Virgil van Dijk is a class defender, one of the best we’ve seen in recent decades, but there’s no revelation in the fact that he would consider moving to the right club at a more testing league; they all would. The only pertinent fact about Virgil is that several clubs may put that to the test later this year.
The main thing to consider with Virgil is that he’s not likely to ‘Do a Kelvin’, and report as not in the right frame of mind to play, midway through Champions League qualifiers. With Jason Denayer wanted back in Manchester, it’s important Celtic retain Virgil for the qualifiers, or are sufficiently compensated before then that they can confidently secure the early signatures of prime targets.
From what I hear, Virgil’s been more than professional in his dealings with the club. He’s not running campaigns to leave and despite the plainly obvious that they would all like to play for Real Madrid, if the right move doesn’t materialise, he’ll get stuck in at Celtic for next season. So it’s not time to reminisce on favourite VVD moments yet, like the time that wee boy bounced off him at Hampden.
Trophy Day at Celtic Park is coming up on Sunday, 24 May when we play Inverness, when the Foundation will be distributing badges before the game to raise funds for the enormous work they do for the local homeless, the world’s poor, those with autism, those with Downs, and many more people and families who need your care.
You can participate in our annual Trophy Day by volunteering to work with the Foundation before kick-off. It is genuinely good fun and you get to step into the 127-year-old shoes those who have gone before you.
There are around 100 volunteers and we’re only looking for around 20 more, so get in soon by emailing cfcfoundation@celticfc.co.uk or calling 0141 551 4291.
754 Comments- Pages:
- «
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- ...
- 20
- »
Geordie Munro
16:53 on
12 May, 2015
Clean sheets and under 17′s are phrases rarely heard in the same sentence :)
Except when I’m writing…….:-)))
I’ve nearly ruined the laptop with tea when I read that…:-)0
HH
16 roads – Celtic über alles…
16:37 on 12 May, 2015
Chris Torey – Sorry for calling you names brother.
The Pope theory is strange, strange, strange.
See when the likes of the Guardian, the BBC, the Huffington Post,Time Magazine, Washington Post, New York Times etcetera are continually heaping praise upon the Pope – alarm bells immediately ring.
Not sure if the Pope is a Mason, or not.
He is the first black Pope though.
According to the work of the likes of Saint Malachy, this is the sign that the end is near.
MelColumcilleGerardGibsonCSC.
HH.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It worries me as well J when the MSM big him up.
Luke 6:26
Am away to do the T
til later
HH
Having a chuckle looking at comments on RM re the New Pioneers portrait debacle. Thought this one was a cracker……
Like This
D’Artagnan
Today, 11:45 AM
Im genuinely struggling, in over 45 years of supporting Rangers, to remember an act by the club which caused me so much embarrassment.
HOW ABOUT LIQUIDATION. Would have thought might have fitted…..
Geordie Munro
You’re dry mhan. Sahara dry!
Dena
Love the idea of you and Zbyziek as our scouting team!
My Dad would be even more gobsmacked by you then……’and this lady James knows she comes ALL the way from Lurgan…..5 in the morning she leaves……5…..!!!!’
Laters y’all!
HH jamesgang
Like them all, Luke 6 is worth a read.
Breaking news
Heart of Midlothian FC owner Anne Budge has criticised the lack of seriousness displayed on a well known football blog, where toe curling puns about modern art are more in evidence than meaningful discussion of the many woes faced by Scottish football.
“I find it hard to understand why Celtic fans, not content with smuggling crayons into Tynecastle and frightening the innocent Jambos, persist in light hearted and otherwise offensive joke making when there are so many issues facing the game” Cezanne.
skyisalandfill
Pure HUNners of edinburghians lose their lives every years as a result of crayon and sticker attacks by soap dodging weedgies.
And you find that funny????
HH jamesgang
PS skerry this is my Phenian I phone added the upper case above!!!
;-)
16 roads – Celtic über alles… @ 16.37
Smashing gesture on your part and one that resonates as it’s what genuine Celtic-minded people do.
However, I do believe you’re wasting your time apoligising to this character,Chris Storey.
He’s obviously a mischief maker whose only motive is to antgonise by producing extreme posts designed to be contemptuous of what he imagines to be deeply held views of the majority who contribute to this blog.
