European football news this week featured Vincent Kompany “failing up”. After overseeing Burnley’s relegation from the topflight of English football, the affable Belgian was appointed manager of Bayern Munich. Charm gets you places, people!
Hot on the heels of that, the Newco chief executive James Bisgrove handed in his resignation, he’s off to work his magic in Saudi. If Bisgrove ever gives a seminar on job interview technique, sign up. This is the guy who, as commercial director, booked Newco at the Sydney tournament in 2022 for less than half the fee Celtic’s commercial director, Adrian Filby, negotiated.
Newco are both delighted at Bisgrove’s work in his various roles at the club, and totally OK that he’s moving on. Suggestions that churning through three managers and three chief execs in 18 months is a sign of a club in perpetual crisis is unworthy of you.
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The book he gave me was
“Moderating the idiots”
Which had a whole chapter on you….
Wait. Let me get a fresh box of popcorn 😎
I think it was ‘Moderating like an idiot’.
Yeah me too!!
A wee bit suspicious about BRs comments on the 3 year term for players,just as the Kyogo stories \ rumours start to appear.Time will tell.
You got it right the second time (take more fish oil….)
I regret rising to your bait
have a good evening fud bucket tom ;)
Ancelotti is a man of class
So the dust has settled and we have a new format for the CL next up.
We know the seedlings assuming cmqualofocation from Play offs etc.
Here is my preference for potential progression :
4 Strum Graz & Ferencvaros
2 Brugge & Shakthar
3 Maccabi & Dynamo Zagreb
1 Leipzig & Barcelona
If they get through I hope our Glasgow rivals get
4 Aston Villa & Stuttgart
3 Milan & PSV
2 Arsenal & Athletico Madrid
1 Bayern Munich & Real Madrid
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Ffs logged in… is the failed Mod back on the booze.
Deary me.
What a WAn£.
Aff oot
D. :)
Re above obviously Maccabi and Shaktar away so at neutral venue.
Come on chaps. Play nice.
I do think the points clunks mentions re the cup final are all valid.
I also respect Tom is usually a voice of balance to the likes of myself who always blames refs for everything and I am often Wrong.
That said there is no need for insults guys.
Looked in. Wishing I hadn’t bothered. Good night you absolute rabble.
Just catching up and reading back.
Wow.
Just today, Joe Hart has been at more weddings than Vince Vaughan and Owen Wilson in total.
Back to Basics
🤣🤣
Chin up Clunks. You told the truth….then came the abuse.
Outa here…Hail Hail.
Fred
And I bit
Sometimes you get signs that suggest you might be out of touch.
https://x.com/OVOHydro/status/1796467038765924798
When I first heard about this I was sure it was a wind up.
When I found out it was for real my first thought, genuinely, was.
“If the lad is hard up for money, couldn’t his former club have a benefit match for him?”
I then, belatedly, recalled what happens to the takings when r2ngers host charity matches.
And so.
Can I highly recommend
Battle for Celtic episode 9. Jock Brown. 75 sharp as a tack what a brilliant intelligent dare I say outstanding for Celtic and Fergus.
Done in by the press.
Novo played for a different rangers. They can’t have a benefit for him.
Only goals win games. Everything else is supplementrary.
Guys who can score goals are pivotal.
Im sure Brendan Rodgers gets that and subsequent ins / outs will reflect that.
GLENDALYSTONSILS on 31ST MAY 2024 1:24 PM
AN TEARMANN
Thanks for posting that article . I’ve been coming to the Tomintoul area for over 50 years and didn’t know any of that !
MCPHAIL BHOY on 31ST MAY 2024 2:01 PM
Fascinating Thread on links between Celtic and Scotlands highest village Tomintoul
https://x.com/TheShamrock1888/status/1796320535162282160?s=19
HH
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An Tearmann
Is that the famous village Tomintoul which always signalled the first sign of winter?
‘The Cockbridge to Tomintoul road is closed’
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GlenDalyTonsils
I hope it makes your next visit a little more interesting and worthy of investigation.I think that Maley book will be worth a purchase.The Shamrock has done some interesting essays.last year i went to see him do an hour long chat on Michael Davitt and Celtic.He lays out history well.
