If Gary Mackay-Steven moves from Celtic to Aberdeen he will be the third creative midfield player to transfer between the clubs this window. Ryan Christie’s loan to Aberdeen was extended for this season. Jonny Hayes move to Celtic created a vacancy on Aberdeen’s right, and in doing so moved Mackay-Steven down the Celtic pecking order. On paper the move north would be great for the Celtic winger.
This is not quite the top two clubs collaborating on squad management, but it’s as close as you are likely to get. Aberdeen would have preferred to keep Hayes, but with money on the table for a player running down his contract he was sold to the highest bidder: Celtic.
Christie was brought to Celtic by Ronny Deila as a development project. Openings for the creative mid slots at Celtic are incredibly competitive. The risk to Christie is that his development, which was purring along nicely at Inverness, stalls in the Celtic stands. It is in Celtic’s and his best interests that the he plays regularly in an attacking team.
Mackay-Steven has a glorious first few weeks at Celtic but has been hampered by the perennial burden of wingers: consistency. His confidence appears shot. If he moved to Pittodrie, Derek McInnes may be able to get the best out of him.
There’s an empirically established economic fact: migration is economically beneficial for both the gaining and losing nations. This summer’s proposed migration between Celtic and Aberdeen is likely to fall into this category.
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Margaret McGill
Im certainly NOT paying to get cheated.
The very thought of it.
Id rather read a book or go on a three-day binge:)
HH
TTT,
Oh and he coached him to be good enough to become an Aberdeen regular eh, just the type of quality we need for the champions league.
Canamalar, You are entitled to your opinion re GMS & Hayes, but it appears that Brendan disagrees with you, which is far more important than either TTT or myself.
For the record I agree with TTT, I think Hayes will be very effective in the SPFL maybe not what is required for Group Stages Champions League but overall a very valuable squad member as we set out to defend our Titles.
Come on Paul, get these fekkin adverts sorted, the envelope has been pushed too far, sorry.
KINGLuBO
Old Eddie Bernays would have learned a few tricks on CQN:)
HH
There’s a problem with Celtic not taking the tickets for Friday’s match. Some Tims will inevitably attempt to go and place themselves in real peril.
TONYDONNELLY67 @ 6:31 PM,
You are of course correct though.
We should not get too overwrought on Penalties and Title Stripping.
A review is what’s called for…
Due to a certain amount of confusion on my part I read some of the SPL Commissions Decision Document.
It is worse than I remembered and in hindsight is very embarrassing in key places.
Hail Hail
Timjim, Onemalloy
I’m in Benidorm now. The place is so big with at least 60% Spanish holiday makers, not to mention Dutch Belgian and Russians that I’ve come across. In the grand scheme of things the huns (most NI) are a drop in the ocean. They’re only noticeable because they insist on wearing their gear even in 85 degree heat.. Up until today I saw very few of that mob but Holy jeezus what a sight now. I was watching a band at four o’clock when five NI couples walked in, FTP tattoos the lot. The grotesque looking wives were worse than their men, who just looked aggressive and drunk. Anyway they didn’t get served thankfully. I heard last night a group of them were sashed up on the promenade and a fight kicked off but as is usually the case the Spanish cops don’t mess about, and some were huckled. This sounds like a bad review but I can’t see past Benidorm for all it has to offer. It’s just that the Orange Hun are not only a blight on Scottish and NI society, they export it to some holiday resorts every July, just like their Oldco warmongering fans used to do all the over Europe. Btw every Tim I’ve met has called for title stripping. It’s also reassuring to hear Spurs Liverpool and Millwall fans being well up to date on the tax verdict.
Will be a blow if this guy doesn’t sign, other options hopefully
BADA BING
Who knows what’s going on.
Hopefully we get Olivier signed.
Silence doesnt bode well though.
HH
Chairbhoy on 11th July 2017 6:37 pm
Grammer? seriously? :-)))
For me, enquiry and inquiry are generally interchangeable but, of course, inquiry tends to mean formal rather than just asking. So, in that you are correct, but rather a pedant perhaps. Nothing worng with that ether.
Nether must be a typo, surely that’s ok? See what I did there :-)
Compare and contrast to the 1872 rant….boom, there’s their dinner!
HH
king creole must have a a good case against against lou beiga for breach of copyright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UWU2X7fk_8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_LN3XEcnw
you be the judge
TGM- Went quiet, he had medical at the weekend…maybe BR busy and can’t make the photocall but rumour Juve have tapped him up.HH
BLHADE @ 7:09 PM,
Totally agree. They are the same thing but Inquiry was the official name.
