It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what was different from last night’s performance to our previous outing against Ross County, and so many this season. Kris Commons was on from the start, but our tone of play was different, even as Kris limped on the side-lines during the opening minutes.
How that tone was set is worth examining. Celtic were denied an opportunity to train on Kilmarnock’s new artificial pitch, in a move demonstrating the hosts legendary welcome and sportsmanship, but when Ronny Deila spoke pre-match he made his position clear, “The pitch is great”.
One of my pet hates is hearing a player or manager establish a reason for failure before kick-off. Record your complaints about the pitch, or even being denied the chance to become accustomed to it, and you’re subliminally setting yourself up for a fall. It didn’t matter if a pitch is great or not, the manager and players have minutes to convince themselves it’s good enough for them to put on a show. Nothing got in the way of Celtic’s can-do attitude yesterday.
Kris was phenomenal. He got a hat-trick at Rugby Park last season and deserved no less this time, only the crossbar, twice, and some fine goalkeeping denied him. In a team short of goals, his focus on the target is unceasing. There were important Champions League games when he didn’t make the team under Neil Lennon, and there will be occasions when the game doesn’t suit him, but he’s the required fulcrum against a packed SPFL defence.
We’ve touched on this theme a couple of times but it doesn’t seem to be getting traction. For two years shareholders now newco Rangers have been advised to step aside, or as now, sell control for £18m, in the best interests of the club. No deal will be done until the best interests of the controlling shareholders are considered, any approach which doesn’t recognise this is no more than a distraction.
Newco have four directors, two non-execs, who do not work in the business on a daily basis, and two executives, who do. The latter, chief executive Derek Llambias, and yesterday’s appointment of Barry Leach as financial director, both came from the Sports Direct stable. They are the men working on fixing the funding gap. It is inconceivable they will overlook the interests of investors.
On 27th of this month newco will face an SFA disciplinary hearing over an alleged breach of a written agreement not to allow Ashley influence at the club, in place before they appointed two former Sports Direct staff to the board. I would be very surprised if the Sports Direct owner didn’t have the club’s short-term funding and his long-term security secured prior to that date.
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67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon ….The angels are with Wee Oscar in Heaven.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
18:16 on
6 January, 2015
Just listening to ssb …….these pundits are living in cloud coockoo land, they really are …. there is a consensus that Michael prompted the U.S. bid to force ming and the 3 berries to make a desperate move to buy shares (which ming had no intention of doing) ……. by doing so, Michael gets a nice little annual circa £7m earner, leaving ming and the 3 berries to find the money to keep the lights on ……. and, if they fail, he is the secure creditor….!! … Where are my Tick Tock sedatives / ice cream / jelly
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67 , genuine question how does ma get £7m earner ?
Hopefully your right about the 3 berries having to find cash to keep place
going , ma gets his assests at knock down price and us tims get all the jelly n cream we can eat !
Alistair Johnston singing the praises of Murray on Shortbread,a wee bit of a Bobby Ewing in the shower happening again….
Doncasters statement is nonsense and disingenuous
As far as I understand none of the clubs he mentioned were liquidated
He chose his words carefully…insolvency event …
Any response to require him to comment on Chester City or Airdrieonians even
Incompetent disingenuous wretch
Keeping in mind Doncaster is a lawyer, I think we can see why he no longer practices
pfayr- very true mate,the lack of response from all SPFL clubs is a bigger worry.HH
PF Ayr
I would agree it with you about Doncaster
Disingenuous indeed
But does he really think he will get away with it
Condescending tone also with his references to the learned judge and their expertise
You mere internet bampots wouldnt understand the finer points etc….
bournesouprecipe
Benali ?
Looks decent on the Serie B highlights prog.Plays central mid field.
A Libyan international.Born in Manchester.Product of the Man Citeh youth system..He was heavily linked with Inter.
Pfayr.
Bristol City were liquidated. Someone posted a good link yesterday about all the English club’s. English league allowed them to stay in Ieague but said never again.
However that doesn’t excuse the fact that Doncaster is an incompetent disingenuous wretch. I couldn’t have put it better myself.
neil canamalar lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
In my initial email to Mr.Doncaster I asked him if these were his opinions or had he discussed this with the clubs who make up the SPFL as you can see by his response he ignores my question and continues with the big con statements .
