, is no requirement to announce a signing at the Stock Exchange.
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Shamrock, what happened to that big name signing you were telling us about last weekend??
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malone19
Cheers mate.
BTW, I would settle for "nearly signing Ronaldinho
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Cheers Paul!!
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Paul
I will take your word that Celtic do not want to sign Kenny Miller.
That being the case, why have so much of the media been saying that we actually are interested in signing him?
The reason I ask, is that usually some hack would try to dismiss the story, thereby suggesting that he has better contacts within Celtic Park. But, to the best of my knowledge, this has not happened yet.
Personally, I do not want him. NOT because he is a former R****** player, but rather I feel that he is neither good enough, or needed at this particular time.
Any news on the Hungarian winger, or the Finnish winger yet?
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PlatowasaTim
Why not? Rangers nearly signed Ronaldo.
:-/
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Malone19 and PlatowasaTim why dont we chip in a pound each and fax the bid to Barca on behalf of Celtic and then we can say that a bid was made but turned down.
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malome 19
So they did!!
Along with nearly signing Zidane, Henry, Rooney, Beckham, Eto'o, Thompson...
Oh! They DID sign him!!!....
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Rossio,
Agreed, Keano is no defender and with no major hurdles to cross until September, maybe WGS will think of utilising Keane at CB to fix the mess in defence. I don't think that medicore performances in a poor defence is going to enhance RK's repuation or confidence - look at the present defence.
Telfer:
Was brought in as a utility man (although maybe his No2, suggests it was always WGS intention to use him there.) If he had been used as a squad member, his performances may have endeared him to the Celtic faithfull as it is he has little credability left.
Wallace:
Potential, left midfield/winger, needs to build himself up and to improve his all round game. He has been exposed on each outing at left back and his creibility is going down the toilet, some good runs forward and linking play are his only redeeming features at the moment.
McManus:
Again looks far from the complete player at 23 can't be called a youngster but had potentail and causes problems in the box. His Celtic career may be over before it's really taken off.
We have 5 or 6 first class players in the squad at present. We should be playing them to their strenghts and sorting out the obviouus weaknesses in the squad.
LONG TERM FIXES, NOT QUICK FIXES.
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Giz a Huddle
That would be amazing!!
A three quid bid for Ronaldinho!! Superb!! LOL!!!
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Chairbhoy
If, as you say, that Telfer is a "utility man", do you think that WGS will move him to the centre of defence?
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PlatowasaTim 12:48
Alan Campbell dismissed the Miller story in yesterday's Herald
Miller Ruled Out
On the subject of Keano I'm always willing to give players (even world class ones) the benefit of the doubt when they are just back from injury. I've no doubt Keano will be a major player for us whether he plays in midfield or defence.
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"McManus then just came right through me and I have the stud-marks down my thigh to prove it."
Alan Combe 15/01/06
Hmmmm...
Nothing to do with you Rugby tackling him pal?
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If the comment from Combe was accurate then I am sure greetin face would have mentioned it in his post match interview.
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martinobhoy
Cheers, mate.
Does he have good contacts within Celtic Park?
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I will take each point in turn. the main one i am not from the dark side the force is strong in this one. Bosman rulings 2 per window, Petrov is not a bosman is an agreed figure. You are not tapping if the club give you permission. It is also very true regarding the share issue, being a shareholder i know this. Now heaven for bid that i would suggest that agents where still out there promoting their players to get more money. Lets all stat living in the real world, tapping goes on, it is only illegal if you get caught. As for MON's other half she is as you say the same although she is not deteriorating, but his daughters will have finished the Glasgow education come summertime. i Never once said these where exclusive, i was merely looking for help in to dispelling said remarks as i would be as happy as hoopy in a fire hydrant shop if they were unfounded. Now every transfer window that goes by said person hears things, now deals change on a regular basis but in my experience 80% of what he hears, does happen. Don't get me wrong most of it is not Celtic related and i take no great interest, but as we are at an evolving stage of Celtic football club there a lot of deals being done left, right and indeed centre. I appreciate the critics and am happy to see that it does not just turn in to a slagging match and for once it is a proper Celtic site, with as the locals say "no bams".
Also i only signed up to post today but have been reading for a while as for the exclusive last weekend, different shamrock !!!
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Plato,
From, my understanding of your work on metaphysics you believe;
The perceptual world consists of imperfect copies of the intelligible forms or ideas. These forms are unchangeable and perfect, and are only comprehensible by the use of the intellect or understanding,
How could you even contemplate Telfer at Centre Back.
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KM's agent is obviously flying a kite. Hearts and Rangers can't afford/don't want him, he wants to return to Scotland so agent publicly sounds us out.
