Rumours circulated last week that is was Sepp Blatter who leaked the million or so emails to The Sunday Times, allowing them to uncover previously hidden payments between Fifa delegates at the time of the Qatar 2022 vote. That looks fanciful in the face of Blatters tub-thumping, that criticism of the voting process is motivated by racism.
The motivation behind The Sunday Times is irrelevant, Fifa is either corrupt or not. Blatter is indulging in the ancient art of Ad hominem, rejecting a claim not on its own merits, but on an irrelevant facet of the person making the claim. Sony, Adidas and others have led the way is asking for proper oversight of Fifa to protect their brands being damaged by association. This is all very well but by postponing any disclosure until after the forthcoming World Cup, Fifa have years to allow sponsor angst to dissipate. Expect nothing to change.
What a fascinating wee story that the SFA are considering leaving Hampden to Queens Park to maintain and ‘fill’ with a few hundred spectators each game. If this is a bargaining position to force Queens into cutting a generous deal, fair enough.
In the event the SFA decide to move away from Hampden, it’s worth keeping an eye on the stadium. Those who appear intent on driving Newco Rangers into liquidation could do with a spare stadium in Glasgow, just in case the current owners of Ibrox do not succumb to manipulation.
On the subject of that lot, Dundee United’s Stephen Thompson’s playing a blinder. Not only is he cherry-picking their youth talent but he’s also raised the inconvenient fact – Newco Rangers is a two year old football club. Follow the money on this one.
Well done to BBC Alba and Alex O’Henley for the outstanding Jock Stein documentary last night. It’s difficult to add much to the Stein story after all these years but they managed to do so. The level of detail contained therein was remarkable, and it was nothing short of astonishing that we heard first-hand testimony on Jock playing for Blantyre Vics.
If you’re short of a Father’s Day gift, Tommy Gemmell, Bertie Auld and John Hughes will be signing copies of their books at the Celtic Store in Argyle St from 1pm until 4pm on Saturday. Three Lions, one venue, bring your camera.
It’s also an enormous privilege to announce that after we hosted a live chat session with Willie Wallace last year and Tommy Gemmell last month, Bertie Auld will be live on CQN from 1pm this Friday. Bertie is the strong silent type, so you’ll need to prepare a few questions to bring him out of his shell.
Visit the CQN Bookstore to get Tommy Gemmell to sign your personal copy of his tome, All the Best, freshly signed by the man himself this morning.
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SOAL — see you soon …. Sleep well!
macjay1 for neil lennon
23:31 on 10 June, 2014
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar
23:18 on
10 June, 2014
Macjay
With respect my friend there’s no point in continuing with this if you refuse to answer a simple question.
Board or Trust?
Who is closer to our ethos?
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Jeez,mate.
You dispute that the C.T. is divisive and then ask me to decide which side of the divide I am on.
Board or Trust.
You still refuse to or are unable to answer my questions and insist on my answering yours.
Sorry,work in half an hour.
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The board of Celtic have led to division Macjay not The Celtic Trust.
Haven’t seen the new 3rd shirt.
If it has the Celtic badge on the left breast? I will like it! :))
Nice post Celbridge Celt.
I also loved James Forrest’s Fields of Green post however it must be be a combination of my natural scottish pessimism and Celtic conditioning that while everything I read makes absolute sense, I still have this nagging fear that one day I will wake up and find that somehow they have cleared their debts, Murray is back in charge and 12million players are queuing up to sign at the bigotdome.
Will counselling help?
Whers King???
SOAL
Did I hear a bottle crash there?
Never mind Bobo, Minx is gonna get ya!
Night Timdom. Peace up
HH jamesgang
Hamilton Tim
I missed out on the Living Wage debate but based on the feeling after the AGM I wonder if the way it was developed on both sides actually produced the divisive result rather than the desired one?
What do you think were the factors that produced a result that satisfied no one and what should be done to tackle the issue in such a way that, whether the Living Wage is agreed or not, the support at large understand each sides position as to accept it without rancour?
