Spartak Moscow have appointed Valery Karpin as caretaker manager. The former Russian international has had an active role in the club since 2008, variously as chief executive and manager. He took control of the first team when he replaced Michael Laudrup in 2009 until Unai Emeri’s appointment this summer when Karpin returned to his executive role.
He is an experienced pair of hands who is likely to stabilise things after the spirit had been drained from the club. Spartak are already out of Europe but will pose no less a threat than Inverness when they arrive at Celtic Park next midweek.
Neil Lennon will not be particularly concerned by the impact of Celtic’s defeat by Inverness on Saturday on the league table but the experience will still be arresting. Celtic have won three of five away games in Europe this season, losing the other two by a single goal, but there is clearly still work to do when faced with a home challenge in the SPL. Valery Karpin will be keen to prove he can exploit this.
Celtic have established credentials in three areas this season: they can defend adroitly when setup to do so, they are a major threat at set-pieces and they are an effective counter-attacking side. Any other attributes remain a matter for conjecture.
The first instruction against Spartak should be ‘stick to what you’re good at’.
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Sevconians seem less than impressed with Alex Thomson
He must be laughing like a drain …..their perma rage is palpable
Good evening friends, I hope we are all well?
Came home from work to find the CQN annual waiting on me – woo-hoo! Going to relive my childhood though and keep it till Christmas.
HH
Elgin might be deducted points!!!!??
Whit?
Sevco gain advantage over a challenger .. This country…
HH
Kojo,
I wasn’t being in any way derogatory, just simply being honest in saying that I tend to scroll past Celtic Conservatives as I categorise them as oxymorons.
However, although I might disagree with your political views from the nickels that I’ve spent I’d say you’re a pretty shrewd assessor of a football player.
Re: Sam Allardyce and West Ham fans behaviour at the w/end.
Reports in the Italian press over here suggest that some West Ham (and Leeds) fans MAY have been involved in the attack on Spurs fans in Rome last week before the EL match against Lazio, whose fans are the most racist in the country.
HH!!
Tallybhoy
Sounds like the Italian press trying a “It was those Chelsea fans” kind of excuse
The fact is that Rome is a very dangerous place for travelling fans to visit
Sevconians less than impressed with Alex thomson?! Maybe they should reflect on this.
One of you good fellows, Ernie Lynch I think, posted these EBT details the other day:
• EBT Recipients
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Alan Hutton £364,000 . Made debut in 2002 and played 94 games, before £9million move to Spurs.
Alex McLeish £1.7million . Managed Rangers from 2001-06.
Alex Rae £569,000 . Midfielder arrived at Ibrox in 2004 and spent two years there. Played 34 games
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Andrei Kanchelskis £145,000 . Russian winger arrived from Fiorentina in 1998 for £5.5million.
Andrew Dickson £33,000 . Head of football administration since 2003. Previously financial controller at Ibrox.
Arthur Numan £510,000 . Dutch full-back arrived at Rangers from PSV Eindhoven in 1998 for £4.5million. Played 118 times.
Barry Ferguson £2.5million . Former youth player who became Rangers captain. Played at Ibrox from 1996-2003 and 2005-09.
Bert Konterman £300,000 . Dutch defender signed by Dick Advocaat for £4.5million in 2000.
Bert Van Lingen £65,000 . Assistant manager under Dick Advocaat from 1998 to 2002.
Billy Dodds £190,000 . Arrived in a £1.5million deal from Dundee United in 1999.
Bob Malcolm £125,000. Central defender started his career with Rangers in 1997.
Played 88 games. Left for Derby County in 2006.
Carlos Cuellar £448,255 . Spanish centre-half arrived from Osasuna in £2.37million deal in 2007. Moved to Aston Villa in 2008.
Chris Burke £55,000 . Started career at Rangers, playing 96 games from 2002 to 2009. Left for Cardiff City.
Christian Nerlinger £1.8million . German midfielder signed from Borrusia Dortmund in 2001 and left in 2004.
Claudio Caniggia £1million . Argentinian signed from Dundee for £1million in 2001.
Craig Moore £1.1million . Australian centre-half played more than 90 games from 1994-98. Returned in 1999 and stayed until 2005.
Dado Prso £1.9million . Croatian striker was free transfer in 2004. Left for Dinamo Zagreb in 2007.
Dan Eggen £68,000 . Norwegian central defender signed in 2003 from Spanish club Alaves.
Sir David Murray £6.3million . Owned club from 1988-2011. They won 15 titles and 26 cups. Sold shares to Craig Whyte for £1.
