Olivier Ntcham stole the show with a stunning free-kick goal for France under-21s against Bulgaria last night. Celtic’s midfielder came on as a 75th minute substitute, not long after teammate Moussa Dembele was subbed off.
Olivier has been capped by France at every age group since under-16. It is a mark of the expectations we have for him, and Moussa, that they are exposed to the demands of the Allianz Arena, despite Olivier having less than 50 senior games under his belt, and Moussa having less than 100.
At similar stages of their development, expectations of Kenny Dalglish and Henrik Larsson were considerably less, while contemporaries, Stuart Armstrong and Tom Rogic took years to reach peak form.
What we have seen from Olivier, and to a lesser extent Moussa, is a glimpse of their potential. Playing for Celtic, with its unique mix of expectations to win every domestic game, indifferent domestic opponents, and regular Champions League football, provides a great opportunity to polish potential into the finished article.
Young players will get first team opportunities in less demanding games, while 18-year-olds like Anthony Ralston will be asked to get stuck in against PSG. I doubt any other club can offer a better environment to develop talent, which explains why we can attract Moussa, Olivier and Odsonne Edouard.
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Judith looking radiant….
Bada…put Judith in charge of the SFA and let Regan talk about the weather…
WBC- I wouldn’t put Regan in charge of a tyre and a length of rope.
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 10TH NOVEMBER 2017 1:31 PM
Scotland will never get anywhere as long as they pick players of the calibre you mention. They are nowhere good enough for international football.
Bada
I may be wrong but I think McKay said he didn’t hear it until Regan announced it to the media. Not that he hadn’t heard it until the match.
Bada – either way Regan is a poor excuse for s CEO
Jophes- sorry mate, i think you’re right, he told media first and embarassed Mackay
Bada…no, I would live him some rope to play with…
Glendalys…and 3 minutes for Jason Cummings…why bother?
I believe he wants out the SFA and back into club management…who’d take him? Maybe Cowdenbeath…
live/give
!!BADA BING!! on 10TH NOVEMBER 2017 12:08 PM
Alex Rae makes Derek Johnstone sound like Brian Glanville……
Thats easy for you to say.
great parody(piss take of the pet shop boys}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUAcN9UCnbU
TheClumpany on 10th November 2017 12:55 pm
Nice one Clumps!! :))
Wur they Orange Bees by any chance??
HH
TC45
Is this the Agreement referred to as ` The Five Way Agreement`. If it is, who is the fifth partner?
” Agreement on transfer of membership
Friday, 27 July 2012
Joint statement on behalf of The Scottish FA, The Scottish Premier League, The Scottish Football League and Sevco Scotland Ltd.”
JJ
Hot Smoked
Rangers in liquidation
Ex ref Dermot Gallagher live at home on BBC News re last night’s Norn Iron game, i am sure a framed Celtic jersey was in the background, with a scarf draped on top of it.
Dessybhoy
Why aren`t they mentioned?
JJ
Sky pinning poppys on foreign F1 (not a sport either Ernie) drivers..? wtf…
Football in Sweden turned professional in 1967, 11 years later Denmark would go down the same route this meant any player good enough to make a living from the game was forced abroad in search of success
As a result, in the early 60s, Scottish clubs, mainly the Arabs and Morton, took advantage of their amateur status. The latter recruited several Danish stars including 3 that would eventually end up at hades. Stealing other teams’ best players as usual.
The Arabs also went down this route with five Scandinavian imports one of which would also end up with the dark side.
Over at Love Street the Buddies followed a similar pattern with the signing in 1961 of Icelandic international Tottie Beck. He was an immediate success being elected their player of the year in 1962-63, in 1964 he moved to Govan for a hun record transfer fee. He never reached the heights he did in Paisley, in fact his only endearment tae the baying hordes there was his mercilessly and repeated fouling of Celtic’s wee red heided winger in a New Year’s game where the wee mhan ended up retaliating and gubbed his aggressor leaving him flat out on the pitch. As Jimmy ran up the tunnel the wee faker had a miraculous recovery and jumped tae his feet. With only 11 games and 2 goals tae his credit he was gone by the end of that season.
