Two early goals by Gary Hooper and Victor Wanyama were enough to overcome Dundee United at Celtic Park today but a cracking strike by John Rankin early in the second half ensured the table toppers had to fight all the way.
Anthony Stokes had an early opportunity to test Pernis in the United goal with a free kick, as is often the case with Anthony’s free kicks, he struck the defensive wall. United had the best chance of the opening exchanges after 7 minutes but Fraser Forster denied Garry Kenneth at his near post after a goalmouth scramble. The visitors kept the pressure on for the next few minutes but were to concede soon thereafter.
Thomas Rogne cleared his lines with a defensive header which Stokes won with an aerial challenge and reacted first to prod the ball forward to an alert Gary Hooper. Hooper made the most of the space available, opened his body and placed an immaculately measured shot inside the right post to put Celtic ahead.
Five minutes later Georgios Samaras earned hearty applause throughout the stadium for a robust challenge on Willo Flood before forcing Pernis to turn a shot behind. The resulting corner was played short to Izaguirre who through a deep and high cross into the box. Victor Wanyama was first to react and seemed to have jumped early but he somehow managed to hover a millisecond long enough to be level with the ball when he met it before propelling it high into the top left corner of the goal.
Shortly before half time Stokes had another opportunity from a free kick. John Rankin broke early from the wall, raised his arm and blocked inside the penalty box. Referee, Winter, penalised the player for breaking the wall and ordered a retake, not a penalty. Stokes had two opportunities to make the points safe within a minute of the break. He met a Mulgrew corner on the six yards line with a glancing header that went narrowly passed the far post. Pernis then denied an excellent Stokes strike with a fine save.
The Celtic defence had not lost a goal in eight domestic games before today and could do little about the goal that put United back in the contest. John Rankin struck from 26 yards, the ball clipped the inside of Fraser Forster’s right hand post and bounced in. Shortly before the hour mark John Daly had Dundee United’s best chance of the game but Forster was equal to his header.
Georgios Samaras had Celtic’s best two chances of the second half. The first a diving header from a Matthews cross which was saved by Pernis. The second a cross from Matthews which Samaras pulled down with his chest before shooting over.
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It is the right of each and every individual to do what they see fit post any punishment of Rangers. It is rather crass of individuals who do not put money into the club to tell others who may well do what they should or should not do regards their own morals and ethics.
Auldheid:
Any progress on the membership scheme?
Celtic 3 Dunfermilne 2 – Scottish Cup Final 1965
ADAM MATTHEWS has heard all the rumours linking him with a move back south, but he insists he’s going nowhere.Liverpool are among a host of clubs mentioned in despatches for the Welsh kid, but they will get no encouragement from either the club or the player if they move to make that interest more definite in this transfer window. “Two things about Adam,” rapped manager Neil Lennon. “The first is that I wouldn’t be not surprised if a bid came in or people were looking at him. The second is he’s not for sale.
“He’s only just in the door and hasn’t won anything yet. He’s determined to do that here and I want to keep him a little bit longer.“I think he and Cha Du-Ri have pushed each other a bit and Adam has been very assured and done better than we thought he would being so young.”And the 20-year-old – it was his birthday on Friday – backs his manager. “I’m really happy here,” he insisted. “I’m flattered at speculation but that’s all it is. I’ve never heard anything official and it’s just rumours as far as I’m concerned.
“Anyway, I’m not looking to move anywhere. I’m enjoying every minute of my time here and the boys have all helped me settle.“When I came here I just thought it was the best option for me and I simply wanted to play well. It’s flattering to get noticed but I’m at one of the biggest clubs in the world.”And a look round the Parkhead dressing room has confirmed that for Matthews.
Celtic Fans Just Can’t Get Enough – Celtic 3 – 0 Them (Highlights & Atmosphere)
The scum should be dumped into a inferior league like Derry City for paying wages under the table.Operating wae two contracts.
