St Mirren are the whipping boys of Scottish football right now. The only points they’ve picked up in two months came in a win over mid-table free-wheeling Hamilton, leaving them four points adrift at the bottom of the pile. They are in as bad a shape as then-bottom Ross County were when they visited Celtic Park for the last game of 2014 and left with a well-deserved point. The reality is, if Celtic are running at 95% capacity they will struggle against anyone.
You and me are well beyond the stage that we are surprised that fantasists telling fantastic tales go largely unchallenged by their fanatics followers. It used to bother us, now we know what damage it does, it only adds sugar to the pie.
Sure, the 40 registered nomads in the UK all baulked at overseeing a company with a new, fit and proper board, who have a sound seven year plan to achieve enormous success. The nomads blamed the iniquities of the old board (who worked successfully with a nomad until it became evident who was going to replace them) for their refusal to work with the new board.
Crazy nomads work with lunatics, but as soon as good management move in, they realise what a bad idea it was to work with lunatics, then ditch the good management. It’s irrational, I know, but nomads are always out of their faces on God knows what. This happens all the time.
This is not Pyongyang, nor Moscow. You are living in one of the few places in Western Europe with so little oversight and scrutiny that people get away with this nonsense.
Mr King and Mr P Murray want to act as directors in a regulated public company which is a phoenix of a liquidated business they were directors of. Faced with this proposition, Mr King’s Glib and Shameless past is irrelevant.
The way forward for newco is simple. Appoint a board of experienced professionals, recognised in their fields. Allow those tainted by liquidations or criminal convictions to invest their cash and sit on the football club board, leaving the regulated company free to conduct its business in a proper way. Why they don’t do this is the most fascinating subplot of all.
Oldco was driven into liquidation by a combination of some rudimentary charm and the biggest ego in Edinburgh. My hunch is that newco is has found a leader equally adept at charming the media, but with perhaps a larger-still ego. Ego-zilla, if you like.
Why are they all falling for this? Are they really that stupid?
I was blown away by the response to yesterday’s article. Thank you to everyone who bid on the St Andrews’ Open Golf Hospitality auction. And thank you to a couple of people who decided to anonymously put £2000 towards our school kitchen appeal. We have some incredible people in our midst.
The auction runs until next week, so fill your boots:
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All day Hospitality for 4 based at the Eden Mill Distillery for the Open Golf Championship at St Andrews on any day to suit from 16 to 19 July 2015. Auction in aid of the Celtic Quick News (CQN) appeal to build a fourth school kitchen in Malawi for Mary’s Meals. Shuttle transport for the five minute journey to and from the golf course as needed Beer, Gin and Whisky tastings throughout the day with the master distiller. The chance to create a unique CQN single malt whisky cask worth potentially £5000 for future CQN charities. A bottle of this very special single malt whisky to commemorate the great day when it is bottled in several years. Eden Mill is Scotland’s newest and most innovative distillery and brewery incorporated in February 2012! Located just 2 miles from the famous Old Course itself it provides a perfect base for hospitality for yourself and 3 friends on a day of your choosing at the forthcoming open golf championship on July 16th to 19th. But this is so much more than just a day’s hospitality at the home of golf. Before taking to the course to watch the you will enjoy a breakfast roll or two and discuss your perfect single malt whisky with the master distiller. Whilst you and your friends are enjoying the golf he will seek to surpass your favourite whisky by using the best barley to create the right wash and recommending the right type of barrels for our very own unique CQN 1/4 cask of single malt. A cask which will mature and provide over £5000 of future funding for our charities in a few years time. You will return to the distillery by shuttle bus for lunch and an optional beer tasting and then for afternoon tea with a tutored gin and whisky tasting with the owner capping off a memorable, unique and very special day for your group and for CQN.
My thanks to Eden Mill for their incredible support. You can bid on the auction here. |
Have a good, Good Friday.
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TD
Sorry for your loss
Prayers will be offered up for your family at st brides cambuslang today
Thunder Road, are you about?
HT
Yes they have, very typical.
TD67 – Condolences to you and your family from a boy fae ra ‘mulk.
Best wishes at this Easter weekend to Celts everywhere, especially to TD67 and those others who’ve endured recent loss.
Good Friday duties this afternoon, then to Paisley where our players can make it a great Friday for us all.
It’s great those lucky people with the resources to go for the auction prize have done so. Broad church and all that.
When each of us can say we do what we can, I see no limit to Celtic’s advance.
Celtic forever
Guys
I was up at tony’s.
He is of course heart broken as we all are that knew BIG MICK.
He’s in a better place.
Can i thank you all on behalf of the donnelly family for your condolences..PAT.
Tony Donnelly
Sorry to hear of your sad loss. Deepest sympathy towards your family and his friends.
