Celtic Banter Archive January 16 2013

 

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16 Jan 2013 23:47:44
David Ginola, Robert Pires, Thierry Henry, Marcel Desailly, Manu Petit, Claude Makelele, Didier Deschamps, Yohan Cabaye, Hatem Ben Arfa, Gael Clichy, Sylvain Legwinski, Claude Makelele, Robert Pires, N'Zogbia, Bakary Sagna, Louis Saha, Mikael Silvestre, N'Zogbia, Frank Le Boef, Steed Malbranque, Younes Kaboul, William Gallas, Youri Djorkaeff, Sylvain Distan, Lassana Diarra, Nicolas Anelka.

All have been regarded as successes at one time or another in the Premiership, some more successful than others. Not all signed directly from the French league but a good few of these have.

It's a good market IMO, the quality players won't move here from the French league though. We were a nats bawhair from signing Ginola mind you, before Newcastle nipped in. What a signing he would have been. {Ed007's Note - They didn't all come straight from France though.}

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16 Jan 2013 21:35:07
Ed what's your thoughts on the French League . Personally I don't think it's much cop but what made me mention this is the obsession with EPL clubs paying over the odds money for over hyped players . Pardew, Redknapp, Wenger seem to be just flooding their teams with players from the French league.......DH {Ed007's Note - Oh God it's boring to watch DH!!!!! Their players all seem to be technically excellent but the tempo or something just makes it horrible to watch, that's probably why most of their top players play abroad. You look at the money PSG have spent and really just wonder why?}

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It's just off the top of my head I can't really recall many big successes to come over from the French League . Drogba, Cantona and maybe Evra . After that I'm struggling . Maybe some of the bhoys and ghirls will put me right .......DH {Ed007's Note - Do you mean moved over straight from France or just French players.....

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Moved straight from French League Ed .......DH {Ed007's Note - HHHmmmmm tough one... Barthez, LeBouef and Ginola are my three....}

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Robert Pires, Ginola, Yohan Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Bakary Sagna, Gael Clichy, Manu Petit, Louis Saha, Steed Malbranque, Younes Kaboul, Anelka, Barthez, Lassana Diarra all signed from French league. Many others too I imagine.

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German leagues are far better

Ska bhoy {Ed007's Note - Best in the world Ska, has been for a couple of years IMO.}

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Stéphane Guivarc'h . HeHe could not resist

TamBhoy74

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Bobo Balde... ;-)

More seriously, Lubo Moravcik spent most of his career in the French league before moving to Celtic (with a short stint in Germany in between).

TomTheTim

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16 Jan 2013 20:27:21
I don't quite get this arguement of league reconstruction rendering this season irrelevant.
Surely if its delayed another year you are rendering an entire season meaningless anyways for a multitude of teams like would be the case this season anyways!

I imagine the only reason that the biggest calls of foul play coming from the other lot (on the most part) is so that when change happens they start in the middle rather than the bottom.

Im not the biggest fan of the change but do say lets at least give it a go as it can't be any worse than what's on the go. But i am (if it happens) quite excited by the prospect of the 2ng group of 8 playing for promotion/relegation... It could get interesting... Maybe say all reasons why another time.

Maybe its too rushed ... Probably. But. We are not in a position to say no to change... what's the worst that can happen?

Evinguu

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I think its to do with a sponsor as the Clydesdale Bank expires in the summer. They are trying to make the Scottish game more attractive.

I'm being selfish and really I'm not bothered as it doesn't have an awful big effect on Celtic...maybe who or if there's another sponsor ?

It makes no difference Evinguu, I reckon they arrogantly assumed reconstruction was to fast track them up to the top.

There will still be a Div 3 winner for 2012/13 so the rules are not changing half way through the season either. If Ally wants to not play the rest of this season & 'let' another team be champions, that's up to him.

Me, I play to win & be champion no matter what :-) Mrs E

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No doubting the sponsorship deal is a big catalyst. And in current climate its the money that's the decisive factor.

