Scoring minutes after making your debut doesn’t guarantee a great career at a club, but Scott Sinclair gave himself an excellent start with his winning goal at Tynecastle. Leigh Griffiths lead-up work was magnificent. The Hearts defence had no answer.
Scott’s transfer took weeks (and a lot of money) to complete but it was the player’s tenacity to come to Celtic which decided the matter. I hear Celtic met Aston Villa’s initial target price early in the negotiations, but Villa decided to hold their cards for a few weeks in an attempt to induce other bidders. Scott was clear from the off that there was only one place he was going, but while Villa sat tight, there was a worry that another club would come in with a seriously large wage offer. The deal happened when the player continued with the mantra, “I’m going to Celtic or nowhere”. This is a guy who really wants to play for Celtic.
Apart from Tony Watt’s excellent chance yesterday, which should have brought Hearts level, the home side didn’t have a chance worthy of the name. A policy of throwing yourself to the ground inside the box doesn’t count, so we can be happy with how our defence is performing with Kolo Toure in the team. There’s still a long way to go, but the direction of travel is clear. Watt and Conon Sammon will cause a lot of damage in the Premiership this season, but on the evidence so far, Celtic should outperform their 15 point winning margin last term.
So disappointed to hear Dave King’s £30m – £50m overinvestment isn’t going to happen until January. This guy has been so transparent. Honestly, they get what they deserve, there’s no helping or telling them. They backed a hostile takeover with a fantasy manifesto, while putting the thumbscrews on their club, to the extent it had to go cap in hand to its only source of funding, and hawk their commercial rights in the process.
As we’ve said here for years, the only people who can really damage a football club are its own supporters, in this case, with their inability to consider the consequences of the next action.
Running a football club is hard (serious understatement alert). You’re going to enjoy how Dave King finds this out.
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Consign it to history
It has been.:-)
The term is only used a meejah who glitterize the turd.
The term is only used by huns unwilling to look at the devastation on their identity by cheat David murray.
They yearn for continuity.thats what our club means to them.
Aye bitter eternally.
The thing is the use of the awful term of ” ”
its as a goad
As in so f… we cheated what ya goin to do bout it?
Well each time I hear any association of my club with the new club I think
9 minutes or was it 8 to reject a cva.
The more they goad the more they confirm they are an excuse.
A certain yin and yang to it
It happened.
It cant be unhappened.
HH
Lee Wallace is in signing talks with Grasshoppers Zurich
TGBS
I heard he was going to Touthampton
Sftb@9.36
Did you really mean “bigger beasts” or did predictive text delete an “r”? :)
Anyone who cannot get to sleep tonight should try counting the dots for the Motherwell game. There are millions of them ! I have no problem falling asleep so…
Goodnight all,
JJ
Just watching Pep Guardiola documentary on Sky, one of the contributers made the following statement,
‘There is a theory in football that it’s more important to get rid of bad players than to make signings’
Hmm.
After the Aberdeen game will Sevco be walking on broken grass?
Niall McGinn says aye.
Apparently Lee Wallace drinks down in Edinburgh’s Grassmarket.
I am sure there is no truth in stories that he has been seen around town in a grass skirt.
GGH
I’ll let you decide which one has the bigger breasts
Lee Wallace has lost a bit of weight. He’s looking a lot (s)trimmer.
A pretty fair description if you ask me:
http://pokemondb.net/type/grass
Really wanna comment, about reality, of Scotland football. It’seems all about the ethereal team. Naw it’should naw.
It is about the teams that acuaully put something into football in this country. Al la Hamilton.
The is the way to go.
For bluenose children everywhere there are hours of fun to be had with this new puzzle game
Where’s Lee?
BBC slowly going downhill…prior to yesterday’s St Johnstone v Aberdeen game, it was advertised on screen as Aberdeen v St Johnstone…then they gave the Accies team v Huns with MARK Canning as Hamilton manager…wee mistakes ok…Huns BACK in top league…big mistake not ok…
It’s just not what I don’t pay my licence fee for… :-)
Best team names ever
SFTB @ 10.14…
Careful now…or we’ll have BSR on posting more photos of Christina…
BTW…has Res 12 been kicked into the long Lee Wallace?
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 8TH AUGUST 2016 10:14 PM
GGH
I’ll let you decide which one has the bigger breasts
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Some very disappointing posts from you tonight SFTB…
So Warbos made an erse of his subs on Saturday.
