I’m pleased to read Ronny Deila ask for patience with Nadir Ciftci, the player needs a bit of support right now. Had Nadir knocked a goal or two in against our Icelandic opponents, Stjarnan, he would have been in a different zone at the moment, but he missed a few chances – not uncommon among players newly arrived at a club, and has since found opportunities limited by a domestic suspension.
Dundee United started training after Celtic, so Nadir was behind the curve during those games against Stjarnan. Without a full 90 minutes in a month, he will still have ground to make up when we resume after the international break, but he’ll hopefully feel the benefit of the work he’s put in on the training field in recent weeks.
Remember the Jock Stein Charity Match, which takes place at East End Park, Dunfermline on Sunday, kick-off 2pm. There’s a host of former players are playing, including Tom Boyd, Chris Sutton, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Neil Lennon and Stiliyan Petrov, while several from the Hollywood set are also playing, including James McAvoy, Martin Compston and Gianni Capaldi.
Funds from the event go to the Celtic and Dunfermline Foundations. You can pay at the gate to mark the 30th anniversary of Jock’s passing. There’s going to be a lot of memories on that field.
Three years after football fans in Scotland became experts in insolvency law, we now have to become familiar with Serious Organised Crime (I had to look up what it was today). The Scottish Government suggest it involves “drugs, human trafficking and fraud”.
Fraud is one of the small number of crimes where a life imprisonment sentence can be imposed on someone convicted of the crime in Scotland (it carries a maximum of 10 years in England). Even if you were 100% innocent of all charges and the possibility of contamination from dubious characters, the sheer scale of the matters in hand would be an enormous worry.
My hunch is that conspiracies and criminal plans to subvert information are difficult to maintain under the weight of these charges.
I’ve been looking all morning but cannot find what I’m searching for. Does anyone know of an enterprise which operates in the shadow of a Serious Organised Crime investigation which has been able to raise money which didn’t come from the proceeds of Serious Organised Crime?
I’m sure the audit will be just fine.
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lovely post corkcelt – hope he’s back on too!
BSR
Top post!!
BSR
the adage of purchase in haste and regret at leisure comes to mind with some of our recent acquisitions.
recent = previous
Well done Bayern Munich,it’s time these islands did the same instead of allowing a gutter media to fuel rampant xenophobia,all the big club’s here should be doing the same and indeed across society where possible.
Shortie’s Peacock……………….continuing to drink the Kool – Aid…………….
……….matters taken to a whole new Level.
Radio Scotland have been reporting all day on their sports bulletins that Celtic tried to sign Steven Fletcher on loan from Sunderland late on transfer deadline day. CQN categorically stated this was not the case. Who is correct?
Not like the SMSM to get their facts wrong is it?
Yesterday they were telling us that Steven Fletcher rejected a move to Celtic.
Now it emerges that the player wanted to come but Sunderland knocked back the move.
You couldn’t make it up.
Except,of course, they do!
Neilbhoy. Dodged a bullet either way.
Bournes I read your everything is great post with some amusement.
Basically you believe celtics lack of any ambition and their lying to supporters is great.
Anyone who questions and holds the Celtic board to account is a naughty bhoy or girl.
Nice simple worldview to have eh?
16 ROADS – CELTIC ÜBER ALLES… on 3RD SEPTEMBER 2015 3:52 PM
Some chat over these past few days in relation to Celtic legends – Some we have been lucky enough to see play for the club – others we would have wished to have played in the green & white.
What about Joe Craig? Any good?
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Joe was decent, not brilliant. If my memory serves me well, I think he had one year with Kenny who madecim a much better player (think PatbStanton and big Roddie). Joe got one cap as a sub and scored, though never capped again….strangely.
Joe scored the goal that won the league at Easter road in 77.
And that makes him a legend
CorkCelt
I’ve asked the question on your behalf. Coorslad will be along shortly, I think he’s got tae finish his tea :¬)
ps I liked Joe Craig, but he was a Partick Thistle Legend after skelping us 4-1 in the league CF.
V
St Stivs :¬)
Afternoon to you all.
The Celtic FC Foundation is justly getting some well deserved credit for some the work it does. in addition to the two events on Sunday the Foundation has organised another event on Saturday.
