It has been admitted that we have passed letters on to UEFA before Sion’s hearing on Tuesday. Since it’s a Bank Holiday on Monday I hope they used 1st Class stamps as 2nd class will struggle to get there on time.
The paper trial and evidence suggest FC Sion are guilty of wrong doing. Guilty of trying to improve their team.
Mr Platini mused:
What is happening there is the rules have not been respected. FC Sion has not respected the rules of the transfer ban – they signed and then played those players.
I think we should just withdraw our letter before this gets anymore f*cking embarrassing and childlike. Getting in via the gardeners entrance is just shameful and offensive.
Remember Rapid and the hatred we have for them?
Instead of writing nice letters to UEFA maybe our CEO should spend his time trying to do his job correctly and balance putting a successful team on the park while showing great asset management off it.
In fact, the next letter he should be writing is his resignation letter. While I fully agree with the business model – not the fascination with zero debt – our CEO has failed in getting that business model to work in the place success is needed most.
Time for a fresh pair of eyes.
Plus do we want to get back into Europe. Have you seen THAT group?
I think yer wrong.
I think I’m right.
What’s the question?
The people I blame, is those that chased Strachan out the door for not being a Celtic man. We have been paying the price ever since. We had a successful manager that was ostracised by a small group of ”right on” supporters. People go on about the board not strengthening, this would have happened if Strachan had not decided he had had enough of their antics.
From your comments above, I guess you fit that category. Away and grow up and start supporting the whole team.
This not being a Celtic man thing is boring and bollocks. He was ostracised due to the fare he was serving up in his last 2 seasons was dross. Nothing more, nothing less. Strachan was a gimp and embraced the downsizing, which, in truth needed to happen. He took it too far with a bus pass that never saw past Dundee or Embra. He was hounded out? Bollocks utter tripe he walked a year later than he said he would.
Your assertion that i’m one of the right on ones is also far off the mark. Wait until I get my tongue firmly out of my cheek.
Totally agree mate 100%. If we did get in through the back door would any profit made be invested in the team don’t think so. We,re operating at the level the board dictate.
Shame on you. This is just the sort of anti-Celtic nonsense that sadly we have come to expect from those who don’t understand.
To test if this helps Celtic ask your self if Rangers fans would enjoy your comment. You know they would.
Like the bad journalists you are you are content to put down Celtic to get a laugh. Are you Keevins in disguise?
I remember when people had a sense of humour, esp the Celtic support we were famed for it. Now we are just moany faced booers.
I’m sure R@njurs fans would enjoy my comment. I hope they do as it proves they can read.
Everything is not a joke and attacking our club is just not funny to me. Supporters ‘support’ they don’t boo and they don’t mock at the expense of the team.
That’s what you did and you did it because you either lack the wit to realise the harm it does or because you are contracted to get a piece written and you thought that mocking would get a reaction.
I think you have the smarts to know the impact your post had and that you are putting your needs ahead of the team you purport to support.
I do really remember a time when we had a sense of humour and embraced a good old laugh at ourselves. It’s what made us special. Now, it’s viewed as skullduggery.
Shame.
Rules are rules after all. Why should we not try to take advantage of it? Sion had been warned, its not as if they didnt know.
I understand that, I just find it quite embarrassing.
I don’t see what Celtic have to be embarrassed about? I think as a supporter i’d be embarrassed if the board didn’t ask questions, we have done nothing wrong. The boards job is to what is best for our club, if we can get into europe and earn a few million, which will severely pi$s off the Gers fans as a nice cherry on top than why not take it? We have done nothing wrong, we are stuck in the middle of a row between eufa and Sion, if we can benefit from it than we should do.
Rules are rules and they broke them so they deserve what’s hopefully coming. Anyway for once we may get justice from UEFA which we never get from the SFA and their perennial support of Cheats FC.
As for being embarrassed, we can take a bit of that, particularly if the team improves and progresses. Now wouldn’t that be ironic?
I would love us to rub it in their orc faces, and would take great pleasure in their perma rage and “It’s no fair” bleating.
Ask any hun which position they would rather be in.
Hail Hail!
There would be a comic value though asking us to improve and progress is stretching it a bit far.
i thought i was reading the daily ranger for a second there
the quip that returns like that perverted uncle at a wedding.