Just getting fed up of scottish footballs inability to embrace or even try change ( in general of course... Spl split comes to mind).

Its not the best setup suggested but its probs the one that will produce the most 'box office' games with the choice of clubs we have. Esp in the premier and championship leagues Post splits.

It does not have a big effect on us. Any league setup wouldn't as we expect to pretty much be at the top of the pile regardless. But if this setup can generate more clubs needing to play more meffective and consistant football i genuinely see it as a goodish plan.

That lot are indeed just spitting the dummy out because there's no fasttrack and so there shouldn't be. But they could at least offer something as an alternative or leave the big clubs to decide what's happening.

Evinguu

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16 Jan 2013 19:47:08
question for the tech guys Ed. got a new ipad but struggling to access the usual streaming sites for fottball. anyone got an answer (polite pls!) {Ed007's Note - Sorry but I am not allowed to help you but if anyone can I will post it up.}

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Its a bugger on ipad. All i know is use the dolphin browser. Works for me.

Evinguu

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The new iPad does not have the necessary software installed to allow this. There are various apps that say they can do it but I've tried most if not all with no luck. Think you will just have to wait for an app to come out, although I've heard one should be with us soon, patience

Vambo

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The problem you have is that the iPad/iPhone don't support flash player which you need to watch live streams, the only solution I have found is if you know someone with sky, get their sign in info and get the sky go app and watch the games on there, (doesn't help with the games that are not on sky or espn) but that's the best I've come up with, I tried the photon app which basically connects you to the net via a server in the USA that supports flash player but it was a nightmare tbh, there were ads upon ads and it kept opening other pages and freezing. Good luck but there's not much we can do until apple get their arse into gear and release an app that supports flash player

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Theirs a few things you can do that will work but first it needs to be jail broke

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Dammit i meant to say puffin not dolphin... Dolphins the android one. I just watched arsenal game on firstrow sports on my ipad on puffin.

Evinguu

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Is there any way of streaming football on a Kindle Fire HD? I've been trying for a while but with no luck.

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If you jailbreak it you can get xbmc installed on it its superb any streaming site plus tv if need be

Hobbybhoy

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I have installed the sky fire app this has successfully enabled me to stream live games without Flash

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Cheers evinguu, got the app and plays fine

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A friend of mine has xbmc on a 120 inch projector with 7.2 surround. Its unreal. Watching football on that thing is just crazy.

Melb Bhoy

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16 Jan 2013 19:23:04
Back to football matters although not Celtic...

I'm having a heated discussion with a good friend and i swear i'm ready to kick his ass big time !

Pep, will he fail at Bayern ? Is he a deserved previous winner of FIFA Manager of the Year or would anyone have won that as the Coach of the current Barcelona team.

Is the success of the current team in anyway down to him?

I don't think he'll fail, i see no reason why or that he's an incapable coach. I think its a major disrespect that he was nothing more than a figure head at Barca.

Anyway..what does everyone else think ?

Mrs E {Ed007's Note - Until he has been tested outside of his comfort zone he has a lot to prove. People say that footballer's are only as good as their last game, well managers are only as good as their last season, he had no Plan B when Plan A didn't work and failed in his final season at Barca. He should have stayed on another year to try and topple Jose himself, that would have looked good on his CV.
I would agree with your friend that any manager would have had the same level of success at Barca, the players are coached to play a certain way from they are any age, Johan Cruyff deserves more plaudits than any Barca coach.
Guardiola was like a foreman in the workplace, he just made sure the bosses were happy but they made all the important decisions.
Personally I hope he falls flat on his face, I can't stand the man and I am not too keen on FC Hollywood either, their arrogant attitude reminds me of Rangers.}

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Bit harsh there Ed. Bayern has been working hard to change the image of the club so that the FC Hollywood thing isn't as it was 10 years ago. Yes, there are some players there who fit in with it but it's not the same as back then.

Why can't you stand Guardiola, incidentally?

