The arrival of Matthew Sean O‘Riley (surely, nominative determinism at work), our fifth signing of the window, looks like another incredible bit of business by Celtic. Like Moussa Dembele, he signed senior forms with Fulham as a 16-year-old. Whereas Moussa experienced regular first team football in his third season there, Matt found opportunities rare, so declined a three year contract in 2020 and left the club.
That contract offered the then 19-year-old financial security. Instead, he went looking for first team football elsewhere and was without a club for six months. He spent the time training with MK Dons, whom he eventually joined in January last year.
This is a remarkable example of singlemindedness, I cannot recall anyone else in the game going without money in the hope that they better their long-term prospects. At the time he would have been asked, “What if you get injured?” It was a risk that had a significant probability of not paying off.
I love this attitude. Matt will enjoy life at Celtic, but be clear, he is here because we have made him a career enhancing offer – not a career ceiling. Like so many before him, he will want it all in the EPL one day, which is actually a good thing.
MK Dons fans and EFL analysis rave about his abilities. He has been a star there and was destined to go higher soon. Dons confirmed we relieved them of his services due to a buy-out clause (I expect the same is true of this month’s Japanese imports), reportedly £1.5m.
Michael Nicholson is playing a blinder in his first transfer window.
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I dont like people from weymss bay, there i said it, just something about them and their victorian time-portal creepy train station
there had to say it no matter how irrational it appears.
Best Wishes Mea Culpa, I hope you make a speedy & full recovery.
SAINT STIVS on 21ST JANUARY 2022 4:45 PM
At least you recognise the irrationality of your hatred. & being the fair-minded person you doubtless are I’d say you check and/ or recuse yourself from situations where your own personal foibles might unfairly impact on the good people of weymss bay.
“where would Celtic lay its hands on that kind of money in adversity?”
From our cash reserves, just like we did when last time when the pandemic hit
A season without fans, and a disastrous season on the pitch could be described as adversity. We survived it without needing to borrow or rent on share issues. Caution and forward thinking
Ten years of accumulated losses of over 100m isn’t adversity, it’s plain stupidity.
All the best to Mea Culpa, wishing you better soon
HOT SMOKED on 21ST JANUARY 2022 3:12 PM
Just had a look at the January transfers in the SPFL. Only two Clubs did not bring in any new players.
Didnt they bring in some boy Sands?
What’s adversity called if it’s self-inflicted?
Probably not adversity
Paper profits or losses show the health of a football club’s business, they are a good indicator of whether the business is a viable concern or a hobbyists folly. Celtic are without doubt the former, read the going concern warning in the last set of accounts and all the previous years’, and it’s obvious that Sevco are the latter.
But football is a cash business. UEFA FFP aside, there’s nothing to stop someone running the business at a loss while putting out a winning team on the pitch, as long as the cash is there to pay the players wages and the bare minimum to keep others off their back. It’s fine as long as there’s extra external cash put into the business, a team could carry on indefinitely like that.
That isn’t adversity, it’s a deliberate plan. Adversity is when you run into genuine bad luck, like a pandemic.
Celtic’s finances are so secure that we can weather a financial storm like the pandemic with no need to look for outside help, like borrowing at extremely high rates, accepting Government loans with conditions that restrict the functioning of the company, or relying on cash injections from shareholders.
Sevco’s precarious financial position means they’ve had to do all of them, but even worse, they’re having to gamble even bigger on automatic champions league football next season.
When real adversity has hit Celtic were able to ride it out, we’ve yet to see what the real implications are for them.
SAINT STIVS on 21ST JANUARY 2022 3:15 PM
An excellent post, almost ruined by your petty conclusion, there I’ve said it.
Think someone asked for this to be re-posted the other day…
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!!BADA BING!! on 4TH MAY 2020 8:36 AM
What’s your favourite?
if you manage to find a spare 10 mins, this will pass the time….
