Celtic Banter Archive June 12 2018

12 Jun 2018 20:14:34
Any ideas when the away top is due for release got vouchers for jd and was going to hold off.

12 Jun 2018 21:07:13
I’d keep holding off if it’s that leaked top tbh!

13 Jun 2018 17:05:34
Was hoping it would be the black one that was online but was told by someone in the Celtic shop it's definitely not black. Maybe the green one then.

12 Jun 2018 17:09:00
It's been announced that the Season Tickets for the new campaign are Sold Out.
What I've heard is we haven't Sold the Seats that Sevco get as Normal Season Tickets but as Special Tickets (as previously done) . This brings me on to my point:
IMO Police Scotland will not allow a Reduced Number of Away Fans in BOTH Grounds for Safety Reasons. While it is easier to keep both sets of Fans apart Outside Celtic Park, Ibrox is a total different Kettle of Fish. It is almost Impossible to Segregate Both sets of Fans Outside their ground.
I believe our Board realise this, thus The Special Tickets that doesn't include the Sevco games.
However across the City Old Dodgy Dave needs the Money in Big Time. So when the Police tell him NO CHANCE, he can say it wasn't my fault. But I've got the money off the Fans so who gives a S##t.
Or I could have this completely wrong!

{Ed007's Note - TRIFC told there own fans not long ago they couldn't reduce our ticket allocation because it would affect their security certificate and Dave King himself said this in 2016:

"Some of our supporters have difficulty with the fact that Celtic fans receive a whole stand at Ibrox, whereas our fans are in a predominantly corner section at Celtic Park. However, this is largely due to the physical structure of both stadia.
In reality – and by agreement – both teams receive the same number of tickets for away games. The strong safety and security advice from the police, which is supported by our own security team, is that we should continue with the present arrangement as this is the safest allocation of tickets from a segregation point of view.
And, most importantly, it is the basis upon which we have been awarded our Safety Certificate."

So what's changed?}

12 Jun 2018 17:26:20
Thanks for that Ed.

{Ed007's Note - Like most things King does it's a strange one.}

12 Jun 2018 17:49:28
The gullabillies think this is a done deal. How disappointed will the Ultra Uber Bears be when they are told to jog on because 8000 Tims are coming to town! King looks like he's done it again.

12 Jun 2018 18:38:04
They needed cash up front to service the debts they are incurring. The mysterious Far East investor, they were all getting very excited about, is a phantom. King needs working capital right now. They have to relay that £3m loan they pretended was an overdraft imminently.

It’s all about the money, money, money.

12 Jun 2018 22:20:23
Could both clubs not just cut the away allocation totally, making each home game just full of the home supporters, thus cutting back on policing costs and saving money for both clubs,

{Ed007's Note - That would be the best solution imo but I think the TV companies might have something to say about that, in fact I'll be surprised if they stay quiet about the cutting of the away allocations.}

13 Jun 2018 01:16:58
Magicpole they have just banked 18 to 20mill on season ticket money so they have cash right now. Issue will be they will be paying SG and his team more. They need to get existing players off the wage bill so whilst they have money to buy new players how much will be available by end Feb 2019. Not a lot so King needs to get a share issue away before Christmas to keep the lights on or its more loans.

13 Jun 2018 01:26:46
Seats have been left available for people to purchase match day tickets.

13 Jun 2018 07:33:54
good point Johnnymac
We are all asking whee the money is coming from but it's tru, they have sold a lot of ST.
How much is going to SG?
We know that Close Bro need paid first and foremost.

13 Jun 2018 09:02:04
Johnny, they raised the same lastvyearcandcwerecstill operating at a loss last year, needing soft and the £3m loan to keep that light bulb on.

He still needs money now for Gerrard. He has raised some of it by selling those seats. The share issue is more complicated due to his fecking up of the last one.

These actions show clearly the desperation to raise capital they are having. If he can’t issue a new share deal he will blame Lawell and move on. They desperately need Europa qualification, if they fail then that’s all the money gone.

Regarding the safety issue? I haven’t heard one peep from any authority mentioning it. Do we actually think they will now? Why not as soon as they made their decision? Well, my take is they will not make an issue of it. The cops talked about how they will need to do it differently, not that it would need to be stopped.

Pie in the sky, as I said earlier, even if it is overturned, the objective of getting more cash was achieved.

What it does is highlight the diminishing amounts of sofás he can rummage down the back of. And when they all had gotten themselves into a lather about a Far East investor, which we all knew was a pile of crap, they now do too.

King will soon be in the firing line when results go tits up to spend the £30m of his own cash.

Look forward to that day. For it is coming.

13 Jun 2018 14:55:24
Well said Magicpole. The two 'thumbs down' trolls hopefully read the whole post!

12 Jun 2018 13:13:37
So, can anyone elaborate on when Celtic return to training? We have the first CL qualifying round on the 11/ 7. We still do not have any new players signed. Only leaves a month of preparation. Working deals within the 4 qualifiers we have to play must be difficult? Surely something is happening in the back ground.

12 Jun 2018 13:37:32
Ken the transfer window has only been open about 5 days.

12 Jun 2018 13:43:54
Pre season training starts next week.

12 Jun 2018 13:45:23
I thought it had been open since the end of may, my mistake.

12 Jun 2018 18:30:45
It’s irrelevant how long it’s been open, many teams have already signed players.

Celtic should be prepared months in advance and should have started on deals to get players in fir qualifying

All it takes is one bad game to get knocked out, we’ve seen over the last few years that this can potentially happen.

Sooner the players are signed the better.

13 Jun 2018 01:03:02
Just my opinion but I expect to be totally underwhelmed by our transfer activity again. Last season's performances dropped way below expected standards and unless there's a big turnaround in certain players then new players of higher quality is required. We should be getting some of our signings in now for qualifiers as just now we are short roberts, rogic, lustig, gamboa and boyata before we add in the Armstrong saga again and Édouard?

12 Jun 2018 12:16:49
If I was a Celtic board member, I would be pushing for shock and awe next reason.
All kings bluster about Celtic running SFA, pack of senario, I would apend big and just.

11 Jun 2018 23:32:46
hile the 26-year-old would likely be a useful addition to Hughes' squad, they should forget about him and instead target a move for his £1.8 million-rated Celtic teammate James Forrest (as per Transfermarkt) .

Reading this stuff for a while, how can you class that man at 1.8 m and mcginn at 5m . honestly who is printing this guff🤣.

12 Jun 2018 12:35:53
Same site ran a story yesterday saying Crystal Palace should be targeting Moussa Dembele valued at (£5.4m) 😂😂😂.

12 Jun 2018 13:29:23
It's nonsense. Forrest is worth nowhere near that.