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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us near 50 year olds.
in your youth, could you ever imagine that any party wanting independence would get 37% of the nations vote.
quite incredible
and probably un reversable momentum.
scotland first, then a united ireland,
its just time.
Italiabhoy,
How would you bridge the gap in finances then? Forget political parties shortbread and flags.
How would you ensure the guy sharing the same street as you doesn’t lose his job, has to care for his own mother and is able to feed his kids?
Jam tarts game off – frozen pitch at Cowdenbeath
So, Sally can wait.
Mullet&Co
Oil price prediction in White Paper: $113 per barrel
Price on Friday: $65.
The equivalent of an 8% reduction in GDP. During the Great Depression, the UK economy contracted 5% in 1931.
If we had voted Yes, we would right now be facing a tsunami of cuts which would obliterate public services in Scotland, and make George Osbourne look like Father Christmas.
The people who would have been flattened by independence are those that rely most on the NHS, state schooling, welfare etc.
You guys really need to sharpen up on your economics if you want to put a case for independence to the country again.
Tom I know you are in the huff with me but politics like everything else is cyclical.
The SNP Are liars who have been bribing us for years. Who haven’t raised taxes when they could and froze council tax hurting the very poor. But claim they are for social justice. Who pass sectarian laws, and who criminalise their citizens. Who let the police run riot to the exten all the adverts I hewr in Scotland are threatening us.
But the patriotic scots, even those who are amongst the criminalised minorities can’t see straight anymore.
Ian Baraclough is new Motherwell manager. Who??
Possible Europa League Opponents –
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AC Milan -NAPOLI –( Sunday 19 45 UK )
Chievo -INTER ( Monday 20.00 UK )
Italia Bhoy
45% not 37%
They didn’t have the media – it was a big factor (one toad has even written a book about how he saved the union)
The SNP did not pretend they had won at all. Salmond resigned, took responsibility and fell on his sword.
It’s the anger so many people have felt that have boosted SNP membership.
Lamont resigned off her own back weeks after saying she wanted to be First Minister (thankfully something we’ll never see now) and did that rarest of things in a politician – she told us the inner workings of a Labour party involved in its own internal civil war. They’re a branch office – her words and that will damn them long term.
As I keep on saying – WHEN there is a Tory UKIP alliance in May, when fracking goes under peoples’ houses, when the next war comes along, while the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and all the other things the YES supporters warned would happen actually do, everyone who voted no never gets to open their mouths again to complain.
They voted for this so called democracy – they have to stew in it now.
Mullet,
There are three ways to bridge the deficit. Raise taxes, or cut spending. Or you could borrow to invest, hoping that – whilst overall debt will go up in the sort term – investment will lead to more jobs being created and therefore raise the tax take which will in turn eliminate the deficit.
What you don’t do is chase away the golden egg of your financial sector, and bet the farm on oil remaining at $113 per barrel.
That would just be stupid.
bamboo
11:14 on
13 December, 2014
These closed minded no voters should look across to our neighbors Norway and compare the standard of living between them and Scotland. Scotland could and should be enjoying a similar standard of living. Why anyone would want to be part of the London centered Westminster set-up is beyond me.
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And just how would you have filled the £10 billion/year gap in revenue with oil price falling through the floor due the USA becoming the world’s BIGGEST oil producer – North Sea losing upwards of 35,000 jobs – class sizes going up – teachers numbers falling – hospitals failing left,right and centre – wave energy industry abandoned – wind energy a ‘pig in a poke’ – tax set-up botched – corroboration bill a mess – policing centralised and corrupt – big brother guardian bill ill thought out and despised – 140.000 college places cut
YESNP disgustingly lied – they are now being exposed and ridiculed
Neganon, again the majority that voted yes did not do so because of some faux nationality.
The press tell us that democracy is about individuals voting for the best they can get for them. I like to think there are still people that have a think about others when they put their cross in the box.
