Celtic took affirmative action on the last day of the loan window by bringing in Johnjoe Kenny, who can’t get a game for Everton.
He’s a right back, and he’ll probably go straight into the team against Kilmarnock, because let’s face it, if crowds were allowed into Celtic Park these days, then whoever sits closest to the dug out would probably go straight into the team.
Olivier Ntcham joined Jeremie Frimping on the ferry across the water, with a loan and option to buy for £4.5m at Marseille.
Other first team -lol-first team – players would have left, but as we have seen on the pitch, they had neither the courage nor the confidence to make the move.
Perhaps more tellingly, Liam Hughes, a young goalkeeper, joined Liverpool, which means that Celtic now have players who chose to further their development elsewhere, and that elsewhere happens to be three -Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Liverpool- of the major forces in European football.
Widen this to consider that once the cream of young French talent came to Celtic Park to develop, and now they can;t get away quick enough….
The talent is clearly there, the ambition appears to be there as well, but as long as the current management and coaching staff are in situ, then we clearly have a problem.
Whatever attracted the likes of the French players, and others, is no longer an attraction, and what has taken its place is driving them away.
It’s bizarre that the manager still has a job, with results on a par with any of the dry spells of the twentieth century, all the more worrying when you consider the speed of the fall from grace, and whilst we could spend all day listing why he hasn’t gone yet, there will probably be a simple reason for it.
It won’t be money, and it’s unlikely to be any form of blackmail, such as threatening to spill the beans about the Dubai debacle, which are out there but no one seems to give a toss.
When you look at the lack of major movement ib the players transfer window, there appears to be a reluctance for clubs to invest, and maybe even a reluctance for players to move, choosing instead to run down contracts which means they will get a better wage when they finally do move.
Maybe managers don’t want to move, and maybe the one thing keeping Lennon , and the rest of his motley crew, where they are, is that there isn’t anyone to replace him.
Things are bad enough now, and one can only shudder at what they’d be like should Celtic have to look for a replacement. It looks like there isn’t someone ready and willing to take up the challenge.
Might explain why Mark Hughes has suddenly appeared on the scene.
When we look back at the end of the four treble period and how it happened, there are many factors outwith our control.
The plague certainly had an effect, with players who should have been moved on forced to stay, and the replacements , already in place, forced to kick their heels in the stands.
One theory also suggests that Celtic have missed the support. There is certainly precedent that the crowd have lifted the team on more than one occasion, and even if a fan never scored a goal, that certainly cannot be discounted as another reason-not excuse- for the poor show this season.
In fact, if you expand on that, casting your mind back to August, many pundits said that having no fans on their backs would be an advantage to Steven Gerrard’s “rangers “, as they would be able to play without fear of abuse from the crowd.
That narrative has been quietly dropped , although it’s maybe worth reminding the hordes that the team have done well because they haven’t been there to spur them on, knees awash in fenian blood.
There you are, they’ve won the league because their fans haven’t been there to “cheer ” them on, and we’ve lost it for the same reason.
Piece of piss this analysis lark.
We’d all like to think that there’s a plan in place, that an irate Dermot Desmond will swing into action, that things will be back to normal soon.
Until then, it seems that every morning when they go to work, all of those involved at our club with playing, coaching, managing, or decision making have made use of the new switch, a switch that sums up their attitude this season, installed by the main entrance.
Where other businesses have motivating quotes, or bright, cheerful people who put a smile on your face as you walk through the door, getting you ready to meet the challenges of the day head on, on your own terms.
At Celtic Park we’ve got a switch….
Thing is, there’s a nagging suspicion that those in control haven’t quite realised just how annoyed the fans are, and they genuinely seem to be in a world of their own.
We’ll know how badly they’ve mistaken the mood when the adverts for season book renewals come out…
Caption competition…..
Caption: Darling I firmly believe that by abdication we will pave the way for a royal family that can live out their dreams of marrying anyone, and I mean anyone, even a divorced black actress and have mixed race children…Eddie…..Eddie!
Today
Just when you think it can’t get any worse. The shitshow continues.
By season’s end, it will be a total disaster. The allowing of 55, a manager (please God, not Lennon) trying to get quality players in before European qualifiers, knocked out of said qualifiers, the Huns more organised.
I truly fear the worst.
Lawwell & Lennon look like two broken boxers who’ve had their face battered in once too often.