I have also emailed John Paul Taylor at Celtic asking him to pass on my emails to Peter Lawwell and asking for him to clarify whether Mr.Doncaster had discussed this statement with all other clubs before talking .
Mr.Doncaster has initially ( I’ll be back ) ignored the specifics of my question and up till now Celtic haven’t responded .
fgf,
Also check out the wingsoverscotland article that destroys Doncaster’s nimo smith argument,
Canamalar
Quite …
He’s a clown
Whats in this ad that’s about to appear in The sunday Scottish herald….???????????
SOT
Thanks, – makes sense with the Man City connection.
I wonder if the Celtic support would be allowed into any ground with any prospective ‘Doncaster Banner’. If they were, would it receive the same total blank SMSM gave the Aberdeen Banner at Motherwell?
yorkbhoy
I’m sure they were all contested !
ha ha
So advert appears in Sunday paper, there’s a wee bit of media reaction, a hack asks Celtic for a comment.
What do they say?
Rubentus v Inter
8pm ESPN /ESPN HD.
The Italian national derby- both have big supports across Italy.
Good question Ernie.
Probably the club’s lawyers are versing them on this already. My guess would be some kind of non committal response. The kind of one politicians give all the time.
bournesouprecipe
18:48 on 6 January, 2015
I wonder if the Celtic support would be allowed into any ground with any prospective ‘Doncaster Banner’. If they were, would it receive the same total blank SMSM gave the Aberdeen Banner at Motherwell?
BSR- we should get a banner with that sentiment and note every one of the clubs in Scotland on it and tick them off as it makes way across the country…….see how our MSM friends react to that.
Compilation of clips re FAC.
From TCN on twitter
https://twitter.com/CelticNetwork15/status/552538494124314624
HH
winning captains
18:32 on 6 January, 2015
Thanks ,
I was hoping Auldheid ,BRTH and yourself would pick up on his reply . You guys I’m sure could destroy his arguement far better than me .
I will as I say respond but want to be sure of my facts first .
Keep up the good work and thanks again .
Things if ye Don’t KNow.. but, May Find Interesting..when ..ye dae,dae.
Liam Henderson, hiz.. Two Younger Brothers..
Jamie.. who is Sixteen..n.. EWAN, who is Fourteen..
collie ,says..
“Ewan, is Probably.. a Better Player than.. Liam..at least the Coaches Say.. Ewan Shows a Loat mair..than.. Liam Did .. at Fourteen..”
Noo.. Ah hiv jist Found oot ..
That.. even..
Liam Admits..that Ewan is a Better Player than He is..
Ewan ,plays.. Center Mid.. fur CELTIC’S UNDER FOURTEENS.
Jamie.. Plays in Amateur Circles.
If Ewan, is a Bettah Prospect… than Liam..
Ah wull be Mightilee.. Pleased.. n.. Happy … Fir Liam,himself… is ,Indeed.. a Great Prospect.
Noo..ye Know..
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
ernie
If I was asked the question by a hack, I would straight bat it by asking him/her what they thought.
Maybe “Celtic” should do the same.
Give them some of the Gordon Strachan treatment.
They don’t deserve much more.
Chrisvancoupon, the same folk refer to our manager as Deelya.
“Bobby M, if you’re about chief – The St.Johnstone game on the Saturday is a 3pm kick-off”
16roads,
I think it’s been moved for TV already neebs.
Sixtaeseven
Maybe CFC should answer the question
Quite a lot of fans would like to know the answer
Jimmynotpaul
18:42 on
6 January, 2015
You will find that Middlesbrough were also liquidated
HH
CRC
Celticrollercoster.
Thank you.
About the advert…..
I feel that all it will achieve is vitriolic reply from their eejits
The advert has been researched and tempered and edited
The reply will be abusive,defensive,dishonest, threatening
The SMSM will ridicule it
I would like to understand what the proposers think it will achieve
This is not a condemnation of anyone
I just dont see it
Hamilton left back worth a punt? Back up/Competition for Izzy.
