News that we are after a second Dundee United midfield player will prove popular, Stuart Armstrong has been tipped for progress for a couple of years. He is another Ronny Deila-type player, a strong runner who can get up and down the field. As usual, I’ll reserve judgement until we sign him, and I’ve had a chance to watch him properly.
You have to admire his balls. Dave King assertion that a conviction for tax fraud is a “favourable settlement” goes beyond parody. I’m unsure if some PR flop put those words in his head or if he concocted the notion by himself, but just as you cannot shine a turd, it is impossible to spin an undisputed criminal conviction. He was convicted of criminal offenses. If this is your measure of favourable, your standards are truly deplorable.
I fail to see why King even is discussing such matters with the media, unless he’s currying favour with the Daily Record. These assertions will make no difference whatsoever to the stock market, or any reputable nominated adviser, nor will it hold sway with the SFA. It is also a futile battleground. In the event King gains control of newco Rangers, he doesn’t need to be a director to exercise de facto control, Paul Murray has been his man for years. Mike Ashley is not a director, and he owns less than 9% of the club, but he appears to be able to dictate play quite comfortably.
Without a trace of irony, King told the Record: “The enthusiasm that this board adopts to ‘media management’ and its failure to act in the interest of shareholders and other stakeholders is exactly why they should be jettisoned”.
Trying hard to avoid the merest whiff of media management himself, King then added, “History will judge this board as one of the worst the club has ever had. There is not one individual who puts the club above personal interest.”
There you have it folks, our pal Dave is a man you can trust.
Just as the Newco board didn’t have enough on their plate, interim manager Kenny McDowell tendered his notice, although in true ‘Rangers’ tradition, he’s not going without a pay-off. It’s an added vote of no confidence the regime could do without. They now face the embarrassing prospect of allowing an interim to remain in control as a lame duck, or put a second manager on gardening leave.
Mike Ashley’s prospects of a successful turnaround look bleak in the face of such uniform and orchestrated antagonism. I wonder if he’s the kind of man who takes manipulation lightly? If not, the manipulators are playing with fire.
CQN11 St Patrick’s Day Dinner Dance is on Friday 13 March, at the Kerrydale Suite, Celtic Park. The focus of an excellent night’s entertainment will be funding the construction of a kitchen at Chibwata Primary School in Malawi, for Mary’s Meals.
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Malorbhoy
I am a blow in so don’t know Sean. I am from Scotland via England, married to a Dub but my gran’s family are Kildare. Living in Kildare now so am a Lilly twice over.
Snake Plissken
21:06 on 20 January, 2015
Hope you are doing better now. Your posts are important on this blog; hope they will continue to be so.
Keep it lit.
HH
Gerry
Snake
This is a Celtic blog mate, passions run high all the time.
Your post resonated with me a little, as have a few others in recent times. Your’s and those other contributions helped me, so thanks. I hope your love of Celtic and participation on CQN will continue to aid you.
Great to hear from Snake P tonight;stay strong mhate.
HH
WITS
certainly is. Only real pub around my work.
The barman just lost out on 2-1 Chelsea. Looked a good bet a HT
Snake Plissken.
Glad your health is on the mend.Take care.
BSR.
Top form tonight.
mike in toronto
I lost £50 the other night………..any chance of finding it for me mate ?
That interview with Green is utterly embarrassing. The worst bit is the wincing. Not him – me.
Abi Dasler
I honestly can’t think of a Mr Watson but remember the weekend at Kerswell College my recollection is all the tims from around scotland being corralled for the Chapel on a Sunday and getting strange looks,glad Giant Phil was a Tim :) Only person I seen or spoke to there at the time was my PE teacher Alex McMenemy who I think went on to hold a post at the SFA plus who got me a trial for St Mirren
Weefra
I have been on a few seshes wi Bobby. He drinks the black by the gallon. Like the rest of us. :))
Snake Plissken
For me you have always been a considered, reflective and interesting poster here, and you have helped lift this blog on many an occasion.
Keep on keeping on
Snake – chin pal. Hope 2015 is a million times better than 2014 for you.
Hail hail!
Stebhoy@21.18
Green “genuine passion for the club”. So would I if it provided me with a mansion in Normandy and years of tie ins to keep me in the manner to which I have become accustomed.
Reminded me of the Month Python sketch “and this is our best fridge the one in which we keep our butter and eggs.” Guy delivering the monologue had a hosepipe at each eye and was pumping out fake tears. Just like Challs “see me I luv The Rangers” spoken with a cut onion in his hankie.
