The Scottish Football Thread
27-08-2014, 06:10
|
#961
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Glasgow
Services: SkyHD and Broadband
Posts: 9,159
|
Re: The Scottish Football Thread
|
|
|
27-08-2014, 07:02
|
#962
|
Still alive and fighting
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: In the land of beyond and beyond.
Services: XL BB, 3 360 boxes , XL TV.
Posts: 56,388
|
Re: The Scottish Football Thread
Luck and bad luck is like a spinning wheel as you never know what you are going to get on a certain day Mark.
__________________
“The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself”
|
|
|
27-08-2014, 08:00
|
#963
|
Inactive
Join Date: Nov 2007
Services: 30mb BB, XL TV, V+, TiVo, talk unlimited.
Posts: 4,143
|
Re: The Scottish Football Thread
{stolen from twitter}
Don't write Celtic off yet. It's only full-time...
|
|
|
27-08-2014, 20:50
|
#964
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,798
|
Re: The Scottish Football Thread
London Road, you are not the only one who was talking about the board. My in laws are mad on Celtic, and were saying the same.
They were saying that Celtic is one of the richest clubs in the world. So why arnt they buying good decent players.
To be totally honest, Celtic were like a third team out there. And were extremely poor. They need a striker, maybe two.
But, if the board want something doen, they have to sack there manager. They have to bring in someone who will motivate the team.
Years ago, Celtic were a team that could match any big club from Europe. Not now they cant.
Sorry to be honest.
|
|
|
27-08-2014, 21:01
|
#965
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 5,386
|
Re: The Scottish Football Thread
It's a waste of money buying players for a few Europe games. If they were in the epl it would be worth it
|
|
|
27-08-2014, 21:18
|
#966
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Glasgow
Services: SkyHD and Broadband
Posts: 9,159
|
Re: The Scottish Football Thread
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
They were saying that Celtic is one of the richest clubs in the world.
|
They are wrong. Celtic are the richest club in Scottish football by a country mile right now and due to Rangers ongoing woes are likely to remain that way for the next 5 years at least.
In world terms though they are minnows, their entire turnover each season is less than most English teams get in TV money and they simply cannot afford to pay world class wages even if they could entice players to Glasgow to play diddy teams week in, week out for the occasional chance of big games.
|
|
|
27-08-2014, 21:51
|
#967
|
Inactive
Join Date: Nov 2007
Services: 30mb BB, XL TV, V+, TiVo, talk unlimited.
Posts: 4,143
|
Re: The Scottish Football Thread
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
London Road, you are not the only one who was talking about the board. My in laws are mad on Celtic, and were saying the same.
They were saying that Celtic is one of the richest clubs in the world. So why arnt they buying good decent players.
To be totally honest, Celtic were like a third team out there. And were extremely poor. They need a striker, maybe two.
But, if the board want something doen, they have to sack there manager. They have to bring in someone who will motivate the team.
Years ago, Celtic were a team that could match any big club from Europe. Not now they cant.
Sorry to be honest.
|
They can compete and always will. They can't compete with wages for players anymore because of TV money. Celtic got more for their play off round in the CL than they'll get for the full season of Scottish Football coverage on BT and Sky. That puts it into perspective.
Still a bigger club than Spurs though
|
|
|
27-08-2014, 22:33
|
#968
|
Bah Humbug!!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Glasgow
Age: 43
Services: Sky Q 2Tb, Sky Q mini, boxsets and Sports & Movies HD, Sky Fibre unlimited
Posts: 13,928
|
Re: The Scottish Football Thread
Quote:
Originally Posted by Derek
They are wrong. Celtic are the richest club in Scottish football by a country mile right now and due to Rangers ongoing woes are likely to remain that way for the next 5 years at least. In world terms though they are minnows, their entire turnover each season is less than most English teams get in TV money and they simply cannot afford to pay world class wages even if they could entice players to Glasgow to play diddy teams week in, week out for the occasional chance of big games.
|
Well a few years ago 2008 or 2009 Celtic were 20th or 23rd place on that rich list.
Currently they are within the top 40 still.
So yeah they are still one of the richest teams.
__________________
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 | 32GB DDR5 6000 | RADEON 7900XT | WD 2TB NVME
|
|
|
28-08-2014, 04:29
|
#969
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Glasgow
Services: SkyHD and Broadband
Posts: 9,159
|
Re: The Scottish Football Thread
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stephen
So yeah they are still one of the richest teams.
|
Is that why they are penny pinching with loan deals, a sixth choice manager and selling any player there is even a sniff of interest in?
