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.
I know many of you have previously supported the fantastic efforts of Bundoran Bhoy. This year he is doing four runs for Solving Kids’ Cancer, in memory of Oscar Knox. His first is the Great Edinburgh (misnomer?) Run in April, the Edinburgh Marathon in May, Glasgow Men’s 10k in June and the Great Scottish Run Half Marathon in October.
He has just launched his 2016 fundraising efforts, so you can nip in here and encourage him along.
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LIONROARS67 on 10TH FEBRUARY 2016 10:37 AM
16 roads – Celtic über alles… on 10th February 2016 10:29 am
I would also recommend some neutral analysis of Marx, not those who attempted to follow
His analysis of the capitalist system, is beyond peer to many academic experts
Suffice it to say, Marx had a profound effect on the world. He is at times considered the father of the social sciences and his economic philosophy is still considered a brilliant and insightful analysis of the human condition.
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I will definitely carry out some further and more detailed research in relation to this Marx character.
It’s the atheist aspect that I am wary of, also the suspicion that Marx was a Zionist.
Communism is brilliant in theory, it just doesn’t work in practice.
George Orwell summed up the entire charade perfectly.
HH.
Any changes agreed will be incorporated from 2018-19 on.
HH
traditionalist88 on 10th February 2016 10:47 am
Any changes will be for the benefit of ‘big’ teams. We’re not one of those teams. We never were, before anybody prattles on about downsizing and our European legacy.
16 Roads
You could say that about any man-made system.
Even Christianity.
People are throwing the terms fascism, socialism, communism and Marxism around without any attempt to define or clarify what they mean when they use the words.. Ridiculous.
James Connolly died a Catholic, but earlier in his life he said in a letter to a friend that he had been without faith for a large part of his adult life.
imo….There is no God.
Man creates his own personal/changeable God/Gods from within his/her own consciousness.
Job Done:)
End of.
HH
DAVIDOPOULOS
Quick learner,mate. Well done,gold star and top of the class.
weeminger on 10th February 2016 10:49 am
traditionalist88 on 10th February 2016 10:47 am
Any changes will be for the benefit of ‘big’ teams. We’re not one of those teams. We never were, before anybody prattles on about downsizing and our European legacy.
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Its being driven by the ECA, in which we have influence.
Lawwells commented that UEFA are more open than ever to assisting bigger clubs in smaller countries, in fact he said he was more confident than ever of a solution that helps the likes of Celtic.
I think he’d be setting himself up for a fall if there was no good news out of this.
Uefa must know that the same 6-8 clubs competing all the time cannot be healthy.
HH
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 10TH FEBRUARY 2016 10:50 AM
16 Roads
You could say that about any man-made system.
Even Christianity.
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Fair enough assessment I suppose, although obviously I disagree with the Christianity aspect of your theory.
HH.
traditionalist88 on 10th February 2016 10:55 am
Wait until the money takes over.
This is one of those things which is a win/win for me debate wise. I’ll be overjoyed if I’m wrong. I can say ‘told you so’ if I’m right ;)
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 10TH FEBRUARY 2016 10:54 AM
That’s a very common belief, and many people find it very comforting, but I’ve never met anyone who’s been able to prove it.
I’m heading to Dublin now. Hopefully I’ll be safe given that our very own Jason Bourne, BSR has left the building.
BMCUWPs, What you doing reading The Telegraph at 1am? You’d be better off with Follow Follow :)
Fair play to Naomh Padraig CSC, Dublin for encouraging all their members out to protest against Pegida at the GPO last Saturday (as per their Facebook page).
Ridiculous?
on a football blog?
Really?
Why?
CLOGHERCELT
Had to nip back to the office,half-an-hour to kill time while I was there. Besides,I like reading The Telegraph. Know yer enemy.
Wouldn’t be seen dead with it in the pub,mind…
James Connolly/ Che Guevara
These iconic figures are changed to suit by people’s conceptions.
They are historical figures used to promote personal political viewpoints.
Ideological vehicles for somebody else’s political baggage.
HH
Political,religious and other ideological/philosophical constructs burst my brain.
Can we go back to discussing who the goat-botherers are on our board?
NEIL LENNON & MCCARTNEY on 10TH FEBRUARY 2016 10:59 AM
Ridiculous?
on a football blog?
Really?
Why?
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Apologies.
It was a wee bit civil for a change though.
Slan.
HH.
ERNIE LYNCH
Thats why i said…imo.
But id say my wee formula has a certain validity.
We are all creatures of our own minds.
Bit early for this sort of thing Ernie:)
HH
weeminger on 10th February 2016 10:57 am
traditionalist88 on 10th February 2016 10:55 am
Wait until the money takes over.
