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Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can't engage in banter with you SCSB until you > have a team of your own. I do. Rangers. Same club that was founded in 1872. But you knew that anyway.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > red devil Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I think there were several reasons why Lennon > > resigned Mick. I'm sure one of them was that he > > felt he'd taken them as far as he could on the > > resources, the club was stagnating, a general > > malaise was setting in. Those records you cite > > were played in front of thousands of empty > seats, > > and they will always have a hollow ring to them > as > > Rangers weren't in the mix. Celtic should've > been > > creating much better records, such as most > points > > accumulated, and/or going through a season > > unbeaten. And the players you cited went to > > Southampton and Norwich respectively. Says it > all. > > Celtic will struggle in Europe while the SPL is > so > > uncompetitive... > > If you wanted to entertain an ounce of realism and > your knowledge of football finances you would > understand that Celtic punched way above their > weight (pound for pound) under Lennon, last 16 of > the champions league - these were great > achievements. > > But don't come back on me again - I cant take any > more. You have broken me already. Lennon was so good in Europe he achieved their worst agg defeat 5-0 to Juventus. Equalled it against AC Milan 5-0 the. Broke it again against Barcelona 7-1. All in the one calendar year!!!

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > STV understands that Celtic have now contacted the > SPFL and gained approval for the player to be > registered for domestic competition if all the > formalities are completed with FIFA, who govern > all international transfers. > > The Glasgow club have now asked the Scottish FA to > approach FIFA on their behalf to have the transfer > fully approved. Ah, i thought "rules were rules" with Celtic? Certainly they were shouting that when Warsaw didn't quite tick all the boxes correctly.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > From nout to two strikers - signed in 30 minutes > of the deadline...."Things looked touch and go > earlier today but Celtic pulled a late double > swoop to sign John Guidetti on loan from > Manchester City, and Stefan Scepovic on a four > year deal from Sporting Gijon. Guidetti has been > a Celtic transfer rumour since his 20 goals in 23 > games stint at Feyenoord as a teenager in 2011-12. > Now he?s on board, I?m holding out for news of > Georgi Kinkladze. > > Stefan Scepovic could have played his hand better > over the last 24 hours; footballers are seldom > accused of over-intellectualising their plans. > Late interest from La Liga looked to have dealt > Celtic a body-blow, but he?s ours now, and I?m > pleased we got someone who was wanted by Spanish > scouts." > > > Edited to add that we also managed to hold on to > Virgil van Dyke on the day he was called up to the > Dutch squad, despite lots of EPL interest. It's > nice to see the club being big enough to tell a > player he is going nowhere. From nowt to two down to one again - the Guidetti deal fell through. Must be nice signing a striker who didn't want to go to you, and then only changed his mind when a deal to go to Getafe collapsed! Who actually made a bid for VVD?

MM where art thou? You doing the champions league hokey pokey? In, out, in, out...

Punishment did not suit the crime. Maribor will be a tough test for Celtic.

Perhaps he meant to link this one? http://youtu.be/iRqypM7jb5Y

Legia coming out fighting and blasting UEFA. http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...medium=twitter Legia Warsaw head coach Henning Berg has vowed to appeal the decision to expel his club from the Champions League over a 'small administration error'. Berg reacted with fury after UEFA ruled the Polish champions had fielded in ineligible player in their 2-0 second leg defeat of Celtic at Murrayfield on Wednesday. The victory completed a 6-1 aggregate win and should have secured Legia a play-off place before the game's governing body claimed their defender Bartosz Bereszynski had not been properly registered. Bereszynski had been sent off against Apollon in the final match of Legia's Europa League campaign last season and was handed an automatic three-match ban. He missed both ties against St Patrick's in the second qualifying round and then sat out the first leg against Celtic. But UEFA decided he had not been registered in Legia's squad for the games against the Irish side in order to allow a three-match suspension to take effect. Speaking to Sky Sports News, Berg said: "We will appeal this, definitely. We will go as high as we can because we do not think this is the right decision. Shocked "We are absolutely shocked at this decision. For UEFA to make this, with the consequences of it for what has happened, is unbelievable. "We have a player from last season playing in the Europa League being suspended for three games after a red card. This season he did not play the first two games against St Patrick's and the first game against Celtic and then he was ready for the fourth game. "He should have been ok. The technical mistake which our administration made was not to put him in the squad for the two first games against St Patrick's for him to serve his suspension. "I think this goes against every intention of fair play and fair competition and I think there has been a case like this before. In 2010 Debrecen from Hungary also used a player and their case was not even as strong as ours and UEFA told them because they acted in good faith the result stood and it was not affected." Henning Berg "And this little technical mistake for him not being on this paper without even playing has taken away our chance of getting into the Champions League which would have been a dream for this club and these players who have worked so hard for us to get to this position. "He has been registered to us for all this time so we were not trying to hide anything. This has been open and this is just a little small technical mistake in the administration and the consequences for us now is very, very difficult to take." And Berg has called on UEFA to show consistency, pointing out they have used different punishment for similar offences in the past. "I think this goes against every intention of fair play and fair competition and I think there has been a case like this before. Good faith "In 2010 Debrecen from Hungary also used a player and their case was not even as strong as ours and UEFA told them because they acted in good faith the result stood and it was not affected. "So for them to make a different decision this time with consequences like this is very, very difficult to take. European football should be about fair competition and fair play. "The financial implications of this impact hugely on the club, on how we want to build it in the future. We are progressing as a club, we have won the league two years in a row and we are building for the future and I feel for the players who have worked so hard to get us to this position. "There has not been a Polish team in the Champions League for 17 or 18 years and we felt we had a good chance to get to it and it has been taken away from us because of this technical mistake and the decision from UEFA." Legia chairman Boguslaw Lesniodorski believes Celtic should have refused to accept the ruling after being so convincingly beaten by their Polish rivals. Im very disappointed, once again football and sport lost," he said. "We hope that Celtic will react and follow fair play rules. For us what happened on the field matters. Following the decision, Legia were placed into the final qualifying round for the Europa League where they were paired with Aktobe of Kazakhstan, while Celtic were drawn against Slovenian side Maribor in the Champions League play-offs.

