It’s good to be back. A power outage at our datacentre on Saturday caused servers to crash and subsequent database problems. Our thanks to Andrew in Belfast for his invaluable help, again…
Trying hard to ignore speculation of various players coming our way, plenty of time for that later in the month, although I will add a note of caution. The fact that a journalist gets confirmation from Neil Lennon that he is able to sign a £6m player does not constitute a promise to do so. It’s little more than bait, for those who still read such sources.
I’ve heard nothing but good things over the years about Georgios Samaras. He is a player who flourishes on confidence, and support, and does so most often at the highest level. In Europe he is Celtic’s out-ball, a player capable of bringing others into the game, turning defence into attack. It is at this rarefied atmosphere that his goal-scoring has also been most effective. Ironically his style is less effective in the SPFL, where Celtic spend far less time 80 yards from goal.
A considerable reason for the low return in the Champions League this season was that everyone knew how reliant we’d become on Georgios. He was heavily marked; by the time the ball got to his feet, three opponents triangulated around him.
It’s no surprise he has offers from Spain, and no doubt elsewhere, to consider. If he leaves I hope his lasting memories will be cheers of support, not his harsher experiences.
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What a cool big dude Mjallby is.
http://www.snspix.com/9165635/print/9165635.html
smoothoperator.csc
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STARRY PLOUGH
About 20 years ago in London,less than six months into a new job,they fired me.
I had brought in too much new business,their terms to buyers were more relaxed than those from their suppliers and the bank wouldn’t increase the working overdraft.
So he should think himself lucky!!!
I’ve always wished for more from Georgios.
If he leaves and isn’t replaced with another (better?) target man then hell mend us.
Life as a Tim is becoming all too predictable. New blood is a must. Players who will get the fans on their feet. We all know that. We’ve been needing it for a while.
Now let us all say the transfer window prayer.
Our Peter, Who art in Boardroom, hollowed out be Thy name; Thy chequebook come, Thy supporters will come back in droves to Paradise. Give us this day our transfer rumours; and forgive us our smokebombs as we forgive those who will buy players for us; and lead us not into stagnation, and deliver us from “Ra Peepul”. Amen.
Sammi to me had simalarities to Agathe …… although not everyones favourite…..on Euro nights most people would ask is”agathe playing” was always a relief if he was on the team sheet……sometimes. guys like this are irreplaceable…..might take years….but Sammi and Didier were the guys who got people out there seats….they were winners
Starry Plough f o. I agree but we dont know what he has been offered we only have the MSM saying his new contract offer was a wage cut to him I am not sure I trust that source of information.However, if it is correct it is a disgrace. H.H.
Medication is increased on FF ward as slavering inmates receive news of the Bank of Scotland writing off debt owed to it by one of Gavin Masterton’s companies in the sum of £12.2M:
“does writing this money off count as a form of “state aid”?”
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“What roll do the SFA play here with Uefa and FIFA financial fair play , not to mention the moral argument for creditors .”
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” Wheres the sporting integrity ?
What about the schools and hospitals ?”
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“Nhs
Homeless
Benefits
Dunfermline total scum”
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“This is money which could be paying for nhs beds”
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“I await the cry of robbing public sector of money etc…..”
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“1. It is state aid to a football club
2. What about the hospitals etc”
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“There is some cracking scoops out there and they are that f***ing frightened to say a word.
There is no honest reporters in Scotland, prepare to stand up and write the truth, they are all f***ing liers. The police also.”
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“Law and consequences only apply to Rangers and their fans”
the mighty Quinn
absolutely superb
there is the piece right there that should be in the cqn magazine in response to the article praising big peter
67 heaven
It’s my opinion, you think it’s over the top fine by me, I think as I said it’s all smoke and mirrors, and why do we have to wait for the SFA, as you all know I am all for the board, NL and the team, and PL, as far as I am concerned there has been no movement in the last 6 months Celtic have been asking questions on this, to me that is as redicules as DOUGIE DOUGIE getting back in a cushy wee number at Hampden,the ball WAS dropped and until something constructive comes from Celtic on this matter, then as far as I am concerned it is dead in the water, not pandering to the guys who dropped the ball doesent make me OTT, it’s my opinion and I am leaving myself open here and standing by what I say, but at least I am making a stand, more than I can say for the ball carriers on resolution 12, sorry to many secretes for me, all this wait, wait wait, how long? Why? I will move on from it now, while the resolution states in idol, this will all end in tears, trust me, any lurking Huns in here GIRUY.
