A big Celtic welcome to our new goalkeeper, Logan Bailly, who joined from Belgian side Leuven yesterday, and to Nadir Ciftci, who was confirmed a Celtic player this morning, Ronny’s third and fourth signing of the summer. And it’s only 9 July!
Craig Gordon will be difficult to shift as Celtic’s first choice keeper but Celtic rested him regularly last season, his first back in action after three years recuperating, so Logan will expect a chance to shine and stake his claim.
Nadir Ciftci should be expecting the most difficult preseason of his career. The weeks ahead will be an intense step up from what he was used to at Dundee United, but if he responds he stands an excellent chance of leading the line on the third Champions League qualifying round, should Celtic overcome Icelanders Stjarnan. Next week’s second round game might come too soon.
Ciftci’s every move, kick, pass and, erm…. disputed event, has been watched by Celtic for months. They know as much about the player as it’s possible to know without actually employing him. They will also have had the opportunity to take references from Gary Mackay-Steven and Stuart Armstrong. In short, if we have another Pukki-Balde-Scepovic on our hands, we have more acute problems than simply another striker who didn’t work out.
For this reason, I’m sure Ciftci will deliver what’s expected of him.
Delighted to hear former Fifa executive committee member Chuck Blazer has been banned for life by the game’s governing body. Blazer ‘came to a favourable arrangement’ (I think that’s the appropriate phrase on these occasions) with US prosecutors when convicted of tax evasion, money laundering and bribery.
Unfortunately, Fifa’s structure, which gives the Cayman Islands, the Cook Islands and Comoros more combined voting power than Germany and Spain, encourages corrupt patronage to thrive. The money flushing through tiny countries in order to ‘develop the game’ ensures wealthy people are created, given powerful positions, from where they can be relied upon to vote the ‘right’ way.
Still, at least no one with Blazer’s rap sheet would be allowed to exploit the patronage to hand out blazers in order to wreak havoc on a vulnerable Scottish club (laughs away to himself for weeks).
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macjay1 for Neil Lennon
06:11 on 10 July, 2015
George Bush “the younger” charged the organising committee $ 100,000 to attend a fund raiser for U.S.Veterans.
Oh,and a lazy 20 grand for his jet.
Laura apparently got a little piece of the action too.
What planet?
The third Bush and presidential candidate won`t be amused.
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Get straight to the point.
I love ye as a person.
Planned Parenthood, is EVIL.
Maist oldies ur CND dudes.
What is wrong with that?
Christ is the King?
Good morning my friends and a Big Happy Friday from a rather grey, damp and un-summer like East KIlbride.
Right, that’s yer lot for 10 days as, god willing in a few hours I’ll be sunning myself in Nerja with the beautiful Mrs Baldie.
Speaking of beauties, I’ll leave you in the capable hands of my new favourite weather presenter (apols to all of the Judith fans out there).
Bye…
https://youtu.be/DFlYjb9CykI
WITS,
Yer Selections…….
Incredible kindness,
@ night ye hear, Bazookas Roar.
Nothing new Under the Sun…..
Petec
KITALBA posted this yesterday.
A marvellous compilation of Leigh Griffiths goals.
Have just watched them.
I`ve seldom been so impressed by a striker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W991DA0Brw
Jobo Baldie
06:25 on 10 July, 2015
Good morning my friends and a Big Happy Friday from a rather grey, damp and un-summer like East KIlbride.
Right, that’s yer lot for 10 days as, god willing in a few hours I’ll be sunning myself in Nerja with the beautiful Mrs Baldie.
Speaking of beauties, I’ll leave you in the capable hands of my new favourite weather presenter (apols to all of the Judith fans out there).
Bye…
https://youtu.be/DFlYjb9CykI
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I’ve never even seen the Mrs Jobo, Loving the Love of the Amazing Mrs Jobo.
God Bless that Strong Marriage.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon,
What a Compilation.
Leigh, kinda makes what he said the Truth, when Ronny Deila SAID, what he said about Leigh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaPKA9U6ik8
Defo CL – at the lowest ebb….
;))
Is there no Wifi in Nerja?
