I got my wish last night, that Leigh Griffiths would reach the 40 goal mark for the season, and what a great goal it was too, memories of Love St ’86. Also delighted Leigh was aware-enough to mimic Henrik’s ” five zero” gesticulation when he reached 50 in 2001.
40 goals for Celtic in a season is a very rare achievement, as Paul John Dykes pointed out this morning, it’s now only been done 13 times in 128 years. Jimmy McGrory (four times, three in a row) and Henrik Larsson (three times, two in a row), are the only two who have achieved this more than once in their Celtic careers, so Leigh knows what he needs to do next season to get a really special place in the history books.
As for the other pertinent points from last night’s game in Perth, I can cut Stefan Johansen some slack. McDiarmid Park was a farmer’s field not so long ago, and St Johnstone’s first goal looked like it came as a result of a plough intervention.
Efe Ambrose is another story. Last night’s decision to challenge (Logan Bailly) for a ball inside his own six-yard box was inexplicable but consistent with his general awareness this season. When the new manager is in place, someone inside Lennoxtown needs to find the earliest possible moment to sit him down and play the Efe highlights video.
We have a good central defender in Erik Sviatchenko (club captain in the making), and one who could become so in Jozo Simunovic. If Jozo gets himself fit for July we should be well-placed for the qualifiers, but those two aside, we are struggling in central defence.
Out of contract Charlie Mulgrew is in the latter stages of his career, but can be trusted to do a job without causing unnecessary alarm every week. Mikael Lustig’s days as a rampaging full back may be limited by his persistent hip issues, so playing as auxiliary central defender, as he often does for Sweden, works on paper.
I’d be far from confident facing Champions League qualifiers with Efe or Dedryk Boyata, who could still makes Belgium’s Euro’s squad, but if Jozo’s fit, signing a right back, with Mikael covering central defence, feels like an appropriate use of resources.
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DHARMA BAM on 13TH MAY 2016 10:48 AM
Lumpen pub rock that wouldn’t have even been considered as the b-side of a single for the 1st album.
One of the Celtic scouts said in the press in December his remit from the CEO was to find players that could have a sell on value to EPL within two years. Boyata is a prime example of that failure
The lists of players given to Ronny was restricted to that
It is PL policy. He chose Ronny a man out of his depth
Pl has made too many wrong choices
He Carrys the that and must go
While I don’t think Keane is a great manager , he will kick PL out the door
Short term hurt is our clubs long term gain
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We’re Quite Sure That PL Is Factually CORRECT….
When He State That He Does Not CHOOSE Which Players Are Signed By Celtic…
Oor Scouts Are Telt Tae Put Doon Their “Peoples Friends”….
Stoap Chewin’ The “Werther’s Originals”..
An’ Go Forth An’ Scour The Continents For “Players That Fulfil Certain Fixed Criteria,And Are Within A Set Budget”..
An’ Do Not Hiv Attractive “Honeypot” Mexican Or Portugeese Agents Representin Them…
An’ Are Preferably Ginger-Haired Descendants O’ Brian Boru.
The Names Are Collected By PL..
Sent “Pigeon Post” Tae Oor Irish Raj..
Who Deposits Them In The ‘Reserve’ H&P Biscuit Tin….
Father Jack Hackett Gies The Sacred Biscuit Tin A Shoogle…
Then Lights Candles For St.Jude The Obscure….
An’ St.Dymphna.
Then Hamiltontim Sits On The Lap Of Oor Irish Raj’s Current “Squeeze”….
A Certain Mrs.Doyle…
An’ Chooses The Ones He Wants..
Afore Father Jack Scrutinises HT’s Selections….
Discardin’ Any He’s Had Words Wi’ In The Past…!
The Players Are Then Despatched Tae Lennoxtoon….
Where The Janitor Wi’ An ‘O’ Level In Woodwork….
Dips Them In Cuprinol..
Gies Them The ‘Wance-Over’ Medical…
Checks Their Joins An’ Hinges…
Are Tickety-Boo..