Finished the game with a numerical disadvantage.
Went missing after the cup final cos he had a team that let in 2 headers in in the last 5 mins and so lost their biggest ever game.
He’s sire cos King has effectively bumped him for 500 grand.
He’s sore cos he knows he’ll be abut 8th in the league and will be sacked by these scumbags before halloween.
Other clubs won’t touch him.
He knows he’s been lied to all along.
He knows that for 25 years now ibrox fc has lost 10m EVERY year on average.
This won’t change.
Anyway with Jozo and Eric returning and an experienced midfielder coming in before September we’re miles in front in Scotland.
Last thought I would still love us to sign Aidens McGeady.
He lives for Celtic.
Very lastly and I don’t know if this is true but I was in a taxi last night and the driver swore blind that Lee Wallace is a snitch.
Don’t know how good the info is tho but he seemed to know his grasses.
GOD BLESS BIG EFE AMBROSE.
Lee Wallace could get a transfer to the Congolese club Tout Puissant Mazembe, which I think translates as Almighty Grass of ma Zombies
This is my first ever season ticket so I’m allowed the odd daft question.
Is the match on Wednesday included in my ticket?
TICTAEWIN –
No! From now on the only games included are the home elague games. For any other cup games there will be a deadline up to which no one else will be able to buy YOUR seat. Once the dedline passes it’s a free for all – i.e. season ticket holders that havent yet bought and non-season ticket holders.
So go on now and buy your ticket for Wednesday. Although you don’t have to puchase your own seat (as I haven’t done – 3 games standing already so looking fowrward to a seat, back row, front main stand right behing Brendan!)
Can’t believe I’m not interested by the Olympics any more. Too much, you know wha!T. I thought it was the odd one. Seems it’s been on an industrial scale. Even the Paralympics! That was enough for me.
Who did Wallace grass up ?
Goram says Sevco will win the league, so that’s that then.
Jimthetim53
The problem is that the doping is happening everywhere, but it’s only the Russians who are getting the blame.
The US have guys like Tyson Gay who is allowed to take part after a doping ban, yet many Russians who have never been associated whatsoever with doping can’t compete.
Team Sky have a cyclist bloke called Chris Froome while never having been caught doping has missed three tests under dubious circs, yet they are slagging the Russians to beat the band, the double standards are boak inducing.
The west need their bogie man.
HH
Andy Goram
Apologies to the Suidae family.
The Tim Rieper 1045pm-
“Andy Goram is a hard man to ignore, but it’s worth the effort.”
So said tom English in the Scotsman in October 2009.
A rare piece of wisdom from the SMSM.
LIked this one from Twitter –
“Congratulations Scott Sinclair,name in history books
First player to score for Celtic prior to Paul the Tim picture”
Game on Wednesday on bt sport or sky ? Or we hoping for dodgy stream
Proudbhoy – BT Sport, if you can’t manage to drag yourself along in person ;-)
Jobo
Thanks , sadly living in Ireland makes it tad more difficult .
Any news on when Erik and paddy are due back ?
TICTAEWIN,
If you’ve joined the Home Cup Ticket Scheme the club will have taken the payment from your bank and your card will be activated for this match. If not you’ll need to contact them to arrange payment.
MADDY @8.46pm
You will have noticed that there is not much interest on this site for the matter which you raised in your post. I would assume that those with sufficient concern have already submitted a response.
If there are the funds in place, I suggest leafletting the Celtic support at a convenient home game. Good luck with the campaign.
HH
THE EXILED TIM on 8TH AUGUST 2016 10:51 PM
Jimthetim53
The problem is that the doping is happening everywhere, but it’s only the Russians who are getting the blame.
================================================================
The distinction.
Russian doping is state sponsored.
Open goal for GFTB but im nicking in 1st to tap it in.
You bhoys are so insensitive making fun of Wallace.
Did you ever stop to consider that his wee blade might be reading this?
AN TEACH SOLAIS on 8TH AUGUST 2016 11:42 PM
Hopefully, I’ll have some time tomorrow and I’ll post about this.
I take your point about giving some indicators, which I will do in coming weeks, but it’s important that individuals voice their personal views and concerns.
Breaking news…..Wallace injured tripping over chair.
People in Grass houses shouldn’t store thrones.