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Eye for a player and the scouting feedback loop
I remember a sharp intake of breath when I looked up Eboue Kouassi’s playing record…
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Contrast between SPFL and EFL will benefit Scottish clubs
Earlier this month we discussed the English Football League, where Championship clubs are in particular…
First shots fired on post-Covid Scottish football
After the phony war, the first shots were fired on restructuring Scottish football post-Covid with…
Neil Lennon comments on uncertainty, SFA look cowardly
I would not pay too much attention to Neil Lennon’s comments about the squad not…
Managers under pressure: the story of the 9
On 25 May 2019 the script went like this: Neil Lennon left Hibernian, by far…
When the news comes, remember the struggles of getting here
John Greig said his biggest regret in football was being handed the European Cup Winners’…
Declare the 9
I remember 1997 when another nine-in-a-row was about to be won. We knew it was…
All 12 Premiership clubs put their name to making Celtic champions
Premiership clubs surely hoped details of their unanimous vote on Friday to agree the time…
SPFL Phoney War is over, the real campaigns start now
Yesterday’s SPFL EGM resolution was rejected, as expected. Those still hurting about relegation, or missing…
SPFL turmoil is about power and control
Aberdeen’s chairman Dave Cormack reckons only an(other) independent inquiry will allow reconciliation in Scottish football,…
ICT, leaks, the WhatsApp group and self-harm
Inverness Caledonian Thistle’s statement reprised the already-discredited claim that SPFL clubs were given a deadline…
SPFL have no choice but to act on confidentiality breaches
Former SPL chief exec Roger Mitchell is fond of saying his old job had all…
The dossier: blow by blow
The report prepared for the SPFL General Meeting alleges its chief executive, Neil Doncaster, breached…
The dirty little subject
When (not if) the season is called, the dirty little subject will rear its head,…
Two more days to convince someone they were bullied
By now, even the most red, white and orange tinted glasses wearers must be coming…
Small but vocal parts of media blindly turn on Doncaster
One of the dirty wee secrets of the smaller professional football clubs in Scotland is…
Some sympathy for Stewart Robertson
I know lockdown is causing much anxiety, but can you imagine being in Newco chief…
Newco will have to Surrender
Murdoch MacLennan’s Q&A, available here on BBC, and Neil Doncaster’s interrogations by various media yesterday,…
Newco: failing deliberately or just that incompetent?
With news that SPFL clubs are able to send in proxy votes from this morning…
SPFL need eyes on EPL Project Restart
The progress of ‘Project Restart’ in the Premier League in England will be watched closely…
Newco keyboard hard man mode indicates screaming insecurities
I’ve been writing CQN for 16 years so I’ve seen enough keyboard hard men to…
SPFL will move with the herd, isolating angry losers
We received clarity from Uefa on some important issues yesterday and not on others. Access…
Aberdeen urge SPFL to wait, it will make no difference
I’m delighted Aberdeen got on-board with the suggestion the SPFL refrain from making a quick…
SPFL should wait until June before calling league
Uefa yesterday signalled a route for top-flight leagues to be ‘called’, ensuring an access route…
Reconstruction in the time of near-universal insolvency
It fell to Elgin City chairman Graham Tatters to call out Hearts chairwoman, Ann Budge:…
Subjective ethics from some in Scottish football
What grates with me is that the issue on how to end the Scottish league…