Caught red handed/
Dont do it again Lads.Nearly 50 million carry on as norm.10 POINT HIT and all is well…no chance they are going into a lower division.no chance
kitalba says:
15 January, 2012 at 02:44
I’m hoping to get an update before end of the month but work is continuing on it. I’ll provide what update I can when I get one myself.
Published on Sunday 15 January 2012 02:01
CELTIC manager Neil Lennon has pared down his January shopping list to one striker: “Late 20s to early 30s” and “someone who has been over the course and distance” in a title race.
“If we are going to bring anyone in, it will be a centre-forward [but they] are hard to find,” he said. “A wealth of experience would help but January is a very difficult time to do any business.”
Even in the unlikely event of Lennon doing the business he desires, it won’t significantly alter the remarkable youthfulness of his squad, with the average age of Celtic’s starting line up for the recent derby win being just 22.7. And Lennon is concerned the board’s constraints could prove a false economy.
“If you look at last year I was trying to get [Jimmy] Bullard, I was trying to get Sol Campbell, I was trying to get David James just to give us that bit of experience but, you know, they were looking for far too much money,” he said. “For me you can’t keep buying young players. Eventually you have to go and find someone. To be fair, we have a batch in their mid 20s in [Georgios] Samaras, [Scott] Brown, [Charlie] Mulgrew. Believe it or not, they are senior members of the team at the minute. Poor Daniel [Majstorovic, at 34] is away out there on this own. Every now and again you would like to sprinkle it with a few older heads to keep the balance of the squad right.
“They [the young players] are talented but you need to match that with mentality. Whether or not that comes to bite us later on in the season, I don’t know…”
Celtic’s players are proving old enough for others to believe they are ready to leave their current home. Southampton have made an offer for Gary Hooper, Liverpool this week were reported to be interested in Adam Matthews, and have been been linked with Ki Sung-Yeung, as have Aston Villa.
Lennon has appeared stern and weary in front of the media these past couple of weeks. Little wonder when January is a month when he is more likely to lose players than sign them. In fairness to his paymasters, he already has a squad so numerous and capable – even with the loss of Beram Kayal – that he has two decent options for every position.
“It wouldn’t surprise me if a bid did come in,” Lennon said of Matthews’ link to Anfield. “But he is not for sale so anyone coming in with a bid would be wasting their time. I would say that about all the players, unless it is something stupid.”
Cheers mate, I really would like to see one introduced – and promoted – and embraced – passionately.
tarrant
ha
i enjoyed that
and i see David May playin GSTQ in there also
haha
you a hun ?
:)
thanks man
off to bed
HH
Auldheid / Tom
First up, all this is speculation, so Tom’s probably already bored after all his own speculation (!)
But there is nothing wrong with speculation – it is planning, it is problem-solving, it is wargaming, it is human nature.
I do like Auldheid’s approach, that we proceed on a point of principle – integrity. Peter Lawwell was mocked some years back for not supporting the rearrangement of SPL and Scottish Cup games to allow the huns more time to apply for bail in the courts of Manchester. (I may have misremembered some minor detail here.)
Breaking the law should be punished. Cheating should be punished. If the huns stay in the SPL, that is not punishment.
What role do Celtic have in determining the punishment of a cheating club?
Surely, none? There are rules already in place, and there are sanctions already in place. Rules and sanctions exist so that Celtic can’t punish Rangers, or Hibs can’t punish Hearts; they belong to a larger organisation that determines who can be members and how. Among the who and how is this:
If a member goes into administration they are docked 10 points;
If they are liquidated then they are fecked out and maybe the SFL will have them in their bottom division, if their application is more deserving than, say, Gala Fairydean. These are the rules as I understand them); mwd posted last night that a new club cannot be admitted to the SPL as it did not exist a year previously, nor was it the winner of the SFL First Division.
Of course speculation is rife. However, speculation is one of the triggers of quality journalism – what if…? This has yielded interrogation of SPL rules; of court circulars; of tax legislation; of UEFA procedures; of refereeing standards and monitoring; and more. Are you going to rely on Jim Traynor to tell you what should correctly happen? Are you going to rely on Stewart Regan? Campbell Ogilvie?