This Saturday, September 5, is the anniversary of John Thomson’s death in 1931 and it is also the when the Foundation’s Paradise to Cardenden Cycle ride fittingly takes place.
On our wee website tonyshuddle,com we have an article about John Thomson, Sam English and the link from them to Jimmy Johnstone.
Please have a look if you have moment..on the link below
http://wp.me/p6DYht-eV
Thanks
No One Walks Alone
Corkcelt/16 roads/Vmhan,
TCR was discharged on Friday…he was in good form…His face looked a lot better…I know he is lurking,im sure he will post when he’s ready…
• Vmhan – YNWA Wee Oscar on 3rd September 2015 5:23 pm
ps I liked Joe Craig, but he was a Partick Thistle Legend after skelping us 4-1 in the league CF.
*oh dear being pedantic again but Joe didnae play that day, jimmy bone (another who should never have worn the hoops) was the Magyars striker.
Ellboy on 3rd September 2015 1:45 pm Has the real Rangers Football Club been officially Liquidated yet? Seems to be taking an awful long time? – Won’t be finalised until the assets are sold legally if they have been fraudulently sold as alleged.
tonyshuddle.com
doh!
Neganon
ambition is defined as a strong desire to achieve something, – one could argue that buying youg scottish footballers and trying to develop them into CL players is ambitious. The board may not pursue a policy that meets your our perhaps my ambitions for the club but it doesn’t mean they lack ambition.
everythingisnotroseyCSC
BOURNESOUPRECIPE @ 4:34 PM,
Excellent post, genuine sentiments, wonderfully expressed. I liked this transfer window, well up to a point, think we brought in potentially some good players, some that will get Celtic and hopefully stick around. Also we trimmed the over bloated first team squad with aplomb.
Good house keeping and forward planning.
My one disappointment is, I still don’t see the plan to get us competing in the UCL…
This is the premier competition we can play in. We are a sports club, a Football Team, surely our aim is to perform to the highest level in the best competitions available.
We are also a Business – Celtic PLC, we have the opportunity to Compete in one of the most commercially lucrative Competitions on the planet, – the UCL. Failure to close this deal, is IMO Corporate negligence.
So from both a Sporting and Business prospective, defeat in our attempts to get to the UCL is an unacceptable failure IMO… What to do?
Surely the planning for the next campaign must kick-off as soon as the last one failed.
Yet what did we do? sold our best player and brought a replacement in who cost 1/3 of the price – fair dos if he can do the job, but we know we need a stronger team, we had the cash, we didn’t strengthen.
As a wiser than than me once said – you can’t always get what you want..,
But if you try sometimes, you get what you need.
We need UCL Football – So where did the VvD money go:-)
Hail Hail
NegAnon2
Neganon I read your post with some amusement, holding the board to account maybe one day you will share with us just how you are doing that.
Can we expect changes at board level sometime soon?
Yours in jolliness
SP
Neganon
You’re still my favourite negativist, with your up front moniker at least you wear your heart on your sleeve, unlike some of the quislings that post on here.
Tickled you are able to laugh, you don’t show many signs of enjoyment though on the ole internet, and there’s been many a time I’ve been going to ask you when your birthday fell, as I was going to gift you a sense of humour.
Celtic have invested plenty thank you very much, and you should know that, , but you don’t want to acknowledge the Celtic spend, and want to see 13m in and 13m out?
Maybe it’s your bean counting experience that makes you so thrifty and why you and others don’t rate Ciftci
Hail Hail
Coorslad – Thanks a million for the TCR update.
Also thanks for the responses re Joe Craig.Only thing is reading back just realised that I posted the name of the wrong Joe. It was supposed to be Joe McBride!
Apologies.
Not used to posting during the daylight hours.
Slan.
HH.
TCR
Rest up and get well soon mate
We miss your posts on cqn…
Joe Craig
Famous for scoring for Scotland before he kicked the ball!
Came on as a Sub and scored with his first touch…… A header
16roads
Joe McBride was a natural goal scorer
I had the privilege of playing golf with him inDrogheda and asked him about scoring goals
He didn’t think about it, it was natural
RIP
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/03/english-football-supporters-groups-refugees-welcome-banners?CMP=twt_gu
Supporters’ groups in England are looking to follow the example set by their German counterparts in holding aloft “Refugees Welcome” banners at home matches in response to the crisis gripping Europe.
