News that Kris Commons had surgery yesterday on a back injury he’s been carrying for months was news to me. Injury and illness hampered Kris at various stages this (last?) season but when he reported back ‘fit’ his form didn’t hit previous heights. Now we know why.
Commons, Scott Brown and Mikael Lustig played through injury for large portions of the season. They are big players for Celtic and the story of our season can be seen through the prism of their situations. Jozo Simunovic was also less than 100% fit for what little we saw of him.
Correctly diagnosing the fitness of each of them will be important to Celtic’s performance next season. If we think Jozo and Scott will be capable of performing at Champions League level and they’re not, you could write the script on how next season will transpire.
The new manager will take a look at Kris’s age, vitals and recent injury record, and will immediately underestimate what he’s likely to get from the player next season. No new manager will rely on having a fit and able Kris Commons, but if fit, he’ll get a player with the craft to help him in Europe and domestically.
Mikael’s persistent hip injuries suggest we need to recruit a right back. There’s insufficient evidence to determine whether Saidy Janko is ready for the task, so we need to find someone who can take the pressure off Mikael’s hips.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the newspaper advertisement about Resolution 12, which will run in The Guardian and a Swiss business ‘paper. It’s been a remarkable project. You can read more information here.
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https://johnjamessite.com/2016/05/17/the-ebt-hall-of-fame/
Once again,no punches pulled.
Clogher Celt
I suppose we should just let the players turn up whenever they like eh! Tony Stokes will be itching to get back ;)
HH
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 17th May 2016 1:00 pm
cheers she was indeed but told me off for taking so many photos :)
HH
BBhoy
Cheerio yesterday’s men :
Brown
Lustig
Commons
Forrest (pitiful contribution)
Mulgrew
Stokes
Step up as new leaders:
Grifgiths
Tierney
Erik
Hello new guys for the future:
Christie
Janko
Roberts ( one more season)
Young Jack Achieson
McGreggor
You’ve got until Christmas:
GMS
Armstrong
Biton
Rogic
Henderson
Simonuvic ( not hopeful)
Hope to never see you again in a Celtic strip:
Efe
Ciftci
RobinBhoy – It’snota Celtic issue? Of course it is we were cheated. Safety of employees? If they won’t stand up[ to bullies move over and let other do it. Unbelievable Let huns win cause we are scared? So lets have them be same club keep trophies no pay any fines still run referees. Yeah lets do that….
FAVOURITE UNCLE on 17th May 2016 1:10 pm
A VIEW FROM THE DERRYBHOYS BANNER………
left CELTIC EDDIE sleeping on couch and made my way down high st towards THE GALLOWGATE around 9am.meet first tim in celtic strip outside LYNCHS.ask him where there is a shop to buy lucosade.directs me across the rd.pakistani shop keeper tries to sell me a gun.make my way to morrisons to buy WHITE LILLIES for JOHN LYNCH’S shrine in the pub.way back wee guy selling hats n scarves tell s me I was in ”
some state” last night in SQUIRREL.not me pal I was on train from York.very sorry and i’m on my way to the pub and hand in the lillies.
mass in ST ALPHONSUS and talk to lots of nice people at back of church.they all shake hands before mass.nice touch.priest gives wonderful sermon.2 colleections and a wee bhoy ties all the collection bags together and passes them to SVDP man .he does this every week.what a job.tell priest after mass I enjoyed his sermon and then i’m in nephew JOHN-JOSEPH’S car and we head to duke st.
meet up with BGX for breakie only to discover COIAS is shut.never mind café a few doors down does nice coffee.BGX does not take sugar and announces he does not need it as he is a HARD MAN FROM GALLOWAY ST.maisonettes end.
leave billy and it’s of to SELLIK PARK.JOHNJO spots street opposite FORGE and we get space for £2.wee guy says PAY WHEN YOU GET BACK.what a star ,he should be in charge at CELTIC.
