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. Magnificentseven on

    ….PFayr

     

     

     

    21:01 on 6 October, 2012

     

     

     

    Today’s result,for sevco , must be the worst result in Scottish football in recent times

     

     

     

    not really….just a rubbish level 4 team being beat by another rubbish level 4 team

     

     

    meanwhile the SPL teams and fans enjoy the first season away from the poison :-)

  2. johann murdoch on

    So chuck just what exactly did that for the best balance sheet in Scottish football history..eh..?

  3. Magnificentseven on

    FourGreenFields

     

     

     

    21:04 on 6 October, 2012

     

     

     

    magnificentseven

     

     

    Cheers mate , always open to constructive criticism.

     

    :-))))

     

     

     

    no criticism, just dont wat his reign to end EVER still in level 4 next season would be so perfect

  4. ….PFayr

     

    21:01 on

     

    6 October, 2012

     

    Today’s result,for sevco , must be the worst result in Scottish football in recent times

     

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    Think you’ll that the Celt’s result midweek tops it.

  5. johann murdoch on

    Anyone else think chuck green is in a hotel room just now thinking …..twist or stick .?

  6. What a great time to be a Tim. I’m really struggling to find a time when I got so much enjoyment out of football

  7. Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Kano 1000 on

    KilbowieKelt

     

     

    Happy Birthday when it comes and I hope you enjoy the day.

     

     

    Where are you going for the afters? Simeone’s cafe? lol

  8. My dear,dear,dear,dear,friend…Kilbowie Kelt

     

     

     

    Jist Popped in

     

     

    Tae Toast Ye.. No ROAST YE!

     

     

    and

     

     

    Hiv a Great Birthday Party , The Morra.. Happy in the Bosom o’ yer Family.

     

     

     

    Kojo

     

    Yer Auld Confederatel.. In .. .. Genteel Persiflage!

     

     

    Still, Laughin’

  9. johann murdoch

     

     

    21:06 on 6 October, 2012

     

     

    Anyone else think chuck green is in a hotel room just now thinking …..twist or stick .?

     

     

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    Aye, and Fat Sally’s outside the room balanced on the balcony railing thinking exactly the same…

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

    Is it possible that not-so-super-Ally is in cahoots with Bomber Brown still and is throwing games to ensure that the share issue and potential sponsoship deals bite the dust? For public order reasons he can’t take such risks at home, but with just a few thousand in 3rd division towns he can take a chance?

     

     

    Or is he just the worst manager ever?

  11. Ghents

     

     

    Loving the banter …..seriously ….taking account of playing budgets etc ….the Hun result today was a disgrace … 3 points from 12 in div 3 …..nothing short of outrageously embarrassing

  12. Magnificentseven on

    •-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-•

     

     

     

    21:11 on 6 October, 2012

     

     

     

    Is it possible that not-so-super-Ally is in cahoots with Bomber Brown still and is throwing games to ensure that the share issue and potential sponsoship deals bite the dust? For public order reasons he can’t take such risks at home, but with just a few thousand in 3rd division towns he can take a chance?

     

     

    Or is he just the worst manager ever? correct answer :-)

  13. magnificentseven

     

     

    With you on that one mate ,

     

    Don’t sack McCoist , Sally McCoist

     

    I just don’t think you understand

     

    If you sack mcCoist ,Sally McCoist

     

     

    Then there will be nobody left to laugh at , ha ha , ha ha , hahahaha.

  14. BRTH,

     

    Read your 11k worder , superb piece of work, great analogies about parallel universes.

     

    Well done.

     

     

    PS managed to cycle 8 miles on indoor bike whilst reading , so if you could do make the next one 13,750 words I would be grateful :-)

  15. thomthethim

     

    21:15 on

     

    6 October, 2012

     

    Union J oot the game anaw noo!

     

     

     

    Agree ,UNION JAKEY’s get thumbs down

  16. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odtkfqYuUTs

     

     

    I don’t think what happened in Russia can be under estimated.

     

     

    The age of this team is unique.

     

     

    As The Exiled Tim agrees, it is with many many thanks to the Hun establishment and the bent referees in Scotland that we are going to be a lot stronger and a lot quicker than is usual for football players/teams of this age/experience.

     

     

    The experience garnered over the last 2 seasons has been priceless, absolutely PRICELESS.

     

     

    For HUNMAN….(hunmedia)…..

     

     

    A song especially for you.

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw&feature=related

     

     

    ARMAGEDDON if Rangers die.

     

     

    Scottish Football will slowly rise up again now the poison that was hurting it is dealt with.

