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. James Forrest is Neil Lennon! We are ALL Neil Lennon! on

    SFTB:

     

     

    Lol yes I am not her number 1 fan either!

     

     

    As to the general malaise of Sevco FC … at the start of this season I would have bet anything on that mob winning the Third Division and going straight up “on merit.”

     

     

    I wouldn’t bet on it today. They are a bad, bad lot.

  2. garygillespieshamstring on

    Delighted with the result through the week and the new contracts for the bhoys.

     

     

    However I am getting a bit hacked off at celtic talking about resting key players so that they will be fit to play for Scotland. We pay Broonie a substantial wedge every week. If he can’t play every game for us without injections and painkillers, surely we should be thinking of the player’s well being and get him rested to play for us, or better still, get him the treatment he needs now. It should make little difference to then bean counters now the 15 million from qualification is in the bank. I think celtic’s first concern should be making sure the guy does not end up crippled as a result of playing on through injury.

     

     

    It would be a real shame if he ended up like Alan McGraw (ex Morton) when we now know the dangers.

     

     

    Ggh

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

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

     

     

    radio snyde pundit incredulous and astounded to forehead …….. “but sally told me they would treat each game as cup tie” ……… What a laugh …… Oh, the sevco are shoite ……. and the MSM are going to have start realising that ………. The Sttirling Albion manager isn’t even at the game …. HE’S AT A WEDDING……… SALLY MUST STAY…….. LLLOOOLLL

     

     

    IF ALBION WIN, I WILL NEED A BUCKET OF SEDATIVES …….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     

     

    SKY EVEN MAJORED ON THE GOAL / SHOCK ……..WHAT SHOCK ? WE KNOW THEY ARE SHOITE……..

     

     

    If this gets much worse, they’ll be happy be to stop calling them rankers on 12 Oct … LLLLOOOOLLLL

  4. My boss is Peter Principle

     

    14:22 on

     

    6 October, 2012

     

    Saint Stivs

     

     

    http://glasgowradio.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/internet-bampot-chats-with-sfa-president.html

     

     

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    cheers bud.

     

     

    brilliantly funny, but also hard hitting, he has Radio Clyde running scared.

     

     

    Flanders slates Celtic for banning him under the banner of “free speech”,

     

    but Tommy is banned from Clyde incase he says something they dont like.

     

    Seperately, how nasty is the RC employee calling him back and leaving the voicemail, and so is Delahunt, his mask slips.

     

     

    More Power to Tommy Golden Gunn,

     

     

    hehehehhehe

  5. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

     

     

    Snyde saying the ref is awful, but sevco are playing well and score very soon. Expected to score before half time, and go on to comfortably win the game ……. Snyde, the Nostradamus radio station….I’m lovin this ……

  6. My boss is Peter Principle on

    Saint Stivs

     

     

    I hadn’t heard about the advert on Clyde that he complained about with to guy from Clyde

  7. Magnificentseven on

    SiciliaBhoy

     

     

     

    15:33 on 6 October, 2012

     

     

     

    The Clyde and Queens Park games are off as well?

     

     

     

    Clyde are playing in the cup at Nairn

  8. The Comfortable Collective on

    SiciliaBhoy

     

     

    Clyde are playing a Scottish cup replay against Nairn County today.

     

     

    Annan are also playing a replay, so I imagine they were meant to be playing Queens Park today.

  9. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    Keevins “how can they POOOSSSIBLY be behind”…..? …..comedy gold

  10. charles kickham on

    first time I have ever seen a stream of a game with the words

     

     

    “Any bigotry is instanat chat ban”

     

     

    across the top of the screen

     

     

    Guess the game?

  11. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    “they’ve got QUALITY players FFS” ……. Hilarious

  12. Tommy’s statement to Campbell Ogilvie

     

     

    “do you want to go a whistle blower against David Murray, and I will defend ye”

     

     

    lol

  13. James Forrest is Neil Lennon! We are ALL Neil Lennon! on

    Anyone got an online link to Radio Scotland?

     

     

    That is EASILY the worst organised radio station in the UK for match-day links. Their website is a jumbled joke.

  14. I like this image of the old corporation bus on the new road at Celtic Park.

     

    http://www.localnewsglasgow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GCC0151.jpg

     

    I don’t know if whoever created it realises just how significant the service number is.

     

    The 61 bus service still covers the Maryhill to Celtic park route to this day. That particular bus would have operated out of the old Maryhill Bus Depot which was located at the far end of Maryhill Road and accessed by two small side-streets. The depot is now long-gone and a housing estate occupies the site. The first street, Lennox Street, has been closed. The second street remains open and has been extended to run through the estate. It’s name? Always has been, always will be…

     

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

     

     

    Hiya, Palomine..

     

     

    Nice meeting ye..

     

     

    Na.. Casey, and Stokesy..Aye, Ah include him,as well… wid be Far Mair Valuable Assets..

     

     

    If.. they ..

     

     

    Took the Advice o’ the Glesca Corporation Education Dept..

     

     

    “Stoap, Look Right, Look Left.. Look Right Again.. afore ye Try tae Cross the road…”

     

     

    wi’ a Slight Amendment.. in this case , whic…. is under discussion,as follows…

     

     

    “… or.. take a Pot Shot at the Brass Ring … Fur.. There May be a Colleague, perfectly positioned.. waiting fur that Killer Pass, fae You.”

     

     

    Ah am afraid, Ah don’t Believe in Takin a Gamble.. when ye hiv a Better option available..

     

     

    Kojo

     

    Yer pal.. who likes ye aloater.

     

     

    Still, Laughin’

  16. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    Any word on us bhoycotting the next away game at Kilmarnock…??

  17. garygillespieshamstring on

    Surely cannae be for those friendly sevco chaps. Must be the horrible Stirling Albion fans.

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