If you don;t like speculation about things that may or may not happen, fair enough, scroll on. But as Ferris Bueller says, life moves fast, so if you don’t stop and look around, you might miss it. And he;’s definitely too good-looking to be anything other than a Tim.
It is only a good thing if speculation alerts Celtic supporters to the punishment that is meritocratically due to our cheating competitors. Knowledge of the rules, and public repetition of the rules and sanctions, is actually critical at this point – note the current media consensus (that has arisen only this week – why????) that the SPL needs Rangers. Otherwise we may continue to be cheated.
kitalba –
I did not tell anyone to do or not do anything. I just said, close the door on your way out, which is my way of saying I disagree with them, or am I not entitled to disagree.
Also, how do you know I don’t put money into the club? I buy merchandise and I pay a monthly subscription to Celtic TV, even though I only use it for the odd game that is not on Setanta.
tarrant –
If you read my post again, I said I was not criticising the people on CQN talking about the Huns. I also said it is the users of a forum who set the agenda. All I did was agree with another poster that I found it all boring. Is that a crime?
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Must Say it’s the Continually talking Hypotheticly about Rangers that l don’t Agree with.. I think it Takea our Eye off the Ball..
Nearly everyone on Here fell for the. ” We need to Sell Boydchenko” from Murrays Red Herring Fleet..
Focus on Celtic.. That is You as Well SydneyTim.. Ha.. Focus on the Present.. Your RPCS has been Flaring Up Recently..:0(
Summa
Evening all
I wonder what Roddy would have thought of our unconvincing win today?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gixzEtC2I8g
TAL
Jesus Tom, read my posts again.
I didn’t accuse you of criticising anyone. It’s a blog, everyone can post what they want and disagree with everything else.
tarrant
I’m sorry but I disagree with that:)
TAL
Earlier, we had a long established CQNer publicly lambasting another veteran CQNer for what he claims to be his lack of contribution to CQN charities over the years.
An utterly disgraceful, unfounded and scurrilous attack. I don’t always agree with Sydney Tim, but that was totally uncalled-for.
Yet not a word of condemnation from the grandmaster of the clique, but disagree with Celtic supporters threatening to stop supporting Celtic and you are fair game.
I’m outta here.
“I’m outta here” = There’s an ice-cold schooner of Toohey’s New with my name on it.
Cheers.
Tom McLaughlin says:
15 January, 2012 at 03:11
What are you on about? Where did I say you said anything. Are you sure you are alright?
tarrant says:
15 January, 2012 at 03:09
I think you have about covered it. It is actually more than speculation, it is idea planting and the bestone’s that stand up to the scrutiny of many experiences can then be transplanted from inhere (Internet) to outhere (Main Steeam Media. We make the news, they reprt it. On the point of nurturing ideas:
I think that in the event that we are faced with a Newco situation then that new clubshould not automatically join the SPL but apply to start lower down and work its way back.
Howver what if the commercial/financial argument was persuasive, and by that I mean was backed by figures that stood up rather than waffle, that showed that the impact on the game would almost be as bad as loss of integrity? Are there any conditions that could be set on allowing Newco to start backin the SPL that would have the equivalent effect than if they started lower down?
One of the consequences of starting anew will be no entry into Europe for 3 years. This would apply wherever they started although obviously they would not qualify iwhilst in lower leagues. But my point is that if there had to be some yielding between principles and pragmatism would a 3 year ban from Europe not be a necessity if entry was to the SPL?
That would have to be an absolute for me. Another absolute would be that even although old Rangers had gone, the titles they won from the financial advantage EBTs gave them and their unwillingness to make any provision whatsoever to pay the tax by for example downsizing in 2007/08 when the actually upsized by moving from EBTS to debt to finance wages, the titles for 2009/10/11 should be removed from the record as well as all other trophies.
