You will remember Roy Keane getting all up himself after Celtic celebrated Champions League qualification as though it was something important. Roy’s ability to apply perspective isn’t all it should be.
The Champions League presents levels of success. Lincoln Red Imps achieved theirs this season, as did Celtic. As we look forward to the quarter finals, which begin tonight, Monaco are a different type of winner.
In the round of 16, Atletico beat Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus beat Porto, Barcelona beat PSG, Bayern Munich beat the living daylights out of Arsenal, Real Madrid beat Napoli and Leicester beat Sevilla. All these victors, including apparent underdog, Leicester, are richer than the teams they eliminated. Only Monaco, who beat Manchester City, won against the money.
It’s not easy to congratulate tax haven-based millionaires on succeeding despite being relatively impoverished, so we’ll perhaps withhold our joy, but Monaco’s win was the Champions League’s sole instance in the last round of an outcome which was not significantly determined by finance.
What you are unlikely to hear from those happy to disparate Scottish football as an uncompetitive environment, where outcomes are overwhelmingly determined by the richest club’s money, is that our domestic game resembles the elite competition in this very respect.
This is modern football, in fact, it is increasingly elite team sport across the globe. We can get all misty-eyed for days of yore, when 12 different English teams who the league in 14 years, or 11 guys from a 30 mile radius climbed the highest peak, but the future of sport looks entirely different.
You, me and Lincoln Red Imps fans know our level. I suspect we all know where the net ceiling which prevents us moving too high up the food chain lies. We can and should always plot, scheme and dream of bursting free, but knowledge of our place in the game has value. It grounds us in reality, where surely our dreams do not become fantasies?
Remember the Celtic Disabled Supporters’ Association, Dinner Dance, at the Kerrydale Suiteon Friday 21st April. All are welcome.
After the meal there is entertainment from Foggy Dew, with Jim Craig, Bertie Auld, Tom Boyd and more. Tickets are £25 each and are available from events@celticdsa.co.uk 07514-059870 (office hours).
Let’s say THANK YOU to the Lisbon Lions!
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The Real Gordon Parks…
Great man..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Parks
Starry Plough
Shocking mate! Absolutely shocking that you pollute the blog with the civil rights movement of African America in the 20th century.
Do you not know you should only be concentrating on immigration policy of the civilised Western governments in their attempts to help no one but themselves.
MWD
I think our Board should be ashamed of themselves.15 million to spend.Are we back to the days of Minty Moonbeams,”For every fiver they spend,we will spend a tenner”I mean Dave King has said they will spend 30 million,you see what I am getting at?.How can we compete with BRs hands tied behind his back like this?.
I want to know where the extra ST money has gone to.
ANGRY FROM TURKEY.
MOONBEAMSWD
I’m a baaaaaaad maaaaaaan!
‘Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.’
M.Ali
THROUGH A GREEN GLASS BRIGHTLY on 12TH APRIL 2017 1:10 AM
NEGANON2 – 11:30 PM
There are quite a few that inhabit this site, our host included, who are effectively screaming…
“Celtic fans know your place. Accept your place. Worship your betters”
Where did Paul67 tell us to worship our betters?
Inside his fevered head.Nothing new there.
TD67
Thanks for that, that brightened up my day. To be honest I’m surprised he didn’t go for Kenny Miller.
Word of The Day (inspired by BROGAN ROGAN TREVINO AND HOGAN on 11TH APRIL 2017 8:18 PM)
abrogate /ˈæbrəʊˌɡeɪt/
verb
1. (transitive) to cancel or revoke formally or officially; repeal; annul
2. to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal:
3. to put aside; put an end to.
Derived Forms
abrogation, noun
abrogator, noun
Word Origin and History for abrogate
v.
1520s, from Latin abrogatus, past participle of abrogare “to annul, repeal(a law),” from ab- “away” (see ab- ) + rogare “propose a law, request”(see rogation ). Form abrogen, from Old French abroger, is recorded fromearly 15c. Related: Abrogated ; abrogating.
KTF
Listen, what you are all forgetting is that Johnny Hayes done a reasonable job man marking KT.
Bloody hell.
First day back in the office since 16th of January. Well here goes.
MWD
MOONBEAMSWD
I didn’t know you worked in Celtic’s ticket office:))9
MOONBEAMSWD
Good luck,bud.
12TH APRIL 2017 9:15 AM
TD67
Thanks for that, that brightened up my day. To be honest I’m surprised he didn’t go for Kenny Miller.
