What a rascal that Neil Lennon is, laughing off interest in Amido Balde while leading us all down the Kevin Doyle road last week, then Amido pitches up at Celtic Park, complete with obligatory Celtic scarf, before heading for some scans and time plugged -up with on the running machine today.
Amido’s road to Celtic Park has not been straight. He was released by Sporting Lisbon last year without kicking a ball for them, but he has spent a year in a competitive league playing against some Champions League defences, so Celtic will have a fair idea of what kind of player he is.
Does he have the technique? Does he have the physique? Does he have the temperament? John Park and the scouts will have given Neil Lennon lots of information on these elements of Amido, so there should be no surprises.
This is even more true of Balde than of last season’s twin striking signings, Lassad and Miku (trivia question of the future, Who led the line for Celtic when they beat Barcelona in 2012?). Both arrived in the final days of the window, with options expiring all around and beggars choosing.
As always, the most important hope for any transfer window is that the manager and scouts get their first choices. That assured, we’ll do alright.
11 June and first piece of transfer speculation. Held the tide as long as I could.
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Did Celtic reject the proposals on racism and sectarianism within our stadiums?
I couldn’t give a rats ass about the Ogilvie re-election, I’m more interested in the protection of Celtic supporters, in the street, at Celtic park and any away ground our support visit.
What was our stance when this was voted down?
obonfanti1888
00:13 on
12 June, 2013
Those Charlotte tapes are hilarious
obonofanti, those tapes are not only hilarious, they’re 100% Damoclean. As are the text offerings proferred by Charlotte.
And regardless of their admissability in court, or the risk incurred by citing them (in MSM), the very fact of their existence should have been deployed *sub rosa* by CFC to indicate that the cat is out of the bag; it might be sitting there lickin’ itself, and not yet doing anything, but it’s undeniably OUT.
It’s a truth universally unapprehended that much of the most effective litigation is accomplished outwith the courts, often by dint of smacking your opponent round the head with stuff that can’t be advanced in evidence but which would damage the seven colours of crap out of ’em if it were to be made public.
I didn’t factor that sort of thing into my earlier rant, but it’s worthy of note: if a heavy hitter informs (unofficially) an adversary that not only do they they have access to the (alas, *stolen*) negatives, but that they know the age and name of the goat involved, said heavy hitter can apply big fat muckle leverage in order to advance their own position.
Ignore the Scots MSM; lament the “take no risks” approach which has hamstrung the likes of Thomson & Channel 4; but excoriate the supine inactivity of the powers that be over at Celtic Park, who continue to aid and abet The Brotherhood in their quest to reanimate the zombie club and everything it represents.
Apropos of nothing; started in on the Tanqueray No 10 despatched by BoAire fils for my birthday, thot to myself “haven’t had a pink gin in ages” and discovered that MY BOTTLE OF ANGOSTURA WAS DEID.
Has anyone else ever been there when the bar ran out of Angostura?
StraightGin CSC…
I may have been reading this all wrong, and I’ve read things wrong before, but not often or so incorrectly, but I see today as a massive thumbs up to the hun, the OO, the racists and bigots in our midst in the minority political parties to carry on as normal.
I.e. Its still open day on fenian bastards, Catholics and Celtic supporters ……………………………..That’s you and me.
Why would Celtic do this to me?
Well done to Pat (auld BMCUWP) in getting his first hole in one. I can only dream and imagine what that must feel like.
Hail Hail Daddy winklepickers……………………………………..All rise and dram.
A Ceiler Gonof Rust
01:04 on 12 June, 2013
I may have been reading this all wrong, and I’ve read things wrong before, but not often or so incorrectly, but I see today as a massive thumbs up to the hun, the OO, the racists and bigots in our midst in the minority political parties to carry on as normal.
I.e. Its still open day on fenian bastards, Catholics and Celtic supporters ……………………………..That’s you and me.
Why would Celtic do this to me?
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It’s nothing personal, my friend.
When you pin a vicious rattlesnake to the ground it will hiss and bite and thrash and spit and rage…
But as long as you are the ones with the shotgun to its head you’ll endure long after the pest is dead.
