At our monthly Lennon CSC meeting last night, which is where we plan our visits to Celtic Park, it became apparent that after the December 27 match, theres not a viable trip for us until February 22.
Its a good job Celtic don’t need the money from matchdays.
Theres December….
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Which is two games, one the difficult after Christmas “listen hen I’m nipping out for some fags are you needing anything” game against Ross County, but after that theres nothing we can do until February.
January has these games…
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Granted , two home games, but both in midweek, making it a day off work for all of us if we make the run, not really something that anyone fancies after the spending excesses of the festive period. Then theres the St. Johnstone game, cancelled so the players can get a break, which of course will be rescheduled for midweek as well. Which leaves us with February;
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And we don’t even know what time that one is yet, so we can’t book the trains in advance, which would save us about seventy quid each on the fares.
Tell me again how much value a season book is ?
The game against Rangers may prove difficult to get tickets for, with a limited amount available, but to be honest, I’m not that keen on participating in the medias attempt to erase history and carry on as though nothings happened where the Ibrox club are concerned.
Although one or two of their support are not confident it’ll be much of a contest;
And anyway, the SFA might be prepared to take them at face value that they will finish their commitments this season, but I’m not shelling out for a ticket to a show where one of the acts might not turn up. They are struggling to pay Decembers wages, according to some sources.
Speaking of that semi final, the word in the paper this morning is that there may be a sponsor available, who is willing to put £50,000 on the table to attach its name to the remaining three games in the League Cup. The Record called it a ;
… timely boost to SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster who just last week was lampooned by sporting mogul Barry Hearn for his failure to tie up a commercial partner for Scotland’s professional league.
£50,000 ? I would have loved to have gone to school with whoever negotiated that deal for the SPFL. I’d have had his dinner money every day.
Its pathetic. These guys, Doncaster especially, are paid a fortune to sell the game to sponsors, and this is the best they can do ? How much is he getting paid to do this ?
Thats his stern negotiating face, presumably.
And heres his tough dea l clinching face..
and here he is using his wit, charm and personality to get the best possible deal for Scotttish football
He reminds me of someone.
Tell you what, I’ll be at the game on sunday, so if everyone gives me £2, we’ll outbid them and call it the ” Sack Regan and Doncaster ” Cup.
Thats how pitiful this sponsorship deal really is. And its all around re-inventing the Old Firm brand.
Whoever sponsors this game should be boycotted.
Simple.
Make it clear that none of us will buy into their product as they have bought into and exploited the myth that surrounds the Ibrox scandal, and as such, are trying to re-write the facts.
Right, thats the cheerful stuff done.
Want a wee chuckle ?
This time of the year there is that frustrating custom where we spend a few quid on a box of Christmas cards, fill them in and drive around putting them through friends and neighbours doors at four in the morning. That way, of course, you don’t have to speak to them, and you avoid those awkward moments when you try to remember their names, and hope they really are called Mr and Mrs number 42.
Anyway, inevitably someone you had completely forgotten about will send you a card, meaning you need to go out and get another box, and so the process goes on.
Over at FollowFollow, a website dedicated to the memory of former Glasgow rivals Rangers, they have brought out their festive selection.
Maybe a couple of club legends ? Perhaps a message of peace and goodwill to all ? Or maybe even a featured charity ?
Er, no.
They have two to choose from….
The first design is our famous classic which punters clamour for every featuring Santa delivering a very special present at Parkhead.
The second design is a subtle (!) dig at our local rivals and their unhealthy interest in all things Rangers.
I guess that makes me obsessed , then.
More to be pitied than scorned, I guess, as we see yet another desperate attempt to pretend they are relevant.
By the way, its a fiver for the pair. Or each. Or something. you could have bought the club for that, and still had enough left over for a pie and a pint.
We at Etims don’t do Christmas cards and such like, but if we did we would celebrate what is good about our club, not encourage a perception about another, former rival.
Or, of course, we could just slap Merry christmas across this picture.
Lest They Forget.
Right. Back to the football.
Sergio Aguero , who has single handedly made Manchester Citys season bearable if not blisteringly successful for their fans could be out for six months. Reports suggest that they may turn to John Guidetti as a replacement.
Sure they will. With the press realising that he’s actually with Celtic for a full year, they’ve decided the only team they can reallistically link him with in January is the one he’s on loan from.
Virgil van Dijk is now off to Tottenham, who will leapfrog Arsenal and everyone else. Which might come as a surprise to him.
And to Tottenham.
Anthony Stokes may well go to Cardiff, which would mean he;’d have kept Jo inge Berget-I think thats his name-out of two teams this season, as the norwegian is heading back to Wales after failing to make his mark in Glasgow.
Teemu Pukki is “open ” to a permanent move to Brondby, which is probably best for all concerned. Shame, I always thought that there was a player there, but I don’t think the Finn was so sure.
Theres no doubt we will see a bit of a clear out in January. Whether or not we will get some quality in is another question. The squad is too big, the potential for unrest amongst fringe players too great.
If we are to back Deilas vision, and it seems most of us are beginning to be optimistic if not confident of success long term, then we might as well start as we mean to carry on and give him what he needs to get it done.
His own way. He’s proved he can handle the criticism, and stuck to his guns throughout. He might not look it, but he’s a lot tougher than perhaps we first thought, and there is a rod of steel where his spine should be.
Coach John Kennedy has been observing the boss from probably closer than anyone, and he thinks that Ronny has now accepted that every game has to be won at Celtic.
‘Winning is the big thing at Celtic, ‘If you go two matches without winning all of a sudden the question marks come out – but that’s the nature of the beast and that will never change.
