Scottish Prem 18/19

[Doon frae Troon]

Celtic tried to but hibs wanted 4m after saying the price was less than that Celtic offered 2.7m that was knocked back but they accepted villas 2.7m Petrie just wasn't selling him to celtic, now hibs want to sign Scott Allan from Celtic for 250k, absolute cheek,

I think Celtic will live to regret not opening the biscuit tin

I just love it when the boot is on the other foot with Old Firm signings.
Swapping Lafferty for Lee Wallace is the new story from the hard up Rangers:lol:

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

wee win for Sevco that'll please the teddy bears, and Hibees steal a point at the mighty Saints.

btw - The Teddy Bears is a nickname for Rangers FC (previously Sevco Scotland ltd) used by supporters of that club.

 

[wrighty1874]

The Gorgie boys are back in town.

 

[casuk]

It wasn't so much opening the tin more the fact hibs put the price up for Celtic and accepted villas first bid, rod petrie never wanted Celtic to get him, now hibs want to sign Allan from Celtic after messing them about over mcginn, hope they are told to jog on, all there loans from Celtic over the years (only the reason they got there first piece of silverware in over 100years) will hopefully stop dead

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Not good for Celtic and indeed Scottish football as they exit the CL before the final qualifying - not sure why some teams like Celtic and Benfica are required to play so many qualifying games but they still need to beat those teams to show that they are good enough for the group stages - so onto Europa lge now , will it also means Rodgers could be on dodgy ground ?

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Rodgers loses another europen game, at least he's consistent.

 

[NWJocko]

Not good for Celtic and indeed Scottish football as they exit the CL before the final qualifying - not sure why some teams like Celtic and Benfica are required to play so many qualifying games but they still need to beat those teams to show that they are good enough for the group stages - so onto Europa lge now , will it also means Rodgers could be on dodgy ground ?

As with the whole CL it's pretty a much a closed shop sadly...... If Celtic were straight into the groups as a guarantee every year financially they'd be able to buy better players which would make them "good enough" for the group stages, it was inevitable it has turned out this way almost by design.

Rodgers will decide when he leaves I suspect, even if they lost the league this year I'd be surprised if he got the Ruud Gullit.

 

[Val]

Not good for Celtic and indeed Scottish football as they exit the CL before the final qualifying - not sure why some teams like Celtic and Benfica are required to play so many qualifying games but they still need to beat those teams to show that they are good enough for the group stages - so onto Europa lge now , will it also means Rodgers could be on dodgy ground ?

There is no dodgy ground for Rodgers, the failure to strengthen isn't his fault.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Celtic's defence have been all at sea the last three games, two simple errors last night again.
Boyata messing around has not helped, looks like he is refusing to play after Celtic turned down Fulham's low bid.

 

[HughJars]

Not good for Celtic and indeed Scottish football as they exit the CL before the final qualifying - not sure why some teams like Celtic and Benfica are required to play so many qualifying games but they still need to beat those teams to show that they are good enough for the group stages - so onto Europa lge now , will it also means Rodgers could be on dodgy ground ?

Fallacy. What isn't good for Scottish football is Celtic getting to group stages of CL and raking in a 9 figure sum and further widening the gap to the rest. Now if they can get humped out of the doggies chance play off as well, all the better.

 

[HowlingGale]

Not sure if it's true or not but I read on the BBC that Celtic invested £2m installing disco lights for the Champions League. 😂 Ooops.

And I'm afraid that's why I want them humped out of Europe at the first available opportunity. A champions league run for them does not benefit Scottish football in the slightest as the rest are fighting for the scraps.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Not sure if it's true or not but I read on the BBC that Celtic invested £2m installing disco lights for the Champions League. 😂 Ooops.

And I'm afraid that's why I want them humped out of Europe at the first available opportunity. A champions league run for them does not benefit Scottish football in the slightest as the rest are fighting for the scraps.

I read that and then I thought.....didn't discos become unfashionable in the 1980's.

 

[Val]

Not sure if it's true or not but I read on the BBC that Celtic invested £2m installing disco lights for the Champions League.  Ooops.

And I'm afraid that's why I want them humped out of Europe at the first available opportunity. A champions league run for them does not benefit Scottish football in the slightest as the rest are fighting for the scraps.