were on the rd again .meet 2 lovely girls from ST ROCHS in THE GARNGAD collecting for school trip.part company with JOHNJO he is off to find HANNAH’S 75 birthday stone beside JINKY’s statue.me i’m off to find CQN corner.what a result .JOHN FALLON there in person .surrounded .join the q and ask if it’s ok to say hello.what a smile what a lovely guy .time for everyone.over comes his son .ARE YOU BT I’M FAV UNCLE. great welcome” so come and meet some of the bhoys”.first there is JUNGLE JIM who last met 50 years ago.SFTB,KOLNCELT ,no JOBO sorry to say.bad news from JJ re his cousin MICHAEL HUGHES who died in TORONTO a few years ago.walked home from ST BEDES RED RD 65 years ago with MICHAEL on our first day at school.donated to the advert.now where else could you give money to a complete stranger and know it will not be thieved.
meet up with JJ and he tells me he has poured quarter bottle on his mother’s stone.get photos beside JINKS statue.always plenty of VOLUNTEERS asking if” both want a photo together”.even hold yir jacket and don’t rifle pockets.
right time is getting on so in wee go 5 in a row.seat right beside DERRYBHOYS BANNER.touch it lovingly.ask JJ if he knows his great grannie who WAS
great came from DERRY.bish bash bosh the goals are flying in .atmosphere something to savour.stood up and joined THE HUDDLE.text from marie my neice .she is behind goal with her daughter.meet up at half time .hugs n’ kisses.MARIE won tickets in ST NINIAN KIRKIE raffle.what a week ST NINIANS are having.3 former pupils all playing.
bish bash bosh again .goals every time I sit down IZZIE comes out to warm up.great reception which he just loved.game ends.guys are bringing out the stage for presentation.everyone spots LENNIE and that wee bassa McCann.dogs abuse he gets .I shout LENNIE to punch the bassa.LENNIE fakes punching him .McCann looks up.then away .too late I pull my rosary out to show him what he is missing.do I sound bitter WISH I HAD BOUGHT THAT GUN.EFE does backward summersault.off podium.WOW
riht outside and back to car.wee man has some buss. head!! car safe nothing damaged.down to LYNC.HS for well earned pt of diesel and then train to embra.
home in YORK 9pm.what a day. so for my last game I really picked a cracker.well last unless PL grows a pair.not just RES.12 lots of other complaints.but as the BRAZEN HEID BARD put it maybe my heart was never really in it
PS PS.did I mention I met JOHN FALLON.
My boy’s pal was an unused sub last Wednesday night for St Johnstone. He was saying after the game that the chat in the St Johnstone dressing room was that Tom Rogic is clearly Celtic’s best player. They think he is “different class” to the rest.
As others see us.
Cultsbhoy
Get Rogic out of that section please :)
The bhoy is a star and a keeper in a midfield with Roberts, Armstrong and McGregor.
That anchoring duo of Brown and Bitton needs broken up – I’d play Nir further forward actually and prioritise a sitting middy in the Victor mould.
I’d use Brown sparingly. I like him but Sunday showed we can be so much more fluid, effective and skilful without him….
WC, Donation made, noticed you have new Email, nae wonder a couldnae get in touch kept bouncen back.
Awerabest PJ
JAMESGANG on 17TH MAY 2016 12:04 PM
Macjay
Uber conflicted Mhate.
Horse riding daughter who hates football and doesn’t want to be left alone but then just sits in her room with her iPad when I’m there.
11 y/o son. Loves playing football, doesn’t really like watching it and in balance doesn’t want to go.
Me. A Bhoy who wants to make up for lost time having wasted too many Saturday afternoons chasing an egg shaped ball as a youngster.
So I’m conflicted as a parent aside from all the Res12 LNS stuff!!!
Matches against Sevco? Hate the hatred but wouldn’t want my team to be without my support. And/but wouldn’t want my son subjected to it at such a young age.
HH jamesgang
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Amazingly , your children`s behaviour mirrors mine.
Talking to my boy , expecting a response and find his earphones are in. Now , he`s the Tim. The only Tim.
The other three members of my family take an interest only in international football. Occasionally.
Hun games.
