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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MORE challenging!!
(Can’t type and stand up at the same time.)
i have to go now but i will leave one last post fo today on my opinion.
under these proposals its being accepted that these so called governing bodies are acceptable really? to our leaders no amount of spinning or plants on bloggs will be acceptable for me on this issue.
This was posted on TSFM by SteveBC in Jan, hope this ain’t true
TRFC strategy re: LNS inquiry ?
=========================
Just thinking how this could/may be approached by TRFC, with the LNS inquiry due to start 29th of January.
[Just off the top of my head, so all comments/disagreement warmly welcomed ! ]
1) TRFC attempt to ‘thoroughly discredit’ the LNS inquiry before the 29th.
In the run up to the 29th manipulate the MSM to;
– lambast the inquiry, [& LNS personally ?]
– try to blame it all on CW/SDM, whereas Charlie is honest as the day is long and deserves a
break
– try and pin it all on on the old Rangers, [which TRFC claims to be – but for the purposes of the
LNS inquiry TRFC is a new club/compmay.]
– the TRFC fans could revert to the default position when they don’t get their own way – i.e.
intimidation and threats liberally directed at LNS/Doncaster/Regan etc…
2) TRFC attempt to have the LNS inquiry delayed.
Behind the scenes, [or possibly blatantly in the MSM], TRFC attempt to have the SPL delay the inquiry until a ‘more suitable time’, i.e. until league reconstruction has been decided.
Better still, delay again until TRFC are back in the SPL, [or equivalent], when they will have a much stronger negotiating position.
By crowing on about how SFL3 clubs are getting financial windfalls from TRFC visiting fans, this can enhance the planned message that TRFC ‘subsidises’ Scottish football.
3) TRFC attempt to have the LNS inquiry outcome / decision delayed.
If the inquiry cannot be delayed past the 29th, then TRFC could attempt to have any outcome/decision delayed – again until after the reconstruction has been decided.
And again, preferably for TRFC, the outcome could be delayed until after they are back in the top league.
Any delay does not have to be communicated to the fans either – just don’t say anything at all, [like the SFA], or the SPL could say that it’s taking longer to publicise the outcome “for legal reasons blah blah blah”.
4) Court of Session involvement ?
TRFC would still have the right of appeal to the SFA – and could even go to the Court of Session again, (?), as the SFA didn’t seem too bothered the last time !
Perhaps the CoS could be TRFC’s ‘get out’ for overturning any LNS decision ?
[And this could keep both the SPL & SFA happy too ? ]
Why can’t SFA chief executive Stewart Regan come out and say, powerpoint fashion:
“Here are the five main advantages of this new setup:
1 – xxx
…
5 – xxx”
I don’t think he can, cos there ain’t any really (splitity-split was tried and failed elsewhere, ).
Time for the fans to sort it out again.
http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/sharetrades/RFC
Roughly £800K sold today alone!
RobinBhoy
gerryguk7
I’m over twice your age and my experience reflects yours. I would say that none of my family have been on the receiving end of institutional sectariansim either and agree we have to be careful not to overstate the case, whilst recognising the experience of some justifies their perspective to do so as much as ours justifies our own.
It can never be eradicated but the damage done can be limited as long as it is recognised that attitudinal sectarianism does exist and is inbuilt on the part of some .
When it does not work ( this new set up) they can put it down to a honest mistake.Now where have we heard that before?
Tamrabam-But Ogilvie is Scottish Football’s “best administrator”, nobody has ever explained what that means.Does he know which corner of the envelope you put the stamp?
asonofdan et al, agreed.
If they go unpunished and get a leg up to a higher revamped sevco football division, then Scottish football is finished, I won’t ever support it.
V
I’m pretty certain Sevco will be in bottom tier of Scottish Football next year, so I don’t see any great advantage to them in the proposed set up. O.K. the following year promotion would be easier to attain but in all liklihood they would have gained promotion anyway under the old system. I prefer to focus on Celtic and to live in the here & now. This calls for a couple of shrewd buys in this window and that is my main concern and not the ins and outs of Sevco.
ernie lynch – 17:18 on 8 January, 2013
I think it’s more likely that we’ll start to see the drift back down to launch price (at best) , that people predicted.
The price has been manipulated thus far, not illegally I should add, but the fact that it rose on the first day of trading when over 99% of transactions were sales was ridiculous.
I suspect that the big holders know now, that it’s not going any higher and will be taking profits – they’re on around 30% profit just now and that’s not bad.
I genuinely feel sorry for normal folks (and I don;’t mean fans making an emotional investment) that have been sucked into buying this above launch price, because if they’re not paying attention they’ll make an unrecoverable loss.
!!bada bing!!
17:24 on 8 January, 2013
……….
He’s probably the high heid yin at the sfa Masonic lodge and therefore untouchable. In any other civilised country he would have been sacked long ago.
V
corkcelt That was a very ‘Celticy’ post….
… are you a Tim?
The Onlooker
Fan power will prevent Sevco getting an undeserved promotion ahead of their time.
Turnbull Hutton was on Radio Scotland at the weekend saying he was comfortable with the new league set up proposals and so on.
I guess he can be trusted an as honest man even if David Longmuir cant so lets wait for the meat on the bones before jumping the gun, the Huns will not be promoted above their “station” clubs and fans wont allow it, simples………….
