By Alex Gordon.
A DREADFUL penalty-kick miss by Bahrudin Atajic condemned Ronny Deila to his first defeat as Celtic manager.
The Bosnian striker had the ideal opportunity to level the scores four minutes from time after substitute Paul McMullan had been downed in the box.
Unfortunately, Atajic blazed his spot-kick over the bar into the Hamburg crowd much to the annoyance of the new Hoops gaffer.
It was a largely experimental Celtic line-up with Deila taking no risks ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League qualifier against Legia Warsaw in the Polish capital.
Alas, appalling defending by Filip Twardzik gifted the Germans the winning goal before the interval.
The left-back made a mess of trying to control a long and hopeful punt into the Celtic penalty box. The ball broke clear and was immediately presented to Christopher Nothe who could hardly believe his good fortune.
Nothe struck his effort first time from eight yards and Craig Gordon had no chance as the low drive zipped past his right hand in the 39th minute.
Twardzik toiled in the opening 45 minutes and was also booked in the 33rd minute after a lunging tackle after once again giving the ball away with a slack pass.
Celtic started at whirlwind pace and had three excellent opportunities inside the opening 10 minutes.
Atajic fizzed in a low shot from just outside the box, but keeper Philipp Tschauner got down swiftly to hold the ball at his right hand post.
Five minutes later, Tony Watt, looking lively on the left wing, tried his luck from a tight angle.
His shot totally bamboozled Tschauner, but carried over the crossbar and out to safety.
Amido Balde should have got the game’s opening goal in the 10th minute when he was through on goal after some neat play outside the box.
However, the Portuguese Under-21 international lacked composure at the vital moment and allowed the keeper to block his hurried parting shot.
Gordon, making his second appearance for the Hoops, showed he was still rusty after being out for over two years with a slack goal-kick to Nir Biton.
The Israeli midfielder, captain for the day, was taken unawares and St Pauli broke forward, but made a mess of the opportunity.
Stuart Findlay, partnering Eoghan O’Connell in the middle of the inexperienced back four, was also sloppy with some wayward passes, but the Hoops escaped punishment.
The game was billed as a friendly – and the clubs have an affiliation – but the home players weren’t slow to put in some punishing challenges.
Skipper Soren Gonther was yellow-carded for a rugby tackle on McGeouch that wouldn’t have looked out of place in Celtic’s current home at Murrayfield.
Liam Henderson tried to set up Balde with a neat chip into the danger zone, but the ball carried over the giant frontman’s head.
It looked like being a stalemate at the interval until Twardzik’s lapse in concentration and control allowed St Pauli to snatch the lead.
Deila put on Lukasz Zaluska for Gordon at half-time and replaced the ineffective Balde with Paul McMullan.
Henderson brought the St Pauli keeper into action with a long-range free-kick in the 65th minute. The idea was good, but, unfortunately, the execution didn’t quite match the ambition.
Zaluska produced one memorable moment when he pushed a raging effort from Sebastian Mhyre over the crossbar 10 minutes from time.
Then came Atajic’s dreadful spot-kick blunder which was followed in the last minute by an effort from Watt which swept just wide of the target.
As an exercise, it was worthwhile and the Celtic youngsters will expect to do better when presented with the opportunity to impress the new manager.
CELTIC: Gordon (sub: Zaluska 46); Herron, Findlay, O’Connell, Twardzik; Biton, Henderson, McGeouch; Atajic, Balde (sub: McMullan 46) and Watt.
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Ellbhoy. I can hear your frustration and regarding radical Islam you make some good points. My own belief is that extreme religion in any of its various guises is something to be afraid of. Anything that makes young men and women want to die because they believe they will be heroes in the so called afterlife is repugnant.
But here’s the thing. What the Israelies are doing is simply awful and indefensible. It is genocide. That they are doing it because they are fearful of a range of enemies is not a good enough excuse for their actions. It’s vengeful, spiteful and dare I say it evil.
It is clear that Israel is becoming what it’s enemies are. It’s ever the case with hate. You become what you hate.
What is particularly awful is that the world is standing watching this and only wringing it’s hands.
