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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Bmcuw
Nobody said I was a failure
I did
Myself
I give in to the devil
And I hate myself for it
Travellerbhoy
Glad to see you back posting …you are one of the late night posters whose posts I look out for. Hope your return to CQN is a permanent one.
hail hail
HH Travellerbhoy!
Good to see y’all back on here!
Stay strong mate, there will always be Devils out there to torment a person. You have willpower to beat them.
Enjoy Stranraer and The ‘Tic!
TC45
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MIT, enjoy you contributions to the blog, keep it up!
MIY
Thank you
I love your well thought out knowledgeable posts about everything from cooking, the law to Celtics formation
A place I’ve always wanted to visit
In 1980 I met a Canadian tourist in Dundee who was a bit underwhelmed
Is there anywhere interesting
Well we’ve got a cathedral
Where
It’ll cost u
Do u want to be my guide
A very enjoyable day and 2 quid richer
His parting words as he shook my hand
I hope one day I can repay the favour
In Toronto
I was 10
And still never been
:-(
Hail Hail
A
travellerbhoy
Canada is a lovely country … I think you would like it. some of the scenery out west in the mountains would take you breath away, and Canada is the most mulitcultural and tolerant place I have been. We were losing a bit of that the last few years under a mean-spirited Tory government … but now that they have been turfed, I am hoping that the country will turn back towards the pretty tolerant place it used to be.
KT an I are still hoping to get over to Glasgow at the end of March/beginning of April for a game, and then over to Ireland for a bit. Dad’s family is from Donegal, and I have the nicest memories of spending summers there. but I haven’t been back to Ireland since. I have a picture on my mantle of my brother and I in Donegal with my great granddad, and his donkey Toby… the picture makes me smile every time I think of that time. If we get over, it would be great to meet you.
I see that the dutch striker Weghorst may be linked to a deal with Derrick Boeritger going the other way, please sign Weghorst
HH
gsu
Apologies Derk Boerrigter, totally fecked that one up, too many pints
HH
gsu
Mot
I would love to visit Canada
I’ve been pretty much everywhere else in the top places to visit before you die.
I had an interesting conversation with an old travelling man from Aberdeenshire a few years ago. His whole family are in Canada as illegals living a travelling life.
Obviously this was before the twin towers atrocity
But they were there living as we do
Any knowledge of travellers of a Scottish flavour in your country.
Hail Hail
The Celt 45
Thanks bhuddy
Unfortunately I’m not going to Stranraer I’d love to meet up wi some great guys and gals including dena Almore Delaney’s and hamiltontim to name a few. Looks like a great night
Hail Hail
Thecelt45
Cheers mate.
Travellerbhoy
I know there are a few larger communities in America, so I’m sure there are some travellers as well in Canada, but, honestly, I have never heard of any.
The winters here are considerably colder than Ireland/Scotland, so it would be a really tough go for any travellers during the winters here.
My old ghirl (Derry, my golden retriever) is giving me the sign that she needs to go for a walk/pee before she goes to bed, so I better sign off for the evening.
Pleasure chatting pal. keep the chin up, and please keep posting.
Just want to invite genuine emails to Lewisbhoym1888@
Huns GIRFUY and come ahead
Hail Hail
Email amendment
Lewisbhoy1888@icloud.com
Mot
Cheers. Would love to meet u bhud
Celtic
Makes me a better person automatically
Celtic ethos
Not for sale
It’s a resolution of mine to not be so rude and try and say goodnight.
Goodnight to the best fholk in the world
Hail Hail
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 6TH JANUARY 2016 7:57 PM
macjay1 @ 9:21 am
“Nonsense.
They recognised that ISLAMIC Jihad was perpetrated,surprisingly enough,by MUSLIMS and their Holy War was directed against non Muslims,frequently Christians.”
Jihad is directed by “some Muslims” and it is directed against other Muslim sects, non Muslims and sometimes, Christians. Where are the vast number of innocent Muslims left in this equation? And, do we, as Christians and other non-Islamic religions never invade, oppress and suppress their freedoms? Did we not have holy wars? Was the siege of Constantinople in 1204 (The 4th Crusade) any less bloodthirsty, sectarian and cruel than the siege of 1453?
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And the holocaust was directed by some Nazis.
While the others and many of the German population looked the other way.
Where are the vast number of Imams condemning I.S. and it`s medieval and primitive crimes ?
That`s the question.
Perhaps looking the other way?
Why do you feel the need to bring Christians into this?
I don`t feel any threat from Christian Jihad?
