I read Kenny Shiels’ comments that Newco’s Barrie McKay was better than James Forrest and Patrick Roberts, making me curious about McKay’s contract. The midfielder’s deal expires in 18 months, but when announcing his contract signing, Newco were unusually frank about their newco status:
“The winger has played a total of 78 times for Rangers, after making his first start in July 2012 against Brechin City at the age of 17.”
Before going onto explain in the same article that “The pacey winger made his Rangers debut against St Johnstone in the Light Blues’ last game of the 2011/12 season.”
If you count, that’s two debuts. For two Rangers.
McKay was clearly Newco’s best player against Celtic, causing problems from the first minute until their challenge ran out of steam. Tying him into a long-term contract will be a priority (or selling him will be).
Yesterday I noted how Kiernan yelled abuse towards Tavernier at Scott Sinclair’s goal at Ibrox, but as this still shows, the entire Newco defence have questions to answer.
There are five defender goal-side of Stuart Armstrong (not counting one on the wing). As the world was about to find out, Sinclair was unattended, but look at the space Moussa Dembele is in! The two central defenders, who will soon claim to be covering him, are five yards away from him. The defensive line isn’t so much a line as a horseshoe.
This is what Moussa scores so many goals against that lot, he doesn’t get this kind of space against any other opponent.
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Beatbhoy
Yes, I saw the Rojos tackle how he escaped without being sent off for that is unbelievable, yesterday West Ham should not have had a man sent off , Jones I think rolled about to over egg it and contributed to the player being sent off, Man U second goal was offside but given. Ref is getting his decisions questioned today
Word reaches me of discontent among the the first team squad at Sevco .
The harsh reality of plying your trade with a club enduring financial restrictions.
Paying from their own pockets for extra physio , massages and recuperation treatments .
Warbo not at all popular either .
Not the happiest ship . Not quite a mutiny was predicted but some longing for departure.
Ach I know MWD but I wanted to post my first mock outrage of the year post. ;-)
In all seriousness though I feel embarrassed for anyone who professes to be educated and joins that load of bigots.
CANAM
We don’t disagree, ( even though you like it ) I’ll post ad nauseum we should sign. sign, sign. sign.
It is, what has separated us from fraud land, pound land Sevconia, and we’ve did it legitimately, all in staffing including the manager.
MWD
The Champions route is Celtic’s passport beyond merely cleaning up domestically.
Watch this board and how we approach potential ‘stockpiled money’ .
Buy better players from an unreachable for others market, that is where we stand in our well run in recent years club.
Hail Hail
RE Scots role in slavery…
My brother ( a history teacher) and I attended an evening lecture at Aberdeen University given Bt good Tim and national historian Tom Devine ( he’d been my lecturer at Strathclyde many years previous)…anyhow the lecture was about the role of Scott’s in Imperialism. His basic message was that the English conquered the empire but they employed Scots to run it. He outlined how Scottish characters built through clans and remote living had positioned Scots well to survive and apply discipline in remote newly conquered corners of the globe. He outlined the particularly brutal and cruel approaches implemented by Scots towards slaves.
It was a fascinating and humbling lecture that left me with a sense that we should be ashamed of that part of our largely unknown history.
This lat few years I agree it was a well run business in spite of a poor footballing product that was seeing a drop in attendance due to it’s failure to appoint managerial expertise and bolster the stockpiled money with further reward from the CL.
Only reason there is a proper manager in place now is due to the PLC having gained it’s Old Firm foresight.
MWD
RE transfer market
I’d be delighted with 6 out 2 in.
6 players who are not ever going to make it..2 who add quality in defence
Who said footballers weren’t intelligent!
My parents have always been there for me, ever since I was about 7. ”
David Beckham
“I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.”
Mark Viduka
“Alex Ferguson is the best manager I’ve ever had at this level. Well, he’s the only manager I’ve actually had at this level. But he’s the best manager I’ve ever had.”