Winning Captains 19:39
From ff
“It would be a fresh liquidation of the holding company (RIFC plc) that bought the football club from the previous holding company (now in liquidation).”
SQUINTASTIC.
:-)
HH
Great post snake
You can’t come back until you escape from New York! :-)
Snake plissken
Sorry to hear about your worries.
Hope the future goes well for you.
Keep your chin up buddy.
Whatever happened to thon Snake Plissken guy:)))Used to post like a machine???
Good to see back mate, take care of yourself, really good to see you back on CQN.
Starry P
Looks like big Mike could be on his way with a warchest…https://twitter.com/businessdesk/status/557637412768460801
BCW
$50?!
Like that other great Canadian (Linda Evangelista) said, I dont get out of bed for less than $10,000.
(and before one of you cheeky beggars makes a laywer joke…. I do, however, get INTO bed for considerably less!)
Genuinely don’t think there is a more competitive top division in Europe than ours!
Points – (played) – Team
47 – (22) – Aberdeen
45 – (20) – Celtic
44 – (22) – Inverness
41 – (21) – Dundee Utd
39 – (22) – Hamilton
And every chance that us, United and Hamilton will all win tomorrow night which would then leave the points as –
48 – Celtic
47 – Aberdeen
44 – Dundee Utd
44 – Inverness
42 – Hamilton
ifsbutsandmaybesCSC
Italiabhoy
also found that hospital interview incredible. !
In the farce that is sevco was that the jumping the shark moment ?
or is there even more bizarre moments to come !!?
snake
Great post amigo, stay well
YNWA
V
Snake P, your contributions to This Dear Green Place are always welcome and
lang may yer lum reek.
HH
Is there link to the Green hospital chat???
AT
Will be lookin for a chat wi you at the coarner big yin.
As Weefra said, seems ages since last home game.
jude
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=604210806391028
BCW
The bookie will never give it back! ;)))
Celtic and Hamilton on the same number of goals scored…….Hmmmm.
Also Snake@21.06
Forgot to say in my earlier post. Loved your line
“If I upset anyone other than those that actually deserved it” classic.
Observations on top English game tonight:-
1. They are incredibly fit
2. They dive a lot
3. Feign injury a lot
4. Have some really good players(hazard, sterling)
5. Defend with the energy of a striker
What are we missing?
Fitness- no
Diving – yes
Feigning injury – yes
Really good players – yes
Energy in defence – yes
What can we fix?
Energy in defence
The big difference in an exciting Celtic perf vs a boring one is the defence.
They all switch on in Europe or in the old days vs hun
Now it is laxy, possibly lazy.
Watch Chelsea tonight. Full backs and CH tight to the side of the attack.
Easy to get a block in
Look at us vs Hamilton etc. Big gaps and jogging across to the man(VVD)
denayer gets it. Gets in the face quickly.
If we wake up at the back and pass, pass, pass with confidence from the back; we get 5-0 scores
Sorry for being boring
gearoid1998
21:54 on
20 January, 2015
Also Snake@21.06
Forgot to say in my earlier post. Loved your line
“If I upset anyone other than those that actually deserved it” classic.
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Gearoid,,,he was getting at you :O)
Charles Green – every Celtic fans should see this
Crackers.Com CSC
summa of sammi….
21:30 on 20 January, 2015
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G’Day CQN..
………………..
It canny be the next old firm……. Oh crap I see whits happened, you and the camper van have travelled back in time, or yir smoking some of Ally’s weed, or yir just bliddy at it same as Charlie Green :>)
Enjoy the trip amigo, watch out for thae dingos!
Hx2
Greenman
The other day you mentioned surrealism in discussion.
Oe maybe a question to surrealists in general.*
That challs green/jim ?hite interview
What does it mean?
Challs is no Sid James
And hattie jacques certainly wasnot probing..
As a non sky subscriber I think reflects more on sky and rheir infotainment approach to criminality in our game.
Gearoid
I picked up on that one too. As I posted earlier, I love SP’s way wi words. :)
:-) :-)
I heard that Charles was in hospital due to a very bad bout of gout.
Must be all that good living on the bigot pound!
Snake Plissken @ 21:06
Snake, I don’t post on here very often now, but that is a Fantastic Post of yours at 21:06 and is one of the reasons I still love this Blog and the family who frequent it. I hope and trust that you will be wonderfully blessed by such beautiful catharsis, that your health will continue to improve and that you will have an amazing 2015!
God Bless,
TB&F.