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He know's he is underachieving and has to work harder,he doesn't hide in games and he is still young enough to improve.If as is suspected Boyd does leave then he will get a sustained run in the team through the middle alongside KM. He has shown he can do it,he just need to show consistency

HA HA,feckin brilliant.............................'' KEANO,KEANO''

It's '' THE ESTABLISHMENT '' Walter, a feckin conspiracy!!!

lubolubo Yesterday, 2:11 PM Post #69 Club Captain Posts:3,663 Group:Snr. Member Member#787 Joined:21 March 2005 Complete clear out needed. Cancel all the loan spells if possible and return the players to their clubs. McGeady, Boruc and Brown need to go to fund a complete rebuild starting from the back four forward. And for the love of god buy a competent midfield.

Mr Fixit Yesterday, 2:11 PM Post #64 First-team captain Posts:2,776 Group:Snr. Member Member#17,192 Joined:24 March 2008 We can sell who we like but nothing will change as long as we are rune by parasites who only take from Celtic and give nothing. The club is rotten to the core. Lawell the liar, Reid and Desmond, GTF. Lennon is finished already,another who doesn't have it and the players, feckin spineless, rudderless and leaderless.

Spike Yesterday, 2:09 PM Post #37 Member Avatar Experiencing a significant gravitas shortfall [ * * * * * * * * * * * * ] Posts: 13,659 Group: Snr. Member Member #4,707 Joined: 30 August 2006 Well done to Ross County, they won it at a canter. :theclap: Neil Lennon - yeah, it's not going to happen I'm afraid. As shambolic a managerial performance I've ever seen from someone in charge of Celtic. How were we set up? I'm not sure. It was sub-Strachan. Thanks Neil, but no thanks. The team - a shower of imposters. Where to start? There's not one I'm desperate to keep, Keane aside, and he's not interested in staying. The rest? They're paid thousands of pounds every week and barely look interested. They're largely a miserable shower who should hang their heads. The board - Seriously, the level of mismanagement from them has been criminal. We're the richest club in the land, by quite a distance. But we've been transformed gradually into a shambling corpse of a club. I'm not even sure why CU and Dianogah are desperate to get jobs with them...?

Knock yourself out matey macca_bhoy Yesterday, 2:08 PM Post #13 Member Avatar Getting noticed in the reserves [ * * ] Posts: 69 Group: Members Member #21,419 Joined: 22 August 2008 well done to the celtic board, your downsizing is now complete absolute disgracefull performance, all we needed was a tigh compact 4-4-2 but naw, lenny sticks with moggas retarded plan and this is the result, i feel as sick as on black friday

Ross County are part of the establishment, they do wear blue

It's amazing how the BHEASTS go on about how poor Rangers are yet they are so far behind us!!!

It won't matter what stats you throw at the BHEASTS,they belive the '' ESTABLISHMENT '' has handed Rangers the title

RANGERS could still be forced to take part in the Champions League qualifying rounds next season if, as expected, they clinch the Scottish Premier League title. The financially troubled Ibrox side, and the Lloyds Banking Group, have been eagerly anticipating an estimated Ã?£10 million cash injection from competing in the elite club competition to help reduce the club's Ã?£31m debt. However, it has emerged that their path to the group phase may not be automatic if CSKA Moscow or Lyon are the winners of this year's Champions League. The Russians have already failed to qualify for next season's Champions League and Lyon are also in danger of missing out ââ?¬â?? unless either one claims the trophy in Madrid on 22 May. UEFA changed the rules for qualification after Liverpool beat AC Milan to win it in 2005. They had finished fifth in the Premiership that year and should have had to settle for a UEFA Cup place. Now holders qualify automatically ââ?¬â?? and that could pose problems for Rangers. "The top 12 countries in Europe have their champions qualify automatically but we're currently 13th," said an SPL spokesman. "As long as the eventual winners have already qualified through their own league then Rangers will be okay. However, the Russian season has recently finished and CSKA Moscow finished fifth, meaning they will miss out. "Lyon could also fail to claim a place. There are only four points between the top six clubs in Ligue 1. Since only three French clubs enter the competition they may also fail. Should either of those clubs then go on to win the Champions League then Rangers would need to play two qualifying rounds in order to reach the group stage." However, the consolation for Rangers if that happened is that they would be one of the seeded clubs in that draw. "Rangers would then be in what is knows as the Champions' Qualifying Pathway," said the spokesman. "That would mean they would have two qualifying rounds to play but both would be against teams from countries ranked below us. They would face ties which would be, on the face of it, much easier than the task Celtic faced last year when they were drawn against Arsenal." CSKA Moscow are at home against Internazionale in the quarter-final second leg on Tuesday after losing 1-0 in Italy. If they reach the semis they will face Arsenal or Barcelona. Lyon travel to Bordeaux the next evening, 3-1 ahead. Should they qualify, they will meet Manchester United or Bayern Munich. Speaking in February, Rangers chairman Alastair Johnston said qualifying for the Champions League was "crucial". From 2011, the SPL champions will only be able to reach the group phase by overcoming seeded clubs from England, Spain, France, Germany and Italy. http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sport/Rangers-could-still-face-Champions.6202712.jp

