Celtic Banter Archive May 22 2017

22 May 2017 20:51:33
alright ed wee question not very clued up on this but I have just read that a London based investment firm who have shares in the likes of juventus and the WWE have upped there shares in Celtic, what does this actually mean? Does this provide more funds towards the club or just the shareholder who sold the shares? Cheers.

{Ed007's Note - Jamie's your man for this stuff but I don't see the club gaining any investment through it but whoever sold their shares will be getting a wedge.
Lindsell Train have been buying shares since 2011 and they see the Club as a good strong long term investment for their investors. They don't seem to take a hands on approach to any of their investments so we'll probably not hear much about them again - unless they get Wrestlemania at Celtic Park!!}

22 May 2017 21:11:30
No bother ed cheers, just something I read and never really had much information on, it's good that we are seen as a strong long term investment though, the futures bright its green and white.

{Ed007's Note - Definitely.}

22 May 2017 23:29:54
If anything it shows that someone with an objective view of the club thinks we are moving forward and that our value will most likely keep rising. Juventus are one of the top six clubs in Europe right now so they clearly know where to put their money.

22 May 2017 22:46:18
Wrestlemania Glasgow has a nice ring to it ha ha.

23 May 2017 02:04:40
thats just the wummin' lol.

23 May 2017 12:54:10
Hi Wee,

At the time that Company started buying Celtic shares were circa 38p a share by the time NL took us to CL football they were worth circa 70p

Under RD tenure they stayed "steady-ish"

Today, if you were buying ONE share in our great club it would cost you exactly £1 (Some Scottish football clubs go for that btw)

So that company will already have done very well out of us and factoring in all things like people in charge of the club, forward moves, possible CL football, BR's new deal the overview will be that we are a "safe bet" mate (y)

{Ed007's Note - So if you 1 million bought shares in 2011 for £380,000 they're now worth £1 million? Surely that's seen in business circles as a great performance for shares in a Scottish club, Jamie?}

23 May 2017 13:27:45
Without a doubt Ed, That's not even factoring in Dembele and KT's transfer "value's" which our manager fully accepts there comes a point " that it's beneficial to naturally part ways" but don't think KT's will be any time soon. But that these things "swell the coffers of a balance sheet"


A just think he is worth more than Lee Wallace pmsl (see sevco posts) (Y)

Factor in future HOTEL revenue etc it shapes up very well indeed (y)

{Ed007's Note - We really are starting to act like a big club. I've been saying for years we had the potential to do this if the board would just have taken a few risks over the years. We've listened to everyone talking down our game and people started believing it and were happy to take the scraps from the TV companies, sponsors or even the CL. Since I started doing this 6/7 years ago I've consistently said our minimum aim in the CL should be 3 spot and a run in the EL and with a bit of luck in the draw we should get a few Last 16 games as well. Maybe not next year - I'd love Last 16 - but maybe the year after I wouldn't mind us dropping down to the EL to see how far we could go in it.
We're leaving the rest of Scotland in our wake and have bigger fish to fry now, the gap between us and the rest of the Scottish teams is far greater, and built on far more solid foundations, than it ever was when Rangers dominated. We're banking serious money and investing it on improving the Club throughout whereas any big paydays they had went to servicing the debt cycle they were on.}

23 May 2017 15:15:30
I totally agree in terms of the last 16 being our "upper - ceiling " Ed. It was really annoying for many we deviated away from the model we had

If we could achieve that with say at least four from within our own development squad that would be our greatest retention but again you are never ever going to stop someone from earning more elsewhere for ever

This hotel aspect should have been implemented years ago IMO (y)

{Ed007's Note - Lennon stayed on a year too long and then Lawwell took us down the cheap road.}

22 May 2017 18:03:34
Ed: just as a matter of interest, where are we " the Celtic page " in the grand scheme of Football rumours overall site, it looks as if we are one of the busiest pages going. ?

thanks.

{Ed007's Note - No chance. The Liverpool and Man Utd sites are the busiest overall The TRIFC page is busier with all their multiple accounts and the Tims posting on it. No wonder they call us obsessed.}

22 May 2017 22:51:12
our page has the best sense of humour though, it reminds me of the characters i met through travelling the country on supporters buses and frequenting the old jungle and the cameraderie you used to get with other fans no matter where they came from you felt part of the one cause.

22 May 2017 12:22:51
Guys I'm not often on public transport but on a train again today and I wouldn't be surprised if the Govanites have stopped using them. As I said a while back hearing 'please mind the gap when alighting from this train' at every stop must be doing their heads in! 😂 🍀 🇮🇪.

22 May 2017 09:14:34
Campsie Bhoy,

Sorry meant to reply yesterday regarding your post. I am currently involved with a club and we have a fund set up where each member pays into a trust every month with minimum payment being £5. We meet once or twice a year to discuss how much money we have and what projects we can do to improve the ground. It is very successful and very surprising how much money can be raised within a year or 2 even with as little as 50 people. It's very difficult to get grants/ funding these days so maybe this is something you can look to do with your members. Seeing how successful this can be i really can't even imagine how much a Celtic fans trust would raise each year. we would have a new south stand in place for 10 in a row :-) Good luck with trying to get the new pitch get your petition up so we can all sign it. HH.

22 May 2017 20:03:29
Stan thanks for that info mate we are finding it hard as well to get grants it's classed as a deprived area and the club has a quality Mark which we were told would enable us to access funding but it's proving difficult with the ridiculous laws we have in Scotland regarding funding and Astro facilities! Thanks Ed for allowing.

{Ed007's Note - Is this the East Dunbartonshire Council thing at Lennoxtown? A political lunatic of a woman I know sent me something about it a while back. I think I've signed it but here's the link for everyone else....

www.change.org/p/east-dunbartonshire-council-give-lennoxtown-the-all-weather-football-park-it-needs

23 May 2017 05:12:43
That's the 1 Ed Celtic have big changes they want to make and have bought a couple of houses round about apparently to stop any planning objections they have been good enough to let the teams all train there on a Wednesday for the last 7 years rent free even though this year there was supposed to be a charge. However instead of the clubs saving this money and putting it into a trust they have spent it elsewhere and now panicking as Celtic might not have them back due to recur a and needing it for there own use. And I'm quite sure the Nut that sent you that link is exactly that deranged lady.

{Ed007's Note - Good luck with it, a very worthy cause.}

22 May 2017 00:15:24
kieran tierney celebrating with celtic fans after hearts win.

22 May 2017 11:28:29
Love this kid, think i have a man crush on him lol, im 44.

22 May 2017 14:08:12
Think every Celtic fan Man Woman &bhoy has a man crush on KT, he comes across as a very likeable young guy: I sure if you cut him he bleeds Green and White it's been a long time since we have had such an affinity with a Celtic Player
HH.