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In the immediate aftermath of defeat in Turin our manager was magnanimous towards his opponents, the television broadcaster and his players. Sky TV were thanked for their treatment of Celtic (note to others), Juventus were encouraged to win the Champions League, and Neil acknowledged some players may want to further their careers beyond Scotland.
Let’s be clear, most of the squad are happy at Celtic. Georgios Samaras could go anywhere in Europe but this Celtic team is his project, as much as it is yours or mine. Many of the others, including Matthews, Wilson, Lustig, Forster, Mulgrew, Commons, Ledley, Forrest and Izaguirre are settled at Celtic with plenty still to achieve.
Hooper and Wanyama have declined contract offers, so will be most likely to leave in the summer, but in the business Celtic are in right now, if they go, who they go to, is important. If we lose players to tier-one clubs it will make attracting others a whole lot easier. If you are a stepping stone to Barcelona, as with Larsson, you are a far more attractive employer than if you lose a striker to Norwich City (I’m friendly with a former Nigerian international who went on trial to Hamilton Accies the week after, and on the strength of, Brian Easton leaving there for the English Premier League).
Selling right makes it easier to buy who you want. Got to get the right price, keep them for the Champions League qualifiers, and make sure you sell to the right club.
See you at 7.30pm tonight at the Supporters’ Association Club on London Road for the Twists & Turns Celtic Supporters Club charity night. There will be Question and Answer session with me, John Fallon, Dixie Deans, Archie MacPherson, compared by Phil Agnew. Afterwards you can enjoy music from Foggy Dew.
Tickets are £10 and you can get them from Phil by calling 07811 178764. Profits are going to the Tommy Burns charity.
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Burgas Hoops
Young Marcus Fraser could be out for up to a year with a bad knee injury I believe.
HH!!
Kayal33
Lustig still out injured and young Fraser out for 9 months with cruciate injury
Ambrose/Rogne quickly drafted in then.
Burgas Hoops.
Lustig is injured and Fraser is out for the rest of the season. Watt got injured the day before the Juventus game, so I doubt he’d be ready tomorrow. I’d go with:
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Zaluska :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:::::::::::::: Ambrose ::::::::::::: Wilson :::::::::::::: Mulgrew :::::::::::::::
Commons :::::::: Mcgeouch :::::::::::::: Ledley ::::::::::::::::: McCourt
::::::::::::::: Forrest :::::::::::::: Hooper ::::::::::::::: Stokes ::::::::::::::::
Still think that front 3 is the best attack I’ve seen this season.
Ernie-I posted similar earlier re SAF,we should control them not vice versa.
Terry O- Great post from that bhoy,cant be any clearer.
KevJungle:
If, the stuff I’ve outlined disny happen then – I think that the Hibs will be the first and
last to wear the green. imo
Why should Hibs survive…………. Rod Petrie Hibs CEO is vice president on the SFA
What are the Hibs board doing about it what instructions has Rod been issued with
Hibs and their fans have been cheated by the SFA
Or is this just a Celtic fight
petec:
I know there is only one Neil Lennon… the huns know that too; but what they don’t know, is there is only ONE Celtic Supporter.
Bucking strong headwinds
Glasgow West CSC
petec
Who’s trying to stifle Kev, he gets more hits on here than any other poster, I never see anyone trying to stop him posting, complaints, hands thrown in the air etc etc but censorship no…
Maybe the view from that big white horse is different??
terry o
thats a brilliant example of what we should all submit to uefa
most of us could not express it so well … but even highlighting the issue should be enough when combined with the well written complaint the bhoy submitted
Who said the following?
Any club that is spending more on players than they can afford, is automatically gaining a sporting advantage over every other club it competes with.
My emphasis.
I wonder if this person would agree that spending so much that you go out of business, which would imply more than you could afford, would be “automatically gaining a sporting advantage”. I am inclined to think the answer would be yes.
http://glasnostandapairofstrikers.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/gilt-edged-justice/
SFTB from earlier
They paved paradise And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique And a swinging hot spot
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got Till it’s gone
They paved paradise And put up a parking lot
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi http://youtu.be/xWwUJH70ubM
Celtic First
Platini?
