News that Hull City had a £6m bid for Robert Snodgrass accepted took the wind out of my sails this morning. Snodgrass was one of the outstanding performers for clubs in the bottom half of the English Premier League last season, so it’s easy to understand his ticket price, despite only having a year left on his Norwich City contract.
He is a Celtic fan and has not hidden his desire to play for the club, but Hull City (good grief) are now bidding £6m for players from relegated clubs, after spending £8m on a Spurs squad filler.
This all begs the question, can we afford to compete with Hull City? Probably, yes, but we can no more afford to splurge £14m on a couple of players than Hull, who a year ago were reporting debts close to £80m.
We’re operating in an environment where indirect competitors for players are spending unsustainable amounts of money, pretty much like Rangers did for 20 years under Sir David Murray. For a few years after Fergus left, we played the same game as Rangers, running up millions of pounds of losses year after year, before pulling away from the edge, while they kept the pedal to the metal and careered into liquidation.
The decision not to match the Bank of Scotland money flowing into Rangers cost us trophies, and caused a great deal of dispute in the Celtic family, but story ended sweetly. So, so, sweetly.
The crash may never hit England, but the job for Celtic is to find a way of remaining competitive in the Champions League while matching income to expenditure.
Visit the CQN Bookstore to get Tommy Gemmell to sign your personal copy of his book, All the Best.
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Life lessons.
Today i learned that i am toooo old for 3×2 slabs.
a gon e :(
Previous life lessons.
Cold beer makes everything better :)
HT and DD
Note crowd…….
Bonus question anyone name a game where 8 Macs scored for
The hoops
Scorers: MacLeod (15), McClair (30), McClair (52), McInally (53), MacLeod (61), McClair (62), McInally (71), McClair (77)
Hamilton Accies:
McKellar, Brazil, Sprott, Speirs, Collins, McKee, Phillips (Mailer), Pelosi, Brogan, Craig, McCabe (Clarke)
Scorers: Craig (17), Mailer (79), McKee (84)
Referee: Sinclair (Forfar)
Attendance: 16,380
JC2
Celtic
Bonner, McGrain, Rogan, W McStay, Whyte, Grant, McClair, P McStay, McInally. MacLeod, Archdeacon
NU Subs: McGhee, Shepherd
Scorers: MacLeod (15), McClair (30), McClair (52), McInally (53), MacLeod (61), McClair (62), McInally (71), McClair (77)
Hamilton Accies:
McKellar, Brazil, Sprott, Speirs, Collins, McKee, Phillips (Mailer), Pelosi, Brogan, Craig, McCabe (Clarke)
Scorers: Craig (17), Mailer (79), McKee (84)
dontpatmadug
“But I do know that Pele wouldn’t be pole vaulting any fences :)”
If he uses the product he advertises, he won’t need a pole this time.
Great shot from Limond.
G64
Aye ok. I don’t like to judge. Good was maybe the wrong word. I was speaking to him last week. AC is aware of his crime and totally regrets it. I believe.
dontpatmadug
“Saving ma puns up for Dolly Parton. ”
You’ll no get much of them fur a pun
Celtic TV, I would appreciate some advice
Whether to get the £40 package or the Premium for £80.
The Club said that the content is the same but the Premium package gives better quality.
I have an Ipad and BT Infinity.
Does anyone know if it is worth paying the extra £40?
Paolo on now
Whits happened to the quizzing?
DO
not judging at all,posting from my phone and don’t know how to put a smilie or I would have added one,had a few dealings with A C a number of years ago and always found him a pleasant enough guy, not only that but he didn’t like the huns one bit
NBRS
A tenner on Chile & Colombia double for me.
Anyone know the price of a Chile v Argentina final? Had a dream that was the final and Papa Francis X1 won. :)
Ah…..Blonde.
Never forgot watching them…..well…..DH really…..on TOTP many many years ago and lets just say it was THE 1st spontaneous moment that i realised what girls did for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbdCpi4qTNY
Sorry for making you picture that.
So am I to deduce that Auchterarder tends to favour the ole flute bauns then?
Delayney’s Dunky –
don’t know the odds but I do know that he only way that Chile and Argentina can meet is in the final itself.
Really good bout between Limond and
Woodhouse,hard to call at the halfway
stage.
gordybhoy
Miss Giorgi oot!
I’m gutted!
Tennis can be a cruel sport.
HH!!
Nye
bookies have limond at 1-2
G64
Nae probs bud, grew up wi AC and we both crossed the border to set up home in Clydebank. He has done me and my family a few favours. Hope he has learned fae his major mistake. I think he has. :)
Tallybhoy
I know, watched her yesterday,she would have met the lovely miss Sharapova in the next round as well
setting free the bears supports Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
21:29 on
27 June, 2014
Given he is not punting yon gird yer loins tablets anymore (assuming they didnae work for him) then I think he would be in the tunneling crew.
Should add for me it was a toss up between him n Bobby ( do you like my emerald bracelet) Moore for best actor Oscar that year. Wark let himself down with his indecipherable accent.
MML why not go for the £40 pm deal making sure you can upgrade for for £40 if you are not happy with the quality I’ve got Premium and am very happy with it can’t comment on the other service. Hail Hail Hebcelt
Delaneys Dunky
21:40 on
27 June, 2014
NBRS
A tenner on Chile & Colombia double for me.
Anyone know the price of a Chile v Argentina final? Had a dream that was the final and Papa Francis X1 won. :)
……………….
28/1 according to this……
http://www.skybet.com/football/world-cup
gordybhoy64
1/4 after that round…not touching it.
TR
Thanks bud. Score on Chile v Papa’s X1 final tomorrow.
Hebcelt, will do, good suggestion.
BTW, 40 per month or 40 per annum. Website says the latter.
Thunder Road – as a young teenager, I remember watching Blondie on TOTP.
DH wearing a long shirt and thigh boots….mesmerised. Then told by my folks that I was sitting too close to the telly!!
Happy daze,
T4
MML sorry £40 pa or £80 pa Hail Hail Hebcelt
DD
Good luck with that!
I reckon you have a better chance of winning the pool next week ;)
This is gonna be Hollands moment.
Tooooo many times they have been soooo close.
They will do it this time.
Have a bang on that!
Excellent display from Willie Limond….great honest pro
Good effort from Woodhouse
Two gents …credit to the sport
What a great fight, two journey men pro’s giving
it their best.
Victor Loughlin from Paisley scored that a draw ….must be pished …Limond had two knock downs …nonsense
.
Feck..
I Get Man-Flu for the First time since 1988 and l Miss a Sammi Debate..;-(
Hellas..Ragin..
Summa
….PFayr supports WeeOscar
Split decision, shameful…..I despair, there was a
clear winner, after a hard bout.
T4
DH wearing a long shirt and thigh boots…
haha :)
At least i wasnt the only 1 :P
Were you THAT close that your parents couldn’t just throw a bucket of cold water over you?
Bhoys managed to get the Aberdour Hotel booked up for both Thursday and Friday next week! !! Lets get smashed :-) HH
TR – maybe I was spoiling the old man’s view, God rest him! :-)
T4
Wee Wayne Sleep is 5’2
Masterchef CSC
T4
Imagine how good it would have been in colour
Love