Every year we hear that January is a difficult time to do transfer business. Clubs are reluctant to allow top performers to leave midseason, but we’ve had some creative January activity over the years. Objectives for this month are clear.
We need to better prepare for our Summer Cup Finals. Trying to build a defence, or strike force, while simultaneously qualify for the Champions League is, unsurprisingly, tricky. Summer transfer windows are really two periods, the last days of the month, after European qualification has been taken care of, and earlier in the window, when limited volumes of business will take place.
We’ve done some great business early in summer months, most notably Virgil van Dijk, but instances like this are rare.
The most interesting aspect of this window will be how Ronny Deila is backed. He’s 18 months in the job now, long enough to come to an assessment of the wider scouting infrastructure he inherited. We’ve been underperforming on recruitment since January 2012. Ronny needs to buck this trend, and Celtic need to give him the necessary lateral.
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Catch you later bhoys
mini me working nights and has to be fed :-))
HH
Big Ciftci was level when he pass was played forward.He was onside therefore his goal should have stood.
See the BBC Scotland “highlights” – they should the original angle, then quickly a replay of the goal from behind the play. Nothing from the sidelines view or in front of the play – which obviously would have been more helpful in deciding if the lineman called it correctly or not.
If that had been an opposing team having a goal disallowed against Celtic – half of the five minutes of “highlights” would have been used scrutinising the incident – it would have been replayed over again from about five different angles, slow motion and all.
That’s margins – a legitimate goal, great finish disallowed wrongly. If the goal stands – confidence boost for the striker and a first half lead for the team – chances are we would have gone on to win it comfortably.
HH.
There is a comment from Blantyretim ‘s dad on the video celts site about how it is bad management expecting a second choice goalie just to step in. It was in the article goalie comes in from the cold.
Leo Fasan normally joins our first team pre match warm up at our home games.
16 Roads. Cifti goal ruled off-side when it wasnt 2 penalties denied a truer reflection of the game could have been 4-0 to Celtic.However playing 12 men with ten is very difficult. H.H.
Hamiltontim
Owwch! Sounds a sore one.. AndyR is the go to guy for sore toes he had the same injury…. Not inflicted by the Minx you ubderstand :)
And he a.good guy into the bargain, hope your back to your best soon.
Marspapa
It’s fine just a bit tender and don’t want to risk it coming off completely.
Hope you and the family are all well mate.
quonno on 4th January 2016 4:15 pm
Yesterday, on the fiftieth anniversary of it, a few of us reminisced about the 1966 New Year 5-1 victory over TFOD.
Myself, not for the first time posted to the effect that for many of us, Big Jock’s return was our Celtic JFK moment.
Perhaps with some justification, younger Celtic fans would shake their heads at us ‘ Ould Wans’ living in the past’.
The following account by Tom Campbell and Pat Woods of events two short months after Jock’s return, sum up how it felt to be a Tim as the Seven Lean Years came to a spectacular end.
Not only was I there, but I was dead in line with Charlie Gallagher’s corner as it came across.
*I was in line with Charlie when he smacked a shot off the bar.
Couple of rows in front of me were a bunch of Brucehill Tradamus Lampada lhads.
As the ball fell tae Charlie one of them shouted “hit it”.
His mate responded “aye and see if he does just watch it”.
The rest we know is history as Charlie’s shot spun up off the bar and a wee fly man, former Dumbarton loan player, positioned himself under it and if a Par player comes near him it’s a penalty.
As we know he just nodded it intae the net.
We all love tae talk about “Billy’s Bumper” as the Sunday Mail headline the next day called it, but the wee fly man fae Maryhill was as influential in our victory as was Caesar.
MARSAPA
Cheers mate
HH
JFH – I really wish for us to win the treble this season mate.
Celtic being successful kills them it does.
The anguish.
Reminds me of that stupid painting The Scream – the hateful zombie coupons in their hairy claws.
HH.
Bailly was injured in an aerial challenge in the first half. He recovered after treatment, but was subbed at half time.
Bourne, to quote the Dean in Animal House ‘ it’s time to grab the bull by the balls and kick those punks off of campus ‘ . Dallas still has an unofficial influence on our refs and it shows. His influence is another contribution which has a bad effect on Scottish football along with his former bosses at Hampden.
16 Roads The biggest obstacle stopping us getting the treble in my opinion is not the other teams it is the cheating officials. I also think it is important that we back Ronny and dont start in-fighting United we stand divided we fall. H.H.
Eveining Bhoys and Grils
2 dreaded events tomorrow
1) Return to work
2) step on the scales to see how much this fatbhoy weighs. Reckon will be heaviest ever and have a big event this year so need to look in shape, other than round
With that in mind going to bring back the Fatbhoys Slim competition for the next 20 weeks.
Anybody guilty of overeating and wanting to join Fatbhoys Slim 2016, please or email me. The only cost is the pounds dropping off your wobbly waist and fat erchies. Starts this weekend
Bit of banter and support of the next 20 weeks for those taking part with a wee night out at the end for those able/willing.
