It’s all about the money

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There is no point bleating that tonight’s Europa League final is the weakest imaginable, Newco are there because they are good enough to eliminate two German sides and a few weaker opponents.  If they win, fair play to them, they deserve their day in the sun.  I expect them to lose.

Either way, the outcome will determine relative financial strength in Scottish football.  This season Newco will return an operating profit for the first time in their history.  Sales of Patterson to Everton and the management team to Aston Villa, already ensured a bumper year.  The run to a European final could make them the highest earners in Scotland, eclipsing Celtic in this regard for the first time.  It will bestow no more than a stay of execution to a side with gaping structural deficiencies.

The importance of Celtic winning the league this season cannot be overstated.  Irrespective of what happens across the city, access to Champions League income ensures our place at the top of the income chart is virtually assured next season.  If we are there alone from Scotland, the benefits Newco gain from this season will seem no more than a dead cat bounce.  If two clubs are there, we compete on equal terms, against a team spending from income, not debt.

It’s all about the money, nothing else determines long-term outcomes.

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  1. Ps…I so hope the Huns were relying on getting into CL group stages.

     

     

    Night night

     

     

    D :)

  2. Melbourne Mick on

    Hello again all you young rebels.

     

     

    Ah well ! suppose I’ll be huntin hurtin Huns next season Anaw noo. 🤣🍷🇮🇪

     

    H.H. Mick

  3. Wee impromptu Huddle at 1.30pm outside Northgate tomorrow GFTB-… a wee thank you to the gods of football .

     

     

    They might think they feel bad…they do now!

  4. Can you imagine how “Erin” Ramsey feels on that long flight back in the rented jet next to thon coked-up neanderthals…………

  5. Thull just be hittin’ the Hotels nooo……………..

     

     

    tick, tick…..tick…….

  6. What a good decision by GCC to remove the benches

     

     

    The footballing God’s have a sense of humour and sent them Ramsey.

  7. BTW – I heard. No Hun singing until about 32 minutes. Thought they were playing statues.

  8. the long wait is over on

    A small point perhaps but it would have been even more sickening had they won tonight in the city we lost in in 2003.

     

     

    My heart sank when I realised they’d be playing the final there.

     

     

    It seemed set up for them.

  9. I feel sorry for him…genuinely.

     

    We all make choices in life……………he’s made a shocker but is richly rewarded for his “efforts”

     

     

    I hope the result tho’ bites at the soul of every sleekit wee hun out there.

     

     

    Erin Ramsey’s not a hun, just a footballing opportunist, whose opportunities have just narrowed thanks to acute “rainjurzitis” a horrible, debilitating affliktion with no known kure.

     

     

    HH

  10. Madmitch 11.45pm

     

     

    Gutted

     

     

    The one time your acronyms could be worked out you go for GB

     

     

    Poor effort

     

     

    Stick to the rugby … since the weekend you sue your seeds of doubt … I don’t mind JHB’s posts as he does keep it Celtic and is always courteous… but I find it very strange that two VERY prominent posters never respond to each other’s posts and very rarely enjoy Celtics victories …

     

     

    But each to their own … if you or JHB are not Celtic fans I commend your indefatigably

     

     

    Frankfurt 🇩🇪 Number 1 seeds … hope we get them for a wee Seville soirée 🇮🇪🇩🇪

  11. TheLurkinTim on

    My hun neighbourhood is incredibly quiet ;-))

     

     

    That tells me they lost ;-))

     

     

    Hahahaha ;-))

  12. AoW 11.49pm

     

     

    Am afraid a planned day Flexi tomorrow

     

     

    All my “huddles” will be in ML5

     

     

    🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

  13. I remember going back to Asia in 2003 (where we lived at that time), after being in Seville then coming back to Scotland and losing the league by a single goal.

     

     

    The emptiness lived with me for months- a season with nothing after all that promise.

     

     

    At least we didn’t lose on penalties!

     

     

    Mon the Jambos – twist the knife.

