I see the story that Feyenoord are chasing John Guidetti has lasted more days than I expected. John Guidetti is a likeable guy and seems to have enjoyed his time at Celtic, but he desperately needs to show some form before the end of the season if he is to attract the attention of Feyenoord or any team of that calibre.
One aspect often overlooked about Guidetti is his inexperience. The player is still only 22 and had started only 30 games before arriving at Celtic Park last season, there’s a good chance that by the end of the season he will have played more games for Celtic than anyone else. On paper, a season at Celtic was a chance to sort his career out, grab first team football at a prestigious club who were short of a centre forward. Conversely, being kept out of the team by Leigh Griffiths will damage his reputation.
Barcabhoy sent me an interesting summary of Celtic’s material loss since the liquidation of Rangers. The figures below compare the three years before Rangers liquidation with the two and a half years since.
As you see, even though we are comparing a shorter time period after liquidation, Celtic’s turnover and profitability is still miles better than when we had to compete with Rangers.
This should end any nonsense about Celtic needing or in any way missing Rangers. We lost some revenue streams: domestic commercial and ticket income, but the slipstream to European revenues have more than made up for the gap. More importantly, we are also no longer caught in an arms race with a death-risk opponent, allowing us to bring costs below income and plan longer than the current season.
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Really really wish I hadn’t clicked on those pics of Bryson.
Where’s wee Christina when you need her.
Corkcelt
so we should just turn our backs on our clubs collusion with corruption and refusing to fight for our rights because it is more profitable and reading about it gives you a sore head ?
HH
Hello again all you young rebels.
Now that my missionary work round Oz is over i’m finally drying
out, thirsty work that spreading the Celtic gospel and i’m chuffed
to report i met Good Celtic men everywhere we went.
Actually i’m amazed at the places they turned up and tremendous
credit to them all especially those ghuys who run the CSC’s
including CQN’s Paddymacoz who has started up two clubs in
his time over here, but in reality it will be difficult to retain the same
interest and get new members as long as Murdoch controls the
media over here, the EPL is all that is shown here, that and Aussie
rules or bat the baw, yet we have so many Celtic minded people in
radio, sports programmes, news, even prime time quiz show host
Eddie Mcguire whose family i believe came from the Garngad has
proclaimed his love, when i first arrived here you would find Celtic
tops in most sports shops but now your lucky if you can find one.
I noticed the same thing in Ireland two years ago when on a visit.
Now i’m not clever enough to find an answer but i would think the
retail and merchandise people earning the big bucks would find an
answer, i realise opening a shop selling only Celtic regalia may not
be sustainable but it could be combined with an Aussie rules club
or clubs, just my auld heids thinking.
For all you peninsula Celts another great day ahead this Sun. at the
usual venue, Shanakee the fabulous Irish band in attendance i won’t
be buying any drink as i ‘m drying out, but you can all buy me it if
you like.
H.H Mick
TONYDONNELLY
Looking at the table,there are a fair few matches outstanding. As some teams have already played their full allocation of 33,it’s clear that the plan was for all fixtures to be played by now.
Beats me why free midweeks are not being used to the full. ICT,like us,still have two to play. No reason why tonight couldn’t be one of them.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-premiership/table
BAMBOO
Context,mate. Like aggressive blessing(!)
Not wanting to start an arguement but if the club currently playing at Ibrox reach the top league and decide to cheat just as the previous club did and Celtic suffer again will we just accept it again because we love Celtic ?
fourgreenfields
yes
Robert the Bruce,born turnbury scotland of norman descent!,bloody immigrants eh!!.
awe_naw_no_annoni_oan_anaw_noo
Is that you speaking for yourself or the wider Celtic support ?
Even if the club and those that run it believe the football set up in this country is utterly corrupt what are they supposed to do?
Sensible answers please. Anything that involves simply not taking part will be summarily dismissed.
fourgreenfields,
I thought it had already been established.
Well&TrulyCSC
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers
Thanks for clearing that up,and that’s exactly what I was thinking, and Big John Hugh’s of Callly, is in the same frame of mind, he also said in this morning papers, “I don’t know why Celtic are playing tonight, they must have been made to” I take that it from that, that Cally told them to go a take a run and F… To themselves ?
weeminger
How about insisting on the rules being applied without fear or favour .
AWE NAW
I am usually a very cynical fella,and rarely happy wi the board at the best of times,but I genuinely don’t think we colluded in corruption.
I think we trusted in justice being done,a bit like Bonasera,the undertaker at the start of The Godfather.
We got shafted by vested interest. Should probably have seen it coming,but corruption on that scale takes some anticipating.
Anyway,shafted we were. Regardless of blame. Who do we go to for justice?
Enjoy Thailand,bud.
awe_naw_no_annoni_oan_anaw_noo
:-))
Weeminger.
