Remember Henri Camara? Martin O’Neill paid a significant loan fee to sign him 10 years ago, in the considerable wake of Henrik Larsson. Henri flopped and soon lost his place in the team but the weight of responsibility thrust upon his frame was considerable. No one could come close to filling the gap left in the Celtic team.
Nadir Ciftci would do well to consider whose shoes he’s stepping into at Celtic. Last summer’s striker signings, John Guidetti and Stefan Scepovic could hardly muster a start the second half of the season. Leigh Griffiths, who arrived 18 months ago, got the striker’s gig most weeks, but Leigh came to Celtic with as illustrious a heritage as Nadir.
Never step into a great man’s shoes, but Nadir’s not doing that. This is the perfect time for a striker to join Celtic, I hope he has the appetite.
I see the great and the good in the media are flogging lyrical at the prospect of a prodigy arriving from Madrid. None of this has come from Celtic. The player may become available at some point but I reckon it remains a hard task convincing Real his immediate future should lie in Glasgow.
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murdochbhoy
Well said Sir.
Macjay1
tat-a-tat-a-tat
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/11/pat-finucane-murder-belfast-high-court
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/miami-showband-massacre-i-didnt-know-whether-to-beg-for-my-life-or-play-dead-28692206.html
http://mcgurksbar.com/
I’d agree with you it has nothing whatever to do with a Celtic web site but if you use is as a forum to spout off it’s only fair I use the same medium to reply to you.
I apologise for not being able to stay around to reply but I have to leave for work, I will, when I have the opportunity to reply to any posts addressed to me.
God Bless all Tims.
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.
Has anybody seen what mr osborne has to say about the budget?
Im not sure why he keeps saying this budget is a ‘new contract to start again’
Contracts are usually offers to accept, not sure where you’d sign to take up this offer! And there seems little choice about this contract
67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar…… Ipox belongs to the creditors
07:26 on
9 July, 2015
macjay1 for neil lennon
07:16 on 9 July, 2015
Methinks thou dost protest too much ….
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Doth,pal.Doth.
:-)
O.K.
I accept your mild rebuke,but having spent my formative youth defending Celtic against my fellow anti-Celtic students,I feel it extraordinary that I should have to defend Celtic against our own selfish supporters.
B.T.W………Jock Stein agreed with me.
Good morning CQN
MSM lies all over the world, interesting read and events on the MSM in Greece
http://www.thepressproject.gr/details_en.php?aid=79064
Mainstream media lie in Greece
Over the last two days Greece’s largest television stations and the journalists who work for them have come under two separate investigations. These investigations, conducted by the Greek judicial system and the competent oversight body, were initiated after the ruthless YES-vote propaganda issued by the stations in advance of last week’s referendum. Now, however, the same people under investigation by the authorities are crying freedom of the press and claiming that their voices are being silenced.
macjay1 for neil lennon
With regards to communism etc, i believe it would work however it has been completely undermined and damaged by capitalist governments/society. Russia and the US for one.
murdochbhoy
07:42 on
9 July, 2015
Good lad.
Betcha I can go longer than you can.
Two young Aussie guys shot in cold blood in Belgium in front of their ladies.
Their crime ?
Their car had British number plates and they had short hair.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killings_of_Nick_Spanos_and_Stephen_Melrose
MACJAY
I think we get it now. There were terrible things done by all sides.
Everyday’s an education,indeed. Grateful thanks.
Macjay
I really don’t want to get into this as I have the joys of decorating a bathroom ahead, however……
Respectfully, it’s not up to you or anyone else to decide what should be expressed by the Celtic support, unless of course you work for Stephen House! :-)
Many Celtic supporters have their roots in Ireland, their families having moved here from as far back as the early 1800’s and in greater numbers from 1847 onwards. Republicanism is a significant part of Irish history and it’s inevitable that some Celtic supporters will then have an affinity with the cause of a 32 county country. Some, though not all of these people, clearly feel that Celtic games are a means of expressing their support.
