“Celtic suffer double transfer blow as they are priced out of moves for Scotland duo Steven Fletcher and Ikechi Anya.” Fantasy stuff from a guy at the Record who was chased from Celtic Park a long time ago and hasn’t been allowed back since.
No offence to Ikechi, but if Peter Lawwell sanctioned the payment of £4m to a guy who is in and out the Watford team he’d be the next one chased out of Celtic Park. He is categorically not a person of interest.
They’ve also got the story on Steven Fletcher wrong. Sunderland are keen on Virgil van Dijk and know Celtic are looking for a striker. The English club were up for using Fletcher as a make-weight but we confirmed here two weeks ago this scenario was dead before it got off the ground. Celtic didn’t even ask to speak to Fletcher, never mind inquire about his wage demands. Celtic need Virgil for the qualifiers and need a striker for the qualifiers. The deal was not contemplated at any wage level, Sunderland knew this from the off.
Sunderland paid £12m for Fletcher and are coughing up £48k per week wages, not the £60k reported this morning. Getting the wages figure right is easy, just ask someone who was involved, and it wouldn’t change the parsimonious Celtic agenda. The fact that Fletcher’s wage figure is wrong tells you the quality of the source. He’s a good enough player but he’s a totem of so much that’s wrong in English football.
Today’s ‘news’ is as old as I am: ‘Rangers’ ‘immediately stepped in with a bid which has been accepted’, Celtic are ‘priced out of moves’. It’s what it looks like, the fantasy of a man who’s banned from Celtic Park.
God help this poor Irish lad if he makes it through his medical, the weight of expectation will be heavy on his shoulders soon enough. I seriously didn’t get where they were coming from with that ‘Fear no Foe’ business, b.t.w. The world’s changed so much.
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Had a great night with BT and Mrs BT tonight.
Great company.
Taking them to the airport for their holiday tommorow.
Privelege.
We all knew who scouted these duff strikers.John Park.I said at the time he should be kept away from scouting strikers,as his record was woeful.For someone who brought us,Ki,Wanyama,Lustig,Mathews,Izzy,VVD,Jo Hansen,(If we are slaughtering him for the duds,we must credit him for the hits).This was the guy that said he did not rate Finnbogason when he was rattling in goals galore in the Dutch league,yet thought this collection of duds,who have now cost us probably double what he would have cost,were a better option.Defenders and midfielders,he has a great record.Strikers,woeful..
winningemmell
23:33 on
18 June, 2015
CQN, the Rangers of Celtic anti-Catholicism
GBOP
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But don`t make any critical comments about the activities of members of the Muslim Faith.
That`s religious bigotry.
:-)
Great to see this amazing new Pope not only break the mould of Catholic bureaucracy but also to take the major issues head on. His letter on climate change is spot on. God bless him.
Corkcelt
Would love to see it happen
And robbie Brady aswel
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Winning Captains..
Re; Bet365 Pop up..
Recently it’s been better going away after 1 or 2 Clicks (On Laptop)..
If You click on .. Go back to site. button Fast repeatedly it also takes it away..
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ProudBhoy..
Did I see You comment on the Australian Dollar..?
I reckon it will Keep Falling to its $2.50 to the GBP..
Or 40p for a Dollar..
If Buying Sterling Buy Now would be my Tip..
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Turkeybhoy
“This was the guy that said he did not rate Finnbogason when he was rattling in goals galore in the Dutch league,yet thought this collection of duds,who have now cost us probably double what he would have cost,were a better option.”
Well, he got Finnbogason right- 2 goals in 25 starts for Sociedad, and, since he cost £8m to £10m, we would have had to pay 16 to 20 million to have wasted double.
Just been reading back,so…
Congratulations to TONTINE TIM on the 40th Anniversary of life in his adopted second home.
By my reckoning,he was lucky enough to see 9 in a row,then buggered off at the first sign of the Huns winning.
Surrender Monkey…
macjay
“But don`t make any critical comments about the activities of members of the Muslim Faith.
That`s religious bigotry.”
Have you seen critical activities of “members” of the Muslim faith, described as religious bigotry on here? Or have you seen bigoted comments that all Muslims are “such & such” called out as bigoted. Is it not bigoted to generalise the faults of radical sects and minorities to the religious faithful as a whole? Does the activity of the white supremacist in South Carolina condemn all Christians as guilty?
