“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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LiviBhoy
14:55 on
18 June, 2015
£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
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To be paid by his insurance company
Ernie Lynch@11.35.
If it hadn’t been for the USSR ‘s dirty deal with Hitler, there might not have been a Second World War. Why don’t you & Margaret McGill swot up some history together?
14:55Thursday 18 June 2015
CELTIC have been linked with FC Midtjylland defender Erik Sviatchenko, as they seek to bolster their back line ahead of the new season.
The 23-year-old Dane, who has made close to 100 appearances for the Superligaen outfit, was made vice-captain of Midtjylland at the start of the 2013/14 season.
The 6ft 1in centre half has made two appearances for his country, making his debut in Denmark’s 3-2 friendly win over the USA.
However, Celtic will likely face competition from LOSC Lille, Stoke and English Premier League newcomers AFC Bournemouth.
German side Augsburg had been linked with the defender but are believed to have scaled back their interest.
Sviatchenjko is a team-mate of former Celtic striker Morton Rasmussen and ex-Hibs defender Francis Dickoh.
desertbhoy..
Don’t think I could work in 50 +. Anything over 35 turns me into a lazy , sleepy boy.Occasionally hits the low 40s here in mid August- takes all my energy to find the energy to drive to a beach.
It is quite in here, too quite.
It’s going to be a long close season without a referendum:-)
SoT
basically 24 hr a/c controlled.
After a smoke for a couple of mins in the sun you don’t want to mistakenly touch your belt buckle or anything metal.
The article was almost as much p*sh as the hotline today. Love the guy with the ” back where we belong at the top of Scottish Football ” diatribe .Had a sudden mental image of a Dalek wearing his h*n regalia screaming it outside the big house.
Doc… quite!!
Hun logic……
Celtic, a club who won the league and league cup double, a team full of young talented players who have another crack at the champions league
are in reverse.
Sevco, a club skelped 6-1 off the second worst team in the premiership, who lost 11 ‘stars’ and are stuck in the championship again are on the up.
Mad orcs are everywhere
Invercelt
15:10 on 18 June, 2015
Ernie Lynch@11.35.
If it hadn’t been for the USSR ‘s dirty deal with Hitler, there might not have been a Second World War. Why don’t you & Margaret McGill swot up some history together?
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Even if that was true, and I don’t agree that it is, how does it contradict what I said?
Secret deals with the champions of capitalism, banks and arms dealers gave Hitler everything he needed to wage the Second World War, real secret deals happen at the high finance level.
And all the while in Israel settlers burn down a Roman Catholic Church.
MWD
You will all know this already but, just in case, the CL DRAW IS ON MONDAY AT 11am
http://article.wn.com/view/2015/06/18/Catholic_church_in_Israel_hit_by_possible_arson_attack/
MWD
NatKnow
Yeah just hadn;t heard this mentioned anywhere.
May have been a factor in the lad ending up at Hibs in the first place.
LB
MWD,
Time for an inquisition methinks, it’s the last thing they would expect, innit
LiviBhoy
16:08 on
18 June, 2015
NatKnow
Yeah just hadn;t heard this mentioned anywhere.
May have been a factor in the lad ending up at Hibs in the first place.
LB
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Quite possibly. I imagine the story was kept out of the press by court injunction until the point where the settlement was agreed. I noticed someone post a message on Facebook the other day that he was “a done deal” signing for sevco. :-)
desertbhoy & South Of Tunis
Re: Mickey Newbury
Thank you
That pernicious combination of hair lacquer and absinthe:
“The hatred of our great [FFin’] club
Where exactly did it stem from? It seems like it’s born out of jealousy, envy, sectarian bigotry or something more sinister. Over the last few years our club and especially us the fans have had to endure attacks from all clubs, governing bodies, media, ex professionals (including some of our own). They tried to kill us off and failed miserably. Even now as our dark days seem to have past some are sniping like a dying wasp trying to rid it’s self of the sting. There are a lot of people who should have their head in shame. I will not never forgive or forget those that have been vindictive.”
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” In my lifetime it’s always been there but not as overt as it has been in the past 15 years or so.
I believe it does stem from jealousy, bigotry and ignorance.”
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“Most comes from a century or more of pure religious hatred…this has gathered lots if ‘fellow travelers’ who despite not being RC have fallen in with them through the spurious, back-door ‘socialism’ which fools so many at age 18-25 (the student years).”
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“The misleading Mark Daly documentary on EBTs, based on unconfirmed allegations, was still at the forefront of the minds of a lot of these people when we went into administration. That had a lot to do with their misplaced perception of us as cheats.”
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“It’s sheer bigotry nothing less … I blame the schooling system in this country it must breed hatred”
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“A lot longer than 15 years has the hatred been displayed although it has been ramped up recently with infiltrators into positions of authority.”
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“football rivalry, because we are the best we are hated ? meh – I believe that this hatred runs deeper than that.
In Scotland especially in the west coast you are defined to an extent by your football allegiances, it’s a tribal gathering of like minded people.
To many, [Huns] are seen as the epitome of unionism and triumphalism, which the oppressed & vehemently anti-British yahoos do not like!
They have used positions of power & influence to demean us over time.”
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“Mhedia and the Internet have stoked the fires, there is also a particularly virulent tarrier type out there now,poisoned with all sorts of tarrier myths
Throw in the apartheid schooling and the general dumbing down of society coupled with the rhepublican political leanings of so many,you have a perfect storm”
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“As we resume our rightful position it`s only going to get worse as well.”
Monaghan1900 did you get my e-mail?
Afternoon Timland from a hot hun free mountain valley.
Good to hear we are not after the two mentioned in Paul’s leader, they are pish.
HH
Funny ole world.
