Is that the time? Many thanks to everyone who submitted questions for the Club to answer at the Forum this evening. CQN submitted six pages of questions along with many other groups, from which an agenda has been prepared (below):
Stadium Atmosphere and Matchday Policy:
What is the current position in respect of the Green Brigade?
Do the Club believe their response to Motherwell was justified and proportionate?
Stewarding at home matches is heavy handed in certain sections of the Stadium e.g. Block 122 and Blocks 110, 111 & 112, is there a reason for this?
The presence of FoCUS at home matches is intimidating and antagonises supporters, is it necessary to have them and if so can they be located in an area which is less intrusive?
Can the Club introduce a code of conduct which all Stewards need to sign up to?
Attending matches is expensive, what are the Club’s plans on ticket pricing?
Safe Standing has been regularly discussed, what is the current position?
The Coach Park has been relocated to an area which is unsuitable for the majority of fans who use it, what is the longer term plan?
The Kerrydale Bar has been a welcome addition to matchday are there plans for another?
What are the Club’s thoughts on the current location of the Family Section?
Stadium Catering has long since been considered over-priced and sub-standard, what is the current position in terms of offering an improved service?
Many fans feel their support is taken for granted, would the Club consider adding value by recognising long-term support for 5, 10, 15 years’ Season Ticket purchase by offering upgrades to Premium or Corporate for a day?
With so many empty seats on match day at present can the Club not allocate these to good causes, school and youth groups and community projects?
PR & Communication:
There is a perception that the Club are quick to criticise our fans but slow to praise them, what’s the Club’s view?
Why is the Club not more vocal when our Manager, Players and Fans are attacked in the media?
The Club is seen to be slow to react to key issues through the media, why is this?
The Club has stated its opposition to the OBTC Act but there is a sense that it has to do more in support of the fans who are affected by this, will the Club take a more vocal position?
Is this meeting a recognition from the Club that a gap exists between the Club and the fans?
The Club are often considered to be on the back foot in terms of PR, is there recognition of this from within and is there a plan to drive the PR strategy by producing more positive stories?
Would the Club consider the introduction of a weekly phone-in show to combat existing shows which often provide misinformation or unrealistic comparisons from unqualified sources?
Supporter Specific Issues:
Given the level of demand which exists, would the Club consider adding to to the excellent new disabled supporters’ facility or creating something similar in another part of the stadium?
Fixture re-scheduling at short notice is costing supporters money and ultimately driving fans away, can the Club seek an agreement with all other Clubs that a minimum notice period is put in place?
Would the Club consider a floating credits scheme for fans outside Scotland to mitigate losses when matches are rescheduled?
Murrayfield – what is the plan relative to transportation and kick-off times, also Edinburgh cannot be accessed in a 24-hr trip by Irish supporters, can this be reflected in their Season Ticket offering?
At present away, neutral and European match ticket allocations are based on attendance of matches at each of the defined categories. Would the Club consider a scheme where all matches are taken into account including attendance at home matches as this would encourage more fans to attend home games?
For European match ticket allocation there is no stated policy at present, this leads to confusion as fans don’t always know when they will receive an offer or if it’s first come first served, this needs to be made clear by way of a stated policy which allows for clarity and gives supporters a defined process.
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If Man U get pumped by Olympiakos what excuses will be offered then?
First 4 CL games played …
All away teams (topped groups) won …
Goals for 9 Goals against 0 …
Billy Bhoy 05
21:37 on 19 February, 2014
You posted that article earlier.
Why has that guy got a second name for a first name?
snake plissken
21:38 on 19 February, 2014
If Man U get pumped by Olympiakos what excuses will be offered then?
…………,….
None they will just say how poor are Man Utd.
To the Unionists…
Since my birth (Stirling) 1970, there has been 26 years of Tory Westminster government. UK Labour have just been the protest vote from England…
Are the Ernie’s & Ayr’s happy with 60% of Tory rule for the future generations of Scotland?