How about our C.E not negotiating a TV deal only to their financial benefit to the detriment of all others ? when they needed it most ?
HH
FourGreenFields
09:15 on
15 April, 2015
No. Apart from anything else there are far more resources available to people now to expose what they’re up to. I personally don’t think they’d be able to pull the same kind of scam again.
That would really just leave them with mibbery to aid them. That unfortunately is almost impossible to prove as cheating. I know you can compile stats of decisions by individuals and how they perform for or against us but it’s circumstantial.
The John Guidetti case is a strange one. His hearing was definitely scheduled for last Thursday (9th April), but on the SFA website (attached) showing the result of last Thursday’s hearings, there is no mention of JG.
http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_document_libraries.cfm?page=3926
weeminger
Some of what they were up to was exposed by the so called internet bampots and they still got away with it.
fourgreenfields
Within Celtic park on match days?
Or what about just sportscene ?
LOL
Res12csc
FourGreenFields
09:22 on
15 April, 2015
Agreed. I believe we are in a far stronger position now than we previously were to ensure that.
One thing to bear in mind here, is that other teams could and should have been making the same noises. I think that now that many have prospered during the times without Rangers they’ll be less fearful of speaking up in future.
Weeminger
Scottish football rotates around the huns circumstances. We are only to happy to play along.
JGhunsaredeidCSC
Oglach:
I think Robert the Bruce meets all the necessary criteria to be certified unequivocally Scottish.
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
09:24 on
15 April, 2015
Do we not have a more even distribution now than previously? I might be wrong. I partially agree with you on this, although I think we’re hobbled by the SPFL negotiating on the basis that it’s all about two teams.
Got a meeting will carry this on after.
TONYDONNELLY
Maybe The Brains Trust,SFA Branch,are too busy figuring out the last five rounds of fixtures to realise that the first 33 haven’t been completed yet.
Btw,four games remain. Us v Killie and Dundee. Dundee Utd v Aberdeen and ICT.
Anybody know what Tony Bananas is doing with himself these days? Is he writing another book or what?
weeminger
Agreed , other clubs should have challenge the same club myth as well as the twisting and breaking of existing rules by the SFA .
BMCUP
I agree.
Saying that, someday, and that day may never come, I’ll call upon you to do a service for me.
FOURGREENFIELDS
Other clubs have. Dundee Utd,for instance,used that reasoning to sign one of their players and offer TRIFCo a two year development fee.
Which got turfed out by the sameclubmentality tribunal.
The Celtic Cross / Italy.
A neo fascist / far right / White Power symbol in Italy .Waved at the fitba and at political rallies by far right nut jobs.Very popular as a tattoo amongst the far right.
Based on the belief that ‘ The Celts ‘ were racially pure / true Europeans.
A see wee leo raving about the celtic support again.
Wee man’s class.
THEBATTEREDBUNNET
After many years of refusing to have a passport,I want to leave the country after that last comment!
(I get it,btw)
weeminger
Does that not prove my point. Everyone got more to keep the Old Firm model afloat that Peter Lawwell negotiated.
Or is PL David Steel to Neil Doncaster David Owen
SpittingImageCSC
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers
I know some clubs made half hearted noises about certain situations but nobody has really sustained a challenge to the corruption that has taken place . If all other clubs had insisted on the application of the rules then we wouldn’t be in this mess .
If this had happened to any other club then the rules would have been rigidly applied .
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
09:31 on 15 April, 2015
‘Weeminger
Scottish football rotates around the huns circumstances.’
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It’s analogous to the Marxist concept of cultural hegemony:
‘In Marxist philosophy, the term cultural hegemony describes the domination of a culturally diverse society by the ruling class, who manipulate the culture of that society — the beliefs, explanations, perceptions, values, and mores — so that their ruling-class worldview becomes the worldview that is imposed and accepted as the cultural norm; as the universally valid dominant ideology that justifies the social, political, and economic status quo as natural, inevitable, perpetual and beneficial for everyone, rather than as artificial social constructs that benefit only the ruling class.’
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_hegemony
Or to put it more succinctly, ‘the ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas’.
I knew this stuff would come in useful one day.
“It’s hard to believe it’s 26 years. #JFT96 #RIP”
https://twitter.com/MerseyReds1/status/588252907683741696
Ernie,
you social scientist you. The Matheticos always won at the fitba mind you. Cos I was in their team ….he said modestly and truthfully :-)
HH
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
09:38 on
15 April, 2015
Maybe. I suspect thought that the incompetence at SPFL put them in a take or leave it situation.
It’s not a huge amount of money but I’m not sure we’re in a position to leave anything yet.
Every season that passes without a Rangers entity in the top league demonstrates that they’re not vital and reduces the fear factor of doing things without them in future negotiations.
Fear of the unknown is the defining aspect of this whole debacle, and to a point that’s fair enough but it’s not an excuse that can be used again.