13 June and Celtic have signed a striker! Do we have some important games coming up early in the season? 6’4” Amido Balde joined Sporting Lisbon three years ago but never made an appearance for the club.
After three loan deals he joined Vitoria Guimaraes a year ago, where he caught the eye of Celtic scouts. At 22-years-old, he is right in the sweet spot of Celtic’s recruitment strategy: fully developed physically, old enough to be considered prime first team material but with many years of prime football ahead.
Playing for Celtic is quite different than playing for Vitoria Guimaraes, so it may take Amido a period of adjustment to settle into life as a Glasgow sporting celebrity, but he is clearly the man Neil Lennon and the scouts wanted. Based on that, I’m happy.
Despite what could be described as cover, and the fact that the player has declined a new contract, I’m still not happy to sell Gary Hooper. We have lots to do this summer before that moves up the agenda.
Welcome to Celtic, Amido.
The raffle for a signed Celtic top in aid of 1254125 ends early tomorrow morning. THIS IS THE LAST CALL FOR TICKETS, which cost only £1 each. Get in there…..
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Morning Bhoys & Ghirls
Great that it is Saturday morning, but it is a wet one so far, and I mean outside! :-)
Just having a wee read back in preparation for Sat morning 5s.
HH
CRC
BT
keep both your chins up my friend, and take solace and strengths in your family and friends around you.
HH
CRC
Good morning Timland.
Tony Blair and Wendi Deng……..possible, after
all he did climb into bed with her old man.
Had Friday nite 5s, can hardly move now, cannae sleep & have the 10k tomorrow, and I’m 49!
SFTB (via the quizmaster)
thanks for sharing your piece, (ooh err matron!)
haste ye back fella,
the blog is a lesser place without the likes of your goodself.
Hail Hail
dannygall
07:22 on
15 June, 2013
Ha ha, I know the feeling! Got the hot water bottle on my back at mo to ease the disrupted disc before I start running around on a hard gymnasium floor for an hour.
Good luck in the 10k tomorrow.
Madness of the Over 40s :-)
HH
CRC
Che
07:24 on
15 June, 2013
part-time quizmaster, please :-)
HH
CRC
Valentinesday
Who knew
http://www.businessinsider.com/tony-blair-wendi-deng-affair-denied-2013-6
CRC
“the quizmaster” sounds relatively masonic,
you got something to share or is it a secret?
HH
CRC
Cheers, seemed like a good idea at the time. Prob is, i cant give up the 5s, its like a drug.
Have you got 10?
Sympathy for Hearts?
After the thuggish assault on the bete noir of the hunnish hordes ,Lenny, at Tynecastle followed by the hugely predictable wee slap on the wrist from the Scottish judiciary,sympathy for Hearts may well be in short supply from my fellow , and much loved, Tims.
On the other hand,it should never be forgotten that the Hearts football team of 1914 marched down as one and signed up for service in what became the horror of WW1, with the local recruiting sergeant.
Viz. The ” Pals regiments.”
The Heart of Midlothian are a Scottish footballing and literary institution.
Put aside the fact that some of their fans are bigoted .
I feel their loss would be a sad one.
I missed this yesterday, so for anyone else who did the same:
The newly formed SPFL have made their first concession towards Sevco by watering down their rules on trialists.
A draft of the rules and regulations for the merged SPL and SFL showed that no trialists would be eligible for league fixtures- following the workings of the SPL rather than the SFL.
However, just days after forming, the SPFL are about to do a u-turn on that ruling with the news leaked to Sevco friendly STV Sport- the preferred broadcaster of both Craig Whyte and Charles Green while they called the shots at Ibrox.
According to a report on their website: “STV understands that regulation has been amended for the final copy of the rules, which will come into effect when all 42 clubs unite under one umbrella later this month.
“The news will be of particular interest to Rangers who have agreed to sign a raft of new players when the club’s registration embargo ends on September 1.