‘My grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian grandmothers in Gaza. The current Israeli Government ruthlessly and cynically exploit the
continuing guilt among gentiles over the slaughter of Jews in the holocaust as justification for their murder of Palestinians. The implication is that Jewish lives are precious, but the lives of
Palestinians do not count.’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGuYjt6CP8
ellboy:
The twin ideas that Israel’s actions are proportionate self defence or that radical Islam justifies these actions are ludicrous. There is no justification of the wholesale slaughter of civilians and those who express their outrage are neither anti-semetic nor naive, they express the concern for human life you seem to lack…
Not in my name; stop the slaughter…
The horrendous situation in Gaza just now is not of Israel’s making it’s the fault of extremism and it’s this evil that needs to be eradicated once and for all.
Perhaps it’s way too simple an idea but perhaps the UN and or NATO could put troops on the ground in Gaza. Logistically it should be easy to police such a small territory, stop the rockets and over time dilute extremism. Surely it would be easier for the worlds powers to have a positive impact from within rather than to allow disaster to come every few years. The youth of Gaza needs not to be brainwashed by the hatred taught within their schools. The billions of dollars of aid sent into Gaza by countries around the world need to be for the benefit of the kids and the majority of people. Not to the benefit of Hamas or any other radical groups. The Egyptian Rafa crossing needs to be opened. reconstruction and prosperity needs to come to Gaza. It really would be fantastic to one day see Gaza turn into a paradise, instead of what it is now, a pawn for wider extremism.
Israel had plans to be of help in doing just that before this current situation begun.
Interesting read!
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118828/israel-palestine-war-army-knew-beforehand-gaza-was-crisis
Why will sumdy no just pull the plug on the world and, be done wi it?
Celtic, urny Celtic anymore so, what’s the point? Eh?
MickTT
10:19 on 27 July, 2014
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The only ‘honest’ man ever to be put on this earth was, nailed to a cross.
Ellbhoy
I’m v much with neganon on this. I hate it when religion leaves people wanting to die – and worse – kill in the name of their god.
I think you can have every sympathy for the treatment of the Jews throughout the last 2,000 years, hate the extremism of ISIS and other their ilk, want a place for for Jews and Palestinians to live in some kind of peace…..AND……at the same time utterly condemn how Israel is conducting its operations and see them as ultimately self-damaging to Israel too in the long run.
Right. Aff oot to try to deal with my own conflict. Step families. And a daughter who can cause mayhem in mine.
Wish me luck.
HH jamesgang
Barrach Obampot
All well valley side B..
ellboy:
The oppression, murder, land-grabs and creation of apartheid style enclaves are a huge part of the ‘extremism’ you identify as creating this inhumane, ghastly mess.
Peace with justice is a far better option than the UN policing the bantustans. Ironically, it is also a far better option for Israel’s long-term security…
neganon2
10:23 on 27 July, 2014
Israel have agreed to 4 separate cease fires one before any ground incursion begun yet Hamas has rejected all but one and have continued to fire rockets. Israel don’t want this war this is what most of you are missing here.
Just yesterday 4 Egyptian children were killed by a single rocket fired in to one of their border towns. Unfortunately these poor souls were not protected by an iron dome. If Israel had no such defence there would be thousands more dead. Thank goodness they do have this defence but low casualty numbers are no excuse of the intent behind these rockets.
HH!
Ellbhoy. The world has been sting in various conflicts and will not intervene. You are wrong to justify what Israel is doing. There is no justification.
Kevjungle. Sadly I agree. Celtic are not celtic anymore. We are a pale imitation.
starry plough
good to hear. will you be over for any games as I’ve just renewed the season book after a sabbatical so would be nice to say Hail Hail! in person.
HH
ps can someone show me the “anti-semitic” comments please as they’ve been mentioned a few times now
Ellbhoy to repeat there is no justification. All deaths are an abomination.But just look at the numbers of dead and just look at what the Isrealies are doing to cause them. I understand your frustration but you need to open your eyes.
Barrach Obampot
No plans as yet but I dare say the pull of Celtic will have an influence on that, aye so would be good to catch up. Got a wee job now so things are looking up.
Let’s see what happens after Legia..I’m confident we will qualify, work to be done on the team but when wasn’t there!
west wales celt
I mourn any pointless loss of life equally what I don’t do unlike some on here is use hatred of a peoples to cloud my judgement.
neganon2
10:42 on 27 July, 2014
I don’t justify anything but any nation has a right to defend it’s people against an ideology he’ll bent on it’s total destruction.
Perhaps Israel should switch off their iron dome for a couple of days just to even up the score a bit. Maybe that would make you all happy.
