So are we surprised at last nights’ defeat? There’s some surprise that we scored three goals away from home, which if we count Moscow, is becoming a habit, if an incredibly lax one, but I’m less surprised we shipped four, again. Even at full strength, we are several players short of being able to play Ronny Deila’s high-energy pressing game, so when the squad is further depleted by rest, injury and the like, we cannot expect to play an expansive game and come away with a result.
Fortunately the outcome didn’t matter, but it will next time out in this competition. I’m very supportive of Ronny and think we have not even begun to see the real benefits of his work, but he got it wrong when he opened up a game which did matter in Warsaw. We’ll need to see if he decides to play this way, with many of these players, in the Round of 32. For then we either need to add appropriate players or change tactics.
There’s been a bit of chat on how attendance figures are reported. Football clubs report paid seat sales, which baselines attendance at season ticket sales, but the ‘bums on seats’ figure is usually far lower.
The showbiz side of the game will always want to report the higher figure: see – our fans are faithful through and through, and all that. Only Manchester United and Arsenal report higher average league attendance figures than Celtic in British football. This claim maybe reliant on ticket sales, but it is an important indicator of the size, and therefore potential of our club in the right environment. Not to mention the efforts many thousands go to in order to financially support the club, in sunshine or in shadow.
It was still somewhat refreshing to hear the new newco director inform the media that his club attracted less than 16,000 people for a recent home game. The cynic would point out that if newco fall into insolvency, the excuses are already established – fans are not as loyal as they claim, blame then, not their unfortunate execs.
Many thanks for all the feedback on the 2015 CQN Annual. You can order yours here, or get a special Annual-DVD bundle here.
As a special offer, everyone who buys an Annual, or bundle, before Christmas will be entered into a prize draw for a VIP Meal of 4 at a Celtic Park restaurant on a match day. One entry for each Annual bought; pile in.
Our friends Magners, who I increasingly think get what this club is all about, have offered us another pair of Premium Tickets for the Jock Stein Stand on Sunday. It’s a great way to watch football, especially on a winter’s day. To enter the competition, email me celticquicknews@gmail.com with the name of the team Celtic play on Sunday in the subject line of your message. Competition closes at 22:00 tonight, winners will be informed by email tomorrow, so check your inbox!
The deal I have with Magners is that when we make this offer, we ask you to consider making a £1 (or more) donation to our Mary’s Meals Appeal. We are working towards building a kitchen at Chibwata Priimary School in Dowa, Malawi, which has 909 pupils and does not have food preparation facilities.
With a kitchen – and Mary’s Meals providing food – they will be able to provide primary school kids with what is often their only square meal of the day. This work cuts infant mortality, improves school attendance by an average of 30%, and increases life chances exponentially.
No matter what you do today, this £1 will do things you cannot imagine. It will make your day worthwhile.
I’ll be out with my boys on the bucket collection for the Foundation before kick off on Sunday. If I’ve not coaxed your last £1 out of you, bring another one along to the game. The spirit of Celtic needs to take care of those in our own community, as well as in one of the world’s poorest countries.
Sorry for all the calls to action todaym in summary:
The Annual, with a VIP Meal for 4 competition.
The Magners’ competition, email celticquicknews@gmail.com
The Mary’s Meals £1.
See you at the bucket collection on Sunday!
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Morning all.
Brightish and very cold down here. We might get to see the sun today.
Might the undead get to the end of the day without giving us all more mirth? I think there’s more chance of the sun shining. Is Ally still steering the ole Govan ship on to the rocks?
Good morning from a frosty north staffs -vale at home today so that’s the afternoon sorted.
saw sally interview after the game -what a weasel – can’t comment bull.
off to mass -car needs scraping first
hail hail
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS.
Statistics can be manipulated to suit any argument. Our potential is obvious to all and our presence ( with appropriate board backing ) would enhance any league in Europe or within the UK.
We have to escape. Is there any alternative. What is your solution and vision for the future ?
Seriously I see little options if we want to progress. The Scottish glass ceiling is falling, of that there is no doubt.
HH..
As commented earlier it’s nice to have a laugh at the govan mob but we have our own issues to sort comming this transfer window – eye on the ball RD
I don’t know about you Bhoys but I have always been able to concentrate on Celtic and laugh at the huns, must have got my multi tasking skills from ma wee Mammy:)))
Welcome Home Naka
Missed all the fun & hilarity last night – was at a Christmas day/night out. Woke this morning to find my £5 bet @ 20/1 was down thanks to the USELESS one!
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………. had QoS & R.Madrid (-3) and that useless Ronaldo only scored 2!
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Single Girl by Sandy Posey on Radio 2 now. Saturdays don’t get better!!!
EXSLAEMUIRBHOY
Sorry,bud.
