What exactly went wrong at yesterday’s Scottish Cup draw? Plastic balls can break open, that wasn’t the problem. The rule which insists that when a ball breaks open the draw must be started again isn’t the problem either. It’s a perfectly reasonable rule, but the event still can the SFA in a dreadful light.
Imagine for a moment that you had a Cup draw to arrange live on international television. You would surely acquire the materials necessary (8 balls and a bowl), and test their effectiveness (mix the balls, pull them out, open), until you were satisfied the process was robust and not likely to embarrass the organisation.
Appropriate preparations were evidently not followed for the Scottish Cup quarter final draw.
Having got to the stage that the draw went wrong, the TV masses were then treated to the most cringe-worthy pregnant pause, as SFA president, Alan McRae completely failed to communicate, either to the watching TV audience, or to the event broadcaster SKY, why he pulled a ball out of the bowl and instead of announcing the tie, declared the draw invalid.
McRae knew the ball was opened before it was drawn, and that this invalidated the draw, but clearly the glaikit-looking TV presenter had no idea what was going on when McRae halted mid-process, neither did the TV audience. A simple explanation:
“This ball is open. Rules state the draw is invalid. We will need to start again.”
….was surely what any person possessing even remote people-awareness or communication skills would have said?
No explanation was given. We were treated instead to the site of a TV presenter trying in vain to figure out why a cup draw was scratched halfway through.
The role of SFA president requires a degree of communication skills, which Mr McRae was hugely bereft of yesterday.
As for the SFA itself, I went to their official site this morning to check the spelling of McRae’s name, only to find they still list Campbell Ogilvie as president, despite McRae’s appointment 8 months ago.
It beggars belief. They just don’t care enough to get the easy things right.
As for getting Morton at Celtic Park! Ooft. After Ross County repeating their Hampden trick on us, Morton will fancy the same.
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Macjay
Dont try discredit me, im sure you could do better
Heid nipping with the nonsense on here. Night Night. HH
MacJay
Watch out mate.
The Masons are on your case:)
HH
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 9TH FEBRUARY 2016 10:20 PM
MacJay
Watch out mate.
The Masons are on your case:)
HH
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Cave canem.
The masons are a strange bunch, even in scotland they differ greatly, the west/Glasgow ones are so so different from the ones up in the NE for example, I know a thing or two about them, and they in turn differ from say the Edinburgh masons, but they do all have one thing in common……
‘It will be seen that, as used, the word ‘Fascism’ is almost entirely meaningless. In conversation, of course, it is used even more wildly than in print. I have heard it applied to farmers, shopkeepers, Social Credit, corporal punishment, fox-hunting, bull-fighting, the 1922 Committee, the 1941 Committee, Kipling, Gandhi, Chiang Kai-Shek, homosexuality, Priestley’s broadcasts, Youth Hostels, astrology, women, dogs and I do not know what else.’
http://orwell.ru/library/articles/As_I_Please/english/efasc
Masons Maoists and Malcontents of the world unite
Macjay
That one will sail overhead like a thrown bone:)
HH
Green man
I disagree, and for many reasons, there are odd expectstions out there to just condemn any old shite.
We need to continue down our own lath and not worry about others to an extent.
These people will have their comeuppance, time is showing that.
Old firm gone – tick
Rangers gone – tick
Sfa gone – ongoing tbc
Sevco gone – who knows likely tbc
Celtic- implosion imminent.
Whatever happened to the siege mentality of celtic ? Why the infighting ?
Im a fairly young feller in the frsnd scheme of things but some of the shite spouted on here in the stands etc is mental it could so much easier
I hate i phones
TeT
The huns I know would never wear green. I love wearing orange taps in their company. It screws their pea brains up. It’s only a colour! Armagh County!
ERNIE LYNCH on 9TH FEBRUARY 2016 10:24 PM
Spot on.
As are the terms left and right.
Socialist,communist,Tory.
Fenian is ,however, still meaningful.
:-)
Individualists of the world Unite
ERNIE LYNCH
William somebody.