Sorry to interrupt the political diatribes (containing some unacceptable blog language) with Celtic News …
Celtic set to appoint Haakan Lunov as first team coach
by Scotzine · July 27, 2014
Celtic are reportedly set to appoint Strømsgodset development manager Haakan Lunov as their new first team coach. Lunov will be linking up with former Strømsgodset manager Ronny Deila, who he worked under at the Norwegian side.
Deila contacted Lunov last week and the 31-year-old will sign a contract with the Scottish champions on Monday, starting his new role with immediate effect.
Lunov, said: “It will be sad to leave Strømsgodset. I’ve got great confidence in the club and it will not be easy to leave. But I can not say no to this offer. This is a fantastic opportunity.”
Lunov graduated in Science and Football from John Moores University in Liverpool and worked with Everton’s youth academy at the time, mainly on video analysis. He joined Strømsgodset three years ago and the duo are now set to link up again at the Glasgow giants.
Celtic were unavailable for comment.
NegAnon2
10:42 on 27 July, 2014
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I hope I’m wrong but, this new Norwegian coach that RD is bringing in is, hopefully not as a replacement for JC?
Not trying to cause controversy or the like but, I’m sure there a ‘worserererer’ things being posted on these pages.
Hail Hail to ye fella.
neganon2
10:45 on 27 July, 2014
My eyes are fully open perhaps far too open!
embramike
Celtic are reportedly set to appoint Strømsgodset development manager Haakan Lunov as their new first team coach. Lunov will be linking up with former Strømsgodset manager Ronny Deila, who he worked under at the Norwegian side.
Deila contacted Lunov last week and the 31-year-old will sign a contract with the Scottish champions on Monday, starting his new role with immediate effect.
Lunov, said: “It will be sad to leave Strømsgodset. I’ve got great confidence in the club and it will not be easy to leave. But I can not say no to this offer. This is a fantastic opportunity.”
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I love how young coaches and managers are these days, football has been stuck in the dark ages for to long.
John Collins is the assistant manager, John Kennedy I believe is the first team coach!
Position Name
Manager Ronny Deila
Assistant Manager John Collins
First Team Coach John Kennedy
Reserve Team Coach Danny McGrain
Head of Youth and Academy Chris McCart
Head of Intermediate Academy John McLaughlin
Under 19 Coach Stephen Frail
Under 17 Coach Miodrag Krivokapić
Performance Consultant Jim McGuinness
Goalkeeping Coach Stevie Woods
Club Doctor David Pugh
Head of Sports Science Ian Coll
Physiotherapist Graham Parsons
Kit Controller John Clark
Football Development Manager John Park
Ellbhoy of course i don’t want to even up the score. My point is that those 1000 deaths on the Palestine side are largely civilian. The Isrealies believe that a shock and awe event will scare away everyone. It won’t.
Kevjungle I don’t think the appointment is to replace JC. JC is there to try and keep Ronny in touch with the support. He is a relationship manager.
I’m afraid that Ronny is a board patsy. To have come in and signed no playrs and have Craig Gordon signed for you is embarrasing
No more apologies for interrupting the non CQN relevant politics …
Ronny Deila believes that Haakon Lunov will bring a unique skill set to his role at Celtic
The 31-year-old will arrive at the club tomorrow to take up his role as first team coach and help Deila impose his academic approach on the club.
Lunov was a key part of the extended backroom team that Deila put together at Stromsgodset with the new man at Celtic having a background in education and video analysis as well as coaching.
After bringing Lunov to Stromsgodset Deila said: “Haakon has extreme expertise in analysis, he is ambitious and very concerned with development. We have long been looking for such kind and has now received a great resource.”
The duo worked together at Stromsgodset for three years culminating in winning the 2013 Norwegian title.
Lunov studied at Liverpool’s John Moores University and came to Deila’s attention working with Odd Grenland despite never having played the game.
After moving to Stromsgodset Lunov said: “I think there is a need for graduates in football. In most big clubs in Europe there is a mix of coaches with a playing and academic background.”
Lunov didn’t play football at any level but while studying Science & Football in Liverpool began some video analysis at Everton.
His arrival at Celtic will give Deila an invaluable sounding board as well as bringing a new dimension to the backroom team supporting the Celtic first team.