Don`t give a damn about the sound and fury related to the name…Sevco ……THE Rangers …….A rose by any other name ……..
My concern about their existence was simply related to their baleful effect on Scottish society.
Nevertheless , I can see aspects of our own support which I find less than desirable.
Bottom line. If my kids lived in Scotland , I would have real reservations about them wearing our colours .
Abiding memories of the tragic murder of the young lad some 20 years or so ago.
Res .12. Leave it to Celtic and support whatever action they take. But then I trust them. Others don`t.
Sadly.
Envy your ability to meet up with the guys at C.Q.N. corner.
Cheers , pal.
Conflict ye not.
Frankie Howard C.S.C.
BBHOY
My pleasure. Glad young Cara and you had such a great day. I saw my first hoops game from around about the same seats with my old da many green moons ago. Celtic 6 China 1.
MWD
WC
Tom is good! Sign him up.
Moonbeams WD –
I have very clear memories of that game against China. When we emerged for the 2nd half we had changed into the previous season’s shirts in anticipation of having to swap jerseys at the end. Honestly!
The old old Board never missed a trick ;-)
Back to workin…..
Traditionalist,
Roy signed Tony Stokes at Sunderland. He also signed El Hadji Diouf.
All the Sunderland signings,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/ipswich-town/5207753/Roy-Keane-in-the-transfer-market-Hits-and-misses.html
Jamesgang
Reading back there, thanks for the defence, though I accept McJay’s reason for the name-checks.
Macjay
I’m glad to see you didn’t contradict my point that, without the threat not to renew season tickets, Sevco would’ve started life in the top tier back in 2012.
So I’ve had 4 years more Celtic than I would’ve had in that scenario.
Hail Hail!
THE EXILED TIM on 17th May 2016 10:51 am
Bada
Yip, it will be swept under the carpet, they will not harm their own.
Only a couple of weeks ago, RC Ogilvie was uefa’s rep at the Bayern v Atletico semi final game, everyone and his dug knows he is as bent as a nine bob note, yet…..
*UEFA’s headquarters are in calvinst Switzerland. The tentacles of the craft reach far and wide.
JOBO where were you sunday .I turned up,found the corner and you were late.
clogher celt on 17th May 2016 1:42 pm
Traditionalist,
Roy signed Tony Stokes at Sunderland. He also signed El Hadji Diouf.
All the Sunderland signings,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/ipswich-town/5207753/Roy-Keane-in-the-transfer-market-Hits-and-misses.html
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If professionals are turning up late for training whoever the manager is would be correct to be asking questions.
HH
Think Kris has seen his best days. Time to move forward with McGregor, Armstrong, Christie and hopefully Rogic if we can get him tied down.
Houl yer Wheest,
Thanks for that. An interesting read alright.
Árd Macha
“Mikael’s persistent hip injuries suggest we need to recruit a right back. There’s insufficient evidence to determine whether Saidy Janko is ready for the task, so we need to find someone who can take the pressure off Mikael’s hips.”
Surely you have to take a risk on Janko at some point?
We will never know how good he can be without giving him a chance. The last thing we need is another player in this bloated squad. We shouldn’t need more than 2 right backs.
You either play Janko or you get rid of him. Or Lustig.
Spending good money on a RB because Lustig’s always injured and Janko is too much of a risk is mental to me.
Why on earth do we need to sign a right-back? Apart from Lustig we have Janko, Fisher and Ralston (plus the ineffable one). Better to get a left-back if Emilio is leaving.
mwd and lb a very well done from toronto.
More on Keane at Ipswich
Didn’t Keane get rid of Rhodes at Ipswich. For peanuts too, I think. Plain ones at that – not even those nice honey-roasted ones…..
79CAPS on 17TH MAY 2016 1:58 PM
Fisher’s contract is up.
The secret behind Sevilla’s success?
“No one takes a ‘what great economic results’ banner to the stadium,” he says. Of all his signings, Kanouté would be “top three”, Monchi says, alongside Fabiano and Alves, who arrived an unknown 19-year old for around €200,000, having been spotted on one of those first scouting missions, and left for €36m with five titles under his arm. Each time they have sold, they have kept winning; Alves won this competition in 2006 and 2007 before departing. After the 2014 final, Rakitic went to Barcelona; after 2015, Carlos Bacca left for Milan.”
