Just days after The Beating of Barca in 2004 the youthful Celtic chief executive, Peter Lawwell presented teenage sensation, David Marshall, with a new contract, reward for his incredible goalkeeping performances against the Catalans. Having made only a single first team appearance, in a cup game against (then) lower league opponents, David played the second half of the first leg against Ronaldinho & Co, then all of the second leg, without conceding a goal.
It Camp Nou performance was the most remarkable I’ve seen from a keeper. After years looking for a solid performer to make the position his own, it looked like we had a new star.
A year later David had, if anything, regressed. He remained first choice until after the start of season 2005-06 but Artur Boruc, for a while the genuine article, soon replaced him. David was shipped out to Norwich before eventually settling at Cardiff City, where he has built a solid career, but his star never shone as brightly as we expected it to. His Scottish contemporaries, Allan McGregor and Craig Gordon, both overtook him.
It is incredibly hard for a youth player to break into a team like Celtic in a position like goalkeeper, or striker, the pressure to deliver – every time – is so high, we are a whole lot more likely to introduce wingers. The parallels between David Marshall and Tony Watt are remarkable, so far.
From the outside it’s hard to guess what went wrong for David at Celtic. He lost his place at Celtic when he was just 20 and the trajectory of his career was never the same but 20 is still remarkably young for a keeper working at Champions League level. Tony Watt is two years younger than David and he is in the considerably better position of being able to come on as substitute for sections of games, or to drop away for a few weeks, if necessary.
We should expect more fantastic splurges of form from the player but there will be frustrations and dips in form too. He has the skill, speed and strength to make it. With hard work and patience he stands an excellent chance.
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Sofa- I got a compilation CD ‘The Pits have gone but the Bands remain’ [possibly not correct title!}
Fantastic stuff.
I love a good ole brass band.
AHHHHH- mistake – didn’t realise it would make a link. Don’t click on it!!
This Sponsorship Fracas.. is.. jist a Storm in a Chanty
Look..
In Business.. Ye dae whit ye think is Best fur yer Company.
And. Sponsors.. it seems.. are No quite ..
Knocking doon the Doors.. tae get a Piece o the Celtic..
So…
Ah don’ t blame oor Guys fur.. Takin whit they kin get..
and
We should be thankful.. fur .. whit we kin Get…
Things are tough ,all over…
If soiten Celtic Fans. object tae the wey the Board are Going aboot the business.
of..
COLLECTING FUNDS.. in order tae Keep .. the Celtic.. afloat..
then..
That is Jist Too .. bad…
Like Ah said…
Ye hivtae Cut Yer Coat.. according tae yer supply o’ Material..
Which his no bearing.. whitsoevah..in whit Ah AM Discussing…
Howevahh…
Ah jist thought Ah wid Throw that Comment in..
As Ah hid Naething Else .. tae Add..
Kojo
Still..Laughin’
hail hail
Mods please delete – have emailed Paul
sorry folks.
It’s Friday afternoon, time for some Chuckles…
“The SPL told us face-to-face, ‘We don’t want you, you aren’t welcome,”‘ Rangers chief executive Charles Green said in an interview with The Associated Press ahead of the club’s planned flotation on a London Stock Exchange market.
And a planned revamp of the Scottish Premier League and three professional divisions below could be Rangers’ chance to escape. The overhaul was announced during the off-season just as Rangers was going into liquidation with tax debts exceeding $30 million.
“What we understand is that any restructuring will also revisit the taboo,” Green said. “A bit like, ‘Don’t talk about the war to the Germans.’ ‘Don’t mention Rangers and Celtic leaving Scotland.’ It was always ‘Shhh don’t mention that.’
“I think the taboo of that is going to be lifted … Scottish football without Rangers and Celtic might actually become more competitive within the remaining clubs rather than having these two monsters sat above them.”
Rangers is due to float on London’s AIM market by the end of the year, and Green has been trying to persuade financial institutions this week that the club has a realistic chance of playing in the English Premier League.
“As a football club, if Rangers were in the Premier League only Manchester United would be bigger,” Green said. “Because Arsenal haven’t got more fans than Rangers … the fan base is so big.”
But the barriers to joining the world’s richest football league are also vast, with the English Premier League already resisting previous overtures from both Rangers and Glasgow rival Celtic.
“I don’t believe the Premier League are hostile towards it because I think it’s a generalization,” Green said. “Speak to Manchester United. They are not hostile to Rangers joining.”