Maybe that’s how they like it…? Sounds masochistic to me… time for the Naysayers to grow a pair…
Time for a real change, John Smith a true believer of democracy would have told you that!
To all the Celts… Hail Hail.
Bournesouprecipe
When I was training to be a teacher in the early 70s my PE tutor was a great guy called Peter Rice who also happened to be in charge of the Scottish Professional Youth football team. He used to grab our interest by telling us about his friendship with Helmut Schoen, the manager of West Germany. He would say things like, ” The ould fellow (Schoen) was on the phone the other night and telling me that Beckenbauer was having things all his own way this season”. Opposition teams were pushing a man up who would mark him tightly. This was denying him space and the usual freedom he had enjoyed to pick out a pass. I loved it when Peter dispensed these little nuggets of wisdom.
On another occasion, he pointed out that it was an indication of a player’s ability if he was able to play a short, cushioned wall pass or one/two as we called them. It didn’t happen too often in British football at that time. He said that Dalglish was trying one yard wall passes and was becoming quite adept at them. Conversely, John Greig was playing them off the moon.
celbridge celt @ 21:28 on 19 February, 2014
“To the politicos who support the Union…
Since my birth (Stirling) 1970, there has been 26 years of Tory Westminster government. UK Labour have just been the protest vote from England…
Are the Ernie’s & Ayr’s happy with 60% of Tory rule for the future generations of Scotland?”
Don’t let Ernie kid you. He emigrated years ago and hasn’t lived in Scotland under a Tory government for a long, long time.
!!Bada Bing!!
Looks like it to me but only one angle. If another camera has picked it up 3 match ban minimum.
Greenpinata, Hamiltontim & invercelt
Ta for your comments and I will get back with some answers tomorrow. I will also state I’m not pro SNP biased, I just get sick of the undeserved criticism they get when IMO they are doing a decent job.
Post Independence I will be voting for Scottish Labour, but definitely not for Unionist labour.
That Toni Kroos isn’ t bad. I think he’s been studying Virgil van Dijk.
!bada bing!! @ 21:31 on 19 February, 2014
Dripping sweat?
praecepta/Bada Bing
Just had a look , I think its sweat dripping from him .
HH
79 caps
Kroos quality. If he continues to develop at this rate then one day -maybe – he’ll be fit to lace up Virgil’s boots!!!
KeepVVDaSecretCSC
HH jamesgang
TOSB
Ha – I’ve heard of Peter Rice may have taught my older smarter brother – Lanarkshire schools?
benny bheula
Just beat me to it .
HH
Celticrollercoast – we can you a bottle of the Stratheden Whisky for you to raffle among the entrants to the Dream Team – if you reach 200.
The whisky is featured on page 68 of the current edition of CQN Magazine, is priced at over £50 a bottle and is distilled by a CQNer (lurker).
Has Paul and BRTH submitted their teams yet?
Oh one piece of magazine news – we have a new column launching – The Alternative Chief Executive – and it is written by Neganon!
Wasn’t there some Jimmy Reid talk on here a few days ago?
Not a Hibs fan I’d say.
Some great pics here
http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1972-05-06%3A+Celtic+6-1+Hibernian,+Scottish+Cup+-+Pictures
Billybhoy 05 you’ve already posted that today. I see you have been totally fooled by the SNP. The next UK Gov won’t be Tory. Those currently in charge of the Scottish Executive are behaving like Tories and are desperately trying to buy the electorates’ vote with cheap policies which have no long term sustainable future. Scaremongering is said to be used of by the yes campaign to deflect reasonable their reasonable structure argument. Yet SNP propaganda readily bullishly defines what they believe a no supporter is. They get it wrong every time.
The scottish exec is full of clowns. The main party pushing for independence has already embarrassed us around the world by admitting to having no plan B. They now have zero credibility. So now their will be plenty of guff about from the Yes camp which translate late to ;”just go for it, let’s see how it all pans out”.
The SNP remind me of Sevco, destined to fail, embarrass and shame.
