I winced slightly reading that Deliotte’s suggested Celtic were a ‘top 40’ club in terms of turnover. The days we featured in their annual Top 20 report are long gone, lost in the raft of TV deals which flooded into England, France and elsewhere.
This is a problem for Celtic but at least we have a decent shot at Champions League income each year. Others in Scottish football have been left to wither on the vine (phrase of the week), as the likes of AFC Bournemouth cherry-pick their talent.
Celtic need a solution to help them compete with their peer-group of European heavy-weights but the solution has to accommodate the other top Premiership clubs. Dundee United have the ability to produce remarkable talent, if only they had the TV deal to allow them to retain it long enough to build a team. The same could be said for Hibs, Hearts, Aberdeen, Motherwell, Inverness and Ross County.
Scottish football would benefit enormously by federating with a neighbour.
You would think after administration and liquidation those who look to Ibrox for their football fix would, to adopt a popular phrase around those parts, have suffered enough from financial ‘ambition’. Not a bit of it, it seems. Not when the spectre of “being battered” by Celtic looms like an enormous green and white tidal wave.
For the last 12 years of its existence, Dave King was one of the non-executive directors of Rangers, paid to ensure that financial controls and risk management [role of non-execs defined by government 2003 Higgs Report]were in place. I am not being glib or shameless when I say he did a remarkable job.
With Newco appearing to be in some financial distress, King told the Daily Mail he opposes planned cutbacks: ‘If we cut the club back to a level that’s just enough to win the League One or the Championship then that’s fine. But the gap between ourselves and Celtic when we get to the Premiership will be obvious.
“But I don’t feel the club should respond by cutting the costs to the point of saying ‘we only have to do what is necessary to beat East Fife or whoever.
“Because if you do that Celtic will build up to 10-in-a-row and we could be so far behind them that even when we are back in the Premiership we are not in a position to catch up.
“We cannot risk going to Celtic Park and being battered 6-0.”
Those trying to keep Newco Rangers afloat will not welcome suggestions that current shareholders don’t have the “appetite or willingness to invest”, a few months before they will ask fans to buy season tickets.
Learn your lesson, there is no shame in losing 6-0 to Celtic, this is sport, bad results can happen, but there is enormous shame in failing to live within your means.
I’m off to contemplate 10-in-a-row for a while. To hyphenate or not?
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Kitalba – point 1) I doubt you have any idea whether PL gives money to charities – neither do I but then I’m not criticising him. Point 2) why not direct the same criticism at the players?
More than a club?
I see the Euro 2016 seedings are out and Scotland are in Pot 4.
Worst case scenario would see us in a group with
Spain
Switzerland or Belgium
Turkey
Iceland or Macedonia
Best outcome:-
Greece or Bosnia
ROI or Hungary
Serbia or Norway
Georgia or Norn Ireland
A wee trip to France for a finals tournament would be nice, then on to Russia in 2018.
weeminger:
The only thing about Peter Lawwell I know is from guys I know who were brought up with him and to a man I’ve not heard a bad word. And I trust them. Do I know if Peter Lawwell gives a percentage of his income to charity, no, no more so than he knows my ways, and for the players, Weeminger, sad as it is, and it is, you’ve never seen me tear into the players.
But you’re right, you’re right.
@BBCAlLamont: Brian Stockbridge resigns from Rangers
Goldstar
If you’re around did you get sorted for Hibs tickets?
BCW wherrsraquiz?
moonbeams wd. kano 2000 \o/ supporting neil lennon 99.9%. champions. c’mon wee oscar.
18:07 on 24 January, 2014
@BBCAlLamont: Brian Stockbridge resigns from Rangers
With a wad like the rest of his spiv pals I hope…..more out the kitty the better
NotonewcoCSC
MWD
Does that mean he has already sold all his shares?
Stockbridge Offski
celticslownews
HH
Over on RM celebrations are underway. Unaware as they are that this was suggested as the last stage before it really goes downhill for them.
Bfdj…this is good news for the fans…
Watch the usual spin.
Stockbridge’s pockets bulging?
Frank Ryan’s Whiskey
17:25 on
“Is CQN rapidly becoming the Celtic cyberspace equivalent of the Daily mail??”
You ask an interesting question there mate. I’ve not been posting on here as long as some, though did lurk for a ggod while before plucking up the courage to make my first post.
There are all sorts of veiws and opinions expressed on here as BRHT said earlier today. That’s what I’d expect on a football blog.
However over the previous 6 months or so I would say there has been a lurch to the right, or to put another way, a tendancy to come out in support of the board and the position of the PLC as opposed to supporting a group of fans.
