We received clarity from Uefa on some important issues yesterday and not on others. Access to the Champions and Europa Leagues next season will be granted only on sporting merit. This finally nailed hopes of the Null and Void Loyal. If a league was declared void, its standings and results would not hold, so no sporting merit could be determined.
If Newco want access to the Europa League qualifiers, they need the SPFL to award a winner and second place, despite their protests. Our old pal Cognitive Dissonance must keep them awake at night.
It is clear from the Uefa statement they have listened and tried to accommodate several scenarios. Where titles are close, like Italy, where Lazio narrowed the gap on Juventus to a point, Uefa suggest a play-off system could allow chasing teams to make up the difference. AZ Alkmaar trail Ajax on goal difference but the Dutch league is expected to call a halt to the campaign as early as today. There are no truly satisfactory closures this season, least of all for Celtic, who will be denied a title winning game.
What we didn’t get was a hard deadline on when teams have to be nominated for European competitions. After discussions with Uefa, the Italian league extended this season’s Serie A to 2 August, so we know for sure the European draws cannot take place until after that date.
I expect we will see European leagues synchronise their moves; there will be no incentive for any radical undertakings. Those without rabid losers will be first to call time, the SPFL will move with the herd, as it should. Then those who called for independent investigations into why the SPFL acted the same way as the rest of Europe will look like the angry losers they are.
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Crc, who cares, no one else is putting in the effort, well done mate!
Haven’t taken part so far coz I’m always drunk by 9, but I still appreciate your efforts and I still test myself the next day anyway. So far I’ve won all of them!
Evening CRC,
Incredibly Stevie Fulton.
A seated jungle
Alan Thompson
Vargas
Billy McNeill
2
Yes.
1Stevie Fulton
2 under soil heating
3 Colin …( Irish bhoy )
4 Me no know
5. Tom McAdam
6. 2
7. No
Aye Stan varga, that’s him! Do I get a point for recognising it when I see it?
Glasgowbhoy, thank you. Lots lurking….and too frightened to take part :-)
Looks like no Jobo or SFTB tonight, so open competition…
HH
CRC
ok 2 more minutes for round 1
Glasgow Bhoy, we are all old feckers so we are slow. For a second there I thought it could be called early and I might win.
3 Colin . Doh I remember him noo
Corkcelt, ha ha!
Where are SFTB & Jobo, maybe giving the weak bhoys a break,,
My money is on Bada now.
Answers to Round 1: If you know Your Celtic History
1 Steve Fulton
2 Undersoil heating
3 Liam Miller
4 Stan Varga
5 Andy Lynch
6 15 ( incredibly if my quiz book is correct)
7 Yes (51)
Scores after round 1 and it is close
5 BADA BING
5 CORKCELT
4 GLASGOWBHOY
3 GREENPINATA
3 ANGELGABRIEL
Round 2: Celtic in Europe: It was the season 2003/4 and we were up against Czech Republic opposition in the Uefa Cup 3rd Round, first leg
( 1 point for each question answered correctly. If you are the first person to answer a question correctly then you get a bonus point. Only your first guess will count)
1 Can you name Celtic’s opposition?
2 What was the score at Paradise?
3 Who kept goals for Celtic that night?
4 Who scored a double for Celtic that night?
5 What was the score in the 2nd leg?
6 Which team eventually knocked us out of the Uefa Cup that season?
Started well . Faded quickly. Just like the mags I bet on
1 Steve Fulton
2. Seated Jungle
3. Maloney
4, Stan Varga
5 Andy Lynch
6 10
Sorry crc
Just remembered about the quiz and checked in. I fell asleep after painting the back fence a nice shade of green today.
I will just do the picture round tonight.
7 51
SFTB
Just join in from round 2. We call it a handicap quiz… :-)
HH
CRC
Slavia Prague
3-1
Hedman
Sutton
1-1
Lyon
1. Slavia Prague
2 3-0
3 . Hennman
4. Chris Sutton
5. 1-1
6. Valencia
Teplice
3 0
Douglas
Henrik
01
Porto
1 FK Teplice
2 3 nil
3 Henrik
4 Boruc
5 0-1
6 Villareal
Hmm…
1. Kaunas
2. Four nil
3. Marshall?
4. No idea…hartson
5. One nil to the good guys
6. Too drunk, Spanish team, I was at cp!
crc
Thanks but I really like the picture round so I’ll stick to that.
I fluked Guess the pLayer last time. BT got the answer the same time as me but he wasn’t guessing
Yep read back, Villarreal is right. Couldn’t get valencia and Valladolid out my head but knew they weren’t right. Aargh!
And the rest are pure guesses anyway!
Bollxi Boruc, What was I thinking. I should be eliminated for that alone.
Wow, cant remember the team. Bohemians.?
2-0
David Marchell
Chris Sutton
1 -0 to Celtic.
Espanyol
What a nightmare round.😀
2 more minutes
Greenpinata -it is not easy. I only got it right because I had the answers :-)
1. FC Teplice
2. 3-0
3. Douglas
4. Larsson
5. 0-1
6. Villa Real
Answers to Round 2: Celtic in Europe: It was the season 2003/4 and we were up against Czech Republic opposition in the Uefa Cup 3rd Round, first leg
1 Teplice
2 3-0
3 Rab Douglas
4 Henrik
5 1-0 Teplice ( not 0-1, sorry)
6 Villareal
I think Teplice is in Slovakia.
Scores after Round 2
10 CORKCELT
7 BIGBHOY
5 BADA BING
5 ANGELGABRIEL
5 CELTICMAC
4 GLASGOWBHOY
3 GREENPINATA
Null and void round surely?😆
Wrong…back to lurking!!
FRIESDORFER on 24TH APRIL 2020 9:32 PM
I think Teplice is in Slovakia.
Is that an answer to the round 2? :-)
HH
CRC
Ah Referee, You know we all think Celtic First, 0-1 means we lost,
CRC
Sorry I was late Sir!