Agreed,he should stay and learn his trade and improve as much as he can before getting a big move,which he will get if he keeps performing and learning the way he has been,however my only worry is '' money talks ''

Agreed,he can play another season in the SPL easy,IMO,however the CL is where he will struggle with pace.

Manchester United's Champions League quarter-final at Bayern Munich on Tuesday is not only an on-field contest between two of Europe's great clubs - it also represents a clash of two very different financial philosophies. While at United the talk is of takeovers, Bayern supporters are safe in the knowledge that such a scenario is unlikely to ever unfold at the Allianz Arena. The system by which Bundesliga clubs are regulated, with an emphasis on strict financial rules and licensing, means Bayern are debt-free, allowing the club to offer some tickets for as little as 12 euros (�£11) in a world-class stadium. That is a world apart from the Premier League model of light-touch regulation that has allowed the United States-based Glazers to saddle United with debts of �£716.5m. It has become a debt too far for thousands of their fans, so much so that the Red Knights, a group of wealthy United followers in alliance with the Manchester United Supporters' Trust is attempting to wrest control of the club. Stuart Dykes is a Manchester United fan living in Germany. He also supports Schalke and pays 13 euros (�£12) to stand in the Veltins-Arena and watch his team. The cost of the ticket includes free public transport to the stadium from certain areas. Membership of the Gelsenkirchen club costs him 96 euros (�£86). "In England, the Glazers are allowed to come in, while Portsmouth can have four owners in a season. That cannot happen in Germany," Dykes told BBC Sport. "The German model means Bayern are attracting lots of investment but without the risk. It's completely different from United - it's a whole different philosophy. "Bayern looked at what was happening in the United Kingdom and said: 'We don't want that to happen here'. They wanted to maintain control of the club." Arguably, this financial prudence has come at a price, having limited the ability of German clubs to compete with their big-spending English counterparts, who can offer higher wages to players, in the Champions League. Bayern were the last German side to be crowned champions of Europe in 2001, having lost to United in dramatic fashion two years earlier. English clubs have triumphed twice since 2001 and appeared in the final on six occasions in the last decade, a period in which only one other German club has reached the final, Bayer Leverkusen losing to Real Madrid in 2002. "When clubs can spend what they want, like in the Premier League, it's very difficult for German clubs to succeed," said Antonia Hagemann, project manager with the UK-based Supporters Direct organisation, which has carried out a Uefa-funded study of club ownerships and fan involvement across Europe. "But there's a fair chance that they will have the last laugh. The German model doesn't restrict success, but the Premier League has set up a 'rat race' for everyone in Europe. It sees football as a brand - it is not interested in regulation." At the heart of the German model are the fans, rather than owners or shareholders. Bundesliga clubs broke the 2bn euro (�£1.8bn) level for the first time in 2008-9 It was the seventh successive season in which an attendance record was set - averaging 42,000 a game Average ticket price: 20.79 euros (�£18.70) - about twice as much as in the Premier League The Bundesliga is the European champion of sponsorship deals - 573m euros (�£515m) Until the late 1990s, all Bundesliga clubs were 100% owned by members - fans who pay to be part of the club. However, the clubs recognised the need to compete with their European rivals and that this might not have been the best way to do it. So some, including Bayern, spun off their professional football "sections" into outside limited companies, separate from the parent club, to attract investment. Under Bundesliga rules, members must own 50% of the shares plus one extra vote of these spin-offs. This is the so-called 50+1 model, which makes it impossible for private investors to take over a club. It is this model that many view as the best in Europe - and a far cry from the Premier League, where most clubs are struggling with debt. Earlier this season, Portsmouth became the first top-flight club to go into administration. A Uefa report in February revealed that the total debt of Premier League teams - �£3.4bn - is greater than that of the rest of Europe's top-flight clubs put together. And although the Premier League clubs make up more than half of club