Around the time of his move along Paisley Road West I had a former school friend/neighbour, who worked in an establishment on Hope Street. At the time of the transfer of beck he told me that it was common knowledge in his employers building that the Buddies wanted shot of his huge salary.
At the same time it seems a prominent home builder who was also chairman of a neighbouring team to St Mirren was looking to build homes in the same county as the Buddies home, it was alleged that in return for rezoning his team would take beck off the hands of a council members favourite team for as stated above a Scottish record fee. Knowing of them did money really change hands.
Now looking at this some years later it has crossed my mind that a current house building contractor who is also chairman of a top Scottish football side might in the interests of his allegedly struggling effort to build a new stadium make a sleight of hand (pun intended) deal with the bastions of masonry, and not the bricklaying type either, and allow his sides current manager, derek kai jahansen mcsleekit who still refers tae naesurname as the gaffer, to move tae the job he covets, even though he’s a bit of a breest. The tentacles of the ludge move in mysterious ways.
TT
remember watching Dane Eric Sorenson for morton in early 60s – moved to oldco for a season or 2
Hot Smoked
Through the admin when they the adminstrators attempted to sign players therefore adding costs, to the allowed carve up of assets which Green got for a bit over £5m then these same assets are on a share prospectus at a much higher valuation,to the continuation myth and same club/history nonsense, nothing and I mean nothing about the whole process of the administration then liquidation of Rangers makes sense to me, there has been a trial which in my opinion was always going to end the way it did due to the accused having plenty on others which has not seen the light of day. It stinks to the moon and back, the football bodies and most clubs want to move on, only fans can demand that football deals with the football wrongs in all this but will they?
Orange Persson played for the deid club
Xavi to retire at end of the season? Come over here son, give us a year….
Dessybhoy.
Thanks again but I am still confused !
Perhaps that is the intention.
JJ
Hot Smoked
Three of the parties to the 5 way agreement no longer exist, the SPL and SFL merged to form the SPFL convenient for them that move I think, and Rangers are in liquidation, but I think they might have been represented in these discussions to make the 5 way agreement, I might also be completely on the wrong track.
Jophes
Eric had a pub in Greenock across the street from Scotts Cartsburn Shipyard ” Sorensons”
was not a bad wee bar ,full of Huns right enough. Not a bad lad, his wife was a good looker.
JOPHES on 10TH NOVEMBER 2017 3:47 PM
TT
remember watching Dane Eric Sorenson for morton in early 60s – moved to oldco for a season or 2
*I recall him flapping in the air at a corner where Wispy bumbled it intae the net.
Dessybhoy
Here is the statement that caught my attention:
“Agreement on transfer of membership
Friday, 27 July 2012
Joint statement on behalf of The Scottish FA, The Scottish Premier League, The Scottish Football League and Sevco Scotland Ltd.
We are pleased to confirm that agreement has been reached on all outstanding points relating to the transfer of the Scottish FA membership between Rangers FC (In Administration), and Sevco Scotland Ltd, who will be the new owners of The Rangers Football Club.
A conditional membership will be issued to Sevco Scotland Ltd today, allowing Sunday’s Ramsdens Cup tie against Brechin City to go ahead.
Following the completion of all legal documentation, the Scottish Premier League will conduct the formal transfer of the league share between RFC (IA) and Dundee FC on no later than Friday 3rd August 2012. At this point, the transfer of Scottish FA membership will be complete.
Key points:
– The Scottish FA has received all necessary information and documentation from Sevco Scotland Ltd, including details of the company structure, shareholders, financial projections and business plan.
– Sevco Scotland Ltd has agreed to accept all conditions relating to RFC (IA)’s charges of bringing the game into disrepute, namely the 12-month transfer embargo, beginning at 0.01a.m on 1st September 2012, and payment of all outstanding fines and costs.
– Sevco Scotland Ltd has agreed to settle all outstanding football debts to other members of the Scottish FA plus clubs under the jurisdiction of other Football Associations.
