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Celtic Diary Wednesday June 3: Planning for Next Season

That’s if there is one, in all honesty.

But plans still have to be made, and one of the biggest issues at the moment is the goalkeeping position.

Southampton don’t need Fraser forster, but with money in short supply, they will try to get as much as they can for him, and Celtic, conversely, will try to pay as little as they can, which , of course, includes wages.

Forster isn’t skint, and probably has four or five years of good money ahead of him, and may be tempted to take a lower basic with the promise of a testimonial to make up the shortfall, a tactic that has been used before to secure players.

Wages will be less of a problem than any fee demamded by Southampton, which may be where player swaps come in, but already it’s been leaked that there are other keepers on the list should the south coast side play hardball.

 

Then again, perhaps another twelve month loan would suit everyone….

 

Ben Foster, who needs a career kickstart, Claudio Bravo, who needs a jump start and Joe Hart, who would give us all a start have been mentioned, while Craig Gordon has probably decided to hang on a bit before signing anything elsewhere,

 

Frankly, none of the other options are inspiring, so lets hope its just paper talk and the big man, who has his faults, but they are few, decides he wants to stay in Glasgow.

 

Oddsone Edouard, the jewel in Celtic’s crown, may well have decided he wants to stay, but there will still be interest from down south and probably France.

To soften the blow, Celtic have been linked with Shon Weissman, ans Israeli forward who scored 29 goals in 30 appearances for Wolfsburg at home and in Europe , and he certainly would fit the bill, but it’s only last season he has really caught fire, and it would be a gamble.

However, as with the French contingent at Celtic, the Israeli group could turn out to be a decisive factor, and to be honest, if he’s available and affordable, Celtic should move for him anyway.

 

Speaking of the French contingent, France has been a happy hunting ground for Celtic of late, and Clermont Foot, which sounds more like a Labour MP, but is in fact a Ligue 2 club, have a chap who is likely to be the next big thing.

 

Adrian Grbic is going to be expensive, but reportedly he’ll be worth it. The forward has also attracted the interest of “rangers “, but as there will be a transfer fee and wages involved, they are more or less out of the running.

 

Caglar Soyuncu….at the moment he’s with Leicester, and the moment he isn’t, expect Brendan Rodgers to make his move for Kris Ajer.

 

£20m , the price mentioned, would come in quite handy this summer, as revenue streams continue to be unpredictable,

 

One idea is to have virtual season books, or have season books grant access to live streaming of matches, which could work, as long as it’s not done by club staff holding their phones up to the action.

 

Sky sports are apparently in talks with the SPFL to make this happen, which makes me think club staff holding up their phones isn’t such a bad idea after all.

 

League reconstruction is still on the table, but as Ann Budge was delegated to deal with it, there are no chairs around it to sit on, and so there is little progress.

 

Far and away the most sensible solution would be to plan for a 30 game season with the top flight extended to 16 teams and everything else regionalised to cut down costs.

But Sky need their four what they like to think of as old firm games, and so unless a way around that can be found, it won’t happen.

With a protective arm thrown around the Ibrox club by its friends in high places, their financial plight and any possible penalties will be ignored to keep the TV company happy, and so if anyone wants to register their disgust at that, cancel that sky sports deal, and tell them why.

 

It’s a mess. and sadly, the opportunity to sort it all out has been dismissed in favour of maintaining a club at Ibrox and a piss poor deal with a piss poor tv company that offers piss poor coverage.

 

Lets get the ten and then call it quits.

 

 

 

We need someone to show a determination to change things, someone with the perseverance of this guy, but obviously not this guy…

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Leaders are a funny sort, some of them really shouldn’t be leaders at all, and sometimes it takes a message from god to outline that….

 

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Some people just make bad decisions, largely due to not thinking things through, and loking at all possible outcomes. Based on that, i think I’ve found the next SFA boss….

 

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Yesterday, we had this…

 

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Puggy67

Caption: I was a test tube baby. Ach that’s nothing I was delivered by Amazon.  

 

Today….

 

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Ian Smith
3 years ago

So you think we should have taken a right back at the last junction?

Monti
3 years ago

Caption: ” Can someone let Charlie Saiz, know his Airfix model aeroplane is just waiting on the glue to dry”

Humpty Numpty
3 years ago
Reply to  Monti

CAPTION
Air Force technician explains to new intake where the vanity mirror and indicators are.

bob
3 years ago
Reply to  Monti

you need to stay off the Glue!

Monti
3 years ago
Reply to  bob

….and your wife!

Monti
3 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Oh mist rolling in from the sea, my desire 🙂

Cortes
3 years ago

Caption: This week Nicola’s wanting a buzz cut. Which of you chaps is up for the mission?

henkesdreadlocks
3 years ago

Weissman plays for Wolfsberger AC in Austria.

nick66
3 years ago

Caption
Girls all thinking the same thing.
Just our luck, the only guy on the base is a gay h u n.

Mike
3 years ago

Claudio Bravo Tango, come in please… can you hear me, come in please.

