Mistakes in the transfer market are more costly to a club than any mistake made on a football field. It’s too easy to spend millions on a transfer fee and commit to the kind of contract you or I will never see in our lives. After contracts are signed you need to hope the player settles into the squad, and the city, sometimes hope he learns the language, and assume he can cope with the weather.
So how do you offset this? In recent seasons Celtic have tried, when possible, to agree a deal in principle, but front-load the transfer with a short-term loan deal. This gives the club six months or a year to ensure all the boxes are ticked before they commit the kind of resources which would have an impact on multiple seasons.
Miku is a case in point. Glasgow is a long way from his native Venezuela, and as different from Madrid or Valencia, where he spent most of his adult life, as you will find in Western Europe. He is a almost certainly a better player than we have seen since he arrived at the end of the summer transfer window, but it would be foolish to suggest he has settled well at the club.
If Miku doesn’t cut it, he will return to Spain in the summer, or sooner, and Celtic will have conserved millions.
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One for the road.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puB27JD6Hso
SUMMA OF SAMMI
The boat came into Penton Hook Marina, about 10 mins upriver, this afternoon but I didn’t know about the accident.
I’m on my boat now so I’ll go for a closer look in the morning, oops it is the morning :)
Total randomness looking for som3thjng.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1R5L1eWR1Q
The most harmful fad diet of all time.
And recommended by doctors without a thought.
Low fat.
The French Paradox is the fact that they eat much more fat than other western countries, but are thinner and healthier.
So you’d think… Why?
NAW!
Doctors are only selected for their ability to remember.
Thinkers are too distracted to remember lists.
In Gary Taubes book, The Diet Delusion, he looks at the politics of the few American doctors who decided low fat was the way.
And the absolutely disastrous consequences of this.
For the whole world.
Summa of Sammi….
03:49 on 6 January, 2013
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Merry Unorthodox Christmas to Aiden McGeady..
Summa
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The Celts, if they could pull it off, on the FINAL day of that dastardly transfer WINDOW, an Aiden McGeady, WOW ,it would never matter if Dylan was wearing the 4 and the 6 shirt.
The symbolism by brrrrringing Back Aiden where he really belongs, and by that I mean where he should have always been played………. numero 10.
46 years ago Celtic won the EARS.
Be bold Celtic. ;))
04:06 on 6 January, 2013
SUMMA OF SAMMI
You been in London recently?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2257646/Blundering-skipper-wedges-500-000-pleasure-cruiser-Chertsey-Bridge-Thames-misjudging-river-swollen.html
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The skipper will be embarrassed by the article and I sympathise with him/her.
The river has gone down a foot or so in the last few days but it’s still about 4 ft higher than normal and fast flowing.
You have to aim for the centre of the bridge arch, gun the engines and go for it.
Only a few degrees deviation from course or the slightest hesitation will push you onto the bridge wall and you’re lost.
(Must sound like I know what I’m talking about but I’m not going out there till it settles down a bit, only just got used to the sharp and blunt ends of mine)
PETEC
Totally agree,Aiden should have been our heir to Lubo,instead of being stuck on the wing. Said so plenty of times.
Rascar Capac
04:33 on 6 January, 2013
The most harmful fad diet of all time.
And recommended by doctors without a thought.
Low fat.
The French Paradox is the fact that they eat much more fat than other western countries, but are thinner and healthier.
So you’d think… Why?
NAW!
Doctors are only selected for their ability to remember.
Thinkers are too distracted to remember lists.
In Gary Taubes book, The Diet Delusion, he looks at the politics of the few American doctors who decided low fat was the way.
And the absolutely disastrous consequences of this.
For the whole world.
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Your information has been invaluable regarding losing weight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34s_cIuHWB4
You might think you are posting something religiously without any comment, your kind of advice does tend to take a bit of time to take real effect.
tiocfaid ar la
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sf711rNtc4
forgot the h
tiocfaidh ;)
For Rascar and BMCUW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elWEQzv5sXY
one of my fav Elliot Smiths
The F-train once meant a lot to me
Another wee word on this new fad… Low fat.