That’ll be my old mates from Kilwinning.
Nothing much else to do wi their Saturday’s now. …
…..and at the truce & treatly, at THE PARTING OF THE WAYS ….HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
bmcw
no worries bud, spent nearly 35 years doon here noo, ye learn to ignore it
CQN Saturday Naps Competition
Lads, for those who are in the CQN Saturday Naps competition, please go back and post today’s selection at the end of the previous article :
“Dinamo Zagreb v Celtic, Live updates”
All the best, fleagle1888
A tribute to Oscar Knox, his family and the Celtic family from the other side of the divide.
http://www.givemesport.com/464918-oscar-knox-gone-but-never-forgotten
MWD said AYE
Is ther any specific reason for NAKA coming to the game tomorrow ……. Really hope I get the chance to meet him…one of the football greats, to pass through Parkhead’s gates…!!!!!!!!
A typical selection of FFin comments……….
(Spot the Tim poster)
Somebody just threatened to ‘kick f**k out of Santa…’
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this is possibly the most hurt and lowest I’ve felt after a Rangers game in my lifetime.
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I’ve just lost the will to live. Been nice knowing you all. WATP
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“F**k you Ally – you are ruining my life”
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You take the wage you take the hassle imo. Good times and bad. Sympathy is between sh*t and syphillis in my dictionary.
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They just don’t give a f**k. Any of them. They can all f**k off. I hope some c**t smashes f**k out the lot of them. Half them could f**king die tomorrow and I would be happy.
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Same s**te players Playing regardless , same s**te “tactics”,same subs , same old predictable s**te
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Fuming at that, f**king pathetic and an absolute disaster for the club. Go on Ally give us another excuse for your long ball gutless s**te you f**king w**k
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We should just take all the midfielders off and play a 5 at the back and 5 up front, big punt, it’s surely going to fall to someone !!!
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Hope this is this f**kwits last game,useless ba***rd of a manager and once again our support not once singing ally get tae f**k!!shocking!
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Ashley better get his finger out his fat a**e and get some money pumped in or else f**k off and let someone else in
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The only people being duped are some of the fans and McCoist is the guy doing it.
I despair at what he is doing to the club. He accepts no part of the blame for where we are at this time. When will some people waken up to the fact he is utterly hopeless as a manager and with this latest nonsense, he has no dignity and no scruples. This is the man who has received in the region of £4m in wages in the last 8 years, £2.5m of this in the last 3.5 years. This is the guy who didn’t want the fans to know his salary was £760k per annum. This is the guy who paid £10k for RFC shares which were worth £700k thereby denying the club £690k. This is the guy who has signed most of the players we have on our books and who all under-perform under his management. This is the guy who is ultimately responsible for Rangers being beaten in 11 consecutive cup competitions. This is the guy who is ultimately responsible for some of the most humiliating results in our long history. This is the guy who is responsible for Rangers playing in front of the lowest attendances in nearly 30 years.
But some still worship Ally the legend.
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In the last 3 and a half years he has received in the region of £2.5m in salary. I think that will have helped ease the toll. If he wants to ease the pressure and avoid any “breakdown” then all he has to do is leave graciously. As for reaching an agreement, what do you mean? Has he to get a fat pay-off like those others we have all decried? He isn’t a poor man and knows that RFC is in a bad way financially yet he still wants to extract his “pound of flesh”. I’m sickened by his antics now. Legend no more.
bangintheirdrumbuthurtinhuns.csc
For any season ticket holders who wish to take up the opportunity of a free ticket for tomorrow’s game, today is the last chance to do so.
Ticket office will be open until 1pm.
Well done Celtic and also a fantastic gesture offering free tickets to the homeless.
GREENPINATA
Fair point. The current ranking reflects our current standing,which is caused by operating under reduced circumstances in an impoverished league.
Here we have a similar problem to that of revitalising Rangers in Scotland,I believe.
In order to improve our ranking,we have to improve on the pitch. Even in a new league,with a much-improved income stream,we are faced with a huge team rebuild.
Which costs.
We would be able to do that within the three-year FFP cycle. But then,so would other clubs now operating in an enhanced league alongside us!
IMO,a big part of the answer is to stop playing Russian Roulette every year with our squad. Have it ready for the qualifiers. Get recruitment away from people who know sod-all about the game,and let football men run the football side of things.
Rebuild to top 30,and we will be in a position to take advantage of a restructure across Europe.
Otherwise we will be the equivalent of Greece joining the Euro. In with the big boys and out of our depth.
EXSLAEMUIRBHOY
The minute you are tempted to join in,head back home. Till then,either laugh or do what I always did.
Sing the good Fenian words to the choons they ripped off us!