In world terms of turnover and ready cash they are behind all of the EPL and Championship, the main leagues in Spain, Germany France etc and more on a par with lower level European leagues.
|
|
|
28-08-2014, 07:23
|
#970
|
Inactive
Join Date: Nov 2007
Services: 30mb BB, XL TV, V+, TiVo, talk unlimited.
Posts: 4,143
|
Re: The Scottish Football Thread
Quote:
Originally Posted by Derek
Is that why they are penny pinching with loan deals, a sixth choice manager and selling any player there is even a sniff of interest in?
In world terms of turnover and ready cash they are behind all of the EPL and Championship, the main leagues in Spain, Germany France etc and more on a par with lower level European leagues.
|
Still wealthy but not frivolous. It's called living within your means. A concept that was alien to your dead club and this new zombie offspring that you're journeying with.
You should expend your energy saving Sevco instead of obsessing about the team that put Glasgow on the map.
|
|
|
29-08-2014, 10:47
|
#971
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Glasgow
Services: SkyHD and Broadband
Posts: 9,159
|
Re: The Scottish Football Thread
The Legia fans are not too happy about Sporting Integrity FC getting put through in their place.
[img]Download Failed (1)[/img]
Standby for the UEFA fine.
|
|
|
29-08-2014, 12:07
|
#972
|
My post info may change
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Media Boy UK HQ
Posts: 14,787
|
Re: The Scottish Football Thread
Quote:
Originally Posted by Derek
The Legia fans are not too happy about Sporting Integrity FC getting put through in their place.
Standby for the UEFA fine.
|
I bet we will see Legia VS Celtic again - Draw live right now on Eurosport 2.
__________________
Blog - Updated May 2nd.
What may come - May 1st.
Also on X
Got inside news but can't post it - PM me with info
|
|
|
29-08-2014, 14:12
|
#973
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Glasgow
Services: SkyHD and Broadband
Posts: 9,159
|
Re: The Scottish Football Thread
Quote:
Originally Posted by Media Boy
I bet we will see Legia VS Celtic again - Draw live right now on Eurosport 2.
|
Nope.
Quote:
Scottish champions Celtic meet Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb and Romanians FC Astra.
|
|
|
|
29-08-2014, 18:12
|
#974
|
Inactive
Join Date: Nov 2007
Services: 30mb BB, XL TV, V+, TiVo, talk unlimited.
Posts: 4,143
|
Re: The Scottish Football Thread
Quote:
Originally Posted by Derek
|
Mwahhahaha... as some people might say
http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/r...ffering-fails/
Salary McCoist does do walking away.
tick tock tick tock
---------- Post added at 18:12 ---------- Previous post was at 17:23 ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
London Road, you are not the only one who was talking about the board. My in laws are mad on Celtic, and were saying the same.
They were saying that Celtic is one of the richest clubs in the world. So why arnt they buying good decent players.
To be totally honest, Celtic were like a third team out there. And were extremely poor. They need a striker, maybe two.
But, if the board want something doen, they have to sack there manager. They have to bring in someone who will motivate the team.
Years ago, Celtic were a team that could match any big club from Europe. Not now they cant.
Sorry to be honest.
|
A good interview here with Peter Lawell that might explain, with some realism, the actual situation with Celtic.
|
|
|
15-11-2014, 11:28
|
#975
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Glasgow
Services: SkyHD and Broadband
Posts: 9,159
|
Re: The Scottish Football Thread
Sad news, marring a decent victory.
Quote:
A football fan has died after falling in a stairwell at Celtic Park following Scotland's Euro 2016 qualifier against the Republic of Ireland.
|
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-west-30066472
Some good news, hopefully to be followed by some reports of Police brutality over the weekend to those involved.
Quote:
An arrest warrant has been issued for former Rangers owner Craig Whyte following an investigation into the club's sale in 2011.
Four other men detained during raids in England earlier have now been arrested.
On Friday evening, a spokesman for Police Scotland said: "Following an operation on Friday 14 November, four men have been arrested and are presently detained in police custody in connection with the ongoing investigation into the alleged fraudulent acquisition of Rangers FC in 2011."
|
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-west-30053692
I have a feeling they won't be stopping at 5 arrests, there is more to come out of this story.
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 22:15.
|