On the surface without knowing the factors at play and given the desire for a fairness I thought it a shoo in. So why was it not?
Agreed
Busy man, at moment, very busy.
Hope you’re well.
doc that was to you
Paranoia…….
Will have ‘digs’ as part of the not so concise Oxford dictionary definition soon.
Macjay…..if you ignore certain fannies …..they give up and move on to the next person ……
Serial behaviour mate…..they can’t help themselves as they like to think they are helping you.
Patronisation and condescension is not in their vocabulary.it would make them self aware if so.
macjay1 for neil lennon
23:36 on 10 June, 2014
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar
23:29 on
10 June, 2014
I agreed with Thomthetim about the G.B. in particular.
You reintroduced the C.T.and asked if I had reviewed my opinion of them in the light of a discussion you had had with one of their number.Correct?
Why don`t you put that post back up and let others decide?
Definitely off.
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Sorry but that’s not what really happened.
I replied to a post you had made about the Trust, nothing to do with the GB.
I stated that a member of the Trust had said at a recent meeting that they had no desire or intention of seeking a seat on the board at Celtic.
I asked if you would review your opinion in light of this as you had long made the claim that this was an intention of theirs.
And two days later I’m still waiting on a simple reply.
HT, Auldheid did collect and collate may of our points going into those meetings.
There has to be an agenda, and a representation that somehow reflects the support?
No agenda, no outcome, no actions, pointless.
Were no CT reps at the Forum Meetings?
Been away, so just watched the Jock Stein documentary with Mrs CRC.
Awesome tribute.
HH
CRC
Craiglachie10
I doubt Sir David Murray would agree to counselling far less benefit from it.
Stay off the cheese before you go to bed. :)
BJMac, I know the feeling, hectic, but good, enjoying it.
Come on here for light relief:-)
CRC, haven’t seen it yet, can’t speak Gaelic though.
This blog is turning into an ego trip for not only HT but now his partner and god knows how many different alter egos he has. will bow out and hopefully next time I look he will have disappeared just like after he tried to sabotage the great Tomny Gemmells visit to the blog
SOAL, may God have mercy.
Cause Minx wullnae:-)
ryecatcher
23:44 on 10 June, 2014
Paranoia…….
Will have ‘digs’ as part of the not so concise Oxford dictionary definition soon.
Macjay…..if you ignore certain fannies …..they give up and move on to the next person ……
Serial behaviour mate…..they can’t help themselves as they like to think they are helping you.
Patronisation and condescension is not in their vocabulary.it would make them self aware if so.
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Evening sweet cheeks, hope you’re well x
Smoke and Mirrors, mind the door disnae hit yer arse.
Jude
In a South African penitentiary? Maybe? :)
Doc
There were, along with the CSA and the Irish supporter association. I forget the lads name but he puts a power of work into bringing support over, but then I think that could be said of all attendees although they deliver different ways of supporting the support.
Auldheid
Thank you, I am partial to a mature cheddar with my nightcap. It might be worth sticking to the crackers!
craigellachie10
23:39 on 10 June, 2014
You get it.. Counselling for Celtic supporters?, the shrinks would make a fortune and I reckon plenty have already made a good few bob!
I can’t understand why our fans punish Celtic for them’s demise… say it’s a crap league. I watch as much SPFL as I can, and watch the odd LOI game… I often wonder if we’d commentators bigging up the worst of games (as they do on Sky, and have 50 cameras at each match) would we buy into our own league. I like seeing our honest competition growing and building… I think we’ll regret thinking that next year is a slam dunk… I hope it’s tighter and I’m the worlds worst when it comes to a defeat etc.
I’m a lurker – would post more without the “Lynch Mob” and the “Billy Bhoys” takeover – other forums I’ve beeb part of, have separate places to post “beliefs” that having nothing to do with the blog subject… I try not to be sucked in!
