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Sinclair really wanted Celtic, overinvestment… now January

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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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  4. Davidopoulos on

    bournesouprecipe

     

     

    Terrible. Peter Shilton used dangle from trees as a kid in a hope to make himself bigger, or at least lengthen his arms.

     

     

    True story.

  5. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    THE EXILED TIM on 9TH AUGUST 2016 10:55 AM

     

    JJ

     

     

    If it wasn’t Russia it would be someone else, the double standards are a disgrace, what is worse is the people who actually believe it.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    ……………………………………………..

     

     

    MacJay

     

     

    Proved against the Russian State, HaHaHaHaHaHa. That was instead of an Oh Dear.

     

     

    The fact you get your state sponsored news from the likes of CNN says it all.

     

     

    HH

     

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    You asked for a link.

     

    I`ve given you three.

     

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/sports/olympics/russia-olympics-ban-doping-track-and-field.html?_r=0

     

    Now you`re on your own.

     

     

    Ye can take a horse to water BUT………………………..

  8. NatKnow on

    DAVIDOPOULOS on 9TH AUGUST 2016 11:08 AM

     

     

    NatKnow

     

     

    Sir, not one to be overdone, are you? Talk about raisin the steaks! You’ve bean thinking about that pun all night, haven’t chou?

     

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    Soy you think I’m busting my buns to cook up some puns?

     

     

    Nah! This is bread and butter stuff to me! Just thought I’d let you stew overnight.

     

     

    :-)

  9. Barney67 on

    I cannot believe the downright abuse Craig Gordon is getting on here. They guy has been immense for us since replacing FF. I doubt Ronny would have won 2 titles without him. Now some are suggesting he spreads panic among the WHOLE team, my god, get a grip.

  10. OneMalloy on

    A huge well done to all of the young ones who have achieved their goals in their exams including

     

    Lucy, Fin, Caitlyn, James gangs niece, WC jnr.

     

     

    HH

  13. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    Lisbon Lion Ronnie Simpson was 5’10”.

     

     

    Just saying.

  15. NatKnow on

    Ole Christopher Biggins the new Bernard Manning. Whodathunkint? No puns on “Biggins” please – he’s capable enough himself…!

  16. celtic40me on

    Time to jump ship, let the champions league be a competition for foreign investors, we should be looking at an alternative weekly league now

  20. vfr800a8 on

    Barney67 on 9th August 2016 11:20 am

     

     

    I cannot believe the downright abuse Craig Gordon is getting on here. They guy has been immense for us since replacing FF. I doubt Ronny would have won 2 titles without him. Now some are suggesting he spreads panic among the WHOLE team, my god, get a grip.

     

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    So when did analysis/constructive criticism/opinion become downright abuse? Gordon has, IMHO, been at fault for the goals against Astana and his positional sense and decision making leaves something to be desired. That’s as I (and others) see it. I don’t recall seeing anyone suggesting he is axed or replaced forever or shot at dawn; I don’t recall seeing any posts saying he isn’t and hasn’t been a good keeper. One of our centre backs made some pretty calamitous mistakes and was dropped. Some of our midfielders haven’t performed well and been dropped. In both sets of circumstances people have given a view and an analysis on these players – some of them have been less than complimentary, but that’s life.

     

     

    The problem with the goalkeeping position is that we don’t have the option of replacing our custodian at this point in time as we have no cover. Potentially going into Champions League Group games means that this causes concern and needs addressed.

     

     

    If we all agreed with each other then CQN would be a pretty boring place; I come on here because I have an opinion and like to air it and listen to the (some valid and some invalid IMHO) opinions of others. If it becomes a closed shop where we all have to agree with each other then it will quickly become sterile and lose its relevance.

  21. NatKnow on

    DAVIDOPOULOS –

     

     

    Choux could be right mate – beer we go again! Hope you don’t think I’m simply a truffle-maker…?

  22. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    BOURNESOUPRECIPE

     

     

    Indeed. I couldn’t find the data for fellow Lisbon Lion John Fallon. But every time I see him he’s every inch a star.

  24. borgo67 on

    So John Stones and David Luiz are the two most expensive centre backs ever.

     

    Lost for words!

  27. celtic40me on

    If they don’t want a club like Celtic to participate in their tournament why should we aspire to play in it

     

     

    Theres no pleasure in watching Celtic in the CL these days, it’s either relief that we’ve managed to make it to the promised land of riches or joy that we’ve got a result against a club from a bigger league.

     

     

    Time to leave them to it, time for us to do something about it

  29. THE EXILED TIM on

    MacJay

     

    You have given me state sponsored links, you know the kind that tell us the huns are the same team.

     

    If you can furnish me with an indy link I will be more than willing to take what it says on board, till then….

  30. antipodean red on

    Macjay,

     

     

    Unfortunately I got it wrong more often than I got right, hence I will be working for another ten years God willing. I loved playing the game, as much in my forties as I did in my teens and twenties. Done a little coaching out here too, love watching the game and trying to analyse.

  32. Barney67 on

    vfr800a8

     

    Constructive criticism is fine, everyone makes errors, but for some (not saying you) to suggest CG is responsible for the errors of others is pure scapegoating. It’s abuse, pure and simple.

  34. NatKnow on

    DAVIDOPOULOS on 9TH AUGUST 2016 11:37 AM

     

     

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    “Merely”? Don’t be fussilli – you can gnocchi put yourself down like that! When the chips are down you deliveroo like a pro. If there’s a guy with more puns in the oven I’ll eat my hat..

  35. NatKnow on

    BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 9TH AUGUST 2016 11:43 AM

     

     

    At least CQN has moved on to grater things than the humble cheese pun.

     

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    Stiltons to get through…!

     

     

    They don’t have this cheesy pun fun over on the ole Lanark Blue’s blog…

  37. bournesouprecipe on

    natknow

     

     

    Go caerphilly with the ole puns , I’ll be back later to check for de brie.

     

     

    I’m away before the new roast particle for some up stream nymphing.

     

     

    Gone Fishin CSC

  38. Cosy Corner Bhoy on

    Just a quick in and out although I suppose BMCUWP will have already said…. BUT…. Granddaughter got the results she needed to go to Glasgow University School of Medecine… One happyclappapapa CSC.

  41. NatKnow on

    The Foodies Festival is on in Edinburgh right now. You’d lap it up. I’m not forking out £20 for a forking ticket though. I’d rather be on here boring every cork plucker to tiers with these force-fed puns. Better than carping on about politics as often happens..

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