* The Big Tax Case
* The Wee Tax Case
* Craig Whyte’s wealth off the radar
* Craig Whyte buys the club for £1
* Arsenal Shares Sold
* 67 players to sue Rangers
* McCoist is Manager
* Jelavic “Titles In the Bag”
* 14/02/12 – Administration
* The Big Hoose Must Stay Open
* Fans in Tears
* Jelly and Ice Cream
* McCoist “We Don’t Do Walking Away”
* £134 Million Debt
* Rangers Fans Say No to Liquidation
* 31/10/12 – Liquidation
* Walter Smith wishes new club well
* Mark Dingwall on STV News
* More Jelly and Ice Cream
* 267 creditors
* The Switcheroo
* Charles Green
* HMRC reject CVA
* Sevco
* Club and Company are separate
* Dallas Cowboys
* Martin Bain ringfenced money
* Charles Green’s Christmas Message
* The Blue Knights
* Refused entry into SPL
* Refused entry into SFL1
* Starting in SFL3
* Buying History
* Debenture Seats Relinquished
* John Brown’s speech
* Castles and Chateaux
* Googly Eyes
* Dave King to invest £50m
* Dave King to invest north of £30m
* Dave King to invest £20m
* Dave King to invest £8
* Dave King asks fans for money
* Need Extra Time to beat Brechin in the first round of the Ramsdens Cup
* Ball in the Glebe Park Hedge
* Drew 2-2 with Peterhead
* Lose 1-0 against Sterling Albion
* Require a 91st minute winner to beat 10 man Queens Park
* Boycott Tannadice
* Francisco Sandaza Prank Call
* Brand New Team Bus
* Charging fans 99p to watch a video of the new bus
* Bus destroyed by thugs in arson attack
* Nicky Law Claims Rangers can win the Quadruple
* Rangers stealing charity money
* Ian Black betting against his own team
* 3 failed attempts at the Petrofac Cup (or Ramsdens Cup)
* Mike Ashley bought naming rights to Ibrox for £1
* McCoist on gardening leave
* McDowall is caretaker manager
* Rangers AGM in a Gazebo
* Water Piped In from Local Church
* Dave King and the Three Bears
* Gangsters in Charge
* Fans trying to break into Ibrox in protest against Easdales
* Charles Green being interviewed in a hospital bed
* Out Scottish Cup, 2-1 Raith Rovers
* Stuart McCall is manager
* Same Old Alloa, Always Cheating
* Cammy Bell
* Get pumped 6-1 in the playoffs by Motherwell – Submarine Sunday
* Bilel Moshni 7 game ban
* Mark Warburton is manager
* Boyhood Rangers fan Scott Allan to Celtic
* Mike Ashley
* Mike Ashley owns the badge
* Scottish Cup Final – Hibs 3-2 Rangers
* Hampden Riots / Pitch Invasion
* Lee Wallace is a Grass
* The first of many Statements
* Warburton’s Magic Hat
* The Gap is Closing
* Bread Wrappers for Hats
* There is No Gap
* Joey Barton
* The Rangers are Coming
* Going For 55
* Pumped 5-1 at Celtic Park
* Barton V Halliday
* Barton 3 week training ban
* Martyn Waghorn getting called Shite outside chippy by schoolboy
* Fans trying to get Joe Garner – Glad All Over chant to number 1 in Christmas chart. It got to 31
* Pumped 4-1 by Hearts
* Mark Warburtons Resigns, Except he hasn’t, Except he has, Except he hasn’t, Except he has
* Jim Traynor.
