Neil Lennon has been fluid with his team formations in recent weeks. As a result, three central defenders, Efe Ambrose, Kelvin Wilson and Charlie Mulgew could each be regarded as first choice picks, although Ambrose and Mulgrew have also been deployed in midfield. Ambrose has featured in all nine games since the beginning of December, while Wilson has featured in eight and Mulgrew in seven.
Add to the picture the fact that fourth-choice central defender, Thomas Rogne, has appeared in eight of those nine games, missing only the replay against Arbroath, and our central defenders look curiously stretched. Much has been made of the proximity of Efe Ambrose potential involvement in the African Cup of Nations to Celtic’s Champions League tie with Juventus, but the numbers suggest a vacancy exists beyond this tie, hence the recruitment of Rami Gershon, who will join on a six month trial, pending a work permit, with a permanent transfer agreed in principle, pending performance between now and May.
Gershon, 24, has kicked around Standard Liege for three years without making a discernible impact, but he is an experienced international who fits the profile of a non-critical recruit, competing as fourth of fifth choice central defender. His six-month objective will be to secure Thomas Rogne’s place in next season’s squad. The try-before-you-buy strategy we discussed earlier this week will ensure Neil Lennon has a player keen to impress whenever he gets an opportunity. Sound squad management.
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Seems like Mr Green’s purchase of history did not include voting rights. Well well…….
If this announcement is to be a new sponsor, I hope that Celtic will go it alone and not have a joint sponsor with those from Sevconia.
If there is a joint sponsor, I can see a lot of supporters getting very angry and I am sure the Plc are well aware of this.
Mort
Grant Russell@STVGrant
STV understands Celtic will announce a new shirt sponsor when Peter Lawwell holds a news conference at 3pm today
Dermott Desmond is in the process of selling his betting company to Ladbroke’s.
Perhaps he has used the proceeds to buy a wee third division club for us to use as a feeder team?
Who will be the one to wear the new sponsor? David Beckham
gsu
I could not see PL getting himself into a brawl with JT/The Rangers.
Now giving them a subtle GIRUY, that is something else.
” Flay the flog ” for Kate’s birthday and for keeping the zombies where they belong.
Jabba June 2012
What part of ‘rangers are dead’ do you thick huns not understand
Chuckles October 2012
Jabba how would you like a job wi us at sevco
Jabba November 2012
Why does everyone keep picking on the rangers especially those pesky Celtic fans. As far as I’m concerned they have done nothing wrong
Jabba January 2013
Rangers are the biggest,best,all inclusive club in planet football,just ask their fans,all 500million of them
Sounds about right to me:)
The Battered Bunnet
11:04 on 9 January, 2013
‘Ernie
The Scotsman’s piece is poorly cobbled tbh. You’ll need to get a friend to visit the Herald site for Devine’s unedited view.’
I’m familiar enough with Devine’s views to be fairly sure that there would be no surprises in what he has to say.
Ten Men Won The League
10:56 on
9 January, 2013
Celtic 67Live @the_eriugena
Celtic 3pm press conference was forecast last night. Only know that it will be worth tuning in for and could be a little ‘bizarre’!
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from the future our corrospondent tells us that
Peter Lawell arrived with a pair of underpants on his head, pencils up his nose, and when asked about Jim Traynors comments on THE the Rangers website responded
“wibble wibble”
the press conference also finished on a sour note when asked about league reconsturction, and should the THE rangers be invited to the top league
lawell and his top table of acolytes backed out of the room in a reverse conga singing
“milk lemonade chocolate”
Peter Lawell is to announce that from this day forward Uefa will no longer require to pretend that they require my seats for all eurpoean matches at paradise and that ACGR and his young fella can now watch these matches without the midfield pole blocking our view. Young ACGR was in a neck brace for a week after thon barca game.
Smashing, roll on freeoclock.
New shirt sponsor?
Please let it be Guinness…..then again – it won’t be the first time I’ve had Guinness on my Celtic top…..
PersilCSC
Is it Paddy Power
Renaming of stadium?
Looks like it will be a new shirt sponsor.
We will announce that company x is sponsoring us alone and that the contract is between x and Celtic. We don’t do joint sponsorship deals.
But of course if x wants to sponsor some other team in a separate deal at another time there is really nothing we can do about it.
Am I the only one who likes the proposed new strip that is doing the rounds?
Doc is Neil Lennon
11:05 on
9 January, 2013
Very fair point, a proper pyramid system would certainly help.
Some of the junior sides in Scotland would be capable of holding their own in the SFL.
Still think there are too many sides in the SFL.
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Once you implement a pyramid, the SFL becomes little more than a label. I don’t know the actual number, but at least half of the 42 ‘league’ clubs in Scotland are part-time who fill a very specific niche for fans and players.
Merging most of those would change very little once, or if, a full pyramid system is opened (one akin to those in England and Switzerland).
Consider a merger of the tabloids favourite targets for such (the Angus clubs). You base the new club in Arbroath, the largest population centre. But each of the Angus towns have other clubs: Juniors in tiers 6 and 7 perhaps, heck with a full pyramid, you’d have the Forfar and District league in tiers 8 or thereabouts.
