I see a bit of chat on Liel Abada in the Latest News section of CQN this morning. I have been impressed with the player from his early outings last year. Although a winger with a prodigious assists record, it is his ability inside the box that impresses most.
He understands when to arrive in the danger area and has the speed and touch to be effective once there. With the right tutelage, I think he may end up as a striker – you will recall, the Great Swede played on the wing until arriving in Glasgow as a 26-year-old, when an opportunity opened to play through the middle.
I sense little resistance to the potential sale of Josip Juranovic. He had a stellar World Cup, at 27 he is in his prime and we have already recruited a replacement. There is less unanimity when it comes to Giorgos Giakoumakis. Gio is enormously popular and brings a different threat to any other striker at the club. However, at 28, we know the script. His age profile and backup status mean that he is available for the right price.
Liel does not always make the starting 11 but he would if I was picking the team. His age and contract profile are such that we are under no pressure to sell. But I need to ask myself what I really want from Celtic and how to get there.
I want us to be a competitive Champions League team, not the cannon fodder we were this season. To get there, we need an excellent recruitment regime and an aggressive trading policy. I’ll back any plan that aims for this target, anything else is conservative and unambitious – I don’t know about you, but I’m neither.
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JackieMac…lucky to hav DD…is a massive nonsense that holds us back
IgnoranceisBlissCSC
H.H.
TLT
Same to you.
AIPPLE on 26TH DECEMBER 2022 1:48 PM
BIG JIMMY
Enjoyed the Boxing Day ponies story. Even the guest appearance of a “hun dug.”
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Cheers mate, Im glad you enjoyed that wee read.
That HUN DUG was ALMOST as mad as its Owner…My HUN BURD !
My relationship with that Hun Burd never full recovered after Celtic had GUBBED THE HUNS 5 – 1 in November 1998, with the help of the Magician that was LUBO who scored TWO that day.
I was at Celtic Park that day, while she went with her Hun mate to the BEAMBACK at Ibrox.
I met her after the game in a city centre Pub, and I asked ” How long have you been in this Pub” ?
She said that “She and her mate had left the Ibrox Beam Back when Celtic went 3 – 0 UP”.
My reply was very swift…” What, you mean that you paid ALL that money for the Beam Back and you didnt even see Gio Van Bronkhursts Goal” ?
She wasnt very happy !
LOL
HH Mate.
Yeah , it is TLT and bhoy am I ignorant. I’m looking at the oligarchdom which is the England , infused everywhere, especially the common wo/man land of the footie and I think Dermot doesn’t have his enemies offed. As if that’s a +.
monthewalfridcsc
A shameless shout out for the best boozer in the town. McChuills.
On Christmas day they threw their doors open to host the homeless. They made provision for 150, but in reality over 300 were fed watered, heated. And danced.
A mega big well done to the volunteers of homeless project Scotland.
If you are in Glasgow for the Celtic games or even wanting to enjoy music, give your dosh to this establishment that really does care.
People make Glasgow.
HH.
Greenpinata…yer wrong…McCuills has a shitty beer options….I only go there wen it’s CQN ;-))
H.H.
“PAULSTHROUGHBALL88 on 26TH DECEMBER 2022 4:09 PM
HS
True, but Notts Forest have spent circa 150 million and they’re in the bottom 3.”
Wow ! I hadn`t realsied they had spent that much.
I think these `unique angles` clips help us realise just how quickly the game is played and might make us a wee bit more tolerant of the occasional error.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdU-8IX4Mxo&ab_channel=CelticFC
Phil Mac’s latest on Resolution 12 is interesting more for the comments section (which is a bit of a Q&A with Auldheid) than the article itself
(not a criticism BTW – simple articles as stimulants for intelligent discussion are routinely undervalued IMHO)
Anyway … Can someone in the know tell me …
… Have the requisitioners and the club board totally made up now?
