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A curse on you Murray, You have raped the club that I love

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 17:01:09 -0600

Was the quote from swallow swallow tonight....

For every fiver celtic spend,, you know the rest. The fire sale has begun...enjoy, who said the credit crunch was a bad thing ???

At last the house of cards is toppling and to rub their noses in it, rumours that we have signed a new sponsorship deal with Nike worth £29m over the next 5 years

Celtic's eastern promise......

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:30:38 -0600

Celtic have completed the signing of Czech Republic Under-20 defender Milan Misun from FK Pribram

The 18-year-old left-back has signed a four-year contract with the reigning Scottish Premier League champions. He said "It's a tremendous honour to sign for a club of Celtic's stature,"I know that there are some quality players at Celtic and I will need to work extremely had to break into the first team." Mate.. your a left back.. we have none, you wont have to wait that long if you are any good.

The defender opted for a move to Glasgow despite interest from Italian Serie A club AC Milan. Really........................

Ginger nyaff Gordon Strachan stated that he was delighted to secure the the signing of Misun, however, he stated that Milan is a young lhad with potential and that it was the coaching staff's remit to ensure that he reaches that potential with us........sounds like a pre-emptive strike against the boo-boys when the lhad makes his first misplaced pass.

Dundee United goalkeeper Lukasz Zaluska has signed a pre-contract agreement to join SPL rivals Celtic.

The 26-year-old Pole has rejected the chance to extend his stay at Tannadice and leaves as a free agent at the end of the season.

"I have ambition to play at the highest level and a move like this would make that possible, I have been in the United team for a year now and I think I am ready for a step up." and a doubling of your wage always help's to convince you that its time to move on. A wee wake up call for a certain under-performing goalkeeper....hopefully starting on Saturday against the Orcs......

Dundee United manager Levin sobbed like a jessie and said "I believe that football-wise it's not a good decision for him. I don't think he's going there as the number one goalkeeper. He's only played maybe 40 or 50 games for Dundee United and he hasn't got a lot of experience. It's obviously a big feather in his cap that Celtic see him as someone capable and there comes a point when a figure is mentioned that makes it worthwhile sitting on the bench."

Rumours that we are in talks with a high profile bosman signing and that the person in question has already been to Paradise and the Tommy Burns Academy......

There is the news, tomorrow there will be scattered showers, with snow guaranteed on Thursday.

PS.. you put your left leg in....Is it just me that's not offended and that their feeble attempts at offending us get more bizarre every passing week ??

naka to leave for free

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:15:00 -0500

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan has slammed reports that Shunsuke Nakamura will leave in the next transfer window, despite the midfielder seemingly edging closer to a move back to Japan.

J-League club Yokohama Marinos, for whom Nakamura made his professional debut in 1997, will attempt to sign the 30-year-old midfielder in January ahead of their 2009 season. A Yokohama spokesman was reported as saying: "It's a matter of how soon we can get ready financially. "This will depend on when we get the nod from our parent company Nissan." But during preparations for Wednesday's Co-operative Insurance Cup quarter-final tie against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park, the manager remained consistent in his appraisal of the situation. "It is the same statement as on Friday, the same position, nobody has mentioned anything to me and unless anyone tells me anything different to my face then I will refer you to Friday's statement. I had a long conversation with Naka on Thursday and he never said a thing about that. I can only deal with reality; I will leave it up to the rest to deal with the nonsense that goes with it “.

19/11/08 19:30	Doha	Qatar	-	Japan
11/02/09	TBA	Japan	-	Australia
28/03/09	TBA	Japan	-	Bahrain

As you can see there are another three world cup qualifiers to be played before the end of the season, with all the travelling involved, you can see why Naka fancies a move back home. The 30-year-old midfielder has hinted that an ongoing ankle problem could influence him to return to Japan with Yokohama earlier than expected, but he insists he wants to continue playing for as long as he can. “I have heard about these stories but it’s a question for my agent, I want to play football for a long time, but at the moment my right ankle is giving me problems. I have to get it heavily strapped before every game I play in. I want to be the best I can be and at the moment I am not able to do that right now. It’s frustrating”

I find it strange that we won’t let Naka go in the next window, no-one is doubting the man’s ability, but, his heart just doesn’t seem to be in it anymore. It’s never been his style to dominate games and his performances of late have not been of the standard that we know the man rise to, however, the ongoing injury would explain that one....... Ps –its only 590 days till the next world cup kicks off....bring it on.