To ba allowed back in via the backdoor after that performance would be a tad embarrassing. We would cope with it. However, the humiliation we would experience at the hands of Atletico, Udinese and Rennes would probably finish our entire season before Christmas. Let’s just accept the pasting we were given and work towards winning the league (this is 50/50 at the very, very best). Leave it.
They broke the rules, they could have left those players out, but gambled, so if it bites them in the arse so be it. I’d gladly take the lifeline, the lack of European football since Strachan is depressing and seriously compromising one of our few enticements when bringing in new players (not that we see a lot of that). I can see the argument in leaving it as its not an ideal way to progress and in case we crash and burn, but more time in Europe can help the team grow and develop and underline shortcomings to the board. Plus a few big games amongst the spl yawnfest would be nice…
Let’s be rational here. Sion strengthened their team by breaking the rules. We were shocking at Celtic Park. Playing with 10 men and absolutely gifting them 2 goals was what beat us; that and the fact they played with ineligible players!
They were lucky to beat us; dan’s suicidal actions after 40 seconds was 99% of the reason they won; I am convinced that with 11 players on the park (even if they had scored in the first minute) we would have beaten them.
We have had 3 bad games in a row, but it’s not he end of the world. We will improve – Hooper and Kayal weren’t fit and we really miss Emilio. A new striker this week and getting al our players back fit will be a big bonus.
So stop writing like an Orc and back your team!
I was agreeing with 99% of what you had written – Sion strengthened to become average not Barcelona – then you write the last line. I fear your very very misguided but since I agree with 99% of what you say then so must I be.
Dan, WAS TO BLAME.
I’m convinced also.
Would you go to Celtic right now? A new striker? I can’t see us attrecting one with the season we have ahead of us. The problem of course is that this seasons team, shape next seasons prospects. This is chicken and egg!
We will attract one and I’ll tell you this for free. We will pay over the odds for his worth and ability.
i see absolutely nothing wrong with still being in europe…i’m old enough to remember the cheating swiss bassa’s at rapid…we owe them one, so stop being sychophantic and churless, it will be great for the players to be playing against the teams in that group and lets not forget eduardo’s cheating dive and dida being unconsciuous for nearly two weeks after a tap on the shoulder….it makes me think some of you’s revel in the fact that we’re not very good at the moment…grow up.. the chunts cheated
I don’t revel in the fact that we are not very good, in fact, I have said that we are average in the wider sense but gold in the shit heap that is the SPL.
Swiss and Austrians are similar.
Can’t believe anyone would or should be embarrassed. The rules are set down for all, and if you don’t abide by them then you have to face the music. If it is embarrassment you want to find then go and chap the door at FC Sion. I will happily see my team playing in Europe and making a few extra quid into the bargain. The Board have every right to pursue our best interests in this situation. It is just a bit of a shame that they appear to be less zealous about furthering our interests in the transfer market, but that is a whole different issue.
Can you imagine the reaction if they could get a reprieve like this?
Sure, they broke the rules, and sure, they should be kicked out. But why do UEFA wait until after they qualified for the playing stages to sit down in judgement against them? This is the same piffle we have had to put up with for years and years with the SFA “timing” their meetings so they had maximum imact against Celtic. Sion should never have been allowed to kick a ball in the competition, never mind qualify for the league round! Terribly handled.
Don’t you think they maybe thought we would put them out and safe them a BIG decision?
Clearly! This s exactly the way the SFA operate too though. But no question about it, they should not have been in the tournament and anything that happened atter that should be wiped out asif it never happened. Backdoor entry? Damn right! I was in Manchester years ago to watch the biggest debacle of all time when Vienna Rapide were allowed a second chance against us, beat us, then go all the way to the final! Rules are rules. In Scotland, there are Celtic rules and everyone else rules. Surely UEFA aren’t this biased too?
Not biased. Just chicken.
I had a chuckle at that, but I disagree over withdrawing the complaint.
At the end of the day Sion broke the rules. They had plenty of warning and were in bother even without our input.
Let’s not forget, one of the players in question scored a double against us. Their rule breaking played a big part in them progression.
I’d much rather we qualified the usual way, but I’ll take getting in through their disqualification and I won’t feel embarrassed about it.
At least you got it. 🙂