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I agree on FC Hollywood easily one of the most arrogant clubs in world football however I believe the way they are structered so well as a club is among main reasons he has gone there. I won't lie I am a barca fan but the whole new culture is a test for pep. Tikka takka won't be the way to go there but I can see him making bayern at least entertaining and a later stage champs league side
Gally

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Well I think it was a testiment to Cruyff that Pep changed the tactics of the previous manager and adopted the system he himself had learned under Cruyff so I think to say he doesn't get enough plaudits is untrue. Pep paid him the biggest plaudit and compliment by adopting his tactics.

Considering he was a failure last season, he was third in the FIFA World Coach of the Year. Doesn't say much for the EPL Managers considering it was none of them in front of him.

Compared to Pep's success, I don't think Jose was a factor. The cracks were already appearing in Jose's RM last season and 'toppling' them would not have been difficult. I don't think that presented enough of a challenge for him knowing his critics were more about getting him away from Bracelona.

I really don't think (now this is just my opinion) you win all the awards he has just by being the foreman. Time will tell I suppose.

Ed007 why can't you stand him or Barcelona, what's wrong with them ?

Just wondering as I don't find them arrogant at all & compared to a team like Rangers, although there is no comparison, they can afford the arrogance considering the talent they have.

Mrs E {Ed007's Note - I don't think manager's lie awake worrying about who wins FIFA World Coach of the Year. Your last statement there could have been written by a Scottish journalist about Rangers under DM, all that is missing is the WATP at the end.}

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Maybe there's a reason for the love for Barcelona?

1903 {Ed007's Note - Or the hate.}

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Much more reason to dislike Jose and Real than Barcelona. History, sheer arrogance, dirty tricks, dodgy deals supported by the government etc.

1903 {Ed007's Note - YYYaaaaawwwnnnnn. This is a football forum, if you want to bore the arse off people with political stupidity you can go elsewhere.}

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Well it wasn't written by a Scottish Journalist, it was written by me.

I have no idea why you are bringing Rangers into this as there is zero comparison. In fact Ed007 you are probably paying Rangers a massive compliment there.

Barcelona are not arrogant, I have never known them to be and I never said managers lie awake worrying. However, i'm sure they find it a huge compliment.

My point was for a failure, the games biggest critics didn't think so. ~ Mrs E {Ed007's Note - If Barca have earned the right to be arrogant then surely Rangers earned the right to be arrogant over us in those days. I fail to see where in that there is any compliment to anyone, unless arrogance is now seen as a virtue in your eyes. It is you that is condoning it.}

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(Ed039's Note - Hi Bond, me and the other Eds have been laughing at this one. Of course Rangers have earned their right to be arrogant, worlds most successful club and still going strong despite being kicked from pillar to post by the SPL, and we will be back to reclaim our "arrogant crown" why else would we still claim to be ra peepul) {Ed007's Note - I don't know if I have earned the right or not, it just comes natural to me.}

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@7 Glasgow ! Is green & white ! Hope you have a five star tattoo & if the panel looking into that manky auld wh*re you supported & it's double contracts do the right thing i will sand blast it off for you. Through the books i will pay the tax, we know how you lot struggle with these little things. AbS

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Would have been interesting to read opinions (especially Ed007's) if Chelsea had got Guardiola on the ridiculous salary quoted recently.
Personally; I, and surely all, true football fans are glad the most wanted football manager - has went to a club with true tradition -
NOT Chelsea or Man City who represent all that is wrong with modern football IMO.......kbt1978 {Ed007's Note - I am glad he never went to either of them but I doubt there was any serious approach. He would have been interested in the Arsenal job if it had been available and if I was a betting man I would have said AC Milan but Berlusconi's influence was a major problem there.
I would still have been saying the exact same thing though, he would still have to have prove he can manage outside Barcelona. He maybe wouldn't have been given as much freedom regarding signings at Chelsea or City as he could be looking for, he has been there with Barca and maybe sees Bayern as a chance to build his own team and play exactly as he wants, with no real interference from above.}

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To ed 39 your team is not the same one your old club is DEAD .