HH
CRC
celticrollercoaster@yahoo.co.uk
Were these Penalties?….
1st Penalty claim
https://vid.me/B51E
… 2nd Penalty claim
https://vid.me/CiUJ
Was to far away at the game as I sit in JS lower to have been confident on calling one way or other but having seen the incidents on tv I was astonished the ref never gave them both, especially the Ciffti one as it was a 2 footed tackle and he took the player out and never got the ball.
Ronnie spotted in Madrid
JFH – I agree.
Hopefully we can kick on now and start to hammer those opposition teams, thus neutralising somewhat the corrupt mibs.
Also if we can progress to the next round of the cup – a home tie would be nice for a wee change – maybe that is a bridge too far.
HH.
crc …. I’ll join in …. but, can I start on Monday? We’re off to Montreal this weekend, and going to Au Pied du Cochon on saturday …. Chef Martin Picard’s place …famous for duck in a can, foie gras poutine, stuffed pied du cochon with foie gras dumplings, foie gras bolognese pasta, and ribs that come out of the Flinstones ….
so, I’ll join in, but I need to start on Monday… and in light of saturday, I think I should be given 30 weeks!
EDDIEINKIRMICHAEL
Both stonewaller’s for me, but nothing’s changed eh ? Seen a comment reading back were someone didn’t celebrate our goal till he seen the linesman didn’t have his flag up, I was exactly the same.
paranoidcscs
HH
Eddie
Both stonewallers, the first one yer man should have been sent off without a doubt.
Is it any wonder the players heads go down.
HH
Paul67
A big thanks to CQN for the great deal i got on some new training shoes
Love
I think there might be some inclement weather on the way.
Aye, what’s new?!
Spotted a flock of (noisy) geese flying over the house this afternoon, heading south – possibly south of Tunis.
Apologies for the non-fitba post.
HH!!
SOAL
Are they purple to match yer jersey? X
HT
Away and find that Funeral cortege
LOL
Twentyfirstofmay1979
????? :)
twentyfirstofmay1979 I was sat with Delaneys Dunky on sat and I was the same, when I saw Griff hit the ball I instinctively looked at linesman to see if flag was up.
TONTINE TIM on 4TH JANUARY 2016 6:21 PM
quonno on 4th January 2016 4:15 pm
Thanks Tontine.
It was my original intention to acknowledge Bertie’ double contribution.
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mike in toronto on 4th January 2016 6:43 pm
crc …. I’ll join in …. but, can I start on Monday? We’re off to Montreal this weekend, and going to Au Pied du Cochon on saturday …. Chef Martin Picard’s place …famous for duck in a can, foie gras poutine, stuffed pied du cochon with foie gras dumplings, foie gras bolognese pasta, and ribs that come out of the Flinstones ….
so, I’ll join in, but I need to start on Monday… and in light of saturday, I think I should be given 30 weeks!
*saw a beached whale in the hoops on CP24 on New Years Day :-)))))).
I think one or two of us are beginning to understand why Celtic seemed so poor on Saturday the fact of the matter is we were subjected to such cheating that no other club in Scotland would be subjected to.Ronny got the blame but he could do nothing about the refereeing however, our club need to call these cheats out as at the moment they know they will get away with it.H.H.
Mike in Toronto
I see the game, building up a few extra pounds over the weekend, so to win the challenge of the Fat Bhoys Slim
No probs with a Monday start. Some are starting early as well. I will drop you an email as I have your details in the LMS6 comp
HH
CRC
ps Enjoy the last weekend of over indulging
MARSAPA
Sorry mate, was meant for CANAMALAR
HH
tontinetim …. ha! good thing they didn’t do the dip AFTER I went to aPdC! I would have needed even bigger hoops (do they make the hoops in sevco sizes?)
ps… I did check on some of the news websites afterwards …. you do see the hoops flashing by! and I did the full dunk under water … so, hopefully, did the hoops proud!
pps … fortunately, after a few days, I have warmed up and they boys have returned to their normal position … no longer look like I am eating two walnuts!
Been dipping in and out the last few weeks but how long does it take for a match report to be submitted ?
Any news about the latest mass illegal display at ibrox last week
Canman
The sfa~spl won’t do anything about anything, they never have and never will, they can’t.
HH
Twentyfirstofmay1979
Haha, no problem bud, thought I made myself another friend., oh well… It’ll just have to Sipsini for his sins :))
Eddie
I said to you on Saturday that they were both stonewallers and that I thought Ciftci was level for his goal. It was strange when Griff scored. There was a delayed celebration as we looked at the linesman then ref, expecting a flag and disallowed goal. Paranoid with justification.
EDDIEINKIRKMICHAEL
Old habits die hard
HH
CRC …
alas, aPdC is my last hurrah …. my chef’s courses start up again next week, and the better half ‘convinced’ me to switch from barbq to a vegetarian cooking course! so, starting next week, I’ll be on a diet of rabbit food!
TET,
They made an announcement, are they not obliged to follow that up :)