Self-flagellation:
SPFL: “Rather than attempt to communicate through the media, it is far more appropriate that any substantive issues are presented to the SPFL board for careful and detailed consideration, based on a sound legal analysis of the facts.”
Translated: Whip.
SPFL: “To date, there has been no such representations to the SPFL board and it notes Mr King’s statement of 30 May.
Translated: Whip.
SPFL: “In its statement of 29 May, Rangers FC claimed “a business relationship”, existed between the SPFL chairman and minority shareholders in a SPFL club, despite no evidence of such a relationship being presented. There is no mention of the previously claimed “business relationship” in the 30 May statement.
Translated: Whip.
SPFL: “In the 30 May statement the central allegation has now become that “there was non-disclosure of the conflict that immediately arose when the SPFL chairman accepted” his appointment as a non-executive director of International News & Media PLC (“IN&M plc”). As with the 29 May statement, no detail was provided to support this allegation.
SPFL: “Within the space of about 24 hours two different and very public allegations have been made against the SPFL chairman without, in either case, an approach first being made to the SPFL with concerns or seeking clarification.”
Translated: Whip.
To you or me this would be embarrassing. The SPFL know the rules. In fact, they wrote the rules, so if you are going to go off like a paranoid loon, know your territory, get it right, be consistent, remember what you wrote yesterday before launching into another issue today.
The days when the likes of Jim Farry (or the many who followed him) ran Scottish football are over. There are professionals in place now. Murdoch MacLennan has been a senior executive of large companies for decades. He was a member of the Commission on Scottish Devolution, is an Honorary Professor at the Glasgow University Business School.
Unlike Dave King, he has no criminal convictions.
I would also like to point out some of the reporting on this:
“Record Sport broke the story Doncaster would be standing by MacLennan, despite news emerging of the 69-year-old’s links with Desmond and fellow shareholder Denis O’Brien.”
Ask yourself this: on what basis could the SPFL act against Murdoch MacLennan? It would be more accurate to say “Neil Doncaster and others on the SPFL board have no choice but to stand by MacLennan as no evidence of wrong-doing whatsoever has been presented.”
And, no evidence of links with Dermot Desmond or Denis O’Brien have been provided. There are no such links, only innuendo. King may as well have said, “They go to the same synagogue” [they don’t, of course].
Stay classy, Dave. I’m sure outbursts like this are a sign that your troubles are all under control, but stop this self-flagellation nonsense.
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I met Graham Spiers and was very disappointed, he always struck me as a brave and educated guy but he has fallen far far from where I had him, I have no doubt he has been intimidated by his own but still he has given up all his integrity and passion for his trade to become a yes man for morons. Your better than that Graham.
KevJ I also scroll past your posts now bud after trying to respond to you for years. Also if you are such a big tim spent your energies defending us instead of attacking your own.
Good Morning Bhoys,
GFTB I am posting again bro. ;)
KLV
MELBOURNEMICK
Not sure the quiz has run out of steam,but it’s a Sunday morning,1030.
Many will be at Mass,others still in their cots. I’d have given it another coupla hours.
I’m dying to know which one is the “older than grass”,as you put it,choice!
Auldheid
I couldn`t find the Spiers article in your link. Where is it?
JJ
In 2016 -Palermo FC appointed a Manager from Argentina — Guillermo Schelotto– he was in the job for @ a month . He resigned in consequence of UEFA stating that he didn’t have the appropriate qualifications for the job.
Wow. Had a harmless joke deleted,
Time for another sabbatical me thinks,
Bye.
O.K Ghuys here is PADDY and my eleven + 1sub.
Frank Haffey
Dunky McKAY
Jackson Irvine
Dannie Crainie
Bobby Collins
Willie Wallace
Tom Rogic
Dixie deans
Mark Viduka
Scott McDonald
Liam Miller
Sub
John Dowie
4 bloggers have posted 10 of the names
NORRIE M
Delaneys Dunky
DAVID 66
GUTENBURG
I would love to give you all one of our much sought after tops
but Paddy won’t let me.
so the only fair way is to ask you all one simple question and the
first to answer wins the prize.
Hopefully you are all logged on as i will pose the question in 5 mins.
