In a press conference today, Legia major shareholder, Dariusz Mioduski, has been scathing about Celtic, who benefited from Legia’s mistake last week. Perhaps his most important comment was, “The football family of Legia are all suffering now. Their dreams are shattered, it’s against football values”.
There can be no doubt that Legia are suffering and that their punishment was in no way proportional to their mistake. Some of this hurt is inevitably going to find its way to Celtic, who Legia apparently asked to withdraw from the tournament before the Disciplinary Committee sat. Celtic, Legia inform us, declined to respond. My understanding is that the rules do not allow for input from the losing team when a suspended player has been involved – as they do when an ineligible player is involved.
Former Juventus-great and current chief of the Polish FA Zibi Boniek had earlier said, “Everyone thoroughly looked into this matter, but Michel Platini and Giorgio Marchetti [from Uefa]said one thing, ‘Zibi, there is no backdoor. Nothing. Regulations do not provide for any other penalty. We are very sorry’.”
If there was a possibility Celtic could choose to forgo their place in favour of Legia, Celtic would be presented with a moral dilemma, but I don’t think the club’s actions would be any different. Their reluctance to ‘pick up the phone’ to Legia suggest as much.
One area where Mioduski’s information differs from Celtic’s is where he states “No-one at UEFA in Nyon was even considering a 3-0 forfeit Celtic win on the morning of the ruling.” I understand Celtic were told the exact opposite, that a forfeit was the only outcome possible, corroborating what Platini and Marchetti told Boniek.
Our very best wishes to Fraser Forster, who yesterday became a Southampton player. Southampton have an enormous rebuilding exercise ahead after selling the majority of their first team players this summer. They now have a good keeper, who I expect will be busy in the opening months of the season.
After my article yesterday on Fraser Forster’s dedication to his work, a CQN’er sent me this nugget:
“My brother used to go to the dancing with Jinky. He would go to Jinky’s to collect him and Jimmy would be all suited up, apart from wearing his sand shoes, as he would be practicing his dribbling while waiting to be picked up”.
There are no shortcuts to brilliance.
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The Green Man 12:29 on 10 August, 2014
If it wasnt for people asking questions, and being quite rightly critical of plc inadequacy.
We would still be run by the Kelly/White dynasties.
Shhhh
Dont rock the boat.
Back of the bus.
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RWE 13:32 on 10 August, 2014
The green man
Celtic were not a PLC back in 1994.
The bank called them out not us.
Without Fergus the mess would have continued for years.
Dermot Desmond gave Fergus 4 million to pay the bank.
We protested but we were powerless without all of the above.
The then owners of Celtic did not sell because of the fans, rebels or otherwise
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The Green Man 13:36 on 10 August, 2014
Rwe
Old board..new board.
Same old bs imo.
The high and mighty know whats best.
Same old story.
Shameless gravy train
Sell big..keep the money…replace with dross.
Yawn
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The green man
The above three interactions speak for themselves and if anything actually make it clear that the only person engaging in closed mind, blinkered thinking is – yourself.
You accused another poster of rationalizing failure (EK Bhoy I think).
Whether you know it or not you are the only person rationalizing failure today. Others are trying to understand where the club are/and going and discuss it.
For you failure is all about corporate/plc/board maladministration, and you will not accept that any other suggestion from any source has any merit.
I really hope your day improves. As any attempt to meaningfully engage with you has proven to be very obviously pointless – my day will improve – as I can scroll past you with a clear conscience.
Angryattheworldorsmallmansyndrome CSC
HH
Legia offer Celtic a playoff with the winner going through?
Naw ur alrite thanks
Paul67 in football a penalty is a penalty – and Legia conceded a big one. Its difficult to manage the PR of this – take the kick and keep low is all we can do.
GIRUY!
HH jamesgang
LEGIA WARSAW can go and take a running jump, man up and dry yer eyes…..
Hail Hail
Yessss!!!!!
1-0 Hearts
HAHAHAHA
No sympathy for Legia now after listening to there owner on sky sports.