David Beckham
“If you don’t believe you can win, there is no point in getting out of bed at the end of the day.”
Neville Southall
“I’ve had 14 bookings this season – 8 of which were my fault, but 7 of which were disputable.”
Paul Gascoigne
“I’ve never wanted to leave. I’m here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.”
Alan Shearer
“I’d like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona ”
Mark Draper
“You’ve got to believe that you’re going to win, and I believe we’ll win the World Cup until the final whistle blows and we’re knocked out.”
Peter Shilton
“I faxed a transfer request to the club at the beginning of the week, but let me state that I don’t want to leave Leicester ”
Stan Collymore
“I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Sunday when it flashed on the screen that George (Ndah) had scored in the first minute at Birmingham . My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out there playing.”
Ade Akinbiyi
“Without being too harsh on David Beckham, he cost us the match.”
Ian Wright
“I’m as happy as I can be – but I have been happier.”
Ugo Ehiogu
” Leeds is a great club and it’s been my home for years, even though I live in Middlesborough.”
Jonathan Woodgate
“I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.”
Stuart Pearce
“I took a whack on my left ankle, but something told me it was my right.”
Lee Hendrie
“I couldn’t settle in Italy – it was like living in a foreign country.”
Ian Rush
” Germany are a very difficult team to play…they had 11 internationals out there today.”
Steve Lomas
“I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.”
Barry Venison
“I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don’t know into what religion yet.”
David Beckham
“The Brazilians were South American, and the Ukrainians will be more European.”
Phil Neville
“All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed.”
Mitchell Thomas
“One accusation you can’t throw at me is that I’ve always done my best.”
Alan Shearer
“I’d rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd.”
Johnny Giles
“Sometimes in football you have to score goals.”
Thierry Henry
They could have compared McKay with Hayes, McGinn or Walker, or just written about how utterly brilliant he is. But no – let’s make it a “Rangers”-Celtic thing. Get everyone talking about “Rangers” and Celtic together……
KEVJUNGLE on 3RD JANUARY 2017 5:55 AM
BEATBHOY on 3RD JANUARY 2017 10:51 AM
KevJ, I’m good. Haven’t seen much of you posting on here recently so I hope all is good with you healthwise!
There was no swipe at MON; just pointing out that he bought and shaped his own team very early on where as Brendan Rodgers has, by and large, used the same underperforming players from the last few seasons. Circumstances dictated that money had to be spent against the doped juggernaut playing out of Ibrox. However, in terms of managing a football team Brendan Rodgers has, IMHO, used all his skill to turn seemingly poor players into high performing players by coaching and man management. This doesn’t detract from MON achievements, it just gives an opinion that Brendan Rodgers is a better manager.
As for eclipsing MON’s first season, a treble with possibly a record points total, goals scored total and maybe, just maybe, going through a season unbeaten domestically may just possibly do that.
I would also reckon that Europe has shown how far Brendan Rodgers has taken this team in his first season; the 2000 UEFA Cup run was ended in the 3rd round we played by Bordeaux after comfortably beating Jeunesse Esch and just getting through against HJK Helsinki. The away performances in Manchester, Gladbach and Astana were, again IMHO, better than the UEFA Cup in 2000.
Simply put, it’s about opinions; mine is that, on the evidence so far, Brendan Rodgers is a better manager than Martin O’Neill. You both disagree; I’m fine with that. Come May, however, we can continue the debate based upon the full first season.
KTF
Unpalitable in tucked up in bed with Sevco? why not ask the 7000 that paid £49.00 to get in and see Celtic missing sitters.
They make mistakes do our board, in the name of business and PLC.
but even a fool can see that Celtic are ‘bootin sevco baws’ when we stand to get more from a VVD sell clause than they will make from Europe while they recruit from Accrington.
Lots of Celtic fans settled for how things are going nowadays.
I think the qualifiers are set for Celtic to get into the Group Stages, at least what is my vision of our Celtic, and if we didn’t it’ll become sackable.
