Thus far results haven’t mattered, but if his players walk into the dressing room at halftime tomorrow without being in the lead, you can believe there will be an edge in the team- talk. You and I have probably seen more of these kind of games than Brendan. They are seldom straightforward and while the manager plays with pretty much the hand he inherited, I don’t expect a remarkable change in outcomes.
Assuming results go to plan, we’ll have six Champions League qualifiers in the next seven weeks. That’s a lot of football, hopefully most of it will be played with the benefit of one or two more arrivals.
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Dunky
Limerick all booked up, staying in Dundalk Friday night, beers???
Dunky
Staying in Limerick Saturday night also more beers??
– Sounds like we have been priced out of deals for Robson-Kanu, Duffy & Allen. I’m disappointed but there’s not much we can do about it. English and Welsh clubs have the money to outbid us.
– Disappointed to see Joe Hansen go. He was a great player for us in his first couple of years and is still a good age. If he won’t sign a deal, we don’t really have a choice. I’d say the same about Rogic and Forrest.
– Delighted to see that the Biton story was absolute rubbish. Great player and will be key for us this season.
– Shame about Bailly. I think we should try and sign Ward from Liverpool. He was solid for Aberdeen.
It’s not looking too rosy on the transfer front. Maybe we could get Denayer back? I don’t think he will be a hot property.
AULD TAM
MASTY
It’s a difficult one. Sometimes,sadly,players deserve a kicking from the fans.
Are we supposed to cheer utter garbage?
Aye,I don’t like it. But I don’t want players walking off the pitch,much like they’ve walked on the pitch,thinking they did ok when they’ve clearly been garbage.
I’ll stand up for our players any day of the week,but I know a a waste of space when I see one.
From RM
More lies from @laytonbhoy today
His updated article is a joy to behold. Last night i called out the fact that he was making stuff up unless the letter from UEFA breached some of their own rules and today he has admitted he hasnt saw the letter and that his blog last night was in fact an “opinion piece” rather than containing the contents of the letter.
I offered him the chance to debate the matter and at first he agreed. He then backed out today and blocked me.
Lets remind ourselves of his lies from last night:
“UEFA’s letter says that at an “undetermined time” during that season either the SFA or UEFA became aware that Rangers had not fulfilled their own responsibilities to declare these matters to them.”
This now appears to be guesswork……or as i call it nonsense. Its also libelous.
“UEFA’s letter clearly states that they accept that Rangers broke the rules as regards the licensing policy.”
This now appears to be guesswork……or as i call it nonsense. Its also libelous.
“Crucially, UEFA does not offer a conclusion – or seem to care – when this tax bill “crystallised”
More guesswork. Does he really believe UEFA dont follow their own guidelines ?
“You see, UEFA’s licensing regulations are constructed around specific “windows” during which the club must inform the governing bodies of any circumstances which would negate their right to a license, and if the club is found to have concealed such things during any of those windows UEFA regards that as being the same as if the club had been in violation from the start.”
Just a load of nonsense.
“To put it another way, had they know Rangers had this liability before they played a European tie they would never have been allowed to.”
More nonsense. And not stated in any letter as pure lies.
But lets move onto todays HUGE WHOPPER and very crucial lie.
“For openers, nobody, at any time, on the resolution 12 has ever suggested that the mere fact of having any tax liabilities payable was in, and of itself, a reason why a club would not have been granted a license. This is a deliberate and sneaky misrepresentation of the actual issue here”
I have already wrote on this very issue. The man at the very heart of Resolution 12, only a few months ago stated the following:
“”If there was in fact an overdue payable as defined in UEFA FFP Art 66 and Annex Viii at 30 June 2011. Our tax expert advice is that there was from 20 June and legal input was that none of the 4 conditions for exemption were met by 30 June.
That in a nutshell is what Res12 asked UEFA to investigate because previous enquiries only got an answer relevant to Art50 that covered an overdue payable at 31st March. There wasn’t one under Art 50 as bill did not arrive until 20th May.
If SFA can explain how Art66 requirements were met, particularly in light of how UEFA dealt with a similar situation with Malaga FC the following year, to shareholders satisfaction in a way that answers why SOs called to collect 6 weeks after 30 June, then that is all that is required to bed the issue. It’s that simple.
