Earlier this month we discussed the English Football League, where Championship clubs are in particular danger. Unlike the SPFL there is little leadership from “the centre”. Clubs and the League hope to complete the season and only yesterday published a plan on what to do in the event that is not possible.
Completing the season will require investment in blanket testing which will cost hard-up clubs millions of pounds, players would need to be taken off furlough (where applicable) weeks before games are played, and there will be zero ticket money generated.
All this helps clubs, fans and everyone else feel better about the sporting integrity of their competitions, but it will only compound the financial crisis afflicting the sport if they undertake the process and, as is very possible, some or all clubs need to isolate due to positive tests. This could lead to a later curtailment of the league, with unnecessary illness (or worse) and cost.
The contrast with the SPFL is stark. The Scottish League took medical and legal advice and went on the front foot with a strong recommendation to clubs, which was overwhelmingly supported. These decisions are horrible and inevitably unfair on someone, but good leadership means you need to make yourself unpopular at times.
What happens with the English Premiership is largely immaterial to Scottish football. Our more immediate competitors occupy the leagues below. This is where Scottish clubs have lost most of their talent to. There will be opportunities for Scottish clubs as a consequence of how the two leagues reacted to the crisis. Keep your eye on what happens here.
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Loving this as usual, Marc – thanks for all your hard work.
Norrie- I thought he was 750k?
NorrieM
Nope
HH
CRC
Is the Bhoy in blue shirt pic 5 – Stephen Crainey ??
Half time refill quiz.
The Glenlivet, Bunnahabhain or Dalwhinnie?
20 bonus pts at stake.
MWD
Ok CRC 😂
Suppose he only managed to coach and not adorn the hoops 🏆
Gary Caldwell in pic 4 DDU player. So that would have been an extra point. Bunch of diddies only looking at hoops.
MWD
Norrie
I got Slater.
How cousin forget him, every week I’d turn up expecting today will be the day!
*could
Norrie M
It is Stephen McManus, check the eyebrows :-)
HH
CRC
HT I’ve forgotten 90-94 completely. Home and away trips though were some of the best I’ve had. Probs because of no expectations!
Is it Caldwell- thought it might be Paul Paton
Ok onto our new round…..
Round 4: Celtic Anagrams: Name the Celtic players, coaches or managers
( 1 point for each question answered correctly. If you are the first person to answer a question correctly then you get a bonus point. Only your first guess will count)
1 hymn nil soc ( Clue: Fringe player whose father played for Celtic in the 70s at left back)
2 coma crypt dud (Clue: Never a dud, more an Irish enigma. Would you sell him?)
3 almond daddy orc ( Clue: He policed at the back in the 70s, and still does today)
4 diva yeah ( Clue: a player and a manager for the Hoops)
5 Mashed gunman ( Clue: He kept goals for the Hoops in the early noughties)
MWD
Great days accompanied by hazy memories!!!
1 hymn nil soc ( Clue: Fringe player whose father played for Celtic in the 70s at left back)
simon lynch
2 coma crypt dud (Clue: Never a dud, more an Irish enigma. Would you sell him?)
paddy mccourt
3 almond daddy orc ( Clue: He policed at the back in the 70s, and still does today)
Roddy McDonald
4 diva yeah ( Clue: a player and a manager for the Hoops)
Davie Hay
5 Mashed gunman ( Clue: He kept goals for the Hoops in the early noughties)
Magnus Hedman
Ok onto our new round…..
Round 4: Celtic Anagrams: Name the Celtic players, coaches or managers
( 1 point for each question answered correctly. If you are the first person to answer a question correctly then you get a bonus point. Only your first guess will count)
1 hymn nil soc ( Clue: Fringe player whose father played for Celtic in the 70s at left back)
2 coma crypt dud (Clue: Never a dud, more an Irish enigma. Would you sell him?)
Paddy McCourt
3 almond daddy orc ( Clue: He policed at the back in the 70s, and still does today)
Roddy McDoanald
4 diva yeah ( Clue: a player and a manager for the Hoops)
Davie Hay
5 Mashed gunman ( Clue: He kept goals for the Hoops in the early noughties) Magnus Hedman
2 Paddy McCourt
4 Davie Hay
5 Magnus Hedman
Simon Lynch
Paddy McCourt
Roddy McDonald
David Hay
Gordon Marshall (I wish he hadn’t played for us)
1. Simon Lynch
2. Paddy McCourt
3.
4. DAVIE hAY
5.
1 ?
2 Paddy mccourt
3 .
4 Davie hay
5 magnus hedman
Wrong….I still wish he hadn’t, or Hedman, biggest shitebag ive ever seen in goals
A faultless round there by SFTB
Simon Lynch
Paddy McCourt
Roddy Macdonald
Davie Hay
Magnus Hedman
Jobo
I was watching Countdown earlier :-)
JOBO BALDIE on 22ND MAY 2020 10:05 PM
A faultless round there by SFTB
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Perfect!
1. Colin
2. Paddy McCourt
3. Roddy MacDonald
4 Davie Hay
5. Magnus Headman
This is more like 8 out of 10 Tims do Countdown
Spent ages trying to get iBone to stop changing Roddy to Diddy
Hope we finish with the number round – hashtag 2 from the top Carol dot com ;-)
How the feck did Simon Lynch end up Colin.
CRC is their a way to switch of predictive bloody bullshit!
1.
2. Paddy McCourt
3.
4. Davy Hay
5. Magnus Hedman
1. Simon Lynch 2. Paddy McCourt 3. Roddy Mcdonald 4. Davie Hay 5. Magnus Hedman
MWD
Are you not the techie? :-)
HH
CRC
RIp Van Jobo
It’s Rachel now
3 more mins…..
CRC not with the iBone, obviously. 🤪
MWD
Don’t switch it off- use it to predict the answer to Round 5- Who Am I?
You are SFTB
I claim 50pts