Watching last night’s Champions League semi-final, it is clear that Manchester City are one of the all-time great sides, as well as everything else, they retired half of that magnificent Real Madrid team. There is a belief that City will, sooner or later, win the tournament, but this could be their last chance for a while, or ever.
They have been charged by the Premier League with 113 breaches of Financial Fair Play rules. Uefa banned them from European competition for two years for similar offences in 2020, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport lifted that punishment, as many of the offences were either time barred or not sufficiently established. The Premier League has no such bar.
This is all conjecture at the moment. City are yet to be found guilty and may never be. If punished, they will suffer at least one year of significant points deduction, with possible limits on future budgets.
It is important to keep an eye on what is happening at the bottom of the Premier League table right now. Everton face a points deduction if found guilty on charges of breaking Premier League financial rules. It looks like any deduction will happen next season. If so, Leeds, Leicester, Nottingham Forest, Southampton and Burnley have threatened to sue Everton for £300m, as a points deduction this season would relegate the Merseyside club.
England has a different view on sporting advantage than Scotland. With Everton hovering the right side of the relegation battle, a precedent could be set that would have ramifications for charges for a decade’s non-compliance at Manchester City.
Much of what is going well for Celtic these days happened because of the City Group’s off-field talent development strategy. We have had a profitable, informal, partnership with them for many years, culminating in the recruitment of a spectacularly successful manager and head of recruitment. For this reason, I want their on-field strategy to be successful, because ours is a scaled down version.
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Hot Smoked
Sorry Wasps were put into administration – their buyer was unable to fulfill the requirements for the championship and therefore have to start at the bottom.
Hot Smoked
😂😂
Gene
I thought it was that but the BBC did say `Liquidation`. Are they tring to give the Huns hope?
Haven’t seen the been report
Gene
Here is the article from the BBC website. They don`t mention `Liquidation` but the BBC TV News did. That confused me.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/65634760
Anyway, it`s a
Cheerio for now from me.
Hot Smoked
Just read it and it doesn’t mention the L word
Gene,
No but the TV News did.
Definitely off now.
Cheerio.
Far too much levity and not enough gravitas on the blog tonight. Bah humbug. Anaw that.
Fantastic game on BT Sport2 just now Sevilla v Juventus. End-to-end football. Great entertainment in a marvellous atmosphere.
1-1 just now. Aggregate 2-2.
Tom
On in the Vicky Bar. Great stuff.
Sheff Wed just scored in the 8th minute of injury time to level at 4:4. They were 4:0 down on the night
Joe Cole to Carlton Cole
Listen…….. Coley
Carlton Cole to Joe Cole
Listen ……….Coley
Joe Cole to Carlton Cole
Blah Blah Blah
Arguably the worst game of football on TV this season
Sad news about Wasps rugby club …
… even if Lawrence Dallaglio played for them.
Apparently, the club’s board have been stung by this development.
Back to Basics
Right, that’s enough. 😂
Italian teams reach the final of each of the European competitions.
Impressive stat.
What can you say about Sevilla though?
Amazing record
SETTING FREE THE BEARS @ 8:10 PM,
Yes, no doubts Ange was known to Celtic through Mark Lawwell giving his Dad a heads up on the manager back in the day.
Yet AP hadn’t been primed as a plan b and was totally unaware of any potential interest from Celtic
It was mid season 2021 in Japan, Ange and family wanted a move to Greece, his oldest son is in the Greek military and it is the family’s preferred “final destination”.
Things change within 24 hrs…
When Celtic’s Eddie Howe deal collapses there is a scramble at the Club for a plan b
Ange is in the running for the AEK job right up to the final knockings, last minute AEK go with Vladan Milosivec
The timing is perfect but the idea that there was an elegant process of Celtic going to plan b is a nonsense
Ange was a knee jerk outside candidate and was a risk
Dermot Desmond got told who Ange Postecoglou was and his potential availability, he quickly did his homework and called Ange, who had been primed by his agent Frank Trimboli
The call went very well, both men impressing each other and the rest is history
A rather wonderful serendipitous event it was, meticulous planing through a partnership, informal or otherwise it was not.
Hail Hail
Wasps in administration…?
And I thought that there was a buzz about the place, ah well. .
Petec @ ages ago
Good young man.
We’re not robots ( copyright Ange ) and the league was won a long time ago.