Joe Filippis Haircut
Aye Joe I try not to live in “what if land” and true the DR is no source of info that any of us should be trusting and if the Big Man wants to go so be it I respect his decision but I am wary of too many of us shouting take the money every time one of our players is linked with someone, 2 mil is nothing these days and as we have seen two mil has bought us lot of players who sit on the bench!!
Huv we signed embody yet it’s the 7th of January FFFFFFFFS
Laughing in the Valley
fourgreenfields & dougC.
I have your names for the CQ10N shindig.According to the guys who are running the show monies have to be paid before the last day in January. I won’t see many folks who are sitting at our tables until after the final day for payment so I shall send a cheque as payment and collect from everyone without the rushing about at the end.
Topkat
Good comparison, Didier to Sammi. Always felt we let the former leave too early. Hope we don’t with the latter. Would be less confident in European competition without Sammi.
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macjay1 for neil lennon
12:38 on 7 January, 2014
Hibs V Hearts game …..to die for.
Fierce rivalry and a dash of the unsavoury.
Largest crowd in 20 years gives the lie to assertions that the huns are “sine qua non”.
Terry Butcher might well prove to be a formidable opponent as manager at Easter Road.
Sounds good to me.
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Have to agree with the effort, the excitement and the atmosphere but the standard of football was embarrassing. Players constantly failed to find team mates with passes and often passed the ball straight out of play. There was very little skill on show although there were some good players on the pitch – mainly in maroon sadly. Ryan Stevenson is a good professional and there are some talented young players in the Hearts team. I was glad that Hibs got such a big crowd and , like you, I’m sure that Butcher will turn Hibs into a very difficult team to beat over the next few seasons. He is a very good manager and, Hibs made a very wise choice in appointing him.
SOAL
Thanks for posting that Naka clip. He is awesome at free kicks. I remember seeing the one he did putting the ball through the open window of the passing bus.
tony67
there are quite a few things that are potentially deemable as unfair from dougie dougie to dallasgate all the way back to Hughie dallas sending off mahe
more recently there have been hunners of hun help from the sfa/spl etc
I personally support all the bhoys who keep these causes bubbling away
the huns society wants us to forget them
soal 1236
Incredible piece of skill from the little genius.
You may have noticed this but if not watch again – I only saw it on third viewing. To make it even more incredible the cake and stand are moving upwards so it’s a moving target.
Stunning accuracy.
Monaghan1900
Fabulous…
The inmates are breaking down the walls of reasoned thinking!!
If Sammi goes, he will go with my thanks. If he stays, I will be more than happy. He is a true Celt and has served us well.
contribute rarely now …………still read most days……missed desperately over the weekend………..was blaming the new tablet mrs dog gave me for Christmas……moaned repeatedly about it ……nearly got tablet over head!!!
samaras is a strange one……..manager seems to luv him…….cost a fortune to replace etc……….and yet he gets offered a PAY CUT…….something smells not quite right…..
Auldheid
Listen, and please do not take this wrong, I have no interest in meeting you or any one else involved with resolution 12, if I say I know what is going on then that’s what I mean, I honestly do not get it, what can you say to me away from here that you can not say in here, that I have a problem with, people gave you there proxy you have them to answer to not me, and those people are still waiting for an answer, or are they not?
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS ………FC not PLC
Now now Bobby next you’ll be telling Sammi to get on his bike!!
SP
Great to be back.Thought we were great on Sunday.Snappier,more forward passes.Commons,Broony,Charlie,all excellent.Broony gets better every game.Controls everything we do.Still underrated by some.
Well it looks like I am off to Antalya tomorrow.A few tims down there been on the phone saying to come,they will get the tickets.£40 odd for the two days.Wont be many locals going at those prices.Weather should be very nice,forecasts saying 18 degrees,so a wee change for the players.
No idea who we will buy,like most,but as long as it makes us stronger,I will have no complaints.Oh,just a word on the transport to Antalya,beautiful place.A 4 hour journey on a 5 star coach(real 5 star),hostess,free refreshments etc,costs £15 one way.National Express it aint.
oldtim67.
Thanks for booking the tickets , don’t want you out of pocket . Is there anyway I can get the money to you sooner for the 2 tickets ?
TD67,
I was happy to support Res.12.
I am happy with the progress it is making.
I don’t expect any quick solution, or for the Hampden mandarins to admit their wrongdoings & promise to make restitution.
It takes TIME.
The first step has been taken.
Be still, … & know…..
TONY DONNELLY
Your contempt for those who supported Resolution 12 is clear to all.
Yet,had it not been on the AGM agenda,no question on SFA actions over the Euro licence,etc,would ever have been likely.
