I like Neil Lennon. If Neil Lennon is talking about football, I shut up and listen. But I respectfully disagree on other subjects. If the last three years have taught us anything it’s that Celtic don’t need oldco or newco Rangers. Unequivocally, Celtic Park is quieter since Rangers liquidated, the level of competition we previously had added many to the gates, none of us feel the anxiety of genuine sporting challenge, but so what?
If Celtic sell 40,000 instead of 50,000 season tickets are we mortally wounded? The accounts would suggest otherwise. Does it mean we cannot compete in Europe? I refer to Neil’s record. Does it mean we cannot attract quality players? Well, it means we will not be able to attract some players, but I’m more than happy with the calibre of players we’ve recruited at the moment. Good riddance to the parts of Celtic that went out the door when Rangers were flushed down the Liquidation Lavvy.
I’m going to cut Neil some slack. I’ve been among Rangers fans and been generous enough to acknowledge income will rise at Celtic if newco ever reach the top flight. It costs nothing to be magnanimous.
What we do need is competition, the like of which Aberdeen have given us in the league this season and they and Dundee United may provide next season, if current trends continue. Congratulations are due to Hearts, who won the Championship before the clocks went forward, an incredible display of dominance, but as our two cup wins against them this season (3-0, 0-4) proves, they are miles away from providing the level of competition we see from Aberdeen.
Don’t have time to get dragged into a larger debate at the moment, but whenever Scottish football next turns its mind to strategic development, how to bolster Aberdeen and United should be top of the agenda. I enjoyed our four games against United this month and the recent league game against Aberdeen. More of them would be welcome.
We have a league split at the moment, where the top six hive off to play for the title, but it comes with only five games to play. An earlier split, allowing us more games against those at the top, while creating more opportunity for teams at the bottom to pick up points from their peers, makes more sense. Especially if more commercial income could be shared with the likes of Aberdeen and United.
Have you ever walked up Ben Nevis? Will you ever do so? It’s a big task if you are starting from scratch. When is it safe, what do you wear, what if something goes wrong, how long will it take, what about nourishment along the way?
The Ben Nevis Huddle delivers much of what you need on a plate. The Foundation have it all in hand. You get to walk up the mountain with a couple of hundred other Celts. They let you know what you need to know, check the weather for you and generally look out for things. They have left no one on the mountain. Yet.
What’s more, you get to do it in the name of Celtic FC Foundation, for our work with autism, downs, the homeless and destitute, those marginalised from our society, and those living in third world poverty.
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Raman Bhardwaj @STVRaman 4m4 minutes ago
John Guidetti charged by SFA over ”comments of an offensive nature” re h*** are deid chant #celtic
Oh Neil what have you done? Why did you get yourself into this controversy?
A business model that depends on the presence of a single competitor is one built on sand.
A business model which competes with a competitor who is getting a favourable financial deal from the banks is one that will struggle.
A business model which has a competitor getting favourable treatment from its publicity machine and has authorities turning a blind eye on its misdemeanours is one that will harm the market place.
To quote Mel
“Sevco? We don’t need no stinking Sevco.”
soukous
16:36 on 23 March, 2015
Not signing him cost us the champions league … Remember haha hh
John Guidetti (Celtic) issued with complaint..
Fur sayin’ no very nice things aboot them…!
CV
We live in hope of getting out of this godforsaken league particularly in the light of what has now happened re Guidetti.
Hi Paul67,
Very, very poor interview from Neil Lennon. Hope he was mid-quoted and comes out and puts the record straight.
Firstly his contention that Celtic and Scotland need a strong Rangers, we’ve done this to death but Rangers went bust and were liquidated, nobodies fault apart from Rangers. You simply can’t put the clocks back or manufacture a new made to measure Football Club.
Two, the selling of the players, some of the players mentioned we didn’t even sell, they were out of contract, the others wanted to leave. What Were Celtic supposed to do to keep them, put them on the contracts they are now with the same wages?
Disingenuous to say the least.
Next, NL talks about the poor display in Europe this year. I would argue overall, Ronny’s first Celtic European campaign has been favourably comparable with the GS’s, TM’s or NL’s when Rangers were alive and kicking.
The fact is that Rangers did bring, relatively speaking, a lot of money into the Scottish game. However as they habitually spent more money than they earned they took a helluva lot of money OUT of Scottish Football.
Turnover is vanity – profit is sanity!
Hope Neil isn’t trying to taint Ronny and the bhoy’s treble expectations. From what I’m reading he’s only tainting one thing.
Interesting to note, that of all the Crown Jewels we lost, the ones we lost at the beginning of this season, FF and GS are the ones we manage to replace.
Well done Ronny!
Hail Hail
Right….
Now….
I have some news to share.
My eldest daughter, wee KevinGhirl the 1st has just had her results through from Glasgow University tonight and has passed all of her finals. Please all bow down and give it up for the Celtic supporting world’s latest wee piece of brilliance.
DOCTOR KevinGhirl the 1st!!!!!!!
