I see there is a bit of sensitivity across the city today, on the 11th anniversary of Rangers liquidation. Fair enough. We are all entitled to our own backstory and if the shoe was on the other foot, we would be clinging to dear life to whatever comforts we could. As the years go by, however, a re-writing can creep in. For example, “EBTs were used by Celtic and lots of other clubs, Rangers were just victimised by HMRC”, is a new article of the faithless.
Just in case you encounter a Halloween zombie believing in such fairytales tonight, set him right. Celtic funded an EBT with one payment (only). They declared this to HMRC and paid the tax. The payment was not subject to a contract, hidden from the football and taxation authorites or otherwise. It wasn’t the EBT that was Rangers’ problem, it was using the scheme as disguised renumeration, the failure to pay tax on this renumeration and the failure to submit player employment contracts which noted these payments to the SFA and SPL, as both bodies require in order to ensure rules are followed and a level playing field.
News confirmed yesterday afternoon, that Reo Hatate would miss the remainder of the year because of a hamstring injury picked up on Wednesday, presents a significant problem for Celtic. Without Reo, we are slower, lacking his speed of thought and movement. This correlates with results, which are poorer without him. I think this is a real problem.
Liel Abada, another of our main creative talents, will also be missing until around the same time, leaving Brendan Rodgers with a challenge when facing packed Premiership defences. He is not short of central midfield options, but there is not a clear substitute for Hatate, anymore than there is for Abada. These talents are scarce in football.
For Reo, this is the fourth consecutive season he has suffered a hamstring injury, confirming a fragility he has in both legs. The winter break starts after 2 January, after which we have a Scottish Cup tie and a home game against Ross County on 27 January. That County game should be his target. There is no point rushing him back for New Year, take the treatment and allow the injury a full three months to heal.
He is 25 years old, with his talent, injury profile and new contract, he is a player we can anticipate staying at Celtic for a long time. We should take the medicine and invest whatever time necessary now to give him the best chance of a full recovery.
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Must say I believe our board are mostly Tory arseholes
Being 70\30,supporter of the GB,the 30%,some of the crappy,played out Rebs they inflict on us,not all,some.Their Tifos,Flags,colour,support,I love.BUUUUUT,and its a big but,that’s a hefty charge sheet against them.CFC,for their part,have been overly lenient with them regards Flares,Smoke Devices,at European games.A recent figure had fines around £ 250,000..They just dont give a fek,ignoring every plea to desist.The illegal entries,a bit over the top behaviour.
No way is this about Flags.Some will try to claim this for their own agendas,but that is the proverbial straw.As I said,a hefty charge sheet,which Celtic could no longer ignore.
Very sad day for Celtic Park,but grabbing an Ultra by the tail,was always going to end badly
Celtic and the Green Brigade!!! most if us are torn. On one hand their displays are world class and spectacular. On the other hand their defiance against the laws of the game, as governed by UEFA, is hurting Celtic financially and reputational.
This is arguably thee…thee mother of all league titles to win. The financial gains are extremely significant for Celtic but a lifeline for a struggling rangers (see penalty fix for them from the usuals). We are up against it this season – I worry that the green brigade is more interested in factors outside of Celtic, rather than supporting the football on the pitch – THERE HERE AND NOW support needed to boost the team.
I Love the fact we support suppressed countries – there must be other ways to demonstrate this within the laws of the game (and I fkn hate UEFA laws and corruption)
Find another approach and Celtic ……………find a better way to engage the green brigade. “Discussions leading to potential suspension – is better than “Suspended, lets talk”
Stebhoy,
I think there has bee quite a few discussions between the parties over the years.
Too many Che Guevaras ,and Wolfy Smiths,leading the GB,now putting their politics before Celtic.I dont mind it,they ARE Ultras,but I do know a lot of fans who can’t be arsed with it.
