Shakhtar Karagandy Russian manager, Viktor Kumykov, gave an interview after their elimination of the Albanian champions in the last Champions League qualifier. He talked about his team, which, unlike some in former Soviet countries, does not have an oligarch benefactor or rich sponsor.
Kumykov thought four of his potential opponents were of equal standing, although he clearly respects Celtic’s recent achievements in the Champions League.
He said, “Getting through to the play offs round is historical achievement for the club and for Kazakh football. We hope this is for the start and we would play in Europe regularly. Even if we don’t go to the Champions League, we will play in UEFA Europa League, which means we will be in the elite of the European football.
“We have made it to the group stage of one of the European competitions, which was our main target. It does not mean we can rest now and say we will not fight for more, but our main target is Cup of Kazakhstan. We have never won it before.
“From a football perspective, I think it might be better for us to be in the Europa League than the Champions League. If we go through to the Champions League we will play against much better teams, where we can meet giant clubs. For this we would need to buy few players to strengthen the team. We short of depth and players I have at the moment would not cope with big competitions. I have no experienced players.
“It’s difficult to say who against I want to play. All five teams are better than us. Celtic is different story, they are apart from the others. That team played in the Champions League last season and got through to the knock out round. They beat Barcelona. They beat Spartak Moscow away and at home.
“The Other four are all similar class one to each other but they are all stronger than us. Each of them play at a higher level. The team God gives us will be the team we will play against. It makes no sense to say who we want.”
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DBBIA
He might be as good as the one who played for Sheffield Wednesday.
A shadow of the player he was under Brian Clough.
How many times did he get a player to play like a superstar for him,yet they bombed elsewhere?
A genius-flawed for sure,but a genius nonetheless.
TinyTim 13:42 on 9 August, 2013
“Even more reason to plan ahead,and purchase in Jan for CL in he summer.”
Presuming you can find clubs willing to sell in January.
Would you have been on here praising Celtic for selling Wanyama and Hooper in January ahead of the Champions League games with Juventus and the team still in four competitions?
http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/celtic/transfer-talk/news/wilson-rejoins-nottingham-forest_97658.html
Bobby M, sent the soundtrack yesterday. HH.
Thanks Z. I hope Legia progress.
Just goat Back fae the Windy City.
And.. It IS Windy!
Now , let’s see……
Ah Missed the Live Game agin the Tumshies.
After watchin’ the Re-run..here ur Ma Thoughts:
We wur.. Woeful? Terrible? Amateurish?..
Jist Plain Lousy?
Pick wan.
Ah Pick..
LOUSY!
Celtic, hiv, SIMPLY… Nae Fire-Power.
PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!
Sammi,is a Fine Left wing Raider.. especially ,in C.L.ers..
Howevahhhhh
As a Lonely Linwood Striker..?
He comes up Wanting.
In Ma Opinion… Watt, wid be oor best Choice,by Far..as
The Lonely Linwood Striker.. Ah hiv seen him play that Role, tae Perfection ,in several
under 19 games,,
And who could Furget, Young Tony’s Magnificent and Opportunistic Goal,which he scored agin the Barca?
When he Played the Role..of the Lonely Linwood Striker?
Neil, Has bin playing him.. Away oot Wide..
When Everybuddy ,and his Uncle and Auntie..
Knows …. That Tony’s best Perfomances,have always come..
When He is Played..
IN THE MIDDLE ,in the Striker’s Role.
Ah repeat..
Who Could furget Tony’s .. Twenty Million Pound Winning Goal?
Certainly, not me..or you ..or.. You.. or You!
Nevertheless..
It is self Evident, that,Neil, has Certainly Furgoatten!
It is a Puzzle.. tae me.. and You…and You.. and You, as well.
Ah wull Nevah figger Nei, oot.
Neil Lennon, is an Intelligent Fellow, Ah hiv nae doot..
But.. Like Ah said..
Ah wull Never Figger Him Oot.
Look, we need a Couple.. Aye! a couple,of Prolic Strikers.
And ,we dinna Hiv ANY oan oor Books..
Sammi, is Certainly no wan.. and Stokesy,comes up Way , way, TOO SHORT..
in Class, when he is faced with Continental Opposition.
Commons, had a Real Quiet Game agin the Swedes..
Ah supect ,he does not Do well agin the Continentals, Eethur..
Ledley, wiz quiet.. as Usual!
Forrest, was Good, when he Goat Away from his Marker, but he is Still
Not Fully Back tae his Best.
He kin Sizzle.. but, at this time. He is Spluttering..
His Is Playing ,the noo.. Like a Damp Squib..
He needs tae Dry oot!
Ah hope he diz.. And Soon.. Fur we need him, like a New York Steak needs a Pinch of Salt.. tae bring oot it’s Flavor!
