The comment in today’s Telegraph by Joe Ledley confirming that, in the event they win the league early, Celtic have considered giving players some extended rest period before the end of the season has a lot of focus about it.
We have Champions League qualifiers starting on 2 July and hopefully extending six games later in the last week in August, all plans must be made with the objective of being as strong as possible for these games.
Last season APOEL Nicosia got through the Champions League group stages, beat Lyon in the last 16, before being stopped in the quarters by Real Madrid, but their European adventure this season was ended in August by Neftchi Baku. Rangers run to the Uefa Cup final in 2008 was quickly followed by an August elimination at the hands of the mighty Kaunas. We don’t need reminded of what happened in 2005, when the club formerly known as Artmedia Bratislava, and no longer playing top flight football, caught Celtic cold. Five times.
I’m keen to hear from Celtic on policing and stewarding at games. The club have to be attentive to all season ticket holders who feel they have been poorly treated, by police or stewards. Processes to deal with such matters must be open to supporter groups to audit, perhaps even to administer. Delegate thus, and you resolve many concerns.
The Lions Roar event at the Kerrydale Suite on 1 March, with a film of the 1967 European Cup final, will have commentary from Bertie Auld, Stevie Chalmers, Bobby Lennon, Jim Craig, John Fallon, Charlie Gallacher, Billy McNeill, John Clark and John Hughes. Mike Jackson will also be there with Billy. Tickets went on sale six days ago and there are only a few left…..
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I will now have to sell my red car as its colour associates me with soviet Russia and not my adopted country of Scotland.
Monaghan1900 – 14:19 on 18 February, 2013
I don’t recall tangerine being part of the Rangers colours either.
Maybe dumb ass bigoted Leggo could ask UEFA what it thinks about Silvio Berlusconi answering media questions about AC Milan whist standing in front of a Vote Silvio Berlusconi poster.
My wife is black.
She’ll be out the door when I get home tonight.
Only kidding!
She’s lovely, by the way!
Aren’t you darling?
Headtheball is it a Lada?
A freind of mine collapsed with alcohol poisoning twenty years ago in Russia and the ambulance was a Lada estate. He was most distressed when we showed him the photos of himself in this vehicle.
Trophybhoy
13:59 on 18 February, 2013
‘Phil
A vote for independence is not a vote for salmond or the snp.
I would wager you still dont ask your mum and dad for pocket money, or if you can stay up late to watch the scary film. And that is because i assume you are an adult and as such chosen to live by your own decisions.’
Are you married?
Or do you prefer to ‘live by your own decisions’?
Why is Leggat no longer employed?
Is it because of his bigotry?
ernie lynch
Perhaps because he’s a fud?
Ernie very funny (and true).
Marriage the last bastion of the dictator.
leggo is one of those “reverse racists”. We’ve all come across them, the ones who like to ask “Why are you Irish? What’s wrong with being Scottish?”
They assume you hate Scotland because you like Ireland. They turn the expression of love for a thing into the expression of hate for another.
Typical xenophobic, myopic, bigoted tripe.
Ntassoolla
No, it’s a Moskvitch. (It isn’t really…and it’s not red either :-))
Little wummin in the office today dressed in all black, clearly to salute 10 Irish martyrs… surprised she hasn’t been sent home.
Don’t tell Leggit…
HH
It’s a bit ironic that a bigot is offended by the very colour in a national flag that represents his culture.
MWD
Saint Stivs
12:06 on
18 February, 2013
The Battered Bunnet
11:45 on
18 February, 2013
Emdy remember a bitterly cold game in the 70s or thereabouts when the fans set a fire in the Celtic End to keep warm? Middle of the terracing. God alone knows what they burned on it.
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It would’ve been Evening Citizens we burned. Used to buy them for the colour poster of players. The paper then got dumped.
RE. GREEN BRIGADE
They have called peter lawwell out and accused him of trying to disband the brigade if this is true and i have no reason to disbelieve the GB he must go. Anybody within the walls of celtic park actively colluding with the police to target celtic supporters should not be in power at celtic and have no part in OUR club. I will not be renewing my season ticket if this is not sorted out and i know many who won’t either, it’s disgusting that celtic supporters can’t go to celtic park without being harassed and intimidated. HH
emusanorphan was that on the green newsprint?
Quiet day today on here eh?
Sorry to hear about Richard Briers passing, I always thought he was a fine actor and decent human being!
RIP.
hun skelper there’s a view forming on here that wee need to see proof and disclosure. By everyone.
NTASSOOLLA
Totally agree mate so we await what peter lawwell has to say on the matter but if some one came out and accused me of something i had not done i would be on it straight away. The silence from celtic park is deafening. HH
philvisreturns
13:31 on
18 February, 2013
Jay Dubya –
Re: the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act that’s being used as a harass and criminalise Celtic supporters.
The SNP introduced it and voted unanimously for it.
Every Celtic supporters who votes in the “independence” referendum should remember that. (thumbsup
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What has the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act got to do with the referendum?