2 posters, who are not prolific on CQN, appeared tonight to make fairly unconvincing attacks about collusion between the Papacy and the Nazis or, otherwise, hark back to Galileo.
The general reaction from most posters here would be to agree with the viewpoint that the church had been more overt in its anti-communist statements than it was with anti-Nazi statements but there was no general love or advocacy of Nazi ideology outwith a couple of rogue clerics in Germany and Croatia. Even in Spain, the picture was mixed though the human clerics in the church were guilty of a tendency to side with conservative land owners.
I would hope that most of us would deplore the anti-scientific attitudes that infected the church through the renaissance and the excesses of the inquisition and the cover ups of sexual abuse without equating that to a negation of the concept of religious faith in general and catholicism in particular.
Otherwise we’d end up making the same mistake of binning humanism or atheism because Communism failed and was implemented in an evil fashion in Eastern Europe and in Asia .
Sorry to see Pukki offski. I genuinely thought there was a player there!
On the other hand, Boerrrigter and Balde……………………..the sooner the better!
HH
From The Herald
Halfway to a hundred, Celtic legend Lubo still regards Parkhead years as his ‘most special’ time
Mark Guidi
Thursday 18 June 2015
LUBO MORAVCIK will host his 50th birthday bash in Slovakia this weekend.
But as he sips a glass of champagne and takes a moment or two to pause and reflect, many of his thoughts will centre around the East End of Glasgow.
It was there, for Celtic, that he found the happiest and most fulfilling days of his playing career – the only regret being that he didn’t find himself in Parkhead sooner than when he arrived in 1998 as a 33-year-old.
During that period, Rangers had splashed out in excess of £20m on players such as Andrei Kanchelskis, Gabriel Amato, Colin Hendry, Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Arthur Numan. The unknown Moravcik, on the other hand, cost just £350,000 as Dr Jozef Venglos was well aware of the Slovakian’s talents.
Venglos had has critics but he could not be faulted for his judgement on this one. Moravcik was special. He helped Celtic win the treble under Martin O’Neill in 2001 and retained the Championship in 2002. He also ticked a personal box by starting a Champions League game, the thrilling 4-3 win against Juventus in December, 2001.
Moravcik quit the Glasgow giants in 2002 but has kept a close eye on them. He hopes Ronny Deila’s side get the chance to sample the Champions League this season as he feels the domestic game doesn’t test them enough – to the point of it being tedious.
“I think turning 50 is a magic moment, a special occasion,” Moravcik said. “I will be halfway towards 100. I don’t expect to be here for another 50 years but you never know. Maybe! It will be a time to think about nice moments from the past and hope for some good times in the future.
“My favourite time, my most special time, was at Celtic. I spent more than three and a half years there and I couldn’t have asked for more. People appreciated me and, maybe, some fans even loved me. They said I was a ‘gift from God’ but it was the opposite – Celtic was a gift from God to me.
“Celtic is unique. I left the club in 2002 but I haven’t been forgotten. When I am on holiday in Spain, playing golf, the Celtic supporters approach me and ask for a photo or to talk about Celtic. It still amazes me.
“I was very lucky to play in an era both Celtic and Rangers were strong and the competition between the two was fierce. It is different now. I don’t want this to sound insulting to Scottish football or to Celtic or to any other team but, without Rangers, it has been a little bit boring. Scottish football needs strong competition, Celtic needs to be tested every week.
“I hope the rivalry between both clubs is back soon. But Rangers is a long distance behind Celtic and it may take a long time to get back up there. In terms of Europe, I want Celtic through the Champions League qualifiers. They must not miss out again after what happened last season.
“The players need to be tested and so does Ronny Deila and the Celtic supporters. It will give everyone a big lift. I think they have players such as Scott Brown, Nir Bitton, Craig Gordon, Stefan Johansen, Virgil van Dijk and Stuart Armstrong are all capable of playing against the very best.”
As soon as Champions League is mentioned, Moravcik thinks back to that night against Juventus 14 years ago. “As an 18-year-old I was playing in the third tier of Slovakian football,” he recalled. “I didn’t know the exact direction I was going to take. There were no guarantees I was going to make a living from professional football. At that stage, life wasn’t clear.
