This season, Gary Hooper has looked well below form of last term; his touch, movement and goals record don’t match up, but he came off the bench on Thursday to score a truly excellent goal. Controlling a difficult ball in the centre circle, with defenders in close attendance, he picked out Giorgios Samaras before sprinting past his markers and finishing.
The winner against Motherwell was less spectacular but required sharp movement and spatial awareness.
Footballers cannot always play through bad form, sometimes they need a break, even for an hour on the bench, to get a different perspective on how they and the team play.
Despite his return to form I would retain the same 4-2-3-1 formation against Inverness next time out.
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Regarding the phil article
1. Our Ceo Salary is dependent on financial resuts, ie keeping the debt as low as possible ( nothing to do with on the park sucess)
2. He lied to the fans when he used half of Mcgeadys money to make sure he met is KPI’s by paying 5m towards remvoving our debt
3. If the Huns went to divison 3, then i am sure SKy have made it clear that TV money would drop and reduce our income and increase our Debt
4. Therefore do you really beliieve that peter lawell has the fans interests at heart, of course not, he wants to protect his salary
5. The way our CEO pay is structured makes it so, and if 99% of us out there were given these KPI’s, they to would forget fans/Sucess and focus on putting money in their own bank account
6. makes him a crook
ST
pps as i said 4 2 3 1 is played by teams like Kilmarnock, St Mirren etc as they dont have good enough strikers or defenders,
we seem to have sunk this low now, as paul67 said, “get used to it”
Point 5 above makes it all so :((
ST
The No.13 Shorts says:
8 November, 2011 at 21:17
Who is famously quoted as saying:
“We want to work with the state to get a satisfactory resolution with this so we can continue to develop as a business.”
The movie reel supplier to the ‘State picture house in Shettleston Road’.
What does disambiguation mean?
The Celtic Board would be Aiding & Abetting Der Hun crimes and we would be guilty by association.
If this is true it must never happen.
JD
Ghuys
Thank you, for responding about thomthethim, a true Celtic fan, and his gesture.
Some consternation this generosity has caused with family and friends, two daughters now familiar with
this emblem of past, present, and future.
I’ll stay with him by email, I didn’t just get a Celtic Scarf I got to know a gentleman, that reads and posts so eloquently
in this community.
Hail Hail
p.s. Vmhan – I’ll might let you touch it one day, if you come round to the Gazebo.
Long time observer, 1st time poster
Todays events outraged me to my core – Biggest reason being although shocking, I could see it happening with the current regime. We can get rid of the “OF” tag for good.
It is time for PL and DD to stand up for our great support
Ceaser67
That debate on Hooper, reminded me of when Rob McLean after Henrik scored once said “he was nearly offside”
In my opinion, a potential Celtic FC position and subsequent ‘vote’ taken by any authority on any new hun club being parachuted into the SPL is a matter for all Celtic shareholders in a special general meeting.
The board is, rightly, charged with running the club day-to-day, that’s what they are paid to do, but this matter of hun insolvency is too important to be left only to the executives. I for one would be very annoyed if my rights as a shareholder in the company did not afford me the chance to hear and speak about all that has happened in this matter and what it means for Celtic.
Eyes Wide Open
Before I head to my scratcher…
Can I just bring something back in to peoples minds they might have forgotten.
There were reports from certain people close to certain clubs in the run up to the title at the end of last season.
Players of these clubs said they would not try against der hun because they feared for their own safety (after what had happened to Neil, Paddy, Nail, etc- death threats).
Rangers didn´t so much as hit a rich vein, rather players stopped playong properly against them.
Defences ran around like headless chickens.
Attackers just ran to the corner flags with the ball and half tried to win throw-ins instead of crossing.
If you were a player of one of those teams and scored a goal that, let´s say, stopped der hun winning the title, would you feel safe?
Would your family feel safe?
Or would you be getting someone else to open your mail?
I know what I would be thinking standing on the pitch facing “them”.
