Congratulations to who originally penned: “We shall not be move, not by the Hearts, the Hibs or The Rangers, erm, we’ll not be moved, OK?” Celtic stand alone, our historic rivals, those who half a century ago denied our grandparents, are gone. Do we have a perfect season ahead? Maybe not, but it will be a unique historical joy nonetheless.
Some of the chat yesterday was that the Premiership would be poorer without Hibernian next season, but anyone who watched Hamilton out-pass and out-play them on Sunday wouldn’t think so. Hibs have offered nothing of note to league football for years. Terry Butcher has got practically everything wrong since arriving at Easter Road but his post-match comment, that perhaps his team needed relegation to thoroughly clear the decks.
Whatever Hibs are they are not competition to Celtic. Our domestic competition next season will come from Aberdeen, Dundee United and Motherwell. United and Aberdeen both finished the season poorly after showing considerable promise early on. Expect Jackie McNamara and Derek McInnes to build on their work over the last year.
If you were an aspiring Championship club you will not have welcomed the Accies result on Sunday. Now clear of their administration travails Hearts have the strongest squad in next season’s Championship. They will also be solvent, able to build on their squad and are likely to sell more season tickets than anyone else in the league.
Hibs’ newly recruited chief exec, Leann Dempster, is potentially the clubs most important recruit in 10 years. She will surely attempt to fit her successful Motherwell template onto the Edinburgh club – and may even have more resources at her disposal.
Queens and Falkirk know they are up against it in their bid for promotion next season but they are two well-run clubs who will have an influence on who does go up. I’m not even prepared to consider anyone else for the promotion spots, some just don’t have the players, some don’t have the management, some don’t have the money to end the season. Some are afflicted by all three ailments.
With the potential of a rejuvenated Hibs making next season’s play-offs, Premiership clubs will spend the next 11 months anticipating the very real possibility that it’s odds on that two clubs will go down next season. Accies and Dundee look more than a match for St Mirren, Kilmarnock, Ross County and Partick Thistle. While Celtic will win the league comfortably, we’re likely to see intense competition between Motherwell, Aberdeen and United for the ‘Best of the Rest’ badge, and between the other eight clubs to stay up.
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It would be silly to sell FF before the World Cup. Giving the new manager a kitty from that is too late for the CL qualifiers. Now would be a good time to sell Kris Commons free agent this winter and knows he needs to take a pay cut. That can provide a kitty.
HH
Delaneys Dunky
Everything is fine at the top of the hill
Things going well
Don’t work to hard in the Port
H H
MT
Oh I was deadly serious
Waiting a month could save the club £100k
But
We could miss out on the target, could be another view
And
Just for clarity, I have no issue with PL, I do though have with depts within our club
Including Head of Scouting, Head of Security, Head of PR
Hail Hail
Delaney’s, I wish we were shot of the blue brotherhood and all the tripe associated with them but we will never get rid.
Our new man will hopefully be well tutored in what to expect from the brethren and their sycophants with microphones and lap tops.
A few posters had mentioned big Johann’s treatment before Neil left. If he was forced out, it will widen the gap between the board and some of the support even more, if possible.
I was invited to a lunch at Celtic Park around September 2010 for Celtic Credit Card holders. I went as a pal’s guest as I didn’t have the credit card.
Johann was at our table. He is the coolest person I have ever met. He spoke with great calm and authority about our club and the joy he had to be a part of it.
I believe his family have been back in Sweden for the last year. I’m sure someone posted here last year about this.
If it’s true the board didn’t want him, what direction do they want for our club?
The board have done some things very well but in most of our eyes, they don’t match the ambition of our support nor some of our last management team.
Coneybhoy
I think you live in the past. We are consistently in the CL last 16 ..three times ? A clear path to get there now but we have no ambition except for making money. In the 70s ok prett good. The 80s poor and the 90s and 00s. Those were the decades we were happily diddled.
HH
HH
Awe naw
How much do you reckon we would get for Kris ?
Coneybhoy: Uhm … 67?
Malky MacKay
Aidenbhoy
3.4 million
HH
CELTIC
STATISTICAL REVIEW OF CELTIC’S 2013/14 SEASON
MAY 27, 2014 JOEBHOY2412 LEAVE A COMMENT
Now that the season is over, I’ve worked up a stat related article for every Celtic player. Below are some stats based purely on the SPL, and further down are stats from every game each player has been involved in.