Cloghercelt there is a crusader buried in the vaults of a Dublin church I think it’s St michans in the liberties so I think that’s where it comes from
He is very well preserved,the church could be wrong but it’s definitely in the liberties which as everyone knows is the heart of Dublin therefore the heart of Ireland.!
Somebody mention Sharks, just seen this on the news.
Photobombing Shark
http://youtu.be/jOj_Aia-gp4
HH
Jobo
HOT !!!!
macjay1 for neil lennon
Some great finishes, did you notice how many assists stokes contributed in that video?
This is i feel his best goal he gas scored so far in his career. There are better angles of it from proper sky footage, but you get the jist from this
http://youtu.be/xWAz_kJbrUM
Macjay
Been saying the very same about Griffiths for about a year. I have stopped scouting on YouTube myself but sometimes looking at new players v what you already have is a good idea sometimes. The Griff is lethal anywhere 40 yards from goal and very under rated in the air. Scored a lot of headed goals for Livi.
Hopefully a big season ahead for our strikers.
LB
Robert88
http://youtu.be/ZeaF7DXByU4
Personally think that was his best goal.
LB
Morning all.
Dreich down here.
Any word of thon court case in Edinburgh?
livibhoy
I don’t know, i feel the officials called that one right! Very difficult to call
Robert88
At least 6 inches over the line. I would be raging if we got one chopped off as blatant as that. Cracking strike though. Not convinced Leigh is as greedy as he was at Hibs.
LB
Jobo, enjoy…thanks for the video…..guapa!
livibhoy
I like his temperament, lovely turn of pace ! he’s a player we can develop further and i feel keep for his career without looking for a move to the prem!
So St Johnstone out of Europe already – is this a new record?
ThompsonTwin
21:59 on
Only just catching up from last night.
Please give me a breakdown of SNP votes cast in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
And didn’t the so called Red Ed make it plain that he preferred the Tories to the SNP.
But never heed. Aren’t we all better off TOGETHER.
Oh jaysus,not politics already :(
In other news one Scottish club is out of Europe by July 9th and another one (SPL runners up) scraped through on away goals.
We gotta get outta this place. Becoming more and more apparent.
Parkheadcumsalford
Was wondering myself.
Latest I could see……………
http://www.sfm.scot/why-we-need-to-change/comment-page-24/?cid=59613
We demand a Nerja weather report for the next 10 days.
Ginger 0658: Thans very much for the reply. It might gave been 65 years ago ,but, I knew it had happened. Been telling ‘the kids’ about it for years:)
You can see why so many play down Celtics achievement in winning the SPL.
Our other top sides struggle and fail against the lowest standard of European football.
It will be a surprise for me if Celtic qualify for the champions league.
Even considering our favourable seeding.
We are a very average European football team , coached and managed by European
Novices.
TT
Got the wee smiley thing and missed oot a k. One of these days the post will be as I meant it:)
Good morning CQNers,
If I may I’d seek your indulgence to reply to this post from yesterday.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
07:53 on9 July, 2015
murdochbhoy
06:50 on
9 July, 2015
Spout off?
Spout off IN REPLY.
By all means point out British collusion with whoever and whatever,just don`t stick it on Celtic.
It`s got nothing to do with Celtic.
If you don`t want to accept the reality of I.R.A. failure to reunite Ireland,O.K.
That`s your right.
Macjay, to be perfectly correct at no time did I make any attempt to link Celtic FC with British collusion or anything else. In an earlier post I quite simply stated I was using the forum of CQN to reply to your earlier posts on the subject.
The reunification of Ireland is a work in process with the IRA and many others working towards what will hopefully be a peaceful conclusion.
It is my cherished belief I’ll see it before the end of my time on this earth.
Robert88
07:37 on
10 July, 2015
macjay1 for neil lennon
Some great finishes, did you notice how many assists stokes contributed in that video?
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Strange you mention that.
Because I did.With a little feeling of regret should he leave.
