New contracts are Champions League dividend

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It’s great news that Celtic have secured three first choice players, Charlie Mulgrew, Adam Matthews and James Forrest, on new long term contracts.  It allows the players to forget about long-term career issues and concentrate on team matters and the manager and scouts can worry about squad recruitment efforts in other areas.

This news is a direct consequence of Champions League group stage qualification.  Not only do Celtic have funds to increase wage budget, more importantly, aspirational football players, who want to reach the very top of the game, have a reason to be here.

The same is true of Fraser Forster’s England call up.  Scottish football has long been regarded along the lines of lower division football in England, but with Champions League football, the English national team have endorsed our football.  It will be easier to attract the next wave of recruits as a result.  One day Kris Commons [stand out Player of the Year candidate]can only hope his own national team will regard his productive displays in the same manner.

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  1. I don’t often post these days, however after a fantastic result for us midweek i didn’t think it could get much better. How wrong was i , thank you Ally , you have many made my weekend.

     

    I didn’t intend going out tonight but i think a wee pint or two is called for.

  2. Celtic Underground ‏@celticrumours

     

    Oldco Rangers have just issued a statement saying they are separate from Sevco and do not want any part of their history.

  3. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    I’ll gie him murray’s knighthood if sally is kept on ……..

  4. lionroars67

     

    17:10 on 6 October, 2012

     

    Totally correct. If he can’t call for one manager to resign he can’t call for any.

  5. rob mclean got a little laugh in his voice, its gonna get heated,lol.

     

     

    If sally survives this he’s bullet proof.

     

     

     

    KLV

  6. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    notthebus

     

     

    17:13 on

     

    6 October, 2012

     

     

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

  7. Muscat_Bhoy1264 on

    Hi everyone,

     

     

    Apologies if this has already been answered just a wee bit of useless trivia. How many current Celtic players have been capped by the England team?

  8. Heading out soon to see Kevin Bridges…oor Kev is gonnae have to go some to give us a bigger laugh than the undead just have!

     

    What a great start tae ma night.

  9. Snake Plissken on

    Celtic Underground ‏@celticrumours

     

    Oldco Rangers have just issued a statement saying they are separate from Sevco and do not want any part of their history.

  10. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    Share issue ….???????????? …….hahahahahahahaha

  11. Stirling Albion manager is already blootered and dancing on the table at his wedding reception!

     

     

    HH!!

  12. The Battered Bunnet on

    I suppose the Beanos result today will put an end to idle chatter about introducing a pyramid system from next season.

     

     

    Just too damned risky, what with Ally McCoist running the Sevco works team.

  13. Celticbhoy

     

    17:14 on

     

    6 October, 2012

     

    lionroars67

     

    17:10 on 6 October, 2012

     

    Totally correct. If he can’t call for one manager to resign he can’t call for any.

     

     

    Absolutely, he has slaughtered all levels at Celtic FC

  14. The Albion manager was at his wedding! Showing utter contempt for Sevco. And STILL able to beat them. What a low for the Huns. Utterly humiliating! Mccoist out thought by an empty chair!

  15. bournesouprecipe

     

    17:10 on

     

    6 October, 2012

     

    One wedding and a Funeral

     

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    Brilliant.

  16. Sixteen roads to Golgotha on

    voguepunter

     

     

    17:00 on 6 October, 2012

     

     

    You got me there mate.

     

     

    Such panic!

  17. this is better than you know what

     

     

    swally being blamed for not signing players good enough for div 3

  18. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    lennon n mc….mjallby

     

     

    17:15 on

     

    6 October, 2012

     

     

    But so true…

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