It was Back to the Future on Saturday afternoon, listening to Aberdeen rescue a point against Dundee was more like 1985 than 2015. TV highlights suggest Aberdeen pounded Dundee, but three excellent goals were enough for the visitors to set the stage for Celtic to return to the top of the league against Motherwell on Wednesday.
Aberdeen have been imperious in recent months. Incredibly, apart from Dundee and Celtic, they have failed to keep a clean sheet only once (at drubbing at Hamilton) since September. That’s title challenging form in any language.
This run is unlikely to endure as the vagaries of form and fortune catch them up, but it appears our long wait for a notional title rival looks to be over. Which is good.
Any business with operating expenses in the region of £33m a year, which is £2.75m a month or just over £600k a week, that had to borrow £500k in the first week of the month in order to pay an unexpected tax bill of the same magnitude, will by now be in urgent need of funds to pay rates, other tax liabilities, electricity and gas (no matter how little they used on Friday), while wages day is approaching. And remember, those gardens don’t ‘duty’ themselves.
Newco Rangers will need a loan, or to sell a player for cash, to avoid imminently slipping into insolvency. If Dave King is confident about carrying shareholders at a March EGM, and has the resources, he should loan the club money to get them through the next two months, no strings attached. A bit like John Keane did for Celtic in 1994. With insolvency looming, Keane, currently a Celtic director, but at the time an agitator for boardroom change, wrote a seven figure cheque, no strings attached, to pay-down Celtic’s overdraft, as the Bank of Scotland threatened to call in administrators.
Anything less than this is playing into the hands of Mike Ashley.
CQN11 St Patrick’s Day Dinner Dance is on Friday 13 March, at the Kerrydale Suite, Celtic Park. The focus of an excellent night’s entertainment will be funding the construction of a kitchen at Chibwata Primary School in Malawi, for Mary’s Meals.
Email me if you would like to reserve a ticket, celticquicknews@gmail.com or book directly via the links at the bottom of this page.
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Try to ignore these guys, but you just can’t let comments like Jim Murphy is a decent guy go unchallenged. Planned a long in depth retort, highlighting Murphy’s expenses scandal, membership of the ultra right wing Henry Jackson Society, voting with the Tories to cap welfare benefits, no show at the bedroom tax vote, spending nine years at university without getting any qualification largely paid for by the state… and then campaigned vigorously for the introduction of tuition fees. And on and on and on.
But then Alfie and Ernie do more damage to the Labour party on here than I could ever do.
So I’ll stick with the fitba, thank god we have a game this week.
As you were boys.
Looks like celtic f.c have decided who they are
http://Www.celticfc.net/fixtures
JOHNNYRAMBO67
Sadly,I agree.
Doing more harm than good.
Offski,cot time. Dinnae fa’ oot.
I am hearing Derry city are telling us if we want to sign the boy we had on loan we will have to act quickly as Brentford are close to agreeing a fee for him , has anyone heard anything similar
https://twitter.com/romanocattolico/status/557189130401382400
boabyevans
15:16 on 19 January, 2015
Hopefully, the Board have ….. :)
Antipodean Red
Noticed that…massive rubber ear:)
That’s ok though.
HH
Alfie Noakes agreed on your post 15.08…..i dont get it when people say that the SPFL. Misses thems…this team from ibrokes has never been in the SPFL….people hankering back should realise that the version of rxxxxxs that they remember ( assuming they dont consider them deid ) might never be seen again…..god willing….
Alfie Noakes @ 15.08
I don’t think MON ever studied law.
67 heaven,
There is not a hope in hell it was turned on.
Certainly not for any useful length of time anyway.
BGX
Spot on…as you say…Rangers are deid, therefore do not exist.
So why the Celtic board would say otherwise…very silly.
There is no old firm….that died with Rangers….Hee, Hee
HH
79 CAPS.
He did.
http://m.stv.tv/sport/football/clubs/celtic/307051-celtic-risk-missing-out-on-michael-duffy-as-brentford-make-move/
Alfie N
Oops sorry , he did start a law degree but didn’t complete it.
