Quick question for you. Which Scottish team has won their last four home games, scoring 13 goals in the process? St Mirren are on a run of form at home. One of those wins was against Second Division opposition, but remember, this season, Second Division teams are on a par with AC Milan in the early 90s.
Ross County scored four at St Mirren Park but St Mirren scored five, while Hearts were despatched 2-0. This is a team with good home form who kept their squad in place over the international break. My best advice to you is to avoid betting on this one.
Many clubs have trouble paying their bills but the problem with Hearts and their regular tardiness when it comes to wages, evident again this month, appears to be different. Hearts cash balances will have peaked weeks, possibly months, ago. From now on they will be eating into ‘reserves’, or more likely, accruing additional debt at their owner’s bank. The club have been here many times before and Vlad has dipped into the equivalent of his commercial pocket to avoid an insolvency event but I’ve always found it curious why he didn’t do so on time. It’s not as though anyone can be surprised pay day is coming.
As such, there appears to be a degree of control over late payment. The money is always provided but not before pain is passed down from owner to earners, which is a bit curious.
For all his faults, and they are many, Romanov and other shareholders in Ukio Bankas have ‘invested’ countless millions in Hearts, money they are unlikely to get back with the residential property market so depressed. They have also not exposed the club to outrageous fortune – the overwhelming majority of debt is owed to the bank itself, balances at HMRC and other creditors are low, and they pay their football debts. This means that if Hearts go into administration, the route back through a CVA would be clear. The only serious losers would be staff made redundant, while Ukio would face a write-off, perhaps already acknowledged internally.
I was surprised at the news Danny McGrain was appointed first team coach yesterday but also delighted. Danny’s was not a name mentioned for the position when Alan Thompson left the club but he is immersed in the fabric and culture of our club. ‘In the days of changing ways’ a strong thread of continuity is an invaluable asset in ensuring the new generations acquire the important elements of our identity.
We are a club in touch with all that is important.
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Ot
It must have been Z cos BT cannae drive ….. Although he sure is a bad influenza :)
21:18 on
19 October, 2012
Round 1: If you know your Celtic history?
(2pts per first correct answer: 1pt per answer if you are correct but not first. Remember only 1 submission per round)
1) Which Celtic goalkeeper did Jimmy McGrory describe as the most natural athlete he had ever seen?
thompson
2) Who did Celtic play in Billy Mc Neill’s testimonial in 1974? Man City
3) Who scored the most Celtic hat-tricks? Henrik Larsson or Bobby Lennox? Lennox
4) Name the two Swiss Internationalists to have played for Celtic?
5)Which Celt managed Northern Ireland in the 60s?
6) Which Spanish club did we sign Andreas Hinkel from? Alvares
7) What colour of socks did Celtic wear in the 1970 European Cup Semi Final at Leeds?
green
Leeds hun like fan runs on and punches Shef Weds Goalkeeper, he will need an Edinburgh Jury to clear him…
Never liked those leeds bassas
HH
gordybhoy64
Im sweating like feck, Im in for £150k!
1 john Thompson
2 Liverpool
3 Lennox
4 Henchoz and Vega
5 Berie Peacock
6 Seville
7 Gold
Naebody mentioned a quiz
Evening Tooting Tim
You off to Barca?
HH
CRC
the centre half from liverpool/ blackburn stephan henzog sorry bad spelling
John Thomson
Liverpool
Lennox
Vega/ henchoz
Peacock
Seville
Orange (but Big JS might have implied they were yellow)
I spoke to a very well respected Accountant today who had some interesting views on the C Whyte interview.
Basically he said that whiles Whyte style left a lot to be desired, the substance of his actions was pretty textbook. Adminitration with a CVA was the plan all along with Whyte making a quick killing after a successfull rebirth .
In his view what scuppered rangers totally was the abject failure of the football team to qualify for Europe.This was a fatal blow and the projected cashflow this would have given was strangled at birth. The bouncing along using the PAYE and NI contributions as working captial while morally wrong was inevitable, the company was doomed anyway.
So in short you want to know who was responsible for the death of RFC..step forward living legend Alistair McCoist
Richard Wilson’s
“They are down to structure, to mindsets and occasionally, to people making the wrong decisions”
Ha ha, a present for Christmas – this book will solve a problem, a Christmas annual for my five year old Grandson!
Pogmath……..
