It will make little difference to those who really should be paying attention. Malcolm Murray left the Rangers International board yesterday with a statement to fans unlike anything previously heard from a departing director of a Scottish football club. His warning is loud and clear, “Events of the last year have seen behaviour that would make the late, great, Bill Struth spin in his grave (no, he doesn’t mean the fact that all faiths are now employed at Ibrox)”.
It’ll make little difference because the groundwork has already been laid to ignore anything Malcolm Murray says by those who in previous years did the bidding of David Murray, Craig Whyte and Charles Green. Notions of having a club “run by men of the highest integrity” don’t fit the narrative, talk of “mysterious individuals” will not be heard.
We’re now watching the equivalent of the opening scenes of Police Academy 4, the same farce will unfold with increasingly less interest from the wider world.
I know lots of good Celtic fans, lots and lots of them. Respect today to those who buy Overseas Season Tickets, meaning they can attend five games per season, but they buy tickets to 16 games for underprivileged supporters.
We are part of a genuinely incredible body of people. Stories like this simply don’t happen elsewhere. If you’re part of ‘the programme’, well done.
Just checked, Police Academy 4 was subtitled ‘Citizens on Patrol’. If only!!
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Ok for Saturday, yes?
HAMILTON TIM. 1205
Not really,if you have ever seen me with a computer.
I’ve since changed it to an eight letter word.
In honour of VOGUEPUNTER’s later comment.
Clue-it would be seven letters on USA….
re: Green Lantern (((((0)))))
@ 12:18 on 11 July, 2013
and that was only fae the judge and police officers present.
SoT
I know at least 2 people who have complained that when they walked into a bar in Italy and asked for a latte, they were given milk instead of coffee (latte being Italian for milk).
Don’t these Italians understand their language? As George W was (doubtfully) reported as saying said “The problem with the French is that they don’t have a word for entrepreneur”.
Twisty – looking forward to it mate.
T4
ASonOfDan @ 12 34.
” Why will Snyde not admit he is a rangers fan who smashed up a toilet at Celtic Park ”
Snyde know that there are lots of Old Firm Ltd supporters in the relevant catchment area . They therefore give those Old Firm Ltd supporters what they want —- Old Firm Ltd news .
One of the important things in business is never to bite the hand from those who feed you.
Not too concerned about the results pre season. The way I see it, it’s a chance to test formations, and players that may or may not work against opposition that ‘won’t go easy on them’
Others it seems, would prefer this was done in league or cup games.
Wee article about Vic..
With Southampton poised to complete a £12.5m transfer, Neil Lennon doesn’t expect to have Victor Wanyama at his disposal next season: “In an ideal world I’d be delighted if Victor was here but I have reservations about that,” he told the Daily Record.
“It’s too big a deal not to go through and I think it will get done this week.”
Big deal for a big player. It’s also worth remembering what an epic contribution the Kenyan had to a hugely successful campaign. He started 47 of Celtic’s 59 matches – the third most used outfield player -missing just 2 of 12 European matches (Spartak home and Helsingborgs away).
Since arriving from Germinal Beerschot for just £900k 2 seasons ago, Wanyama built a reputation for being a no-nonsense, tough-tackling ‘destructive’ midfielder. His size and power has also tempted Lennon to use him as a centre-back although latterly that’s been a rare occurrence.
Victor Wanyama 2012-13
The foremost thought in Lennon’s mind of course had been getting Wanyama into the team full stop, though the availability of others have influenced where exactly he fits in. Typically if Scott Brown has been missing, he’d be used on the right; if Joe Ledley missing on the left. As the 3 man midfield became the norm, Wanyama stood out as the most important player in the system plugging the gap between the lines and generally playing as a holding midfield ballwinner.
There was a spell – most notably in Europe – where Wanyama was encouraged to become more expansive with his distribution. Sweeping cross field diagonal balls (for example) against Barcelona in an effort to spread play, build attacks and broaden his own footballing horizon.
Such an attacking twist to his overall play accompanied peak interest from some of the biggest sides in the world, like Manchester Utd. Perhaps this was no coincidence, especially given Alex Ferguson’s thoughts earlier in the season on “holding” midfielders:”I don’t think we’ve had a holding player since I’ve been here. We’ve never had a holding player. We tried to get Roy Keane to do that but he just couldn’t, so I’ve not had it for 25 years. Why should I think about it now?”
Sir Alex expanded, hinting perhaps as to why the elite European sides aren’t knocking down the door of Ivan Modia, Wanyama’s agent: “If you look at the examples, Fabregas was one of the best midfield players in England for five years but he wasn’t a big lad and wasn’t a holding player. He was an attacking player. Xavi and [Andres] Iniesta are small players – you can’t call them holding players.”
