I like watching a professional perform on the edge. We watched Anthony Stokes do just that at the Cup Final, where despite two superb goals from Gary Hooper, he was clearly head and shoulders above everyone else on the field. This has not always been the way for Anthony, so has too often failed to command a starting place, and live up to the form he promised all those years ago at Falkirk.
Celtic have put a contract in front of him but it will be considerably lighter than the contract Hooper has no intentions of signing. It’s very much up to Anthony now. Deliver and the riches will follow. Don’t bet against him.
Only just catching up on the somewhat demeaning promotion of a football club hiring a new team bus. Every time I see the coach/manager at that club, buses, or to be more precise, Blakey, from On the Buses comes to mind. These people lend themselves to parody so unselfishly.
Coach/Manager
Inspector Blakey
The fascinating part is, only one of the two above was trying to be ridiculous. You enjoy another day of being a Celtic fan.
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The Boy Jinky, 19:57 on 2 July, 2013
was under the impression they had ‘looked into it’ as an exercise to get a little more from broadcasters. think the new spfl possibly better with regards setting up a footballing channel for all of Scotland (not just top league)
we could and should be making far more from t.v than is currently the case, we should be bold enough to tell sky etc.. to stick it, if we don’t get one 10th of all football income from uk, given that we know Scotland accounts of one 10th of their income. on current t.v deals that’s something like 100 million a year
TET,
I posted earlier that IMO if sevco go busy then the next incarnation will struggle to sell the illusion.
I don’t doubt that they’ll get all the assistance going but it won’t matter if no one turns up to watch.
TGSC,
Sailing On….
VP
that image is going to be with me for a long time
Any bhoys any info when Bon Jovi start and planned finish at Hampden tomorrow night,thanks in advance …..cue a slagging
quantum
20:35 on 2 July, 2013
greendreamz
I’ve repeatedly stated that Sevco are finished. Unless they find a sugar daddy. Dave KIng won’t fit that bill. It always surprises me that other Cqn,rs write that they are on 2 yrs away from the Spl and winning trophies. NO chance.
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Is it Sleep or a Leap?
Quantim and humble as anything, I’d never want to be a quantum physicist. ;))
Anyone who Questions God is Dumb IMO, remember that phrase…..(whit phrase?) :)
I’d question the Money guys. FFS it is hard to realise you have been screwed, WHEN YOU KNOW A Little, never mind a LOT.
HAIL HAIL – THE CELTS are HERE
The Middle (upper &lower) Class are the real target of the Monsters who have a dream of Posthumanism and Transhumanism through the work of, well, the WORKING class. It is not rocket science, it is incredibly simple. The ole Garden of Eden Scientists, the Gnostics, know they can develop Humans to almost Godlike status. These people have the finest controller ever over the masses and they are “ALL IN” for the, Lucifer, is the Real God.
Console yourself with this comment. Nothing is NEW under the Sun, The Sun that God created.
Why are Celtic going from strength to strength? as their support, support Charities, Right, Left and Centre.
This Celtic support is special beyond BELIEF and that is something.
It is all ears, this is the critical aspect about the Celtic Support.
Take on board EVERYTHING anyone takes the Time to impart to you. If you disagree argue yer point.
67Heaven … 20:42 on
2 July, 2013
billy bhoy
19:20 on 2 July, 2013
You can get BT Sport on your PC also, don’t need SKY…
Yes, that’s true. I was just making the point though that to see all the Celtic games being shown on TV you would need both Sky TV & BT Sport (& BT BB).
jackie mac
Sorry mhate.
Foster not for sale…..so I see its the latest mantra……wtf?……….why didnt they roll this line out for Wanyama?
Why are we selling our best player?
Celtic_First
We can but dream I suppose.
Spivs, they knighted the one who sold them for a pound, you put too much faith in the powers mi amigo, none of them care a jot for the bears, they are seen as their pension fund.
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The Good Ship Celtica.
They wont have many less going to watch them next season, they are still in their defiance mode, and the more they think the powers are against them, the more they will support them.
They have nearly 30K season books sold so far, and that is without a rallying call from the lord of brown broguery.
It’s code for “Forster is for sale”
lucky cody
21:20 on 2 July, 2013
It’s code for “Forster is for sale”
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I doubt Fraser will be sold unless it goes to beyond Wanyama monies. ;))
Neil knows how important Fraser is when you are the underdog.