RobinBhoy
My dear,dear,dear,friend.. The Singing Detective
Yep.. Al.. sold the Jerseys..
Al Jazeera?
Hmmmmmmmmm
We knew Al wiz hoitin..
He is doon tae his Last … Billion..
Howevah.. tae sell oot tae..
Al Jazeera?
“Of all the Gin Eschewers…in Awe the Countries ,in the whole o’ Islamiland..
Al, his tae Let That Jew Baitin’ Mob, walk intae Ma Saloon”
We are Not Amused.
Kojo
Yer Pal.. who likes ye aloater
Still, Laughin’.. though.
Hope Juventus don’t get Drogba
The Onlooker, I most certainly am a Tim and a life long Irish Republican to boot. Why do you ask.?
11-1 majority of SPL clubs to approve the plans.
Celtic and who else to scupper this? Dundee Utd? Perfect!
!!Bada Bing!!
17:24 on 8 January, 2013
‘Tamrabam-But Ogilvie is Scottish Football’s “best administrator”’
Only because James Farry, Esq is no longer with us.
Vmhan-you are most problably right,might be one of the reasons why UEFA never took the huns to task for going to a Civil Court over a football matter,a la Sion.
The Moon Bhoys
The SFA however will not undergo any change and that imo is where the trust issue lies.
Until as such times as they take steps to restore supporters trust in them, reconstruction is not just rearranging the deck chairs, its failing to pump out the water pouring in.
Regardless of where The Rangers end up initially unless steps are taken to reform the SFA root and branch as they allowed Rangers to go bust by not policing the licensing process properly then what is the point of the SFA? We absolutely MUST nail down their purpose.
Reconstruction is a deflection.
Why are we having a winter shut-down when its so mild that Ive been wearing shorts and tee-shirt?
That thought crossed my mind too bamboo, lovely day here today, ah well I suppose our Bhoys in particular will benefit from the break.
bamboo,
Don’t get too comfortable, forecast to freeze tonight and then three week of down to -15C allegedly…….
RobinBhoy
The day our game changes for the better is when all fans unite to remove the corrupt blazers.
I’m somewhere between Gerry and Auldheid age-wise, and I have certainly experienced discrimination in employment during the 80s and 90s – all private sector btw.
Ernie will be able to confirm that Alex Salmond himself acknowledged it happened in the banks as a matter of course during the 80s, while Law Firms and other professions were similarly blighted, and it took a generational change plus the full implementation of Equalities legislation to be largely removed.
I believe it was 2001 before people of Irish descent achieved employment parity in Scotland according to official figures. Women I’m afraid are still waiting. Women of ethnic background are the most discriminated against element in Scottish working life.
While ‘sectarianism’ is vestigial in terms of societal attitudes and behaviours, we do seem to be stubbornly hanging on to at least some old attitudes.
hen1rik
17:40
Now that’s the best idea I’ve heard on a long time.
Book
Kojo – i know your opinions are very much in the minority on here but do you really need to invent the singing detective to support yourself?
Deary me……
Mind you…. the Fiscal Service has the highest population of St Aloysius FPs of any employer in Scotland… or so it seems to those who work there…
bookies pen for a button on a blazer
17:43 on 8 January, 2013
This isn’t a call to just Celtic fans its to all fans, all fans need to ask themselves have they ever been given favourable decisions or have rules ever been bent to help them.
RobertTressell
17:44 on 8 January, 2013
‘Kojo – i know your opinions are very much in the minority on here but do you really need to invent the singing detective to support yourself?’
It’s a tribute to his hero, Dennis Potter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAYckQbZWbU
Robert Tressell
If ye are o’ the Opinion.. that
“The Singing Detective”
is in fact.. Me.. Kojo.in Anither Guise..
Well..
Go right aheid and Keep Thinking That..
It wull continue tae amuse me.. Greatly!
Kojo
Still, Laughin’
Gents there will always be some people who hate some other people. Whether it is racism, sectarianis, homophobia, sexism…….
We need to keep an eye on it all. I wonder how the latest wave of immigrants are faring in Glasgow in comparison to the last wave? How are the Asian, Africans and latestvgroup of European mainlanders doing?
Kojo….
You Could Watch Al-Jazeera For Years….
And Never Have A Clue About Qatar…
Or What Goes On In Qatar….
Or The Going Price Of A Good Second-Hand Camel…..
But You’ll Certainly Be Educated….
About All The Supposed Flaws And Imperfections Of Western Civilisation….
While The Wahabis Sit On Their Ers*s…
Attended By Their Slaves…..
An The Black Stuff Oozes Out Of The Sand…..
http://www.israpundit.com/archives/51002
http://www.israpundit.com/archives/51983
And Richard Dawkins Still Disnae Believe
That Satan Stalks The Earth…..?
Kojo i am going back to ignoring your nonsense. And that of your alter ego……
If the 12-12-18 league structure is voted for, and given that Chuckles has said the zombies won’t return to the SPL, will they remain in the new National (3rd) League forever?
Paul67 or anyone,
This new league set up, how will this work with Newco…….
Where will they start, at the top, middle or bottom??
Is there any truth in the rumour that Sir swalex is interested in Fraser Forster does anyone know I heard it from another Celtic fan this afternoon ? H.H.