I think both these reparations are totally justified in principle and are in no way vindictive because they are in fact just.
On top of that there has to be steps to ensure it does not happen again so a review (as suggested bt BRTH) into how they were able to do it with recommendations for changes to stop it happening again to be condicted in six months and implemented in another six would be an absolute.
Say for example the three areas of refereeing, licensing and fit ownership were looked at and fundamentally changed, would a combination of all of these measures allow a Newco SPL entry whilst creating integrity assuring conditions?
I’m typing out loud here (probably to nobody) looking for a pragmatic way forward that a) does not undermine integrity and b) introduces further measures to restore it fully.
GCT/Kit
A wee song for our 3 points today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayxPm0VwOrg
TAL
kitalba says:
15 January, 2012 at 02:54
Check your e mail
Auldheid
Edinburgh Jury refereeing has got to go.
Rangers player jailed for assault, no booking though.
How can a referee see that and take no action?
The SFA Experience
Auldheid:
nothing yet!!
The Herald
Stewart Fisher
Celtic were good value for this victory even if Dundee United bemoaned the loss of two cheap early goals, but the main post-match talking point related to whether the Parkhead club could be tempted to cash in one of their prize assets later this month.
Southampton target Gary Hooper, for whom they have already turned down a reported £4 million, issued a timely reminder of his worth with his 16th goal of the season to set the Parkhead club on course for their 11th consecutive SPL win, leading manager Neil Lennon to quote the £35m which Newcastle paid for Andy Carroll 12 months ago as an acceptable guide price for a player who actually outscored Carroll in the Championship back in 2009-10.
The point was light-hearted, but the message was serious enough: every player at the club has his own valuation, but Lennon regards winning the SPL title back for the first time in four years as truly priceless.
“We look at the Carroll fee, and some of the prices that are being bandied about in the Premiership, we look at the likes of Hooper, Kayal, Ki, Izaguirre and Forrest, and they are not going to go cheaply that is for sure,” the Celtic manager said. “They will have to pay proper money. The problem is that if we get a knockout price and think it over, do we have time to replace a Gary Hooper? Trust me they are hard to find.”
This match also provided further reason for Celtic fans to be delighted that Kenya aren’t currently a force in African football. Victor Wanyama, the 20-year-old who was recently named SPL young player of the month, could have been at the Africa Cup of Nations right now, but instead scored a spectacular third goal in five weeks and was deservedly named the game’s most valuable player.
Lennon had a mild pop at the SPL fixture schedulers before and after the match, claiming there was an “imbalance” in the amount of times Celtic have had to play catch-up on Rangers this season, but his players are in the kind of form to defuse any controversy. He made five changes from the team against Peterhead – James Forrest missed out with a flu bug – but within 20 minutes they were well on the way to their 11th league win in a row. For the record, that equals the best ever under Gordon Strachan, although it is still some way short of the 25 achieved under Martin O’Neill in 2003-04.
Dundee United can usually be relied upon to give Celtic a game here, even if their last win at this ground came in 1992, and at times it seemed like we might be in for a repeat. Gary Mackay-Steven got a second chance to deliver a ball from out wide, and after a Scott Robertson mis-kick, Garry Kenneth lashed in a left-foot shot which was pawed away by Fraser Forster.
But before they knew it, United were two down. There was a mixture of relief and enjoyment among the home support when Hooper ran on to an instinctive early pass from partner-in-crime Anthony Stokes to place a clinical finish high past Dusan Pernis.
Soon, even better was to come. Emilio Izaguirre, in his first league start since breaking his leg at Aberdeen earlier in the season, demanded a quick corner from Georgios Samaras, before aiming over a devilish outswinging cross. Wanyama got a run on the ball, out-leaping Kenneth to power a towering header into Pernis’s top corner. It was reminiscent of Bobo Balde in his pomp.
Despite the two-goal deficit, once again the Tannadice side played their better football in Glasgow whilst in arrears. None of the credit for this can go to Peter Houston, who was serving the first game of his touchline ban, and restricted to the stand.
