Spanish football, like its economy in general, in mired in difficult financial times, which, apart from one or two well-funded clubs, has restricted the budgetary scope of a large number of teams. I had hoped all summer to hear we were on the case but it wasn’t until the final day of the window that solid opportunities materialised.
Marseille-born Tunisian international Lassad Nouioui is a complete unknown to all of us but his profile, earned at Deportivo La Coruna, fits the bill. He scored a handful of goals as Deportivo finished 18th and dropped out of La Liga in season 2010-11 but hit the heights last season as they secured promotion. It would be practically impossible for Celtic to sign a striker with the equivalent profile in English football, despite the apparent gap in standards between La Liga and the English Premier. I’m also delighted to hear Levante, who finished 6th in La Liga last season, were so keen to capture him.
There is also something I like about the port-town mentality the people of Marseille have. It’s very Glaswegian. Lassad should flourish here.
I’m not sure what Phil Mac Giolla Bhain’s reaction was when The Sun called asking for an interview about his new book, which details the mainstream media’s failure to report the demise of Rangers. “Are you joking?” may have been appropriate. I had no prior notice they were running an interview yesterday and couldn’t believe the promotion they gave to a book detailing the failure of their industry.
This was not without consequences, of course, and The Sun got themselves into an incredible mess, today trying their best to backpedal, which is pretty much what the theme of the book predicts (irony #1). Meanwhile there is a book publisher in Glasgow who cannot believe his luck. Thousands of unwitting critics and a leading newspaper have ensured Mac Giolla Bhain, who would struggle for a platform without the anger of others, has a bestseller on his hands (irony #2).
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The game is on thursday btw
SonsOfErin
The FFP was Platini’s brainchild to get the votes required from the ‘lesser nations’ to ensure he remained as UEFA President
Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man Utd etc will tell UEFA to quietly drop this idea or else they will start their own European competitions
Will Ogilvie be arranging/making/fixing the draw for Sevco’s benefit today?
Must hear Spence / Jabba tiff. Any Link ?
Get in there, she is interested about going to Lisbon, happy days :>)
My thoughts are with DBBIA, I was unaware that his mother had died.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.
Árd Macha
Is the LC draw live anywhere or has Ally mcCoist banned this?
DBBIA
Just read of your mother’s passing from Ard Macha post,
many condolences to you and your family
I really dont want Sevco in the draw, having to listen to the Laptop loyals & Green’s pash for a couple of weeks. Plus every hun I know is deperate to draw us so they have a decent game to look forward to.
Our step up is drawing Barcelona in the CL. Theirs is drawing us in the League Cup…
home to Raith, good wee payday for Turnbull Hutton.
We got Raith Rovers:::
I see the Sun’s rush to condemn Phil Mac comes on the same day as Rebekah Brooks appears in court charged over the phone tapping.
hehehe – stupid Suns.
sevco home to motherwell
Scum at home to Mullet & co..
I told you earlier SevCo would get a home draw
SonsOfErin @13 39
“the FFP rules are doomed to failure”
Indeed ! ——not least because the FFP rules are riddled with loopholes which the likes of Chelsea / PSG and Manchester City will exploit to the max. A cynic might think that UEFA deliberately created such obvious loopholes.
It will also be interesting to see how UEFA propose to deal with the issue of tax — depending on where they play, some players get to keep a lot more of their wages than others —- Is that Fair ?
Well, well..a home draw for Sevco. Who would have thought!
SSN ticker headline: Rangers drawn at home to Motherwell in 3rd Round of Scottish League Cup
WTF! Are SSN now SevCo’s official TV channel?
Home draw for sevco, world record crowd.
Wonder how much murderwell will get after 50% expences ???
Are we at home to Raith?
P67
“One Turnbull Hutton” to ring out at Celtic Park…magic
hhplc
Ten Men Won The League
Don’t you know they’re all playin’ a wee gemme,” Let’s pretend we’re still a big team, baggsy I’m Lee McCullloch!!”
Motherwell will of course crash out at the asbestosdome with the Mullet praising the plucky SFL3 team as one of the best he has ever seen and how happy he is to have his team be knocked out by the mighty Sevco…
That’s a good draw for us.
Play the new boys and some youngsters, then again maybe no!
;0)
Delighted at the draw against Raith Rovers, their charirman Turnbull Hutton was one of the leading voices in the demand for sporting integrity as the authorities tried to gerrymander Sevco into the SPL and then SFL1 over the summer.
I hope there is a good crowd at the match and they make some cash from this.
What is the world record for a fourth tier club playing in the third round of the second most important cup competition?
Or does no other country care enough to keep track of such things?
saint leo
12:38 on
3 September, 2012
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon
12:34 on
3 September, 2012
Dare I say Anthony Stokes might be a bit worried about his future at Celtic? Neil(quite rightly IMO) has been critical of his work-rate and attitude for a long time now.
Iv been more impressed with stokes work rate last season than hoopers
starry plough 14:13
I was thinking exactly the same.
starry plough
The Mullet would get hammered by the Motherwell support if they got knocked out by SevCo. They know this is a great chance to not only humiliate them in their own backyard but also make a few quid out of the game
With that SevCo defence, Murphy, Ojaama + Higdon could run riot
Is the league cup draw today ?
Great draw for Celtic, give us to show Raith that we appreciateded their stance a few months back, I read somewhere that several of their players are sponsored this year by Celtic supporters can anyone confirm this??
Looking forward to see that game..
My Dear,Dear MWD….
