Great news that Mikael Lustig and Emilio Izaguirre have extended their contracts until 2017. Footballers’ careers flow on a few distinct tracks. Some are too hot for their clubs to retain, Victor Wanyama, who declined a contract renewal with almost 3 years of his initial deal remaining, fell into this category. Some, like Georgios Samaras, will represent diminishing value to their clubs, and attract only diminishing contracts.
I could make an argument that the players in the third category, who are highly valuable to their club, but are not so valuable that they are impossible to retain, are more important than the latter.
It’s important for Celtic to have outstanding achievers (especially up front) but clubs find it difficult to remain on-strategy if they have significant churn each season. Transfer income is great, and often needed, but ideally you would look at your squad around this time of the year and want to change no more than 3 players over the summer.
I reckon Celtic should be able to hold onto Lustig, Izaguirre, Matthews, Ambrose, Brown, Commons, Mulgrew, Stokes and Forrest until the club want to move them on. These players are the mainstay of our squad, hopefully Johansen will prove to be too. Forster and van Dijk fall into the same category as Wanyama and Hooper – they will have high paying options in England.
Forster and van Dijk will help get us into and compete in the Champions League, but two or three gems are useless if they are surrounded by players less polished bling.
The last 24 hours has been a salutary lesson on what will continue to happen until Celtic appoint a manager. The Daily Mail got the ball rolling when someone told them Roy Keane was leaving Dublin to speak to Celtic. This was good information, in as much as it was true, Celtic did meet Roy Keane, but the ‘paper put inappropriate weight upon it.
Soon everyone and their dog was reporting the deal was done. Which surprised Celtic.
Today’s news – there is no news.
‘News’ will continue to break and eventually one story will actually be the news we’re waiting for. There is value (reputation and advertising) in rushing out with a story before it’s confirmed or others are doing the same, and little consequence (zero damage to reputation and you get to keep the ad money) in getting it wrong, so stay tuned for the next instalment. Only this week, Pope Francis was talking about papal retirement, maybe he has another gig in mind.
London Calling
Let me know if you would like to attend the CQN Question and Answer evening at the Manor Club, Wimbledon, on 21 June, with a confirmed line-up of Lisbon Lion, John Hughes, and our own Brogan Rogan and Auldheid, celticquicknews@gmail.com
Visit the CQN Bookstore to get Tommy Gemmell to sign your personal copy of his tome, All the Best.
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kitalba
01:32 on 31 May, 2014
Gordon64:
Greatest feeling of all, hearing a baby laugh. Followed by seeing the ball bulge the back of the Rangers net.
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The best post I’ve read on here lately.
the bould bhoys
dont think petec was meaning anything earlier, seems it was taken totally out of context. Im not being condescending here in any way, Im sure petec can stand his own corner, just think he was having a bit of a craic and weefra didnt take to it. Everyone has different ways of expressing themselves on here and its not to everyones liking, as you’ll know yourself.
I say Free the petec 1
HH
Then respect yourself first. That way I, and I think loads of others too, will give you the respect you deserve.
I’m not going to suggest you log off and go to bed, I hate it when I read people posting such advice, how do they know what another poster is going through, there is no attempt at empathy but stacks of judging.
Trust me mate, you were a read-worthy poster not too long ago. Just cool it a wee bit and don’t let anything speed up your thought process, not anger, not alcohol, not blood pressure. And don’t give yourself a card, I hope you read back tomorrow what you wrote tonight and then do what you believe would be the decent thing to do. And I hope that does not sound like a pompous lecture because it’s not meant to.
Lest I miss the Anti Peturr Lawwell diatribe…Aww Gawd
kitalba –
Whenever I read a newspaper or online report of a court case where the defendant has been convicted on more than one count, almost without exception the report outlines the specific sentence for each offence, eg 18 months for the assault and 6 months for the burglary. In most cases the sentences are described as “to run concurrently”.