Journalists have now got a free back page without doing any work. There is a dearth of transfer stories so need to make it up. It is interesting that despite the £10 to £100 million cash injection that TFOD are getting even the red tops are not linking them with any players.
Also why was Boumsong on a pre contract a great piece of business and Caldwell is robbing Hibs of a fee? Hold on I am starting to drift into paranoia.
On the Findlay as a columnist issue. It has been done first and foremost to be controversial and given the controversy it has stirred here it must be working. I'll continue to buy the Herald for reasons other than sport but I am very much against boycotts, let's leave that to the FF Brigade (a sanctioned by Murray).
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PlatowasaTim
I haven't got a clue about Alan Campbell or his contacts (if any) at Celtic Park.
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Jim Slavin.... beast of a man. Would probably eat BBJ for breakfast (I used to date Jim's cousin).
A striker to replace BBJ without losing what he gives the team.....how about Gregor Rasiak, 6 ft 3 inch, 13 and a half stone.
Or Carl Cort at Wolves, 6 ft 4 inch.
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LondonBhoy
How about...
Andy Fordham
Height: Unknown
Weight: 10098 stone
Can throw things with great accuracy.
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Malone19
Fordham probably just as mobile as BBJ. Or Cort.
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Fordhams a fan of the Kinning Park unwashed by the way. And before you say it - yes it is no surprise - he looks like one...
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Fordham a well known Rangers fan so must be ruled out I'm afraid
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we've been linked with rasziak......one biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig problem......he's awful.
and carl cort is shola ameobi in disguise........ ask Rir Sobby O'Bobson.....
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I'm not sure Sir Bobby could tell you...
Lomana Lualua was once asked by a reporter: "We know Sir Bobby likes to give his players nicknames, so what does he call you?"
Lualua's response: "Er... to be honest he calls me Shola Ameobi"!
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Who is suggesting Petrov has signed a pre-contract? That's a new one, a PC with 18 months to run on his existing one. Mmmm.
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Now then guys and gals here the latest transfer speculation regarding our great team. ( think i've been watching too much of that Celeb big brother!)
Comings:
Alexei Eremenko - Lecce - fansfc - Possible loan
Derek Riorden - Hibs - Daily Retard - No fee mentioned
Garry O'Connor - Hibs - Daily Express - £1.5 million quoted
Gary Caldwell - Hibs - Daily Retard - Looks like he's signed a pre-contract agreement at PH but will not be available til next season
Grzegorz Rasiak - Spurs - Spurs fan site - Magic and Artur's fellow countryman cost £1 million in summer but has failed to impact 1st team
Henrik Larsson - Barcelona - Kojo - If dream come true we'd get him for free!
Kenny Miller - Wolves - The Sun - £3 million being quoted (Sure they mean Liam or we'd even concider Joe!!)
Kevin Kibane - Everton - Hunday Mail - More mindless guessing game from the hacks of the Mint
Kevin McDonald - Dundee - SkySports - No fee mentioned
Kevin McNaughton - Aberdeen - vitalfootball.co.uk - Refused new contract
Lubos Husek - Jablonec - Sky Sports - £150K
Mark Wilson - Dundee Utd - BBC/Herald - Reported to have signed for £500K (12/01/06)
Michael Brown - Spurs - Daily Express - No fee mentioned
Michal Zewlakow - Anderlecht - The Hearld - £300K quoted
Nigel de Jong - Ajax - SkySports/Algemeen Dagblad - No fee quoted
Paul Dixon - Dundee - SkySports - No fee mentioned
Paul Hartley - Hearts - Various - £1Million+ going by our previous attempts
Radoslaw Sobolewski - Wisla Krakow - Scottish Daily Mail - £400K was quoted last year but looks more likely to sign for Jamfarts
Pedro Mendes - Spurs - Mail, Express Various - Signed for Portsmouth combined fee of £7.5 million for Mendes and Davis (12/01/06)
Peter Halmosi - Debrecen - SkySports - Quoted as bing in Glasgow for medical and talks. No fee quoted
Robbie Keane - Spurs - Everybody at some point - £6 million mentioned, so non starter me thinks.
Roy Keane - Free - Everyone - SIGNED (02/01/06)
Sean Davis - Spurs - Daily Express - Signed for Portsmouth combined fee of £7.5 million for Davis and Mendes (12/01/06)
Steven Hammell - Motherwell - ETims - No fee mentioned
Steven Pienaar - Ajax - Daily Retard/Radio Synde - £1.5- £2million - Signed for Borussia Dortmund (20/12/05)
Steven Whittaker - Hibs - Daily Retard - No fee mentioned
Vitaly Kutuzov - Sampdoria - E-Tims - No fee mentioned
Wayne Bridges - Chelsea - WGS - Possible loan deal, but could we aford the wages?