For a hundred years before The Disaster, the accepted wisdom was no flour, and no sugar.
Rascar Ive told you before its evolutionary
nuts fruit first
roots vegetables second
meat came third
insects and leaves evolve too quickly
grasses next
grasses are pasta rice barley oats etc body converts them to fat
potatoes are from columubus time ..these last 4 are the over weight problems..
breads/pasta/rice/beer/potatoes…these are the weighty ones
..that Darwin fella..shucks
So does anyone else think the Celtic bored will strengthen for the Champions league in the transfer window?
Just askin like.
Rascar Capac
04:49 on 6 January, 2013
The ASSAULT on humanity with Carbs is frightening.
I managed to not go up above 15.5 stones over the festive Season.
philvisreturns, emphasised my comment with a podium a long time ago, highlighting My Sh*te. but having the REAL care of everyone on this site.
One day philvisreturns will realise we are all being played like a fiddle. I think a lot more will love him by then and a hell of a lot will hate him less by then.
Kojo, I feel is the finest poster on this site, and I don’t say that lightly.Apart from Paul67.
That is just MY opinion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34s_cIuHWB4
Mags
I wish we had a spare 10,000 years to evolve to pizza!
These things are like drugs to maniacs like you and me.
Some folk, (farmers not hunters), do well with our modern drugs.
They have a passing interest in bevvy, wummin, song, poetry, and hunting.
They instead know how to fill in forms, turn up for boring stuff day after day, and never think anything new.
They are much wealthier than me.
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Tom..
You don’t Go Under Many bridges in a Sloop..Ha..
Now Harbour Bridges..
That’s a Different Kettle of Fish-ing Boat..
Ceiler’s ‘Dingy’ Fits Under.. ‘The Roman Bridge’.. Doon Strathclyde Park..:-)
Summa of SloopingDownThePenisullaCSC
petec
05:06 on 6 January, 2013
Petec ..kojo? Kojo’s perl of wisdoms? are you sure?
Just dropped in to say…
Margaret McGill
05:02 on 6 January, 2013
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Naw !
But don’t be surprised to see a couple leaving – just as the window’s aboot
to shut :o)
You Know Wit A Mean – CSC
petec
05:06 on 6 January, 2013
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God Bless Ye M8
HH
Petec
If you don’t mind me asking, how tall are you?
KevJungle – MURDO’s 30 yds Title Winning Boots 1979
05:08 on 6 January, 2013
yup. I know what you mean. Lets see how it pans out this month. It’s going to be interesting. My bet is that Celtic essentially invest nothing.
KEV JUNGLE
Should the board decide to sell a couple of important players just before the window shuts,I-and many others-will be apoplectic.
If they don’t,will you be apologetic?
KevJ.
I have a lot of reservations, you are right…….. A lot of questions unan…….
Summa of Sammi….
05:08 on 6 January, 2013
Tom..
You don’t Go Under Many bridges in a Sloop..Ha..
Now Harbour Bridges..
That’s a Different Kettle of Fish-ing Boat..
Ceiler’s ‘Dingy’ Fits Under.. ‘The Roman Bridge’.. Doon Strathclyde Park..:-)
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/8899981@N05/3431677714/
Explains a lot, probably bumped his head trying….
Margaret McGill
05:15 on 6 January, 2013
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The bored/PL will spin the falling attendances/recession/Tv-deal…blah,blah line – for the
fholk that huv yet to see through them. imo
What the bored/PL won’t mention is that….since MO’N left, the continued cut-backs in the quality of player on the pitch has served up performances on a par with the – Lou Macari, BTM stuff – that we’ve had to endure over the years.
