Celtic are an astonishing 1/200 to win the Premiership this season; 11 games into a 38 game competition. 1/200 isn’t betting odds, it’s a borrowing strategy. The bookies are borrowing money at 0.5% for six months, an annual rate of 1%. Try borrowing at better rates than that.
Investors get a 1% tax free savings rate, which is also competitive, although they don’t get access to their money for six months without significant penalty. If borrowing rates were higher, returns offered on Celtic would improve to attract more investors. The Scottish Premiership has jumped from being a sporting event to being an investment opportunity less volatile than gold or property.
The 10 point gap between Celtic and second placed Aberdeen is the same 10 points as between Aberdeen and bottom club Ross County. We are metaphorically in a different league than even our closest challengers.
Question is, how did Celtic become the Bank of England of football? It’s not just because they are financially responsible with appropriate oversights, this helps. More importantly, they have used their financial strength to fortify the competitive product on the park. Others have been in similar situations in previous decades without the oversight, which led to enormously entertaining failure.
It might look like Brendan Rodgers has achieved alchemy over a sleeping dinosaur, but he’s only part of the story, albeit an important part. Much of the groundwork was in place when he arrived. Nine of those who started the League Cup semi-final were at the club last season, they were just not nearly as effective.
Brendan’s building on rock solid foundations. That’s what you need to build generations of domination.
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Macjay
” The voters from the Labour heartland of the North of England actually thought for themselves .”
Really? How did they manage to do that?
JJ
Generally left of centre CQN doesn’t like Trump victory – no surprise there
I said yesterday.
Next Democrat leader…..Beyonce.
Media culture transcends politics.
Should be fun:)
HH
Awe ffs, Now Waggy, has fell out with Warburton.
http://thecelticblog.com/2016/11/blogs/sevco-are-reeling-from-another-shock-as-waghorn-falls-out-with-warburton/
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD
Politics is the entertainment division of the military industrial complex:)
Canny mind who said it!
HH
Starry Plough
Think about it.
Beyonce was making a subtle pitch the other day.
This is the future.
HH
!!Bada Bing!! on 9th November 2016 9:10 am
The Secret Service will be looking for a convenient grassy knoll.
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Discussing it in work earlier I suggested that we open a sweepstake on when the CIA take him out.
THE EXILED TIM on 9th November 2016 8:59 am
Yep, if the turkeys hadn’t voted fro Christmas in the Primaries Bernie Sanders would be President Elect. Clinton is too corrupt to be electable and the FBI “whitewash” wasn’t enough to convince the American people she was electable.
I do find it strange though that whenever a result goes against the “expected” outcome that people are labelled as stupid for voting the wrong way! It definitely was an election to select the lesser of 2 evils. A very tough choice!
It was a tragedy for the Republicans that they couldn’t find a candidate credible enough to beat Donald Trump in the Primaries. It’s a tragedy for the Democrats that they couldn’t stand up a candidate to beat him in the election for President.
However, the biggest tragedy was that the American people only had these 2 to choose from!
KTF
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD
The systematic dumbing down of the political arena is no accident:))
Al Green for President..
Ming well said when Donald has so many aspiring attributes. We could all pay no tax, dump our wives after thirty, blame it all on immigrants. What’s not to like. The future is bright, nuclear. Let’s not forget the policy make America great fuck yeah team America .
Starry Plough
Give it a week, then you will see Rudy Guiliani and Farage venting with fury.
These dudes are nuts.
I thought i was mental, but the Americans are off the scale:)
Should be fun.
The Fourth Reich….USA style.
HH
HOT SMOKED on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 9:16 AM
Macjay
” The voters from the Labour heartland of the North of England actually thought for themselves .”
Really? How did they manage to do that?
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Devastating riposte.
Well done Donald winning the election, my exchange rate for my £ just went up 6 cents in the dollar for my visit to the NAFCSC in Vegas next year, may God bless you ya crackpot, I’ll be cashing in today.
This election is like a Netflix production.
The Donald….and keep an eye out for Walter White, Pablo Escobar:)
Its wild..
Box Set shortly.
HH
A £5 treble on Leicester to win the Premier League, Brexit and Donald Trump becoming president would have paid out £12.5m.
Braw
was about to say this weather would freeze the b—s of a rubba doll….then i just remembered.
Joey slept well last night an had a great kip, his doctor reckons he be on the Pat & Mick for a few months, reports that SPFP Rep. Fraser Wishert payd Joey a visit are exaggerated. Extremely.
http://videocelts.com/2016/11/blogs/latest-news/daily-record-reveals-the-details-of-bartons-final-day-at-murray-park/
VFR
Been saying something similar for a while now.
I have the feeling that Trump will be pushed to the side in six or so months and Pence will take over, could be wrong but I think the Republicans could see that they needed someone like Trump to beat HRC, she had the whole of the media on her side, including the western media, hence all the anti Trump stuff.
HH
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MacJay
Trumps biggest problem is going to be fighting the bankers and the globalists, if he can I will be delighted, but I doubt he can, they control everything, including our minds, and the shock for me was the american people didn’t vote the way they wanted them to.
