I know what you’re thinking, let’s hope we get more exciting January signings like Pawel Brozek, Rabiu Ibrahim and Freddie Ljungberg.
It’s slightly unfair to mock our January transfer business. Kris Commons arrived two years ago and constituted a one man title challenge for a few months (and still delights). Georgios Samaras and Barry Robson arrived in 2008 and went a long way to ensuring the title came to Celtic. We went signing crazy in January (and 1st Feb) 2010 when Robbie Keane, Diomansy Kamara and soon-to-be World Cup final legend…. Edson Braafheid arrived. Robbie proved his class but it was all in vain, alas.
Most of our worries seem to be focussed on protecting those already in the squad. I’m not too concerned one way or another for the Juventus tie, which will take care of itself, but decisions made today will need to consider the Champions League qualifier challenges we will face in August. If we sell Gary Hooper today there is no guarantee we will be able to recruit his replacement until the final gasp of the August window.
So far this month we have addressed long-term strategy and short-term cover, if we do any more business I’d be happy with more of the same.
Contrary to career expectations 29-year-old Edson Braafheid is not now a delivery driver for Argos but he’s not playing a lot of football these days either.
If the server overheats later I’m on Twitter, @CQN, and I’ll do my best to figure out Facebook, CQN Magazine, too.
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Starry
Watched all series on Netflix, was very good, waiting on series 7, watched all of breaking bad, superb and about to start sons of anarchy as recommended by the bhoys here.
Oldtim asking for you and looking forward to seeing the photos…..
Kikinthenakas
And another thing, there is something truly ridiculous (and wrong) that a club who don’t even get 20,000 fans at home games (loftus road only holds around 18,000) can pay £100,000 in wages (to a defender no less!).
The legacy of Sky Sports!
Amazing day. Still wild and windy but now blue skies.
Let’s hope things are bright over Parkhead tomorrow and we have the same players ready to take on Juventus.
Dexter season 7 was good, But the Sherlock Lageurta story was poor, not showed any detective abilities at all and then she was sherlock after doakes. poor.
KLV
How much did QPR sign samba for?
Sevco are boycotting deadline day of the transfer window!
HH!!
Sons of Anarchy is very good as well. Gets a bit Ropey in places. Good though.
KLV
Jim White rhymes with……
..mince.
Tamlaghtduff Bhoy
15:52 on 31 January, 2013
How much did QPR sign samba for?
£12.5m, £100k/week wages
Sorry miki but it should be..feckin mince..lol! I’m glad I don’t have to tolerate that talking arsehole
Jenni Bond spotted in ‘Bairds’, downing pints of Guinness and doing the huddle on the bar with some local ‘characters’!
HH!!
i would be amazed if we don’t sign a goalkeeper today. Amazed. Nobody major – no big names, but I can’t imagine us being stupid enough to go from now on with only zaluska as cover for the big man.
Tiny Tim
We felt for the bhoy!..but he genuinely seemed unfussed!..slighty nervy game though we missed loads of chances.}oldtim and I thought Zaluska did spill the ball over the line]
I watched replay of Madrid v Barca later when I got home,what a centre back Reals young Varane is!..reminded me of Big Dan but with rocket boots attached :)
Wont be through for Raith game but was very tempted but other family matters at hand.
See you next at Juve game.
HH
Tweeter must be on meltdown..not working for me.
Exactly what job is Paul Lambert being asked to do at Villa? Relegate them?
MON saved sunderlands skin last season and kept them in the EPL. That was probably worth about 50 million quid to the Mackems.
If MON keeps them up for another season it will be worth another 50 million quid of free sky money to Sunderland,
The sell on value of 5 million quid striker Danny Graham is really quite insignificant when compared to the money that Sunderland have made/will make for staying in the EPL a season or two longer
Starry ..what you doin watchin telly with the lovely Christina at your beck and call..?
!!Bada Bing!!
14:48 on
31 January, 2013
The pathetic sight of SSN trying to make a “personality”out of Jim White.
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Aye good point mate
The plan is to just find a suit and blue tie …pour in some watery post mix and,,,, hey….nothing happens!!
If you ever met a McKinsey consultant …ask to borrow your watch so they can tell you the time …you will get the idea? Even the best (sic) image makers canny make a silk purse from a pig’s ear.(apologies to any Celts working for that wonderful institution ;-)
Remember Jimbo singing the Celtic Song with Gerry McNee behind the bar in Mickey Joe’s one night back in the 80’s ….they were a tv double act back then …like Morecambe & Wise but without the gags
McNee was winding Jimbo up saying he was a currant and Jimbo denying it so he challenged Jimbo sing the Celtic song ….Jimbo reluctantly agreed if ‘Everyone joined in …’ only Jimbo messed up spectacularly and sang “Hail, Hail the Tims are here….”
