I am sure Neil Doncaster’s job is full of stresses and strains but this week will probably be a breeze. Fans of every club in the league appear to be in uproar at the resolutions for an Insolvency Transfer Event to be voted on later this month. Infuriating everyone is surely better than infuriating most but leaving one group happy.
Fans of 11 SPL clubs have reacted in horror that the league seek to introduce a facility to allow a liquidated club to phoenix straight back into the top tier of Scottish football. Fans of Rangers, while along with administrators and bidders for the club are publicly opposed to liquidation, are outraged that this new facility to allow a new club entry to the SPL should carry a sporting and financial inhibitor.
For clarification: the inhibitor is there to ensure clubs have a modicum of moral hazard against gaining an unfair advantage before ditching creditors and their old skins, and emerging in the SPL with player registrations from another club but without the debts or consequences of mismanagement.
Rangers US and Singapore based bidders seem unperturbed by the proposals. Paul Murray’s Blue Knights consortium has curiously lost its tongue. Maybe this helps explain all those years when the EBTs were unopposed by the former Rangers board. Silence, not even an utterance!
There remains three possible outcomes to this issue:
The proposed SPL resolutions will be passed, allowing a Newco straight entry to the League.
The resolutions will fail and the SPL board will vote a Newco into the league anyway.
The resolutions will fail and the SPL board will deny Newco a place in the league.
Celtic Quick News first flagged this scenario in October last year when we predicted Newco would be given a parachute into the SPL, opposed only by Celtic. As the key resolution (2A) requires only 8 votes I still expect this to happen, despite the ‘Bring it on’ view of many Rangers fans to the prospect of starting again from Division Three.
As the financial penalty resolution (2B) requires 11 votes I expect this to fail and no financial penalties to be imposed.
The question for Kilmarnock, Dunfermline, St Mirren, Inverness, Motherwell, St Johnstone, Hibs and Kilmarnock (don’t tell me they’ll not try to get two votes, they have a huge mountain of debt to service and have every right to demand two votes) is, will they listen to their fans or their bank manager?
Dundee United and Hearts, like North Korea, appear convinced of their own superior wisdom and, like a North Korean missile, could head off in any random direction to demonstrate their contempt for clubs scared of providing satirists with material. They could easily vote themselves into a Gorgie-Tannadice League, if they could agree on a Gorgie-Tannadice/Tannadice-Gorgie naming convention.
For now, if you care about any of this, participate in the online SPL Fan Survey. We’ll soon find out who runs Scottish football, fans or the Bank of Scotland! One additional point about democracy, it carries responsibility. In this instance, stopping Newco means fans of all remaining clubs have to step forward in increasing numbers to buy season tickets. This is the cost of sporting integrity.
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Andrea Bocelli
Night Bhoys
Hail Hail
Maccabees – Go
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Hanginaround
Petec,
Sadly yes you are so right.
I hate myself for hating & leaving Scotland in 1975 but I couldn´t stand the bitterness & hatred of the sectarian scum way back then.
I feel as if I´ve been living in a better world away from sectarianism but I admire you guys who carry on the fight to this day.
Our day will come.
Got tickes for me and the Bhoy for Sunday.
Life’s no bad…
Algarvian
Aye, there was a few.
But there were no regulars really that I recall.
Mostly new names.
Am pretty sure it was mostly hunfiltrators.
Any game at CP is a good gauge of general opinion I think. The bulk of what came that day was unknown posters, at a time when Jack Irvine was doing overtime himself.
You only had to read here the following day when they’d all gone to bed to get the real consensus of opinion.
Anyway, enjoy the game on Sunday amigo.
Only one NL !!!
Mourinho is NO Neil Lennon :))
Fred C. Dobbs on 14 April, 2012 at 01:20
Nice track.
What the World is waiting for?
Its bad craic when you’re only getting onto CQN at 1.20am to read the article!
Algarvian, I know what you mean. I was just thinking about this today, and if they do get straight into the SPL I wont be losing too much sleep over it. They will still have lost their history and be screwed for many years to come.
Yes they should have to start in Div 3, but we are dealing with Scottish football and rankers. I’ll be surprised if it happens.
Look at it this way… if they’re in division 3, we can’t hump them 7-1 or 6-2!
Knoxy
Thanks for all you’re contributions, I feed on Vmhan ye canny dae that stuff……. but actually talking for along while with a good friend or two ….. I realise it was the bottle talking and not the fire within my heart that says Vmhan you can do it all…
V
knoxy haws the wean please?
Knoxy, how is wee Oscar doing?
All i want this weekend is for my bhoy’s team to get a win tomorrow and Celtic to be Scottish Cup finalists come Sunday evening.Please.
G’night fholks.One love one heart one soul.
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FOREVERANDEVER!!!
