With Lionel Messi and Barcelona focussed on winning their final group game against Benfica tomorrow night Celtic must achieve a better result against Spartak Moscow than Benfica manage at the Camp Nou to progress to the latter stages of the Champions League.
Aiden McGeady has suffered a recurrence of a pennate muscle tendon injury and is doubtful. Georgian creative midfielder, Jano Ananidze, is also out injured, while coach Valery Karpin is under pressure to axe Argentine defenders Juan Insaurralde and Nicolas Pareja after both picked up red cards on Friday night against Zenit. The Russian media have also turned on Dutch midfielder Demy De Zeeuw, who was at least partially culpable for the Zenit defeat. Celtic could face a more cohesive Russian team tomorrow, although perhaps without some of their more talented players. Who this troubles most remains to be seen.
Reading (and writing) Celtic Quick News you learn of the thousands of actions Celtic fans take in order to assist others or alleviate pain and distress. In aggregate these actions can and do move mountains.
Yesterday it was announced that one of our family, Rod Stewart, is donating proceeds of his new single, Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas, to the Celtic Charity Fund and Teenage Cancer Trust to fight this horrible disease and assist those afflicted by it.
The single will be available for download from this Sunday, 9 December. It offers you and me the opportunity to raise awareness – and funds – on a level we would otherwise never be able to achieve. Charity is part of your job as a Celtic fan. On this occasion, on aggregate, we can have an enormous impact.
Still looking for tickets for tomorrow night?
You can email an auction bid for two Wee Oscar Write Bands, each comes with a free ticket to Celtic v Spartak Moscow. Send an email with your bid to weeoscar4life@gmail.com. Competition closes at 20:00 GMT tonight.
You can buy the CQN Annual at the Cathedral House Hotel before the game tomorrow night. The Hotel are organising a lift to the game too!
We’ll pick up on the SFA president once the more important matters are out of the way.
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Good to see that Hector is back on the ball.
Isn’t there a creditor’s meeting today as well?
Funny how, even deid, they still keep turning up like bad pennies
;o)
I think the appeal was inevitable. Hector knows he is not going to get a penny from the zombies, this case is all about creating a precedent that Companies who come up with dodgy schemes to avoid their taxes will have no where to hide. With an initial split decision “seeking permission” from the FTTT to appeal is merely a formality. It could well be that Hector wanted this decided by a higher Authority anyway, I don’t expect the Appeal Process to drag on so long. There will be no gathering evidence its all there for them. Its just a case of different minds deciding on what the initial 3 minds split on. They will go down on this one and they will go down on Nimmo’s one. Now thats out of the way lets beat Spartak and have ourselves a party.
Just in case any of you ghuys haven’t watched yet …….JINGLE BELLS ….!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyJ4EAKWRoM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
ernie lynch
13:56 on
4 December, 2012
MurdochauldandHay
13:54 on 4 December, 2012
‘Were does the UTT sit ?’
The Vatican.
When will we see white smoke ernie;)
I’m sure some of the Oldco players,who are going to Poundland on Saturday will bring their cheque books,to pay back their “loans”………..stupid huns still can’t see the picture here.
Barcelona’s so-called shadow team will contain World Cup winners Piqué, Puyol, Valdés, Busquets and David Villa.
And wee Messi.
Haddies.
Ernie
I think it was called the black market during the war
Where’s that prospectus i ordered….?
Kayal
Interesting.. comments..fae ye,pally.
Noo..
Wid ye care tae expand ,yer criticisms.. a wee bit..if ye please?
Who. are the.. Player or Players Ah hiv Named.. who wull be playin’ oota position?
And who Ur the ” Unproven Boys”… whit Ah hiv Selected?
As Ah say..
Ah am awfully Interested tae Read.. whit ye hiv tae Say, re Those Questions.
Kojo
Still, Laughin’
ernie lynch – If that’s the case, how come, when this country was in extremis, during WW2, the free market gave way to state control?