Maybe not significant, but it was the tin of Irn Bru that put me off Murphy.
haud on a minute,
thats nicola at the my door with the polis,
i am off to the gulag for being a tim.
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who lies ?
Snake,
Sorry I am correct and you are wrong. It was 37% of the entire electorate who voted Yes, barely above the long-term trend in independence support.
Sounds like the neverendum debate in full swing – team for tomorrow
Gordon
Fisher, VVD, Efe, Izzy
Johansen, Brown, Henderson, Bitton
Stokes, BJG
see that falling oil price , see that tory gideon guy , what was his predictions for the price of a barrel and how did he account for that in the next budget ?
whats that skippy ?
the govt forecast is higher than it is now
no way
Anyone know if you can get the free ticket offer from the Celtic shops?
Well NegAnon, Its 90 years since brother turned on brother in this Country, and believe it or not there is still bitterness in some hearts. The younger generation know nothing about it of course, and with the passing of the older generation it will be finally consigned to History. The situation in Scotland is nothing compared to what happened here of course but I can readily believe that friendships have been broken and that is indeed regrettable.
As Dominic Behan put it in his song, The Patriot Game, “The Love of one’s Country is a Terrible Thing”.
gene’s a bhoy’s name
11:33 on 13 December, 2014
Forrest will play. Henderson won’t (bench). And it’ll be a 4-3-3. Hope your right and Fisher plays.
Gene’s a Bhoy’s name
Gordon
Fisher, VVD, Efe, Izzy
Johansen, Broonie Bitton
Stokes,
BJG Scepovic
ItaliaBhoy
11:33 on
13 December, 2014
Snake,
Sorry I am correct and you are wrong. It was 37% of the entire electorate who voted Yes, barely above the long-term trend in independence support.
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what was the exact % of the entire electorate who voted no then ?
Good morning Ghuys
Any other games off other than Hearts?
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
eddieinkirkmichael
11:34 on
13 December, 2014
Anyone know if you can get the free ticket offer from the Celtic shops?
aye, i think you can bud.
I would never consider myself a nationalist, yet I find if I vote SNP that is what unionists would call me. I was a labour voter from my very first vote until the Iraq war, now the only party I will support is the SNP. For me the UK is as dead as a Dodo.
Hail Hail.
Saint Stivs,
The point is oil makes up 2% of UK GDP, but nearly 20% of Scotland’s.
Therefore the current collapse in the price would affect an independent Scotland much more than the larger, broader, more diverse economy of the UK.
You should read “The Prize” by Daniel Yergin. It is a history of the oil industry and shows how the price has always been vulnerable to political manipulation, war, economic disaster and skullduggery.
In short, no-one can accurately predict how the price will rise or fall, and falls have more than once taken entire economies over a cliff (as might be about to happen in Russia today).
To base so much of your economy on a high oil price is insanity. Total insanity.
ItaliaBhoy so what % of the entire electorate voted No? H H Hebcelt
leftclicktic
11:35 on 13 December, 2014
Gordon
Fisher, VVD, Efe, Izzy
Johansen, Broonie Bitton
Commons,
BJG, Scepovic
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
gary67
Forrest for bitton then -thought jamie was carrying a knock
Engerland lose the odi series in SriLanka
cricketquicknewsCSC
tom mclaughlin
11:21 on 13 December, 2014
The Labour Party are now an irrelevance in Scotland. Never thought I’d ever be able to say that.
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That simply is not the case.
I read Martin Odegard is training with Bayern Munich.
petethebeat,
Camu Camu .. …
a bit pricey but worth it.
eddieinkirkmichael
give me 2 mins
Saint Stivs,
I think 48% of the entire electorate voted No.
But they don’t go around with wee “The 55!” badges on…
sorry last answer for hebcelt
eddieinkirkmichael
Coatbrige shop saying has to be ticket office bud, just phoned them
http://www.celticfc.net/tickets
Italia Bhoy
None of them would – they are too ashamed to admit it and so they all should be.