H.H Mick
Scotland qualified for the semi-finals of the Toulon tournament after a spectacular goal from Chelsea starlet Billy Gilmour who became the under 21s youngest ever goalscorer. Ironic that Billy Gilmour is probably now worth more than Sevcos’s top goal scorer. Hh
BMCUWP
Michael in a coupla hours i’ll be blitzed and asking ” what quiz?
PARK RD 67
Yes that was a classic moment, but happens often to me in Oz.
H.H Mick
Maybe BMCUWP is correct and i should wait to ask the question later
to give the fab four a chance to log on.
H.H Mick
GORDON64 on 3RD JUNE 2018 10:48 AM
Scotland qualified for the semi-finals of the Toulon tournament after a spectacular goal from Chelsea starlet Billy Gilmour who became the under 21s youngest ever goalscorer. Ironic that Billy Gilmour is probably now worth more than Sevco. Hh
??
Fixed it for you!
?????
can’t wait for next season and meeting the challenge of aberdeen again
Spiers thought it was rather jolly, when Bobby Tait and his fellow MIBs would request and get to do a hun game as their final game, match fixing moat of the time, although Tait’s ridiculous 6 minutes v Killie in his final game, writes a beautiful epitaph .
*most
I realise I will begin to sound like Kev J with my repetition but this Steven Gerrard business is difficult to comprehend. If the Pro Licence stuff is accurate, then he cannot manage in European Competition.
Would even our Media ignore that? Has ANY ` Journalist` mentioned it? Has Phil mentioned it?
Surely there would at the very least have been a Statement from Ibrox ? :-)))
JJ
CORCKCELT…
Stop spitting the dummy out, too many have already.
It’s a Celtic blog which has brought a lot of people that you and I would never have met except for us lurking or logging on.
Like you I don’t agree with all that is posted, it’s the debating I enjoy. HH
Tontine Tim
Great to read back and see your post. Look forward to more tales of West Dunbartonshire and Celtic from you.
YNWA
Tontine Tim
Great to see you posting last night sir.
You were missed on hereCSC
MM
Just back from Mass and logged on to CQN. Ready for your play off question thanks.
HH
SIPSINI
I doubt ACGR will be too pleased when he realises he’s had a couple removed too.
Jamesgang Thanks amigo. That reads a lot better. Hh
CORKCELT
Surprised you didn’t put a selection into our wee quiz and where
is GEAROID ? a previous winner.
Are you Irish bhoys not stayers? 8-))))))))))))))
H.H Mick
HOT SMOKED on 3RD JUNE 2018 11:28 AM
He’ll get a “speshul” dispensation to manage in Scotland but as far as I can see too he won’t be able to take the team in Europe should they steal a license to compete again..
There are no football journalists is Scotland:))
LEFTCLICKTIC
Agreed,mate. I thoroughly enjoy TONTINETIM reminiscing. Lang may his lum reek.
Hot Smoked on 3rd June 2018 10:39 am
Auldheid
I couldn`t find the Spiers article in your link. Where is it?
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Here it is
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dave-king-is-right-to-raise-concerns-about-spfl-post-jts8v9xsl
Like many other people in Scottish football I shudder slightly when Dave King has the temerity to urge “transparency” from anyone. From bodies such as SARS, the revenues service in South Africa, to our own Takeover Panel, there have been quite a few people down the years who would testify to “transparency” rarely having been one of Mr King’s sworn life rules. The Rangers chairman has proved a ducker and diver on various fronts.
So, when King suddenly makes the clarion call for “transparency” this week from the Scottish Professional Football League, Rangers fans will just have to put up with people sniggering at the mere suggestion. From King, of all people, that takes quite a nerve.
Nonetheless, in the case of Murdoch MacLennan’s position as chairman of the SPFL, and King’s objections to it, I think King and Rangers have a point. Given his various business positions, I don’t think MacLennan’s role in Scottish football looks good at all. Indeed, it looks potentially compromised. It looks decidedly weighted in favour of Celtic — I am talking here of perception — and until this suspicion can be clarified, King, I believe, will have a right to harp on about it.
There is a potential conflict of interest regarding MacLennan’s role as chairman of the SPFLSNSThe nub of this is now well-known. MacLennan, at the same time as being the current SPFL chairman, is also chairman of Independent News and Media PLC, the vast Irish publishing group. Dermot Desmond, a substantial shareholder in Celtic, is the second-biggest stakeholder in INM, and Denis O’Brien, also a Celtic shareholder, is INM’s largest stakeholder.