Wee beach bar packed with Northern European tourists watching live coverage of the Euro Group meeting – meanwhile – unemployed Sicilians are on the beach playing fitba or beach volleyball.
Italian tele claiming ( quoting Reuters ) that 2 billion euros was withdrawn from Greek banks between opening time on Monday morning and closing time yesterday.
Time for a swim .
I am surprised to hear some advocating for the return of Gary Hooper.
As brilliant as Gary was, he patently does not suit the Ronny Deila team formation.
I would have thought the case example of Brendan Rodgers who likes his teams to play in a similar fashion (albeit with inferior players) decision to replace Suarez a man who never stopped running with strikers who never started to run would have demonstrated beyond doubt just how pivotal it is for that type of formation to have the right type of striker.
Its either a target man – or a runner.
Which of the 2 is used is determined by the game plan.
Hoops and Commons for that matter were great within a previous era’s football – thankfully we have moved beyond the prehistoric 442 and neither suit the new system.
Auldheid
11:36 on
18 June, 2015
Hopalong Cassidy.
Gabby Hayes.
Just saying.
Oh and Roy Rodgers whom I saw sitting astride Trigger on the steps of the Central Station Hotel in the early fifties.
*saw him up Loch Lomond around the same time. A trip was organised by the Burroughs Machine Company.
Also saw Liberace with his white Fleetwood Cadillac in Balmaha, though googybhoy doubts this.
Big Nan
16:25 on
18 June, 2015
Monaghan1900 did you get my e-mail?
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I did and, now that you have reminded my amnesic brain, I’ll do you the courtesy of responding!
Monaghan 1900,
Thanks for the Obsessed Orcs update,
they obviously don’t realise how entertaining they are,
Happy Celticing
Monaghan1900
It is brilliant to see they are still as deluded as when the were when they were starting their journey, after being that deluded they stood back and watch their Oldco liquidate all the while shouting watp :)))) look out Timmy .
Anyone else notice how the story in today’s online Daily Rager regarding Hutton, does not mention him as ‘the ex-Rangers player’. If this was a ‘negative press story’ on an ex-Celt, it would be listed all over it.
Invaluable guide to those of you heading out in search of romance this weekend. Or those of you who love data analytics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKWmFWRVLlU
16 roads – Celtic über alles…
10:41 on
18 June, 2015
America is one of the greatest countries in the world.
Americans are very friendly people for the most part.
*absolutely, I’ve travelled a lot in the States whether in business or pleasure, in fact I’ll be traveling there again in 7 weeks.
Usually takes 2 days driving to get to our destination, will be making it 3 days this time so I can enjoy the scenery. Shenandoah Valley is breathtaking. As John Denver said “almost heaven West Virginia”.
Sure they have more than their share of nutters but by and large the average septic tank is genuinely nice. Especially when they ask me if I’m “Scattish”, even though I’m wearing an FAI ball cap.
I’ve done the Caribbean, back hame, england, both sides in Ireland, Italy, Spain including Seville, Granada, Madrid and Morocco, but prefer a country where they speak english, use pretty much the same currency as me and the food is palatable.
Seen on twitter
From the DR on Tues
“Warburton will be at Rang*rs for the next 48 hours as he pulls together plans for pre-season before leaving for a *UEFA Licence course*”.
From Sevco official page 3hrs ago
“Warburton Headed To Euros”
:)))))
Quonno, re guns in the USA from earlier,,I live in the states and honestly don’t understand it myself. However a pretty sane yank explained it like this ” if the people didn’t have guns the English would have rolled all over us.it was those people and their guns that fought and won ( the war for independence from England) so we made sure the right to bear arms was wrote into the constitution so we never will be powerless and have the means to defend ourselves from enemies. Basically they don’t trust their government a lot and want means to defend their land should it come to it. Should someone attempt to invade America they would be very foolish and quickly riddled but of course it ain’t gonna happen. So I guess it kinda better safe than sorry attitude . if you seen the news here you would understand why most don’t have passports,,the rest of the world is shown very badly,,only the tragedies appear. I’ve seen the odd ad from the Irish tourism board and some for the vacation spots in Mexico,,they seem to be the only acceptable vacations. It’s a subliminal message to keep your dollars in the USA. I’ve a redneck drinking partner and once he has a few scoops the same lines always come out. Him..you know they’re coming right? Me,,whos they? Him,,(shakes head in disgust) you don’t know a goddamn thing do you? Same redneck not long ago,,gets drunk and watches news,,gets riled up and gets out gun and sits with it on lap,,falls asleep,,wakes up and moves for cigarette,,gun ( set on hair trigger mode) falls between his legs and goes off,,two inches away from his foot and goes through two surfboards before embedding in wall. The media here would have you believe world war three is about to start. Hope this helps. Hail Hail
Eyes Wide Open 16:29
Spot on.
See the latest superstar kiernan, see biggles and the army lads. Basement bargain shopping.
canamalar
True enough he had quite a cushy deal with the Vatican as well!
Richie @ 14:55. How you doing bud.? Can’t believe almost 3 hrs have passed and no one has picked up on your ideas .
Paul67 dolls – now there’s a marketing idea winning captains can run with . Make sure you get your cut mind .
In fact I think we could have a whole range of merchandise .
2 handled cups so old tim doesn’t spill anything -as if that’s likely.
Extra large watch face with built in s cot rail app so BMCUW doesn’t miss his train.
Possibilities are endless. In fact , in advance of the fixture list tomorrow , a prize of a kano polo to the best suggestion. Judge (me) decision is final.
Sanna
robert88,
That’s a hun myth, up there with Celtic park leaving the floodlights on to guide the bombers, the Vatican was one of the few consistently open dissenting voices.
Yer man Kiernan who Sevco have just signed.
Any relation to Ford – aka ‘Jack’ in ‘ Still Game.’
???
HH!!