When you’re shopping in a sellers’ market, agility is the only way to survive. You need contacts, sufficient coverage to trawl outlying corners of the bazar, and enough experience to ensure you don’t get burned.
If you’re trying to buy Champions League-calibre players for £100k you’re shopping in a serious sellers’ market but there is good strategy behind the deal Celtic have struck with Icelandic club, Fram, for the signature of 20-year-old striker, Holmbert Aron Fridjonsson.
Holmbert may or may not be the next Ibrahimavic, experience suggests you’ve got to kiss a lot of frogs in this game to find the one you’re looking for, but if Celtic are to bring a player to Glasgow who is capable of hitting the top, we’ll have to get him before the hundred-or-so other clubs floating around the wealthy leagues of Europe, which means we shop early.
We can afford to sign a few at £100k in an effort to fill just one place in the team. The argument could also be made that our more expensive players have only a marginally higher success rate than those signed for six figures or less.
Thanks for the big response to the launch of the second edition of the CQN Annual [which is now shipping]yesterday, as well as CQN Magazine, and the ‘10’ event, which the occupants of the comments section are being given a head start on.
If you are on or near South Uist tomorrow make sure you take in the Hebridean cultural event of the year, when Alex O’Henley has a book signing of his biography of Celtic great, Malky MacDonald at the Dark Island Hotel from 1-2pm, before a Q&A at the Polochar Inn, from 7-8:30pm.
Not only does the book chart the life and achievements of a pre-war Celtic great, it does so in two languages (English when read one way, flip the other way for Gaelic). It’s a great work, available from the Islands Book Trust.
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Disappointment is the postie arriving with no CQN Annual in the bag…..
Well, there’s always tomorrow. Unfortunately can’t make AGM so junior doing the biz for me…
Monaghan 1900
Lurking on FF is bad for your ribs. Mine are sore from laughing.
“Celtic won the Commonwealth Games.” Honestly!
The intensity of their jealousy and hatred is what makes our victories all the sweeter.
I’m looking forward to QE2 opening the Games at CP. The Berrz will be growlin’ that day.
Oh it’s great to be a Tim.
Old Tim
Thank you for invite but l am driving up tomorrow
Keep an eye on the twitter feed of David Low over the next few days – @Heavidor
He’s pretty sharp at sensing the significance of business info. Clever fellow. As you would expect.
pabloh-exactly,the lifestyle on offer to these guys is amazing but you need to work hard at it.Getting paid great money for playing football……aye i wish we could turn the clock back.
Paul 67
I don’t know about shopping in the bazaar but some of our signings have certainly been bizarre!
Sevco5088 is alive and well. This company paid D&P £5m for Rangers assets when club died. Whyte & Earley are 2 of the 3 named directors…
Kikinthenakas
Hope you are well. Was it a traditional replacement or a Birmingham op.
I got a Birmingham in August. Worst bit is having to sleep on your back for 6 weeks.
Hope recovery goes well.
!!Bada Bing!!
15:29 on
14 November, 2013
Too many excused being made for Watt,we were all young once blah blah blah.Chance of a lifetime ready to pass him by,waken up ffs.
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I tend to agree with that sentiment.
I.E. it’s in Tony’s hands to apply himself…………………However,part of me thinks that had he been retained at home,a fitness and attendance to training regime implemented.then his progress or lack of it would be evident without input from a third party.
To an extent I think we have abdicated responsibility for this boy,who knows were he included in the team each week that could be the added incentive he needs as in my view he is better than anything we have on offer right now to partner Stokes.
Monaghan 1900
I’m looking forward to the Team photo (end of season) with Lizzie sitting in the front row alongside Lenny and the League Title Trophy and Scottish Cup in front of her.
Malorbhoy.
No problems,we’ll be at Celtic park around 9.45 to 10.00am. Depends how long it takes to drink a coffee.
Craig Whyte owns the deeds tra la la la la
Craig Whyte owns the deeds tra la la la la
Can someone please explain(in plain English), what the withdrawing the dissolution
Request for sevco 5088 means?
