Last night when Neil Lennon told BBC Radio Scotland that Norwich’s second offer for Gary Hooper was “not as high as £6m” and that despite reports, the club had not tabled a fresh contract offer to the player, you would be forgiven for thinking the entire transfer saga was a product of fantasy.
Neil also confirmed Gary’s contract offer from Celtic is due to expire on 1 February, when I understand the player’s current representation deal also expires.
None of this counts where it really matters. Gary continues to perform like a player on top of this game. St Mirren next, then he can start the countdown to Juventus. Put the Italians in their place and he will attract attention from more than a plucky green and gold tribute act.
A corner of Glasgow stood still today to bid farewell to Sean Fallon. Sean’s 19 grandchildren delivered touching bidding prayers while son Sean recounted many of the times and habits which shaped his father’s life. It was a fitting tribute to such a great life, marked by sincere and loving words from Sir Alex Ferguson.
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miki67
The public face of Juve has been consistently neutral about Celtic . I have seen /heard nothing arrogant , I have seen nothing tremulous , hesitant or frightened .
They slapped down media comments about it being the easiest draw .
They consistently mention that Celtic beat Barcelona and narrowly failed to get a draw in Barcelona ..
Their ego was badly damaged by the run around Shaktar gave them in Turin [ Juve scraped a draw ].
Their support was outraged by the lazy unprofessional performance in Denmark [ Juve scraped a draw ].
Their CL Group results show that they beat Shaktar / Chelsea and Norsjaelland on aggregate .
They are no mugs .
They play very open football . They play attacking football . They play 3-5-2. They start slowly and finish strongly . . They will go for it at Celtic Park.
…….alternative protest against the bully billy boys………………..
………….swap the mask and hold mirrors up to them…….
horrible…..
SSN = Shameless Sports News.
That was right in the middle of their transfer update (ha!) thaat stupid big brides Scottish guy throws in a wee free advert for Chris Boyd who is currently without a club.
Even allowed the ape to talk!!!!
Wit a joke the channel really is now!
HH
/Bishop B
‘A Catholic adoption agency has been warned that it could lose its charitable status over its refusal to place children with same-sex couples.
The Scottish Charity regulator said St Margaret’s Children and Family Care Society provides a valuable service.
But the watchdog said it believed its current practice was unlawful. It has now given the society three months to change its procedures.
The ruling from the regulator follows a complaint from the National Secular Society.’
Well done to Alistair McBay and the rest of his rabid organisation. St Margaret’s will cease to operate and the ones to suffer will be children desperate for a loving home.
Ernie
Pushing a minor to the ground is an assault. Kicking him when on the ground is also an assault
Brides =heided
Obviously!
HH
/Bishop B
Len –
Couldn’t agree more………
I remember wee Chic doing the exact same thing on Shortie regarding the Human Submarine ” Nessy” – practically urging the defhunct klub to buy him……….
Shameless indeed…
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon
Any mocking of zombies should surely be masked.
LB
The Boy Jinky
12:18 on 24 January, 2013
‘Ernie
Pushing a minor to the ground is an assault. Kicking him when on the ground is also an assault’
Then I suggest you lodge a complaint with the local constabulary against their decision to take no action.
Neil Lennon@OfficialNeil
All quiet here today ..team are having a well deserved day off..am sitting in my new office and loving it
Someone posted earlier regarding Hooper on flight to London
Players have day off
Angela may not be one of them but I’d hardly claim her as one of our own either.
The advent of Twitter is making SSN virtually redundant. They are usually 30-45mins behind with any ‘exclusive’.
In years gone by their transfer scoops were journos passing info on. Now the journos are putting it out on their Twitter a/c’s straight away before giving the news to SSN.
I pray for the day that channel disappears entirely, despite then not being able to look at the lovely Natalie Sawyer ever again :)
Celtic Football Club@celticfc
Nine young Celts have been named in Scotland’s Under-16 squad for the International Development Tournament in Portugal next month.(
Scottish football in debt to the countrys leading club for the investment in young Scottish football talent
Good ol Joey Barton gives his opinion on Ballboygate
Joseph Barton @Joey7Barton
Hazard only crime is he hasn’t kicked him hard enough…
Ernie
Why would i do that … its not even in the country i live
But laying hands … And feet .. On anyone is assault. Thats the law
Angela Haggerty@AngelaHaggerty
Charles Green admits Sevco won’t make a profit this season, despite record attendances and share issues. Re-naming Ibrox looking likely
Sorry for all you who love or loathe Angela……………………….
