You and I discussed on Tuesday how unlikely it was Celtic were interested in Odsonne Edouard, despite media reports to the contrary. Yesterday, when asked a straight question about Odsonne, Brendan Rodgers gave a straight answer, “Odsonne hasn’t been on my radar, to be fair.” The player was worth four days’ worth of news-cycle before someone asked and received an update from Celtic. We are not watching football industry in action, it’s the news industry.
Brendan did not mince his words either, “This team needs hunger, goals and work rate and intensity.
“Big names don’t always give you that.
“I just want players who are hungry to learn but also ready now.”
That’s about as damning as it gets from a manager in a good mood after an a successful preseason workout.
A year after planning for the immediate term, Celtic seem to have pivoted back to a development plan. Let’s hope its execution matches the achievements of the 2021-24 period.
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It was a pre-season kick about but I really enjoyed watching us last night. Midfield looks good.
Trump would be proud of the doubling down on the scandalous window of 2023. Risible.
No way we should be looking at Eddy. 100% agree with BR
Obviously my opiion, but I reckon Arne will struggle to get game time. Thought our midfield was superb last night
Shipbank Shipwrecks Friday 25th July at the Old Ship Bank, Saltmarket. 12pm onwards.
Who would win a fight between WEE KRANKIE and THE JUNGLE.
BIG PS. I LOVED BAITHE.
“Big names don’t always give you that.
That’s very interesting from BR. Revealing – he wants umpff from the players, probably knows he needs it with our salary ceiling but also his experience knows the big names can be wussy cnuts
Just get the signings done.We are £22 million up already.Why the wait?All we hear is players leaving or about to.The fannying about is a disgrace.Same fob off everyday.”Working hard behind the scene.Brendan met DD,but spoke of nothing worth a mention.We are really expected to believe this?.Trumps press secretary a shoe in for a job with us when she gets dumped.
Saint Stivs on 17th July 2025 12:56 pm
too simplistic to say it is just fitness levels are upped and can then perform with more intensity ?
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Cheers, SS.
Too simplistic? Probably not.
Preseason typically lasts around 4 weeks?
Applying flat, fag packet arithmetic?
…. Reasonable to assume everyone has 25% more fitness this week than they did last week.
I haven’t seen any of the friendlies – anybody got any comments on KT ?
McIntyre walked off? Zero coverage as it’s the Rory Show
VB- Absolute evil
Palma to Lech Poznan,season long loan
Chucking it down in Gorbals parish. Dearie me.
Bada
MacIntyre -2, DeChambeau +2, Rose -1 (7)
Bob MacIntyre takes aim with a wedge from the eighth fairway. Bit of a breeze into his face and that helps him. His ball plummets into the green and holds, no more than four feet from the hole.
Justin Rose follows his Ryder Cup team-mate in and will have a dozen feet for birdie.
If he walked off, he walked back on. Putting together a tidy round too.
Note: That’s at 17.17 BST
VB – I’ve had to shut all news on those ££$%^&ers
Once you establish a rhetoric evil cnuts make ordinary people suffer and boy oh boy is she an evil cnut.
There’s a scene in Schindler’s List where a camp commander picks up a rifle and picks off prisoners.
I think of this scene when I hear of the numbers dying at aid points – can’t work out the difference.
I’ve been lucky enough to meet Arek hersch, one of the Cumbrian 300; he’d have a word or two to say to the IDF scumcowardchildslaughterers
I can’t understand why fans are moaning and complaining about the new strip that was released in the last week. It hasn’t bothered me one iota. Why not? Simples, I have no intention of buying it. Follow suit and all your problems regarding it will disappear like snow off a dyke.
“I haven’t seen any of the friendlies – anybody got any comments on KT ?”
He was very good, but The Sunshine Band also deserve a mention.
I’ll get my coat.
Valebhoy
What a beautiful economy of words there.
Huge credit to Piers Morgan.
First open I have missed since 2014.
Forced to watch the Rory show and listen to the appalling Colin Murray hosting radio 5.
So bad.
B78
Mark Chapman is back on tomorrow at the golf
bournesouprecipe on 17th July 2025 3:06 pm
First minister John Swinney “I take all forms of hate within our society deadly seriously and all my actions as first minister are designed to address the implications of hate within our society and to make sure that we live in a cohesive society that respects the rule of law.”
GoodToKnow CSC
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Any “Man” who cannot agree with the Uk Supreme Court decision, “Rule of Law” that a “Woman” is an adult female who dizny have a p#nis is a seriously questionable “Man” seriously.
Why does Swinney`s Celtic fan hating party,(OBAFA), hate Women so much?
If ma auntie had baws :)
Falkirk FC average attendnace – 6.445 up 35,7% highest 7.633
i am impressed by how they go about business.
5,7000 digiital season cards sold.
749 away allocation only.
home tickets transferrable.
and a fanzone to pack them in early.
their app could be so easily done for celtic.
https://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/2025/07/17/falkirk-fc-ticket-information-season-2025-26/
Greetings,
Has anyone ever been to Marrakesh?
https://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/2025/07/14/falkirk-fc-announce-brand-new-fanzone/
☘️Chat
Revenue Estimate for 2025/26
Season Tickets….. SOLD OUT
Lower estimate: 53,000 tickets × £608 = £32.2 million
Upper estimate: 53,000 tickets × £900 = £47.7 million
💰 Grand Total
Combining all competitions:
* UEFA prize money: ~£38 m
* Domestic prize money (league + cups): ~£5.4 m
*
➡️ Estimated total for the 2024–25 season: ~£43.4 m
Season Tickets….. SOLD OUT
Lower estimate: 53,000 tickets × £608 = £32.2 million
Upper estimate: 53,000 tickets × £900 = £47.7 million
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I was intrigued by the UEFA Financial report that had the Rangers as earning more per fan spending than the Celtic do, al beiit by a figue of 3 euros average.
