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Wright within rights, Ciftci running upstairs caveat

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I was disappointed for St Johnstone at their exit from the Europa League last night but not for Scottish football, or our coefficient points.  Saints are a provincial club in a very rural part of Scotland.  You only have to travel through the hills to Perth to realise that pocket of Scotland, with its tractors, knitwear and wellie boot shops, has no God given right to beat a team from any municipality anywhere.

They have done very well for the last couple of seasons, from a tiny catchment area, but managed to reach Europe by pipping Dundee United, who ironically were good enough to have key players poached midseason.

St Johnstone don’t have potential superstars, they are also the oldest team in the league, which gets you through a long campaign but they are never going to sparkle.  Or earn Scottish football a hatful of coefficient points.

Dundee United were decimated by the loss of those two players midseason, and were done no favours with the shadow of uncertainty which enveloped backroom and boardroom for months, but they, Aberdeen and Celtic are the only Scottish clubs capable of getting their act together to the extent required to reach European group stages.  For everyone else, Europe is strictly a July pursuit, so don’t stress about it, and Tommy Wright is well within his rights to talk up his own club.

If Scottish football wants to get all introspective about last night, we should concern ourselves with concentrating resources on clubs who are independently financially viable: Dundee United, Aberdeen, Hearts, Celtic, Hibs and maybe Dundee.  If more of our sponsorship and TV money went to Aberdeen and United and less to the thirty-or-so hangers on, they would be better placed to consolidate their development work and compete in Europe.

Celtic are five days away from their opening competitive game of the season, so I would think tonight’s friendly against Davie Moyes’ Real Sociedad will be the last strenuous exercise the players go through after what will have been a taxing first few weeks of preseason.  After this workout it should all be about recovery before the visit of Stjarnan on Wednesday.  The usual caveats apply to Nadir Ciftci, if he looks like he couldn’t run upstairs, he’s about where I’d expect him to be right now.

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  3. jamesgang on

    Sipsini

     

     

    In your absence this evening I took my ‘other’ ….. real dad!!!

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  7. leftclicktic on

    Just in and caught the updates

     

    Thank you to you all

     

    Get Nir signed up

     

    ohhhh and WEE BGFC

     

    Have a great holiday young mhan.

  8. Margaret McGill on

    I hate upstairs caveats

     

    They invariably remind me

     

    Of Lesley Anne downstairs types with no panties on!

  11. Parkheadcumsalford on

    roy croppie,

     

     

    I attended that game suffering the worst tooth ache in my life. So, I’ll never forget it. Did it end 1-1, with Bobby Lennox scoring for us? It was at Hampden for some reason, I think.

  12. charles kickham on

    Green brigade in trouble again there are flares all over the place in T in the Park

  14. Mountblow tim on

    • CelticFromCanada

     

    20:47 on 10 July, 2015

     

    Stream for the game ;)

     

    http://www.onsball.net/file.php?f=136

     

     

    CelticFromCanada

     

     

    A Big Thank you for that web site you put on the blog

     

    I could not make the game tonight

     

     

    Had a ticket but was unable to attend because my wife when into hospital today

     

     

    The chance encounter of reading your post maid it possible for me to be able to watch the game

     

     

    Made my day big time

     

     

    When I tell the wife it will cheer up no end as she wanted me to go to the game

     

     

    Thank you God Bless

     

     

    Hail Hail

     

     

    MT

  15. bournesouprecipe on

    I hope I never go on to CQN and the real supporters haven’t analysed a Celtic side.

  16. sipsini on

    jamesgang…

     

     

    It couldn’t be helped james.

     

     

    Glad you got to the game with your Dad, hopefully you still have ten fingers, you know what the flesh eating Zombies are like..:(

  25. clogher celt on

    Wits,

     

     

    No I don’t think so.

     

     

    Still reading about Newfoundland and the Fenian Invasion at the moment.

     

     

    Thanks for the offer of help.

  26. 67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar...... Ipox belongs to the creditors on

    Sky lady telling us that Celtic. Won 1-0 in their friendly, 5 days before I they play in the Europa League ……Doooooooo

  27. Captain Beefheart on

    Really disappointed that our main striker for Europe may be the Turkish guy.

     

     

    On the bright side, we haven’t sold any of our important players.

  30. harbo67 on

    The spirit of Arthur lee

     

    captain beefheart

     

     

    I have just read that myself there made me laugh, I mybe should have written that different. Could get me into trouble

  31. lubo of the lamp on

    roy croppie – 22:12

     

     

    Truly wonderful drummer Blondie had, so good he could have played for the Muppets if Animal was injured or otherwise incapacitated..

  33. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    MIKEINTORONTO

     

     

    Yell.com is a version here of Yellow Pages. As I have contact details for you both,I can put you in touch nearer the time.

  36. What is the Stars on

    Hamilton races tomorrow night

     

    Sean Corby very good young irish apprentice goes over for 2 rides, he was at ayr last weekend and rode 3 winners

     

    Could be worth following.

  37. bournesouprecipe on

    Delighted that Celtic secured Nadir Ciftci and think he’ll score goals for fun at CP.

  38. THE EXILED TIM on

    MiT-Clogher

     

     

    Thanks for the kind words last night.

     

    He hasn’t moved too much today, the drugs still in the system, but has just ate, so getting back to normality, he’s as grumpy as feck tho, he is the alpha of eight, the rest have been very subdued, hopefully back to norm in a day or so, and aye, they are a worry.

     

     

    HH

  42. mike in toronto on

    BMCUWP …. HA! In North America, that is a website for a woman’s clothing store, with lots of very young gorgeous women….

     

     

    you may have some explaining to do later, if KT comes home and notices my browser history! :)

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