I like the below-radar way Celtic have operated this transfer window. Mikael Lustig arrived early without much of a murmur and Rabiu Ibrahim’s trial and signing went through with casual understatement, while Jaroslaw Fojut completed a pre-contract agreement before many of us had even reached his Wikipedia page.
Most of the headlines surrounding Celtic have been in connection with English clubs wanting our players, closely followed by public declarations of ‘I’m going nowhere’ from the players in question.
Compare and contrast with the situation over the city. Almost daily Nikica Jelavic has to deal with a completely different scenario his club have placed him in, today telling STV, “The manager appreciates me and likes me, but I know the club are in a difficult financial situation and if they decided they needed to sell me, I would accept it.”
If you bump into Nikica tell him he’s talking rubbish. His club were recently bought by a billionaire, they have no financial difficulties and they are reliably informed they are going to win their tax case. Rangers players telling the media that their club are in a “difficult financial situation” are miles off-message.
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Bundoran Bhoy
Im going myself this week! Possibly tomorrow after work if i can sneak away early ;-)
Waiting on Barca for a bet here…
GOAL – BARCA
1-0 Barca
rangerstaxcase Question: if Jelavic cannot be sold, how will Whyte fill the hole in RFC finances? Maybe he has some cash under that radar of his.
The vast majority of discussion about the result of the huns losing the big tax case, especially in the msm, is how to get them back into the spl if they go the newco route.
Well, if they go the newco route, it will be, to avoid paying the bill to HMRC.
A lot of psssh is spouted about the need for the huns in scottish football.
However, I would like to point out, that if the huns lose the FTT(T) and dont pay their bill of £36m (forgetting any penalties), then they have cheated the NHS out of £6.345m (given the NHS makes up just over 17.6% of the money spent through raised taxes), and that would pay for over ONE THOUSAND AND FIFTY premature baby ventilators.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8377/Pioneering-ventilator-set-save-newborns.html
Just saying like.
Pedro scores for Barca. What a team. Messi brilliant once again.
Pedro….1-0. GIRUY Jose!
T4
Pedro for Barca. 1-0
1-0 Barca against run of play 43 min.
goooooaaaaaallll Barca ……Pedro
verdantvic says:
25 January, 2012 at 21:43
Enough of this sympathy for mcoist!-just remember his cowardly cranking
it up in that game last season-the handshake and wee “word” which made
things a lot worse and his fat self feel a lot better pandering to the thugs-
hed spit on yer grave -no sympathy!HH
Yes agreed, never have sympathy for that fat w$$k.
ST,
the £50m debt to Murray effectively went away as far as Rangers were concerned, it was made up largely of Murray underwriting the share issue. MIH carried it after Rangers were sold. The £6m debt was what Rangers FC actually held
Ronaldo’s greetin face – magic
“Rangers transfer deals descend into farce as Sir David Murray makes appearance at training ground”
What an insult to Whyte for Murray to be at any Rangers location in public, without him there as host. In fact, it is beyond “insult” and goes right into “Craig Whyte? Who’s he!?”.
And, what a statement from Gordon Smith about the Estonian awoller – “you’d better ask ally”.
A gang war has broken out at the brox and if jingle jangle jackson (chase-me-walter-chase-me) is putting that kind of headline into print, in the daily record!, then, in my opinion, we are getting very very close.
When you’re a jet… ba ba deee ba ba daaa….
Barca been murdered and then Messi pops up, Poor mans James Forrest right enough…
knoxy2000 says:
25 January, 2012 at 21:45
Barca 1 up ;)
HH
….PFayr says:
25 January, 2012 at 21:42
paddy gallagher
how was the cruise
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Fantastic big pal, great tip about the 1$ bills, I was Sir Paddy by the end of it all. A great experience.
Thanks for the advice.
SydneyTim says:
25 January, 2012 at 21:43
Ifs but and maybes to make the huns look good so their cheating doesn’t influence your train of thought, if they didn’t have the tax liability?? what planet are you on man..???
ah feck I go back to ignoring you scheisss I guess that’s what you live on!!!
Pepe for Madrid is a scumbag,this wont finish 11 v 11.
Catalan Quick News
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Barca v Real
Tastayyyy and 2=0
GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL BARCA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2-0
Dani Alves screamer….2-0.
T4
Alves scores a sensational goal to make it 2-0.
2-0 Alves sensational strike
Battered Bunnet:
Read some of Sydney’s stuff and the Auldheid et al reaction.
I was thinking there’s a middle ground here.
We cannot say we haven’t signed decent strikers in 8 windows when we have signed (if I’m not mistaken) both Hoops and Stokes in that period; not world class I’ll grant you but both capable of 20+ SPL goals a season.
Equally, we should not take the huns’ demise for granted and ignore the need for a third striker capable of contributing to our title run-in.
The past has been full of underestimation while some scream for reckless speculation; we need the balanced investment you identify; spot on mate…
Peter?
Alves – an absolute screamer!!
Get it room ye mourinho, wot a strike by dani alves …. Stunning
Alves screamer.
A george Mcluskey special!!!
2-0
How was that ever a pen BTW; gutted for City…
Alves does a Josimar! 2-0 Barca. Roon ye, Jose.
Luvin their death by 1000 cuts strategy. By my reckoning they must have around 800 more to go.
Seen the posts earlier about the alpine. Pineappleade – luxury.
HH
SOAL – there’s never any zzzzz’s in these games. Fantastic stuff.
Madrid played well and they’re two down at h/t. They won’t finish with eleven….
T4
Just before 2nd Barca goal Lassana Diarra had a shocking challenge whilst on a yellow. Ridiculous decision not to send him off. Justice was dine at free kick but hopefully more to come……,
SffS
TTTT
I could not give a flying F about any other team.
Sorry mate but others DO
Apart from Cleland under 8’s
Love
Dani Alves scores a goal worthy of Mike Galloway.
ThunderboltsCSC
Batteredbunnet. Indeed I Agree with you 100%
I do not want us to go into massive debt , but!!!investment in a top striker buying one not a keane 6 month Carry on, would have given us substantial returns
Sonofdan if you think the scoring record if of our strike force us good enough , then you should check the official stats over last 2 seasons
Not good enough mate, last year Kenny miller was top Spl scorer and he left in January !!!! Not great was it sonofdan
Paddy last time I looked ,I support Celtic to win trophies not to by Balance sheet DVD’s
They Celtic board Is the least sucessfull board( trophies paddy my friend)in Scotland against income recieved
St