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

PauloMN wrote: »

http://www.celticfc.net/news/7908

L-O-fcukin-L! :pac::pac:

rosskind wrote: »

Thanks for the link, can't believe I missed that. Lovely strike!

Is it just me or is it weird it that the official website quotes a 'Celtic spokesperson'?

Eirebear wrote: »

If they can see fit to defend a man twice found guilty of racism charges, i'm sure this will be no bother to the Celtic PR machine.

(FWIW, I believe context has to come into this and I doubt Guidetti really understood the ramifications of what he was doing, but hell - since when has that stopped football fans being offended?)



It means it's not an official statement, PR strategy.

PauloMN wrote: »

http://www.celticfc.net/news/7908

L-O-fcukin-L! :pac::pac:

Eirebear wrote: »

Silence? There's been plenty activity on that thread, sometimes I just like to bow to the Celtic supports superior knowledge of stock markets and business law, its not my area of expertise really.
But never mind, always nice to know a conversation regarding Celtic will always come back to a dig at Rangers for you. I'll go back about my business and leave you to it.

weldoninhio wrote: »

According to Vincent Lunny, the charge is about saying Rangers are dead.

Hilarious. Scottish football is a laughing stock. Trying to whitewash liquidation on a world stage now.

TheCitizen wrote: »

Get your dig in at Celtic before you go about your business though.

Guidetti is being charged with being offensive for a clip on Dutch TV where he refers to a ditty the Celtic songs sing in his support. How is it possible that 20 odd thousand Rangers fans can sing loud and clear a rancid sectarian song at Hampden Park, but nothing can be done about it, no-one at The Rangers are even asked to comment on it, but on the other hand John Guidetti faces a charge for - in relative terms- a non sectarian, fairly harmless clip on Dutch TV.

Eirebear wrote: »

Given that i may, or may not come under the derogatory term which Guidetti used then i think it's fair comment on my part.
You have made it clear however that my opinion is not welcome, therefore i shall leave you to it.
I'll leave some inverted commas for you to place wherever you feel is dismissive enough "".

Vincent Lunny wrote:

"It would appear that their focus is on the comment attacking Rangers or making fun of Rangers for having gone into liquidation back in 2012.

"It is, I think, significant that there's no mention of it being sectarian or otherwise based on religion.

"[Celtic forward] Leigh Griffiths this time last year was sent a charge for singing 'Hearts are going bust'.

"For me, the problem with this case and with the Griffiths case is you've got professionals who are making fun of other clubs in difficulty. People are losing their jobs within football and it's simply not appropriate for players to behave in public in that manner.

"There are different standards between the fans and the players. The players are directly under the jurisdiction of the SFA, the fans are not.

"Any rule against fan behaviour is against the club. It would have to be fairly serious for a club to be prosecuted for fans singing something and probably would have to be a criminal-type scenario or grossly offensive for that to be done.

"That is not necessarily the case here with players. You expect fans to make fun of other clubs and taking delight in another club's demise is not surprising for fans to do but for players to do it is perhaps something completely different."

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

I've missed the Guidetti thing... What is it he's done?

eire4 wrote: »

Bit of stretch to put it mildly the religious angle given how pretty much every clubs support uses the same word in reference to them as slang. Given most Scottish people are protestant they would not be using that word if it had any religious conotations which it does not.

RoryMac wrote: »

Surprised to see Henderson go on loan to Rosenberg, thought he would have been in line to get some game time towards the end of the season.

eire4 wrote: »

Given how close the league is still with 10 games to go Delia obviously feels this is better for him as he probably won't have too many league games where he can introduce more academy players. Plus it is a 3 month deal which means he will be returning match sharp for pre season and thus maybe able to contribute more in the early champions league rounds.

Dempsey wrote: »

If they start him regularly, it will benefit him more than what he has been getting at Celtic this season. Deila has still quite abit of work to do with the first team players so I imagine fringe players wont get much more time. Deila will probably have to put the wasters in the shop window if he's coasting along as they will be the reason he'll be restricted in the transfer window

Intifada wrote: »

Well did ye miss me

Good move for Henderson. We've had success bringing players from Scandinavia in the past so it is a good environment for him to develop at. I think he was getting reasonable game time with us but there is more to it than that. The change of scenery, coaching staff etc will help him mature. Plus he should be match sharp for our CL qualifiers.

I wonder who our cover for CM is now though. Perhaps drop Johansen back and use Forrest/Commons/GMS/Armstrong in the 3 attacking roles.

Looking forward to tonight's game. Feels like years since we've played. Gutted it's "Good" Friday though - for once we get a Friday night televised game and I can't go to the pub to watch it because this country is stuck in medieval times