Exactly.
War and socialism go hand in glove.
Peace and capitalism gang thegither. (thumbsup)
The “Mainstays” oan the Bench..
Ah hiv Pit there..
Because…
They are No Playing Well.
Simple as That..
And.. as faur as Ah am concerned..
Every Player ,must be oan Form.. tae be available fur Selection.
Nae.. “Mainstays”.
Kojo
Still Laughin’
Philvis
The deputy governor of the Bank of England told a House of Commons select committee yesterday that the effects on the economy of all the trough-snouting that capitalism has fomented this century are similar to the effects of a world war, and our grandchildren will still be paying for our folly in decades to come.
” he ( Chuckles) has since formed a NEW club, now playing in the Scottish Football League third division “.
BBC News page. Seems pretty unambiguous doesn’t it?
philvisreturns
14:06 on 4 December, 2012
And at the end of the war Labour won a landslide.
philvisreturns
13:57 on
4 December, 2012
The “free market” got us in the mess we are in.
It’s ‘free’ from penalties for the spivs and money manipulators that destroy lives is the ‘market’.
MurdochauldandHay
14:02 on 4 December, 2012
‘When will we see white smoke ernie;)’
#####
Whenever Peter Lawwell decides.
The wealth is supposed to spread throughout society. That’s the theory. If the wide-snouts hoover it all up and it stops filtering down to ordinary people, it’s time for change.
TheRFC statement:
“We, the people, think it is prepos, prop, crazy that Hector can even consider an appeal. We, the famous and dignified Glasgow Rangers, were found not guilty and innocent of all the trumped up timmy charges. This is clearly part of Peter Lawwell’s campaign of intimidation and terror against our great and dignified club with its one million years of unbroken history.”
Signed, love and merry xmas, Jabba.
I’m sceptical about previous posts stating Barca will field a weakened team………
Their stars all want to play in the CL…..
Their well-deserved reputation will not allow them to be seen to be failing ‘at the big table’….
Their fans come first…….and they are paying big bucks for this game….
They have too much respect for their Club, like us …. Not like a deed club I recall…!!!!
This is their new manager’s first season, and he knows results = security………
Etc….many more reasons…..
However, irrespective of the Barca / Benfica, I will be VERY happy if we beat Spartak …… NEIL Has brought us ‘a long way’ this season …….ONWARDS & UPWARDS ..
THINK CELTIC …….. NOT BHUN MEDIA …..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I guess we won’t be seeing any more of Campbell Ogilvie for a couple months.
Hector doesn’t do walking away
gordon_j backing neil lennon
14:14 on 4 December, 2012
“and you will upset our 500 million fans at your peril” …….
Stewart Regan statement: “ … .”
Statement ends.
Any comment from the SFA President on HMRC’s possible appeal……..thought not.Only in this Masonic,bigoted country.
Just thinking, jabba will have his work cut out for him, trying to lift that new club’s reputation out of it’s self-inflicted mire….. His appointment is actually quite comical…….’no class’ meets ‘no class’ ……..silly billies
“We welcome any measures to pay any outstanding taxes from any of our Member Clubs,and will assist in any way we can”
A statement you won’t hear from ANY governing body in this country,including Salmond.
SFA statement: “I’m still innocent. And I’m still standing for re-election. RC Ogilvie”
Shocking story of linesman murdered after a Dutch amateur game,his son was actually playing in the game.
67th Heaven
Celtic,Should Concentrate oan Scoring As Miny Goals ,as they Kin,
agin the Russians.
We wull Win this game..
Ah am Confident of that..
Howevahhhhh…
We must cover awe the Bases.
If we ur Wise..
We must consider the Possibility,
That..
Barca,May Lose.. And.. If they Do…
And we .. Win..
Then…
Do Ah need tae Go any Further or Farther?
