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Top of the league after a victory over our title rivals, game in hand on folk and we haven't even got to September yet.
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Celtic score 4 again. Some quality goals. Griffiths with a cracker, Forrest again with outside the boot and Rogic with a nice free kick after some great piece of skill.
Aberdeen actually didn't play too bad second half against a leggy Celtic. Sinclair's pace is just a menace to the defenders in Scotland. Title will be a cruise. |
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Typical Dons, get close to Celtic, then fall away badly.
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If Barton or Brown had done that, we'd never hear the end of it. I hope Clark publicly apologises.
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57k @ Celtic. New era indeed.
If rogic had pace I think he would be playing at a higher level. Technically his superb. |
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Typical Dons, get close to Celtic, then fall away badly.
![]() We've lost every league game at Parkhead since 2004 so I expected another fair old hiding and Celtic duly obliged.
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Lescott signing for AEK Athens subject to a medical. Now he either really hated Glasgow or someone was lying when they said Lescott didn't sign cos he want to move his family from Manchester and kids out of school.
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57k @ Celtic. New era indeed.
If rogic had pace I think he would be playing at a higher level. Technically his superb.
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Guess I imagined the two league wins against them last season.
![]() We've lost every league game at Parkhead since 2004 so I expected another fair old hiding and Celtic duly obliged. ![]() |
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57k @ Celtic. New era indeed.
If rogic had pace I think he would be playing at a higher level. Technically his superb. But of a strange game yesterday, it was like we ground out a 4-1 victory. Aberdeen seriously lacking in the final third without Jonny Hayes. |
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This is unbelievable. How dare referees be criticised. "Shut up Chris Sutton: Scottish referees go to war with BT Sport over personal criticism of whistlers Written by Danny Stewart, 28/08/2016 Quote:
BT have been told to muzzle outspoken pundit Chris Sutton following showdown talks with the Scottish Football Association. BT should tell the SFA to go fcuk themselves.
Representatives of the television broadcasters met with SFA Head of Refereeing John Fleming on Friday at their request. They voiced their concern at the sudden withdrawal of co-operation by Craig Thomson in the St Johnstone v Celtic Premiership game eight days ago. It is the custom and practice of Scottish officials to co-ordinate kick-off times with BT’s outside broadcast director to work in with television scheduling and advertising. On this occasion, though, Thomson, declined to do so. That was because he was furious at being labelled a “bottler” by Sutton in the course of BT’s coverage of Dundee v Rangers a week earlier for failing to send off Rangers midfielder Harry Forrester for a second bookable offence. It is understood the personal nature of the criticism left Thomson disappointed, and that he then contacted the SFA to ask if the co-operation was mandatory for officials. Having been told it was not, Thomson went ahead with his protest, and the match kicked off a minute early. It looks set to be the catalyst for change, with the SFA having signalled to BT in Friday’s meeting they would be prepared to formalise the current voluntary arrangement – provided they give assurances commentators will keep criticisms to football issues. BT is now having in-house discussions about the situation, and it is anticipated an agreement will be struck in due course. The SPFL are in the middle of a four-year deal with both BT Sport and Sky, believed to be worth around £15m per season. Sutton – the former Celtic, Chelsea and England striker – has hit the headlines on several occasions already this season because of his forthright opinions. The latest example came on Friday night when he said he felt Rangers would not win the upcoming Old Firm match on September 10 because their centre backs were not good enough. Or, in his words: “horrendous”." |
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This is unbelievable. How dare referees be criticised.
"Shut up Chris Sutton: Scottish referees go to war with BT Sport over personal criticism of whistlers Written by Danny Stewart, 28/08/2016 BT should tell the SFA to go fcuk themselves. Why would the SFA be speaking to BT direct though? The SFA contract is to supply officials to the SPFL, If the SFA have an issue they should speak to the SPFL who should then speak to BT. |
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We better watch out, they might go on strike.
Why would the SFA be speaking to BT direct though? The SFA contract is to supply officials to the SPFL, If the SFA have an issue they should speak to the SPFL who should then speak to BT. |
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Foreign referees would be great for Scottish football.
