Kasper Schmeichel had very little to do against Kilmarnock on Sunday, however, the most notable aspect of his play was his distribution. On four occasions he swept an early ball to a Celtic player around the halfway line.
This ability is the new normal at elite level in England and is why outstanding keepers, like Fraser Forster, never made the step up, and why Joe Hart lost his spot at Manchester City. A keeper being able to find a teammate with a 40-yard pass curtails an opponent’s ability to press our defence, which creates space for everyone during the build-up period.
Teams will react to Schmeichel and it will be interesting to see how this plays out on smaller pitches. I expect we will see the central defenders and Callum McGregor get more space.
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No !!
Good afternoon from the Victoria Bar.
Another year, another profit warning posted…
The company I work for, move heaven and earth to avoid paying tax on profits. Profit will be accounted for before year end in either investment in people or infrastructure. The absolute last resort is to leave a pot of money for the tax man to start grabbing his share.
Our cash reserves are absolutely mental. It’s the equivalent of Real Madrid having 500 million sitting in the bank with only one striker and one left back in Carlo Ancellotti’s first team squad.
Real Madrid, incidentally, posted 16 million profit off the back of an annual revenue exceeding 1 Billion !! Because they reinvest into the club and don’t give money hand over fist to the Spanish inland revenue.
Our board will be slapping themselves on the back over yet another market profit warning but they’re only highlighting their inability to manage and grow Celtic into a genuine European middleweight football club.
SAINT STIVS @ 11:52 AM,
As someone who questioned a timely announcement on the compensation money when BR&Co left, I’m hardly going to question due process in a stock exchange announcement.
My point was really how come we got things wrong in respect of forecasts.
It is not unusual for instance for Companies and local authorities to have a last month splurge to keep the budgets right.
How about we have too much cash!?
Why not expedite the transfers of Bernardo and Idah to ensure the deals are done before June.
Didn’t something not happen in reverse regarding Jota last year?
Hail Hail
Celtic Mac….
The club does have a duty to publish the statement. It is a requirement. It helps to stop insider trading.
That said, I share the view that some of this money should be put on the park.
Weeron
Saint Stivs on 7th August 2024 12:05 pm
CHAIRBHOY
Why can’t Celtic PLC’s esteemed accountancy team not get their forecasts correct?
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to be fair, you can forecast everything that is a regular stable calculation, such as season book sales at 53,600 at these prices, so the total value in june would be x.
but you cannot forecast a players eventual transfer sale price.
Matt might be sold for £25m. Or stay till January and go for more.
You cannot forecast these values.
1st clown- 3 years for rioting, a good start
Just saw the year end figures of the largest oil producer, profits mind you, £ 54 billion.
Off now to do a marathon Speed Awareness Course, 3 and a half hours, ffs, money making bastards
Best wishes to all
KINGLuBO
more space for calmac can only be good news
Saint Stivs on 7th August 2024 12:15 pm
if there is one thing i would like within the transfers market it is that all fees should be published, make it a requirement at the time of the transaction.
no more UNDISCLOSED FEES, why the secrecy, make it fully transparent.
Bada Bing – agreed.
It’s a pity that we stopped deporting criminals otherwise we could send them all to the Falklands. Maybe they would be happier there?
Billy, they have taken you away…
Great to have so much money. Maybe if partner club makes it through to the Champions League we might even spend some of it!
SAINT STIVS @ 12:09 PM,
Yes, and that’s understandable.
Yet the Manager wanted Bernardo and Idah in quickly.
Surely that would have off-set any extra we received from transfers out.!?
If we pay 20% Tax on the extra cash…
And we negotiate for months to save 20% on price?
Hail Hail
Chairbhoy on 7th August 2024 12:19 pm
or the plc collectively put a value on a player that we are willing to pay, and stick to it,
Brighton getting praise again for the transfer model, Anthony Joseph saying they have a value and wont go above it,
I think that is what we do.
If i owned the business I would not be putting out bigger sums for Adam or Paulo, I personally believe Celtic has set a fair market value on these players, the sellers can take it or leave it.
I am maybe in a minority here, but I also want Celtic plc to pay corporation tax on profits.
I think a companies attitude to paying tax sums up their ethos.
There is a lot of underinformed guff written about Celtic’s transfer activities by people who like the sound of their own keyboard – we have an unusual set of circumstances to navigate to both attract and retain talent – it cant be easy.
That said, if we are sitting on a hoard of cash with a board of directors who don’t know how to use it, maybe the board needs some fresh faces and an injection of ideas?
Pretty sure there’s more players available than Idah…….offer what you think he’s worth,negotiate for a couple of days, no resolution, move on,and are we only capable of trying to do 1 deal at a time?
AN DUN
Thanks fir your expert financial advice.
When I get back from lunch I’m going to see my boss and request a reduction in my annual salary so that I will pay less tax.
Genius.
We cannot force Norwich to sell Idah.Who really knows our offer,or Norwich demands,if at all.Media guesswork.There will be plenty going on behind the scenes.Is he worth £ 8-10 million?.No one knows,but plenty act as if they do.
How many times have we gazumped the Media with signings?.No one they harped on about for months signed.Its the way we do business.Drives me nuts,but it is what it is.
!!Bada Bing!! on 7th August 2024 12:32 pm
Pretty sure there’s more players available than Idah…….offer what you think he’s worth,negotiate for a couple of days, no resolution, move on,and are we only capable of trying to do 1 deal at a time?
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I am sure our interest in several players is known by those who need to know.