Jimbo
THE EXILED TIM
That is a good post. Used some of it to go to FIFA under Terry O’s initiative.
up_over_goal
16:54 on
8 March, 2013
Your midfield looks a bit powder puff. Kayal in the middle with Ledley, McGeouch right and Commons left like at ICT
Celtic First- I asked the other day, is Nimmo Smith qualified to say a football team did not have a “sporting advantage”. He might not know one end of a football from another.Does he have any background or qualifications in football?
starry plough
17:06 on 8 March, 2013
petec
Who’s trying to stifle Kev, he gets more hits on here than any other poster, I never see anyone trying to stop him posting, complaints, hands thrown in the air etc etc but censorship no…
Maybe the view from that big white horse is different??
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It was Haggerston Castle the only time I was on a donkey and that was a long time ago.
HH
Ross County haven’t lost since December when they were beaten 4-0 by Ceeellllllllttttttiiiiiiiiccccccc
Auldheid
I honestly can’t see any change at the sfa, there might be a scapegoat in Bryson, but that will be it.
Go after the referees, they can muddy the waters all they like, but if the referees are accountable, it matters not.
Just my opinion.
petec
I bet it never left you, it’s a bugger to shift thon “Big White Horse Syndrome”
I find long hair helps for the full effect…
Just a wee bit more early morning tittle-tattle. Wake up the kids this is a lesson in life.
Never trust a gambler who boasts about how much he has won but never admits to how much he has lost in the winning. Never trust a poster who boasts about predictions that come to fruition and yet neglects to remind you of the multitude of previous predictions that time proved to be less than a crock.
Never trust a poster who comes on to a public forum boasting how big his dick is either. Would you really trust a stranger who offered to flop it out to prove a point. Now that is a game of blind brag and possibly an arrestable offence.
Ntassolla, come on mate, all’s fair in beating the hun but no way is anybody going to believe your taddger is bigger than you from toe to hair-line.
But I would laugh my ass off if you were really that big a dick, because you would be a Guinness Book of Records Dick and that is funny, because I don’t know any hun that biga dick as that. You are the biggest (vernacular dick in the west of Scotland, but we both know you don’t live there)
(SIC) (Italian)
(SIC) (French)
(SIC) (Green Huns Make me)
Is A Neil Departure in the Offing?
Ah Ha.. Ah Ha……..
That’s The Sixty Three Dollah Question.
Whit?
Och Aye.. It is.. But, Ah know ye are jist dying tae find oot the
Sixty Four Dollah ,wan..
Right?
O.K… Here it is.. then..
“When??”
As ye know.. that’s a Toughie fur as ye know..or mebbe ye dinna..
Howevahhh..if ye wanna pin me doon…
Ah wull say… the End of Next Season.
Noo..We Come tae the “Why?”.. Right??
Well..That wull be at the End of Neil’s …
Fourth Year ,in charge.
Ah think it wull be his Fourth year.. Heck. Time , Flies..
Anywey..
Efter Four Years.. a Soccer Manager..
Usually.. Ah said ..Usually ..
Loses his .. Standing.
Noo… Ah canny tell ye Why . that is ,usually,the case.. but..
Take it from me.. it is .. well.. USUAL.
A “Standing”..again .. You should Know, awe this..
A “Standing” ,is Such a Precious Thing….
Wance it is Loast.. It’s Gone.. Pfft….. Disappeared..’
And It canny be Restored… Somethin’.. like..
if ye pardon the expression..
Like.. Virgin’s .. well.. Virginity.. or.. That Bet Ye made oan The Dodgers,last year,
tae Win the Pennant.
Yep.. The Fourth Year is .. the Change of Life.. fur a Fitba’ Manager..
and.. that is when… well.. His Life Line.
Changes..
Ye’ll.. see
Kojo
Still.. Laughin’
barcastuff@barcastuff
Video: Blind boy visits training and recognizes Barcelona players by touching their head http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV6gVt7gzLw … [via http://fcbarcelona.com ]
A video for Petec to explain…………………………………….
Just seen the Alex Ferguson interview.
The British League is coming.
Celtic Must make sure that they are dictating things.
If they are leaving indivduals as collateral damage, that just isnae acceptable to CELTIC supporters.