Actually:)) when you think about it he may as well have, I tweeted to him…” do you think sevco will get an orange strip next season”… he haven’t got back to me, but then again, he never does :))
‘We dismiss the appeal and affirm the ruling of the Committee, save that we vary the date and direct that within 30 days of this decision (i.e. by 12 April 2017) Mr King announce an offer pursuant to Rule 9 of the Code and, save as to the offer date, such offer to be in accordance with the Executive’s ruling of 7 June 2016, as summarised in paragraphs 19 and 20 above.’
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Does anyone know if Corals are offering odds on there being a share offer today?
THETIMREAPER on 12TH APRIL 2017 9:28 AM
Listen, what you are all forgetting is that Johnny Hayes done a reasonable job man marking KT.
Bloody hell.
Well if my memory serves me right he was actually a very lucky man not to be sent off up there last time we played them, I think?
tonydonnelly67
The ole “tangerine” strip is the final ace up King’s sleeve ;)
MWD,
Good luck for your return to work. hope you have a good day at the office :-)
DAVIDOPOULOS
YUP, I’d say that’s his wild card, that and another all ticket sell out tarrier free blistering friendly against Linfield.
MWD
All best for your first day back. A handy tip for dealing with all those unread emails; Ctrl + A > Delete…
anagrams for smyth and mccoist
i acts moralisitc
and
wastrel myth
ha, the hidden truths.
TheTimReaper,
thanks for your response last night to my question about Dortmund being targeted – badly couched by me though – i should have been more specific and asked why the fitba’ team should be the target.
i suppose there’s no explaining it other than to put it down to the madness that’s pervading Europe on a regular basis these days. How long before someone drives a truck into a crowd of fans making their way to or from a game. These cowards always seem to pick the easy targets.
MWD hope it all goes well mate, long weekend coming up, followed by a short week.
In the US of A today it is National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day meaning that all you roasters/toasters were wrong all along…
https://twitter.com/bigronni3/status/852079937012076544
Another cover up, meanwhile the victims suffer…
BATEEN BHOY on 12TH APRIL 2017 9:48 AM
‘the madness that’s pervading Europe on a regular basis these days.’
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If you consider the history of Europe over the last hundred years or so, things are relatively sane and peaceful at present.
DAVIDOPOULOS on 12TH APRIL 2017 9:51 AM
Absolute twaddle.
A sandwich involves two slices of bread,one on top of the other, with a filling in between.
Toasted cheese involves one slice of bread with cheese on top , heated to melting point.
Completely different.
ernie lynch
There is a direct link between the term “toasted cheese” and the word “toastie”. The Americans call a toastie a grilled cheese sandwich. I rest my case…which I admit is a pretty bad case…
At least with the above I have established that it should be toasted cheese or cheese on toast and not “roasted cheese” as a toastie is not called a “roastie” for a reason.
Just received my ST renewal form.
£307:00 (full) season ticket price
£5.90384615 per week for 21 games
I can handle that (fortunately) so no need to get a milk run job :))
For goodness sake…it is not roasted cheese, it is TOASTED cheese…now stop this stupid argument today…I am getting so fed up reading this same argument year after year!…put one off one’s toast so it would…
St Mirren 3/1 v Falkirk on Saturday, price will be cut before then…
MWD
Good news you are back at work!
So ye canny work fae hame like some eh us?
Any news from NZ?
On the tostie/toast/grill thingie, I’ll just go with what Jamie does, lovely.
https://youtu.be/WZOgBrgzQ2A
A wee tune seeing as someone reminded us we missed an important anniversary last week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OtUzvmVpC4
KTF
I have a strong feelinf BR already has his targets picked.All this talk bumming up our new Scout is a strong hint,I would imagine.Cant imagine BR coming out with these facts,then not being able to produce.
Tomorrow belongs to us.
With apologies to some.
Johnjames…you say you read this blog. Fine! Can I just say that I think you are an attention seeking charlatan as well as a liar…
TD67 Think you will find it is 14.61 a game!! Still worth it if you can afford it .
JJ sais da king is dead.
https://johnjamessite.com/author/sitonfence/
And james forrest really must learn the difference between who’s and whose…otherwise it is difficult to take him seriously.
I don’t know where this figure of £15 million for players has come from. We may spend more or less than that figure but it sounds like the ‘Sevco warchest’ nonsense that comes out of the rags. I doubt if we would put that kind of information into the public domain.