Did you watch the European Super Cup from Cardiff last night? Europa League champions Sevilla lost out to Real Madrid but the team from Andalucía got there after beating Maribor 4-3 on aggregate. The Slovenian’s narrow defeat deserves some context: Sevilla also eliminated Real Betis, Porto, Valencia and Benfica.
Make no mistake, we’re up against a decent European team. More on them later in the week.
Tonight it’s St Johnstone, who, like Celtic, have sharpened their wits with European football in recent weeks, and well as enjoying an opening day win in Dingwall at the weekend. They have lost their talisman, Stevie May, which is a pity, as I would like to see the Celtic defence stretched as much as possible this week, but they will be as ready as any domestic opponent we could face at the moment.
Ronny Deila has two short games to sort out game plan, shape, partnerships and team spirit, before travelling to Slovenia. It doesn’t need to be right for tonight, but signs of considerable progress on the Murrayfield debacle is needed.
The Kano Foundation are one of the greatest initiatives from any group of football fans I’ve heard about. They bring the Celtic experience to childrens’ charities and groups, truly phenomenal work. The Foundation was founded in the wake of the Bring Martin Home campaign, which brought our very own Kano home from life in a hospital bed.
You’ll see the volunteers outside Celtic Park before kick-off on Saturday with buckets, so make sure you bring something for them.
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Awe_naw..,
Originally I had sympathy and agreed it was probably incompetence but the actions and claims since then hardened my attitude and finally the tabloid report today confirmed for me they cheated.
By definition, if they did not adhere to the rules they cheated whether that was by ignorance or deliberate. Today’s twist is evidence of deliberate, they were made aware of the players concerns by the player and dismissed him without even checking that’s enough for me.
Honest mistakes, remind me what we know about them.
Neil C @ 16.04
I would have to disagree.
My view is that their are significant differences at a tactical level.
DD sets the strategy.
No more cash calls from the club.
Uses a bonus culture to energise the executive level at CP.
PL or at least the latest business re-incarnation of PL is using one of many business plans to keep the Irish Raj sweet and his bonus assured.
We have had a number over the years:
MoneyBall 1 — The WGS clear out of the deadwood and looking further afield for talent.
MoneyBall 2 — Targeting Bosmans and young U23 foreign talent, only 50% effective.
MoneyBall 3 — JP inspired foreign scouting using trusted agents to bring in growth talent.
MoneyBall 4 — S + B squad restructuring and wage downsizing with a technocratic coach.
For me PL is now in the lead.
DD has taken his eye of the ball and could not deliver a favoured / Club legend coach to take over from NL. He tried hard enough but in the end only PL’s sweat the assets candidate was left standing.
All throughout the history of CQN P67 has delivered a regular series of posts bemoaning the waste and non delivery of value from the club’s football programme. I have always had the opinion that these missives are very close to the thinking of some elements within the club including PL.
With no TFOD2 and the shambles of last summer still raw I think PL has taken the opportunity of NL leaving and no credible candidate to stand for the managers role to re-shape the club in his second class property bean counter image.
I think DD will not be very happy if the club falters over the next 12 months.
If you want to sell, you need to have the club looking healthy and vibrant.
We are neither at the moment.
I think there are strains at the top.
Big issue for me is that we do not have a c/man worthy of the role.
No more ménage a trois as in times past — now more a straight fight.
As for PL’s attempts to cut the football programme in half.
Reminds me about the old joke about marketing — it is only 50% effective.
The problem is we do not know what half.
Same I fear with our football budget.
Geordie Munro
Pal. Ah hiv seen. watched. bin Present..
At a Celtic Training Session.
a Full wan..
n..
Tak it frum me..
Awe o the Trainin n Practice Sessions..ur
CENTRED OAN THE
INDIVIDUAL..
Nuts..Ah Know?
But ,whith dae Afh know..?
Ah wiz Astonished ..but
then..
Ah hiv NEVAH PLAYED The Game..
