Lindau Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) says if Sellik qualify for the group stages of CL, that all the top league clubs get a bonus of £150,000. Is this true? If so, for the first time in my life I will say.....come on ra Sellik!! Edited August 19, 2015 by Lindau Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 says if Sellik qualify for the group stages of CL, that all the top league clubs get a bonus of £150,000. Is this true? If so, for the first time in my life I will say.....come on ra Sellik!! That is correct. If they don't qualify and go in to the Europa League the Premiership clubs get about £30,000 each. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindau Posted August 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Nice one and they are two up already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angry gaz Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 says if Sellik qualify for the group stages of CL, that all the top league clubs get a bonus of £150,000. Is this true? If so, for the first time in my life I will say.....come on ra Sellik!! Yeah , but you have to weigh up that against the fact they have Leigh Griffiths playing for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindau Posted August 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Yeah , but you have to weigh up that against the fact they have Leigh Griffiths playing for them. I will put up with that for 150,000 smackers in the Firhill coffers! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanieD Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 ...............surely we should do the right thing and give our share to John Collins - he must have some vanity project he is working on and perhaps the cash could help him with his Collins Conceit Consortium. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinny Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Not to fussed with the money to be honest. We'll budget appropriately either way and if we get it, so does every other club in the league and of everyone spends it on players there is no net benefit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Thistle Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 If they qualify they would get in excess of £12 million , which means they get 100 times more than the rest of the clubs, I'm sure that will help even up the competition in the SPFL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindau Posted August 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 So the £150,000 won't help us get someone in to replace Christie Elliot for half a season or the attacking midfielder Archie craves? Fair enough!! You can bet your bottom dollar that all the board will be hoping Celtic qualify!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angry gaz Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 You've got to admit, the ending of that was funny OH RONNY RONNY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanieD Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I don't think we should be making any assumptions about a windfall from that particular source in the near future............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) So the £150,000 won't help us get someone in to replace Christie Elliot for half a season or the attacking midfielder Archie craves? Fair enough!! You can bet your bottom dollar that all the board will be hoping Celtic qualify!! Still doesn't really negate the validity of twinny's post. And as Paddy Thistle points out in this instance Celtic get even richer perhaps forcing clubs to up their spending to try to compete and so on down the line. Slightly different subject and I know it's been done to death on here but all that increased coefficient tosh is most definitely not in our interest. Unless of course we're in a position to qualify for Europe. Edited August 19, 2015 by lady-isobel-barnett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda-jag Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 lindau, understand your line of thinking, in that £150k to thistle would be welcome, particularly right now, to get a christie stand in or attacking mf, or whatever extra players he is targeting. question one though ..... when would thistle get that £150k? immediately, this time next week if they qualify? that leaves five days to do the deals. or does the money not come through until after 1st september? or nearer end of year, or at end of season? if we don't have the money in the bank ,will the board release or cover the funds for up to possibly nine months? question two ..... how does thistle (and ten other clubs) getting £150k each, while selltic gets £12-15m, work to the benefit of thistle, in giving us any advantage over clubs around us, let alone vs selltic? or even help "level the playing field" in any way for us vs any club except selltic, or even any of the other eleven premier ship clubs if selltic are getting a hundred times what every one else does? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin energy Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 With the season tickets down and it looks like attendances probably will be down too, i think the 150k might offset the losses this season so i am supporting Celtic regardless as long as it benefits thistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Champions League money is what keeps Celtic so far ahead. If they went a sustained period of years without qualifying it could only be good for Scottish football by allowing some of the club's closer in finances to get even closer and create what could become a genuinely competitive league, which is obviously much better than getting what is, in comparison, a paltry amount of money as a consolation for UEFA's continued policy of keeping the big clubs big and making sure smaller clubs learn their place. Never support Celtic in Europe. It doesn't benefit Thistle. It hurts Scottish football as a whole. I hope they get ******* pumped in the next leg. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Is any amount of money really worth having to put up with the increased smugness of "the best supporters of the best team in the world"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veejag Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Is any amount of money really worth having to put up with the increased smugness of "the best supporters of the best team in the world"! Who last night booed their team off the park after a victory... