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Since July I’ve written about the over-dependence we have on Kris Commons as a creative player.  He’s pretty much our only option, and if he’s not fancied, injured, suspended or just off-form, we look like a team full of energy but without a key to open the door.

It may be that Ronny doesn’t figure on having a classic No. 10 in his team, and it’s more than possible that we won’t play one against European heavyweights, but against packed SPFL defences, we need someone who can create space in dangerous areas.

As we mentioned last month, some years ago Celtic reportedly looked at Bosnian international, Semir Stilic, while he was at Lech Poznan.  His star faded before a journey through Ukrainian and Turkish football before he returned to Poland with Wisla Krakow 12 months ago on an 18 month contract.  Since then he’s been a sensation and has kept Wisla in touch with the top of the table.

He’s refused a new contract offer from Wisla and is subject to a bid from Dinamo Zagreb, thought to be in the region of €250k.  He’s likely to be on circa €2k per week.  We’ve scouted the player, he’s soon out of contract, going cheap, on low wages, on form and we’re short of what he can give.

This is the kind of player Dinamo Zagreb pick up for buttons and enables them to compete as effectively as they did against Celtic with a fraction of our budget.  He has the making of an effective January signing.

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  1. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    RWE,

     

     

    You seem to discount that we are integral members and players in both organisations (SFA/SPFL) and our official three monkey stance with regards Resolution 12.

     

     

    HH

  2. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    DONTBRATTBAKKINANGER 1452

     

     

    Cancer like a silence grows.

  3. Really getting to the end of my tether with this situation with the Hun.

     

    I really really want someone from our club to put the boot in , tell them a few home truths and to hell with the SFA penalties.

     

    They seem to do as they wish , unhindered and u contradicted in the same club farce , clinging onto the LNS enquiry that no sporting advantage was gained.

     

    If our club cannot/ will not speak out, can we not as a support raise funds and take them to a court of law?

     

    Probably clutching at straws but what should be the best days are rapidly turning into the worst.

     

     

    I know that if we remain silent and let them away with this WE will pay for being spineless .

     

    We will pay because the support, already fractured will stay away in greater numbers.

     

    The time for action is now.

     

    We are Scotland’s premier club and must start behaving like it.

     

    If not I really fear for our future as many will not line up behind our behing our spineless OF loving board

  4. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon ....The angels are with Wee Oscar in Heaven.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    the green man

     

     

    14:56 on 4 January, 2015

     

     

    Just get a wee bit pissed off with the same tune coming from the same trumpets ……. there is a mountain of positive aspects to being a Celtic Supporter …….. I am one of those who prefer to dwell mainly on the positives …… there is room for criticism in all aspects of life, but best to have a wee bit of (positive) balance …….. or one is in danger of adopting the dreaded hunmentality….

  5. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    PROUDBHOY. 1509

     

     

    Tell them to f..k off.

     

     

    That should work,as you have to be over 18 to swear.

  6. Dontbrattbakkinanger on

    BMCUWP= close, but no cigar.

     

     

    The composition of ‘Sound of Silence’ [ P.Simon liked the acoustics from the tiles] and the presentation of the ECWC to ole Greatest Livin’ Ranger took place in the ole torlet.

  7. Burghbhoy

     

     

    Good post, sums up how I feel about the hun cheating, while our board looks the other way in silence.

     

    Beyond a joke now.

     

     

     

    HH

  8. 67Heaven

     

     

    Believe me, I totally get your concerns….But it is hard to be positive, when the board are such numpties…..they are letting us down.

     

    Trying to flog the dead corpse of the old firm….that’s a disgrace, but hopefully the bigot card will be opposed.

     

     

    HH

  9. How come I always feel it warmer when we reach Aphelion, earths furthest point from the Sun ?

     

     

    Just asking, cause I thought the sun was supposed to be Warm :-)

     

     

    Hail Hail

  10. FAVOURITE UNCLE on

    bournesouprecipe

     

     

    has your wife got ginger hair.

