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.
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Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
15:00 on 14 June, 2013
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Every day is a school day on here M8
Thanks for response.
Hail Hail – Off oot.
reading back there and seen the discussion regards royston drenthe. maybees you don’t know but roy keane’s first name is actually royston.
Gerry
your statement below about the new club old club nonsense sums it all up excellently more power to your pen, take a bow.
the fact is that it is a new entity which has the membership. Otherwise how can membership transfer?
Vp
Shoorly you can see the funny side of this whole scenario /-))
Is the Celtic lpool game in Dublin a sell out? Went on ticketmaster there and there doesnt seem to be tickets available?
HT
Aye no problem mhate,easy come easy go ,whit’s for you will no go by ye etc ,etc ,etc.
KingofSiam C.S.C
fishal “Welcome” to “Bebo” Balde……….
Vp
It’s just as we’ll I’m a teacher and old dab hand with the Tippex and sticky back plastic.
Ye can hardly notice it now!!! :-)
HENRIK. 1433
Difficult to argue with anything your correspondent says.
An outstanding dissection of events-would that the likes of The Herald would print it.
Thanks for sharing it,crystallises a few opinions.
Statement: Reconstruction Vote
Fri, 14th Jun 2013 2:37pm
The club has been asked by supporters’ to clarify its position given the clear and valid concerns raised by other clubs and to explain why we voted yes.
It was not a decision between the status quo and this sole alternative. The status quo was gone, completely undermined by the panic positioning of the SFL1 Clubs who effectively neutered the SFL Board and their ability to properly represent the SFL as a whole. We did not agree with the tactics or the timing of the actions of the SFL1 clubs but understood their desperate and precarious financial positions. We have to admit that if this had occurred a few years ago when we were in SFL1, we may have had less soul searching around this decision but would hope that we would have stuck together to find a better outcome for all.
When this process began, there was a desire to see some main principles progress including; one league body, an appropriate all through distribution model, play-offs between all divisions and a sustainable pyramid structure. The broad objectives were never the source of concern but what has developed throughout a thoroughly flawed process did raise a number of issues that gave the Clyde Board significant unease. Prior to the vote we pushed for clarification on the impact of the distribution model and sought greater involvement in the development of the pyramid structure.
There are no guarantees with regard to the future finances of any league but we obtained the necessary clarity on how projected figures were derived and we understood the risk and impact on the club before taking the decision. It was crystal clear that the proposal to move to a single body meant the likelihood of a very significant drop in distribution monies to this club.
With regard to the pyramid structure, we sought and obtained from Stewart Regan, Chief Executive of the SFA, the assurance that the Third Division would be meaningfully included in the Pyramid implementation group, something that had not occurred previously.
It was not an easy decision to vote yes, there remain concerns over the detail and future for lower division clubs in a structure dominated by the full-time clubs where the lower leagues have their voice marginalised to a position of irrelevance. The financial implications are serious, but we recognised the alternative of a 20 club SFL had similarly unattractive risks.
On the day of the vote we considered all options and the Board decision was to vote Yes and ultimately this was for two reasons:-
•There was no plan for a 20 club SFL on the table with any strategy that could have seen it survive even in the medium term. There was no immediate financial threat in the coming season, but thereafter there was simply no viable plan on offer.
•Although in the short term this was not in our best interests, in the medium to longer term it might be as we aspire to be in the top half of the structure as opposed to the bottom.
The SFL1 teams have secured increased distributions by virtue of the all through distribution model and we support that, believing that it should be good for the game as a whole if full-time football becomes more sustainable. However, nobody should forget that every lower league club has paid a financial price for this and there will be challenges balancing the books under the new model.
The lower league clubs were left utterly exposed by the SFL1 breakaway stance. Had the SFL stuck together to find a solution then the likelihood would have been that a better outcome might have been achieved by the SFL board.
It is sad to say that we did not vote in favour because it was a good decision to do so – we would have felt morally more sound had we voted against – however our responsibility is now to make the sure that the trust placed in those saying this is for the good for the game is not misplaced. We will work to make a success of this new league for all, but will not hesitate to highlight when decisions are made that are not in the best interests of all clubs.
hen1rik
That’s a belter of a post and one that any professional journalist would be proud of, shame we don’t have any willing to pick up the biggest story in Scotland and beyond for as long as I can remember..
