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. theglasgowcelticway on

    Puts Motherwell performance even more in the spotlight.If there was any attempt to put them into the Spl they would need a 30 point start to keep themselves there.Oh happi daaazzzzzeeeeee,oh happi daaaazzzzeeeeeee.

  2. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    bournesouprecipe

     

    17:10 on

     

    6 October, 2012

     

    One wedding and a Funeral

     

     

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

     

     

    How funny is THAT..???

  3. Joe Filippis Haircut

     

     

    its where we are with regard players in and outs/ money etc… there are players out there and within our own system who can step in or up. we have a good scouting system so no worries. its all good so long as we get the right players in at the right price and sell at the right price at the right time.

     

     

    ki was sold at the right time and the mass clearout of players at the club came at the right time

     

     

    however, any and all money coming in should be used to improve the club with maybe 20% of imcome reinvested in the next batch of young players

  4. Joe Filippis Haircut on

    cadizzy.They have no money to get rid of the fat sleekit one they have to keep him just ask Chuck.The Rangers are not in a good place financialy they are paying big wages but dont have a good income stream results like today will take them to the edge again.They badly need investment but its not forthcoming.H.H.

  5. Listening to the Radio

     

     

    Commentators

     

     

    Journalists

     

     

    Fans

     

     

    To a man they say – we all love Ally etc etc etc…

     

     

    As Yon Conan Doyle was wont to say –

     

     

    Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

     

     

    And the truth is…

  6. Sixteen roads to Golgotha on

    pauloantony

     

     

    17:22 on 6 October, 2012

     

     

    Rangers will be turning in their grave at today’s result

     

     

    PMSL – Quality! :)

  7. Magnificentseven on

    ulysses mcghee

     

     

     

    17:22 on 6 October, 2012

     

     

     

    Listening to the Radio

     

     

    Commentators

     

     

    Journalists

     

     

    Fans

     

     

    To a man they say – we all love Ally etc etc etc…

     

     

    As Yon Conan Doyle was wont to say –

     

     

    Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

     

     

    And the truth is…

     

     

     

    ssshhhh don’t tell them!!

  8. I really really hope we put 4 or 5 past wee huns tomorrow

     

     

    WHERE DO YOU START!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! with that newly formed team

     

    WAAAAHHHHHAAAAAAHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAA

     

    ps is it ok to come on here and discuss sevco .

     

    THE GIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING must be the statement of the century :)))

     

    HAIL HAIL

  9. Doc is Neil Lennon–that pub wouldn’t be the Wallace by any chance? When I’m in Scotland I have great fun with the Sevconians in there. Been telling them for over 2 years what was going to happen to them. They now think I have the power of prophecy. A couple of them offered to take me to the game(because it was a sellout!). Am I sorry I wasn’t there.

  10. Quite eloquent post from RM

     

     

    If you’d told me that the scum would have a road win in the ECL before we had one in Div 3 I’d have laughed my c*** off.

     

     

    Crap end to a crap week.

     

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    This eunuch has a way with words.

  11. To think that only a short time ago it seemed like most of the country was suggesting that zombiefc would go through the season without dropping a single point.

     

     

    Many happy returns to most excellent CQNer BSR!!!

  12. Carlsberg week for me so far!

     

    Sunday- Get to my first All-Ireland Final, arrive home and watch Europe win Ryder Cup!

     

    Friday- Celebrate my wee mans 1st Birthday and then discover he shares a birthday with Big Jock

     

    Friday night- Get to see Derek Warfield and the young wolfe tones for the first time.

     

    Saturday- Sevco lose to the worst league team in land

     

     

    Now for tomorrow- Lets stuff the minis and for Dundalk to beat St Pats in the cup semi ( very unlikely but you never know).

     

    HH

  13. Smile on my face from spartak game was just about away , now im back to

     

    smiling like the cheshire cat. Must be one of the best weeks ive had as a tim.

     

    Can you be relegated from div 3?

  14. clyde want billy davis for the newest club in scotland

     

     

    caller wants swally to be more like lennie and or walk away

     

     

    hmmmmm……

  15. •-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on

    I’ve been debating all day whether to go out or stay in this fine Saturday evening. It looks as though there’ll be entertainment a-plenty on twitter and the blogs tonight. This, for example

     

     

    Marc Crosas ‏@marccrosas

     

    I have to say i’ve been a Stirling Albion fan all my life!!! Muuuaaaaahahahahahahahaha when you think that you #justcantgetenough …

  16. ArranmoreBhoyLXV11 on

    HH

     

     

    dalziel keeps saying..we all love ally..Eh.no we don’t….cannae stand him…

     

     

     

    serves them right for failing to recognise sevco…………..

     

     

     

    SSB in meltdown…..

     

     

     

    100yrs plus of bigotry is being sorted…………..

     

     

    #karmasabitchcsc

  17. Beautiful. Couldn’t happen to a better fat sneak.

     

     

    Long may his reign in Zombieland continue. Or at least until they go bust.

     

     

    BroonSauce

  18. Magnificentseven on

    thetimrieper

     

     

     

    17:28 on 6 October, 2012

     

     

     

    Smile on my face from spartak game was just about away , now im back to

     

    smiling like the cheshire cat. Must be one of the best weeks ive had as a tim.

     

    Can you be relegated from div 3?

     

     

    only if the re-orginisation goes ahead :-) that might not work out quite the way it was intended

  19. I enjoyed that one voguepunter another one of them came out with “FFS Kyle makes Sebo look like Messi” Jaysus but this is a great craic altogether.

  20. Noo You Fellahs..

     

     

    Ur Begiinnin’ tae Understaun

     

     

    Why..

     

     

    Ah am..

     

     

    STILL, LAUGHIN’!

     

     

    Right?

     

     

    Kojo

     

     

    Still.. Laughin’

  21. PeterLatchfordsBelly on

    Delighted to see Stirling Albion end a run of 5 straight SFL3 defeats today, which incurred a goal aggregate of 4-13. Especially against a team containing the star Scotland midfielder Ian Black. Who knows what they would do to a team comprising inferior midfield players like Kris Commons, eh Levein ya muppet?

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