Essentially what you get is:
Big
ArbroathAngus Utd in tier 2 at best.Brechin Vics in tier 7 and Brechin FC, playing out of a newly acquired Glebe Park in tier 9 (or wherever new clubs not called The Sevco Rangers are placed).
Forfar Albion and the reformed West End in tier 7 and Forfar Fermers in tier 9
Montrose Roselea ni tier 7; Montrose Town in tier 9.
Tier 9 teams curiously play in front of a few hundred fans while their more illustrious near neighbours play in front of 50 to 100. Almost as strange is that Angus Utd appear to have inherited the exact same number of fans as Arbroath once had.
So, nobody benefits, and within a few years it’s business as usual at Links Park, Glebe Park, Station Park and Gayfield. Except, of course, that 4 clubs are defunct.
But more than this: can anyone tell me which merged teams would make a large impact on Scottish Football?
Not a Forth Valley FC. Certainly not an Angus Utd. Dundee City perhaps? Mmm, that would still be a smaller club than any of Aberdeen, Hearts or Hibs.
So, merged clubs.
How about a Strathclyde FC? Merge us with Mordorwell, Hamilton, Air-dire, Partick, Queens Park, Deid Clubs, etc and once the fans realise it’s for the greater good, we can play in front of 120,000 each week in a league that was already skewed anyway (so no change there), but, and here are the clinchers, more importantly:
– the turnover would nearly double our own current turnover
– it’d be the biggest club in Europe
– it’d definitely be able to compete in Europe
– the league would be so skewed that Uefa would probably grant it leave to join the EPL
– the EPL would beg it to join them
However, almost the entire history of Scottish football would be just that: history.
Rocket Man
Hoops within hoops is how I see it.
Need to see one close up and personal like.
Re the description of Jabba from last night.I always thought he was a Hutt, but now it appears he belongs to a species called the Fathundicks.
Every day is a learning experience on here.
Emirates have introduced a 2nd daily flight from Glasgow to Dubai this year. Part of their promotion of this is sponsorship of the Glasgow Indoor Arena and Velodrome across the road from Celtic Park.
Given our high international profile, Celtic would be a natural partner for Emirates, and Emirates are rather unlikely to suffer from the “McEwan’s effect”.
Purely speculation on my part mind you.
fingers crossed, if a new sponsor is ours alone, might that be why Jabbo has been having a wee fit.
TBB @ 11.33 – you have no idea how much I hope your speculation is true.
I would get all sorts of corporate invites if that happens.
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon
11:16 on
9 January, 2013
Dermott Desmond is in the process of selling his betting company to Ladbroke’s.
Perhaps he has used the proceeds to buy a wee third division club for us to use as a feeder team?
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Could it be that part of the negotiation to sell to Ladbrokes was sponsorship of Celtic
Saint Stivs 11:39 on 9 January, 2013
fingers crossed, if a new sponsor is ours alone, might that be why Jabbo has been having a wee fit.
Aye but remember they’ve got this mega-deal with the Dallas Cowboys. Totally different league from anything we can get…..
Memorable moment of the day has come early
Duffield speaking on SSN regarding league restructuring a couple of minutes ago
‘Rangers winning the Third Division title will be absolutely meaningless’
HH
TBB@11:33
As we speak, i can just see the Sevconians en route to Glasgow Airport preparing a picket of the Emirates check in desks :)
Pigalle – agreed! I also like the white v-neck collar.
acgr/corkcelt
Happy Birthday to you both.
when doth Mel from Benidorm announce the new shirt deal for t, t, rangers,
was it not Adidas ? or Mike ? or is it the saved up coupons with the Record.
I dont know , i cant keep up with their high falutin ways.
ye ha.
TONYG,
Well that’s a good a rumour to start as any …
Tonyg, no chance any bookie would sponsor us and not sevco, way too much money involved
RocketMan @11.29
I think your in a clear minority.
It’s an okay top but breaking up the hoops with those stripes is sacriledge imo.
HH
Jim Traynor statement:
“If that timmy bunch who hate us so much and always talk about us are sponsored by Emirates Airlines you can be assured that the mighty and historic Glasgow Rangers and our billions of fans will never use them to fly to … er Emir. Wherever that is.”
the proposed new strip is not hoops.
its a white top, with green pin stripes, close together.
thats how i see it,
its not green and white hoops for sure.
Big G
‘Rangers winning the Third Division title will be absolutely meaningless’
Except its not.
After this season under the current set up, they would still need 2 promotions to reach the SPL. In the restructure it is exactly the same requirement to gain access to the SPL
This is SevCo’s default position ‘Feel sorry for us, we are being hard done by, everyone hates us etc’. Nothing could be further from the truth
The Sky presenters were too stupid to correct him on this point
New sponsorship then?
I just hope its a total divorce from the joint deals, so no Magners! After all they are owned by the same company as Tennants.
The only alcohol I’d love to see on a celtic shirt is Guinness but that won’t happen methinks. Emirates is a good shout, I suppose they sponsor Arsenal as well and its well known that Celtic and Arsenal are two of the better financially run teams in the UK. I wonder…..
Re League Reconstruction, The Huns are going into meltdown with rage, so anything that pisses them off must have something to reccomend it.
didn’t pistol pete go down to Chelsea a while back for some unknown reason?