Celtic Banter Archive July 04 2016

04 Jul 2016 21:51:33
Anybody know how the season ticket sales have went? Tried looking for availability on the Celtic page but the etickets not loading.

04 Jul 2016 22:19:53
Most if not all are sold now. Think maybe 100 tickets here and there last I heard a while ago. Maybe other posters have a bit more knowledge on this.

04 Jul 2016 23:58:01
Season tickets are sold out apart from restricted view and the ones you don't get to see sevco. Father in law was down trying to get a couple last Thursday.

04 Jul 2016 15:35:54
The deadwood clear out is looking good so far with mulgrew 14 thousand a week commons 20 and Efe 10 set to be leaving along with Cole ckr stokes borigter gone all ready must be saving quite a bit off the wage bill.

04 Jul 2016 18:59:55
Scepovic as well we sold for €1.5 million could see Bitton sold for €7 million.

04 Jul 2016 19:02:21
Would be good news, but not sure all of them would go, on loan or sale, I think KC and Effe would be sitting out their last year if a move does not suit them, not putting them in the Bobo caterogy, but money is money.

04 Jul 2016 19:16:31
There was a difference with big bobo.
He was better than the players that replaced him.

04 Jul 2016 19:30:21
Kev83 I happen to agree with you 100%, but money is money and Effe and KC will dictate and stick to their contracts if what's on offer does not suit them.

04 Jul 2016 19:41:06
I don't think it's the same situation with them remember bobo was his own agent on 30 grand a week with a loyalty bonus of 1 million if he seen his contract out with us so he could afford to sit tight. doubt celtic would ever sanction that kind of deal again.

04 Jul 2016 19:22:45
It's all looking very optimistic that this seems to be a priority. Ditch the duds and bring in some gems. Don't think anyone could ask for more. It's panning out ok so far.

04 Jul 2016 12:04:08
Heard Rodgers is triggering the £1 million release clause in Chris Gunters contract at reading, would be decent signing. Also, black away kit has been released on the website and it looks tidy! HH.

04 Jul 2016 13:18:39
Gunter would be a good signing, do not like the away kit at all however.

04 Jul 2016 16:33:49
I like what I see about Gunter, good no frills right back .
The away kit neither impresses nor disappoints me as far as I am aware Celtic are the team in the green hoops first and foremost, no other strip excites me .

03 Jul 2016 23:59:11
Just seen on that celtic are going to trigger Chris Gunter's release clause of 1 million Rodgers has been impressed with him at the euros and wants him in quick you seen this Ed?

{Ed007's Note - I doubt it's true because the story is absolute garbage. Release clauses are only legal in the country of origin - only an English club can trigger Gunter's so Reading would be perfectly within their rights to ask us for £2-3 million, even £5 million if they want.

This is a horribly complex area not least because they are written under individual national laws.

The "buy out" clause is legally binding between a club and a player. The "buy out" is effectively what it says - a means for the player to buy himself out of the contract. As an example, if a player wishes to buy himself out of a contract, he pays the applicable FA (on behalf of the club) the amount of the "buy out" clause effectively becoming a free agent. The problem is that in most cases a player would need to obtain that money from the buying club - and this is fraught with issues regarding "tapping up" and, of course, taxation as it can be seen as income for the player and would therefore be subject to income tax. There was a test case about the taxation issue in Spain about three years ago. So "buy out" clauses are very rare.

A "release clause" is far more common in that it gives a figure that the club would accept for the sale of a player to another club - but it is not legally binding except where both parties are in the same country (for the sake of argument I should say that Spain and Portugal count as the same country as do England and Wales) for legal purposes. These are normally unreasonably high figures (Messi at Barcelona for example) introduced to act as a deterrent for hostile bids - and even then the club could easily block a move. However, if a club does agree to match a release clause then the selling club would be obliged to ask the player if he is interested - there is no obligation on the player to make a move. For interested clubs outside of the country the selling club may use it as a guide but are under obligation to accept a bid.

There is then the becoming popular "termination clause" which is binding between the player and the club and if met would see an offer from anywhere accepted and the player given the opportunity to make a call on a move. This overcomes the issues associated with "buy out" clauses as the money would be paid by one club to another.}

04 Jul 2016 02:02:13
Never knew that ed. As they say you learn something new everyday

Perhaps the media have ran out of names under the brendan Rodgers file and moving onto Chris Davies

You think we could be going 3 at the back with wing backs this year. Shaping up to look like this if we sign Duffy/ toure.

{Ed007's Note - It's one of the many plusses of having Ed002 around mate. I'm not a big fan of 3 at the back, it leaves you open to fast counters and long diagonal balls into the FB position. And Craig Gordon's decision making is bad enough withouf him worrying about 3 CBs. Patrick Roberts would be a disaster as a wingback and I'm not convinced KT would be much better, I've always felt it's a position created for players not defensively good enough to be a FB or players not skillfull or intelligent enough to be a winger.
I've seen this mentioned on a few sites so I guess one of the teams at the Euros has been playing it? I'll guess it's the Italians.}

04 Jul 2016 10:10:03
Yea a few teams from what I have saw have been playing the 3. Going by the first pre season game I think the full backs will be getting forward a lot this season with the more defensive midfielder dropping in to form that 3 at the back or slightly in front

Really surprised we haven't been linked with a goalkeeper just yet. Suppose Gordon hadn't had that opportunity to palm it out to the striker hovering in the 6 yard box yet tho.

04 Jul 2016 16:44:36
I would prefer to watch the three at the back in action before I would either write it off as disastrous or claim it to be an answer to our prayers .
I am sure B R isn't going to waste time on experimenting on three at the back if he hasn't the personnel to have some chance of it working.