Other appointments to be the backroom team are expected with Donegal coach Jim McGuinness already earmarked for a first team role after 18 months working with the development squad.
Ellboy
I agree with a lot of what you write about Israel, her people, enemies and threats.
I also hate the conclusions people draw from the media and the myopic, influenced views their reports create.
But I can’t fathom why Israel is carrying out these crimes other than what was posted earlier, that hatred has made them become the oppressor.
The oppressor role was always likely as they are militarily so strong and when goaded, repeatedly into action restraint is difficult.
Last word on this as it was not my intention to take up the blog in this issue.
Only to say again, anti-semitism in any form must be confronted, & unfortunately it has raised it’s ugly head on this blog. Comparing this to Nazi Germany or accusing Israel of Genocide is exactly that.
Agreeing to ceasefire after ceasefire is not ‘Genocide’ in any way shape or form!
HH!
starry mate nervously looking forward to Legia. I wish Broony was playing though. Will have to meet up if you’re over and I can get off the Socialist Republic for a couple of days! I’m just back from a month in northern India so have used most of my holidays this year already. Winning Captains if you noticed logins from Delhi, Kashmir, Ladakh and Dharamsala, it was me!
:-)
HH
awaytowalkthedogCSC
Sactimonoius, arrogant, patronising, and just plain wrong.
You know who you are.
NegAnon2
So who would you have had as manager as a matter of interest and how much of a budget would you have given him and would you have expected him to buy players without assessing the current squad??
starry plough
Wasn’t Danny promoted to a first team role, before his recent medical problem ?
Odd Grenland – what a great name
James Gang
The only way an Israeli politician can be successful is to outbid his opponents’ ‘No Surrender’ attitudes to the Palestinians. So, this mess is just going to go on and on. And if you want a state run on the principles of murder and aggression, what better leader than Netanyahu?
Well worth a repost from Auldheid last night …
Auldheid @ 22:11 on 26 July, 2014
For those interested in the fair governing of our game I’ve copied this from TSFM.
In terms of the LNS misdirection I thought it might be useful to set out why the Discount Option Scheme (DOS ebts) in relation to the payments to De Boer and Flo were illegal/unlawful, why there was no bill for the tax Moore owed, and as a consequence of all three ebt arrangements why they should not and cannot be allowed to continue to be treated as if they were legal by the Lord Nimmo Smith Commission along with the connection to Resolution 12 to the Celtic AGM.
In October 2010 an FTT ruled that payments made to their staff by Aberdeen Asset Management via a Discount Option Scheme were taxable for reasons set out in an understandable form at
http://www.pinsentmasons.com/PDF/PM-Tax/PM-Tax_Issue34.pdf
at page 17 where the opening paras explain how the DOS ebt scheme worked (Note for the avoidance of doubt it was an EBT scheme).
This from end page 17 into 18 about sums it up.
“It was also observed that being the sole owner of the entire share capital of a company (as Moore, De Boer and Flo were) which had a sole asset consisting of cash was not dissimilar to having funds in a bank account and needing to write a cheque or take other relevant action to extract the money from that bank account.”
(This was in effect the difference with the later MGMRT ebts of BTC fame where tax was legally avoided (until or unless HMRC go to a Court of Sessions) because payments there were accepted as being in the nature of a loan with restrictions on access not applicable for DOS ebts and side letters were in effect irrelevant )
Aberdeen Asset Management did not use side letters, they simply used a scheme that was blocked as illegal, although the side letters had an important role to play in the case of Rangers as will be explained.
AAM appealed to a UTT in 2012 and the UTT decision narrowed the scope of the FTT decision, but the UTT ruling was itself overturned finally at the Court of Sessions in October 2013 to restore that of the FTT of October 2010 on which HMRC first acted to pursue payment.
So we have a very definite illegal/unlawful ebt being used by Rangers from 1999 to season 2002/03 to pay Moore, Flo and De Boer. A method of payment not open to any other club which conferred an unfair wage advantage they had not means of matching.
It was the finding of the AAM FTT in October 2010 that prompted HMRC to first pursue Rangers solely on the basis that the ebts used by AAM AND so Rangers were illegal, but in February 2011 HMRC took a more detailed stance for reasons that can be deduced from the correspondence of that date.
I am unsure what the time limits are for recovering unpaid tax, there will be a norm after which unpaid tax cannot be claimed, but there are rules for extending the limits beyond the norm.