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jc9WpF3t1s

  17. Joe Filippis Haircut on

    A Stirling Albion fan and a friend of mine told me recently that the fans own and run the club and finances are so tight that some of there players who are part time only are paid less than many junior players in the Central belt.Now that being the case when you take into account what McCulloch,Black and Alexander are being paid it really puts todays result into perspective. H.H.

  18. Dubaibhoy-"If I signed off the accounts it has been in good faith." on

    The best thing is:

     

     

    Apparently Chuck is paying Sally in kind in return for ownership (and shares)…

     

     

    …and Sally can increase the value of his income with every passing result….

  19. My dear,dear,dear,friend..Petec

     

     

    Hiya, Palomine?

     

     

    Nice tae meet and Greet.. ye.

     

     

     

    Ah hiv thought. .Lang and Hard.. aboot whit Ah am gonna say..

     

     

    And … Ah am sure that Ah hiv Goat yer Numbah..

     

     

    Ye ur an

     

     

    EVANGELICAL CATHOLIC..

     

     

    Right..??

     

     

    ‘Course Ah am..

     

     

    Ah ayewiz . Am..

     

     

    Right?

     

     

    Right.

     

     

    Kojo

     

    Yer pal..who likes ye aloater.

     

     

    Still, Laughin’

  20. BRTH,

     

     

    Either you are a very perceptive individual or you have inside information.

     

     

    My teenage evenings were indeed spent in Simeone’s cafe, listening to the juke box & watching Wee Joe trying to divert his buxom lady wife for long enough for him to nip across the street to the Admiralty Bar for a quick ‘half & a half pint’.

     

    Lovely times.

     

     

    Thanks to EVERYONE who has been kind enough to give me their good wishes.

  21. Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Kano 1000

     

     

    Your stuff is really top drawer, Paul McStay Class commentary if ever there was a comparison from on the field to, on the blog. The Maestro was talented with the incredible mind that he had finely tuned to play this wonderful game of football.

     

     

    I find the mythological commentary especially important.

     

     

    Keep educating Brother as there is Nothing new under the Sun.

  22. johann murdoch on

    Ole chuck is stuck..between a rock and and a hard place..he cannot afford to sack super Sally ..but he is now watching his share value and flotation plans being flushed very quickly down the lavvy plan with super salls recent results…oh..the irony !!! Hh

     

     

    BRTH ..fabulous piece of writing hh

  23. Magnificentseven on

    Kilbowie Kelt

     

     

    have a great day tomorrow….we will skelp the minis :-) hope the family enjoy their day with you

  24. Brth.

     

     

    Educational as ever,you deserve a liedown.

     

    P.s. do you think broadfoot would be an appropriate for the monster of frankenstein.hh

  25. KK,

     

     

    Congrats for tomorrow. A mighty milestone.

     

     

    Which part of the county is your “wee Donegal wife” from?

  26. My dear,dear,dear,friend.. The Singing Detective

     

     

    Pal..

     

     

    You are the ONLY WAN..oan here Who..

     

     

    Understauns.. Me.

     

     

    Who .. Actually..

     

     

    “GETS “.. Whit is Goin’ Oan.. wi’ Me..

     

     

    Well.. of course.. So Diz Sir Paul..

     

     

    But, that is a Given..

     

     

    Yep.. Palomine.. and the reason. Why ye .. “Get It”

     

     

    Is

     

    Because..

     

     

    You Hiv Goat a Barrowload o’ The Malam.. and Dinnnae Be Modest…

     

     

    Ye Hiv.. So Ye Hiv..

     

     

     

     

     

    Right?

     

     

    Kojo

     

    Yer pal.. who likes ye Mair and Mairer..

     

     

    Still.. Laughin’

  27. bournesouprecipe

     

     

    Happy Birthday I see you have been enjoying yourself today:)

     

     

    This is payback time for that slimeball mcoist to see him & his zombies being humiliated gives me great satisfaction,remember when you whispered in Neil’s ear and got away with it and Neil got pillioried,guess who had the last laugh you sleekit multi chinned non entity of a manager

  28. BIG-CUP-WINNERS on

    Truly wonderful times to be a Celtic supporter.

     

     

    This year we have watched our club triumph and win the war.

     

     

    Recently we have watched the dawn of this young Celtic team. Hope and think we will get better in europe as experience grows. Anything else this season is a massive bonus. But then we can dream too !

     

     

    The zombie’s travails hahaha what a wonderful side-splitting sideshow.

  29. Thomthetim,

     

     

    She is from Glenvar, under majestic Knockalla, between Kerrykeel & Fanad.

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