Erik Sviatchenko made an instant impact on Celtic’s defensive performances when he arrived in January 2016, six months after the departure of Virgil van Dijk and Jason Denayer. He was our top central defender for the remainder of Ronny Deila’s tenure and for the first six months of Brendan Rodgers’ time.
Then came a game at Ibrox on Hogmanay 2016. Celtic were rattled for much of the opening period and Erik looked most out of sorts. His assured touch was replaced by a need to get rid of the ball early. Fortunately things turned out well that day but I wondered if the manager’s faith in the defender was shaken. Some of us doubted his temperament.
The season just ended started badly for Erik as he picked up an injury early in the Champions League qualification rounds. A loan for former club, Midtjylland, confirmed where he was in Brendan’s plans.
Midtjylland returned most of the money we paid for him and the player is in an environment, and at a level, which suits him. It takes a lot to be a Celtic player, more than just ability or experience elsewhere.
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What about Odsonne Edouard. Rumoured last week to have signed a 4 year deal and then we hear nothing. Similar to the way Tom Rogic signed, only this time a longer gap between report and deal being announced. Has anyone heard any news?
Oh another statement from Dunning- Kruger FC…..yawn
HH
TOSB@5.33
I have heard it rumoured that we are saving “something up” to coincide with the Blessed Steven, father of Lourdes, taking up his appointment as the Manager of the deadybears bears on Friday.
HH
Seem to have developed a typing stutter
Just read King’s statement…
…tee hee
HH
BGFC
MWD (from earlier
“Cap your EEEEEEzzzzz.
EEEEEzzzzzz are good.
If this doesn’t work there it’s likely that there is a conspiracy and a huge conflict of interest somewhere.
1) Stand on one foot. Left one is a good choice.
2) Pick your keyboard up and raise from desk approx 1 foot high.
3) Put you right index finger on your nose then press ‘e’ key holding down for 60 secs.
4) Raise right foot of the ground
5) bring left arm around back of head and down pressing shift key.
6) Now that you are levitating with weird arm position say ‘e’ 100 times starting quietly until slowly your voice raises to a cacophony of noise.
Sorted
Good luck.
MWD
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I tried all that.
It did not fix my keyboard problem
But, on the plus side, I now have a Black Belt in Yoga
Gearoid 1998
Thanks for that. I’m desperate for us to sign the young French fella. Terrific potential. I hope we do something spectacular on Friday.
That statement really does defy belief……
I fully expect tomorrows statement to be delivered by King with a pencil up each nostril, and to consist of one word only.
“Wibble”
VFR 418
Jee-zoh,yer a fitty wucker.
That’s one of the best pieces of satire I’ve seen in a long time.
TOSB
So do I. Think Edouard is a gem. Here’s hoping.
HH
Nye Bevan @ 5.22…problem is big dogs always get the blame…
Serious question. Is Dave King’s mental health ok? I have my doubts.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DeYQZGyWsAA3WFa.jpg
Maybe if King spoke to his CEO (& SPFL board member) instead of sending him on wild goose chases to speak with players he knows they can’t afford, and perhaps if his PR guru was on top of his brief rather than getting his lapdogs (Jack, Ralston etc) to churn drivel to keep the bigots happy, then he wouldn’t have made a complete dick of himself, again, today.
Re: Murdoch MacLennan
Would I be upset if the situation were reversed ? If I am being honest, probably would.
MacLennan is a well -known media guy…. which is a good thing in these days of media rights being so important in football …. but, in what other way was he qualified to run a football league
The Gary Hughes situation is a tempest in a teapot. But this one doesn’t sit right with me.
Canny,honestly,believe that any company would put that out as a statement with their name on it.
You just have to shake your head when you read it.
Hypocritical jobby is going to start a war…but the sh***bag King Liar will be riding the white donkey at the back…facing away…
The other donkey is the one who conjures up these embarrassing statements…
https://twitter.com/BBCchrismclaug/status/1001506017593778181?s=08
A quick slapdown for Traynor…
Not sure what happened with Erik. Seemed to start off quite well then quietly disappeared. Wasn’t there a bid from Leicester at one point? Maybe just rumour.
Not too sure about McGinn. Decent enough player right enough, although I think he would be best suited to a 4-3-3 or 3-5-2 system.
BMCUWP it’s almost like life imitating art! As a piece of satire it would have been widely applauded; however, as an actual statement from a Chairman of any company it is astonishing! It is also inaccurate; there was complete disclosure at the time of the appointment!
I see the SPFL have slapped him down very quickly.