Across the board of the elite, it’s difficult to find a strict destroyer as per Wanyama. The likes of Sami Khedira, İlkay Gündoğan, Paulinho, Javi Martinez and Jack Wilshire are the blueprint for a modern “defensive-minded” midfielder. Or in other words, more dynamic, technical even players.
An alternative use at an elite club, presumably would be a place in defence. In a similar kind of way that Daniel De Rossi, Sergio Busquets, Alexander Song and David Luiz blur the line between centre-back and defensive midfielder. Even Ferguson’s own Michael Carrick has been used in defence. More Celtic-centric, and on the flip-side – Virgil Van Dijk played in midfield against FC Cluj, so it appears that the old-school brutish centre-back is on the way out – there’s no room on the pitch anymore for those who don’t like the ball at feet. A movement quite evident at Celtic.
In a relegation dogfight, Southampton probably won’t be concerned with the attacking ideals permeating Lennon’s mind, so one might expect to see Wanyama ‘holding’ as he did for Celtic. Former Saints player Gordon Watson believes he’ll be the perfect foil for creative talent Morgan Schneiderlin: ”Having somebody like him in the middle of the park would probably free up Morgan to do a bit more damage in the final third.
“He’s big, strong, wins the ball, gives it, turns defence into attack and he gets on the end of things from set pieces.”
This has always been his USP – pure physical prowess. 9 goals this season is a fabulous return for a defensive player – with 6 coming directly from set-pieces, the pinnacle being that header at Celtic Park against Barcelona which setup a famous 2-1 victory. Even the greatest players in the world struggle against Wanyama’s colossal determination.
The uncertainty of his future job title won’t remove from the fact that Wanyama is the most talented Celtic export since Henrik Larsson, and will surely go on to bigger things than relegation battles. The approximate profit of £11.4m reflects not only his quality, but another success story in Peter Lawwell and Lennon’s transfer strategy.
England’s bowlers Dragbattersbackinanger
Apricale @ 12 46 .
The latte thing is a classic .
Mrs S of T greeted the news that the Cafe Nero chain makes the best coffee in the UK with this -.
” we’ve tried them . Lots of coffee possibilities and nothing that tastes remotely like coffee .
Vado fuori —– Fa caldo —— mare /spiaggia and a caffe freddo grande .
Auguri !
SOT
Was in a station cafe and ordered 2 lattes, didn’t realise it was just warm milk, just went back and ordered 2 espressos and mixed them, worked a treat…
I see that the Daily Rangers have moved the Cliftonville v Celtic game from Cliftonville Street in North belfast. I’d say if any of the 26 fans with an football banning order do travel to Belfast they will be watching the game on TV in the West. The Rock bar are putting on some good entertainment on Tuesday and Wednesday while Charlie and the Bhoys are appearing at the Emerald Roadhouse on wednesday night.
“The match at Solitude in west Belfast”
On a serious note I read in yesterday’s Irish Independent that the celtic development squad are coming to Belfast for a three day training camp. Does anyone know where they will be based (def not West belfast) as I and a great many others would like to haver a look at our future stars.
McGuinness: Celtic’s GAA connections a huge plus
http://www.newsnow.co.uk › Sport › Football › SPL
The Sulphurous Fumes Are Emanating From The Cloaca Maxima Siciliana….
Giving Notice That Today’s “Ten-Minutes-Of-Hate” Diatribe From The Denizen Of Greater Lampedusa…..
Is IMMINENT !
Which Unfortunate Ethnic Group…..
Will Be On The Receiving End Of His Withering Scorn Today..?
Latest Odds From PADDYPOWER :-
———————————————
2-5ON…Obese Middle-Aged Americans..
1-2…….Canny Southern English Expatriates..
2-1……Obese Middle-Aged Russian Babushkas..
3-1……SAGA Coachload Of Pensioners From Harrogate…
75-1….Warm ,Wise, & Wonderful Maghrebis….Anxious To Share Their Superior Culture With The Backward And Benighted Westerners….
100-1…Vibrant,Exotic,Empathic Souls From The Land Of Somalia….
500-1….A Hookers,Rappers..& Gangstas Convention……
Just Blown In Fae Harlem Town..
( 500-1 BAR)
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Get Yer Wager On,TET…..
Money For NOTHING…!
Still….Laughin’
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Sydney Tim…..CQN’s Voice Of Integrity..
Keep Telling It As It Is…..
corkcelt heading for yougal on 20 july with offspring and granweans could you point me to a pub to catch the belfast game in that area CHEERS
TTTT
GOOD, GET STUDYING
No point in asking PF to help study, he’ll not be able to see the paper, nor say Pacing Rost, after lunch:-)
jis in Fae the jiggin’.. Whit?… Ah am Still.. oan Vacation.
