The assembly of Celtic-2015-16 continued apace yesterday with the arrival of Saidy Janko (19) from on a four year contract. Saidy spent the second half of last season on loan to Bolton Wanderers, under Neil Lennon, in one of the game’s most bizarre transfers.
Manchester United were happy to allow Janko to go to Bolton in the winder transfer window but his absence would have left their U21 team short. They needed a defender so Bolton offered Andy Kellett. Kellett had only been in the field a total of 85 minutes in his Bolton career and had been farmed out to Portsmouth earlier in the season. So it came as a surprise when Neil Lennon called to say “Pack your stuff, you’re going on loan to Manchester United”.
Saidy arrived in Manchester from Zurich as a 17-year-old right back but now plays all right-side positions. There are things I like about this transfer: he’s been watched by the manager and scouts and was high on the wanted list. The success rate of players who have been well-scouted is vastly better than players who arrive after glowing references from respected names in the game, but where the Lennoxtown guys have only seen rare glimpses of the target.
It’s heartening to read glowing references from those who have watched him in England but references don’t mean he’ll make it at Celtic.
The use of New St Mirren Park by Celtic for a friendly game was not in itself controversial. Before being liquidated, Rangers used the same venue for youth games, and Celtic have often used Excelsior Stadium Airdrie for the same purpose.
But when photos emerged early yesterday of Celtic livery above the club shop, temporarily stocked with Celtic merchandise, it stirred something within St Mirren fans. They don’t mind their stadium being used by another club in return for cash, but for some, sensitivities need to be observed.
I can’t say I was remotely bothered by Commonwealth Games livery at Celtic Park last year, nor would I have raised an eyebrow to the Celtic Superstore being handed over for the sale of Commonwealth memorabilia, very few of us were. However, I have some sympathy for St Mirren fans. We were in a position of strength when we agreed to the Commonwealth deal, St Mirren have just been relegated and most fans expect their stay in the Championship to be more than a single season.
Yesterday’s livery was an indication of St Mirren’s place in the world, not so much a Celtic competitor, more a facilitator, who survived for years on a dividend from Celtic fans’ TV subscriptions.
Paisley is big enough to support a vibrant community club, but it’s too close to Glasgow to build an independently resourced competitor, they are not an Aberdeen, Dundee United, Dundee (maybe still), Hibs or Hearts. We have a handful of economically viable tier one football clubs and should nurture them accordingly, while aligning community clubs to focus on what should be their strengths.
Imagine, for a second, TV money concentrated on six clubs, not 42. These clubs would harvest the talent from a community feeder system and have the opportunity to build a sustainable businesses.
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BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
11:17 on
3 July, 2015
TURKEYBHOY
Fine by me.Lets hope.
Can I just saw what a great pre season
Players staying at home , playing games at smaller local grounds with a bit of atmosphere. Using our great training ground
Not wasting time travelling :)
Maybe next year use firhill and invite teams to train with us at Lennoxtown
It’s a great idea all round
No point using an empty Celtic park for these games
KevJ
Agree there but I doubt he will get much quality in and will he get the time if he has a bad start. He is a very able coach though has he got the same sell on deal as Jackie Mac though? I suspect he has.
I’d be surprised if he lasts a year.
LB
Turkeybhoy
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I agee with yer team apart from…guess who?:)
Na, seriously….I tink that RD will look upon Lustig as a weak-link…like he did with Adam…imho
…spelling again…
Not too upset by Adam Matthews news.
I think he was our second best right back. He actually had his best game at left back versus Barcelona.
Just wondering if the Sunderland move might resurrect the Fletch swap interest.
Hope so!
macjay
Let it go man….you are on some personal right-wing crusade against people who disagree with you.
You sound like a cross between Winston Churchill and Bomber Harris on a three-day bender.
Fishbones/Chopsticks
HH
Anyone seen this?
UK officials discussed resettling 5.5m Hong Kong Chinese in Northern Ireland
“Government officials raised the idea of resettling the entire five and a half million residents of Hong Kong in Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles, it has emerged in government documents that have just been released.”
Livibhoy
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If it wasn’t Warburton it would be someone else and, I don’t think that they’d last the year either….hence the reason why I think that the Celtic board are pursuing safe-standing-areas because, the longer the huns are away…the more the gates will fall despite the dressing-up campaigns.
