A quick straw poll suggests we’re happy with £2m for Adam Matthews, although Sunderland will be happier, having signed what is likely to be a first team player for what is a bargain fee in the English league. For Celtic, the player had only a year left on his contract, and was not first choice when Mikael Lustig was available. On other occasions we would struggle to get £500k.
A few factors supported Adam’s marketability and price. He is part of a successful Wales team who are likely to reach Euro 2016. Scouts from all over Europe watch Wales and it’s unlikely you’d be able to sign any of that team for less than £2m.
There’s also the Joe Ledley and Victor Wanyama effect. Joe and Victor were Celtic contemporaries of Adam and both are solid performers for EPL clubs. Don’t even ask me about what’s going on with Daryl Murphy at the moment, as it beats any rational explanation I can come up with.
Having 20 hugely wealthy neighbours comes with lots of problems, but if we are going to lose players to England, it’s better to lose them on our own terms – when we are in a position to start a fresh building process, than have events overtake us, as appears to be happening at Tannadice this year.
Enjoy events this afternoon at New St Mirren Celtic Park.
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Robert Tressell/The Exiled Tim
I agree with RT’s sentiments myself but I have to say I think, unfortunately, Slan_Abhaile might be on to something. The West has been wrong in so much that it has done in the Arab world for decades or even centuries. But IS does not seem to be just an anti-West terror group and although I think ( hope) that its hreat to the West is overplayed it is a threat all the same and it wont just go away. But bombing Syria or Libya or wherever else will achieve nothing. All my life the politics of the middle east have been a bloody mess. Unfortunately I think I and we have seen noyhing yet.
Jimbo67
PS I have akways rather fancied Suzi Perry but am not sure if she suits the Gregories
Tallybhoy that was joe Kennedy snr plan to get joe jr to run for president in 52 or 56
He ruined those lads in my opinion
Polish Precedent
Great horse
Ol’ Joe senior saw a Kennedy dynasty in the White House, with Joseph, John and Bobby all doing eight years each, By then I suspect he’d be expecting the next generation to be ready to take over.
in 1979,the Uruguayan footballer,Daniel Allende transferred from Central Espanol to Rentistas for a fee of 550 beefsteaks,to be paid in instalments of 25 steaks a week
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In 1937,Gillingham FC sold one of their players to Aston Villa for three second-hand turnstiles,two goalkeepers jerseys,three cans of weedkiller and an old typewriter.
That was before FFP of course,dae ye think PL would flourish in that end of the market or would we need Trotter international Traders to act as agents?
Discuss
HH.
I see that we are now “bullying” other clubs into selling us their players, according to a certain rag’s headline on newsnow. It’s time that offensive rag was banned from CP completely.
Thompsontwin,
It is disappearing and will become rarer as long as it’s not forced, forcing people to do things stirs the reb in all of us and creates a backlash. The PIRA no linger exist and is becoming less relevant however, that does not suit those in power which is why the know in forcing the issue it will ensure it does not disappear as quickly as it should, it’s the simple reliable divide to conquer strategy that ensures there is a section of society are available for for blame a distraction from the real injustices going on. £44M underspend could have been handed out as one off grants to help the needy and help highlight the plight of those in real need, not a chance, concentrate on vilifying football supporters and create as much divide as possible, it’s easier to rule setting one against the other than trying to gather consensus.
S_A-Jimbo
The problem is the wests relentless desire for money and power IMO, it could all have been prevented, reaping and sewing springs to mind, whatever happens, we are just going to have to suck it up.
The west are hell bent on conflict, be it in the Middle East, they are baiting Russia, god forbid they upset China, what will be will be, and no amount of words on a blog will change things.
It’s my grandweans and their weans I feel for.
HH
JFK ordered his personal secretary to by him 1000 Cuban cigars the night before he implemented the USA Trade Embargo on Cuba,
insider trading
HH
He got smoked out, in the end.
Mulgrew’s value to Ronny’s Celtic is as a squad player, to be used to cover injuries, suspensions and resting players.
His versatility is his main asset.
He will also be one of the local, older heads to help young players and overseas players fit into the squad.