What does the referendum have to do with voting of the SNP? If the country votes yes then it does not mean we are under SNP rule for ever. Many people from other parties will vote for for independence. the above is typical uionist toss.
Re Leggat and the republican colours, Eire should change that flag,how
can you hope to make peace with the orangemen in the North ,when they
haven’t got two brain cells in there big Neanderthal heids?
Ntassoolla said we ” need to see proof ” before making judgements. What an outrageous idea.
JJ
Jonny the Tim – agreed. He seemed to live a good life.
hun skelper said: “but if some one came out and accused me of something i had not done i would be on it straight away.” Quite obviously, therefore, anyone who does not respond as hun skelper would, is guilty as hell.
JJ
Slow news day News-
Currently Celtic’s European 2013 coefficient for next season is 37.538 (59th)
That’s up from 32.728 this season (63rd)
Anything from Juve game will increase this.
Don’t mean much except we will be certs to be seeded in all 3 qualifying rounds.
May help in pot placement if we get to Group stages
All the above is assuming we will win the SPL.
ernie lynch 14:45 on 18 February, 2013
“Why is Leggat no longer employed?
“Is it because of his bigotry?”
I hear Legless has made a lot of enemies in the old inky trade because he is a major back-stabber.
Also, in a struggling industry there is no room for people who can’t do their job properly. There are fewer sub-editors to rescue his work on a weekly basis.
Jonny the tim, I had the pleasure of working with Richard Briers. He was indeed a gentleman and a very fine actor. Some the stories ah could tell about so called celebs!
Find out if your cat is a Republican or a Unionist, by raising a mini butcher’s apron in your living room, then quickly taking it down again to see if it reacts?
Any Physios on the blog today?
hun skelper
In November Celtic responded following similar claims from some in the green brigade about heavy handedness of police and of the club being complicit in this.
http://celticfc.net/newsstory.php?item=3374
There seems to be two opposing views forming with one side saying one thing and the other side saying something else.
It’s unlikely that both can be true but as always most people choose to disbelieve the big bad plc.
Mort
hun skelper
You want to be judge, jury and exocutioner?
So you believe that the GB are all whiter than white Saints who have never done anything wrong and are being picked in because they sing and dance at the fitba?
Now I believe that their treatment at the hands of the pi sorry polis is a disgrace, however Celtic have in the past bent over backwards to help them. They even kicked people out of seats they’d sat in since the stadium re-opened to give them their own section, they allow them into the stadium on non-match days to set up displays.
F*** Uefa banners, anti poppy banners. flares, flash bombs etc etc etc. While they are being unfairly treated by the Police, they need to remember they are a sideshow, fans go to CP to watch the team, not the Green Brigade.
Perhaps if they remembered that and didn’t use Celtic for their own agenda there wouldn’t been any excuse for the police to be able to justify acting like stormtroopers.
istanbulcelt
15:01 on 18 February, 2013
The SNP seem to have a problem with us.
They always have had a problem with us.
There is an element of Scottish society that has a problem with us.
They resent the fact that we aren’t Scottish enough.
It’s not unreasonable that many of us are wary of what a separate Scotland would be like.
And all for no discernible benefit.
A Lady that looks like a Beatle?
Celtic FC may have very good reasons for supporting police behaviours towards the GB…
A statement from the Club will enlighten us all…
POST 111 – Howzat?
Stand up for the GB!
not wanting to claim the title of quiz king, but everyone should be able to get the answers of specialist subject Celtic on Mastermind,
9 mins in
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p8t0m/Mastermind_2012_2013_Episode_24/
infact, i was annoyed the guy didnt interuppt quickly with the answers.
given he has won through, his next chosen subject is …………
The Life and Death of Rangers Football Club.
who says we are obsessive, lol.
The Statement refeered to by Mort:
“Celtic Football Club Statement
By: Newsroom Staff on 19 Nov, 2012 19:44
CELTIC Football Club is very disappointed to learn of internet accusations suggesting that the Club in some way is involved in the targeting or victimisation of fans – Celtic has played absolutely no part in this and suggestions to the contrary are quite irresponsible.
In particular, making false accusations against a Celtic staff member – someone who is part of the Celtic family and just doing their job – is quite disgraceful and will not be tolerated.
Celtic has worked hard to foster a positive relationship with its many supporters´ groups. We are very pleased that we are united with our supporters and pleased that we are so regularly involved in such a range of initiatives where the Club and our fans work together in the best interests of Celtic.
It is, therefore, simply nonsense to suggest that the Club has been in some way involved in these actions – the question should be asked, what would our motive be? The question should also be asked what the motives are of the people who choose to make such false accusations.
As with all football stadia, the Police have an important job to do and it is vital that the Club and supporters work with them in this regard. However, the Club takes our supporters´ welfare very seriously and if there are any specific cases which need to be looked at then, we will do so. Categorically, we will investigate any matter which is raised by any supporter and give these cases our full attention.”
JJ