Living so close to England it’s easy for us to get drawn into the ways and processes which prove effective south of the border. SPL clubs all scout there, more often than not trying to pick up physically robust scraps discarded by the lower leagues, or troubled souls looking for a sixth chance. Scottish clubs are full of players who have failed to make the grade in England.
When Motherwell were looking for a manager a year ago I heard one of their directors say they hoped to get someone with experience of the English lower leagues, as this has proven to be an effective place for them to network in the past.
Problems with the neighbours works both ways. It’s too easy for English clubs to use the loose change part of their budget to scoop up anything that looks like promising talent from the SPL. While most players will earn well in England, few enjoy the career progression they hoped for.
They do things differently elsewhere. When was the last time teams from Cyprus or Switzerland badgered an English League Two side for their surplus talent? Developing football teams is difficult but a good top level plan helps. One of the most encouraging aspects of Celtic’s top level plan is that it meets criteria that match our place in the world. Recruit talent from the right markets, at the right age and price. Some money has been spent in England, but not much, and those who have arrived from there look decent value.
If Celtic are to match the recent Champions League achievements of Basel or Apoel Nicosia, players like Izaguirre, Kayal, Wanyama and Ki, who pitch up in Glasgow from what appears to be beyond the horizon of the English, will be crucial. Just as those players at Basel and Apoel, they arrived here within an affordable budget and appear to have the talent required to compete at the level Celtic aspires to.
11 years ago we bought Chris Sutton from Chelsea against competition from other FA Premier League clubs. He was soon joined by others at the peak of their ability and reputation, all relatively low-risk signings. We had a few years in the sun but it was neither affordable nor sustainable.
We’ll know soon enough if the current crop of players trying to establish a reputation for themselves have what it takes to win the league and compete in Europe. Good top level plans can still fail in execution, but I’d rather this strategy than send my cash down the M6.
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The Honest Mista Kano
I mean the FLAMES OF HELLS FIRE
MWD
The forces of darkness right enough. Can you buy wind up floodlights like they wee torches in the Garages??
philvis
Ring Fenced
http://tinyurl.com/6trdz6d
Yet again the English media show up their Scottish counterparts in addressing a subject involving Neil Lennon.
The London Evening Standard folks. Note the picture. It illustrates Lenny as we know him. Thoughtful, considerate intelligent and if I may say so – speaking as an out and out hetro – a very handsome Tim!
While Im at it, fair play to the brits for sticking it up the Euro.
The pain and the bile is evident in every keystroke of the unemployable one’s blog this morning. Boy, is he hurting.
What’s all this nonsense about changing oor blog names ?
AM NO DAIN IT!
Paddy Gallagher
It will be 40,000 candles at Ibrox by Xmas time. Pleasing on the eye but it just wont seem right beside a noise of bigotry.
Serge (10) Tommy Burns says:
9 December, 2011 at 09:49
Their new theme tune could be ‘Candles in the wind’ He He
voguepunter 1- Kano 1000
I think I’ll have a wee scoot through the racing pages for something topical in this regard for tomorrows CQN nap.
And why not?
Canny POSSIBLY do any worse than my last few stonewallers!
Hopefully Martin will be enjoying a few voddies today as he ‘celebrates’ two years of being home with Carolyn and their lovely kids.
It’s fantastic that The Kano Foundation honour his name by providing the Celtic experience to so many children.
God bless Martin Kane.
TTTT
Paddy Gallagher
Or Elton can get George Michael involved & do their duet…..Don’t let the sun go down on me! :-)
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS for KANO’S GRAND DAY says:
Give me a shout if anything comes up like,falldownonyourkneessoneboy or
bawbagsally.
voguepunter 1- Kano 1000
Did you get my ALWAYS RIGHT pointer a fortnight ago on Sunday?
Ironic name,as it was my only winner all day!
(hammered it,mind,so all’s well,etc)
can someone please tell me how to make changes to said nomdeplume.
i forgets.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS for KANO’S GRAND DAY says:
Didn’t put it on mate,had my line written I’m sorry to say.
Cheers anyway.
Yet more work for those avoid doing anything at all chaps at UEFA ——
Italian media / Italian fitba media go big on Dinamo Zagreb 1 —- Lyon 7. Italy is a country that knows a lot about corruption and cheating in football
Betting patterns being investigated.
Ajax threatening to sue Lyon
Ajax threatening to sue Zagreb .
Lyon threatening to sue Ajax.
Ajax threatening to sue UEFA if they fail to initiate an investigation
Lyon threatening to sue UEFA if they initiate an investigation in response to ” slanderous statements from Ajax and sections of the European media ”
Lyon blaming anti French sentiment in the Spanish media for stirring things up
Zagreb threatening to sue everybody .
Zagreb sacking their manager.
Sion Quick News ————
Still no decision from the last session of The Court for Arbitration in Sport . It is rumored that The Court is still struggling with the complexity of some of the evidence . There is speculation that such problems are good news for Sion and bad news for UEFA.