Kojo
Still,Laughin
UEFA have confirmed to Celtic that should we decide we don’t want to take Legia’s place in the Champions League, Maribor get a bye and we’d be out of both competitions. Legia are in the Europa and are staying there. There’s no mechanism to reverse the decision between the two clubs and Legia are at it.
The appeal is a separate matter.
There’s a lot that’s not been made public yet and Celtic are waiting on the right time to have their say.
this is from kds
Don’t hear to many “well said the board” ? Awe hear wait a minute the silence if deafening, they must have pleased some fans, cough cough.
Peshmerga- ‘those who confront death’
Celtic ‘s signing policy – ‘ those who confront pulled muscles’
neil-canalamar
Wasting resources in the Police, Shirley not?
Correction noted.
MontheHoops
JFH
I will send you “I have been Awe Nawed” t shirt. Not many left .:-)
HH
JFH,
There are plenty more leagues with less income and would probably prefer to be in our setup, paupers league is a myth, paupers compared to the big leagues, yes but there are plenty of pauper leagues in fact our next euro opponents come from a poorer league and we are still making excuses.
Billy Sharp signs for Leeds.
RWE
16:32 on 13 August, 2014
Kojo
Hope you’re well.
There is no such thing as complete safety at any public event.
SAGs exist to make a series of risk assessments based on the advice of their standing delegates (loved typing that).
If absolute safety was the aim, then such events and Leeds, Reading, TinthePark and Glastonbury just would not be permitted at all.
As you know, the old barriers were meant for leaning on, but in many grounds acted as a protective barrier for some. Stood on the Kop at Anfield with my sons and Mrs RWE years ago, and an old guy told Mrs RWE to stand in front of the barrier and not lean on it, because he knew what the crush was going to be like.
Safety measures at any event are a trade off between known risks and spectator enjoyment.
I suspect that the issue at Celtic Park is more to do with Police concerns over their control of and access to sections 110 & 111, than purely safety matters in a general sense. The SAG and the Council feel trapped by this dilemma, which implies that they want to grant this variation to the Safety Certificate, but faced with stiff Police objections, have simply punted on 1st down.
The Celtic statement today is a welcome departure from their usual PR paralysis on important fan based issues. They have been listening to the fans and working to introduce the standing area.
HH
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It will be interesting to see a written statement from the SAG explaiing their decision. However, one thing is absolute – if this were a matter for the Scottish Government, then that should have been highlighted by SAG at the very first meeting on the issue 2.5 years ago. A lot of time and money has been wasted attempting to satisfy their demands. Celtic should bill them for it.
Now for the football.
Interested to see if JD plays from the start.
Does that mean EF is the man to fill our VW sized hole as defensive mid?
Any thoughts of another 2 athletes in the midfield?
Put KC out on the left wing to supply the guile and EI to provide the pace?
What about LG through the middle.
Finally CMcG on the other side to support.
How wee Raquel can run wi that fur bra on defies gravity…
DBBIA
Does that mean the policy is pesh?
MM ONLY ANSWERING IN CAPS TO DISTINGIUSH
MadMitch
15:57 on
13 August, 2014
You have to admit it.WHAT?
Some of the PL groupies / happy clappers have a brass neck you could mine.
It takes some gall to sell all our best players and then claim they don’t want CL group stage football at CP as we would get gubbed.
FRASER WANTED TO GO AS DID VIC HOOPS.THAT ASSERTION THAT EL MAY BE BETTER I WOULD SAY IS BASED ON LEGIA GAME.I WOULD RATHER GO TO EL AND GROW
MoneyBall 4 is upon us — the £30mill football club.EVIDENCE
Low wage young technocratic coach / manager to sweat the assets.?
Working with projects / prospects / loans and never wizzers.
Coomon theme is cheap — Fitness and stamina to the fore, talent and flair afterthoughts.
Ambition zero, growth zero — brand and reputation shredding.EVIDENCE
You have to wonder what airport special business book PL has just finished reading.
Cash cows for beginners / Asset stripping and the bonus culture.
