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From last night. Not sectarian.

You still posting on the Celtic thread!!!???

Coin throwing is hooliganism. ..
Not sectarianism.
It's prevalent in Scotland and I believe it occurs in English leagues too

Sectarian singing...
Lol

I think it's a l load of cobblers... but we have that in rugby and Gaelic games too.... only its called sledging I believe..

Please check out what clubs in Scotland have done to try stop sectarianism..
Obj you need to do a bit of research before you throw stones..

I don't mind Celtic. Good luck to them etc. But this blind faith, more than a club, we're a big Irish parish, Rodgers is a cheating sex addict shite is embarrassing. They're a football business.
There's also a huge sectarian element that's just glossed over. Both Celtic and Rangers feed off this to try and generate profits, which makes me a little uneasy.

You obviously don't know much about Celtics's history then.

What part is he wrong about? He's right about clubs having major issues with sectarian abuse towards opposing teams. Only this week I listened to scottish journalist discussing the issue. Steve Clarke had problems with sectarian abuse from Rangers fans and Kris Boyd got sectarian abuse from Celtic fans. Neither club seems to be doing anything to try and stamp it out and its always been there. You only have to see the poisonous atmosphere at old firm games on the tv no matter who's at home. One reason why I try to discourage my son from watching Celtic or scottish football

maybe do your research before posting such uninformed statements.

That's like saying you wouldn't let your son support Dublin in Gaelic football because they are known to be drunk, tattoo wielding, dole cheating , drug involved scumbags

If you don't like Celtic that's fine.
Interesting you are posting your ill informed misinformed statements on a Celtic thread

I don't mind Celtic. Good luck to them etc. But this blind faith, more than a club, we're a big Irish parish, Rodgers is a cheating sex addict shite is embarrassing. They're a football business.
There's also a huge sectarian element that's just glossed over. Both Celtic and Rangers feed off this to try and generate profits, which makes me a little uneasy.

You obv want to think that

Doesn't make any of that true

Good to see a wee club get a result after a tough week... fair play!

Anti Utd & Celtic this man.....

I'm actually not anti Celtic I like to see them do well. The craziness of some supporters and this "oh but we're more than just a club" thing gets on my wick a bit because Celtic are the same as every other club a business and a brand.

Petty.

Talking about petty, is it true that the non-sectarian (more than) a club insisted on Dominos changing the branding on their pizza kiosk at Parkhead because the support couldn't tolerate the company's traditional colours?

No, that isn't true

The reason for that is nothing to do with the colours, the Pizza boxes they give out are still red white and blue, nothing to do with supporters not tolerating the colours.

So what is the reason then?

The reason for still using dominos traditional red white and blue branding... ?
I'd say that it's because Celtic are not too worried about it.
Having a green stripe in the shops in the decor in celtic park is hardly surprising!!

They haven't done a rangers who had to remove all green straws from shops and directors box plus refuse to sell green pepperami if I recall correctly!!

Celtic nowhere as bad as sevco or the north of Ireland team... so stop trying to make them out to be!

I don't think Celtic fans are too bothered by Rodgers actually leaving. Short term - they'll probably win everything anyway. Longer term....new manager, cut a few corners financially on Rodgers and bank the compo, probably still well ahead of the pack in Scotland. One bad managerial appointment will probably still not cost them dearly either.

The issue Celtic fans seem to have is that this shows just how far down the food chain the Scottish Premier League has become and where Celtic are, it's hard for them to accept that Leicester City are considered a bigger challenge - but quite clearly, it is.

I'd agree that a bad managerial appt would be a huge problem... but that's the same for all clubs I suppose

Liecester is a big challenge alright... as they are poor. But with millions to spend.
Celtic are a different maybe more pressurised challenge as the margin for error is much tighter.
Tough job on a shoestring.
Different challe goes.
Bigger challenge getting a rubbish team to play well in epl  but easier with zillions to spend. Little or no pressure... for a year or two anyway

Good to see a wee club get a result after a tough week... fair play!

Anti Utd & Celtic this man.....

I'm actually not anti Celtic I like to see them do well. The craziness of some supporters and this "oh but we're more than just a club" thing gets on my wick a bit because Celtic are the same as every other club a business and a brand.

Well said, most of the stuff I see Celtic fans posting makes me cringe, the past few days have taken it to a new level.  Leicester is a step up from Celtic, simple as that.

Interesting to see that opinion...
Is it a man Utd attitude?
Being beaten by Celtic a few times years ago obv still rankles ...

Celtic fc def fosters a gaa type club/parish community ethos more than such English asbo hooligan supported sides... so no wonder the envy from the English team fans!