“What was frustrating for me was the ban doesn’t let you into the dressing room,” the United manager said. “But I have to compliment the backroom staff because the players came out again and played well.”
After a few close things at one end, before long United had a route back into this match. John Rankin strode forward some 25 yards out and fired in a shot which wasn’t a squiggler but swerved viciously and low into Forster’s bottom corner off the inside of the post. Next, Adam Matthews slipped and Jon Daly was forcing a crucial save from Forster from a cross. Samaras could have made the game safe for Celtic, but the Parkhead club had done enough to bank another hard-earned three points.
The Scotsman:
Racist tweets to Rangers
Published on Sunday 15 January 2012 00:00
POLICE are to investigate complaints that racist messages were sent to two black Rangers players using the micro-blogging site Twitter.
Maurice Edu and Kyle Bartley were targeted by a user whose profile listed him as living in Glasgow.
One directed at Edu read “go back to the jungle were u belong”, while another sent to Bartley said: “Hope you crash on the way hame”. It was followed by a racist insult.
The messages were posted on the public site but also included the players’ user names so they would appear in their message streams.
Edu, who also plays for the United States national team, later tweeted that it was a “sad day though when that’s what people are tweeting”.
Bartley, who is on loan from Arsenal, added: “Disappointing that in 2012 things like this are still happening. Hopefully the police will take action. Thank you all for the support.”
Strathclyde Police said they have been made aware of the messages and would investigate.
I wonder it the police are also going to investigate the FTP thread with the add-on hates against Fenians which recently appeared on a popular Rangers Supporters site.
By KENNY MacDONALD The Scottish Sun
Published: 13 Jan 2012
CELTIC youth chief Chris McCart has blasted back at ill-informed claims they have been snubbed by Airdrie hitkid Ryan Donnelly.
The desperate Daily Record claimed the Diamonds’ top scorer would KO his boyhood heroes.
And they hinted former Dundee United midfielder Scott Allan also rejected Celts for West Brom.
But McCart says Airdrie gaffer Jimmy Boyle rang him to apologise yesterday because the story was completely wrong.
McCart fumed: “I was far from happy when I saw the story and Jimmy rang me about it.
“He apologised as he was embarrassed and the lad himself was really upset about how it had been slanted.
“The facts are these. Regarding Donnelly, there has been NO approach, NO interest from us and NO offer.
“With Allan, his representatives had come on to us, but it didn’t go any further than that.
“The implication he snubbed a chance to come is totally wrong. There was no offer, so there’s nothing to snub.
“I thought the whole tone of the article was inaccurate. The fact is that there’s a lot to be proud of in terms of the way Scottish clubs are rearing young players.
“At Celtic, leaving James Forrest out of the equation, we have four under-19 players who’ve played in the first-team this season — Marcus Fraser, Paul George, Dylan McGeouch, and Filip Twardzik.”
And McCart says boss Neil Lennon is a real backer of promotion from within, thanks to his own background.
He added: “At Celtic we’ve a developmental squad who are the link between the first team and the under-19s.
“Neil Lennon used to be in charge of that group, so it’s something close to his heart.”
Tricoloured Ribbon says:
15 January, 2012 at 01:53
No matter what the blogs say or the dirty rotten Huns may owe,
The bottom line is the Masonic Lodge will dictate what happens in this putrid hole.
I dont know this fella James Forrest or Ernie Lynch …but be on yer guard.
They know their stuff..
If we kowtow tae this mob then I am totally out..
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First of all, I have to say Well Done to, Tricoloured Ribbon for the above post.
Superb Stuff My Fhriend.
The above express’s my fear’s FULLY!
What I find galling in all of this is that, an entire generation, it seems are unaware that….
Scotland IS the huns, the huns ARE Scotland!
That is the way it has always been and, always will be in this country.
To cut a long story short….there are 5mill in this country, I would guess that 4mill are huns ?