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 I think it is irrelevant how much money Celtic get.Thistle are never going to be able to compete with them given the difference in the support. However, 150K could go a long way in sorting out the things that need sorting egTannoy etc, as well financing a player or getting some of the guys whose contracts are up soon, re signed. If somebody offered you money, even although all your neighbours were getting it too, would you say no ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaty FC Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Who last night booed their team off the park after a victory... Ah, the fickleness of footie fans, wouldn't happen at Firhill....would it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 (edited) I think it is irrelevant how much money Celtic get.Thistle are never going to be able to compete with them given the difference in the support. However, 150K could go a long way in sorting out the things that need sorting egTannoy etc, as well financing a player or getting some of the guys whose contracts are up soon, re signed. If somebody offered you money, even although all your neighbours were getting it too, would you say no ? It's not though, is it? It's very obvious that if a genuinely competitive league existed in Scotland it would benefit all concerned. Of course Celtic, and Rangers as well, would continue to dominate by having larger supports but the lack of the absolutely huge financial rewards gained by playing in the Champions league would be bridged by clubs who now find themselves closer in terms of finance and with a genuine chance of winning the league. That in turn would probably see increased interest in Scottish football by people who currently don't care since "you know who's going to win." This in turn could lead to greater attendances for clubs like ours as fans who until now haven't had an interest are now wanting to see this for themselves. Even if it didn't, it would make it much better for those of us who do care about the game. This is all the second best scenario for our league though. The best thing that could happen is if the OF get their wish and **** off to the Premier League or some European Super League pish, and leave the rest of us to enjoy a league without them and their sectarian nonsense dragging us down. Edited August 20, 2015 by oneteaminglasgow 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 It's not though, is it? It's very obvious that if a genuinely competitive league existed in Scotland it would benefit all concerned. Of course Celtic, and Rangers as well, would continue to dominate by having larger supports but the lack of the absolutely huge financial rewards gained by playing in the Champions league would be bridged by clubs who now find themselves closer in terms of finance and with a genuine chance of winning the league. That in turn would probably see increased interest in Scottish football by people who currently don't care since "you know who's going to win." This in turn could lead to greater attendances for clubs like ours as fans who until now haven't had an interest are now wanting to see this for themselves. Even if it didn't, it would make it much better for those of us who do care about the game. This is all the second best scenario for our league though. The best thing that could happen is if the OF get their wish and **** off to the Premier League or some European Super League pish, and leave the rest of us to enjoy a league without them and their sectarian nonsense dragging us down. But that still wouldn't happen. The sectarian nonsense would still be there, just playing in another league. The press and media would still be concentrating on them and whatever league they are playing in. There would be less interest in the Scottish leagues as there would be no clubs of public interest playing there and as a result sponsorship would drop. Ask yourself if Cardiff/Swansea ****ing off to the English Leagues has helped raise Welsh football ? BTW, I am on the side of Celtic getting humped next week. I don't think that the £150k v £30k will make much difference to this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 But that still wouldn't happen. The sectarian nonsense would still be there, just playing in another league. The press and media would still be concentrating on them and whatever league they are playing in. There would be less interest in the Scottish leagues as there would be no clubs of public interest playing there and as a result sponsorship would drop. Ask yourself if Cardiff/Swansea ****ing off to the English Leagues has helped raise Welsh football ? BTW, I am on the side of Celtic getting humped next week. I don't think that the £150k v £30k will make much difference to this season. Short term yes, sponsorship would drop but I still think that, long term, it could only benefit Scottish football as a whole. Finances being tighter would see clubs relying on bringing through youth to an even greater degree (this could be further implemented by changes to the rules - say at least 2 home grown at the club players in the match day squad and 5 home grown in Scotland?) and this in turn would lead to better players coming through the league and, for me at least, an even greater sense of pride in Thistle if we were able to successfully bring through young players and the league as a whole could do the same to an even larger extent. It would also mean the OF could bring through greater talent by utilising some of the finances on offer in the "greatest league in the world." This would in turn lead to an improved national team who maybe qualify and this momentum could be used to drum up interest in the league. Of course it could all go tits up and not work out like that. Re. Wales- that's different due to a couple of factors. Rugby is more popular than football is in Wales (AFAIK) so they have to compete much more with that, and also the fact that Cardiff and Swansea aren't the only Welsh teams playing in England but in fact a total of 6 teams play there, the other 4 would all be bigger clubs in that division and if they also played there would probably help the league substantially. As for the bit in bold, good choice. The only time it is ever acceptable to support Celtic is if it would have a direct impact upon our season (say if them winning would guarantee us top 6 or safety). Otherwise, literally any team (outwith Rangers) should be supported over them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinistar Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Celtic players behaved like ‘pigs’ and ‘children’, says Malmo’s Johan Wiland - http://www.theguardi...-children-malmo Amusing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjptfc Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 It would cost a lot more than 150,000 for me to support Celtic in Europe I'm afraid. If that makes me small-minded, bitter or short-sighted then i'll take that on the chin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottymagoo Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 It would cost a lot more than 150,000 for me to support Celtic in Europe I'm afraid. If that makes me small-minded, bitter or short-sighted then i'll take that on the chin. If I got the £150K personally then I might consider it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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