Grown-up footballers, Mourinho accused of cheating, Linfield lucre

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When did footballers get all grown-up? Jonny Hayes offer to pay for new Aberdeen strips which had his name emblazoned on them, before his transfer to Celtic, is just such a thoroughly decent thing to do. He added a condition that the strips he bought back were donated to a worthy cause.

Small gestures go a long way in the game. I suspect this guy will surprise a few on the upside.

Linfield want to face Celtic at an early kick-off on 11 July for financial reasons, instead of taking the second leg to Belfast a week later, when, you have to assume, they expect the competitive element to have gone from the tie. 11 July is no less combustible in Belfast than the 12th (it is technically more combustible).

Kick-off at 9am, let the football fans watch their team in without the distraction of Belfast’s nocturnal July activates, or switch the first leg to Glasgow. And then hold the second leg at 9am in Belfast.

Jose Mourinho was thing morning accused of being a cheat! The Spanish tax authorities are 14 years and one month behind Celtic fans. Pay your tax or Karma will get you every time.

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  1. !!Bada Bing!! on

    More powerfully, one of the firefighters at Grenfell Tower made a direct link with declining pay in a harrowing account of the scene.

  2. !!Bada Bing!! on

    It was a brilliant account of a firefighter , who was first attendance at the London fire, it’s on FB, if anyone could oblige, it’s a great read.

  3. INVINCIBLE 'GG on

    Celtic News Now is reporting Linfield want to push the first leg to Thursday.

     

    They obviously want to maintain their big pay day.

     

    However, UEFA should be asking some pointed questions of Linfield and the PNSI.

     

    Are they unable to safely conduct a CL game in safety?

     

    Can they guarantee the safe passage of Celtic players, officials and fans?

     

    If the answer is “No” to either question, then the match needs to be awarded to Celtic and Linfield, the NIFA must be fined and forced to play International games away from home.

  4. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    !!BADA BING!! on 21ST JUNE 2017 3:54 AM

     

    It was a brilliant account of a firefighter , who was first attendance at the London fire, it’s on FB, if anyone could oblige, it’s a great read.

     

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    This was the interview that most impressed me .

     

     

    Damian Magee :

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1FfuNrQSQY

  5. Delaneys Dunky on

    GG

     

     

    Play the first leg at Ibrox on 12 July.

     

    Awe the dobs in Belfast and Linfield would make a fortune fae us.

  6. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    DELANEYS DUNKY on 21ST JUNE 2017 5:03 AM

     

    Macjay

     

     

     

    Humbling. Fire fighting hero .

     

     

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    Yes.

     

     

    Can you imagine arriving at that inferno in the full realisation that you were going to have to go in there.

     

     

    And they all did.

  7. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    DELANEYS DUNKY on 21ST JUNE 2017 5:17 AM

     

    Macjay

     

     

    Amazing heroism to aid your fellow human being.

     

     

    Love

     

     

    ==================================================

     

     

    That was it . Stuff the building.

     

    Only the people matter.

     

     

    This must create new strategies for preventing the same scenario.

     

    I followed this live.

     

    Kept wondering ” where are the helicopters ? “

  8. Delaneys Dunky on

    Macjay

     

     

    The helicopters?

     

    It’s Trashville Tower. Collateral damage in a week or two.

  9. Delaneys Dunky on

    Happy with the signing of Jonny Hayes.

     

    Best player against us in recent years.

     

    Being a good Tim fae Baile Atha Cliath helps my love for him. :)

  10. Delaneys Dunky on

    BMCUW

     

     

    Did you get the photie of Billy just out hospital in Lisbon.

     

    Nothing was stopping him see Tom Rogic make history. Magical

  11. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 21ST JUNE 2017 5:47 AM

     

     

    Good stuff , Bobby.

     

     

    Politically correct source should keep the pundits at bay .

     

    :-)

  12. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    DELANEYSDUNKY

     

     

    Just noticed it,mate. He’s looking good,and happy anaw.

     

     

    Same as the rest of you,in fact!

     

     

    Smashing pic,thanks for that. I’ve saved it to “album”

     

     

    HH

  13. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    MACJAY

     

     

    You know me,bud. Content is the thing,source is irrelevant.

  14. Don’t shoot the messenger….

     

    20 years from now….

     

    Celtic fans will be appealing to…..

     

    the British imperialist government….

     

    to revisit the, “Windsor Park whitewash 2017.”…

     

    wait, there’s more…..