You then have to ask the question….If the huns all put in, £10-£20 each then, all their problems would be solved ?
But, the media in this country would NEVER dare ask the huns/fans to do what the Celtic fans/we did in, 1994 and put their hands in THEIR pockets to save the club they love ?
The huns/fans want to be, lifted & laid all the time.
I fear that the Celtic board have already done a deal with the devil in that, they(board) have signed the new TV deal therefore, rubber-stamping 4 games vs the huns from next season ?
I can only conclude…..The Celtic Hierarchy DON’T Speak For Me!
Hail! Hail!
kitalba says:
15 January, 2012 at 06:13
I wonder it the police are also going to investigate the FTP thread with the add-on hates against Fenians which recently appeared on a popular Rangers Supporters site.
Kit
You will no doubt remember the ” howling” ( doggy ) noises aimed at Ki last season when we played St. Johnstone in Perth.
Cha Du Ri certainly does.He commented on them.
The upshot was………….conspiracy of silence.
Top of the flops! They cost £85m but Carroll and Torres can’t buy a goal
By Joe Bernstein The Mail Online
They were jointly valued at £85 million just a year ago but right now Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll can’t buy a goal.
The two strikers have struggled since their record-breaking moves last January and things didn’t get any better for them yesterday.
Torres, at £50m the most expensive player in Premier League history, hit the crossbar and was booked for diving in Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Sunderland.
Carroll, his £35m replacement at Liverpool, was left on the bench by manager Kenny Dalglish until the last half-hour of the 0-0 home draw with Stoke, which he largely spent falling over and justifying the ‘What a waste of money’ chants from away fans.
Torres and Carroll have each scored only two goals in the Barclays Premier League this season and, to their embarrassment, Manchester United’s returning veteran Paul Scholes scored his first league goal of 2012 yesterday while they are still waiting.
The Spain striker is ranked 42nd in goals per minute played this season among Premier League forwards and Carroll, who joined Liverpool from Newcastle, is 47th.
Gary Cahill, who at £7m is about to become this January’s big-money signing for Chelsea after passing a medical, watched from an executive box as Andre Villas-Boas’ team edged it against Sunderland at Stamford Bridge.
The Bolton defender will have seen some encouraging signs from Torres, who set up Frank Lampard’s winner with a volley that hit the woodwork.
They were jointly valued at £85 million just a year ago but right now Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll can’t buy a goal.
The two strikers have struggled since their record-breaking moves last January and things didn’t get any better for them yesterday.
Torres, at £50m the most expensive player in Premier League history, hit the crossbar and was booked for diving in Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Sunderland.
Carroll, his £35m replacement at Liverpool, was left on the bench by manager Kenny Dalglish until the last half-hour of the 0-0 home draw with Stoke, which he largely spent falling over and justifying the ‘What a waste of money’ chants from away fans.
Torres and Carroll have each scored only two goals in the Barclays Premier League this season and, to their embarrassment, Manchester United’s returning veteran Paul Scholes scored his first league goal of 2012 yesterday while they are still waiting.
The Spain striker is ranked 42nd in goals per minute played this season among Premier League forwards and Carroll, who joined Liverpool from Newcastle, is 47th.
Gary Cahill, who at £7m is about to become this January’s big-money signing for Chelsea after passing a medical, watched from an executive box as Andre Villas-Boas’ team edged it against Sunderland at Stamford Bridge.
The Bolton defender will have seen some encouraging signs from Torres, who set up Frank Lampard’s winner with a volley that hit the woodwork.Chelsea boss Villas-Boas said: ‘He’s getting his good run now of games, finding inspiration, finding motivation, finding form, has all the team behind him and has the fans behind him as you saw today.
‘It’s good to see that the player is picking up confidence, assisting people. He hasn’t been scoring but is getting nearer every time.’
Carroll does not even have that comfort.
A disappointed Dalglish said of his team’s display: ‘We have a responsibility to be imaginative in front of goal.’
macjay:
Edinbugh Juries are not restricted to Edinburgh in Scotland.
