Yesterday Uefa announced a series of revisions to the Champions League from the start of season 2018-19.
The headline initiative, which was trailed in the media for some weeks, is that the top four qualifying nations are guaranteed four entrants in the group stage. At the moment the top three nations are guaranteed three entrants each, with a fourth team entering the tournament at the play-off round. The fourth placed nation is guaranteed two in the groups, with one more team in the play-off round.
In effect, all this means is that Italy gets one more team in the tournament, while the likes of Tottenham don’t need to go through the anxiety of a play of qualifying, even if the outcome is pretty much inevitable.
How teams earn coefficient points, and how they earn money are both changing, with Celtic standing to gain more than any other team in Europe. At the moment part of each teams’ coefficient is made up of an average of their nations’ entrants over the previous five years.
This penalises Celtic more than any other team in Europe. No other country has one team in the Champions League group stage, while all other teams failed to qualify for all group stages over the previous five years. From 2018 coefficients will no longer be dependent on the performance of other teams from your national association.
There’s also a Lisbon Lions Dividend. Teams who have won the European Cup will earn four monetary coefficient points. If they have won the Champions League within the previous five years, the bonus will be 12 points, and if they were European champions earlier in the Champions League era, the bonus will be 8 points.
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Lisbon, it is astonishing that the achievement of those men is still bringing benefits to Celtic in ways no one could have dreamt of back then. I’ve said it before, but it’s impossible to overestimate what they did for Celtic. Without them, we would have been as relevant to Scottish football as Hibs.
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fek….sudden death…..
Seattle win! Bugger!
Ah well … well get them next season.
Seattle never had a shot on goal all night.
T
thats pretty shitty…..oxymoron…..nae luk lhads….next year….Oh Canada….;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
I missed it as well MIT. Watched at home.
T
been sellin Canada to my nephew…..wen he finishes his BAE Systems apprentiship….be good to hav sum contacts there to keep him rite…..;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
Lurkin
A really nice country. Lots of opportunities.
But counting on CQners to keep him on the straight and narrow?! :)
Good night everyone.
JAY3228 on 10TH DECEMBER 2016 9:02 PM
Always found the Celtic fans that denounce the ‘Songbook’ hilarious! Unless the songs in the stadiums are talking about killing or hurting anyone then really what’s the problem? The majority Irish Rebel songs are song about the freedom of a nation that uses them to reflect and remember their independence. Regardless if your a Scot Celtic supporter who doesn’t see the need for the songs or Scot/Irish and have forgotten your identity, these songs have been connected to Celtic for more years then anyone could comprehend. And that’s a fact. Just because some don’t like the message, does not mean there is no message. I would agree, a song like ‘the S.A.M. Song’ is not needed or should be permitted around Celtic Park. But Rebel songs like ‘Grace’ or ‘Let the People Sing’ are no more inappropriate than ‘The Flower of Scotland’! Same subject matter talking about historical tensions with the same superpower! ‘Boys of the Old Brigade’ gets brought up due to its IRA reference! If anyone educated themselves, they would know it’s not about the Provisional IRA, but the IRA of the Easter Rising of 1916, which was widely celebrated throughout this year! The Queen herself having paid tribute to the leaders of that movement a few years ago! It’s time to see these song for what they really are. Are they needed at CP, no! But if a large section of the support connects with these songs, so be it! Let the People Sing!!!
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With the best respect in the world mate….
Wtf has all of that got to do with Moussa Dembele ? Brendan Rodgers ? Henrik Larsson ? Scott Sinclair ?
Tom Rogic ? Izzy ? Efe ? Broony ?….what is the connection….purely in a present day context ?
The war is over…..!
The folk at the sharp end of that war are grateful for the peace of today…!
Ye see,….I love all those songs….I sung them in the Jungle….on supporters buses….back in the day when they were relevant to a present day issue like it was back in the day….moral support from the Cellic supporters as well as buying An Phoblact(sp) republican paper on Janefield street at the gemmes…back in the day.
Ye see,….the huns / animals are trapped in the 1690 era and never want to be anywhere else apart, from….1690.
Cellic fans, a lot of today’s Cellic fans want to be trapped in 1916 and, the subsequent years of the’troubles’ in Norn Ireland….to wear as a badge declaring they’re republicanism, rebel-Timmery, ghetto-Fenians….etc.
But,….they’re no more than back of the bus rebels.
Ah mean, to keep raking up the past and, not allowing those who were seriously affected by the ‘troubles’ to move on…is at best disrespectful, at worst….it’s an identity crisis…imho.
How many of these back of the bus rebels voted ‘no’ in the Scottish referendum ?
Ah mean, they’ll sing about being free from British rule then…when they had a chance to rip the butchers apron apart…they showed what they’re ‘really’ all about….
plastic-provos-fae-the-back-of-the-bus….who are easily kidded away from real rebellion.
In they’re immediate environs…..they pledge they’re lives to being free from the British aristocracy but,….when presented with an open goal…they turn into a collective Harold Brattback(apart fae the 10 in a row gemme)…imho.