Genuine question
HS
“I think these `unique angles` clips help us realise just how quickly the game is played and might make us a wee bit more tolerant of the occasional error.”
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Are you referring to player or referee error?
3 nil EH versus the BR
B2B…my impression is that Celtic have belatedly thanked Res12’s….and given them credid for the introduction of Financial Security Regulations….Persistance beats Resistance….eventually….shocker ;-))
H.H.
Beer selections
I think any pub that can’t / won’t offer a pint of heavy as an alternative to lager isn’t worthy of being called a pub and should have its licence revoked.
GGH…can’t you prove yer age lol ;-))
H.H.
dirty leaver
The Lurkin Tim
😂😂
Only if I’m trying to kid on that I am younger. :)
Grumpyauldbassas csc
HH
Is a good read. and the q and a.
https://philmacgiollabhain.ie/2022/12/23/persistence-finally-gets-a-result/#more-28533
Went for wee walk…wishing all strangers a Merry Christmas…bumped into an old neighbour who asked me up to hers….and I deferred….open invitation….I suddenly love Christmas ;-))
H.H.
Barrowfield improvements –
https://twitter.com/NCCeltic/status/1606966899736473600/photo/3
stunning creative wonderful artworks.
the North Curve collextive deserve recognition for this, cant wait to see it.
North Curve Celtic
@NCCeltic
McStay and Larsson complete the North Curve’s ‘Gallery of Legends’ – a celebration of Celtic legends representing every decade of the club’s history through to the modern era.
Sign up to NCC to decide on and help paint the North Curve’s next mural.
https://twitter.com/NCCeltic/status/1605984759225585664/photo/1
SAINT STIVS on 26TH DECEMBER 2022 6:37 PM
stunning creative wonderful artworks.
the North Curve collextive deserve recognition for this, cant wait to see it.
North Curve Celtic
@NCCeltic
McStay and Larsson complete the North Curve’s ‘Gallery of Legends’ – a celebration of Celtic legends representing every decade of the club’s history through to the modern era.
Sign up to NCC to decide on and help paint the North Curve’s next mural.
https://twitter.com/NCCeltic/status/1605984759225585664/photo/1
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Thanks for that.
STUNNING
Brian
BELMONTBRIAN on 26TH DECEMBER 2022 6:50 PM
SAINT STIVS on 26TH DECEMBER 2022 6:37 PM
stunning creative wonderful artworks.
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it is something i always wanted the club to do once the new stadium was built, cover every wall with some relevant art work,
that these clever people do it by themselves is just stunning,
Good evening all from Parkhead. Freezing up, watch out for ice on road and pavement. The Celtic Way looks lovely all lit up.
get into a boozer to warm ya up BRRB
BIGRAILROADBLUES on 26TH DECEMBER 2022 7:06 PM
Good evening all from Parkhead. Freezing up, watch out for ice on road and pavement. The Celtic Way looks lovely all lit up.
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Seasons greetings ya auld so and so.
Looking forward to a catch up in January.
https://youtu.be/Qj8Q3o2J4A4
Brian
1 3 liverpool
Ben Doak on for Liverpool
BelmontBrian
Love that track, from “Workingmans Dead”. Great album anaw.
Jackiemac 7.10
I’ll be in Neesons on Sunday for the ceremony of falling off wagon. 🤣
BRRB 7.35pm
Has Neesons prepared for this event ?
Impertinent young pup CSC :-)
GFTB
Bloody hope so.😁
I see the huns are sponsoring the race meeting at Warwick on Saturday in association with Poundland.
So some guy no one has heard of called Mike Roncone gets to decide who scores and who doesn’t and that Turnbull gets a 2 game ban and so misses the derby next week.
He hasn’t even been a ref at a Celtic or Rangers game but he gets to implicate our player in a farcical decision with potentially huge ramifications.
Went to the Vale v Morecambe game this afternoon – terrible game – we rested a few players thinking we should beat bottom of the league with a weaker side. Nearly backfired we were lucky to get all 3 points.