I´d be thinking of my girlfriend and kids, me.
I hate them and their fecked support more after typing that.
Away for a shower.
Good night lads.
Could you imagine someone like Phil being on the board – he would terrify the lives out of every one of them.
The fact he would terrify any is a very large part of the problem.
Are fans like Phil the enemy, do they want to harm the club, do they want to lead the club into oblivion, are they so financially inept they would misunderstand everything, are theyre intentions dishonourable…
Its all that is wrong with Celtic PLC.
They dont trust us. They take us for granted yet see us as their only cash cow.
7 short months ago the club was as close to being ‘together’ as it had in years.
Where were the follow up ‘open’ meetings chaired at different venues across Scotland and Ireland? Where was the interaction with the ‘people’ then.
The open air meetings have been proved as a farce enacted only in desparation, not out of will.
I am a firm believer in the Field of Dreams ‘if you build it they will come’ in the sense of doing something ‘because it was the right thing to do’
If they led that way, Celtic Park would be full every other week.
Let’s please stop speculating on what the Board should / should not / better/ better not do …
Our Board feel the same way as we do, and they know how we feel about any vote, and they also know how we feel about what action must be taken in the event of any skulduggery……
We are only giving the media ammunition to further promote their anti-Celtic agenda
Just as they are ‘leading’ us through this recession, they will be monitoring progress on THE issue in the background…….
and wasn’t that a good strategy of building up the squad…….coincidence?…with all the scandalous injuries…!!!
Might not be a popular observation with some, but if we had given WGS our FULL support, as the Board did, rankers would have been out of business 3 years ago….!!!?………so, let’s trust our Board until something actually happens …….they know how we feel about all this, and what decisions / direction CFC must take……..REMEMBER THE COFFIN….!!!!!
Good night lads, looking forward to getting up to Scotland on Thursday evening, see the daughters and granddaughters, have a pint with the bhoys. Sometimes life can be very good.
The Ghood will prevail, My prayers are with you, turn on the hose
Owen
I was at a C U meeting way way back that John Kerr had in Coatbridge. I think it was in the seventys.
EBM….it really IS that bad …!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rangers for 20 odd years –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard
and can’t figure out if Whyte’s a principal or an agent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal-agent_problem
bsr
Top quality “poachers” should without exception always be nearly offside.
Of course Henke was so much more.
Really hope Ki is okay, mention of brain scans is quite scarey, but, to lighten the mood a little, a tale from twenty years back…
A colleague at work got “crushed” between a fork truck and a brick wall and although everyone could see there was nothing wrong with him (he made Dot Cotton look hard), ambluances were called and he was rushed to A&E, only to return several hours later with an all clear.
“How did it go Jim?”, we all asked, fake concerned…
“Oh, well, they gave me a brain scan but they didn’t find anything!”
“LOL! We didn’t need a brain scan to tell us you had nothing in there!!” we laughed and laughed and laughed!
Was funny at the time. You probably needed to be there… ;)
bournesouprecipe says:
8 November, 2011 at 21:21
Now stop it. I’m getting embarrassed.
However, if you are going to let people touch it, make sure they are wearing gloves!!
BTW. Did the tie survive the journey?
thomthethim says:
8 November, 2011 at 18:54
Peace to you my learned friend.
JD
bsr
Ah the old Rob. We just love him to bits. Dont we not?
SydneyTim says:
8 November, 2011 at 21:20
Regarding the phil article
1. Our Ceo Salary is dependent on financial resuts, ie keeping the debt as low as possible ( nothing to do with on the park sucess)
2. He lied to the fans when he used half of Mcgeadys money to make sure he met is KPI’s by paying 5m towards remvoving our debt
3. If the Huns went to divison 3, then i am sure SKy have made it clear that TV money would drop and reduce our income and increase our Debt
4. Therefore do you really beliieve that peter lawell has the fans interests at heart, of course not, he wants to protect his salary
5. The way our CEO pay is structured makes it so, and if 99% of us out there were given these KPI’s, they to would forget fans/Sucess and focus on putting money in their own bank account
6. makes him a crook
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You are mental!