Dick Advocaat £1.5million . Rangers manager from 1998-2002. Spent almost £74million to win five trophies, including two titles.
Douglas Odam £119,000 . Finance director for 15 years. Left in 2003 to take up a role withinSir David Murray’s business empire.
Egil Ostenstad £370,000 . Norwegian forward signed from Blackburn on free transfer in 2003.
Fernando Ricksen £684,225 . Dutch right-back signed in 2000 from AZ Alkmaar for £3.75million.
Federico Nieto £24,500 . Argentine striker joined on loan deal in 2005 from Almagro. Scored once in three matches.
Gavin Rae £376,000 . Midfielder signed from Dundee in 2004 for a fee of £250,000. Moved to Cardiff in 2007.
George Adams £30,000 . Ex-player was head of youth development between 2003-05.
Graeme Souness £30,000 . Player-manager from 1986-91.
Gregory Vignal £173,000 . French defender joined on loan from Liverpool in 2004. Moved to Portsmouth in 2005.
Ian McGuinness £25,400 . Club doctor sacked after Paul Le Guen left.
Ian Murray £95,000 . Midfielder was free transfer from Hibernian in 2006. Left in 2007.
Jan Wouters £285,000 . Former Dutch midfielder joined as a coach under Dick Advocaat, then Alex McLeish. Left in 2006.
Jean-Alain Boumsong £630,000 . French centre-half joined in 2004 on free transfer. Moved to for Newcastle for £8million.
Jerome Bonnissel £48,000 . French left-back arrived in 2003 from Bordeaux.
Jesper Christiansen £320,000 . Danish goalkeeper signed in 2000 as injury cover.
Joel Le Hir £28,275 . Paul Le Guen-appointed physiotherapist from 2006 to 2007.
John Greig £40,000 . Played for club from 1961-78. Managed Rangers from 1978 to 1983. Later became a director.
John McClelland £225,000 . Appointed a director in 2000. Chairman from 2002 to 2004. Resigned last year.
Julien Rodriguez £638,000 . French centre-half signed from Monaco in 2005 for £1million. Left for Marseille in 2007.
Kevin Muscat £1million . Australian defender joined from Wolves in 2002 on free transfer. Joined Millwall in 2003.
Kris Boyd £215,000 . Signed from Kilmarnock in 2006 for £500,000. Left in 2010.
Libor Sionko £178,000 . Czech midfielder signed from Austria Vienna in 2006. Played 18 matches before signing Copenhagen in 2007.
Lorenzo Amoruso £639,000 . Italian defender signed from Fiorentina for £4million in 1997. Moved to Blackburn Rovers for £1.4million in 2003.
Martin Bain £249,000 . Chief executive of Rangers from 2005 to 2011. Resigned after Murray sold club to Whyte.
Marvin Andrews £316,025 . Centre-half from Trinidad and Tobago joined from Livingston in 2004.
Maurice Ross £120,000 . Played 78 games for Rangers from 2000 to 2005, before moving to Sheffield Wednesday.
Michael Ball £1.4million . Left-back signed from Everton in 2001 for £6.5million. Moved to PSV Eindhoven in 2005.
Michael Mols £260,000 . Dutch striker joined Rangers under Dick Advocaat. He arrived in 1999 and spent five years at Ibrox.
Mikel Arteta £674,603 . Spanish midfielder joined in 2002 and played 50 matches, scoring 12 goals. Moved to Everton.
Nacho Novo £1.2million. Spanish striker joined in 2004 from Dundee for £450,000.
Neil McCann £500,000 . Winger joined from Hearts in 1998 for £2million.
Nuno Capucho £970,000 . Portuguese winger who arrived in 2003 for £700,000.
Olivier Bernard £224,000 . French defender arrived on a free transfer in 2005.
Paolo Vanoli £592,000 . Italian left-back joined from Bologna in 2003 and played in 28 matches.
Paul Le Guen £201,250 . French manager replaced Alex McLeish in 2006. Left in January 2007 after a string of poor results.
Pedro Mendes £1million . Portuguese midfielder joined in 2008 for £3million. Joined Vituria Guimares in 2010.
Peter Lovenkrands £902,000 . Danish winger arrived in 2000 from Akademisk Boldklub for £1.3million.
Ronald De Boer £1.2million . Dutch midfielder joined in 2000 under Advocaat.
Ronald Waterreus £510,000 . Dutch goalkeeper joined Rangers in 2004 from Manchester City.
Sasa Papac £319,000 . Bosnian left-back arrived in 2006 from Austria Vienna for £450,000.
Sotirios Kyrgiakos £532,200 . Greek centre-half signed from Panathinaikos in 2005.