Moonbeams WD. Wee Oscar’s our Bhoy and Kano’s our mhan. The Vow – Critically Rebuked by 45% of this fine nation.
A fine tribute which demonstrates the good and the power of football.
It is also a timely reminder that there are good people in supporters of all teams.
HH
BMCUW.
Thank you, good points well made.
Its all about opinions.
HH.
We’ll done CFC on the free tickets issued for tomorrow ….
PF AYR.
Sell-out!
Good Morning All.
Never mind what is happening anywhere else, I agree with Hamilton Tim, Celtic Football Club are doing some great things.
The free ticket for the unemployed against Ross County, tickets for the homeless, and the foundation bucket collection on Sunday.
The Club also fed a couple of hundred homeless last week and this week over 200 needy families will receive a much needed Christmas present from Celtic.
Yes they could do more maybe, and yes they could do things better at times, and yes the business of the club could be run differently — but when they get something right we should not be slow to point that out.
HH to all the Celts and the good work done in the name of the club – officially or unofficially.
BRTH
“Yes they could do more maybe, and yes they could do things better at times, and yes the business of the club could be run differently — but when they get something right we should not be slow to point that out.”
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Yep, I’d pretty much say that sums up my thinking.
New ( fictional ) blockbuster movie out at Christmas …
“ Springtime for Struth and hunnery “
Cast :-
• Max Bialystock ( producer ) – David Murray
• Leo Bloom ( accountant ) – Donald Findlay
• Roger De Bris ( director ) – Ally McCoist
• Carmen Ghia ( Roger’s lover ) – Ian Durrant
• Franz Liebkind ( writer ) – Kenny McDowall
• Lorenzo St. DuBois ( lead male ) – Kenny Miller
Plot :-
Max and Leo hatch a scheme to establish a second zombie football club by causing the first zombie football club to fail .
Roger , the manager of the first zombie fc and his hapless associates manage this in spectacular fashion and with hilarious consequences .
Unique club & supporters. For a PLC to do so much good but take so much flack is quite amazing really. Makes me proud anyway. coybig.
MWD,
Oscar truly was a Gift from God.
Thanks for sharing more of his Impact.
OLe Shangri La lookin’ especially glorious this mornin’ ;in all it’s frosted finery.
BMCUWP
Should the SPL continue to be a turkey shoot ….will this allow us greater influence in moving out of here
Think the SFA will support us …the idea of Fenian annihilation yearly …not for them
BRTH/HT
yep …even I praised them this morning :-))
exslaemuirbhoy
Easy big guy. Yes Celtic deserve great credit for some of the initiatives, and they should be roundly praised for them, but it’s worth remembering that many of the things being done are actually being carried out by the support and paid for by them also.
Pfayr
I think you must have too many units floating round your system.
Don’t be driving any time soon :-)
Continuing with the movie theme , Ronnie had better watch out .
He could end up like Neo in the matrix simultaneously fighting the different versions of agent Smith .
Or in Ronnie’s case , fighting the different versions of Rangers .
Hamiltontim
that’s why I said unique supporters mate, I know how much generosity Celtic fans contribute. Not just financially but with time also. A club & support well matched I think.
BT Sport 10:00 Q of S v The rangers :))))))
Good morning friends from a cold, frosty Christmassy looking East Kilbride.
For me, we need to drastically cut the size of the squad. That is the priority.
I don’t see logic tho in getting rid is Stokes, Mulgrew or Efe as some are suggesting.
All 3 are good, hard working, dependable squad players on wages that won’t break the bank.
All 3 more than justify their retention.
Let’s not throw the baby out with – ach, you know the rest.
Derk, Rogic, Kayal, Berget… All can go. Get some youngsters out in loan.
Then try and address the lack of balance in the squad by getting cover at left back and centre half.
I’m not one for transfer wish lists as it’s been a long time sine I knew anything about foreign football (about FM2009!) but I’d consider looking at Scots, namely-
Darren Fletcher – still a clever footballer, probably available, top level experience and may see Craig Gordon and think he would like a taste if that. Wages? Not sure.
Danny Wilson – Young, played International, Champions League, SPL and EPL. Lost his way but seems the right sort as now captain of Hearts.
Stuart Armstrong – identikit Ronny midfielder. Big, strong, fit and always looking to go forward.
Peter Pawlett – Most improved SPL player. Winger going nowhere then lost weight, gained muscle and moved into the 10 role. Sound familiar? The Scottish Johansen potentially. Caused Broonie all sorts of problems.
Tonev and Wakaso would get till the end of the season, as contracted, I’m loathe to write players off too early.
exslaemuirbhoy
Meetings of minds appears to be more obvious on some occasions, long may it continue mate.
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooood morning all
Well done Celtic
See some of yous tomorrow