– The Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League have reached agreement on the purchase of a package of broadcasting rights which will allow the former to include The Rangers FC matches in contracts with broadcast partners.
– The Scottish Premier League has reserved its position in relation to the on-going investigation into EBTs.
Stewart Regan, Chief Executive of the Scottish FA: “We are pleased for everyone involved in this process, and indeed the whole of Scottish football, that a conclusion has been reached.
“There were a number of complex and challenging issues involved but, primarily, the Scottish FA had to be satisfied that the new owners of Rangers would operate in the best interests of the club, its fans and Scottish football in general.
“We have reached agreement on all terms and conditions attached to the transfer of membership and are able to grant conditional membership, ahead of the formal transfer of the SPL share a week today. This will allow the season to kick-off as planned this weekend and I am sure there will be many who will join me in welcoming the start of the new football season in Scotland.
“This has been a difficult period for Scottish football, but with this agreement now in place, and with the new season upon us, it is essential that we all focus our energies on football once again. In the months ahead, the Scottish FA will resume discussions on the subject of league reconstruction. We remain committed to this process in order to re-energise the national game and will work closely with the SPL, SFL and all other relevant affiliated bodies to provide a dynamic product appealing to our supporters.”
Charles Green, Chief Executive of The Rangers Football Club, said “The agreement signed today allows Rangers to be granted membership by the SFA and finally enables the Club to move forward.
“The Board, the Manager and senior executives have been working tirelessly over the last few weeks to secure the future of the Club and today is the start of that process.
“The Board has had to take some very difficult decisions to gain SFA membership, including accepting the delayed transfer ban and paying outstanding financial penalties. But we are now able to get back to playing football and plan for the new season, starting this Sunday with our match against Brechin.
“There remains, however, an outstanding issue with the SPL regarding EBTs. As we have proved in the last couple of months we will stand up to any challenges that face Rangers and will continue to fight for the Club’s best interests.”
Neil Doncaster, Chief Executive of the SPL: “We are pleased to have reached an agreement with the parties concerned. Discussions will now continue with our broadcast partners and we expect to be in a position to make a further announcement next week on broadcasting rights and the on-going EBT investigation.”
Jim Ballantyne, President of the SFL: “Current events have thrown up some serious challenges to Scottish football and the SFL has played its part in trying to navigate through to a solution in difficult circumstances.
“I am now looking forward to doing what we are actually here to do. To play football.”
JJ
PS I can just imagine Auldheid throwing his head back in despair !!
Cheerio for now,
Funnily enough……..
Sorensen was a spectacular keeper until he went to Ibrox
Told you it was funny….
HH :-)
Wasn’t that nice of them, park the EBT issue , give Charles Green’s basket of assets the history provided they meet the debts, and Green will stand up for Rangers about the EBT issue, it was bent then and it is still the same, business and money before integrity and football as a Sport.
Bada Bing
Dermot Gallagher
Had the pleasure of meeting him one night in Dublin,after the Ireland Scotland game actually
Good character,born in Dublin but left as a child.
Very strong on all things Irish,loves Celtic,and a very devout practising catholic
One of our !!!!
WITS- He was the ref in a few testimonials/friendlies we played in Engerland back in the day HH
Bada
Yes he said he loved reffing Celtic
If dorrrans and the grass wurnae injured might have been 3 deidco players at pittodrie last night. cakeeater must have been proud of happy jack as he touted both him and dorris, aye so he did, just repeated what the fat airdire supporter told him. holt up next.
!!BADA BING!! on 10TH NOVEMBER 2017 3:49 PM
Orange Persson played for the deid club
Mostly all orange persons played for the deid club.
So much so that the were going to refer to themselves as ‘we are the persons’, instead of we are the peepil.
Irish Regiment pictured at The Somme.
Headline you’ll see in SMSM…………… ” Gers get their man ” (regardless of who he is)
Threesie ( eat your heart out Big Jimmy )
Bit of a longshot Looking for a ticket for the PSG game in Paris .
I am staying in the Holiday Inn Express, Canal De La Villett
Flying from Manchester Air France Tuesday 21st November 14:05
as I said long shot Thanks.