We’re winning, remember that. Winning beyond our forefathers wildest dreams. This war has only one outcome despite the scrappy rearguards being fought by the last vestiges of imperialist delusion.
Night.
Dear Diary,
Spent god knows how long searching for Angostura upstairs, but found zilch; sufficiently smashed to give consideration to trying Benylin, ‘cos it’s roughly the same colour, but thought the better of it.
Decided instead to return to CQN and observe that it’s a terrible day when even the underclass (viz., gowfers) are capable of recognising that not only is something rotten in the state of Denmark, but that Cellick have relocated to Copenhagen…
A word if I may interrupt…
From – http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a1
Article 19.
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
OR as I understood it from my old Slam/Soma days
Everyone has the right to seek, receive and impart information, through all available media, regardless of frontiers!
That’s for you Charlotte baby…
All the best to the gowfers Friday…. wish I could be there. Hope the weather holds out but if it doesn’t… don’t let it change your mood as crowded house would say..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNHYaOjTpF4
HhhhOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWwwwlllllllllllllllLLLL
Sandman, I don’t take anything on this blog personally, and your response was a good gung ho americanised version of killing a serpent but it’s hardly an analogy one could apply to the question I’m asking.
If our club are acquiescent or compliant then not only are they keeping your snake alive, they are nurturing it’s existence.
1. We accept Cambell Ogivie.
2. We do not accept the proposals against racism.
3. We do not accept the proposals against sectarianism.
FFS, What kind of club have I paid to watch this season?
Anyway, all that fitba stuff aside, I’ve wasted 40 minutes of my life polishin ma golf shoes. At least I’ll look a bit natty when I’m collecting ma baws aff Aberdour beach on Friday.
I’m told it’s one of the few five star beaches left In Scotland, I hope the hun walkers on Aberdour beach on Friday are wearing their tin hats. Out of bound left is a big favourite of ACGR.
Four……………………………………………………………….HAW:-)
We Are Celtic (Copyrite of The Black Knight)
Hail Hail Celtic men and wummin.
Just skimmed back…. as you do!
Sandman
01:17 on 12 June, 2013
LOVE it!
ACGR
enjoy Friday… if you are an Aberdour virgin you are in for a treat.
HAIL HAIL
pyfinl
The way I see it, in the fight against corruption you have but two real weapons; one was God given and the other is a product of society, they are your voice and your pound.
If you have the courage of your convictions then I hope you use them both wisely. Of course if you believe that there is no corruption… then silence is golden and your pound is just token.
O
Ozzie Quick News
Tom Rogic stands in front of the Jordanian keeper as the corner comes over prior to his “assist” for the final goal..
Wonder where he learned that one.
.
One..Two..Third..
*Sigh*
Summa of TheDrieMensenCSC
Seems so apt fot what has been going on recently….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RxD8unAxhU
Nite CQN HAIL HAIL
pyfinl
larssonse7en, I’ve never played Aberdour but I’l do it in a manor befitting of your advice. I’ll f***ing attack it bro.
It’s the ACGR way, but not always the right golf way
Looking forward to the after golf and meeting some legends (Pedrocaracnachio67) aside, he’s ma bro, I know him enough..
See you Friday Bro………………………..Geis a kiss.
Bó-aire
01:02 on 12 June, 2013
Start drinkin Malts like a real man then!
Only making an appearance to say – Good will defeat Evil in the end…
valentinesday – thank you xxx :)
As some might say – Off oot
HH
Just listened to the Pishgate tapes….. In full.
Some people must be in a Flap about what will be revealed in the future…
Nevertheless….
When The CO was once again elected to President of SFA, I cannot help but hope that whoever was representing Celtic FC, was quietly humming this with an Enigmatic Smile
Because anything less than that would be a Worry…….
Copied from TSFM:
bayviewgold says: June 11, 2013 at 11:11 pm
We are all complicit
All the recent and not so recent events have made some thoughts I have had swirling around clearer. This saga has been going on for years and what struck me very early (back in the RTC days) was how amateurish most of the participants have been. This includes RFC execs, SFA/SPL/SFL execs, journalists, and even some of our esteemed legal and marketing professionals.
