Celtic box clever again, and the SFA know it. Aleks Tonev, who has a strong east-European accent and limited English, denies uttering racist comments against Aberdeen. Did he? He might well have, for all I know, but, with only one person contradicting Tonev, the SFA have no idea either.
When this issue first raised its head I don’t think anyone on CQN made a character reference for Aleks, but we concluded this issue was destined to remain unresolved, as there is simply not enough information to consider the matter. The SFA know this and know that the Court of Arbitration for Sport will find in favour of the player if they persist in trying to ban him for 7 games without collaboration.
Don’t let Barry Hearn fool you, it’s the SFA which is unfit for purpose, not the professional clubs or the SPFL.
It was great to see our very own Mouldy67 on the big screens on Wednesday for his Cycling Santa Appeal. He left London yesterday morning before resting up for the night in Birmingham. All going to plan, he’ll reach Glasgow on Monday.
Mouldy (Paul) is running to raise funds and awareness for Neuroblastoma Childrens’ Cancer Alliance in memory of Wee Oscar. It’s an incredible undertaking and a living example of the Celtic spirit brought to life.
You can follow his journey here, if you’re on Twitter, send him a good luck message, I know it will make a difference. More importantly, you keep tabs on his fundraising here.
I don’t get the notion, apparently widely held and reported by The Scotsman today, that Rangers (sic) cannot afford to sack Alloa McCoist (© Jobo). He’s on a contract which the club can continue to pay, while promoting Gordon Durie to first-team duties for little or no extra cash. They may even have a case to curtail their outlays to him. I can’t see how sacking him costs money in the short term, and let’s face it, that’s all this lot need to worry about.
Knowing where the bodies are buried
Super Alloa has seen the current directors, and all previous regimes right back to Murray, operating up close and personal. He knows which cupboards have skeletons lurking, while all of them will be aware of his contract negotiations, and what he has, or has not, been prepared to do for the club. It’s a classic co-dependency situation. You don’t sack the guy who knows what you don’t want revealed.
There is also the small matter of management priorities. Would the captain of the Titanic have sacked the chef for a lousy meal after they’d hit an iceberg?
If you’ve not been involved with the Celtic Foundation before there’s a great opportunity coming up next week. They’re looking for bucketeers ahead of the St Mirren game on Sunday, 14 December, to help raise money for the Christmas Appeal.
One of the beneficiaries of the Christmas Appeal is Glasgow City Mission, who provide emergency accommodation for the homeless, a dedicated Foodbank and an evening drop-in service that feeds those who are impoverished and in need of a proper meal, for, on average, 130 men and women each evening.
Graham Steven of the Mission said, “We are extremely grateful to Celtic FC Foundation and Celtic supporters for their continued generosity.
“Their much-needed financial contributions make the work of Glasgow City Mission possible. In particular, by funding our Older Men’s lunch club, you are providing a safe space for people to come and enjoy lunch and social companionship.
“Loneliness and isolation are significant factors in many of our clients’ lives – you are helping to turn that around, improving lives and strengthening communities – thank you!”
So next week, you can turn up to Celtic Park a wee bit earlier, get to meet hundreds of cheery Celtic fans, get a ticket to the game, and help to feed, shelter and provide companionship for the city’s homeless.
I spent most of the year not doing this kind of work, so I think I need to be there with a bucket next week. You are cordially invited to pick up your own bucket, email cfcfoundation@celticfc.co.uk or call here 0141 551 4291 now, before you forget about it. More info here. We’re lucky to be on the right side of the bucket campaign.
CQN Annual 2015 will be coming off the presses next week, order yours here in time for Christmas. There’s tons more on CQNBookstore.
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Chickenfoot, Resist at your peril.
Hail Hail.
That’s far too old tastament for me mate. I believe Love conquers all check Fitzy’s Law.
Hail Hail.
Vespacide
03:27 on 6 December, 2014
Petec, I like you, I don’t agree with you on everything, but that’s good, it generates conversation, introspection and resolution.
Hail Hail.
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Life is amazing, it get’s even better when people I don’t even know say Kind things.
God Bless m8ty.
Love Spreads.
Petec, now your cooking, giving me the chills.
Hail Hail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnB6WZvi0jU
Some say the Devil is Dead……
The Devil is almost as intelligent as God, he just ain’t Good Enough, he wreaks Havok Every where he can, Howevaah.
The Story is Incredible.
Good Night Amazing CQN people….. well said FFM, WC Thank You, for all you do.
Don’t Stop. You can’t stop New York.
Hail Hail.
I’d forgotten all about this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXR4UO7fxXg
But not this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up0_z448pkc
Know Your Enemy. It’s 2014 is this relevant ?
You know why they call it the American dream ? because you have to be asleep to F**cking believe it.
Hail Hail.
I misspelt my asterisk, I humbly apologise.
Hail Hail.
Sky, I can’t believe you posted The Tubes, that resonates with my familial memory. They are a fantastic bunch of musos Talk to ya later
Hail Hail.
Vespacide.
Intriguing.
Here’s Joe Ely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L_6vMSWCgE
I like that Sky, but I don’t recognise it. Good choice. It’s got that certain something.Confidence.
Hail Hail.
Joe is an old country picker who gets more and more r nr as he gets older. Great pals with the late Joe Strummer.
My favourite period is the stuff he did with guitarist Dave Grissom later of Storyville.
HH to you too
Check the guitar on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQZ8QUTySCQ
HH
I have been a player and teacher since I don’t know when amigo. I love it.