You have to wonder where / when it will all end — Rugby Park when we are 4 – 0 down?
MAYBE LOOKING 3/5/10 YEARS AHEAD ENSURING WE ARE STILL A GOING CONCERN.WOULD YOU HAVE FORECAST THE DOWNFALL OF THE CHEAT 3 /5 YEARS AGO?
In the here and now you have to admire PL’s stamina and focus.
No-one is now safe as a number of old scores and prejudices are put to the fore.EH?
Problems with the Class of 2013 — All NL’s fault as he was on the way down by then.HE IS NOT TO BLAME BUT NOT BLAMELESS EITHER
Not my words the subtle and unsubtle inferences of a number of posters on here as the blame for the LW debacle had to be dumped at somebody’s door.YOUR INTERPRETATION.WE FAILED.WE PLAY A GAME AND HAVE NO RIGHT TO WIN EVERY TIME.
Then you have all the middle class snobbery and judgementalism of the great and the good, the gentlefolk and the curtain twitchers complaining that it is all the fault of the players — they are too working class and have no class. So the usual horror stories are paraded out to reinforce the point — they earn too much, they like eating in Nandos, they like dodgy haircuts and tribal tattoos and then the killer fact comes out fact they love buying garish trainers.YOU REMIND ME HERE OF A TRACTOR SPREADING SILEGE,IF YOUSPEW ENOUGH SOME MAY STICK
Middle class and middle aged prejudice in the raw.WITH EXPERIENCE OF 94!CONTINUITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF CELTIC FANS IS A MUST.
And they say all great institutions decay and finally fall from within.LIKE YOUR AND SCOTLANDS FAVOURITE LEVER FINANCIER.THE FINANCIAL SCUMBAG THAT IS…
What does that mean to us — 25 / 30K at CP with huge areas curtained off.
What will it take to get PL the boot or even better his bonus removed?NOT DOING HIS JOB WILL GET HIM THE BOOT.SO YOU SAVE A BONUS OF HALF A MILLION AND BUY?…
,THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE,THERE IS STILL A PRECARIOUS WATER TO SAIL THRO.NOTHING IS PERFECT MATE BUT THERE APPEARS TO BE A LOW INTENSITY INCESSANT NIP NIP NIP AT CELTIC ESPECIALLY SINCE THE DEATH OF THE HUN AND BIRTH OF ROSEMARYS BABY!
I am neither a happy clapper or a mineshafter,they are both Celtic to me,but MM your post is a fine example of ‘something will stick theory’and no doubt it will.
all good discussing Celtic.:-)
HH
awe_naw_no_annoni_oan_anaw_noo
14:50 on 13 August, 2014
Yer an ole Rogue:-)
Mad Mitch.Why do you say we are not healthy ? I think vibrant is open to opinion I would genuinely like to understand what you think Peter should be doing differently ? H.H.
Celtic Underground @celticrumours 32s
Hearing griffiths not featuring tonight.
Or is it merga?
:o)
RWE
at 16.32
Thanks fur the Enquiry..pal.. Ah am Fine n Dandy..
Ah kin see that ye Hiv a Very Good Point..
Aboot.. the Police Concern..
Yes.. Ah kin see that that wid be a factor in the S.A. G. Decision
In Any cast..
It is a Question of Whose Head wid Be the Last wan. tae Rest under the Head Man’s Axe…
n..
The S.A.G. feel..not Un Understandably… That
It is No Gonna be ..Their’s!
too Much of a Responsibiliteee.. n.. Ah widnae like be the Last wan..
tae reach the Front Door.. In a Haunted Hoose.. eethur.
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
Raquel Welch is 73.
Paddy Turner
Not all well I’m afraid!
I emailed my wife this morning and said why don’t you get the train home and I’ll take you and the wee one out for tea, to The Old Post Office (where the game will be on!)
It’s closed today for a refurb!
They are still insisting I take them oot for tea!
I don’t know if the hostelry’s you suggested do food. I hope not!