Bayern Munich to donate €1m to help city’s refugees
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Inspired by support and offers of practical help from fans across Germany in recent weeks, Aston Villa and Swindon Town fans became the first to say they planned to hold aloft such banners amid attempts to coordinate support via social media. Villa supporters plan to send a message supporting refugees during their televised match with Leicester City on Sunday when the teams meet after the international break. Similar banners have already been spotted at non-league matches involving Kingstonian and Dulwich Hamlet. The Premier League said there was nothing in its rules to prevent clubs from welcoming the banners into their stadiums.
The former Aston Villa striker Stan Collymore is among those supporting the campaign to show solidarity with those entering Europe after fleeing warzones in Syria and elsewhere. “I remember Doug Ellis and our team taking aid to Bucharest in 1997 ahead of playing Steaua, and also Birmingham is a vibrant multicultural community,” he said. “I think our great club could and should do our bit to help.”
The organisers of a campaign on Facebook and Twitter (@RefugeesEFL) said they had been directly inspired by the images in Germany. “The German fans using “Refugees Welcome” banners was a big inspiration,” said Deena Nakeeb, who is organising the Facebook campaign. “It’s not just the imagery behind manly blokes holding banners supporting an issue which is so poignant at the moment, it’s the fact we as the British public are showing solidarity.”
Clubs across Germany have organised schemes to invite refugees to come and watch matches and collect clothes and donations, while banners calling for understanding and integration have become a regular feature in the Bundesliga at almost every club. On Thursday, Germany’s biggest club Bayern Munich announced it would raise €1m to help refugees arriving in Europe and set up a training camp for those arriving in the city. Munich train station has become one of the main points of entry for those entering Germany through Hungary and Austria.
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“FC Bayern see it as its social responsibility to help those fleeing and suffering children, women and men, to support them and accompany them in Germany,” said the club’s chief executive, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. Bayern’s youth academy will set up the training camp for children, in conjunction with the city of Munich. Apart from football training, it will also offer meals and German language classes.
First-team players will be accompanied by refugee children when they enter the pitch for Bayern’s next home game against Augsburg, with the club also planning a friendly with the aim of raising €1m euros. “FC Bayern is taking a stand and I am happy about the club’s involvement,” said the Munich mayor, Dieter Reiter. “That is why I happily approved the city’s support.”
Inspired by their German counterparts, English fans are using Facebook and Twitter to try to follow suit. In Scotland, Celtic’s foundation said it would donate a portion of the proceeds from a weekend of events to mark the 30th anniversary of Jock Stein’s death. Among other events, a team of Celtic Legends will play Dunfermline at East End Park on Sunday.
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Berlin has proposed a quota system, thousands of Germans have volunteered to help refugees, and press coverage has been more balanced – but there have also been more violent incidents in Germany
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“Having seen the effects of this humanitarian crisis unfold in recent days, we felt as a club we should help in any way we can,” said Celtic’s chief executive Peter Lawwell. “Celtic was established as a football club to help people in need and this ethos remains a fundamental part of our club almost 130 years after our formation. None of us can understand the true horrors of this situation but as a club we wanted to show our support for those affected.”
Across Germany, Bundesliga clubs have launched a range of schemes to try and foster understanding. Borussia Dortmund invited 220 refugees to watch a Europa League match as part of the city’s “Angekommen in Dortmund” (Arriving in Dortmund) campaign. Schalke invited 100 refugees to their first home game and released a video showing one of their best-known former players, the Ghanaian Gerald Asamoah, talking about the importance of tolerance and understanding. Bayer Leverkusen have started a project called “Bayer 04 macht Schule” (Bayer 04 does school) where the focus is on helping refugee children to join the club. Werder Bremen have founded a “Bleib am Ball” (Stay on the Ball) project to help refugees in the region, while both Hannover and Hoffenheim have delivered kits and shoes.
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Dynamo Dresden’s chairman Robert Schäfer posted a statement on the club website stating: “Hospitality, respect and openness towards asylum seekers follows directly on from sporting values held by our teams. Refugees come to us because they are persecuted in their homelands for their beliefs and fear for life and limb at home. As sports clubs, we want to show these people that after all they have suffered, they are welcome in our midst.”