But, you know what…if, folk feel that by buying a SB that they’re helping the clubs progress…they would – on one hand be correct. But…on the other hand…what they’re doing id prolonging this – slow drive toward a car-crash since MO’N’s departure. imo
Oh, btw…before the – WGS brigade come on to nail me – WGS got ALL the luck in the CL that MO’N didny get and, when he blew 4 iar by playing his – wee man syndrome types of games by – dropping Aiden for Maloney(who hadn’t played all season) in our title decider at ibrokes….the CP crowds had already fallen by 20/30 k and, do you know what…DD flew to the other end of the world to convince WGS to stay for another year, after WGS resigned – despite THAT backdrop ?!?!?
Hail Hail
id=is
typo
sorry
Petec
Email me at rascarcqn@gmail
LOOKS LIKE THE CLUB’S WIKIPEDIA PAGE HAS BEEN HACKED!
http://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_F.C.
.com
Summa, post me some pics to dcsltd@btopenworld.com
Anything less I’ll accept you dont want to take me as I am. I’d not like that to be true
Hail Hail Brother from Glasgow
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
05:22 on 6 January, 2013
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Me !
Apologise to the bored ?
NEVER !
No, seriously….I don’t wage any personal – I hate the bored campaign – it’s just frustration at the amount of fellow Celtic fans who can’t see through them.
That’s not a cop-out btw.(cause a know whit yer like) :o)
Why can’t the Celtic bored/PL/DD be – proactive- rather than 2 steps forward 2 steps backward ?
Oh, and it’s not just the current bored – they’ve all been the same for 125 years !
Do you know why that is ?
Because the fans don’t run the club !
The hierarchy will tell you that their the biggest supporters of the club – we’re all in this together blah, blah etc….that’s just a pile of old nickers ! imo
HH
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Cellic F.C.
Fou name
The Celtic Football Club
Byname(s)
‘Bhoys’, ‘Hoops’, ‘Celts’, ‘Tic’
Foondit
1888
Preses
Dr John Reid
Manager
Neil Lennon
League
Scottish Premier League
2011-12
Scottish Premier League, 1st
Hame colours
Awa colours
Celtic Fitba Club (soondit [sɛltɪk] or [sɛlʔɪk] in Glesga Scots) is a Scots fitbaa club, that’s competin in the Scottish Premier League the nou, the heichest form o competeition in Scotland. The club is based in the east end o the ceity o Glesga.
The club is offeicially nicknamed the Bhoys, an unoffeicially the Hoops. The team plays aw thair hame gemmes at Celtic Pairk (whiles kent as Paradise or Parkheid), an it’s the maist muckle fitba grund in Scotland, an the seicont maist muckle club in the Unitit Kinrick. Celtic Pairk for ordinar attracts 57-60,000 fowk tae a hame gemmes an that means that Celtic is anerly seicont tae Manchester United in terms o average attendance records in Breetish fitba.
Alang wi thair rivals, the Rangers, Celtic haes been in amang Scots fitba for ower a 100 year as pairt o the Auld Firm, makkin it ane o the auldest, maist weel-kent an fiercest rivalries in sport. The club haes tradeitionally been identifee’d wi the Erse-Catholic fowk o Glesgae. Celtic’s hame kit is green an white strippit taps, white shorts an white hose.
In 1967, the club becam the first Breitish team tae win the European Cup that haed anerly been won bi Italian, Portuguese an Spainyie clubs afore. Afore Celtics’s historic win, nae ither club in the hale o Northern Europe haed won the European tournament afore. Mair oot ower, Celtic bides the ae Scots club that’s iver won tae the feinal, an is the ae club that’s iver won the trophy wi a team o hame-grawn talent; a the players in the side war Scots, an aw wis born athin 30 mile o Celtic Pairk in Glesga. Celtic, ance ower, wan til the European Cup feenal in 1970, juist tae be defeatit bi Feyenoord efter extra time.
