Good luck to the Development Squad for their Uefa Youth League one-off cup tie against Valencia this evening. A win would see Celtic proceed to the quarter final – no mean feat when you consider the way some bigger league clubs harvest scores of youth players from across the globe.
Kick-off is 5pm, if you can get to Celtic Park. It’s not THE Champions League, but it’s an important metric we should follow.
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BB
My late father’s favourite moan at the fitba was “Celtic canny take a decent shy, ever!” :)
With the outcome of the Liverpool pricing row after the fans walk-out- how long before we hear from the “Sack The Board” bed-sheeters (wetters) that they want to stage a similar walk-out on the twentieth minute as a protest at Peter Lawwells salary – jealous bitter losers.
Big difference between that development team and the first team – that wee team could pass the ball about a bit and were a lot more comfortable in possession.
That gives you a fighting chance against any opposition.
Just unlucky not to qualify, encouraging though it was.
Well done, also the Celtic support were magnificent as per always.
HH.
Only seen the first half but must admit I was disappointed by the standard,I don’t think we will see many breaking through into the first team.BTW I put on last week about young JA ,he is the real deal,15 years of age,but can we hold on to him,big name teams sniffing about I believe .
* halted
Had to go out at halftime. Just saw pens. Unlucky Bhoys!
Heart sank when I saw that we were shooting the pens into the ‘Dixie’ end.
Some ‘Dixie’ penalties, anaw!
DD-Greensideup- it’s scary….:) not big on most stats but I would like to know how much possession Valencia had after the red card? It has to be good coaching for me,first team very similar. HH
From FAC.
Apologies if this has already been posted.
THE CAMPAIGN to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act (OBA) has launched new crticisim at a Scottish Government minister they accuse of misleading parliament.
A letter sent to minister for community safety and legal affairs Paul Wheelhouse MSP, by Fans Against Criminalisation (FAC) accuses him of having an “inability to admit” that he misled the Scottish Parliament in June 2015, when they say he insinuated that the campaign supported his plans to rehabilitate young ‘offenders’ guilty of breaching the OBA.
The accusations are a response to an open letter from the minister, in which he defended his conduct in the Scottish Parliament.
In their open letter to Wheelhouse, FAC called on him to accept the falsehood of his claim that he had discussed the rehabilitation scheme with them, and said that he had created a false representation of FAC’s views.
They wrote: “We oppose the criminalisation of football supporters however we have repeatedly made it clear to you and your Government that the way to prevent that from happening is to repeal this farcical legislation.”
The letter attacks Wheelhouse for what it calls his: “inability to admit, much less apologise for, the manner in which you falsely insinuated that FAC as an organisation support the SACRO scheme”.
The campaign added:”Our position is that you knew that to be false when you made it.”
The escalating war of words began with a debate on the OBA on 6 June 2015, when Wheelhouse said in the parliamentary chamber that his plans “chimed” with FAC, despite having not discussed them with the campaign group, and despite FAC informing an aid to Wheelhouse immediately before the debate that they were not to be cited as supporting the scheme.
“Paul Wheelhouse clearly misled Parliament on that issue [of the Sacro scheme], though he continues to claim that he did not.” Michael McMahon MSP
FAC call for nothing short of the repeal of OBA legislation, which is designed to crack down on sectarianism in football, but which FAC claim criminalises football fans and is not enforceable.
The diversion from prosecution scheme, administered by Safeguarding Communities – Reducing Offending (Sacro), diverts young offenders from being processed through the courts by offering them rehabilitation schemes.
During the debate, Wheelhouse said: “I was delighted to be able to announce last Friday that I have extended the diversion from prosecution programme…I know that that chimes with concerns that have been raised by football clubs and other groups, including fans against criminalisation.”
Challenged by Michael McMahon MSP to withdraw the remarks, which he “should not have made”, Wheelhouse made a stronger statement including the claim that he had expressely discused the Sacro scheme with FAC. Wheelhouse later contradicted that claim in correspondence with FAC on 17 July 2015, which CommonSpace has seen.
“The Minister has made clear he understands FAC’s stated position is that they seek to repeal the Act.” Scottish Government spokesperson
Speaking to CommonSpace McMahon said: “Paul Wheelhouse clearly misled Parliament on that issue [of the Sacro scheme] though he continues to claim that he did not.”
A government spokesperson said: “The Minister did not mislead parliament; he gave his opinion, and it remains his view, that measures to avoid criminalising fans unnecessarily, such as is now being taken forward through the Sacro Diversion from Prosecution Scheme, respond positively to, or ‘chime’ with, one of the key concerns that have been raised with him by organisations including Fans Against Criminalisation and football clubs.
“The Minister has made clear he understands FAC’s stated position is that they seek to repeal the Act.”
Campaigners have complained that the OBA has poisoned relations between fans and police. In March 2013 hundreds of Celtic fans were kettled and 13 arrested in Glasgow’s Gallowgate.