We came, we saw, we conquered.

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:35:18 -0500

Sub Heading......They sneaked it by the odd goal.

We are only eight games into this season, but, I thought that it might be interesting to have a look at our early season form against teams that both us and the Huns have played so far.

The league table shows both teams are tied on 19 points, however, we have a superior goal difference.

Both clubs have played St Mirren, Falkirk, Motherwell, Aberdeen and Kilmarnock and I have listed the scores against each team.

Celtic Rangers

St Mirren 1-0 H 0-1 A

Falkirk 3-0 H 1-0 A

Motherwell 4-2 A 2-1 H

Killie 3-1 A 2-1 H

Aberdeen 3-2 H 1-1 A

We have gathered 12 points from these games, scoring 14 goals and lost 5

they have gathered 10 points from these games, scoring 5 goals and lost 4.

We have played three of the games at home to their two at home.

As you can see we have performed far better in these games and have scored a hell of a lot more gaols than they have +9 goals for us and +2 for them. I think these stats show just how much better we are than them, as they have won each game by the odd goal and taking into account the fact that 4 of the 5 teams that we have both played are in the bottom half of the league, Killie being the exception.

The catalyst for this good form.....step forward Mr Samaras and Mr Maloney, fast flowing football, its the future......

After doing this, the capitulation at parkhead that day rankles even more. four two to that pile of u know what.

Wrong team, wrong attitude, both on and off the park... haven't heard us so quiet at an derby game....still onwards and upwards - hail hail to four in a row.

Cheer up Walter Smith...............

Boh67

Great Celtic Wallpapers of our time Vol 1

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:47:36 -0500

Close, but, no cigar

It's Sno good,Sno good at all......

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:19:24 -0500

So... its goodbye Evander Sno

A player deemed good enough for the Dutch under 21's and Olympic squad for Beijing 2008, but, not good enough for the rough and tumble of Scotland's elite top flight league. A league where midfield's bristle with such luminaries as Scott Severin, Bob Malcolm and Gary Locke star, a bigger bunch of hammer throwing fuds you will never find.

Sure the big fella had rough edges, but I will tell you this...you watch him progress at Ajax, they will coach him and get the best out of him. I hope we have a sell on clause, as we will imo rue the day that we let him go on the cheap.

Granted, we had no option as he was out of contract next summer and would have left for hee haw, but, we should have tied him up on a deal a year or so ago, then loaned him out to get the experience that he obviously needed, just as we have done with Cuthbert.... oh aye and have Barca with Crosas

This country really needs a wake up call where its football is concerned - kick and rush, kick and rush.. the ball is round for a feckin reason.....how many euro final's have Scottish teams made - is it 6 ?? three for us, two for the Huns and one for the dons.. in how many years ??? not a good record at all. Yes... we are a small country and yes we do not have financial might of the big leagues, but, if and that's a big if we can nurture our own then u never know....

I deliberately pictured the big man in his Holland strip - its a sad day and indicative of Scottish football that we prefer hammer throwers over a young Dutch international, think of it the other way round.. just say we have signed a young Dutch international, plays regularly for their under 21's and is on his way back from the Olympics - we would be pretty happy methinks, hey, not to worry...we have only went and thrown a guid one away.....Ajax and Ossasuna think so and lets not forget he has already been in the Dutch full squad... never mind back to the sphell hammer throwers....

The clock's ticking, dont dissapoint us

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:35:49 -0500

Its time.. time to splash the cash Celtic. You announced with great pride that the debt is down to £3.25m. This will rise over the course of the season of course, but there is room to spend and its time, no excuses.

No more McCourt’s, Mizuno’s ect – we need class reinforcements ASAP.

No one is asking that we compete with the big leagues in terms of signings, we realise that Ashavrin and Bent ect are out of our price range, however, I give you Naka £2.5m, Boruc £1m – this is the type of players that we need.

Rangers have bought big, they had to again no-one is disputing this fact. They sold Cullar, yes that has weakened them, but they have reinvested in an area of the pitch that they were struggling.