Pleased to read keeper Scott Bain has signed a new 3 year deal.
There’s a buzz about the place
Oops Already posted
Sighs CSC
Do the wasps have a b team ?
A man walked into a hardware store, picked up a can of fly spray and asked the assistant, “Is this good for wasps?”
“No, it kills them.
Scott Bain signs new deal
https://twitter.com/mcgowan_stephen/status/1659299036237553671?t=f2VA_9dR2FxMy2izKJsFEw&s=19
HH
AT
Is that why DD was in town?
Chairbhoy
The timing is perfect but the idea that there was an elegant process of Celtic going to plan b is a nonsense
I don’t see anyone arguing that this was elegant or praiseworthy. Personally, I have criticised the length of time we let Howe dither but Ange was plan B- he was the one we went for next. It was a hastily and tardily convened plan B but he was the B choice not the C, F or Z choice.
Ange was a knee jerk outside candidate and was a risk
A knee jerk was required. The knee had been inactive for too long as Eddie Howe was sitting on it. We were already in June and were just over a month away from a UEFA qualifier. There was no time for a long trawl or assessment period. The club had other names on standby and Ange was the first one they went to- thankfully he agreed and thankfully the club forced it through against many fan’s wishes. Of course he was a risk; they all are. Big name managers fail too even when they have been successful Celtic managers. Jose Mourinho has just taken another team to a European final tonight but he was still a failure at Spurs and got binned by Man U too.
Dermot Desmond got told who Ange Postecoglou was and his potential availability, he quickly did his homework and called Ange, who had been primed by his agent Frank Trimboli
I don’t know if it’s deliberate but you leave out the name of the person who told Dermot about Ange. You know it was the guy who lied to the supporters and cheated the shareholders of this club. He has done so much wrong but he got this right. The managers we have recently been obtaining MON, WGS, NFL, Deila, Brendan and Ange have more experience and success record than was the 20th century pattern of employing an ex player who had done ok at another Scottish club (or 2 in the case of the guy who landed us the big cup).
Our club had to show some bravery to employ Ange and this time they deserve and should get some credit. When Eddie Howe finally said no- there were thousands of managers we could have gone for as a quick plan B but he was the one they chose and imposed upon us in the face of our mistaken disapproval.
I don’t get too het up about cheering or booing Board Activity but, in this case, they are justified in taking some quiet pride.
Good night ya rascals. Terrible jokes anaw. 😂😂
‘GG on 18TH MAY 2023 11:59 PM
AT
Is that why DD was in town?
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There is usually a board meeting at this time of year.thinking back to prev years.
You surprised? :-)
It’ll be a positive am confident.
His son was with him.
HH
AT
It there was a board meeting I hope it has given approval for Ange to go ahead with his signings.
He said before the last hun game that plans were well in hand.
I assume budgets for every department, investment needs, projected revenues, personnel levels, individual KPIs etc would be on the agenda.
Plans to penetrate the Far East market should be high in their musings.
I hope they also explored ways to expand Celtic TV transmissions to ALL subscribers.
Ach I’m dreaming.
I wonder how extensive music repertoire is.
https://www.hunschool.org/arts/performing
Was Buzz Aldrin really a moonwalker ????
Lord of the stings ????
Hello again all you young rebels.
A wee bit too early this morning to greet all you
fine bhoys, I’ll ask again is there any ghirls now on
CQN ?
I’m down in rebel town again for our CSC weekend.
Rain is battering down, dark clouds and howling
winds, wooooo, maybe the Ragers are cummin?
Don’t know about cummin ? with all their bravado
in the Scuddish meeja, they’re certainly gummin.
O.k not my best but, it fits 🤣
H H. Mick
Good morning all from a lovely, sunny morning in the Garden of God.
A full days work on a Friday ahead, the first for many weeks😪 but never mind a long weekend next weekend.👌
HH
D :)
Good morning all from Govanhill.
Good morning from a dry but overcast North Staffs.
Another day of decorating – stripping woodchip is not for wimps. 😱
Football amazes me. That is its beauty.
Sheffield Wednesday overturn a 4 goal deficit to win on penalties.
What can we take from this, especiallygoing into anotherEuropeancampaign? :
There is always hope and even in the face of a mega defeat there is always a belief for the second leg.
Keep the faith.
HH.