Confirms They Are Not Sufferin’ Fae “Dutch Elm Disease”…
[ Derk..? Ed ]
Then Gets Them Tae Sign Oan The Dotted….
Wi’ A Pencil He Confiscated Earlier…
Then They All Repair Tae The Brazen..
Tae Get An Autograph An’ A Selfie Wi’ TD67…
Afore They Enjoy A Skwerr Sausage Sandwich….
Washed Doon Wi’ Gallons An’ Gallons O’ The Finest Sasparilla.
Flush Wi’ Their Lucrative Contracts…
They Then Pick Up The Keys Tae Their Luxury Properties Oan Wishie’s Millionaires’ Row…
Wi’ A Complimentary Box O’ Erchie’s World Famous Teacakes Thrown In..
Afore Takin’ Leave O’ The Brazen…
In The BMCUW-Driven Charabanc…
As Happy-As-Larry !!
There…..My Friends-In-Celtic….
The Celic’ Signin’ Policy….
DE-MYSTIFIED !
In A Nut-Shell !
Laid Bare !
Maggie McGill Oan Her Pole !
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DHARMA BAM on 13TH MAY 2016 10:48 AM
A poor effort verging on the embarrassing lyrically:(((
DHARMA BAM
Underwhelmed.Been waiting 21 years and end up with a forgettable b-side.Gutted. :((
HT
Ha no I don’t think you should make any comment on that last post.
The consequences for us both on that topic might be painful and I can’t run as fast as I used to!!!
TAURANGABHOY
When it comes to Celtic,I want everyone involved to succeed.
I know some players over the years have been so rank that they never had a hope in hell-but what would you have done if the chance came up?
Even then,I only criticised their signing,not so much their displays.
Others,much better,who didn’t perform? Aye,they would be shredded in the pub afterwards.
Managers? Playthings of the board. Always have been. Even Jock. He finally wrested control from the supreme control freak,Sir Bob. Only because Sir Bob for all his faults always acted for the best of Celtic.
Up till Jock,he had never found a better way of doing it. With Jock,he did.
As soon as White came in,Jock knew it was one mistake and you’re out the door. Know yer place.
John Dowie as a replacement for Kenny Dalglish,for instance.
I might be no fan of PL. But he’s only the latest in a long line.
I have always said that if you sort the referees you will sort the problem.
Give us a level playing field and everything will be hunky dory in Timland, the hun, the sfa et can cheat till their sectarian hearts content and it will make no difference cos we will win on the park.
Now when I actually think about this, it is a problem, and I do believe that the suits also see it as a problem.
We NEED competition, the past four years have shown that, not that I want the huns as our competition but the suits do, I would rather it came from the likes of the sheep or Hearts and the like, but unless we get to their level and we are not that far away, the challenge will come from the present version of the hun with the assistance of the sfa and their referees, and the suits have no intention of challenging the status quo, when you think about it, why would they.
Back of the bus for us and know our place in scottish society.
It’s all about the money, everything else matters not a jot.
Winning Captains
As you are well aware I am a very cultured person ………
” At Milan I had the fortune to work with an owner who is an expert re all things football ———at Juventus we lack that expertise and have to do things collectively ” .
Max Allegri _Manager of Juventus 26 /4 /16.
Hot n sunny -way down south – Today’s get up and moving choons –
The Oxford Circle -Foolish Woman (World United )
Ann Peebles -I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (Hi )
Hank Williams -Mansion On The Hill ( MGM 10 ” )
I’ve not heard the disc being discussed; but I expect it’s rubbish.
Traditionalist88,
Why do you keep telling supporters (customers) they can only register their disapproval in the way that you tell them they must do? For the past few weeks all I seem to remember from your comments is that you’ve pestered certain people on here, continually telling them they can only make their feelings known in a certain way, your way. You’ve got to accept that not everyone behaves the same.
Telling your customers, that they’re complaining in the wrong way is not the way to get them back. And I think that repeatedly saying that on here is not going to change their behaviour or get them to give their reasons for giving up their seats.