This is one of those things which is a win/win for me debate wise. I’ll be overjoyed if I’m wrong. I can say ‘told you so’ if I’m right ;)
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Just to point out, I’m not saying its going to happen, that we get an automatic spot if we win the league or whatever.
I’m just saying that on public utterances from Lawwell etc that have been very encouraging- if there isnt a solution that levels the field for big clubs in small countries, that should be the final straw and notice given for alternative plans for our expansion,
HH
BMCUWP@11.03
Tried that yesterday bud.
They were on my case rapidly, when i rattled their wee mystical cages.
Shocked me, that masonry was being so stridently defended.
But hey…what do i know:)
Getting strange the old CQN.
HH
Pascal’s wager taken after the enlightnment is illuminating
BMCUWP’s,
I thought you had been hacked. Gerry Adams is our local TD.
Till later,
Clogher
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 10TH FEBRUARY 2016 11:03 AM
Political,religious and other ideological/philosophical constructs burst my brain.
We should be glad that we have people running our football club who live in the real world and not some ideological construct of how the world and our club should be.
CLOGHERCELT
In fairness,I posted it without comment.
But-the comments below the line were interesting!
party political broadcast today? Uni mob taking over again, you’d think wi the spare time they had, they’d get a part time job an pay back they’r student loans, ferkin Parasites .
Day ma nut in that mob,
Anyone used Subside Sports? Reliable?
HH
Oops!
Thought I’d logged on to CQN.
Byeee.
Great to see Tom Boyd back.
The clubs need to reward those who don’t take the easy way out and criticize Celtic for the sake of it for a few coins.
Chris Sutton was a very wealthy man who went bankrupt and a failed manager to boot. He’s the last guy I’d listen to about the way forward.
TONYDONNELLY67 on 10TH FEBRUARY 2016 11:21 AM
Have you not got a movie you could be watching?
I’d recommend this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71gHvM7Lf-k
TRADITIONALIST88 on 10TH FEBRUARY 2016 11:04 AM
weeminger on 10th February 2016 10:57 am
traditionalist88 on 10th February 2016 10:55 am
Wait until the money takes over.
This is one of those things which is a win/win for me debate wise. I’ll be overjoyed if I’m wrong. I can say ‘told you so’ if I’m right ;)
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Just to point out, I’m not saying its going to happen, that we get an automatic spot if we win the league or whatever.
I’m just saying that on public utterances from Lawwell etc that have been very encouraging- if there isnt a solution that levels the field for big clubs in small countries, that should be the final straw and notice given for alternative plans for our expansion HH
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I haven’t a clue what will happen, however there will be massive restructuring over the next five/ten years.
Celtic stand a better chance than most with Peter Lawwells standing in UEFA – there has been talk of him as the next supremo at UEFA – he is held in the highest regard by both the EPL and the FA.
The Lawwell-Haters on here would be overjoyed if goes – but….”you never miss your water till the well runs dry” – It will be a bad day for Celtic if/when Peter leaves – methinks Dermot will sell up too and we think we have troubles at the moment – still maybe the ‘Sack The Board’ bed-sheeters (wetters), the Truss and the flame-throwers, will get their champion Jannette Findlay for a short spell, before we go belly-up.
TD67
Who rattled your cage:)
Student Loans….That’s a good one.
Grow up.
HH
Talk of PL heading up UEFA?
Must have missed that…
Thomas, even if you showed them the holes in his hands, the holes in his feet, the Speer mark on his side, they will not listen, they are to far gone, they have bedded themselves with the SMSM . And now run with the Hun, they’r agenda is all that matters, CFC mean nothing to them, the only solace at this time I get that our own have turned on us is, that there are no air-conditioning units in hell.
http://thehoopsblog.com/2016/02/10/celtic-legend-tells-fans-to-lay-off-ronny-deila/
The green man
Read my last post to YOU yesterday.
I was very disappointed in Celtic Ambassador, David Hay’s remarks about Ronny Deila.
Maybe today he will comment on the Celtic Boards complete failure to plan for, well, very much.
When did Hay win a double as Celtic manager?
Celtic legend or legned?
TD67
Why do you hate University students so much?
Mr Pastry
Lawwells had chances to go before now and Dermot is playing the long game, he is aware of the potential of this club.
Paul67 has commented that the legal route is open to clubs like Celtic in a restriction of trade capacity so my question would be – what, in theory, would be the final straw before such action was seriously contemplated? I mean, if Weeminger skepticism is bang on and Lawwells initial positivity is crushed, that has to be the catalyst for action, surely?
if not, what would be the tipping point, in theory?
HH