Two reasons for extending limits are if HMRC can prove negligence or fraudulent intent. (as is set out in the correspondence of Feb 2011) .
Thus HMRC sought payment of tax owed for De Boer and Flo because they had evidence that Rangers had concealed the existence of side letters from HMRC when HMRC specifically enquired in 2005 if any such letters existed. It appears HMRC also thought this evidence was withheld from visiting inspectors but there are no details of when. It was the concealment of these side letters which was the main deciding factor for Thornhill QC when advising Rangers to settle. Ironically it is the concealment of the same letters and HMRC correspondence that led to the LNS Commission being misdirected.
Significantly there was no evidence of a side letter to Craig Moore, so that the £219K that he would have owed, had it not gone outside the time limit was not pursued, although the £2.8M tax owed for De Boer and Flo (plus a £1.3M penalty) most definitely was with unfortunate consequence for an SFA and SPFL who seem determined to diminish the full extent and consequences of the breach of rules that actually took place.
What are the unfortunate consequences?
For the SP(F)L that their Commission into investigating ebts and side letters was misled and it has produced a Decision that is clearly flawed as a result and must be revisited in light of the foregoing.
For the SFA President that he made no distinction in his testimony to Lord Nimmo Smith in that Commission in spite of the fact he authorised the first DOS ebt to Craig Moore and was a recipient of a later MGMRT ebt himself .
For the SFA Licensing Committee (LC) in 2011 on which Andrew Dickson , a long term administrator at Rangers going back to when ebts were introduced, who it is reported sat on three LC meetings that year, having to deal with the granting and monitoring of a UEFA licence with unpaid social tax at either 31st March, 30th June or 30th September 2011.
For the SFA President (again) who was elected to office on 7th June 2011 just 12 or 13 days before the wee tax bill became overdue and 23 days before overdue payables had to be declared to UEFA under Article 66 of UEFA FFP 2010.
However the greatest unfortunate consequence of all of the above is to remove any semblance of honesty and trust in those running Scottish football who are still in post and one can only imagine that clubs either do not care or are unaware of what has taken place and of the potential consequent long term lingering damage it will do to our game if the duplicity at play both from 1999 to 2002/03, in 2005, in 2011 and later in 2012, when the LNS Commission was set up (and it was a set up), is not recognised and who and what caused such duplicity are brought to account and changes made to processes to stop any possibility of a repeat.
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
I couldn’t find the back room team on the official site, that list is lifted from Wikipedia so I don’t know how accurate it is but from watching the bench so far this season it’s been Ronny, JC and JK siting as the wise monkeys!
we’ll see I’m sure there will be a statement at some point..
NegAnon2
11:03 on 27 July, 2014
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Yer saying RD is a patsy.
That, might be true?
I don’t know enough about him yet.
But, I do know that, JC is ‘nobodies’ puppet.
That’s why I’m curious about this new guy coming in?
Maybe the ‘bored’ – PL – whoever – does the recruiting were thinking that, they would kid JC on that, Celtic are on the march again?
Who knows?
But, with not even a glimmer of interest from CP about, Ryan Gauld, GMS, Stevie May, then, ye have to wonder….are Celtic’s PLC ‘bored’ gambling Karagandy style – again?
Ellboy – I am Neil Lennon, YNWA.
11:05
I’m 100% glad you raised the issue. My opinion is you are correct on many of the things that Israel faces.
It bemuses me when our support ignorantly adhere to conflicts they know little about.
And I’m being kind using the term, ignorantly, it’d be more accurate to just say led.
KevJungle
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Why do you use bored instead of board? Sure it’s a play on words but why bored what am I missing, are you saying the board are bored of running Celtic or that they are boring??
starry plough
I assumed Danny’s recovery may have came into the mix somewhere with the new guy’s appointment.
Kojo, Collie, Maggie and Philis are the same person
11:16 on 27 July, 2014
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No.
It’s my way of letting it be known that, I’m ‘bored’ of highlighting that the ‘bored’ are ripping the p#sh oot the fans, despite the brainwashing that goes on.
The Celtic ‘bored’ has one function only – taking money from Celtic supporters.
The ‘bored’ will not want to know efff all about ‘you’ once they have yer dough.
I’m ‘bored’ of Celtic ‘boreds’.
Time for restructuring.
The current set-up is like – Robin Hood in reverse. imho
HH