LiviBhoy 16:34,
Virgil should stay for another season, even if Celtic enhance his pay a bit, he will learn a lot in the CL proper. Broonie, when he was being interviewed alongside the Big Guy was adamant This Celtic team is going to get better and better.
Players will Know when they are playing under a Top Class Manager, I think we have one in Ronny, Virgil should listen to him.
Obviously if Celtic never made the CL proper, he would be offski, with him in the team, we’d be well odds on to make it, especially with the momentum Ronny is building. Staying at home will help ernormously as well. One of the things Ronny demanded early in the Season.
I hope we have both Jason and Virgil there next season, with that mid 3 of Scott, Nir and Stefan, I honestly reckon we’d get out of the group stages, they would have to play in the central positions though, at that level, IMO.
I can assure you that Nada keeps the sheets in our house in Croatia very clean.
Sitting here at the café Angelique in front of the Saint Martina church in Vrsar enjoying a Karlovacko beer. Perfect evening here.
Don’t need to stress about Celtic until Friday.
Relaxation at its best.
H-jim,
Nada keeps them clean in my house too.
HH
So….
Any chance Bayern going through tonight??
HH
Canalamar at 15.26
Always wondered about Brown’s agenda with that gibberish, other than money I mean.
I too had adult “looking” people of my acquaintance read that book and treat it as an expose of the ‘Unseen Roman Hand’ or some such crap. Almost brainwashed in their conviction.
I had a very similar conversation with them. Something like…
Me “It’s fiction”
Them “Not all of it”
Me “Well obviously not all of it. The Louvre does exist.”
Them “But it’s mostly true”
Me “Like most works of fiction – it has to be grounded in some truth – otherwise it is not believable.”
Them “So you believe it too.”
Me, Very Long Sigh then “No. It’s called suspension of disbelief and it’s a deal you secretly make every time you pick up a book in the Fiction section.”
Them “What?”
That book appealed to the many inherent prejudices/misconceptions that the “believers” already held, but would rarely talk about openly. I actually heard a TV voxpop from the streets of a big US city where an apparently educated, middle aged white male said – sort of confidentially to the camera – “Yeah, I think it proves that the Catholic Church has a lot to hide.”
I am no religionist but…
The laugh of it all is that there is now a narrative that suggests that The Unseen Masonic Hand is a direct descendent of the Unseen Knights Templar Hand.
HH
petec
The Pope theory is strange, strange, strange.
See when the likes of the Guardian, the BBC, the Huffington Post,Time Magazine, Washington Post, New York Times etcetera are continually heaping praise upon the Pope – alarm bells immediately ring.
Not sure if the Pope is a Mason, or not.
He is the first black Pope though.
According to the work of the likes of Saint Malachy, this is the sign that the end is near.
You’re basing your beliefs on what magazines and newspaper columnists write with a selected bit of the bible, are you being serious, Ha ha Ha, are you the re-incarnated Ian Paisley?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgaS8iHOJUc
Ideally drop into cupwinnerscup and win it, do a chosen and win CL next season, I might accept Ronny for manager of the year then
TheLurkinTim
16:29 on
12 May, 2015
All this talk of artists – and no mention of our own young old master Van Dijk who paints a portrait of easy defending ;-)
H.H.
……………………
am going in to turn Degas on and bit ma braw heid in the oven………
braw
Bayern are toast…or Tapas…they are going oot…be a guid game though …
braw
thats bit with a braw p….
braw
Geordie Munro –
Looking forward to the game. Can’t see Bayern overcoming such a deficit, but if they can get the first goal, it could be another thrilling 90 minutes.
Geordie Munro,
They have a small chance, 20/1 seems about right.
Most other “money laden” teams would be double that price.
It should be a tremendous game to watch, despite it being all so manufactured and contrived that the Big Nation teams get there.
I missed the game last week, apparently it was amazing, will check it out tonight in the hope that beautiful, inventive football is on show, unlike most of these big money games.
Oh Ronny Ronny.
skyisalndfill at 1713
Got to be the last word on impressions of a monkey.
http://www.ledo.hr/hr-en/products/ice-creams/ice-creams-with-gift/fc-barcelona
Latest in ice cream bar branding from Croatia.
We need a lime, vanilla and lemon bar for Celtic.
Wow petec, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you drop an ecumenical questing as quickly,
Where exactly do you stand on papery?