If in fact there was an overdue payable as defined then first an apology to Celtic, it’s support and shareholders and a commitment to review their processes to ensure a repeat was not possible and compensation for denying Celtic the opportunity to play in a first round qualifying match. ”
Make no mistake about it. There are various people involved who believed the very existence of a debt with no written agreement meant no licence.
Anyway a copy of the blog and various libelous statements will be on its way to UEFA, SFA and BDO on Monday.
I will now add his backtracking also. Its nice to see im getting to him.
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TIMALOY29. What has happened to Bailley ? H.H.
WWE
That mob are delusional, their day is approaching fast.
WWW
That’s another reason why we should be letting the requisitioners get on with it, having discussions and guessing outcomes does more harm than good, we have been asked to keep our powder dry, advice some on here should take on board
Logan Bailly has a suspected broken ankle.
Allegedly CSC
BOURNESOUPRECIPE. Thanks for the answer fella. H.H.
My friends in Celtic,
Watching the Euros it was Sooooo noticeable the dearth of goal scoring forwards.
It is becoming more evident IMO, that we must buy raw talent or produce our own
I have always thought that we should have held onto Tony Watt. I know his problems have followed his career, but despite his attitude there is a goal scoring talent in there.
We have tolerated players walking off the park and disrespecting our managerial team in public.
HH.
WWW(GBWO) on 11TH JULY 2016 9:45 AM:
Cheers for publishing that highly personal, and libelous, attack on me.
Much appreciated.
But moderators, leave it where it is. It’s good that it’s up there.
Okay, I’ll address the points in this just once, here, for the record, and nowhere else.
As far as I’m concerned the two Sevco bloggers who’ve made it their business to become my stalkers have had their 15 minutes of fame and it’s all they get.
Here’s my response.
They can send the letter to whomever they please. They can turn this into another State Aid case as they like. They can make me the focus of the rest of their lives if that is what they truly want to do; I do not care and I will not be responding again past this … save to say that if either of them crosses a line then I WILL take this matter to my own lawyers and we can all roll the dice.
I’d welcome the opportunity to sue these people and everyone who shares their comments into complete non-existence. I would love nothing more.
I’m getting a lot of hassle over those blogs, and some of it is getting very personal.
It’s a matter of time before one of these idiots goes too far.
Rudicant…talk sense.
Spare us your guff,hypothesizing from the bedsit about something you know nothing of..
A very happy hoopy birthday to BMCUW!
Have a good day buddy.
Off to the gowf shortly. Had a couple of beers with yer dad yesterday.
Talk soon.
HH!!
James Forrest
It’s not the blogger you need to worry about buddy it’s the nutters who act on his stupidity.
I will happily name him as @1_pzj on twitter
He is an absolute walloper.
MWD
MOONBEAMSWD:
Oh I’m well aware of it, but if someone’s tough enough they too are welcome to have a crack.
I’m not even going to pretend to be afraid of these people.
For my sins, I enjoyed the Euros.
Part of football is the uncertainty of the result. Therefore, unless you have a particular leaning to one of the teams you are watching, or have a financial interest in the outcome, you can be reasonably dispassionate about the result.
Football wise it was a mixed bag, with the excitement coming from unexpected sources.
The final last night was poor, though. I mainly blame France for this.
They played similar to the way they played Germany.
The host team, in the Final should have gone for Portugal from the start, instead of turning it into a twenty minute game at the end.
Their caution was their undoing.
The loss of Ronaldo was perceived to herald the end of Portugal’s final, but, perversely, the team grew in stature.
Fonte and Pepe were like rocks and up front, Nani stepped up to the plate.
Everyone put in a hard shift and robbed of the tactic of looking for CR7 with every ball, they expanded their game.
I truly believe that the absence of Ronaldo was the catalyst for Portugal’s victory.
Instead of CR7 winning matches for his team mates., his team mates won this match for him and I, for one, was glad.
I thoroughly enjoyed MON’s one to one interview on TV3 during last night’s build up, where he let us into his thought processes during the tournament and demonstrated some of the psychology he used.
A very clever man, our MON.
Bobby M,
Many Happy Guinness Returns on your big day.
“What a difference a day makes”, said your mother to the midwife!
