Of course, it happened in our ’67 anniversary season. Celtic were drawn away to Albion Rovers in the Scottish Cup, as the Rovers dumped Queen of the South out of the competition last night. The tiny Lanarkshire club (arguably the smallest in Scotland) don’t have an illustrious history, but Jock Stein played more games for them than any other team. In Coatbridge, that counts.
I’m sure it makes sense for Kieran Tierney to have a shoulder operation while he’s out with an ankle injury but it’s very unwelcome news that the player needed the work. Despite upbeat reports I’m sceptical the op will not further delay his return. For a start, any notions of getting upper body work done are no longer valid.
Uniquely in European football, Celtic’s season is skewed to the start, not to when the prizes are given out at the end, which have become a meritocratic formality. With no European football after Christmas this season, the remainder of the campaign will be about getting ready for July and August, when the really important stuff takes place.
Kieran will miss three Champions League group stage games in total, last Sunday’s cup final and some atmospheric games to come; this will be the source of some regret to the teenager. In compensation he can look forward to picking up a league winner’s medal at the end of the season, and hopefully being in top condition for the qualifiers.
To be fair to Robbie Neilson, even when he was a success at Hearts he wasn’t overwhelmingly appreciated. This season it looks like the party’s over, so I understand why he would take a job at MK Dons which, on the face of it, looks like a dangerous step.
Dons are two points above relegation (to the fourth tier), without a league win in two months. The club has serious structural issues which any new manager would find difficult to compensate for with little more than a few fresh tactical notions. But at least Neilson can’t be blamed for relegation, should it happen.
He’s next year’s Jackie McNamara.
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Awe Naw said earlier about sound as a pound, bad analagy Awe Naw you seen the state of the pound. H H Hebcelt analogy that looks better
Is that good news Hebcelt?
BT who knows good news for some bad news for others, good to see you again last week. H H Hebcelt
Meltdown predicted in Sevconia..
http://thecelticblog.com/2016/11/blogs/the-sfa-has-confirmed-that-sevco-wont-qualify-for-a-european-football-license/
GLASSTWOTHIRDSFULL on 30TH NOVEMBER 2016 4:26 PM
Really? I think you need to improve your imagination.
You too HB
Pity I chased you and the 2 bhoys away….;-)
BT not at all we had a “prior engagement” and a superb meal it was too. H H Hebcelt
“Bad money dies
I love the scene”
Is it just me (and I don’t) or does anybody else feel sorry for the decent (and there is none) Sevco fans in all of this. ;)))))))
Their misery is my pleasure.May it be long and arduous.
SCHADENFREUDEcsc
Hebcelt where did you eat ?
hope your cooking with gas
WDH Cafe Andaluz St Vincent St excellent, was in Helensburgh on Friday night The Cattle and Creel top drawer. H H Hebcelt
Sin city bhoy-wouldn’t let me send email to your email address mhate
A very hoopy St Andrews Day to one and all….
Great to see wee Nicola in Dublin…
Looking like an interesting few years ahead…
Smiley thing…
Braw.
Paul67, found this a bit surprising in you article:
“With no European football after Christmas this season, the remainder of the campaign will be about getting ready for July and August, when the really important stuff takes place.”
Surely, there is the little matter of securing the title (for 6 in a row) and trying to avoid all pitfalls (SFA, MIBs, etc) on the way to a SC win and so the Treble)?
Hopefully, we are taking nothing for granted.
Also the transfer window should be interesting…
Plenty to look forward to…
And … KT will be back for all of that !!!
:)
Auldheid
Sorry for the late reply, was out on dog rescue mission.
I agree crowds went up cos clubs had a chance of winning, baubles, that has evaporated now that we have invested and the hun are back cheating, it will be a novelty for this season but I will wager my last cent that crowds will drop off next and the subsequent seasons if the huns are still around.
More than anything were need major change, we will also stagnate if we stay in scotland with the present set up.
I have ideas that would entail telling uefa to gtf, but it would need clubs that have been excluded from the CL closed shop to go along, would they, I have ma doubts.
HH
Sixtaeseven
you are right leagues are not won in December – eyes on the prize
Thehomebhoys latest podcast is very good interview with john Paul.
Search it out on hail hail media
Evening all.
Anybody out there know this place?
Just roon the corner from the Barras.
Daughter and a pal attending a gig there tonight.
Handy for the next hootenanny!
http://www.stlukesglasgow.com/
HH!!
Auldheid
Stv being at their obfuscating best to comfort the cheat.To much like Grants greying of Uefas memo on the noo klub Imo.
Davidopolous
Re the ffp
How do we know what rifc balance sheet will look like once the loans are converted into equity.
At moment we dont know how much has been loaned over the ffp period.
(Well dodgy with the lying kings previous form:)
Clear as mud eh.
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You would think ffp would have been implemented in 12/13 especially after
Liquidation.
