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Whatâs the story with a proposed ban for Lennon?
[quote=âcarryharry, post: 761621, member: 1517â]Bandage
Whatâs the story with a proposed ban for Lennon?[/quote]
Heâs banned for 3 games. Itâs not proposed, itâs decided.
Over what? Managers shout abuse from the line at every game.
Indeed. The SFA are a farcical organisation.
SFA mate-they know sweet fuck all the hun cunts.
Lennon is a shoot from the hip guy alright, but he gets a fair fucking raw deal up there.
Glasgow derbies in the SPL next season with Partick Thistle sealing promotion after victory over Falkirk today.
I wouldnât mind seeing us going for Russell and Mackay-Steven at the close of the season if Dundee United are reasonable with their demands. Iâd like to see us clear out the striker department with only Stokes and Watt being retained - I consider Sammy a wide attacker. Hooperâs value must be lowering with every dismal performance since Christmas, I fear we may now be stuck with him.
I wouldnât have a huge problem with that. Hooper will be off anyway Iâd say and Miku will be returned to Spain. Lassad is a reasonable SPL option and might be worth retaining as heâs a bit different to the others, but Iâd prefer we replaced him with someone better.
[SIZE=3][FONT=tahoma]Samaras is a legend. 
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From The Herald in Scotland:
[SIZE=5][FONT=tahoma]Georgios Samaras is sitting pretty at Celtic . . .[/FONT][/SIZE]
[U]Hugh Macdonald[/U]
Chief Sports Writer
THE term talisman is misused in football.
It is employed to describe the right-back whose most consistent quality is that he simply turns up. A talisman, though, must have magical powers. These are in scarce supply in Scottish football and Georgios Samaras, in the wake of winning a third title with Celtic, did not lay claim to having one. âI cannot see the future. I do not have this special power . . . yet,â said the Greek internationalist when asked to assess the potential of Neil Lennonâs championship-winning side.
Yet Samaras stands on the perfect spot to view the growth of a team and the vagaries of an individual life. Signed from Manchester City in 2008, the forward has been pilloried and cheered for Celtic, sometimes the loud expressions of these differing views are separated by a matter of seconds.
Samaras, an enigma drenched in a shampoo ad, has not only been booed off the pitch, but booed on to it. Yet on Sunday he took part in another title celebration after scoring a spectacular goal in the 4-1 defeat of Inverness Caledonian Thistle. His departure from Celtic Park has been regularly heralded yet Samaras has remained to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and to triumph too.
âI never had any thought of that,â he said of the opportunities to leave the club that have dotted his career at Celtic that started with a loan move from City in January 2008. âYou have your ups and downs in life but that is no different from other people. We all have good periods in our lives, bad periods in our lives. Everybody has problems but the thing is to think positively and keep working and playing football because you love it. In the end it is about the love of the game, and winning games, and Celtic give that to me.â
The Samaras philosophy is simple. âI play football because I love it. I want to have great memories when I have retired. These memories are about winning games and trophies, not the money. I love this club. I feel inside me that I have more to give.â
His manager declared at the end of last seasonâs title triumph that his best decision was to persevere with Samaras, who has become an important player in Europe for Celtic. The forward paid tribute to Lennon when addressing the responses he can generate from fans. âI know the supporters play a big part in football and when you play well they scream your name and when you play badly they go against you. That is normal at this club and all around the world,â he said. But he added: "In all these years at the club I have had few managers and I do not know how many team-mates. I think the most important thing is to find the trust with your team-mates and find the trust with the manager and then you can go and enjoy football.
âIn the last three years I have had a great relationship with the gaffer and in the dressing room we are really bonded to each other because there have not been too many players coming in or going out. That was the case in past years. If you play well as a team, and individually you feel great, then the supporters will shout for you. But everything is up to you, you decide how the supporters are going to feel. Thatâs it.â
Samaras is now an elder statesmen in the team but he plays down his role at the club. Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink described his one-time fellow striker as Mr Celtic. But Samaras believes that title belongs to Scott Brown, the club captain.
âI am one of the guys who is quiet in the dressing room. I do not speak a lot but on a match day I try to take all my energy on to the park to win the game,â he said. âI think this club already has a great leader in Broony. We all look up to him. In Scotland, the captain has to be Scottish. Broony is perfect for this role. I cannot see anyone replacing him in this position.â
The expectation is that Celtic will now dominate domestically for some time as Rangers make their way through the Scottish leagues. âThere is a lot of talent in this team,â said Samaras. âThere are some young boys with a lot of potential for the future. I do not know what is going to happen but hopefully we can have the same team next year. I believe we have a lot more to do.â
Can Samaras imagine staying in Glasgow for the rest of his career? âI am 28 and I do not know how long I will play football, maybe seven or eight years, maybe 10 years, maybe 12. I feel nice at this club so we will see what happens.â
The prospect of Samaras playing at 40 with the odd fleck of grey in these flowing locks is an intriguing one. âI cannot see the future. I do not have this special power . . . yet. It is nice to live in the now and wait to see what happens in the future,â he said.