It would appear that many on here have fallen for the “we’re working in the background to find a way of joining the EPL”. This is never going to happen, we’re a Scottish club and any solution to our problem has to be one that involves our future participation in Scottish football.
Those that want us to get an invite to English football seem to think it will depend on us dropping our association with any form of “extremism” within our support, this extremism to them is anything that represents overt support for Irish Nationalism.
BRHT has stated that he believe the board have played this badly, I would say they have played a blinder, they now have a majority of supporters in agreement that political expression and free speech is not something that should be endorsed at Celtic, rather it should lead to the banning of any supporter with the teremity to dare upset the bigots within this dear country.
A board, who have managed to persuade supporters that they are working on behalf of those fans who were subjected to brutal assaults while supporting their team in Amsterdam, yet didn’t contribute to the defense fund for those who decided to stand up for their right’s in court.
A board who refuse to pay a living wage.
A board who offered no assistance to the GB at the recent food collection.
A board who allowed the press to villify a section of our support after recent events at Motherwell and then played to the gallery when banning 128 supporters from attending games, against already established protocols regarding banning/suspensions etc.
A board who it would appear put good financial results before a competitive team on the park(Champs League).
A board who have got the support to fall for the patronising “what an atmosphere” hype rather than “what a performace”.
This board have played a blinder and some fans have fallen for it hook line and sinker.
I think BS got shares at a discount maybe 10p not penny shares though. I’m sure that’s what one of Charlottes docs said.
No pay-off, so presumably no confidentiality agreement. Could be interesting!
Hately quote
“Brian Stockbridge being sacked is like a new signing”
kit
Read a lovely book this week by an author called Peter May. Fair caught my attention.
Entry Island was the title.
SFTB
There was a large dump of shares today funnily enough.
MWD
Tallybhoy
Definitely
Speak closer to the time…
No sensible person wants to talk politics on a Friday evening, but as for the big question we’re being asked to consider today, I’m saying;
YES Sevco is Newclub.
Hi Rioskorrie,
pleased to see your posts increasing in frequency especially wrt Mundial. Is there anywhere on the interweb (in english) it is possible to keep up with, and gauge reaction to, stadia/infrastructure preparedness, payola/graft/corruption issues, and any form of organised or otherwise reactions or protests?
FickFUFA CSC :)
Hi Hen1rik,
is it possible to follow the progress of ScotsFans4Change outside of Facebook?
Thanks & HH!!
If Stockbridge has resigned is it from the club or company ?
tootingtim supports wee oscar
18:32 on 24 January, 2014
Twitter.
If Stockbridge is gone does that mean nae orange strip in the summer!!
hurhurhurCSC
Would love to hear valentinesday view on this!
‘My view has been very clear from the start and it hasn’t changed. I think the club require a level of investment in the playing squad that allows it to hit the ground running when it gets back into the SPFL Premiership.
‘No one wants to see Rangers finishing sixth or something like that.
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Em – no need to worry on that front Mr King. Apparently there is no difference in standard between League One and the Premiership…? I’m confused……
Neil Lennon hopes for two signings in the coming week but is not over confident as it may not happen as its difficult at this time of year. So his 6 Million could well end up back in the biscuit tin. H.H.
HT
Sent him a text referring to your post.
Bourne
Thanks. I’ve asked about for him but still awaiting replies.
Milan signed another over the hill player – Michael Essien.
Great player at his peak – past his sell-buy date now.
HH!!
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar
Goldstar was on earlier saying he may get sorted but if it falls through he will be back on here asking
HT
He is probably talking about you ?
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goldstar10
12:03 on 24 January, 2014
Re my earlier plea for tickets for Sunday, I hope to be sorted thanks to a right good Bhoy on here, if it falls through I will be back on with my begging bowl.
Thanks
HH
Completely agree with Snake (13:52) that loaning out our young hungry players as opposed to putting two into every team does not work.
that is all.
Leftclicktic
Nope not guilty. I missed his post about possibly being sorted mate, thanks for that.
Apparently each Celtic supporter spent on average 216.25€ whilst in Seville – no wonder the mayor was delighted!
Stockbridge has resigned as Financial Director.
SSN
googybhoy
David lows take on it on twitter:))
“All part of the tidy to built confidence & stability ahead of cost cuts, 6m figures & share issue.”
The deluded objected to cuts as people like BS were still there,I expect the axe to start swinging shortly:))
But with a nest of vipers you never know which way they will move next:))
Callum McGregor video clip:
http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/youtube-bhoy-wonder-callum-mcgregor-1311653.aspx