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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goldstar 10
Should’ve just given me the money lol
Yer throwin it away man!
Impossible to pick a poor team from the Celtic sqaud at the moment, but Lenny’s giving it his best shot.
Going 4-4-2, the defensive core is the standout strength from today’s side, with Ambrose and Wilson being far and away our best CBs. We’re mediocre going down the flanks, however – if St Mirren can take advantage of our wide areas, I can see plenty of balls getting into our penalty area. Wanyama and Ledley, while excellent players in their own right, do not have a great record together; the same can be said of Hooper and Watt.
Still, records can change over time, I suppose. It’ll be interesting.
Sammi being rested for some ole big Gazebo called Camp Nou?
I was informed that Samaras played the whole 90 minutes against Slovakia in Bratislava on Tuesday and was Greece’s best player.
Maybe he’s feeling the effects. Better to have him for midweek
more possible explanations
1 corruption and lack of meaningful links from catholic church hierarchy and Scottish catholics pre-reformation
2 leading to almost total success of reformation in Scotland
3 catholicism seen as on the losing side in with bonnie prince charlie’s loss
3 leading to continued anti-catholicism with religious and political fear (in 1800s Glasgow had 10,000 in anti-catholic societies with only a handful of catholics living there)
4 all provide a solid basis for anti-irish, anti catholic theme with migration post-famine
5 continued decline in bigotry and sectarianism due to lack of support for above factors
I’m OK with that team, delighted to see Ibrahim on the bench, was getting worried that the guy had disappeared into thin air. By the way what has happened to Blackman is he gone totally.
bournesouprecipe
Looks more like 4-3-3 to me?
That would make sense – a better use of those players.
I think Neil Lennon is going for goals and who can blame him?
BSR
St Mirren’s defence is very poor ….4-3-3 ,makes sense
up_over
Lassad’s not a midfielder from what I’ve seen, even in the Sammi midfielder type mould
– should be interesting as you say.
Packi and owen coyle in the studio – actually looking forward to the coverage
Buddy Morrissey
The Jacobites were not all Catholics as not all Highlanders were. Highland culture was something of an anachronism in the 18th Century and much of their loyalty was tribal going back a fair few centuries. Plenty were Catholics but a fair number weren’t. They lived in a somewhat different society to the lowlands.
The rest of your points are fair enough.
PF
That’s how I see it – goals mean points
The Laddie McGeary- I reluctantly agree with you bud!
2 mins into coverage and we’ve received praise !
I see Emilio has been dropped to accommodate CM or JL depending how you look at it.
Have to say prefer CM in midfield. And feel we should try and keep the back four consistent if the preferred players are available.
Watt and hooper up front
cork celt Blackman went on loan to Inverness but after an “incident” was retuned to and released by Celtic. Hail Hail Hebcelt
Bada…,
“Instead of LL/Huns saying “rankers lost the big tax case”,correct them and say Hector WON the big tax case.The former just feeds their “punishment” mentality.”
I will be telling them they got caught cheating
I reckon Thomas Rogne has burnt his boats slightly
Kayal wanyama ledley lassad in mid
Wtf is going on at espn – another aspect of the club has been praised !
Snake
Rogne
As do I
Unfortunately ,for him,others have got in front
Wilson is playing very well and Ambrose has been a revelation
Coyle saying he looked at kayal when he was at bolton
I’m thinking Watt & Hooper have been working well together in training.
Owen outs himself as a CFC fan ….he’ll never get a gig at the beeb with craic like that
Steph@chibchenko
Barcelona rest Messi, we rest Samaras
COME ON YOU BHOYS IN GREEN
I have just forgiven Owen Coyle, ‘Celtic is my team’, ‘Celtic through and through’. The guy made a big big mistake turning us down, we all do from time to time.
HH
neil lennon is ainm dom (nohunlover)
11:56 on 20 October, 2012
I’m glad he turned us down since ……… WE GOT NEIL……!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…….. Starting to get excited now, and isn’t it a great feeling …….MON THE HOOPS
Lassad is a centre forward and maintain he’ll play further forward than probably Tony Watt who’ll play wider right just behind Hooper and Lassad.
Celtic are going for this.
BTW, our squad is just ridiculous at the moment, the strength in depth is brilliant! Well done to ALL at Celtic
Glad to see NL with another experimental line up
The SPL will be won in the second half of the season it is useful to and wise to se this time to get to know what all the players can do
Neil certainly appears to be maturing into the top manager in Scotland, its going to be an enjoyable journey to see where NFL can take our club
67heaven … i am neil lennon..!!.. ibrox belongs to the creditors
12:00 on 20 October, 2012
I agree completely mate, Neil Lennon is a Club legend in the making. But I hate to say I kind of enjoyed seeing Coyle struggle at Bolton, it annoyed me he would even countenance joining Bolton over us. But as I said, he is now forgiven by me at least!
HH
lionroars67
12:02 on
20 October, 2012
Fully agree, except that NEIL LENNON …..IS….. THE BEST MANAGER IN SCOTLAND, by a country mile ….!!!!!!!!
new article posted.
Packie must be getting media training, he is really inproving and relaxing on set! A pleasure to watch ESPN today
bournesouprecipe, 10:24 on 20 October, 2012
I love the smell of Alpen in the morning
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Once stayed at a ‘hotel’ in Wallsend, Newcastle. Went down to breakfast, no indication that anything was being prepared, no lovely aroma of brekfasts being prepared, no menu, just a domestic toaster and some bread in wrappers. One person on duty. What can I get you he says, I do a good bacon sandwich. No chance of a full cooked breakfast? No, but I can do you a good bacon sandwich. Do you have muesli? No, but you can have Alpine (!). How about poached or scrambled eggs? I can flash up the fryer if you want!