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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. I wonder will Neil Lennon send some of his squad off on early holiers now that everybody is on easy street. Surprised to see that Stokesy is on 14 goals to date hope he can add another six and make it the magical 20 strikes making it the third occasion he has topped this mark in his four seasons at the club, failing to reach this mark when he was out with a long term injury.

  2. celticrollercoaster luvs his luminious lime boots

     

     

    18:13 on 28 March, 2014

     

    jamesgang

     

     

    17:34 on 28 March, 2014

     

     

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

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

     

     

    Got 1. Need the other. So I may take a wander round looking for the handsome deils if I have time!!!

     

     

    StayBeautifulTimdomCSC

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  3. I,m Spartacus.

     

     

    Oh and Sleekit Sally lives in some parallel universe

     

    “I,m led to believe wages came down from the previous

     

    year.I don’t do the finances”

     

     

    Is there no dialogue at board meetings ?

     

    Amateur teams are better managed.

  4. Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar on

    BobbyR

     

     

    I’m guessing if she worked as a barmaid ye still would! :-)

     

     

    Sispini

     

     

    If not in Bar67 we’ll be in Traders Tavern in the middle of the Barras.

     

     

    Oh and I’ll take that pint :-)

  5. leftclicktic We are all Neil Lennon on

    Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar

     

     

     

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

     

     

    Might pop in and see you sir for an hoursir, was thinking what to do till Kano Time,spending time with some good ghuys wins it.

  6. Celtic who don’t need to sell players in selling players shocker……..

     

     

    Expectation management!!’!!!!!!!!!!

  7. Doc/ CRC

     

    Had a good old chinwag with Connaire today and both your names came up, mind and look out for him tomorrow.

     

    CRC I forgot to mention the Donegal/Derry/ surname connection, I’ll leave that to you.

     

     

    KTF and HH

  8. Boab.

     

    Prayers said for your mum.

     

    God bless her.

     

    May you and your brother have the strength to carry on.

     

    Remember the good times.

  9. embramike supporting wee Oscar and Res 12 on

    HT

     

     

    Bar 67 – ok – sounds like a plan. Do they accept groats and dubloons :-))

  10. Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar on

    Leftclicktic

     

     

    As always P it’ll be a pleasure to see you!

     

     

    Embramike

     

     

    They still accept luncheon vouchers, yer safe :-)

  11. valentinesday on

    Goodnight Timland.

     

     

    Family duties call……lets all have a great Celtic

     

    title winning party the morra.

  12. charles kickham on

    Houl yer wheest

     

     

    18:24 on 28 March, 2014

     

     

    Cheers mate – makes interesting reading

  13. houl Yer Wheest…………The GAA has a terrific product, big competitive games and massive summertime crowds, I’m not surprised SKY are tracking these games to add to it’s profile.

     

    Let’s hope it does not affect coverage on terrestrial TV. I see BT and SKY have moved in on the Rabo rugby lge next season.

  14. GlassTwoThirdsFull

     

     

    You would probably need to rewind back to Jock Wallace’s treble team of Colin Jackson etc in 1978 as their last untainted title. That was the last genuinely “strong rangers” unaided by spending outwith their means.

  15. Increasing numbers of clubs (or clumpanies) tend to favour the director of football approach. A person of considerable strategic perspective and highly attuned football nous to act as the conduit and gatekeeper between board room and dressing room. Between green playing surfaces and greenbacks.

     

     

    If you’re reading this Mr (sic) Ally ‘I don’t do finances’ McCoist… I’m not sure this is the roll (sic) for you!!’

     

     

    ;-)))) LMFFAOcsc

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  16. South Of Tunis on

    BMCUW

     

     

    RE —-MI 19.

     

     

    Recommend a wee stroll along Kensington Palace Gardens ——- lovely —– a hoose there might cost you £ 50 million . Take a good look at Numbers 6 ,7 and 8 .

     

     

    Those houses were formerly known as the London Cage . An interrogation centre where ” enemy prisoners of war ” were routinely tortured.

  17. GlassTwoThirdsFull on

    bournesouprecipe 18:26 on 28 March, 2014

     

    Clint Eastwood – is an anagram of old west action

     

     

    Dave King at Ibrox is an anagram of Bok evading IR tax

  18. Celticrollercoaster luvs his luminious lime boots on

    Remember Bhoys, CQteN badges available tomorrow from 2pmish at the Pools office(next to superstore) NOT the ticket office :-)

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  19. Why cant they see it, Dave King is the answer to everything.

     

     

    Just take his money.

     

     

    Why cant they see it!!!

  20. Marrakesh Express on

    Sevcodger there…’achh, the money’s gone oot the door!’

     

     

    No shit Sherlock!

  21. What Is The Stars

     

     

    Thank you very much sir.

     

    20/1 winner helps pay for the Title Triumph Tipple.

     

     

    Champion, WITS, just Champion!

     

     

    EC67

  22. I would just like to post my gratitude to What is the Stars@15.33…..

     

     

    Farandooney £10 EW @16/1 you little dancer!

     

     

    Thanks very much pal!

     

     

    Hail Hail

     

     

    gebhoy

  23. Eurochamps67 –

     

     

    whilst I currently have a less than 5% chance of getting a ticket out tomorrow please do text or email me the plans just in case…

  24. !!Bada Bing!! on

    DL said Dave King wants to put in £30 million………not sure who’s £30 million but you know it’s not his.

  25. What is the Stars thank you very much excellent start to the weekend 20-1 winner what a piece of tipping

  26. Vmhan

     

     

    Good to see you again even though the occasion was a sad one. I hope you and your wife returned home safely.

     

     

    As I was leaving the hall after showing you that poster, a lady rush out after me and asked could she see the “Celtic poster”. As I did so, she explained her reason for asking to view it was that she was the granddaughter of John O’Hara, one of the founding fathers. I just could not believe it. What a small but wonderful Celtic world we live in.

     

     

    I was not sure if you had ever met the lady and as you know I was rushing off to school but I did ask her to speak to you. Hopefully I will get more details about her from someone who was at the funeral and let you know later.

     

     

    Oh, and you never got to see VHM.

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