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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The problem with any revolution is the bloodletting which usually follows, with South Africa being a notable exception.
The families I know have all lost property, homes and farms, and family.
There was no compensation given either to them or to US companies who had their factories and facilities confiscated.
As a result agriculture and industrial production failed when the incentives were removed and poverty level rationing was imposed.
Priests and other notables were summarily executed, many at the hands or on the orders of Che Guevara.
The Castro rule was propped up by handouts from Russia and lately from Venezuela.
The current slackening of the strings of government controls will slowly improve agricultural production, and coupled with the rise in tourism and investments in pharmaceutical production, will make things much better for normal Cubans and May eventually lead to investments from the USA.
There is a large powerful Cuban lobby here and they need to be convinced that civil liberties will improve and that infrastructure investments will be safe, before they allow the embargo to be lifted.
JimmyQuinnsBits
03:03 on
20 February, 2014
Macjay,
I’m hardly shootin the messenger, calm down ffs, I thought we were havin a debate, on a blog.
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Sorry.pal.
;-):-):-)
The word “tiresome” got to me.
Mate.I have Latin American …eeeerm ….connections.
Hate to see beautiful people under the boot,whether it`s a right boot or a left one.
Cheers,my fellow Tim.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-set-receive-15million-cash-3164353
Can anyone tell me if the Celtic Forum answers are documented anywhere? here maybe?
Guys you should ignore Macjay dismay revisionist version of history. He’s at it every night. Kojo like in its insult to intelligence. Some of us lap it up though. Its a blog after all. No a club. Yet.
Maggie
There was a promise of the meeting notes being released later, but no timeline was provided.
Margaret McGill
03:44 on
20 February, 2014
Guys you should ignore Macjay dismay revisionist version of history. He’s at it every night. Kojo like in its insult to intelligence. Some of us lap it up though. Its a blog after all. No a club. Yet.
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Aw,pal.
And here`s me thinking` that you and I were haven` a wee honeymoon style reconciliation.
Boo hoo.
margaret mcgill
03:41 on 20 February, 2014
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-set-receive-15million-cash-3164353
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That URL is misleading and only lead to temporary jubilation followed by severe disappointment for many of the Sevco fraternity.
Good night and sweet dreams moon howling Tims.
7am and the school bus come quickly in the morning.
Two things
Will bournesouprecipe be at the Beyonce concert tonight?
I agree with Tony D …all teachers ,like all rozzers are bastards.
Was going to put Kennedy and Crosas in my dream team,but noo someone else mentioned them the notion’s went off me :O(
………..three things,hh
…..and another thing ,why do huns take the huff when people don’t like them?
four things.
VP,
Because they are the people.
Joe Miller (Celtic underground podcast)
http://celticunderground.net/the-celtic-underground-podcast-no-209-joe-joe-super-joe/?
Samaras staying at Celtic for now as forward rejects £9.36m Russian offer
Staff Writer
Thursday 20 February 2014
GEORGIOS SAMARAS, the Celtic striker, has reportedly turned down a £60,000-a-week, three-year deal to play in Russia for Rubin Kazan.
The Greek internationalist is out of contract at the end of the season and seems certain to leave Scotland after spending more than six years in the east end of Glasgow.
Russia’s transfer window remains open until next Thursday and Rubin are desperate to add to their squad. According to reports in Greece, Samaras was offered a three-year contract with the ambitious club which would have earned him an astounding £9.36m.
However, the forward – who turns 29 tomorrow – rejected the deal because he did not want to move to Russia and thought the switch would hinder his preparations for this summer’s World Cup in Brazil.
Samaras has been linked with moves to Toronto, Atletico Madrid, Lazio and Hull City. For all the transfer speculation, though, the striker still has not ruled out extending his stay in Glasgow, despite a disappointing season.
ffm
Were
HH
Celtic could move for Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo as a potential replacement should Fraser Forster move on in the summer.
“I know about the clubs who have been watching me but that does not concern me” – Ricardo
The 31-year-old was watched by Parkhead officials at the weekend but is also currently interesting both Sevilla and Hannover.
Ricardo is expected to earn a place in Portugal’s squad for this summer’s World Cup in Brazil, but is out of contract with
his club at the end of the season.
“I know about the clubs who have been watching me but that does not concern me,” he commented in the Daily Record. “I am a professional and I just want to help Academica get as far up the league as possible.”
