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.
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A few more Auldheid’s in our ranks and this cheating mob would be exposed.
Hail Hail tae you Sir.
auldheid,
I wasn’t trying to demean all that you do to fight the battle against the slanted system, I just think the cards are stacked, as they always have been.
It won’t be reported in the smsm but I reckon the huns will be fighting amongst themselves in their crumbling stands come the next season…their sites are full off…Who’s sitting on my seat because I didn’t renew!
A lot of entertainment ahead.
Auldheid
Isn’t PL conflicted then as an SFA board member?
Margaret McGill @ 01-13,
And that is it,bang on the button.
Tricoloured Ribbon
With respect you do not know that.
If it turns out Rangers use of ebts ( the big tax case variety which the UTT is examine not the unlawful ebts of the wee tax case that everyone is ignoring because of the inconvenient truth they show) then the UK taxpayer will have been robbed of circa £75 million.
This will have happened in the SFA’S watch so questions will be asked. One national journo who has all the evidence is waiting for the UTT.
The consequences of that decision cannot be swept under the table as LNS himself said he was dealing with lawful payments that will not be lawful.
If HMRC lose then the unpalatable truth Celtic supporters will have to face is they never cheated (the two wee tax case ebts apart).
So whilst the current efforts might not bring about a different state of affairs, if HMRC win it’s a new ball game especially if LNS is discredited so that it cannot be used as a reason not to deal with the truth.
They will still be about ok but the attitude towards them will turn on the UTT.
You may be right but the loser will be Scottish football.
fred c. dobbs
01:38 on 29 June, 2014
They have been utterly exposed as cheats and criminals.
That’s the point!
Margaret McGill
In what way? His responsibility is first and foremost to Celtic and it’s shareholders.
The events Res12 looks at precedes his time on SFA Board.
He will want an SFA that is clean professional and above censure and the SFA members will want the same.
So where is the conflict?
Kojo
I am in agreement – a bit anyway.
Sammi is gone regardless of all the wishful thinking here and elsewhere.
He was a member of the Celtic family and was committed to the Celtic cause, but too often found himself a casualty of the tactics and team shape preferred in the SPL. His contribution was evaluated on that basis and on his age. He has gone even thought he wanted to stay. Thus he joins a long list of Celtic heroes that were forced to leave the club when they didn’t want to leave.
EG Jimmy Johnstone, Tommy Gemmell, Willie Wallace, John Hughes etc.
He will remain a hero and nothing that has happened in this World Cup will change that or convince the new management team that he should be back at Celtic.
We will welcome him back anytime, probably to do a Q &A on CQN after we publish his book. :o)
HH
Sipsini
I sometime remind myself of the saying ” no need to push the river it is flowing all by itself” I really hope it is true.
The biggest problem they refuse to face is themselves.
auldheid
01:49 on 29 June, 2014
He represents the SFA the institution Celtic are supposed to challenge
What am I missing?
Margaret McGill,
To some internet bampots yes.
To the world…no.
Auldheid,
There are plenty of ifs and buts in there but the bottom line for me does not matter about the truth.If all further decisions about the Huns are taken behind closed doors in SCOTLAND they are home and dry.HMRC or not.
The Craft will sort it.
Aiden Bhoy 1.32
I agree but it is a matter of timing.
We must be certain of the truth before we march to the top of the hill. There is a key piece of the jigsaw missing.
Celtic are trying to get it but if SFA resist on confidentiality grounds that might be the time to force things via social media.
The SFA however are more likely to fear Res12 being passed than any social media rummy so we wait.
rammy not rummy
Tri coloured
It depends on it staying inside Scotland but if it does then chances are it will all be buried.
As I said what a country.
Where there’s a rummy ye usually get a rammy.
Night Bhoys :O).
Margaret McGill
He represents Celtic. You seem to be missing that.
Celtic pay him not the SFA. PL will know on what side his bonus is buttered.
What are you suggesting? That he will try and protect an organisation in need of reform to make it professional and ignore the folk who pay his wages?
Right bed time. Gnight Oz
Auldheid,
That mo chara,will be the crux.
As soon as I heard in the past about Sevco tax cases being ruled in Edinburgh it was a foregone conclusion what was going to be the outcome.
Auldheid,
Goodnight pal.
auldheid,
In in other words, let the pish flow free.
Until the the sewer bursts.
That’ll do me.
Bedtime for me, love your insight Auldheid. HH
auldheid
02:08 on 29 June, 2014
No. He represents Celtic shareholders
So why did he join the SFA in the first place?
I think Paul 67 would be a good proxy to deliver res 12
Have you asked him?
Good night Auldheid and thanks for all the time you have committed to this
Just playing devils advocate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhkdy0AOpaM
delaneys dunky
Cheers bhud
Trying to go sober
Not easy
Managed 10 days
Relapsed tonight
It feels so good
Like an old friend
Came back into my life
Don’t like myself
Self loathing
I know it’s not me
But circumstances
Jack Daniels
Or John
If you’ve known him as long as I have
(Copyright Scent of a Woman)
J Titor,
When you been?
http://youtu.be/AEzTdBJUHO8
Traveller bhoy.
Costa Rica. Greece
Congrats to whoever gets thru
Holland Mexico
Hopefully holland
Mexico are a bad tempered shower of shits
Another wonderful Jay & Sammi video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldbpWwd8bdY
Goodnight to all Tims worldwide.TAL
http://youtu.be/oRdDnpkR3AQ
Travellerbhoy
Mon the Celts!
My wee sis came to see me
4 weeks ago
She lives in Salford
I live in Livingston
She stayed for 5 days
We got miraculous
Skimmed everything
I took her to see the Celtic Way
We can’t talk
About anything
It was a relief when she went home
I don’t talk to my other sister in Dundee either
6 of a family
3 dead
3 barely alive
Too painful
If we talked
We would have to relive
Those days
Where screams filled the night
And realisation filled the days
So we pretend
And face life
As if
We are normal
margaret mcgill
02:35 on 29 June, 2014
Costa Rica. Greece
Congrats to whoever gets thru
Holland Mexico
Hopefully holland
Mexico are a bad tempered shower of shits
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Is that supposed to be a joke?
Travellerbhoy
HH mate, how y’all doing?
Great to see you posting.
TC45
16 roads – celtic über alles…
03:09 on 29 June, 2014
Why?
Wife is Dutch and Sammi is Greek. I know where my priorities lie …
Magill – Do you know any Mexican people?
Yer on the wind-up, a hope ye are anyway.
HH.
16 roads – celtic über alles…
03:17 on 29 June, 2014
Oh yeah I know many Mexicans
The Mexican team however are a bad tempered shower of shits
Your point being?