After giving his players a week of rest and recuperation Brendan Rodgers will have his best opportunity of the season to work on tactics and systems this week. We watched our passing game disintegrate in recent months culminating in the reversal at Tynecastle.
The manager can talk to his players for hours, but time on the training field is limited with rest days, game days and recovery days. Any tactical work also needs to be balanced with the need to maintain endurance and speed training.
The squad are together in Dubai and will put hours into working on positioning, decision making and set plays. For me, the critical outcome of this winter break will be in central defence. This area of the field is pivotal to what the manager wants to achieve in possession. Our central defenders are also subject to more transfer speculation than anywhere else in the team, a fact which may have contributed to recent decline in performances.
I have not watched Marvin Compper (try to avoid highly selective YouTube videos) but suspect Brendan could end the month with his new German recruit partnering Kris Ajer.
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Jobo- NC is as bad a player i have ever seen in the Hoops…..huge waste of money
Who gets to keep the history this time?
PHILBHOY @ 9:59 PM,
Thanks for the heads up… mibee the chap they talked about was a brother-in-law and not a Cousin.
Will check it out… love the Glasgow Stories from the old bhoys, unfortunately thinning out:((
Hail Hail
Bada.
In recent times, for me, Amido Balde was worse and the fans song for him was awful too.
Night all
Enjoy.
Hail Hail
JNP- Terrible song and player…
Melbourne Mick .
So it was your fault … St Anthony’s don’t have a social club any more .
I text MurdochAuldandHay earlier this evening, got a couple back, the first at 17:50:
Hi Lenny was a long day that’s me just leaving the Beatson, to go back in 3 weeks time for. another session. Then a scan to see if the chemo is working. Feeling fine though at the moment. HH
I told him: Good stuff Stephen, Keep the Faith and you will beat it mate. HH
And his: Thanks Lenny for the support me & my family really appreciate it mate HH
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
PHILBHOY @ 9:59 PM,
Apologies, was totally on the wrong track…
Been in England too long. Her old man means her husband down here…
You of course meant her Dad Jim… who fought Benny Lynch.
Doh!!! Will check it out…
BTW: My pal (whose a rugby guy) is a Season ticket holder…
Hail Hail
2am in Dubai and Griff is laying in bed liking Tweets about the Huns going bust. Some bhoy.
IMMYNOTPAUL on 8TH JANUARY 2018 9:48 PM
Tontine.9.35.
How is the weather where you are? A tad colder that MIT. in Antigua? :-)
*its no bad right now, we’re expecting rain on Thursday, thank God that Climate Change is only a Chinese Hoax.
The Golden Globes
BSR – you are Harvey Weinstein and I claim my $5 million. :-)
Just in from work to see on various blogs and Facebook rumours of them getting liquidised again, lots of comments saying it will cost them 15 points, I would say that that would be the case if they were to go into administration , surely if they are deedimacated again they get bumped out the league , is there anything written in stone to keep us right on this ?.
tontine tim
this weekend could be a beauty.
philbhoy
used to listen to the fights from the states with my uncle(in bed) about 3 or 4am.
Dear moderators
what non sweary word has offended thee on my response to HEN1RIK ?
Celtarella on 8th January 2018 7:41 pm
On 30th June 2011, Rangers owed £2.8m in tax and interest linked to a “Discount Options Scheme” (DOS)which operated from 1999 to 2003. The details of the scheme are well documented. However, Rangers had accepted the £2.8m liability, which rendered them ineligible for a license to play in 2011/12 European club competition. Yet the Scottish FA (SFA), of which Peter Lawwell was a member, issued said license.
So whats changed this time, apart from the fact that Lawwell is no longer in the SFA, dates and names?
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The SFA under pressure from PL (under pressure from Res12 guys) are looking into how the SFA Licencing Committee on which Andrew Dickson sat were able to grant that licence imn 2011.
Between July and September 2017 Celtic engaged with the SFA to have a review of LNS as result of Supreme Court ruling on EBTs.
The SFA refused but conceded that there was an issue on licensing which the Compliance Officer is investigating.
Indeed they used that investigation as a reason not to revisit LNS because to do so might compromise the Compliance Officer task.
You can read the correspondence between Regan and Lawwell at
http://cdn.celticfc.net/assets/downloads/SFA_Correspondence.pdf
In that correspondence Lawwell makes excellent points justifying a review, something he might not have been that able to do if he were still on an SFA Board.
Now I appreciate that information like this is not what those who criticise the Celtic Board or PL want to hear, but I think it only right a more balanced case is presented to readers.
By refusing a review of LNS but conducting an investigation into the UEFA licence, there are matters in the latter that do connect to the former and they are too well known and documented to be buried by the SFA.
