Of all the supporter-related offenses Uefa are disciplining football clubs on at the moment the use of lasers annoys me most (with the appropriate caveat for health and safety matters).
Racism, health and safety violations, violence flares are all appropriate reasons to sanction a club but it’s always bothered me that Uefa seem to let the continental fashion for shining powerful lasers into the faces of opposing players and managers was not tackled appropriately.
I was, therefore, pleased to hear Uefa disciplined Olympiacos for, among a rich litany of offenses, their fans pointing a laser at Anderlecht players during their recent Champions League game. The Greek club have been ordered to close the more colourful part of their stadium for their last 16 game against Manchester United.
It will surprise few of us that despite the Greeks being sanctioned for using lasers, Milan have gone unpunished, despite their fans pointing lasers at Celtic players during our recent drubbing.
These games are supervised and televised from multiple angles. If the use of lasers attracts a punishment, and it should, the rules must apply without fear or favour.
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Tonydonnel67
Speak up !
TD
Your most constructive and inciteful post……ever :-)
Visitors gone.
So they have 19m income,and an 18m wage bill.
They are losing 38K a day.
Are they trading insolvent ?
Still they have the referees on board, that’s all they need to win trophys.
leftclick
Everybody shouting out abuse in that Sevco AGM clip sounded like the “Big Hoose” Guy.
Is he the real power behind the requisitioners?
jimmci
13:16 on 19 December, 2013
I’m pretty sure that from my seat at the Milan game at CP that a laser was being pointed at the Milan goalkeeper. This would have been from near the top of the lower north stand, guessing at section 103. Did not see anything untoward against us so I’d be careful here.
Anyone else see something similar?
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Yep there was a clown about 5 or 6 rows in the North Stand 103 with a laser pointing to the AC Milan penalty box. Lasted for about 10 minutes or so …….
cadizzy
FloridaCSC
HH
Jungle Jim
13:25 on 19 December, 2013
I have just watched a Finnbogason compilation showing his 24 goals last (?) season . I can see why no big club has, apparently, come in for him. He actually does not look all that skillful but he does put the ball in the net. Kris Boyd was, and to a lesser extent still is, like that. I can`t decide if I would like Celtic to buy him. At £ 5 million it would be a heck of a risk.I certainly would not want him bought just to appease anxious fans.
Well that would explain why John Park wasn’t comfortable putting his name to the signing for that amount of money. As Weeminger points out, there are plenty of examples where we have bought a player that didn’t suit our style of play and who was then considered “a failure”. Although I should point out that Harold’s scoring stats are actually not that bad.
JungleJim….
5 million poonds fir Kris Boyd….somebody has been spiking yer Bridies !
tonydonnelly67
13:39 on 19 December, 2013
Your best post in a while mate…..:)
Tony D- Was it not Bhoyzone that sang…
“..you say it best…..when you say nothing at all!”
HH :-)
TET
I take it you are on holiday then.
I need to keep up with what is going on. My powers of sadly lurking are sadly lacking
I watched the recent Eygpt v Ghana world cup game and it was full-on lasers throughout the 90mins. There must of been hundreds of them contantly being aimed at the Ghana players and at the officials. Dont know if Fifa took any action.
Neustadt……and somebody has been spiking your bridies if you think I said £ 5 million for the Monster Munch Kid !
JJ
leftclick
The pie man looks glum in that wee video – or maybe he’s just wondering what time’s lunch?
jungle jim
12:01 on 19 December, 2013
Mickbhoy1888 11.31
I usually try to be polite to my fellow Tims on here.
The inference that I take from the above statement is that you were somewhat suggesting that my post of today directed at Bawsman ,in reply to his post at 15:34 yesterday, was impolite
Jungle Jim/WeeMinger/NatKnow
Was told last week that JP was adamant that Fonbogason at £5M or anything near it was a NO NO from him.
I too have now seen the videos and some of the defending around him for his goals have been shocking and while the boy clearly has been able to find the net, they do not strike me as goals from a creative striker who works the box and the two central defenders as part of a team.