Short syne in 2003 Martin O’Neill led the team tae the UEFA cup feinal in Seville whaur they war nairae beat 3-2 bi F.C. Porto, ance mair, efter extra time. The bidin myndin o the feinal wis the green and white invasion o Seville. Ower 80,000 fans wis thocht tae hae been thare in tot includin flichts tae ither Spainyie an Portuguese airports an fans that wis incorporatin thair summer halidays alang wi the trip. Ither fans e’en drove frae Glasgae tae Seville an aw. Due tae the guid naitur o baith Celtic fans an the locals, strang freendships cam aboot, an Celtic’s fans wis honoured wi the 2003 Fair Play Awairds frae baith the UEFA an the FIFA.
Celtic haes a guid freendship wi monies a team athort the hale warld. Juist a puckle o the ithers that the Celtic team haes fund freendship wi wi ower the years is St. Pauli, Liverpool, Villarreal, Sevilla, Real Betis an Dinamo Zagreb. Thanks tae aw thae freendships Celtic haes monie fowk that follaes Celtic when they play awa in Europe. Fowk frae kintras sic as Germany an Croatia is for ordinar seen amang the Celtic fans in Europe an is well kent an respectit.
Table o contents
[scouk] 1 Formation
2 The Auld Firm an sectarianism
3 Celtic and the media
4 Newlin saisons 4.1 2003-2004
4.2 2004-2005
4.3 2005-2006
5 Club records
6 Major honours
7 Other honours
8 A time scorers
9 A time Appearances
10 Celtic managers
11 Current squad 11.1 Transfers
12 Famous Players
13 Greatest ever team
14 See an aw
15 Fremmit Airtins
[edit] Formation
Main airticle: History of Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club was foondit at a meetin in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Kirk haw on East Rose Street (nou Forbes Street), Calton, Glesga, by an Erse Marist monk cried Brother Walfrid on 6 November, 1887.
The chairity establisht by Brither Walfrid wis cried The Poor Children’s Dinner Table. Walfrid’s ettle tae estaiblish the club as a wey fund raisin funds wis, tae the maist pairt, inspired by the example o Hibernian F.C. that wis foondit bi immigrant Erse fowk a few year afore in Embra.
On the 28t o Mey 1888, Celtic played thair first offeicial gemme agin the Rangers an wan 5-2 in whit wis described as a “freendly encoonter”. Celtic haed 8 ‘Guest’ players frae Hibernian playin that day.
[edit] The Auld Firm an sectarianism
Celtic haes aye haen a historic association wi the fowk o Ireland an the Catholic Kirk. As an ootcome, the club an its supporters haes been embrylt in maiters adae wi sectarianism. At its warst sectarianism haes manifestit itsel in sectarian veeolence; the reproduction o cultural prejuidices; an a perceived anti-Celtic agenda (see History o Celtic F.C.), that some fans believes tae be a pairt o a mair muckle anti-Catholic bias in Scotland (see Erse-Scots).
In the warld o Scotis fitba, sectarianism is oot the control o ony ae fitba club. It is a mair muckle issue, ruitit in social, cultural, historical an religious circumstances. Ne’ertheless, baith Celtic an the Reengers accepts that they hae a problem wi sectarianism. Baith sides o the Auld Firm admeets that a pairt o thair supporters haes been, an conteenas tae be, guilty o haudin sectarian beliefs an cultural intolerance gaun.
In recent times baith Celtic an the Rangers haes taen meisurs tae fecht sectarianism. Warkin alangside the Scotis Pairliment, kirk groups an communities, the Auld Firm haes clampit doun on sectarian sangs, inflammatory flag-wavin, an fashoius supporters, uisin mair muckle levels o policin an surveillance. In 1996, for instance, Celtic stairtit thair Bhoys Against Bigotry campaign, later follaed by Youth Against Bigotry tae “educate the young on haein … respect for aw aspects o the community – aw races, aw colours, aw creeds”, accordin tae the then chief executive Ian McLeod [1].
[edit] Celtic and the media
Celtic hae aye ettelt tae engage direct wi the fans an bypass the tradeitional media ootlats as a wey o gettin mair accurate information tae the ootside warld aboot the inner warkins o the club.
