There’s always some excitement when a player arrives at Lennoxtown with the intent of giving the club a look at his wares. 17-year-old Norwegian midfielder, Kristoffer Ajer, did exactly that yesterday, ahead of what we hope is a busy transfer window.
I’m pleased Ronny is scouting a market he knows well, and that we are looking to recruit below-radar players with potential. It’s also good to have prospects play training games with the squad ahead of any decision. It’s too easy to make multi-year mistakes but Kristoffer will be measured against the first team squad, and the Development Squad.
One of Celtic’s perennial failures is our inability to promote the country’s best youth talent into top professionals. Before Rangers liquidation we were involved in an all-or-nothing arms race. Every game was precious so the prospect of allowing youth players time to develop in the professional game was seen as a luxury too far.
With the greatest respect to our current rivals (including Newco, should our paths meet in the Scottish Cup), those competitive pressures have now eased. Ronny can afford to take a different view of team development. Until August, anyway.
I know what you’re thinking. You read the charges laid out at some of the characters involved with Rangers, old and new, and thought: haven’t Craig Whyte and Charles Green suffered enough? Surely calls for due process to be fulfilled are nothing short of bigoted rants? These men made their mistakes and have come through the mill, they should be allowed to get on with their lives!
Aye, I know, it’s a ridiculous suggestion.
The charge list includes “fraud, conspiracy and serious organised crime”, which is a Sword of Damocles hanging over Ibrox. No current Newco directors were involved in the criminality which is alleged to have facilitated the club’s setup, but that won’t change what happens in the event charges are upheld.
I’m sure the SFA are pondering the scope of punishment appropriate for this scenario. Irrespective of team loyalties, such is the seriousness of the alleged offenses they will be praying for not guilty verdicts.
Please note that all men charged are innocent until and unless proven otherwise and are entitled to a fair trial unprejudiced by public comment and desist from inappropriate comment.
If you have two minutes, take a look at Steven Donnell’s page here. He’s currently cycling round the Premiership’s 12 grounds to raise money for Accord Hospice in Paisley. In minging weather. With his dad, who is blind.
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A nice jovial post for the morning ;)
Comparing a lone deranged lunatic in Brevik to a mass death cult that uses a religion for motivation is ludicrous. One man against conservatively tens of 000’s of radical Islamic murderers + many, many more sympathisers, how exactly does that equate in your mind? Take your heads out the sand FFS! Our collective way of life is under attack from an ideology so warped that it doesn’t discriminate against one group or one religion, no it’s goal is to murder all of us.
You think this ideology is restricted to a few maniacs wielding swords & lobbing off heads in Iraq & Syria? Well think again. This ideology has been present for thousands of years & only with advances in technology it’s become more sophisticated & widepread. This terror is now global it is living amongst us everyday & most likely in frightening numbers. Everyone must be vigilant but especially those within the Muslim community. I.S sympathisers don’t pray or preach in Synogogue or Church no they prey on the vulnerable within their own communities. Communities in many cases who have chosen to separate themselves from the wider population.
SFTB pointing out Muslim leaders forcefully condemning I.S. & its insane ideology. This is welcomed but as a whole they need to do more in identifying the threat within. I.S & similar thinking groups are thriving & may eventually win because of our ridiculous political correctness. The Nazi’s were allowed to rampage & murder millions because so many chose to ignore the threat within & were afraid to identify it. This is a very different threat but reacting in the same way in keeping schtum or as some like to do in engaging in whataboutery is utter madness.
Wake up & smell the coffee this Evil doesn’t care if you’re politically correct or not or if you have a guilty conscience. They will kill or convert you just the same.
Starry Plough,
Thanks. The Irish connection rings a bell. Old SNP ?
If you were serious about your French, ernie`s comment just meant the more things change, the more they remain the same.