Let’s not forget how close the league was last season, yes we are champions and the champions win over the 38 games of the season. The players did well to win the 7 games to secure the championship and I do not agree that the Huns euro run cost them, tough shit.. get over it. But it was the last minute goal that kept out title hopes alive, without that goal the league was lost.. we were 12 points behind that pile of shite at one point, do we want to have to struggle again this season???

The defence needs urgent action, if we do not sign a left back then heads should roll, in fact we also need a change at right back as for me Hinkel is not the answer. Give Caddis a run and see how he does.

Midf... jeez not good enough – not in a millions years. Keep the ball, its round for a reason,.... pass and move, pass and move. Look for the ball, as WGS says be brave, that’s the problem, how many times do our mdf just pass the ball to one of our players in a crazy position, get rid of it, dont make a mistake, thats not brave Gordon, far from it....... we dont expect Brazil 70, but we do expect better than what we have at the moment... ah but three in a row, last 16 twice... aye, brilliant, but that does'nt mean good football has to be forgotten about.

Upfront – JVOH, McDonald, Samaras..... hmmmm –JVOH and Mcdonald did well and we can’t afford a top class replacement, so they will have to do...

Splash the cash.. this is the same guff that we had to endure for long periods of last season..... How many saves did the St Mirren or Utd keeper have to make ??? I am not saying that the leagues lost, or its time to change the management, but, action is needed now. Let’s not gamble on the Huns being as poor as last season... a spend now will secure the league and guarantee champions league football again.

Rangers new management training gear ........ Exclusive

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:54:07 -0500

oh the dignity...........

Strachan out ???????????? WTF

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:36:58 -0500

A good result against Southampton and plus marks for Caddis and Mizuno, who both impressed when they came on. Not quite the same result today however, losing three one to Fulham.

I cannot for the life of me understand why the fuckwits in our support are tonight complaining about the result today. Fuck me, it was less than 12 hours since the end of the Southampton game and most of the same players were given a run out.

I didn’t see the game today, but, in my opinion the result is the least important thing in these games, all you look for is the players getting their fitness back and hopefully no injuries.. eh Huns???

I cannot remember us setting the heather on fire in the last few pre-seasons and we have done not to badly .... But looking at the tic websites today and some of the usual suspects were on in all their glory – Strachan fuck off, the defence is shite, where is the money going yada yada...

The defence will be strengthened with 2 new players ,Tamas and a.n other and I would imagine that he will be a left back, saying that I thought that Wilson looked a better option at left back than Naylor is when he came on...

of course the fuckwits ( is that allowed? :-)) - forget that Naka, boruc, jvoh are still to come back in..

A message to all the doubters...(can you believe it already?????).......... why don’t you piss off , as you obviously don’t have a clue about football......Let Gordon do what he does best, making us champions come May 09.

Message delivered and hopefully understood..............

Rant over

BREAKING NEWS..............................

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:11:57 -0500

CELTIC are today delighted to announce that Aiden McGeady has committed his long-term future to the club by signing a new five-year contract.

McGeady was voted Scotland’s Player of the Year by his fellow professionals last season and his form throughout the campaign helped Celtic win their third league title in a row and reach the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League for a second consecutive season.

And the news that McGeady has signed a new five-year contract will delight Celtic supporters, who voted him their Player of the Year at the club's annual awards dinner last night (Wednesday, July 16).

Celtic Chief Executive Peter Lawwell said: “This is wonderful news for the club and our supporters.

“Aiden's performances in recent seasons have made him the outstanding player in Scottish football and clearly we are delighted that he has committed his long-term future to the club.

“Our priority has always been to try and keep our best players at the club and the Board is delighted to support Gordon in his plans for the future by securing Aiden on this long-term agreement.

"It is particularly satisfying that Aiden has become such a success having come through the ranks of our youth development programme.

“While he himself deserves immense praise for all he has done, he is also a real tribute to all those people who have assisted his development including, of course, the great Tommy Burns.

“With Scotland's Player of the Year in Aiden McGeady and the SPL's Top scorer Scott McDonald having now agreed new extended contracts, we are delighted that we have secured the services of two of the finest players in Scotland.

“Clearly, we will also continue to look to make quality additions to our squad and we are pleased to have done this in recent days with the signing of Georgios Samaras, someone who was so crucial to our success last season.

“The Board will continue to do all we can to support the manager and ensure that Celtic stays at the top of Scottish football.”