The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Forever Green]

Na, we were never going to get Bellamy. He has released a statement today insisting that he has no intention of joining Celtic. I don't think we need him tbh. Hooper and Stokes are more than good enough to get the goals for us. We are wasting our time going after Bellamy when we should be spending it trying to sign a reliable target man and a goalkeeper

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Na, we were never going to get Bellamy. He has released a statement today insisting that he has no intention of joining Celtic. I don't think we need him tbh. Hooper and Stokes are more than good enough to get the goals for us. We are wasting our time going after Bellamy when we should be spending it trying to sign a reliable target man and a goalkeeper

He's 32, has lost alot of his pace and is currently earning £90k a week!! 3 good reasons to forget about him and concentrate on more achievable strikers with potential and a bloody goalie!! 

[Forever Green]

Na, we were never going to get Bellamy. He has released a statement today insisting that he has no intention of joining Celtic. I don't think we need him tbh. Hooper and Stokes are more than good enough to get the goals for us. We are wasting our time going after Bellamy when we should be spending it trying to sign a reliable target man and a goalkeeper

He's 32, has lost alot of his pace and is currently earning £90k a week!! 3 good reasons to forget about him and concentrate on more achievable strikers with potential and a bloody goalie!! 

+1
It annoys me every transfer window how we always waste our time and money on a marquee signing. FFS just bring in someone who is going to do a good job in the SPL

[Club Rossa]

Celtic and Tottenham are 3/1 joint favourites with Skybet to sign Joey Barton.
More pie in the sky after the Bellamy stories.

[Forever Green]

If our midfield wasn't as strong as it is, I would love to see Barton coming to us but we don't need him currently. Anyhow, Desmond would drop if he was asked to fork out £80,000 for his wages 

[Pat Mustard]

Loovens injured, we'll not get shot of him in this window now. Need a keeper and striker before the close of the window, a centre half would be preferable too but can't see it happening. A bit frustrating that we can't get fees for our players, all seem to be going on loan. Even if they were minimal fees, it'd help. I can't see the likes of McGinn and O'Dea playing for the club again.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Seventy-six clubs from across Europe will learn their fate from 13.30CET when the draw is made for the UEFA Europa League play-off round at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
The teams have been divided into seven groups for the draw – four of ten teams and three of 12. Within the seven groups an equal number of sides are seeded and unseeded in accordance with the club rankings established at the beginning of the season.
A ball will be taken from each of the bowls containing seeded and unseeded teams, and placed in a large empty bowl in the middle where they will be shuffled. The first club drawn will play its first match at home and sides from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
The fixtures will be contested over two legs on 18 and 25 August with the winners qualifying for the group stage proper, which gets under way on 15 September.
The draw will be streamed live on UEFA.com. @ 12.30pm

UEFA Europa League play-off draw

Seeded                                    Unseeded
Group 1
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)   FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (FRA)
Panathinaikos FC (GRE)                   Vitória SC (POR)
Beşiktaş JK (TUR)                   FC Alania Vladikavkaz (RUS)
FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)   Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
FK Partizan (SRB)                   Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)

Group 2
AS Roma (ITA)                   Bursaspor (TUR)
Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA)   FC Vorskla Poltava (UKR)
RSC Anderlecht (BEL)                   Olympiacos Volou FC (GRE)
FC Dinamo Bucureşti (ROU)   ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Rosenborg BK (NOR)                   AEK Larnaca FC (CYP)

Group 3
Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)   Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR)
FC Spartak Moskva (RUS)       FC Karpaty Lviv (UKR)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)   Heart of Midlothian FC (SCO)
Athletic Club (ESP)                   Legia Warszawa (POL)
PAOK FC (GRE)                   FK Ekranas (LTU)

Group 4
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)   FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)
Rangers FC (SCO)                   PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL)
Fulham FC (ENG)                   FC Nordsjælland (DEN)
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)   NK Maribor (SVN)
FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS)   FC Spartak Trnava (SVK)

Group 5
PSV Eindhoven (NED)                   CD Nacional (POR)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)                   FC Sion (SUI)
Celtic FC (SCO)                   PFC Litex Lovech (BUL)
S.S. Lazio (ITA)                   SV Ried (AUT)
Birmingham City FC (ENG)   FK Rabotnicki (MKD)
FC Rapid Bucureşti (ROU)   WKS Śląsk Wrocław (POL)

Group 6
Sevilla FC (ESP)                   Hannover 96 (GER)
AZ Alkmaar (NED)                   FC Vaslui (ROU)
Club Brugge KV (BEL)                   AC Omonia (CYP)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE)                   FC Thun (SUI)
FC Salzburg (AUT)                   Aalesunds FK (NOR)
Stoke City FC (ENG)                   FC Zestafoni (GEO)

Group 7
SC Braga (POR)                   BSC Young Boys (SUI)
FC Schalke 04 (GER)                   Helsingborgs IF (SWE)
R. Standard de Liège (BEL)   FK Crvena zvezda (SRB)
AEK Athens FC (GRE)                   CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (ROU)
Stade Rennais FC (FRA)   HJK Helsinki (FIN)
FK Austria Wien (AUT)                   FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

[Forever Green]

Really hope we get Shamrock Rovers. What an atmosphere that would be

[Pat Mustard]

We were in a different pot to Rovers. They got Partizan.

[Forever Green]

FC Sion. Not a bad draw.
Hearts v Spurs

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Celtic v FC Sion
Ranger v NK Maribor
Hearts v Spurs

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Celtic and Rankers both away on first leg, unless the two opponents decide to switch. It would also mean Celtic and Rangers playing on the same night at home, so one game may switch weeks or be played on a Tuesday or Wednesday

[Forever Green]

Ourselves and the big scum should get through but the wee scum are going to get ripped to f**king pieces by Tottenham

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Ourselves and the big scum should get through but the wee scum are going to get ripped to f**king pieces by Tottenham

I haven't great memories of Celtic's "recent" trips to Switzerland!
Huns may watch themselves in Slovenia, no singing about the Holy Father!!
Huns without the busfare, pretty much big day out for the supporters against Harry's B side then out.

[Forever Green]

Suppose their ban is now up? Maribor have a big Ultras scene so the huns will not have the balls to try any shit over there