Some history of my involvement may be appropriate here, I first starting following RTC a long time ago when I heard of the rumours that all was not right down Ibrox way, at first it was the equivalent of the guilty pleasure of watching a car crash, but as the events unfolded a sense of anger drove me to a different reason for engaging in this story, simply put – as a follower of a smaller football club I know for a fact if East Fife had committed even a fraction of the same offences or similar financial debts they would not exist today and no one in the corridors of power at Scottish Football would have lifted a finger to save them And I know EFFC would not have been unique in this situation.
Look at some of the draconian punishments handed down by the SFA over the years for minor paperwork issues or relatively benign comments onto other teams. But over the last few years Rangers have pretty much been able to twist things to their satisfaction time after time – with the one exception, when the fans spoke out in unison. And this is what is needed now – we need to unite together (even RFC fans if they see that they too are being short-changed by our “leadership”).
Uniting everyone to a common purpose is not going to be easy and there are three main strands to the fans efforts at the moment, firstly “rangers must die” this is a sizable group of to be honest mainly Celtic supporters who feel that nothing less than the complete shutdown of RFC is acceptable for their sins. Secondly “rangers must live” the RFC fans position that regardless of wrongdoing or scams or nefarious investors making money from them RFC must continue now and forever etc and thirdly “the SFA/SPL/SFL leadership must be cleansed” – this is where I am, quite frankly if RFC live or die is not really my concern as long as it is done legally and with no special treatment.
This is the one point where fans of most clubs and even RFC can see some common ground – the leadership of our governing bodies over the last few years has been nothing less than amateurish and embarrassing, from Doncaster’s Ratner moments to Regan’s deer in the headlights act they have failed Scottish Football, and all the while taking large professional salaries. Bryson’s testimony was one of the most farcical statements to have come from the SFA ever.
There is one thing that could bring this to a head – the semi mythical 5 way agreement. So much has been written about this and analysed but no-one has really nailed Regan and co on the specifics : “is there a 5 way agreement” – yes or no? “if so why is it confidential?” “was rangers treated with special consideration?” “if not then why is this agreement not made public in the spirit of transparency?”. And this is where we are all complicit – we could focus as a group on one thing (it doesn’t have to be the 5 way – but one specific action) but instead we are all pursuing hundreds of different threads with sometimes manic attention to detail, the problem is the effort becomes diluted, it becomes background noise – Charlotte is teasing but not delivering.
In a lot of ways we missed our chance months ago – Auldheid put together an excellent letter which was sent to all clubs, the response? as far as I am aware nothing – not even acknowledgement of receipt (TSFM/Auldheid can correct this) – that was when we missed an opportunity, because as we all know but it is worth spelling out again – the SFA does not rule by divine right, it is owned and run by its members, who are? – our clubs, who are owned and run by our boards. Who owe their existence to our money, fundamentally the only sources of income for our clubs and the SFA is through the fans, by gate fees, tickets, merchandise and our willingess to buy products that encourage sponsorship – so through our money – we collectively are the SFA – we should have seized the moment and collectively pinned our clubs down on the response, they ignored it and sadly so did we. Again – “time to move forward”. Time to move forward is the constant refrain but forward to where? not with this leadership – so can we unite on one thing to drive a fan led movement for change? or do we just sit back and listen to more hilarious Craigy Whyte outtakes while running the RFC numbers over again to see when they will go bust? Should auldheid’s letter be dusted down? can we get TSFM & Twitter & Fan groups & Alex Thomson & Stuart Cosgrove & even Tom English together to have one focused cause that becomes the story? A public protest? a letter campaign? we need to stop being the “monitors” and start being a force for change, The SFA must go. sorry for the rant.
Good morning Timland.
I was speaking to a couple of good tims yesterday
they have never heard of Charlotte………don’t know
how but we have to get the story into the msm……I know!!!!