Try discussing the content
Only one person in the wrong and that was the 17 year old that thought he would make himself a hero.
estorilbhoy
if you fancy a pint anytime mate,give me a shout.
HH
HH
Emeraldbee 1136.
YES I stopped buying herald after years of enjoying the writing. Even way back Webster and Jack McLean I enjoyed.
And to think now, it’s a Sevco mouthpiece pure and simple..
I was getting too wound up reading it and I was not for writing to the letters page as I felt they would publish your address and then god help..
They have an agenda the MSM..
They hate Sevco bring humiliated and corrupt..
HH
Cheers weet, will do.
But laying hands … And feet .. On anyone is assault. Thats the law.
Hazard says it was only banter. But he pronounced it battre.
Traynor’s comment to the Sevconians at Ibrox last night that SevCo only made £10m from the share issue was very interesting.
I agree that Juve are no mugs. They are a formidable outfit. I just hope as we all do that we gub ’em!
HH.
What is it with professional footballers thinking they are invisible on the pitch?
Fly kicks in the ribs ,stamping on players throats and kneeing in the mouth,they
all can’t play for Ragers.
The boy jinky
But laying hands … And feet .. On anyone is assault. Thats the law
>Do claim assault any time someone shakes your hand?
He also didn’t kick anyone, he kicked the BALL from underneath him!
starry plough
” Belgium a hotbed of mindless violence ”
One of Juve’s several ‘ we like a bit of football related violence ‘ crews are based in Belgium .
Wilson’s article is clearly aimed at securing a less harsh punishment for oldco at the Tribunal.
Wilson/Graham make a couple of points about the FTT(T) decision, side letters, the Tribunal’s constitution, the point of the SPL’s non-disclosure rule and the use of EBTs as an “error” when processing payroll payments for the 5 players listed in paragraph 233.
1. The FTT(T) decision fully vindicates oldco and renders the SPL Commission a farce.
The FTT(T) is being appealed. It contained a substantial minority dissension. It does not bind future FTTs(T), why should it bind the SPL Commission? It does not have the same line of enquiry as the SPL Commission. Why should the SPL Commission be bound by the result of the FTT(T), or dettered from sitting as a consequence of it? The side letters detailed in the FTT(T) contain undertakings to fund ub-trusts with cash in the event of football players reaching certain performance targets linked tot he playing of football. That is a contractual obligation on behalf of oldco. This contractual obligation requires to be lodged with the SFA. Graham makes points about cars/player’s drinks/other emoluments being made to footballers having to be disclosed in contracts of service. Here’s a hint Chris, if they are contractual entitlements, they ARE disclsoed. Now, there is an argument based on the FTT(T) that the actual “cash” equivalent of the funds deposited by RFC oldco into sub-trusts was only available to players via a discretionary “loan” from trustees. However, what cannot be disputed is that RFC (not the trustees) undertook to fund sub-trusts, and make reccomendations to trustees, based entirely on a player’s footballing performance. That looks very much like a second contract to me. These were not disclosed.
2. The Tribuanl’s constitution
It is chaired by LNS. Its composition is completed by two QCs. Graham has called it a kangaroo court in the past. If he wants to go down that line, fair enough. I wouldn’t. He makes out as if the SPL rules weren’t known, and agreed to, by RFC prior to their coming into existence. He seems to suggest that the use of SPL rules, and their presentation by the SPL’s lawyers, contaminate the entire tribunal process. Here’s a hint; it’s dispute resolution. Each party gets the chance to put its own point forward regarding interpretation of the rules. As regards which rules we use to measure oldco’s behaviour, perhaps Chris has a better set than those which were in force at the time(s) to which the charges relate.
3. Point of the non-disclosure rule.
It has a value in making sure players can demonstrate that they have been paid their due by their employer (which happens to be a company in every instance of everyt eam which ahs ever played in the SPL, but that’s another argument). But in my view that is not all the rule is there to achieve. Football has a bad history of payments udner the table, to players, agents, managers. The rule in my view also aims to stamp this out; to ensure that transparency exists as regards transactions between players and football clubs in roder that the sporting integrity of the competititon not be undermined by opaque financial arrangements. Rangers chose not to disclose the payments in order to obtain a tax advantage. They didn’t “mis-administer” the arrangements with the SPL, they deliberately didn’t disclose EBT arrangements, including side letters. Breach of this rule, even if no RFC oldco players are complaining theye weren’t paid enough, is serious enough for the reasons outlined.
