Can you imagine offering £5m for the first-choice striker at any team on the Champions League knock out rounds? I’m less concerned about the forthcoming Juventus game, which will take care of itself, but Celtic hope to have three Champions League qualifier rounds in July and August. Many highly sought-after players don’t move until late in the transfer window, so the squad we finish the season with will, for the most part, be the squad we start that qualifiers with.
Asset management has been the mantra on CQN for years but when the value of the asset doesn’t peak above even the short-term value on the field we are better to allow a contract to expire than sell early. In short, I don’t fancy Norwich’s chances of acquiring some under-priced talent, no matter how keen others are to make a deal happen.
Russian sports minister, Vitaly Mutko, told journalists he was working on the CIS League project, which initially sought to combine Russian and Ukrainian leagues, but may also include others. Uefa are thought to be supportive of the deal while Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, sought to under-play it when in Russia this week. The regionalisation of European leagues is the way forward for clubs disenfranchised by powerful TV markets.
Mutko, a former Zenit director, is one of Russia’s ‘colourful’ characters, but he is organised, ambitious and well-connected at Uefa.
Kilmarnock have long endured life with the highest debt-to-turnover ratio in the SPL but they have managed to pay their bills when due, until now. News that a food supplier has taken legal action over a £16k debt is not surprising. These are hard times for many people but when you have not, or cannot, pay a debt, at least be gracious about it. Suggesting your creditor is seeking publicity by raising the action is very poor form.
Ironically, if there is one club in the whole of Europe who would benefit from regionalisation it’s Kilmarnock, who are stuck in an impoverished league with their remarkable infrastructure. If only they had some vision at the top….
Looking forward to the visit of United tonight; the two most skillful teams in Scotland on show.
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dammo Lennon @ 13:22
I hear Ibrahim doesn’t eat that much anyway
gsu
I would like to take the Celtic Survey but when I reach this part, I click after/on the word `here` but no joy. Am I missing something?
“. Please enter your Celtic FC Client Reference here – this will be used to confirm that you are a current Season Ticket holder. Your Client Reference is printed on your Teamcard.”
Vic Davidson – surely?!
HH!!
setting free the bears
Lubo count as a striker?
LB
“………………… would score for fun in the SPL” Has this been said about somebody who did it?
Can’t think of one
Danny Crainie?!
HH!!
The Battered Bunnet
Completely agree. Rugby Park is a nice clean stadium but it is far too big.
Not sure what you mean by the Dick Institute reference. Are you suggesting that Construction based Directors at the time would have benefited finacially by building a very large stadium? Interesting.
What about Wayne Biggins?
;)
SFTB – Judas….omitted on purpose?!!
T4
Survey completed.
One of the questions asked was whether ST holders had any advantage over non-ST holders who buy matchday tickets.
There is the obvious same seat advantage and first dibs on tickets but other than that, not much.
I’m glad they’re asking questions such as this one.
Hopefully they will get a response that sends a message that they could a lot more to get people to buy ST’s if they were rewarded in some way for doing so.
They also ask about matchday experience and how it can be bettered.
Is it too much to ask for toilet facilites to be made available?
Somewhere to get a heat or shelter or a pint before the game.
Get onto the police about parking in London Rd after a game!
The stupid bloody gate in Janefield St closing after the game. HandS my rear end!
No Celtic rep at turnstiles in the North Stand if anything goes wrong with tickets.
Smoking still being tolerated in the toilets especially at h/t.
SPF (With obvious signs of old age approaching and crankieness with it)
Joe Craig?
Joe Craig?
Wayne Biggins?
Carl Muggleton
Tony Cascarino :D
Holt is a good player. Story will be total fabrication.
Big G
I hate to say it but what about Judas?
Judas?? Hmmm. I am not familiar with that but I think I may have stepped in some once.
Playfusball
If Joe Miller makes it surely
………Jimmy Johnstone??
I’d rather take Joe Miller out if he confuses the criteria than include Jimmy as a striker. He was a scoring winger like James Forrest.
Gordon J
No Harald Braatbakk? What about Andy Payton? And Tommy Johnstone?
I think Payton is there. Harald can be placed near the bottom as can Tommy J. Those guys are not going to trouble the top 20 positions
SFTB
Ha!
Maurice ‘He whose name we do not speak’ Johnstone
Willie Garner?
terry butcher
Livi Bhoy
Lubo was an attacking midfielder. I know I let Kenny in but Kenny was capable of playing midfield and front.
All the other suggestions being made are only going to flesh out places 30 to 40 or below on the list
Joe Filippis Haircut
Despite much the global economy being in trouble, UK is not on same boat as Spain. Spanish unemployment 25%, the only thing saving them from govt bailout now is the fact the OMT are purchasing an unlimited amont of bonds. The UK should display better growth than most major econs this year, in line with the US, however PIGS will struggle, UK nowehere near same mess as Spain, Portugal or Greece
Celtic goalscorers?
Gary Hooper has scored 71 goals in 116 appearances for Celtic in competitive matches – a goal to games ratio of 0.6. An impressive statistic!
Compare it to these CFC legends:
http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/Top+Goalscorers
HH!!
Gerry Creaney?
Is the game on tv tonight or do I need to get the frying pan out?
More importantly for Celtic in this window should we be keeping Miku?
