If you’ve been here for a while you’ll have noticed I don’t pay much attention to preseason friendlies but tomorrow’s game against Wolfsburg takes on a more serious tone after Tuesday’s reversal – Celtic desperately need to find sharpness.
Despite the well-placed confidence that we’ll cope comfortably at Celtic Park on Wednesday against Lincoln Red Imps, the serious challenges will come thick and fast thereafter.
Players need to find their edge and the manager needs to learn who goes where and works with whom. It’s just about possible for us to get things together, but whoever we pull out of the hat in today’s provisional third qualifying round draw will be delighted to catch a team in apparent flux.
All this brings us back to Wolfsburg’ a much needed test.
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BMCUWPs,
Zero Hour Contracts?
What next?
Pity some of the team and few board members aren’t on Zero Hour Contracts:)
Surely that’s a wind up?
I’ve got a feeling BR’s honeymoon is going to be short lived unless he takes drastic measures.
Clougher…,
I suggested a while ago the only people who should be on zero hour contracts at Celtic Park are the board.
LIONROARS67
Interesting article indeed. I think the author is saying-politely-that wur FUBAR’d.
And indeed we are. An island set adrift. How did it turn out for that lot in Mutiny on the Bounty? Turned on each other,IIRC.
Check yer mail please from about two hours ago.
The CL draw should be here at 11am.
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2017/draws/round=2000781/index.html
Brendan Rodgers is picking the team now, his latest included Efe Ambrose over Eoghan O’Connell.
Why do you think that is?
It included Ryan Christie over Liam Henderson (who didn’t even make the squad)
Why do you think that is?
It included Saidy Janko over Mikel Lustig
Why do you think that is?
It included Nir Bitton but he left out Stuart Armstrong
Why do you think……………………
Yada Yada Yada CSC
CLOGHERCELT
http://etims.net/?p=9382
Canamalar,
I haven’t seen it confirmed yet but surely they aren’t offering Zero Hour Contracts?
You were right about the Board though.
Fair play on last week.
Duty calls
AULD TAM
In that case,it is based on teams in each tie with the highest coefficient.
If a diddy team in the seeded part loses to a really diddy team from the unseeded part,the next-highest rated diddy team from the really diddy section takes the diddy team’s place-not the really diddy team who knocked them out.
Told you I’ve not had enough drink yet!
Bmcw
Zero hour contracts at Celtic Park? Of course you have proof of this right?
CLOGHER CELT on 15TH JULY 2016 10:40 AM
BMCUWPs,
This is not new. This was the basis of employment for many when I was there in 1998. Except it was called a temp contract and not zero hours. People also seem to forget that these contracts actually suit some people.
Here’s an outline of why a company like Celtic makes use of and needs this kind of staff member. Let’s say on a Monday-Friday 9-5 basis the TO needs 15 staff to run smoothly and with fans/customers happy with service time. On a normal matchday this number is totally adequate to deal with the usual enquiries but on a sold out matchday it really needs 20. On a sold out European game this rises again because the after work to KO window is so tight for enquiries to be dealt with.
Do Celtic employ the additional staff required for those peak teams permanently? This is costly and actually leads to high staff turnover as people are bored and move on. There were loads of students and parents who liked this kind of ‘as needed’ work when I was there, it gave them a bit of extra money without overly impinging on their studies. In the case of parents it was easier to arrange the odd bit of childcare than need it all the time.
It’s not something I’d ever advocate as the correct way to employ required full-time staff but to provide extra staff as and when required it can be necessary.
I see what they’ve done.
There are 20 clubs/pairs in Champions Route. 10 seeds and 10 non-seeds.
Group 1 has seeds 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 plus non-seeds 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10.
Group 2 has remainder.
Stops situation where top 5 seeds face bottom 5 non seeds.
Absolutely no justification for zero hours contracts nonsense. Just another weapon to beat what’s left of the working class with.
Wonder when ‘the burden of worker’s rights’ that was mentioned during the referendum will raise its ugly head again.
Ole Chico Mulgrew is presently on a zero hours contract.
WEEMINGER
everyone knows that zero hours contracts suits most who work those contracts, but it doesent suit the malcontent socialist Agenda, those annoying splinter groups who have nothing to do other than run CFC down, it’s what they do, as do Huns.
