UnCommons Moneyball gem

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Someone made the point to me over the weekend, 30 goals, and counting, from midfield, rivals 53 from Henrik Larsson as a central striker.  It is an unnecessary burden to compare Kris Commons to Celtic’s greatest player in four decades, even Henrik couldn’t compare to the memory of Henrik, but the history books will show for decades to come, Kris Commons is a rare gem, a Celtic player for the ages.

He’s the definition of a Moneyball player, he’s a great multiple Player of the Year and he’s ours.

Enjoy watching him.

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  1. The Comfortable Collective on

    From Twitter. A summation of the sevco pledge site.

     

     

    Can I pay by instalments? “No”.

     

     

    Do I keep my seat? “No”.

     

     

    Are there charges? “Yes”.

  2. Seville 67:

     

     

    “So I call Celtic and ask for the student price only to be told that he needs to relocate to North Stand Upper to get the £199 price.”<<<<<<<<<<<

     

     

    The good news in there is for us who sit in the North Stand Upper is that they expect it to be open next season.

  3. ....PFayr supports WeeOscar on

    Corkcelt

     

     

    CFC were right to sell Vic and Hooper

     

     

    They were very wrong to try to replace Hooper with Balde and Pukki

     

     

    And

     

     

    Viv with no one … Biton wasn’t ready

  4. An Tearmann on

    Jonny the tim 17.35 -donations haha

     

    I am awaiting clarification of refunds on jinji boatlz as I have aome Barrs and Alpine

     

    ones lol

     

    HH

  5. ….PFayr supports WeeOscar

     

     

    Corkcelt

     

     

    CFC were right to sell Vic and Hooper

     

     

    They were very wrong to try to replace Hooper with Balde and Pukki

     

     

    And

     

     

    Viv with no one … Biton wasn’t ready

     

    —————

     

    That’s a football issue rather than a finance issue like some on here are going on about.

     

     

    I agree we were right to sell but we balls up the replacements, that’s football, happens at every club. I will continue to happen at every club.

  6. harryhoodsdugbitme on

    ST’s renewed today. The Celtic Way is outstanding.

     

     

    I just pledged £1000 to Del boy King.

     

     

    Life’s good. HH.

  7. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    Corkcelt,

     

    Do you know if the board were made offers for those player before contract negotiation started ?

  8. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    PfAyr

     

     

    If we make it. Kris and Forster were vital to qualify last year. It’s a double bonus if we do qualify.

     

     

    At this rate if downsizing. It won’t be long before we are European champions again.

     

     

    No don’t mock.

     

     

    When all the other clubs have went out of business we stand a pretty good chance. Shame about the FFP just being a rouse to line UEFA’s pockets.

     

     

    It’s not every day you can say Brian Quinns been duped. I wonder what is UEFA salary is.

     

     

    What odds do you think you would get if you walked into a bookies and said that Sevco could win a European trophy before Celtic do again ?

     

     

    An interesting project me thinks

     

     

    HH

  9. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS .........Praying for our WEE HERO! on

    THEGLASGOWCELTICWAY 1546

     

     

    Tell her it’s Fathers Day shortly and use all your powers of persuasion.

     

     

    Or get THE EXILED TIM over to tile it for you!

  10. PFayr, We brought in more than Balde & Pukki. Van Dijk, Biton, Johansen,Griffiths are 4 decent players that add positively to squad. If you bring in 7 new players you will have some disappointments. That is the nature of the game.

  11. jungle jam67 on

    craig whyte

     

    just pledged a £1

     

     

    thanks for the link

     

     

    them peskie timmys better watch out ;-)))

     

     

    everonedeservesasecondchance fc

  12. Just pledged £1k

     

    They might suss though, Arthur Daly of 666 Edmiston Drive in Las Vegas with a Glasgow postcode of G67 and an email addy of `henriklarssonisthekingofkings@cfc.com

     

    Like I say, they MIGHT suss, but you never know. Some clown might end up getting my pledge. And I don`t mean The GASman, Glib And Shameless.

  13. Good early evening Celts!

     

     

    Whits the Craic about pledges for the team that died or the new one.

     

     

    I’m willing to go up to £1888 pound if I can obtain some hard evidence that the monies will be used wisely, a wreath will do the job (smilies contently)

     

     

    HH

  14. An Tearmann on

    Is “demoted”squintyspeak for accepted into?

     

    Scott Mullen in todays herald

     

    A dictionary of hurting is called for lol

  15. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    Corkcelt,

     

    I am simply pointing out, your argument dismisses the posibility.