Introduction.. tae…
Financial Security.. Room 101..
Income, Income..and even Mair … INCOME!
That is the Key tae.. LONG LASTING ..and GROWING… FINANCIAL SUCCESS.
And..
That is Whit the Celtic Board are After.
Also.. Rising Income… is a loat bettah than.. Static Income.
and.. it …
Also must hiv.. SUSTAINABILITY.
Sustainability.. Trumps.. Windfall.. Every which way.. from here tae Sunday.
Not so well Known..
Whit is “Not so well Known”
The Celtic Board of Directors (used tae be Long Term Plan.) Noo.. Intermediate.. PLAN.
Which is?
Ah jis Done Tole Ye!
Income, Income, Growing by Leaps and Bounds.. and It Wull Be..
SUSTAINABLE. tae!
And ..In order tae achieve that… Sustainable Income..
Ye canny dae Much bettah than.. Real Estate Holdings.
No Jist Real Estate Holdings fur the sake o’ .. Speculation.. but ..
Income Producing Real Estate Holdings.
The Best Form of Sustainable and.. RISING. Income.
Is Thru.. Income Producing Real Estate..
This Kin be obtained. Thru.. the old Tried and True.. avenues.. like ..
Rentals.
Rents ur Good.. But, WORKING and Growing Real Estate Holdings.. Such as
HOTELS.. Pubs.. Convention Centers.. ur.. GREAT!
Wid it dae any guid, at this Point…. tae Introduce ye tae the Delights of the Daddy of all
Income Producing Properties..
PARKING LOT OWNERSHIP??
Na.widnae dae Any guid..
So, A WULLNAE!
Na. Ah wullnae go intae that Area..of Rising. And Solid .. Income,which wid be…Parking Lot Ownership.
That’s Fur anither Time.
Most folks Knowledge of How tae Turn a Brown Penny..intae a .. Golden Sovereign
leaves Much tae be desired.
Of Which Ah am Happily… Thankful!
Look.. in order fur Celtic tae delve intae the Happy Happenstance.. of Capturing a Future, which will
be Highlighted, by the Fact, that Celtic Plc.. will No LONGER be solely Dependent oan
the Undependable and Capricious Vagaries( Is that no an Oxymoron?…ed)( it soitenly is.. Don’t ye jist Luv it,though?) of the Soccer Bizness..
Especially , as things now stand, despite, Celtic Football Club being the Fortunate Recipient
of Hiving a Stupendous World Wide Fan Base
The Club Has Remained a Stunted… Financial Kitten,
because, it is presently Rooted in Painful and Impecunious Isolation..in the Financial Hinterland of the United Kingdom.
Tae return tae Ma Main Point. from which Ah hiv.. Not Unexpectedly, drifted..as
Kojo widnae be . .. Well. Kojo…if he . Didae..Not Unexpectedly .. Drift… wih He?
Bottum Line..
In order tae turn oan such a Monetary Spigot.. from which all of the Benefits of
Future Financial Well Being , thru the Magic of Rising And Sustainable Income..
wull..well .. Flow.
Celtic , Need.. Seed Money..
Yes. Seed Money.. ( See… Wanyama’s , Ki’s et al… plus any Euro Windfalls)
Marvelous thing.. Seed Money..
Fur with it.. Celtic can Begin tae Exploit it’s Newly Acquired.. and GIFTED..
Real Estate Holdings..
and With the Help of the Banks,, Celtic can Commence tae Complete it’s Plan of
Building a Real Estate Empire..
The Plans are Already Drawn up. and It only requires ..the Go Ahead signal..
for Celtic tae Build it’s
Sustainable and Rising Income Real Estate Empire..
Noo Ye Know.
Kojo
Still Laughin’
Not a cricket fan but the last 2 Aussies in are really having a ball. Even I’m enjoying it.
HH
ASOD,
Snyde work a blatant sevcovian agenda.. Look at their employees….many support the tax dodgers… I turned Snyde off last season…
Changed my life..
Young Sara Cox on Radio 1 plays some good tunes, and Radio 2 as well…
Shortie is as bad as Snyde ..
Never talk Celtic…
HH
KevJungle,
To be fair Schindilin, Lalanna, and Ramierz i wouldn’t say to no to from Southhampton.
Lennon looking at that they have an ambitious young manager like himself that is slowly making a name for himself. Pocchentio a good coach.
Can see Southhampton challenging Europa position this year.
WGS
13:09 on
11 July, 2013
South of Tunis,
Who have Napoli lined up for Cavani replacement?
Vargas in with a shout????
Thank God Sydney “Tim” was not in charge at Rankers, they would be dominating world football at the minute. Surely there must be a club somewhere that will recognise this entrepreneur for the genius that he undoubtedly is, Celtic’s loss???????????