Whit Ur Ye Like….?
Just Anither One Of Those Dog Days On The Hallowed Pages Of CQN….
Tumbleweed Drifin’ Past In The Breeze…
The Crickets A-Chirpin’…”Are The Huns Deid Yet….?”
Jungle Jim Demands A ‘Religion Debate..’
Afore Disappearing Off On His ‘Bone Shaker “….
Then It All Kicks Off……#%¥@!!!!
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Moonbeams WD. Kano 1000 \o/ Supporting Neil Lennon 100%. Champions. C’mon Wee Oscar.
06:58 on
3 September, 2012
Petec
Aye. We know all about vengeance but could you imagine the world if we left all judging and vengeance to God.
There would be no police; courts; judges; criminal law; parliment etc. Scum would be walking the street taking for their own what is yours, be that your house, your car, your wife, your monewhole ultimately your life without fear. Yoda! It’s bad enough as it is with the full judicial system in place.
The other thing I always like to remember is that God did not write the good book or the Koran etc. they were all written by man. Therefore it is not really the word of God.
Tin hat on as the holy wrath of CQN falls down upon me.
MWD
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“Holy Levitatin’ YODA….!!”
“Didya Hear What Our Kid Just Said….Virginia ???? ”
I’m Hearing Unconfirmed Reports From Reuters That The Grand Mufti Of Saudi Arabia Is Thinking Of Issuing A Fatwah On Our Very Own MWD………
For Heretically Stating That The Koran Was Not The Immutable Word Of The Muslim God….But Written Instead By A Mortal Man…..
Jings ! Crivvens ! Jessica Ennis !
Whaurs Hans Blix When Ye Need Him ?
What’s A Poor Bhoy To Do….?
Galileo..Galileo..Galileo..Let Him Go..
Beel-Zee-Bub Gotta Plan For Thee…
For Theeeeeeeeeee………
Hmmmm….Thinking Cap On….
Seek Sanctuary In The Equadorian Embassy ….And Share A Bunk-Bed Wi’ Saint Julian….?
Gonnae Need Tae Clear Some Of They Soft Toys And ‘Love Tokens’….Sent By Julian’s Maist Ardent Admirer…..
Jist For A Wee Bit O’ Breathin’ Space..Like
MWD+Julian….Haudin’ Hans Oan The Balcony Of The Equador Embassy….
Addressing The Multitudes…Alang Wi’ Madonna ,Salman Rushdie,Nelson Mandela….An’ Owen Coyles’ Granny….
Who All Flew In ‘Special’….
Enough Tae Have Auld Canamalar Spittin’ Feathers…..
Never Mind….Ah’m Sure The Green Brigade Will Save The Day….
With One Of Their Protests For ‘Worthy Causes’….At Our Next Home Game….
Skippy Sends His Unwavering Support..
From Wherever Summa Discarded His Stripped-Clean ‘Lovely Bones’….
Otherwise….It’ll Have To Be ‘Plan B’….
Where Our ‘Intrepid Philvis’ Steals In At The Dead Of Night….To Pluck Them Fae The Roof Of The Embassy……
And Float Away In The ‘Nimble’….Tae ‘Cotton Candy Mountain’………Where There’ll Be A Big Hearty Welcome………
Fae Ma Dear Frien’, KOJO……..
Wearin’ A HazMat Suit…For The Special Occasion….
So They Lived Happily Ever After……
And All Their Dreams Came True…..
May The Force Be With You……….
My Friends In Celtic……
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[ Hold On,TSD….Not The Dream About ‘Rocky’ Rhodes Signing For The Hoops.?
Or That Ither One……About Marrying Princess Leyla…..????]
winning gemmell
Brilliant post thanks for that.
Ten Men Won The League
You would like to think so with Motherwell being top of the SPL and Higdon scoring freely but I’m a Lanarkshire Bhoy and I will only believe when I see it!!!
Thoughts with DBBIA today.
His autobiography, I’m Not The Only One,
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At this point i thought it was a story about Andy Goram!
Jim Traynor, eh?
What a wag!
A well-known, and avowed, supporter of Airdrie United FC – one of Scotland’s so-called ‘diddy teams’ – whose chairman also happens to be the President of the SFL.
Jim Traynor, man and journalist of the utmost integrity who does not have an agenda against a certain club from the east end of Glasgow or leanings towards and sympathies for a new club currently trying to pass itself off as an entity which won hundreds of trophies over the course of more than a century.
A man who is a colleague of the creme de la creme of Scottish sports journalism – literary giants of the printed media like Hugh Keevins, Graham Waddell, Keith Jackson, Mark Guidi and others. He is also a frequent contributor to the broadcast media where he rubs shoulders with heavyweights in that field – Chick Young, Jim Delahunt and dozens of highly articulate ex-players from that now, sadly, defuct club.
We are indeed fortunate to have a giant heavyweight like Jim Traynor – a man always prepared to tell it like it is.
Keep telling it ‘like it is’ Jim. You know it makes sense – and some people actually believe it!
HH!!
He is also a frequent contributor
The woodwork creaks and oot comes — Dean Domino.
Third -round draw for Scottish Communities League Cup
Celtic v Raith Rovers
Rangers v Motherwell
St Mirren v Hamilton Academical
Queen of the South v Dundee United
Hearts v Livingston
Dunfermline Athletic v Aberdeen
St Johnstone v Queen’s Park
Stenhousemuir v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
* Ties will be played on Tuesday 25 or Wednesday 26 September, 2012.