The question here, given these overlapping business roles of MacLennan, Desmond and O’Brien, is whether this raises a conflict of interest for MacLennan. Does his INM role bring him into contact with either Desmond or O’Brien? Do these men have business or social relationships? Is there a natural empathy between MacLennan and Desmond, via INM, which a club like Rangers might feel is unhealthy in terms of a strictly impartial running of Scottish football?
I have to say if I were in King’s shoes I’d feel a bit suspicious. I’d find it inconceivable that MacLennan, given his INM connections with Desmond, was either strictly impartial or not somehow swayed. Nor has it helped that MacLennan, in some public prints, has been shown traditionally to have far more affection for Celtic than Rangers.
These days many Rangers fans are on the war path, searching for conspiracies against their club. So for a guy like King, looking to show some fervour for his cause, this MacLennan episode only adds fuel to his fire.
People who have lampooned King for his various statements this week have been quick to point out that decidedly Rangers-minded people have recently held senior and allegedly impartial posts in Scottish football. Gordon Smith, a former Rangers player and head of football, and a Rangers fan, has been the Scottish FA’s chief executive. Campbell Ogilvie, for 27 years a Rangers secretary or director, and an EBT recipient, was the SFA president. Were these two figures held to be “impartial” when it came to dealing with the issues of the day facing Scottish football? Who knows, but many were unhappy at such appointments.
This MacLennan issue is a burden the SPFL could do without. You cannot have a public suspicion like this hanging over such an important post. In his objections, King’s seeming double standards might look laughable, but that doesn’t take away from the point he is raising.
If it is shown, through their INM connections, that Desmond and MacLennan have a relationship, then there is a potential conflict of interest case which needs to be nailed.
MacLennan, the great man of silence at the SPFL, needs to come out, defend himself, and show that there is no merit in Rangers’ suspicions.
HOT SMOKED on 3RD JUNE 2018 11:28 AM
They can say McAlister is manager for the couple of rounds they will be in the EL qualifiers. Gerrard his apprentice learning and gaining experience in major UEFA competition.
*assuming McAlister has Pro Licence?
BMCUWP
Michael have you been on WIKI looking at wee Bobby Collins
playing career Lol.
Yir wee da would have got the one methinks.
H.H Mick
BMCUWP…
I must have missed them.:(
He does light the blog up when dramming.
GARY67
I couldn’t see McAllister on the list???
Hot Smoked
Re Stevie Gee and his license am sure dodgy face the 2nd will clear this up as he is all about the transparency (?)
KLV
Good to see you posting am trying to have a close season sabbatical but fail miserably nearly every weekend hope the World Cup keeps the blog occupied till the Bhoys are back for the quest for 8 :-)
Steven ‘the apprentice boy’ Gerrard is rather apt.
Auldheid,
Thanks. Spiers at least mentions Smith and Ogilvie but the overall tone supports King. very poor.
Starry
I agree. He will have no problems in Scotland.
Gary 67
McAlister, Pro Licence? Hmm….
JJ
Dodgy face the 2nd should read Dodgy Dave the 2nd ….. but if the face fits :-)
starry plough on 3rd June 2018 10:00 am
AULDHEID
Ole DK using his own somewhat warped moral code is worried that MMcL will do to Scottish football what CO did, warp it all out of shape in favour of one club and unfortunately so Dave thinks not his club this time around!
HH
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I think the nub of the problem is they think we think and so will act as they do.
According to this, he does:
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/gary-mcallister/profil/trainer/601
BRTH
On Speirs:
BRTH
Given he did comment on the TJN/TOG report favourably its disappointing Speirs has said little or nothing about the charges of Non Compliance from the SFA.
He was also one of 13 journalists provided by SFM with the HMRC letters of 23 Feb, 5th and 20th May 2011 kept from LNS in 2014 .
He did/said nothing yet is probably better informed on the degree of skulduggery than any journo.
Can you reply to my last e mail? I’ve an update for you.
Right. Offsky now.
Cheerio.
JJ
Did i tell you all that PADDYMACOZ the biggest and bestest
Celtic supporter in Oz ‘s two bhoys are named Steven and
Gerrard? whit a riddy.
A renaming ceremony at our next big Celtic Sunday is on the
cards.8-))
H.H Mick
DD
Left a post for you the other day about razorlight, might have missed it
HH