Main character in Little Red Riding Hood:)
Shhhhh
HH
Some bollocks on here tonight , can we get back to talking football and good deeds? Anyway , bed time and travels down south for a few days. Hopefully catch up,later in the week.
Hail!Hail!
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 9TH FEBRUARY 2016 10:28 PM
The important bit in the quote is ‘as used’.
Orwell wasn’t saying the word was meaningless, he was saying it was being misused.
ROBERT 88
Bud..I wouldnt take the posters on CQN too seriously…me included:)
This is where the bhoys relax when they arent grafting.
A good wind up is only that.
HH
ernie lynch on 9th February 2016 10:24 pm
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Change the ridiculous ANTIFA title then.
And as for the far-right – I’d be surprised if there is a more extreme right wing ideology, or belief system than Islam itself.
Plenty of Jihadist demonstrations all around Britain – Go and protest at those gatherings sure.
Goodnight.
HH.
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 9TH FEBRUARY 2016 10:26 PM
Macjay
That one will sail overhead like a thrown bone:)
HH
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“So I give the dog a bone.”
Reminds me of a song.
Rhythm stick csc ?
Affoot.
DD
They stole the orange like they steal everything else, not a single idea between Ra lot o them, they have to steal or copy and claim it as their own.
Reclaim the Orange :-)
HH
TGM
With respect, it didn’t sail over this heed :-)
HH
Greenman
Aye ok, based on opinions on here daily i would disagree.
The day after the independence vote was a belter.
All light hearted stuff im sure.
Jmccormick
Agree hate politics on here.. Don’t mind Indian restaurant chat , tho
TET
Look…its still sailing overhead:)
HH
Cults bhoy
What about Indian politics
Cults Bhoy. I am double blessed with a very good take away 5 minute away and I cook a mean Balti or Korma on request.
Dyslexics of the World untie.
Indian politics is all about modi
Liverpool get 2 shots at beating West ham and lose to a last minute of extra time goal. …. Liverpool quick news and the echo demand Klopp is sacked in the morning
BTW. .. sure we were interested in the hammers manager
ROBERT88
No worries bud…im just on a post-writing surreal word binge.
Im liable to construct anything just to take my mind off things.
But if you say the words…Edinburgh University….Im likely to spontaneously combust:)
And if you understand that.
Get back to me next Halloween.
HH
Klopp will get caned for putting a reserve team out
Bada bing
Is it true that dyslexics don’t believe in Dog
TET
Love it.
Reclaim the Orange.
Had a drink with a Deportivo Coruna fan and his gorgeous lady a few months ago in Glasgow before our game. They told me everyone they knew support Celtic. I know many Villarreal fans from my visits to Castellon. All Celtic fanatics. Espana is Green & White. :)
SAINT STIVS SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 9TH FEBRUARY 2016 3:11 PM
I have a very simple litmus test …………… does anyone on here, who considers themselves a celtic supporter, ever ever use the terminology ……………
Rangers and Celtic.
The Absentee Kaiser does ………………….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nntGV-Pe3pM
while mentioning MONEY, THE HOLY GRAIL.
16 Roads
Is that the peaceful demonstrations organised by racist thugs like Toomy Robinson?
The peaceful demonstrations with banners claiming ‘Refugees not Welcome’?
The peaceful demonstrations that frequently result in the abuse of black and Asian bystanders?
Old Mc Donald was a dylexic
I E O I E
DD
I go to the post office every morning, the postie is a mad Real fan, the first thing he says to me nearly every day is viva Celtic de Glasgow, he told me a bit back that he was in Seville and was really upset that we lost, he said we, so yes, Spain is Green and White :-)
HH
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Sleep well Timland
HH
KTF
Anyways.
Hail Hail.
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 9TH FEBRUARY 2016 10:42 PM
But if you say the words…Edinburgh University….Im likely to spontaneously combust:)
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Do you mean The University of Edinburgh?
Or are you talking about another of Edinburgh’s universities…?
;-)))