‘When you are the manager or a player, you just have to have the mentality to deal with that and that’s something he knows about now. He’s well aware that when we don’t play well just make sure you still win the match.
‘Performance-wise, you want to win with style – but when that style doesn’t come across in a specific game just make sure you win it and move on.’
Dinamo Zagreb are next up on Thursday, and it looks like a few fringe players will get a start. Probably not the game to punt a few quid on to make some Christmas spending money.
Christmas.
Heres a letter i found in my sons room the toher day;
Its just not the same anymore.
Another caption competition today, what are these two talking about ?
Both doing Tommy Cooper impersonations – ‘how do we win this game? – just like that! – huh huh!’
Big Roy ” Eck, theres hector the tax collector over there looking for you….” Big Eck “sssh roy, if i dont move he wont see me….”
Nah Alex the auld Rangers were that side of Glesga before they passed away, and please believe me there r no comin back
It’s to be remembered that our Club agreed to the increases in Doncaster’s wage. The modus operandi of our Club when it comes to contentious issues is to keep someone else between them and the bullet. Great businessmen but total shitebags when it comes to standing up for justice. Still no sign of me getting back to Paradise-but I can wait.
For the February 1st game – Is that the correct crest for the new entity?
Jackie, your’e quite right, here is the latest crest available, subject to change.
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sorry, that didn’t work.
I’m liking that!
Roy and Eck remember Izzy and Wizzy the Spiders from PaperPlay back in the good old days of Childrens TV on ITV
The bear is saying ‘Naw, finger mouse was like this!’
As a classical pianist, the bear demonstrates to crooked mouth, how to play The Fields of Athenry with all of his fingers instead of crooked mouths feeble attempted two.
“Right Eck first tae move takes the Rangers Joab”
3 days later…..
Big Roy to Eck
” Rangers were there….then poof!!..gone….just like that”
‘Wan more time Alex.. em in the Green n White have been around fur 127 year, right? and em in the red, shite and blue have only been around fur 2 year.. Got it noo??’.
The Bear, ” Yes,I know that area of Glasgow well,so that’s
where your 500k EBT fraud flat is. “
So if everyone agrees that £50,000 for the three games is extremely cheap, lets dig a bit deeper and add some outgoings from that amount. If we can say £500 per ticket and assume that a box at Hampden has eight seats £4,000 per game. (celtic park is about £275ish for a league game, from memory minimum eight seats)Branding (advertising boards, programmes, design work etc. Loss of regular advertising monies,car parking,freebies etc, the list goes on. Is there a rule about being a hun and losing money that I am missing?
Good to see the Zombies recognising St Nick (christmas cards) rather than worshiping Old Nick(traditional)
I reckon the plan from Doncaster et al, is to wait until the Zombies get back into the Premier League and then go all out for a sponsorship deal. Then claim that Rangers have been the saviour of Scottish football.
So sevco fans bring out two Christmas cards accusing Celtic fans of having an unhealthy interest in all things sevconian.
And the subject of both their cards is ……….. Celtic. Are they confused or what?
Ralph
First to show full support for Celtic 125’s comment. Our board has shown the club strip to be yellow streaks on all sides when it comes to standing up for integrity and value. I now there are those who will argue Celtic have to tread carefully but when it comes to essential principles there should be no walking on eggshells but an all out hike. If Scottish football is on a slippery financial and quality slope then our Board has to accept part of the blame for allowing the greasers full sway.
The Diary was in full flow today hitting all the right notes of criticism and hope. The fucking about with game times and dates is as removed from fan centred as the earth is from the centre of the universe. As for the blue bolls Molotov cocktail that we have been “unfortunate” to be “guided” into playing (eleven has been, never really were and never will be again crocks – or crooks if you wish – have somehow defeated 2 SPL teams along the way when they could not kick a baa out of a sheep never mind kick a baw roon a pitch. And there are those among us that actually want this nuclear explosion of bile and hatred to explode in our presence once again. I never thought anything would be more incredible than the ongoing reigns of Doncaster and Regan but the desire of some for a fresh meeting of blue and green does. If we buried them in so much humiliation as to eliminate all their hopes for any kind of future, it would still not make up for my passionate desire never to witness that fixture ever again. I always hated it and always will and anyone who believes Celtic are all about the humiliation and destruction of old or new Rangers abjectly fails to understand the ethos of our club. If you believe Jock Stein is the managerial icon that he is then harken to his words. To paraphrase “beating Rangers is only equivalent to another two points”. Jock saw them as nothing more than one a of the bunch Celtic had to defeat to win the league. And now I do not even pay them that minimum of respect.
Maybe I need to lighten up but you got me going Ralph. So here’s my contribution to the funnies
McLeish “Ah, Roy, that’s where you went wrong. You shook the ref’s hand like that but we all knew to shake it like this.”
H H
I agree with all you have written there PB.
They’ve just made DU pay the scum £204K for young Telfer.
Serious question for anyone. Why would DU have to pay Sevco £34K VAT?
Should DU write a cheque for the old clubs creditors, a cheque for the new club, and a cheque for HMRC?………Post dated to after the Dec payroll.
Caption…
Big Roy: so we play the ball along the ground, it’s called a pass
Eck: so we don’t hoof it up the park and hope for the best
Big Roy: No Eck, along the ground like this…the Celtic way
Pensionerbhoy – believe me Big Jock enjoyed beating Rangers more than any other team. The “only two points” mantra was only for the papers. The players knew different.
Eck – so what you are saying Roy is that if you pick up the baw then it’s definitely your shy!