Not only that,…apart from blowing the chance to rip apart the butchers apron,….in more local terms…Scottish football,…the huns cheating going unpunished coz, the establishment know that, Cellic are supported by a generation of plastic-provos-fae-the-back-of-the-bus who’ll be easily kidded by….
LNS whitewashing all the trophy stripping…..
Cellic PLC kowtowing-soul-selling after the shame-game…..
Rangers FC allowed to start again – unpunished…..
Hugh Dallas allowed to ‘secret’ himself at UEFA…..
Campbell Ogilvie…..?????……
Lawwell and the huns tv-deal……
Bankier and the racist fans smokescreen of res:12 at agm…..
The new-huns unpaid wrecking toilet money…..
The new-huns unpaid ticket money fae 5-1 gemme…..
The new-huns allowed to play in a death trap stadium….
ach, ye know what….lets all sing about Grace Plunkett….
Is it a PLC-plant who starts all these smokescreen songs ?…..
An on and on and on and on….
Oh,…..know what else ?…….it’s all Cellic fans who work for HMRC !!!!
That’ll explain why the huns have walked a way from a £140 million swindle !
….it’s enough tae make yer heart go – why did we allow McCann to sell the soul’s…why ?
1994….the year that Cellic supporters became – Cellic customers….dear, dear.
And, when Brendan is scunnered by the PLC….and it will happen….every Cellic board scunners Cellic managers….the fans will be gulled…again….by squirrels and smokescreens and a PLC board who know that the Cellic support of today will never be ‘fly’ enough for them coz, in the main…Cellic supporters of today are well healed and don’t, hail hail from the schemes like the Junglists did…back in the day.
The day will not be too far off when, Cellic supporters will be patting themselves on the backs with the usual ego-utlr-plastic-provo stuff and giving it….”the atmosphere was brilliant today….we sung non stop in the 1st half….45 mins and, we sang 3 songs…’GRACE’….’TROH’….’LET THE PEOPLE SING’….”….ah mean, these songs are truly amazing but….context is the issue…please, don’t continue to delude yerselves that yeez are pure rebels….yeez urny….yeez get caught with every establishment cheap trick and….don’t forget….Cellic PLC are part of that establishment….Cellic is where the magic is….or, where it used to be.
BLANTYRETIM – From yesterday…..
Ah mean,…yer not trying to equate the validity of ‘GRACE’ with, ‘YNWA’….surely that isny what yer trying ?
Ah mean, Gerry McNee wrote a Cellic book called – “And You’ll Never Walk Alone…”
He didny write wan about ‘GRACE’ coz, ‘GRACE’ has hee-haw to do wi the Cellic !!!
Did the clique whell ye oot wi that wan ? :)))))
Hail Hail Amigo, hope all are well.
…oot-priest-omen-etc-laters….
YNWA by Gerry McNee was a right good book.
HH.
Kevin Jungle. Kevin Jungle.
You have heard us calling in the night.
Kevin Jungle. Kevin Jungle.
You came home to lead the green and white.
HH.
Kev Jungle
Good effort! More power to your elbow.
Good Morning Bhoys from a dark but dry Central Scotland.I watched Man.City get thumped by Leciester City yesterday they were shocking all the money they have spent ( or wasted ) and they are still not a great team it kind of shows you money is not everything in football. H.H.
Morning all, mild again.
A lazy day ahead apart from some cooking and some gym rehab, I will mainly be watching football.
The mighty Eibar will be looking to maintain their impressive home record at 11am, then I think we have a Lisbon and Turin derby to watch later on. The good lady will be catching up with Strictly etc.. so I will be on the small screen. A small sacrifice.
A glass of Chardonnay and a couple of beers may also be allowed today. It’s nearly Xmas/ Christmas after all.
HH
Gerryfaethebrig @ 11.51pm.
Who the f@@k appointed you as the all deciding voice on CQN about what is acceptable songs at Celtic matches.
We all have our own opinions and telling concerned fans to ” go away and fling shite at the moon ” is not really constructive or helpful.
You are usually better than that. I trust that when your sore head permits this morning you will be more rational.
HH to you in sobriety.
Sky Sports : Man City struggling to cope with being physically and mentally shattered following another mauling by a rampant Celtic team.
HH.
Greenpinata
No sore head here……no voice either, just words on a blog……. I think a few try to take the blog away from Celtic and the football, especially when Celtic are doing well on the park, plenty of self righteousness on here without me adding to it, so if apologies if a post I made 11hrs ago made you react…….am not even going to read back as life is far too short
Kev
I’ll clique yeh ya tyre bam
Apart from that good post….☘️☘️
DESSYBHOY, the article will be finished today. I’m doing it this weekend; was at the game on Friday evening and kept busy by the wife and the PP yesterday!
BEATBHOY and THE HUDDLE, it’s good to see your support for people trying to get some feedback from the Club. ;>}
I’llbefeckedifi’llbepositive CSC
KTF
KevJ,
Great post earlier. I was in Newry last week, the Buthcher’s Apron still flies up there.