Carlton Cole was on trial for a month before getting a deal. Ronny must have had input there?
It isn’t as simple as ‘it’s Ronny’s, Neils or PL’s fault.’
The problem is that the recruitment model was going wrong prior to Ronny, in my opinion. Most clubs suffer from this. Look at the centre halfs at Man City for example. How do Southampton consistently seem to get things right with their development players, recruitment and coaches?
It seems to be the structure of the football department at a club and the personnel in the structure.
It might just be a case of clear lines of responsibility and with the passage of time PL’s role has become too big. In Ronny unfortunately we asked too much of him and he became a bit of a ‘jack of all trades.’ Hopefully he can get back to a more suitable role.
With the expectations of the support, the limited market we operate in and the competition for players it might just be that we’ve become too clever for our own good.
Lennoxtown isn’t the Coolmore Stud (yet;)))
If you don’t address the questions of what are your objectives and who/how
THEEXILEDTIM
Sort the refs?
Aye,yer right. You’ve always been right on this. We’ve known for years about the cabal.
Someone posted the list of officials for the Cup Final.
It’s like a quorum for the ludj
Money on Rangers pen and Hibs reds. Aye,plural.
CLOGHERCELT
COOLMORE STUD invests in thoroughbreds.
We,erm,don’t.
Here is are a couple of interesting ideas.
Manchester City have been experimenting with the idea of broadcasting virtual reality versions of live games
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/05/11/manchester-city-position-themselves-forefront-innovation-live-virtual-reality
and BT are going to stream Champions League and Europa League finals directly to You Tube
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/05/12/bt-sport-confirms-live-youtube-broadcast-champions-league-and-europa-league-finals?utm_campaign=&utm_source=marketo&utm_medium=email&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1dabE16SXpPRGxrWmpJeSIsInQiOiJpOTM2UDBlY0NtK3RIVjFGTnZpUlJqWG9iUmFKOVwvemx5SlNEeWwzakVFXC9Ib015RVFFOHJUaVJqQ0pTSnNkSmpOVDYra2VrMGtJbWRETnpVR1hHRFlmSVExNmR6TW9RcFFVZCtJandDTGVFPSJ9
Celtic have a wide global audience and we need to be looking at revenue from these kind of streams (no pun intended) and expanding the remit of Celtic TV.
Of course the primary place for a better expenditure program is on the pitch but we should not be trailing behind anyone with this type of innovaton.
Traditionalist88
We all started watching Celtic play in a sport.
Competing next year against a 4 year old club, which will be billed as going for its 55th title makes it a farce, as much of a “sport” as WWE.
In fact, it’s worse, as at least they call themselves entertainment. A bit of truth, while our league will be based on The Big Lie.
If the club could at least acknowledge this, we might feel more comfortable with the situation. They have the backing of several courts, counsel who spoke of Charles Green acquiring the assets of the former club, and Law Lords who have dismissed the notion of the club being somehow a separate entity from the company which runs it.
Now this week we have the UEFA coefficient information, which does not give Sevco the coefficient it would have were it the same club.
Rangers walked away from tens of millions of debt to 276 creditors by not being Rangers anymore.
Do Sevco have to pay these creditors?
No, so they can’t be Rangers.
Resisting the same club nonsense and exposing the continuity myth for what it is, should be priority number one for the club.
Who wants to pay to watch a farce, set in an Orwellian narrative?
Especially if you’ve already paid good money to watch a rigged league before.
At least then we had ignorance as an excuse.
Hail Hail!
DHARMA BAM @ 10 48 ..
mmm– I will not be buying it .
On the subject of the Coolmore Stud.
Did Wits give us his nap for the new coach/manager?
I know he was pretty forthright on Ronny.
(Oops just saw a typo on the previous post.)
Offski into the An Lú sunshine.
I am very underwhelmed by the new Stone Roses song.
Sounds like a fadeout from the end of a song that’s been worked up into a whole song by itself.
A few years ago, I caught the start of an interview with Mani, on BBC2, backstage at some concert he was attending. He was sitting on the couch, wearing mirror shades, looking cool and nodding as the first question was put to him. Then he took off his shades and answered the question – he’d turned into Jack Duckworth!