Celtic’s official Player list for Champions League (List A plus List B *)
Qualifying phase Tournament phase
Goalkeepers
1 Craig Gordon
26 Logan Bailly
38 Leonardo Fasan
65 Conor Hazard
Defenders
3 Emilio Izaguirre
4 Efe Ambrose
22 Saidy Janko
23 Mikael Lustig
28 Erik Sviatchenko
37 Jamie McCart *
41 Darnell Fisher
63 Kieran Tierney
Midfielders
6 Nir Bitton
8 Scott Brown
14 Stuart Armstrong
18 Tom Rogic
19 Scott Allan
25 Stefan Johansen
35 Kristoffer Ajer
42 Callum McGregor
49 James Forrest
52 Joseph Thomson *
58 Mark Hill *
62 Regan Hendry *
Forwards
7 Nadir Çiftçi
9 Leigh Griffiths
10 Moussa Dembele
17 Ryan Christie
27 Patrick Roberts
60 Calvin Miller *
73 Michael Johnston *
99 Jack Aitchison *
43.08 For the three qualifying rounds and the play-offs, a club may register a maximum of one new eligible player on List A after the above-mentioned deadlines, provided the quota of locally trained players is respected. Such registration must be completed by 24.00CET on the day before the relevant first-leg match
So deadline 11pm tonight for one new signing to be eligible
Well said James Forrest.The idiocy of these morons is something to behold.When you add that to naked bigotry,well.The “State Aid”case ,”Pacific Shelf”,gibberish that the uneducated try and cling onto in the hope it will take the stink away from them.
Keep telling it like it is,at least you know they are reading it and getting themselves into a pure rage.When the hammer falls on these morons,and it will,think of the enjoyment you will take from it.
Paul 67
Agreed
Honeymoon period over for Brendan Rodgers.
Now that he’s played every fit player we have at the club, he has to pick a best eleven, and start developing it for the more difficult CL qualification ties to come.
Whatever side he picks it’ll have an inevitable Ronny look.
James Forrest
Take it easy.why give them oxygen.we have the rest of time to review and ridicule the deadclub and the new club Ther angers.Anger is theirs and will be eternally.
Suing a hun brought a smule to my face.rest easy mate if you go down the jezza kyle route(court etc)in they win..you and I know they wont.let them vent their episodic delusions.
Greenpinata
Re bringin our own.I feel we will be led their via BR and our devt youngyins in economic terms due to our size and the economic arena we play in.BR at Reading and Swansea did this so i am hoping the template ‘tupes’ over.
:-)
HH
TURKEYBHOY & AN TEARMANN:
Love and respect brothers.
Any confirmation of any channels showing the match tomorrow?
Masty
The Saturday night in Limerick suits me for a wee sesh. Hopefully Almore and his bro can join us.
HH
Bobby: Congratulations on the umpteenth anniversary of your 21st birthday. I’ll be in touch later via email.
DD: Are you staying overnight in Limerick? If so, where?
Auld Tam @9.20,
I always fancied sitting in the Main Stand but after reading your contribution, I am thankful to be sitting where I have done for the past umpteen years in the North Stand. We don’t always agree about all things Celtic vut at least we are civilised about it, even those who didn’t fancy our Ronnie.
Happy Birthday Bobby ya legend ye:))
Have a cracking day mate..
HH fae The Evergreen Valley
BMCUW
Many happy returns bud. Enjoy your pure genius.
Almore
Nowhere booked yet in Limerick.
Happy Birthay to BMCUW.
Have a good yin and a few beers too
Celtic
:-)
DD: R and I may head down on the bus and we can get a late night bus home. Let me know when you’ve booked something.
Who guards the guards?
A thoughtful piece from E Tim’s.
High time some oversight of SFA is put in place.
http://etims.net/?p=9359
https://twitter.com/theepicgooner/status/752384646403481600
Auldheid
I saw your comments on John James yesterday. I’m not sure if already covered but I don’t see how the distinction between new club and old club is relevant to title striping. If RFC 1872 broke the rules and historical records are amended why does it matter if they are a new club or old club.
BMCUW…
Enjoy your sixtieth mate.:))
Don’t want to spoil it but Theresa May the thatcher clone is now our prime minister:((((
Auldheid
Re sfa-In terms of ffp intro? Hope so.
Hope your good :-)
HH
BMCUWP
Many happy returns, have a great day