Anchoring to a distant geographical base is not intuitively how you would expect a football club to recruit but Celtic are clearly working their contacts in Israel these days. Beram Kayal has worked out well in the two and a half years since joining from Maccabi Haifa, as has Nigeria international, Efe Ambrose, who joined from Israeli club Ashdod in the summer.
Neil Lennon recently mentioned he needed cover for left back (despite right-footed Adam Matthews performing heroics there against Barcelona), so it is no surprise that Israel international Rami Gershon is in town today. Gershon has played less than a dozen games for Standard Liege since leaving Israel three years ago, although he was a regular pick for loan club Kortrijk. Should he sign he will be a low-risk addition to the squad but he has almost certainly received commendation from the same sources who recommended Kayal and Ambrose.
Best of luck to Rabiu Ibrahim, who left for Kilmarnock after promising much but delivering little as a prodigy at Sporting and PSV Eindhoven. He was the low-risk addition of last January. You’ve got to kiss a lot of frogs……
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Quaresma? Mercenary. A mistake. Too dear for us anyway. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him end up at QPR. The modern day Portsmouth.
Deficit spending in the UK? Historically not that significant, although the percentage rise since 2008 is.
http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/uk_national_debt_chart.html
targer=target
typo
sorry
BigPaulShy @ 15.06
Nice Woik..pally..
Very interesting…..
Ah like yer style…
Thanks fur alerting us awe tae… that piece o’ … whit Celtic, are daeing
behind the scenes..
Ah luv, Rumours and Rumours o’ Romours.
Ye must post mair often,pal…
Kojo
Yer pal.. who likes ye..already
Still, Lauhin’, of course.
weeminger
Can’t argue with that. I was off an age when just started going over to games when the stadium was renovated. First season I was regular we had the old temporary stand. Back then the club offered us special 10 match tickets to include one game against Rangers. All of us in the supporters club bought one and we even bougha couple extra for guests. We could fill a bus for every home game.
After a couple of years the Rangers game was removed and fewer of our members bought the tickets but as a club we kept up the total number we had and sold spares outside the ground, sometimes for very little. As habits changed fewer and fewer started going to games so it wasn’t worth our while financially to run the bus and so the 3 or 4 of us who were left would take a car over and then later cheap flights.
The need for the season ticket was no longer there as we only went half a dozen times a year and could always pick up a ticket as I got us all memberships of the huddle club (not even sure if that still exists) as this enabled us to get tickets a week before any public sale.
Now-a-days as you say we have all grown up and families have become more important and this is where spare money goes to. I haven’t been over since the end of last season and reckon if I get twice this season I’ll be happy.
Mort
BT
Catch ye later…..have to go oot!
God bless
Hail Hail
KEVJUNGLE
With the greatest respect-and I mean that,honestly-beating Rangers was a victory in itself,but meaningless in the great scheme of things if we didn’t win the league.
Losing to them,then winning the league,was similar-great scheme,WIN THE LEAGUE!
BLANTYRE TIM is 100% correct,getting home after a game is paramount. It could never be guaranteed when we played that lot.
There are posters-a-plenty on here to testify to that,and also a fair few tragic tales of people who can’t.
I personally will miss the ativistic pleasure of hammering them,but I will NEVER miss anything else about them,and will never watch us having to face them again.
We are not defined by them,Kev.
Ntassoolla 14.41
Id have let them go bust. thats capitalism.
It would have been cheaper, more painful in the short term but necessary and less painful in the long.
In terms of bank bailouts the only cash invested by the government (wrongly as i state above) has resulted in the creation of an asset on the balance sheet. The loss ie cost to us the tax payer is the deficit in terms of the valuation of said assets now.
It is interesting that in the US – the only country which allowed a bank to fail – they have made substantial profits on thier financial asset investments.
Seeing as we are talking about attendances, I just saw this on twitter (not sure if its true but it is interesting):
“Only Man Utd and Arsenal have had more fans through the gates this season in the UK than Celtic who so far have had 778,453 attend matches”
Mort
miki 67 .