Sunny , clear blue skies —- wind from the Balkans — feels relatively cold -way down south
The ole CQN Thong debate
Have the huns had the ringfenced HMRC money nabbed yet?
You can’t start a fire
You can’t start a fire without a spark
This gun’s for hire
even if we’re just dancing in the dark
You can’t start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart
This gun’s for hire
Even if we’re just dancing in the dark
Even if we’re just dancing in the dark
Even if we’re just dancing in the dark
Even if we’re just dancing in the dark
voguepunter 1- Kano 1000 1004
Haha,canny say I blame you,the way my suggestions were working out!
Last weekend,my mate asked me what the rush was. Got a horse running shortly,need to put it on,I replied.
Don’t panic,you’ve got plenty of time,he said. I’ve seen the way your horses run!
Couldnae argue,really…..
Corrib04….,
true enough with the pic, but why would they then quote Levein ???
Celtic manager Neil Lennon has urged football players to overcome the stigma of depression and seek help if affected by mental illness.
Levein revealed he had helped “a couple of younger players at our club” deal with depression
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire says:
9 December, 2011 at 10:16
Purely speculation on my part but it could be a typo.
Telling though that the portrayal is far more sympathetic in England that it’s ever been in Scotland.
newradbhoy says:
9 December, 2011 at 10:01
If you just click on your user name above comments box then change user name and update profile.
Like a great many on here Im a seasoned veteran of the huns 9iar
While we were down they kicked us, from raith rovers to the SFA, but I like to think that we have had payback against most of them for those days.
However, there is still one point that has never been dealt with. When the huns banned the celtic fans from Ibroke and got away with it. John Collins Goal that day silenced them anyhow.
I would like to repay that snider one day. Maybe the ticket issue might just give us that opportunity in the not too distant future.
Fergus McCann,may you never buy another drink in your lifetime.
I wonder if the wee bunnet wearing businessman ever thought a day would come when the daily ranger ran a story about Celtic demanding money up front from the huns for a new year game?
hahahahaha
philvisreturns says:
9 December, 2011 at 09:28
BlantyreKev – Hail Hail to the Kano Foundation – CELTIC have demanded Rangers pay for tickets up front before allowing the Ibrox club’s fans into Parkhead for the crunch Christmas derby.
Ha ha ha.
I’m loving it.
Make the deadbeats pay. I hear they’re installing a powercard meter at Ibrox today. (thumbsup)
Is that true? Brilliant if it is!!!
Raise a glass of your favourite tipple for Kano tonight.
And then raise anothr one for ole Pablophanque.
Maks sense tae me.
I wonder what the situation would be like at the moment if Wee Fergus was still in charge.
ernie…,
without question, a far more balanced personification of our manager
tamrabam @ 10:20 – “Like a great many on here Im a seasoned veteran of the huns 9iar
While we were down they kicked us, from raith rovers to the SFA, but I like to think that we have had payback against most of them for those days.”
Not even feckin close mate! Maybe when I see/hear them fighting amongst themselves when we go 4-0 up in a Glasgow derby at their sectarian cesspit, then I might just might think we’re almost at payback.
BelfastCityCelt – many thanks for yesterday’s horse tip. You’re on a roll, so what’s today’s winner?!
HH
TTTT
Only read the last few pages. Hope you are tucked up with happy green dreams Kojo. You know they are just biting.
Scott Brown , never a captain and a player with potential but he’s our never a Captain and our player with potential so onya SCott prove me wrong and lift the silver this year. All of it.
Can Yoofa introduce diving technology before goal libe technology. Would be worth twenty points a year for us.
Hail Hail Kano
Red Indian buys a young horse that goes on to win the ‘Kentucky Derby’ Interviewer asks him about the name ‘Four horses’.
Reminds me of wife replied Chief.
Beautiful name replies interviewer, so your wife is called Four Horses?
No replied Chief, Agnes – Nag Nag Nag Nag
any CQN’ers out in glasgow tonight ? any gatherings anywhere ?
works day out today, but most inverclyders calling off due to the trains being off,
so its saint stivs nae mates again.
Saint Stivs says:
9 December, 2011 at 10:32
Shame ,and after you gettin yir suit and boots oot the pawn ;O)
As I was saying before the 18 hour power cut……………….
Hang on my house has just been broken into by three long legged women in their early twenties wearing some kind of leather uniform and with and all with an evil look in their eye……………
Jings criven Help ma boab they can get marooned here any oul time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS for KANO’S GRAND DAY says:
9 December, 2011 at 09:28
Wee name-change for the weekend to keep Googybhoy happy-well,I might have a trip to Manchester in the New Year-AND also because I think it’s a good idea.
Cheers mate the drink is on me. Even throw in a here taxi.
SAINT STIVS 1032
Mibbe get the cash up front next time,haha!