Marco1888

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16 Jan 2013 18:46:38
It has taken 30years to come out but eventually we have found out what happened to SHERGAR, wasn't the provos that had him at all, was feckin TESCO
Welshbhoy

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My wife made me Tesco burgers for tea tonight . She asked me if I wanted them well done or rare I said I'll have them each way . When she put them down to me I thought she had made them in the George Foreman grill only to discover it was the jockeys whip marks ........DH

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Don't worry if you can't buy Tesco burgers at the moment. Try their meatballs instead - they're the dog's b*******.

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Just checked my fridge to see what the Best before date was ....AND THERE OFFF... goreybhoy..

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16 Jan 2013 18:13:41
McCoist really has eaten all the horse meat pies. Now he's saying Strachan should be calling up his fourth tier duds for Scotland international duty.
Strachan has been brought in to put an end to that ridiculous nonsense. Only top tier players are playing at the right level for international duty.

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I agree with most of what you say but lee wallace is the best leftback scotland have imo.

BigBear

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Wallace hahaa You're forgetting Charles Mulgrew, he's different class compared to Wallace.

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Does mulgrew even play leftback anymore? last time a seen him play a think he was centr back.

BigBear

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16 Jan 2013 17:37:39
Mrs E, Green Jhedi, some stats for you...
The Evening Times is going big on Rangers break
500,000 attendance mark after next home game.
On our own ETims website they have looked into this claim.
Celtic have already surpassed this milestone with
785,000 at all our home games this season, in all competitions so far. Averaging 43, 635

Rangers have had 663,000 average 39, 037 (still good)

But if you remove all domestic cup matches from both teams Celtic then average, 49, 420
Add in Hearts/Juventus home gates our average is
over 50,000

Just to smash the 500,000 mark in League games alone Celtic only need 35,000 at Hearts game, if
the attendance is over 51,000 it takes our league attendances above all Rangers, s attendances.

Now factor in the Cost to both sets of fans..
Celtic season ticket average £550, then add on the
considerable cost of Champions League tickets.
Compare that to average s/t Rangers £220, plus
average £12 cup games.

In EVERY comparison Celtic win. Timalloy

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Those stats should put a stop to the seat counting brigade
gally

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No disrespect Timalloy, but I find the whole attendance argument boring and tiresome.
As long as we Celtic fans continue to 'bite' on the attendance argument, the media will bum it up as an issue. We shouldn't be bothered by it. It means absolutely nothing to me personally (although I do realise their tickets are around half price).
Let them get on with it. Lets look forward to Juventus mate. Hail! Hail!...........kbt1978

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The worst thing about this whole latest attendance nonsense is the cold hard financial facts. The rangers are DOWN £6.5m in season ticket cash due to reduced prices.It must be like a dagger to greens heart! I wonder if the piebrox seat counters realise this?.............green jhedi

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Over 50,000 tickets sold for the Hearts game with a good few areas of the ground sold out.

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Your total attendance is so high because of the champions league games take those out and compare just the scottish comps.

BigBear

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16 Jan 2013 17:25:54
Why is the 12-12-18 model do abhorrent and vile to new Rangers that they wish to drop the SFL and go play in another country? But 14-14-14 thoroughly delights them and is wonderful and perfect?

Why isn't Green explaining any of this ?

