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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Dont feed the hun- Remember, never wrestle with a pig, you will only get dirty, and the pig will enjoy it.
curly says:
8 December, 2011 at 12:53
Ho Wong in York St.
Best bar none imo
brimmer
You can tell the nurseries are closed today :)
folly folly
did aluko’s family pay it? and at least he wont need to pay himself for the next 2 games!!
Hows about a wee tune to cheer the place up??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEhbsHD7IEY&feature=related
I see Aluko has been banged to rights. Who were the review panel? The rags will now make their lives a misery.
I would hope that the huns coaching staff re think they’re diving policy to gain advantage over non cheating opponents…. alas, I fear that hope will be in vain.
V
HH
kikinthenakas
Word on the street is that the fee was tendered in 5,000 empty ginger bottles (a.k. Rammies).
Pity the poor delivery driver on a day like today!
Oh, has that doughty (pure sunday post drivel) chap, Duffield, come out and condemned the simulation? Has he suggested that his team offer 2 points to his pal, Yorkston, as compensation?
truth, dont want the match replayed, im used to you cheating, happened all my life.
if games were to get replayed then we would be on about 12 in a row just now, as funnny enough when the leagues tight the decisions become worse, discuss.
Please tell me that one of the cup finals you are talking about isnt the one when we, shock horror, were wrongly given a thrown in in our own half in 1989?
in fact please tell me it is, that would make my day, comparing a blatant dive in the box to give a penalty in game you won by one goal to getting a throw in 60m from goal.
blame gary stephens not the ref!!!
Off out for a while…………
I’m gonnae DIVE down to the shops!
V
HH
Declan Is Neil Lennon 1888 Hates being 2nd says:
8 December, 2011 at 14:37
as much as i am a big celtic man this truth4767 guy is talking sense. we need to pure take off the blinkers here. that decision is a joke. there is no way they can do aluko since oconnor got off. if that was a celtic player i would be raging if he was banned when the hibs guy got off. the sfa are not doing themselves any favours if they are trying to look fair with stuff like that going on.
diving happens. you just have to take it on the chin. part of the game. banning the boy is unfair it was only a wee tumble
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Cheers, pal, you have got it in one.
And it will come to a Celtic player, then we will see the reaction, remember my post.
Chaos will ensue.
Jobo Baldie – aye i have loads man. i have a celtic cross on my forearm. i have stuart slater on one calf and lenny on the other. i regret the lenny one tho because i got it done abroad and the bird didnt understand me when i asked and put john lennon on. had to get it changed when i got back and it doesnt look right.
u got any?
brimmer says:
8 December, 2011 at 14:41
Agree,:OP
He’s so bad it’s almost, but not quite, funny.
kikinthenakas says:
8 December, 2011 at 14:37
Kik..Yep, I agree…
Say one player, for arguments sake a rangers player manhandles a ref and another player from lower league team does the same. Is it fair that one gets off and the other gets a 14 game ban?
SffS
Declan
Imagine that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOx8FKZ7zUs
And they said ‘NOT GUILTY’
Curly,
Recommend the Amber Regent on West Regent Street, on corner of Union Street side. Great service, food and nice tennants on tap. Get the shared platter starter, top class. Book ahead though.
Just as one swallow does not make a summer so too does the Aluko decision not mean things have changed.
Wit aboot Naismith Auldheid?
Just as two swallows do not make a summer etc.
Credit where it is due folks, Regan delivered reform and a new disciplinary process that means those days have gone because it is a lot more difficult to manipulate/fix than the old one.
In a world of cheatin bassas the only option open is to make the processes as difficult as possible to abuse.
There will be other decisions that do not go our way but the signs are
promising.
Laff heads Mc manus/ tries to break Hinkels leg/kicks Zhi in the haws/weir tries to break Mc Donalds leg and his ribs/boogie does Keane 5 times after being booked/colum gives the 3 pens in one game sends 3 players off/ gives them a penalty he didnt see/greig boots jinky all over the park doesnt get booked by big tiny this prompts Jock Stein to say. Jimmy is bruised from head to toe and wont be playing the next game.
Dont get me started!!!!
Vmhan – Supporting Lenny & the Green Brigada! says:
8 December, 2011 at 14:45
“I would hope that the huns coaching staff re think they’re diving policy to gain advantage”
No need for a rethink just a refinement.
They got the penalty. They got the points. They take their chances with the Review Panel. Remember only a few weeks ago Naismith got away with his ‘tackle’ on Milsom.
They are creating the impression that Aluko/Rangers have been treated unfairly and are angling for the benefit of the doubt in any future case.
I suspect that soon there will be a non-Ragers player booked/sent off by a referee in controversial circumstances but I plead guilty to having a very suspicious mind.
SmashingMilkBottles
The thought of emu running about au natural, what time is it, I need a drink :>)
Seven Fishes Four Steaks says:
8 December, 2011 at 14:53
Of course it is
Article 1690 of the SFAs Articles of Hunnerism clearly states:
Thou shalt not punish the Bretheren for if thee does then a plague shall be cast upon thee and all thy closest friends.
(following a review in 1975 closest friends replaced farmyard animals)
Just watched both Aluko’s and O’Connor’s dives for the first time.
Both blatant cheating. Both should be banned. Both teams should be docked any points that both pieces of blatant cheating earned them.
Sound fair enough????
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Bjmac
I’m in Ho Wong on Saturday night for my buff day.
MWD
Auldheid
when players are not brought to book for career threatening tackles but dives are looked at intrinsically then there us no point in having it at all. NO DEBATE
When discipline does not extend to financial matters for which there are already guidelines and they are not even being looked at by the C.E of the SFA then there is no point in having it at all. NO DEBATE
HAil Hail
SffS
Good point!! And the sewer rat is wandering about the pitch tryin to incite a riot!!
The Token Tim
O´Connor was touched.
Hail Hail
iki……
wonder which upcoming game that will happen in????
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
BTW anybody ….. want to attempt to ask any questions I have presented on this thread ?
It is a real shame that CQN is no longer a debating society but a debasing of hun society
HAil Hail
BRT&H,
was in Brodly’s class all the way through, distant memories coming flooding back
Oh the poor Huns.
Wee truthy lying number thingamajigery dude is in tears.
Haw Haw Haw
What a smartie wrapper he is.
MWD
oops ….. insert * for diving
I suspect that soon there will be a non-Ragers player booked/sent off by a referee * in controversial circumstances but I plead guilty to having a very suspicious mind.
Money and football ——
Guy who scored Napoli’s opener last night —– Inler —-cost Napoli 13 million euros when he signed from Udinese in the summer of 2011. Udinese bought him for 800 k euros in the summer of 2007..One more example of Udinese’s find them , buy them for washers, develop them and then sell them at a big profit policy.
After Napoli’s second goal —- The Napoli fans burst into ——–
” Manchester —– all that money -to play on a Thursday ! ”
500 CSKA ” hooligans ” went on the rampage in Milan before their game with Inter —- lot of people hurt , lot of damage done .
Sun going down -been a lovely warm and sunny day -way down south.
Awe-Naw,
by the grass when he chucked himself to the ground????
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo says:
8 December, 2011 at 15:01
Very interesting.