Celtic FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014/15 Mod Warning post #6011

Pompey Magnus

boodiebhoy wrote: »

Is my memory playing tricks or was there a young player with the surname Finnbogason - Icelandic? - who was been touted by the Celtic view as the next big thing a few years back?

That was Kjartan Finnbogason, he fell out with Strachan and moved on a free.

eire4

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

That was Kjartan Finnbogason, he fell out with Strachan and moved on a free.

Yep your right there. A different guy to the Alfred Finnbogason we are been linked with. Must admit I am not very hopeful that we will get him but if we did I think he would tear it up in the spl.

ColeTrain

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

That was Kjartan Finnbogason, he fell out with Strachan and moved on a free.

Anyone remember the name of the other Icelandic lad that was at Celtic at the same time?

SomethingElse

ColeTrain wrote: »

Anyone remember the name of the other Icelandic lad that was at Celtic at the same time?

Teddy Bjarnason?

Dempsey

There was Teddy Bjarnason & Kjartan Finnbogason, they came as a pair and both highly rated kids. I thought Bjarnason looked alright when he played but neither were patient or good enough to hold down a place in the first team.

Lennonist

CELTIC (4-4-2) Forster; Lustig, Ambrose, Mulgrew, Izaguirre; Forrest, Brown, Ledley, Boerrigter; Commons, Stokes
Subs: Zaluska, Balde, Mouyokolo, Matthews, Watt, Kayal, McGeouch

Celtic unfurl the flag today. Samaras not on the bench, rested for Wednesday maybe? Will be interesting to see Boerritger.

RoryMac

Stokes obviously can't kick a ball with his left foot!

RoryMac

1 - 1 now but Boerrigter off injured after a good start. Hopefully this isn't him living up to his sick note tag

CSF

boodiebhoy wrote: »

Is my memory playing tricks or was there a young player with the surname Finnbogason - Icelandic? - who was been touted by the Celtic view as the next big thing a few years back?

Was linked very heavily with Villa in January

CSF

Just stuck Celtic in-play into my treble for the evening, expect a goal ASAP

Lennonist

Shoulda been a pen

A Dub in Glasgo

That, in my view, should have been a penalty for Celtic

A Dub in Glasgo

Commons should have buried that, great pass from Stokes

A Dub in Glasgo

Stokes with his 2nd

Lennonist

Yeeeeees Stokesy

A Dub in Glasgo

Finished 2-1, the man of the match went to Scott Brown although it should have gone to Stokes

RoryMac

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Finished 2-1, the man of the match went to Scott Brown although it should have gone to Stokes

Can't' agree there Stokes had a poor game IMO, he needs a front man to play off and again spent too much of the game outside the box trying to create chances when we need someone in the box getting on the end of them.

Not a criticism of Stokes, more of the role he's being asked to play.

Another poor game defensively from Izzy,we need to be looking to bring in some competition for LB.

Disappointing to see Boerrigter go off he started brightly, hopefully just a knock

blahfckingblah

How was the game? any improvements in the back line?? Watched the Tyrone v Monaghan game instead.

Carroller

Dull enough game! Celtic had so many chances but couldn't convert we need a poacher/finisher! derk played very Well and look very fast off the mark early on but went off injured! Izzy didn't play too good very dodgy passes out of him.

First time in my new seat happy with it so far and the GB made some great noise!!!

Lennonist

Commons was good in the 1st half and linked well with Stokes and others at times. Ledley played well towards the end as Commons tired. Stokes will most likely lead the line on his own against Elfsborg which is fine he has played well in that role in Europe before. Samaras will hopefully be back to play on the left, looks like Boerrigter will struggle to make that tie. Wilson back as ch as well will help.

Hagar the Nice.

I see the Zombies have stopped selling season tickets and there's word that the Newcastle friendly on Tuesday may be cancelled due to the Glue Camp being unsafe.