Just let this river flow all by itself, it needs no pushing.
bern on 8th January 2018 11:46 pm
Just in from work to see on various blogs and Facebook rumours of them getting liquidised again, lots of comments saying it will cost them 15 points, I would say that that would be the case if they were to go into administration , surely if they are deedimacated again they get bumped out the league , is there anything written in stone to keep us right on this ?.
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TRFC’s main creditors are the Directors of TRIFC who loaned money to TRFC.
Not sure what outstanding amounts are owed to other creditors but not enough to justify liquidation as a properly run club is achievable if the wage bill is cut and administration will allow them to do that.
They will loose 15 points because it is over 5 years since the insolvency of RFC either that or its TRFC’s first insolvency (take yer pick, neither the SFA or SPFL will say, ) and it is an administration I would expect them to emerge from. So unless a 15 point deduction and reduction of quality of players in second half of season sees them so depleted they get relegated then better take the hit now than at end of this season as they would have to start 15 points down whicj might affect ST renewals.
If they are still in administration at start of next season , having taken a 15 point hit this season then they start 5 points down.
Auldheid on 9th January 2018 1:15 am
Yes. IMHO that correspondence was deliberately leaked by Celtic PLC to give the impression that they were ‘doing something”. The judicial review request was promptly denied by the SFA and here we are. Next.
CELTARELLA
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
“The Game, The Game Is Over, The Rebels Have Gone!”
……..oot.
Celtarella on 9th January 2018 1:32 am
Auldheid on 9th January 2018 1:15 am
Yes. IMHO that correspondence was deliberately leaked by Celtic PLC to give the impression that they were ‘doing something”. The judicial review request was promptly denied by the SFA and here we are. Next.
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Yes they and the SFA agreed to put out the correspondence as part of a masquerade in which they and Celtic are hand in hand. Read the material.
The SFA did NOT rule out a Judicial Review for although that that was mentioned by Celtic so too was ANY independent review and the SFA ruled out a further independent review not a Judicial Review, which was being pursued by supporters and did not proceed on QC advice to them.
Its your opinion and you are entitled to it, but when I read the letters every point made by Celtic is on the money which is a lot of trouble to go to for a sham, as each point requires SFA to respond opening up more questions which a sham would want to avoid.
It is also significant the SFA think a wide enquiry will jeopardise the Compliance Officer investigation which means the UEFA licence is now the only enquiry show in town and Celtic are all over that episode as result of Res12 work.
What really calls your interpretation into account is that in May 2012 Celtic wrote to SFA expressing concerns over Rangers use of EBTS AND COPIED THE LETTER TO UEFA. Not exactly behaviour that suggests complicity with the SFA is it?
Even more intriguing is what UEFA said in reply if anything for we do not know.
Now if they said keep us out of it, we don’t want involved, that explains Celtic’s reluctance to pass Res12 but willingness try to resolve domestically with SFA. Even when UEFA did get involved they were reluctant to act and answer questions put to them.
That domestic route is the one that was followed after the AGM but progress was hampered by the inability until the CW trail and Supreme Court ruled to use leaked material to really go for both LNS and the UEFA Licence issues.
Going for it using known information is what appears to have happened from July 2017.
Until the Compliance Officer reports to say if the Senior Council advice that the SFA say they received, which was there was a case to be answered on the UEFA licence was sound or not, then Celtic are right to wait for that investigation which HAS a link to LNS to run its course.
As said previously Celtic are taking a keen interest in what emerges being in possession of the information that the Senior Counsel considered in advising the SFA.
The devil is in the detail. sometimes that detail supports a held belief, other times it doesn’t, sometimes it persuades a change of mind and for others the narrative from the detail is dismissed because it challenges the belief too much.
That is up to the recipient.
I sing my song, I dance my dance. the nature of rain is the same but it causes flowers to bloom in a garden and thorns in a desert.
Read how the exchanges between Celtic and SFA were reported in the Times
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/celtic-still-pressing-sfa-for-inquiry-8p25q8wbb
then The Sun https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/1529746/celtic-peter-lawwell-rangers-ebt-letter-sfa-stewart-regan-uefa-gianni-infantino/
and the BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41212327
KEVJUNGLE on 9th January 2018 2:49 am
CELTARELLA
“The Game, The Game Is Over, The Rebels Have Gone!”
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You should have taken up my offer to meet. It might have changed your mind about rebellion and how to go about it in todays world.
You would leave smiling.
Auldheid on 9th January 2018 3:22 am
Whenever the compliance officer submits his assessment/summation/judgement the consequences will be time served or a fine. Your interpretation of due process and mechanics of the situation is sublime and I commend you on it. However, hun consequences will be zilch even if they go into administration again. There’s gold in them thar bigot hills.
Do you guys never sleep. Just woke me up there.
Shhhhhh!!!
MWD
HENDERSON HORSES Today for those who may be interested /
Doncaster 12.25 COLONIAL DREAMS 11/4.
