Celtic will play Malmo in the Champions League play-off round, the third time since 2012 they will face champions from Sweden. The main concern for Ronny Deila is the manner in which Malmo disposed of Salzburg 3-0 on Wednesday night, but there is context to put that into. In the previous round the Swedes only managed a 0-0 at home to Lithuanians Zalgiris Vilnius, before winning 0-1 away.
Those three goals against Salzburg, which arrived inside 45 minutes, will be the subject of a lot of research over the next few days.
In 2013 Celtic struggled to blow away the cobwebs against Elfsborg, recording a 1-0 home win and a 0-0 draw away. A year earlier they beat Helsingborgs 2-0 home and away.
The most encouraging aspect for Ronny will be Malmo’s domestic form. They are current 6th in the Allsvenskan after 18 games and will struggle to qualify for Europe next season. A home game against league leaders Gothenburg on Sunday will be Celtic’s most important reconnaissance exercise.
Oh, and put out the flags, Malmo play on grass!!
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Apologies HT, didn’t see you posted.
Was quick on the trigger…
Meant to put…
His “Love” post was one of the best I’ve read on CQN – My thoughts and prayers are with him.
Hail Hail
Good Evening Timland.
Kevj……..you will go and watch Celtic in the CL group stage
this season,keep yer spirits up and dae wit yer telt!!!!!!!
Moonbeams…
I tried to c&p your moniker and have the same problem.
I’m on an iPad.
Heres hoping the buddies pump the huns, work will be fun if they do, about eight St Mirren season book holders in their and the have no problems giving it to them.
Ps… Some carrier bags were taped onto hun monkey lockers yesterday ;)
Their = there…ffs.
On other matters… Thanks to DavieL and Mort for posting the link to the original CQN site.
We bit self indulgent but had a scroll through, interesting to see how much it’s changed yet how so much is the same.
No trolls though… well unless you count… naw won’t go there.
Hail Hail
Good Evening.
The latest blog asks a very simple question. Does the Scottish MSM think most of us are morons?
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2015/08/07/treating-us-like-morons/
Hmmmm!
Chairbhoy on 7TH AUGUST 2015 6:42 PM
Not at all thanks for going looking for it.
ClumpAny vg. Ta.
Bread wrapper wavers.
Hahahaha
BT had to attend a wedding in Irvine last Saturday but hope to be down for Malmo and/or ICT. HT you and Helen will have a good night there, remember lashings of Vino Verde – enjoy. Hail Hail Hebcelt
Good luck Kevj, like a few others I thought you had the all clear recently, hopefully the next news will be good and you will be back on here doing our heads in as normal
Weefra
LOVE
See you soon ,looks like I will be taking the weemhan tae his 1st Hoops game next Sat.
hope to see you at the coarner
I will be the big sensible non roaster chap :)))))))))
The wee yin disnae know yet because I could not listen to 8 days of is it time yet, but by God am I dying to tell him.
Told him yersterday I wasn’t talking to him for not doing what he was told ,I walked out the back and he followed me put out his hand and said papa shake on it pals again.:)))))
GERRYFAETHEBRIG on 7TH AUGUST 2015 6:21 PM
Thank you mate, Paul Brown was a good man, tragically taken from us at the tender age of 52 years old. He’ll soon be back home in Derry…alas not the way he or anyone else wanted.
Kevj:
If your lurking you stay strong my friend and I will remember you in my Prayers…you keep the faith!
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Charlie and the Bhoys (A Wee Bhoys Dream)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4vvbxKgcJ8
Hebcelt
The vino Verde has long been uncorked!! :-)
Lots of listening and memories
YNWA
Chapter Ten Part One 1990-1994 (made with Spreaker)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qfe1DFooqY
Sorry that was for oooooooooooooor KevJ
Lots of listening and memories
YNWA
Chapter Ten Part One 1990-1994 (made with Spreaker)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qfe1DFooqY
Kevj
The longer that you don’t post the more concerned that I become about your prognosis.
I wish you the very best of health and for good news.
TT
KevJ, you will be in my prayers – keep the faith
Okay HT – hope KJ finds strength.
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Think the Malmo draw is fine for us. The fact that some are worried shows the need for us to bring up standards on the Park and build confidence within the support.
You only have to look at the other half of the draw to see the reality of Champions League Qualification. Some very good teams will go out of the Competition at this stage, even tougher ones await those who qualify, at the group stages.