You take care big man and regards to your good lady and young Ryan!
Snake,
Twas reported earlier that griff has a sprained sneaker. ;)
JFH
You talk about a paupers league but it is a league where the support spend the best part of £45mill to give PL his bonus.
And then you have the fact that PL treats that support — who put in £45mill every year — as cash cows and trouser any transfer fees that the squad — that the support built — can be milked for?
If the support don’t put in £45mill then we are in trouble.
That is why we / they should not be taken for granted by PL and his bonus fetish.
Once the magic fails it will be carnage.
The love affair between the support and club is at breaking point.
One it goes it will take years to recover — PL is playing with fire.
JFH
The club needs to find a growth agenda.
Not a slash and burn squad quality reduction exercise.
Doc
you mean young whipper snapper and you know it ;-)
HH
Wee Raquel couldn’t find Cardiff on a map.
MadMitch
Your genuine obsession with Peter Lawell undermines any analysis of the club and its strategy.
You are incessant fella.
Just staying.
Interesting to see Celtic Rumours put their reputation on the line;)
In terms of Griffiths it appears Deila doesn’t like him as a player and/or his attitude but I wouldn’t be quick to punt him out the door:
2006–2009 Livingston 47 (22)
2009–2011 Dundee 47 (21)
2011–2014 Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 (12)
2011–2013 → Hibernian (loan) 66 (31)
2014– Celtic 13 (7)
He is more a proven striker than Deila is a manager.
HH
RWE
could you post your link to your site,i have a joke you may like thanks in advance
enjoy your night Celts:-)
HH
NatKnow
I hope ole RD knows how to set out his stools and we avoid a defeces.
Mon the Poops
If wee Leigh isn’t playing tonight I fear it is the end of his time at Celtic Park. I also fear we won’t be scoring many goals tonight. Arrrgggghhhhh!
http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/289210-explained-how-safe-standing-would-work-in-scotland/
A Q & A article by STV from December 2011 when the SPFL relaxed their rules to allow clubs to have safe standing areas. Pictures of the rail seats in use at Hamburg’s ground.
HH
I don’t think Griffiths or Stokes will be in RD’s plans for the future because of their off the field antics. He will use Pukki until/if he gets another striker(s) in . Just my opinion.
Personally, I would have included LG tonight but I’m just a punter.
MadMitch
It appears tae Me.. No taeYou. Obviously..
That ye ur Filled we…Jealousy..
Yep.. Jealousy.. Concerning Mr. Lawwell’s .. Cushy..n well Paid Joab..
‘
well. Pal..
He is a Success.. He has Made it..
Hiv You?
If ye Hivnae.. well.. That’s Too Bad..
Ah hiv Nothing but Sympathy fur ye…
C’est La Vie…
Some guys Grab the Brass Ring.. n.. well. .Some Guys . Dinnae..
Kojo
Still,Laughin
For me our best goal scoring threat. Griffiths – Not quoted tonight? I really don;t get that.
LB
Kojo
You watched a drill involving players passing to other players in the team…..and you saw no element of team work??
You watched a passing drill but saw no pass & move, in the fullness of a complete training session?? Were the players stapled in place? Did the ball hit off them? How did they manage to remain motionless and yet complete a pass?
I have never seen a Lennoxtown training session but I’d say your observations are flawed and the deductions you derive from them are consequently damaged.
The only query I have is, why you would trust your own observation, having never played the game or studied coaching? As you repeatedly say that 3 cousins of yours work with our bhoys, are they guilty of the same reliance on motionless footballers? That defect in their thinking could explain why they keep feeding you false information about the promise of such as Adam Virgo, Marc Millar, Stephen O’Donnell and Amido Balde.
Anyway, in deference to your own area of expertise, are any of our players showing promise as song & dance men?
An Tearmann
It’s my son’s site actually
http://www.dontshrink.com
But huge thanks for thinking of sharing a joke on it.
On the ‘comments’ drop down menu on his site, select ‘anonymous’ then put your name in the text of the joke.
Thanks again.