     

     

    thistle winning 2/1.

     

     

    will motherwell park the bus.

  11. Burghbhoy

     

     

    Good post, nothing in your post that any Celtic supporter can disagree with.

     

     

    The silence from Celtic has been embarassing.

  12. bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers

     

     

    15:30 on 4 January, 2015

     

     

     

     

    It is a joke.. tried to withdraw 200 and leave 150 in. Said they needed to verify my age first. Have the account about 2yrs.

     

     

    So I stuck 50 on man city to win without conceding and they gladly take that off me even thou I might not be old enough to gamble. Gobshites

  13. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    DONTBRATTBAKKINANGER 1531

     

     

    That would have been my second guess!

     

     

    IIRC,Paul Simon was quite fond of recording in strange surroundings which suited a particular track.

     

     

    And really p’d off when it was decided that Art Garfunkel’s voice was a better suit for A Bridge Over Troubled Water.

  14. If it was up to the manager we would be signing the likes of Ryan Christie, Stuart Armstrong, John McGinn, Peter Pawlett, Gary Mackay Steven to name a few of young Scottish talent already proving they are more than good enough in our league. But as we know it’s not up to the manager, it’s up to the super scout and the accountant and we are more likely to sign a Dudu Dahan player than local talent.

     

    Mix Diskerud, attacking midfielder, US international, RD has tried to sign him in the past, available on a free now, would seem like a no-brainer but………..

  15. Praise The Lord for Heavenly Bodies…………..

     

     

    ” Lawd have mercy – Kin ah get an AMEN!?”

     

     

    I’d love to see Big Judith and the boul’ Christina in the same bout.

     

     

    What a pairing!

  16. Dontbrattbakkinanger on

    Cowiebhoy- it will be warmer in the ole Southern Hemisphere, e.g 33C in Brisbane for the bells.

     

     

    If we all live long enough [~ 13,000 years] we could feel a bit warmer at this time of year.

  17. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    DONTBRATTBAKKINANGER

     

     

    13,000 years?

     

     

    Hope yer pension is tied into a cracking annuity!

  18. dontbrattbakkinanger

     

     

    15:07 on 4 January, 2015

     

    Jonny the Tim- I’m very rarely wrong.

     

     

    No sensible person would just pluck the date of the perihelion out of the ether.

     

     

    Kepler’s laws of planetary motion do not shrink to fit inferior orbits

     

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    That’s me telt!!

  19. winning captains

     

     

    The fact they had to ener the Scottish Cup in round 1 also destroys the same club myth, same as finishing 2nd in the SPL and not playing in Europe the following season.

     

     

    If only our board would speak up.

     

     

    Keep up the good work

  20. Awe Naw

     

     

    “seem” is the operative word.

     

     

    John Reid’s “all we want is a level playing field” stance.

     

     

    The MacBride erchie kicking that the club gave to the SFA.

     

     

    The odious “season extension” farce that the club stopped.

     

     

    There are many instances of where we do what we have to.

     

     

    No statements about “thems” that give the SFA/SPFL/thems a kicking doesn’t mean acquiescence.

     

     

    Resolution 12 is, as Auldheid tells us, going through a process.

     

     

    You pick your battles and don’t interrupt your enemy when they are making mistakes.

     

     

    No one, and I mean no one, except the deluded hum horde believe what Dokeyaster said. What happens now is best viewed from the comfy seats, not from the pit.

     

     

    Hope the New Year is good to you.

  21. Gary67

     

    15:42

     

     

    Gary Mackay Steven has been struggling to get into the Dundee Utd team.

     

     

    I don’t know if any of the players you listed would get into our starting 11, and we have enough squad players.

     

     

    Not writing them off, but playing in wide open games for other teams is one thing, playing with packed defences in front of a crowd ready to jump on your back for a misplaced pass at Celtic is another.

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