We shouldn’t take Malmo for granted but we need some perspective.
I believe Ronny knows what he is doing, sometimes this Celtic side make frustrating watching, but Ronny wants to make the Celtic side a good defensive unit. IMO Any flair and striking prowess takes a hit because of this.
Mourinho made his reputation by building teams that were very difficult to beat. Think Ronny is doing the same. Of course Mourinho can depend on world class play makers and forwards who can make a difference. Our squad is obviously lacking that quality.
But in time we’ll get there, the system ensures we concede few, this is key in European Football.
As Malmo will no doubt find out.
Hail Hail
WeeFra,
Embarrassment? Pffft… it’s just a short jaiket that cannie cover insecurities… trick is no to give a flying shoite
The 14th Dalai Lama told me that
For years now, this Champions League thing has really bugged me big time. It is called The Champions League ffs.
It is ridiculous that the Champions of all European Leagues are not automatically in the , well, Champions League.
Instead, we get teams from all over the place who are not Champions but are in the bloody thing and the champions have to play up to three pre-qualifiers. This is nonsense and needs to be addressed like now man!
Are the powers that be frightened that some minnow from Malta or the likes might win the bloody thing.
It’s a joke and needs sorted now!!
KINGLuBO
Kinglubo
it’s all about the money, money, money, – nothing to do with football integrity
Is the St. Mirren game on T.V.?
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
It’s on btsports
Lennybhoy…
BT sports for the dough doughs.
Cheers Sipsini, might tune in see how they’re doing.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Good evening friends.
Foolishly let the heart rule the head and stucj 20 of the Queen’s shillings on Paisley’s finest. 7/1 did seem a tad generous but we shall see….
This guy’s Twitter feed is brilliant…
At last we have a Currant Bun who realises his team are fecked…..
Hope there aren’t too many others, who are as intelligent as him,following Deadclub.
Otherwise my stocks and shares in Jelly and Ice Cream are doomed…
Go get them John Boy
john james (@sitonfence)
August 7, 2015 at 11:11 am
Andrew
This is factually incorrect. Llambias & Leach were only in charge for a matter of months. In that short period they secured a £10m loan, The actual cost of doing so was 26% of profits from Rangers Retail, which on the £10m capital sum is 2.16% interest. Compare this to the Letham facility at 15%. £5m would have been released when the Sports Scotland warranty had been accommodated. as per the due diligence clause in the agreement. When King’s concert party attempted to wrest control from the board elected by a clear majority of shareholders at the December AGM, they only offered £6.5m and made no provision for the loan from MASH of £3m. It was a cheap offer from an underfunded consortium, who in the final analysis only provided £4.5m. They reneged on the £5m SD loan.
As for giving the new board time, how long would you give them? Paul Murray has answered your question. A minimum of seven years, Seven years of a six figure salary and unlimited expense account for our vice-chairman. Seven years of a six figure salary for John Gilligan who adds nothing to the current board other than his nodding dog vote on everything cooked up by King and Murray.
In five months, this new board have failed spectacularly on each and every key performance indicator. No expense has been spared when Murray, accompanied by his wife, engaged in a 5 star vacation to California, on the pretext of raising much needed funds from well-heeled North American Rangers supporters. Murray raised little more than a round of applause. Murray, accompanied by Gilligan, attempted to convince Ashley’s advisers to provide the second tranche of £5m. They failed. An attempt was made to contact Sarver. His office refused Murray’s request for a meeting.
At this point it get’s interesting. There are reports that King missed out on the June EGM to meet up with Ashley in London. King was apparently engaged on company business. If this meeting had taken place, the venue would have been SD’s PR firm, Powerscourt, in Tudor Street, London. However the source of this story is PMG. Of course being PMG he added his own spin that Bill will not allow me to repeat.
Has anyone paused for a moment to contemplate the possibility that this meeting did not take place? Could it not be a construct of PMG’s fevered agenda driven imagination? Richard Gough, who flew in to pitch ST sales at our expense, made an oblique reference to an MA/King meeting last week. Would King fly to London, at our expense, and not take advantage of an opportunity to pitch the ST sales to his compliant fully paid up Herald Group hacks? What Gough was implying was that King and Murray are leaving no stone unturned to restore the finances of Rangers. Good try Richard but no cigar.