* More Statements
* Graeme Murty is caretaker manager
* Headstands
* Pedro Caxixinha is manager
* Here to take your title
* Pedro’s Mini Leagues
* Salt & Pepper Tactics
* Pitch Invasion at Firhill
* Going for 55 ends with finishing in 3rd place
* The Invincible Treble
* Caixinha’s Press Conferences
* Barking Dogs and Caravans
* Progres 2 – 0 Rangers
* Caixinha arguing with fans in a hedge
* Carlos Pena blows nose of Rangers shorts while signing for new club
Banning Green Boots
* Statement release regarding Neil Lennon’s ‘Get It Up Ye’ gesture at Ibrox
* Craig Whyte Walks Free
* Caixinha sacked
* Murty as caretaker manager again
* Derek McInnes is Coming Home
* McInnes stays at Aberdeen
* Rangers Fans didn’t want McInnes anyway
* Union Bears moving for Home Games
* Miller’s re-used shirt
* Another Statement
* Concomitant
* The People’s Front of Judea, Meetings about Meetings
* Receive Bid for Morelos from China
* Whits the goalie daein Tam, whits the keeper daein!
* Simunovic sending Kenny Miller into Orbit
* Get beat by 10 man Celtic 3-2 at Ibrox
* Cheering the Scottish cup draw against Celtic
* Battle Fever is On
* Getting Pumped 4-0 by Celtic
* Lustig sending Pedro Caixinha Flying
* Halliday meltdown
* Candeias meltdown
* Captain Lee Wallace suspended
* Kenny Miller suspended
* Fans claim “We Deserve Better”
* Fans padlocked the Gate of the Training Ground
* Dave King says he’s skint
* Hummel
* Hibs cut allocation at Easter Road resulting in another statement
* Getting pumped 5-0 at Celtic Park
* Morelos sent sent off
* Andy Halliday, Halliday, Andy Halliday!!
* Another Halliday meltdown
* Scott Brown living tent free
* Union Bears storm player of the year awards
* Steven Gerrard as manager
* Draw 5-5 with Hibs
* Neil Lennon pretends to be an Aeroplane
* Let’s Go
* EasyJet Flights, A4 Tickets, Economy Class
* Patio Furniture at Training Camp
* Golf Buggies instead of a Coach
* Wheelie Bins
* Orange Strip
* The Takeover Panel ruling
* Dave King facing jail for contempt court
* Sports Direct Tanks on the Lawn
* Socks on the wrong feet
* Training Tops and No Pennant
* Mike Ashley’s £500,000 legal fees
* A Class Above Rangers draw 1-1 with Aberdeen
* Paddy Power paying out Celtic winning the league after one game
* The Airport Loyal
* The Fanzone
* Stadium Tifo Leaked to St Mirren fans – “Our Club, Our City”
* “Your Club Is Dead. Your City Is Shite”
* Miller & Wallace suing for 100k
* Nacho Novo saying “It’s Not Fair”
* The Double Treble
* George Peat
* Shin Pads, 1 pair between 2
* Stripe Gate
* Peaky Blinders are Tims
* Staunch News
* Rangers Shareholders and Organised Crime
* Top after 14 games Trophy
* Beat by Aberdeen 1-0 in League Cup Semi Final
* The best day of Andy Hallidays life
* Dallas awarding 4 penalties
* Going All In
* Defoe signs “Let’s bring the Trophy home boss”
* Rangers sign Jordan Jones from Kilmarnock
* Jordan Jones scores the winner, Kilmarnock 2-1 Rangers
* The Vanguard Bears BBC protest with 18 people
* Andy Halliday going mental at Celtic Park
* Morelos 3 game ban
* Made Up SFA charges
* Alex Rae cheerleader
* Joe Worrall
* Rangers to become the dominate force once again
* Reject bid for Morelos
* Trophy Room at Ibrox renamed the museum
* The Treble Treble
* Smiles are better than trophies
* Fans celebrate Neil Lennon being offered the Celtic managers job
* Warburton says next season because it’s his turn to say it
* Rangers being sued for pulling out of Ibrox Disaster Tribute Garden
* HMRC might have messed up the tax bill
* HMRC confirm tax bill was correct
* Fans funding for Ryan Kent makes £45 in 2 months
* Pop Up Shop at the Louden Tavern
* Ryan Kent for £7m
* Charging fans to watch Ryan Kent first interview