Do footballers with ‘such quick feet’ lack pace?
CRC, why are you posting on here, get away and get those selections counted.
It’s going to be close. And am I the only one voting for the Legend that is Zengh Zi!
Unbelievable.
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What a tremendous response to Paul article today teams flooding in.
Keep the coming, details below.
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So you will need:
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2 full backs
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3 or 4 midfielders
2 or 3 forwards
and of course….
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Each player on the list below has made at least 10 starting appearances from July 2004 to date during the CQteN decade.
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When you are selecting the players, you should ideally base your selection on their performances during the CQteN decade, but then again that is your choice.
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CRC
Goalkeepers
Appearances Clean sheets
Artur Boruc (G)
220 82
David Marshall (G)
30 9
Fraser Forster (G)
177 88
Lukasz Zaluska (G)
40 20
Mark Brown (G)
14 6
Rab Douglas (G)
19 11
Full Backs
Appearances Goals
Total Total
Adam Matthews (D)
82 4
Andreas Hinkel (D)
101 1
Cha Du-Ri (D)
35 2
Charlie Mulgrew (D)
144 25
Daniel Fox (D)
22 0
Darnell Fisher (D)
10 0
Edson Braafheid (D)
11 0
Emilio Izaguirre (D)
132 1
Jackie McNamara (D)
44 1
Lee Naylor (D)
134 3
Mark Wilson (D)
116 3
Mikael Lustig (D)
57 5
Mo Camara (D)
24 0
Paul Caddis (D)
10 0
Paul Telfer (D)
71 1
Ulrik Laursen (D)
15 0
Centre Backs
Appearances Goals
Total Total
Bobo Balde (D)
93 4
Daniel Majstorovic (D) 61 2
Darren O’Dea (D)
49 6
Efe Ambrose (D)
73 5
Gary Caldwell (D)
147 7
Glenn Loovens (D)
84 9
John Kennedy (D)
14 0
Joos Valgaeren (D)
25 0
Josh Thompson (D)
19 3
Kelvin Wilson (D)
72 0
Stanislav Varga (D)
57 7
Stephen McManus (D)
195 20
Steven Pressley (D)
24 2
Thomas Rogne (D)
54 3
Virgil van Dijk (D)
31 4
Midfielders
Appearances Goals
Total Total
Aiden McGeady (M)
194 36
Alan Thompson (M)
56 13
Baram Kayal (M)
88 3
Barry Robson (M)
40 7
Didier Agathe (M)
22 0
Evander Sno (M)
20 1
Efrain Juarez (M)
10 2
Jiri Jarosik (M)
35 7
Joe Ledley (M)
136 30
Juninho Paulista (M)
14 1
Kris Commons (M)
106 55
Landry N’Guemo (M)
43 0
Marc Crosas (M)
40 1
Massimo Donati (M)
34 4
Neil Lennon (M)
130 1
Niall McGinn (M)
15 6
Pat McCourt (M)
19 10
Paul Hartley (M)
74 4
Ross Wallace (M)
18 3
Roy Keane (M)
12 1
Scott Brown (M)
246 26
Shaun Maloney (M)
97 31
Shunsuke Nakamura (M)
157 33
Stephen Pearson (M)
11 4
Stiliyan Petrov (M)
94 24
Sung-Yong Ki (M)
60 11
Thomas Gravesen (M)
23 6
Victor Wanyama (M)
80 13
Zheng Zhi (M)
11 1
Forwards
Appearances Goals
Total Total
Anthony Stokes (F)
100 55
Chris Sutton (F) 43 18
Craig Beattie (F)
18 14
Craig Bellamy (F)
15 9
Derek Riordan (F)
13 8
Gary Hooper (F)
127 82
Georgios Samaras (F)
162 70
Henri Camara (F)
16 8
James Forrest (F)
85 22
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (F)
89 44
John Hartson (F)
83 50
Kenny Miller (F)
28 11
Lassad Nouioui (F)
10 3
Maciej Zurawski (F)
53 30
Marc-Antoine Fortune (F)
30 12
Robbie Keane (F)
17 16
Scott McDonald (F)
117 64
Teemu Pukki (F)
15 4
Tony Watt (F)
13 8
Managers
Neil Lennon
Tony Mowbray
Gordon Strachan
Martin O’Neill
Billy bhoy
Give it a rest
If you have a point make it
Stop infesting the blog with cut and paste SNP propaganda …tiresome
benny bheula
21:43 on 19 February, 2014
I’m afraid you’re confusing me with your fellow nat, Snake.