Thus runs the zen of Sammy, the Greek with the special power of dividing opinion in a split second.
As a result of the Champions League revenue windfall and its positive impact on financial results, Celtic have announced a ÂŁ100 reduction in season ticket prices for next season and a series of cheap options in relation to children and family tickets. This is an excellent gesture by the club.
Joe Ledley must be one of the players on holiday rotation this week - heâs been posting pictures from Dubai on twitter.
[quote=âBandage, post: 763642, member: 9â]As a result of the Champions League revenue windfall and its positive impact on financial results, Celtic have announced a ÂŁ100 reduction in season ticket prices for next season and a series of cheap options in relation to children and family tickets. This is an excellent gesture by the club.
Joe Ledley must be one of the players on holiday rotation this week - heâs been posting pictures from Dubai on twitter.[/quote]
Would the lack of old firm games be a factor in this reduction Bandage?
[quote=âBandage, post: 763642, member: 9â]As a result of the Champions League revenue windfall and its positive impact on financial results, Celtic have announced a ÂŁ100 reduction in season ticket prices for next season and a series of cheap options in relation to children and family tickets. This is an excellent gesture by the club.
Joe Ledley must be one of the players on holiday rotation this week - heâs been posting pictures from Dubai on twitter.[/quote]
Thatâs a huge reduction and hopefully will have the desired effect on sales and attendances.
Mullach Ide, Iâd say it played a factor in it all right. There was no change in price between last season (which included our former rivals Rangers) and this season, but that was understandable as there was complete uncertainty about what was happening Rangers this time last season when prices were being set for 2012/13 renewals. It was only later on last summer that they died.
I think Celtic still sold 40k odd season tickets at something like ÂŁ580 a pop for 20 home games - 19 league games and they always throw in one of the early round cup games onto the season ticket and maybe a pre-season friendly or two - so that worked out at an average of ÂŁ29 per game.
But whatâs happened this season is that people have found that they arenât necessarily saving any money by purchasing a season ticket. Previously people were happy enough to get one because it ensured their seat for two home derbies against the huns but obviously theyâre not around.
And given thereâs another 20k seats aside from the 40k season ticket places, thereâs been plenty of availability for all league games so it became clear you could buy tickets on a game by game basis for the same as the average ÂŁ29 price under the season ticket - in fact, you could actually save money the odd time as the club have had certain specials for some individual games to get the stadium filled. Some people canât make games from time to time either so it was being mentioned on various forums and within supporter clubs that the upfront investment in a season ticket wasnât really necessary.
With the huns gone, the only other benefit was that a season ticket ensured you first option for Champions League group stage tickets. But most people, even if not season ticket holders, could find a way to get a ticket for these games if they really wanted one. I think the club took on board all this feedback and the revenue from the CL allowed them to go ahead and reduce/rebalance the pricing.
Now the season ticket will work out at ÂŁ24 per game on average so thatâll be a ÂŁ5/ÂŁ6 saving per game and the family and children ticket options give people an incentive to get the next generation along too. More people in, more money spent in the club store and on food and drink in the stadium shops etc so I think itâs a sensible move by the club and shows a bit of goodwill to the supporters.
PFA Player of the Year Nominations: McGinn (Aberdeen), Griffiths (Hibs), Shinnie, A (Caley Thistle), Higdon (Motherwell).
PFA Young Player of the Year Nominations: Armstrong (Dundee United), Griffiths (Hibs), Mackay-Steven (Dundee United), Wanyama (Celtic).
Celtic sneak a young player nomination via Wanyama, which is about as much as youâd expect given the domestic and European exploits this season.
Did big Jock Know?
Know what?
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[quote=âBandage, post: 763966, member: 9â]PFA Player of the Year Nominations: McGinn (Aberdeen), Griffiths (Hibs), Shinnie, A (Caley Thistle), Higdon (Motherwell).
PFA Young Player of the Year Nominations: Armstrong (Dundee United), Griffiths (Hibs), Mackay-Steven (Dundee United), Wanyama (Celtic).
Celtic sneak a young player nomination via Wanyama, which is about as much as youâd expect given the domestic and European exploits this season.[/quote]
Itâs a measure of his improvement over the year that Wanyama doesnât even look out of place in that company.