“Manager Ally McCoist had intended to field Nicky Law, Nicky Clark, Jon Daly, Cammy Bell and Arnold Peralta as trialists in league games before that date, only for that to be cast into doubt.
“All five players will now be eligible to play in a maximum of three SPFL games prior to their registration on September 1, with Rangers allowed to name up to two of the players on their teamsheet for any given match.
“Trialists will not be allowed to play in top flight games in the new league but it is understood all clubs in the other three leagues can continue to field unregistered players until March 31 of the year in which the season ends.”
In a further boost to help the Third Division champions as they move up a division the report added: “The current SFL rule which places a limit upon the number of players aged over 21 in a club’s squad will not be included in the new SPFL regulations.”
It’s believed that the rule changes came about following discussions between David Longmuir, Neil Doncaster and Sandy Bryson.
Further talks are expected to explain how players who have signed lucrative long term contracts can be described as trialists.
dannygall
07:29 on
15 June, 2013
I agree. Played on and off for 2 years on a Saturday, and then in January decided with a mate to set up a Thursday night game as well.
Squad of 14-16 for Saturday mornings which is run by the CQNer, Gordon, the master of Celtic knowledge who would easily beat SFTB (who also attempts to play on a Sat morn).
in the Friday night quiz. He cant bite on this one at the mo :-)
As mentioned we also play on a Thursday night and have around 16-18 players to call upon, but sometimes struggle to get the 10 due to work, injuries, old age etc.
Happy for you to join the Thursday night squad (which includes 3 zombies), but then you would be playing 2 days in a row.
HH
CRC
“Further talks are expected to explain how players who have signed lucrative long term contracts can be described as trialists.”
Sorry about the number of spelling mistakes in that sentence, it should of course read:
“Further talks are expected on how to make up new rules to explain how we can let Sevco play their new players”
To fully appreciate the meaning of true joy one has to have suffered some, even if it is only for a minute or so… but if you have but just a little faith then just wait for the light to follow, it always has and it always will, for ever and ever, Amen.
Glasgow Rangers – Nine In A Row
SFTB
Good article…thanks………Enjoyed that.
ABC Celtic. csc
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
07:29 on 15 June, 2013
Sympathy for Hearts?
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I am with you macjay1, there is only enough hatred in my Heart and it is for one club and their fans only. It is defo not Heart of Midlothian!
Twisty
its only right those individuals are allowed to ply their trade within the dizzy heights of scottish footballs nether regions as soon as is possible,
why should we seek to deny them that, the earlier they play the sooner they will realise that their careers are dead, that they walk amongst the nation of zombies,
for some amongst that group they will soon realise the soup they choose to take will not provide any warmth on a cold day at the bigot dome when the bile pours down from the stands upon them.
the more things change the more they stay the same
HH
dbbia:
I think that post by yer man earlier… I think he just screwed up on his login. He was a little the worse for God’s water last night/this morning, but his 125 endurance lost him more than eight kilo’s in weight, so he doesn’t indulge nearly as much as he used to because he has set himself a target of losing another eight. It is amazing what taking a wee sabbatical from the booze can do, not to mention what it did for his BP and cholesterol count.
Cheers CRC, 2 days in a row too much for an auld geyser like me
Morning all from a rather windswept ML3.
CRC
If SFTB is in attendance at 5s this morning please tell him I loved his A-Z on all things CQN.
I know that this is close season and that even this sainted blog can become a whacky and wild place in the months of June and July. However, the posts that concerned me most over the past week were those that spoke of walking away from Scottish football or indeed turning their back on Celtic.
Now I’ve only spoken to a couple of people in the real world, face to face who are of this opinion but they are genuine, impassioned Tims with a great love for our club and as a consequence I have to assume that many, though not all, of the posters who express similar views on CQN are of the same ilk (yes I’m aware that I may be naive in this outlook!)