McNee dug him right up there and then…cue total verbal pelters for jimbo all night and all good natured stuff. I remember thinking at the time what would have happened to a Celt journo in the Loudon in similar circumstances… ‘we are Sevco super Sev….aaaayaaabassa’
A man totally lacking in charisma and a complete hun…clearly hurting badly now, which is rather nice.
What time is he on again?.. so I can switch over…
Stephebhoy1
Seven Fishes Four Steaks
Twitter seems to be back now
SFFS
It was down but back up now.
One day the SKY is gonna fall down on all those english pretenders. Hell mend them when it does.
I wish that Norwich crowd would just fak away aff.
Doing my head clean in they are.
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” – George Orwell
At least we know and understand our history.
As opposed to Klan F.C. who are absolutely confused because they think they have a history, but in reality they don’t, their state of denial is absolute, and what little understanding they ever had was obliterated a long time ago.
That’s me done for the afternoon.
Feet up. Movie on. Colin Farrell in the ‘Total Recall’ remake.
GuiltyPleasuresAreOkay CSC
I think that the SPL/SFA will both know that the zombies will be kaput if they don’t get in with the money next season and the authorities will do there up most to help them again, hence the all of a sudden clamour for reconstruction. the devil will be in the details i think they may get an invite and the clubs who are struggling ie killie will vote yes this time and boom they will be back or bust.
KLV
TBB,
For me the question of “payment” will be resolved in identical means (although perhaps not with the same outcome) as it was in the FTTT. The real question is; did the “arranagements” put the funds paid into sub-trust/pension at the unilateral control of the persons in respect of whose eventual benefit the funds were paid into trust? If you catch my drift! The question of when the “benefit” became taxable will differ depending on the mechanism of placing the funds at the player’s eventual disposal (or not), but it is this question of whether the payments, or any part of them, paid into trust were at the player’s disposal, which will resolve the “payment” side of the complaint against oldco.
If you read D1.13 you will see that Thornhill will probably try and narrow the definition of “contract of service” to only require demonstration of “payments” as well, although in my view that is a weaker argument than the one that no “payments” were actually made in terms of the “EBT arrangements”.
Something worth bearing in mind is that RFC Newco has stated that the five players in respect of whom a residual tax liability remains post FTTT all recievd payroll payments through EBT by error. They say that the payroll payments were all disclosed to SPL. Now, this inter-changeability between payroll and EBT is discussed elsewhere in the FTTT and strongly suggests that the “EBT arrangements” were in reality not discretionary at all, but in these specific circumstances it is also worth considering whether the payments into EBT/subEBT were gross or net of tax, and how this married up with the declaration to SPL. Given that oldco have conceded that liability remains in respect of these arrangements, one must assume the payments were made net of tax. IE, Player x was entitled to a payroll payment of £100k, net of tax he gest £50k and gets it through EBT by mistake. However, there are examples of personnel (not players) asking Oldco to switch erstwhile bonus entitlement through EBT, and oldco acquiescing. Therefore there remains suspicion that somethign similar could have happened with players too.
Norwich putting in their 79th bid…six cans of apple cider and a delia cook book
Big G, TMWTL Cheers!
SFFS
£12.5m £100k a week.
The footballing world is going mad!
Rab Douglas spotted on a building site on London Road!
HH!!
The football world is indeed mad were the epl is concerned but the ball will burst and the rest of the football world will look on and laugh.
KLV
Should I wear waterproofs for Robbie/Roy( delete appropriate ) Keane being presented at CP tonight. Rumours everywhere.
Tallybhoy
16:06 on
31 January, 2013
Rab Douglas spotted on a building site on London Road!
HH!!
Best place for him.
tamrabam.
He is being asked to run the club sustainably and tryn and finish 17th. AV had huge losses under MON, despite him keeping them in the Premiership.
There are other clubs, of smaller historical size than AV, who manage to turn a profit from all that SKY money you talk about(West Brom, Fulham, Stoke). The difference being they have not obliterated their finances in years past leaving them with massive interest repayments. There’s a good argument that if Villa go down, it will be as much the board’s fault for indulging MON in chasing Champions League (tilting at windmills?) for years as it will be Lambert’s for not managing to turn sand into gold.
Alexander Frei spotted in Bairds.
Perhaps the full sou western..will suffice..unless you’ve already got your arc made.
alex thomson @alextomo
Commission on RFC player payments is complete. Written decision in due course. Judgement reserved until then.
The Balotelli to Milan deal could end up costing the club 65 million between now and June 2017!
Madness!
HH!!
notthebus
hope its quicker than the tax case!
notthebus
That was rather quick.
Good thing or a bad thing?