“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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leftclicktic .
Mickey Newbury wrote the choon . His version is on this LP — Mickey Newbury -Harlequin Memories.
Has anyone seen Vossen play? His goals per game ratio has dropped quite a bit from his highs in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
So today I thought I’d take a look at the career of Mark Warburton and try to work out if the media hoopla surrounding this guy is the same old same old … and of course it is.
http://www.onfieldsofgreen.com/the-ones-that-you-love-lead-you-nowhere/
Also, for those who live in Glasgow and might be interested (and those elsewhere who miss the place, or are just, you know, complete sadists), a wee extra something today … Issue 2 of Glasgow Scooped, a wee project I’m involved with.
There’s a story in there about the Youth Cup Final … and we found an alternative career for Mental Moshni.
http://www.glasgowscooped.com/download/scooped-issue-2-pdf/
Hope you all enjoy it.
Just received the form for my application for a postal vote. I made the request for the application about 5 or 6 weeks before the Election.
Sky Sports News HQ
@SkySportsNewsHQ
BREAKING: Bilel Mohsni receives seven-game suspension for violent conduct
as i asked in previous thread can we sign both vossen and osa guobadia. once you all realise how cool this guy is you will all be clamouring for them both
leftclick…. try..
http://www.https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9SVfBou5Mg
oops.. try again.. worth it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9SVfBou5Mg
Former Rangers defender Bilel Mohsni has had his suspension extended to seven matches after being given an additional three-game ban for sparking a brawl after the Ibrox side’s Scottish Premiership play-off defeat at Motherwell.
The Tunisia international initially received a four-game ban after he was red carded for punching and kicking Lee Erwin in the seconds after the 6-1 aggregate play-off final defeat.
But now a Scottish FA hearing has found the 27-year-old guilty of two further offences during a Hampden hearing.
LB
Moshni gets 7 games for a kick and a punch which was broadcast live on TV and how many did Tonev get for something only 1 man heard?
LB
Livibhoy 13:38
Hasn’t he been punished enough already?
livi… obviously alleged words are more “hurtful”…
brilliant
rusty
James,
What are the odds on Warburton emulating his success at Brentford with Sevco, and guiding them to a play off spot?
:¬)
desertbhoy
13:46 on 18 June, 2015
That’s the first I have heard that version, thanks for posting it.
So, Jangle Jackson’s banned from Celtic Park, has been for almost a year apparently.
Not into restricting the press, sometimes you need to put up with the dross in order to get a little of Burns’ giftie.
Banning writers doesn’t make the quality of output any better.
That said, Keith will be quite at home, I’m sure, reporting on Sevco. Strictly lower division copy.
Paul67
My first port of call when I wake up is CQN, naturally.
I’m a wee bit later today as the kids are off school for summer.
Now I’m completely lost at your references to a fiction writer on the Record’s fantasy desk.
I guess I need to search for some background.
And…..
What is the “Fear no foe” quote?
Just awake CSC
James Forrest
Good article mate. It’s all about perpetuating a myth, but as indicated on tSFM’s first venture into phone in territory featuring 2 Tims a Buddy and a Jambo
http://www.sfm.scot/sfm-the-next-steps/comment-page-40/#comment-57516
Where a number of issues on a wider support spectrum were covered, managing expectation levels at Ibrox is indeed an issue and one our msm are not helping – but what the hell do we care. ;)
TheOriginalSadiesBhoy 13:16
Keevins no longer works for the DR. Keith “off the radar” Jackson, a man much given to hyperbole wrote the offending fiction.
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So Celtic Park is off Jackson’s sat-nav then?
From sevcomedia…
‘ good to see the club operate a one in one out policy( daly out keirnan in) can’t have to many taigs in the team’
Knuckle draggers to the core
Paul67 et al
I am not sure when the Daily Record became the paper of choice In Scotland, it wasn’t when I was younger that is for sure. Think it must have been after the Scottish Daily Express shut down its’ operations in Glasgow in the later 1960s. When I say paper of choice, well of course it is now the paper rational readers choose not to read, but don’t take that personally Paul. The garbage on the back page is matched by the garbage on the front with nothing in between, it is an affront to journalism, but an affront which will not be with us for much longer. Sympathy to the production workers who will lose their jobs, but none whatsover to any that make up the editorial team. As a proper journalist was prone to say; ‘an occasional embarrassment and a permanent disgrace’. He got that right!
The Battered Bunnet:
I think he’ll have his work cut out for him :)
Auldheid:
Thank you mate. I caught the podcast earlier. Brilliant. TSFM continues to go from strength to strength.
I was going to suggest they had been refusing their FFin’ meds again but I don’t think there is anything you can take for this level of delusion:
“Route is clear for [Sevco] to land Danny Wilson after Celtic pull out of the running.”