4. Payment to the 5 players via EBT being disclosed tot he SPL:
There is a susggestion that the 5 players listed in paragraph 233 were paid their cntractuial entitlement via an EBT “in error”. The tax wasn’t paid on these EBTs. It will never be paid. If, say, player A, received £40,000 NET through an EBT, when he should have gotten £40,000 via payroll, as detailed in his SPL contract, is that okay? Or is it his earnings gross of tax and NI that are disclosed in his SPL contract? I am certain it is the latter. Therefore, if player A has a £40,000 entitltement detailed in his SPL disclosed contract, and gets £40,000 Net via an EBT, then that is an undeclared payment, as the tax man doesn’t get his cut of the payment? What if you lok at it the other way, say he had a £40,000 gross entitlement disclosed in his contract, and was paid £25,000 via EBT. On the face of it you would think that was all hunky dory in terms of the SPL’s rules. However, the £15,000 tax/NI deduction was never paid to Hector. That is a clear cut case of a financial advnatge being gained over your opponents. More to the point, this inter-mingling of EBT/Payroll, rather militates against oldco’s contention that the arrangements were entirely separate!.
In short, the two articles throw up more heat than light. The SPL Commission should crack on, and I can’t wait for when it does.
gerryguk7
“The FTT(T) is being appealed. It contained a substantial minority dissension.”
…………………………….
Have HMRC been granted leave to appeal?
Unrepentant fenian!@malkybhoy67
Throwing potatoes=banter! Famine song=banter! Wading in blood=banter! F**k the pope=banter! Mask wearing=provocative!!!
Hypocrisy from sevco fans succinctly put
ten men won the league
12:40 on
24 January, 2013
Traynor’s comment to the Sevconians at Ibrox last night that SevCo only made £10m from the share issue was very interesting.
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Combined with Green’ s ” no profit” comments, it looks like a softening up exercise to accept stadium naming rights.
Kelvin wilson was reported by lunny … The alleged victim said he was not hurt… It was accidental .. And his own fault for grabbing kelvins arm.
The committee decided that was still violent conduct so two match ban .
Hazards offence was deliberate …. Off the park… On a minor ….
The ball boys been bought off … Another example of all thats wrong in todays game.
As for apportioning blame on the 17 year old… If the ball goes into the crowd and a kid or any person holds onto it…. Its then ok to leave the field of play and push and kick him to retrieve the ball.
Its a sorry day when folk condone hazards actions … But i notice they condemn the zombies who attack opposition fans and the general public
TheBlackKnight TBK (@THE_TBK)
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Izzy
You think your a smart arse …. But your not smart.
Big Nan
I’d like to know the reasons for the delay in the FTT appeal. With HMRC consenting to EBTs being labelled merely loans, their appointment of the discredited BDO–found to be untrustworthy by a QC, and now the delay in appealing the FTT verdict added to the long wait for the Tribunal itself, I’m not entirely convinced Hector is all he’s cracked up to be.
Of course, I hope my cynicism is misplaced.
It always amazes me that Government and the MSM think that treating Sevco,the OO,and like minded organisations with kid gloves works.Here in dear ol’ N.I. they’ve finally told them blocking roads,wearing masks,and attacking the PSNI(rhymes with Disney)will result in arrests.I always thought Napoleon(“Give them a whiff of grapeshot”) had the right idea.The right to protest is sacrosanct in my eyes,but bullying,as the “fleg” demos were,undermines that right and leads Gov.to be able to bring in sanctions under the guise of Law and Order.
As regards the MSM in Scotland,they are toast.It never occurred to them that perhaps Celtic and all the other sides from whatever division constituted a bigger readership than the the followers from Snake Mountain.Certainly the rebellion as regards Norwegian Blue FC just waltzing back into Scottish football as if nothing had happened took them by surprize.It was a well deserved kick in the wobbly bits.
Meanwhile Nil by Mouth,Kick it Out and other “guardians” of anti-racism/bigotry are shamed by their silence.
According to a research paper by a Professor Daryl Bem at Cornell University in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology regarding precognition of future events, ‘seeing into the future’ is possible
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-social-thinker/201010/have-scientists-finally-discovered-evidence-psychic-phenomena
therefore I feel confident in predicting we’ll beat juve 3-2 on aggregate
2-1 at home and a 1-1 draw away
The boy jink
What is it you disagree with? What irked you that you resort to insulting me?
Jokesport – Swansea are the latest club to show an interest in Gary Hooper, and have offered their star ballboy in part-exchange – with Celtic paying the Premier League club £1m on top to secure the deal.