Tyler Blackett’s arrival, announced moments before halftime on Saturday, was welcome. He’ll immediately push Izzie, who has had no real competition for the left back berth since arriving at Celtic five years ago – an incredible situation.
The Ryan Christie situation surprised me. Ryan performed well against a Celtic defence in a state of flux earlier this month, as he has done previously against us, but it will certainly a curious signing (this morning Inverness Caledonian Thistle announced they have accepted a bid from Celtic). More on these two later.
As for rumours that we’re about to spend more money on a player than we have since John Hartson arrived 14 years ago……. Well, that is a change of pace. On top of this business, I’m sure there will be more comings and goings in defence, and elsewhere. Stay tuned……..
Thanks to everyone who entered the raffle for the Golf Day for four at Aberdour. Taggsy informed the winner (Gerry) by email this morning.
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CultsBhoy
Will you be one of the absentees ?
Paisley Bhoy,
while I am a Craig Gordon fan, and I haven’t seen any replay but wasn’t he responsible (at least in part) for the SJ goal on Saturday?
Zlatan spotted at Greggs in the Village in EK….
BSR my daughter was also there -blissfully unaware that Paolo wasn’t the biggest star at the gig .
You know that moment when………….. Mr Pastry refers to other posters as being self indulgent…………..
TBM
Was Mr Pastry using the wrong log in when he praised himself in his own post?
Mr Pastry on 31st August 2015 4:58 pm Top class intervention from BRTH – it’s stuff like this and intelligent insght by the likes of Auldheid, Italiabhoy, Ernie and Mr Pastry that keeps the blog relevant,
Did you forget you were signed in as Mr Pastry when you posted that?
Scepovic away to Getafe
Cultsbhoy.
Aye onything 5 million for DVD is a bonus..
Nonsense.
By definition the rest of our squad is virtually worthless as he is our most saleable asset by a country mile.
Virgil covers the rest of our defences backside virtually every week. He will be a big loss. 5 million doesn’t even get you a reserve player in England these days.
Oh dear, Mr.Pastry.
Self inflicted Custard Pie for you.
Andymus Goramitus. A condition which renders multiple personalities incapable of remembering which ‘person’ they are at any given time.
The article talks about ‘more money on A PLAYER’ than we spent on John Hartson. I believe we spent c. £6m (fee only, not including wages) on big John. Is the implication here that we will spend a fee (not including wages) in excess of £6m on a single player?
Feels like one of those ‘we tried really hard but just missed out’ stories to me.
Time will tell.
LP- Permanent or loan mate?
When does the English window shut?
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Can someone post a factual overview of arrivals and departures?
I am not party to all the insights from the CQN corner clique who all met on Saturday.
My application to the clique gas been completed but I’m still saving for the entry fee.
A quick run down of rumours would also help.
Third party pastry would be blue moulded, surely????
TBM
BADA BING:
Loan with a view to buy but reports saying that we are trying to push through permanent deal now.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
lennon’s passion on 31st August 2015 5:06 pm Scepovic away to Getafe
A case of “Come oan. Get aff?”
But how much money will we Getafe Getafe?
Mr Pastry spotted at Greggs!
TBM
Peter Lawwell is only £30 million in debt away from being a super ‘whipping boy’.
Perhaps Mr Pastry (I always refer to myself in the third person) should be called Mr Whippy?
‘That which does not kill me, makes me stronger’ – keep scourging!!!!!
No doubt Pastry will provide a half baked answer to his/her slip up
Mr Pastry gettin roasted
“Is the implication here that we will spend a fee (not including wages) in excess of £6m on a single player?”
I am Neil lennon,
No.
The phrase “since John Hartson” implies any deal would be less than the fee paid for bbj.
HH
Magnificentseven @ 5.04
LOL
Mr Pastry is a big pie.
CultsBhoy
What squandered opportunity?
We got beaten very marginally ( and controversially) if truth be told, and the law of averages dictated we’d fail.
How would you have prevented a 4-3? if you were Peter Lawell? What would you have said if Stefan Johansen made it 3-0 when he should have? What if the referee had given the hand ball? And sending off? What if we man marked at corners instead of being obstructed playing zonal marking?
The striker vacancy myth doesn’t cut it either, and they don’t exist at £10m never mind double or treble what we’ve been paying since we moved into the slow lane. You only need to look at our attempts, to back that up.
For the reasons why we can’t buy stikers at 5 and 6 million see the direct link to wages. It’s been explained time, and time again on CQN by Celtic fans that know that are not fantasists, and financially astute.
We need to get lucky on a punt in the attacking department, for sure, but in Europe it’s about how you defend especially away from home, as predictably Malmo just about proved, in line with their superior coefficient.
Your squandered opportunity is nearly as poor as your undervaluation of Centre backs, or is it just Celtic and VVD that’s always poor when you post.