Broxi_Bear_Eire

Hagar the Nice. wrote: »

I see the Zombies have stopped selling season tickets and there's word that the Newcastle friendly on Tuesday may be cancelled due to the Glue Camp being unsafe.

Rangers are still selling season tickets that's an old article that popped up as for the Newcastle game it goes ahead. Really stop believing all these rumours

Hagar the Nice.

Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: »

Rangers are still selling season tickets that's an old article that popped up as for the Newcastle game it goes ahead. Really stop believing all these rumours

What about the rumour that Sally has went from 7/1 to evens that he'll be the first Scottish manager to be sacked.
It would be awful tbh cos he's the best manager Celtic have never had if you catch my drift.

Hagar the Nice.

Richard Wilson @timomouse

Rangers season tickets back on sale now but apparently the payment plan has ended. Cash needed now?

Richard Wilson @timomouse

In addition, the top tier is closed for the whole ground for the Newcastle friendly. Not a roof conclusion, just a crap sales one.


2:39 PM - 4 Aug 2013 and 2.40 PM today.

Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: »

Rangers are still selling season tickets that's an old article that popped up as for the Newcastle game it goes ahead. Really stop believing all these rumours

From your fella berr Eire.

Broxi_Bear_Eire

Hagar the Nice. wrote: »

Richard Wilson @timomouse

Rangers season tickets back on sale now but apparently the payment plan has ended. Cash needed now?

Richard Wilson @timomouse

In addition, the top tier is closed for the whole ground for the Newcastle friendly. Not a roof conclusion, just a crap sales one.


2:39 PM - 4 Aug 2013 and 2.40 PM today.



From your fella berr Eire.

What payment plan is this
And I am supposed to believe things he writes because he is a bear nah

As for the Newcastle game and zsrction being shut due to low tickets sales I am not surprised most Rangers fans I know have little interest in a meaningless friendly as there are more important things to be getting on with

Pudders

Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: »

What payment plan is this
And I am supposed to believe things he writes because he is a bear nah

As for the Newcastle game and zsrction being shut due to low tickets sales I am not surprised most Rangers fans I know have little interest in a meaningless friendly as there are more important things to be getting on with

Like the league cup?

Hagar the Nice.

Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: »

What payment plan is this
And I am supposed to believe things he writes because he is a bear nah

As for the Newcastle game and zsrction being shut due to low tickets sales I am not surprised most Rangers fans I know have little interest in a meaningless friendly as there are more important things to be getting on with

Like losing to Forfar in the 1st round of the league cup.

Hagar the Nice.

Pudders wrote: »

Like the league cup?

Two great minds thinking alike at the same time.:D

Hagar the Nice.

From sports writer Ewing Grahame.

Rangers boardroom battle puts manager Ally McCoist under more pressure
The power struggle at Ibrox, which has seemingly never stopped since Charles Green’s consortium were given the green light (by administrators Duff & Phelps) to buy Rangers’ business and assets 14 months ago, has been ramped up following a seismic weekend.

By Ewing Grahame7:00PM BST 04 Aug 2013
Consequently, once the dust has settled this week, it should become much clearer who wields the greater influence at the troubled club. And, should that prove to be Green, then it would appear that manager Ally McCoist will soon be looking for alternative employment.
After a period of relative calm, it all kicked off again on Friday when it was revealed that Green, who had resigned as chief executive in April while his business dealings with former owner Craig Whyte were under investigation, would be returning to the club as a consultant.
Shortly afterwards a statement was issued to the Stock Exchange and posted on the club’s website.
It said: “The board of Rangers confirms that, on Aug 1, 2013, it received a notice requisitioning a general meeting of shareholders. The requisition puts forward resolutions for the removal of [chief executive] Craig Mather, [financial director] Brian Stockbridge and [non-executive director] Bryan Smart as directors of the company and the appointment of Paul Murray and Frank Blin as directors of the company.
“The board is verifying whether the requisition is properly constituted and further announcements will be made as appropriate.”