Hail Hail.
I started off wanting a saxophone, but my mom and dad couldn’t afford one. My uncle managed to find me an amazing cherry red Lez Paul, God bless him. I love all of them. It’s the only way I can Pray.
Hail Hail.
But let’s not got too sentimental about things. Om Shati
Hail Hail.
Sorry that was Om Shakti. I’m a little bit senseless.
Hail Hail.
Gene, Paul, Ace and Peter kill my demons too.Kiss
Hail Hail.
SFA will NOT change Tonev verdict.
Having had ample time since the ‘sentence’ and with no evidence save for ‘he said/he said’, why on earth would another two weeks be required
SFA know if they change the verdict, they are calling Logan a liar – is that better than calling Tonev a racist?
The original complaint should have been thrown out due to lack of evidence.
Horrid Henry
A simple “not proven” verdict would have saved everybody a lot of hassle.
We might see it yet, but the damage has been done.
Good Morning Timland.
The Celtic support are desperate for a hero is John Guidetti
the real deal?, after a good start he IMHO has shaded,I watched
him closely on Wednesday night and was not overly impressed, now
he might just be struggling form wise, but it would reassure me no
end to see him score from open play today.
I posted the above last night,nae responses,a drink driving debate
or the need to believe we have a proper Celtic goal scorer.
A wee word of warning to our wonderful away support,watch yerselfs
today,Mrs hertz has set the agenda,with the hun in meltdown deflection
is needed,the police and the msm will oblige,so be careful.
Another busy morning for me,have a great day cqn,I’ll be on later
talking aboot a JG inspired Celtic victory……well hopefully.
Vespacide. Sorry had to go Aff oot in fact home from nightshift. I want a sax. A baritone, the coolest sax of all. Liked that Trever Hall.
I don’t think the SFA have the balls to take on Bulgarian FA, Villa and their influence and CAS. Even they can’t take that directly on and that is what I expect they would if they stick to this ludicrous verdict.
Off to sleep, have to be up for sausages at 1245.
HH to all tims
Would face
Nye.
Good post mate.
Both points.
HH
Good morning CQN from an overcast and driech Nordrhein Westfalen. I went down to Dortmund last night for the Christmas market unaware that there was a game on last night until I boarded the train. The place was jumping with almost everybody wearing Dortmund colours – one city, one team. Well BvB beat Hoffenheim 1-0 which keeps Dortmund 19 pts adrift of the leaders and 2 pts above the relegation zone. The crowd – an incredible 80,000. This is a club that almost went out of business several years ago.
Good morning friends from a damp, cloudy but, for December, perfectly pleasant looking East Kilbride.
Pogmthonyahun – dipped in and out of the TV coverage of that game last night. Dortmund played at some pace and should have had 5 or 6. But an 80,000 crowd to watch the team that were bottom of the league – must be a world record for an 18th placed team, surely ;-).
Off for a scroll back…
Jobo, surely if we had a strong Sevco there would have been more than 100,000 at the Dortmund game?
Ps, if you are ever in Dortmund don’t ever go to the Taj Mahal for a curry – it was total gash, defo in the top 3 of the worst curries ever. It used to be a pretty decent Curry House but they’ve ruined it :-(
Jobo,
From last night, a general rule is you will lose one unit of alcohol per hour an half hour after you start drinking.
The problem is everyone is different. Weight, metabolism, amount of sleep, have you eaten, are you stressed. These are all factors.
Reporting Scotland last night had an expert on from Glasgow University who advised an average person will require an additional two hours to be under the new limit.
Given the time of year and the police having a shiny new law to play with the best advice is probably to err on the side of caution and don’t take that risk.
cv
Cathedral View –
thanks for your reply although your first paragraph confused me. Mrs Baldie always maintains that to get a rough idea I should (a) work out the total Units consumed, (b) determine the time I last drank and (c) allow 1 hour for each Unit from the time I sopped drinking.
So, let’s say I have a good night out over Christmas and perhaps have 8 pints (16 units) and stop at 11.30 (pm!). Mrs B would suggest I shouldn’t drink till 3.30pm the next day. But doesn’t it also depend on when I started drinking those 8 pints? Doesn’t each Unit pass through you in a (Proclaimers alert) “steady flow”. So when I stop drinking at 11.30pm the first 3 or 4 units may already have left me?
This issue has always been there but is now becoming a bit more significant with the reduction in the DD limit.
Clarity is definitely required
Heading into the city to meet estadio. He had brought his typical weather with him. Heavy rain and thunderstorm
The issue I have with a zero limit and I never touch a drop if I am driving , is that if you have a big big Sat night session. You might still fail a breath test if it’s a zero limit, on a Monday morning going to work
Tests have proved alcohol in small amounts can be present over 48hrs after a big session
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saint stivs –
I can’t find any pick this week from you for Last Man Standing. The deadline for submitting is NOON today if you want to avoid being allocated this week’s default team – Motherwell!
If anyone knows the current whereabouts of this blogger will they please tell him to get his finger out ;-)
A bit lighter here now and glad to observe that it doesn’t appear to be at all icy so, as usual, it’ll soon be ParkRun time and hopefully a consecutive sub 22 min time for the ole 5K.
http://www.thefootballlife.co.uk/post/104431380701/prognosis-negative-barry-hearn-and-the-spfl
for any edinburgh-ites heading to the game
the M8 is Jabba at Hermiston Gate to J2 and is likely to be for most of the morning