He says he wants to give them their pride back and that means jobs, a harder thing he couldn’t have tasked to do.
An economic war with China will be his problem imo.
He is sort of going against the conservative grain when it comes to jobs, if he is to be believed that is, we will see.
What he says he wants to do ie, stopping the TTIP, TIP deals etc can only be a good thing for the US and Europe. so hopefully he can, he is against the NWO and for me that is huge, but only if he can deliver, he will at least try, HRC would only have made it worse imo.
Maybes if people got their info from places like Info Wars and not the msm they wouldn’t be so easily swayed.
HH
HH
Tories right on the ‘special relationship’ narrative.
Hanging on grimly to the idea that they matter in world politics.
They would be as well trying to clone Churchill ffs:)
Anything goes now.
HH
http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/09/no-one-ever-went-broke-underestimating.html
STARRY PLOUGH
Former top Dawg at the KKK tweeting his congrats to The Rumpster.
Has he been invited to Mayday Towers yet:))
Starry Plough
Good ole David Duke should be showing his face shortly.
HH
If Trump sticks to his word the world will now be a safer place. He says he will cooperate with Russia and will look for good relations with other nations of the world. The warmongers -arms industry UK government BBC will be shellshocked this morning. An amazing win against all the odds . lets see if he is true to his promises
TONYDONNELLY
That Videocelts piece rounds off by saying that the PFA will step in if they feel a member’s contract is being manipulated.
I said that at the time,and that the SPFA had best be careful not to ignore it.
Bamboo
I think maybe Vlad should have a look at his cold-war era arsenal, and then have at look at what The Donald has at his disposal.
Vlad better play nice….or else.
HH
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 9:31 AM
HOT SMOKED on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 9:16 AM
Macjay
” The voters from the Labour heartland of the North of England actually thought for themselves .”
Really? How did they manage to do that?
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Devastating riposte.
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Uninformative reply.
JJ
So the pollsters have been hoodwinked again.
Bankers, celebrities, serial politicians, big business the establishment fu@@ed.
I’m not saying I agree , but maybe , just maybe the people have had enough of PC bulls@it and are sick and tired of been treated as mushrooms.
Is there any other logical explanation .
I demand a referendum.
BIGJIMMY 458
Waste of time,bud.
if someone shot him through the head,they’d miss his brain by three 3ft. Be better shooting the voters.
The Donald has transformed the nature of politics….Bigly:)
HH
Bamboo
Agree 100%, he will have a problem keeping his word, what he is up against is massive.
HH
Trump would “bomb the hell” out of IS. He claims that no other candidate would be tougher and he would weaken the militants by cutting off their access to oil.
He’s not the messiah he’s just a naughty boy.
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD
Look out for the ole Vice Pres…
BMCW
I doubt you will see Fraser Wishert anywhere near this car crash, Barton has a stone wall case, and my advice to Barton would be to steer well away from Wishert, he’s the enemy within, they made an arse of it here, and I don’t see Barton cutting any deal either, or keeping his big mouth shut.
Good Morning Folks.
Well, now we have the Donald and the professional political classes only have themselves to blame although it will not be them who pay the largest price.
Professional politicians don’t listen, they are self interested, they do not “represent” the electorate and they concentrate on how to get themselves into positions of power and influence.
So it is no surprise that the wee man in the street eventually gets fed up and can be persuaded to vote for someone or something fuelled by extremist language and which thrives on division and fear.
Having said that, Trump is a scary prospect for the Republicans. He wasn’t backed by them, was openly derided by some but has to work with them in the senate and the house. That will not be a comfy ride.
No elected politician in any country is safe in their seat and none should rest on their laurels or ignore the man or woman in the street.
Who knows where it will leave us?
All I know is that on Saturday night I will be sleeping out in the cold, snow/rain or whatever in an attempt to raise a few quid for those who are isolated, downtrodden, homeless and forgotten by Government of any any hue. They couldn’t care less who won in America.
I shouldn’t have to do the sleepout to raise money but feel I have no choice.
The Celtic Charity Foundation seeks to help a whole load of needy people with its winter campaign and this is me doing my wee bit.
When it is over I will go home to a nice warm bed, a kitchen with food in the cupboards and can take a nice warm shower.
Others aren’t so lucky.
If you can spare a few quid (and loads of you have already donated) please help by supporting myself of HT or Minx or anyone else who is participating.
Thanks.
BRTH
https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/jamesmcginley2
As Stock Markets around the world crash, i think we can guess who will be hoovering up shares….
I would rather he bombed the hell out of IS instead of funding them like what is happening presently.
But that is just me
Morning Bhoys from a wet Central Scotland well the Donald is the new president who would have thought it.Over at Ibrokes it looks as though the magic twat has lost the dressing room and his jaiket is on a shooglie nail . H.H.
Trump would be well advised to stay away from grassy knolls, and Theatre Plays.
JJ- you asked a few days ago re salaries of SPFL Clubs outwith Celtic , i know of a boy who was at Dundee Utd last season, his basic was £1450 p/w