I bet ye Dermot still looks as sprightly as ever though.
Not that he’ll show face anytime soon.
Caption: ” Oh momma oh momma comfort me “
We lost this league purely and simply because we have a fkg bellend of a manager, who shouldn’t have been within a million miles of the job permanent, straight after the treble treble cup final he should have been given a big handshake, a big thankyou and a job with the youth team if he wanted it. Can you really imagine if Celtic Park was full on matchday this season and fans reaction tae what’s being presented tae them, the atmosphere would be Toxic, Lennon has managed tae produce a ….Ahem.. brand of football worse than anything that was on show in the 90s, Lennons complete lack of self awareness is staggering, he’s taken a group of players that looked good on paper at the beginning of the season, tae a group of players that look like shite on toilet paper. Lennon has made the managers job at Celtic toxic, the rebuild needed is beyond words, both on and off the park, how Lennon can look himself in the mirror each day, and not see a man who has completely failed in every single department is beyond me….LENNON OUT NOW
This is clearly deliberate now. Nothing else makes sense. Fack off Lawwell, Desmond bankier and Lennon. You have made us a laughing stock. Not getting a penny from me ever again until you all are gone.
Times 60.000 I hope. HH!
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I’m Harry the Toff lads so let’s commence Operation Scorched Earth. Firstly we’ll keep that useless scrote, you know, the one with the the same name as one of the Beetles, who Ringo,? Can’t recall him, naw ya dafty, thingimmybob Lemon, or is it Lennon, who gives a shit ,anyhoo, I always get mixed up with that. Great idea Peter, that’ll get the plebs in a ferment. Then the piece de resistance……. don’t forget, is to put my statue slap bang in front of big Billy’s, that’ll ensure the turnstile fodder burn the place down, then we’ll just sit back and divvy up the insurance claim.
Aye very good Major, so you pumped Edwina Currie in the house of commons. I’ve been pumping 10’s of thousands for 17 years.
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Lawell .. “ and now for my next trick”
Caption: “Right, there’s Kennedy away into the showers. That’s my cue to move….”
Widnae be the first time Peter & JK shared a shower …
Late night transfer news.
Ford Kiernan (Still Game) to, (Two Doors Down), Fee, undisclosed.
Jonathan Watson (Only An Excuse) released.
Ruth Davidson (Garry Tank Commander) to, (Chewin The Fat). £360.00.
Frank Gallaher (River City) to, Chicago FC (Windy City), Fee, undisclosed.
Gregor Fisher (Rab.C Nesbitt) to, (Burniston), Fee, two pies an a haircut.
Darcy Bussell, (Cum Dancing) to, Pornhub, Fee, a new pair of knickers.
Florian Kamberi on joining Aberdeen FC. said, ‘It’s always been a dream of mine to play for Aberdeen, ever since I was a youngster, I had a picture on my bedroom wall of Willie Miller, to play for one of the biggest clubs in the world is such an honour’, meh.
Meanwhile Alfredo Morelos has a rubber ear waiting by the telephone for the 35th. club he has been linked with, to come in for him. The Barcelona president denied that ‘coke heid’ was at the top of his transfer wish list.
Florian Kambert said exactly the same shite when he joined Sevco on loan fae Hibs, minus the Willie Miller bit.
He sounds like the kinda clown that should just keep his mouth shut and try to get on with the ball game.
No way could they sell Coke Heid Charlie now that he seems to ‘bring so much more’ to the team than goals …
As the old ad used to say, Coke adds life!
And he gives us such a laugh too, like a wee wain….
Caption “Daily Record spy realizes his schoolboy error when he notices he’s wearing the wrong coloured coat”
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Well I walked into that shower and screamed Cooee Neil, the job is yours.
Caption; Lawell…Have you seen what I did there, sold Frimpy for £11m so that secures all our bonuses…
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‘ Just put in the words ‘Added Value’ and we’ll be fine’
Could Kenny( not Dalglish) make a wee bit difference tonight to get us over the line of this game only ? We’ve got to hope so. Ajer and Welsh ( who cannot start) and a left back who just defends competently would be something to build on. Not giving Craig Gordon a decent contract looks more foolish by the week Pete.
From The Athletic (I think):
“his final ball when going forward can be hit and miss.”
That’s no problem we’ve got plenty of others who’s final ball is just divine.