12.55 DU DESTIN @ 3/1.
1.25 FRENCH CRUSADER @ 5/2……….. three horses are ridden by Top stable Jockey Nico De Bonville.
2.35 POLLYS PURSUIT @ 16/1…jockey is apprentice Ned Curtis.
Just a suggestion, I have backed the three horses ridden by Nico on one line.
I have backed ALL four on a “Lucky 15” bet.
Fingers crossed…it would be nice…it would pay for my new Hoover !
HH
BIGJIMMY
A successful £1 L/15 would give you £1922.75.
I hope you batter them!!!
Lennybhoy on 8th January 2018 10:30 pm
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thanks LENNYBHOY for letting us know about MAH.
Please send him my best wishes .
HH
KTF.
CORKCELT:
Happy Hoopy Birthday my friend, have a great day.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
BIG JIMMY on 9TH JANUARY 2018 6:34 AM
I will do mate. He’ll probably pop on at some point.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 9th January 2018 6:32 am
BIGJIMMY
A successful £1 L/15 would give you £1922.75.
I hope you batter them!!!
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Cheers mate, although my new Hoover didn’t cost that much…I am hoping to CLEAN UP !
BOOM BOOM….I’m here all week.
This AUSSIE Flu is doing ma heid in, and today is the last day of my antiiotics…and I am not much better.
It’s back to the Docs again methinks, but I will have to wait til my new hoover is deliverd this week, as I don’t want to miss the courier.
On another note…I read some posts on here and on Filth Filth last night about the Huns and a 2nd possible ADMIN and ” Bookies have suspended betting ” ?
There are statements that the odds of the Huns being “relegated” had tumbled from 5000/1 to 500/1 overnight………..is it just me, as I see that scenario as a contradiction of “Betting being SUSPENDED” ?
I am not holding my short breath over a possible 2nd ADMIN for the huns….they just continue to get away with anything that they wish.
HH
CORK CELT,
Have a great birthday young man !
All the best to you.
HH
AULDHEID…You are my local hero mate. As are all the other Res 12 Guys.
I tip my hat to ALL of you.
the best comes to those who wait………
KTF
HH
BIGJIMMY
Ach,there’s not much else for us to laugh at in January. Might as well indulge,even if it’s only wishful thinking.
If their devil-spawn reincarnation hits the buffers too,do you think the power-brokers in Scottish football might start applying the rules?
The answer,surprisingly,is YES.
That’s the one rule for them,and yeez can aw GTF rule. You know the one.
Good morning CQN from a dull and damp East Devon.
Are they deid yet? Hope so.
Rangers administration odds suspended but eager rival fans are forgetting one thing
Some bookies have suspended betting but it shouldn’t excite rival fans too much.
By
Record Sport Online,
20:58, 8 JAN 2018
Updated22:05, 8 JAN 2018
Bookies have suspended betting on Rangers being relegated
Bookies have suspended betting on Rangers being relegated from the Scottish Premiership due to financial troubles but perhaps rival fans shouldn’t get too excited.
The Ibrox club currently sit third in the league, 23 points ahead of bottom placed Ross County , making it highly unlikely they would be relegated through normal means.
But internet rumours of financial problems at the club have sparked a series of bets and resulted in betting being suspended by many major bookmakers.
Rival fans have been sent into a frenzy by the news on social media but suspended betting means little.
In recent times, betting has been suspended on Robin van Persie joining Rangers, Alex McLeish making a shock Ibrox return and on Zlatan Ibrahimovic joining Celtic.
Bookies often suspend betting if there is a sharp uptake on the amount of money being gambled.
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It doesn’t mean that something is about to happen and is purely the bookmaker looking after themselves.
In reality, a suspension can be triggered by just a handful of punters taking a gamble on any bet.
So while much of Scottish football is getting excited about the prospect of Rangers going into administration, Ibrox fans shouldn’t be too worried about the news.
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The above is how those excellent journos at the Daily Record ret this. To tell the Ibrox fans “Not to worry too much” ??????
They are also “reporting today that Ranjurs hope to sign Russell Martin…IF they can unload Bruno Alves ??????
This “possibility” if true is yet another example of the Daily Rangers attempts to somehow keep the Huns onside, as surely for ANY Club to want to OFFLOAD their CLUB CAPTAIN…for another player should be major news anywhere else ?
Also, this “story” comes one day after Murty conducted an interview with this Daily Rag and stated…” I don’t have to sell players to bring in others” !
On Filth Filth last night, some were posting, ” How can we go into admin again, when we have just spent £1 MILLION on a player ( Murphy)”
One poster asked ” Name the player that we spent £1 million pounds on recently, who was it” ?
he asked that question…and others quickly accused him of Tarrier Talk etc..
They really are the thickest CHUMPS on the Planet.
Hell mend THEM.
I hate THYEM so much !
HH
I thank God every day that I am a TIM….
HH
Corkcelt.
Hey Corkie.
Happy birthday, have a blast.
Hail Hail