  16. valentinesday on

    Quick visit to the greatest blog going…man up,

     

    and renew ya if ya can afford it,the Celtic we

     

    got is flawed,but it’s the only Celtic there ever

     

    will be……

  17. ....PFayr supports WeeOscar on

    The huddle

     

     

    Selling for £18m and trousering half of it …is very much a finance issue

  18. Living_in_the_Love_of_the_Commons_People on

    ernie lynch

     

     

    14:13 on 5 May, 2014

     

     

    Ernie,

     

     

    You could also argue that Henrik had two towering center forward partners to support and provide for him. Would Henrik have scored so many without the brilliance of Chris Sutton’s holding talents? They were a match made in heaven, of which we will be unlikely to see again soon. By comparison our Kris feeds off scraps, which makes his goal tally all the more remarkable.

  19. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    pf…,

     

    How much did the board spend on the Celtic Triangle ?

     

    I’m wiser from the accounts is anyone ?

  20. valentinesday on

    BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS ………Praying for our WEE HERO!…….got yer e-mail bud, will dae ma best to make the do

     

    on Saturday, I’m snowed under at the moment….it’s a bitch when

     

    the real world interferes wae yer social life.

  21. The Celtic Scouting Team needs..

     

     

    Re-Organized.

     

     

    That Fact.. Is Perfectly Obvious .. tae Kojo.

     

     

    Perhaps..

     

     

    No,tae You..or tae You.. or even.. tae… YOU!

     

     

    Howevahhhhhhhhh.. Nevahtheless…

     

     

    Celtic Should…

     

     

    NEVAH.. NEVAH.. EVAH..

     

     

    Consider,offering Terms tae a Player of anither Team..

     

     

    Until..

     

     

    Celtic, Spend.. Days.. Weeks.. Months?.. Persusing, n Trolling ..

     

     

    The FITBA’ FANS FORUM..of the Team that the Player Under Consideration..

     

     

    Plays Fur!

     

     

    Well…

     

     

    BEFORE.. They Mak a Firm Commitment tae Sign a PLayer. of that Team.

     

     

    If ye want the Real Skivvy oan How Valuable a Player may Be.. or How Indispensable a player is Considered tae be…tae his PRESENT Outfit..

     

     

    Then..

     

     

    The Actual Fitba Fans of the Team which that Player,in the Limelight,Plays Fur…

     

     

    Will be the

     

     

    Maist RELIABLE Source..of that Precious Piece of Information.

     

     

    Everybuddy Knows.. except… the Celtic Scouting Dept.. Evidentalleee….

     

     

    that..

     

     

    The Fans of the Team for which He Plays .. Ur the ONLY Worthwhile Source, tae Consult..

     

     

    Before, one should Mak a Move tae Obtain the Services of One of Their.. Darlins’.

     

     

     

    Yet..the Celtic Scouting Team.. ‘

     

     

    STILL DIZNAE~ Realize this!

     

     

    Man.. Ah hope they Read Whit Ah am Saying..

     

     

    Otherwize.. they wull continue tae Sign

     

     

    Flops..

     

     

    Like..

     

     

    Borerrigter… Pukki… et al.

     

     

    Pay attenshun , Celtic..

     

     

    Kojo

     

     

    Stilll,Laughin’

  22. ....PFayr supports WeeOscar on

    Corkcelt

     

     

    VVD replaced Wilson

     

     

    Johansen replaced Ledley

     

     

    Both very good replacements

     

     

    As for Vic and Hooper …they were not replaced adequately because we trousered half their fees in fear of not making the CL group stages

     

     

    Which unfortunately left us with a team not fit for purpose in the CL

     

     

    Sell players if they want to leave by all means …replace them with adequate replacements tho

  23. Our scouting system seems to be in positive purely on money in and out, so must be doing the right things. Once that stops being the case then it should be changed.

  24. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    What is good about German ST is that it includes the price of all regional transport costs. Many clubs also implement a swipe card which allows you to accrue points which entitles you to various things. Discounts, access to rare products etc.

     

     

    HH

  25. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    pf..,

     

    In the same vein as my question to corkcelt, we dont know if players were engineered out the door, nor do we know if £9M was trousered

  26. valentinesday on

    Kojo

     

    18:23 on

     

    5 May, 2014…..my learned friend,at the end of the

     

    market where we’re shopping it’s hit and miss

  27. ....PFayr supports WeeOscar on

    Writers vote McInnes MOTY too

     

     

    An utter nonsense to have this vote before the SC final

     

     

    Jackie or Wright will be more deserving when they win the cup

     

     

    Add the small budget of StJ and the young players DU have brought thro

     

     

    McInnes FFS

  28. Living_in_the_Love_of_the_Commons_People on

    ….pfayr supports weeoscar

     

     

    18:25 on 5 May, 2014

     

     

    Biton looks very tasty when patrolling the back and I would argue his ball control exceeds Victors. I agree Hooper was not replaced. Our precocious LG, who came six months too late, can and shall develop into a player if he can get his head right.