I do feel threatened by Islamic jihad.
How about you?
Many are, the rest are just malcontents and will always have an agenda with Celtic no matter what , it’s in they’r DNA
http://celticfanzone.net/are-the-celtic-support-being-used-by-smsm/
S.F.T.B
Now apart from what I am not guilty of, except in your mind, from those events, is the small matter of what I did actually say about these events, which was, that these Yorkshire rapes and sexual assaults were committed by people from Islamic backgrounds but were no more typical of people of the Islamic faith than Fred West was typical of Christians, or, more appositely, than British troops were when they raped German women in 1945 or Masai women in Kenya?
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“people from Islamic backgrounds ? ”
Why can`t you just say “Muslims” ?
Fred West ?
British troops in 1945 ?
What`s that got to do with Islamic jihad ?
I argued against the conflation that was being sought between “these crimes were committed by Muslims” to read as “Muslims are likely to commit such crimes because of their religion”. Kipling once wrote- “”There was no crime, no cruelty, no abomination that the mind of men can conceive of which the German has not perpetrated, is not perpetrating, and will not perpetrate if he is allowed to go on…Today, there are only two divisions in the world…human beings and Germans.” That was a racist stereotype then and attempts to brand Islam as uniquely evil is a sectarian stereotype with racist undertones. Where does this view have most traction? – nowhere but in the far right and racist parties.
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Islamic Jihad is the enemy.
Not Islam.
But then, you know that was the point I was making.
Interesting read.
https://forweonlyknow.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/where-are-rangers/
TD67
Morning T…you are up early.
Good article that, it makes sense.
But…You know what they are like….snakes,…cut the head off, and a new one grows in its place.
They will always find a way to cheat.
HH
Iniquitousiv,
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) will mask your signing in location and will most likely have a UK server which you can connect through, this will allow you to watch all the UK iplayers, there are plenty of relatively cheap VPN’s available <$30 a year that will provided a decent signal that will not slow down the signal and ruin the stream.
The green man
Got a Wee bit over involved at the local watering hole yesterday, was in my kip early ,
Body clock all over the place this a m , woke up didn’t know whether to scratch my watch, or wined my arse, not good :))
TD67
Ive been on a three day writing binge to meet a deadline….im just finished.
Can hardly see straight.
But its done.
Cant hack the booze myself…found that out years ago.
Im glad, because the last hangover i had years ago, was my last alcoholic drink.
Get the frying pan going…huge fry up:)
That should help.
HH
North Korea’s Hydrogen Bomb.
Three aerosol cans threw into a big bonfire.
Hey Presto:)
HH
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/scottish-football-mailbag-celtic-exits-aberdeen-ryan-christie-1-3993661According to this guy, Scott Allan is a diabetic? I didn’t know that?
The Green Man
I’ll be cutting it down for a couple of months, what are you writing? If you don’t mind me asking that is?
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/scottish-football-mailbag-celtic-exits-aberdeen-ryan-christie-1-3993661
Try that?
TD67
Ive been writing an analysis of the Scottish Agricultural Revolution between 1700-1830.
The usual stuff, early agricultural improvement, commercialization, highland clearances etc.
Boring i know…but important.
HH
Its
only rumours.
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/rumour-mill-swansea-eye-o-halloran-weghorst-linked-with-celtic-anderson-exits-hearts-1-3993782
The green man
Ahh, I see, well done you.
TD67
Im a working-class historian….still got my accent.
Im working with a group of professors from a University i wont name.
Unfortunately for me….They happen to be Unionist/Hun historians,….all jolly, and rich, ties, cufflinks…, Strange handshakes etc.
So…you can imagine:)
And i dont miss them, thats for sure:)
HH
Good morning friends from a damply grounded, dry overhead and about 5 degrees East Kilbride.
Aye Jobo
Pouring in Blantyre and now Rutherglen :-))
The green man
Sounds interesting, one wonders what the think of the dead clubs history? :))
How long does a liquidation take ? ffs….
…horrible feeling that there’s a conveyer belt of LNS’s / Sandy Bryson’s oot there waiting to pull the troosers aff an, expectant Timdom.
TD67
I will say one thing…If i ever find out that any them go to watch Sevco.
I wont be happy:)
But, i reckon they are too clever for that.
Secret supporters….if you get my drift:)
HH
Oot the messages then, back tae watch HebCelts legendary stuff on BBC Alba – link thingy.
Take Care Celts and, always remember….ye can ‘never’ be paranoid enough.
….off oot…..
Absolutely chucking it down now in ole EK.
Enjoy your day.