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 You’re 20 years out of date, Mr Green.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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winning captains, I might have missed it but I’m disappointed I’ve not seen Carmyllie in your list of postings.
Probably the most remote place of all CQN annuals, we’re twinned with Rostock Station, you know.
winning captains
Phitt nae Coatbridge??
WC
“For all that, the SPL won’t – can’t – turn its collective back on the new Rangers because it cannot turn away the business. The Ibrox following – 50,000 paying customers a home game – won’t slice their loyalties and follow on elsewhere.”
Comments like that boil my blood.
50,000 home fans really only benefit the home club. No-one else.
Acgor.
Ally has a contract signed and sealed with the zombies. Regardless of who tries to change his terms, and they won’t be able to, he is taking the pish out of new rangers and rangers fans alike and I think it’s great.
It’s cognitive dissonance to treat the bobo balde situation any differently.
As David dowling at the sfa said
“ahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha go on yerself bobo – get it right up them”
Turkeybhoy, did you see my question on the last page re contacting a man from Falkirk?.
Bereaved win 6-1?? Were they feert to make it 7-1?
cowiebhoy
23:13 on 3 December, 2013
Hopefully not a stupid question !
Any CQNrs going to be at the UK Manufacturing Awards in Birmingham Wednesday night ?
Hail Hail
Not unless the wife has nominated me for manufacturing reasons for nights out.
Couldna help it
THM
Is that fact??
Musnt titter!! <:0)
Guys will check in morning and make sure they are on the way.
Ryecatcher/Jude
It is a mystery to me why some players make it and other don’t(other than wine, women and song)
I read some of Jim McGuinness speech recently on the subject to the GAA on his time at Celtic and he was very worried about how much a whole family stakes on a childs footie career, financially and emotionally.
He said parents move to the Lennoxtown area so that the kid can go to the school Celtic use.
His point was that after all this sacrifice, there is a 2 year window to shine and get signed or scrapheap.
Saw him on my flight home after AC but missed chance to talk on this one
Cowiebhoy……
Hearing there might be a special award at the UK Manufacturing Awards in Brum tomorrow?
In the robotics and Zombies category.
Posthumously awarded to Deadclub and their fan base.
Presented to background music of that Killers song….
Are we human or are we Rangers.
Enjoy Brum mate…..the city centre and Digbeth are always brilliant at this time of year.
The Honest Mistake loves being first, your allowing sentimentality and a love of Celtic to construct an argument that makes no sense.
Never get between a man and his wages. A contract is a contract and that’s what Celtic signed with the big scary CB. Bringing fat spamheid into it doesn’t help your argument.
Bobo is innocent of any charge.
Coneybhoy…..
Always think the biggest reason any footballer or top class athlete ‘makes it’ is mental toughness above everything else.
Elite sportsmen and women tend to be very single minded in my opinion, and that is why so many of them come across as unfriendly or distant.
Whats the latest on the dam Appeal?
As heard on SSB tonight.
McOist is a highly intelligent man.
As heard on SSB last week, McOist is the best manager ever.
Sleep well Timland
Take care and god bless
HH
KTF
THM
You not enjoying ally taking the P?
Night all. Night wee Oscar God bless x
At the UK Manufacturing Awards in Birmingham tomorrow the pie guzzling best old / young manager in the country with a sliced salami swim cap is up for the award in the prestigious category of manufacturing pish football from a mechanically recovered zombie football team.
I hope Cowiebhoy’s not seated beside him. It could end badly.
Just watched Simon Reeve’s Pilgrimage. He was interviewing English Monks in a Canterbury monastry. They said when not discussing theology, they talk football, the Arsenal and Celtic! :)
Ally McCoist is an intelligent man when compared to the Sevco fan base in general.Its all relative ….a bit like weddings in West Lothian and East Ayrshire Boomboom.
Seem to remember some sort of demographic study of UK football fans,maybe around 5 years ago,placed the Orcs as the lowest income and worst educated of all UK football fans.
Not taking the piss here, this was stated with factual evidence at the time.
Will search for the link and hopefully post soon.
Ryecatcher
Sally is certainly a sleekit fox, like his master the myth. Don’t know if that makes him intelligent?
Delaney’s Dunkey…
I think he’s as thick as a Greenock fog,but like I said….it’s all relative.
Last week I posted about a new whisky Lidl were selling called Abrachan. I came across this review about what is a really nice dram.
I like the statement immediately below.
‘Whisky doesn’t have connoisseurs, like wine. Whisky has grinning maniacs with very full small glasses’
Abrachan
No, it’s not a Chinese magic spell, nor is it some forgotten city from Lord of the Rings. It’s Lidl’s latest whisky.
Abrachan is a vatted malt, 42%, made by Clydesdale Scotch Whisky, Glasgow. It’s ‘triple oak matured’, which means it’s moved between oak barrels that previously held ‘distillery rum’ bourbon, tawny port and oloroso sherry. I can’t see anything telling me how long it was aged. It’s too smooth to be only three years, but no more than eight or they’d be bragging about it.
