I am sure we will see a full strength Celtic team against Inter Milan tomorrow but that doesn’t mean Celtic will be able to overturn their summer form against what will be the best squad of players they have met since facing the same team in the Dublin Cup almost exactly a year ago. Inter will be formidable opponents.
The experimentation of recent weeks will be set aside as Neil Lennon prepares for next week’s enormously important Champions League qualifying game against HJK Helsinki. In particular, we are likely to see a more familiar looking back four and midfield. What happens up front remains to be seen. Celtic have struggled to get into scoring form preseason; the manager will be keen to resolve this, if possible.
Most of all we need a 90 minutes free of elbows in the face and other injuries as the real stuff is only five days away.
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petec – I’m quite keen on the old mini-chorizos.
Dairylea cheese sticks are pretty good too. (thumbsup)
Baldies, even
Baldies 11
John Hartson.
Jim Brogan,Tommy Callaghan.
The Daily Mail is being very daily mailish about 2 Scots women footballers and 2 Welsh male footballers not singing the so-called National Anthem at these ‘ere ‘lympics. The headline is “Fury as Welsh and Scots snub National Anthem”. I bet that surprises you. Time to crush those rebellious Scots, eh?
Presumably, if they had whistled it (like Daley Thompson did at his award ceremony in 1984) they would have just been cheeky chappies.
Anyway, last count, there were 2,311 comments…..mostly FURIOUS ones
I’d like to see our strongest team available tomorrow.
Thing is that Ledley’s best performance’s last season were invariably when Brown wasn’t playing.
So do we go for Brown, and his attributes with a less effective Ledley, or sacrifice Brown’s attributes for a more effective Ledley?
Don’t worry I know what I mean.
Good afternoon Guys,
Well its Inter up next, to give us a game leading in to the big one v Helsinki. I wish i could feel a little more confident about our chances. If we had 1 quality striker who could score goals at European level there would be no worries about qualifying for the Champions league. Sorry guys but Hooper, Stokes will not get the goals in these games. If only we had a Van Hooydonk or a Larson, Caddette or somebody of that quality we would walk it. Wishfull thinking i know but i can dream. Good luck Celtic. Hail Hail.
cadizzy – BAN THIS SICK FILTH NOW (thumbsup)
tomtheleedstim on 27 July, 2012 at 13:32 said:
“I remember under Thatcher (RIP) city bonuses were tax free when paid in fine wines or gold bullion. Tax free!”
Thom, not quite. These were plans that were designed to avoid National Insurance (for the employer). They were introduced following the abolition of the NIC cap for employers in 1985/86 (the cap remained for employees). They worked on the basis that a benefit in kind did not give rise to a NIC charge. They were not subject to PAYE so employees got the cash flow advantage of not having to pay the tax until they got their assessment following submission of their tax return.
Bada Bing
I’ve text Sannabhoy about the spare ticket.
…and when the Daily Mail hear about these bonus plans, the headline was “BAN THIS SICK FILTH NOW”
Well, not really..they were too busy getting a passport for Zola Budd while referring to the anti apartheid movement as “BAN THIS SICK FILTH NOW”
HT-thanks,i just emailed him.HH.
Philvis – I don’t want to fleece the rich. By some standards (not many though) I am well off myself. Tax should be paid by everyone, fairly.
I agree people don’t like paying tax – I certainly don’t – but people justify evasion when they hear stories of injustice, and then everyone loses.
I wonder what the actual rate would be if everyone paid the same flat rate whatever the salary, but did actually pay it?
Any news on those Seabrook crisps??
Got to get back to the grindstone mate – what time do you tee off? ;-)
Kevin Kyle apparently in talks with the hun.
Kayal
Possibly , but how are hey going to meet the wages and expenses on the SFL div3 income
I mostly want to see us score some goals tomorrow. Or at the very least create a lot of chances. If you create a lot of chances then at least you know your doing something right and that those chances will be converted into goals when things finally click- we haven’t even looked anywhere near that stage yet. Hooper, Stokes, Sammy and Bangura all need a confidence injection before we face HJK and strikers do that by scoring goals.
statingthebleedingobviousCSC
The Daily Mail reports that patrioticTeam GB manager Stuart Pearce proudly belted out the national anthem before the game
Well, he is the type, isn’t he?
