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The Board - general discussion (including Res 12); notes from the AGM
Topic Started: 15 Jul 2014, 12:03 AM (1,414,682 Views)
CroyGuevara
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Having a think about it all, I think I feel apathetic towards all of this. The worst possible feeling you can have towards anything, I think. I can't see anything changing. The fact Deila hasn't been sacked yet just sums it all up. We're happy with sub-standard performances and personnel.

What a effing sad state of affairs.
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Sad truth is we have a bigger wage budget than PSV....Let that sink in, we have literally spunked money against a brick wall. The main problem is we have players on long term contract and decent wages that we wont be able to shift easily. Is someone gonna buy Scepovic, Ciftci, CKR, GMS, Boyata, Janko amongst others? For any new manager coming in, he will need to work with what he has, short term anyway. We all want a clear out, but unfortunately its not Champ Manager.... We need an overhaul of the scouting system..
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henrikmc2
18 Apr 2016, 12:50 PM
Sad truth is we have a bigger wage budget than PSV....Let that sink in, we have literally spunked money against a brick wall. The main problem is we have players on long term contract and decent wages that we wont be able to shift easily. Is someone gonna buy Scepovic, Ciftci, CKR, GMS, Boyata, Janko amongst others? For any new manager coming in, he will need to work with what he has, short term anyway. We all want a clear out, but unfortunately its not Champ Manager.... We need an overhaul of the scouting system..
PSV are Dutch last time I checked.

Holland has some of the best footballers in the world and their youth systems are renowned for producing talent, year on year, generation after generation.

To compare us to them is like comparing chalk and cheese. :thumbsup:
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18 Apr 2016, 12:45 PM
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18 Apr 2016, 12:37 PM
PauloM
18 Apr 2016, 12:23 PM

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The other son :thumbsup:
Derry Desmond is the one taking over, Brett is married to one of the Corr's, Ross is involved in bringing the Five Guys Burgers and Fries franchise to Ireland.
And Eddie Rockets :boik:
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Seeing as it's all about 10 in a row for the board, the fans should stay out of their seats and in the concourses/outside the ground until the tenth minute on Sunday.
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dazabhoy67
18 Apr 2016, 12:55 PM
henrikmc2
18 Apr 2016, 12:50 PM
Sad truth is we have a bigger wage budget than PSV....Let that sink in, we have literally spunked money against a brick wall. The main problem is we have players on long term contract and decent wages that we wont be able to shift easily. Is someone gonna buy Scepovic, Ciftci, CKR, GMS, Boyata, Janko amongst others? For any new manager coming in, he will need to work with what he has, short term anyway. We all want a clear out, but unfortunately its not Champ Manager.... We need an overhaul of the scouting system..
PSV are Dutch last time I checked.

Holland has some of the best footballers in the world and their youth systems are renowned for producing talent, year on year, generation after generation.

To compare us to them is like comparing chalk and cheese. :thumbsup:
I disagree, they are a big club like us playing in a smaller league, if you look at the players they have signed, its easily players that we could have targeted. Yes, they have a very good youth system, but if your telling me that we cant even compete with a PSV Eindhoven who spend less on wages than us I would argue. Example, the signed Luuk De Jong for a minimal £2-£3 million pound fee after his moves to Germany and loan move at Newcastle didn't work out.. As well as targeting young players then have been smart is buying experience....Something we have failed badly at
Edited by henrikmc2, 18 Apr 2016, 01:18 PM.
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18 Apr 2016, 01:19 PM
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its good, but its not big enough
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henrikmc2
18 Apr 2016, 01:17 PM
dazabhoy67
18 Apr 2016, 12:55 PM
henrikmc2
18 Apr 2016, 12:50 PM
Sad truth is we have a bigger wage budget than PSV....Let that sink in, we have literally spunked money against a brick wall. The main problem is we have players on long term contract and decent wages that we wont be able to shift easily. Is someone gonna buy Scepovic, Ciftci, CKR, GMS, Boyata, Janko amongst others? For any new manager coming in, he will need to work with what he has, short term anyway. We all want a clear out, but unfortunately its not Champ Manager.... We need an overhaul of the scouting system..
PSV are Dutch last time I checked.