I heard Lawwell offered Gordon a QUARTER of his previous wage and pulled the same stunt with Lustig.
Nae wonder the players are fleeing the area like animals before a tsunami.
If spinach can email shirley Celtic players can Zoom.
Caption “And then I took all that bonus money and put it on Rangers to win the league”
Rangers died 2012.
I blame the schools.
Mibbe he meant the 2011 league.
Caption – Last game of the season and the 1st game fans are allowed into and PL says not many fans in yet is there an issue at the turnstiles? Oh and who did we eventually get to unfurl the 10IAR flag? Anonymous board member says – Peter, where have you been these last few months, asleep! Peter, there is no 10IAR, this season has quite simply been an absolute clusterfcuk, the worst in living memory! Peter – suddenly ashen faced and coughing and spluttering that was just a dream wasn’t it? Lenny said to me after the Ferencvaros game, that everything would be ok and that after the trip to Dubai we would go on an amazing run and everything would be fine! No no no I thought that that was all a very bad dream! The other anonymous board member – says but Peter that is not the worst thing to happen! PL – What do you mean how could it be any worse? Board member whispers in Peter’s ear, you’ve been FIRED but Lenny’s still in charge!
When the future looks uncertain and the present is unbearable, cast your eyes back to the past.
Yesterday, when we were young, we watched a team, whose praises we all sung…. and Champions of Europe they would become, yesterday, when we were young.
Duncan ..?
It’s fading fast…
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Do you think we should get Alfredo to strengthen the team?
You can see there is a plan at Parkhead, to revert back to the old days of gloom and doom.
These arrogant suits look down their noses at the peasantry as they doff their caps to the Establishment. Brother Walfred must be spinning in his grave at the avarice of these individuals,
Caption: The funny thing is that they shelled out for season tickets and then have the cheek to call the other lot gullible.
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“Bingo! Transfer window shut. Frimpers money in, bugger all out. Result! Time to do the Peter Crouch celebration”
Caption: Plus. Plus, gentlemen, we get to use the Loving Cup in Leap Years.
That’s the 9 secure, watch me fuck the 10 up to keep the “old firm” alive and well!
Caption “One’s called Bankier and the other’s wankier”
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“F*ck! Ah cannae remember if Ah left ma driveway switched oan”.
Caption : ‘PL practices for his next gig at GoCompare’
Did anybody else see that Simpsons episode where Burns was surrounded by yes-men who assured him all was well, till it was to late and he lost everything? Then he lied to Lisa Simpson to get her onside and rebuilt, much to her chagrin. Did not realise it was based on Celtic who are run by guys with their heads so up their arses, Lenny, Banksie and Lawwell, telling Desmond all is well while he counts his pennies back at the ranch. lenny, I guess, being Homer, an absolute numbskull who runs the nuclear plant. Couldn’t make it up, just keep tags on Celtic. Heartbraking for the rest of us. Young Dembele, who was busting to learn his trade has seen the light and instead of us pocketting a fair few bob will be off for peanuts, same a our goalie who maybe should have been given a chance. Do not even go there, Lenny. Sorro and Turnbull were only brought in when even your thick skull realised over a glass of Dubai’s finest things were going wrong, while you lay there on a lounger with the other has-beens not giving a pish. Ntcham has all the talent. His, I agree, occaisional moments, finding space, setting up forwards moves and some fine goals now wasted and OM have a hell of a player who will earn them a good few euros once people realise he is not a problem, the Celtic coaching staff are. We will be lied to, taken for granted, and things will change. But could hav been so much better. HH!
Going by the complete dearth of comments on the other Tim sites it looks like the apathy has set in.
Every second Lennon stays in situ the worse this will be further down the line and will almost certainly take years to repair, years in which Sevco will take full advantage of our collusive custodians clandestine conspiracy as they fulfil their end of the Five Way Agreement.
Caption …. Celtic View apologises for misprint after realising there was more than one option in last editions “Spot The Cunt” competition.
I see Stephen Robinson’s ‘raring to go’ again …
He’s Irish so …
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“Peter, who are those noisy ruffians over their on the cheap plastic seats?”
(Peter) “oh them, ignore them, they just pay our wages, but they’re stupid and don’t understand the intricacies of how brilliant I am”
“Splendid!”
Over “there”
Bloody auto spell !!!!!
THERE!!!!