Years ago did Celtic lure MON from Leicester? Sounds like quid pro quo to me.

No
He (MON)  waited for his contract to run out before
Leaving.

It's not quid pro anything

It's purely for the few quid 

Sorry... but good try...

Welcome back whitey

Are you racist ?

"Some guy Cohen"

Yep
I'm fairly sure that was his name

Apparantly worked in the same circus/clown shop as trump
... it was evident!

I'm watching the bbc news tonight and it's cracking me up!
Sensationalism at its best. It's like the sun have taken over BBC news

Some guy cohen is on giving testimony about all these wrongdoings , lies and so on that Donald trump has done... and there's nothing of any real consequence.
Only that he paid off stormy Daniel's really raised my eyebrows. The rest is like a scorned lovers rant. Was cringeworthy!

It looks like usa politics ( and society) is resembling the movie 'idiocracy' much sooner than I'd expected!

...and the bbc/Sun news is heading that way too.

Makes the dail look competent !!
Wow!!

Very nervy performance... but understandable.

Banner is hard hitting but not too far wrong

It's not the first time on here that Rodgers professionalism has been questioned due to his adulterous liaisons.
Doesn't bother me... I'm not going to judge anyone.
If it's true that Rodgers elected to go now rather than wait then his legacy is completely tarnished.

He will be forgotten in a couple of months time along with a few other managers who didn't hit the right note

Good to see a wee club get a result after a tough week... fair play!

Anti Utd & Celtic this man.....

I'm actually not anti Celtic I like to see them do well. The craziness of some supporters and this "oh but we're more than just a club" thing gets on my wick a bit because Celtic are the same as every other club a business and a brand.

Are you wumming?

You've clearly not experienced it...

It's different.. from the very foundation of the club until modern day.
It almost cost the club and nearly went bankrupt because of it in 90's.

It's closer to a GAA club team/parish than a soulless epl team.

Dermot Desmond has been trying to get Celtic out of SPL for years. Hopefully this will happen at some stage. Celtic will never dine at the top table again until they do

Always thought it was strange Rangers when having to work from the bottom up didn't just apply to join the English leagues

The English leagues have voted no to admitting Celtic and rangers every time the subject was raised...

[Celtic can achieve what a club like Ajax or Benfica do manage on a more regular basis]

This talk of Celtics poor Euro form. What do people expect like? There's not a hope in hell Celtic could compete with the major teams from Spain Italy, England Germany etc.

The fact is, Scottish football is a minnow league in Europe and the tv money they get is minuscule, and their teams will just not be good enough when up against the super powers

Yabba yabba  yabba, Who is expecting Celtic to pump league winners from the top leagues in Europe?
Quit with the hysterical nonsense.
Celtic did well in europe with Lennon and with a bit more support from the board that level of "success" could have been maintained. It's not out of the equation that a club like Celtic can achieve what a club like Ajax or Benfica do manage on a more regular basis. Champions league group stages is a goal, not a right.

No they cant. They may do it the odd time but they cant match them financially to do it consistently. I used to go over to Celtic matches. Still support them, but I look at football now as just entertainment, the money has completely ruined any semblance of a level playing field. Last year Celtic didnt even feature in the Worlds top 100 richest clubs. Benfica were 66th and Ajax were 36th. QPR were 82nd. Puts it in perspective. Leicester were 19th. The timing might leave a bad taste in the mouth, but I feel a lot of it is down to hurt egos in the realization of where Celtic are at in the football hierarchy. Some supporters just don't want to admit that.

Interesting numbers. Can Celtic not sell the brand? Surely with a massive fan base that they have they should be able to leverage more money on the corporate side? The Scottish league isn't going to get massive viewing numbers and the money you get for competing in that is reflective. But surely a massive club like Celtic should have 100's of corporate partners? No? Utd for example have all sorts of corporate deals. Even their training kit and ground is sponsored.

The team that finishes bottom of the premier league will earn more in tv revenue than Celtic will for winning the league. Premier League product games is franchised all over the world and generates millions for the clubs not just in tv income, but through sponsorship and corporate branding. Celtic can't compete with that as no one outside of the UK & Ireland wants to watch Scottish football.

So do they or do they not have a massive fan base? If they have a massive fan base they shouldn't have any issue generating huge revenue streams. That is irrespective of the league they compete in.
Celtic may have been a big club with a great history. Now it looks like they're just a historic club.

?

A massive fan base doesnt consistently and easily  generate the 100 million a year in tv revenue

Dermot Desmond has been trying to get Celtic out of SPL for years. Hopefully this will happen at some stage. Celtic will never dine at the top table again until they do