Mulgrew’s injuries are now a liability. It comes with age. Sutton.
ginger
Joe Kennedy jr was two years older than JFK, so may have stood in 1956 against ole Dwight D Eisenhower.
He would have been 41.
Eisenhower was in his late 60s I think.
How would things have turned out?
We will never know.
HH!!
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Nelson Mandela was not removed from the US terror watch list until 2008,
JFK was a very naughty bhoy.
As were his wee brothers Bobby n Ted.
…and his faither.
Just ask Gloria Swanson.
HH!!
The US Navy has more aircraft carriers than all of the other navies of the world combined.;)
Gordon_j
Ole man Kennedy did indeed want to create a political dynasty.
A Kennedy in the White House into the 1990s, and beyond.
HH!!
Shug
US.
Law unto themselves.
Decadent liberal moral degenerate nation.
For those questioning the authenticity of the Deloitte resignation letter (and I understand there are 2 versions , only one of which I’ve seen) , particularly questioning the signature I would point out that it is appropriate for the letter to be signed using the name Deloitte or Deloitte LLP. This is because the Firm are the auditors. The person who writes the name Deloitte on the letter is usually the lead Audit Partner on the engagement. Only Partners within Deloitte are authorized to sign off such a letter as Deloitte.
Bedtime. Ní dhéarna mé coir.
Rascar Capac & BGFC
Thoughts with both your families
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Melbourne Mick
10:03 on 5 July, 2015
Hello again all you young rebels.
Just back from another great Sunday with the peninsula
hoops, much discussion about Saturdays game and the
concensus was that Dulka looked technically better and
fitter but thats what friendlies are for, getting rid of the
cobwebs and after all they are into their sixth game of
their season so far.
As regards big Cifti possibly signing for us, well if he’s
knocked Wigan back and is waiting on us then he gets
my vote, believe me we’ve had bigger scoundrels
wearing the hoops and they have delivered.
Me and my wee princess had our anniversary on Saturday,
47 years married , i said ” do you realise honey bunch i
could have done two murders and a great train robbery
and i’d be free by now, she said ” aye yir very funny noo go
and book something special fur us”
So we went on the restaurant tramcar which travels through
the Melbourne tourist spots while your dining and right down
to St Kilda beachfront and back, now i must tell anyone who
is thinking of coming here on a holiday make this your No1
priority.
Its the old Victorian type car and decor to suit and apart from
a superb 3 course meal, all the alcohol you can drink is all
included in the price.
We were lucky enough to be on a tram full of young Irish ghirls
one of whom was going back to Kildare in Ireland after 3 years
working in Oz and this was their send off for her, the waiter a bit
of an old character hearing their accents decided he would sing
them Danny Bhoy, i thought , this will be a laugh, but lo and
behold the old guy had a voice like an Italian tenor and he was
superb, obviously in the wrong job.
After copious amounts of champagne the ghirls decided they would
like to sing, but what song? after they heard my wee darling shout to
me ” Michael do you want another whiskey ” ( silly question ) it was
decided, The Fields of Athenry and it was beautiful and i’m not
ashamed to admit there was tears in these auld eyes.
Now to watch the game on Celtic tv think i better get a couple of
matchsticks ready to keep the eyelids open.
H.H Mick
Thank you for that sir
just the wee lift I needed.
HH and tell yer Mrs her medal is in the post :)))))))))))))))))))))
Halfway through my Sunday list…just the painful prospect of shelling out to a plumber to come. Getting a fair bit of the old “plumbers whistle” as the job unfolds.
Going to need that cider after this, methinks.
THE EXILED TIM
Hail Hail Sir
hope you yer good lady and the dugs are well,
Meant to say
ar you not in the Spanish Sclaffbaw clique with A.N.Other :)))))).
Till later all and dont forget to tell those close to you just how much they mean to you.
modern decadent liberal moral degenerate nationhood is rubbish
apparantly
Further to my post after yesterday’s game, and having watched the first half for the second time, niggling doubts remain about Ronny.