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Cos he doesnt have to, nobody questions this guy or his wee puppet sneaky...........green jhedi

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16 Jan 2013 17:21:30
Now that pep has chosen bayern as his club for next season wait to we hear English fans and press take offence to it bundesliga the place to be great teams and stadiums good choice I think chelsea and man city may have all the money but bayern got class and and money can't buy that great choice pep

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You could say money can't buy history ;)

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The english can't understand a man not driven by finance.True class.........green jhedi

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Bundesliga is a fantastic product played to packed grounds and isnt spoiled by daft money.Foreign sugar daddy owners not allowed. Granted bayern are known there as fc hollywood but are a club with prestigeuos stature. Well done pep for snubbing the self proclaimed best league in the world. My city mate arrogantly said earlier no big deal pep would have been a risk at city. As the op said watch the english beel over peps choice
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Good to see Guardiola going to a fine institution in Bayern. Great club. One of the real 'Big Clubs'.
Chelsea and Man City will never have that tradition, no matter how much money their foreign owners throw it..........kbt1978

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16 Jan 2013 16:15:22
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On hearing about the lastest scandal to hit a blue, white and red company, Ally McCoist is demanding to know who these people are ?
Chants from outside the Govan Sports Direct Arena are saying that "The big horse must stay offal" lol
Somebody should tell them, its Tesco, not Rangers .....

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I checked my Tesco burgers in the fridge today and THEY'RE OFF!......DH

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Took a quick look at my frozen cod filets in the freezer.......... Yes you guessed it they were sea horses.

It's like a bad episode of the Simpsons. They're feeding us mules and calling it mignon.

Never mind Im having jelly and ice cream end of January for title stripping party.

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@ DH; Lovely mate, just lovely!.....green jhedi

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I hope these horse jokes don't go on furlong....stevo

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No need to worry its all part of a stable diet (ouch)........DH

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16 Jan 2013 13:52:23
Ryan Fraser moved to Bournemouth, is the spl really that bad ? League 1 Bournemouth over Aberdeen?!?!

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I think it says more about the player than anything.At his age playing should be uppermost in his mind.Do i smell a grasping agent advising a player on how to make the agent money?..........green jhedi

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Total Agree With GJ
These Agents Are Becoming Worse Than Pimps

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16 Jan 2013 13:08:47
New rangers is not the old historic rangers club under Scottish law. If I had a grievance, say as a teenage player in the 1990s regarding say bullying or abuse, I could not take legal recourse against Greens new club.founded 2012, it isn't the same legally recognised entity.

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That's 100% legally correct under Scottish law. Gazzas, Mols, Laudrup, Prso, Jelavic and even Ally McCoist never previously played for Green's New club. It's legally impossible. Green's club was not founded in 1872 but in 2012.
There is no legal recourse against rangers FC 1872-2012 as its being liquidated and not the new club.

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16 Jan 2013 13:05:28
When the SPL were voting on whether to let greens new rangers founded 2012 into the SPL, old rangers were being managed (under court order. ) by D&P and voted to let them in. So old rangers had a club vote in the SPL even after green founded his new club.
How can it possibly be the same club?

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It cannot! This is all deflection to try and make it the norm.Not one question been asked, not one statement from the SFA, it is pretty much illegal by liquidation rules.Maybe BDO will clear it up.............green jhedi

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Greens new club has never had a vote in the SPL or played in the SPL.
They never previously played in any cups, Europe or SFL competitions before 2012. There is no legal recourse against greens club founded in 2012. You cannot sue new rangers for anything rangers FC did or failed to do 1872-2012.
The new club has no footballing history and is therefore only an associate member of SFL with no vote.
It is an associate member (erroneously) of ECA with no vote, cannot play in Europe as a new club and has no Uefa vote either.
New rangers is not the original rangers club which was a founding member of ECA. That club was sold by SDM to Craig Whyte then liquidated. Charles green did not buy that football club, he didn't save it with a CVA.

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There is seriously no f*cking point to these posts because all you are doing is reassuring yourselves because you are certainly not changing the minds of any Rangers fans and no matter how many times someone tries to preach it to me it will go in one ear and straight out the other, Platini or Blatter could come on tv and say that we are not the same club and I still wouldn't listen so save yourselves some time for your own sakes and gee it a rest but if you however feel the need and wish to do so carry on but your words are falling on deaf ears.