Goings:
Alan Thompson - The Sun - Probably a nominal fee as he has 18 mths to run in current deal
Chris Sutton - The Sun - Everton and Portmouth both suppose to be interested. £300K quoted - FREE TRANSFER TO BIRMINGHAM (05/01/06)
Didier Agathe - Players agent - Middlesbrough want him on trila with Leeds interested in a loan deal.
Du Wei - Daily Retard/The Sun - Loan deal ended on Sunday 15/01, so no-one is quite sure exactly what the situation is currnetly.
John Hartson - Hunday Mail - Portsmouth are keen to sign BBJ but WGS is not keen to sell
Mo Camara - Sky Sports - Deby County are suppose to be interested
Stanislav Varga - Sky Sports - Kaiserslautern and Bayer Leverkusen are reportedly interested
Stephen Pearson - Daily Retard - Livi interested in loan but Preston are interested on permanent deal. £200K being mentioned.
Stillian Petrov - Daily Express/SkySports - Fulham reportedly made £3.2 million bid. Everton quoted to be waiting with a £4 million bid.
As always if anyone has heard of anyothers please let me know.
/Bishop B
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same gag for shola and carl cort....
it is pretty much accepted that they were supposed to sign jason euell and ended up with cort due to rir sobby being a bit senile...
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I think that Kojo hinted that Petrov's agent had been instructed to sound out potential employer's.
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Looks like Wilson has signed for £1/2 million.
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I've always thought that joke was too good to be true... but with Ror Bibby anything is possible
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Just think Rir Sobson was so close to managing us at one point......just before venglos was it? or jansen? maybe burns.... sometime once he nearly took the mantle anyway...
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• Chairbhoy 11:53 AM,
On Fatty Foulke there is some great stuff on him in a book called `He always puts it to the right a history of the penalty kick’ , which says that it was he who introduced the idea of the ballboy so that he didn’t have to run for the ball.
Also that he once gave away a penalty when he lifted and turned upside down the centre forward who was winding him up and stuck his head in a puddle.
Unfortunately Foulke died young and broke after spending his last years in fair grounds doing beat the goal for pennies.
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BBJ defo going to Everton for cash plus Naysmith.
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Its getting a bit tabloid rumourmungery today...
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Len
The Sunday People yesterday linked John O'Shea with us for the princely sum of £3m cos Keane says he'd come.
Please no more mentions of English Championship standard players. have you not had enough of that with Telfer and Camara this season?
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Giz A Huddle
Where did that come from?
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Paul,
I stand rebuked. Fair enough. But NewsNow does regularly offer good articles on Celtic.
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Four and a half year deal for Mark Wilson
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Celtic FC site confirms Wilson has signed for 4.5 years. Welcome to the family Mark.
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I decided to be all tabloidy and make it up.
Everton are getting rid of Bent and Drunken Duncan.
They will need a striker.
We need a left Back.
BBJs family are in Wales.
Liverpool is close to Wales.
Therefore 2+2 = 38 and you have a tabloid styley story.
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Len,
Can you find another name for the Daily Record please as I find the one you have chosen to be offensive.
Hail Hail
Phob
Welcome Mr Wilson.
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I have it on good authority that Ashley Cole will be coming to Celtic Park within the week (pending a medical) as a swap deal involving Ross Wallace.
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TAXI FOR TELFER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome to the fold Mark.
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baldymeister - cheers mate, should have known as it was in the Sunday Express aswell..
phob - sorry my friend wouldn't want to offend anyone. So now Daily Rankers!
/Bishop B
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Big welcome to Mark Wilson, keep fit and prosper!
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Len - Cheers. A fine title.
Phob
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Just read back through the earlier posts...Good luck to Tom64 on wednesday....Hope all goes well....
I've just had one set of good news in the last few days, let's hope for a double...
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Anyone think we might end up with Wilson at CB for the weekend? Please no!
Do we know what has happened with Du Wei yet?
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For reasons already stated, delighted Wilson has signed. Someone give Telfer a lift to the airport - he did score that lovely goal against Aberdeen after all! Seriously though, for our mobile team to work, we can't have players such as Telfer, as he continuously slows up play or plays the long ball. I also feel he's no better in the air than Wallace on the other side. Look back over the games this season and look at how many times Telfer was caught out with a cross ball - he has a really strange technique where he looks at the player he's marking rather than the ball. Good riddance as far as I'm concerned. Wilson has to start on Sunday.
