You and I have been through a few close seasons together, so it’s no surprise we have this uncomfortable feeling as we look ahead to (hopefully) four hugely important Champions League qualifiers while contemplating how ring-rusty Celtic have looked preseason. These games really don’t matter, of course, they are there to allow us to experiment and build fitness for the real challenges ahead, but you would rather we were turning teams over 4-0 than being on the receiving end. Evidence, perhaps, that the experiments were leading somewhere.
Lots of coverage today of the fall-out from Friday’s meeting between the SFA and Sevco, some of it informed. Huge issues clearly still remain before they will be granted permission to join the SFA but they would not be helped by their prospective manager, Ally McCoist, walking away this week. Sevco have not sold many season tickets but if McCoist goes their chances of doing to will become increasingly scarce. Friday’s comment from McCoist sounded like a scene-setter for a resignation letter.
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Swindonbhoy
Also handy for plastic Irish pub Molly Malones and they have live bands on this Friday and Saturday
Failte St Vincent St usually much better music wise
HH
MaConnells used to be a great Celtic pub but I dont think it is anymore.
Unless Gary Og is on in Mollys:)
HH
yeah I’d steer clear of McConnell’s, gone downhill badly in the last few years.
BRTH
Great in depth post, thanks so much.
I have absolutely no idea who Ken Mure is, but I am comforted by your trusted assessment the the right man for the job is in place, which makes this long, drawn out process, a bit more bearable knowing that no stone will be left unturned.
I hope that Alex Thompson will excercise a wee bit of restraint, possibly turning his attentions on the “Dual contracts” issue or possibly a wee holiday…He does deserve it , he has been immense in all of this.
I would like to thank you too, for all your efforts throughout. You too have been absolutely first class.
More power to your keyboard……But remember Hercules and the Hydra :)
Teuchter ár lá.
LuxCelt on 23 July, 2012 at 12:49 said:
I take your point. However no-one on the blog can catergorically state they know what Celtics plans are for the remainder of the transfer window, (which has about 6 weeks left to run) in all likelihood NL has been identifying targets at CB since Fojuts move became unworkable and having rid the squad of deadwood there should be cash to spend .
The main point of my earlier post was that some on the site had me recalling the biscuit tin mentality of the old board “They’ll be no panic buying…just panic”. Don’t panic mate.
While I don’t think the squad is good enough to get into group stage I’m confident they’ll beat HJK and we’ll see what happens after that.
Hail Hail
GS
Fred Mac Auley lapped out of this gift of a comedic feed .
I’m sure Frankie Boyle would have went to town with it
21mins;30 secs in
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wdmxk/QI_Series_H_Highs_and_Lows/
Oh dear. Does this mean the greatest self publicist in the world (along with Michelle Mone) is telling porkies?
Chris McLaughlin @BBCchrismclaug
#Rangers say they haven’t spoken to Brian Kennedy since mid June. Charles Green not interested in selling a controlling stake in club.
http://lawtop20.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/self-regulation-politics-of-football-in.html
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#Rangers say they haven’t spoken to Brian Kennedy since mid June. Charles Green not interested in selling a controlling stake in club.
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@BBCchrismclaug Only an idiot would believe that Green would sell 51% just now for £5.6m. Still it gets you a story in the Daily Record.
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Teuchter ár lá on 23 July, 2012 at 16:53 said:
BRTH
Great in depth post, thanks so much.
I have absolutely no idea who Ken Mure is, but I am comforted by your trusted assessment the the right man for the job is in place, which makes this long, drawn out process, a bit more bearable knowing that no stone will be left unturned.
I hope that Alex Thompson will excercise a wee bit of restraint, possibly turning his attentions on the “Dual contracts” issue or possibly a wee holiday…He does deserve it , he has been immense in all of this.
I would like to thank you too, for all your efforts throughout. You too have been absolutely first class.
More power to your keyboard……But remember Hercules and the Hydra :)
Teuchter ár lá.
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The warning regarding Hercules and the Hydra is duly noted— and presumably given because when Hercules chopped of the heads of the Hydra, two more heads would appear in the place of the one that was chopped off?
However, there were some that did not believe that Hercules deserved any great credit for his fight with the Hydra, and the writer and traveller Pausanius virtually dismissed the dreaded Hydra as no more than a “Big Water Snake” of little consequence.