Thanks in advance.
Malorbhoy @ 14:34
“What time are we all meeting tomorrow at the agm in support of the resolution”
The AGM starts at 10:30am
I believe people are gathering in the CSC in London road before the AGM.
I have to speak with Computershare regarding Proxy votes before the AGM and I will drink until after the AGM, so I wont be going to the CSC,
The AGM will end around 1pm. Billy No’Well will be on around 2:30pm in the Phoenix, Gallowgate. All Celtic supporters are welcome. Please pass the word round.
BigNan,
I was catching up,as usual, this morning (Thai time) and read/listened to your petition, then posted it and my comment to my family and friends working abroad. Scrolling onwards I saw much the same already posted on here .CQN has got too big for me, I don’t want people to be split up as to their views as SFTB once suggested but maybe Paul could section it up into football,cooking (ie cheese on toast),politics,history,religion etc.,lol Just back in and thought I must still acknowledge your achievements so far.
I think you will have done Scotland proud if (a big one) this gets through. Even those,the decent ones,being targeted should realise this is for the better.
Well done
tusker .
My comment -:
From the look of and listening to that panel (dissapointed in the lack of input from the woman),not a chance of meaningful progression.
I would go along with Mr Minogue as I wouldn’t think this was the time for nit picking but rather is it a valid,fair proposition! The panelist
who declared his non membership that thought the oaths/punishment trivial as never acted upon (how could he possibly know this, past or present) as he looked sideways for approval. He also had a dim view of Norway’s governance, why?? Mr Salmond seems to have a different opinion for an independent Scotland (regarding oil, only?)
This was in regards to the “chaos” it would cause in Scotland but has not in Norway.
The panel didn’t seem to consider the justification, the peoples right to know! Rather – unnessesary in “Bonny Scotland” and putting up road blocks.
Maybe Mr Minogue should first have asked the other panel members to declare their affiliations.
Hope I’m wrong!
You got in touch with one of my sons, a good socialist (stood in the NE once) now in Glasgow, new job. Keep in touch.
As to the surname, my father was county Carlow, read in my village library,it’s not the obvious animal connection but from Scandinavian first name which is common in the Islands.
The Honest Detective
Taking this opportunity to thank you for your friendship and help when I was in London with my Thai son in the summer, I hope he has kept in touch?
That will be my lot for awhile I think, Back to yesterday in case I have missed something.
tusker
bournesouprecipe
16:08 on 14 November, 2013
Craig Whyte owns the deeds tra la la la la
Craig Whyte owns the deeds tra la la la la
Christmas come early .
Cheers.
Celticbhoy
15:57 on
Kikinthenakas
Hope you are well. Was it a traditional replacement or a Birmingham op.
I got a Birmingham in August
Hes been given a Brigtin one, from tomorrow not only will he walk funny but hell also kick with the other foot
iki @ 15:25
“Good Luck to all who are attending to support the Resolution tomorrow.
My proxy is in.
Thanks to all who put in the hard work to get it this far.
I think Morrisey 23rd said something about financial support being sought.
I am happy to donate a few quid if he has a method of receiving it online.”
Thank you and everyone else who has supported this resolution in all the different ways people have done that. We are some team!
The donations I wrote about are to cover the costs of booking Billy No’Well. I plan to ask for donations in The Phoenix by those who attend. I suspect (hope) I raise enough to cover costs. I think this will be a popular event, so this shouldn’t be an issue *fingers crossed*
Rough Schedule
Monday – Light running and recovering from the match on the weekend
Tuesday – more football training like shooting or training drills
Wednesday – fitness
Thursday – mix of training
Friday – tactical trainiig in prep, for the weekend fixture generaly light training
A wee message we can all agree with
“I’m looking forward to QE2 opening the Games at CP.”
That old circle will never be squared off…..chestnut…fact…whatever you want to call it.
How can you have the second Liz, when the first one’s never been?