Kojo,
Are we going to replace Victor?
WGS
Rubber Room Man ——
Fear and paranoia ridden numb nuts ——— even money ..
Why waste recreation time and behavior modification tokens when you could be doing more research . It must be hard doing a parasitic piggy back troll gig when you know zilch about the host .
mccannspark, Youghal is a fair bit away from me and to be honest I wouldn’t have a clue re the pubs there. I’d imagine it will be shown in quite a few pubs around there. If you have a car and are driving around take the weans to Fota Wildlife Park about 16 miles from Youghal about halfway between there & Cork City. Afterwards continue on to Cobh where The Titanic sailed from. If you are in Cork City best Celtic Pub is The Friars Walk Tavern, you can google it before you call.
My Dear Kojo….
Cookin’ Wi’ GAS….
corkcelt
The number 11 for Australia, Ashton Agar, has the highest debut score for a number 11 in test match history. He is 19.
WGS —–
Rumors that Vargas might be returning .
Apart from that —– rumors re Fred/ Torres / Jovetic / Dzeko / Damiao/ Ibra etc . Napoli blogs not happy with the Dzeko rumor.
Aussies were 117 for 9 and basically were on the floor. The last 2 guys have now brought the score to 229. Its lunch now and the lads are still there..
South of Tunis,
I think big Dzeko decent if given a run of games. Jovetic would be a good signing with them, but then is rafa going to be as entertaining as Mazaani was.
Any players out that way Celtic could replace Wanyama with?
What about Bortalacchi???
corkcelt,
I wasin the Friars’ Walk Tavern a few years ago.
It was the day of the Ross County semi final !
To add to the disappointment, I had a tentative arrangement to meet Pablophanque, but his work duties kicked that ball onto the roof.
Cricket:
Rounders for posh dudes who were to intelligent to become Tory MPs
Bhoys
Heading for the airport and Lanzarote…..any bhoys contact paul67 for my email and mobile number and we can meet up.
15k limit on baggage me and my bhoy well under, 2 girls….my bhoy said if they drop they cases they’ll start a sunami at strathclyde park…..
Anyone at the airport looking for a beer, bhoy in 125 strip, me in green and white hooped golf top….
Bhoys patmcg1888 still has some CQN golf shirts for sale and they are of a fantastic quality, would urge you to buy one and support he charity, he has a few left, so get his details fom paul67…will be wearing mine in Puerto Del Carmen…
Hope the weathers nice way down south…(cheers Tunis)
Kikinthenakas
Green Lantern 12.21
Aye right
WGS .
Andrea Bertolacci ?
I read that he has extended his contract with Genoa.
Lots of ” destructive midfielders ” ——– problem would be availability/ cost and the price of them agreeing to play in Scotland .
WGS
You Ask..
“Are we gonna Replace Wanyama?”
Soitenly!
Howevahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…
In Oor Ain Wey.
And
“Which Wey is That?”.. is asked by that No too bright Young Fellah. .. Whom, Ah notice is Not Unexpectantly … Sporting a Humungous Collection of
The Badges of Ignorance..
“Why, by no Spending Much…” is his Answer.
Look Pal.. there ur Loatsa Suitable Wanyama Replacements..
Young Guys oot there..
In … AFRICA.. Abyssinia… Saltcoats.. Newton Mearns..etc…
Jist waiting fur a Knock at the Cabin door, by wan of oor
PERIPATETIC SCOUTS.
Yes, we wull replace Wanyama.
In our Ain Way, though.
Ah keep oan telling you folks
Wanyama, wull Not be Missed.
Kojo
Still..Laughin’
Voguepunter
Raki is the drink of the gods.Take it you are Turkey bound.The locals drink their Raki with fruit ,cheese,a habit I have picked up to my great delight.35 degrees and heating up.
Che
13:43
I’ve never played it properly, but I like it. I have learned a lot about it from my father-in-law who was brought up in a council house in South Wales but went on to captain his university team, which is a very good level.
He has talked a bit about the snobbery and told me that Harold Larwood or somebody nearly got sine died for eating his peas off his knife, but that’s not the game. The game on the field of play is what he loves.
Kojo
Its a while since I read a book about McDonalds called The Golden Arch or similar.
A great read but the incredible thing is how their core wealth came not from de burgers but de premises they made and sold burgers in.
I remember that a stand off developed between Ray Krogh (?) who developed the whole shebang from seeing the popularity of a burger and a coke for a dollar at the stall of the McDonald brothers and cannot remember which side were burgers and which side real estate. However as an example of how a business can grow and change shape it is an interesting read.
On your main point about divorcing the risks to the business from football failure that is spot on which is why the support need to feel fully engaged by means other than by SB attendances.
Makes sense to me. :)