I’ve been looking for signs for an inflationary bounce in English football. The next Premier League TV deal is still 12 months away but at this stage before previous TV deals kicked in, clubs started spending ahead of themselves as they looked to secure a piece of the lucrative new deal. In particular, I’m keen to see how central defenders are valued.
Today news broke that West Brom agreed a deal with newly-relegated Hull City to sign central defender, James Chester (26) for £8m. Chester has 11 months left on his contract at Hull. Three years in the English Championship and 45 Premier League games over two seasons was enough evidence to induce modest West Brom to pay the asking price.
It would have helped that three other Premier League clubs, Southampton, Aston Villa and Newcastle, were also reportedly interested, but no one is making false claims for a lad who has not troubled the scouts of England’s top clubs. He’s a modest player who is able to sign a pre-contract in January. This is a spectacular fee, passing between two modest clubs, for a central defender.
Consequences for us? We’ll see.
I’m doing a State of the Club article for Friday, as we do the day before the league campaign starts. So far there’s a flow to the words. A solid result on Wednesday will reaffirm that, whereas a reversal would, frankly, deem a satisfactory assessment inappropriate.
So much turns on these next few games, Champions League qualification, squillions of pounds, and sure, the State of the Club. We’ve come through a few iterations of acceptable levels of performance over the last 20 years, since winning our first trophy in six years. Younger readers will never appreciate how precious a 1-0 Scottish Cup win over Airdrie could be.
These days it’s all about the treble and Champions League group stage qualification. The loss of a cup would be an annoyance, but Celtic need to be part of the Champions League.
Our friends at Magners have offered a pair of Premium seat tickets for the Jock Stein Stand at the opening league game of the season on Saturday. To enter, all you need to do is email me with the name [IN THE SUBJECT LINE] of who we play that day, celticquicknews@gmail.com
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Hamburg 3-1 up on Aalborg and Panathinaikos 1 down to Brugge.
Kodi match updates
VP
You’re day shift so let’s make it 5am
BT
That’ll do till the Budgie opens :O)
Hibs will sell him to another helpful club who will immediately sell him on to Sevco.
Celtic site saying tickets can be printed at home for tomorrow’s match
‘First of all I want him to play for Celtic’………
RD on Liam Henderson……………….TODAY!!!!
TBM
After you buy them of course. 8))
Celtic v Qarabag
Celtic Badge Qarabag Badge
UEFA Champions League
Wed, July 29 2015
Kick-off 19:45
Tickets for this match are now on sale to Season Ticket holders and on general sale.
Prices are as follows:-
Season Ticket Prices
Adults – £20
Concessions – £10
Under 13 – £5
Season ticket prices are now only available from the Ticket Office or by calling 0141 230 1967.
General Sale Prices
Adults – £22
Under 16/65+ – £12
Under 13 – £7
THE TICKET OFFICE WILL BE OPEN TIL 7PM ON TUESDAY, 28TH JULY TO ACCOMMODATE SALES/UPLIFTS FOR THIS MATCH.
PRINT AT HOME FACILITY IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS MATCH. AVAILABLE VIA BOOKING LINE OR ONLINE. USE THIS FACILITY TO BEAT THE MATCH DAY QUEUES.
Ron Bacardi
I hear Aberdeen are interested. McInnes only wants to sign SA so he can take with him to Sevco next season.
THE rush for tickets for tomorrow night’s match against Qarabag continues. The Hoops will be bidding to secure a positive first-leg result ahead of the return match next Wednesday in Baku, Azerbaijan, and Celtic fans have been busy snapping up tickets for the big match.
In order to meet the demand we will be opening up selected turnstiles for cash entry at the match at Celtic Park tomorrow.
Areas 415 – 419, in the Lisbon Lions stand will be for fans paying cash ONLY. Entry will be via turnstiles 42-44, 48-49, 53-54 and 59-61.
Prices will be £22 for adults, £12 for under 16/65+ and £7 for under 13s. Fans wishing to use the cash turnstiles are advised to bring the correct amount in order to assist with keeping queues to a minimum.
Turnstiles will open at 6.30pm, so make sure you get there early to avoid disappointment.
Sky
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Apols for tardy reply:
CQN Magazine loading fine on my Mac laptop and phone, even on a weak wifi connection in boondocks USA.
iPad, as I’m sure you’re aware a no go.
Very smart move to have cash at gate option.
Well done that will add a few thousand to the turnout.
