We’ve often talked about the only real danger to a football club: internecine strife:
Internecine, def: pertaining to conflict within a group, mutually destructive.
In football, your enemies can’t inflict permanent harm, that can only come from within. This morning’s media cover threats from Sevconians to boycott (clearly in homage to Irish tradition) club/company products. More power to their elbows, they should boycott every piece of tat Newco’s disparate IP rights holders churn out, apart from the occasional novelty duck.
Here’s the thing, before you turn the tanks inwards, you’d better be sure you’ve got the ‘What happens next?’ question sorted. If you don’t, you’re playing a real life version of Lemmings.
Threatening Mike Ashley? Aye sure, that’ll work, knock yourself out. I’m sure Ashley’s known as a big pussy, he hasn’t got the money to face down the malcontents, either. I bet he’s already writing his capitulation letter, “Dear Sevconians, by noticing that I can’t handle conflict you’ve outsmarted me. The game’s up.”
What was it Charles Green told John Brown he would do to Ibrox? Hmmm.
Blame the SFA, SPL, BBC, Celtic, Her Majesty’s lawyers, the Daily Record and Raith Rovers but you need to be on the inside to wreak havoc like this.
Interesting front opened by the English Premier League today on the copycat use of pyrotechnics at football games. “Someone could get killed”, said policing minister Damian Green. You’re 20 years out of date, Mr Green.
Here’s the problem: it’s possible to discharge one of these devices in a crowded area without accepting the safety/reputational/fine consequences. Enormously invasive searches of unconnected people would be required to prevent pyros being taken into a stadium which is just not possible, eradication requires everyone to decide not to participate.
The only practical method I can see of stopping the use of pyrotechnics in Scottish football is to give Sports Direct exclusive distribution rights. Who’d buy them then?
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Should point out these videos are all from this season.
Another superlative effort.
Genius.
http://youtu.be/vij_XOytJSs
TJ
Oh! Oh!
Jobo’s worked out how to unzip his new coat and is typing again.
It is well-documented that Lawell killed JFK. But his part in the attempted assassination of John Paul II is often overlooked. Why?
SFTB –
Aye, very good ;-)
TJ
I see Marinos man to man marking did not work in conceding an equaliser in your last clip
BT
Getting there, started walking with one arm crutch….hoping to make the tav for a few and squeeze in a few games…
How’s yir knee?
Kikinthenakas
Can anybody photoshop this onto the end of the naka bus clip?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WGS43PCua8&sns=em
sftb,
“The relevance is that it shows that Bobo was considered to be poorer than Valenciennes’ first choice centre backs by the time he left us at age 33. That suggests he was not quite the automatic superior to our first choice Centre backs, that the Bobo supporters would have us believe.”
Sorry but there is no “relevance” as you say it was two years later, so completely irrelevant, it might be your opinion that McManus and Caldwell were better than him but not mine, I’d have reservations that it was even WGS opinion.
And it is pure speculation as to why he never played, the stats only show that he never played not the reasoning behind the decision.
Everything you follow that up with might be true but the reasoning behind not being picked is still only speculation. Though you do make it all sound reasoned and inevitable there is no evidence that your opinionated speculation is fact and if its no fact then its speculation, no ?
Sftb.
Still hasn’t managed to open the wallet. .o)
Honest Mistake…
No be the first time HT been banjoed in the gub!
Kikinthenakas
Btw..would bobo have been ragdolled by cousin?
praecepta
I know exactly what you mean >}
HH
………………………………..
TT
Ol earl the pearl is rather miffed, what a nob
HH
Jobo, I know you speak half in jest…
However, should he win the title with Yokohama at the weekend it will be his first J-League championship, and with his hometown club as well.
Their first title since 2004.
Naka plays 95mins almost every week, and all cup games.
As we all know, the most dedicated pro we have had since Henrik by all accounts. An athlete with complete respect for his body.
I would have him back for the CL in a heartbeat. They say never go back, but we never appreciated what we had with this guy… and here’s the stupid thing, he is getting better.
He will play until 40, no doubt. Ten goals in 30 league games this year and please believe me, the J-League pi**es all over the spfl and in many cases, the EPL.
My greatest wish is that Japan draw England in Brazil – it will be like Hungary all over again. Samurai Blue represents footballs new dawn. Passed Holland off the park in 2-2 draw then beat Belgium last month.
Been ranting here…..burnt the sea bass, Mrs J will have the rage!!
Laters friends !!