I am the proudest man in the world tonight even if, as I have just been informed, she’s no allowed to write me up for the good stuff even if there’s nothing wrong with me because it breaches some medical code or something. I demand to know who writes these rules.
Actually, I don’t. I’m as high as a bird just with the news. Sooooo well done darlin, I love you and am so happy for you and proud of you. Your grandparents too, God rest them, will be partying in heaven tonight as well :)
Hail Hail Lucy, and everybody,
KevinBhoy.
P.S. Dr KevinGhirl isny her real name, it’s Doctor Lucy.
gearoid1998
Cheers sir, I hope you’re well.
I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure NL said much the same thing when he was still at Celtic.
Re John Guidetti
But they are deid!
And he was quoting what the supporters sing, not introducing a new chant he’d penned about himself.
He’s come up from Manchester, he’s Swedish, so how’s he meant to know what ‘Hun’ means anyway, apart from a Sevco supporter.
Hope he fights this, with the full backing of the club.
Celtic will take it bended over,i hope JG gets a good lawyer on to it
I would have more respect for nfl if he divulged the whispering of fat Sally
Or their ‘same club’ team.
Please focus on Bolton. Next
An Tearmann
That wee hill on Skye is the very dab. Magic. A great example of what I was on about.
As for Loudoun Hill, I was out just weekend before last. It has two great features for me: the 15 minute scramble up the bumpy north-east corner, and the drive from Stra’ven and back again.
Weeeee :¬)
Guidetti charged for mimicking the ‘Guidetti song’ during an interview on Dutch TV, absolutely laughable, these people have got way too much time on their hands, they need to be cleared out top to bottom, not fit for purpose, no strategy other than to ‘get Celtic’.
beatbhoy
15:57 on 23 March, 2015
Re the OB act.
When do you stop being on your way back from the football??
~~~~~~~~~~++~~~~~~~~~~
When your ‘significant other’ asks you
“What effin time do you call this?”
kevinbhoy
Many congratulations to Lucy, well done!
Look out
Ole Big ‘Ands is back
The gift that just keeps on giving ha ha
http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/news/home-news/charles-green-it-would-be-fun-to-go-back-to-rangers-boardroom-as-mike-ashleys-represe.121281309
JG brought before the SFA for quoting a song. Will the SFA now be brought before the SFA for quoting the same song in their charges?
The utter gall of them being ‘offended’ after continuing the vile repertoire they used for the deid club for Sevco.
Hardly ever sang a song relating to football.
From Official Celtic site.
THE SFA Compliance Officer has issued a Notice of Complaint to Celtic striker John Guidetti alleging that, in the course of an interview on Dutch TV, he made comment of an offensive nature.
A Celtic spokesperson said: ‘We are very surprised and disappointed that this has even found its way to an SFA judicial panel. John Guidetti will be defending this charge.’
KevinBhoy
Congratulations to all your family
Especially Dr,Lucy :))))
A fantastic achievment
Thank you HT, muchly appreciated :)
…and LCT ;)
Hmmm…
OBaF Act,UEFA,Griff being charged,Jamesie ditto,Tonev,Boerrigter and now Guidetti all on the usual trumped-up nonsense.
Advice-if you have any association with Celtic,say nothing,tug your forelock,and stay indoors.
KEVINBHOY
Congrats to Doctor Lucy!!!
Kevinbhoy, Wonderful news. Heartiest Congratulations to Lucy and to all the family. Hail Hail
BMCUW
That’s when the concept of injury time, extra time, penalties, traffic jams, and bumping into “ah’ve no seen him fur years” types of friends is brought into play.
Right, I’m gonny nip off and toast wur new doaktur wi’ a wee snifter… She’s a lurker here btw ;)
The scottish hun had the same piece yesterday ..
Herald .. Qwaulity paper!
…and Bobby’s, CK et al.
All the best,
KevinBhoy.
beatbhoy
“just as I was going out the door,He bought me a pint,It would have been rude not to drink it annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd then get him one back”
Oops, I mean CC… sorry!
BEATBHOY
Shhhhhhh,stop divulging these things on an open forum!
Btw,you forgot missed trains-or is that just me,haha?!
Can someone please explain how a charge against Guidetti sees the light of day, without the knowledge and consent of Peter Lawwell’?
And if indeed Peter Lawwell was in the dark about the charge, can he please resign his position(s) within the SFA with immediate effect.
BMCUW
I didn’t say it worked!
Leftclicktic
“Ye know big Joe, fae the pub. Aye, ye dae! Took no well at the gemme. Had to get him hame and sit wi’ ‘im till his wife came in fae work. Ragin’ ah missed the last 20 minutes. Aye, he’s fine noo. Any chance ay some toasted cheese?”
I’ve just been discussing the SFA charge on twitter. It’s not “the Huns are deid” that’s causing the problem. It’s rhyming Guidetti with ‘netty’ that they say is offensive. I agree. Ban him (and the song).