JJ
West End of East End on 7th January 2016 10:25 am
I’ll bookmark that. I think I’ll have a look around and see what else is good for Sport
Jungle Jim Hot Smoked on 7th January 2016 10:20 am
It’s a paraphrase of something Prof. Andrew Dewar Gibb KC (who was a founder member of the SNP) had to say about Irish immigrants in Scotland.
I see the Record reporting
‘Sevco have opened talks with Jason Holt, Andy Halliday and Barrie McKay in a bid to tie the star trio down on improved Ibrox deals’.
They getting their holiday pay then?
Jungle Jim Hot Smoked
Aye I thought it said that..
We were well thought of in Scotland..
We moved to Hamilton in 1970 and the upstairs neighbours came out with their weans to see us from the top of the stairs, ma Da’ said hello and went inside and she said ” awe naw they’re Irish, that’s the close ruined”
The more things change:((
ELLBOY
I noticed recently…that when the top man of ISIS made an appeal to Muslims to join the Jihad against the infidels.
Some Muslims twittered him back…one lad said he couldnt join the jihad, because he wanted to see the new Star Wars movie:)
HH
THE GREEN MAN
Lol, roll on episode 8!
EL what was the date of this “paraphased” quote Thanks
sorry paraphrased
hebcelt on 7th January 2016 11:03 am
‘EL what was the date of this “paraphased” quote Thanks’
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http://www.fuckinggoogleit.com/
New Year same Ernie
We have a 99 year old man in our darts team so as a surprise we are going to fulfil his wish of spending his centenary birthday in the Caribbean.
He’s going to be 100 in Haiti……….
hebcelt on 7th January 2016 11:03 am
I’d avoid this conversation if I were you. EL can’t accept that the SNP has evolved and current leaders have different views to those that founded the party in the last century.
True don’t think he thinks anyone has evolved bar him but each to their own. H H Hebcelt
Thought this reply on Phil’s blog was amusing….
Euan
January 6, 2016 at 10:52 pm
Does anyone know if the sainted £6.5m came with a condition that £5m of it was ringfenced to repay Sports Direct? If King raised it for that purpose and told the lenders that’s what it was to be used for, you’d think – given King’s past shameless glibness – that those lenders would have sought at least some sort of letter of comfort.
So, are we in some sort of fiscal limbo where the declined and conditional £5m floats in the ether, unwanted by Sports Direct and untouchable by the current incarnation of Sevco?
Or is the Sevco cashflow requirement from now till the end of the season secure?
I do hope it’s the former!
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robyns’granda
January 7, 2016 at 12:01 am
Euan,
A letter of comfort from GASL?
Surely that’s the equivalent of your doctor saying “ehh, you’ve got 24hrs to live….. but I meant to tell you yesterday”.
HH
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Self obsessed nats completely missing the point.
Who’d have thunk it?
EL if that was addressed to Weeminger and myself, I can’t speak for him but I am neither self obsessed nor a SNP member. In your case one out of two ain’t bad end of conversation
Timaloy29
Droidbox t8-s £99 with upgraded keyboard remote.
Has new wookie version pre- installed the dogs!!.
Sportsdevil add on and firstrow eu for live fitba works braw.
Hail Hail.
“The refusal of the Scottish Establishment to accept Rangers` demise is the underlying cause of CQN`s decline.”
Discuss
JJ
explain decline ?
HH
JUNGLE JIM HOT SMOKED on 7TH JANUARY 2016 12:03 PM
“The refusal of the Scottish Establishment to accept Rangers` demise is the underlying cause of CQN`s decline.”
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“The failure of the Celtic Board to demur from the refusal of the Scottish Establishment to accept Rangers` demise is the underlying cause of CQN`s decline.”
might be more accurate.
Awe-Naw
An increase in anger and negativity.
JJ
JUNGLE JIM HOT SMOKED on 7TH JANUARY 2016 12:03 PM
Though the real sea change came about in the run up to the referendum.