My Son wants to join the Green Brigade next week if he could, and I have never asked him, I just know that has been every bit as the Celtic experience as anything else Celtic
Top Tips: Massively improve Windows speed on your PC by burying your head in your hands and saying “Come on, for @@@@’s sake.”
Kayal33
re. midfield. Kayal – what to say? I so wish he was good, then you and I could be reconciled! fwiw he played very well v Juventus imo, but he hasn’t demonstrated anything beyond being a bit tousy and ‘up for it’. Time to give others a chance, especially Mcgeouch, who can play CM, and Paddy, one of our few elegant pasers of a ball, who has been unjustifiably ridiculed, while Kayal has been given chance after second chance.
But Kayal will get the berth. He is a ‘project’, while Paddy is just an honest pro, happy to be a bit part player.
!!Bada Bing!!
17:19 on 8 March, 2013
Celtic First- I asked the other day, is Nimmo Smith qualified to say a football team did not have a “sporting advantage”. He might not know one end of a football from another.Does he have any background or qualifications in football?
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Baba Bing Nimmo Smith went to Eton and Oxford where football is not the first choice sport.
For those youngsters who wonder where the “Nimmo the Dimmo” title came from, it happened this way.
Back in 1992, the Prime Minister of the day, John Major asked the Lord Advocate to appoint a team to investigate allegations of a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice arising from the Orr Report, report prepared by Lothian and Borders Police Force for the Chief Constable at the behest of Tam Dalyell MP.
The Orr Report was not for public consumption, but while in a safe in the Fettes, Edinburgh Police HQ, a break in took place and it was stolen.
The theft was so embarrassing that the police offered an amnesty for the burglar if they would return the documents.
The burglar did not do this, but instead sold the report to the press.
It transpired that the burglar was a well-known criminal and police informant named Derek Donaldson, but he did not stop at the burglary and went on to pose as a journalist by having business cards printed to show that he was a reporter employed by the Daily Telegraph by the name of Alan MacDonald.
Alan MacDonald (Donaldson) then telephoned William Nimmo Smith, QC who, within weeks, was due to release his report to the Prime Minister, and the Westminster parliament, asking to meet him.
Nimmo Smith agreed and Donaldson visited him at his home where he talked freely about the report, all of which Donaldson recorded surreptitiously before selling the tape to the Sun.
The following day the Sun ran with an article entitled: “Fettes ‘Thief’ cons Gay Judges Probe QC” and inside the paper carried the article linked below:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottishlawreporter/5782657590/in/photostream/
The “Nimmo the Dimmo” front page appeared the following day:
http://scottishlaw.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/scottish-football-assoc-appoint-lord.html
Nimmo-Smith invited a burglar, a convicted criminal, who he had never met before, into his house and discussed highly confidential matters with him for an hour, so he must be a very trusting soul.
Eton and Oxford educated Nimmo Smith is a real gentleman and he obviously thinks that everyone else is like him and this may explain how he accepted that Sandy Bryson and Campbell Ogilvie were telling the truth about player registration at the SFA.
We are under no such illusions about the SFA – we see Flashman where NS sees Tom Brown – and unless we get things sorted out we may as well forget football in this country.
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/could-someone-take-out-a-side-contract-on-sevco/#more-3592
Watch out there are candles in this wind.
Baltic Glasgow CSC
Phil MacGiollaBhain @Pmacgiollabhain
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/could-someone-take-out-a-side-contract-on-sevco/#more-3592 …
I suppose the extension of Phil’s lawyer friend’s argument would be that a group of shareholders of a club that lost out as a result of Oldco’s cheating could take out a class action?
Newsflash
John MacKay sporting a Blue tie
My Dear,Dear Kojo….
So You Reckon That Oor New Ginger Helmsman ….
Will Lose His Standing…(With The Support ?)…
As Soon As The End Of Next Season…
I Must DEMUR From This Flawed Opinion..
As With Jock Stein And MON….
I Reckon That NFL Could Remain At Paradise Indefinitely…..
If The Backing Of The Support Was The Deciding Factor…..
Besides….Who Exactly Would Replace Him And Improve Celtic…?
We Have Had Enough With Experiments..
After The Disastrous Brady And Barnes…..
Even Macari And Mowbray…..
Who At Least Knew The Lie Of The Land..