Hrvatski Jim
08:51 on
10 July, 2015
We demand a Nerja weather report for the next 10 days
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unfortunately there are major downpours and thunderstorm for the next week in Nerja
IThinkTheBigYellowThingsOnTheWeatherPageRepresentMassiveHailStonesCSC
TinyTim
Spot on.
The problem now is that Deila has built up enough domestic momentum, meaning plenty Celtic fans would want to forge ahead with him even if we get dumped out of Europe before the group stages – the one arena where genuine progress for a team like Celtic can be measured.
::::PFayr @ 20.50.
Double Trouble .
Many thanks for the heads up . I love music recommendations .Gave them a listen . Not my cup of tea – too cock rock / men with guitars for my ears — but – thanks for taking the time to make the recommendation -so much music,so little time.
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Drove past a big Nero D’Avola producer earlier ——–grapes are looking good !.
Scorchio -way down south.
Quonno…
What’s the current value of a barrel of Brent crude?
You should be waking up every morning thanking those of us who voted no. We saved Scotland from an austerity the like of which none of us has ever seen.
In other news… Tommy Wright is a fully paid up Hun. Caught giving McCoist a Masonic handshake a few seasons ago. Sad for saints, sad for our game, but shedding no tears for him.
murdochbhoy
08:59 on
10 July, 2015
Good morning CQNers,
If I may I’d seek your indulgence to reply to this post from yesterday.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
07:53 on9 July, 2015
murdochbhoy
06:50 on
9 July, 2015
Spout off?
Spout off IN REPLY.
By all means point out British collusion with whoever and whatever,just don`t stick it on Celtic.
It`s got nothing to do with Celtic.
If you don`t want to accept the reality of I.R.A. failure to reunite Ireland,O.K.
That`s your right.
Macjay, to be perfectly correct at no time did I make any attempt to link Celtic FC with British collusion or anything else. In an earlier post I quite simply stated I was using the forum of CQN to reply to your earlier posts on the subject.
The reunification of Ireland is a work in process with the IRA and many others working towards what will hopefully be a peaceful conclusion.
It is my cherished belief I’ll see it before the end of my time on this earth
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And it`s my cherished HOPE.
Very good of you to provide such a considered reply.I don`t for a moment ascribe blame to you personally for raising these matters or linking them to Celtic.I hope you understand that.
However ,the fact that we`re discussing these matters on a Celtic forum speaks for itself.
I don`t raise the subject,but I feel perfectly entitled to respond in kind to those who do.
Slainthe and Hail Hail
Good news for Jobo is that it’s been steady state 32-35 in Nerja for past couple of weeks.
Seville and Granada tho were DoT style scorchio, while Cordoba has hit 48C lately.
Stick to the coast…
DoT?
SoT!…
Kindova puts it in a nutshell…..
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john hughes
July 9, 2015 at 4:56 pm
The so called Ulster Scots who indulge in supremacist symbolism, laughingly dressed up as their cultural heritage, display ignorance and intolerance towards others as some warped badge of honour.
Mostly poor and ill educated they fail to comprehend that their outdated , anachronistic and intransigent belief system only serves to hinder their own community’s progress and shames them before the wider world.
Hard to understand the psyche of people who would fly a swastika next to a Union Jack but this sort of entrenched mentality is borne out of fear and ignorance .
Loyalists see all the old certainties of God,Queen,Ulster and societal dominance over a downtrodden Catholic populace being swept away by not only demographics but multiculturalism .
Hence a ‘no surrender’ mentality prevails among both the Ulster loyalists and their Scottish Klan counterparts. What a charming alliance that is !
Unfortunately most of these bigoted views are so ingrained in the average loyalist’s brain that I don’t see any cultural sea change in their beliefs anytime soon.
Perhaps the fact that the main Establishment vehicle for both Ulster and Scottish sectarianism died circa 2012 ,in the vicinity of Edmiston Drive ,might serve to temper their bigotry . Probably not though as rumour has it that a new pseudo RFC has been spawned into existence. Same old bigots, new club !
Thankfully the influence of these Neanderthals is on the wane and they really have become an irrelevance and a laughing stock. Hopefully future generations will witness the eradication of these drum beating,sash wearing buffoons. “