Most industries would reset themselves to ensure such an event would not happen again alas the bias towards one team/company does not hapoen in the real world
HH
AN TEARMANN
Converting the existing loans to equity wouldn’t nullify the operating losses. They would need NEW money for shares. Failure of Res 11 was disastrous for them.
Good Evening.
Here is tonight’s offering. About extremely dynamic journalists.
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/a-great-big-puddle-of-pish/
HEBCELT on 30TH NOVEMBER 2016 4:55 PM
Awe Naw said earlier about sound as a pound, bad analagy Awe Naw you seen the state of the pound. H H Hebcelt analogy that looks better
Did I say/write that ?
HH
Very interesting wee nugget at the tail end of the STV pice; is this them saying Rangers are a new club?
When Rangers went into liquidation in 2012, their assets and memberships to play football were transferred to a new company.
This automatically triggered a three-year period where the Rangers newco could not participate in European competition. This applied to the 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons.
There is no barrier to Rangers applying for a UEFA Club Licence under article 12, which states any membership with a national association must have lasted “for at least three consecutive years”.
KTF
VFR
Sounds like it to me
I’m absolutely certain it is a mere coincidence that Robbie Neilson’s proposed move down south was announced / reported on BEFORE the Huns infested Tynecastle ….. hahahahahahahaha
Awe Naw indeed you did surprised me check back. H H Hebcelt
I have a feeling the Huns will win comfortable at Tynecastle this evening,3_1 I predict
What the media and the SFA are doing is giving the recalcitrant 0.4% of Sevco shareholders are warning shot across their bows.
They are reminding/informing them that unless they vote for Res11, or whatever the number, there is little to no chance of Euro football next year, assuming they would otherwise qualify.
Super Ally may wake up some morning with Kris Kamara’s head lying beside him…..then a hurriedly arranged EGM will follow and another vote taken.
HEBCELT on 30TH NOVEMBER 2016 6:29 PM
Indulge me as I can´t find it ,,,,,,, cos you would be right.
Although the pound will last longer than the Euro
HH
……and another thing.
Who are those “related parties”, who get bracketed along with the shareholders?
#whoarethesepeople
Thomthetim…
If they really wanted to scare Sally, he would wake up to find an EMPTY Gregg’s bag in his bed, with steak bake crumbs scattered around his bed….
VFR – I think you’ve got them by the neymars there !
MIKE IN TORONTO on 30TH NOVEMBER 2016 6:35 PM
Thomthetim…
If they really wanted to scare Sally, he would wake up to find an EMPTY Gregg’s bag in his bed, with steak bake crumbs scattered around his bed….
****
Jeez, you are heartless!
weeminger on 30th November 2016 5:04 pm
GLASSTWOTHIRDSFULL on 30TH NOVEMBER 2016 4:26 PM
Really? I think you need to improve your imagination.
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You must have missed my post at 2:27 then :-)
30TH NOVEMBER 2016 6:23 PM
Very interesting wee nugget at the tail end of the STV pice; is this them saying Rangers are a new club?
When Rangers went into liquidation in 2012, their assets and memberships to play football were transferred to a new company.
This automatically triggered a three-year period where the Rangers newco could not participate in European competition. This applied to the 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons.
There is no barrier to Rangers applying for a UEFA Club Licence under article 12, which states any membership with a national association must have lasted “for at least three consecutive years”.
I wish I had copied or screen grabbed that bold section in my original post where I explained what UEFA were saying because the above gives me less problems than what I thought I read. What I think I read was something that supported the continuity myth via xfer of SFA membership.
Now did I get it wrong or was the above a re edit after I posted a link to above on Twitter read by STV?
Hmm mm.
That section is not something I would have reacted to. It’s new club neutral if you don’t know Article 12. The letter from Traverso spells out UEFA’s position in that they do not recognise SFA Membership confers continuity in UEFA’s eyes.
Awe Nae cannot find it so I will have to withdraw but was defo there so apologies H H Hebcelt
Super Salary has put all his Greggs in one basket
Thomthetim
If The Godfather had been set in Glasgow …
“Leave the gun, take the steak bake”
“It’s an old habit. I spent my life trying not to be careless — strikers and midfielders can be careless, but not defenders”
PL on the SPFL: “Times have changed. It’s not like the Old Days — when we can do anything we want. A refusal is not the act of a friend. If Sevco had all the judges, and the politicians in Galsgow, then they must share them, or let us others use them. He must let us draw the water from the well. Certainly they can — present a bill for such services; after all — we are not Communists.”
PL to Neganon: “Neganon …- you’re my older brother, and I love you. But don’t ever take sides with anyone against the Family again. Ever.”
Neganon to the Board: “Only don’t tell me that you’re innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry.”
HEBCELT on 30TH NOVEMBER 2016 6:49 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2VhB7vaZI0 :-)
HH