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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Ironic that we get dragged into “The Songs” debate on here-and elsewhere-with some trying to defend it and others-like BLANTYRETIM said-who were brought up on them
Bet the huns don’t have a songs debate.
Goooooood Evening CQN
Apologies, no interest in song debate, or any other team
Was just reading the article in the Football Matters section of CQN, and 5 January Goodbyes
Think we may keep Boyata ? But no issue with other 4 players, although my 5th would be Logan Bailly, think we could also let a few out on loan ? O’Connel, Ajer, Henderson, Fasan ?
Let’s talk the world famous Glasgow Celtic
Hail Hail
Man C going in at half-time for a Pep talk me thinks.
Wonder what plan B is.
Or
Should we try to sell Bitton and fill his bench position with young Liam or Kristoffer ?
Hoping Brendan may sign another bit of class
Hail Hail
I like songs that celebrate defying the establishment – particularly at the present. Some songs sound a bit dated nowadays but that is the way things evolve.
On a separate issue here’s a good read:
https://londoncelticpunks.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/the-pogues-and-irish-cultural-continuity/
COWIEBHOY
I would keep Boyata.
Unfair to judge him on last season when a badly implemented system left our centre backs exposed.
If he gets a run in the team then we will be in a better position to decide.
The fact that he is capped by a good football nation in Belgium implies that coaches see something.
Think the fact that he is now in squad suggests Brendan see’s something.
Plus we need central defense back ups.
Simon Cowell of punditry – NO
Bobby- 6:13pm. A bet they do, like which one will get it right up us:-))))
Man City suffering from midweek game against Celtic?
fan-a-tic on 10th December 2016 6:08 pm
i have said on many occasions Pep’s system has been rumbled.
His lack of success in Europe with Bayern was not down to bad luck.
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Interesting point.
He seems to be overly-obsessed with possession.
Bayern looked better (to me) under Heynckes – more direct but more clinical.
COWIEBHOY
Bitton should be sold as he was a big reason for previous seasons struggles.
I could never see anything positive in his inclusion.
He can’t tackle.
Positional sense is woeful and constantly wrong side of opponent leading to him giving fouls away in dangerous areas.
Take’s zero responsibility often passing to a team mate who is under pressure.
Rarely made a forward pass and as a central mid contributed nothing in attack.
I think Brendan has kept him in squad just to realise some transfer value.
The central midfield area also needs an addition of a real quality midfielder to take us up a level so would make that our transfer priority.
Last night showed the vulnerability of playing two short full backs so that also needs to be looked at.
FAIRHILLBHOY
They’ll never be reported by a TImmy cop referee,or a bigot from Linfield.
I’m trying to figure out which is worse.
No,got it. If I could,and I was a bigot from Linfield,I would be proud,wi two fingers,what you gonna do.
If I was Eddie Smith,I’d top myself.
Am fed up with this spell checker, kindel fire no the best:-)))
BMCUWP 6.19pm
A scan around the crowd last night, thousands of youngsters, whether some think it’s right or wrong, some of these songs were what they have been brought up on, I am the only one in my family who has never been “across the water” still have relatives there, funnily enough I was brought up listening about how both my grandfathers were treated from my mother not my Celtic daft supporting father……..some might think their opinion is more valid than others, but am afraid if several thousand Celtic fans want to sing a few songs am afraid the offended should turn the volume down or tut tut without typing their dissaproval, for me, I think “some” might be trying to use this to mask their annoyance about Brendan, Broony & the Bhoys doing so well…….
GLASSTWOTHIRDSFULL
I have so many times on here that Heynckes Bayern looked like they could dominate Europe for years.
They were direct powerful and effective.
Pep reduced them to European sand dancers.
Evening,
Moved to post because yet again one of the “better” teams has failed miserably at Ibrokes against the liquidated X1….
It happens too often to be a coincidence..
They line up to eh…. “Just not win” ..Kilmarnock,Motherwell,Aberdeen & Hearts ALL try not very hard to win..IMO ..
They look like they try,they appear to try….but I honestly don’t think they do..
HH
Bobby,timmy cop,!!!!!!where show me
Chris Sutton
An Evil Genius.
No interest in other teams either.
t’s hard to fathom that folk are surprised Sevco are winning and are better than the rest.
Surely that’s the plan?
A wee bit of ducking and diving and then they’ll be the competition the PLC needs? (If they don’t go belly up first?).
Bigotry pays the bills and bonuses, unfortunately.imo
Sevco are the business plan in Scotland. Europe can’t be relied upon as an earner. The Transfer Market isn’t a reliable earner either.
TV & advertisers want the ‘Old Firm.’
But for the deferred sale of VVD what would the numbers have looked like last year?
Duty calls
standalonemodelplc
To anyone
Have I missed the feedback from JPT regarding media coverage of Celtic ?
Gftb -it’s yout fault am on here, love your centinery thoughts.and Paul mcstay:-))))
dessybhoy on 10th December 2016 6:52 pm
To anyone
Have I missed the feedback from JPT regarding media coverage of Celtic ?
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Was posted the other day, Celtic praised the media on their fair and balanced coverage of Celtic and the wider Scottish football ;o)
FAIRHILL BHOY
Eddie Smith. He started it. And with the approval of Lawwell
I was right next to the the GB that night wi my Dad and my uncle. They’ll tell you what they sang. what we got charged with had little to do with what was sung.
Fairhill Bhoy 6.53pm
Growing up the maestro was my Celtic :-)
1995 one of the worst cup finals ever, but the most important for Paul after Raith Rovers final the next away game at Easter Road….. “You’ll never walk alone Paul”
No GB tifos, bits of cardboard, and a few songs that some might not approve of in this day and age
4 nil
ARRANMORE, Celtic will still win the league, so why do you think the other teams will lay down to the huns
4-0
wish we had played this man citeh team on tuesday
Stones – makes efe look like a safe pair of hands
4-1
Gerry
The Maestro
Just give the ball to Paul.
Tom is really making things happen for this Celtic team but he is more advanced and can’t influence the whole game like Paul did.
Brilliant Midfielder.
Dessybhoy
On the question of Celtic’s attitude to the SPFL’s lying/cheat-rewarding website,it was more starveback than feedback from JPT a couple of weeks back.
Clogher celt -6:47pm.so what do we do about it
4-2
Fan-a-tic
Apologies had the dugs oot after I posted
Agree on Boyata, we need a level of cover, Kolo and Lustig (like last night) can drop in there, and young McCart has looked OK, so it may be worth a risk if not kept ?
on Bitton, Armstrong has now taken his place, he can be backed up with McGregor, Henderson or Ajer, have to say I would like to see young Christie given a chance in there as well, all these Bhoys have talent.
We. Plus easily move 5 or 6 without weakening the squad, and hopefully Brendan has 2 or 3 of quality to sign in next few months to improve us further
thanks for the Celtic talk :-)
Hail Hail
Should’ve been 4-3.
Interesting last 2 minutes if Nolito hadn’t squandered it.
I was going to comment about Sevco,but I said to myself no,theres only one team I am interested in and that’s Celtic.
Beatbhoy
Yes there was not much said then, all sort of wait and see how the court case goes on the appeal if it is ever made.
The Huddle
Please tell me your not serious
FT. 4-2. Hat-trick Vardie, 2 great assists from Citeh!
That of Mahrez, Messi -like.
Saidy Janko, there’s another we could sell