     

     

    On wrecking Seville, der hun is more dangerous when they win….the supremacy gives them an adrenaline boost and they react bad to the slightest push back. I hope Seville dodge a bullet tonight and they skulk off, while figuratively kicking the dog.

     

     

    Celebrating the minus $50MM they just didn’t get 🍺🥃

  14. the long wait is over on

    ART OF WAR on 18TH MAY 2022 11:58 PM

     

    BTW – I heard. No Hun singing until about 32 minutes. Thought they were playing statues.

     

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    They weren’t in it till about then.

     

     

    EF should have been out of sight by then. Any decent team would have been.

     

     

    The narrative will be that the plucky Gers lost in a heartbreaking but classic European final.

     

     

    Truth is neither team deserved to win.

     

     

    EF were really poor.

     

     

    What a state German football must be in if that mob can beat two of their teams and take a third to penalties when they aren’t even – officially – the best team in this little place.

  15. RSC – Second that. Out with 4 of my brother’s Saturday so Jambo Jubilee please.

     

     

    One can’t make it and my 3 sisters will catch us later

  16. G/B @ 12.00

     

     

    You are new around here — its shows.

     

    Stick to the platitudes — original thought isn’t your thing.

  17. the long wait is over on

    ART OF WAR on 19TH MAY 2022 12:05 AM

     

    TLWIO – FFS they lost, enjoy!

     

     

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    Must have given you the wrong impression.

     

     

    I’m pmsl here!

  18. There won’t be a big demand for any Ramsay tattoos tomorrow .

     

    He will always be remembered for it .

  19. My friends in Celtic,

     

     

    How will the Seville defeat affect the the huns team and supporters.

     

     

    After our Seville defeat I was absolutely devastated and never ever watched the game my wife had taped for me.

     

     

    I enjoyed our journey to Seville, but defeat mentally drained me and the next season was hard , very hard to get motivated.

     

    It was the end of an era for us and MON left in May 2005.

     

     

    There is no doubt this huns defeat will have massive ramifications.

     

     

    Hopefully the temporary CQN infatuation with the huns is over and we call all get back to all things Celtic and beyond.

     

     

    Sleep sound bhoys, the bogeyman has departed.

     

     

    HH.

  20. TLWIO – Brilliant, I can’t stop laughing, some of the boasts I’ve heard.

     

     

    Gerry, the Huddle will take place. Not like you to take a fortuitous day off?!

  21. Why is no-one talking about Kent’s two misses?

     

     

    Ramsey is not the culprit.

     

     

    Kent could have finished it twice and fluffed it – Liverpool did well getting rid.

     

     

    Ryankentcfc

  22. Reading Bears Den.Delicious.They are going nuts about the amount of Fireworks going off all over Glasgow.

  23. Mad Mitchell 12.05am

     

     

    Any info on how you celebrated last Saturday ?

     

     

    Too busy organising the rugger or how to get to Seville

     

     

    You don’t even like Celtic

     

     

    You never comment on any games, any players 5p less in a negative way) very little input apart from any negative view possible

     

     

    Very little memory on genuine hero’s young or old

     

     

    Your only purpose here is to try and take the blog away from the Celtic … again nothing to do with me am not the blog police … but in my opinion your a bit more obvious than others as you take very little enjoyment on Celtic and probably more interested in events in Seville tonight 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

  24. What a shame for sevco tonight. I was truely sad to see them pick up losers medals again. They have been a breath of fresh and we should all be grateful for their efforts, don’t you know!!! I just hope that sevco supporters now leave sunny Spain the way they found it but i will not hold my breath. God bless EF.

     

     

    HH

  25. I’d gie thum the ither Kup on saturday

     

    who cares….thur baw is burst.

     

     

    Guid!

  26. Ange delivering this title is massive

     

     

     

    Never let any other try to disguise it

     

     

    Massive

     

     

    Frankfurt Top seeds in the CL

     

     

    It’s a sign … Celtic v Frankfurt the

     

     

    Seville final of the good guys 🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