One potentially difficult tie?
We should be ready for that every year, any year from now on, unless the board take us backwards.
BSR
None of us can ever tell what goes on with our Board as they are basically pish at communicating in good or bad times. I guess when it’s good less questions are asked and that makes their lives easier.
As you point out they appear to have one test that we should pass if things are managed properly. At least we know on field things are now in capable hands. I’m heartened by the almost complete silence from our CEO hopefully indicating he is in his box addressing CEO business only. As it should be.
VFR
Martin knew that first season was about taking the title from the Deidclub, a very difficult ask at the time, given the experienced manager they had in charge of a multi-million pound squad, used to winning. Europe was neither his, nor our, priority, given that we had won only 2 league titles in the preceding 12 years.
Brendan knew he would have to mess up mightily not to win the title, so was able, indeed had to, ensure a CL group place in order to show improvement in the team. And in Israel, we came close to failing in that aim, remember.
So, whatever happens for the remainder of this season, given the circumstances in which they both took charge, I still think Martin’s achievements in 2000-01 will remain unsurpassed.
Meant to add, given how close Brendan came to winning Lverpool’s first-ever Premiership title, and the way they played that season, offensively at least, I already knew he was a great manager.
VFR
My thoughts on RD were regularly made …I thought he was tactically naive ,too inexperienced and had lost the dressing room
I’m a big BR fan …a properly qualified manager for our club
However , I think many managers would have got more out of last seasons squad than RD
I’m not sure most would have gotten much as BR has
CFC are in a great place just now …no complacency mad let’s prepare for this years CL
Good times
I don’t really get into comparisons. MON and BR both have done well in my eyes. :-)
Sorry for the typos
Soukous
I remember wee Joe Miller being interviewed after he scored the only goal in the 1989 SC final v Deidclub.
He said he’d had a tenner on himself at 10-1 to score the first goal.
“So, how much have you won, Joe?”.
“Er, don’t know, but happy anyway!”.
Interviewer not too bright either, right enough. Or just a snide git.
Imo, our manager is the best since Mr Stein. He has transformed what is basically last season’s squad, just as Mr Stein did. He has also bought 3 players, who have contributed to the confidence factor, again just as Mr Stein with the inspired signings of Joe McBride and Willie Wallace.
Imo, the football we are playing is the best consistently entertaining in many a long year. Very often, e,g, Martin O’Neill’s teams played the outball of pumping it up the park for Sutton to head down to Henrik. Now, our midfield is one the strongest areas of the team.
And, what sells it for me, is that the whole squad are a TEAM. Witness their joining in the goals scored and the celebrations at the end. Ye cannae buy that.
Bradford Bulls should hire a consultancy team of Keech Jackson, STV’s Grant Russell, Chris Jack, Jabba’s level5pr and Kneel Dungcaster at the SPFL to reinterpret Company Law so they can survive liquidation as Same Club ?
Could be Bulls hit (sorry about spelling) as it seems all you have to do is to repeat the mantra over and over again, deny the law of the land has jurisdiction, ignore any investigative journalism (the great SMSM oxymoron) and hey presto – Same Club
Same applies to the interviewer who asked Frank Bruno, prior to his bout with Tim Witherspoon, “So, why do they call him ‘The Spoon’ Frank?”
“Er, dunno”.
Embramike
No hint from Bradford about it being a holding company that is in liquidation, straight to the point adminstration failed liquidation follows club dies.
That is the way it should have been here, and it is why no one should trust anyone or any group who was involved in the conjouring act that says this is the same club.
Parkheadcumsalford
Yeah, you’re right, he should’ve had Lambert and Thommo playing balls inside the full-backs for the likes of Sutton and Hartson to run onto. Use their pace, ‘n that.
There’s no transformation like a 36 point transformation!
https://twitter.com/record_sport/status/816328330848899072
New MF from Krasnador, warning DR link
Only 19 played 10 games for Krasnador, Wanyama Mk 2….?