Ah just lost ma wee dug the day.
She was17 & ah´ve hud her fur 10 years & am gutted.
So any of you guys oot there that love yer dugs cherish them cos when they go it´s the hardest thing in the world
petec,
Cheers…Back at ye
Timbhoy in spain
Sorry to hear that.
Get another wee dug, a puppy, as soon as you can.
timbhoy in spain on 14 April, 2012 at 01:34 said
Dugs? Irreplaceable.
Having said that,our solution was……………anurra wee dug.
This time from the pound.
And a wee stoater it is too.
Dugs are for Tims – honesty and loyalty
Cats are for huns – sneakiness and ill-intentioned cunning
Simples. Who would you trust??
Cat lovers need not reply :)
Hey thanks tae aw you guys ,
Yu´ve made me feel a lot better.
Cheers guys,
Celtic forever
Wee Oscars doing well! He’s back in having chemo at the minute here- im in the hospital room in the fold out bed next to him. Not great for sleeping on, and the noise of all the machines and beeping all night drives ye mad! But going well so can’t complain.
Hey Knoxy,don´t give up.
Trocs
timbhoy in spain
Never had any opportunity to move away, I don’t think I would want to anyway.
I am in awe of people in Celtic Cyberspace who are fighting extremely hard to make the future better for All faiths in Scotland.
I believe there is only one Way and we are Blessed to be able to preach, if anyone wants to listen, the Christian way, at the end of Victoria Road, it is amazing to see Emblazoned Brightly “Jesus Died for our sins”.
David Flynn died this year and he was truly remarkable and if you have a spare 4 hours to waste listen in to this Unique stuff.
It delves into Freemasonry and the Catholic hierarchy.
The Liars and the Deceivers are manipulating so much about 2012. They say it is the end when all their occult organisations are proclaiming the beginning of their “New Age”.
Timbhoy sorry to hear about the wee dug mate.
Knoxy ta amigo
you keep strong for the wee mhan
V
I will guys. Thanks.
Who’s yer horsies for the morra?
knoxy2000 eating Jelly and Ice Cream and supporting Neil Lennon on 14 April, 2012 at 01:50
Perhaps ask the nursing staff for a sleeping tab.?
Much appreciatd Knoxy.
Tae me she was the best dug ah´ve ever com across & i´m really hurtin at this moment in time.
As you can see ma key board is playin up,especially the “e ” key bit WTF were all Tim s together
Up the Feckin Celts Hail Hail
Macjay, I’ve a Motorola xoom in my hand. Great job they are! :-)
knoxy,
God Bless wee Oscar.
Say along with me my good man………
Our Father who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Keep talking to the Big Man knoxy m8, he really is supernatural and is always there for you.
There´s only one Glasgow Celtic
So anyway,
In a pub in Giffnock tonight, In walks Alastair “Monicker” Johnston no less, heads for the loo, followed by Fraser Wishart for a chat no doubt.
Couldn’t get out ma seat quick enough to get in behind them and see what the chat was…………..any ideas??
Gorillas need not answer………..
Thanks everyone and good night, its far too late to be up.
Petec, I gave up talking to the big man a while back.
Doubt I’ll ever take it up again.
Never say never though I suppose?
Hail hail
Knoxy (and a snoring oscar)
knoxy,
I am not one to tell you anything, I will certainly pray for your little fella and your good self also.
Who knows maybe I am totally wrong about everything, I never went to such a dark place where you went to, if what happened to Oscar, had happened to Aidan I would not be able to even care about Celtic. You have always shown remarkable strength in adversity.
All the very best m8.
.
Knoxy..
God Bless You and Little Oscar..
My Wee Girl will be 7 soon.. When My Wife called me to Say She was Pregnant..I was Standing in a ICU room Looking Down Praying for a Little 6 week old Girl who had Just had Open Heart Surgery when they are that Small they Keep them Open..Heartbreaking Sight..
That wee Girl is a Big 7 yr old Now.. Has Some health issues But is a Wee Tearaway..
Back then l never thought we would see the Day..
Prayers were Indeed answered..
001Bhoy
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Lennon belongs to Glasgow despite ‘intimidation’ years
Neil Lennon: Has plans to emulate Mourinho (SNS)
CELTIC manager Neil Lennon yesterday said that his ambition was to become Scottish football’s very own “special one” by winning the Champions League with the Glasgow club.
In a wide-ranging discussion at the club’s Lennoxtown training base, he admitted that his dream was to emulate managers such as Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola and Brian Clough by winning Europe’s most prestigious club prize.
The Northern Irishman said that his preference would be to do it with Celtic, an achievement he insisted was not beyond them, but if he had to move elsewhere to further his career, he would do so.
“My ambition is to win the Champions League,” said Lennon. “Here, anywhere, that’s my ambition. I never really reached those heights as a player. I may not reach those heights as a manager, but that’s my ambition.