Now you may not feel this link with Ireland and you may dislike the promotion of Irish Rebublicanism at Celtic matches, as is your right, but the fact remains that there are still thousands of Celtic supporters who do and although you can rightfully disagree, you have no right to deny them what they see as their heritage.
It has something to do with Celtic quite simply because thousands of supporters believe it does.
http://youtu.be/mi5Q6EsbB-E
Police Scotland at it’s finest
A dead man and a seriously injured woman were found in a crashed car three days after the accident was reported to police, it has emerged.
Police Scotland found the pair in a blue Renault Clio just off the M9 near Stirling on Wednesday.
The force admitted the crash had been reported to them on Sunday morning but had not been followed up.
http://www.neonnettle.com/sphere/342-iceland-begins-to-officially-hand-out-prison-sentences-to-its-bankers
Robert88
08:06 on
9 July, 2015
The beauty of communism and it`s attraction was based on theory.
The theory was beautiful.
Who could not be attracted by the prospect of a completely egalitarian society.
Each according to his means etc. etc.
All fine and well until you put human nature into the mix.
Human nature is competitive by nature.Nature dictates how we behave.
Society tries to control us,but nature is the ultimate arbiter.
Humanity is competitive .It`s normal.It`s in our genes.
Attempts to “communise” us will always fail.
Nature will defeat our attempts.
Sadly.
We`re not all equal.
Blame nature.
KEVJ
Hail Hail
Anyone else think that the Ciftci negotiations with Pierre ( £7000 may be good enough for a homeless person) Van Hooijdonk may take some time?
Morning all.
Bright start to the day down here and no cold wind so far.
macjay1,
I would love to hear that chant “Celtic cha cha cha” echoing around Parkhead once again. It was brilliant.
macjay1 for neil lennon
Interesting way of putting it
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
08:15 on
9 July, 2015
I think we get it now. There were terrible things done by all sides.
Everyday’s an education,indeed. Grateful thanks.
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Fair enough.
Always happy to take my cue from you.
I will now shut up.
….and then I read your next few posts :-)
Macjay
A couple of things:-
Without British Imperialism there would have been no war in Ireland. Oppression breeds resistance.
To suggest that the IRA haven’t moved the situation in Ireland towards unification is absolute nonsense. Yes there is some way to go but it’s a hell of a lot more likely than it was in ’69 when Britania’s jackboot came crashing down on Nationalist areas of the 6 counties.
belfastcelt
Haha, I always chuckle when i hear that quote. Good old pierre.
Its normal for an agent wanting to get the best for their client and therefore themselves. It wasn’t so long ago pierre was do e out of a few million in a scam so hell want as much as he can get!
belfastcelt
08:20 on 9 July, 2015
Anyone else think that the Ciftci negotiations with Pierre ( £7000 may be good enough for a homeless person) Van Hooijdonk may take some time?
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Agents should open doors and smooth negotiations.
Given PvH’s previous treatment of our Club I’d fear he would do neither of these things for Cifti.
I have a very long memory!
Kevj – as our soal mate on here is wont to say – LOVE!
HH jamesgang
macjay
How many people actually understood that theoretical communism.
Have you actually read any of Marx’s work?
HH
Communism
‘The most noble cause ever to attract the highest proportion of hooligans and opportunists.’
Louis de Bernieres.
Parkheadcumsalford
08:21 on
9 July, 2015
Mate.
You must have been there at the time.
It really was uplifting.
My boys will be there in Oct. when I will hope to reinforce to my expats Aussie boys our privilege of being Tims.
henke
They were the capitalists of communism!
Ruined it for all the others! Tut tut
Marx never killed anyone.
And if he did, ive never heard about it.
Marx, is not Lenin, Trotsky, or Stalin.
I think some may be misunderstanding this point.