This Upcoming Bout agin the Gandy Dancers, could be a great big Oil Patch!
A Slick and Slippery Spot..oan the Road tae the Euro League Proper.
We must score that all important Away Goal..
Fur Ah reckon ,that Scoring an Away Goal in this Part of the Competition..
is Vital..
The reason that we Triumphed over the Swedes..
Wheb All wuz said…and NO said!
wus
WE PREVENTED THEM FROM SCORING THAT ALL IMPORTANT..
AWAY GOAL!
Keep a Clean Sheet , Score an Away Goal.. at the, Almost Inaccessible, Eyrie o’ the Gandy Dancers, and we
wull be Three-Quarters away fae the C.L. Proper.
Ah repeat..
Celtic,Need Fire-Power..and we Dinna Hiv It!
Kojo
Still Laughin’
When the true price of Balde is divulged nobody will give a rats ass.
I think its fair comment to state that Celtic PLC are part of the establishment today or Lord Reid is behind charlottefakes. That is my only hope left as far as I am concerned regarding the soul of our custodians. Still ..thats far too much a hope to provide any financial support.
So a straw poll.
Part of the establishment. Say Yay
Part of undermiming the establishment. Say Nay
Dont give two tuppeny sucks as long as we are running at a profit. Say Dont Know or dont participate.
HH
Thanks Kelvin for your contribution to Celtic, hope it works out for you and your family back home…
BMCUWP – was Peter Taylor there when he signed J.Fashanu?
An uncharacteristic lapse in judgement, but he/they got more right than wrong.
A shame that Kelvin has left. We can’t blame Neil or the board for this one. But it’s hard to replace the spine of the team: Wilson, Wanyama, Hooper.
JOHN O NEIL
That’s great,bud. Thanks very much.
It will either be there when I stagger home,or arrive tomorrow.
I’ll keep ya posted!
Cheers…
hen1rik
13:53 on 9 August, 2013
For those asking ASA website link
http://t.co/lpZrL0xqOB
Disgraceful totally disgraceful is there anyone out there willing to take these cheats to task.
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Mate, ASA had only one place to go for the answer – UEFA, and I don’ t think Sevco wanted to risk it
Yay
steinreignedsupreme
14:21 on9 August, 2013
I was on here on CQN stating exactly that. No big club came in for him. A gamble that PL lost as we would have got more for Hooper. Against Juve Gary would have made no difference. And what difference does it make losing Vic and Gary before this years competition.
When I saw both players hinting that they would be staying in April in The Daily Record ST renewal time…it was obvious that we would not miss that opportunity.
We need to accept that we are a feeder club for championship type clubs.
I worked in and out of Kazakhstan 2002 – 2004 on the Karachaganak field development. The place was full of expats working in major oil projects and probably still is, so there will be a good number of Celtic supporters already in country. The worst part back then was getting into the country but once there it was pretty good and everything was as cheap as chips.
Its the only place I’ve ever been where it was a regular occurrence to see donkeys being transported around in the back seats of cars with their heads sticking out the windows, ha ha that was always funny to see.
Hopefully better transport arrangements will be made for our bhoys.
P.S. I never made it to Almaty while working over there but it’s supposed to a beautiful city. Don’t believe everything Borat told you.
Nay
the asa verdict against the rulebenders…
have they still got that poster outside the celtic shop in the airport?????
Bigngreen
I agree, I’m hopeful that we may have somebody lined up with the promise of Euro football. Obviously not heard anything just a hope.
hen1rik
Re the ASA – this relates to their sales pitch where they claimed that 48% of ALL Scottish football fans were zombies and their nearest rivals only had 33% – leaving very few supporters for any of the other teams.
They were called out and could substantiate so had to withdraw. (Surrender!)
This is the second time they have been caught telling lies, they had to remove the boost that the Panel at the London Stock Exchange endorsed their same club claim. They had this on their website but the Stock Exchange made them remove it when asked to explain.
The ASA are aware that this was part of the evidence submitted by the advertiser and that it turned out to be incorrect. Apparently the ASA ONLY considered the evidence submitted by them and did not consider the evidence supplied by the 70 people who complained or the handful who forced a review and have been successful in getting this case re-opened.
Paul referred to this latest development on Twitter as “The Wee Advert Case” and it certainly is a victory for the two people who complained!
BALDE stats for last year were 1 goal every 2 starts. Of the 8 subs appearances he made 5 were for less than 10 minutes.
I THINK HIS STATS ARE OK .
Sorry for shouting.
DBBIA
Aye-but only just!
I reckon both lasted a year after Fashanu’s arrival.
Possibly not a coincidence….
Clough did have a rep for signing people,and shipping them out fairly quickly if they didnae shape up almost from day one.
Pretty sure the expression “He can trap it further than I can kick it” originated from him watching Gary Megson in his first training session!
