Ciftci, Stein, and the Audit

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I’m pleased to read Ronny Deila ask for patience with Nadir Ciftci, the player needs a bit of support right now. Had Nadir knocked a goal or two in against our Icelandic opponents, Stjarnan, he would have been in a different zone at the moment, but he missed a few chances – not uncommon among players newly arrived at a club, and has since found opportunities limited by a domestic suspension.

Dundee United started training after Celtic, so Nadir was behind the curve during those games against Stjarnan. Without a full 90 minutes in a month, he will still have ground to make up when we resume after the international break, but he’ll hopefully feel the benefit of the work he’s put in on the training field in recent weeks.

Remember the Jock Stein Charity Match, which takes place at East End Park, Dunfermline on Sunday, kick-off 2pm. There’s a host of former players are playing, including Tom Boyd, Chris Sutton, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Neil Lennon and Stiliyan Petrov, while several from the Hollywood set are also playing, including James McAvoy, Martin Compston and Gianni Capaldi.

Funds from the event go to the Celtic and Dunfermline Foundations. You can pay at the gate to mark the 30th anniversary of Jock’s passing. There’s going to be a lot of memories on that field.

Three years after football fans in Scotland became experts in insolvency law, we now have to become familiar with Serious Organised Crime (I had to look up what it was today). The Scottish Government suggest it involves “drugs, human trafficking and fraud”.

Fraud is one of the small number of crimes where a life imprisonment sentence can be imposed on someone convicted of the crime in Scotland (it carries a maximum of 10 years in England). Even if you were 100% innocent of all charges and the possibility of contamination from dubious characters, the sheer scale of the matters in hand would be an enormous worry.

My hunch is that conspiracies and criminal plans to subvert information are difficult to maintain under the weight of these charges.

I’ve been looking all morning but cannot find what I’m searching for. Does anyone know of an enterprise which operates in the shadow of a Serious Organised Crime investigation which has been able to raise money which didn’t come from the proceeds of Serious Organised Crime?

I’m sure the audit will be just fine.

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  1. Captain Beefheart on

    Primary focus should be about Celtic – good and bad. The Old Firmists have no ambition. Beating Rangers will suffice.

     

     

    I will leave it to others to blog police. My point wasn’t about curtailing free speech.

     

     

    Ger57, calm yourself man, its only a blog. Relax. Your attention is sweet but unnecessary.

  2. Celticrollercoaster supporting Shay,our bhoy wonder along the way on

    We decided that this time we would offer a limited supply of badges and cufflinks to make it a very special edition. ( albeit we could be tempted later), but for now Doc and Bundoran Bhoy each have a limited supply of badges to sell, being 167 each.

     

     

    CRC has 88 pairs of cufflinks to sell ( so that needs to be doubled to count in comparison to the badges). Mountblow Tim already pre-ordered 3 sets this morning

     

     

    We all agreed the figures in advance.

     

     

    So when we all sell out I wonder who will win :-)

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  3. When I win, everyone will know!

     

    Available by post, at CQN corner on match days(Pools Office) and of course at the Hootenanny.

  4. TBJ says Wee Oscar Knox is in heaven with the angels on

    Sips

     

     

    Rumours eh – )

     

     

    I have a lovely partner these days – might even abandon my goan holiday to visit her family in warsaw this christmas

  5. Canman

     

    Well said.

     

    I had a look see back over some posts I made at the time they went into admin, the same as you, the real culprits in this will walk, they are protected, always have been, always will be, the cabal should never be underestimated.

     

    And of course they won’t get a fair trial, the smsm have made sure of that, I hope it comes back to bite them on the arse, they deserve it.

     

    HH

  6. Keep getting this image in my head of davy murray, Charlie, Craigy boy, Watty n Coisty out on the exercise yard with they arrowed pyjamas on and a pair of brown brogues without laces.

     

    Serious and dignified crime.

     

    Love laughin at that mob.

     

    HH

  7. Well done Wales.

     

     

    One match to go. Sunday vs Israel.

     

     

    Some odd results in the internationals tonight, glad I never put a coupon on!

  8. CRC/Doc/Bundoran

     

     

    Once again take a bow lads, your generosity of spirit is an example to us all.

  9. SFTB

     

     

    Stripping away all the blame baggage, or not, do you think we’re strong enough to go into this league and EL campaign with only two recognised strikers?

     

     

    (I’m discounting Stokes because the last time Ronny played him up front the Huns were still alive!)

  10. THE EXILED TIM on 3RD SEPTEMBER 2015 9:42 PM

     

    Oh, and well done Celtic & FC Bayern for your gestures today.

     

     

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    What gestures mate, if you don’t mind me asking. Haven’t heard anything today.

  11. Nice work bundoranbhoy, crc and doc. Once again always willing to give of yourselves for others. Doc not sure a picture of you on a badge will sell much :))

     

    How come no tie pin to match the cufflinks bhoys for us real dapper dans.

     

     

    Bundoranbhoy can I pick mine up in the rams.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    KTF

     

     

    UTLR

  12. Jungle Jim Hot Smoked on

    setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox on 3rd September 2015 9:02 pm

     

     

    I really enjoyed he humour in that reply to Beefy 0:-)

     

     

    JJ

  13. HT

     

     

    We are as strong as we are. Is it enough- no- not in my opinion. We should beat Molde and we should lose to Fenerbache. Ajax is he defining tie- they are not great but then neither are we so it should be interesting, especially if we can catch them cold in Amsterdam. I’d play The Fenian Lamp Post up front.

     

     

    Seriously in a 4:2:3:1 set up having two players to cover the front one position is just the same as having two left backs (though we have 3 now in Izzy, Blackett and Tierney, I see). In the unlikely event that Griff and Ciftci get knocked down by the same bus or by Keith Lasley, then we will have to play Stokes or Commons as the spearhead- fun and games, eh?

  14. crc/doc/bundoran bhoy,

     

    e mail sent re badges,

     

    you can fight each other to see who is credited with the sale

  15. glendalystonsils on

    Bundoran Bhoy – TEAM OSCAR FOREVER on 3rd September 2015 9:09 pm –

     

     

     

    I like your design best. Does that get me a discount?

  16. Bundoran Bhoy, he can order form you, that’s great, but he will order my badge:-)

     

     

    The Mhan is a dapper dresser after all.