Were Found To Be Totally Inadequate…
Yer Pal….Who Thinks Ye’re The Cat’s Pyjamas….
up_over_goal
17:53 on 8 March, 2013
You must be talking about the SPL and short termism?
I really like out of the box thinking and I realise what you are saying.
Next years CL with the excellent Dylan at CM?
Too much a stretch for this old cynic.
Paddy central from now on in is something that should be looked at.
Paul67
Another great lead post. They have all been particularly good over the last few days and I am glad to be talking about Celtic again. I have said it for years and I will say it again…. There are more ghuys like Henke (ok maybe not AS good!) out there we just have to find them.
And by that big Sammi is another, not in the same league as Henrik, although it would have been good to see them play together. What I mean though is how Sammi has endeared himself to the club, especially after the mostly unfair abuse he got, some still cant wait to stick the boot in. Sammi is not in it for the money, Sammi LOVES the Celtic
If players leave us for any club that has a genuine chance of winning the big cup and/or their domestic league, then fair enough. To me that reason is ambition. If they go to a league wher at best they can hope for is a good cup run, at worst a relegation dogfight, they are doing it purely for the money. I dont want these type of players at Celtic. Thank them for their time and move them on. I want players at Celtic who WANT to play for Celtic, pure and simple. These young men, as most of them are need to get real about the money they ARE earning, not what they can get elsewhere. Who would not bite my hand off right now if I told them they were good enough to play, at the highest level, with us, a chance to really really build a side that aginst all odds could go really far in Europe, to become a hero, a legend AND be paid 5 /10 / 20k A WEEK??……A WEEK for playing football!!!! it’s incredulous.
I would love Vic to stay. He has the showings of it all for me. He can sit deep, defend, push on, score goals…with his head…long range shots….he can pass AND he at 21 has the physique too. Stay with us Vic, sign a new contract so we are not done out of the money we deserve (in this crazy inflated market) for you. Stay on next season and see how you feel after we reach the last 8 because I really think we will if we keep this squad. See how you feel then? If you still want to go or we haven’t matched your (footballing) ambition, then fair enough.” But can you imagine big man, can you imagine in 2 or 3 years time being the captain of Celtic (sorry broonie) and lifting that big CUP with 67 on your back?? Now that’s a dream…… pity you weren’t from the Calton!!
If he is going and for the reasons stated above the bidding should be started at £30 million. If he was playing for West ham, Bolton, Newcastle, Norwich (no offence to any of they teams btw) That is what would be getting thrown around. Look at henderson and carrol at liverpool and they other young players that went for huge money a few years back in england… the names elude me.
Last but not least – anyone who is getting on the Efe bomb scare wagon or Joe (5goals in 8games) Ledley needs to have a word with themselves…. Was MOTM the other night Kelvin not a bomb scare??? Forster not good enough??? Seriously ghuys sort it out. Back the team, support them all this is real life not football manager. I support every player who plays for the hoops. Encourage them, praise them, treat them like you would your son, brother cousin if it were him playing and not them. The CELTIC family deserves the same respect and Lenny is the head of that family.
IF he supports them…. That is more than good enough for me.
HAIL HAIL
pyfinl
TerryONeill Neil ah love yae
Well done Terry lets hope your letter & others will be acted upon
The Singing Detective Demands The Resignation Of Campbell Ogilvie
18:04 on 8 March, 2013
My Dear,Dear Kojo….
So You Reckon That Oor New Ginger Helmsman ….
Will Lose His Standing…(With The Support ?)…
As Soon As The End Of Next Season…
I Must DEMUR From This Flawed Opinion..
As With Jock Stein And MON….
I Reckon That NFL Could Remain At Paradise Indefinitely…..
If The Backing Of The Support Was The Deciding Factor…..
Besides….Who Exactly Would Replace Him And Improve Celtic…?
We Have Had Enough With Experiments..
After The Disastrous Brady And Barnes…..
Even Macari And Mowbray…..
Who At Least Knew The Lie Of The Land..
Were Found To Be Totally Inadequate…
Yer Pal….Who Thinks Ye’re The Cat’s Pyjamas….
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Tony Mowbray didnae really know what he was facing up here.
Neil is here for the long haul and that will annoy the Masons within our support, it is expose time.