I suspect we have not seen the best of Daryl Murphy, who has proven to be a solid Championship and fleeting Premier League player in England but has been unable to retain a place in the SPL, but his hamstring injury, suffered after the long flight to Pennsylvania, will be a blow on two levels for Celtic. They are denied a squad player for the crucial Champions League play-off round against Helsingborgs and are likely to unable to loan him out, easing more pressure from payroll.
Daryl was singled out for credit (here) for the way he changed the shape of Celtic in our opening league game of the season against Aberdeen. He would have been useful to Neil Lennon this coming week.
News that Helsingborgs have lost their top striker is welcome but is not quite ‘like signing a new player’ for Celtic. Let’s hope they haven’t lost their Kenny Miller only to find their Jordan Rhodes.
There can seldom have been more financially important games to the club than the Helsingborgs tie. Celtic accounts are usually released mid-August (16th last year) but I don’t anticipate any rush to publish this year. Last season’s accounts could well see the largest loss in our history as the club chased their first league win in four years (insert standard lecture on financial responsibility program, avoid urge to run legacy Sir David Murray malware).
I expect the figures to show Celtic are operating with a Champions League budget (and that’s without evading tax). Football finance lessons are clear, if you have a Champions League budget you need Champions League income. Time for this team to step up to the challenge. Get along and pack the place out on the 29th.
No regrets this time.
Bed early tonight if you are off to Dingwall in the morning. I hope we see a few of the young lads.
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It always warms my heart after reading anything from FF to think, that a life long rangers man Craig Whyte ruined their club.
lennon’s passion
17:18 on
17 August, 2012
John Collins left Celtic for money. Paul McStay played for the jersey,the fans. Enough said.
If I recall correctly, McStay’s career came to an end when Fergus, noting that he had missed much of the previous season due to injuries, offered him a pay per appearance contract.
Whers the next – previous – and home button?
FF are seething that an Irish sounding Judge should be on the independent panel. Nimm O’ Smith?
If we fail the make the CL group stages.
We better prepare for the sale of our most saleable players.
It is a must that we reduce our considerable losses.
Would a spent of £10m earlier in the window have led to CL group income of £15m.
We will never know?
A67
PFayr
Both Engish counsel.
Monaghan
These reptiles are terrified of a tribunal dealing with them impartially …they are so used to their brothers helping them out
Bloke 109
Yes. Spiers had this inexplicable rant about Zappa over a period of weeks and I, like a few others, couldn’t get our heads round why this was happening in a sports column (especially since the writer clearly had no knowledge of his, or any, music)
awe_naw_no_annoni_oan_anaw_noo
You’ll have to buy me flowers first
quonno
19:07 on 17 August, 2012
Where did Paul play after leaving Celtic.
pfayr
Not only are they so used to it, they believe it’s right. They have no conception of justice, equity or honesty.
Evening bhoys, so hot, but not to worry, it’s hun free.
Saw a daily ranger today, trawled through the sports pages, all about the hun love in, how they will have a world record with the crowd the morra, puke renching stuff, went back on the stand.
Fiesta time here, quiet night in, enjoy the peace without the grandweans for a night, missing them already :<((
Serious problems on the injury front, hope the young fellas give a good account of themselfs the morra, I have faith they will.
Bass bhoy
Ok I will leave the diamond necklace at home ;-)
HH
awe_naw_no_annoni_oan_anaw_noo
Cheepnis!
Just skimmed STV and BBC Scotland’s football previews. You would think that yon deid team were are the top of the SPL rather than in the middle of the 4th tier of Scottish football. Their rabble rouser manager is allowed to defend his indefensible behaviour without any dissenting voice. No wonder he feels he can say what he likes; Scotland’s “sports” media lap up every word he utters. Shocking if only too predictable. Let them rot.
Bellamy playing for Cardiff tonight.
Rhodes out for Huddersfield.
C’mon Big Malky give us 3-1.
I probably know the answer to this one,but did any
of our esteemed journalists ask Sally why he demanded to know
the tribunals names when he already knew them
Normally I would be up for us trumping any records the Huns attain
As for the one they are so excited about attaining tomorrow ….that’s one they can keep
Stupid stupid Huns
Googybhoy
Is Rhodes out as in not playing ?
gordybhoy64
To be fair to him, Alasdair Lamont put it to McCoist that the identities of the panel members were known to Rangers staff, therefore he must surely have already known their names when he demanded to know who they were. McCoist stuck to his story, saying he ‘honestly’ didn’t know (which means he’s either lying, stupid, or both – your call!).