Love saying that…Rangers are deid, there is no old firm.
Puts a smile on my face every time:)
HH
boabyevans
15:16 on 19 January, 2015
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duffy is on trial with brentford at the moment along with another derry player mceleney.
Derry will be looking for transfer done asap.. short on money.
We have lost our star striker plus our captain.
Id say derry will be looking for a decent fee so maybe thats why celtic are not as keen.
mate reckons least 150k plus extras for sell on apperances ..international caps.
Proudbhoy 15.29 on 19 January 2015 plus our captain can you elaborate
What is it MLK said …something like ‘ In the end its not the words of your Enemies you will remember,its the Silence of your Friends….on the sevco fiasco …explayers exmanagers and their silence rip ma knitting ….not a word backing what a large percentage of the support believe …i just dont get it…..
Regarding the Graham Spiers hunguffery…..the comments after the article are fab, the huns taking stick for their sectarianism…worth a read.
Off oot bhoys, laters…love you all
HH
The green man
:):):):) HH
boabyevans-bhoy posted this morning 2 English clubs were giving him a trial
Our opening offer for Stuart Armstrong of Dundee Utd is now being considered by their board.
HH
Reading back having returned from a long walk in the freezing conditions in these parts, I was saddened to see the use of the ‘je suis…’ by Alfie Noakes in one of his normal diatribes. Given the context in which ‘je suis…’ has been reported round the world, I find it sickening for people on here to use it in putting forth their own agenda. Please show some respect for those who lost their lives in such horrendous circumstances.
Dr Budge made a statement about the behaviour of her clubs fans at the Debt Dome yet?
LB
Livibhoy,
Not a cheap :)
Jimtim
Email sent to ticket office
Hi Ticket office
I would like to point out a typo in our match fixtures below, for our game on the 1st of February.
I believe we are playing ‘The Rangers’ that day. I wonder if you could get this corrected please ?
Kind Regards
boabyevans
15:34 on 19 January, 2015
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Sorry im a derry city fan aswel. Rory patterson is derrys main striker and one of best in ireland. Had to let him go plus offered our captain a poor contract so he left.
Derry will want transfer done asap to bring in new players.
Deliberate typo btw.
As in ‘talk is cheap’
honest ;p
Geordie Munro
15:46 on 19 January, 2015
Livibhoy,
Not a cheap :)
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I love a good pun – really trills me.
Monaghan1900
Regarding the “orcs” and their Bricks, did I not hear a while ago that their bricks are not engraved due to building but that plastic cover are placed on said bricks ,Shouldn’t take long to pop them off and post them back to them if so :))))
catman-any idea how much?
leftclicktic
15:49 on 19 January, 2015
Monaghan1900
Regarding the “orcs” and their Bricks, did I not hear a while ago that their bricks are not engraved due to building but that plastic cover are placed on said bricks ,Shouldn’t take long to pop them off and post them back to them if so :))))
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Seriously hope they don’t get their bricks back before the 1st Feb. Otherwise we’ll have a collection of them in our supporters busses after the final whistle…
Natknow,
I think she’ll have to watch what she says as it wasnt in her ground.
Maybe why she’s being cagey :)
leftclicktic
presumably someone on the Hearts supporters bus last Friday evening was just getting their brick returned to them?
glasgowdave
15:47 on
19 January, 2015
Can you send them another one to change the appropriate fixtures to “Hamilton Academical”? Cheers.
Geordie Munro
15:51 on 19 January, 2015
Natknow,
I think she’ll have to watch what she says as it wasnt in her ground.
Maybe why she’s being cagey :)
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Someone needs to knock the Chupacabra FC off it’s perch… ;-)
!!Bada Bing!!
15:50 on
19 January, 2015
catman-any idea how much?
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No, info only that an offer is now on the table
HH