Jim McColl, who was part of a consortium (along with current chairman Walter Smith) which failed to buy the club last year, is understood to be behind that proposal.
Ironically, the constitution of the Scottish Football Association would prevent Murray being reinstated to the board at Ibrox.
Murray served as a director during the dog days of Sir David Murray’s ownership, resigning when Whyte assumed control of the purse strings in May 2011.
Rangers were plunged into administration just nine months later and Article 10.2 (j) in the SFA’s Articles of Association would specifically prevent Murray from returning in an official capacity.
Part of the SFA’s “fit and proper” criteria, it states as one of the reasons for refusing to approve appointments: “He has been a director of a club in membership of any National Association within the five-year period preceding such club having undergone an insolvency event.”
On Saturday morning, an interview with Green appeared in Scotland’s biggest-selling tabloid, in which the Yorkshireman claimed that McCoist would have “a problem” if he did not win one of the two major national cup competitions as well as promotion to the Championship this season.
Before Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Forfar Athletic at Station Park, chief executive Mather issued a statement condemning the recent “frenzy” of negative comments about the club, insisting he was fully behind McCoist and attacking those shareholders who are seeking to remove him.
“Again there are those attempting to bang down the doors simply because they feel they should be inside before any others and for no good reason other than self-gain and arrogance,” he said.
“It doesn’t matter to them that they have not invested or helped the club, or that they failed to make even a remotely credible attempt to save this fantastic club in its darkest hours.
“Not a single one of them stepped forward willing to invest their own money. Yet now they think they can waltz into the club.”
Shortly afterwards, Rangers were beaten by the part-timers of Forfar and the humiliation of the loss was intensified by the fact it came after extra time, when the superior fitness of McCoist’s players ought to have proved significant.
The manager subsequently blamed Green’s pre-match comments for the defeat, describing the consultant as “devious” and “an embarrassment”.
Cynics regarded that reaction as a deflection tactic from McCoist following an eighth successive early exit from cup competitions under his stewardship.
They wondered why it had taken so long for McCoist to reach those conclusions when most observers, with considerably less access to him, had arrived at those opinions much earlier.
Last summer it was McCoist’s endorsement of the then chief executive which convinced sceptical supporters to bankroll the new regime with season-ticket purchases. He may now have outlived his usefulness to Green, however.
McCoist did well to hold the club together during their descent into liquidation last year. He proved to be a figurehead supporters could rally round and his “We don’t do walking away” speech helped to keep Green’s investment safe. By and large, he coped well with that pressure and that, along with his legendary status as a player, has bought him time.
Even allowing for the trials and tribulations he has endured, though, there is no shortage of critics. They point to the loss of the 15-point lead his team held over eventual champions Celtic in 2011/12 and of the financially disastrous domestic and European cup defeats. Even winning the third division by 24 points did not prevent complaints about the quality of the football being played by his team.
John Greig was voted the Greatest Ever Ranger in a fans’ poll in 1999 but, 16 years earlier, he had been hounded out of Ibrox after failing to win a championship in five years as manager.
One of his last signings was McCoist, who was also a target for the boo boys at that time. He went on to prove his critics wrong then but the odds are lengthening on him being able – or allowed – to repeat the feat.

Broxi_Bear_Eire

Hagar the Nice. wrote: »

From sports writer Ewing Grahame.

Rangers boardroom battle puts manager Ally McCoist under more pressure
The power struggle at Ibrox, which has seemingly never stopped since Charles Green’s consortium were given the green light (by administrators Duff & Phelps) to buy Rangers’ business and assets 14 months ago, has been ramped up following a seismic weekend.