I agree about the PLCers milking the issue/suffering for profit….then handing personal data of supporters over to London Road Police Station for example.
Charlatans!
Off to the Mass Rock.
HH
I don’t want to get all divisive on here but
In my humble opinion.
Gerry mcnee
As a journo .
An arsehole.
PS.
Friday songbook
Magic.
Good morning friends from a grey, breezy, dampish East Kilbride.
Off to 10am mass to pray for forgiveness………and get the wee yins card marked
May 2017 Lisbon ?????????
2nd most important event next year……. Miss GFTB’s communion beats it by a long, long way :-)
VFR
Still taking it personally?
I supported your initiative by being one of the first ( with your help with my e-mail issue) to post a question!
Can’t be more supportive than that, surely?
Unfortunately, JPT declined to answer, despite knowing what the topics were, “same club”/ Res12.
He should have put these topics off the table at the start if he had no intention of addressing questions like mine.
Despite my disappointment at the question not being answered, I thanked you for trying.
It was, after all, only a Q&A. I wasn’t expecting the Spanish Inquisition. (Noone does!).
Can’t see how trying to get Celtic to at least distance themselves from the nonsense on the SPFL website is being negative.
Had the answer I was hoping for been forthcoming, my positive reaction would have been to get back to going to domestic matches!
But not while they’re part of a farce.
And I reserve the right to keep moaning about it!
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–NZ Auckland CSC–
ST Stivs… I hope you felt better than I did yesterday
I see the ‘ songs debate ‘ has appeared again.
Never thought I’d say this but it leaves me in a bit of a quandary .
Should we move on ? Consigning the songs of freedom to the scrap heap , or continue singing the songs our fathers and grandfathers and in some cases great grandfathers sang?
For me, Celtic is about heritage, our identity, a collective conscience about what’s right and wrong. It’s about attacking fitba and playing the Celtic way, it’s about never giving up and fighting to the end, it’s the Lions & Big Jock, Tommy Burns & The King of Kings, Jimmy McGrory and Johnnie Thomson.
If we are not true to our past, do we have a future? An identity ? Or do we just become another fitba club?
I don’t know the answer
HH
Pebble in the pond time.
What is the script with the allocation and distribution of away tickets at the moment?
What are the numbers involved — 3K at least for every match?
Is PT special in that they provide the full stand opposite the main stand?
Just a case that I was surprised to see the young, young, young team out in force on Friday night.
Wondering how they could have generated the history and away day habit to have been able to get a ticket?
Consequently looking for a heads up on how to get an away ticket?
Gl2
I was brilliant yesterday. My wee split shift of getting away from the Xmas day out at 6 to go to a birthday party in Greenock worked for me.
Then back on it till 2in the morning
Did I tell you about the hokey cokey addict.
Hahahaha.
Brill day out.
Great company.
The ‘Mass Rock/Carraig an Aifrinn.’
http://www.welovedonegal.com/mass-rocks.html
http://www.findamassrock.com/
Enjoy your Sunday:))
TLT @ 4.11
The British Waste of Space / Big and Expensive Systems apprenticeship — he really will fit in with the industry in Canada.
Ships that don’t work.
Hugely expensive ships that don’t work.
Ridiculously complicated, hugely expensive ships that don’t work.
Make work exercise to bolster corporate profits and provide little for the public.
Match made in heaven.
Hopefully when he finishes he decides to get a real job.
Absolute crap from Kev J.This Jungle Rebel who stood in the Jungle and belted out the songs he now decries while the Kellys,Whites drove our club to near oblivion.Said nothing.His heroes should tell you all you need to know about him.Hugh Keevins,Gerry Mc Nee,Mark Mc Ghee,good God.Mr Kelly !!!!!!!!!!,who presided over our club when the animal Torbett was let back into the club after the scandal,because his family were involved in business with him.People coming on and telling him this load of crap was a “Good post”while GFTB gets a hard time from some.This place is fekin unbelievable at times.
Gl2.
Just remembered your stories on Friday. My face was sore with laughing. Very funny. The German head as well.
And the picture for the wall bhoy.
Brilliant your some man.
St Stivs was a great day/night. Ive got a great photo of you. I showed the lioness and she just shook her head.. You were all shook up. Trying to explain sex tapes on the net was too much trouble..
Watching a bit of the India-England cricket and I notice among the english support a large union flag with Isle of Skye Loyal on it.
When I was in Oban after a good Celtic win the bus would stop at Tyndrum on our return from Glasgow where we could celebrate with the Fort William Tims and others from beyond before the roads parted.
But we had to get there before the sevco lot who staked their claim if they were there first. The pub was avoided if they were there first. I think Oban was pretty much 50-50 split and the Fort had a good Celtic support too. That was over 20 years ago but I guess its still the same. West Highland memories.
Turkeybhoy.
Any thoughts on the bombings at the Besiktas stadium?
Will it affect you in any way?
13 people already arrested. That appears a lot.
Is Turkey on its way to a dictatorship? Or is it already there?
Hail Hail
Paul67
Great article, – was it something SMSM missed?
EightPointsMeanMore CSC