OVERALL
Played 53 games, 37 wins, 7 draws, 9 losses. 122 goals scored, 44 goals conceded, 27 clean sheets.
SPL BASED STATS
Total league attendance: 894,506. Celtic’s average SPL attendance has gone up by around 3,000 compared to last season.
Average attendance: 47,079.
Highest attendance: v Partick Thistle (1st January 2014) 52,670.
Lowest attendance: v Kilmarnock (29th January 2014) 44,271.
Top scorers: Kris Commons, 27; Anthony Stokes 19.
Assists: Anthony Stokes, 11; Kris Commons, 10; Emilo Izaguirre, 9.
Clean sheets: Fraser Forster had 21 in the league after 15 last term.
Appearances: Scott Brown and Efe Ambrose played in all 38 matches, with Fraser Forster just behind on 37.
Neil Lennon has managed 227 games as Celtic manager, winning 159, drawing 28 and losing 40 in his four year spell at the club. He won 70.04% of the games he managed, with a 80.63% point ratio in the league.
TOP PLAYERS THIS SEASON
Most effective: Kris Commons, involved in an incredible 93.75% of goals for matches played in.
Second most effective: Anthony Stokes, involved in 72% of goals for matches played in.
Others of note: Leigh Griffiths, involved in 114% of goals for matches played in, although he only signed in January. Georgios Samaras, involved in 75% of goals for matches played in.
MOST MINUTES PLAYED
Efe Ambrose played the most minutes with 4,601, followed by Fraser Forster who played 4,590 minutes. Scott Brown followed with 4,379 minutes,Emilio Izaguirre with 4,042 minutes and Virgil Van Dijk with 3,973 minutes.
OTHER NOTE WORTHY NUMBERS
Most subbed-in player: Amido Balde was subbed-in 21 times. Teemu Pukki was subbed-in 19 times, while Derk Boerrigter was subbed-in 15 times.
Most subbed-out player: Kris Commons who was subbed-out 20 times, followed by Teemu Pukki 13 times, Adam Matthews 12 times, Beram Kayal and James Forrest 10 times.
delaneys dunky
The hairbear bunch , dont know why but i thought of my childhood
Fireball xl5
Thunderburds
Captain scarlet
Joe90
The origonal Dr Who
Crackerjack
Andypandy
The Banana splitz
Jackanory
And the zoo keeper who did all the animal voices , what a lovely childhood , Easterhouse in the 60s magical ;)))
3-4
I noticed from the BBC website that UKIP got 27% of the vote in the Euro elections.
Party. Share%. +/-
UKIP 27.49 +10.99
LAB 25.40 +9.67
CON 23.93 -3.80
GRN 7.87 -0.75
SNP 2.46 +0.34
LD 6.87 -6.87
PC 0.71 -0.13
BNP 1.14 -5.10
I thought they got 11%.
Ah well, as someone from an immigrant family I better do something about it.
Big Wavy
Consider the St J game. ..first half without S Brown …second half with
Not the most gifted of football players but an essential component of any CFC team …
All IMO , of course
MT
Three day week, breeze! :)
Off to visit my family in Cheltenham on Friday morn, and a couple of pints and lunch with BMCUW on Saturday!
Life is good the noo! :)
The part on each player does not copy well. Link below
http://josephruddy.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/statistical-review-of-celtics-201314-season/?
Commons? Not much, if anything, when he can be had on a free in a year, or signed on a pre in six months. He’s ore valuable to us on the pitch than in the accounts. He should be extended …
Doc
22:04 on
Agree re Griffith and Johansen.
You’ve taken that too far though by saying Cowiebhoy might be right, although I suppose there is a first time for everyone ;)
Maybe it is as simple as most football people have their annual holidays booked for this time of year.
PF Ayr
we are not a CL regular team as we do not have the revenue to compete(as it has been designed)
No team without a lver of TV money or a lenient nationality loophole can produce enough of a talented squad to make an impact.
Celtic borrowing 50m to get a crack at CL with never be a sustainable model.
MON tried it and never got out the group.
We are an FC Cluj, Basel once every few years making an impact club as the Euro model stands and we should not waste money trying to break in.
The old EC gave us a chance , which we took. i am grateful for that but can’t see us breaking the new mould
not being negative – it makes me appreciate the team more as my hurdle is lower.