     

    A “dark moneyed” consortium will, next season….

     

    invest countless millions of pounds into…..

     

    Rangers FC, with one provision…..

     

    that, the corner section of the stadium…..

     

    between the Govan Stand and the Celtic end….

     

    will be renamed the…..

     

    “Quintessentially Windsor 2017 Suite.”

     

    The above from……

     

    Celtic Rune Stones……

     

    and,……

     

    The Celtic Fortune Cookies Online……

     

    Anyway,…..

     

    ONE MALLOY – Thoughts and Prayers fella.

     

    …..off-oot.

  15. Delaneys Dunky on

    BMCUW

     

     

    Billy’s first food after his heart attack was a CR7 big burger wi chips and fried egg. Good gGlesga recovery grub. :)

  16. I posted more than a year ago that James Forrest – the blogger – and others were pissing in the wind with their constant claims that Sevco were days or weeks away from going under. James ridiculed my comment as “pure fantasy” and suggested I should “get real”. As we head into a new season, with Sevco recruiting a new team and a new Director of Football, I for one have no fear of them posing any sort of threat to 7 in a row. However, I note that their recruitment is now being described by the usual suspects as unsustainable.

     

     

    This time next year, I guarantee they’ll be recruiting to stop 8 in a row.

     

     

    You’re a trier James. I’ll give you that.

     

     

    Hail Hail.

  17. Celtic are poised to run fresh checks on £1.5million Serbian winger Srdjan Plavsic.

     

     

    As Sportsmail first revealed, the 21-year-old Red Star Belgrade wide man has already caught the attention of the Parkhead club.

     

     

    And head of recruitment Lee Congerton plans to fly to Poland to watch the Serbian Under-21 international in European Championship action against Spain on Friday night.

     

     

    Nicknamed the ‘Atomic Ant’, Plavsic has also been linked with Swiss club Basel and Celtic’s pre-season opponents Sparta Prague.

     

     

    One of a number of options on a list of potential replacements for Patrick Roberts after the loan star’s return to Manchester City, Celtic have already watched 5ft 5in Plavsic in Serbian league action against Partizan and Cukaricki.

     

     

    And the former Vojvodina youth protege expects to move abroad when Serbia’s European Under-21 campaign comes to an end.

     

     

    ‘I am ready now,’ he told Serbian media. ‘There were stories I might go in January, but I did not want to go.

     

     

    ‘I would like to stay with Red Star my whole life, but a young player can’t spend his whole career in Serbia. To take a step forward in his career he has to move abroad.

     

     

    ‘When I return home I will see the people at the club and speak to the manager about what happens next.

     

     

    ‘It’s time to make the next step in my career and we’ll see which club is best for me soon.’

     

     

    With Gary Mackay-Steven expected to leave Celtic in the coming weeks, boss Brendan Rodgers remains in the market for a wide player despite the £1.3m capture of Jonny Hayes from Aberdeen.

     

     

    Reports in the Dutch media also claim the Scottish champions are one of six clubs interested in PSV Eindhoven full-back Joshua Brenet.

  18. Auld Tam

     

    My thoughts on Sevco latest recruitment is that it’s almost certainly been funded by season ticket money. That’ll be ok short term, very short term, and undoubtedly soft loans will be required by the turn of the year.

     

    Assuming they operate like that, fine, for a limited period.

     

    There has to be a point in time though whereby the loanees call enough. It’s at that point it’ll need heavy investment.

     

    When that point arrives is anyone’s guess. Depends on the investors currently putting in the loans. This year? 2018?

     

    Something has to give when others decide not to give!

     

    Hope you’re well Tom.

  19. Sevco’ recruitment is being rushed through in the vain hope the new players can hit the ground running and help them qualify for EL group stages. Wit the help of a compliant MSM it also gives the impression of King splashing the cash, war chests and backing the manager. The ST money is being used short term but ultimately the new recruits will be funded from player sales, the majority of which won’t happen until towards the end of the window. Some big earners from last season are already off the books, expect many more ‘undisclosed fees’ over the coming two months.

  20. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    GARY67

     

     

    Seems we get linked to every player born on 12 July!!!

  21. A very happy and supernatural summer solstice to all.

     

     

    And to all believers , may the powers of Litha be true and powerful.

     

     

    HH.

  22. BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 21st June 2017 7:22 am

     

    GARY67

     

    Seems we get linked to every player born on 12 July!!!

     

     

    The one we have isn’t too bad