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“Looks like he has agreed to sign for,[Sevco] and that lot are trying to save face by claiming to pull out.”
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“Tim diplomatic speak for we’ve been told to get to.”
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“Probably told them to do one.”
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“[Weir] made danny an offer he couldnt refuse
probably went along the lines of…come back to us and you,ll get your chance to rip them a new one”
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“Ha ha ha. This just tells me that young Danny is ambitious and would rather be part of something going forward rather than something in reverse.”
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“I think we can all agree that after the turbulent few years we have had on and off the park its safe to say we have turned a huge corner and on our way back and the haters do not like it one it!!
Let them come after us,we welcome the chase!!”
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“How will they live this one down? One of their main summer targets joining a team in a lower league!!
Only show in town.”
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Winning Captains..
Re; Pop up Gambling sites..
Na.. Started Gambling Again after 5 Years ..
Got a Ladbrokes
Visa card in the Post today (Oz).. Wtf..?
All good so far 30k and Argies in Copa America
001 of 9/4CSC
I look for one Scandinavian, one home-based Scot, one from mainland Europe, and a South American, to be added to our squad.
I hope they are signed in time for the Paisley triple header and we can get a close-up look, in what is more, or, less, a local community sports complex.
The Record’s back-page Celtic/Sevco transfer extravaganza gives me the perfect opportunity to post yesterday’s blog about how the media can’t move away from the feeble ‘Old Firm’-based view of the world
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/taxi-for-the-clumpany/
Have a good afternoon!
hun skelper:
Seriously? Something is WRONG with those Peepil.
TheClumpany:
Loving your work lately brother :)
Top drawer.
..he can’t wait to try and get hands on a petrofart medal.
Off oot to the beach and a much needed dip in the sea –but before I go-
I Just Dropped In .
2 versions which (IMO ) are worth a listen-
7″ —— I Dropped In ——Teddy Hill and The Southern Soul ( Rice ) -issued before the Kenny Rogers version.
7″——I Dropped In -Bettye Lavette – ( Karen ) —-B side of -Get Away .
Let Me Down Easy CSC -Way down south
TheClumpany
I’m a fan of your blog as well. Great writing, amusing and very well presented. Keep on clumping!
James Forrest
13:21 on
18 June, 2015
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Enjoyed reading that article James. The key thing for me that you point up is just how far expectations have fallen over there. They seem to be delighted at getting anything at all in terms of a manager or player. Be interesting to see how it all pans out for them – as you say there’s little wiggle room.
Oh dear.
‘Mike Ashley has dual ownership fine cut to £1000 by SFA appeal tribunal’
Meanwhile Sevco get a £5500 sanction.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/mike-ashley-has-dual-ownership-fine-cut-to-1000-by-sfa-appeal-tribunal.129392670
Out of interest
1) Are any other active journalists / reporters banned from CP?
2) Was Jackson’s ban related to a specific issue, if so what, or was it a culmination of events
On transfers, I broadly agree with P67s’ thoughts..
I dont think we need Anya, as we are well covered with Forrest, Johansen, Commons, GMS, Armstrong , McGregor and dare I say it Boerrighter all competing for 3 places. If we could offload those latter two, I would rather have Maloney or McGeady back – possibly as loans?
On Fletcher, he is a good player who is vastly over-paid. His big strength is his link up play, and in our current formation he could be a real asset, but, not at that wage level.
In recent years our two most effective strikers have been Hooper ( domestically, less so in Europe) and Samaras ( strong in Europe, less so domestically).
Rather than another expensive high risk project, or another of the Impairment triplets ( or is that quadruplets) I would take either of those guys, give their confidence a boost, and tell them to take a second chance
Good stuff Paul
I can just picture Jangle sticking the pins in his Paul Brennan doll :-)
SoT…. each equally as good, but i do like MN version.
Not any water available to dip into here and if so would probably be akin to a hot bath!!
50+ in the desert.
£6m payout after pedestrian hit by Hibs footballer Scott Allan.
A man who suffered severe brain damage after being hit by a car driven by a young Scottish footballer has won £6 million compensation.
LB
Afternoon fellow tims.
Haven’t really read much on the blog recently for a number of reasons but I for one would like to wish the much maligned and imo under appreciated Lucasz Zaliska has left our wonderful club.
He didn’t get too many chances to shine over the last 6 years largely due to the sheer quality of incumbents in the position.
His performances in the Europa League group stages in season 11-12 were for me more than acceptable at a time when many including presumably NL had some doubts about Forster’s mettle.
So to big Lucasz, I hope you enjoyed the experience of playing for the best club in the world and go on to great things wherever you end up.
Thank you and Bon chance big fella.
Is thon Thomsons Twins boy recommending player purchase based firstly on nationality now?
Doctor Doctor.
HH