HH
Hamiltontim excellent debate. Playing the ball not the player, way to go and very well expressed. There is a part of the Celtic support who strongly relate to the struggle for freedom in Ireland. Macjay that is undeniable even if others, Jock included, did not. Part of our history mate. The good people of the northern part of Ireland worked out themselves that death and loss on both sides was not a long term answer. Hail hail to a free Ireland.
I think the world is suffering the very worst of capitalisim just now.
Most of the wealth is hoarded by a tiny clique.And theyve no intention of sharing it.
They are pulling the strings of the governments.
Have a few wars on the go just to add their riches .
My friends in Celtic,
Not that it should make the slightest difference; but tomorrow night I will be watching the game with Celtic people who have little in common bar their lifetime support of the team.
Various religions and none, employed and unemployed , political and non political.
From ex forces, ex bus drivers, ex builders it matters none.
Shock horror we will even be graced by an ex Barr& Stroud apprentice who holds an Irish passport. And even a casual worker called Kronenbourg ( named due to looking 16 with a hard hat on then 64 when he takes it off )
As In life , as Celtic supporters we are all equal, no one is more equal than another.
HH.
Watched a program last week on the Scottish invasion of Anglo Ireland by Edward Bruce, brother of Robert. A bit of bad luck with the weather, a famine and an Island divided into rival kingdoms resulted in failure. What an alternative history that could have been. The Bruce brothers were half Anglo half Gael but strongly connected to the Gael and had big support in Ulster and the highlands. Interesting history that I didn’t know about.
Hamiltontim
08:24 on
9 July, 2015
We`re on the same side,although I didn`t appreciate your badgering questions about the minutiae of earlier comments I had made.Some admittedly over the top.
Irish unification?
Mate.
It`s dead.
Proper Ireland wouldn`t have a bar of assimilating the chaps in the North.
That`s Britain`s problem.
And it is a problem
British and IRISH imperialism. That`s the fact about the British Empire.
I don`t need a lesson about the Cromwell or Carson or bloody Sunday or perfidious Albion.
Any chance we can move on.
South Africa has.
Let`s just support Celtic.
O.K.
If people want to offer a political analysis, you wont get very far, if you are not familiar with the work of the people you intend to discuss.
I would have thought that was obvious.
Historiography.
Know your subject before you offer an analysis.
Because, there will always be people, who do know the historiography.
HH
From STV
Celtic are on the brink of finalising a deal for Nadir Ciftci, but it would appear Ronny Deila already has his sights set on his next attacking target.
The Scottish Premiership champions are reportedly battling with Hull City and a number of MLS clubs for Polish striker Lukasz Gikiewicz- who most recently played with Levski Sofia in Bulgaria.
My memory of Jock Stein’s intervention against chanting for the IRA at the match is that the vast majority of supporters at the time agreed with him.
The Green Man
08:29 on
9 July, 2015
macjay
How many people actually understood that theoretical communism.
Have you actually read any of Marx’s work?
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I haven`t .
I have never seen where the theory was put into practice and the end result was satisfactory.
Power to the people…democracy.
Flawed but infinitely preferable.
bamboo
08:37 on 9 July, 2015
I think the world is suffering the very worst of capitalisim just now.
Most of the wealth is hoarded by a tiny clique.And theyve no intention of sharing it.
They are pulling the strings of the governments.
Have a few wars on the go just to add their riches .
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i work for a large financial services company.
within the last 6 months the CEO has shafted the staff pension, making himself a fortune in bonuses on the back of it, then said he is standing down, obviously deliberately giving himself one last massive payday
he spent virtually all his time here with a vendetta against the staff, and screwed them at every turn to fill his own trough as we got poorer
and theres the problem with the ‘very worst of capitalism’ that we are going through
these greedy selfish gits only caring about filling their own troughs, and if they can do it at the expense of the ordinary staff then that makes them even happier
they dont care about the survival of the company, peoples jobs or the countrys economy because they make piles of cash regardless
makes me want tae vomit
macjay
In other words….you don’t actually know what you are talking about.
HH