So the game on wednesday has earned us 2.5 mill for reaching the play offs, add a couple of mill for Kelvin, good luck big man, and we are guaranteed 3-4 mill for the group stages of the europa if we fail to get the CL.
Shirly we can get in what’s needed to help Lenny have at least a decent fighting chance to make the CL group stages, or do we gamble with what we have.
Stick or twist Peter, decisions, decisions.
Re. Balde – time will indeed tell.
May I respectfully request that we all refrain from comparisons between Amido and “George Weah’s cousin” ?
An arrogant bully boy with no tactical or strategic nous who successfully faked it as a manager for years was taken in by an agent’s hype. They had the internet back then – a quick check would have confirmed the sting, even to an idiot.
By contrast Celtic is a professional organisation that does its research thoroughly.
Amido Balde is only 22 but already has a pedigree which includes Sporting and Vitória de Guimarães.
By the way he played in a team that beat Benfica last year – something we failed to do in two matches.
Hail Hail
Ah tell Ye wan thing..
And.. fur Nuttin’~
If Neil, goes fur Kevin Doyle..
Instead,of a Prolific, Capable.. and Free Scoring .. Striker..
Ah wull Really ..gie up the Fags!( But, ye Don’t Smoke!..ed)( Shhh.. You’ll get me Hung!.. You Know it and Ah Know.. but , Ma readers Don’t!)
Kojo
Still Laughin’
About sixty years ago, my father took my brother and I to Parkhead for every home game.
He would lift one of us over and there was always someone on hand offering to lift the other.
My dad used to often say to us that one day, we would be taking our old faithrr to the stand.
Thankfully, that day came, when we moved from the Jungle to the front of the South zstand.
Many years later, 1994, I took my own sons over to Celtic Park.
Like my father, I aldo said that one day they will be taking their old faither to the Stand.
Well, that day is almost here.
Tomorrow,one of my boys has arranged for us to partake of corporate hospitality at the Aviva.
So, for the day, I shall be a, hopefully bloated capitalist, hob-knobbing with the Hob Nob munchers.
Oh forgot to say – if you are thinking of driving to the away leg,
Glasgow to Seville is 2900 km by road
whereas Karagandy is 3000 km away ………… FROM MOSCOW.
Lets hope it is televised.
Hail Hail
so how much did we take in CL money
add big vics fee
add hooper money
add kelvin money
and subtract the money paid so far for players
the balance is how much we can pay for a centre forward and centre half and a central defensive mid fielder
BMCUW
Had to do some work yesterday so missed your invite.
Looks like I will be around here end of Sept and would be delighted to accept your invite and meet up with a fellow tims for a wee scoop.
Let me have your email addy and I’ll get in touch. Paul has mine if you’d prefer that way
Hail Hail
Its the only place I’ve ever been where it was a regular occurrence to see donkeys being transported around in the back seats of cars with their heads sticking out the windows, ha ha that was always funny to see.
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see it myself in Glasgow its really not unusual.
Auchenhowie Park half nine every morning
The Battered Bunnet
14:39 on
9 August, 2013
The evidence suggests not.
Any chance you can point me in the direction of anything that will allay my fears ?
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo 14:35 on 9 August, 2013
“I was on here on CQN stating exactly that. No big club came in for him. A gamble that PL lost as we would have got more for Hooper. Against Juve Gary would have made no difference. And what difference does it make losing Vic and Gary before this years competition.
Selling them both in January would not have been a popular decision.
“We need to accept that we are a feeder club for championship type clubs.”
I am well aware of our standing as a selling club. I have no problem with it. And as long as the madness prevails in England that will continue to be the case.
thomthetim – enjoying the finer things in life should not be the exclusive preserve of the capitalist! Have a good day and take advantage of the situation!!!
I wonder if Scott Brown has looked out his mankini yet!
plus wages tamrabam – plus wages!
But it is evident there is money there to get what we need.
I still think we’ve enough to get us through the play off but we need a bit extra for the CL proper and probably even for the EL group stages.
thomthetim
Enjoy yourself tomorrow mi amigo.
Go easy on the vino and prawn sandwiches >}
HH
Boys sorry I’m losing it today Paul said its a different case :(
AYRSHIRETIM
A pleasure to have you join us,and prove that
AYRSHIRE’S GREEN AND WHITE!
(TM-MICKTT)
Mail me at
bmcuwp@gmail.com
please,and I’ll let you know the latest.
On visiting Karagandy.
There is Russian aero company called Transaero. They have direct flights from London Heathrow to Karagandy and back. Flight from London takes 4 hours and costs 680 GBP (return ticket). The dates are very convinient.
I’m Neil Lennon (tamrabam)
14:45 on 9 August, 2013
Thats not how the Celtic board operate. Remember?