Our 10,000 season book sales are not the difference for us that we think they are, due mostly to the mix of concession and youth ticekts being considerably higher ratio, than full prices non concession rangers tickets.
In effect out kids pay around 3!50 for 2 x rangers games and the other 17 on the ticket.
our over 65s pay less than their rangers counterparts.
Overall for 2023/24 they earned 2. million euros per game, and we earned 2m.
this is going to change by some margin as we had 300.000 more seats sold last season (29 gameves v 25).
and higher premium seats in the champions league.
we actually cannot stop making money, so the board dont need tgaf about how much newcastle costs.
🍀 / 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙁𝘾 – 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙎𝙤 𝙁𝙖𝙧…
First team players only
🛬 Incomings:
🏴 Doohan – Free
🏴 KT – Free
🏴 Osmand – Free
🇸🇪 Nygren – £2M
🇯🇵 Inamura – £250K
🇯🇵 Yamada – £1.5M
💰 Total – £3.5M approx
👋🏽 Outgoings:
🇩🇪 Kuhn – £17M
🇸🇪 Lagerbielke – £2.2M
🏴 GT – Free
🏴 Bain – Free
🇵🇱 Nawrocki – Loan
🇭🇳 Palma – Loan
🇳🇱 Frimpong – £5M (Sell on fee)
💰 Total – £24.2M approx
Net gain £20M approx
we actually cannot stop making money, so the board dont need tgaf about how much newcastle costs.
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Chris McKay when asked, said he settled on £25.00 on the basis of cost to pay Newcastle to come to Parkhead, plus other costs Policing etc.
The game at Parkhead is perfect for Celtic supporters that don’t ordinarily get in,……………..est attendance 25K x 25 = £625K exclusive Celtic TV coverage £x = who knows
Allegedly CSC
Maestro on 17th July 2025 10:04 pm
Greetings,
Has anyone ever been to Marrakesh?
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me, but 10 years or so ago, on a big week long company event.
i didnt like it, terrible heat, terrible transport, horrible sights out the bus window, stayed in a compound hotel, but they didnt let you out the gates to the wee district outside.
we had an event at the kasbah, during a terrorist alert, and all the high walls had soldiers on them with guns.
the women in our big european group were hassled,.
i blame the company for not thinking more of local events at that time.
i sat in a restraunt and commented on the fresh new ceiling and pain not being in keeping with the ancient surroundings, to be told it had been shot up some weeks before.
anyway, dont let me put you off i did hear the atlas mountains are better.
Chris McKay when asked, said he settled on £25.00 on the basis of cost to pay Newcastle to come to Parkhead, plus other costs Policing etc.
The game at Parkhead is perfect for Celtic supporters that don’t ordinarily get in,……………..est attendance 25K x 25 = £625K exclusive Celtic TV coverage £x = who knows
Allegedly CSC
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Pick up Newcastle costs – em, thanks Newcastle, we will go without, hello Bilbao what are you doing on the 19th july.
or pay their expenses from the pot of money, dont fleece the fans to pay for it.
thousands of poorer celtic minded families priced out again, make it cheap as chips (feckin £9 for a fish supper now).
mckay / nicholson cannot relate to an ordinary fan.
being great at business, sure, but at some point look after the future.
btw, 12000 toon suppoters coming, they are paying for themselves.
there maybe trouble ahhead.
Watching the penalty shoot out between England and Sweden women.The Swedish keeper saved 4 in a row.The Swedish players missed 6.FFS,ballooning them over the bar,off the posts.
Engerlund through.Sweden 2 up at HT. 😥😥😥😥
correction, not the kasbah, it is the medina.
BSR,
Your reports on the ins and outs are truly shocking.Are any of our ins really going to improve our CL hopes?.£20 million up,and still we wait.Can anyone see BR staying if this disgrace continues.This is a scandalous position to be in.
The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on 17th July 2025 6:34 pm
“I haven’t seen any of the friendlies – anybody got any comments on KT ?”
He was very good, but The Sunshine Band also deserve a mention.
I’ll get my coat.
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As for that Weiss character; and auld Aussie I got to know said he learned to never use the cnut word as a slur when – in reality – the term nearly always referred to something so beautiful and enchanting !
But from when I saw her on the Louis Theroux doco, I thought she must be mentally ill to hold such repugnant views. Her searing sectarian arrogance betrays a pathological hatred.
BTW, I signed the campaign to have Francesca Albanese awarded the Nobel Prize; heading to 1million
https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/stand_with_francesca_loc/
MAESTRO on 17TH JULY 2025 10:04 PM
“Greetings,
Has anyone ever been to Marrakesh?”
I enjoyed it. It’s a bit mental, once you get over the culture shock it’s full on but good fun. Very different to anywhere else I’ve been
I think KT at left back hugely improves our chances of qualifying. From our weakest position to our strongest.
Since Dortmund we’ve been very good defensively in the CL
I’d be very confident that with our back 5 and the experience of Calmac in front of them we’ll be a very difficult team to score against.