Talk of trebles can disappear over the space of 90 minutes, and Ronny Deila will be forced to learn new patter if his team cannot regain the edge which was lost on Wednesday night at Celtic Park. The challenge will be all the greater for the absence of cup-tied Stuart Armstrong and Gary Mackay-Steven, with others, including Kris Commons and Emilio Izaguirre.
Dundee United have fallen apart in the last few weeks, the departure of Armstrong and Mack-Steven has probably had something to do with this, which means they will be hurting. Make no mistake, Celtic harmed their season by signing their best two players five weeks ago. United will have an edge to them.
Just loving the celebrations that one of the world’s richest 400 people no longer controls a Scottish football club. He still controls pretty much all profitable revenue streams, and holds security over assets, but he’ll no longer be asked to provide loan players, or loan cash. They have swapped an ‘off the radar’ wealthy man for a glib and shameless liar.
Ashley repulsed many. He was the archetypal fox let into the Ibrox hen house. The juxtaposition of Celtic announcing a £29m shirt deal with New Balance, rights Ashley bartered for £1 at Ibrox, gives you an idea of how impaired newco are. But allowing him to walk off with all those revenue streams, without the responsibility of running football operations, which will always lose money, is inexplicable.
I know people in the game who were concerned about having an opponent with the resources of Ashley. That blocking SFA decision was crucial. I don’t know anyone concerned about King, in fact, there is quiet delight at how things transpired.
Farewell Big Mike, thanks for all your work.
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embramike-is the draw for semi finals today?
Sandman,
Touché
HH.
Thanks
Alfie
Have you manage to get that first date with the bonus man yet? :-)
HH
CRC
Owen Coyle and his granny get off to a winning start with Houston Dynamo,s
HH.
Pub time.
sandman,
:))))
The latest Hibbie daftie, Cummings, looks like a real player.
Celtic, can you please just Ban this Rag from our Stadium, and all press conferences
Along with STV
The latest, and will save most hitting the Daily Record online, as I have mistakenly just done, don’t read it so didn’t recognise the reporter name
: :
You can’t fault a man for trying. But Peter Lawwell ’s had more knockbacks from England than a wee fat ginger kid chatting up girls at a school disco.
Yet he keeps banging on the door, clutching flowers, flashing the puppy dog eyes – hoping one day they will take pity and invite Celtic in for a cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit.
Every time the door is slammed in his face. His persistence is as admirable as it is understandable. Most folk would have given up by now and went home.
But Celtic keep chapping away at England in desperation without getting further than the bouncers.
For a while there might have been a glimmer of hope. The sky-rocketing TV deals couldn’t go on. At some point the balloon would burst and broadcasters would need to spice it up by adding something new.
Like the Old Firm.
The demise of that brand over the last couple of years killed that one stone dead.
Like it or not, the two come as a pair. Sky would want the Siamese twins to come in side by side, not one hanging off the back of the other like a boil on the backside.
That ship has long since sailed anyway. Turns out the English football bubble hasn’t burst.
The last TV deal was worth more than Greece so Celtic’s Anglo dream has faded even further.
That’s why Lawwell is so keen to explore any avenue. No wonder he would rather forget the TV deal and get back to 3pm kick-offs on a Saturday .
He knows he can make more from selling another half a dozen pies on a Saturday than from the scraps from Sky’s table. But in the meantime he must find ways to increase revenue streams.
So, the British Cup. Here we go again.
It’s a nice idea. Imagine the top sides in Scotland going up against the best of down south every year.
It would be brilliant to watch, plough mega money into our game, give fans superb away days and eventually hoist our football up a notch.
There’s just one small problem ….the top sides in England won’t entertain it for a split second.
Good luck finding any EPL side willing to get involved. Don’t forget, teams down there don’t hardly bother with their League Cup any more.
There’s too much money to be made in the league to risk extra effort for something so trifling as a trophy.
There’s not a snowball’s chance they will take extra games against the Sweaty Socks.
That means we are looking down the divisions for sides to play against.
Reviving something like the old Texaco Cup from the 1970a could have been good fun.
Unfortunately Championship clubs won’t see it that way. Their league season is more brutal than a series of Game of Thrones.
They play 46 games in a campaign, plus have Carling Cup, the FA Cup and that Football League Trophy thing named after the painting mob.
You couldn’t squeeze a cross border comp in with a crow bar.
So that rules them out.
Now we’re looking at Leagues One and Two. Ah. Doesn’t seem so sexy now does it?
Celtic v Chelsea would have got the trousers twitching. Celtic v Cheltenham on a Tuesday would require industrial amounts of Viagra.
