While I was busy telling one of my first bosses how much money we were going to make in a year or two, he made a comment which has remained with me since, “If you don’t make some sales next month, we’ll not be around to find out if you’re right.”
Plans for 2022 don’t mean a fart to a company which is haemorrhaging cash, billionaire funders, nomads and auditors, all the consequence of a two year war of attrition as newco Rangers tried to fight off an insurrection.
There are literally thousands of metrics you can use to compare the prospects of football clubs but let me draw your eye to a couple, which will give you real insight into the future.
Last season Celtic had 475 “full time equivalents” in employment, 318 people in non-football roles and a further 157 in football operations (players, coaches etc.). If the average pay of those 318 non-football full-time staff was £25k (I doubt it’s this low), their combined wage bill would be just below £8m. Celtic’s total annual wage bill was £37.766m, total operating expenses were £59.885m.
If you want to win the Scottish Premiership, this is what you’re competing against.
Newco Rangers announced operating expenses (before amortisation) of £15.684m for the six months to 31 December, which included £6.7m wages, covering both football and non-football staff. If the figures for the second half of the year are consistent with the first that would give them around £31m income and a £13.4m spend wages. Income is around half Celtic’s expenses and wages a fraction of Celtic’s
What newco need is tens of millions of pounds of investor cash, the £50m Dave King spoke about ‘when in opposition’ is not an overestimate.
Anything they say before “Here is the £50m investment we need” is there to take attention away from the fact that they haven’t said “Here is the £50m investment we need”. When they say that, they’re in the game, until then, they’re cannon fodder. When they stop talking about the £50m needed, they know it’s not coming.
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MEGA BUCKS
Rangers confirm a £200,000 warchest for Stuart McCalls assault on the SPFL title.
By Keith Jackson-Traynor
Rangers have confirmed a transfer warchest for next year on the same day legendary Captain Lee McCulloch agree’s to renew his contract so he can lead McCall’s side in the forthcoming campaign. The 55 year old talismanic Captain will once again rally the troops in their battle to wrestle the title away from arch rivals Celtic. This is a stunning statement of intent from the new board led by lifelong Rangers fan, the South African gazillionaire David Cunningham King.
So they are busy paying two managers not to be managers, two board members not to be board members, and soon could be paying 4 NUFC players, who haven’t played for them this season, £500k not to play for them, permanently.
Jelly and ice cream to go with all this transparency please
Celtic Football Club@celticfc ·
Gary M S: Our target is to win every game, http://www.celticfc.net/news/7943
tforce
16:51 on 31 March, 2015
Hun on clyde last night mentioned fergus, saying Celtic fans new exactly what they where buying in to as fergus told us the 5 year plan before he took over, where as the huns board seem to be making it up as they go along. Happy days hh
rogueleader
16:54 on 31 March, 2015
Any day now mate hh
Mackay-Steven: Our target is to win every game
By: Martin Dalziel on 31 Mar, 2015 14:08
AS Celtic’s international players begin reporting back to Lennoxtown this week, the focus will very quickly switch to domestic matters and the trip to Paisley this Friday night to face St Mirren.
Having established a five-point lead at the top of the Premiership, and with a game in hand over Aberdeen, the Hoops will be determined to cement their position as league leaders.
And while Gary Mackay-Steven is looking forward to getting back in action this Friday night, he told this week’s Celtic View that it doesn’t matter who Celtic play or what their position in the league is – the Hoops must aim to win all their remaining matches if they are to clinch the title.
He said in an exclusive interview: “You can go into games and focus too much on the opponents in terms of where they are in the league or how well they’re doing, or not doing, and I think the best thing to do is just focus on yourself.
“If you do that and focus on doing the right things off the park in the build up to games then you give yourself the best chance. There are no benefits to focusing on what another team is or isn’t doing so we just have to focus on ourselves and if we play the way we can and have everyone fit and raring to go them I’m sure we’ll get a positive result.”
And a win at St Mirren could kick-start the run-in to the title in the best way possible. The Celts face a busy schedule of games over the coming month with six fixtures crammed into three weeks, including the Scottish Cup semi-final match against Inverness Caley Thistle and the game in hand against Partick Thistle on April 8.
It all adds up for a tense finish to the league before the split but Mackay Steven is convinced the Hoops will have enough in the tank to navigate the obstacles laid out before them and continue the chase for the treble.
“Every game is massive,” he said. “The recent Dundee United games were big but they’re out the way now and thankfully we did well in them but these games are huge as well.
“We want to get the gap between ourselves and second place a little bit bigger and we can do that by doing things right in the league. The games are coming thick and fast again and we need to be at it but I’m sure we will be and our next goal is to solidify first place in the league and win the cup games.
“I’m enjoying the challenge. It’s great to be in a winning team and a team that everyone wants to beat and it is great being at a club of this magnitude and having that to deal with. I’m just trying to use it to my advantage.
“You dream about coming to a big club and Celtic is an absolutely massive club. I’m just trying to roll with it and keep a smile on my face.