Not palatable for many who aspire for more but if 11 of the clubs in the premier have less than 5000 of a gate, we need perspective.
my baseline for success is Europa group stage and good season is being in the knockout rounds.
Domestically, baseline is league. can never count on cups(best bit about knockout)
Ledley , highest earner at the club…sold
Samaras, 3rd highest earner at the club …. Sold
Brown, 2nd highest earner at the club….watch this space.
IMO that is why Neil left .
Awe naw
Think we would struggle to get that much for him. If it was up to me I would give him another 3 year contract.
kingsnake
We heard the same about Sammi but Joe and Gary indicate that its more beneficial to see your contract out. For the player not the club. We can get 3 maybe 4 million from a championship club for him.
HH
big wavy…
Rarely as disappointed in a player than I was during the first two years watching Scott. Ridiculously Ill disciplined, stupid ego and unable to communicate with his team mates on the pitch. Was sure he wouldnt be with us long..
However…
Truely remarkable transformation in all areas. I never believed it possible for an already established professional footballer to do as he has done. In everything expected of him on the park, professionalism, skill, teamwork and captaincy. And off the park..a fine ambassador, engages with fans and does charitable events often under the radar.
I’m amazed that I now say he is a credit to the club, his profession and himself.
TransformationalCSC
Marspapa
Johnny Morris did Animal Magic(Zurawski)
He also did records for schools which he did with a choir to teach you songs. We did it in class around 76/77.
Coneybhoy
We should be a CL regular …not saying we should always progress but giving the route to CL qualification …we should make it
Did anybody catch the dafties protesting and singing “Rule Britannia” at Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon in Rutherglen today. I am sure they had a bigger crowd than they managed for the postcard protest.
PFAYR
Hear what you’re saying but it wouldn’t surprise me if a European coach dropped Scott for his deficiencies…
We should always look to build and improve and with Neil gone I’d say Scott is at risk….might be a risk but might be the right thing to do now
DD, Mr Coghill was spot on with that description lol.
When Big Lou came over in 1983, his head of rid hair was heavier than he was. I remember seeing him walking across George Square prior to the bus going down to Berwick the morning after the 4 2 game at Ibrox.
It was a fundraiser for a former Berwick player who was badly injured in training. We played Sunderland and it was mental. At one point a crowd of Newcastle fans appeared. We were stuck betwen them and the makems.
tbb
Big Wavy was and is a respected and normally sound CQN poster. I was disappointed by the tone he used during the Tommy Gemmell debate but he apologised for some of it so we move on. No?
LogicAl
12:37 on
27 May, 2014
I’ve got as much knowledge about the inner workings of the Club as the next man (yes, that’s right, – none!) but for what it’s worth I think the Club should be giving Paul Hartley some serious consideration as our next Manager.
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Caretaker (unofficial) , on trial ?
We could do a lot worse.
I loved Hartley`s attitude in the short spell he had with us.
The price would probably be right.:-)
I think our current squad, is good enough to get through Champions League qualifiers.
If we lost VVD, move Mikael Lustig into Centre with Charlie Mulgrew ( Efe at World Cup)
And with Big Fraser also at World Cup, we may have to start with Lucas in goal as well ?
Can’t see us losing any other players ? And not too concerned if James Forrest left
Hail Hail
Big Wavy
Is Owen Coyle a European Coach ?
Scott Brown is more valuable as the clubs player wage ceiling as he is as a player.
HH
Coneybhoy
How are you bud?
You are as laid back in person, as you are in your posts.
I like reasoned calm. ;))
Big Wavy
I’m sure Lenny will take Brown to wherever he moves to if we don’t want him
tbb
Continue to make your point but leave the swearing aside. It is one of the few rules that exist for the site.
Some of the negative posters on here sicken me more than the MSSM does. At least the latter have the excuse of having to sell newspapers. The former speak as though they are authorities on matters where they clearly are not.
A frequent come back is that ” everyone is entitled to an opinion. ” but maybe that `right` has to be earned before people spout their opinions as though they are facts.
Good night,
JJ
‘the bould bhoys’
22:24 on 27 May, 2014
:-)
Bould bhoys
Sorry fella but I haven’t a clue what you are on about.
Picks on a 70 year old Lisbon Lion ?