Oh, my aching eyes!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qwi2kb4t1ME
BEATBHOY I don’t think that the realistic expectation this season was ECL Group stages; more of a nod towards the Europa League. That we managed it was, in my opinion, exceeding expectations.
The first half of the game in Israel and the first 10 minutes of the second half were ropey to say the least; however, after they went 2-0 ahead they didn’t create much at all. BR changed the shape of the team and although we were sterile in terms of attacking, we closed the game out comfortably and if you watch it again, the last 20 minutes were an object lesson in killing a game. We were in complete control of the game by then so it want’t that harrowing (though it seemed so at the time).
Remember as well that MON had the twin genius of Moravcik and Larrson to call on in 2000 as well as the likes of Lambert, Petrov and Mjallby so he had a very good nucleus to work with. He used them and added Sutton, Lennon and Thomson initially to build that winning team from the ashes of the Dalglish and Barnes debacle. It could also be argued that the reason Rangers (IL) won the league by such a margin was the incompetence of the management duo of Dalglish and Barnes rather than the lack of ability in the team.
The 2000/01 season was a great achievement but doesn’t necessarily make MON the better manager. IMHO.
KTF
Bada Bing
He’ll need a few steak pies and Mortons rolls to fill out like big Vic :-))
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kouassi_Eboue
Reports in Russia suggest 19 yo defensive midfielder Kouassi Eboué will join Celtic for around £2.5M from FC Krasnodar.
Seems to be getting up a head of steam this one ? Hope its not part of the annual plethora of “Celtic target ..” or “Hoops eye …” nonsense.
Will wait until I see the photo with Paulthetim on Twitter !
!! BADA BING!!
Looks legit to me.
CULTS
I reckon we’re an exceptionally well run club, notwithstanding the manifest failure to publicise the status of us, our shareholders, our PLC, our Brother Walfrid, our Blessed Tommy Burns, RES12 et all, on how Celtic 1887 to 2012 appear to have been previously defrauded.
Personally, I think Celtic should have made a statement in 2012 though without knowing the machinations I’m content to undertand why they chose not to.
Note; at least until the appeal tier is finalized.
I think your posts are more ‘soccer only’ orientated if not a bit ‘heated driveway inclined ’ but we are an exceptionally well run club certainly since 1994 and the McCann rebirth leading to Peter Lawwell CEO is the most successful businessy Celtic therefore Celtic you, or I have seen.
This blog was born because we were told by Brian Quinn we’d failed financially after Seville? – I ask you. We’d to drop MON, and get used to life in the slow lane ?
How well are Celtic doing since we lost money in the year of Seville?
With regard to communication there are Celtic fans addressing this on an ongoing basis, but sometimes statements are worser.
Hail Hail
VFR
“Remember as well that MON had the twin genius of Moravcik and Larrson to call on in 2000 as well as the likes of Lambert, Petrov and Mjallby so he had a very good nucleus to work with.”
*****
Apart from Stan, so did Dr. Jo, who took over a Championship-winning side, and was up against a new Deidclub manager.
How’d he do?
You can’t call Brendan a miracle-worker yet, given the opposition domestically.
Martin, on the other hand. . . .
Jules Christ Kouassi Eboue from Krasnodar. Back skin Christ from Russia to Celtic? Who would think?
BSR
I’m happy we’re we are now. A well run club with at least 50% focusss football over bonus which in turn will create the bous and dividends required anyway. Until the next downgrade and refocus after 8 strong years downgrading football focusing bonus’s only.
Now for persistence to beat resistance over resistance beating persistence and all wil be good.
MWD
MON. Or BR ….. A great discussion to be having
Zbyszek
Jules Christ Kouassi Eboue is 1.85m tall
HH
via St DBBIA
MWD
I know……………… How long do they want the GOD to last?
Ask Peter CSC