Neil tells it, exactly like it is, he always has been Brutally Honest, even when it upsets Celtic Supporters. I love him for that.
Quite looking forward to visiting the Kerrydale bar this season, glad I stuck to my guns and would not budge from our seats in the JS upper.
Already quite excited about the new season, no more sitting in the bus park slurping the carryoots……
HH
TET,
They won’t get anywhere near that for another new club if the latest one goes bust IMO.
All of the help they got, are getting, and will get is not enough. Money talks and they’ve got nothing to say.
TGSC,
Sailing On….
After Rod earlier tonight……
③①② Renegade @Makavelli1312 30m
they just showed Snoop Dogg in the crowd at the BET AWARDS and he’s got a Celtic top on
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Tell All The Huns You Know
Twitter user Charlotte Fakes has put into the public domain a letter allegedly sent by former Rangers chief executive Martin Bain to the club’s last-but-one owner before it went into liquidation.
If the letter is genuine, Mr Bain used it to give a written promise to David Murray that he, Bain, would pay any tax or national insurance arising from a sum of £150,000 that, according to the document Charlotte Fakes has put onto the internet, he was about to receive from Murray.
The letter makes it clear that the £150,000 is to be a gift. According to the text, Bain is alleged to have said: “ … the sum of £150,000 that you are going to gift me.” It’s in the future tense, and there is no certain indication from the Charlotte documents that the “gift” ever arrived.
The date of the letter is May 31, 2009.
If the information is accurate, there are two possible reasons why Rangers chose to act in this unorthodox manner to remunerate the chief executive.
The most obvious is that a gift of £150,000 would be tax free, unless David Murray were to die within seven years of handing the money over, in which case inheritance tax would be likely to apply.
Less obvious is that, at the time, there was some resentment building among Rangers fans at the size of Bain’s salary. On September 23, 2010, The Herald published a piece of news showing Martin Bain to have been the highest-paid director at the club in the period from July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010. His salary for that 12-month period, according to audited accounts (the Rangers ever produced) was £633,000, an increase of 35% on the previous year.
Fans’ forums from the time are full of comments claiming this was too much, especially at a time when players such as Kenny Miller were reported to be close to leaving for more money elsewhere. Miller did leave a few months later.
If the “gift” from David Murray reached Martin Bain’s bank account within a month of the letter being, purportedly, written, it would have made his salary for the 2008-2009 accounting period £618,000 rather than the £468,000 reported in the accounts.
If the information is true, Rangers fans might be shocked to learn that Bain was already close the year before to the salary level that upset them in 2009-2010. It would probably be of little consolation that the increase of 35% shown in the accounts was really only an increase of just 2.4%.
However, if Murray took more than a month to hand the “gift” over, the reported figure for Bain’s 2009-2010 salary, which upset Rangers fans when the accounts came out, is incorrect. If Charlotte’s material is genuine, the “gift” arriving after June 2009 would have made Bain’s salary for the period in question £783,000, an increase from the year before of 67%.
Rangers fans would, perhaps, be entitled to feel let down by their club and its senior people for failing to tell the truth about this issue, even to them.
The Good Ship Celtica.
All we can do is wait see.
The bigot pound won’t ever go away, and everyone within the game want some of it, including Celtic.
I want to see them gone for good, but we know that ain’t gonna happen.
HH
‘Do we have too many players? Will this lead to a season to remember or to forget? Can we afford this gamble?’
from ff last week – can’t believe they’re even asking it
You are almost right ‘The exiled Tim’. Not everyone will continue to support knowing it’s only entertainment. I for one thought it was more than that. Sadly it seems justice, equality and integrity was nothing more than buzz words and a dream.
Football is not that much different to wresting.
THE EXILED TIM
21:37 on 2 July, 2013
Sportingbet are doing a promotion.
They are refunding stakes when 1 of a Treble doesn’t come in, any markets.
They refund it with a “free bet” the next day, same stake, but unfortunately they stipulate that, it has to be on a single bet. BETter than nothing. ;)
I think it is for the duration of Wimbledon.
Slightly up over the course but I don’t really do singles or trebles.
TET,
I think that Celtic are aware that the ‘model’ was broken. There’s no future in it as a policy and I don’t believe the people running our club don’t know that.