In November 2015 CommonSpace reported on alleged incident of abuse committed by a Police Scotland officer against a young football fan.
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Come on you Young Bhoys in Green
Well done the young ones & unlucky still never mind
a good learning curve @ European Level
I’m gutted for you all that we lost but still it’s not the
end of Terra Firma thank God & all is not lost
We will be back as big Arnay would say
Shame on Valencia playing 20 year old guys in an under
15’s competition & there defender going down like he had been
hit by that German Sniper in the Movie Fury near the end from
the Stands & when does the 6 Yard Box Line become the New
Goal Line for Pens still as mentioned it’s a good learning curve
for the young Bhoys & I’m glad to see that my hoops development
pools payments is going towards a bright future for our Club
COYBIG & Hail Hail All
H.T. 19.38.
Thanks for that.
Keep fighting the good fight my friend.
Hail Hail
Said for too many years that Celtic never seem to learn how to take a shy. Was true of the Lions too.
Mr Pastry 19.27.
When is Mrs Pastry going to post again.
She was very endearing and much wittier than yourself.
Have you hid her laptop?
Does she support FAC?
Bertie Peacock was one of the worst shy takers.
In the ‘Ye couldnae make it up” section, the firm from which HMRC rents its buildings hasn’t paid any Corporation Tax for 14 years!
Despite receiving over 2 billion in payments over that period from Hector.
Yet, apparently, they’ve done nowt illegal.
JimmyNotPaul
Yeah he has hid Mrs Patsy’s Laptop/Powerbook because she
has got the TV Remote Control
JNP
Cheers my friend.
I was at a Spanish course so only caught the last 20 minutes of the development game and the penalties. I thought the weans were unlucky but the experience of playing in games like that is invaluable.
Did notice in that time that twice they were guilty of what the big team are culpable for, turning attack into defence in four easy moves. Once it nearly cost us a goal.
Parkheadcumsalford
My da used to say that they’d struggle to make a video of ‘Celtic, 100 good shys’.
Beatbhoy – did the firm make profits each year?
Mr Pastry
I wouldn’t be surprised but would be more relevant if it was ‘ban Coneybhoy’ as I have been at 5 games this season and we have won none.
Guess who is in town this weekend?
HT
Thanks for that update pal.
Keep on keeping on!
Don’t know if this will work but it can be checked out on newsnow celtic. They teach them young ,these continentals. Shocking. And as for the referee…..!
http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/an-outrageous-dive-from-valencia-youth-player-david-pascual-conned-the-ref-v-celtic-video/?
Hamiltontim,
Hopefully the young lhads will change all that. Can’t be too much to hope for.
Mark Hamill knows a lot about shys
Well 2 of them anyway
But keep it quiet
Lee Naylor a few Season’s ago could take a good long shy
Shy’s should be taught to take like free kicks into the opposition’s
18 yard box when attacking it’s what they should be practicing on
the training ground along with set pieces as well
Jobo Baldie
Well, if in 14 years they didn’t make a profit, you’d have to wonder what kind of business HMRC was pouring billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money into, would you not?
I’m sure their accounts were carefully produced each year, though.
Sorry, Chris Hamill!
Parkheadcumsalford
It’s all about movement. In my coaching days I always worked on the tactic that the thrower should have 3 decent options to aim for.
Just watching Peterborough – they look so much better than anything in Scotland, including Celtic.
Is there a new club in Spain – “Gary Neville’s Valencia”?
Yeah Mr Pastry so Peterborough are the new Barcelona of the English
Lower Leagues TV Money rolled Club’s yeah & soon they will be charging £70
to go & watch them apply the fast silky skills
Don’t know if anyone in Scotland is following the Gen Election here in Ireland but this week had been a bit weird.
My guys(Labour) kept changing the view on what budget was available for the next govt
Sinn Fein let Gerry Adams outside without his nurse ‘there is no gangland, roll back the Gardaí and legal powers’ while bullets were flying
Fine Gael said ‘help us continue the the recovery ‘ while planning to take out more debt
Fianna Fail said ‘what about the health services but nothing else
The Independent’s said, ‘i want that pot hole in Buttfecknaewhere filled in and I’ll go into govt with any hoor’
Fun and games!
Vote Labour
PS I went to Uni and slept in and missed a few lectures
Coneybhoy on 10th February 2016 8:19 pm
Sounds like it could be anywhere!
Take the first team to a coconut shy
Just put a 2 euro acca on, has to come up, it returns 67.88 !!!
Hamilton,
Celtic players never seem to offer 1 option, far less 3, when we have a shy. Never understood it, tbh.
Just reading the report on ross county v hertz . I neffer knew that wee trollop amy McDonald was engaged to that other wee trollop Richard Foster … a match made in hell
Coneybhoy
Unfortunately a vote for labour is a vote for fine gael. Labour party sold their souls for penny toffee.
They will be lucky to get 4 or 5 seats
TeT
Great number of Euro that would be. Nice midweek lift too. Good luck mi amigo.
HH