Point 2
We have a revolving facility, so ALL money in reduces net debt. What you are saying is that we spent £5m of the McGeady money pretty soon after we received it.
Points 3,4 and 5
If rangers go to Div 3, it will guarantee us AT LEAST 3-4 years of Champions League money at circa £15m per year. The reduction in the £2.5m max we get from Sky will therefore mean nothing.
Just think about it rationally for a change please
Eyes Wide Open says:
8 November, 2011 at 21:25
“do they want to harm the club, do they want to lead the club into oblivion, are they so financially inept they would misunderstand everything, are theyre intentions dishonourable” thats nearly as crazy as talking about “phil” being on the board.
Prediction time.
First week of 2012/2013 season. Rangers have been in admin. Craig Whyte’s backers, currently unnamed, have put more money in to the club, they may even have mortgaged the ground, downsized and possibly be a middle of the table prospect. So no newco, just a few years of ignomy and loss of bragging rights.
Celtic, having won the league have a choice to either try and stay one step ahead of the pack or revolutionise the approach and go for some return to European status.
The likelihood with no obvious route into a new competition, is that we go for the first option. We go backwards towards the pack.
Attendances will increase as competition increases; just possibly this could be the saviour of Scottish football. What an ironic scenario.
The seeds of a Scottish revival are planted as a result of Murray’s mess ups and fifteen years later in 2027, Albion Rovers win the inaugural European League of Champions played at the 140,000 capacity megadome, home to league runners up Partick Thistle!
Hail Hail
Estadio
Hail Hail
can we have a minute’s silence for rangers at 8 minutes past eight on the 8th of July next year ?
oh jesus meant 8th of august
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ says:
8 November, 2011 at 21:27
John was a good man. I didn’t meet him often, we lived in Lurgan, but any time I did he was a real gent.
Whats best for the Rangers tax dodgers rehabilatation is a jail term
Unfortunately thats unlikely
So I will settle for nothing less than second best and we all know what that is, its go straight to the start and do not collect the $200
We vote with our feet when the time comes and there is no way the club will not listen to our legitimate wishes
Celtic Football and Atheletic Club taxpayers since 1888
SydneyTim, you said “as i said 4 2 3 1 is played by teams like Kilmarnock, St Mirren etc as they dont have good enough strikers or defenders”
I believe ManCity have played with that formation for most of the season and they have enough strikers and midfielders for 3 teams!!
SFFS
celtic40me says:
8 November, 2011 at 21:38
‘someone like phil’
in reference to the continued desire by every supporters group to have fan represenation on the board…
Just read Phils article hope this does not happen, surely not, it goes against all my club is build on.I do not know what I would do if our board goes along with this.Christ almighty I just spent £100 on Celtic gear for my grandsons christmas.
Just logged on read phils article hope its all a front but nothing would surprise me with the board anymore. Whats the end game for them do they want cp closed c ause that’s the way it xould be heading but what should they care im only a supporter
HH
sydney tim
real madrid also play 4-2-3-1. so did the world cup finalists last year. and argentina and germany. its the fashionable formation at the moment so its no surprise that some of the poorer teams in the league use it.
Eyes Wide Open says:
8 November, 2011 at 21:44
if nothing else today showed that having someone like phil on the board would be an absolute disaster.
‘fan representation on the board’. Great Idea on the surface. Never work in a plc with collective responsibility. The fan becomes assimilated and has no authority. If he or she becomes a threat to the confidential commercial workings of the club, guess what happens.
As long as we are a PLC it is a pointless aspiration.
Hail hail
Estadio
The Crisis Management Unit (Rapid Response Dept) at The Huns favourite Agenda Helpers seem to be busy…………
celtic40me says:
8 November, 2011 at 21:48
why?
I wonder if Gazza’s wife is having a wee chuckle abt all of this?