Highly embarrassing if you're a normal Celtic fan. Not even close to winning either leg, and through on a technicality.

Very noble of you MM. will be interesting to see what UEFA do.

Seems you may have escaped being pumped out as apparently the opposition fielded an illegible player. Said player came on with 4 minutes to go last night.

Bhoy in Singapore Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mick not saying you are wrong but Lennon's first > season saw us go out to Braga in the Champions > League and then out to Utrecht in the Europa > qualifier. > > SCSB79 you really are a boring prat. Enjoying the > Petrofac Training cup? When do you reckon you will > go bust again? Cant come soon enough. Oh pick up your dummy and crawl back into your pram. It's called banter and everyone is allowed to throw it around.

Chuckle chuckle.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Two days after the World Cup final and Celtic > begin their Champions League qualifying tonight in > Iceland. > > That was a short summer break from football. All the European minnows start at this time of year MM.

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > are there any vaguely good quality streaming > sites? > RTE not showing the game and ITV not available in > sky Ireland. > > Watching vipboxeu stream, but terible quality try wiziwig. or the watch espn app on the ipad - although not sure if it will work in the UK?

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/scotland-dies-laughing-20071121549

"Every time we have to come here we have to make arrangements for our children to be looked after". If only you'd done that in the bloody first place. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27864606

Three goals chopped off already! First Mexico goal should have stood.

aquarius moon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SCSB79 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > aquarius moon Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Lambert,young? He's 32!! > > > He's young as regards England caps. Oh right, because that's what you meant!

aquarius moon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Agree with Maxxi. > > Barkley, Lallana, Lambert etc should start. > > Fresh, young, exciting players who feel so > honoured to represent their country for the first > time, they will give their all. > > Rather than relying on the older, experienced > players who no longer have anything to prove, gave > their all once, but no longer give enough. Lambert,young? He's 32!!

Are you one of the Tapas 7 Bob?

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SCSB79 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Alan Medic Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > I think SB forgot one: > > > > > > Celtic 2 Inter Milan 1 > > > > A result from 1967 is going to help them attract > a > > well-known manager now? Strange. > > Given that 6 of Real Madrid's 10 European Cup wins > were prior to '67, I was pointing out that Celtic > have a European stature that most clubs don't > have. Rangers come to mind. Anyway, who said it > has to be a well known manager? Whoever it is, > he'll be well known to himself! I'd say winning one Eurpean trophy and reaching the final of 3 other competitions and being the first Scottish team to get out of the Group Stages of the CL and not forgetting being a balls hair width away from the final in 92/93 when Marseille pipped us (cheats?) is a decent showing. How is Celtic's away record in the Champions League these days? 1 win in 25 or somehting like that.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SCSB. It's wonderful that you have arranged to be > alerted when I post. I have never felt to popular. > You can follow me on Twitter too if you want. MM. Grandiose delusions. I happened to pop in here as a break from "trolling" the McCann's thread and saw your post and couldn't resist.

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alan, using a right to remain silent is perfectly > advisable and sensible Even if it could possibly hinder the search?

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think SB forgot one: > > Celtic 2 Inter Milan 1 A result from 1967 is going to help them attract a well-known manager now? Strange.