Their stadium isnae big enough to beat the world record
Herron is a tosser
John Thompson
Liverpool
Bobby Lennox
Henchoz, Vegas
Bertie Peacock
Seville
Green
To any lurking zombies….. This is not just any old football fans blog
Back on line less than 24hrs and booked up to eat in a nice wee italian joint in town with one of the nicest gents on earth. Table booked by another cqner who is currently dining there now.
We are not the peepo … But we have qualities that the zombies could never even understand
Can I Have Raspberry On That Champions League Ice Cream
21:26 on
19 October, 2012
If you don’t pay your tax for a good few years you should have enough saved up to pay for the shares :-)
HH
CRC
Hughie’s got 19 mill?…………………………..
…..well, he wont need my fitttttty thoooosan smackers, my 10 Large or my three hunner spondoolicks………
Aye, he’s minted as well.
;)
notthebus
Exactly!!
The legend that is FPLG struck the final blow, nice one Sal well appreciated
Snake Plissken.
Yes.Stories do seem to get stretched into fantasy.
I’m having a nice bottle of wine just now,getting some practice in for tomorrow night.The bouquet is of grape with a hint of caramel,another wee sniff and I can smell a 1-0 result for Celtic next Tuesday.
Answers to Round 1
John Thomson
Liverpool
Lennox (15), Larsson (14)
Vega & Henchoz
Bertie Peacock
Sevilla
Orange
There’s some feckers waving an abomination of the Ulster flag near my house….they’re on SSp 2! Bastards!
T4
leftclicktic @ 21:12
:)) Priceless. I would have said that Henke was controlling that remote electro shocker, but we all know it was Huge Gallass reminding whatshisname about who was in charge. Feckin thick MIB muppets.
snake,
Now that is Fantasy.
T4
Good enough for ye
Scoreboard (Round 1)
Setting Free the Bears 12
pracepta 8
The Spirit of Arthur Lee 8
Lostinbonnybridge is Neil Lennon. Get well Stan Petrov 7
Can I Have Raspberry On That Champions League Ice Cream 6
boab1888 5
Celtic Soul Brother- Supporting Kano 1000 5
Tooting Tim 4
DJBEE 2
jamiebaby 1
What happened to the scores?
crc
Did Jock not say that they were Yellow?
Are you going to take the word of some Gok Wan wannabee above Jock Stein?
Stewards enquiry the socks were red but looked orange under floodlights
Dundee 1 ICT 4
ok try again
12 Setting Free the Bears
8 pracepta
8 The Spirit of Arthur Lee
7 Lostinbonnybridge is Neil Lennon. Get well Stan Petrov
6 Can I Have Raspberry On That Champions League Ice Cream
5 boab1888
5 Celtic Soul Brother- Supporting Kano 1000
4 Tooting Tim
2 DJBEE
1 jamiebaby
Old tim
“The bouquet is of grape with a hint of caramel”
Old Tim’s on the Buckie
Old Tim’s on the Buckie
Na Na Na Nah
Na Na Na Nah
CIHROTCLIC,
i am hoping to still get my full allocation so that i can sell it on and make
a few quid for Christmas,my mrs will kill me if she finds out what i am doing
with her hard earned money ;-))
Oldtim
I might have a wee favour to ask on saturday regards your barca trip
Dont worry … I dont want you to smuggle wee lionel back with you … He aint a wee indian monkey :)
Round 2: Name the club that the Hoops stars signed for AFTER leaving the Hoops (excluding loan deals)?
(2pts per first correct answer: 1pt per answer if you are correct but not first. Remember only 1 submission per round)
1) Arthur Boruc
2) Jiri Jarosik
3) Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
4) Shunshuke Nakamura
5) Paul Lambert
6) Harald Brattbakk
7) Brian O’Neil
Sftb
I just cant imagine oldtim quaffing buckfast ……
1) Arthur Boruc- Fiorentina
2) Jiri Jarosik- CSKA
3) Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink- Hull
4) Shunshuke Nakamura- Osaka
5) Paul Lambert- Colchester
6) Harald Brattbakk- Rosenberg
7) Brian O’Neil- Aberdeen
Notthebus
The longer they keep that trumpet the better
Appalling football manager ….who keeps his job by dint of his insidious hunnery
celticrollercoaster loves wee oscar, our celtic warrior
21:30 on
19 October, 2012
Can I Have Raspberry On That Champions League Ice Cream
21:26 on
19 October, 2012
If you don’t pay your tax for a good few years you should have enough saved up to pay for the shares :-)
HH
CRC
I am really scared now. No wonder Der Hun is now zombies if you have to pay tax on supporting your team!!!
Tee Hee
The Boy Jinky
True!
But there was a time…. :-)