* Battered Celtic in the League Cup Final only to lose 1-0
* Morelos misses a penalty
* Ryan Jack cries
* Winning the “We beat Celtic at Celtic Park” Trophy
* We’re back and we’re coming for ye
* Alfredo ‘Never Scored Against Celtic’ Morelos sent off, Cut Throat Gesture
* Another Statement
* Demanding VAR
* Dubai
* Beat by bottom of the league Hearts 2-1
* Celtic were waiting for us to blink. Today we blinked – Big Time
* Man tampers with Morelos car
* Private Investigator confirmed tamper with Morelos car amid cheating claims from wife
* Dave King Held at gunpoint in South Africa
* Dave King’s South African House Raided
* Beat by Kilmarnock 2-1
* Jim Traynor struck with Rock in Cumbernauld
* Draw 2-2 with St Johnstone
* Pleased to enter the market for a kit supplier
* Knocked Out Scottish Cup by bottom of the league Hearts
* Gerrard All In
* 8th minute applause #InGerrardWeTrust
* Beat by bottom of the league Hamilton
* 94th minute Boos #GerrardOut
* Celtic have blinked with one eye, but we’ve blinked with two
# Fake Invoice
Tam McManus Scotsman fair point…
Tam McManus believes the Premiership leaders have taken an inconsistent approach after raising a complaint following their first red card in over two years, only to remain silent after benefitting from refereeing errors in the past.
The Ibrox club submitted a letter to Hampden bosses highlighting a total of eight ‘incidents of concern’ during the draw against the Dons, which saw Ryan Kent sent off as Rangers failed to win under Giovanni van Bronckhorst for the first time, allowing Celtic to close the gap in the title race to four points.
Ex-Hibs striker McManus told PLZ Soccer: “I think they’ve got a point because the referee was poor, let’s not beat about the bush, the referee was poor on the night for both teams.
“To come out after that game in particular, when Rangers have not had a man sent off in over 2 years, it’s a wee bit sour grapes for me.
“There’s been decisions in the past where Rangers have benefitted, when Rangers players should have got sent off during games in key periods.
“Off the top of my head, Morelos stamping on Porteous and Rangers won the game 1-0. I think Morelos again with the swinging arm when he got done retrospectively.
“There’s been decisions that have gone Rangers’ way and they’ve never complained about it to the SFA.
“This decision has went against them, the first red card in over 2 years, and they go moaning to the SFA.
Mea Culpa …thoughts with you and yours…
Oldtim …gute besserung..
Braw
St Stivs @ 3.15
Could you tell me who the 2nd billionaire is you reckon is a part owner of Celtic ?
Dermot most certainly being 1 of the 2 quoted I assume
Hot Smoked on 21st January 2022 3:12 pm
Just had a look at the January transfers in the SPFL. Only two Clubs did not bring in any new players.
Guess who?
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Was it the 2 teams fae ibrox 😂😂😂
Thoughts and prayers for MEA CULPA
KEEP THE FAITH
BADA BING!! on 21ST JANUARY 2022 12:57 PM
https://twitter.com/chris_sutton73/status/1484496489103642628?t=ZTXhSASgMwZo_Dk5pGyM-w&s=08
Sorry if this comes as a shock to you Bada,but you posted this earlier today.The word” Constructive”quite clearly evident.
HOT SMOKED,
Does this satisfy you.Maybe you should read what has been put on,the word “Constructive”,very evident.
I really would like a retraction of your comment,thank you.
As I said last night , it’s been a good week.
As always, I’ll let my own eyes decide – if somethings too good to be true and all that.
On another note, let’s be hearing ye Crawford. You’ve started a circus.
Someone should ask the Huns if they want foreign refs.
That would shut them up.
Still waiting.