As Hamish Imlach wrote.
Never been a QE 1 of Scotland.
Never been a QE 1 of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
(The country of which I am a passport holder.)
So QE 2 is an imposter……….a bit like a footlball club playing in the lower leagues of Scotland.
monaghan – hilarious from ff – tax payers ahhahahahahahahahahahaha
Folly Folly. Am I missing something?
Celticbhoy
15:57 on
Nae idea but the morphine gun is magic….but being removed at 5pm….for liquid morphine…
Che
Always walked funny…..
Kikinthenakas
newradbhoy
C Green “shafted” Craig Whyte after picking up the deadclubs assets for £5m.
They were in Sevco 5088 Green started Sevco scotland and told the world and those zombies in the after life that Sevco 5088 was no more and had no claim on any newco assets.
CW obviously disagreed, although a few people tried through companys House to have it officially written of through a dissolution process (i.e. deed, gone no claim on anything).
It appears that on monday 12th that dissolution process was halted and today companies House announced thay Sevco 5088 is alive and well with only two directors
Craig Whyte & Aiden Early with CG no longer anything to do with them, Thus leaving CW with the help of the worthing group to claim ownership of the assets that led to TRFC being set up .(i think:)))) )
What’s the chances after all the £2m+ strikers we have brought to the club trying to find a regular goal scorer that a guy costing next to nothing turns into henrik 2 ……… We are due a number 7 HH
Weliveinhope csc
I’m getting awful flak from me man city mate in work about signing someone for hundreds of thousands. it must seem like pub league stuff to a club who have limitless funds available to them. I was hoping the sky bassa bubble would burst at some stage but along comes BT with even more money – not much chance of BT turning into a setanta – strangely, I’m proud to follow a club scuttling about for scraps.
che (standing beside wee oscar)
16:12 on 14 November, 2013
Liked it!
bournesouprecipe
14:53 on
14 November, 2013
Gary Hooper is the only player to have scored in CL, EL, PL, Championship, L1, L2, Conf Nat, Conf S, Scottish PL, and 4 domestic cups.
via Gary Hooper
Aye, but he missed out on the Ramsdens…
My mate (in between guffaws at thon deid’s latest predicament) has suggested that we erect a wee statue to Her Majesty to commemorate her opening of the Commonwealth Games at Celtic Park AND THAT WE WRAP A CELTIC SCARF ROUND IT. Now who wouldn’t love that!!!
jackie mac,
Much as the huns gave everyone else in Scotland flack from 1986 to 2011.
Hope they think it was worth it!
parkhead – i’ll donate the scarf
It would be a crying shame if Tony Watt fell by the wayside.
A young man blessed with pace and skill and with goals in him.
I would like to think that Celtic would always go the extra yard for a talent.
Jinky drove Mister Stein crazy with his antics which would never be tolerated now but somehow it was made to work.
Yet George Connelly, a genius, did go his own tragic way.
Bigger talents than Tony have come and gone but I’d like to see him back in The Hoops before long.
jimmci
The Annual is first class but the postage isn’t – but it is on its way!
good afternoon cqn
Monaghan 1900,Lizzie with a Celtic scarf on,sides are sore thinking about that one,
Imagine all their blood pressures through the roof,very dangerous,just saying like………….
Parkheadcumsalford
16:34 on
14 November, 2013
Bet she calls off and sends a sub.
How many medals are Celtic going to pick up at these ole Commonwealth Games then ?
kikinthenakas
16:27 on 14 November, 2013Celticbhoy15:57 onNae idea but the morphine gun is magic….but being removed at 5pm….for liquid morphine
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The Liquid morphine I got was oramorph every hour. Good stuff btw.
The Birmingham op means you have to be checked every year but should last 15 years +.
Ask about post hospital care as it isn’t easy once you get back home. My gp told me everyone complains about back pain due to notbeing able to turn in bed.
Once you get home ask paul67 for my number as im still off work might be able to give you some tips bud.