Lennybhoy
I think it’s 6pm the morra, Spanish windae closes tonight at midnight so DeGea will joining the Galaticos in the next 6 or 7 hours
LB/LP – Ta
Mr Pastry on 31st August 2015 4:58 pm
Well, I liked tat post anyway 0:-)
I also liked the good humoured responses. That`s more like CQN than some of the ill-founded nonsense that is posted.
JJ
Mr Pastry compares himself to Auldhied and BRTH!!!!!!!
Steps back and laughs my arse off:-)
Then points and laughs again.
Deluded as…………..
Or did he think he was logged on in another one of his guises!
Who cares, points and laughs again,
Geordie Munro
I read it the opposite way. “As for rumours that we are about to spend more money on a player than we have since John Hartson arrived 14 years ago.”
The fee for every player we’ve signed since has been less than big John’s fee. Scott Brown is probably the closest?
The implication in this sentence is that there are rumours we will spend more on one player than on big John’s fee.
I retain my right to be highly skeptical.
Come oan Getafe.
Forward planning is an oft mentioned topic on here. So, if we win the League , what will Celtic`s line up be for the Qualifiers?
JJ
Doc
Now now Doc it’s cruel to mock the afflicted, we’re butter than that, a self raising support that bakes itself as a one of a kind in the flakey world of football.
Choux Choux Choux
A wee look-in before my busy day starts.
I see the mine shafters/bed wetters/hunterlopers still rule supreme since Malmö. Relentless critique without objectivity.
Everyone at the club getting it tight, with the exception of the true culprits- the players. And I’m just just talking about Stefan, who seems to have inherited Efe’s target on his back.
Two men looking out through bars, one saw mud, the other saw stars…CSC
KevJ, hope you are doing well. Drop the blog a line when you can.
Aff oot.
quonno on 31st August 2015 4:42 pm
In my opinion there needs to be reformation of the current board, but my vision for it may well disappoint some.
Peter Lawwell is a very good CEO but he is a certain type of CEO and there are other well known Celtic Fans who would argue that Lawwell does nothing other than carry out the board’s strategy or policy and that he himself is not solely responsible for that policy.
The board has vitually the same make up to it each and every year and that is not right. There should be rotating non executive directors and there should be younger and more entrepreneurial board members who specialise in things such as marketing, e-commerce, property, broadcasting and other specialisms.
At the current time Celtic places an accountant at the head of each and every department more or less, with the mantra being that every department must make a profit.
On the face of it that is sound advice because it is safe, leads to financial stability, fiscal clarity and responsibility and so on.
However, it also means conservative thinking, little risk taking, and very little thinking outside the box as you put it.
If there were a more radical board, then Peter Lawwell may not be the ideal CEO, or alternatively he may be the absolutely perfect CEO because he may well implement any radical plan to the letter but always with an eye on safety, statutory compliance and fiscal prudence.
Equally, it can be argued that no CEO or senior management figure should remain in situ for too long as that leads to stagnant thinking and stiffles a progressive attitude.
A company like Celtic ( customer base, turnover, potential customer base and turnover, potential for market expansion, diversification and so on ) should be rewriting its business plan and vision for the future every three to five years and ,in my opinion, the company will not be best served if successive business plans are drawn up by exactly the same authors time after time.
Celtic PLC is successfully run, year in and year out, in terms of P&L’s, balance sheets and so on but there are areas in which it could and should do better in my opinion.
Over the last couple of years it has improved substantially in the PR and client relations stakes. The general level of pubic communication is far better and enagement with many fans has improved substantially.
However, there are other areas where the club could improve (IMO) and where there are fiscal, social and footballing opportunities which they have not seized.
I am the first to admit that running a football club is a very difficult task and no club will ever please all of the fans all of the time – that is for sure.
Celtic, in the main, is well run in difficult circumstances which are often outwith the boards control – especially where you are part of a common league or association where there are clear conflicts of interest and restrictions on trade activity by agreement.
However, there should be progressive and cyclical change within the PLC structure and possibly a more radical approach in certain business matters whilst always looking after your core function – namely the football on the pitch.
For the avoidance of doubt, I have never agreed with Fergus’ vision of a PLC structure without some form of membership scheme which brings all of the fans into the mix in relation to certain aspects of club management. Shares can be bought, sold, diluted, leveraged, made up of different classes and so on all of which provide a perfectly legal mechanism capable of relegating the ordinary shareholding fan to no more than a bystander or – dare I say it – a spectator.
Regreattably this is what happened when Celtic incorporated into a ltd company and very quickly left Walfrid’s vision of charity and community behind, leaving a limited company being run by a few families for their own gain and financial wellbeing for over 100 years.
To answer my own question:
Gordon
Janko/Lustig, Boyata, Simunovic, Izzy/Blackett
Forrest, Brown Biton,Allan, Armstrong.
Griffiths/Ciftci.
Who have I missed? There is always someone!
JJ