There’s no doubt if Aberdeen or Hearts had games at Peterborough or Bradford they could be belters.
But it would take more than my word to sell it. No one else would be interested. Especially among our Anglo cousins.
That’s why a British Cup is a non-starter. It would have to be a one off game or a select few. Maybe our champions and cup winners going up against the Championship winners and Carling Cup winners. A short, sharp couple of games to test the water and the schedules.
Unfortunately it goes back to what our chums down south want. It’s easy to plan a date with
Jennifer Lawrence before you get round to actually asking her out.
Celtic can only keep trying . But like that poor wee fat ginger kid, the chances are they are destined to forever be heading home with only a kebab for company.
why does Peter Lawwell say things like were 10m worse off without huns in the league?
Theyve been cheating us for years between crazy lending facilities which were never paid back,ebt’s and other assorted tax scams depriving us of potential champions league money and the revenue boosts which go with winning the title,not to mention wrecking parts of our stadium and dragging us into their bad press.
Is Lawwell for real? I thought our budgets were entirely independent of anything that happens over there or is Peter keeping the media happy?
Sandman
13:22 on
8 March, 2015
Shocking, sexist post…..I’m going to show it to Mrs Nye the minute
she’s finished with the cleaning, washing, ironing and cooking.
Bada
Semi final draw live is after our game today. Drawn by Deacon Blue’s Ricky Ross
Gannon!, another monkey hurtin’.
Hibbie daftie ??
They Hibbie dafties know how to play football ..
Unlike..
Looks like Big Peter was a rabbit caught in the headlights….dear oh dear.
Talk nonsense to satisfy hun journalists.
He is more interested in not upsetting huns, than the history of Celtic.
A 5 yr old could have put that hun journo in his place in 2 seconds flat, but not Big Peter.
He would rather doff the cap to huns…..shocking
Seriously….if our board cant uphold Celtic traditions…..they should leave.
HH
3-0 Hibees after 66mins
Will we all stand back and watch this happen?
http://www.ibroxnoise.co.uk/2015/03/spfl-may-ditch-championship-playoffs.html
Minceyheidman
Not surprised by that….in fact, I was expecting it.
What do you expect from corrupt bigots.
Meanwhile, PL doffs the cap to hun journalists.
HH
Ambrose
Vvd
Denayer
Izzy
Brown
Bitton
Forrest
Johansen
Stokes
Griffiths
Gordon in goals ;.)
Hello this is WEE BGFC. Me and Dad just 55 miles away from Dundee now.
Prediction:
Dundee United 3-4 Celtic
Minceyheidman
Hope not
The TV deal ..nickels and dimes …..is it worth the abandonment of footballing integrity ….again
The Live Updates article will be up at 15:00. Could someone leave a note here?
Thanks.
No keeper Bourne?
Ha!
The Green Man –
It’s a hun fans website and you fall for it and put the boot into PL on the back of it?
Get a grip.
scotlands shame
Just testing
Latest from out Phil …
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/paying-and-playing/
Hello this is WEE BGFC. Bournesouprecipe, is that the official team.
4-0 Hibs now
4-0 Hibees after 81 mins
Hello this is WEE BGFC. I meant to do a ?
embramike-fingers crossed, a bit nervous about today
Tom McLaughlin
Tom, we are under constant attack from the hun media,..yet PL cannot deflect a question from an idiot journalist….very poor indeed.
Im fed up with him doffing the cap to bigots.
What were the sevcoites chanting at Raith….yet not a word of condemnation.
Its not good enough…for a Celtic Exec….to downplay the roots and identity of the club.
PL deserves criticism, because he will not stand up for Celtic.
I know you will disagree:)
HH
Celtic Football Club @celticfc 12s13 seconds ago
Celtic team to play @dundeeunitedfc Gordon; Ambrose, Denayer, van Dijk, Izaguirre; Brown, Bitton, Forrest, Johansen, Stokes; Griffiths
Celtic team to play @dundeeunitedfc Gordon; Ambrose, Denayer, van Dijk, Izaguirre; Brown, Bitton, Forrest, Johansen, Stokes; Griffiths (MH)
Celtic Football Club @celticfc 11s11 seconds ago
Subs: Zaluska, Wakaso, McGregor, Henderson, Guidetti, Scepovic, Fisher
Gordon; Ambrose, Denayer, van Dijk, Izaguirre; Brown, Bitton, Forrest, Johansen, Stokes; Griffiths
Izzy returns.
Looks like the salt and bonnie hanky worked :)