For as long as you or I can remember, Celtic’s youth teams have had a fearsome reputation, winning countless titles, even with Kenny McDowall as head coach, but something inevitably goes wrong. Clubs like Dundee United, Hibs, Hearts and even Hamilton Accies have a better record of graduating prospects, despite having a poorer youth team to pick from.
The other fearsome reputation we had, was that Celtic was one of the places young talent came to wither on the vine, before shuffling off to a minor club at around 21-years-old. Where would you send your boy, Celtic or Dundee United………?
The argument goes that clubs like United have more opportunity to blood young talent than Celtic, who for long periods of the last 20 years were locked in an all-or-nothing battle for supremacy, or the need to reach the Champions League group stage, or the next level of the Champions League. This theory doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, though, as clubs with higher still demands are able to mature young talent through first team exposure.
The truth is it’s never been a first team priority, as we have been caught in a ‘buy success’ mentality for close to 30 years.
Still only 18, Liam Henderson has as much chance as anyone who have come through the ranks in the last couple of decades of making it as a top player at Celtic, but he needs to be stretched by playing competitive senior football over the next three years, cameo appearances here and there will not provide the platform he needs. A few months at Rosenborg, who kick off a new league season on Monday, will give him opportunities he’s not going to see at Celtic between now and the end of the season.
Did you see what newco director, Paul Murray, did with his stock market announcement yesterday?
He wrote, “I have been informed by Deloitte, the existing auditor, that they informed the previous Board of their intention to resign following the June 2014 audit. The previous Board chose not to announce this nor did they find a replacement for Deloitte. With limited time to have these results reviewed the Board asked Jeffreys Henry to perform the exercise as Independent Reporting Accountants, not auditors.”
On reading this many were inclined to conclude the reason Deloitte did not act as Independent Reporting Accountants for their interims was because they had left the building. Not so. Murray later confirmed to a Daily Record financial reporter (not the football guys) that Deloittes are still newco’s auditors. I am sure there is a perfectly good reason they didn’t sign off the interims. Maybe they were busy that day.
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blantyretim.
Did the gateman not know who he was?
Celtic Mac,
it’s a pity the Drookit Duck is so far from Glasgow,it would have been excellent as a favourite pub.
oldtim67
Great wee place, there’s a couple o dodgy characters in there mind you!
Iain Anderson lyric of the week.
Ive forgotten you like I should
Of course I have
Emdae know the song??
leftclicktic
Don’t want the 3rd raingers playing out of paisley-we have enough bigots here as it is !
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
22:21 on
1 April, 2015
Iain Anderson lyric of the week.
Ive forgotten you like I should
Of course I have
Emdae know the song??
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I Get Along Without You Very Well – Chet Baker, Billie Holiday etc?
Andy Murray comes from a set down to beat Dominic Thiem 3 6 6 4 6 1
Right am going to bed, work the morra. Am I going to be waking up to more laugh a minute news tomorrow..? God willing I wake up.
Good night
Ayrshire is Green and White
This is an actual review from Amazon: After having been told my danglies looked like an elderly Rastafarian I decided to take the plunge and buy some of this as previous shaving attempts had only been mildly successful and I nearly put my back out trying to reach the more difficult bits. Being a bit of a romantic I thought I would do the deed on the missus’s birthday as a bit if a treat. I ordered it well in advance and working in the North Sea I considered myself a bit above some of the characters writing the previous reviews and wrote them off as soft office types…Oh my fellow sufferers how wrong I was. I waited until the other half was tucked up in bed and after giving some vague hints about a special surprise I went down to the bathroom. Initially all went well and I applied the gel and stood waiting for something to happen. I didn’t have long to wait……
At first there was a gentle warmth which in a matter of seconds was replaced by an intense burning and a feeling I can only describe as like being given a barbed wire wedgie by two people intent on hitting the ceiling with my head. Religion hadn’t featured much in my life until that night but I suddenly became willing to convert to any religion to stop the violent burning around the turd tunnel and what seemed like the the destruction of the meat and two veg. Struggling not to bite through my bottom lip I tried to wash the gel off in the sink and only succeeded in blocking the plughole with a mat of hair. Through the haze of tears I struggled out of the bathroom across the hall into the kitchen, by this time walking was not really possible and I crawled the final yard to the fridge in the hope of some form of cold relief. I yanked the freezer drawer out and found a tub of ice cream, toe the lid off and positioned it under me. The relief was fantastic but only temporary as it melted fairly quickly and the fiery stabbing returned. Due to the shape of the ice cream tub I hadn’t managed to give the starfish any treatment and I groped around in the draw for something else as I was sure my vision was going to fail fairly soon. I grabbed a bag of what I later found out was frozen sprouts and tore it open trying to be quiet as I did so. I took a handful of them and an tried in vain to clench some between the cheeks of my arse. This was not doing the trick as some of the gel had found its way up the chutney channel and it felt like the space shuttle was running its engines behind me.
This was probably and hopefully the only time in my life I was going to wish there was a gay snowman in the kitchen which should give you some idea of the depths I was willing to sink to in order to ease the pain. The only solution my pain crazed mind could come up with was to gently ease one of the sprouts where no veg had gone before.
