28 Sep 2017 22:30:10
£18m for this new hotel but is it just me or would anyone else rather see that money spent on improving the playing squad?
Yes it will obviously improve our revenue but will we ever see the benefits as the board never spend anyway.
28 Sep 2017 23:47:46
Irishkiwi bit of a non comment bud how can development to paradise not benifit our club they will obviously budget for it plus we have racked in 60 mill in 2 years that'll go along way to pay for it and the playing squad is doing good we will strengthen Brendan will make sure of that so to be honest I personally think your post is stupid bud hh.
29 Sep 2017 01:07:03
Racked in 60mil in 2 years? But how much of that has been spent improving the team? Not enough. Celtic are a football club and some may disagree but I'd rather celtic football club was run as a football club and not as a business to make the money men more money which is becoming more evident.
You as Brendan Rodgers if he would rather an £18m hotel or £18 to improve the playing squad I think that's a no brainer answer.
29 Sep 2017 05:32:21
IrishKiwi : clubs these days are a lot more diverse than just football . £18m is a lot to us be long term it will bring us even more money: plan over 3 years CL money and that's just £6m per season.
29 Sep 2017 07:11:15
I hear you when you want spend money on players but they have got to be the right players. Big Chris was saying recently that there would be lots of championship defenders who would be happy to come north to Celtic. But these may not be good enough. BR said he tried to get players in during the window but they had to be better than what we already have and you would not want to upset the harmony that clearly exists within the squad. look over the river and see the trouble expensive outsiders can cause without actually improving the team. Could you this serco side is any better than last year they spent a lot more than us.
29 Sep 2017 08:42:11
As in any big business there are different sections with different budgets. Stadium and property comes from a total different department to the playing squad. Even if the 18 million wasn't going on the hotel it wouldn't be going on playing squad.
It would be going on some other part if the infrastructure of the club.
People keep mentioning figures like 60 million as if that's a profit.
It's not.
The accounts were published recently and although there was a profit it was nowhere near that sort of figure.
29 Sep 2017 08:48:32
Whos to say the 18mill even comes out of the pot for signing players. i trust the board and they will have done there homework there will still be signings calm down irish.
29 Sep 2017 09:36:22
We need to wait and see how much we spend in players. If we don't then this to me isn't the best way forward. We've spent £5m on players with two lots of CL money banked.
I am all for this increasing income streams, but, people will fill the hotel to see a better team. We need to strike a balance and £5m is way short of that. As I said, let's wait and see if we invest in the players we need to move forward.
We need a full back, another centre half as a minimum. An injury to either Boyata or Simo and we are back to square one.
{Ed007's Note - The hotel plans have nothing to do with playing budgets or wagebills but I suppose some people need to find a negative to keep themselves happy, even if it's not true. Should we cut back on improving and investing in Lennoxtown and the academy because we're needing a CB, even though we've got, Sviatchenko, Ajer and Lustig, Tierney and Bitton who can play there? How about cutting back on CP's maintenance and improvement budget to offer Roberts EPL wages? Think of the savings if we stopped paying for stewarding and used volunteers, any other cost cutting ideas just so we can spend more money on players? Make the Celtic View black and white maybe?
Will all the people who will use the stadium because of it's location near the velodrome etc not stay there if Celtic don't buy a better team - a better team than winning a treble and a 56 (?) game unbeaten run? What better than that do you realistically want? Maybe we'd have beaten Anderlecht 4-0 if we had spent £20 million on the team.}
29 Sep 2017 10:24:37
We can't bank on the cl money coming in every year, the teams we're playing in qualifiers are getting better, the club are moving in the right direction and the grounds have been upgraded to an unbelievable level. The hotel and museum will improve it even more and bring in money to compensate the time, if it comes that we don't get to the groups. Upgrading the main stand will bring us more revenue too but I'd like to see more done to accommodate disabled fans, I don't think it's right that the most vulnerable fans are the most exposed to the elements.
29 Sep 2017 10:37:20
Rogers says he still needs that match winning type if players. I will go with his view.
As for not investing, again you jump in with what you think I said rather than what I actually said.
I welcome the increase in income streams, but it has to be balanced by improving the team. I don't think £5m to achieve Rogers own stated objectives is that balance.
{Ed007's Note - And what has any of that got to do with the planned hotel complex? Nothing - the hotel and the playing budget are nothing to do with each other. It helps if you know what you're talking about before you actually do talk, you should try it.
I am all for this increasing income streams, but, people will fill the hotel to see a better team. We need to strike a balance and £5m is way short of that. As I said, let's wait and see if we invest in the players we need to move forward.
So according to you the hotel will only be used by Celtic fans to see a better team, how can we improve on a Treble and 56 game unbeaten run? £5 million what, I have no idea why you keep mentioning £5 million.
You do know other people except Celtic fans will use the hotel and it's facilities don't you?}
29 Sep 2017 11:01:35
I personally am all for the hotel which will pay for itself in revenue and can only add prestige to our great club, i remember when they had great plans for casinos and floating pitches etc, we could only look across in envy now with pl at the helm this will be a well calculated move which will take nothing away from the player budget, bravo pl bravo celtic, lovin it right now, hh🇮🇪✌️.
29 Sep 2017 11:04:32
Don't worry guys, Glasgow city council will pay it for us 😂😂😂😂.
29 Sep 2017 11:37:36
Thats what i was alluding to ed, there will be grants and sponsorship as well as other investors, the playing budget will be left alone or rodgers would be off me thinks, and as you say loads of people will use it not just celtic fans.
{Ed007's Note - Spot on mate. There's basketball that gets played at the Emirates, so I'd imagine the visiting team, fans and officials will choose to stay right across the road, business conferences are held all year round there as well and people need to travel into the city centre for their hotel and I'm sure the Scottish Open Snooker tournament is held at the Emirates as well.
I think your run of the mill Celtic fans will find it difficult - and pricey - to get a room for a Friday night because they're going to the game on the Saturday because I don't think the hotel is specifically aimed at your average Celtic fan, it's part of the regeneration of the area and it will probably make more money from it's location next to the Emirates than being next to Celtic Park.}
29 Sep 2017 11:50:37
Some people will never be happy honestly it's frustrating to read negative posts on here we as a club are in the best shape we have ever been and yet the negative Nellie's still find something to moan about actually acting like spoilt 5 year olds lol if you can go through the week without a drama away over to the crumble dome plenty of drama there to fill your boots, hh.
29 Sep 2017 15:07:59
Not sure how it works on the Celtic hotel but a lot of the hotels have landlords and are leased out for a number of years by the chains . Full proof money earner and hotel run by hoteliers.