Lurking Huns GIRFUYs
Weeminger,
Your argument is exactly why I suggest the board are on zero hour contracts, they are part time workers.
TonyDonnelly67
everyone knows that zero hours contracts suits most who work those contracts, but it doesent suit the malcontent socialist Agenda, those annoying splinter groups who have nothing to do other than run CFC down, it’s what they do, as do Huns.
What utter and absolute shite you talk you ignorant little no mark.
MWD
Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round
Astana (KAZ) or Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) v Celtic / Lincoln Red Imps
1st leg 26/27 July; 2nd leg 2/3 August
QUONNO on 15TH JULY 2016 11:03 AM
I’m sorry to argue on this because we agree on many things, but they suit some people and they can be required when extra staff are needed in peak times.
As I said above, they’re not acceptable for people that are employed on a full time basis.
When I first worked as stage crew around 1990, you were called ‘casual crew’ you had a staff number etc and you’d get a call on Monday asking if you could work that week, or you’d work a few show then get told you weren’t needed the next week. Everybody understood that’s how it worked.
Then later on I was with temp agencies and it was the same thing get a few days work, then the work was done and it was on to something else.
And at all times that was the way I wanted to work. It suited my circumstances. Permanent part or full-time work wouldn’t have.
Aston or Zalgiris. First leg was 0-0 in Lithuania
Looks like our annual trip to Kazakstan
First leg result of our possible opponents (assuming we take care of business on Wednesday !)
Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) 0 Astana (KAZ) 0
If Astana win their home leg we may be off to Kazahkstan
Ah, the annal orifice dispenses more wet ones to stink the place up.
The ignorance is astounding yet it’s excreted with such authority it can’t be sniffed at.
You’ve got to wonder if he uses tissues or toilet paper when wiping his mouth.
Astra 10 points clear in Kazanstan league after 20 games
I’m surprised that the main topic of conversation on CQN isn’t the absence of new faces at Celtic. Our current squad is not good enough, particularly at centre back. We need signings now rather than waiting until we are out of Europe.
Astana, not Astra
MOONBEAMSWD on 15TH JULY 2016 11:09 AM
TonyDonnelly67
everyone knows that zero hours contracts suits most who work those contracts, but it doesent suit the malcontent socialist Agenda, those annoying splinter groups who have nothing to do other than run CFC down, it’s what they do, as do Huns.
What utter and absolute shite you talk you ignorant little no mark.
MWD
Unlike the brilliant fascinating stuff you post?
https://youtu.be/WRK03q76GKU
MOONBEAMSWD on 15TH JULY 2016 11:09 AM
I personally would never argue that they suit most that have them. They suit some. As I said they’re totally unsuitable as the way of employing full-time staff. For some part-time staff it can suit both parties.
The difficulty level is going to go up considerably in the next round, assuming we get through, if we go to Kazakhstan. Squeezed through last time and don’t see that we have improved any since then. Defenders needed!
Tony
Youareatube. No need for a linky.
MWD
Weeminger,
The one point you miss is that people on zero hour contracts are considered in full time employment even if they do zero hours.
So zero hour contracts suit only those not on benefits however benefits agencies can sanction people for refusing to accept zero hour contracts.
Tough draw
Our current squad is composed of:
Has beens
Never weres
short term loans
long term projects.
Some quality in that last category, but not the experience we need right now.
Our recruitment policy has left us vulnerable.
Morning all.
Bloody Kazakhstan again possibly.
Five hour flight?
HH!!
You know the job, you know the wages, you know the working contract, you take the job, your business, no one else’s, is there such a thing as the perfect job? Is everyone happy at they’r job? It is what it is, shit disturbing is what the malcontents do, pain in the arse actually, IMO.
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 15TH JULY 2016 11:18 AM
Well the argument then boils down to is a part-time, non-fixed hours contract a ‘zero hours contract’, or even a contract?
The alternative is to have these ad-hoc staff as self-employed with all the difficulties of doing their own tax etc.
This kind of staffing issue is common across all types of entertainment venues tbh.
TonyDonnelly67
as previously noted.
You are an ignorant little no mark of a excuse.
MWD
Dont waste your time….its like talking to a pile of sawdust