Too many Tories, Keir Starmers & Joe Bidens among the Celtic Support now if you ask me. As for this blog – ffs. The Celtic View was like the Morning Star compared to the leads on this now. How much have the powers that be cost Celtic over the past years with their persistent ineptitude and deliberate actions ? How many of those decisions were made with self-interest at play ? Now wondering if all those conspiracy theories about keeping the OF afloat were actually true. Will banning the GB have zero effect on the title chances ? Remains to be seen. Meanwhile across the city (well I’m sure we’ll hear all about that in a good few leads soon). Shiny, shiny (don’t look here)…
and to think I used to give the Powers that be the benefit of the doubt…was less ashamed of the Old Board…
No way is this not about the flags….
Hand of God – 100%
OneNightInIbrox – my feckin 4rse, the pathetic stewarding of the Celtic fans at home (trying to get thru the turnstiles on euro nights e.g.),never mind away from home is a far bigger danger than anything the GB have ever done. What have the Club actually DONE about any of it.
copyright An Tearmann, meanwhile Genocide is taking place….
i take it John James is a bad man ?
Good morning all from Govanhill.
A very happy 60th birthday to my great friend BelmontBrian.
Nearly forgot.
Gerrintaethum Celtic!!!!
Good Morning Celts – Grand Day To Be A Tim,
SFtBs @ 4:00 PM,
“Do they get more bang for their buck? How do they manage to spend so much more than us? They got 48m Euro for selling players last summer and spent 38mm Euro on incoming. They got 15m more for Milinkovic-Savic from the Saudis than we did for Jota and they did not have to share that with Benfica. They share in a TV deal that dwarfs ours and they play in a competitive environment that is much more testing and much nearer Euro elite level. We have a less than 25% win rate against Italian teams in our history. Even the Lions won only 2 out of 7 against Italian teams. So, from what factual evidenced basis do we derive a view that we should be beating them? On a one-off basis, of course- NFL did just that, but regularly- we do not win against them 3 times out of 4.
The point I clearly made was that the idea that we can’t compete with UCL teams due to our reduced financial state is a nonsense.
We have already drawn with Athletico at home, a Club that is the largest financially advantage in our UCL group.
We are relatively speaking on a par with Feyenoord and Lazio in finacial terms; you can look at TV deals, or Season ticket sales, or Sponsorship deals or cash in the bank or profit and loss or yada, yada, yada
Point being we are ballpark the same.
Lazio will be playing Bologna – one of their best and most valuable players is Lewis Ferguson.
A handy player no doubt but not out of our league.
Just realised you were commenting earlier about Hernan Crespo earlier, how out of touch was that?
That was decades ago, what that’s got to do with the price of fish who knows!?
Yet consider this, we beat Juventus at Celtic Park then and was robbed in Turin.
We are creating boogeymen that don’t exist, we should be more than capable of competing with these UCL teams.
“Which begs the question. Is intimate an acceptable synonym for state?
Where does intimate lie on the line between an implication (for which the article is responsible) and an inference (which is your hot take entirely).
Intimate is doing the work of appears and seems, which get used when you cannot state things for a fact.
Here is where a guest leader has a very interesting look Sevco’s “relative poverty…”
https://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/the-problem-of-relative-poverty/
Here is Paul67, putting it in his own inimitable style…
https://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/newco-accounts-a-way-forward-if-they-take-the-medicine/
They have done remarkably well to market their chances: the brilliant city trader, the exotic Portuguese, the A-list celeb. There are surely limits to how many times you can resurrect failed aspiration. They question is, are Newco viable as perennial runners-up?
So, asking the question do they have the wherewithal to even be, constant runners Up.
You talk of Celtic in the 50s, 80, 90s like fholk didn’t love following the Tic in those decades, presumably because we weren’t winning trebles!?
Well Celtic’s challenge in the 50s was the likes of teams like Hibs, with their famous five.
Celtic’s challenge in 80s was the likes of Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen.
Celtic’s challenge in the 90s was the financially doped Glasgow Rangers.
We faced those challenges and the supporters backed the team despite no treble winners. Win, lose or draw.
Hibs are a shadow of that team, so is Aberdeen – Rangers are dead, the lead tells us eleven years dead – so I ask again, who are we dominating!!??
Our challengers this season are teams like Feyenoord and Lazio, our staff and players should be properly prepared and backed to face these teams head on.