“The treble is the big aim for this season but we’ll take it one game at a time. The boys did great the other week getting the first step of that and obviously it would be massive. It’s not been done for quite a number of years because it’s so hard to do but there’s a real belief that we have the squad capable of doing it if we can be at it every game.
“The manager drills it into us how important it is to train hard and just focus on the next game and not to look too far into the future. Certainly it would be amazing for everyone.”
John Guidetti scored the 1st goal for Sweden U21s in a 2 nil away victory against Russia U21s.
Till later all Meeting time
I’m hoping to go to the game in Paisley on Friday night but because it’ll be me, the wife, the 2 Bhoys and the oldest Bhoy’s girlfriend then it will have to be in amongst the St Mirren supporters. I’m going to go up on Friday afternoon after I land and try and get the tickets. I’m not sure if I’ll be successful as I believe they have a rigorous test in place to make sure you you come from Paisley – if your arms measure more than 18 inches in length, your pockets measure less than 10 inches in depth and you don’t have one continuous eyebrow (or monobrow as it is known locally) then you will be refused tickets. It’s not looking good from where I stand, that and being a ‘Frew man.
Paul
When in opposition you can say anything you want, because no-one can call you out on your opinions-dressed-up-as-facts sound bites.
The corollary is that when you get into office you blame the mess you inherited for being inept at implementing anything you promised when in opposition.
King-Murray is doing precisely that.
“It was a big bhoy and he ran away mister.”
“It’s far worse than we were led to believe.”
“Unlike our predecessors, we will be honest with the supporters.”
I remember a guy starting in a job in a place I worked. He spent the first six months reviewing and getting to grips with the job, the next six months blaming the previous incumbent for the mess he was having to work through, and the next six months struggling to come up with an excuse for him doing a bad job. He left before the next six months elapsed.
Who will be next people to keep the seats warm? That’s easy, just watch out for whoever starts sniping at the King Murray stewardship of the good ship Brokeback. They are then “in opposition” and are lining themselves up for the job of seat warmers.
Or should that just be wahrmers?
Regime Change CSC
josiebee
14:39 on 31 March, 2015
Blarney stone Amsterdam wee Irish cafe. Watched Celtic v juvents there. Google it for address has a Facebook page.
“Not heard the old ‘ Warchest’ gag for a while coming out from the huns, hehe”
Hun skelper,
To this day I still laugh at a comment copied on here from one of their sites.
Right when liquidation was inevitable….
“I’m starting to think that Ally hasn’t got a £10m war chest after all!”
Before I go
From Twitter
Just a wee note about the law on resignation of auditors.
Nothing important.
https://twitter.com/TheTributeAct/status/582935006907076608
“If Paul Murray knew of the Deloitte resignation more than 14 days ago, he committed an offence”.
“Something happened between 22 Dec 2014 and 31 Mar 2015 to make Deloitte resign as RIFC’ auditor. Answers on a postcard to”…
An Tearmann
I agree with all of that.
The coverage of Celtic coincidentally has been significantly negative in SMSM since 2012, way worse than just before Rangers demise.
The reporting and non reporting of perceived fan ‘misbehaviour’ by us and the Zombies has been farcical, and wrong on so many levels.
Alex Tonev, a flare in Milan, NewBalance and the IRA, J Guidetti it’s never ending. An continuous stream of gormless Zombie hacks at the news outlets and TV companies. Its almost as if there had been a recruitment exercise.
The realization that Ronny Deila ain’t no dud might have tipped many over the mountain when they thought they were nearing the end of ‘the journey’.
I hope ‘the media’ help make it a quick clean kill for Sevco unlike Rainjurs and the mess they helped create.
Connaire
Received this reply from snake this afternoon
Hope it is of some help
Nic Nowego on ul. sw. Krzyza 15 , The Irish Arms on ul. Sławkowska 4 or Irish pub http://www.podpapugami.krakow.pl/index.php/podpapugami/index These are a few of the pubs that are likely to show a Celtic game if it is on TV in the UK.
AT
Tell KK I was asking after him
Corkcelt,
I understand the sentiment to wish to discuss more things Celtic.
However I see the forensic analysis of the death of the FoD ,and the same mistakes by the Newclub as a warning to those in our support who occasionally call for us to spend recklessly.
Apart from the cautionary tale I also seem to have an inexhaustible capacity to read of their suffering.
I know this shows me to be less charitable than I would like to see myself,
but It would take one to have a heart of stone………not to laugh.
The Onlooker
Take a look at @STVSport’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/STVSport/status/582914921832181760?s=08
following up BSR post earlier
embramike
Hail and sleet down Ayebrokes way too apparently. Certainly no sunshine.
Welcome back.
Mary’s House CSC
Joe Fillipi
It’s because I’ve seen what their unfairness has done to Scottish football and Celtic that I stick with Res12.
In that respect it’s not unfairness it moved from there into downright lies deceit and cheating. I’ve seen the e mails and the documents.
