The most important news concerning John Guidetti is no longer whether Fifa recognise his registration, it’s whether John is keen to remain in Glasgow beyond May next year.
The player is not eligible for the Europa League group stage, and it is not critically important he joins for Premiership football in the first half of the season. He can join in January for the league run-in, and hopefully the latter part of the Europa League, but as we know, the next major event on Celtic’s horizon is next season’s Champions League qualifiers, which then out-of-contract Guidetti would be a valuable addition for.
Whatever the Fifa outcome, the player will be planning where he wants to play beyond this season and it’s unlikely Scotland will have previously featured heavily in his mind. Monday was a bit of a shambles for the player but he got to see how Celtic operate. Hopefully the positive sentiment will convince him this is a platform he can build his career on.
It’s just incredible that Mike Ashley had Charles Green in such a place that he was able to secure naming rights of The Stadium Formerly Referred to as Ibrox for £1. Whether he exercises this right or not is moot. The fact that he can, means that Newco Rangers have to accommodate him in the knowledge he is able to call in his marker at any time.
The only curious thing, is why was this particular piece of dirty washing hung out at this time?
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Re: queries about why it cost Ashley only £1 to buy the naming rights to AyeBrokes stadium, might I suggest that he simply got market value.
:-)))
SFTBs
The player was not available until the last day of the window.
Celtic are not to blame for the current situation, indeed as Paul suggests, he has gained a very favourable impression of Celtic.
The Scottish Football authorities have accommodated Celtic on this matter and are not to blame.
They have assisted in the appeal – which is allowed within the rules. So there is discretion to use – unlike in the entirely different Legia situation. There it was forfeit and 3-0.
The player even if appeal is successful is not eligible for Europa League this side of Christmas.
So if appeal is successful he’s here for domestic football until 2015.
If it is unsuccessful we could get him for second half of season as per loan deal and if we are still in Europa League then there is still merit in this.
If we are out of Europa then there seems little point in getting him in for six months only to leave as we prepare for these traumatic Champions League qualifiers.
So basically we need to know – one way or the other – by December if the player wants to sign for Celtic.
Hopefully we are in pole position to get him. Apparently he is very highly regarded.
Ps CQN Magazine out this weekend.
Paul67
On JG, I wouldn’t call anything about the saga critical but I’d want the responsibility for the failure to conclude the loan deal ascribed to the pertinent individual/organisation.
On naming rights, is Ashley merely waiting, with the intention to rename the ground when it’s refurbished and worth what he paid?
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Hope any Celts who haven’t bought tickets yet for Sunday and are able to afford the time and money will rally round our Maestro’s game.
He deserves to be our World Ambassador, if he isn’t that already.
Equally, I hope the Foundation’s Supporters’ Committee will send a message upstairs that a two/three season break from these games is overdue.
tonydonnelly67 .
Did you go dancing at The Lindella Club ?
JonnyRambo67
I agree but I would want more than a £1 for a 5 year deal.
LB
SoT
…………he was Lindella!!
Phil having fun today on twitter, you would think he knew something was just about to happen tick tock
S o T
The Lindella in Union Street?
Takes me back to the early 70s.
Bit of a haze ‘tho.
HH!!
Bom dia from a windy but still scorchio Lisboa. Feeling mega rough after a great night out in Cais Sodre. Really great area with pubs open til 5ish. A lot cleaner than Bairro Alto. Hail hail from poolside.
No, I was a Maryland boy ;)
Looks like the whole Sevco story has been sold to US producers :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_News_Bears
Tallybhoy .
Yes ——–same place – 66 / 67 etc..
The price of hearing / dancing to great choons was 45 minutes worth of Lulu and the Luvvers.
I did like the Elizabethan club some times, and the scene club, and the outback, but mainly the Maryland for me.
Joanna’s in Bath Street.
When times where good, but not so now :(
http://youtu.be/uUCVVU1qVdY
Joanna’s was good as well.
I was more a Picasso man myself but the Maryland was good too seen some great bands at both venues Floyd ,Muddy Watters at the Maryland stick in my mind. My uncle was the DJ at the Picasso around 1968/69. Remember the Maryland was run by a guy called Cuthbertson who also had a record shop round the corner in Cambridge St.
Geordies Byre in the Barrowland on a fri. Wasent to bad either, but if you didn’t get a lumber oot the Barrowland an yi came down those stairs and made an exit left heading for the soo side, WOOFT , that Carlton mob where all over you, had to legit back over the Albert bridge in a hurry man. Shower a bassas.
TonyD
Monday night’s were the best!
The Pavilion in Ayr anybody?
The ole Dennistoun palais!
The Dial Inn
Yes, you had good live bands in the Maryland, Long John Baldry, Jimmy James And The Vagabonds, great times man.
tonydonnelly67.
We have shared some dancefloors .
The Honky Tonk -St Georges Rd ?.
Heathcote ? ————a strange place with great music and good bands —— between Byres Rd and Gartnavel .
Forgot about the Bundoran Club in Sauchiehall St at the corner of Pitt St. Had a great house band there called The Beings.
Re oil production – just reading back over last article.
Not wishing to overly labour the point but the BP Clair ridge development will at best barely slow the inevitable decline in N.Sea oil production. For every BP clair there are multiple fields in UK waters being decommisioned . As of 2014 an estimated 80+ fields with over 360 wells along with supporting pipelines and structures were scheduled for decommision.
The Poets were pretty good too.
I mostly drank in the Howf, the lunar Seven, or the La Caverna that was downstairs in the bath hotel, I had many a conversations with a lovely old man who drank in there, most of you will know him, Findly Curry, what an amazing character.
philbhoy
14:41 on 4 September, 2014
Joanna’s in Bath Street.
Joanna’s on a Monday night in the 70s
tallybhoy
Grab a granny Thursday nights
I think :-))
Used to drink in the Devil’s Elbow in George Square.
Then the Griffin at the other end of town, but not usually on the same night.
The Bon Accord was good for the real ale’s then too.
The Heathcoat? Naaaaaa I honestly don’t remember that one.
La Caverna was next to the Hunting Lodge if I recall .Used to be open on a Sunday when the pubs were shut
googybhoy
Me too.
Ffs.
It’s like a care home in here :)
When the devils elbow opened, it was ok, then it kinda went downhill.
tonyD
Most of them do.
Then we go somewhere else.
The auld buffers, me included, out in force reminising about their dancin’ days!
‘I need to sit doon!”
Rock n roll!