Hail Hail
SydneyTim
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Agreed 100% – Hail Hail
Right I’m going to defend KevJ here Turkeybhoy
I think Mikael Lustig is the best player on Celtic’s books, exceptionally good right back and very good Centre Half from what I have seen
But
He has been with Celtic for 3.5 seasons in which time I would guess Celtic have played over 210 games (est, we play around 60 games in total a season from all competitions)
Mikael has featured in 90 games for Celtic in that time, so missing over 55% of our total games
Irrespective of his hip surgery, during his time with Celtic, he has been out injured in over 50% of available time for Celtic, out on full pay, from a business perspective high cost
As stated I rate him very very highly, but this is a huge concern
Mikael cannot have long left on his contract ? What if Lenny and Mjallby get the Liecester job, Mjallby it was who identified Mikael for Celtic, what if Liecester in turn fancy him – all conjecture
I would have been keeping Adam Mathews
Hail Hail
Morning all.
Lovely day down here. Long may it continue.
Just spent a very pleasant wee while looking at photoes put up on CQN magazine. Lost count but they brought back a whole of lot of memories. And I could identify just about every Celtic player………………………………Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Oh Jobo
Very very Hooooopy Friday
And
Birthday Bhud you kept that quiet this morning :-)
Enjoy your day
Hail Hail
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
11:21 on
3 July, 2015
Let`s just accept the reality.
The print union blew it,thereby opening the door to the ownership of an influential paper by somebody ,I suspect,we both have contempt for.
Balance,mate.
No domination by unions,no domination by owners.
The `70s was an era where the tyranny of the bosses was replaced by the tyranny of the unions.
The upshot….Thatcherism………followed by Blairism.
Why?
Because the good and smart British people won`t tolerate bullies of the left or the right.
Gordon J 11.33
If only that happened just think they could be having a yellow walk on the 12 th of July.
PARKHEADCUMSALFORD
Not just a lovely day but a grand day-congratulations on post 1000!
Was it the effects of moonshine or did that HT link to that anti war doc feature the following?
Damon Albarn.
Richard Branson.
Discussing war.
That’s DA and RB, renowned experts, discussing war.
I would rather watch a documentary about the knitting of a new Daniel O’Donnell sweater. Uncut.
GORDONJ
I think that might have been discussed after a long liquid lunch…
The Pantaloon Duck
10:15 on
3 July, 2015
Fee of £1.8m for Adam according to Matt McGlone on Twitter. Not bad if true.
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That’s the fee I have also heard. Not bad with only a year left. I’m also hearing that efforts are being made to move Anthony Stokes on this window
HH
fender
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Adam was brilliant in that game v’s Barcelona.
Hail Hail
Happy Birthday Jobo
Nae wonder the sun is out today!
Have a great day :)
The Green Man
11:31 on
3 July, 2015
macjay
Let it go man….you are on some personal right-wing crusade against people who disagree with you.
You sound like a cross between Winston Churchill and Bomber Harris on a three-day bender.
Fishbones/Chopsticks
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Scroll past,mate.
Just scroll past.
Incidentally,thanks for the unwitting but nevertheless huge compliment.
Two memories of AM:
Barcelona and his dribble in the San Siro against Milan. We should retain him.
BMCuWP
I wanted post 1 on page 21 for Jobo’s birthday wish
Sure he’s around that age :-))))
MACJAY
Those good and smart people are all too happy to believe what they are told.
Those who control the message control the outcome.
A wee example of unions destroying industry for you. In 1980,ICI reported derisory profits of £10m.
They responded to that by announcing the closure of its most profitable Nylon Plant. Something had to be done to bolster the share price.
That plant had never had a strike. Next you’ll be telling me that no management ever provoked one.
COWIEBHOY
Easy mistake,getting mixed up wi his IQ…
macjay
What a load of nonsense that is….is that the extent of your political analysis of the1970s,..” the good and smart British people wont tolerate bullies of the left or the right”
Ha
Catman
It was posted yesterday that the salaries of Stokes, Boerrigter and McGregor is causing some issues on trying to move on ?
I had heard Leeds were interested in Tony, but they have now signed another forward ?
Hail Hail
New record,quickest ever read of CQN on pages 19,20 and 21.By the time I scrolled past all the mince fae that boring tit.I’ll be back on when footy gets more serious and the attention seekers are diluted a little.
Happy summer CQN.