1-0 Jambos. Danny Wilson.
I don’t know if Celtic could have done anything differently on this issue.
If they could have ,IMHO ,they should have.
It is Legia’s own fault ,but this was a great opportunity for Celtic to live up to the tag of “a club like no other.”
I feel that we have inadvertently besmirched our name.
TT
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
howUnfortunate
Woo Hoo 7/2!
When I was Mary’s Prayer….! :-)
T4
Time for the MIB to earn his membership!
my 63 min, pen is looking good. Wish I’d backed it!
HH
huns one down…cue sending off and pen
HH
Jam Tarts ya bass.
Tims,some of whom may ,as we speak,be on CQN,are hereby permitted to celebrate.
My goodness Macjay you don’t even know you are being a hypocrit. Are you saying I am gay??? Dearie dearie me.
Anyone know if Sevco signed Boyd-pen along with Boyd?
TinyTim
14:42 on 10 August, 2014
Celtic can’t override or subvert UEFA’s disciplinary procedures.
The idea is a nonsense.
Methinks the 10 men scenario is looking more likely. The young boy McGhee needs to watch his step!
HH
End London rule. YES
21-5-79 lay it now I’d suggest, Sevco are @ 5/1 draw is 2/1
hearts one up against the new huns
Feeling a wee bit left out of CQN at the moment….just can’t seem to get the desired
amount of angst and depression right…..hopefully when I hear more stories of real hardship
around Scotland and the World at large I’ll get my mojo back.HH
Not that should ever bet on Sevco at the beginning of match but you are allowed to lay your initial bet against them to allow for Scottish referees.
Legia Warsaw offer us a play off with the winner going through hard luck Legia thanks to your goodselves we are already through and we dont need a play off as you are out. H.H.
If Legia attempted to contact Celtic there’s every chance some silly soul forgot to put the +44 at the start
JtT – McGhee has been substituted, but his replacement got booked for a stupid tackle. No way the visitors will end this game with 11 men!
T4
If Celtic were to do ‘the hounourable thing’ who would really care?
Most people iv spoken to dont even remember what happened with Sion
In a few months this will also be forgotten about
So the sympathy I had on Friday for Legia has now disappeared.
They can ‘ get it right up them ‘
If PL had any sense he should rub their noses right in it by bidding for their striker.
Sorry, that was silly of me, we don’t appear to buy players these days!
Just been seriously dissed by a 9-yr-olf for celebrating a Hearts goal.
Stephenpollock, good call.
So looks like it will be the double whammy today – penalty and a red card.
darwinsbeautifulidea –
remember that there’s only one rule on this site ;-)
Just popped in to wish big FF all the best however ah did skim past a few pages and had a genuine laugh out loud moment when I saw neganons post at 11.57 calling another posters comments tiresome, anyhoo off to a wee caltonian pub to meet some fellow tims, none of whom walk about with their own wee personal raincloud hovering above their frank zappas.enjoy your day CQNrs
HH
martim1980
14:45 on 10 August, 2014
21-5-79 lay it now I’d suggest, Sevco are @ 5/1 draw is 2/1
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It’s in a treble wae Aberdeen & Wolves.
Darwinsbeautifulidea.
family site mate. No need for the language
There used to be language violation rules on here….
T4
TinyTim
I don’t know if Celtic could have done anything differently on this issue.
If they could have ,IMHO ,they should have.
It is Legia’s own fault ,but this was a great opportunity for Celtic to live up to the tag of “a club like no other.”
I feel that we have inadvertently besmirched our name.
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don’t believe despite what the Legia say, that Celtic can reject the CL place.
If that was possible then you’d open yourself up to having the big clubs paying smaller clubs for their places in CL groups etc.
martybhoy59
I agree it has its downsides, but imagine we had put good money upfront for Muku, Lassad and others? We’d be stuck with them all. Tho I’m not sure we ever gave them all a decent chance.
I tend to think of our loans as more try before you buy instead of borrowing another team’s player