Unfortunately, alerted by the strange grunts coming from the kitchen the other half chose that moment to come and investigate and was greeted by the sight of me, arse in the air, strawberry ice cream dripping from my bell end pushing a sprout up my arse while muttering “ooooohhh that feels good” Understandably this was a shock to her and she let out a scream and as I hadn’t heard her come in it caused an involuntary spasm of shock in myself which resulted in the sprout being ejected at quite some speed in her direction. I can understand that having a sprout fired against your leg at 11 at night in the kitchen probably wasn’t the special surprise she was expecting and having to explain to the kids the next day what the strange hollow in the ice cream was didn’t improve my status…so to sum it up, VEET removes hair, dignity and self-respect!
HH
Ta Nat.
!!Bada Bing!!
22:08 on 1 April, 2015
I can see Douglas Park walking away,seemingly he knows what he is het for.
Spoke to someone last week who was at the Alloa game,Park not happy or Gilligan who he heard had turned down CEO job,
I have a mental picture of Park and the other 2 bears chasing their money in the bookies trying to safeguard their initial share investment with short term loans.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Karma
Weet-look after yer danglies amigo :))
MickTT
goodnight
HH
Oldtim/ celtic mac
That drookit duck pub. Is that in Falkirk
If so I was in there. Years ago
weet weet weet(GBWO)
22:30 on
1 April, 2015
why did you feel the need??
“I’ve forgotten you just like I should”
NinaSimoneCSC
weet weet weet(GBWO)
and i thought I was in the bad books for still being on the blog:))))))))))
leftclicktic-the walls are closing in again,can’t say i’m not loving it.Even 3 years ago when we were being told it was going to be much worse than anyone thought,the forecasters could never have meant this deep,deep joy…:))
Re semi finals,
Has anyone asked why we always have to play on the Sunday???
bt
Bumped into big Andy Pirrie lately??
Good evening CQN
Got a tip for tomorrow for a horse from a good source who is in the game kinda thing.
Bilbrook Blaze and it runs at 14:20 @ Taunton tomorrow. You should get around 10/1 hopefully.
I would advise the guys who are not really into betting to go each-way.
Hoagy Carmichael choon.
Marianne Faithful did a great version.
weet weet weet(GBWO)
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You did it buddy. So I wont take the chance not enough ice cream.
But still LMFAO.
CaltonTongues
22:40 on
1 April, 2015
Re semi finals,
Has anyone asked why we always have to play on the Sunday???
Cos we dont want to :-)))
only joking??
HH
Burgas thanks. I will have a look
Coneybhoy@20-37
Two hours will go past in a flash in the big apple,
Good time to be heading over as the weather seems finally to have turned.
Blue sky and sunshine out my office window.
New York is a great city with wonderful people.
Hope you enjoy.
Good Evening my fellow Hoopies…
Emdy know when the Semi Final Tickets go on sale… H H.
Burgas
Bilbrook blaze is second fav at 5/ 1 . The favourite port melon is odds on 4/9 so I think you would have to back each way
andyr53
22:47 on 1 April, 2015
Today
Been oot all day have we signed Kyle Laughfarty yet? -)
What is the Stars
Don’t know about a Falkirk pub of that name, the one in question though is in Campsie itself, just along from the Lennoxtown training ground.
caltontongues,
Another game I will miss…double bubble shift on a Sunday…getting p****d off with it.
dena29,
Ha Ha, but, it’s always annoyed me.
Celtic play on the Saturday via anyone = bigger crowd (more to split between the four team) ah, answering own question there!
The upcoming semi final is a perfect example as Falkirk & Hibs have easy travelling esp on a Sunday. Whereas ICT & Celtic fans from all over would find it easier on the Saturday i.e. no need to take a days off work.
What is the Stars
Burgas
Bilbrook blaze is second fav at 5/ 1 . The favourite port melon is odds on 4/9 so I think you would have to back each way
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Just in the door and picked it up on my email, i’ve not had a chance to have a swatch, but you could be right on the E/W…………….although i never bet E/W -)))
sipsini,
There’s also that, must be that hun mob you work with who decide draws and the dates :-)))
Caltontongues , was asked during the week on SSB . Apparently it’s to do with tv audience although i struggle to see the difference between 12:15 on a sat and 12:15 on a sunday . this is supposed to be the semis of our showpiece cup tournament and it’s being treated like the embarrassing uncle that you don’t want your pals to know about.
Anyway. HH. How are you anyway ?
Sanna
weet weet weet
They say a problem shared is a problem halfed but thats way OTT!!! But funny!!! Naw make that hilarious!!1
CaltonTongues
22:50 on
1 April, 2015
dena29,
Ha Ha, but, it’s always annoyed me.
Celtic play on the Saturday via anyone = bigger crowd (more to split between the four team) ah, answering own question there!
The upcoming semi final is a perfect example as Falkirk & Hibs have easy travelling esp on a Sunday. Whereas ICT & Celtic fans from all over would find it easier on the Saturday i.e. no need to take a days off work.
see nothing to do with tv ………. aye right
HH
blantyretum
Who are ewe calling sheep?
Oscar Knox CSC