Mike
3 years ago
Reply to  Mike

O O

Mike
3 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Quite right, your a bigger tit than me…

Mike
3 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Mirror mirror on the wall,
who is the biggest tit off all.
Give me an M
Give me an O
Give me an N
Give me an T
Give me an I
Give me a T.

Mike
3 years ago
Reply to  Mike

No chance he’s in self isolation, out on parole, wearing his tag, under strict parole conditions. 😉

Monti
3 years ago
Reply to  Mike

🙂

Monti
3 years ago
Reply to  Mike

🙂

jimmybee
3 years ago

Caption : Hans is that your knee or your Koch says herr Flick on the left.

Puggy67
3 years ago

Caption: I do apologise ladies apparently “being authorised to Fokker” concerns the new training plane and not what happened last night.

Whitearra
3 years ago

Caption : Woman pilot on left – ‘Can you believe this fanny. We’re going up to defend The Motherland and he’s reading us the flight safety instructions’.

SteveNaive
3 years ago

Caption
“A young Ruth Davidson before her first sortie with the Young Conservatives Lesbian Flying Club”

tony carlin
3 years ago

Right this is how we fly them, but do any of you know how to park the buggers?

Yoker Bhoy
3 years ago

I’ve seen a couple of videos of Weissman in action and he looks a handy traditional type of penalty box striker – very sharp, good awareness and technical ability, who also scores quite a few with his head. Sort of in the Laurence Shankland mould but a bit better all round – valued at around 3M, he might be worth a punt if we can offload Bayo.

Yoker Bhoy
3 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

Apart from anything else CS, I think he’s had too many injury issues. The big lad is maybe not that bad a player but my gut feeling tells me he doesn’t have the quality to make it at Celtic.

Yoker Bhoy
3 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

Fair points but under the current circumstances I expect quite a few other fringe players such as Shved and Bolingoli to be trimmed from the squad as well. Soro and Kimala were just in the door before the pandemic struck so will be given a bit more time.

Monti
3 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

Would you play Bayo before say….Griffiths? 🙂

Monti
3 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

He’s pish

Cartvale88
3 years ago

Caption
The Rankers bring in the air brigade to stop the Broonie

alzyerpal
3 years ago

Caption – The Krankies were once a popular vaudeville group, comprising 6 family members. After 5 of them were wiped out in the plane crash, which also killed Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, wee Jimmy (left) was forced to carry on alone.

alzyerpal
3 years ago
Reply to  alzyerpal

As an interesting aside? The word “Faaandabbydozeeeee” is an onomatopoeian representation of the sound of the planes tortured, screaming engine, as it plummeted to earth.

StellaCeltic
3 years ago

I’m sure I left the plane behind something I just can’t remember what…

Monti
3 years ago
Reply to  StellaCeltic

Jeremy Kyle studios?

Warriorthruandthru
3 years ago

Of course I need to get one of the seats on the plane. None of you can read the map.

jimmybee
3 years ago

Caption: So we’ve came all this way and now we’ve got to isolate for 14 fuckin days ffs.

Mike
3 years ago

What a football loving country, big on hate but small of mind. As its reported that some members of the SPFL. board were living in fear because of the decisions they made to call a halt to the league. It explains the rushed out SFA. statement to “balance things up” with the decision to turn a blind eye to Hun cheating. It explains so much, like Maxwell’s low profile and the poison chalice that comes with the governance of Scottish football. They are not cut from the Turnbull Hutton cloth, the sole voice of dissent against the Huns. How we need a Fergus McCann’s courage to stand up to the bullies. No to appeasement and a big yes to having the courage to face up to the bullies. The top men at Scottish football are paid big money to do the right thing, to govern Scottish football honestly and fairly, if they cannot, then stand aside and let those who can, do so. Our clubs board should not be helping them in any way, when fear permeates the corridors of Scottish football the bullies should be castigated and refused entry.

Rebus67
3 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Mike,

Part of the problem is the statutory make up of the boards of the SPFL and the SFA. There is no direct fan representation. Representation on both boards needs to be broadened to move with the times. Private sector boards tend to include consumer representation. What makes football different?

Rebus

Rebus67
3 years ago
Reply to  Rebus67

Post pandemic will see a scramble to attract fans back to the games. Part of the answer is greater fan involvement in the running of clubs. Other clubs have permitted fans to have a say on strip choice and the selection of opponents for friendlies etc. It is time for innovation.

Rebus

Mike
3 years ago
Reply to  Rebus67

Rebus,

I agree with you about the make-up of both boards. I would like to see less of the teams represented, to remove self interest. My choices would be to add a Rabbi or an Iman, other professional sports people other than just football chairmen. Also to make them more accountable, to publish the minutes of the meetings and be subject to the FOI act.
And to change the board persons timeline. There is much that could be done to improve accountability. Honesty-openess and accountability should be a given. At the moment we have Petrie as president, his time should have ended in 2012. Maxwell doing his Invisible man act and Doncaster the signatory to the 5Way, to many complicit bodies, their time should be up.