Don't let the headline fool you. The report suggested that it is a lighting a sound system to rival what both Ajax and Bayern have. Needless to say there was no mention of Ajax installing it for the CL given they have similar recent history in to Celtic, there was no mention of Champions league in Celtics original press release which release suggested as follows.

"The new investment and stadium additions continues progression and will make Celtic Park the country’s best sporting venue and one of the best in Europe. We aim to be world class in everything we do. Our fans are everything to us and we want to continue to give them the highest quality experience we can"

I should add that investments in the new pitch and facilities have allowed Celtic Park to be considered for sporting finals like the Guinness Pro 14 final which will be held there in May 2019, previous finals have been Murrayfield and the Aviva in Dublin.

 

[Val]

Fallacy. What isn't good for Scottish football is Celtic getting to group stages of CL and raking in a 9 figure sum and further widening the gap to the rest. Now if they can get humped out of the doggies chance play off as well, all the better.

A blinkered response, Celtic not making the Champions league group stage costs every club in the Premiership money, money they were all happy to receive on the back of Celtics qualification the last 2 seasons.

 

[HowlingGale]

Don't let the headline fool you. The report suggested that it is a lighting a sound system to rival what both Ajax and Bayern have. Needless to say there was no mention of Ajax installing it for the CL given they have similar recent history in to Celtic, there was no mention of Champions league in Celtics original press release which release suggested as follows.

"The new investment and stadium additions continues progression and will make Celtic Park the country’s best sporting venue and one of the best in Europe. We aim to be world class in everything we do. Our fans are everything to us and we want to continue to give them the highest quality experience we can"

I should add that investments in the new pitch and facilities have allowed Celtic Park to be considered for sporting finals like the Guinness Pro 14 final which will be held there in May 2019, previous finals have been Murrayfield and the Aviva in Dublin.

Ah. It was a quote from Chris Sutton at the end of an article I took it from. To be fair I don't think I'd want £2m spent on something that enables a game of Rugby to be played on my pictures. The damage is horrendous.

I remember when Glasgow played at Firhill. The pitch was shocking. Although PTFC probably didn't know the difference. 😀.

 

[azazel]

A blinkered response, Celtic not making the Champions league group stage costs every club in the Premiership money, money they were all happy to receive on the back of Celtics qualification the last 2 seasons.

What's better overall - Celtic getting £30m and everyone else getting £300k, or no-one getting anything? In terms of closing the gap and making the league more competitive it's easily the latter.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I read that and then I thought.....didn't discos become unfashionable in the 1980's.

1980s? I would imagine that they still blast Glen Daly's nasally-voiced 1961 recording before games - all together now "Sure it's a grand old..."

Second thoughts...

But still disappointed to see Celtic going out.

 

[Val]

What's better overall - Celtic getting £30m and everyone else getting £300k, or no-one getting anything? In terms of closing the gap and making the league more competitive it's easily the latter.

I'm a Celtic supporter so you should expect the answer to be £30m to Celtic and £300k to the rest

 

[Deleted member 15344]

A blinkered response, Celtic not making the Champions league group stage costs every club in the Premiership money, money they were all happy to receive on the back of Celtics qualification the last 2 seasons.

Spot on- a League/country not having a team in the CL is not a good advertisement for the league and won’t help attract players and also help push towards getting an automatic spot in the group stage

 

[HughJars]

Spot on- a League/country not having a team in the CL is not a good advertisement for the league and won’t help attract players and also help push towards getting an automatic spot in the group stage

OK, I'll try to make this easier for you.

Fans of other clubs dont give a **** if the tims get an automatic spot or not*, in fact I think you'll find the more qualifying rounds they have to play the better.

What we want is competitive domestic football, I don't give a **** about "attracting players", what the hell is wrong with developing a Lewis Ferguson, Scott McKenna or Keiran Tierney? What difference does "attracting players" make?

What does happen is that if Celtic make group stages they get barrowloads of cash, the mud off the wheel of the barrow does not in any way make it a favourable outcome for the other clubs.

There is simply no benefit to the game here if Celtic were to progress.


*The argument about the Champions League being bloated with also-rans is another argument entirely, as indeed is this ridiculous doggies chance that Celtic and other teams get now, and indeed third place teams in the groups later. Makes a farcical set up even more farcical.