But actually, as there was a SFA LNS Inquiry and a SPL LNS Commission (both were Enquiries BTW:)))) it can be confusing.
Noticed Celtic called it the SPL Commission.
Think there was good reason for that.
Apologies again for the Cheek… Just thought it might be worth pointing out to the bhoys;)
Hail Hail
HH Buoys BMCUWP has two phone wifi probs so no way to thank you all
CCB does so on his behalf!
Toro Tony will look for Stevie At 4 and 5 holes
BADA BING
Im hope thats not the case.
Be gutted if that mob have poached him from us.
Surely that should have been tied up quickly.
We will know soon enough.
HH
BMCUWP:
A very big hoopy Birthday to you. I hope your having a hooptastic day.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Jungle VIP,
Feared the worst at first, taxi dropped us off directly across from where Billy lifted the cup and it was fenced off with no stand there.
Walked round towards behind opposite end from winning goals and easily got in that way no probs whatsoever.
There was a reception area but just strolled past and had carte blanch to roam the stadium even got on pitch
HH
Enjoy
The despicable sentiments aimed at Scott Sinclair on the bonfire in celebration of “peepil kulcher” are unsurprisingly shocking. I don’t anticipate any public criticisms from Terry May’s lapdogs. In pretty much the same way as Scottish politicians ( who normally struggle to keep their trap shut) evidently lost their tongues after Monkey-man and the convicted sex offender targetted Sinky and Broony during the 5-1 hammering.
I also see that the blog , Celtic Fanzone, note the inexplicable silence from wee Budge since the Supreme Court judgement. They speculate that might be due to her loyalty to Sir Davie. Budgie and Murray were 2 of 12 business dinner guests at Bute House in March at the invitation of Sturgeon.
I’ll be surprised if Sturgeon, Budge or Salmond ever have the Guys n’ Dolls to openly criticise the Mint but they way remains open once they fully digest the detail and implications of last weeks Supreme Court ruling.
Finally Celtic fans attending on Friday will be goaded and provoked as never before. However difficult please maintain dignity and don’t rise to the inevitable bait . Meanwhile to the players …….stick five in the net !!
Happy Birthday BMCUW… Hope your having a Grand Day…
BLHADE @ 7:09 PM,
You know, when you consider that Club 1872 own 10% share in Sevco and aspire to be majority owners of a Scottish Institution, not to mention the Director is Club Secretary, that Statement is truly appalling.
Who has to state in official statement they would use “Every Legal Means”…
Why would anyone assume you are going to use anything other…
“Every Means” would suffice any upstanding organisation, or was it a Freudian Slip?
Hail Hail
Is it just me or does anybody else think that stripping them of their tainted titles would not be sufficient in terms of ‘punishment’?
For example if somebody nicked your car would an appropriate form of punishment be for them just to give it back? I don’t think so. Then, to add insult to injury, this car thief won’t even give it back as he says he nicked it fairly and squarely and so should be allowed to keep it, and even brags about having it.
Now, to make matters worse, almost every dodgy car salesman in town backs him up and is advising you to move on and just forget about it. Maybe because that’s where he takes the car to get it serviced…
Chairbhoy on 11th July 2017 7:16 pm
Both were enquiries, of course, nice :-)) Confusion is not a stranger to me. We regularly disagree, though.
Definitely worth pointing out.
I didnt spot that we called it SPL Commision.
HH
For FFS ,this linfield and Orange, parade’s,who really cares ,not me,I just want Celtic to win, couldn’t give to hoots, about bigots,don’t talk about them,and hopefully they will go away.
Cosey Corner Boy – I’ll tell Stevie your on 4 and 5, he was happy to find out you’ll be helping out; I’m sure there will be the opportunity for a wee snifter:)
slainte
tony
TOOR A LOO-12:55pm.watched my step son do the same thing while me and his two uncles tried to reenact the goals!Only thing was,we didn’t have a ball:-))we still tried tho:-)))
BLHADE @ 7:28 PM,
Yes I think by highlighting the SPL Commision aspect and Sporting Advantage aspect Celtic made some key points without upsetting the Lawyers.
Which is another point re: the Club 1872 Statement. Remember this underhand insinuation.
“We are also aware that historically the SPFL lawyer, Rod McKenzie has taken an extremely hostile attitude towards Rangers Football Club which we do not believe is founded in his legal opinions.”
If you look at Mr McKenzie’s contributions baring in mind he was the SPL’s Prosecution Counsel.
