The statement from Bolton Wanderers joint administrator that Celtic agreed to pay “substantially more than the financial obligation” for Luca Connell is substantially unlike Celtic.
Bolton dropped to the third tier of English football in May, seven years after dropping out of the Premiership. They spend 19 years mixing it in the top flight of English football, and, under chairman, the late Phil Gartside, were advocates of inviting Celtic and (then) Rangers into the league.
In 2009 Gartside, anticipating their place at the top table could not last forever, proposed a two-tier Premier League, with Celtic and Rangers invited to compete in the second tier. Gartside understood what he called the “financial polarisation” would wreak havoc on clubs like his, as they over-reached trying to avoid the calamity of relegation.
Relationships with administrators are fleeting affairs. Different people will soon be in charge, but Bolton will remain in hardship for some time, and Celtic will remain keen to build different types of relationships with a variety of clubs. The “substantial” element of this payment was building affinity.
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Stagnating doesn’t happen to everyone.
Matthews failed to establish himself as 1st choice right back for Sunderland, operating in the 3rd tier of English football.
That he didn’t let us down 4 – 5 years ago, becomes more and more less relevant as the years tick by.
Sign him, if you are happy for both him and Ralston to fight between 3rd and 4th choice Right Back at Celtic.
Paul67
What’s this Paul ‘substantially unlike Celtic’ you mean no ‘dithering’?
RUGGYGMAN on 1ST JULY 2019 2:13 PM
Stagnating doesn’t happen to everyone.
Matthews failed to establish himself as 1st choice right back for Sunderland, operating in the 3rd tier of English football.
That he didn’t let us down 4 – 5 years ago, becomes more and more less relevant as the years tick by.
Sign him, if you are happy for both him and Ralston to fight between 3rd and 4th choice Right Back at Celtic.
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Everyone stagnates at Sunderland. Has any player improved there in recent years? It’s a sinking ship.
Matthews is much younger than Ledley or Hooper who will be in decline. Adam will be coming into his prime and would be worth giving a chance to.
Adam Matthews is so last week.
If you can’t get a game for Sunderland………
Anyone watch the Sunderland documentary on Netflix that followed their fortunes in the Championship?
Have watched the first couple of episodes, fair to say they thought the series would chart their progress as they made a series tilt at returning to the top flight at first time of asking….and ended up getting relegated!
Martin Bain features heavily and appeared close to tears once or twice before they parted company with Grayson.
But if anyone thought our transfer targets on a Word doc was behind the times in ep.2 Martin Bain had a notepad with stuff scribbled down and he actually said that he wishes it was more scientific but it really wasnt! Go figure.
HH
ep.2 or 3, cant remember exactly. But funny/telling all the same.
HH
If Gutman is not coming to us this season, what do we gain from sending him back to Charlotte? We do not have Jim McGuiness to look after him and they play in a lower level than MLS, where the US authorities froze him out because he did not join their system.
Would we not be better served loaning him out to a club like Bolton or another SPFL club rather than ask him to play at a level that looks beneath his abilities.
P.S. I see the USA men’s team just narrowly beat a liqueur in last night’s Concacaf quarter-finals
cocktail time
Bada
Adam Matthews is classic SMSM p*sh ‘used to play for Celtic’……..’ Bosman’……….’ ‘tell the supporters, they are signing him’
Yawn CSC
Yesterday’s men have now become the day before yesterday’s men…
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 1ST JULY 2019 2:37 PM
Presumably, its just as difficult to get a work permit in England.
We’d have to send him to Belgium or the Netherlands where they are more relaxed about that kind of thing.
Ghuys a horse ? running @5:00 pontefract Celtic Artisan 15/2 please do not shoot the messenger HH
FB- a cheeky wee fiver on it…
WBC- VG
Looks like Arsenal may have bid 25m inc add ons for KT.
Calvin Miller?
Youssouf Mulumbu
Scott Allen
Dorus De Vries
Mikael Lustig
Filip Benkovic
Dedryk Boyata
Jeremy Toljan
Christian Gamboa
Emilio Izaguirre
Ollie Burke
Timo Weah
Have left the building 2019
That’s a massive tonic for the ‘wages bill’ and much work yet to be done with the Celtic chequebook
Mass exodus
Heated Driveways CSC
The one thing that strikes me about this Celtic squad, including coaching staff, this year as opposed to last year is the spirit & unity that is apparent. All of that accomplished withou Kolo Toure too.
If we are determined, united & organised we should have enough to qualify. This is not unknown territory for NFL.
There are signs now that the squad is much more HIS squad than anyone else’s.
Thought we still payed within ourselves against Weiner & should have scored 5 or 6.
How did Griff miss his open goal chance from 5 yards out?