But United disputed Green’s claims.
“We are not in favour of it at all. We are against it,” United spokesman Phil Townsend said. “Our view is it’s the English Premier League and should remain that way.”
Green, though, pointed to the financial advantages of United being able to play at the 50,000-capacity Ibrox.
“Why would Man United want to play Southampton? Why, when they could play Rangers? Sixty per cent of the Premier League don’t want Rangers. Of course they don’t want Rangers,” Green said. “Why would Southampton, Swansea, Wigan, Aston Villa? Why would any of them want Rangers or Celtic in their league. Why would they? It threatens their existence … but if you asked the big clubs, ‘Would you like Rangers?”
They would, according to Green. Even in Spain.
“Ask Barcelona and Real Madrid if they would like Rangers and Celtic in their league,” Green said. “They definitely would. Why wouldn’t Barcelona want to play Rangers home and away as opposed to playing Getafe. They would sell (those) games out.”
In the presentation to potential investors, Green features a quote from Barcelona President Sandro Rosell highlighting the virtue of playing European rivals on weekends.
“What will change football over 5-to-10 years is this insatiable demand for the big clubs to play each other,” Green said. “And this is not the insatiable demand from the west Midlands or from north London. This is the demand from the Middle East, Asia, the Far East.”
Green is putting his faith in a UEFA experiment that could remove a key barrier to Rangers leaving the Scottish league. European football’s governing body has allowed 16 women’s teams in Belgium and the Netherlands to form a cross-border league in a three-year trial.
“The difficulty is that historically I don’t think Celtic and Rangers would have been allowed to consider leaving Scotland,” Green said. “What is now going to change things … is now we’ve got this cross-border league for women.”
Rangers’ demotion means that Scotland’s only internationally attractive fixture is off the calendar — the Old Firm derby against Celtic.
And at Celtic’s annual general meeting on Friday, chief executive Peter Lawwell said he believed expanding leagues beyond borders could become a reality.
“We are committed to the SPL but nothing stays the same,” Lawwell said. “There are initiatives in Europe. UEFA have opened their mind up to some form of regional leagues.
“I think they recognize the polarization between the top leagues and the smaller leagues in terms of media values. There are very early proposals that may look at regional leagues.”
Green bought Rangers’ assets for 5.5 million pounds ($8.7 million), and four months later he is already hopeful of raising about 30 million pounds ($48 million) from a flotation on London’s AIM exchange. Fans are expected to invest 21 million pounds (about $33 million) in shares.
GDT
I hope Lenny carries on as he has with his preparation for the CL games as he seems to be doing not a bad job so far ;-)
As for Clint
Go on Celts make my day
hail hail
MurdochauldandHay
16:17 on 16 November, 2012
Thank You!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vntBg5uWKg
;))))
Paul67 re your leader;
This young Bhoy was watched by Ton Che dan, Bawsman, Googybhoy and Myself last season in Manchester v the city in the next Gen game.
Back then We told you of his unique skills, prowess and athleticism………
Well I think we did :>)
DONTBRATTBAKKINANGER
Radio2 WEDNESDAY NIGHTS,2130-2200
Never liked that kinda music till I started listening to this programme.
Mind,it’s the only time I listen to that kinda music,obviously a work in progress!
Kojo,
Patience is a virtue, our stock is rising and Beating the best ever club side at Celtic Park will have plenty interested parties, well, interested. ;))
What if we topped this CL Group?
The age of this team is Mental, going forward.
Trust me, when you give money away it comes back at you. It is the Love of Money that is the curse.
Barcelona selling out a match against a Scottish Third Divison outfit?
Lol!!
Asonofdan
That has to be a spoof ,right !.
If that’s genuine old Chuckie is ready for the old back to front jaket ,his rants are becoming embarrassing to say the least .
I am will utterly gobsmacked if the sevconians do not hear alarm bells ringing now
BMCUWP- half nine?
Half nine?
I’m in my scratcher with a cup of cocoa and an
improvin’ book by then.
fergus slayed the blues
16:23 on 16 November, 2012
GDT
I know exactly what you mean about us deserving to go through on the way we’ve handled things so far in CL . I’m sure we can finish the job and will indeed deserve our place in the last 16.
Vmnan
And ..Ah am tellin’ u..
The Next Big Star.. tae come thru..the Celtic ranks.