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16 Jan 2013 12:50:59
Listened to Radio Snyde for the first time in 3 years the other night must say used to be decent listen to but it is terrible these days the standard of radio and news papers in Scotland is dire could anyone name a decent journalist or broadcaster in Scotland these days also seen in the herald today chuckles named as the second most influential man in Scottish football what a joke

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Sadly all you say is true. In Scotland we live in a media world dominated by ex old rangers players and reporters who were fans of the old club.I think we should count ourselves very lucky we have so many "new media" people offering a Celtic perspective. As for green, he is nothing short of a rabble rouser. If you let this man say and do whatever he wants, even outright lies he has been caught out on, then this is what happens.I cannot think of one interview, in print or recorded, where he has been asked a tough question. He now seems to think he is untouchable..............green jhedi

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HMV have gone into administration. That'sall we need, another newco claiming to have all sorts of records!

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16 Jan 2013 11:37:56
I think we can all agree that the press coverage regarding the Deady Bears has been nothing short of laughable.It therefore came as no surprise to see the two worst offenders print stories to keep the "peepil" on side.A match report from a guy called Grieve is pretty astonishing.After starting with a few digs at Banguara he builds up to a flurry of laughable comments on the game.According to Grieve(ing badly for the rangers)Celtic were" Utterly dire first half". Lennt would also have been watching through "cracks in his fingers", Zaluska was"berated time after time for poor distribution" and McGeough was"under fire for slackness on the ball". The interval could not come quickly enough apparently, as Celtic were in danger of going out of Europe.Oh wait, IT WAS A TRAINING MATCH! Pretty much a team for each half and this guy covers it like the CL last 16!
The other half of the tabloid twins, as usual, prefers to go the pro Green The rangers route. It would seem that the conference might offer a way out of Scotland for The rangers. Printing the thoughts of 14 clubs, with some VERY interesting quotes, they seem to have missed one thing.Before any clubs can "welcome" The rangers they need to have some words with a few people.The first i would think would be the Football Association, then we have the SFA(who lets not forget issued a "special licence for them) who would require a two year notice period to leave, and finally EUFA.Lets not forget that Green has still to produce signed off accounts why? I thought you were cash rich Chuckie? Show us the money!
The worst though is this determination not to talk up Football up here.Celtic, despite competition from England and abroad, have secured the services of a highly rated 20 yr old international player.This is a mere aside to the real agenda of these papers, lets keep The rangers happy.............green jhedi

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Although we did not play well in the first half I think we would have still be better then the newco. That would be the closes we will play like them, funny how our friends and not on top of our game and we would still walk over them. Let the media feel good about us not having out best game and win against a club in Europe and leading there league while the newco have a hard time beaten div 3 part timers while they play to thier best.

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Mate it's been like that for years don't let it get to you these journalists in scotland are a joke the standard of the red tops is guff

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@1 what exactly has your team playing p*sh got to do with Rangers, it was a friendly at a training camp ffs!!
OP, simple solution, don't buy it, don't read it and resist the temptation of a look on the internet. That should keep the blood pressure down. Problem solved, simple!! PB

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@3, from what you wrote looks like you need to get your blood pressure down. This is #1, did I hit a courd with you? The point is your media hype people talk how shiat we were playing in a friendly and I was saying that we were still playing better then your new club. If you don't like that then talk to the people running your club and tell them to stop making yous look like fools. Easy to throw stones and enjoy all the newco hype yet when your brought back to earth it hurts eh?

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@ PB; And your point is? All i am advocating is a level playing field re the reporting of Celtic and The rangers. Your don't look argument is plain stupid, do you try and keep up with local news? You seem to be the only one getting hot and bothered here.The match report and nonsense about The rangers joining the Conference were puff pieces worthy of the tripe your Media director used to churn out.........green jhedi

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Is pb the old POB?will pb claim POB, s old posts?stevo

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@5 a level playing field?, is this Celtic supporters going back to the big conspiracy, no one likes us. Can think of several hacks who air their views on Clyde regularly, BBC Radio Scotland particularly and the red tops that have nothing good to say about neither Rangers or Celtic. And yes I do keep up with local news however not living in Scotland I am not subjected to the anti-Celtic as you believe and Rangers reporting.
@6 I am definitely not POB!! PB

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@7: if you don't see it, how can you comment? Are you Arsene Wenger?