KTF
Dallas
I would like to see another Bankie in the Celtic team. The last two I can think of were Jamie Smith and Michael McGlinchey. A lefty like John McGinn or his mate Christopher McLaughlin would please me loads. ?
Delighted to see Dave King demanding transparency.
Presumably this applies to all correspondence between the “same club” and HMRC and the Strong Rangers Association in 2011.
Bada Bing –
Given the SPFLs statement it is surely only a matter of hours, nay minutes, until the counter counter statement is released. Can’t wait ;-)
MIKE IN TORONTO on 29TH MAY 2018 6:03 PM elucidate.
It’s a perfectly normal business practice and in a smallish country like the UK it is no surprise that these guys move about and have interests in multiple companies and fields where there will be overlap. If we look at the business interests of all those involved in Scottish football then we will surely see a web that links senior businessmen with football clubs.
I don’t see the problem; we have lived with “Rangers Men” from the business world and football world running the game for more than a century.
KTF
Conflict – what about Parks at newco and Hamilton
Jobo – am pure ragin
Glib @ 18.29 on 29/05/18
Mike in Toronto
Mike what could go wrong with the SPFL being run by a guy long known, (@Private Eye anyhow) as
“Shifty McGifty”. Sounds like the perfect man for the job!
Away and jump in the Limpopo you squinty-eyed weirdo!…and take that fat, bull-necked trouble-maker with you…and we hope you are not floaters…
McGinn – surely we have enough midfielders – right back and centre back plus EO
Gene
What about the Greg Docherty deal between Hamilton and the huns? Dodgy or whit. Park influence???
Delaney’s , two former St Peter the Apostle pupils in Celtic’s first team squad , would be very aggreable to you. I have finally stopped calling it St Columba’s.
If we did sign John, I think in time he would be a replacement for Stuart Armstrong. John like Stuart likes to run with the ball but is not as good a goalscorer as Stuart plus Stuart can use each foot comfortably . I’m sure those two issues would be rectified with better coaching.
POGMATHONYAHUN AKA LAIRD OF THE SMILES ???♂️??? on 29TH MAY 2018 4:54 PM
Time for Celtic to go for the Carotid Artery and and demand action on decades of cheating. Demand a judicial review and insist on stripping of ‘honours’ that were acquired by cheating.
Also demand that the SFA investigate the suitability of having Glibby at the helm of any Club – though I’m quite happy the lying tosser is at sevco.
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Totally agree. Years of us ‘keeping our powder dry’ and ‘playing the long game’. Why bother? There’s a constant barage of propaganda drivel emanating from a convicted criminal. Getting beyond a joke now
Erik Sviatchenko leaves with the ole Teuchters best wishes.
They are pleased to have him back, in fact the president of the Danish club is on record as saying ” He is a giant here at Midgetland”
HH
Things seemingly very bad at Sevco Rangers at the moment. There seems to be a lot of straws being clutched…
Another Scottish Football executive being targeted for the most dubious of Celtic connections.
The thing for me is once again the SMSM letting themselves, our sport and our country down by giving credence to this nonsense.
This is the same media who ignored the complicity of the “heavily conflicted” Campbell Ogilvie and who also ignored the whistle blowing of ex-Rangers Director Hugh Adams.
While Scotland’s Football Reporters were ignoring these things, it was up to an English Channel 4 Journalist, who had the small matter of reporting on a major war in the middle-east, to do their job for them.
Now Murdoch MacLennan, who has no conflict of interest issues, has no non-disclosure issues is at the heart of a media witch hunt.
Absolutely deplorable.
It seems like Dave King and his PR cronies are behind this abhorrent attack. This convicted criminal, who runs Sevco Rangers despite failing football’s fit and proper test has the audacity to tarnished another man’s reputation without any grounds whatsoever.
Stewart Regan was a disaster for Scottish Football and his rancid legacy continues to pollute our National Game.
As for Celtic Supporters who suggest we should get involved in this Old Firm Sleaze…
Why would we??
Do Sevco Rangers look good to you??
Why would we want to be them??
Hail Hail
He’s not called glib and shameless for nothing – statement o’clock is what we should expect
What’s an EO?
Should someone let SFTB know?
Gene
Aye, and the money missing from the Accies books as the Monkey huns are desperate for readies……..Hmmmm
TAL
It’s south of the Limpopo by now
Jobo- as Bhoys are posting, the skeletons in the cupboard are plenty, the placemen on the SFA who know where the bodies were buried have left the building hopefully.