Lennon ‘flattered’ by Norwich interest but is focused on job at Celtic
By BRIAN MARJORIBANKS
PUBLISHED: 23:38, 19 February 2014 | UPDATED: 23:38, 19 February 2014
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Celtic manager Neil Lennon admitted it was ‘flattering’ to be linked with Norwich City – but claimed there are plenty of challenges remaining for him to tackle in Scottish football.
The 42-year-old is at the top of the Barclays Premier League side’s recruitment list after chief executive David McNally took the unusual step of admitting he is already sizing up possible replacements for under-pressure manager Chris Hughton.
Norwich are one point and two places above the relegation zone in England’s top flight having won just one of their last 11 matches. The only bottom-six side not to change bosses this season, McNally said it would be ‘delinquent’ not to be considering who could replace Hughton should he leave.
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Staying put: Neil Lennon says he is flattered by Norwich’s interest
Lennon, who took over as Celtic boss on an interim basis in March 2010 before the post was made permanent that summer, admitted last week that he has mulled over the possibility of leaving the Scottish champions at some point.
After almost four years in the job, Norwich might offer him a fresh challenge at the top level in England, with McNally – a former commercial director at Parkhead – an admirer of Lennon’s work in Glasgow’s east end.
But also in the frame is Malky Mackay, who captained Norwich before going on to managerial success at Watford and Cardiff. Mackay is currently out of work, having been ruthlessly axed by Cardiff owner Vincent Tan in December.
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Under pressure: Chris Hughton is finding it tough at Norwich
Asked about the Norwich link while while acting as a Champions League pundit for Irish television this week, Lennon said: ‘I can’t comment on it. Norwich have a manager, a very good manager in Chris Hughton.
‘I can’t do anything about speculation. It is always flattering but it would be wrong of me to make any sort of comment on it at all at the minute.
‘I’m very lucky to be the manager of Celtic. It’s a privilege; I’ve done it for almost four years now so I’m just getting my teeth into it.
‘I’ve got a lot of challenges that lie ahead for me in the occupation that I’m in.
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Admirer: Norwich City chief executive David McNally is a fan of Lennon’s
‘I’ve got a big job on my hands, a rebuilding job to do and we’re not far away from winning another title and that’s always very important.’
Goalkeeper Fraser Forster, meanwhile, believes that he will have stable defence to thank if he breaks Bobby Clark’s 43-year-old Scottish league clean-sheet record this weekend.
The 25-year-old Englishman just needs to keep Hearts at bay for 31 minutes at Tynecastle on Saturday lunchtime and he will surpass the Aberdeen legend’s best of 1,155 minutes set in 1971.
While Forster preferred to play down the record, he admitted that any credit would have to be shared with defensive pillars Emilio Izaguirre, Virgil van Dijk, Efe Ambrose, and those who have filled in at right back, Mikael Lustig, Adam Matthews, and Darnell Fisher.
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Keeping it clean: Fraser Forster is closing in on Edwin van der Sar’s clean sheet record
He also acknowledged, however, that one piece of bad luck could lead to his record bid going up in smoke.
‘We’ve more or less had the back four consistent and that makes keeping clean sheets a lot easier,’ Forster told the Celtic View.
‘You get so used to playing with people. I know what Virgil will do before he gets the ball, through playing all that game time with him. He has been absolutely fantastic, and we know how good Efe is.
‘And Emilio has been his usual self all season. He is so consistent and another top player. The right back slot has changed through injuries but whoever has come in and played has done well.
‘I’ve not really talked about the record. But people have mentioned it to me in passing and it’s nice that it’s come along. But I know it only takes a deflection or a penalty and then it’s done.’
Found this interesting. ( sorry about all the unnecessary inserts but can’t be bothered editing it)
Arsenal made to pay, but Munich fans get their money’s worth with subsidised tickets
By NEIL ASHTON
PUBLISHED: 23:43, 19 February 2014 | UPDATED: 00:36, 20 February 2014
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At £132 a throw for the top-priced seats, Arsenal’s supporters get a one-way ticket out of the Champions League. It happens every year.
For the thousands who filed out of the Emirates after Thomas Muller scored Bayern Munich’s second in the 88th minute, it must have felt like robbery.
They had a gun put to their heads when Arsenal set the ticket prices for a second-round clash against the style council that has become Bayern Munich.