Well, they can’t say they weren’t warned …
Lenny is for me a legend as a player who won a lot of trophies as a manager. He must be in the top 4 or 5 Celtic managers of all time. He has been abused on social media over nearly twenty years for bring red headed, wearing the hoops, being Irish, of Catholic origins even on this site it seems. What is now clear is Lawwell stayed too long, Lenny should not have been appointed in the ‘ shower’ incident. It was an emotional and finance based decision, not the way a leading organisation should operate. Lenny maybe have “list it’ and really believe the collapse has nothing to with him, that would be sad.I think but don’t know any more than anyone else if he feels he owes ‘ Peter’ and ‘ Dermot’ and he is hanging in there. We need to stop tearing ourselves apart, nothing we say in social media will have any impact on the majority share holder or the Board, why sound it, it’s not a real world. They see what we see and will do what they want, that’s just the way it is. All the abuse mob are doing is feeding the Record, Sky, Talksport and Kris Boyd. You end up judged by the company you keep and the huns are loving Celtic tearing itself apart. Remember what we do or say won’t change whatever is going to happen. Stay together.
“Lost it “but not’ list it’, though maybe list it too.
You think they don’t read the blogs?
Of course they do.
They own most of them.
They read the blogs but they are not stupid. Whether they are in it for the money, the glory whatever it is not suiting them either. A lot of Celtic supporters make reasoned, mature criticisms. It’s just the childish abuse that lets us down. Cool adult heads and keep the pressure up but don’t feed our enemies. We don’t have to accept it but neither should we sound like the huns who hated Lenny in Martin’s team.
Caption: And the guys rattling on the sax like this on the Baker Street session and I said “Gerry that’s obviously a recorder solo” but these guys think they know it all.
Wonderful all we are the one Lenny, the problem is that he is a poor manager, was on his first stint, is woeful now. Watch the crap that is currently being played by the team he has chosen. Constantly through the middle, the legacy of a failure.
A job well done and we must say thanks to Kilmarnock for not spreading tons of rubber pellets on that plastic shit they play on.
Enjoyed the victory big plus in another good Welsh display. Brown led by example but penalty very very soft, possible offside but Killie are the worst team in the league at the moment. Bain shakier than I remember. We need good decision making to take the club forward, better good than quick. Next they will be trying to get rid of Callum McGregor oh wait they are. Kennedy is not the long term answer, neither is Mark Hughes.
Best I’ve seen the team play on a plastic pitch for ages, defence looked OK with Duffy and Laxalt benched. Eddy is so frustrating, 2 goals(1a dodgy penalty, 1 offside, but I suppose we’re due a break from the MIB), but very poor, too greedy sclaffef/mishit shots/can’t find a team mate when he dies pass!!
Well done Bhoys.
I was listening to the game while dusting down the BBQ. Looks like a beautiful 28 degrees this weekend.
Beer, BBQ, Bullshit. The Aussie Trinitarian.
Enjoy.
Better from Celtic last night, attitude was spot on!
Celtic supporters are not fools, if they see something isn’t right they call it out. Something isn’t right at Celtic, it’s not functioning correctly and hasn’t been for some time. I’m not going to repeat all that’s been said. The football department as a whole needs a serious review from the top to the bottom and questions asked like: Our signing policy is directionless, haphazard and incompetent, it makes no sense, with priority positions being left unfilled and players being played out of their natural positions. It needs someone to structure it properly. We have to ask is the money being spent efficiently? is it providing value for money? is it purchasing from the right markets, there’s no use buying players out of their natural environment, that soon become unsettled, do we purchase the type and size of the right kind of players. Its no use buying small players for the Scottish game, you just had to look at Frimpong being brutally tackled at Kilmarnock, with absolutely no protection. We must ask is there any purpose investing in youth, because as soon as they show promise they are gone and some richer club gets the benefit. Questions have to be asked, we recognise that football is a unique business, but there is no use playing in a sport that is corrupt, someone must recognise that and get it sorted, social media is a great tool for exposing corruption, we can live without cheats and those who facilitate cheating. We care for our club and even if it means playing in a less valued league we would appreciate it more if it was honest. The new CEO has a lot of cleaning up to do…. and remember oor Tommy, Twist and Turns.
“Doing the right thing” My formal and rigid processes.
The Peter Lawwell years.
Would you read it?