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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DBBIA @ 10 41 .
” where Miss Marple changes trains “.
There are very few Brits in my wee bit of the world but one of that few is a guy who is a retired social historian . He is fabulously English .
I recently had a conversation with him re a fairly new Miss Marple series being shown on Italian tele . Poor man was outraged by Miss Maple’s use of ” train station ” and opined with absolute certainty that Miss Marple would use a Railway station not a train station .
Things you learn.
bt,
I expect he only needs to be part time, probably does a bit of profiling then returns to see who is achieving their targets and setting new targets, throw in a wee bit psychology and genes a boys name
South of Tunis, Winklepickers, DBBIA
I hope it is true. I hope he takes over the whole Sevco show and turns it into a decent club. Or that Sevco perishes.
Weeminger’s post earlier was very enlightening. If we see another big-volume trade substantially below the official price (still 54 pence) it might be a sign that Kieran Prior has gone back in. If what we continue to see is trades at or even a wee bit above 54 pence, I don’t think it will be him, unless he’s just selling the 50 pence ones straight back for 54 as I suggested earlier.
Sydney Tim – we unscored 92 goals in the league last year.
Next best was ICT with 64.
Someone must have been pingin’ them in the ole onion bag with a hooped jersey on.
dontbrattbakkinanger
09:57 on 14 June, 2013
No sign of ole Philvis comin’ out of his podium purdah?
I hope he’s well.
………
Aye DBBIA he’s missed that bhoy, haste ye back Phil.
V
BLANTYRETIM
Don’t mention hookers to that lot-put them right off their stroke!
FnaarfnaarCSC
Prof green. You get what you pay for
Our striker policy had been a disaster over the last few years.
How many forwards have we bought on our budget that have turned out to be goal scorers apart from hooper
Not good at arithmetic after a few wines. Maybe you could add up
Lets start with bangura and murphy. Money down the plughole. They weren’t goal scorers before we bought them
Disaster of a striker policy. Balde is the latest Hope he is not the norm
Favourite Uncle – Cheers for that.
DBBIA – I used to have dealings through work with a guy called Rawlton Gunpot – always thought it sounded like a charming village in the Cotswolds.
Stokes
SofTunis – Miss Marple on Italian TV?
Above or below average gratuitous exposure of large breasted young women?
BOBBY
I wish the very best of Luck to Kieron. Anyone who has restricted freedom must be listened to a lot more.
Some people will utilise that to their own advantage and publicise it. These peepil are really lower than a snakes belly IMO. We have to keep preaching the 10 Brave commandments and that redemption is just a thought away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12QZDSaBfps
Obviously every track needs context, I feel you have ACTUALLY read the Bible all the way through numerous times. ;))
I see the entire Hearts squad is up for sale. Is there anyone there worth a punt? Just to help out that nice club, of course ;)
ffs little Jackie’s blocked up the bog good and proper and I’ve no toilet brush and I need a dump FFS !
SOAL – If you are still on you posted the listings for the Stone Roses gig a couple of days ago can you re post them please?
Great night down at Greenock last night Willie Wallace and BRH&T some double act! Well done to everyone that made it happen!
Good luck to all the golfers today!
minx1888
5:20 The View
6:30 Bugg
7:40 Primordials
9:()() the rockets with paint
Professor Green 10:56
There are players with good goal scoring rates that are affordable in the right markets. Johnny Russell up until last season might not have been the most prolific but he banged in 1 in 2 last season and left Dundee Utd for £750k.
Then there’s the £1m more bracket where we’ve opted for 2 or 3 duds at £1-2m but baulked at £3m – surely a better policy would be quality over quantity… a certain Lewandowski comes to mind!
Apparently a snake has interrupted play at the CQN Open at Aberdour golf club, suggestions that its an adder and there to help keep TTT score are as yet unsubstantiated.
sorry for sharing that – a stick has been found
Che
11:15 on 14 June, 2013
Apparently a snake has interrupted play at the CQN Open at Aberdour golf club, suggestions that its an adder and there to help keep TTT score are as yet unsubstantiated.
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You just could not make this up.
Fact is stranger than fiction!!!
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A post from TSFM, which may strike a chord with some of us.
ecobhoy says:
June 13, 2013 at 11:44 pm
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I’m beginning to wonder whether this Blog is being targeted by a PR effort designed to deflect us from what is actually happening in Scottish Football.
Celtic, like every other Scottish Football club, is a business and if it doesn’t conduct that business professionally then it will end–up in the same position as Rangers and Hearts and others. That is the bottom line. Unlike most other clubs Celtic has added legal responsibilities to its shareholders because it is a publicly listed company.
At this moment in time the Celtic management, in difficult economic conditions, still appear to be doing a good job in keeping the club healthy in financial terms and as long as they do I will support them. And sometimes support is blind in the sense that important decisions taken by a Board can’t be up for open discussion. There are mechanisms at Celtic for raising these issues and these are the ones that should be pursued.
However, Celtic is not the moral guardian of Scottish Football. It has to operate within the flawed rules that govern the sport and the unfit for purpose hierarchy of suits.