The anguish is obvious were they forced into this decision but it is borne out of either anger at the perceived lack of action against our south side, dying neighbours or alleged complicity by those in charge of our own club.
I’d like to point out a snippet from The Tommy Burns Story which was produced when Tommy was the manager at Parkhead and it has always stuck in my head.
Tommy was going to knock Celtic back when he was offered a contract as a young player. Thinking that he wouldn’t make it in the esteemed company which was at the club at that time, he thought it wiser to sign for either Everton or Leeds.
His father, who didn’t have a great influence on his footballing life pointed out to the young Tommy,
“This is Celtic you’re saying naw to. You sure you know whit yer doin?”
After a quick tour of the trophy room, the rest as they say is history.
Thoroughly enjoyed SFTB article even through the big riddy s
Guilty
Macjay:
Have you seen the movie – For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristeros?
Apologies for not being it touch by e-mail regards that cheque you sent in support of Kano’s 125. I’ll bank it Monday. I’ll forward it to Vhman along with any other contributions that might come my way.
My e-mail is corrupted but I’m assured it will all be good by Monday and then I can contact those who think my nose is out of joint. If they were to e-mail me their numbers again, I’d happily just give them a call.
bt,
Sincere condolence, thoughts and prayers with the family and loved ones.
canamalar1
Indeed, but were all guilty of something at some point or other, its how you accept your guilt and any punishment that shows you for what you are.
HT
less of the common sense approach or some may think your accounts been hacked
Che
Indeed.
Sorry I’ve not been in touch recently but some important stuff has been going on. I was considering divorcing mrs twisty but was a bit concerned that she’d leave me financially ruined. However my hopes of hanging on to my wallet and pensions received a much welcome boost when my representative mr Mason Pinsent informed me that despite all of the money paid into her bank account over the years, face to face time, e mails, letters and phone calls that have happened, he can prove there was “no connection” between us.
twisty
thats a bit of a relief,
the twist n turns does not have the same ring to it.
Fear not T4 has been as reliable as usual, his horse racing knowledge and subsequent tips have ensured that my continued dontaions to ladbrokes are intact.
BT, sorry to hear about your loss, my condolences to you and your family.
All of the people who took me to see Celtic, as a child and a youth, have now since passed away, some of them prematurely, but we try to carry that legacy on.
RIP Frank.
Morning,
3,400 of the 3,750 tickets sold so far for the Brentford game have been bought by Celtic fans.
Makes all the complaints by the home fans about us being allocated 3 sides of the ground rather ridiculous.
Surrounding areas around Celtic Park finally get the go ahead after years of trying.
Hmmm I wonder why after years of trying they finally get the green light.
Not to worry I’m probably just being paranoid.
A stor ma croi , thanks for clearing that up.
So is kit in or oot the priory?
Good article by SFTBears, just a bit surprised D wasn’t for wee Diana Ross.
hen1rik
got the go ahead for what?
BT sorry to hear about your sad loss mate.
Thoughts and prayers with you and your family.
Last post leads me nicely into the rumour we have been watching Harry Forrester of Brentford. A 22 year old Attacking midfielder.
dbbia:
Not sure what you mean to be honest, but I flicked a coin and it came up ‘In’. Was that the right answer?
Che
I’m just up the wean must have been busy. Either that or ‘granny’ has hacked my account!!
Canamalar
I think most of us will have seen ourselves in SFTB’s A-Z somewhere.
Sometimes it’s good for someone else to hold a mirror to our faces.
ASonOfDan :
I’ve got a sneaky, based only on previous Celtic policy, that we might see another Portuguese speaker joining soon.
che
08:20 on 15 June, 2013
hen1rik
got the go ahead for what?
As you will all be aware I wrote an article a few days ago regarding the developments surrounding Celtic Park. You can find the article here if you haven’t already seen it: Developments around Celtic Park.
Today, the club have released a statement confirming that the plans have been approved. The statement reads:
Click here to view statement