HT
That’ll do for me………………….though your ‘no lady’ remark may be harder to explain.
BMCUWP,
Sorry to any of PmcB family if they are reading this and I am ultimately wide of the mark but I think his family will have been battle hardened over the years by Pauls choices in life. Who he represented in court over the years.
Maybe they should not read CQN
I have been called a paranoïd halfwit on here for 8 ?? years and I was right
EVERY FU****G Step of the way.
So I hope you can forgive me.
It was only about my state of mind I was commenting on
Johnny99CSC
Tamlaghtduff Bhoy
I saw on facebook this morning that it looks like the tickets have been snapped up and are being offered online at prices ranging from 80 to 300 euros, the chaps from Buncrana CSC less than impressed with this!!
starry plough
Saw that too regarding touts.
I think Celtic still have tickets for Season Ticket holders though.
LB
starry plough
80-300 euros? Good luck to them. Im sure the csc’s have snapped up a load anyway. Wont be paying over face value for a friendly. Is it to be televised?
I’m Neil Lennon (tamrabam)
14:17 on
14 June, 2013
quantum
I hope you are right my good man, I sincerely do. but what if…..
they go bust again and drop more residual debt
would any south African tax payers money help them out?
like I say I hope you are right, but I don’t want to leave it to chance
Not sure what you mean by dropping more residual debt. They dont have any debt at the moment. Their big problem is their massive non playing fixed cost which they will they will find hard to reduce as long as have Ibrox and Murray park .
They can easily reduce the player wage but the Huns wont then buy ST’s if they believe they no longer have a team that can compete.
Dave King (I presume) isn’t stupid. He’s already been burnt for £20m.
They cant survive without massive cost reductions . Then watch the ST’s nose dive.
Aye I would imagine so, I wouldn’t like to be a tout working a Celtic Liverpool game!!
DeathwishCSC
The world is shrinking .
In a dive of a Catania bar last night .
Alborosie look -a -like manning the Gaggia was playing a mix CDR [mostly Bashment ].
Up came a choon featuring a female chanting ——” We Are The Glasgow Girls “.
I asked him who’s that and he said —— Soom T and Hilary Brooks . Part of the Mungo’s Hi Fi crew .
I didn’t think it was a great choon but I liked hearing a choon from Glasgow being boomed out in a bar in Catania..
AWE NAW
My reply was not meant as a pop at you,and indeed CANAMALAR also raises a good point.
I do not think that his untimely and high profile death was properly investigated,and as I said,I do not believe in coincidences.
I do not think his death had a connection to his involvement with Celtic,and those who would do us down.
By all means force the authorities to open an investigation into this,IMO it stinks,but it will have nothing to do with Celtic and may only reopen wounds for his family
Petec
Hiya Pally.. ?
Nice tae Greet Ye.
Ah am excited aboot the Balde Fellah.
As Ah previously wrote..
Ma Pal..Nutsy..is Nuts aboot Him.
And
Nutsey, claims that Amido is a Five Tooler..
A player who has it Awe..
He kin.. Run, Jump,Score, Heider.. and.. Dribble!
Nutsey, points oot that Maist of the Celtic Fans ,hiv,…Way, Way…
Misjudged,this Youngster’s talents as A Goal threat.
In this Respect..
They hiv bin informed ,by the Newsies, that He hid Made.. aroun’ aboot.. 27 Appearances fur his Former Club.. whilst Scoring only 9 Times.
A Pretty Unimpressive Tally, if A May so.. And Ah Wull~
No Bad.. But, nothing tae get excited Aboot.
Howevevah ..
Nutsy, points oot that..
Amido. only made.. a total of 19 appearances, as a First team STARTER… for his Former Club.
Right away…Ye kin Discount.. the Ither 8,from the 27 Original Total.. as those 8 , represented..Fleeting and Short appearances as a Substitute.
then.. If,as We now hiv Learned..
that… he scored a total of
9 Goals.. From a Mere.. 19 ..First team Starts..
well
Then
That is Whit is known in the Trade.. As a “Bumper Goal Harvest!”
Fur it Ciphers oot at.. Wan Goal Scored fur every TWO APPEARANCES,which he made…as A STARTER..and as A NEWCOMER…tae
Boot!
The Picture of Amido, which Noo is Emergin’.. is wan that Ah am beginnin’ tae Like.. Aloater!
Noo..as they say Aroon the Campfires in the Campsies..