Thought Bitton strolled through the 1st half & good to see him back from his injury hit last season.
There are signes that Mikey Johnson understands that dazzling runs are worth more if he lays it off to a colleague in a better position to score. I like that Neil has said that he’s being encouraged to toughen up (I take that to mean that he goes through the same sessions that produced “Ironman” Christie.
Great to see Bayo play & especially to see him score. Very happy if all of the striker’s burden this season doesn’t fall on Odsonne’s shoulders.
Looks like Hayes will be our starting left back against Sarajevo, although I agree that Gutman deserves to be kept in Glasgow rather than sent back to play in the USL. He is in the iddle of his season in Charlotte so his fitness was impressive, but he showed an awareness & an ability to execute in the Celtic team.
At this moment in time, Tony Ralston is the likely starter at RB, but as we’ve seen since the days of Strachan, we need at least 2 fit & young fullbacks available for both flanks. Be nice to see an addition or two. The scuttle from Lennybhoy is always welcome – so here’s hoping. Anyone know if Manny perez was/is with the squad in Austria? He has pace & energy in abundance & is on loan at North Carolina FC.
Thought Shved looked composed & a threat to the opposition in his 45 minutes. With Calmac, Hayes, Luca Connell, Griff, Gutman & Shved on our books – are we trying to cornber the market in left footed players?
Disappointed that Tom Rogic is injured again. Since he returned from playing for Australia last season he’s been a shadow of his former self. Sounds like he played while carrying an injury & now it’s his ankle. Could be out for a while & then he’ll spend weeks on the old wobble board building up the strength in that ankle.
Just read that Timothy Weah has been sold to Lille for 10 million euros. Decent wee player but Mikey Johnson, Ewan henderson are better. Can you imagine the wages Weah will be on though.
Have a good one.
HH
What is “Football Scotland”; are they a legit media outlet in Scotland?
This seemed to be a source of many of the “KT to Arsenal” reports in the media.
Football Scotland = Daily Rockhard…
‘The impact of Rangers’ new signings is sending “shockwaves around the squad” as competition for places increases’
Seethen Gerrard
DELANEYS DUNKY on 30TH JUNE 2019 11:56 PM
It’s Magic you know gonnae win 9 in a row again.
*There’s a commercial over here, among the many, for diabetes, the 3 main characters when told the benefits of the drug all say “oh”, at the end its complied to show them saying “Oh Oh Oh” and the background music is “Oh Oh Oh its magic you know”, so 1974/75 retro.
Documentary on BBC about John McEnroe, well worth a watch
AURORABOREALIS79 on 1ST JULY 2019 3:52 PM
What is “Football Scotland”; are they a legit media outlet in Scotland?
This seemed to be a source of many of the “KT to Arsenal” reports in the media.
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Its owned by Mirror Group like the Daily Record
Both goals from Saturday’s game against Weiner.
Griff’s opportunism was grear.
Bayo looks awesome & scored a nice goal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTXHj5q7YtU
First training session etc in Austria from Christopher Jullien.
Hope to do the initiation singing session next week.
“I’m not a good singer”
NB Chris, that’s one reason for them to actually get you singing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-4iyTdd24g
!!Bada Bing!!
https://stv.tv/sport/tennis/1438706-watch-when-john-mcenroe-played-jimmy-connors-in-scotland/
Bada, you mean John Patrick McEnroe
FOOL TIME WHISTLE @ 4.22
Positivity will never catch on here.
Celtic Artisan 2nd sorry ghuys HH
TT- He’s quite a character. ..
FB- thought he was getting there…
WDH- Thanks for that link
http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/the-establishers/
Celebrating those that establish the play to enable chances to be created. They take out opponents and feed the assisters.
Paul67 et al
The things you learn. Just discovered that the oldest trophy awarded in Shinty (the Camanachd) is called the Glasgow Celtic Society Cup, most recently won by Oban, and has been awarded since 187 9. Question, could this be the source of Brother Walfrid’s choice of name for the new football club in 1887? I could be wrong but I think both shinty and hurling matches, along with many other sports, were indeed played at Celtic Park. Early doors.
http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/the-sharp-end/
Combining Expected Non-Penalty Goals and Assists per 90m gives us Expected Scoring Contribution over the season. Life at the sharp end.
I’m catching up.
Luca Connell assessment up later!
!!Bada Bing!! pleasure
I’m in that grandstand
!!BADA BING!! on 1ST JULY 2019 4:19 PM
Documentary on BBC about John McEnroe, well worth a watch
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watched it last night, i thought it was very very good. complex man, but nicer person than ever potrayed at the time, there was a lot of BBC / LTA baiting of the bhoy.
Someone should tell him though he cant sing