Can we push SPL fan power one step further?

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Tomorrow’s Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Premier League is set to be the third great football meeting in the last two weeks.  The Prophet of Armageddon, chief executive Neil Doncaster, will face his shareholders and either have to declare he was being truthful when he told them, and Scottish Football League clubs, the SPL would be unable to fulfil their contractual obligations if Sevco were denied a place in the First Division, or that this was a cunning ruse designed to manipulate clubs and fans alike.

Doncaster was surely encouraged by some in the SPL to adopt his confrontational stance but support from SPL clubs was certainly not universal.  No representatives from Celtic participated in any meetings or conversations regarding the contents of the presentation made to SFL clubs, nor was the club informed or consulted on it.

Well done to the Aberdeen fans who kicked off the Sell-out Saturday initiative.  They hope to sell-out Pittodrie for their 11 August game and want to as many fans as possible to buy season tickets.  The idea has been picked up by clubs throughout the league.

I get the feeling that if supporters groups got together we could use this unique moment, when camaraderie among fans coincided with unparalleled fan power over the clubs, to define a framework for the game we wanted, not something a dreamt up by a Norfolk MBA.

Even if we couldn’t get every fan group pulling in the same direction, a few productive bilateral relationships is all it takes to establish an powerful pressure group.

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  1. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    Jist jokin …… If we were winning, I’d be saying they were a great idea ….LOLQ

  2. Some players rise to the competitive environment, others look great in friendliest only. Where does K Wilson play well. Id love to eat my words but from the first minute I saw him treat the ball like he thought it was a ticking bomb I’ve never understood what the manager sees in him. Tebily without the physical presence for me.

  3. Philbhoy - It's just the beginning! on

    TET

     

     

    I think the whisky is best for me.

     

     

    However, i do enjoy the redI

     

     

    Going up to Stonehaven in a couple of weeks.

     

     

    I’ll pass on your regards to any mutual acquaintences i may encounter!

  4. West Wales Celt on

    Are the commentators huns in denial?

     

    I keep hearing the name of a dead club…

  5. sftb

     

     

    I’m afraid I disagree with you re the pre season thing.

     

     

    We are talking profesional athletes here, who have had a couple of weeks off.

     

     

    I can understand them not being mentally 100%,98% at the minimun, but the physical side of things, no way, they should always be 100%.

     

     

    Just my opinion mind…

  6. StMichaelsBhoy2 on

    Kickers sweep right past the defence like they weren’t there, striker misses a sitter.

  7. West Wales Celt on 15 July, 2012 at 18:57 said:

     

     

    One of the commentators is Andreas Hinkel

  8. Friendly or not we are hopeless.

     

    They have missed 3 sitters

     

    4-0 to a team like this is awful

  9. O.G.Rafferty on

    It might only be a friendly but a lot of Celtic fans have paid a lot of money to be there. Dreadful from Celtic

  10. Philbhoy - It's just the beginning! on

    fan-a-tic

     

     

    Did we lose 4-0?

     

     

    Sack Lenny and the Board!!!

  11. The commentators have been great guys, well researched and have Andy Hinkle in the studio, they have talked a lot about us and them and the state of football over here..

     

     

     

    Not like the rubbish that passes as football experts in Britain..

  12. Really is a poor performance, even for a friendly. Some of these players need to concentrate on their football instead of how many twitter followers they have.

  13. West Wales Celt on

    Big G:

     

    Fairy snuff, perhaps he’s explaining what a bunch of cheating bigots they are…

  14. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    Good workout, though… This team are not bad at all

  15. Philbhoy obviously not but meaningful games are coming soon and we are a shambles

     

    No shape or purpose

  16. West Wales Celt on 15 July, 2012 at 19:02 said:

     

     

    Here’s hoping. I did catch a bit were it sounded like he was explaining how we are catholic and they are prodestant, the other guy said something about us being liberal so I’m assuming he was calling the huns right winged nazi sympathising bigots :)

     

     

    HH

  17. West Wales Celt on

    A pre-season friendly.

     

    Just as well really.

     

    Thought we were out-fought and out-played…

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