Celtic Banter Archive April 16 2014

16 Apr 2014 20:30:04
I see that Celtic will stage the Glasgow cup final on April 28th . Why? . The media are already creaming themselves describing it as a you know what final . I can't understand why we are staging it . It's not as if we need money . It's not as if we need the hassle which I think we will get . It's reported 2500 tickets will be given to school kids and the rest will sell at £5 a time . After the carry on at Firhill last year it looks like inviting trouble and with the building work being done at the main entrance I feel the fans will run into each other . I can't see why an under 17 final can't be played at Lennoxtown . No harm to the kids who'll be playing but I just hope it's not a recipe for disaster . DH

Have to agree.We don't need the problems this game will inevitably throw up.Unless the board see this as a way to introduce the nonsensical old firm tag to the game.

GJ . The board to me are the biggest culprits in all this . Faceless men who don't really care how the fans feel but are wiling to go along with the nonsense that the MSM are peddling . Scott Brown refused to answer a question about Leigh Griffiths a few weeks ago and walked out the press conference . I take it he had been told beforehand not to talk about the situation and did what he was told . So why is our club still pandering to the notion that the tribute club is still the same club and not informing players and management not to discuss things that's got nowt to do with us . All I'm waiting for now is to see on the club website how they will promote and advertise this final . DH

16 Apr 2014 22:55:22
Couldn't agree more DH, this game should not be played at CP, and shouldn't be advertised at all, anyone who is interested in this game would have been aware when it is due to be played. Now I would imagine there will be a substantial crowd of desperadoes sadly looking for the closest thing they can get to the now extinct old firm games which can only lead to bother

This is the email I was sent regarding the final.

Glasgow Cup Final

On Monday 28th April Celtic park will host the Glasgow cup final of Celtic v Rangers KO 7PM.

Tickets Priced £5 per person, if you would like to be considered please provide the following details client code etc.

Lawwell had his wee Rory Bremner joke about RFC/Sevco, but before that and since then the PLC have never given their stance on the situation of Oldco + Newco. Not to mention telling shareholders to withdraw their complaints to UEFA about the lack of action taken by the SFA regarding that mob!

16 Apr 2014 18:24:33
Just heard the PFA nominees for the lower leagues in Scotland, Fraser Wishart has surpassed himself with 3 Sevco players nominated and 2 ex Sevco players in div 2 nominated.
This despite even the most fervent Sevco supporter bemoaning how poor their team has been.
"impartiality" at it's best from a union who champions "fair and just" treatment of ALL.

Tim I usually like your posts but what has Wishart got to do with the nominations lol.

16 Apr 2014 19:46:11
@Rayman he is the head of the Scottish PFA
perhaps others on here will enlighten you about his "impartiality" all I will say he likes insects particulary WASPS

Wishart is another who cannot bring himself to say anything negative about sevco.Having said that the only winner can be Wallace, head and shoulders above anyone in the lower divisions.

Tim I know what he does but he does not pick the nominations the players do. Or am I missin something lol.

17 Apr 2014 11:49:34
@Rayman there have been murmorings over the years about how the votes are counted, lots of "spoiled" paper votes etc. it needs to be independently verified by a respected organisation

To be fair, why wouldn't the nominees in the third tier be full time players from Sevco, who are unbeaten in a part time league? Also, Kane Hemmings has been a standout in the Championship this season for Cowdenbeath - as has Rory Loy for Falkirk and Tony Andreu for Accies. Rory McAllister has played at top flight level in Scotland not so long ago, so his name isn't a surprise for the bottom tier. Don't see what the problem is with the nominations?

Wasn't aware of that but surely can't be true as I sure the players themselves would a picked up on it.I with Hamilton on this they were always going to be picked considerin what they are up against and I also sure Wallace will win by a mile he the only good player they got.

16 Apr 2014 14:55:43
hi
do we still go through the champions route with next seasons CL qualifiers.

16 Apr 2014 16:07:31
OP you have answered your own question, Celtic as CHAMPIONS will qualify via the CHAMPIONS group of teams. 3 qualifiers to manoeuvre out of.

We will have 3 rounds to qualify for group stages and we are likely to be seeded in the champions route

16 Apr 2014 20:00:23
ED007 I read somewhere that there are 8 teams with a higher coefficient than Celtic are we guaranteed to be seeded for all 3 qualifiers?

{Ed007's Note - There's six teams with a higher co-efficient than us Timbo and as things stand plus the way leagues are expected to finish we will be seeded in all the qualifying rounds.
Basel look like winning the Swiss league and they will go directly into the group stage. Out of the five other teams who would have to win their title for Celtic not to be seeded, Salzburg (who have won the Austrian league) and Steaua Bucharest (6 points clear in the Romanian league) take up 2 of those places.
APOEL are second in the Cypriot league, FC Copenhagen are sitting third in the Danish league and Viktoria Plzen are second in the Czech league.}

The teams (with co-efficient) in the 1st Q Round so far are:

TNS (4.850)
Levadia Tallinn (4.575)
HB (3.175)
Lincoln Red Imps (0.000)

Along with the N. Irish, Armenian, Sammarinese + Andorran champions.

The 4 winners from that round will join the the following teams in the 2nd Q Round, including us:

Salzburg (46.185)
Celtic (36.813)
BATE (33.725)
Aktobe (8.150)
Ventspils (7.750)
HJK (7.435)
Malmo (6.265)
KR (5.350)
Stromsgodset (4.855)
St Pat's (4.775)
Zalgiris Vilnius (3.050)

Along with the Czech, Romanian, Israeli, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovakian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Slovenian, Georgian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Moldovan, Montenegrin, Macedonian, Albanian, Maltese + Luxembourgish champions.

The Champions path in the 3rd round will include 17 winners from the previous round along with the Swiss, Cypriot + Danish champions.

Then the Play-Off Round's Champions path will be the 10 winners of the 3rd Q Round.

Just shows the level our club has slouched too, when we're starting in the same round as Maltese + Luxembourgish teams - and the round before the Cypriot champions!