McPhail bhoy
The very one :-)) That and The Fettercairn Rd got real dumps of snow back in day and Ballater and Braemar vied for record low tempratures,think Braemar(-27) holds it,sturdy folk up there and Cairngorms are stunning.alas the area does not get the pucks of snow it used to.
Hail Hail to you botb
Burnley78
Do you have a list of who is thro/ qualified at this point in time?
Ps- au contraire i hope they get pumped oot at the earliest possible time B78
Melvin Udall
Can you post your Champions league quick guide from espn again,for the group stages.i copied but forgot to save(i think it was yourself who posted it.
Hail Hail
Whats red and very bad for your teerh ?
A brisk 🤣
FFS.
Cant even spell brick
Whats big, red and eats rocks ?
A big red rock eater.
What do you give a sick lemon
Lemonaid of course 😀
Good morning all from Govanhill. Another beautiful Sunday.
Good morning all from another lovely morning in the Garngad.
Off to watch Grandson play footy shortly.
Have a lovely day yall.
D :)
“Rangers’ new signing Jefte “could play for Real Madrid in the future”, according to former Ibrox winger Dalcio…”
Here we go again…we should just give them the close-season cup now.
I saw. that as well, Bobby.. A laugh out loud moment at the breakfast table.
Is he their new penalty guy?
Good morning all from the Jenny Burn, Shawfield. Time for luncheon with the small doll.
I think I may not be a football purist.
My favourite goal of last season was Daizen Maeda’s 21 second opening goal at Ibrox.
I think the Expected Goal outcome from that situation must have been minus 500.
https://news.sky.com/story/thief-told-police-once-you-pop-you-cant-stop-after-stealing-pringles-13146770
Hearing Daniel Kelly been offered 9k/wk by spurs, we’ve offered him 1k/wk
Daniel is a promising early developer amongst our youth team. He has been given the encouragement of game time by Brendan.
The Spurs Youth squad (like that of Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, City and United etc;) is full of talent from all over the world. Their senior squads are full of international players who barely get a game for them. To break through in that company is much more difficult than breaking through at Celtic, which has been hard enough for Daniel and other B team players.
I am sure Celtic could offer Daniel wage parity with Odin Holm, who occupies a similar squad position to him but we cannot go down the road of offering wages above the level that some first team regulars may be getting. I would wonder if the likes of Tony Ralston or Steven Welsh are getting more than 9k a week. That is the world we live in – where Southampton & bournemouth can steal players from us. Where guys like Riley McGree prefer Middlesborough to us and where Billy Sharp preferred to bounce between teams in the Championship and League One than come to us.
I think Daniel is not as good as Ben Doak is but I’m sure he’s got a good conceit of himself (and I don’t mean that in a bad way) but like the guys who left us for Bayern and Man City, they get good wages for a while but they damage their career earning prospects by getting clogged for a few years in a pipeline crammed with similar good talent.
SAINT STIVS on 31ST MAY 2024 12:13 PM
CONEYBHOY on 31ST MAY 2024 11:11 AM
really informative post, ta for that.
I am convinced, the non attending season card holder will not be allowed in the future, it is just a matter of time , use it (or pass it on) or lose it, just a matter of time.
man united, the organisation do a million things wrong, but even so, they went to war with the fans again on actually attending matches, and they win again, because there are thousands more wanting to be there than actually attending,
it willcome to celtic park as soon as someone in power shows an interest.
cheers
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I would say that your vision of Celtic taking season tickets from supporters who don’t attend every game has absolutely zero chance of happening. I don’t know the current price of standard season tickets but I know it’s in excess of £600 and the idea of Celtic monitoring fans with regard to their attendance and confiscating the tickets of fans who have ponied up £600+ for several years in a row before a ball is even kicked but misses a few games for whatever reason, illness or family events, would be financial suicide and makes no business sense whatsoever.
The Club needs the comfort of knowing that fans who have paid their money for years will keep on doing so and it is these fans they rely on to continue to do so and not fans waiting in the background.
Bada
That will be Daniel offski then, too bad, he will be loaned out in 2 years to the mediocrity of the lower divisions, again it brings into focus our academy, it produces players for other teams rarely do any have the necessary skills attitude and ability to make it at first team level for Celtic, but this lack of a reserve league needs addressing or what is the point of Lennoxtown.