“But I listened to my coaches and worked hard, made sure my left foot became as strong as my right foot. I got a bit of luck, and worked my way up to play for St Etienne, Bastia, Duisburg, Celtic and my country. I’ve realised many, many dreams.
“As a kid growing up I wanted to play in the World Cup for my country. I was then lucky to play in an Old Firm game. We beat Rangers 5-1 at Parkhead in 1998 under Dr Venglos. When the Champions League started in 1992 I wanted to play in it for a club. Celtic gave me that opportunity.
“The most memorable occasion was when I played against Juventus in the Champions League. We won 4-3. Martin O’Neill gave me my first start in that tournament. I made the most of the moment. I was subbed near the end and I will never forget the standing ovation I received from the Celtic supporters. I am very lucky.
“I was never a big goalscorer during my career. I scored some nice ones but there isn’t really one that sticks out for me. It really is hard to choose. I enjoyed setting up my team-mates, whether it was with my right foot or my left foot. I know Henrik Larsson, Chris Sutton and John Hartson appreciated it. That made me feel happy.
“We had great success under Martin. The club had had a difficult couple of years for different reasons but we had good players and he got the best out of us. He transformed Stiliyan Petrov and Johan Mjallby.”
Moravcik turns 50 on Monday. Outwith the dressing-room, friendships he made in Scotland almost 17 years ago have lasted and some will fly over from here to join him this weekend. He said: “I will have a nice garden party for my friends. We will have a few drinks, just for the boys. I will also have a nice meal with my family.
“I’m enjoying life. I still play football twice a week and apart from having stiff muscles the next day, I feel good. I don’t feel old and tired. Well, not yet! I’ve been working as an agent for the past five years and I have had a big deal. I have taken Thomas Vestenicky from FC Nitra to AS Roma. He is just 19, a striker, a proper No.9 and he is going to have a great career.”
Any excuse to post this
http://youtu.be/52EPhY8xYuc
HH
setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
01:16 on
19 June, 2015
Precisely.
The evil of generalisation.The core of racism and religious bigotry.
Which is why I referred to” members” of the Muslim Faith,not to the Faith itself.
Nevertheless,I agree with much of what you say.
What I was speaking about was the double standard.
You can say whatever you like about the Catholic Church and it`s adherents ,but don`t dare criticise the Muslim Faith or it`s adherents.
Now that`s my impression. Not scientific fact.:-)
Anyhow,nice talking to you.
Mid-morn Oz.Stuff to do.
Hail Hail
Who we selling?
wow!
Loadsa dosh..arent we great?
we’re defo no hunlike in the cash we can get.
Who we buying for the CL qualifiers?
Hope they’re cheap or under 20.
Ah not to worry..we’re defo no hunlike.
10 in a row
hullo
Religion is the linoleum of the people.
Linoleum……. From Scotland with love
http://youtu.be/-xa4Ldjs42Y
**** Swearie Alert ****
HH
Summa
Cheers.. Depressing reading but your probably right.
This wullnae be a guid post for Summa, HH Big fella, even if yer wee. I have no idea. Yer a Big Man to me.
I dinnae ken how to link to a specific post, so 23:22
In Dublin we are gonnae have to make sure that WITS disnae drink too much, I am being serious here, so many winners for so many people heading over there, once you have had a few you can just keep on piling on the short drinks.
Tremendous sense of humour. Incredible gifts or curses to the Celtic Massive. LOL
“And may the Lord have mercy on your soul”
I hope he has a lot of mercy on me, Everyone placed, at Ascot as well.
What a Star.
Ian Broonie with his Star
Tremendous, or eventually Terrible. ;)
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Wind Farms and all that Jazz as the End Times approach, WTF.
I’m with all the Ornothologist Brigade on CQN. Sometimes you work things out by a feeling without ever looking at a FACT, or even a study or whatevaah.
I’d respectfully, like maist CQNers dae, encourage CQNers to follow their real feelings about things these days, not what is popular on any sort of media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHWy-MyMAtw
Whither the cash strapped scrofulous hillbillies the day?