That’s how I feel about this song.
Bobby. We do need a jock or Martin figure now. To run club
BRTH
Streams?
We may have missed the boat there. Our chances of doing as you suggest were when we were still a viable-and viewable-option.
When half of our season ticket holders can’t be bothered to watch a game they’ve paid for,I suspect others may stream a different option.
I’m not being obtuse on that. We are not attractive enough often enough.
BMCUWP I am no fan of PL but think we have been duped into hating our own. The beanies will be beanies. I happen to think we have Celtic supporting beanies but they will still do their job. The board will weigh up public sentiment and cut loose a manager or bring on a new one, consumer power is always going to be a factor and this has undoubtedly been a factor in the departure of Ronny. So what happens next is in the domain of the custodians AND customers or supporters as we like to think of ourselves.
If we support the establishment attack on our next coach maybe the problem will not be just the beanies but the consumers demand for deserving better ….you know who called for that.
Mon the Celtic. Glasgow is green and white.
Not that there’s anything wrong with Jack Duckworth. I just don’t want to picture him as a member of the Stone Roses.
Ireland out of Euros.
BMCUWPs,
:))
Coolmore breeds them maybe we could try that
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 13th May 2016 10:48 am
TRADITIONALIST88
” If he goes, you will get Lawwell 2.0, maybe with a fresh look at things initially but bound by the same constraints nonetheless.”
And we will probably end up with RD 2.0 because of similar.
As I said earlier,our strategy was wholly dependent on a virtuous circle. I deliberately used circle rather than cycle.
When a circle is broken,you can only reverse.
I genuinely cannot see a happy ending bar a bliddy miracle. And we had ours 50 years ago.
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Thats a viewpoint some would share, but the chances that we will end up with another unknown, ‘project’ manager are very small, imo.
I think it will be a big name, a big personality and someone who will insist on full control be it any of the current favourites. That can only be a good thing.
The Celtic job is a challenging one. Is that a problem?! Rafa Benitez took on a challenge at Newcastle, and failed. They’ll be back.
Cliche but so much can change in football in a few short months. Recall the lowest ebb we have been at in recent times, losing 1-3 at home to Caley. Now we have had a number of low points since but we have bounced back each and every time.
We have different challenges than the likes of Newcastle face and we will face them with a change of manager and outlook. Bring it on.
Any calls for a boycott/witholding of ST monies are absolutely absurd, particularly given how closely trusted posters on here have been working with the club in recent times.
The likes of BRTH and Canamalar would not be backwards about coming forwards if Celtic were fobbing them off here.
As I say, some of the important issues with Res 12 HAD to come from shareholders. Some have wrongly taken this to mean that Celtic have not been playing ball.
People with an agenda will see what they want to see.
Support the team because until we see a workable, viable alternative that will deliver results and change our club for the better we are playing with fire by calling for a boycott.
HH
SYDNEYTIM
BANG ON THE MONEY!
Celtic Plc is designed to facilitate Celtic FC.
The income derived from merchandising,tv,catering,et al. It’s all to fund the operation on the park.
The operation on the park then makes us more attractive to the above who pay/buy more to the Plc.
We had that. We were gold. Then we got Midas in reverse wi his PlayStation and megalomania.
From today’s Scotsman:
“A trophy presentation to mark the club’s fifth consecutive championship on Sunday, two recent shirt sponsorships trumpeted as best evers, an impressively high calibre of possible next managers and summer meetings with Barcelona and English champions Leicester City in an international tournament with global possibilities, before a crack at Champions League qualification in which the opponents won’t be able to count on anything like the same resources.”
Yep, these are tough times at Celtic. What kind of two-bit CEO would get us into this kind of situation?
Eurovision? Nicky Byrne?
Moves on underage betting coming in Ireland.
http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/0513/788129-michael-ring-appalled-by-gambling-on-underage-sp/
TAURANGABHOY
TRADITIONALIST88
I’m preparing to be underwhelmed and mightily pissed off.