Kojo, didn’t read back appropriatly. Sorry about that. However, oor kids were last in the Merc Junior Cup and…….ManU kids won the competition, even if it was an indoor 6 a-side.
Not sure your excuses are relevant. We had one player who looked like he could front up (Aiden Nesbit). The rest were not fit for purpose; keeper kicking the ball long. Not sure what that is about, Frail is not a current football coach.
Good evening friends.
What was the Aberdeen banner at hunwell ?
Good evening all.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Charlie mac
I guess the ad is to highlight the facts.
What will it achieve?
Well it will certainly give me a bit of satisfaction seeing the one club myth shattered in print.
Funny how I ain’t seen that before.
I guess it will help to articulate how we as Celtic supporters feel as our club aren’t doing it
If it annoys the zombies as well…. That’s just great!
bjmac, !!bada bing!! and Ally McMoist –
emails sent re LMS3
fourgreenfields,
Below is one response to Doncaster’s reply to you.
It was posted by a Hearts fan, who is a frequent and excellent poster on TSFM.( a must read blog for all supporters of a clean Scottish football environment ).
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Allyjambo says:
January 6, 2015 at 6:31 pm
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Bawsman says:
January 6, 2015 at 5:45 pm
‘The SPFL Rules (and the SPL Rules that preceded them) draw a distinction between a football club (“Club”) on the one hand, and the company that owns or controls the Club on the other hand. There is no suggestion that the Club is a legal entity or has a legal personality which is different from whatever is the legal entity or person which is the owner and operator of the Club.’
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Other than saying that the rules ‘draw a distinction’ there’s nothing there to explain what that distinction is, nor any attempt to describe what the SPFL recognise as being a ‘club’. He does, though, tell us what this distinct club is not!
Neil Doncaster is a qualified solicitor, words are his stock in trade. As I see it, for something to have a ‘distinction’ it must exist, or at the very least, be possible to describe. It should also be possible to explain how, and why, the club exists side by side with the company, but this man of words doesn’t even try to do so.
Doncaster also says that LNS ‘acknowledged’ this distinction, but, of course, fails to explain how his Lordship’s ‘acknowledgement’ creates anything that can be considered decisive, in any way, legal or otherwise.
Outside of a court of law, LNS could acknowledge anything he wants, it wouldn’t make it a fact, and in reality carries no more weight than any other learned person’s opinion. He was actually being paid to observe the SPL rules, and his acknowledgement shows that that was what he was doing. Perhaps if he had cited case law to back this up, or even quoted company law, then his acknowledgement might have carried some weight, but he didn’t, and we know why.
In a whole paragraph regarding LNS only five words have anything to do with the matter at hand, and two of those words are ‘the’ and ‘was’, the rest of the paragraph is an effort to impress the addressee with His Lordship’s credentials.
The last paragraph is mere ‘whataboutery’, and for a man in his position to use that is quite pathetic.
What Doncaster says moves the OC/NC debate not one millimetre forward, but does show the man’s inability to make a case for his assertion, and perhaps explains why he doesn’t use his qualification as a solicitor to practice law.
GerryBhoy
Thanks fur the Reply.. alwiz welcome..pal..tae Converse aboot the Celtic Romper Room Kiddies..
Yes.. oor Loat.. Failed quite Miserably..
But..Ah still Hing oan tae Ma Proffered excuse..
Six Aside..is a Very Unfamiiar Format
Ma Impression is.
A Six a Side Tourney…is Really Awe Aboot Tactics. Tactics….
Awe Fitba is..of course. But. Ah am Still clinging tae the Fact, when
Ah claim.. an Excuse fur oor Poor Showing.. that
Six Aside Game..is no the Type of games tae Form Opinions aboot oor Youngsters..
Ah don’t Know who the Celtic Six wur.
You Mentioned.that Aiden Nesbitt did.. Well.. Ah know Damn well thae Aiden
is a Real Gem of a Player..
No question.. but..
Ah never watched the game..
But judging fae the “Cricket Scores”.. which oor Oponents wracked up In oor
Miserable defeats..
I Am sure that we wur Pretty Grim.. in oor Play.
Anyway.. Thanks fur Sharing..’
Nice Chatting,pal.
Kojo
Still,Laughin’