And I really don’t understand why you all hate the Tories so much.
Didn’t Salmond say you didn’t mind the economic side of Thatcherism?
I’m sure he meant nats when he said ‘we’. He sure as hell didn’t mean me.
Billy Bhoy 05
Read it and weep:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/31384.aspx
Young Celtic fans are weeping as a result of the injustice inflicted by the SNP’s idiotic laws.
hamiltontim is praying for oscar
21:25 on 19 February, 2014
TOSB
For what it’s worth I’m inclined to agree with Vale Bhoy.
The 1% pay increase it derisory but is an attempt at preventing strike action in the year of the YES/NO vote.
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Disgraceful if true. Is there any truth in the story that the EIS. President (Ronnie Smith ?) and his depute were due to retire and didn’t want to get dragged into lengthy industrial action in their final year?
Plenty of typos above, apologies to the reader;-)
Milan 0 ___ Atletico 1
Milans best performance of the season . Poor defending cost them a goal.Fab save from Courtois.
4 aways . Thanks !
Martim
I saw your reply earlier
You were spot on
You could add this pledge to add an additional polis to the force …all when the crime stats are falling …..vote catching, unsustainable nonsense
ernie lynch @ 21:51 on 19 February, 2014
I must be confusing you with the guy I know well from London.
ohits
Blow it up to 200% – looks more like a globule than a drip (and appears to come from the area of his mouth)?
Oh dear, has the roof just collapsed on the EPL
Sending off, resulted in a training exercise
Hope talk sport has a debate on the validity of 4 EPL teams getting into Champions League
Thank f I just follow the World Famous Glasgow Celtic
Hail Hail
Michael Ballack could teach the two Jamie’s English.
SkySuggestions CSC
SoT
Don’t
Still smarting after doing City …originally picked four aways and changed my mind..fatal
Got an away double up tonight …scant reward
Billy Bhoy 05
21:44 on 19 February, 2014
‘Post Independence I will be voting for Scottish Labour’
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Now, now, don’t be too hasty.
Have you considered these chaps?
http://www.scottishjacobites.com/
Scotland – Auch Aye!
benny bheula @ 21:43 on 19 February, 2014
I’d prefer not to target anyone personally, but there is only so much you can listen to, especially the attacks people make. I’d prefer a separate blog for this chat… I enjoy the Fitba’
I, as the moniker shows have lived back and forward between Scotland & Ireland a few years… I pay my Council Tax in Scotland and Property tax in Ireland, I supported the can pay won’t pay… Before rioting seemed to be the way to protest.
I’m proud that Scotland has moved on so far… Never thought we could/would… I’ll be home in September… I’ve a voice and a vote!
Hail Hail, sorry to be pulled into politics on CQN… Glad we’ve so many pro Scots Socialists supporting Scotland though! Dismayed at the very much watered down versions!
I would have thought emigrants would announce their situation when spouting an aggressive viewpoint… Honesty first! Etonians last!
BSR
Carragher is only learning ..give him time
Mrs did ask why he was on tele when he couldn’t speak English …I told her he was a nice man ..
PF
Got greedy and stuck Leicester in , stupid me .
HH
Do you think we could have a return to Orange MP’s in an independent Scotland ?
PFAyr, thanks! I’m not even anywhere involved in any campaign but I just find it incredibly strange how anyone can’t see the way they’ve been playing it. HH