Given the existence of what until recently might have been described as a big Water Snake– or should that be “Walter” snake– which now appears to have many heads and factions after it has been laid low and slaughtered by its own misdeeds– I wonder if in future Celtic Football Fans could be described as doing the ” Pausan” ius as opposed to the alledged Posnan?
Either way, the big snake is dead!
Celtic Underground @celticrumours
Hearing there might be a big transfer from Paisley to Glasgow tomorrow.
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Who lives in Paisley that we might enjoy getting lifted?
re: all this talk regatding bangura…i heard a worrying story on him from an ex-celt at rge week-end, seemingly we forgot to re-new his work permit and as such we need to start all over again and due to injury no longer meets the criteria,maybe rubbish, but the player was adamant…
El Chico?
Gary og playing EVERY Saturday in mc gunnigals Irish bar coatbridge !
Oh no ,not Mo eligibility quandary….
Paul67 et al
I am not convinced that we should be experimenting anything in a match against the Dutch Champions. But this is what happens when you do not have the players you know you need, Ledley plays left back, Wanyama centre back or even full back, etc etc etc. Both those players are midfield players. We would all agree that we had, maybe even still have, too many players on the books, but not enough quality in defence or attack. Not not any, just not enough. Even so, since then, Cha is gone, Mark Wilson too, as well as Darren O’Dea, Glen Loovens and Dan Majstorovic. That is five players light no matter how you look at it, and while you could class it good housekeeping, only time will tell whether it is good management or not. Couple of injuries at the back, and there will be a few SPL forwards that will give us problems, never mind Champions Leagues opponents. The Battered Bunnett calculated that there is potentially 25 million euros available just for playing in the group stage of the CL, and there would also be a chance of dropping down into the Europa League. That has got to worth investing in a couple of players beforehand isn’t it?
Tomtheleedstim
What could it be ?
Elements of MSM hard at work trying to create a mythical Ragers in Div 1 via Sky.
They can’t accept that it’s Div 3 or nowhere.
bournesouprecipe on 23 July, 2012 at 17:31 said:
I’ll take nowhere Please Bourne…
…..oh be still my beating heart…………………………..!!!!
Rumours of more……. chicanery.
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Sevco buying St Mirren……?
Surely the national broadcaster will be all over it…………………?
What ever happened to the Buttered Barnet? I miss him and Declan.
Bada Bing
What with the buttons from their shirt ….
Etims used to be a regular spot to check my traps every morning.
Now I read the first few lines and immediately scan forward looking for the point.
I usually despair & give up.
Maybe just a sign that they have not moved with the times, and there are much better Celtic sites around.
Ragers are buying St Mirren,Brian kennedy is the new saviour, Ally wull hiv a watchest the size of Russia, they will play in the SPL, they will sign lots of pure brilliant playurs, the will play in the Champions League too and get to the final where they will play Barcelona winning on penalties to being the big cup back to Ibrox and they wull huv mullions and mullions of money tae spend next year so they wull…
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PF ayr- I still think there is dealing going on behind the scenes,by all accounts they are skint but with the way Regan,Doncaster have been bending over backwards for them anything is possible.
What happened to Dundee’s invitation to join the SPL on 16/07/12, –
are they still terrified to update the fixtures list due yon ‘social unrest’?
The rumour is that St Mirren will rent Ibrox, and allow Rangers to play at Love Street.
Get it?
Hail Hail,
KevinBhoy.
With the current state of finances in general; for punters and clubs, how wise is it of Celtic to raise kids’ season tickets from £50 to £129? I take the view that someone at Celtic Park has badly misjudged the potential impact of such a hike in admission price.
As I understand at this time, Dundee FC has yet to be formally notified of their SPL status. However remote the chances; the SPL may yet be contested by only 11 clubs. In any event, with the product in question being diluted; would it not be best if that every effort at Celtic Park is made to attract the future life blood of the club?
Whatever the logic is behind the increase in kids ST; I would urge the bean counters to revert to the lower pricing so to encourage future audience participation in the numbers accustomed to in recent years.
RRC
Sorry I missed you earlier pal I was busy,aye I’m fine,Enjoying the wa’ther and the state o’ the hun,you still up the manor? ;)
What anout John mensah just released from Lyon did no bad at Sunderland !