Let’s see if Clyde give it a me tion
Thought I’d pop in to catch up on today’s CQN and share this with you all…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/26022506@N08/20097811551/in/dateposted-public/
It’s a shame I can’t share the contents!
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Note to Ronny: Forecast for Baku next Wednesday is 97°F with a UV index of 9.
For comparison Glasgow will be 63°F and UV4.
A sense is creeping in that we can and will beat the Azerbaijanies the morra.
Cover the space out wide and get the substitutions spot on.
Captain Beefheart………….. A oul slug of Red Bull might help Virgil avoid his tendency to have a wee nap during the game.
saint stivs
19:43 on 28 July, 2015
Very smart move to have cash at gate option.
Well done that will add a few thousand to the turnout.
Let’s see if Clyde give it a mention
that will really p off the fans that got charged the booking fee ffs
This Celtic side comes from a long line of Celtic sides that used to beat the ole Azerbaijanies.
bournesouprecipe, I had a quick look on CelticQuickStats, and I don’t think any of our first choice XI have ever lost a game against a team from Azerbaijan. That has to give us hope, surely?
Eric the hurting currant on SSB is absolutely hilarious.
” How come Celtic got knocked out of Europe 3 times last season and their co-efficient goes up? When do they have to play a real team? Platini doing we secret funny handshakes at Parkhead to give Celtic a ‘bye’ into the champions league”
We welcome your pain Eric the half a brain.
HH
Great stats from up over goal earlier. I think assist stats should become as prominent as goalscoring. There’s loads of good reasons why.
VVD- if people can’t see he is maybe the best centre half ever to play in Scotland then fine. The same people to value at a third of his worth are clueless ( there was a guy on yy who wanted us to sign in the past, guys like aluko goodwillie and Pawlett, whilst disparaging forster brown and wanyama?? ) or have an agenda.
Lurking sevcoites please accept this and you’ll be happier- VVD will be sold and after up front fee and appearance bonus and international cap bonus and 10% sell on fee Celtic will make between 18-23m less money to groningen. I still wish we could keep him.
HAIL HAIL
nally81, if this Chester bloke is worth £8M then VVD must be worth at least £15M.
The price of cash entry is £22.00 so it shouldn’t p off fans who paid a booking fee.
If you have a ST and are on the home ticket scheme do you still need a printed ticket or does it get added to your existing swipe card?
First leg results from two of our possible CL Play Off opponents :
FC Midtjylland 1 – 2 APOEL Nicosia
FC Milsami Orhei 0 – 2 Skenderbeu
Good evening, friends.
BigChipsUK
I thought you were Celtic Quick Stats.
Most Celtic fans understand we are facing a very formidable team. I’m glad to play them
at CP in the first leg. They won’t like it, up them.
thanks bhoys – I presume the implication is that the ‘who owns what’ mess at whateverthey’recalled means an investor wouldn’t be guaranteed to be the person who would get ROIC even if there was a ROIC to get – cheers, really struggle with the impkications for the real world of the mess at ibrokes.
Stairheedrammy
20:04 on
28 July, 2015
If you have a ST and are on the home ticket scheme do you still need a printed ticket or does it get added to your existing swipe card?
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Season card used for home cup ticket schemers/steamers/stauners(ACGR)
om a slow news night i counted up the seats in the top teir sections that are opening for pay at the gate –
4 x 750 seats.
1 x 500
capacity 3,500.
if that fills up thats more than will attend the next rangers newco away match,
stick that in your pipe scuddish media spim wampers
we should take the seasons card off of people who dont knw if they are on the scheme, off thescheme, activated card or printed paper,
for goodness sake,
next you will be complaining to the ticket office that your cards were not received at your new address, that you havnt told them about.
ps,
i helped out a bear on another blog earlier ………… one of theirs ………
he asked how can he get to queen street station after the rangers game to ensure he gets the 5,45 train to a village called hunsville …………
beat the rush of leavers , by going after 65 minutes or whenever the other team scores their 3rd goal.
he wisnae happy.
ive not got a season book, but see if i buy one tomorrow, will it let me in to tomorrow nights match ?
Celtic Gossip @CelticGossip 55s56 seconds ago
Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting that Celtic have made enquiries about Genoa left back Luca Antonini
…hmmmm … guy’s 33 in August – not our usual target type
i dont know who the graphics bhoy is for the website, but the technicolour spew for the ronnie roar, must have been the inspiration for the 3rd strip.
https://www.eticketing.co.uk/celtic/
Stivs
You on the Irn Bru n skittles ?
vp.
sober as a lord on the ethics committe.
Big chips- yip, at least