Good morning fellow Celts from a cauld North Hampshire
Auld Neil Lennon heid says:
15 January, 2012 at 03:42
another great post and not much you post will be missed by anyone- you consistently write with feeling and intelligence and I rate you alongside Paul67, BRTH, James Forrest, Estadio (is he ok?) and others who are always worth a read and whilst don’t agree with everything written, I can respect that the depth of feeling and passion for things Celtic is as strong as any Celt I have ever met face to face.
Last week I met Bjmac who was down here on business and he was kind enough to buy me dinner and we had a good old natter for the best part of 2 hours. The time just flew by and I now know about his family, his job and other personal stuff along with his deep feelings for Celtic. A right decent man and will look forward to spending some more hours in his company soon. This site is loaded with similar fholks and over the years Iam going to look forward to meeting some of them. I would like to catch up with you sometime because you are in the same mould.
I know some find the chat on the topic of the rankers tax problems boring and that’s fair enough. Each to his own and there is stuff on here that I find boring. I just scroll past and sometimes switch off until the mood has calmed down. Horseracing in particular I find boring as hell. American football/hockey/baseball leave me cold. On the other hand I like rugby union, cycling and cricket…apart from things Celtic I also love the musak on Friday nights although tend to avoid the quiz. O
my own view is we need to keep an eye on what is going on – the blog was designed for such things as we can expect to learn zilch from the mainstream media’s ‘lazy journalism’….although on this subject the issue is less lazy journalism and more of a cover up and I suspect an element of fear in some cases.
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Kit..
I. Posted Torres and Coles price/stats last week.. Shocking..
Sammi has Outscored Both.. Imagine Celtic had Signed one of they Two.. At Least ST would have been Happy we Splashed the Cash and PL’s Bonus would get Cut..
Fitba.. It’s a Funny Olde Game..
Summa
Hooper has scored 15 goals so far this season and with the team appearing to gel more and more I would not bet against him finishing this campaign closer to 30 than 25.
How much did Southampton offer us for his services? How much did Liverpool pay for the guy who came second to Hooper in the championship scoring table?
How much would you accept to allow him to leave and how much would you spend to replace him?
001, it is a funny old game right enough; not too many guarantees at all.
Sometimes you just don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.
Had a really lazy day today, rain kept me out of the garden and on here. Not often of late I get to do nothing but watch videos of Celtic.
saltires en sevilla says:
15 January, 2012 at 07:14
cont/d
Auldheid as I was saying before posting the first part of this in error …
The majority of people who take the time to write on here are superb Celts from a wide and varied background a broad church as it were and I love the interaction and debate that diversity creates. Unfortunately, there are also a small element of UberCelts who seem to have an extremely narrow view of what it means to be a Celt.
I have seen recently comments about new posters not questioning long-term posters as they know more about the history of the blog ffs!…we have one who thinks the Celts with Donegal ancestry are more likely than others to undrstand what beng a Celt is all about. Does that mean anyone from the townlands around Ballymote in Sligo or the banks of the Bann or the around Annan Water, Vatersay or Gretna have less idea of what Celts are all about? Hmmmm
Anyway, overall we have a great site thanks to Paul67 and posters like you. Thoughtful and passionate.
I maintain a keen interest in your specialist subjects and particular the tv/live games access. One thought to leave you with… would it be possible for Celts to issue season tickets to fans/supporters in UK and Ireland who cannot travel to games due to distance …and allow them access to live matchday coverage? I know outside these areas can watch the action on Celtic tv…If I was prepared to pay up to 400/500 for a tv season ticket in UK could Celts argue I am paying my way the same as guys at the CP and give me access to all the games including the 3 pm home kick-offs…I hate using the dodgy streams and want Celts to get my money and sure there are others who will feel the same way. I accept that this opens up more opps for the free stream guys but they are already a fact of life …interested in your thoughts
Keep up the good work
HH
M