“You keep a vision of it in your head and try to do everything you can to achieve it.”
Asked if he really believed that the club who were crowned Scottish champions last weekend could also conquer Europe, Lennon replied: “Yes, definitely. It might not be possible to do it in a year or two years’ time, but if we can consistently get in the Champions League, and we gain the revenue from that, then we can build a team who could be challenging.
“I’m not the oracle. I don’t have all the answers. I’m not a Mourinho, but I want to be a Mourinho. I want to be a Guardiola. I want to be a Clough. I want to be an [Martin] O’Neill. That’s my ambition.”
Lennon said that Europe would be Celtic’s “marker” in the years ahead, although he admitted that the task was complicated by the way in which qualifying rounds were scheduled. He and the club’s board will meet next week to plan a pre-season programme that does not compromise their continental ambitions. Lennon, who played in the Celtic team that lost to Porto in the 2003 UEFA Cup final, also denied that the SPL, weakened by Rangers’ financial crisis, was no longer competitive enough to prepare his team for success abroad.
“Barcelona have won their league quite comfortably for two or three years and they’re probably one of the best club sides of all time. Lyon had a pretty comfortable ride in France for six or seven years, and they reached the semi-finals and quarter-finals on a consistent basis.
“Every now and again, the Champions League throws up a surprise package. Look at 2004, when Porto and Monaco got to the final. You would never have envisaged that. That was the great Porto team that beat us the year before. I’m not saying this team is anywhere near our team yet, but they have the potential to really go and achieve something.”
Speaking ahead of his team’s Scottish Cup semi-final against Hearts tomorrow, Lennon said that he felt able to outline the extent of his ambitions after a title triumph that proved his substance as a manager.
“I don’t think, when I got the job, people took me too seriously – ‘he beats his chest’, ‘hand on heart’, all that sort of stuff – but I think I’ve proved over the two years that I’ve got a bit more about me than just being young and passionate.”
He said that he was inspired by hearing and reading about the “sheer brilliance” of Brian Clough, who won two European Cups as the manager of Nottingham Forest. In his quest for improvement, he hoped to seek out the advice of David Moyes, the Everton manager, and Sir Alex Ferguson, if the latter will allow him to visit Manchester United’s Carrington base. “I haven’t had the opportunity but I would like to go and do that at some stage. I think it’s important for my own development. You cannot stand still in this job and there are things I need to learn about – European formations, the culture of the game in different countries.”
Of course, if Celtic are to be the beneficiaries of his grand plan, Lennon will have to be satisfied that there will be no more of the intolerable treatment to which he has been subjected in the last couple of years. At its worst, he says, it was a “horrible” experience.
“You’re putting security measures in place, your house is restructured and you end up being driven here, there and everywhere. You’ve got security people outside your house. There were panic buttons in the house, all that sort of stuff.”
Lennon, who still has a bodyguard, is cautiously optimistic that the worst is over. In the summer, he will conduct a review of the 2011-2012 season in which he will speak to the board, his backroom staff and, most importantly, his family.
“We live as normal a life as we possibly can, but there are restrictions at times in terms of security measures and stuff like that. We’re hoping that that spell of intense intimidation – or whatever you want to call it – is over now.”
Lennon said that, despite its sectarian problems, he fully intended to continue living in Glasgow, where he felt like he belonged. “I love Glasgow. There are just places I choose not to go to for obvious reasons. I find that a bit sad, that there are places I feel uncomfortable in now.
“But I can’t see myself living anywhere else. I’ve lived here for 12 years and it’s my home. I enjoy it, I enjoy the atmosphere.
“There are things regarding the football side of it I’d like to eradicate. It’s easy to say: ‘well, that’s Glasgow for you.’ It’s not. It’s not Glasgow. There is more to Glasgow than sectarianism and ‘my dad’s bigger than your dad’, type of thing. There is a lot more to Glasgow and Scotland.”
Summa
The boss is
Trapped
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Courtesy 200%..
Rangers: The Good The Bad % The Loony..
Summa
Summa…
Hope all is well…
Caught your thanks earlier in the week. Hope you caught my out of time replies.
KTF Sir.
Will be reading your piece linked above when I get home…
Have n errand to run…
In the meantime I want to repost a song posted for you the other night, and also for Neil Lennon following the above report about his aspirations…
Have every faith in You, Neil and any Tim facing Adversity….
As long as there is Patience in the Equation….
Right?
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PJBhoyNYC..
Yes Sir l did See Your Reply and Thanks Again..
It’s Amazing what Some Words of Encouragement and Wisdom can Help You through a Trying Time..
I Learned how to ‘Detach’ a Long time ago..
Don’t Need to Now which is Superb..
001Bhoy