Stefan Klos £2million . German international keeper signed in 1999 for £800,000. Join Bayer Leverkusen in 2007.
Stephane Wiertelak £28,275 . French fitness-physiotherapy coach joined Rangers in 2006 under Le Guen.
Steven Davis £600,000 . Northern Ireland midfielder. Left for Southampton in the summer.
Steven Smith £7500 . Defender came through youth ranks and made debut in 2004.
Steven Thompson £485,000 . Joined from Dundee United in 2003 for £200,000. Went to Cardiff City in 2006.
Tero Penttila £140,000 . Finnish defender joined in 1999 for £300,000 from Haka Valkeakoski. Left in 2002 to join HJK Helsinki.
Thomas Buffel £1.2million. Belgian midfielder joined in 2005 for £2.3million from Feyenoord.
Tore Andre Flo £1.3million . Norwegian striker joined from Chelsea in 2000 for £12million. Sold for £6.75million to Sunderland in 2002.
Yves Colleau £106,200 . Former French midfielder served as assistant to Le Guen at Rennes, Lyon and Rangers from 2006 to 2007.
Zurab Khizanishvili £405,000 . Georgian defender joined on a free transfer from Dundee in 2003. Moved to Blackburn Rovers in 2005.
If I’ve done my sums correctly, it amounts to £125,044,162,708.00.
If Oldco has been liquidated it is because they gave this money away to current and former employees (why? To entice them to stay and gratify Minty’s ego by dominating European football – something else they miserably failed to do – or what?) and have not had a penny of it repaid!!
Good management, I’m sure you’ll agree. They have no-one to blame but themselves for their own downfall.
Keep smiling.
PS. Try saying that amount!
One hundred and twenty five thousand and forty four million, one hundred and sixty two thousand, seven hundred and eight pounds.
Ten Men Won The League
Rome is, without a doubt, the most dangerous city in Europe for visiting fans.
HH!!
saw the stones at hampden 6 years ago,saw mccartney at hampden 2 years ago.
the truth……the stones sounded alright but i along with many got seriously bored at times.the hits where good..but the lesser known new album stuff was beyond boring…value for money NOT ..band on stage 2 hours ish.
mccartney though much maligned character he seems to be was impeccable….never even went near a ‘new’ song..wasnt flogging a latest album and just blew us all away with a beatles hits show ..added to that being scottish and hearing ‘mull’ with pipes and all was inspirational……the stones where not bad but mccartney was in a league above..ANYONE who was at that hampden gig in may 2010 will tell you the same
not been reading comments since Saturday but I think it was a wee bit petutant of NL saying that if the support want him to go then he will, especially to chick young, its exactly the stuff they want to hear. Lennon has the full backing of the support and should be big enough to handle a bit of criticism from individuals in the crowd,not that Im condoning them
RobertTressell
17:22 on 26 November, 2012
‘Anyone think the clever judges on the ftt thought ‘we don’t want our lives ruined, we should let others do the dirty work higher up the food chain.’
Well it was very gallant of them to leave the female member to catch the flak.
I think your idea is unlikely, though I suspect it was probably a factor in allowing the tribunal to sit in private.
I also wonder if Dr Poon was in the minority on that decision too, and whether the reason her dissenting opinion was so lengthy and so detailed was to frustrate the effect of the tribunal sitting in private.
Imagine plSying for the hubs, and not having an EBT?
How offended would you be.
Playing for the Huns. Bloody iPad.
itsabouttim
18:53 on 26 November, 2012
‘Sevconians less than impressed with Alex thomson?! Maybe they should reflect on this.
One of you good fellows, Ernie Lynch I think, posted these EBT details the other day:’
I can’t claim the credit for that post.
Re. Jabba
Perhaps this guy who continues to criticise Neil Lennon and everyone else ( except SDM )
he might want to look at his papers circulation
Just for the record
Circulation in 1983 743,000
Circulation in Oct 2011 293,000
Circulation in Oct 2012 268,000
Who is at fault for this
Jabba it must be you
Itasabouttim
Your final figure seems wildly wrong mate £125 billion ..is that not Green’s prediction of their world wide fan base :-))
I see Goldman Sachs’ takeover of the world continues apace…
Ernie
Do you expect them to appeal ?
Stringer Bell
19:04 on
26 November, 2012
Playing for the Huns. Bloody iPad.