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@PB; Oh please! For years we were called paranoid then we had Farry exposed for holding back a players registration, never been explained why he done it(can you guess?) and we had a referee LYING to a Celtic manager in collusion with other officials. Lenny swore in the tunnel at piebrox, wait, no he did not, well i think he might! Add the referee supervisor posting a sectarian e mail to his "friends" and does that look like a conspiracy to you? And that's just the ones made public, we all know the refs who kept their seat on the rangers bus etc. Sorry, paranoia don't wash any more..............green jhedi

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Celtic fans come on here and say that rangers should accept there punishment and that its our own fault (Which I admit it is) but mostly we are told STOP BLAMING EVERYONE ELSE... well some of you need to practise what you preach.

BigBear

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16 Jan 2013 11:12:40
What are your thoughts on Celtic joining the EPL?

CanaryBhoyTom

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It would be fantastic.The fact is though an enormous amount of cash would need to be spent getting there.Lets say we were admitted to League one next season.I would like to think we would gain promotion from that level with the squad we have.When you go to the Championship though there would be a lot of tough games and our squad would need major investment.If you use our form this season as a sounding board failure to beat Hibs, St Johnstone and Inverness, with no disrespect to them, does not augur well. I do however believe that if we reached the cash rich EPL, between sponsorship and the fact we have seriously wealthy individual investors we would thrive if we avoided dropping down in season one. I for one would gladly pay £1k per year for a season book................green jhedi

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Would welcome it because with the money and our board and leaders we would be one of the best clubs in the world with barca real man utd. Celtic would take the world by storm even more so then we have and just imagine the charities we will help and the people in need with all that money.

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At one time the idea of EPL appealed to me but I see a major crash in that area esp if HM tax collectors sort thing out with their test case ..The North European league could be a better option if it takes off .. Netherlands/Beligum/Denmark/Sweden etc ? Surely would be an interesting development for media and sponsorers alike ?..TTTS

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16 Jan 2013 10:15:46
not a bad birthday present, celtic captain for a night.. happy birthday dylan .. i got socks and pants .. shammy

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16 Jan 2013 10:11:30
barry the janny


when lord nimmo smith gives his verdict in 2 weeks to decide if rangers have cheated with double contracts etc, if so ( if found guilty ) is it then up too the SFA to strip rangers ( oldco ) of any titles won during that era .. do you honestly think the sfa will strip them of titles cause i dont, i think they will come up with some excuse or something .. else ? i think the rules will be once again bent to suit rangers

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The SPL titles will be stripped by SPL. The Scottish cup by SFA and the league cup should be stripped by SFL but Longmuir said he doesn't want to do it, regardless of guilt.

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The sfl is responsible for the titles before the spl set up they said they will wait on the spl decision first

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If according to celtic fans we are a new club with no link to what you call oldco then stripping of titles would mean fu*k all to us but yet you speak about us getting titles stripped as if it is still the same club... so which is it? you can't have it both ways.

BigBear

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16 Jan 2013 09:15:46
Any body no why burley is so bitter about the club decent player for Celtic but nothing special espn must have a word with this guy

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I would say the same for andy walker .. shammy

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His bitterness is because of a spat when at Celtic which resulted in him being shunted. We have done it before on here, suffice to say he is an A**hole of the first degree............green jhedi

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Walker is just dull I think it's because they are ex Celtic players and don't the VIP treatment from the fans and they way some of the Celtic legends do they they just try to be controversial to get there voice heard

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Burley grew up in the same town as me, he was into basketball and when he did have a game of football he wore the strip of a certain club that's no longer with us! am being serious by the way.

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Burley is just a fish plain and simple, takes digs at every team he comentates on.

BigBear

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