Kevj
Get yerself back on here…….Hampden riot veterans
don’t walk away.
Valentinesday
We assume the civilised world is internet savvy …
The Boy Jinky
It amazes me how many tims still buy the
paper’s,and are in complete ignorance at what
is and has gone on.
Morning all, long time no post.
Thought I’d post a pic I posted on twitter last night. Might be of interest to a few. Hope this works.
@andybhoy1968: Thought this photo may be of interest to some, its from 1929 when Glasgow Celtic and Belfast Celtic played. http://t.co/USz093W7Yl
This is also some press about the occassion and the match itself. Thanks to Celtic Graves and Belfast Celtic Society for uploading them for me. @CelticBelfast: To view the press clipping relating to the amazing picture sent by @andybhoy1968 earlier please click here http://t.co/yAZqHM3guo
@CelticBelfast: To view the press clipping on the match between @celticfc & Belfast Celtic in 1929 sent by @andybhoy1968 click here http://t.co/QXm9IVTdRs
Good morning friends from an unseasonally damp and grey REast Kilbride.
2 more sleeps and just over 50 hours till the Open starts
Morning Celts,
Jobo, the weathers broke down on the Fylde coast mi amigo, cloud and rain :¬(
Ach well never mind, Celtic are the Championees and Glasgows Green and White.
V
One phrase from Pishgate that struck me: ‘keech Jackson sent a text to every journalist in Scotland telling them to get behind the blue knights….’
The MSM are so compromised that they are probably too terrified to comment on the tapes, emails, letters and invoices released so far. Is there an invoice with a journo’s name on it?
Have they accepted hospitality?
Have they knowingly been passing off untruths?
CW reckoned (pre micturation) that Traynor & Jackson had been romised jobs at Ibrox to do PR….Remember this?
http://www.pieandbovril.com/forum/index.php/topic/169317-jim-traynor-pulls-no-punches-as-he-responds-to-lawwells-statement/
GL2
Hotels booked for thursday evening at the Greenock Celtic Lisbon Lion do, looking forward to it.
HH
Good morning CQN,
I don’t for one minute expect any response from the SFA to the Charlotte revelations.
Never explain–your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Elbert Hubbard
US author (1856 – 1915)
A Ceiler:
Whilst I have no idea the motivations in rejecting the anti racism/sectarianism proposal I would personally be concerned at the implications of the whataboutery methodology to this issue in Scotland.
I was one of the complainers about cup final commentary and those complaints were ultimately rejected largely because a definition of sectarianism was proposed that incorporated ‘political sectarianism’. In practice, the likely definition in practice would likely be determined by the likelihood of your actions causing offence to sensitive zombies.
Unless or until the distinction between political expression and sectarianism is reestablished any establishment measures to ‘tackle’ such issues are likely to amount to a stick with which to beat timmy.
BMCUW: only just spied your message from previous thread. Will check with social secretary, comrade She-Ra (no princesses in our house), and get back to you shortly…
unless there is a bona fide document signed by CO that can be used to prove that he has abused his position within the SFA then all we have is a smoking gun; the Charlotte leaks have so far not provided anything to incriminate him
Too many likelys in above post – must edit before pushing the button!
Morning
The SFA helping them out again if you read the story. They bought the history. lol!
An advert for Rangers Football Club (RFC) has been cleared following 78 complaints it described itself as the “most successful” in Scotland. The radio, press and email ads said: “Join Scotland’s most successful club at Ibrox (stadium)” as part of a promotion on season tickets. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said 78 complainants believed the “most successful club” claim was misleading because they understood it had only been formed in 2012.
Radio Clyde news at 0730 is going with the ASA’s decision that Rangers FC is separate from the company that owns it!!
Their tentacles are far reaching indeed.
But from the CF tapes, we shouldn’t be surprised.
~SPF~
Earlier references to Aberdour is getting me excited.
I’ve played Crail many a time, is Aberdour similar?
And good morning all
Scotpatsfan
i wonder if lorraine herbiston had anything to do with it.
lets see them defend the chartity thieving..lower than a snakes nadds