I was a massive cheerleader for him, even post Legia, because I saw a style of play which was modern and could really push us on. I believed he would strip the team of the guys who didn’t suit the high tempo, pressing game and we would go from strength to strength.
However, one year on, I saw a team style very reminiscent of the Legia debacle. Both fullbacks bombing on, no competent sitting midfielder and loose passing.
As I said yesterday, if a team press us high up the pitch and make it hard for us to play out from defence (particularly now we have no JD and poss no VVD), we typically give it away. Or, our keeper kicks it long and we have no height to allow us to win it.
Re pressing, when we play against a side we consider ourselves better than (Legia, Europa opponents or Dukla) but who have better than SPFL technique, we just end up getting passed around very easily. Stefan and Stuart are the only ones out of our various offensive players that can press, the others just run at the player very fast but make no actual effort to win the ball. A player who can control and turn in one touch negates the pressing completely.
Take Biton and VVD out of our team and we struggle to play the way Ronny wants to. And by now, we should have the players to play the system. It’s transfer window 3 after all.
I read somewhere that Derek McInnes thinks RD is a ‘lucky coach’, and I think it will be interesting to watch how out season unfolds.
I’m still on the Ronny bus but slightly concerned.
Cold War Quick News
For the record, I thought Charlie, Izzy, Stokes, Commons and possibly Jamesie would all be moved on by now as, whilst all are players with differing strengths, none are suited to a high tempo, pressing game with work rate an essential component.
SOAL
still up for races next Saturday ??
The Exiled Tim
I am not quite saying the same thing as SA here as I am not advocating bombing IS or engaging them on the ground either. But I do increasingly feel it is way too simplistic to just say it is all the West’s Fault that IS is a threat to the ‘Middle East’ and beyond. The West’s influence may have allowed IS and before it Al Qaeda to start and grow but this is now not just about petrol and/or money.
As for the West being hellbent on war I doubt that- the West has enough problems of its own to want another war. Some people within it will of course but I would say that any western intervention will come about not because of any great desire for war but simply because it’s what the West does when it cannot think of anything else to do.
Cheers
Jimbo67
Guerinca
Watch yersel …the Ronnie is great gang will be after you
Fwiw …I agree with you
Just watching my recording of last nights Copa America final. In the words of a famous explorer ‘it’s football jim, but not as we know it’
Incredible intensity, no little skill, and players thinking and reacting so quickly. Not bad atmosphere in the stadium either.
Many moons ago my wee family went to Tunisia .. Think it was around 1990 and my son was around 10
The first ” gulf war ” was looming ….
I had a very interesting conversation with a young Tunisian waiter who advised me that the west should stay well clear of the area and not get involved in a war .
His words live with me every time I see another issue from the Middle East – you would regret getting involved as no matter who wins you will have made so many enemies who never forget and spend their lives looking for revenge .
S A,12:02.
there is of course no irony in that last sentence in your post,but those of the Abrahamic religions do like a wee bit of cherrypicking dont they;).remind me again,when was it God edited the Holy Bible to remove the mysogeny,slavery,stoning to death,changing the Sabbath to a Sunday etc.etc. and all the other wee inconvenient truths,
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions,
but they are not entitled to their own facts.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
HH;)
about time jenson buttcheeks sent his license back to swansea
an embarrassment to the country
Everybody expected the Spanish Inquisition,
they were legally obliged to give 30 days notice,;)
HH
Guerinca
Our benchmark is Europe
We were guf last year
Dukla are a typical team that we could face in the qualifiers
We have had the spin of the roar and the diets and the training while beating Ross counties and st johnstone”s
The real business Starts soon
The financial consequences of failure not to qualify again is 30m
Lefty
Muchas Gracious mi amigo, we are fine, the young fella is here with his family just now, and it’s hot, over 40 deg presently.
HH
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Guernica-PF
I think the players are not good enough to play Ronny’s system.
HH
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Jimbo
I doubt we will agree on this.
IMO, the west are to blame, you think otherwise.
HH
From
BBC formula 1 Live update:))))
Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter
Posted at 13:20
“There are showers in Swindon – we’re keeping an eye on it.”
Brolly time BMCUW