HH
TD67 condolences to you and your family.
TD, sorry to hear of your loss….
Thoughts and prayers with you and yours…
Tony Donnelly
Thoughts and prayers with you and your’s and this sad time.
Tony Donnelly, condolences on the passing of your brother, take care.
Vinny
a light insanity
As Lennybhoy and BT have mentioned the game will be on in the Excelsior on Lytham rd, South shore. All Celts welcome, NAE huns.
Vinny
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/preparing-for-d-listing-day/
Fans donating 2k .. fair play to everyone who donated and continues to do what they do in the name of our club
Tony D – my condolences on your sad loss
http://m.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl/jackie-mcnamara-cashed-in-over-player-sales-1-3737692
This is why I was dissapointed in JackieMac. He wished them well. He personally profited. Then used it as an incentive to kick lumps out of Celtic players and engage in a level of whataboutery that would make the cardihun blush.
HH
Tony Donnelly
condolences to yourself and family.
Spot on re the Nomad situation,Paul. Made a similar post last night. No logic in the explanation at all, so most likely clear spin.
Geordie Munro 13:05
“The reality is, if Celtic are running at 95% capacity they will struggle against anyone.”
Paul67,
I can’t agree with this comment though.
I don’t think we’ve seen this side anywhere near 95% yet.
Good times ahead.
HH
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Agreed. Perhaps Paul means 95% of the 80% we are at :-)
TBJ,
Please light a candle for me and mine at St. Bride’s today
unfortunately I am not yet able to attend the Passion in Holy Family today
Thank you,
Martin42
Possible team
“Agreed. Perhaps Paul means 95% of the 80% we are at”
Glasstwothirds,
Ha possibly.
Could someone (other than Ernie or Darwins) maybe work out what that actually is? :)
Ghuys.
Anyone know where best to park for st mirren game tonight.
Thanks in advance
HH
Fholks
Anyone know of a bar in Naples, Florida whuch will be showing the game?
Bsr,
Ooh check you out fancy pants. :)
Good afternoon everyone.
bournesouprecipe,
That team looks good to me! I’m predicting 0-3 with Mackay-Steven, Griffiths and Johansen on the scoresheet.
Also, my sincerest condolences to Tony and his family at this difficult time.
Tony D,
sad to hear the news about your brother Michael, may he rest in peace. Thoughts and prayers are with you Tam and the rest of your family
YNWA
gsu
*** LAST MAN STANDING – WEEK 3 ***
Thanks to everyone still standing for sending in your picks nice and early. It really does help us. And there’s a really good spread of choices this weekend so plenty of excitement ahead.
The remaining competitors have gone for the following games with the team chosen appearing in CAPS –
Friday 3 April
St Mirren v CELTIC (19:45) – 10
Saturday 4 April
ABERDEENv Partick Thistle – 20
Dundee Utd v ROSS COUNTY – 1
Hamilton v ST JOHNSTONE – 1
INVERNESS v Dundee – 2
MAN UTD v Aston Villa – 26
CHELSEA v Stoke (17:30) – 9
Good Luck!
Jobo / CRC
Slabhoy – Duntocher is Green and White
13:55 on
3 April, 2015
Fholks
Anyone know of a bar in Naples, Florida whuch will be showing the game?
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Nearly 3 yrs since i was there but i watched a game in Mulligans 10 min’s walk from Edgewater beach.
hamiltontim
11:41 on 3 April, 2015
Cheers, delighted our game is tonight so I can turn phone off tomorrow for a few hours, if we were playing phone would be on for goal alerts !
Tony Donnelly,
Very sorry to hear of your sad loss. May God have mercy on his soul.
skyisalandfill
The polis will direct you there’s plenty of streets to park in all within 10 minutes walk to the ground.
GERRYFAETHEBRIG
BESTALUCK for tomorrow!
TD
Sorry to hear about your sad loss
HH
HT
Thanks mhate
HH
GERRYFAETHEBRIG
A long time ago,my Dad and his mates took turns at nipping out for updates on a car radio,due to a badly-timed wedding.
Tempus fugit.
Been reading back over the last day or so. Things fairly seemed to get quite heated over the Hearts news.
I think it could all be summarised in a few points to save anyone else the bother of reading back…
1. There is a substantial element of the Jambo support that don’t like us and sing vile songs whenever we play them.
2. There are also decent-minded Jambos who are not bigoted and who are rightly proud of their clubs progress over the last year.
3. Hearts have agreed a sponsorship deal which is good news for them and for a selected charity – well done to all involved.
4. Celtic are undoubtedly the club in Scotland who have the most charitable ethos and supporters (not that it is should be viewed as a competition by any means).
Right, that just about covers it yeah? ;0)
Tony Donnelly
Sorry to hear about your brother. Condolences to you and your family at this sad time.