TJ
blantyretim is praying for the Knox family
21:35 on
3 December, 2013
Nakas.
Was it not stefan ebt?
In what game? Cant remember what post it refers to.
Nakas..getting there.
Was not the problem so waste od time went with sore back broke my leg and still gave a sore leg..
Aw well.. Ktf.
The longer Bobo was out the team the better he got…..
Remember one game he was out for a while, back in and about ten minutes in decided to dribble his way out of defence and tripped over the ball….guy behind me who had been raving about him and stating he should be playing every week said…” Oh….ah forgot aboot him always daein that…” Much hilarity ensued.
Kikinthenakas
Tommy Joad –
No, friend, I would take him back in a heartbeat. Another good reason to watch 3 world cup games should he make the squad.
THM
I’ve just realised that my 10 year old daughter has made two of the comments below the video!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew she’d seen the comments because she read out, in complete innocence, the one below hers!! :-)
Nakasammi.
Sorry post was for kickinthenakas.
I always refer to him as nakas because im lazy..
Kikinthenakas.
Teehee.
Ht.
Brilliant.
Another cake walk for Sevco ..another penalty
For a team desperate for records …the consistency of penalty awards and opposition players sent off …must be a record
Mibbery alive and thriving in Div2 or whatever it’s called…we have been warned
But hey , Collum gave us a soft pen on Sunday. …these things even themselves out dontcha know
etting free the bears supports Resolution 12 & Oscar Knox
21:39 on 3 December, 2013
The FACT is that CFC signed a CONTRACT with Bobo. He signed it too.
What’s not CLEAR about that?
CFC attempted to back out and Bobo saw them off.
QuiterightlytooCFC
canamalar
I claimed no relevance to the period at the start of the dispute and explicitly said it had no bearing on opinions formed about 2007/8 form.
It does have relevance to the last half of his second contract because I am not speculating about his appearances for a weaker team. He was not often injured, he started as first choice but was quickly reduced to a bench role. I know this because I was posting his appearance record contemporaneously on this blog.
You can check back if you doubt me
Thanks TJ for those clips.
We’ve had a Naka love-in and and Bobo good guy/ bad guy debate tonight
How good would a Shunsuke Balde or a Bobo Nakamura have been?
It was deffo McGregor in goal for nakas 35 yrd wonder strike…..
Klos was in goal for wee maloneys 30 yarder
Revealed in Full! Those Lawwell/Balde contract negotiations…
I’ve been saying all season how good our side would be with a naka in the middle …..
Were too predictable at times
blantyretim
here’s me scrolling back trying to see what I’d posted!
cheers for explaining
sftb,
Why should I doubt you, you only relayed the figures, you cant possibly know why decisions you were not privy to were made, therefore everything you contend is opinionated speculation, no ?
No matter how you try portray it its no more relevant than my or honests.. Opinions
Bobo would have been picked for every other SPL team when we ignored him …..a team who could keep an away clean sheet ..until his return against DU ( I think ) Boxing Day ….because one of those defensive Titans …McManus/ Caldwell was injured
Nakas/pauloantony.
I stand corrected. .I know nothing about goalies if the dead team..
So you’re all waiting for the money shot ??
Well, here y’all go then…..
Fine ‘no-looky’ pass infield from Gary Caldwell by the way….
http://youtu.be/ybx7CHKa2_8
SHUNKSUKE NAKAMURA GENIUS !!!!
TJ
Gerry Bhoy
“The FACT is that CFC signed a CONTRACT with Bobo. He signed it too.
What’s not CLEAR about that?
CFC attempted to back out and Bobo saw them off.”
Why the shouting?
I don’t dispute any of the facts you posted. I have been posting about his ability and worth to us not about the watertight legality of his position.
TJ.
Thanks for waiting on my retraction before posting the proof..8-)
Not shouting,,,,just gently underlining……:-)))
HH
Gerry
Love Naka…..true genius….loved him and Aiden in the same team….
Kikinthenakas
canamalar
“you cant possibly know why decisions you were not privy to were made, therefore everything you contend is opinionated speculation, no ?”
What reason, other than form, would Valenciennes have had for reducing him from first team pick to a bench role. he stayed there for two years. They continued to select him, just not for the starting spot.
I am being honest in stating it is an opinion only as to whether he was better r worse than our chosen CBs in 2007/8 because there is an alternative explanation i.e. a vindictive board and manager.
There is no plausible alternative explanation for Valenciennes’ dropping of Bobo other than, on football merit, they did not consider him good enough.