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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thecelt45
Cheers fhriend
Playing catch up.
So it’s ok to sing Boys of the Old Brigade at a Celtic function where the Chairman is in attendance but those singing would criticise Tims singing it at the football and the aforementioned Chairman would be complicit in handing the details of those responsible to the authorities.
The hypocrisy stinks.
Magill – Yer head’s up yer whizzer.
Ye don’t know anyhing about the Mexican football team.
The Netherlands?
Absolutely ridiculous.
HH.
16 roads – celtic über alles…
03:28 on 29 June, 2014
I watched them play I’m 3 WC games so far and watched them get beat by Bosnia 3 weeks ago
They are a bad tempered shower of shits
Your point being?
Holland look good so far
What’s a whizzer?
16 roads – celtic über alles…
03:28 on 29 June, 2014
Gotcha
Free standing “Spinning Eggs” often found in childrens playgrounds are also known as “Whizzers”
I see what you mean
Hod oan
Naw I dinny
Care to elaborate?
Magill – My point being this – not every member of the Mexican football team is bad tempered.
Get it?
You don’t know who people have their money on in these games.
HH.
My da was in the jail again
She got us up at 5
Go and find a bus
For the tattie picking
Standing at the side of the road
6 in the morning
We got picked up
A days work
No lunch
Good people
Took pity on us
Home
Walked in
Orgy
Tried to run
Dragged back
Hate her
Buried in Perth
The home payed for a stone for her grave
It’s never been tended
My father must have loved her
She had 6 and lost one
My kids ask about their gran
I say she died when I was young
When I was young
She was very much alive
margaret mcgill
03:41 on 29 June, 2014
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Catch yerself on ffs.
It means that yer head’s up yer hole, sure ye know that.
Yer full of sh@te,basically.
16 roads – celtic über alles…
03:47 on 29 June, 2014
I see
I’m affecting betting?
Is that it?
Goodnight my fhriends
Therapeutic as always
HailHail
Magill – Seriously.
Yer a good laugh sometimes, but ye simply cannot say things about an entire football team.
Granted, maybe one or two players are bad tempered.
So what?
People are speculating on the outcome of these contests.
Constructive criticism, not a bother.
Not that nonsense though.
Ye are better than that.
HH.
16 roads – celtic über alles…
03:47 on 29 June, 2014
Didn’t realize you were Mexican
Apologies
Travellerbhoy – Yer an absolute legend chief.
Sleep well brave Celt.
HH.
16 loafs
All I meant was:
I hope Holland win and when it comes to Costa Rica Greece may the best team win
I didn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition
Magill – Lol I know chief, was only on the wind-up there.
Sorry.
Have got 10 x tenners on Mexico @ 3/1 though. ;)
God bless ye.
HH.
Anyway:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=reUV5e-bXuw
Slan.
16 roads – celtic über alles…
04:08 on 29 June, 2014
All the best
Take care of yourself!
Aff oot!
Mexico querido y lindo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVQGxFDINng
Interesting night at the irish csc’s main even by the sounds of it.
Saw poster on twitter for it and was suprised with the bands on.. Good bands by the way.
Can totally see where HT is coming from.
Just back from my hols. In Canada had a great time, lovely people, and from my Hun pal who lurks here, a wee song for Boydie.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mci1xkJWIu4&feature=youtu.be
Macjay
Did you not see this wan on the side ;)))
http://youtu.be/pAs7U1dyesQ
HH
Morning Celts
Bright and sunny along the Fylde coast, great morning for a 50ml cycle, I’ll be the wan wearing the Green and white (thumbs up).
KTF
hamiltontim
03:21 on 29 June, 2014
Playing catch up.
So it’s ok to sing Boys of the Old Brigade at a Celtic function where the Chairman is in attendance but those singing would criticise Tims singing it at the football and the aforementioned Chairman would be complicit in handing the details of those responsible to the authorities.
The hypocrisy stinks.
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The stench of hatred you have for this man has no boundaries, you honestly need to lighten up, don’t take my word for it, but PL is a Tim, but you go right ahead and highlite a Celtic night he attended where they sang TBOTOB, SMSM loves guys like you to stick us right in there, I’m sure your happy.? Who needs enemies eh?
TD……..PL wasn’t at the function.
vmhan – ynwa wee oscar
08:06 on 29 June, 2014
Hang on to that weather for next week.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Bankier then?
Or who ever it was still a predictable shot at the board, it’s becoming worse than the dead clubs story, in my opinion.
Morning all.
That Peter Lawell really needs to get a grip, how many jobs does he want?
I miss read that, my appols, to the poster.
The law governing what can be sung in a football ground in Scotland is different from what can be sung in a bar in Ireland. No hypocrisy. Just obeying the law in the country you are in. Not difficult is it?
Good morning friends from dry, sun kissed Auchterarder!
arranmore
08:31 on 29 June, 2014
The law governing what can be sung in a football ground in Scotland is different from what can be sung in a bar in Ireland. No hypocrisy. Just obeying the law in the country you are in. Not difficult is it?
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That I totally get.
Morning Jobo getting up in 6 hours to drive to Auckland and I will lookin oot the windae soon to check that you are getting these weather reports right. Enjoy Auckterardour, must be whisky in there somewhere. TD67 good to hear you enjoyed your trip, just about to start ours. Hail Hail. Hope big Sammie stands tall for the Hellas, expecting a Greek Tragedy though.
TD
The official Celtic party left shortly after the meal to fly back to Glasgow as they are flying out to Austria this morning. Only big Yogi was there until the near the end – he went to his bed around 3am and it was still going strong!
A Celtic event in a beautiful country hotel – what is not to like?
Incidentally what is controversial about singing BOTOB in DUBLIN?
In my view the controversy should be that it is illegal to sing it in Scotland.
World Cup seems to have passed me by. Ok to get up in wee small hrs to watch the Hoops, but nae for teams I am no interested in
Anyway we are back in action soon
No new signings
We walked the league , but we were poor in all cups and Europe
Teams just seem to walk through our midfield , we had one player who helped stop that , big Vic. But he was sold purely for the balance sheet with a detriment to the team on the park
We all know the fringe players are not good enough
Soo. Signings please and quick as let’s be honest. No champions league, no season
Oh and punt the dross ASAP pukki , Balde , derk. Taxi please. They were no very good elsewhere and showed no promise elsewhere and have continued that at Celtic park.
arranmore
08:31 on 29 June, 2014
‘The law governing what can be sung in a football ground in Scotland is different from what can be sung in a bar in Ireland. No hypocrisy. Just obeying the law in the country you are in. Not difficult is it?’
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If the song was being sung as people were watching a regulated football game on television then the ‘offence’ would be covered by S.10 of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012.
So, yes, it is quite difficult.
Morning Timland from a very warm sunkist hun free mountain valley.
So it’s looking like we are going into the qualifiers with what we have.
Unneccessary pressure immediatly on the two onnys imo, but they like us will just have to suck it up.
Interesting reading Auldheid last night, I sense a realisation from him that they have indeed won the war, if it all hinges on the UTT, which from where I am sitting will go in their favour, the games is a bogey mi amigos.
Still the suits from all the clubs can look forward to having thems back next season and the return of the status quo.
Back of the bus CSC
HH