GLASGOW // Celtic manager Ronny Deila took a swipe at his ineffectual forwards after the Hoops’ winning streak came to an end following a 2-1 defeat to Dundee United on Sunday.
Despite his side chalking up eight successive victories in the Scottish Premiership prior to Sunday’s defeat, Deila has repeatedly called on his strikers to be more clinical in front of goal.
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And after the reigning champions managed 17 shots, seven of them on target, compared to just six for their hosts in the defeat at Tannadice, the Norwegian again highlighted his side’s wastefulness.
“We are not taking our chances. That’s our main issue just now,” the Celtic manager said.
“We lost the game because we weren’t effective enough. It’s a challenge we’ve faced in the last three or four games where we’ve created a lot of chances but don’t take them.
“We gave two easy goals away. We let them go inside and into the box instead of pushing them wide.
“We can talk about creating chances but we have to be more effective. In the last three or four matches we have created 10 to 15 chances in each but in the end if you don’t score then you lose matches and that’s what happened today.
“I’m not disappointed in the way we played. I think we played quite well especially in the first half.
“We pressed them and were all over them and created chances but we gave away a stupid goal. All that was missing was putting the ball in the net and that’s the most important thing in football.”
Stefan Scepovic looked to have pulled one back for Celtic in the 81st minute after Nadir Ciftci and Stuart Armstrong had given United a commanding advantage. However, the Serbian’s effort was ruled out for offside despite Blair Spittal appearing to play him on.
The decision disappointed Deila, whose side did pull one back through substitute Leigh Griffiths late on, and he felt his side had enough chances to get something from the game.
“Of course we’re disappointed that we didn’t get the goal, which would have given us a good chance to get some points in the end,” he added.
“But we had a lot of other chances as well to put the ball in the net and if we kept missing them we will lose points.”
The win moves United up to second in the Premiership table, just four points behind Celtic at the summit.
With just two wins in their previous 60 meetings with the Glasgow giants the odds were stacked against United before kick-off but victory gains them some revenge for their 6-1 thrashing at Celtic Park back in August.
Despite closing in on Celtic at the top, United boss Jackie McNamara believes any talk of becoming title challengers is premature.
“I don’t think you can say that now. You’ve got to perform like that with a bit of luck week in, week out,” said McNamara, whose team go to St Johnstone next weekend and then host neighbours Dundee on New Year’s Day.
“It’s a big ask. Aberdeen will say the same. We can only do our best and see where we are at the end of the season.
“You look at the gulf even with the substitutions that Celtic made with Leigh Griffiths coming on and Kris Commons, who had 31 goals last year, on the bench.
“They also brought on a £3m ($4.7m) striker Stefan Scepovic and it’s hard to compete with that.”
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Farage on Muslim Brotherhood
Nigel Farage told Reform's annual conference that the party will proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood if he becomes Prime Minister.
"We will stop dangerous organisations with links to terrorism operating in our country," he said. "Quite why we've been so gutless about this – both Labour and Conservative – I don't know.
“All across the Middle East, countries have banned and proscribed the Muslim Brotherhood as a dangerous organisation. We will do the very same.”
It is 10 years since a ground-breaking report into the Muslim Brotherhood by Sir John Jenkins.
Among the former diplomat's findings was an assessment that “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” has “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
The prime minister at the time, David Cameron, who commissioned the report, said membership or association with the Muslim Brotherhood was a "possible indicator of extremism" but it would not be banned.
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How the UAE gratuity payment is calculated now
Employees leaving an organisation are entitled to an end-of-service gratuity after completing at least one year of service.
The tenure is calculated on the number of days worked and does not include lengthy leave periods, such as a sabbatical. If you have worked for a company between one and five years, you are paid 21 days of pay based on your final basic salary. After five years, however, you are entitled to 30 days of pay. The total lump sum you receive is based on the duration of your employment.
1. For those who have worked between one and five years, on a basic salary of Dh10,000 (calculation based on 30 days):
a. Dh10,000 ÷ 30 = Dh333.33. Your daily wage is Dh333.33
b. Dh333.33 x 21 = Dh7,000. So 21 days salary equates to Dh7,000 in gratuity entitlement for each year of service. Multiply this figure for every year of service up to five years.
2. For those who have worked more than five years
c. 333.33 x 30 = Dh10,000. So 30 days’ salary is Dh10,000 in gratuity entitlement for each year of service.
Note: The maximum figure cannot exceed two years total salary figure.
Tightening the screw on rogue recruiters
The UAE overhauled the procedure to recruit housemaids and domestic workers with a law in 2017 to protect low-income labour from being exploited.
Only recruitment companies authorised by the government are permitted as part of Tadbeer, a network of labour ministry-regulated centres.
A contract must be drawn up for domestic workers, the wages and job offer clearly stating the nature of work.
The contract stating the wages, work entailed and accommodation must be sent to the employee in their home country before they depart for the UAE.
The contract will be signed by the employer and employee when the domestic worker arrives in the UAE.
Only recruitment agencies registered with the ministry can undertake recruitment and employment applications for domestic workers.
Penalties for illegal recruitment in the UAE include fines of up to Dh100,000 and imprisonment
But agents not authorised by the government sidestep the law by illegally getting women into the country on visit visas.
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