PL and co better act

We all hope for the same thing mate

 

Silver lining

Tonights result was heartbreaking but sadly not surprising. The only positive I could see coming from it is that maybe now the board will * realise that this current squad is not going to be good enough to take the spl title back from the orcs even with fat Sally in charge.

The time to invest is NOW!

I'm not saying spend stupid amounts of money and get in financial trouble as a result, but for * sake let's get in a couple of quality signings! We need another naka type signing imo and by that I don't necessarily mean a midfielder but a player who has a bit of class about him.

One can only hope...

 

I think the simple fact is the board are going to have to make a decision on whether or not they're going to support Lenny right now. We're in a good financial state with the makings of a decent squad but we're missing a few key components. You can imagine after the disaster that was Mowbray that they'd be shy to put their money behind Lenny and they're probably debating that right now. Personaly, I think if you look at the St. Johnston game and tonight (which is what a lot of people are basing their statements on) we dominated the first and, bar a decent striker/better luck, would have won, and during the second we were hamstrung by a bald * who shouldn't be in the team at but we don't have cover for now. The board have to make the decision whether or not they're going to gamble and back Lenny to get the pieces we need to dominate the league, which there's no reason we shouldn't. I'm afraid however that they'll make a minor token signing and let Lenny (and us) linger through another painful year where we may be able to scrape some silverware.
Now is the time to make the decision and I for one would like to see them spend some cash, get a team that will take the treble and leave us in good shape for Europe next year. I'm not talking about mortgaging the future but certainly accepting a little debt in order to have a team that's solid enough to knock-out a reasonable team from Swizterland. I still stand behind Lenny and think the board should too.

 

Threads merged.

 

Agreed. We should remember we have a little debt which is rising before we spend again (that wasnt full years figures).

The club will back him....i think.

 

Hope you're right...

 

We are in one almighty mess now, we really have made an absolute * of things.

I'd be very surprised if we brought in what we need now due to no European revenue yet again.

 

Celtic or Rangers dont have euro revenue now. Rangers were banking on it more than celtic...the uefa offers you little.

I think celtic can now steal a march

 

It's little in the sense that it's nowhere near CL money but we'd have still made between 3-5 million with a few wins in the group stages.

Every little helps, especially in these bleak times.

 

Id be shocked i they gave lenny money for a quality signing right now. I hate to say it but a player like jelkyfish is what we need. But alas no chance of lenny getting backing for that kind of money.

 

spending money gives you a better chance of success.

 

but spending money gives you a better chance of success.

 

I think Kemosabe has summed it up perfect really, the reality is at the moment in time we are a * shambles plain and simple and as much as i dislike Rangers i have to think to myself * me look at the players they used to have in the past just like the players we have and they will no doubt be saying the exact same things as us, I would like to think of myself as someone that is pretty proud of Scotland and it's footballing history but i really do think this is the death of us them and the others if things are not seriously * sorted.

How the * do we go from a UEFA cup final being one of the best teams in Britain to looking in the * gutters of Europe for absolute nobody's and being outbid by the likes of * QPR and WBA for the people sticking up for the board trust me they love you just as much back they're the fans they want now they have your season ticket money, new shirt and merch sales and all the other * they don't give a * about us.

Last year was the year of the thunder.. well lets make this the year of the * backbone tell this board exactly what we feel and what we want and if we loose the league 4 times in a row we wont be all "ach well" and doing the huddle i can assure you that, the size of our club we should be going for players from £5Million to around the £15mill mark maybe am delusional in saying that but at the end of the day i want Celtic back and that's the only way it will ever happen.

 

i think its quite funny that people cant grasp the fact that there is not a few million there for players otherwise, dont ya think players would be bought by now? before the euro games? before this 'crisis'?


THE MONEY IS NOT THERE!

 

Afraid you are delusional - as much as we all would love that, exactly where is the money coming from? Not only in paying that kind of fee, but players who attract those fees make how much money /week exactly? You know fine well.

The criticism of the board & especially Peter Lawell is seriously misplaced by many on the forum here - they are trying to keep the club solvent in the horrendous economy of the Scottish football environs and doing a tremendous job with the limitations at hand.

Unfortunately, we still have a lot of dead wood in transfer fees and wages that were incurred by previous regime (TM) - Rasmussen, Hooiveld for example who have ZERO market value. You can argue about Sammy but he DOES have trade value, so worth re-signing even if we move him on.

I'm as sick as the next bhoy that we can't get big-name players here at big transfer fees and the wages they demand - the harsh reality is we are product of our environment unfortunately, the board knows it, does it's best to generate revenue from as many avenues as possible and is fiscally responsible to be sure we don't go out of business! The strategy for survival and even to create even the attempt to play outside our own league, is sound - that they have developed the scouting department, looking Globally for young players that will generate additional revenue through outgoing transfer fees.

You can look to the manky mob & envy their last three titles - they are not safe by a long way financially - they are so close to the edge, the tax decision alone could put them out of business.

We desperately need to be in a more lucrative league. That is the root of the problem, not the board's/chief executives handling of the pittance we earn from the one we are in.

 

Last night finally confirmed my total distrust in our board to take the club forward; call me naive but I truly felt that after leaving parkhead after the motherwell game last season, the board would build on the goodwill feeling and give neil the resources to improve the squad; how daft was I?

It’s beyond a joke that a club that barely 5 years ago had one the most fearsome home reputations in europe is now where we are; where giants such as man unt, barca and ac milan to name a few had come to and failed to win; now we can’t even beat sion at home, a club that the seville side would have dispatched with comtemptuous ease

I doubt very much we’ll be seeing any new faces in the coming days and indeed I expect Ki or Kayal to be flogged off imminently; I believe John Reid is standing down at the upcoming AGM? I daresay that if there is no new faces in before next week that many may well be calling for Mr Lawell’s head not to mention questioning whether our generous benefactor really has the club’s best interests at heart.

I do feel for Neil, he’s been hung out to dry by a board room seemingly intent on lowering our expectations

Martin O Neill talked of life in the slow lane post seville; i think it’s fair to say we’re not even there anymore; we’re parked at the side of the road, on a hill, slowly and steadily rolling backwards

welll * done celtic, the downsizing project is almost complete.

 

Celtic do not operate in the same financial circumstances they did 5 years ago.

its silly to compare

 

There's no maybe about it, that is probably the most deluded post I've ever seen on here. Celtic won't even spend 15 million on a team of players never mind on one player, we simply cannot afford too.

 

There is no comparison from 2003 to now...finances are totally different.

Unfair to criticise the board for that.

 

Di canio is clearly off his head