Celtic 3 – 0 St Mirren
COYBIG
Hail Hail
There’s that Chiltern Chairbhoy talking to himself at half five in the morning. 😁
Ffs, so am I. 😂
BRRB…
Get back on the booze grumpy:)))
Hail Hail
😂
Good morning all from a very sad Garngad.
Our Tory board have done it again turned on our very own.
The banning of the green brigade could have a detrimental effect on performances and I fear points dropped, in the year that the league brings so much riches if you win it.
Sevco are throwing everything they have at it, our board are helping them.
Funny that, (5 way agreement, all about the blue pound Pete Lawall is back in town) pulling the strings.
A man of no truths.
FreetheGreenBrigade
D :)
There are many tickets up for grabs for tonight’s game.
Many are offered on various Celtic sites eg Celtic Spares.
With a wee bit of effort anyone wanting to go will be able to do so.
COYBIG.
Happy Hoopy Birthday to…
BELMONT BRIAN.
So it appears that YOU are 60 years old Today…..I thought you were older than that ?
LOL
HH Mate.
Stebhoy
I think what you suggests re some kind of dialogue first would make sense. My understanding is that there has been repeated commitments made and broken by the GB over long periods and this was a final straw.
It’s a huge decision and a big risk in a huge season. One I am sure won’t have been taken lightly.
A week ago we had the massive flag waving in support of the people suffering in Palestine which made headlines for our club in what I personally believe was a very positive way (although god knows if it made a single bit of difference in this tragic scenario). We had a great connection, which so often seems lacking these days, between club, team and support.
A week on and no one wins from this situation. Sitting in a quasi library listening to the negative crap from all the expert commentators who sit around me is certainly not a fun experience and certainly not one which anyone connected with Celtic would want.
The negativity of the support tonight will be channeled straight onto the park by the first stray pass if we haven’t scored in 10 minutes.
It will take a few Beaton decisions or a goal for Dundee up at dens to get our crowd going.
No Reo, No Jota, a potentially negative atmosphere and an entitled bunch of consumers who have enjoyed little else but domestic dominance for 12 years. It’s not the ‘faithful through and through’ of old.
If our players come through this tonight then they really will deserve every plaudit. Brendan needs all that energy which was missing in the first half on Saturday.
Tonight may not determine who wins the league this season but it really could have a huge influence. To me there is no logical reason for those running the club to take this risk now unless their hand was forced.
BELMONT BRIAN
Very best wishes! Hope you have a great day!
60? I had you much younger than that!
Mine’s a Guinness!
Cheers!
Belmont Brian: Breithlá sona duit.
🎂🥃🎂
It’s the tail wagging the bloody dog!
Is it only Celtic Park that the GB protest?
Or do they take to the streets as well?
Asking for a friend.
Burnley 78,
Why do you continually denigrate our support ?
Many of whom have made financial sacrifice to keep their seat at Parkhead.
They also make a commitment on time and effort and do not deserve the constant use of the word negative.
Cheer up.
HH.
https://i2-prod.footballscotland.co.uk/incoming/article28015413.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/0_Hibernian-FC-v-Celtic-FC-Cinch-Scottish-Premiership.jpg
No one player, manager or group is bigger than Celtic Football Club.
Arrogance was their downfall.
Celtic will adapt and move on.
Philboy – your ignorance of the GBs activities is staggering – tell your friend to worry more about the subway timetable
No one board member is bigger….
B78 – agreed
JOHN JAMES is alive and well and probably banned from CQN.
John James site – a link to his website i put on last night was “disappeared”.
A happy hoopy birthday to BelmontBrian 🍺🥃🇮🇪🇮🇪
Good morning CQN.
Game day.
Can’t wait.
Will be watching in a bar in sunny Benalmadena.
Wish I was there in cold, wet Glasgow.
Stebhoy – very good post last night. Respect.
SPIKEYSAULDMAN on 1ST NOVEMBER 2023 9:05 AM
John James site – a link to his website i put on last night was “disappeared”.
So i was right.ps i was at ST MARHAS with your dad n uncle. Was your dad the tall one ????????????????
T
Happy Birthday to Belmont Brian!!
HH
Gerry