Full Article by Sid Lowe:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/17/sevilla-monchi-liverpool-europa-league-final
praecepta on 17th May 2016 2:31 pm
The secret behind Sevilla’s success?
“No one takes a ‘what great economic results’ banner to the stadium,” he say
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They don’t, and when things are bad, they tend to wait until its too late and then they ‘Show the red card to Liquidation’ ;)
HH
Traditionalist,
You are correct 100 per cent. Hopefully Roy has calmed down a little bit since working with MoN. He’s shown plenty of humility by working in the assistant role at Villa and the ROI.
If he gets the job he will be under a level of scrutiny and pressure that will require a cool head.
They will do everything to undermine him.
Fav Uncle
Jobo arrived just as I was keaving
Leaving never Keaving
PRAECEPTA on 17TH MAY 2016 2:31 PM
No but they have consistently signed unfashionable players and sold them for a profit
They aren’t doing anything different. They are just doing it better.
clogher celt on 17th May 2016 2:38 pm
Agreed – there’d be the usual concerns if he was appointed but tbh there’s question marks over all the candidates until the action starts and we can see how the team is progressing etc.
Who would be your choice?
HH
Glasstwothirdsfull,
Yes Rhodes left while RK was there. Many blame the CEO at the time, Simon Clegg for that.
Same old.
Later
I note that another twist in the rules will see Leicester in Pot 1 in the Group draw by virtue of the EPL’s standing. Until this change it has been the team’s coefficient that has determined the pot, hence Dortmund being in Pot 4 a couple of years back.
We have no such privilege in Scotland, can rely on no one to increase entry stage prospects, and as we stand alone we will rue last year’s torture for 5 long years.
It really is very hard to keep up with. We remain seeded and should be so through the qualifiers, but that is largely thanks to the beating of Barca that we will enjoy next year too before the coefficient potentially falls to a level on a par with BATE, Legia Warsaw and other unseeded teams.
Source is of course the incomparable Bert Kassies http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/trank2016.html
Further up the pecking order from us there are some cliff edges facing the likes of Fenerbahce, Malaga, and even Inter should they have another poor European season.
It is mentioned on here many times that we play roulette every season financially with the qualifiers, but in a blindingly poor mixed metaphor it really is an ever decreasing circle. Failure to qualify, poorer coefficient, poorer seeding, less chance of qualification, never better than pot 4 in the CL, falling down the Europa seedings, harder games, fewer coefficient points and so on
Liverpool getting to the final this year are likely to finish with more coefficient points than all but the CL semi finalists and a couple of other exceptions. This maintains a much healthier ranking despite two fallow European years in the last 5.
I appreciate this is all very academic to how it feels on the night when losing out in the qualifiers or the sometimes moribund Europa league, but we need to arrest the slide and get back into the double figures every year. Qualification to the CL and home victories a minimum, or quarter finals in the Europa. Building blocks to remove as many bullets from chambers as we can.
The qualifiers loom large already, we need to give our new man a chance to prepare.
TIMALOY29
Extract from the article:
When Monchi took over in 2000, Sevilla faced a financial crisis and had just been relegated. Sixteen years on, they play Liverpool in the Europa League final seeking their third title in a row, their fifth in a decade. Four days later they play Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final. Fourteen finals in 10 years while making the profit their model demands (by my maths – circa €300m from player sales).
A seriously good scouting system!
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 17TH MAY 2016 1:32 PM
And
Beatbhoy@1.46
Two posts I enjoyed reading gents.
Macjay you should show the world that slightly gentler side more often. It rather suits you!!!
;-)
HH jamesgang
For what it’s worth…………..!
“Sky Sports understands former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is holding further talks with Celtic over their managerial vacancy.
It is believed the Northern Irishman, who discussed the position with the club’s hierarchy last week, is now the No 1 candidate for the post.”