The Ashley communique prior to his requested EGM highlighted the problems of an unlisted stock that is free from the constraints and transparency required by an exchange. Ashley pointed out that this is exacerbated by having a chairman whose criminal convictions are a matter of public record. Ashley took his gloves off with this attack on King. Would someone as arrogant as King accept this public dressing down and still be willing to meet with Ashley in the forlorn hope of raising the second tranche of £5m? He could have just as easily engaged in a spa at The Shangri La hotel, at The Shard, prior to his flight to Johannesburg.
The shyster board did their best to control the EGM. They even gave the SOS’ convicted drug dealer, Sandy Chugg, an opportunity to ask a pro-board question. However what was revealed was their incompetence in their failed attempts to relist on LSE AIM and a botched attempt at an ISDX listing.
The resignation of WH Ireland was King’s doing. King’s criminal reputation preceded him. They moved quickly to distance themselves from a notorious white collar criminal.
However, those who run the RST & Rangers First don’t care that the current board are a study in incompetence. The former, with their 8.59% of the issued share capital think that they are important. They will back King, irrespective of his lies and broken promises in the hope of an NED blazer. Their self-interest is a mirror image of Paul Murray’s.
Rangers First,made a recent purchase of shares via Peterhouse/JP Jenkins. A cynic might suggest that they did so on the instructions of the board. This organisation is openly touting for Sandy Easdale’s shares,with a low bowl offer of 23-27p.
The shyster board are going after the Easdale proxy, taking away 10.43% of opposing voting rights.
It’s a naked power grab with the RF and RST working in parallel to serve the interests of King.
King’s rationale for stripping voting rights from the Easadale proxy is a masterclass in hypocrisy. Apparently there is a lack of transparency in who owns the interests in RIFC. What about your own investment vehicle Mr King? Who are the beneficiaries of the Oasis trust? Are the beneficiaries the New Oasis trust? Who are these beneficiaries and where is this trust domiciled? Are there any loan warranties on this trust conferring power to a third party in another ‘tax-efficient’ domicile? Is your mother, aka Mrs N, a beneficiary?
Richard Gough stated the new board are quietly going about their business. King states that we should focus on the team on the park.
Meanwhile the biggest spiv who has ever darkened our door is carving up Rangers.
As he does so, he is not facing any opprobrium from the press. Those who could not be bought off by Level 5 have been banned.
He is not facing any questions from our self-serving blazer seeking co-ops. Craig & Sandy are singing from the criminal’s hymn sheet.
Meanwhile the company is running on fumes and is £5m shy of short term solvency. The decision to renege on the £5m loan will have devastating consequences. The auditor will have to be even more creative than our resident fake CA, Dave King. Then there is the thorny issue of an ISDX listing. Did the recent purchase of shares via Peterhouse/JP Jenkins provide the fees to justify an attempt to gain a listing for an organisation with a convicted criminal as its chairman? Forty-two counts of tax evasion would preclude anyone from taking office of any UK listed company. How do Peterhouse/JP Jenkins intend to circumvent this problem ?
These are the questions that should be being asked.
All the Newco fans finally acknowledge that they are Broon Breed.
TT
I’m sure I heard some Fenian seagulls break the silence.
Right,
I am going to do my very best to watch this televisualfest with a completely open mind.
By that I mean I hope Sevco get stuffed but I will still give credit where any is due.
Updates after 15 minutes…..
KevJ,
Just back in from work.
I have looked back and haven’t seen the post.
Rest assured we will keep your ticket for Dublin2016, if you need more give me or Almore a shout.
HH,
Clogher
Perhaps it’s time the Champions League tag was dropped and renamed the Europe League which would be more appropriate. The public are no fools, this is not. League of champions.
Saint mirren are shire.
Hi: Not a fan of the new setup. It was so brilliant in its simplicity – now its visually polluted and not as intuitive. There is a good reason google maintained its simple search engine page — it worked. Also, the new set up is hard to access on a mobile device. One click before – now at least 4 or 5 clicks to get to the current discussion which in itself is hard to locate. Down with this sort of thing!
Thanks, Paul.
Malmo is very doable for us
If we can’t beat a team sixth in the Swedish league with our budget we don’t deserve to be in the CL
Sevco 15 minute update –
Apologies, I lost interest after 3m 44s.
I did try…… ;-)
PsG are away to Lille on BT sport Europe
No need to watch orcs
PSG down to 10 men, 36 minutes and nil nil