I repeat if this lot go bust then it is a distinct possibility that they are gone for good.
We can but hope. :-)
Logging off for the night but thanks for the chat.
TGSC,
Sailing On….
Morrissey the 23rd
Aye, the elusive level playing field, seems like in scotland it’s too much to ask for.
What hope is there when fifa and uefa are as bent as the associations under them.
HH
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petec
In Spain you are only allowed one account, I opened another a month or so ago as I got another credit card, tried to open numerous accounts, but the CC number must be flagged, they keep getting rejected telling me I already have an active account with the cc I tried to use.
Will save me a few bob, so at least something positive >}
HH
The Good Ship Celtica.
I wish I had your faith mi amigo.
Thanks.
HH
I’ve been away, in fact I’m not back yet, but a few minutes of Internet access, any news on all things Celtic? Stokes, new contract? Wanyama? Hooper? Is the first CL qualifier at home or away now?
Mickey Mouse is a Tim BTW.
Yesterday I posted in The Herald article that it didn’t matter if they went bust. A club would reform using the same name et all and play at Ibrox and the Scottish football authorities would show them the same favour are they did for Rangers and Sevco. It did not pass moderation. I wasn’t abusive and I didn’t lie but it didn’t suit The Herald of the agenda.
Doc
Only thing for def is we are away first leg, no news on the rest.
The lull afore the storm >}
HH
Cheers TET, no news is no news in some of those cases I think.
morrissey the 23rd
You have said it now!
I think the only real danger to Sevco the third is disinterest from the hordes, as we know the SFA wont do SFA, how many versions can you follow, before you realise the club you loved is dead.
Not many, they can’t be that thick, really, can they?
Doc,
Only thing for sure is:
17/07
Cliftonville
UEFA Champions League
19:45
Away
23/07
Cliftonville
UEFA Champions League
19:45
Home
The rest is conjecture……….
Prestonpans Bhoys, Ta, as TET says, the quiet before.
If nothing else were to happen this transfer window, I would be happy.
The squad, as it stands looks good.
Could be better, sure it could, but not by much in our price bracket.
Cheers for the updates.
No new N/A in 2 days??
Emdae checked out Pauls hoose???
Jude, Paul67 is on holiday, or so the rumour mill says.
THE EXILED TIM
Every Country is different.
Switzerland allows the Wife of a broker to indulge in, insider trading. The rules in the UK are a lot mair stringent, well for the commoner. ;)
Doc, Lenny has said he wants to bring in another 2 players before Champions League starts. Is resigned to Big Vic leaving.
Problem lads,
On a wee Greek island.
Tomorrow’s game is on Celtic TV or TimTV as I like to call it.
Kick off is 6pm Paradise time, 8pm Georgious time.
Mrs EC67 likes to dine 8pm ish onwards.
I only have my iPad with me, TimTV activated, but no recording facilities.
How do I get to see our bhoys in action and keep Mrs EC67 onside?
Do I not drink all night and wait til Mrs EC67 heads off to bed and have late night, early morning solo swaaly watching the hoops by myself?
Or do I break the habit of a lifetime and not do what my wife tells me and just watch the game live? ( holiday just started, 3 more games to see, and multiple repercussions for me, if I get this wrong).
I know one of you will have the answer.
HH
EC67
SeafoodlinguinewasparticularlynicetonightCSC
Cheers for the updates, of to check out the Tour de France, if time and Mrs Doc allows I’ll be back.
CowieBhoy, good to read Miss CowieBhoys happy news, hope yer Dad continues to improve.
Just to let you all know, sorry if I’ve not got back to anyone yet, I will.
Work is rubbish just now, really interfering with my blog and rabble rousing time.
You’ll be glad to know the backing is now pouring in from Celtic shareholders based on the original proposal, we will review with the intention of giving the board a bit of a push in the right direction and highlight some of the more blatant and publicised examples of cheating without mentioning any other teams, we are not interested in what teams got preferential treatment we are interested in killing off the opportunity for it to happen ever again :o)
The long and short, we want the board to be going to the SFA and telling them ‘our shareholders are giving us a hard time, because of your cheating and incompetence, we are required to request UEFA to carry out a full independent investigation into the irregularities surrounding governance decisions over the last 3 years”.
Could that be the resolution we ask the board to support ?
What do you think ?