So,here goes. I’m not a lurking hun,I want answers as do those behind the resolution.
Any Celtic supporter who doesn’t want those questions answered ought to get a grip.
If the huns were granted a licence wrongly,our club were robbed. Simple as that.
Why would you want to ridicule people,fellow fans,who are trying to prove that?
vinniethedog
13:24 on 7 January, 2014
Your first problem to address is that you believe the msm pay cut shoite…..
Auldheid
Oh and on the calling me ignorant, if it’s name calling you are dragging your self down to, then go right ahead, I know when people go that low, I have hit a nerve and they don’t have answers, would you honestly have a conversation with someone face to face and call them ignorant? Because that’s more or less what you did there in 21cent. Terms, that’s the second ball you have dropped my friend, to differ in opinions that I agree goes on all the time here, but to think that you are above some one and call them ignorant only makes my case solid, that the wrong guys got the ball, and I don’t care how many back you up in here, that’s my opinion, ignorant as you think I am, I do have one, to all the lurking Huns , GIRUY.
A player who now contributes only periodically in domestic games and who is easy to mark out of CL games serves little purpose in the team. Not Sammi’s fault that our 2012 tactics were painfully exposed in 2013 by CL opposition – the blame lies elsewhere for having no alternative, no class around him to provide us the chance to mix it up a bit.
He looked an uninterested spectator in the final two games against Milan and Barcelona, time for a fresh challenge for the big man and I hope he succeeds wherever that may be.
Four GreenFields.
No rush and know problems, I’ll see you somewhere before March 14th.
I only have you down for one ticket, is that correct?.
How do we know for certain that Sammi has been offered a pay cut?
The msm?
TD67
You resort to name calling every day by calling every tim in here who does not agree with your greeneer than green opinion a lurking hun. So you drop the ball daily!!!
Laughable.
MWD
Having gifted my shareholding to my son I couldn’t support Canalamar’s resolution but I did persuade him, and his cousin to do so. Neither has ever taken an active interest in AGM matters and give me carte blanche in my advice and when I told them to trust Canalamar’s & Morrisey’s judgement they agreed.
I have placed my trust in those dealing with the resolution and see no reason to change my opinion until the movers tell me otherwise.
I personally like the MSM bumming up the kids at Dundee Unt.Or Aberdeen,even Motherwell.Great for these clubs.The spectre of Armageddon we were told was coming,fading now to memory.The competition for second place now fierce.Lets hope these teams,and I include Hibs in this,great for them to have Butcher as manager,continue in this vein.The huns,if they do get into the SPL will find it a very different place to the one their old,dead team left.More power to them.
oldtim67 I have sent you an e-mail regarding the payment cheers Doug
Bobby Murdoch c u w. What concerns me is this all happened nearly two years ago are you saying if Celtic were not happy and wanted to question the SFA in order to see everything was above board they could not have appointed a legal team who would have an answer one way or the other by now?Or where Celtic complicit and quite happy for financial reason to accept the SFAs decision on the Rangers and resolution 12 is a niggling thorn which they have pushed into a back water and over time will become less important to the resolution makers ? I dont think there is any clarity in the matter and the fact Celtic have never issued a statement on the matter makes me wonder. H.H.
Bmcw
If your not a lurking Hun, then it shouldn’t bother you if I post that or not, resolution 12 didn’t get past go, your not reading my post right, I wanted answers before resolution 12 came out and knew Celtic where on it, as they had more or less said the where, this is where it gets cloudy, what did Celtic say to them at the meeting? Why the secrets? They where all over the board, and PL before they had there meeting, and then BOOM! That was it, someone stands up at the AGM has a Craig Whyte moment reads out a 30 second slip of paper, nothing going on here, it’s all looked after? what was al the rally round the flag Bhoys we are going the whole way here, you and others might be happy with it, naaaaaa, not me, time will tell and prove me wrong, that would be a possibility as in the thoughts of the ball carriers I am ignorant, hmmmm? To all lurking Huns GIRUY.
There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.
Moonbeams
If your a Tim the post shouldn’t bother you, try and read into what I post, it’s for Huns, not Tims, as I say some Tims are just moaners, that could be you, and it could be me, but others in here are lurking Huns, now that’s the last time I am explaining this, can’t make it any plainer than that. And to all lurkin Huns ( not moonbeams) GIRUY.
del dunky…………….Think we can be pretty sure he aint been offered a pay rise!!
maybe same terms? maybe he thinks he deserves more?………..I don’t buy newspapers…….but gut feeling tells me reduced terms…..