I think I know more about what we are up against than you do.
It is the lack of principle in the game that will not even look at the evidence that allows it to become the mess it has.
That TRFC or RFC lack principle is what principled folk (like you and I ) cannot understand. It is to everyone’s benefit to have a principled ethical code of behaviour including theirs.
It’s not that I’m looking for them to become principled, the scorpion will always sting the fox on whose head it sits crossing the river, it’s to protect Celtic and it’s supporters from that unprincipled mind that makes Res12 important.
I’m surprised that needed explaining.
When the full Res12 story comes out you’ll be glad it has been pursued with tenacity.
Audlheid
FFP and Sevco/Newco/Deidco?
Oxymoron CSC
Mini BT distraught as Liam Henderson has tweeted a picture of himself in Rosenberg jersey
Sheik Mansour as Owner at Ayebrokes
hahahahahahaha
Rapeepul are revolting
PhilMac’s best gag in a while
Onlooker,
Who in our support is calling for reckless spending? We have made tens of millions by selling almostlall of our top players. The reinvestment has been distinctly unmatched.
Would the current Celtic have beaten Legia, Red Bull and Maribor over two legs…yay or nay?
It’s a yay from me!
Progresscsc
BT
Liam Henderson posing with 1D would make her day
Posting on/about the hun on CQN is required imho and i’ll tell you why.
IF it wasn’t for blogs/web-sites involving CFC supporters it would all be pie in the sky now from the MSM………………The creditors of the hun would almost certainly be hear say now, the cheating & lying would almost certainly be just hear say also, and swept swept swept away.
The Celtic supporter must keep tye truth out there in the forefront of the soup taking media, and this blog is a credit to that.
Keep telling it as it is CFC.
Liam Henderson joins Rosenborg on loan
By: Newsroom Staff on 31 Mar, 2015 17:12
LIAM Henderson has joined Norwegian side, Rosenborg, on loan until this summer. The 18-year-old midfielder, who has made 22 appearances for the Celtic first-team and scored two goals since making his debut last season, his relishing the new experience and joins the club on the final day of the Norwegian transfer window.
Rosenborg manager, Kare Ingebrigtsen, has welcomed the move, describing the young Celt as “one of Scotland’s greatest talents and a very exciting player.”
Ingebrigtsen spoke to Celtic boss, Ronny Deila, and midfielder Stefan Johansen, about the player, and added: “Liam has huge potential and both Ronny and Stefan speak very highly about him.
“He is a young, ambitious, hard-working boy with a strong will to win and experience of playing in front of 60,000 spectators, so he knows what the pressure of expectation is.”
Everyone at Celtic wishes Liam all the very best during his loan spell with Rosenborg.
tye=the
TBJ
She is more distraught about Liam than 1d
She is glad Rogic is back though
Captain Beefheart.
Every time we stumble there is a call to spend more.
The board are vilified, DD called to dig deep etc etc.
It’s an understandable response , and one I have probably engaged in at times.
I am happier that we have our model than the Moonbeams model.
The Onlooker
An Tearmann
Castlemilk Criminal!!
I remember moving in to the old Dunagoil terrace from Bellfield Street. New house and a bath, but still sharing a bedroom with two sisters.
no shops, no schools, no pubs, no churches (of the right sort ye ken), no pitches, no jobs.
But we had the Cathkin Braes and the back road to Carmunnock (before the pub burned down)
StBonaventurestravellingpupils CSC
Captain Beefheart
You don’t seem to get it.
We buy cheap and sell high by developing players through good coaching and giving them a stage to show how far they have developed.
I would like to keep our Wanyamas and Fosters but we have no say in that until we are wage competitive with where they want to go.
Over time the standard of who we buy might be nearer the already developed point that we sell at but we are not at that stage yer.
So to replace say VVD at the even half the fee we get and half the wages he gets is not going to happen.
We are not in or are likely to be in for foreseeable the ready made market.
We have a policy that has been adapted from experience that seems to be working. Buying less duds, recruiting better prospects.
We should measure success in part not just by the money or titles but the number of duds we bring in. More than three is not successful in that particular respect.
OG Rafferty
Two managers, two board members, and 4 loanees all being paid to do their garden.
I love it.
Beechgrove CSC
I hope Henderson gets a run with Rosenborg BK and is not just a bench warmer.
Auldheid
We have had more than three duds bought I recent years
That’s why I’m glad Ronnie seems to be taking control of the set up and giving John Park a supporting role as he should have
Emeralda
Yes, yes and yes again.
3 teams – 3 yes’s
captain beefheart and Auldheid
Talk of Victor and a conversation from 2 days ago.
Home depot store in Huntersville, NC. Black lady at the checkout who is from Kenya. Her name on her badge is Wanyira.
Hadn’t heard of big Vic but laughed with me when she confirmed that Wanyama means “meateater”.
Is there a better name for a big hard man in the middle of midfield?
Victor Meateater CSC