Thanks –and a great 2013 to you too .
My ears wouldn’t find Slash or Eels mundane —– I’d be climbing the walls shouting -turn it off please . —-but -hey -each to their own etc . Enjoy ! .
My son was big on Eels [ probably still is ] His taste in music is very different from mine.
Invercelt
15:11 on
4 January, 2013
Canamalar,
Should be in Glasgow over the weekend, tho’ not feeling great. Where do you spend your drinking time?
PS sure I posted this already.
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Try BOOT’S CORNER………….
KevJungle – MURDO’s 30 yds Title Winning Boots 1979
14:49 on
4 January, 2013
blantyretim
14:48 on 4 January, 2013
____________________________________
I loved nothing better than
wrapping it roon the orcs.
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kev’s copy of the record comes in handy for allsorts,poor hun must have been cold in the
shadow.
SFTB gets a taste of his own medicine as the bear tries Setting Free the Blogger
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20908471
Cheers Kojo, if a friend of a friend who knows somebody who heard something and i find out about it, you’ll be the first to know..
To be fair on Henrik the Swedes have been hooked ever since they took that first live game featuring him and Johan both.
The Swedish media were not so enthused by that game. At least those in attendance. Our ship swaying in a storm press gantry apparently unnerved them and greatly affected their ability to do their jobs. Bricking it, as one Swedish-Scot told me. This added immensely to the enjoyment of the viewers back home.
Another point that I feel affected attendances was the situation of the old bus park when fans were held in the bus park for 45 minutes after the game was done.
The change in the away ticketing system, whereby individual ST holders got away game tickets as opposed to buses getting away game tickets, was a nail in the coffin for the supporters buses .
And as mort and weeminger mentioned, the season ticket fan base is aging and perhaps in the days of the waiting list, we alienated a few youngers fans who would normally take their turn but were not able to get/afford season tickets
Clashcitybhoy
14:22 on
4 January, 2013
You’re probably right about Bangura but it’s much too early to write off Lassad.
ps I posted last season about Wilson being a terminal dud who had no place at CP. This season he’s been a rock.
So far this season
Fouls conceded from: http://m.stv.tv/sport/blog/208406-which-players-have-given-away-the-most-fouls-in-the-spl-this-season/
Hibernian – 272
St Johnstone – 262
Hearts – 251
Inverness CT – 236
Kilmarnock – 232
Ross County – 225
Motherwell – 220
Aberdeen – 218
St Mirren – 218
Dundee – 213
Dundee United – 201
Celtic – 178
Yet we are second highest yellow cards
http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=home_Statistics
but it appears we haven’t had a red.
http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=home_Statistics
So as far as refs are concerned it appears that points make prizes as players/clubs cannot challenge yellows.
MWD
BigPaulShy
That’s The Ticket.
Whit’s a Blog ..withoot… hivin’ a Tasty Rumour..in it.. Noo and Again?
No much good…
So Says Me.
Rumours.. are whit we wull feed oan..
Awe thru THIS January.
AND ,.,.
Ah widnae hae it, any ither wey.
Nice chatting,pal.
Kojo
Still.. Laughin’
South Of Tunis
Thank you very much for the info, I’ll look up that hotel.
We are flying into Milan Malpensa on the 5th, staying a night in Milan then getting the train through to Turin on the Wednesday afternoon. From what I’ve managed to find out it doesn’t look possible to get back to Milan after the game so will need to stay in Turin.
HH
Sorry if this has been posted already but anyone in need of some prime Christmas panto levity over Belfast’s wee fleg dispute should head here. You truly could not make this up…
http://sluggerotoole.com/2013/01/04/loyalist-flag-protests-meet-the-leadership/
Invercelt,
Partick if your out that way, else, name that tune :o)
I’m ok with heading in t big smoke.
