News that Fraser Forster has signed a long term contract with Celtic, who will pay Newcastle United £2m for his services, adds some welcome stability ahead of the Champions League qualifiers. Buying a new, first-choice, keeper is fraught with the kind of difficulties Neil Lennon would rather avoid.
Last summer we looked at Croatian international Stipe Pletikosa, who performed at the European Championships, but he failed to impress during his trial period at Celtic, including a poor performance against Wolves at Celtic Park.
Last year we also looked at Polish cap, Gregorz Sandomierski, who subsequently went to Belgian club racing Genk for €3m, but he failed to make a competitive appearance for Genk and was shipped back to Poland on loan. By comparison, Forster, who turned 24 on St Patrick’s Day, cemented his place with the champions.
Last year Celtic concluded a provisional deal with Newcastle to sign Fraser on a permanent deal this summer but although player and club were both keen to do business, negotiations took until the end of the players’ summer break, perhaps reflecting a tightening of Celtic’s finances ahead of what could be a period of financial uncertainty in the Scottish game.
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That wouldn’t be Linfield friendly attending, RFFF badge holding Airdrie chairman?
Bomber Brown
High Blantyre’s own Stephen Hawkins
Where’s the conflict of interest, Ballantyne..??
Ballantyne is a stain
67thHeaven.
We live in hope.HH
What conflict of interest could the badge wearing Ballantine mean, I think we should be told…
Right thats me away tae ma bed.
Just had a look at one of Airdire’s fan forums – judging by previous posts I don’t think they’ll be too happy with this ‘conflict of interest’.
Paul67 et al
Any news from Bomber Command?
Must be great being an Airdrie fan and knowing that your sadsack of a chairman supports another team more than the one he is chairman of…
starry plough, 14:16
all will be revealed tomorrow
Now if I was an Airdrie man I would be very angry that my Chairman is so conflicted he feels he cannot vote on another club. It is such a shame that we have no Airdrie supporting men with prominent media positions who could give this scandal it’s proper place…..
I’ve just watched the John Brown speech and whenever anybody brings it up in future I’m going to have a mental image of Jimmy Cricket at the Nuremburg Rally ,the style whereby he delivers a sentence or two then takes a few steps back to move forward again was just missing an ‘and there’s more’ , priceless comedy.
Ballantyne,is he the chairman of the club minty threaten to put out of business,strange decision,or is it,seems to be a friend of the defunct club.
and Mr B won’t be the only one issuing that statement…
O.G.Rafferty on 2 July, 2012 at 14:19 said:
Good news as I have to go out now!!!
Been sat here since 14th of February!!
SunnyBhoy
Was just about to ask mate,what do Airdrie’s fans think? Another embarassing piece of the hun jigsaw.
Airdrie forums? They have internets in Airdrie now?
HH
Lennon n Mc….Mjallby on 2 July, 2012 at 14:20 said:
Barrack O’Bomber: The best line I read was on here – someone described it as Frontier Gibberish. I can’t stop thinking of Blazing Saddles when I watch it now.
♪ ♫ Hector Avocado ♫ ♪ on 2 July, 2012 at 14:09 said:
There’s something fishy going down at Ipox
Jandy Sardine has found his soul and plaice in the world.
His rhetoric may be canned but it’s oil he got.
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Just passed Ibrokes about an hour ago and there’s a guy outside the main entrance juggling fish, he looked a poor sole. I said, for cods sake you can’t do that in the middled of the street, but he just kept on juggling, think he may have been hard of herring, either that or just shellfish.
Then he started singing, think it was salmon chanted evening, and all the bears started doing the conger.
Anyway need to go, used to be a shark at this but now I’m floundering.
WhoshallhaveafishyCSC
Not the ole star or angel debate again
fanadpatriot – Ballantyne,is he the chairman of the club minty threaten to put out of business,strange decision,or is it,seems to be a friend of the defunct club.
Murray did put them out of business.
Ballantyne is the chairman of the rebranded Clydebank FC, which was cannibalised and shipped off to Morlock-town by an Airdrie Newco. (thumbsup)
Maybe the Newco could get its cars from TATA motors ?
!!Bada Bing!! on 2 July, 2012 at 14:23 said:
They seem pretty unhappy: http://www.thefootballnetwork.net/boards/list/s2.htm
O.G- anything to do with Ballantyne being an accountant?
2+2=¿
SB-ta
Philvesreturns14.24
Ah yes,the one who also sat in the Directors box,at the bigots game in Belfast,last month.Conflict of interest indeed.HH
!!Bada Bing!!, 14:25
No
Conflict of Interests?
Airdrie fans demand that he votes no , Ballantyne wants to vote yes.
Cops out by inventing a ‘conflict of interests’.
Airdrie fans should demand his resignation.
The Onlooker
Anyone got a copy of bannatynes statement?
Ballantyne not voting is like a vote against. Any abstention counts in the no camp since only those voting FOR count in the %age required to pass the resolution. It’s a percentage of members not voters.
Could it be that he along with others at other wee clubs were debenture holders at bigotdome and hence formal creditors of RFC (IL)?
Or could it be he was involved in discussion to hatch this heinous plot?
Perhaps he has an EBT with RFC (IL)?
HH
If they need 75% of the clubs to vote YES to allow them into SFL Div 1, then by abstaining from the vote, does that not have the same effect as voting NO??
According to the DR and their anonymous spokesman, the ‘nuclear’ option is to go with an 11 team SPL and will be considered. Not heard that option voiced to date…
HH
Question for the CQN Brains Trust I have a bet on that should Swansea finish top 4 in the EPL they would qualify for the Champions League.My cousin diagrees saying they would be barred since they are Welsh,I would have thought playing in the EPL should do it. Cold Peroni on this one. Hail Hail Hebcelt
Bummer Broon says “Ribbet!”
Hearing UEFA’s big hitters are now stepping in to the RFC (il) mess that the SFA cant seem to handle ?? Time for CHANGE !
Interesting…
Disband the SFA..
So “Bomber” Broon is the latest face on the Sevco PR Wagon is he? Must have scraped the barrel for that one. The guy has all the oratory skills of a Gibbon, and if brains were made of dynamite he wouldnae have enough to blow his nose.
WaitingforthenextinstalmentCSC
celt for life on 2 July, 2012 at 14:42 said:
Are yo sure it’s 75% they need to pass this???
someone said to me over the weekend all they need is 51%