Our Annual General Meeting, held at Celtic Park this morning, was a more prosaic affair than last year’s. Chief executive, Peter Lawwell, told the meeting last season’s on-field and financial results were “fantastic” in difficult circumstances.
He repeatedly referred to the “balance” required between immediate expenditure policies and judging the long-term requirements of the club, adding that in recent years, “Rangers went bust, Hearts went bust, and Hibs were relegated.”
For the first time the AGM heard from the Celtic FC Foundation chief executive. Tony Hamilton was given a video slot alongside the chairman, chief exec and the manager and he spoke about how the Foundation was interwoven into the fabric of the club, from the top to bottom, and of our history.
The alleviation of poverty is a major target for 2015, building on work the Foundation carried out this year in north and east Glasgow, Inverclyde and North Lanarkshire. Tony added, “If things weren’t tough we wouldn’t need a charity – but they are.
“We’re deadly serious about making a difference.” I’ll try to get the video, it’s worth watching.
Ronny Deila laid out his objectives for this season: qualification for the Champions League, win the treble, develop players and play attacking, attractive, football. Peter Lawwell didn’t want to use the managerial transition over the summer as an excuse for failing to reach the Champions League, but suggested it was grounds for mitigation.
The chairman, chief executive and manager all liberally infused their comments with transformational effect Champions League qualification would have on the club next season.
The Celtic Trust proposed two resolutions, the first of which, concerning club-fan interaction, they agreed to adjourn. In his video message, chairman Ian Bankier informed the meeting that the directors would oppose the Living Wage resolution, but that they had entered into discussions with the staff on the matter, proposing that the starting pay for permanent staff is set at £7.85 per hour, which just happens to be equal to the Living Wage.
In response to this Jeanette Findlay, proposing the resolution on behalf of the Trust, reached the microphone and tore up her prepared speech. She did, however, urge the club to go the final mile and become an accredited Living Wage employer.
Peter Lawwell informed the meeting that he would be meeting John Guidetti’s agent within the next two weeks and that he is waiting to hear back from Kris Commons representatives on his latest offer.
Ronny Deila added that it was important for the club to retain its top players, giving Guidetti and Justin Denayer special mention, but insisted it was wrong to give into demands from any one player three times the going rate for other senior players.
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Straight red!!!!!!!
Straight red
Red card orcs steven smith
Hun ordered off
Thomson out of the Lodge.
Very dangerous that.
Awful stuff
Everything that is wrong with the game on show here…..
“I’ve seen worse” Jesus wept…
On a serious note it was a bad tackle, deserved to go.
I’ve seen worse – still defended by Sports direct TV
Mcallister realy showing he is a hurting hun..
McAllister shocking
Guaranteed a mini Hun will go to even it up
It was untidy !!!!!!!
overseasbhoy
We’ve all seen worse but it was still dreadful.
Very poor comment from them.
Hearts have been far too cautious in the first 20 minutes.
Have to get further upfield.
Thers only one Peter Lawwell!!!!
Is it simply coincidence that young Callum Paterson of Hearts has been subjected to a number of bad challenges already?
You know, coincidence. Nothing planned about it.
Auldheid
Oh Yes it is!
Cowiebhoy
Thanks for the lift home last night — by the way the guy in the passenger seat is a header!!!!
TBB
Tony — you asked the best question of the day and got very little sensible response from the board and Lawell.
I meant to say hello and organise a pint but you disappeared through the fire trap doors too quickly for me.
No game for me today — I doubt I could walk to the ground from my car.
Definitely getting fitted for a parrot!
Black is a cert to go off in this game as well.
Oh dearie dearie me no choice…….red …..even ref saw that
mibbery has best part of 90 mins to even things out
Will Thomson fix Black for another dodgy clout?
Nah
How many black allowed ?
Even BBC call it terrible late challenge
Shookerrrooooni
Craig off message. I wish both of these could get beat.
Why do some of my heroes develop feet of clay. Sutton and WGS give your heads a shake.
Ps Sutton would have struggled to be a quarter a player he was with us without the KoKs.
Ooo my eyes. Turning this off. Now would be a good time to do a red for Hearts.
This really is pub league football
Mc Allister at page 678 of the O D to try and find a word to excuse that tackle!!!
All that’s missing is a “live – them versus them” thread. There are some on here who write more about them than Celtic. Wouldnt watch them in my back garden. BYE
over
Im sure Black had a wee kick out there.
This is only the fifth time I have watched Sevco in the last three years.
On each occasion they have played the exact same way.
Kick everything that moves and play for free kicks and corners hoping for a scramble in the box.
The diets look like they are a man down
What a dive
gearoid1998
11:48 on 22 November, 2014
Today is a sad day for me.
Todays ramblings from Sutton have pushed him firmly over line of no repent.
Sutton was one of my favourite ever players – absolutely loved the guy, so to know I now have no time for him and his opinions is sad for me.
I actually stopped reading (online) a third of the way through the article and I wont bother reading anything else he pens because I have no longer have any regard for his opinion or insight.
He has been annoying me for weeks now with his constant negativity of a new manager, expecting that everything should have come together from the 1st day, despite Chelsea giving the grace of a full season.
Todays article isnt quite a straw which broke the camels back, its another brick.
Berating players for getting carried away after getting caught up in a moment of hysteria – is he telling us all, that when he was a young man he wouldnt have got carried away feeding off the adrenaline the reaction from the fans going mental!?
Hypocrite.
The Diets are pash…
Brogan rogan
greenlion2 is the bhoy fro greenock…
lionroars was in the car with you cowiebhoy and the always entertaining açgr….
unfortunately that tactic has worked against us before
Huns try to do a Charlie Mulgrew with that f k
30 minutes played and Hearts have been shite.
More cards than Paul Daniels
More dismissal to come
Daly maturing as a hun. ie Falling over!!