Whan Jock Stein was Celtic manager, he stairtit a trend in Breitish fitba that becam kent as the “tracksuit manager”, whaur he traint in public wi the playin staff an hostit media/press conferences.
In 1965 Celtic publisht the The Celtic View, the Unitit Kinrick’s first e’er fitba club newspaper.
In 2004 Celtic lencht its ain deigital TV chainel Celtic TV available in the Unitit Kinrick throu Setanta Sports on satellite an cable. Syne 2002 Celtic’s internet TV chainel, Channel67 (kent afore as Celtic Replay), haes braidcast Celtic’s ain content oot ower the hale warld, fends live gemme coverage tae subscribers ootwi the Unitit Kinrick, an nou haes 3 online chainels.
[edit] Newlin saisons
[edit] 2003-2004
Efter a draw in the openin gemme o the saison, Celtic rack up a recort-settin 25-gemme winnin run, nou a Breitish recort in tap-level fitba, giein Celtic a halthy lead in the teetle race. Celtic didna loss a gemme till efter the club’s 39t championship wis won.
The 2003-2004 saison saw Celtic rack up fower league wins ower the Reengers an aw, an ane in the Scots Cup – the first time in aither club’s history whan a five-match “whitewash” haed been won at.
Club hero Henrik Larsson played his feinal professional gemme for Celtic in the 2004 Scots Cup Final win ower Dunfermline, scorin twa goals, wi Bulgarian Stilian Petrov’s goal follaein Larsson’s goals tae owerturn an early setback, an haundin Celtic their seiconi dooble under Martin O’Neill.
Larsson is nou widely thocht tae be ane o the club’s greatest e’er players, an ranks amang the tap three goalscorers in the club’s history.
[edit] 2004-2005
Follaein a close race for the SPL title, wi the Rangers follaewin close, the club raxed thair lead at the tap o the SPL table tae twa pynts as they lined up for the feinal gemme o the saison, wi a win at Motherwell F.C. needit for tae win the title. Wi twa meenit left on the clock, Celtic wis winnin 1 – 0 — a result wthat wad hae haundit thaim the league.
Houe’er, Motherwell’s Scott McDonald nettit twa feenal-meenit goals giein the Fir Pairk side a wanchancy victory. Rangers defeatit Hibernian F.C. 1 – 0 at Easter Road, winnin the league championship title forby. Earlier in the saison Celtic recordit a recort sievent straucht win ower ceity rivals the Rangers.
Celtic ended the saison ae week efter wi an 1–0 win ower Dundee United F.C. in the Scots Cup Feinal, that wis merkit by fans as Martin O’Neill’s feinal gemme as manager.
On 25 May, 2005, O’Neill announced he wad staund doun as manager o Celtic at the end o the 2004/05 saison alang wi first team coach Steve Walford an asseistant manager John Robertson. It wis widely reportit that O’Neill decidit tae tak time oot o fitba for tae tak care o his seek wife Geraldine, wha is ill wi lymphoma.
Martin O’Neill is nou seen as as Celtic’s maist successfu manager syne Jock Stein, third greatest efter Stein an Willie Maley an is creditit wi helpin tae restore some pride in Celtic’s abeelity tae compete on the European stage.
[edit] 2005-2006
Umwhile Aberdeen F.C. player and Scotland internaitional Gordon Strachan frae Embra teuk chairge o the club on the 1st o Juin 2005, on an ae year rowin contract, seemilar tae O’Neill’s deal wi the club; his contract effectively extendin for ae year frae ony current date. Garry Pendrey wis appyntit as Strachan’s asseestant manager.
In his first competitive match, agin Artmedia Bratislava on the 27 Julie 2005, Celtic lost 5-0 in the first leg o an important Champions League 2nt Roond qualifeer, sufferin thair maist muckle European defeat in the club’s history an the widest mairgin o defeat syne the 1963-64 saison, whan the club lost 6-0 tae Kilmarnock F.C. at Rugby Pairk.
