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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I now pay around £200 less per season for my ST than I did previously.
Seems like downsizing for the cost of my ST to me but hey let’s not say anything in favour the board.
Kev j’s logins aren’t subject to downsizing either it seems :)
El Diego Bhoy
Hiya, Pal… ??
N.. no tae Fur Get.. ye Two Cuties..as well.
Nice tae See Ye ..
Yes, the Celtic Board ur Daeing a Great Joab..awright..
n..
You hiv that Wad o’ Extra Dough in Yer Pooch..
That Damn well..
PROVES IT!
Nice Chattin’.. pally.. as Alwiz
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
Hi-diddle-dee-dee(tis an actors life for me)
17:13 on
27 June, 2014
Jungle Jim
17:09 on 27 June, 2014
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Seems that, every aspect of Celtic Football Club is subject to downsizing
apart from two specific areas…..Peter Lawwells bonus and, fan admission prices.
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i do not know enough about PL bonus to comment but when my ST has been reduced by £100 then your final words sound somewhat out of kilter with reality.
Guyfawkesaforeverhero
Thanks for that, its pretty much as I remember apart from the bit where I add on an extra minute of injury time when Ronnie scored the winner. Think it was a 95th minute winner at last time of telling. I know RG went to Barnsley and did well, whats he doing now, anyone know ?
HH
The ole Williams sisters are direct descendants of Tennessee Williams.
Wimbers CSC
iki
Agreed, my ST is now below £300. Pensioner and all that. What’s not to like? :-))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
iki
17:32 on 27 June, 2014
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I think you’ll find that the £100(dressed up as a thank you)
was knocked off because the stadium was half empty/full.
Is that not a fact ?
Peter Gets the Big Bucks..
Because..
o’ that ole Pesky.. but, sae Trew.. Rule…
“Folks, ye only get Whit ye Pey Fur!”
Pete,is Good at whit he Diz..
n.. He deserves all the Reward Money … that we kin Afford tae Pey Him..
That is How it Woiks,pal..
If ye ur Good at Whit Ye dae..
Then.. Good Fortune wull Shine oan Ye..
Ah know awe aboot that!
n..
Ah hiv bin..
Bounteously. well.. Rewarded.
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
adding the 2 hat trick scorers
who were on losing side verse celtic
already mentioned
I found 2
total 4
30th mar 1955-league
plumb-east fife…3-5…celtic
13th jan 1962-league
Irvine-Dundee utd…4-5…celtic
26th oct 1975-league cup final
harper-celtic…6-3…hibernian
20th nov 1976-league
Gibson-hearts…3-4…celtic
any more
hail hail
twentyfirstofmaynineteenseventynine
17:34 on
27 June, 2014
Guyfawkesaforeverhero
Thanks for that, its pretty much as I remember apart from the bit where I add on an extra minute of injury time when Ronnie scored the winner. Think it was a 95th minute winner at last time of telling. I know RG went to Barnsley and did well, whats he doing now, anyone know ?
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Think has has a business selling fire extinguish equipment!!!!!
LiviBhoy
15:10
Apologies for the late reply.
I wasn’t disagreeing with your main point just wanting to clarify which memorial the match was fundraising for.
I live in Edinburgh too and agree entirely with the points you make to macjay1 at 15:28.
Hi-diddle-dee-dee
Do you think ‘the dressed up thank you’ retained for last season and this worked?
Ole Venus’s cardigan is on shoogly peg.
bournesouprecipe
17:48 on 27 June, 2014
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That remains to be seen though, I think that the John Collins effect on the Celtic on field side of things will impact positively on the crowds.
Like some posters, I would like Celtic Park to have a standing section, obviously with the seats back in again for European games.
I’m gutted!
Miss Giorgi was eliminated from Wimbers yesterday.
HH!!
Shortie –
“Tax Fugitive Jailed for 11.6m Scam”
…………….penny for wee davie’s thoughts when he read that one.
Hi-diddle-dee-dee
Not a fan of standing sections I’m an oldie that stood in the jungle on beer cans, it’s retrograde, and will spoil the aesthetics of an all seater stadium and I’m surprised Celtic appear to have acceded to the young ones demands, – we shall see. If the younger fans get their wish and it promotes the GB type atmos, I back it. Despite a European wide ST demise Celtic are in pretty good shape for next year, and beyond.
Frankmarker
Well dug out, thankfully a bit before my time
Nye Bevans
just what I thought, he always had the look of a fire extinguisher salesman did Ronnie.
Cheers for your replies
HH
Venus Williams is six foot one, in her bare feet.
bourne
how did you find that out ? you certainly seem to have the measure of her.
Money —–Money ——-Money .
The Palermo media are claiming that Norwich are willing to give Palermo 4 million euros for a player descibed by the Palermo Manager thus – ” a womaniser who doesnt turn up for training and is incapable of doing what he is told-he has to go “.
Scorchio -way down south .
Venus eclipsed.
……..and…in other news
ZOMBOYDIE has returned to asbestox…………..
…Is this one of those rare examples of a rat swimming towards a
sinking ship?
HH
twentyfirst
PunsUrUs CSC
bankie
The Sevco ‘strike force’ will have a combined age of 65.
bournesouprecipe
18:04 on 27 June, 2014
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That was grand thanks.
weefra
i had a look around for you but think it was just our local flute band departing from their practice session ahead of their weekend jollies
STV show the only goal Boyd has scored against us, sad barstewards.
Hail! Hail!
bourne
hahaha, one too many magners on day off
crappattercsc
Charlie Muldini has changed his tune from a couple of weeks back.
Roy Keane is exactly the type of manager this club needs.
I have spoken to the manager(RD) and will be happy to play
anywhere for him.
bournesouprecipe,
In the works changing room today, the huns were heralding having the best strike force in Scotland.
I showed them your link of the hun geriatric changing room…didn’t go down well :)
6 M[illion for a striker…..celtic more interested in getting 3 for that price….doesn’t matter if they are duds…..3 better value in their eyes……heard sale of sb”s are down on last year……no doubt more duds will be brought in to try increase the sales
Competing with the crazies ——
” I watched Fabio Capello blaming everything on anti Russian referees . He sounded like a man trying to hang on to a job which pays him £38k euros a day .”
Sicilian radio pundit ———-27 6 14
BSR
……….the Tarbolton scowler (pen)……….is much older
…………….. a dinosaur in fact
– Oldus Firmmus giganticahun.
sipsini
Thems signing players has to be a grey area?
Paul 67
If Celtic got access to greater revenue via the league that they play in or a better Tv deal, they would not spend in excess of what they draw in, that is the philosophy of the board, the madness which needs to be addressed by those who run the game is that they allow small clubs with small supports to spend vast ammounts of money compared to income, I can see it you can see it every blogger on here can see it, why is nothing done?
Wee fat sleekit Ally is building a team of geriatrics over at Ibrokes I hear he is thinking of becoming player manager as he scours the Country for more golden oldies to please the fifteen thousand season ticket holders.It is believed he is in the late stages of talks with big Terry Butcher for centre back and captain. H.H.