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Disappointed: Jack Wilshere reacts at the end of Arsenal’s defeat to Bayern Munich
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Subsidised: Bayern Munich aid for their fans to get cheaper tickets at the game
Despite the phenomenal cost, the steepest in European football, this match was a must-watch from the moment Mesut Ozil missed a first-half penalty.
There was no boycott, despite the threats by fan’s groups. No one could possibly turn their back on a game as big as this.
In the beginning it felt like Arsenal’s fans were paying through the nose to watch their stylish team put the willies up Pep Guardiola’s side. But by the end of the half there was a sinister air following the dismissal of Wojciech Szczesny.
Bayern Munich’s 2,974 supporters, squeezed into the corner of the Clock End and East End, played their part in generating an incredible atmosphere.
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Value for money: Bayern president Uli Hoeness says he could charge more for tickets but does not want to milk fans like cows
As a present from their club, they were in the stadium on heavily subsidised tickets.
They waited patiently, forgiving David Alaba for missing a penalty, and then watched agog as Toni Kroos scored an absolute corker.
His was a masterful display, taking more touches (172) than the entire Arsenal team put together. He was gold.
Arsenal charged the away fans £62 each for a ticket, but Bayern put the best part of £25 towards their tickets, at a total cost to the German superpower of £65,000.
It is a subject Uli Hoeness, Bayern’s controversial president, had addressed a number of times before their trip to London.
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Superstar: Toni Kroos (centre) was brilliant for the dominant Germans
Bayern’s turnover last season was a fraction short of £400m.
They know that charging the fans a few more quid will barely register with a bank account as big as that.
‘We could triple our prices from 8100 to 8300,’ says Hoeness. ‘But we do not think fans are cows who should be milked.’
To watch their team, unbeaten in the Bundesliga after 21 games, Bayern fans pay some of the lowest ticket prices in European football.
For the price of a Champions League clash with Arsenal, you can buy a season ticket behind the goal in Munich.
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Big money: £42.5m Arsenal man Mesut Ozil struggled
In return you get to watch Robben, Ribery, Kroos and company stick four past Freiburg at the weekend or five past Eintracht Frankfurt.
Tickets for the second leg in the sporting cathedral that is the AllianzArena, which range between £12-£50, have already sold out.
Arsenal’s fans will travel to Germany in numbers next month on a subsidised package of their own.
It will still cost them a bob or two, but the club are keen to stress that their travelling fans are subsidised to the tune of £2.50 for every away game. That’s a small gesture, but it’s something.
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Huge support: Games at the Allianz cost from just £12 to £50
By the time that tie takes place on March 11, UEFA will be preparing for the annual shelling that accompanies the ticket pricing strategy for the final.
At the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon on May 24, fans of the two finalists will be asked to pay the highest ticket prices in the history of the Champions League final.
As ever, there will be no concessions.
Hail Hail, fellow Tims,
Don’t post much but each post is golden, like a missionary you must listen and learn.
Reason I don’t post much is because posting here is like talking to my brothers and mates, guys I’ve known since schooldays at Saint Gerards in Govan alma mater to Joe McBride and Jim Craig, who incidently. could hardly kick his own arse but, was fast, at the Failte Thursday club. They are all to a man and girl Socialist Simpletons replete with Uni degrees and high end professions.
I say my peace and all hell breaks loose, socialists and greenies are Tolerant and Forgiving, brothers to all who respect all Creeds and Cultures don’t however nay never, never, try to tell them the Truth, all tloerance goes and the socialist, green Hawk is flying, talons out, looking for blood.
Here is a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=t_Qpy0mXg8Y
all SS should watch and learn from.
Not a mention of Stalin, Lenin,Mao or Hitler. But we know who opened the gates of Granada and Constantinople, don’t we? No. Time to get reading.
That’s all for now. No, I won’t be answering, as like the Thursday club patrons you don’t want to hear and I find it so boring to listen to the same old blah, blah, blah.
vaya con dios
Crusadingknight CSC
Shuggiebhoy67
21:32 on
19 February, 2014
J.Oneil
Self determination is a great idea,Cubans have been doing it for 50 years,but their larger neighbour USA dont like them for it,do you think England will adopt the Blockade policy if Scotland have a bloodless revolution??.
Met a lot of Cuban dissidents,but they were all in Miami Florida,not nice people,Scarfaces an` evrything!!
Pigs are in the bay CSC
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Perhaps they had scarfaces because of torture. We have established that you went to Cuba for a suntan. Good for you.