In this particular case, no attempt is made, at least not in any report I have read, to follow the normal reporting procedures and, like you, I am left wondering why.
21stMay
Yup…I explained that to WeeFra about 4 pages back :)
Nothing better than bumping into an old friend.
Hadn`t heard this for dunkies until yesterday.
“B” side of “It`s over”
Much loved by the Juke Box players.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgjAfgoY7QU
Thindimebhoy
01:37 on 31 May, 2014
petec
Wow, Eastern mysticism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCYHuLqAZT4
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Very good trance, especially when i minimised the page.
I’m not a fan of Goa, the place is mean’t to be amazing as well, I’m just not a fan.
What came first?
Egg remix???? I cannae see it.
kitalba
Our resident lawyers have plenty to say on this one they have kept quiet
Strangely I do think Paul Mc Bride may have said something
Along the lines of you can batter a tim on the street and get less
kitalba
01:32
Greatest feeling of all, hearing a baby laugh. Followed by seeing the ball bulge the back of the Rangers net.
Just so you know I luvv ye…
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxUulGkLu4I
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntURo2OW4bU
Awe Nawwwww..
Do I hear the sound of my laptop being hacked ???
Mark Steyn..? Intellectual Giant…!
Multiple Best-Selling Author….
Hammer-Of-The-Lefties….
And Global-Warming Scammers…
Even Ernie Wears His T-Shirt….!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K26kKDCCV9g
(Mark Steyn’s Critique Of ‘Multiculturalism’) 8min
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‘The Beast Of Cambuslang’..?
Hopeless Non-Entity..!
Viva Nigel Farage…& His Purple People’s Army…!!!!
Onwards To Newark…
On Fifth Of June…
Once More …Into The Breach..
Stout Yeoman Of These Enchanted Sceptred Isles..!
Up The HOOPS !
‘the bould bhoys’
01:57 on 31 May, 2014
kitalba
01:32
Greatest feeling of all, hearing a baby laugh. Followed by seeing the ball bulge the back of the Rangers net.
Just so you know I luvv ye…
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxUulGkLu4I
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntURo2OW4bU
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Truly Magical. Thank You.
the bould bhoys
sorry, didnt see it mate.
keep with it (swearing or not) Cant have you and kojo/singing detective going off the site at the same time. Not that I’m comparing you to him !
HH
Gold Coast Tom:
Don’t get me wrong (and I’m sure you’re not) I am just curious as to the break-down of sentences. By all accounts he was guilty (though I don’t know what he wrote) and should be punished accordingly, it’s just that the ‘drug’ portion of his ‘crimes’ seem to be irrelevantised. (I know that isn’t a word in the big book)
A wee aside and not trying to be annoying, but was not Mark Twain considered a very anti-Irish, anti-Catholic person on several occasions?
Thindimebhoy:
“ Our resident lawyers” I hope that didn’t come across as derogatory because it most certainly was not meant in such a vein.
I remember a case where four Rangers Supporters (I think from Balloch or Helensburgh) pulled a Celtic Supporter, from Leeds, under a train at Partick station. The kid died a horrible death. It was about 25 years ago. I am confident in my memory that they each received ‘community service’ sentences. If I’m wrong on that I’ll gladly stand corrected.
Celtic, I wanna give you Devotion.
Make it easy, dinnae be making it hard.
Joy comes from many sources, some obvious like this one Supergoal!! vs Rangers Nakamura
Petec
Goa is where hippies meet their plastic guru
You get to meet the real ones after a months trek through the Himalayan foothills
More eastern mystic music with an eastern flavor made in the west needing electrified for the digital age…:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF28Pghw13M
petec
Devotion
Ffs we all had to give that during that decade
nomadcsc
This made me smile too… Shaun Maloney 35 Yard Goal vs Rangers
kitalba
02:13 on 31 May, 2014
Joy comes from many sources, some obvious like this one Supergoal!! vs Rangers Nakamura
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That was so incredible it almost defied belief, the distance and where he connected with the ball, once again, Mystical and Magical.