BadaBing on rtb’s post,the list 🤣🤣
Unusual for your info to have dodgy info🤣
It was a McDonald’s haha.bout 200 yards from me house.
Great list,recall doing mintys 100 before their liquidation,and that was finance only.
Business by the knuckle BB.
* Martyn Waghorn getting called Shite outside chippy by schoolboy.
HH
Prk Fat Sally, not get a hat to fit that fat heid….a pea on top of a dumpling
ROCK TREE BHOY on 21ST JANUARY 2022 5:30 PM
Think someone asked for this to be re-posted the other day…
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!!BADA BING!! on 4TH MAY 2020 8:36 AM
What’s your favourite?
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as much as all that is still funny, there were two missing for me,…………
Prince Andrew and his Teddies The Queens Eleven, Royal Blue Heaven, we dont do walking away ……..
take it away Shooders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7zw92lSNus&t=20s
TB- I didn’t realise it was on his message…😁
and I never tire of this I wish someone had made it a ringtone
Rangers fan nearly crying at Administration news !
28,133 views14-Feb-2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9tE8HU2ls
There will be no letter of complaint about the referee tonight….
Huns hoping Itten scores a hat trick, and they can punt him out on loan again for a few quid
Been catching up…thaks for the heads-up OldTim67…take care of yerselff D, yer health trumps listening to my p*sh, get well soon and we’ll try again
Thoughts with Mea Culpa and his family 🙏
Welcome to Celtic Matt O’Riley….quite imressed with his single mindedness re playing first-team football
H.H.
the “journey” started with a 2-2 draw awat to Peterhead.
In their first season, they lost 3 League games, Stirling Albion away, and home losses to ANNAN ATHLETIC and PETERHEAD.
they couldnt even do an undefeated saeason in the lowest tier.
lest they forget.
All I wanted from this Hun game was an injury.Hagi with a bad looking one to the knee,14 mins.
That is a good start.
I forgot they were playing tonight.
Wandering around M&S before 6, there was a fella in his 50s i would guess, and his missus, loading up the trolley, i had to pass them several times in the aisles.
He was sporting a fetching bright blue hoodie, with a tiny tiny Union Flag badge on it.
Discreet i suppose, maybe even subtle, ok stivs ignore him, dont even make eye contact. Continue.
A little while later I come round the corner, and he has his back to me now. A gigantic print on the back, Union Jaack background, That WW1 Tommy soldier black siloutte that they like. A poppy And a big statement along the line of
“they drew their last breath in battle, so you can live and breath yours today”
or some sort of milatary fetish shite like that. the message lost in garbled english.
I did take a breath, stifling a wtf. and god forgive me a snigger, bad man.
I did make aye contact now, gave him a wink pursed lips and a nodding yes head.
He returned iit as if I was one of his own and knew all about his struggles.
I am going to get done in one day, but sarcasm can be done in a silent movie type of way , you know.
Breaking Transfer News- Real Madrid offer £25 million for Lowry
John penalty to rangers beaton
Lowry is a bit of a matchstick boy
Do Real Madrid think it’s better to invest I paintings than in players? 🤔 😂
in not I
“TURKEYBHOY on 21ST JANUARY 2022 7:07 PM
Turkeybhoy,
I am sorry if you think I was in any way attacking you. I simply wanted to make sure of the facts on this matter in any `debate` I may have with Huns about this situation. All I was interested in was finding out if the SFA or SPFL had described the talks as ` constructive`, If so, I would have been interested in just what they meant by that.
I enjoy your positivity about Celtic and am sorry that you would think I was in any way having a go at you.
In court the truth does out.
The court heard around 12pm Rangers fans had gathered at George Square to celebrate the club’s first Scottish Premiership title.
,The ol’ chat with the SFA didn’t do any harm 2 Penalties in 3 or 4 minutes.
They missed one but sure they’ll probably get another couple in 2nd half.
The good news is Hagi gone off injured.
This game is going to penalties before Extra Time….another World Record