Spinning for trouble by Sky

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I try to avoid those who really should be avoided but I caught the report of Peter Lawwell’s Sky TV interview on their website yesterday.  The “No summer sales” headline was misleading in itself as our chief exec actually said “there is no real necessity to sell players now”.

We are a solvent and well-run football club, there is no real, or imagined, necessity to sell, but there is an enormous leap between this status and “no summer sales”.  All clubs, not just Celtic, sell when an offer exceeds their valuation for a player and they believe the money could be more productively redeployed elsewhere.  There is no necessity for Manchester City to sell players, not until the oil runs out in the Middle East, anyway, but they may still sell.

Best part of the article was from Charlie Nicholas, “I’m a bitter idiot. Listen, I’ll prove it…..”

I’ve translated that quote from the vernacular.

Loved newco Rangers accounts.  £3.5m in the bank on 31 December, £1.5m loan since, so they have £5m to operate until the season ticket money comes in, which will just be enough, but cash burn is running at over £1m per month; close to £15m a year.

£30m-£50m is not enough.

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  1. valentinesday on

    It’s always a special occasion when a championship

     

    winning Celtic team take the field……..so get yourselves

     

    along too CP the morra………and bring a young un wa yees

  2. valentinesday on

    I’m no Spartacus…..the guy next to me is!!!

     

     

    betteralivecowordthanadeadheroCSC.

  3. tootingtim supports wee oscar

     

     

    17:41 on 28 March, 2014

     

    jamesgang – maybe they should all come with removable tinfoil lining?

     

     

    HH:))

     

     

    Me thinks a lot of us on here need all the tinfoil protection that’s going!!

     

     

    DaftBhoysCSCNo1

     

     

    ;-))))

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  4. Good evening friends

     

     

    Just one more sleep until we roll up to see the Champions play. Woo-hoo!

  5. Neil canamalar

     

     

    Totally agree my father passed away a few years ago at the time focused all our thoughts on getting my wee mam through that now she has gone there is one big void that will never be filled will learn to live with it but will never forget I’m going to log off now back to lurking which I’ve been doing since 2004 but love this site and little gems you get on here like Breaking Bad and other little gems like it going to take the hound out the china cottage takeaway and a nice wee brandy thanx all and give your mam a big hug and tell her you love her

  6. Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar on

    Boab1888

     

     

    Condolences on the passing of your maw.

     

     

    Valentines

     

     

    Yep I’ll be there and looking forward to a wee Gallowgate session after it!

  7. charles kickham on

    Saw a snippet on Twitter earlier saying one of the TV networks is going to start showing the GAA this summer – anybody know who it is or anymore on the subject – I know premier sports have a subscription channel for this but it sounds like they might have some competition now

  8. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    boab1888,

     

    You’ve no one to kiss it better anymore, its your turn to pick up the mantle and try as best you can to emulate her and yer da, your the growed up now, they’ve prepared you and yer bro for this and no doubt done a great job, best foot forward and show the world how good a job they did, you’ll be making them proud for a long time to come.

     

    Hail Hail

  9. The Token Tim on

    Boab1888,

     

     

    Sincere Condolences on the loss of your mum.

     

     

    I have never forgotten my old man telling me as a wee bhoy after I had given my mum a moothful of cheek (after he leathered me of course!) amongst other stuff: “dont you ever forget that your mum is and always will be your best friend!”.

     

     

    You know what? he wasnt wrong.

     

     

    Im sure that was the case with you too.

     

     

    God Bless Your Mum and RIP!

     

     

    HAIL! HAIL!

     

    Token

  10. TheOriginalSadiesBhoy on

    valentinesday

     

     

    17:25 on 28 March, 2014

     

    Who on here will be at CP the morra?

     

    ………………………………….

     

     

    Me.

  11. 50 shades of green supports wee oscar and his family.h.h.wee mhan on

    * valentinesday

     

    17:25 on 28 March, 2014

     

     

    Who on here will be at CP the morra?

     

    *

     

    me and wee shades will be in our usual seat in 403.

  12. valentinesday on

    Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar…….one day I’ll join

     

    you and all the cqners in a session,but the morra I’m

     

    pre-booked with all those paper reading, ssb listening

     

    Celtic fans…….God love them,God love us all

  13. valentinesday

     

     

    me.

     

     

    are you trying to put a bet on the size of the crowd? :-)

  14. Celticrollercoaster luvs his luminious lime boots on

    jamesgang

     

     

    17:34 on 28 March, 2014

     

     

    Hope you have 2 CQteN badges to go with the bunnet?

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  15. Celticrollercoaster luvs his luminious lime boots on

    boab1888

     

     

    Sorry for your loss. I hope you find strength in your family to get you through the tough times.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  16. GlassTwoThirdsFull on

    Parkheadcumsalford 16:39

     

     

    Glass Two Thirds Full,

     

     

    While I wouldn’t dispute your figures, I have a very worrying feeling that the honest mistakes plus the monies they do have will be enough for the deid lot to keep up with us in the SPFL. As everyone has seen this season, the cheating has been seriously bad; just wait until they get back into the top division. It will be on a scale never witnessed before. Sure, the word liquidation has already been erased from their history, by everyone but ourselves.

     

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    The figures can’t be too far off. Heck, I might even be SHORT!

     

    I guess none of us know what will happen. I just get fed up with the MSM saying we need them for competition when in reality they probably couldn’t even tell you when a form of “Rangers” run with internally-generated revenues was competitive with a strong Celtic. Many decades.

  17. embramike supporting wee Oscar and Res 12 on

    Good reading again from Phil.

     

     

    Apoplexy and sevcosis abounds, much foaming at the mouth from the uninitiated and a knowing silence from those in the know.

     

     

    Looking forward to a wee celebration at CP tomorrow. May get the bus through and go a-pinting if there are a few willing imbibers amongst us ;-)

  18. kikinthenakas on

    Valentinesday

     

     

    I’ll be there auld pal and straight oot for a drink before the Kano do….

     

     

    Kikinthenakas

  19. I won`t be at Celtic Park tomorrow. I`ll be off skiing to Kitzbuhel, but can I ask you all to give a wee hand to Ross County, you see they took points off of the sheep on Tuesday night so that I could see The Bhoys become champions (could make a song out of that) on Wednesday night.

  20. Boab1888

     

    Condolences on the loss of your Wee Mam.

     

    Sadly, I know what a void that leaves.

     

    On the loss of our Ma, I told my younger brother and sister that we just got “promoted” in the family. Am sure you and your brother will feel that way too. Remember all the good times.

     

     

    God Bless

     

     

    Gerry

  21. Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar on

    Valentines

     

     

    You’d be made most welcome mate.

     

     

    Embramike

     

     

    I’ll be in Bar67 after the game if you’re around.

  22. leftclicktic We are all Neil Lennon on

    Went to my mams today and sat patiently waiting to be told what to do:)))).

     

    Not until I suggested one of my good ideas did she put me right without losing her smile or unfolding her arms.

     

    Thoughts with you & yours boab, my da is in the same place nearer the gate,when he went we thought how are we going to get my mam through it, only on looking back did I realise that even in her time of sorrow she carried us.

  23. Excellent evening at the Celtic foundation dinner last night.

     

     

    Well done to Andy Cameron

  24. Ht,

     

     

    That’s where my daughter and her friends are going after the game, might pop in and get you that beer…if she allows me too:((