Watched it last night, great wee programme, I was just wondering as I had actually written to Alba a while ago asking that they do a few footie programmes along these lines. My suggestion was to do one or two on Junior football and the communities they are in.
hebcelt on 6th January 2016 11:30 pm – See more at: http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/ajer-alleged-serious-organised-crime-for-sfa-to-consider/comment-page-7/#comment-2749159
JJ
From that perspective, Ernie nailed it.
I always said since the 5 way agreement.
HH
ernie
I honestly wondered who would be the first to suggest that! I certainly did not think it would be you.
Valid though your point is, I believe that it (Celtic`s `response` ) comes after the Scottish Establishment`s refusal so is an added factor rather than the original cause.
Anyway, does one sentence constitute a ` Discuss.` response? 0:-)
JJ
Ernie
quatsch
Are you Edwyn Collins ?
HH
ernie lynch @ 12:20
Again, a valid point but my own view is that that discord was much diluted after the Referendum. The anti-Board rhetoric continues unabated.
JJ
JJ
CQN was setup to educate the faithful in all things financial regarding the PLC.
I personally don’t buy it. It was setup to inform the faithful about the financial demise of Rangers.
When the 5 way agreement raised it´s ugly head and then CQN became instantaneously a Labatomised Virtual Celtic View it has been all downhill ever since … with regards content.
HH
whitedoghunch 10:13 am Joe Filippis Haircut
“using dark age superstitions as a basis of debate on ‘evil’ is a hoot”
If you’re including Christianity in that it’s you that’s living in the dark ages, you should come into the light of Christ – “God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.” J1 John 1:5
Just back fae the messages…..
The custodians of the club, sold our souls when the meekly went with their tails between their legs to a govt-summit after the shame game were, Celtic had 3 players booked.
At that point….the establishment knew that Celtic FC was a house of cards and, the only danger that the establishment would face from Celtic would be if, the fans saw through this meek surrendering of souls and, organised and then, rebelled against the board who sold them out.
But, it looks like the ship full of rebellious Celtic fans….didn’t set sail.
Is it too late ?
I don’t know the answer to that but, what I do know is…that its time for me to watch HebCelts BBC Alba stuff.
…..laters…..
Aw Naw sorry cannot agree with your analysis of CQN far too simplistic – which must be a first for you!! H H Hebcelt
There is a long list of potential factors that could be blamed for perceived decline:
– Mistrust of the the board
– An unclear direction and set of goals at club level – is anyone actually 100% clear on what we are trying to achieve?
– A team that is in the doldrums at a European level
– SFA corruption wrt the RFC scandal(s), and the lack of any public position from the board
– Too much focus on Sevco
– CQN moving away from it’s original form
I’m not suggesting that these are the factors, just that some might feel any one or more of these factors to be true. I think the blog is a force for good on many levels and I wouldn’t necessarily say it is in decline.
I agree with the points that the referendum and the GE2015 were damaging to the atmosphere.
Awe-Naw
“CQN was setup to educate the faithful in all things financial regarding the PLC. ”
I thought it was set up to counterbalance the negativity of the MSSM.
Anyway, it is a cheerio for now from me.
JJ
don’t see that cqn has declined at all, paul’s articles are just as important, informed and intelligent as ever, probably more so than a couple of years ago. but then i can’t be arsed with the comments much these days, with a few exceptions, most of it is ego-driven self-aggrandising nonsense that adds absolutely nothing to anyone’s life.
Run, Run for your lives…Its Sevco.
Fiat Money Galore.
Just kid on you have squillions.
Its easy.
Nod and a wink, and a blazer.
Job done.
Nobody lays a glove on them.
Dave King is like something out of a Sherlock Holmes novel.
Dave King…The tax mastermind fae Castlemilk..ya bass.
Running rings round the authorities….just because he is bored.
Its easy peasy for that mob now.
Dont you know, that they are the victims in all this:)
Thats what their briefs will be saying anyway:)
Let us cheat…Thats an order…or else..
HH
As if by magic..