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. Sixteen roads to Golgotha on

    voguepunter

     

     

    16:52 on 6 October, 2012

     

     

    There it is mate.

     

     

    Sixteen roads to Golgotha

     

     

    16:12 on 6 October, 2012

     

     

    16:20 @ Gowran Park -Protaras – NAP!

  2. tomtheleedstim on

    I think Ole Charlie’s share issue is going to be a huge success. I for one will invest heavily if it helps keep this show on the road.

     

    Hehehe……stupid Huns.

  3. BOOOOOOOOs BOOOOOOOOOOOOOssssss BOOOOOOOOOSSSSS, I would hate to be any decent human being stuck in that atmosphere. Be bother after that game in Stirling. So now we need to watch out for Aberdeen and Hibs both hot and on form. Very Very Strong squad. BEWARE!!!!!

     

    KLV

  4. BBC Sportsound‏@bbcsportsound

     

     

    SFL3 FULL TIME: Stirling Albion 1 Rangers 0. #bbcsportsound

  5. Silver City 1888 on

    Rave on Stirling Albion. Let’s hope Neil and the Bhoys can make it a Beautiful Sunday.

  6. Theoncomingstorm ‏@Yournamehere30

     

     

    That Stirling managers new Mrs is gonae have to wear a hard hat the night, He’s gonae put her through the headboard.

  7. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    Sheer depression on Snyde………… We are going to party tomorrow….big time …….

     

     

    2 or 3 G.O.D’s …….. I need to lie down

  8. booo

     

     

    boooo

     

     

    boooooo

     

     

    booooooooo

     

     

    gtf sally

     

     

    sevco zombies have found their voices in the background of the radio

     

     

    hahahahhahaahahah

     

    hahahahhahahahhaha

  9. I just hope Mc Coist is a man of his word and doesnt do walking away.

     

    One can but hope

     

     

    HH

  10. Can any of you who are good with numbers and things tell me how many away wins for sevco?

     

     

    Just cant get enough

     

     

    HH

  11. I would love to stay Bhoys and party on but I’m late as it is, enjoy!!!

     

     

    Schadenfreude the feeling that reaches the parts that other feelings just can’t reach…

  12. serious point, what kind of football manager organised his wedding for a saturday during the season ?

     

     

    his missus definately calling the shots there.

  13. Might just put the radio on now after all…

     

     

    Clyde or Sportsound? Decisions, decisions…