And he knows all the words from all those games he played for Foreign
(“Let it go, Cadizzy. Let it go”)
HT
His auld man won’t be happy with that
I must be in the minority: I DO WANT TO FLEECE THE RICH.
In fact, I would take they’re precious money away from them altogether. Leave them the possessions they’re so attached to.
Money will be worthless and inevitably obsolete some day soon anywayz.
anarchistbampotCSC.
Team for me tomorrow
Forster
Matthews, Rogne, Mulgrew, Izaguirre
Brown, Wanyama, Ledley, Samaras
Commons
Hooper
Subs; Zaluska, Lustig, McCourt, Kayal, Forrest, Stokes, Watt
Just crossed the border, 80 miles away from Glasgow.
Hail Hail
Income and payroll taxes are pointless given the government’s ability to tax consumption.
Flat rate of 0% CSC.
I’d forgotten how ugly Sally Gunnell is….
Pfayr
Just read it fully. The headline says he’s in talks but when you get to Kyle’s comments he states that despite his offer to fat Sally through an agent, he hasn’t heard anything back.
Typical high quality journalism.
Kevin Kyle is a Tim, even ‘though he was born in Stranraer!
‘In talks with huns?. Some mistake surely?!
HH!!
Tallybhoy on 27 July, 2012 at 13:32 said:
I am going to the Olympics, with my grandson ………one of the events ….BEACH VOLLEY BALL……….LLOOLL
philvisreturns on 27 July, 2012 at 13:49
It disnae look good so far. WDH may bring forth wisdom.
And if the Carbs are so………………..
@MTHForum: Forum Post – Huns back on SFL 3 listing with full oldco history ! http://t.co/jWufTKJu – Click to Respond
Ha Ha Ha they really are a desperate lot and will try anything to keep the history of a dead club.
I suppose anything that keeps you happy then run with it but any human being with a brain knows the old club is dead.
Bada
We only use ugly when refering to the huns
Miss Gunnell is a plain wench
wonkyradar on 27 July, 2012 at 14:09 said:
LOL
This pseudo Rangers FC Sevco are determined to look more hunnish every day…Kyle, Black, Savage…a throwback to the atavistic stone age tactics of yesteryear?
And the MSM say Scottish football can’t thrive without them.
….PFayr on 27 July, 2012 at 14:05 said:
That is precisely the question the SFA should be asking Sevco.
Club licensing was always going to be the sticky, hence my focus on it, because you can always twist the rules and present forecasts but not the reality of not having enough dosh to make the planned forecast a reality.
There have been various attempts at a business forecast and whilst Sevco could be a viable business, its main income stream is ticket money and that simply is not arriving in large numbers.
The idea of Sevco signing players like Beattie or Black and holding on to Wallace etc is as unrealstic as the tooth fairy my wife thinks puts petrol in the car.
We have no idea of the player pool Sevco will have to take them through the season, but by my calculations £1500 pw is the wage max to break even (and there are many variations on that theme depending on the crowd), but bottom line is players wages have to be very low to enable a season to be completed. If I were the SFA I would know the wage bill from the registration details held of players still on Sevco books as well as the kind of wages Black and co would want and I would want such firm wage forecasts to be covered by guaranteed income before I gave membership the nod.
Of course a squad list that meets that low wage criteria would most likely be unappetising to supporters and TV, placing the income forecast at even greater risk.
Catch 22 so they keep the figures close to their chests, but failure to establish Sevco’s sustainability over a season is so serious the SFA should make public the forecasts and guarantees it worked on and required before agreeing.
Bada- that’s a bit pulchritudist.
I would imagine wee Sally isn’t on the run from the Excise, the bailiffs and other creditors.
Kayal33 on 27 July, 2012 at 13:40 said:
Suspect you’re right there,
HH
Catman on 27 July, 2012 at 14:13 said
I would go with that too. Maybe Wednesday as well but perhaps Stokes should get the nod.
DBBIA-HD as well……..a face like 7 days of rain.
Auldheid
You may have noticed over on RTC a few minutes ago that it’s claimed the Greek player they’re supposedly after has been offered £500k per year including bonuses.
Kevin Kyle was on the wireless a couple of weeks ago saying he had bumped into Kenny McDowell on holiday and had touted himself for Sevco. Not a bad signing for the ole Newco, in that:
a) He’s been unable to play for about 8 years due to chronic injury, and
b) He has that mad Stranraer accent that will make daft Kirk Broodfoot sound intelligent by comparison.