FFin’ media hatred:
“Now we all know that bias in the Scots media, we see it all the time & its been in our faces over the last 4 – 5 years so anyone who was in doubt or tried to match us with their Paranoia tag must have had their eyes opened, thats if they really are a true bear who really cares about his club & its future
We can all argue our corners ok, but theres so many ‘Haters’ in that industry we need to try and encourage our youth (school years) to take media as a career, if we can then maybe one day we’ll have a chance & maybe see the bigots matched or even over ran in the media …. we really need strong PR, good people who are street wide to their antics in this country, Fury would have been good but we all seen what they done to him, again with their friends in the media !!”
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“Until we get ourselves a set of attack-dog lawyers and go after these bigots we will always be a soft target.
Time for the Club to strap on a set of cajones [big boxes] and take the haters to task.”
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“There’s a hell of a lot of sectarianism out there and we end up on the wrong end of a helluva lot of it.
The state funded sectarian schools have all but done for Scotland.
Very reminiscent of golf clubs & bowling greens.”
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“Golf Clubs and Bowling Clubs are almost all that we’ve got left!
Although if my golf club’s anything to go by, once the tarriers get a foothold in the committee, it’s a downward spiral!”
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“Pope John Paul 11 1982 Belahouston.”
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“My father was of the same opinion.”
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“Absolutely spot on.”
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“This is exactly right.
Law, education, politics, media.
That was the message. Control them, you control the country.
And look where we are now. Bigot factories intact, us battered insensible”
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“Bigoted gutless tarrier gutter rats almost to a man.”
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“Just look at the contrasting reactions to Seville v Manchester!”
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“There’s a sinister media agenda of that there is no doubt
We lost our anthem and a nine worded p*ss take which now a days can see you land a prison sentence for singing / meanwhile across the city….it won’t be long till we see a ISIS flag being flown from the jolly cracsters , mark my words
We’ve not had a straight bat for many a year when it comes to sectarianism or reporting on anything anti Celtic / catholic for many a year
Perhaps a journo would like to start with addressing the issue of only one non Protestant Lord provost in Glasgow in 3 decades and how Delaney… and celtics friend in uefa can hold down his position in uefa when Dallas was hounded then sacked for forwarding a joke”
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“About 50 years ago a man think his name was Hasan said ,Protestants should start getting more into local politics. Said within 30 years the Romon Catholics will be running Glasgow council .everybody laught at him not laughing feckin now. Also remember my old mum …..said once a catholic gets into a top position they take over,again how right she was.”
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“Let’s stop laying this issue it at [Sevco’s] door and not beat about the bush here. [Sevco’s] great history and heritage is at the very heart of what they want to bury and is an easy open target that gets maximum coverage. The whole Scottish Roman agenda is to marginalise and hammer down aspirations of Unionists and Protestants in this country to the point of apathy then take over. and they are almost over the line. All Scottish unionists and Protestants groups need to get together and fight against these repugnant republican reptiles. We can no longer look to the church to lead us therefore we need one of our other bodies to galvanise us and lead the charge. Surely we have people to carry this forward or is it too late?”
macjay
Stop talking bs…you only come on the blog to wind people up.
Have we all just to accept you silly right-wing half-arsed ideology.
Don’t dish it out, if you cant take it.
Cowiebhoy
I would give Boerrigter away just to get him off the wage bill
HH
Cowiebhoy
11:47 on
3 July, 2015
BMCuWP
I wanted post 1 on page 21 for Jobo’s birthday wish
Sure he’s around that age :-))))
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Dug years??
MTK 0 Vojvodina 0 in the Celtic nostalgia derby last night.
Good result for Odd against Sheriff.
This Ciftci guff still doing the rounds ??
The guy is a nutjob with an appalling disciplinary record …a moderate goalscoring record …and in the last year of his contract
He might be worth a punt at £500k tops …any more than that is daft
I LOVE CQN
I LOVE Celtic fans
I LOVE the return of the Jungle
I LOVE JOBO’s weather
I LOVE Duelling with the conceited-clique
I LOVE the Rangers fans on CQN
I LOVE it that I beat cancer a couple of weeks ago…the battle continues…
I LOVE the draw of BMCUW
I LOVE Pharrell
I LOVE Paloma Faith
I LOVE watching dvd’s with Murdo hun-skelping and the Jungle in the background…does it for me
I LOVE going off oot to leave you all in peace…
…oot. YNWA.
St Mirren have signed Paul McMullan from Celtic on loan until the end of the season.
Was McGregor given a new deal last year? Surprised if a 2nd tier club won’t take him on loan and pay his wages.