Evidence was given by Alexander Bryson, Head of Registrations at the SFA, who described the registration process. During the course of his evidence he explained that, once a player had been registered with the SFA, he remained registered unless and until his registration was revoked.
Accordingly, even if there had been a breach of the SFA registration procedures, such as a breach of SFA Article 12.3, the registration of a player was not treated as being invalid from the outset, and stood unless and until it was revoked. Mr McKenzie explained to us thatSPL Rule D1.13 had hitherto been understood to mean that if, at the time of registration, a document was not lodged as required, the consequence was that a condition of registration was broken and the player automatically became ineligible to play in terms of SPL Rule D1.11. He accepted however that there was scope for a different construction of the rule, to the effect that, as the lodging of the document in question was a condition of registration, the registration of the player would be liable to revocation, with the consequence that the player would thereafter become ineligible to play. He accepted that no provision of the Rules enabled the Board of the SPL retrospectively to terminate the registration of the player. It became apparent from his submissions that Mr McKenzie was not pressing for a finding that Issue…
If you think laying down on that ones bad…
…The SPL presented no argument to challenge the decision of the majority of the Tax Tribunal and Mr McKenzie stated expressly that for all purposes of this Commission’s Inquiry and Determination the SPL accepted that decision as it stood, without regard to any possible appeal by HMRC.
Hardly your Mad Fenian hell bent on Ibroxs’ destruction.
Hail Hail
Canman-gms before Hayes??did you see gms in any game at all last season?
Anyone else getting an advert that takes up the whole page in the background making it really difficult to read the site ??
Kirsty on SS4 golf..
Hoopy birthday to BMCUWP.
Have a goodun big mhan!
BARNY67-3:04pm.smashing wee montage if you’re an Arab fan:-))
Roddy
OK on my android but my iMac I’ve got what you have,something to do with Amazon
Anyone have assist stats for SPL last season.
Thought I read Hayes was top with 17(might have been outside Celtic)
GMS he topped stats for most pushed off the ball.
Maybe if he goes to Sheep he will get fouls for it. Not at Celtic.
Forget about a united front to tackle the cheats – Celtic will be on its own and will be attacked from all sides – you only have see how McLaughlin is positioning himself to appreciate much more verment the hard-noses will be.
I have no imagination of a victory – ‘they’ will not let it happen. There will even more overt warnings of civil unrest.
There can be no ‘healing’ whilst the wound festers – a deep clean is required but it will be replaced Saltire sticking-plaster, “for the sake of the game in Scotland”
Chairbhoy on 11th July 2017 7:57 pm
Now, more than any other time, I feel confident that common justice will be accomplished. Achieved.
The information is out there thanks to RTC and their ilk. Cool heads and logic need to be employed for it to go the distance required. let others nail their respective flags and be seen as the peepil they are.
I also believe the Celtic are in control. Let us self-guard against becoming the new peepil, though. That would be ugly. the more we dehumanise, the less human we become.
HH
53,000 season tickets sold equals….
a PLC / Fudge / Swerve / Dodge / Whitewash etc….
I’ve tried and, tried and, tried harder still, but….
I don’t detect one rebellious person from the…
executive level, upwards at, Celtic PLC, who has….
the, JUNGLEist, burning fenian fire, raging within them….
to deal with this scandal, I’m sure that the establishment…
know this as well.
Scary times ahead.
BMCUW – Hoopy day Bobby.
Yer auld fella, citing WiFi problems, maybe – clique overload ;)
Anyway, should’ve hung it oot till the 12th,…..
then ye get a guid name like – Kevin Michael – instead of just, Michael, so boring(only jesting Da, in case yer lurking ;) Hail Hail Bobby.
Troll-diers are we – Sons of the JUNGLE CSC.
……..off-oot.
RODDYBHOY on 11TH JULY 2017 8:17 PM
Anyone else getting an advert that takes up the whole page in the background making it really difficult to read the site ??
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Yes, me. For LG TVs. With full annoying soundtrack. For three days now. Then I get the whirly beachball, freezing not only CQN but the whole computer,and I have to do a hard reboot.
Got adblocker installed, but it just seems to be getting harder and harder to access CQN. So more and more I don’t bother – tired of having the site being so ad-friendly and visitor-unfriendly that it screws up my computer.
Hey ho.
SPL leading assists 16/17
Johnny Hayes 13
Patrick Roberts 10
Danny Swanson 9
Leigh Griffiths 8
Greg Tansey 8
Kenny Misser 7