I would be far from jumping for joy if he wad £5M to spend of a striker and we blew it on this lad.
Just my opinion of course.
See? Yet another Page Podium. It happens too often to me to be a coincidence. Spooky 0:-)
Tonly Donnelly
Not like you to be lost for words young man
Jimbo67 supporting Oscar Knox
cadizzy
No still in the cave.
The Florida reference was the vote rigging when George Dubbya got into power due to the electronic voting.
Now the huns wouldn’t do anything like that, would they !!!
HH
Neustadt
How stupid of me! I read yours as `drink` and thought `bridies` would be a slightly humorous response. I now look like a tit for tat juvenile brat. Oh, dear 0:-)
JJ
Jungle Jim…..oh I love the spiked Bridies….Saddlers Xmas Special…hahahahaha
Maybe it was from the artist formerly known as tonydonnelly67?
Mickbhoy 1888
No. I meant my forthright response might be considered impolite.
I said your 11.32 post was stupid !!!!
Is that better than impolite ? 0:-)
JJ
tonydonnelly67
13:39 on 19 December, 2013
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Good one, TD.
For once I can see your POINT.
Tonydonnelly
You had better post again quickly, TD. I, for one, am wondering where you are.
JJ
Dubaibhoy-”If I signed off the accounts it has been in good faith.”
13:18 on 19 December, 2013
Len,
The Loovens rumour was doing the rounds???
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I looked into this mhate but it seems Sheffield Wed are keen to extend his contract and I’m kinda hoping they’re successful. ;o)
HH
/Bishop B
I haven’t seen anything of Fonbogason so cannot comment on his ability,but I like the look of Callum Wilson of Coventry,he would cost a fraction of the Icelantics fee,but a goalscorer is a goalscorer no matter the league he plays in.Remember the late great Joe McBride.
hey AR ….you still sitting in the shade and supping Kool Kool beer…..greetings …hope you enjoyed all the gnashing of souls at the cricket ….braw
Lads
That was my page marker . <~~ see! saves me scrolling down to se the new posts! it's a senior thing ;)
TET
If they tried to rig electronic voting, they’d probably electrocute themselves
fanadpatriot
14:00 on 19 December, 2013
If we were looking in League 1 down south then Nahki Wells would be a good signing.
cadizzy
>}}}
HH
Art of war
Nice to see your up with the boy band scene, cough! cough? ;)
fanadpatriot
I have not heard of Fonbogason but if he is an IcelanTIC I would be interested 0:-)
JJ ( Cheerio for now)
funny though it is,watching the charade being acted out I cant help but boke!
They have destroyed Scottish football.Minty,Campbell and his bank of crooks shafted our game.They rode roughshod over every rule in the book.They conceived a a plan to not only defraud the Taxman,but football itself.The plan failed.They died.It happened.No amount of media reinvention can alter that,but those who govern our game still do everything to accomodate the charade.
WelovedifferentlyCsc
JJ braw………..good tic ye are …
I didn’t post back cause I wasn’t on, I was takin my dirt down to the midden, and putting my Christmas cards through my neighbours letter box ;)
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Oscar Knox, MacKenzie Furniss and anyone else who fights Neuroblastoma
13:51 on 19 December, 2013
Jungle Jim/WeeMinger/NatKnow
Was told last week that JP was adamant that Fonbogason at £5M or anything near it was a NO NO from him.
I too have now seen the videos and some of the defending around him for his goals have been shocking and while the boy clearly has been able to find the net, they do not strike me as goals from a creative striker who works the box and the two central defenders as part of a team.
I would be far from jumping for joy if he wad £5M to spend of a striker and we blew it on this lad.
Just my opinion of course.
I haven’t seen the vidoes myself and, to be honest, even if I had I’m not much judge of a player. I’m happy to leave it to the professional scouting system at Celtic to determine whether a guy is worth a £5M punt or not. A big decision – especially given the pressure from fans for a “marquee” signing. I accept that there will be mistakes or players who don’t pan out as expected.