Over the last 12 months Mike Roncone has refereed 16 games, comprising 1 Scottish Challenge Cup game, 1 Scottish League Cup game, 7 Scottish League One games, 4 Scottish League Two games and 3 Scottish Championship games. In addition he has been the Fourth Official 10 times.
During this period he has issued 55 yellow cards at a rate of 3.44 per game and 2 red cards at a rate of 0.13 per game.
He is plasticine ;-))
H.H.
“During this period he has issued 55 yellow cards at a rate of 3.44 per game and 2 red cards at a rate of 0.13 per game.”
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Mike Roncone, going for 56.
BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL on 26TH DECEMBER 2022 4:54 PM
Phil Mac’s latest on Resolution 12 is interesting more for the comments section (which is a bit of a Q&A with Auldheid) than the article itself
(not a criticism BTW – simple articles as stimulants for intelligent discussion are routinely undervalued IMHO)
Anyway … Can someone in the know tell me
… Have the requisitioners and the club board totally made up now?
Genuine question
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All the shareholders who backed Res12 over the years and supported the various Resolutions put forward over those years whose e mail addresses have not changed were contacted to provide information already on social media. I’d say around 100. Most were grateful and speaking for them and only them they accepted it was time for closure.
Some on social media were looking for more in terms of a denouncement of Rangers (an expectation that Celtic subject to SFA and SPFL rules could not make) or of 5WA that was never an aim of Res12
I would not call it making up but to quote Churchill ” “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
In terms of building the degree of trust necessary to have a dialogue between Celtic and the support at large, never mind shareholders and build a better mechanism for doing so than the annual AGM bun fight it is a step in the right direction.
Comments on social media are generally accepting although some claims that it has all been a waste of time have been refuted as follows:
1.Res12 has demonstrated that if supporters want answers the only way to prevent the binning of serious complaints is via Resolutions to the AGM that the CST controlled and indeed hindered in the case of Res12 to last AGM and wanted dumped at after previous AGM. That is an issue that needs addressed and Celtic recognised it in the run up to last AGM but it needs more work and publicity.
2. It made it clear to anyone paying attention including Celtic and UEFA that they were dealing with a mindset in Scotland at club and national association level that Scottish football was operating outside football law which UEFA not Celtic had the authority to fix and they have with Celtic’s input, but as usual some folk find that hard to believe because it challenges their long held narrative of The Board.
3. Whether Celtic or SFA/SPFL appreciate it or not Res12 brought a degree of transparency that they never had to consider before the arrival of social media into play and because transparency leads to accountability secret 5WAs will have to be less secret in future which will be good for Scottish football and Celtic.
4. Would it have been wise to spurn the olive branch Celtic offered last year (legal costs to Foundation) for that is what it was, not at all possible had PL been around in Nov 2021 with everything going so well under Ange? It would only have caused discord and that was never the intent of Res12 whose idea was to remove the causes of discord.
5 On FSR it will be a case of wait and see the impact of closing down the underhand ways Rangers have found to remain competitive but early signs are that Rangers are having to act in a sustainable fashion in the transfer market, we will see the impact or not over time.
6. I struggle to resist what I could have said a long time ago which is what did those complaining in such stark terms do to support challenging the way Scottish football is run other than sit on their arses at a keyboard and let others do the hard work of making change happen?
I think I deserve to be forgiven for expressing that feeling now.
Just about to watch Goodfellas on BBCi player (BBC2 from 10pm) but been watching some of the stuff about the great, and now sadly late, Robbie Coltrane. Nice little cameo from Richard Wilson at 9.45 talking about the equally great Tutti Frutti from all those years ago. Pretty sure the funeral scene (Big Jazza’s) from episode 1 series 1 was filmed in the old Eastern Necropolis, behind Janefield Street, with Celtic Park in the background.
Paradise at last as they used to say on the Gallagate side.