Jimmyquinnbits,
Michael Moore? Michael Moore? Tell me that I didn’t read you referencing Michael Moore.
Lions, Tigers and Bears – oh my !
Lions, Tigers and Bears – oh my !
Theres no place like home.
Theres no place like home.
Theres……..
Ding, dong the huns are deed
and empty seats are Parkheed
Ding dong – ding ding dong.
Off oot.
Kev jungle.
…. If you only had a brain…
The Honest Mistake,
Morning, Give the man some credit, hes been up for 12hrs composing that little ditty,:)
lilys
Good morning friends. After a night of heavy rain it’s currently dry but extremely windy here in Kansas, oops sorry KevJ, East Kilbride. But very mild.
alwaysendonapositiveCSC
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-set-receive-15million-cash-3164353
or is it
http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/454576/EXCLUSIVE-Easdale-brothers-to-plough-20m-into-Rangers
or is it
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bg3983dCcAE2Dn2.jpg
So many choices.
Can I phone a friend….?
Why all the kooban discussion.
His goal for Perú against scotland in seventy eight was brilliant.
End of.
So socialist dictatorships say ‘Like it or lump, complain and we will round you up from your slum and make you disappear’, while the elite live a lavish live style.
meanwhile democratic free market economies say, ‘Like it or lump it, you can live in the slums and buy a lottery ticket’ while the elite live a lavish lifestyle’
Funny lot humans
Just read back on the overnight political commentary, some interesting stuff about left, right, Cuba, North Korea, voting, etc.
What about these guys, in this country everyone gets the opportunity to vote, the ordinary folks there also get screwed over by these jokers and none of them go to jail for any of their crimes, democracy, what a hoot!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-echochambers-26264745
AR
Martim1980
Aye some very decent odds
Napoli
Spurs
AZ
Ludogorets Razgrad….dark horses, good odds, and Lazio are garbage at the mo.
I will wait for the in play tho, see how things pan out >}
HH
TET I will re-look at the Lazio tie, thanks ;-)
Monte,
The difference is that few people flock to Socialist dictatorships. Despite its faults, people continue to flock to Britain, Germany etc because they want a better life. I wish the immigrants well. We are the lucky ones. We weren’t born in Communist Bulgaria for example.
Have a look at a hilarious Daily Mail article in which an English sports journalist moans that the Ukranians don’t speak English. He obviously didn’t understand that a phrasebook might be helpful in a foreign country.
Apropos nothing at all….
There’s a guy gets on the train at dunblane who is Vladimir Putin but with a big tash on.
Only weirder thing was when Boris Yeltsin’s double drove past me in a Zafira in the Raploch…. several years after he was supposed to have died!!!
RussianEmigresCSC
HH jamesgang
And yes I am sober!!!
Jamesgang,
Good morning.
Hopefully you will see Maria Sharapova next time.
John
why do they flock here? What pressure does that put on our economy? What if a large amount are fleeing from free market states? Economic migrants are fleeing to big cities everywhere….can they all be accommodated? Who decides? Will the markets dictate when life in cities become unsustainable, or will other factors overtake? Off oot
monteblanco
08:29 on 20 February, 2014
Don’t hurry back … :)
J O’N
Wee double bill with Anna Kournikova too much to hope for???
Thought so :-(
HH jamesgang
Monte,
They flock to Capitalist countries like Britain because life is better there. It is far from perfect but it is better than their homelands. They laugh at natives who moan about ‘savage cuts’. Immigrants contribute a lot to the local economies.
The world isn’t going to change. People can go more or less where they want. A recent trip to Helsinki once again drew my attention to the multiculturalism in most major cities.
Providing the immigrants accept the local customs, I have no problem with people moving around. My family did it. However, one can also have sympathy with natives when their politicians don’t tell them about mass immigration. New Labour experimented on Britain with an intentional policy to bring in more immigrants. One can also have sympathy with natives when immigrants don’t adhere to local laws. This is a huge problem in Russia. The immigrants from Muslim countries are not accepting the Russian way of life. Big trouble ahead. Regards Monte.
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Or
@ScottishSun: Rangers backers have coughed up a £1.5million crisis loan — one week ahead of pay day http://t.co/ltPQu7YOEe
HH
Jamesgang,
Why not invite Maria Kirilenko as well? Temperature is rising already.