Germany’s national team also released a video to show their stance against violence and racism, with the team manager, Oliver Bierhoff, saying they were keen to send a message.
Meanwhile, the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, and shadow culture secretary, Chris Bryant, said they had written to national cultural, religious and sports organisations to ask them to play their part in welcoming more refugees to Britain in light of the escalating crisis.
Sums up perfectly what a great goalscorer is all about.
Thanks BT.
HH.
BLANTYRETM
How’s the knee? Going to have to give in and get mine replaced probably in November.
Hope all good with you and yours.
Greetings from KL.
RobinBhot
Joe McBride….
I put it to you….
The greatest Celtic Legend to play the fewest games?
55(?) league games but still a super hero!
Am I wrong?
Any other candidate close?
HH
justafan 6.07
Craig Whyte easily beats that record.
TT
Tontine Tim on 3rd September 2015 5:38 pm • Vmhan – YNWA Wee Oscar on 3rd September 2015 5:23 pm
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Ha thanks for that, I was at the 1-4 game and I thought he played, old age setting in but thanks for the correction.
Must shoot, return trip home on the bike, only 14mls but its been a long time since I set off this morning at 5:30am, another 14hr day.
Cycle mania CSC
Jinkyredstar – Now that is a great question for a quizz!
Heard a really stupid one the other day – Celtic and Scotland midfielder during the 80’s who’s Dad was Jamaican?
Roy Aitken – His father was called Jim.
Terrible.
Laters.
HH.
Robinbhoy
Still goosed mate
Back to hospital Nov to see when next op
Good luck , my brother hasn’t looked back since his partial replacement
Compliance Officer Asked To Investigate Early Return of Rangers Player From International Duty
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Thursday September 3rd 2015
Ahead of Saturday’s Ladbrokes Championship match versus Rangers at Ibrox, Raith Rovers FC has today asked the Scottish FA’s Compliance Officer to consider whether he agrees that Rangers FC, through David Weir, have breached SFA Articles and Rules by requesting and securing the early release of its player Ryan Hardie from international duty with Scotland Under 19s in Bulgaria, for the sole reason that he is then available to play against Raith Rovers.
Raith Rovers FC also has an important player in the same Under 19 squad, 1st team regular Craig Wighton, and Craig remains in Bulgaria and available for selection for Friday evening’s national representative match. He will fly home with the rest of the squad on Saturday afternoon. We are delighted that Craig is receiving international recognition, and whilst we are without his services for the crucial match with Rangers, our loss is Scotland’s gain.
Naturally we are concerned that if there is any breach of Article 82.1 and Rules 56 & 57, this would – in these circumstances – result in an unfairness in terms of players available for selection for Saturday’s match, which is to our disadvantage.
Orcs cheating
Never 8))
There seems to be a bit of a backlash to posts expressing disappointment with the results of the transfer window. Those that expressed some disappointment, including myself, are being tarred as I) not true Celtic supporters, or ii) being disloyal to the club, or iii) fiscally irresponsible by expecting high priced signings, or iv) not offering solutions to the problem of lack of striker options, or simply as “clowns”.
What happened to free speech on the Blog? Can we no longer express a counter point of view to the “everything is going along well” philosophy? Don’t worry everything will be alright next year etc. Why attempt to categorise every one that posts? I am neither a happy clapper nor a doom and gloom merchant. I am in a camp comprised of one…me.
I do not think that we should have signed Michu or Fletcher…they would have been a waste of money. However, I do think that we should have signed another striker, and, given this problem was known for at least a year, we should have. Sadly, I think we shall see the error of this in the EL before Xmas.
As I said in my last post, shopping in the English market for a striker is a waste of time. It is an environment that creates a high chance of getting dross…..either a has-been, a loanee, or a player priced well above his value. Hooper was a one-off.
We could have brought in an experienced striker in the 2 million range from one of the lesser European leagues but either we did not scout there, or decided to chase unlikely deals. RD brought in an experienced striker at his last club…..successfully. Why can’t he do it Celtic ? Surely, our recent defeats to mediocre teams have shown us that goal scoring forwards can be acquired without breaking the bank. I sincerely hope that we did not defer signing a striker in order to give Cifcti a chance to prove himself.
So, disagree with my views if you like, but please do not denigrate the individual behind them.
Rebus