Geordie Munro
Bayern have no chance of qualifying. Possibly win the game and scoring a few but Barca will also score. Should be another classic match like last week. 2-2 in 90mins
GM Canny see Bayern keeping a clean sheet …….
Geordie
Not impossible, of course.
Deportivo la Coruna came back from 1-4 against AC Milan in the CL back in the early 2000s to win the home leg 4-0.
And then Milan had their famous collapse against the scousers in a CL final,when they levelled a 0-3 in the space of less than 45 minutes.
It would help if Robben and Riberi were playing.
And Messi wisnae!
murdochbhoy
17:41 on 12 May, 2015
petec
The Pope theory is strange, strange, strange.
See when the likes of the Guardian, the BBC, the Huffington Post,Time Magazine, Washington Post, New York Times etcetera are continually heaping praise upon the Pope – alarm bells immediately ring.
Not sure if the Pope is a Mason, or not.
He is the first black Pope though.
According to the work of the likes of Saint Malachy, this is the sign that the end is near.
You’re basing your beliefs on what magazines and newspaper columnists write with a selected bit of the bible, are you being serious, Ha ha Ha, are you the re-incarnated Ian Paisley?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgaS8iHOJUc
______________________________________________________________
Snipe away.
And please put things in their proper context, if you can be bothered.
Did you read all of Luke 6 that I posted to the blog? I’d posted that specific passage to 16 Roads, in a response to his concerns, and mine as well.
And now I’m worse than a Hun, I’m like Ian Paisley.
God Bless.
Canamalar
17:52 on 12 May, 2015
Wow petec, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you drop an ecumenical questing as quickly,
Where exactly do you stand on papery?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I hope you have not been misled by murdochbhoy 17:41 on 12 May, 2015
And the way he posted that.
3-1 FC Bayern München.
Cheeky 20 Euro’s @ 16/1.
Murdochbhoy
I think you’ve italicised 16 Roads’ post at 16:37 there, not Petec’s.
corkcelt
15:38 on 12 May, 2015
Scrolled back, saw contributions from I think The Silent Scream, Jungle,Diddle Dee and a few other strange ones. This place is becoming like The Mad Hatters Tea Party. There may be only one or two Hatters but with multiple monikers and these guy/guys talking to themselves any new lurkers would be quickly disenchanted with site.
Its a selfish childish form of cyber vandalism and if its left unchecked will do serious damage to the reputation of the site.
—–
Remember ‘The Big Lhist”?, how is was ruined by similar circumstances . . . shame really.
T
petec @ 17.56
To be fair I didn’t read your bible quote, I saw nothing in your earlier post that I believed would be of any credence by referring to it.
You left yourself open to a little ridicule and, God help me, I took advantage.
I never called you a hun my friend, I only pointed out the irony in your post. I’ve read many of your posts that usually appear overnight and I accept them in the context I believe you write them, but your earlier contribution was, I believe, a little sanctimonious.
God bless you and all Tims and may the devil shake hands with all the trolls.
I watched the video of the 2 1 victory over Rangers (il) in April 2008 this morning. Some posters have been talking of their celebrations after Jan got our winner.
Naka’s goal was hit with incredible power and swerve. I can’t remember us scoring a goal with such swerve against the deidsters.
Imagine Naka and Lubo at their peak playing for us.
Petec,
Did you ever read about Malachi, then ask yourself why Rome never censored it ?
Lots of strains were censored, some were not, I’m beginning to believe for their protection and preservation is the reason many were not declared heretic was the devil is working to eradicate Christianity, Rome is front line, papery is the civil defence and everyone that makes their stand declaring their belief in the Christ suckers and all will be taken in.
Cheers guys.
Aye I think the 3rd just sealed it last week.
I agree though that an early goal for the Germans might spice it up a bit.
HH
When did the pope turn black.
Do I need to go to specsavers.
Will I then get a job as a Scottish ref.
Can I award the Tic a penalty.
Give me five Frankie baby
beatbhoy @ 18:01
Murdochbhoy
I think you’ve italicised 16 Roads’ post at 16:37 there, not Petec’s.
*******
No italics this time – you’re absolutely right.
Good word italicised and well used, I can only apoligise for any confusion.
Good night all Tims.
murdochbhoy,
Listen dude, I get ridiculed everyday, it feckin hurts. You can’t even be honest. You are trying to save Face.
Faceit
Moravcik67 always settles the Blood Pressure.