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Malone 19
Surely not WGS must realise that Telfer needs replaced.
Is Mcmanus suspended for next week.
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giz a huddle....McMannus is suspended.
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Booked against Kilmarnock
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malone19 - I think we might get an update at the Press Conference later today when we unveil Wilson and possibly the Hungarian boy.
Here's hoping we have white smoke by teatime.. :o)
/Bishop B
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Yes he is... not sure why he is suspended for the coming game but not against Kilmarnock?
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So With Big Mick out the defence for the weekend will be
Wilson, Keane, virgo and Ashley Cole.
Would have included Terry but transfer is not going through until next week.
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In the Twilight Zone, Eamonn Andrews is hosting a special CQN This is your Life special with Gordon Strachan.
Eamonn - Your next manager in the North East then Gordon is from the other side of the Old Firm, ex Dumfermline and Rangers forward Alex Ferguson. But it is the New Firm which Aberdeen will become a part of, along with Dundee United in the early Eighties. The Dons win the Cup winners Cup in Sweden in 1983 but it is a location that would prove to be less to their liking on the other side of the New Firm....
strong Edinburgh accent heard over P:A. system
" Gothenburg may have been a happy hunting ground for you but Ah'll no be going there for ma holidays "
Yes it´s former Hamilton Accies striker and Dundee United skipper Paul Hegarty.
Strachan - Well at least you won the league in ´83 and did pretty well in the EC the following year, semi final against Roma.
Hegarty - That was when we were the best in Scotland, The New Firm's three consecutive leagues was the longest the Glasgow two have gone without winning it.
Strachan - What was it we had?
Hegarty - the defensive partnerships, Me and Narey, Miller and McLeish. Good teams are always built up from the back
Strachan - And why did it come to an end?
Hegarty - Well it was Hearts that blew it really, if they had won it in 1986 then pluralism could maybe really have set in.
Strachan - And then also I had been one of the usual guys moving down south but there was another guy from Edinburgh moving up north.
Hegarty - Aye and he brought the flower and fauna from England up with him.
Eamonn - Was that not the dandy who was responsible for starting the run on the bank at Monte Edmiston?
Strachan - Well I was being managed by another dandy by that time, but that is another story Eamonn
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Len Brennan
Alexei Eremenko - Lecce
He wasn't making it in Lecce's first team, his agent announced that he was interested in Celtic and after Christmas was going over to PH for a trial.
I don't believe the trial happened – Lecce said he was part of their plans and he is now in the first team – who says the press don’t have their purpose.
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A few months back I asked for some help in bringing my young lad to a game. I received lots of welcome advice here on this site.
I attended the game on Saturday with the child courtesy of DICK BYRNE. So I would like to say a big THANK YOU here to DICK.
You made one young boy's birthday very special.
Go raibh mile maith agat.
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WGS has already stated that he is not keen to alter the back 4 wholesale and that changes should be graduated.
I think that means that Keane will start there and Wallace will remain. Wilson should get his turn and then it's one from Virgo or Scooby (if he's still around).
But don't be surprised if Telfer starts to minimise the change.
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Dick Byrne eh? Sounds painfull!
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Paul
How about creating a thread where we can all add our best wishes and prayers to Tom64 for his upcoming medical adventures? I see a few thoughts scattered throughout the themes.
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Never celebrate a goal on astroturf with a full length dive!
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wilson officially a celt, four and a half year deal
welcome to the family wee man!
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When playing at the Works Footie I shall remember that tonight
Again good luck to Tom64 with the medical fun
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new article posted.
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Guigsy.....quality.
Baldymeister...the chances of you scoring and celebrating are slim to none and slim's on a diet. Remember I've seen you playing the beautiful game and I'll say just this......stick to peanut rustling and leave us nimble ones to the footie...you're designed for the dark side so stick to it...
For all of you confused by this, Baldy is like BBJ - same haircut, same beard, same physical shape but far less mobile.
TAXI FOR TELFER!!!!!
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Hungarians are getting quite excited about the possibility of Halmai (pronounced, Holmoy-e) Peter hooking up with Roy Keane.
Here's the link but I don't suppose it's much use since Hungarian is a tough language to get to grips with:
http://www.nemzetisport.hu/cikk.php?cikk=104145
Basically, they are saying that he will sign a two and a half year deal.
His team Debrecen, from the East of the country, are the current Hungarian champions.
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Kojo
I am sure replaying a tape a few times gives one a better appreciation of a game seen on TV but nothing beats actually being there - in such fortunate circumstances one take may be enough - see my match report which amkes many of the same points you have made this evening although evidently not as eloquently
VertWolf