There have been many tremendous goals against that lot, most are actually very good goals from a neutral point of view, I cannae think of many rubbish goals. ;))
Nakamurrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
kitalba
thanks for that, whats the best
Naka
Henke
Maloney
Jinky
v the huns ?
Not nearly as educated in music as so many on here are but this is a wee favourite of mine…
Rod Stewart, David Gilmour & John Paul Jones
21ST
Thommos didn’t float yer boat no?
Kitalba
Whittakers reaction to Nakas goal
What the f**k happened there
Priceless
Youre either In or ye aint eh???
I don’t give a shit about cliques…gangs ….secret societies…. golf clubs ….blahde
I am me
I will walk ALONE
And ill say it again and again cause Im proud.
I don’t want to be part of it
I never have.
I grew up (surprise surprise ) on a council estate where the best chance of survival was to be in with the crowd…..doing all the bad stuff..
I said
NAH
And Ive ayeways said NAH
So I just Laugh Lest I cry BOOHOO
Whod a thunk the bestest wee Celtic blog runs the same way as all the rest.
Shame on yees
the bould bhoys
every one against them does
just didnt want to prattle on or I’d be here all night
boring you to tears
Thommos and Sutties were particular favourites btw
and petrov, and ……………………………
HH
twentyfirstofmaynineteenseventynine:
There are so many to pick from but if you were to twist my arm I think I’d say the third goal in the Scottish Cup final of 1969 against Rangers by George Connelly. That really put a big stake through their supremacy.
Thindimebhoy
02:15 on 31 May, 2014
Petec
Goa is where hippies meet their plastic guru
You get to meet the real ones after a months trek through the Himalayan foothills
More eastern mystic music with an eastern flavor made in the west needing electrified for the digital age…:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF28Pghw13M
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It is also a favoured haunt of Freemasons fae Scoddland, well I know a couple who have property over there. That merits the tag haunted. :))
Black & White
There is no Colour. The olde Theosophists, well they are way under the radar in conspiracy terms and are so influential in so many areas. Aye the Masons they are bad, most definitely, individualise any one of them and they are likely to be really ok, unless they have went a few steps too much up the pyramid. The Theos, they are really deceptive.
Ye kindof grow to expect the treatment from huns but when it comes from ‘ yer own ‘ Hahah You gotta laugh eh…
Im no doctor,…Im no PF,…
But at least Ive got my humanity.
Sleep well.
Tims.
Think Ive found my calling,…my vocation.
Im gonna work with so called Special Needs kids and adults.
They seem to be the only who wont judge.
They need all the help they can get in this cruel world.
Thanks for enlightening me.
PPPPFFFFttt (Fart)
I don’t know if it has already been mentioned, but there is a brilliant Celtic video on the official website page advertising season tickets.
Because . . .
Well worth a look.
Kitalba –
I wasn’t aware of that about Mark Twain. I’ll have a look.
Cheers.
I love listening to this too, calms me down in traffic.
“Don’t only practice your art,
But force your way into its secrets,
For it and knowledge can
Raise men to the Divine”
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven’s 5 Secrets – One Republic
The Singing Detective Demands The Resignation Of Campbell Ogilvie
Hammer-Of-The-Lefties….
And Global-Warming Scammers…
An increasing majority of academic reports are coming to the conclusion humanity has about another 100 yrs to rebalance life sustaining environmental fundamentals or otherwise they go the way of the dinosaurs
Homo sapiens can not say they did not see it coming
Ignorance is bliss eh
Gold Coast Tom:
I think he grew out of it a bit, he certainly had the hots for The Maid of Orleans.
As I get older and Wiser? LOL
I cannae help but appreciate House Music, I was right into the hard edged stuff, be it German Techno or Drum and Bass fae London.
The best ever House sonics posted would be awesome.
Nightcrawlers