In Strachan’s first domestic match o the 2005-2006 SPL saison, Celtic threw awa a 3-1 hauf-time lead ower Motherwell F.C. at Fir Pairk on 30 July 2005, the gemme endin in a 4-4 draw efter Celtic managed tae equalise throu a goal by Craig Beattie.
The nine goals agin Celtic in Strachan’s first twa competitive gemmes is the maist muckle goal tally scored agin the club in successive gemmes for 14 year.
In the return leg o the Champions League 2nt Roond qualifeer agin Artmedia at Celtic Park, Strachan’s vastly improved side won 4-0 but wis knockit oot frae European competeition 5-4 on aggregait.
Houe’er, follaein thir setbacks, an a defeat agin the Rangers in the pair’s first gemme o the saison at Ibrox, Celtic recordit a series o wins, includin beatin Rangers twice, an returned tae the tap o the SPL – a vast betterment o thair form at the stairt o the saison.
Celtic knockit airch rivals Rangers oot the League cup on the 19t o November 2005. Celtic wis knockit oot the Scots Cup on the 8t o Januar 2006 by First Diveesion Clyde F.C.
Celtic beat Rangers again on the 12t o Februar tae mak it 17 wins frae the last 21 Auld Firm gemmes. Celtic won the CIS Cup, wi a 3-0 win ower Dunfermline Athletic F.C. on the 19t o Mairch. They hiv awready creatit a new scorin recort for the SPL, an 8 – 1 victory agin Dunfermline on the 19t o Februar 2006.
On the 5t o Apryl 2006 Celtic won thair 40t teetle thanks tae a goal frae John Hartson in a 1-0 win agin Herts at Celtic Pairk. The title wis Celtic’s fowert title in sax year. This feat wis won at wi sax gemmes remainin tae the end o the saison an afore the SPL spleet. The Bhoys liftit the SPL trophy on Easter Sunday 2006 at hame tae Hibernian F.C., efter a 1-1 draw.
In April 2006, Celtic’s reser an Unner-19 teams won thair championships an aw, makkin a clean soop o Scotland’s league competeetions. It wis the fift consecutive league title for the reser team.
[edit] Club records
The Scottish Cup feinal win agin Aiberdeen F.C. in 1938 wis attendit by a croud o 146,433 at Hampden Park in Glesgae, that’s aye a recort for a club match in European fitbaw.
Celtic nou hauds the Unitit Kinrick recort for an unbeaten rin in professional fitba: 62 gemmes (49 won, 13 drawn), frae the 13t o November, 1915 tae
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Tom..
It’s Not often l Actually Really lol..
But..
I Nearly Chocked on My Sour Apple Cider & Strawberry Daquiri there.. Ha Ha..
That’s You in Ceiler’s Bad books.. ;-(
You’ll have Him back on His Third Person Soap Box..
Summa of DingyBridgesCSC
Ps.. Now if He Parks in Bothwellhaugh Car Park that’s a Whole Different Cannon & Ball Game..;-(
KEV JUNGLE
I was only asking,like!
Can you prove your assertion that crowds were down by 20-30k while WGS was in charge?
Rascar Capac
5.86
I have never read the whole Bible but a person I trust says that Jesus was the only person to ever be right on the on the 6 foot MARK.,
EXACTLY and noone else has ever been that exact height.
Rascar Capac
05:36 on 6 January, 2013
Petec
Email me at rascarcqn@gmail
NO
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
05:44 on 6 January, 2013
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I can’t prove it – the bored stuck by the – “We’ve sold 53k SB’s.” – line.
Although – anybody who was at the games in the last half-quarter of WGS’s last season would tell you that what I have just pointed out – to be the case.
Only saying like…
Petec
Chill mate, no hidden agendas.
I work with people and help them to lose weight.
Or at least I did.
I thought we could work together.
I could shed a bit too.