Extra week training in July has huge impact

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I was concerned about a trip to Estonia after hearing Hearts struggle in their home leg against Estonian opponents last week, so news that Gibraltar’s Lincoln Red Imps beat Flora Tallinn was welcome, although the concern was tempered as news arrived that Hearts were three goals up in the away leg.

The lesson here is that in July, one more week’s training has a huge impact on performance.

Brendan Rodgers will be happy with how training has progressed thus far, but it’s only when players put multiple 90 minutes under their belts that they are ready for competitive action. There’s not necessarily a great deal of work to do to overcome Red Imps (no offence intended), but qualifiers come thick and fast thereafter. Despite beating Slovenian champions Olimpija Ljubljana yesterday, I expect Celtic will be more motivated for Saturday’s game against Maribor.

It gets serious from now onwards.

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  1. It’s official then, new club/company, the old one died !

     

     

    Good enough for me !

     

     

    Well done the Res 12 crew.

  2. Rangers FC, were not granted a UEFA licence for season 2012/2013

     

    Following upon the administration of the club

     

    a “new club/company” was formed which was ineligible to apply for a licence to participate in UEFA competitions for three seasons and which

     

    sought entry into the fourth tier of Scottish Football and this “new club/company” would not, and could not in any event, qualify to play in European competition for the next three years.

     

     

    Will UEFA make a public statement to this effect?

  3. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    If someone would e good enough to tell me where the update on res 12 is.

     

    Thank You

  4. :)))))))))))))))))

     

     

     

     

    ROBERTTRESSELL on 8TH JULY 2016 3:55 PM

     

    Guy who invented predictive text has died. His funfair will be on monkey.

  5. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    You know….so that i can read it myself.

     

    If thats ok…ffs

  6. Three is the charm.

     

    Andy seizing his opportunity.

     

    Breaks and more importantly, holds.

  7. glendalystonsils on

    I remember seeing this film about a guy running a motel.

     

    He thought his mother wasn’t dead even though he sat chatting to her skeleton sitting in a rocking chair.

     

    But then, he was a loony. Things like that surely don’t happen in real life. Nah.

  8. Copy & paste for any of you guys who did not catch the update.

     

     

    RESOLUTION 12 – OFFICIAL UPDATE

     

     

    In furtherance of Resolution 12 submitted to the AGM of Celtic PLC in 2013, shareholders acting to achieve the aims and goals of the resolution have engaged the services of an international firm of solicitors with a view to having them correspond with the SFA, Celtic PLC and UEFA.

     

     

    Over a prolonged period of time, the solicitors concerned have asked the SFA various detailed questions concerning the licensing processes followed by the SFA for and during season 2011/2012 in relation to European Licensing Regulations as determined by UEFA for the purposes of regulating UEFA competitions and Financial Fair Play.

     

     

    Regrettably but not unexpectedly, no meaningful or satisfactory replies were forthcoming from the SFA and on 27th May 2016 the solicitors wrote to UEFA and asked detailed questions regarding the administration of UEFA licences in Scotland for season 2011/2012 and in particular sought clarification on the role of the SFA in relation to the granting and monitoring of UEFA licences during that season.

     

     

    UEFA formally replied to the solicitors on 8th June and that reply made a number of points including the following:

     

     

    During the process of granting any licensing application it was the duty of the SFA to “assess” all documents and submissions made by applicant clubs.

     

    During the course of season 2011/2012 not only were the SFA/UEFA monitoring clubs for that season, the SFA were also assessing clubs in relation to their eligibility for UEFA competitions for the following season 2012/2013.

     

    At an unspecified date during the course of season 2011/2012 it became apparent to the SFA/UEFA that Rangers Football Club ceased to meet the criteria for holding a UEFA Licence.

     

    Any sanction envisaged by UEFA arising from the licensing submission made by Rangers FC and channelled through the SFA in June 2011 would not have applied until the following season.

     

    Ultimately, no sanction was handed down by UEFA to Rangers FC, nor any investigation instigated into the licensing processes followed in season 2011/2012 because according to UEFA

     

    Rangers FC, were not granted a UEFA licence for season 2012/2013

     

    Following upon the administration of the club

     

    a “new club/company” was formed which was ineligible to apply for a licence to participate in UEFA competitions for three seasons and which

     

    sought entry into the fourth tier of Scottish Football and this “new club/company” would not, and could not in any event, qualify to play in European competition for the next three years.

     

    It should be noted here that the whole point of resolution 12 was to request that the Board of Celtic PLC to seek the assistance of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body to use their powers to investigate and clarify various aspects of the licensing processes implemented and carried out by the SFA during season 2011/2012.

     

     

    Shareholders wanted to ensure that the game in Scotland was being properly administered and were seeking to ensure that there was open, transparent and accountable governance and that UEFA rules were being properly complied with.

     

     

    At no point did the resolution seek any kind of investigation into the conduct of Rangers Football Club or its Directors and the sole object of the resolution is in relation to proper governance and the proper application of the football rules by the footballing authorities in Scotland.

     

     

    However, in terms of accountability, the full UEFA response, when set against and contrasted with other information in the public domain, previous replies and public statements from the SFA, has raised further significant and as yet unanswered questions that shareholders feel should be drawn to the attention of UEFA Club Financial Control Body, the SFA (who said they would cooperate with any enquiry/investigation by UEFA) and Celtic, whom UEFA invited to take up directly.

     

     

    NB: The contact details provided by the SFA to CFC Plc were for the Club Licensing & Financial Fair Play section of UEFA and not the CFCB.

     

     

    These questions will be raised with relevant UEFA authorities (copied to Celtic and the SFA to consider) by the solicitors acting on behalf of shareholders by the end of July to allow for the intervening holiday period now upon us.

     

     

    When the CFCB are in possession of our concerns Resolution 12 will have run its course as far as the representatives of the signatories to Res12 can take the matter without Celtic’s committed involvement to seek reform of the SFA and introduce greater transparency and accountability based on events since 2011.

  9. Andy breaks again to take second set 6-3.

     

    Aye it’s shaping up to a nice wee Friday night.

  10. Celtic please listen on

    Can’t find the update on resolution 12, please excuse my inability to find it & could someone point me in the direction to do so thank you. Either way i thank res 12 guys from the bottom of my Celtic heart. HH !!

  11. Dessybhoy

     

     

    James will post at 6.45 on http://www.thecelticblog.com

     

     

    Auldheid will be on here from 7pm to answer questions. Make sure you read what James has to say.

     

     

    Remember everything is in official communication from UEFA to the Res 12 lawyers ( that you paid for).

     

     

    The same club myth is at an end.

     

     

    The bampots have won.

  12. Rangers FC, were not granted a UEFA licence for season 2012/2013

     

     

    Following upon the administration of the club

     

     

    a “new club/company” was formed which was ineligible to apply for a licence to participate in UEFA competitions for three seasons and which

     

     

    sought entry into the fourth tier of Scottish Football and this “new club/company” would not, and could not in any event, qualify to play in European competition for the next three years.

  13. TheLurkinTim on

    So Karmageddon down Govania way ;-))…..but still no meaningful SFA accountability news…..yet…..

     

     

    FTSFA

     

     

    keepthepressureonCSC

     

     

    H.H.

  14. kevinlasvegas on

    So uefa never acted because they were a new club is that the jist? They didn’t need to act.

     

     

     

    KLV

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