I’ll swap my chest infection and might even stretch to a wee bit secondary smoking depending on the malady you’ve got to offer, already had the flu so that would just be a doubler and no much use.
O.G.RAFFERTY
A rather long-winded way of sayig they wanted a return to anytime between 1690 and,say,1960,and that all taigs are shot,starved or deported.
But we get the drift…….
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/voters-brainwashed-by-tory-welfare-myths-shows-new-poll-8437872.html
Interesting read
How the Kev’s of this world get brainwashed
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS, 15:43
Ever deeper in their spiral of madness. Incredible
KevJungle – MURDO’s 30 yds Title Winning Boots 1979
15:04 on 4 January, 2013
‘So, 3 – 5 occasions(if ye count WGS’s 2 last 16′s) in our – 125 years – are better than humping the huns establishment etal – 4,5,6 times a season ?
Hmmmm’
The list was intended to be illustrative rather than exhaustive.
If the summit of your ambition is to beat the huns that’s your loss rather than anyone else’s.
A.C. Milan player, Kevin-Price Boateng, receives wide-spread support from the football world after leaving the field due to racist chanting.
Any player in Scotland who suffers similar abuse due to their perceived ethnicity or religion, regardless of which division, will surely earn equal plaudits for their bravery if they decided to leave the pitch.
Please bring us a test case ; Boateng has shown us the way.
as i thought..
Don’t think you would be able to get back to Milan after the game . Last train / bus would have gone by the time you travelled back into Torino Centro after the game…
Lots of good museums etc in Torino . The Egyptian Museum is excellent . Great food etc .
It will be very cold . It could be snowing . Torino is a great place for freezing driving rain..
I am going to the game with a Torino supporting mate . Hope to get Celtic tickets but that is probably unlikely ——- more likely we’ll pay 90 euros to sit in a ” safe ‘ part of the stadium .
Chamak also to join West Ham on a 6month loan deal from Arsenal
Sftb
Yep – McGinn seems to be a good Celtic bhoy
But
Watched him once at Brentford last term -he just didn’t seem interested
I know a few Brentford fans with strong interest in the hoops- they were all delighted when he arrived there – but ended up well brassed off with his lack of application – skill never in doubt, tho’ they thought he was just a big time Charlie type and Brentford not good enough for him etc,
Soooo good luck to him …but not another chance at Celts thanks !
Izzy,
If yer a boot get my addy off paul67 got a number that might interest you.
Mort, totally agree with you.
I was a season ticket holder for 16 years. Now coming from Belfast for 25+ games a season was very expensive but I had no outlays.
Now, married, 2 kids and a mortgage I can’t afford to go over to more than 5 games a season.
I appreciate those games more than ever!
Jealous of those who live in Glasgow. And baffled as to why LC games are very poorly attended.
SffS
Len Brennan
14:07 on 4 January, 2013
I think a great midfielder would be Ricardo Quaresma formerly of Besiktas.
He’s on a free and with skill like this could just be what we need.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3xU7k4w4Do
HH
/Bishop B
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted the same a week or so ago. Seen him in the flesh 4 times. He is a great player, a wee bit mental though!
Worth a punt and would be an instant favorite.
South Of Tunis
Yep, we’ll definitely be wrapping up warm.
Not sure when the applications are out for away tickets but I can’t imagine it will be too far in the future. Home tickets on sale now so hopefully I’ll be able to get that sorted soon.
I’ve noticed a few hotels and apartments around the Porta Nouvo station (any thoughts on the area?) so may end up looking there.
HH
KevJungle
You come on here and give a honest view
you are attacked for it
It’s a classic case of shot the messenger
because they don’t like the message.
valentine’s day
16:07 on
4 January, 2013
……or he’s a lurkin bhun..??
As a club we are sitting on our laurels.
Time to push on.
Didn’t realise my yellow card link was alpha order rather than yellows conceded order. Doh! No story here then.
:-)
MWD
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
i enjoy your post’s
you can do better than that.