By Ewing Grahame7:00PM BST 04 Aug 2013
Consequently, once the dust has settled this week, it should become much clearer who wields the greater influence at the troubled club. And, should that prove to be Green, then it would appear that manager Ally McCoist will soon be looking for alternative employment.
After a period of relative calm, it all kicked off again on Friday when it was revealed that Green, who had resigned as chief executive in April while his business dealings with former owner Craig Whyte were under investigation, would be returning to the club as a consultant.
Shortly afterwards a statement was issued to the Stock Exchange and posted on the club’s website.
It said: “The board of Rangers confirms that, on Aug 1, 2013, it received a notice requisitioning a general meeting of shareholders. The requisition puts forward resolutions for the removal of [chief executive] Craig Mather, [financial director] Brian Stockbridge and [non-executive director] Bryan Smart as directors of the company and the appointment of Paul Murray and Frank Blin as directors of the company.
“The board is verifying whether the requisition is properly constituted and further announcements will be made as appropriate.”

Jim McColl, who was part of a consortium (along with current chairman Walter Smith) which failed to buy the club last year, is understood to be behind that proposal.
Ironically, the constitution of the Scottish Football Association would prevent Murray being reinstated to the board at Ibrox.
Murray served as a director during the dog days of Sir David Murray’s ownership, resigning when Whyte assumed control of the purse strings in May 2011.
Rangers were plunged into administration just nine months later and Article 10.2 (j) in the SFA’s Articles of Association would specifically prevent Murray from returning in an official capacity.
Part of the SFA’s “fit and proper” criteria, it states as one of the reasons for refusing to approve appointments: “He has been a director of a club in membership of any National Association within the five-year period preceding such club having undergone an insolvency event.”
On Saturday morning, an interview with Green appeared in Scotland’s biggest-selling tabloid, in which the Yorkshireman claimed that McCoist would have “a problem” if he did not win one of the two major national cup competitions as well as promotion to the Championship this season.
Before Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Forfar Athletic at Station Park, chief executive Mather issued a statement condemning the recent “frenzy” of negative comments about the club, insisting he was fully behind McCoist and attacking those shareholders who are seeking to remove him.
“Again there are those attempting to bang down the doors simply because they feel they should be inside before any others and for no good reason other than self-gain and arrogance,” he said.
“It doesn’t matter to them that they have not invested or helped the club, or that they failed to make even a remotely credible attempt to save this fantastic club in its darkest hours.
“Not a single one of them stepped forward willing to invest their own money. Yet now they think they can waltz into the club.”
Shortly afterwards, Rangers were beaten by the part-timers of Forfar and the humiliation of the loss was intensified by the fact it came after extra time, when the superior fitness of McCoist’s players ought to have proved significant.
The manager subsequently blamed Green’s pre-match comments for the defeat, describing the consultant as “devious” and “an embarrassment”.
Cynics regarded that reaction as a deflection tactic from McCoist following an eighth successive early exit from cup competitions under his stewardship.
They wondered why it had taken so long for McCoist to reach those conclusions when most observers, with considerably less access to him, had arrived at those opinions much earlier.
Last summer it was McCoist’s endorsement of the then chief executive which convinced sceptical supporters to bankroll the new regime with season-ticket purchases. He may now have outlived his usefulness to Green, however.
McCoist did well to hold the club together during their descent into liquidation last year. He proved to be a figurehead supporters could rally round and his “We don’t do walking away” speech helped to keep Green’s investment safe. By and large, he coped well with that pressure and that, along with his legendary status as a player, has bought him time.
Even allowing for the trials and tribulations he has endured, though, there is no shortage of critics. They point to the loss of the 15-point lead his team held over eventual champions Celtic in 2011/12 and of the financially disastrous domestic and European cup defeats. Even winning the third division by 24 points did not prevent complaints about the quality of the football being played by his team.
John Greig was voted the Greatest Ever Ranger in a fans’ poll in 1999 but, 16 years earlier, he had been hounded out of Ibrox after failing to win a championship in five years as manager.
One of his last signings was McCoist, who was also a target for the boo boys at that time. He went on to prove his critics wrong then but the odds are lengthening on him being able – or allowed – to repeat the feat.

Yes and your point is unless your a Rangers fan living in Outer Mongolia the chances are you know about this.


As for getting beat in the league cup yes it was a sore one but **** happens in football. Every team suffers a bad loss now and again