assets in Europe, Manchester United's debt is almost more than �£150m higher than that of the 36 clubs in Germany's top two divisions. That is because Bundesliga clubs must submit information about their budgets and expected expenditure, and prove they are financially stable in order to play in the league. There are also check-ups during the season, and licences can be withdrawn. Second Division club Arminia Bielefeld were deducted four points by the Bundesliga for breaching the terms of their licence after suffering a financial shortfall and were fined 50,000 euros (�£45,000) for the violation, which they admitted in February. "I think the strict system is just one of the reasons preventing them [German clubs] from competing in the Champions League," said Michael Ashelm, of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper. Robben and Ribery You can watch Robben and Ribery for just �£11 "In the past, the German clubs had many problems with things like defunct training systems and antiquated managers. This changed a lot with a new generation of managers and coaches. "On the other hand, the financial system prevented the clubs from a disaster and allows for stable conditions - in contrast to England or Italy." And of the comparison between top-flight clubs' debt in England and Germany, he said: "You need a strong value as a club to carry such debt as Manchester United and Liverpool - and the value of Bundesliga clubs is under it. "This season Schalke had many problems with their liquidity. They have debts of about 140m euros (�£125m)." Schalke's debt accumulated from the construction of their new stadium, which was eased by a 100m (�£90m) euro sponsorship deal with Gazprom. "For a big German club, this is life-threatening," Anselm added. The German model does have its critics. Hannover 96 president Martin Kind has been a long-standing and vocal opponent of the 50+1 rule, and challenged it in the courts last year. However, 32 of the 36 Bundesliga clubs rejected his proposal. "Everyone in Germany used to look at the Premier League as the ideal model, but now the big clubs in England are in serious trouble," said Hagemann. "I tell everyone not to follow the Premier League model. Fans in England don't really have a say. "The English model is the worst model - its clubs have a perception a spending more money than they have." Tony Woodcock, the former England striker who had a spell in Germany with Cologne during the 1980s, says the financial restrictions placed on Bundesliga clubs are not necessarily a disadvantage. He believes Bayern are the "leading example" of how well run the German clubs are. "Bayern are a bit down the pecking order in terms of attracting players compared to other European teams, but they do have some top players," he said. "They have still attracted Franck Ribery, Mario Gomez and Arjen Robben - they have upped it a gear. To get them, you have to offer good rates. Bayern realise this." 606: DEBATE Financial fair play? Woodcock also believes that English clubs could learn a lesson or two from their German counterparts in how to treat their fans. "For my first training session in Cologne, 10,000 people turned up," he said. "In Germany, they welcome the fans to the training ground but in England it's like Fort Knox." A combination of reasonably priced tickets to watch the likes of Ribery and Robben strut their stuff in superb facilities ensures that Bayern fans are far happier than United supporters in the way their club is run, according to Dykes. It remains to be seen whether over the next few months the Red Knights and Must can bring a similar degree of German prudence to Old Trafford. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8589872.stm

I won't argue with that

Not to forget the great strike he had only for the Hertz keeper to produce save of the match

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6_9qsYxigE]YouTube- ROBBIE KEANE JOINS CELTIC[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gugq9S1cag&feature=related]YouTube- Keano here to save Celtic[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2soXAGT8dGM]YouTube- CELTIC V ST MIRREN 0.4 (SACK TONY NOW)[/ame]

Where were you Robbie ? :spl: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm2ci4ckfRM&feature=PlayList&p=7C4023F695675C00&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=8]YouTube- Rangers 1-0 Celtic 28/02/2010 Edu Goal[/ame]

Boyd hasn't scored for a while so I expect him to blast back at some point

Couple of mid week fixtures this week

St Johnstone 0 The Champions 3 Boyd hat-trick :spl:

Has the points gap not increased since Keane arrived ?.

Really?,I thought Davis was excellent on Saturday!!,just shows how we all see games different