Andrew67
19:11 on 17 August, 2012
If we fail the make the CL group stages.
We better prepare for the sale of our most saleable players.
It is a must that we reduce our considerable losses.
Would a spent of £10m earlier in the window have led to CL group income of £15m.
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Spend 10 million, maybe not get in to the CL – £10 Million more in debt?
Spend it and get in to the CL? Make £5 Mill and reduce debt by that amount, possibly!
Not worth the risk.
We should be good enough to beat Helsingborgs without spending £10 million that we don’t have!
Up over goal
I’ll go for both
gordybhoy64
19:34 on 17 August, 2012
I probably know the answer to this one,but did any
of our esteemed journalists ask Sally why he demanded to know
the tribunals names when he already knew them
Why not ask why he reffered to himself in the same statement as a Rangers fan that needed to know?
He has no baws. Why not just tell us who they were with their addresses and phone numbers so the the knuckledraggers can do their worst?
PF Ayr
LOL……
The Clyde Comedy Show is like a Black Comedy Show tonight ……. If they get beat tomorrow, I will need a sedative ……..
….pfayr
The Huns are embarrassed about where they are. They”re not excited about having a ‘record’ crowd tomorrow, they are just trying to say ‘look at us, we’re a big team’
Robertressel/ Andrew
We don’t need to spend £10m …we do need a CB …we surely could have got one of them in at least
PFayr and others
There’s lots of interest in this lad Rhodes. T.b.h. I’ve never seen the lad play and wouldn’t recognise him if he passed me in the street.
Why hasn’t he been picked up by a low level EPL team who would consider 3 or 4 million quid as loose change if he was highly rated?
THE EXILED TIM
19:24 on 17 August, 2012
Evening bhoys, so hot, but not to worry, it’s hun free.
Saw a daily ranger today, trawled through the sports pages, all about the hun love in, how they will have a world record with the crowd the morra, puke renching stuff, went back on the stand.
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The DR knows that Celtic supporters are by and large finished with it never to return. It relies on the bluenosed pound. I wouldn’t have a problem with it if they were honest and just came out and said ‘we favour newco and don’t like Celtic very much’.
It really is the DAily Ranger – they should just admit it.
I laughed at the on line love fest in todays edition. Who would want to highlight such a pointless record? It is embarrassing.
Mark Benstead, dunno if he’s still with Real Radio – he’s been on SSN of late, asked McCoist ‘how important did you feel it was to take a stand on this matter?’
Seriously, what kind of rubbishy journo asks that? Planted nonsense to allow McCoist the platform.
up over goal/googybhoy,
cheers for the replies,wasnt aware anyone had asked him
and i am sure he was lying through his teeth if he denied
knowing who the panel were
PF Ayr – I agree – we have needed one for a while. And you are right, there is middle ground. I still think we are good enough.
Time will tell.
PFayr
I guess this will again fall on deaf ears but I reckon one or two more than decent players are holding off signing until it’s known where our European football will be played.
I can’t blame the players and equally there’s little Celtic can do about it meantime.
EDB
The EPL have a bad habit of disregarding strikers from lower leagues …look at Hooper and contrast that with the money that was paid for Carroll on the back of one successful Championship season …
Also they have an inflated idea of the quality of the EPL
….PFayr
19:15 on
17 August, 2012
Monaghan
These reptiles are terrified of a tribunal dealing with them impartially …they are so used to their brothers helping them out
The Orcs probably feel like a Sumo Wrestler having to walk a tightrope across an abyss…or the FPLG having to go through the rigors of an enforced diet.
Bloke 109
Take stand re what ..pathetic attempt at bully boy tactics ..
Daily Record? Read today that their sales have dropped 9.73% from last year, while the Sunday Mail is down 22.42%.
Selected others:
Scotland on Sunday: down 14.97%
Sunday Post: down 14.16%
Interesting times.
Bass bhoy
I’m a miserable son of a bitch. Am I a boy or a lady, I don’t know which ;-)
HH
EDB
I think you may be right
The Helsingborg games are the biggest games we have had for a while
PFayr
Good point well made. That takes me onto King Kenny. I think he should have hung up his managerial boots following his Barnes fiasco.
That said he didn’t appoint himself to the Liverpool post last time around.