Kojo
Still.. Laughin’
Celtic_First – The deputy governor of the Bank of England told a House of Commons select committee yesterday that the effects on the economy of all the trough-snouting that capitalism has fomented this century are similar to the effects of a world war, and our grandchildren will still be paying for our folly in decades to come.
Nonsense.
It’s central bankers like him who have ruined us. (thumbsup)
ernie lynch – And at the end of the war Labour won a landslide.
And look where that got us. The long run is here. (thumbsup)
Bawsman – The “free market” got us in the mess we are in.
Piffle. Government central bankers and government debt are swamping us, not the free market. The free market is what will get us out of this mess. (thumbsup)
Good news, ain’t it good news.
RobertTressell
I was in a lecture yesterday about supply chains and due to a lack of robust policies and processes, the Ministry of Defence have such a poor supply chain that at any one time, they do not know where 30% of their stock is. They are in the process of spending £800m on a new inventory system that can better track their stock but not due to be rolled out until 2014.
The problems have been known for the past 25 years with little done to address the issue.
The reason I mention this is that to combat this problem, the MOD stockpile vast amounts of equipment, a lot of which has become obselete before it was ever needed to be used.
I don’t have figures to hand of how much this has all cost, but it doesn’t take a genius to work out that a vast amount of money has been wasted that could go to better causes like the National Health Service.
Mort
Mort – To be fair, the NHS is just as incompetent and wasteful as the MoD. (thumbsup)
Philvi..,
That’s a lie
For those worried that Barca won`t be trying tomorrow.
How confident would you feel of our progressing in the CL if we were playing Barca in Barcelona and Benfica were playing Spartak in Lisbon?
JJ
How did the lads over on FF react to the news that HMRC were going to appeal? Here are a few of their comments:
“What a waste if tax payers money. Even IF they are successful there is no money to claw back from the oldco. What a waste of money. Still on the day they cut a deal with Hearts it just proves their vindictiveness.”
“This would be a serious misuse of public funds”
“Stinks to the high heavens! And looking at the deal they have done with Hertz it seems pretty obvious they have an agenda here. Have they no shame?”
“Not in the public’s interest as they won’t get a penny, this would be pure vindictiveness on the same day they cut Hearts a deal. HMRC need investigated themselves, who is really pulling the strings here?”
“Someone should be coming down hard on them for wasting tax payers money. They should be chasing people who are actually not paying tax and millions of pounds of it.”
“To be fair it doesn’t impact on us as we have already been found to be not guilty of cheating anyone (to be fair we were never guilty – this was an admin error according to HMRC and it was simply a settling of balance owed). Where it will impact is on SPL witch-hunt to steal titles…”
“Well why not go after one of the other CURRENTLY TRADING COMPANIES that have administered EBT’s and make it worthwhile for everyone, including us, the bloody Tax payer!”
“Time for the Politicians to reign the numpties at HMRC in…..”
“it’s based on pure hatred, plain and simple.”
My Dear,Dear,Dear,friend.. Philvis
There has nevah bin..
a
Genuine .
FREE MARKET.. in Vogue.
Ah wish thur Wur.
But, There .
Ain’t.
That is the Problem.
A Genuine.. Up and At ’em.. Nae Holds Barred.. and Last Guy tae the Dinner Table is A Woose…
Free Market Economy.. has Nevah bin… Allowed .
Kojo
Still, Laughin’
Hope Barca’s reserves do their stuff. Without Xavi, Iniesta and Fabregas their midfield won’t be the same. Alba will also be missed as an attacking full-back. Let’s hope wee Lionel gets some service.
Mort – 14:29 on 4 December, 2012
Up to a point it is (or has been) the same in the NHS. I temped at NHS 24 in Clydebank for a while and was tasked with sorting out the stationary ordering, producing estimates of usage rate etc. When I started there was a £10k overstock. Now that’s not a huge amount but, that was just in a tiny, tiny section and it was all relatively cheap items. Imagine that inefficiency multiplied across the whole NHS.
Hopefully it’s better now.