I’m not seeing that much from him that merits a wage.
LB
talkp*sh news @ 2pm
Spurs in for Gary aswell.
Holt swap for Gary.
deadclub fc to win the SPL.
The cheque is in the post.
honestly i wont co……………
pinnochio’s a real boy.
Pat mcginlay scored a few
THCU
Rhe reference was just a little crude attempt at a pun. Nothing more.
TBB
Big Shamy –
http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/210862-georgios-samaras-shampoo-advert/
Ronnie Glavin scored a few as well.
HH!!
Dugald mccarrison (1 at dens, 3/0 I think)
looking at some of the strikers weve had in the past, we have had some real duds grace our shirt.
David Fernandez
Tony Shephard
Jim Melrose
Mo Camara
Shocking Midfielders
Stephane Bonnes
Fernando D’Ornaleas
Shocking Defenders
Du Wei
Raphael Scheidt
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jan/22/sean-fallon
Sean Fallon from the Guardian.
Sean Fallon, who has died aged 90, was assistant to the Celtic manager Jock Stein throughout a glorious era when the Glasgow club became the first in Britain to win the European Cup and achieved a record-breaking nine successive Scottish League titles. Fallon’s association with Celtic spanned seven decades, from signing as a player in 1950 to receiving an emotional reception when unfurling the League flag over Celtic Park at the start of the current season. All that time in Scotland never diluted the rich accent of his native Sligo.
Of the team who defeated Inter Milan in Lisbon in 1967 to win the European Cup, 10 had been signed before Stein’s return to Celtic as manager two years earlier. While Stein’s genius lay in turning a squad of players, all from within 40 miles of Glasgow, into a world-beating side, the role of Fallon in assembling it was crucial.
Like many young Irishmen, Fallon was forced into a choice between Gaelic football, in which he excelled, and the association code. As a rugged defender, he signed for Sligo Rovers in the League of Ireland and then Glenavon in Northern Ireland, quickly attracting attention from across the water.
Fallon had been educated in Sligo by Catholic Marist Brothers and was familiar with the role of Brother Walfrid, a Marist from Ballymote, County Sligo, in the foundation of Celtic for charitable purposes in the East End of Glasgow. There was, he said, no other club he wanted to play for.
This was just as well, since Celtic’s signing-on terms were less than generous. The manager, Jimmy McGrory, offered Fallon £10 a week, falling to £8 in the close season. At that time, he was earning £6 with Glenavon and £8 in his trade as a confectioner, but the lure of Celtic was strong enough to seal the move.
While McGrory was nominal manager and a revered former player, it was Celtic’s chairman, Bob Kelly, who called the shots in all aspects of the club’s affairs. Kelly was a devout Catholic and marked 1950, Holy Year, with a European tour which culminated in an audience with Pope Pius XII.
Fallon recalled that this involved a cross-Channel ferry on which Bing Crosby was a fellow passenger. By the time they reached port, Crosby was singing I Belong to Glasgow at the bar. After a three-day train journey, a solitary game with Lazio was followed by the appointment at St Peter’s – the true purpose of the expedition.
This curious close-season tour was indicative of the way Celtic operated and was reflected in an increasingly bleak record of success. However, seeds of future glory were sown with the recruitment of Stein from the obscurity of Welsh non-league football. When Fallon suffered injury in 1953, Stein – whom he had nominated – succeeded him as team captain.
Fallon made 254 Celtic appearances and was known as “the Iron Man” in tribute to his uncompromising style. He won just one League and two Scottish Cup medals, as well as eight Irish caps. The highlight of his playing career was as a member of the team that beat Rangers 7-1 in the League Cup final of 1957-58.
Fallon joined the backroom staff and, along with Stein, developed a youth policy that was to prove highly fruitful, yielding such eventual Lisbon Lions as Billy McNeill, John Clark and Bertie Auld. With Stein’s departure in 1960 to manage Dunfermline and then Hibs, Fallon became assistant to McGrory and established his reputation as a spotter of exceptional talent.
He was mooted as McGrory’s successor but showed no resentment when Stein was brought back. The two retained a close personal bond and acted as perfect foils – Fallon the quietly spoken conciliator while the harder-edged Stein dealt brusquely with those who merited his ire. Fallon was instrumental in signing another generation of Celtic stars including David Hay, Kenny Dalglish and Paul McStay.
When Stein suffered a serious car accident in 1975, Fallon became temporary manager, but the longer-term appointment fell to Billy McNeill and Fallon departed. He had a brief managerial spell with Dumbarton but maintained ties with Celtic, where he was treasured as a gentleman of the game.
In 2002, Fallon received the freedom of Sligo. He is survived by his wife, Myra, five daughters and a son.
• Sean Fallon, footballer and coach, born 31 July 1922; died 18 January 2013
LB
Big G
Henri Camara was a striker. Mo was a Left Back.
LB
Gerry Britton
LiviBhoy
14:06 on 22 January, 2013
If we can terminate loan deal early then we should do it. Hasn’t worked out, good player who hasn’t settled to life in this country. Even if he stayed until the summer, we’re not going to sign him permanently so be best for all concerned if he can move in this window.
Now we know the ‘Oo’ in ‘Oo ah Samaras’ comes from shampoo…