I can definitely taste a hint of bourbon in there which feels a bit wrong for a Scotch, but it’s still very drinkable. The label has all the bollocks about how many units you can have a day, and if you stick to it you’ll take forever to finish the damn thing. This bottle must be evaporating, it’s already far lower than is legally permitted.
At £17.99, it’s pricier than their other vatted malt, Glen Orchy (£13.49), and probably not that much better. Glen Orchy is a very nice vatted malt at a price lower than most crappy grain blends. Abrachan is another good one but I’d put it level with Glen Orchy on taste. Worth a go but at nearly a fiver more, I won’t make it a regular.
In fact, a couple more quid and you get Ben Bracken in Lidl, a very nice single malt whisky. This one in the middle really doesn’t go anywhere as far as price vs. taste is concerned. Its only plus point is that it comes in a posh box so if you want a good whisky at a reasonable price for a Christmas present for a skint blogger, it does look more impressive than a wrapped bottle that is absolutely obviously a bottle.
Whisky is subjective though. There is no point taking someone else’s word for it, ever. I mean, Bell’s whisky sells enormously well and yet I’d use a gift of Bell’s to clean the toilet. To me, it’s horrible. To many others, it’s just fine.
A fellow smoky-drinker does not like heavily peated whiskies at all. Ardbeg, Laphroaig, Bruaichladdich, he hates them all. Even Ledaig which is very mild by peatiness standards. I absolutely adore the heavy peat taste. So even among the expensive ones, you need to try before you buy. Expensive does not guarantee you’ll like it and cheap does not guarantee you won’t.
But – we know what we like
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And I quite like this new Lidl whisky. I’d still go for Glen Orchy as a standard in there but if I felt like a change, without splashing out quite as far as Ben Bracken, I’d get another Abrachan.
ACGR
How you doing, mate? Just reading back after another weekend on the batter.
I totally agree with you re Bobo. He played out his contract as he was perfectly entitled to do. I read somewhere that he used his massive wage for the benefit of his community in Guinea where he was, of course, a national hero.
And he was a superb hunskelper.
HH
ryecatcher 00:29, I’m shocked by that demographic point you made, shocked.
Well, not the point itself, but that you think we need to see evidence!!
Ryecatcher
Compared to the moronic Saltcoats loyal mob, someone posted a link to earlier, he is intelligent. All relative, as you say.
ger57, I’m good buddy and all the better to see you’re still among us. Aye the Bobo was an exquisite skelper of the hun and that cant be argued with.
Getting my act together for my trip to barca next week as I’ve left a few details a bit late. Apparently there’s some sort of timmy pish up taking place.
Sky report on post war record of 19 wins in a row for tribute act, their best run since 1892!!!!!!!!!!Arggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh
HH
ACGR
Have a good one. I don’t expect a result on the park, but I do think there will be some off field stories to tell. You behave yourself!
nakasammi, I’m glad you posted that. I’m going to get a couple of those. Although I’m not sure about your surprise at “taste a hint of bourbon in there which feels a bit wrong for a Scotch”.
Most Speyside malts and a good selection of others are matured in bourbon casks. A hint of bourbon especially from a first fill cask is expected and most welcome.
Hopefully I’ll get a chance to buy and road test this on Thursday.
I haven’t logged in for a month approx
I haven’t read back for a month approx
although I have been keeping up Celtic news wise.
Can someone/anyone give me an executive summary of why Celtic plc were offended by the banners at the AC Milan game? I was at the game that night and was in front of the so claimed despicable banners and thought it was nothing more than a 21st century platitude to be fair. Can I have an explanation as to what all the fuss is about for us cognitively challenged?
ryecatcher
00:29 on 4 December, 2013
41.759% of statistics are made up on the spot
Margaret McGill
It was the fact it was clearly political that was the problem. UEFA rule says no political displays.
The H block banners on the Sat we’re not such an issue as SPFL don’t have a political rule as far as I know.
When In Germany and Scotland recently there was a lot of discussion on the Scottish independence referendum. ok so against my pavlovian condition reflexes i am thinking that maybe Scottish independence is a good thing. Whats the worst that could happen? A liberal tory coaltion? Bosnia? who cares it will all work out in the end.:)
Coneybhoy
01:24 on 4 December, 2013
So William Wallace and Bobby sands are running for re-election?
Margaret mcgill
I am offering no opinion, only the facts you asked for!
Oh, go on then! Clear reference to SNP vote grabbing in the banners. Plus a few complaints from those offended, wonder who they were
I suspect the Lawwell anti-bannerism is more to do with anticipated gravy train interruption precipitated by our beloved MSM who will scream politicized Bobby Sandisms to UEFA. However, UEFA being SFA/plod advised will sanction Celtic promptly forthwith. Being a Tim myself and all that, such banner pride should be encouraged. Arent you all tired of what you cannot do at Celtic park?
Coneybhoy
01:31 on 4 December, 2013
thanks for the info. SNP vote grabbing ??? Not to sure about that. As to who is offended ..couldnt care less. For example had a discussion with my gun toting obama hating work mates today and i asked where American fascism ends? Nuclear holocaust or just the gas chambers… they couldnt care less either.