Christina
3 years ago

Misogynists R Us 🙁
With the honourable exception of whitearra! *Hat tip*

Not one quip or humorous comment about plane/ potential targets/ pilots bravery as would be the case for male pilots – disappointed!

Monti
3 years ago
Reply to  Christina

Caption:” Jeremy Kyle will be finished in five mins, start her up “

Christina
3 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Ha ha knew you’d come back with a stinger!

Christina
3 years ago
Reply to  Ralph Malph

Yes Ralph it did not escape my notice that all female pilots pic was chosen for mischievous reasons 🙂 don’t think for a moment you were getting off with this!! I was waiting to see which caption entry you would pick as winner!

Monti
3 years ago
Reply to  Christina

It’ll be puggy for something completely random.

Monti
3 years ago
Reply to  Ralph Malph

I didn’t even realise they were all women!
Surely they wouldn’t allow one of those things near a plane?

Monti
3 years ago
Reply to  Ralph Malph

Ralph,
Can we have more captions with pictures of women?
The educated ones mind, certainly not those with huge tits….

Monti
3 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Jimboh,
Good evening

henkesdreadlocks
3 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Hahaha!

Christina
3 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Monti ya sarcastic wee whelp you’re heading for another one of those slaps you like!

Puggy67
3 years ago
Reply to  Christina

Well said. I blame the mothers. Sniff.

Fra Stone
3 years ago

Caption: we destroyed one fascist country, now lets finish the job

R.St.Parsley
3 years ago

Caption:
Right girls, whose first for a ride on my Fokke?

So Girls when you get up there your mission is to see if you can see the rangers coming.

Dziekanowski's nightclub child
3 years ago

Caption: Any men here to read this map?

mattybhoy
3 years ago

a plan to fly over ipox tomorrow and sh÷te on the b%st%rds below below an sh÷te on the b%st%rds below

Christina
3 years ago

There now – see what you can do when you try boys! Knew my faith in you all would be vindicated with small slap to back of heids!!
Happy Christina 🙂

Monti
3 years ago
Reply to  Christina

Christina,
I like a slap 🙂

MabozzaRitchie
3 years ago
Reply to  Monti

your a total cVnt

wiz that hard enough

3 years ago

The SNP interview for salmonds new secretary,grope proof vests included

Christina
3 years ago

No worries Jimboh your quip totally fine…and funny!
Hope you and good lady doing fine – stay safe!

Uibh fhaili
3 years ago

Even before she was on a plane Ethal was a flyer

Alan Ryan
3 years ago

“Ok, so the middle seat is out and ye have to wear a facemask. Have ye got that ? “

Benjamin
3 years ago

Talks with Sky over ‘virtual’ season tickets are needed because of contractual language (1) giving Sky exclusive broadcast rights in the UK/IRE, both traditional and digital, and (2) limitations on how many matches can be broadcast from each stadium. Both of these are easy enough to solve by rewriting the contract to remove that second restriction — what they may lose in ‘Old Firm’ derbies will be offset by being able to broadcast BOTH Celtic and Rangers games every week instead of broadcasting whoever happens to be away that week. That restriction was only ever in place to protect the clubs’ ability to sell tickets, but as Celtic and Rangers are the only clubs Sky has any interest in covering and as those two clubs sell out their home matches anyway, that contractual restriction is only doing harm. First by denying fans without tickets to home matches from seeing the match at all, and second by artificially reducing the value of the broadcast rights when they’re sold.

Other point I’d like to make is that as a supporter from outside UK/IRE, I’ve been dependent on CelticTV for years. Their quality and technical capabilities leave a lot to be desired. Hopefully the pandemic will force the club into either finding a decent digital distribution partner or investing in the platform to make it a viable alternative. As it is, viewers have to watch the game through a web browser, and not all browsers work as the core technology I believe is still dependent on Adobe Flash which has lost technical support almost everywhere due to security vulnerabilities. There’s no native device apps (iOS, Android, SmartTV, etc), so viewers who want to watch on an actual TV will have to pull it up in a web browser on a separate device and then cast to a TV or connect via HDMI cable. Also, the broadcast itself tops out at 720p, so you’re not even getting full HD. If you want to watch the replay on demand, it’s likely you’ll be watching at 480p or below – bad enough that it can at times be difficult to even locate the ball on the screen.

henkesdreadlocks
3 years ago

Caption………

A young Hans Dyson shows the girls his designs for his latest invention, code name washing machine.

Monti
3 years ago

🙂

Monti
3 years ago

Caption: Pam missiles in the sky

Mike
3 years ago

Treat the Celtic supporters as mugs at your peril. For most of them are the most forgiving of people. As their eyes get opened to what is happening in the corridors of power behind the scenes, then those that treat them as cash cows will get payback. Football clubs need supporters, thousands of them to not just survive but to thrive, this cash requirement means that there becomes a power shift to those that supply it. When corruption takes hold in any sport and the lies and cheating is exposed then it becomes much more difficult to keep a lid on it. Lies begat more lies until the fraudsters are exposed. Are the cracks beginning to show? Turn the searchlight to maximum strength and to shine its light onto the guilty ones.

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