Holland has some of the best footballers in the world and their youth systems are renowned for producing talent, year on year, generation after generation.

To compare us to them is like comparing chalk and cheese. :thumbsup:
I disagree, they are a big club like us playing in a smaller league, if you look at the players they have signed, its easily players that we could have targeted. Yes, they have a very good youth system, but if your telling me that we cant even compete with a PSV Eindhoven who spend less on wages than us I would argue. Example, the signed Luuk De Jong for a minimal £2-£3 million pound fee after his moves to Germany and loan move at Newcastle didn't work out.. As well as targeting young players then have been smart is buying experience....Something we have failed badly at
Again they play in Holland a league that is far better than top division in Scotland which is another reason a lot of players choose to go there.

We have tried to compete with those clubs. At the start of the season we tried to sign the left back that chose a return to Ajax over coming to us.

I once read an article which included both Celtic's and Porto's annual accounts from about 5 or 6 years ago and they were almost identical, yet we cant compete with them when signing players. They play in a far better league, which is one of the main reasons players would choose it over Scotland.
Edited by dazabhoy67, 18 Apr 2016, 01:26 PM.
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To think he was called the 'sharp suited man' by some at one point. Cringeworthy
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18 Apr 2016, 01:25 PM
To think he was called the 'sharp suited man' by some at one point. Cringeworthy
Thats the point where his ego exploded by all accounts.

And no matter what, he thought he knew best. Remember though that the point of other directors (non-execs) is partly to keep an eye on him and other full time board appointments. Its not just PL that needs hunted.
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18 Apr 2016, 01:25 PM
To think he was called the 'sharp suited man' by some at one point. Cringeworthy
To be fair he was doing a great job back then.
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Big_dave_greenock_1888
18 Apr 2016, 01:25 PM
To think he was called the 'sharp suited man' by some at one point. Cringeworthy
So much so, that this very board had (probably still has) a swear filter for those of us who could see through his bullshampoo even way back then.
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shugmc
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That's a start. Good work. :thumbsup:
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18 Apr 2016, 01:19 PM
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:thumbsup: Yep, a good start
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Big_dave_greenock_1888
18 Apr 2016, 01:25 PM
To think he was called the 'sharp suited man' by some at one point. Cringeworthy
To be fair he was doing a great job back then.
Was he ?

We got a manager Strachan on the back of a recommendation by Eddie Jordan. Yes he signed JVoH and Gravesen (and I am NOT criticising him for the latter - we were all overjoyed at that signing) But the shirt and sponsorship deal that were much trumpeted were more hype than actually that brilliant.

It started to go wrong in the summer of 2008 when a disastrous transfer window ended up in us not strengthening when we could have buried Rangers a lot sooner than them falling apart. Then came January 2009 and Stephen Fletcher.

He cocked up the appointment of Owen Coyle and we ended up with Mowbray. After that mess came Lenny. After a very difficult 18 months, things got turned around but we then had to endure countless transfer window misery as "Moneyball Lawwell" thought that he could sign a couple of Wanyama's every window.

We walked away from Markus Henriksen over a couple of hundred grand (they wanted £1.75M for 20 yr old Norwegian international) and he is likely to leave AZ67 for £5M to Italy this summer - would be more if he wasn't going into the last year of his contract. Such negotiations are just symptomatic of his reign. look at money we have pi$$ed away on strikers.

Edited by Corky Buczek, 18 Apr 2016, 02:03 PM.
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100% behind the idea of some sort of protest. 67th minute walk out or something, make it clear enough is enough
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Bryan67
18 Apr 2016, 02:06 PM
100% behind the idea of some sort of protest. 67th minute walk out or something, make it clear enough is enough
Ditto and it should be agreed upon and the message spread around in the next 2-3 days otherwise it'll die on its arse.

It might not mean anything in the grand scheme of things but we shouldn't just do nothing as a support.
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Detached and out of touch with Celtic - from history to ideology to ambition.

Rich business men living on a wage paid by the working class.

Whilst many of the supporters dreams lie with Celtic, they are living a dream life through wealth accumulated via Celtic. Sickening.
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18 Apr 2016, 02:06 PM
100% behind the idea of some sort of protest. 67th minute walk out or something, make it clear enough is enough
Sorry this is stupid, we have a league to win
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