There may be an anxious player b pestering his agent by text saying celtic have not signed player a yet, are you doing everything you can to get me to celtic.
did we not sign 4 players on a deadline date maybe 4 years ago ?
Tom
I suspect what An Dun is suggesting (he can correct me if not) is more that you would use some of your salary to ‘invest’ in pension contributions or in house share schemes.
This is a more efficient way than an ever increasing salary, which is not very tax efficient.
You are, however, correct to label him a genius.
SAINT STIVS @ 12:26 PM,
If we make money and pay tax on it all well and good.
However we are paying for Club assests here.
Footballers who can excel on the park and whose transfer value can be improved.
If Idah went over to the States and banged a goal in against both Man City and Chelsea we would have put a few million on his value already.
That’s the issue, we don’t have business people contributing to decisions, we don’t have football people contributing to decisions.
It’s all Accountants and Lawyers
We end up with an embarrassing amount of money in the bank that pro-rata no professionally run PLC would have
And we are short of fullbacks and centreforwards.
Not to mention the three or four upgrades we need in the team.
And we are no where near Brighton when it comes to recruitment specialists.
We don’t make a thin dime overall from recruitment and for every O’Riley there is a Haksabanovic, Bernabei, Kobayashi, Kwon, Tilio etc etc etc
Hail Hail
Like 4 goal victories,the financial world is not for everyone.
As we can see.
Liverpool have signed………………………..nobody.
Invest more in your pension, Tom. Or avail of a salary sacrifice scheme in exchange for a company car. You’re welcome.
Really not interested in who Liverpool or Man City have signed
TURKEYBHOY on 7TH AUGUST 2024 12:36 PM
Certainly not in the last two windows.
An Dun
Are you a ‘ spoiled brat ‘ 👍
Chairbhoy
We don’t make a thin dime overall from recruitment
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Sorry bud but I am going to give up replying now,
That sentence is utter nonsense.
all the business leaders I had at the very top were accountants.
and corporate lawyers work within businesses.
i dont know the fellas, but mckay and nicolson must have met their job objectives previously and impressed enough to get promototed.
they must be capable, we as mere customers dont see it, but i bet they couldnt give a monkeys.
and another btw, learn to accept, it is not our money in the bank, unless you are a shareholder and part of the plc.
season book holders and pie muncher bought a product, transaction completed it is their money now.
So many variables in transfers and if I post
on them, I will always caveat that I am not close to or informed so essentially an opinion. Too many folks read Twittet, Facebook or the newspapers and take it as fact, especially if it aligns with their opinion. Would love to see us spend some of the money we are accruing but only if it is done wisely and to improve quality of team.
As well as that the stadium and fan experience need highlighted. I’d love the suits and SLO to experience what we as fans experience on a match day, such as transport links, parking, catering, fan experience, etc. Again, my opinion but I see enough comments on here and from friends and family that suggest much more focus is needed in this area.
SS- Deadline Day is the issue, it shouldn’t be a date to work towards,to get fees down by a couple of hundred grand,the manager said last week, much to the angst of some on here,that he wants players in as early as possible. The irony of record profits, and a team that has 1 left back, and 1 striker,is obviously lost on a lot of folk.
Chairbhoy,
So,what you are saying really,is the firm of accountants we are using,are hopeless and the financial advice the club are getting is bollox?.We should not have all this money,but are not being advised so.Celtic have no one on the Board to contradict this fiscal nonsense,except maybe,Nicholson.Maybe he is is oblivious to the rather basic workings of the industry.
I cannot deduct anything else from your post.
SAINT STIVS @ 12:50 PM,
That wasn’t what I said
I’ve already stated on here
Lawyers are very important to businesses
Accountants are very important to businesses
That’s a given and we are lucky to have the good ghuys we have.
My point is businesswo/men are important speculatialists are important, in a football Club that means people that know football and know the football business.
You are very good at going off in the huff shirking the elephant in the room.
Do you disagree with this…
“We end up with an embarrassing amount of money in the bank that pro-rata no professionally run PLC would have”
If not, what’s so bad about spending money on the football players we need.
If we were smart in the transfer market we aren’t spending money, we are procuring assists.
Hail Hail
And assets
HailHail
TURKEYBHOY @ 12:55 PM,
No, I’m saying the opposite of that and have done many times…
It’s Maslow’s Hammer…
Accountants being Accountants
Lawyers being Lawyers
What you end up is contract analysis paralysis
And a huge savings account
That why you need business fholk and specialists on the Board to counteract that.
Hail Hail
Idah was never our player. There was never an option to buy.
We have no right to demand anything and Norwich are under no obligation to sell him to us.
Its why I hate loan signings without the option to buy.
If the player does well we raise his profile and increase the profit for his team.
On the last day it seemed a desperation move with little or no negotiation for the future.
Cest la vie. We move on.
This Celtic Board aren’t doing anything to justify the ordinary fan who has to stand outside in all kinds of weather especially in the winter ,with all the money we have and a billionaire along with quite a few cash rich fans on the board ,surely we’re the pools office is they could have added on decent restaurants, cafes,etc which would generate more money eye into the club ,I noticed they have upgraded there directors box ,I haven’t seen it posted anywhere, so I’m curious to see how it looks and at what cost.
TURKEYBHOY on 7TH AUGUST 2024 12:55 PM
I expect we have enough legal and accountancy advice in-house , only going external for statutory audit purposes.
Not an expert but I’d be astonished if there was any formal qualification in Football Recruitment, almost a contradiction in terms. The last thing we need is to parachute a ‘recruitment expert’ from a top 5 league whose expertise will involve throwing piles of cash at the problem.
HH
Man City have signed………………..one player.