Wull.. be..
Mark Hill.
Ah am gettin’ ma Two Bits ,in.. Early…
But.. this Young Fellow Me Lad’s Break Thru intae the HEAD LINES..
wull be worth. the WAIT.
Kojo..
Still. Laughin’
I always wondered what a Tarrier was? Now I know:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tarriers
fergus slayed the blues
Straight from Chuckles mouth… :0)
Petec
A special night was had by all,
I was just suprised there was never an video made of it:(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=Kd7ymuMmQKY&NR=1
Till later all
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/7289/1353083588612.jpg
Crazy Chuck upsets yet more people down south and across Europe with his rantings
After hearing that address, what sane person or institution would buy shares in this con?
Newsflash for Chuck! Any regional league would still fall under UEFA and you would still need 3 years of accounts to play in it.
Plan B then Chuck?
Hope no-one bought a Mont Blanc from that site…
euphemismCSC
I wish I could score like Tony Watt.
In a football sense that is.
You mucky pups.
Unless of course you read it literally the first time.
U
GDT
I am sure the bhoys will do their utmost to help us achieve our dreams
hail hail
My dear,dear,dear, Friend.. Petec..
Yes… Like the Guid book says.. but.. is Oft. Misquoted..
” The LOVE o’ Money.. is the Root o’ awe Evil”
Money, is A great thing tae Possess..
But.. If Ye Luv it..
Then It wull..
POSSESS … YOU!
So.. Ah play it safe…
Ah jist.. LIKE MONEY.. but, Ah dinna.. Luv It!
Right?
Right..
Maks Sense ..TAE ME!
Kojo
Yer pal..who likes ye aloater
Still, Laughin’
ASonOfDan
Can you tell where was that article from?
I don’t mind Chuck talking crap, but they added quotes from our CEO which either gives his havverings some gravitas or, much worse, makes Celtic look complicit in this.
I really wish we could have an official statement from our club that dissociates us completely with Green’s setup (whatever that may be).
Asonofdan
Their seriously F***d then
just one cornetto ,give it to me
hail hail
Ewan Murray @mrewanmurray
Charles Green latest: “Speak to Manchester United. They are not hostile to Rangers joining [the EPL].”
Ewan Murray @mrewanmurray
“We are not in favour of it at all. We are against it,” United spokesman Phil Townsend said.
Ewan Murray @mrewanmurray
Green adds: “Why wouldn’t Barcelona want to play Rangers home and away as opposed to playing Getafe. They would sell (those) games out.”
Ewan Murray @mrewanmurray
True enough, you can’t go for a quiet pint in Barcelona without the locals bemoaning the absence of the Old Firm from La Liga
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How did Ewan Murray get from Charles Green to the “Old Firm” with those comments?
leftclicktic
I am glad I wisnae there, I would probably have cried through it all.
I think about the disgusting language people use at Celtic Park when a team has the temerity to score against Celtic, knowing full well there are lots of kids in the row in front.
I would never have taken a youngster into the Jungle but as soon as I got the chance to enter the Jungle as a teenager, I was there and made sure I squeezed into the very centre to watch the Maestro play. I am sure I was not the only one who made sure they got to the very centre of the Jungle.
ASonOfDan – When will the colourful Yorkshire chancer stop trying to drag Celtic’s name into conversations about his new club? (thumbsup)
Ten Men
He is not aiming his addresses at any sane peepil ,he’s aiming them at the Sevconion hordes .
sixtaeseven: Wanyama! Watt!!! and a consolation goal for Messi
An associated press article from Cananda.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
“I don’t believe the Premier League are hostile towards it because I think it’s a generalization,” Charles Green said. “Speak to Manchester United. They are not hostile to Rangers joining.”
But United disputed Green’s claims.
“We are not in favor of it at all. We are against it,” United spokesman Phil Townsend said. “Our view is it’s the English Premier League and should remain that way.”
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Canada! lol!
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/respect-for-the-blue-army/#more-3321
Kojo
Would you Adam and Eve it, a Freemason corrected me about that comment about money being the root of all evil.
;))
Re Barca loving to play Sevco to full their stadium ,I think Chico will find the last time the now sevco fans visited that country ,The country officially wished that the never returned and that was not the more radical bottomfeeders he has stirred up from the pond as a lot of them had chucked it because the were upset Minty did not fight hard enough to allow them to keep signing their bile .