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Scottish winger Oliver Burke just signed for Leipzig for £13m
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Scottish winger Oliver Burke just signed for Leipzig for £13m
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A dramatic change of tack by Uefa means that the Football League will face competition for the inclusion of Celtic and Rangers should it choose to invite the Old Firm into the new five-division English structure proposed for the 2019-20 season, Telegraph Sport can reveal. The possibility of an Atlantic League is back on the agenda, involving clubs from Scotland, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Holland. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/...-tempt-old-fi/
It was first mooted in the 1990s, but enthusiasm waned repeatedly in the face of Uefa’s policy of maintaining the primacy of national associations. The governing body of European football maintained that the foundation of trans-national leagues would threaten the authority of national associations, but that article of faith has been weakened significantly by veiled threats by superclubs to institute a breakaway European League.The immediate danger of such a schism has been averted by the agreement to permit four teams each from England, Germany, Italy and Spain to have automatic access to the Champions League group stage. However, there have been parallel talks among smaller European countries about the formation of regional groupings and The Telegraph understands that a Balkan League – comprising the former Yugoslavian countries, possibly with Albania and Greece – is the most advanced. Informal discussions about a North Atlantic League have also been held, with a proposed start in 2021 to coincide with the end of the current Champions League broadcasting cycle. A North Atlantic set-up, including the likes of Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV, Anderlecht, Club Brugge, FC Copenhagen and Malmo, is more likely to confine Scottish participation to the Old Firm plus one – probably Aberdeen – but any invitation to the Scots from the Football League could be broader in scope. Rangers have been more preoccupied with the immediate task of restoring themselves as a force in the Scottish Premiership after four seasons in the lower divisions following the financial meltdown at Ibrox in 2012. Celtic, though, have investigated alternative futures in detail and their belief is that the Old Firm – and also Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibernian – would add much greater value to the Football League than the addition of Conference clubs or franchises. Celtic are understood to favour a pyramid system open to other SPFL clubs, solidarity payments, their continued participation in the Scottish Cup and the possibility of maintaining colt or ‘B’ teams in the Scottish leagues. The downside, for Celtic in particular, would be a minimum of five years without European football, assuming that they would be able to sustain continuous momentum towards the ultimate goal of a place in the Premier League. The addition of the Old Firm would certainly expose lower division English clubs to the sort of atmosphere, at Celtic Park and Ibrox, that they can rarely, if ever, savour otherwise. That would also be true of visits to such resonant venues as Tynecastle, Easter Road and Pittodrie. For the moment, though, we must wait to see how much appetite the Football League clubs have to be game changers - in a radical sense. |
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I was gonna suggest celtic alongside teams from holland, Belgium etc start thinking about an atlantic league again but didnt wanna post as thought people would laugh at my comments. ![]() football league inclusion would be better I think. would be a long 5 years but with the hope of getting to the premier league I think if that option was seriously on the table then celtic would be crazy to say no. would stop 10 in a row though and the fans wouldnt be impressed or excited about playing the best of england's 5th tier. the fans the powers at celtic would see starting in the 5th tier of english football as an insult and to be honest i wouldnt blame them. thats a hell of a drop when you think about it. for sporting integrity though it is only fair that celtic start in 5th tier. If celtic could be pushed straight into the championship or league 1 at worst I think the club would go for sure. would the club go to the 5th tier in england if it was a real option? knowing it would be a one time offer and the real chance of making it to the EPL one day. |
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The Old Firm in England just ain't going to happen. The old chestnut gets raised every now a again and quickly goes away.
if it's gets any momentum the police will step in. They don't need all the crap that they bring. They have enough crowd issues already. |
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Scottish winger Oliver Burke just signed for Leipzig for £13m
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Great move for him
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Costa Rican superstar right back Cristian Gamboa undergoing medical at Celtic according to 'Sky Sources'
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Costa Rican superstar right back Cristian Gamboa undergoing medical at Celtic according to 'Sky Sources'
I know nothing of him except for what I've just watched in a 6 minute youtube video. He looks pretty rapid. |
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The pace in the Celtic side is just way to much for the rest of the League.
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Costa Rican superstar right back Cristian Gamboa undergoing medical at Celtic according to 'Sky Sources'
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As a Rangers fan, I have a great deal of time for this man....
Fergus McCann: Man of logic, reluctant saviour of Celtic http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37204507 |
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