I truly believe some posters are getting a bit carried away in thinking they can actually tell a major business how it should be running its affairs especially when it is a successful business. I like a couple of others posters have suggested positive directions we can move in as a blog to address the deep-rooted problems that face Scottish football but unfortunately it will take years of hard work to even start to make any real progress.
However, some think it can be done by instant revolution and that Celtic should be in the Vanguard of that movement. That’s up to them but I am fully aware of all the historical reasons as to why Celtic should show caution and be circumspect. Anyone who has been in any way involved with what has been exposed in the last few years must surely have have some awareness of the power of the Scottish Establishment and where its bias lies. I have been involved for a helluva lot longer and know the dangers that exist.
As to calls for Lawwell to resign well that is just infantile – he doesn’t decide Celtic Policy. It’s the Celtic Board that decides that and Lawwell carries out that policy. If he didn’t he wouldn’t be resigning he would be sacked.
If some Celtic supporters no longer wish to be associated with the club that is their decision but as an ordinary fan with no political axe to grind I will remain as a supporter of my club first and foremost but will also try to do what I can to improve the governance of Scottish Football as a whole whenever I see a way to do so. One thing I will not do is damage my club and reduce its ability to be a standard bearer both for Scottish Football and how a club should be run. Sometimes leading by example is the best way or proving a point.
did someone mention nakamura.
original Japanese commentary to that goal against the Red Chester Men
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLlfr4Ng8nU
THE VIEW are brilliant,do not miss them
Some right good TIMS in their line-up,it would be nice if Kyle could pop down from his Muzzy Mansion on the 20th and join us in Brentford
DBBIA .
Yes .
Dr Who and Misfits too..
If you watch Italian tele you get used to gratuitous breast exposure .
Still scarred by a recent beach conversation with a topless geriatric German . Gravity /extreme age had taken it’s toll to the extent that I was delighted that Badger , the dachshund , behaved himself .
79caps
In a word…..No.
I wouldn’t buy anyone at the moment from them anyway. They will be free agents soon enough. I don’t expect anyone to buy their players.
LB
petec,
Snakes are very common in Scotland, especially the poisonous ones,
Seen a young adder a few years ago, was very impressed with its attack display,
Couldn’t have been more than 6″ yet. Up like a cobra ready to take on any giant who wanted to come ahead.
Malone totally agree. Quality and not quantity
Selling my Celtic programmes from the mid 1970’s onwards. Domestic european and testimonial matches. Also selling old tickets from the same period.
Anyone interested mail me @ welby@ntlworld.com.
Morning all
Good luck to all at the golf today.
Great night last night with Willie Wallace and was also good to meet BRTH, Winning captains, Hamiltontim (who looked younger than the last time I saw him on tv;-), Minx1888…
Cheers to GL2 for tickets ( even though I don,t remember organising them 1 drunken Sunday :-) kep me informed of any future nights J…..
Off topic, can now control my tv / sky with my phone, what fun ill have tonight when she’s trying to watch the soaps
Off oot for my last late shift
Ps: if your lurking Jc2, could possibly arrange to meet up in Dublin for a pre match swally….
HH
thomthethim
11:18 on
14 June, 2013
Thanks for posting that very good blog, like the way the man thinks
Owen Coyle granny spotted at Wigan Pier
Thomthethim
That seems a very reasonable stance to me.
Perhaps a lot of us are guilty, at least from time to time, of wanting instant action and instant results, when logic and experience both tell us that chipping away slowly is what will win in the end.
On Ogilvie, though, there is a feeling that we are having our noses rubbed in the muck. Not just Celtic, but Celtic more than anyone.
How many Stone Roses tracks are going to be played today, in anticipation?
Waterf$ll?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn_GpODYqKI
Let us all ? each Glasnost.
God is Almighty and no Man can be perfected. The Gnostics and gnostic/scientistic believers have been deceived very badly. I aint hitting hard on science but just the scientists that take a paycheck, Man is a Sinner. recognise that fact and we are laughing at these control measures being slipped around our ankles and wrists.
Genesis.CSC
Can we have updates all day…a la BBC newsticker
HH… Enjoy
If you can’t stand up for what you believe in, for what your mouth boasts that your heart desires… then who, or what, are you?
Maybe it would’ve been better if these folks had just renounced their faiths; their values, their dreams, but then again, they chose not and they paid with all that they had… they paid in blood, their blood, rather than be silenced.
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristeros – Viva Cristeros
are we ever done beating them red devils :
featuring a Neil Lennon goal, and Sutton giving a few a doing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQXkr1je6ZI
petec – Thank you!
BMCUW – Really looking forward to it, although knowing the timekeeping of the company I am going with, I will just be delighted to be in on time for the Stone Roses!
GourockEmeraldBhoy have fun with the remote, but remember we always get the last laugh :-)
Stivs
I’m meeting Doc shortly, I’ll give him those badges.
HH
BMCUW 10:49 on 14 June, 2013
nicked from a friend on facebook who is up there
I myself am off out for a deep tissue massage then a sherbet or two