Dontbrattbakkinanger
Good Morning, I hope you are enjoying retirement and I hope you are keeping well. Yer Golden nuggets keep CQN flowing well.
It is a no for the H88per return from me, although we need a guy who is clinical as 16roads says, even if he disnae track back much.
I reckon Celtic will sail through the CL quali’s.
That Midfield is INTENSE. ;))
Olde Ronny D was AdamAnt Celtic would do it the following Season, just efter being humiliated by his new players.
Neil obviously got very close to players, he went against the grain, Respect, different environment, he would be a World Beater.
Those Sins they wreck a Man.
Anyway I’m off to bed .
Hail Hail.
Get philvisreturns back for CQN’s sake.
100% every time for Celtic, disnae matter who the Manager is.
I Believe Elvis was a terrible Sinner.
Defo offski.
PETEC
Ffs,check yer spelling before you post-the last word there has a g in it,not a double n.
Bmcuwp
Any joy at Ascot mucker
I’m getting routed
5-00 yesterday …PP offering six places…. yes six…chose a 22/1 shot …ew with quarter odds …. feckin seventh by a short head …couldnae make it up
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
Respect….
Hail Hail
Good morning friends and a Big Happy Friday from a dry and brighter looking (but still cloud covered) East Kilbride.
A few points on the firearm debate:
In most rural parts of Bulgarski/Turkiye almost everyone owns a firearm (or 2)
Home protection is very high on the agenda, as we cant just telephone the Polis and they’re at your home in 10 min’s sometimes it takes 2-3 hours for the Gandarma/Polis to arrive !!!
Gun clubs and hunting is a BIG part of Bulgaria/Turkey and brings thousands of tourists to the regions every year.
NOTHING wrong with being able to protect your home/family by owning a firearm as a deterrent.
I hunt wild boar with the local gun club and everything shot is eaten/donated, there is not a better feeling in the world to cook and eat what you’ve shot yourself IMHO.
As someone rightly said the GUNS dont kill anyone, it’s the lunatic behind it normally.
Reading back reinforces for me how some people can talk openly, dispassionately and sometimes quite harshly about their Faith and Church. while for others their love and faithfulness allow little or no public discussion of any failings.
Have a Peaceful Friday. And try to stay warm!
HH JamesGang
Burgas
Wouldn’t disagree for a moment Sir. Your post highlights the importance of context and history in this issue, as is so often the case.
HH JamesGang
BGX
America has an inherent racist problem?
Think you are generalising a little to much.
I live in the New York area and have the privelege of watching racial and religious acceptance on a daily basis.
I count muslims .jews.hindus,christians ,blacks .hispanics and asians as some of my closest friends.
Can you honestly say that about the best wee country in the world?
You will find generally that most of the big cities in the USA are racially and religously mixed with few problems.
The more rural places tend to be less inclusive and may back your theory but the vast majority of Americans are very welcoming to all creeds and cultures.
jamesgang
A good morning to you Sir. Just off oot to try and catch that elusive swordfish :)
Maybe i should take a shotgun as the rod doesn’t seem to be working properly.
Have we released Dylan McGeouch and Jackson Irvine?
I notice they’re on an STV ‘out of contract list’:
http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/1323195-spfl-out-of-contract-xi-who-could-your-team-sign-on-a-free-transfer/?
Burgas Hoops
07:37 on
19 June, 2015
I know nothing about your part of the world.
However,when Mexico is complaining to the U.S.about the ready availability of guns,some of very high calibre which are then taken South of the border to be used by the cartels,surely it`s time to have a rethink.
Surely.
macjay1
Sorry just caught your reply there just before i switched off for the day :)
A rethink on what mate? supplying firearms? manufacturing firearms?
The dodgy will always be able to gain access to illegal firearms, and i wouldn’t put the US of A at the top of the list i’d look towards the Kremlin as there lies the host of vipers IMHO who only know black money.
off oot as that guy who ridicules Celtic at every turn would say.
tightlinesCSC
So Pukki impressed enough to get a permanent move to Broadly. Does anyone know how the Fridj got on in the land of Lurpak and Legs?
I have never seen him play, and have therefore decided he is a great player.
BRONDBY. Friggin phone. Even tried to add a g on to friggin.