As you know,a pessimist is never disappointed.
This from a fella who goes into every game expecting a win and has had that flung back more often than his winnings at the bookies.
Clogher Celt -yip.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 13th May 2016 11:16 am
Correct — which is why I said that expenditure on the pitch is paramount. Get that right, get us competing in Europe and the rest will follow especially if there is a little innovation and forward thinking about new revenue streams and business opportunities.
FIELDOFDRAMS
Apart from LG,and obviously KT,name one of our players who would be a first pick from five years ago.
Any from 15 years ago?
Dharma Bam on 13th May 2016 11:04 am
Traditionalist88,
Why do you keep telling supporters (customers) they can only register their disapproval in the way that you tell them they must do? For the past few weeks all I seem to remember from your comments is that you’ve pestered certain people on here, continually telling them they can only make their feelings known in a certain way, your way. You’ve got to accept that not everyone behaves the same.
Telling your customers, that they’re complaining in the wrong way is not the way to get them back. And I think that repeatedly saying that on here is not going to change their behaviour or get them to give their reasons for giving up their seats.
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DB
Lets take NegAnon as an example.
I/We have listened to his concerns for a long, long time. He gave up his ST a year ago and has tried to effect change in his own way, backed up a few other individuals on here.
The most telling part of your post above is that you have listened to this view of mine ‘for the last few weeks.’ We have been reading the complaints of NegAnon etc for well over a year. They raise a number of good points, but to what end? They are effectively invisible. At what point do they change strategy? Or never mind change strategy, even consider another strategy?
They totally suck the life out of the blog.
We have a situation whereby some Celtic fans feel they cannot attend CP. That is clearly a problem? They don’t have to protest how I think they should of course, but any alternative couldn’t be less effective.
They also do not trust those posters on here who have been working with the club closely.
If they are serious and have the courage of their convictions, great – get to the ground and give the club something visible and quantifiable.
Peter Lawwell has met with numerous supporters with similiar concerns of late and provided reassurances, some of whom have said so on here.
The situation whereby some Celtic supporters refuse to attend CP cannot go on for ever – action is required on both sides to heal wounds
HH
BRTH
A Fenerbahce friend was explaining to me their Yandex deal. Yandex is a Russian internet browser and now provides Fenerbahce with its own website, downloadable app for fans, and a live match streaming service.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
Now we need a manager with reputation and contacts within the game, something unfortunately that Ronny didn’t have. Neil for example was able to recruit good quality British players for his team all of whom went on to play at a higher level in England after their stints with us.
Anyone who doesn’t have those qualities as manger will see more of the same old same old..
We have a couple of heroes in the team now add a midfield general and we are on our way…
The game gets tougher every year!
HH
No managerial appointment is risk-free, but right now Celtic need as low-risk an option as possible. Roy Keane is NOT that option. Of course it MIGHT work out, but I struggle to see him building long-term stability at the club. As a player he was a winner and a perfectionist, but he has demonstrated volatility and his managerial record is patchy. I can envisage him getting a short to medium-term bounce, then something going wrong, perhaps a league challenge going bust. The Ronnie gamble didn’t pay off, the fans are disillusioned and we have to get this appointment right or I fear we will suffer long-term damage as a club. If there was a silver lining to the horrible cup semi-final defeat it was to demonstrate to everyone what a critical juncture we are at in our history. If we go for Keane then I worry about the competence of our footballing department, and the manner in which managers are obtained. We are Celtic; we would not be not lucky to have Keane, he would be incredibly lucky to have us.
All we need is a competent, experienced manager to bring the structural advantage we currently enjoy over every other club in Scotland to bear, and hopefully set us on a course towards 10-in-a-row. If we get Keane then arguably half a dozen other Scottish Premiership clubs would have more competent managers than us. Brendan Rodgers would be my preference. The appointment of him or someone of a similar stature would inspire the fans, put bums on seats, bring much needed revenue into the club, and restore a bit of trust and unity.
Please don’t make it Keane.