“It seems that we have, Brutally, Under-Estimated this Good Fellow!”
Indeed.. we Hiv!
Like Nutsy, said.. We wull See Amido.. soon.. Again the Brentford.
and
Well..
We Kin Judge fur Oorsels.. if Nutsy’s Opinion ..aboot oor Noo Bhoy..is
Pukka..or No!
Right?
Maks Sense tae Me.
Kojo
Still.. Laughin’
Bobby
I agree with all of that but it should not stifle debate. I dont think his family would even want that.
HH
starry plough
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The other week there, I came on here wi one of my malcontented – Doom n Gloom – Sack The Bored – The End Of The World Is Nigh…. – types of posts and, your retort to me was a severe boot up the erchie – a WELL deserved one at that – Cap Doffed – You mentioned in one of yer posts there – Death Wish CSC – Paul Kersey was one of my all time heroes thanks for reminding me :)
Btw, I told my most trusted CQNer whose identity will remain confidential that, you displayed – Dirty Harry – type class with yer retort to me and that – I wouldn’t tell ye that but, I see yer on here the day and well…I’ve joost telt ye :)))
Well Said – CSC
HH
quantum
by residual debt I men the cost to pay off CW and/or buy back their own park etc
you assumed correctly about Dave king
I do fear that the Scottish authorities will do everything they can to have them back in the spl and them they will just copy Celtics model and pretty soon will be the second best
(simply second best)
what I would like to do is catch them out with breaking a few rules such as faulty fitba licences etc and set them back a few years
minx1888
14:45 on 14 June, 2013
petec – Have you been to visit BT :-)
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Not at all, I have never even met the fine chap.
Alas and alack, I cannae see him pogoing to the Roses tomorrow evening either. Me and the wee chap might try and jump around to the sound however. ;P
The ole FFM is a real genius and him and BOBBY have encouraged the wee chap with Music so much it is Spooky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzBWVKouCQs
But was Henry a Mason? :)))
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo:
I too am finding it hard to justify putting my tax paid disposable income into the Scottish game and getting the sum total of hee haw ‘level playing field’ back in return.
I want equality, and if I can’t have that then I damned if I’m going to subsides those who have deprived me of it.
Bitting you nose of to spite your face?
Ask Belfast Celtic about that one. At least they had transparent morals.
The Celtic Support cannot, as a one, agree on any club policy because there is no stated formal policy, and in indecision you promote distrust and fragmentation.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
15:31 on 14 June, 2013
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Would you be surprised / rule-out – the possibility that, what happened(speculated) to PM(RIP)
has been treatened to the Celtic bored behind the scenes and, that is why they are staying silent ?
Btw, If that is the case(I do hope it’s not) – I wouldn’t be saying anything either !!!
HH
http://celticjournal.org/exclusive-didier-agathe-interview/
FFS,is Kev back?
Offski….
Only kidding,Kev-glad to see you back. Hopefully you can drop the other monikers now!
KevJungle
Good to see you back on Kev, I did notice yer absence. Online is a strange place as we know, folk say things that maybe they normally wouldn’t say.My post to you believe or not was from the heart, my Celtic heart and I woulda told ye the same over coffee and cake in The Shire. Which mebee we’ll do for real next time I’m hame..
GoyourownwayCSC
BMCUWP
Just saw your message mate,passed on number to G64.HH
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
15:44 on 14 June, 2013
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Ha ! :)))
OK – Sherlock :)))
HH
Kojo
15:34 on 14 June, 2013
He is just what the doctor ordered.
We, Celtic, have had a long time to pick out a hidden gem. I noticed you saying before that you don’t like big words emanating from a player and that it might be a red flag event.
Mibbes he is just desperate to get onto that Champions League stage though. ;))
I will shove my neck oot and say; I think he will be a real brammer both in Europe and also Domestically.
starry plough
15:45 on 14 June, 2013
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That sounds grand M8
We’ll see – CSC
Yer Pal KJ :)
Hail Hail
KEV
We all live with the possibility of a nutter every time we speak out.
You may be surprised at some of the places I have refused to be intimidated,stood up,faced them down.
As have many before me.
I doubt our board are intimidated. Worried,yes,they would be fools not to be.
Intimidated,no.
Did KevJungle flounce from the blog ,or was he just off oot for longer than usual?
BOABPUNTER
Thanks,mate!
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