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They iPads………………..any good ? :O)
bmcd48-If Keech jingle jangle Jackhun (wealth off the radar),gets Sports Journalist of The Year,it let’s you know why they are badly in decline,and a yardstick for the dross in this country.I read McIlvanny’s take on the Chelsea fiasco yesterday,that’s a journalist as i’m sure you’re aware.HH
itsabouttim,
think that total you state is how much i hope to win on my coupons this week
itsabouttim –
as already suggested by PFayr your arithmetic total is grossly overstated. Curiosity got the better of me so I added your figures up. Now, it’s not £125 billion!! However, provided my arithmetic is OK I get it to £44,267,708 – i.e. just over £44 million.
Incidentally, does anyone know the original source of these figures?
….PFayr
19:10 on 26 November, 2012
‘Ernie
Do you expect them to appeal ?’
Yes.
ernie lynch
Sorry, I thought it was you! In any event, that is an absolutely staggering amount to ‘lend’ to your staff and not have a penny of it repaid!! They deserve to be gone.
estorilbhoy
18:33 on
26 November, 2012
It’s on my to do list for 2013
gsu
Estorilbhoy,
when is the convention,
i am hoping to go to Vegas next October
Vp
They are magic! Normally driver error when things go pete tong!
Although it is not good to suffer a defeat,anytime,I think it is important to learn from it.I have full confidence in Neil to rejuvinate our team.I remember greetin as a wean after Feyenoord in 1970 and greetin as an adult after loosing to Raith in 1994.I took it all,learned from it and my love for this club only got stronger and this has been played out by the amount of times my club gave me experiences that I will take to the grave with a smile.
Tourtenay/Praecepta,would that be the same Unicorn leisure whose office was in Scott St?just below Maestros.I think they also had a say in Ultratheque(wellington st
) and the Suave Sav(oy) in Sauchiehall St.Maestros was a regular haunt 79-83 before it evolved into the Cotton club.Glasgow had a few good clubs at that time,Henry Afrikas,Gigis,Manhattan/Panama Jax to name a few.
Jabba is a non reporting reporter,to him its about him and the reaction he gets.not about the truth.and no doubt he gets one or two to bite,but prob thats against the ‘truculent Bam’ as i seen someone call him.Andrew,a fan of the oldco/newco/whataretheyco slaughtered him on Saturdays phone in.worth a listen
Hail hail Celtic
Any spare tickets for Wednesday at Tyncastle?
A67
Stringer Bell
19:22 on
26 November, 2012
Vp
They are magic! Normally driver error when things go pete tong!
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My son has one ,I much prefer the ole Sinclair ZX.though finding it hard to
source new games.hh
Sorry Tynecastle.
A67
Guys,
I used the calculator on my phone to come to that figure so I accept it could be wrong but before I double check, if it is only say, £44M as Jobo says, then how could the reported tax due on the EBTs come to £45M?
Rome maybe unwelcoming as regards football but it is one of the most romantic and cultural cities in the world, always recommend it.
Hamsik puts Napoli 1-0 up
Evening bhoys from a soon to be snow covered hun free mountain.
Tech help needed.
As the wifes laptop has fried, and have to wait for long enough for a repair man to venture into the mountains, I decided to fire up an old computer.
I remember why I hadn’t used it…..
It keeps dying as the display driver stops working, sometimes the picture is, for the want of a better description like a cartoon, if I restart the computer it normally comes back ok, it runs for a while, but a pop up keeps saying display driver stopped working, and recovered, then the screen eventually goes black.
I have restored the computer to an earlier date, it’s running like a dream, then the problem starts.
Any idea what is wrong, can it be fixed ?
Any help would be much appreciated.
gordybhoy64
19:22 on
26 November, 2012
It is usually in June around the middle of month
gsu
Andrew
asked HT, he will ask about..
The Pick of the Rolling Stones Programmes This Week Was “Charlie Is My Darling”..
Shown On BBC2 At 11pm Last Night….
The Documentary On The Stones 1965 Irish Tour ,With Footage Of Their Gigs In Dublin And Belfast….
Jagger At His Most Open And Revealing..
Richards And Jones Being Witty And Humorous…And Entertaining…
As They Relax Between Gigs…
In The Days Before The Drugs Took Over….
Bears Comparison To Pennebacker’s Dylan Efforts “Don’t Look Back “/”Eat The Document”….
Pleasant Surprised Because I Never Knew Such A Well-Packaged Account Of The Early Stones Tours Existed….
Very Evocative And Atmospheric..
With All The “Auld Fashioned” Faces…
And Haircuts…..
Of The Good Folk Of Belfast And Dublin..
And A Glimpse Of What Acne Looked Like…
In The Bad Old Days Before Biactol…..
Which Will Send The Green Brigade Running Off In Horror…
To Hide Under Their Beds….
[Well Worth Watching On i-Player ]