Hail Hail to all fellow Celts!
auldheid
23:42 on 10 June, 2014
I’ve no idea Pat I really don’t.
I know that the AGM couldn’t really have been the issue because Celtic had withdrawn from the meetings prior to the AGM taking place.
Celtic have a fantastic opportunity here, I hope, and do believe that in the long run they’ll take it.
AuldHeid, I asked the question because I thought I would get that answer, representation is there. It’s about getting involved. To my shame I haven’t, yet. A major commitment has just finished, so an opportunity to get involved comes up. We’ll see.
From Rangers Media…..Oh My God…..frightening….thank god for gun control laws in UK…..This guy is deranged…..A Fantasist a Hun from Edinburgh…….care in the community has failed this C u next Tuesday
I have always remained sanguine about our great club, despite our current difficulties. My optimism is based upon empirical evidence and rational thought. Put simply, there are far more Rangers supporters than there are Celtic supporters, that is a simple fact. Sheer demographics dictate that the Protestant majority rule the roost, the same applies to Scottish football as it does in Northern Ireland. In short, yes we ARE the people.
Now some will have us believe that Celtic are going through some ‘golden period’. Well, let’s examine this thesis. Celtic’s ‘trick’ is to identify raw young talent on the European continent, train them up and sell them on for a large profit. It sounds great, but unfortunately it hasn’t quite worked like this, has it? I give you Mohammed Bangura, Balde, Pukki, Darrell Murphy…………………….
Celtic is actually losing money at an alarming rate. They have cut season tickets dramatically to try and stop the rot, but all to no avail. Celtic park is a morgue, the land of the living dead. Row after row after row of empty green seats cannot hide the bitter truth. Celtic is a dying club, moreover a club which needs Rangers more than the establishment team needs them. Like a flabby pimp, Peter Lawwell offers up his young lads to the highest bidder, soliciting European clubs for crazy sums of money. They have no shame, no self respect and for a team which proclaims its history, it pays scant regard to what they claim they stand for.
Rangers will be back, as sure as night follows day. What is needed is a sense of proportion and context. Such names as Craig Whyte, Charles Green, Sir David Murray, Dave King, they are but transitory, ephemeral figures who will quickly disappear into the vast abyss of oblivion.
Rangers will re-emerge, stronger, leaner and fitter. Moreover, we will return well aware of what they tried to do to us. Not just Timothy, but his vassals like the Arabs, the sheep and other provinical midgets. They too will feel our wrath when the day of judgement cometh.
Just two weeks ago, I was engaged in banter with a Shettleston Harrier, except his idea of banter was not mine. To use a terrible cliché, his face was like the map of Ireland. He said something derogatory about Rangers, believe me when my mate had finished with him, Connaught and Munster had been reduced to a bloody pulp and Leinster was still hanging on. However, good old Ulster remained untouched. They will never defeat us.
Doc
Trust me, Gaelic or green tartan tops not needed :-)
BBC Alba done Big Jock proud
HH
CRC
HamiltonTim
I’m trying to resist taking an interest. :)
CRC, will download it, Ta.
Downloads OK?
Doc
That wasn’t really the problem mate. Auldheid did a power of work collating the questions from here to give them an airing.
However, many saw the meeting as a closed shop because of the invitation criteria.
I’ve spoken to JP about this and he acknowledges that it is something that somehow needs to be addressed.
HT, I think, in time, we will see the living wage at CP.
For Celtic, it should be a no brainer. But so many other things should be.
Auldheid
I’ll bet you are :-)
HT, sorta my point, there has to be a sorta invited guest list?
We would want representation, if P67 and Auldheid were our representatives then, frankly, couldn’t get much better, I was busy that day though:-)
Auldheid, don’t resist. That one.
Doc
You weren’t invited :-)
HT, benevolent of you:-)
I tried to see if “this” has been picked up on here.
If I missed it, apologies; if not … makes you think – the little devils owed HMRC over £70,000! Imagine!