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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Tony & the entire Donnelly family, thoughts and prayers with you all at this time
Michael rest in peace and may perpetual light shine upon you
I will be at some church services through today and tomorrow, but will leave it to Sunday and light a candle in your honour at the Sacred Heart Cowie
Tony donnelly
Condolences on your sad loss
My good lady went up to buy tickets for tonight’s game. She was prepared to buy 5 tickets in amongst the home support but they refused her because she was not a registered supporter. How many feckin registered supporters do St Mirren have? I wonder if it was because she is English?!
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geordie munro
I am now!
Why were you asking bud?
A good sign when your day starts like this, to be sure:
This morning’s breakfast in Schiphol airport.
So sad to hear about Mick Donnelly had the privilege to know him back in the days of the old Granite City before it became the Brazen Head. A true Celt and a really lovely guy.
May he sleep with the angels today. R.I.P
Hey Doc, ya roaster, very hooopy birthday :-)
Gerryfaethebrig – have a great day tomorrow, enjoy :-)
And the Auld Rebel, Melbourne Mick, brilliant bhud, delighted M and yourself are having a fab time, spreading the hooops :-)
Oh finally, Paul67 can you arrange a PR session to announce the fantastic gesture of that donation, and that whst you has been done with CQN for charity, it’s good enough for others why not Celtic fans :-)
Hail hail
El Madrigal
12:56 on
3 April, 2015
Burgas Hoops…
Why should we be afraid of Muslims?
I have no idea.But then again,I,nor any of my family have been beheaded by some.Nor have any of my female relatives or friends ever been forced into marriage at anything between 8-14 years old,or had Genital mutilation performed on them.
Neither have any of them been denied to education,freedom of movement,basic human rights.
Where religious police strut about the streets with canes,beating anyone they think is showing any flesh.Where the deformed,maimed,mentally challenged,are left to their own devices.
I will leave out the beheading,and put that down to ISIS,but the rest of the practices are followed by tens of millions throughout the world in their secular Islamic countries.
This from someone who has worked in these countries for 20 years.
Not my present one,which is non-secular.
Bloody phones – ooops
Martin
I definitely will light that candle and include you all in my prayers at the service today and Sunday .
Need to catch up with you soon. .. Not seen you in ages and god knows I need as many good people in my life as I can get ;)
doc
Happy birthday…..hope you have a great day :)
Thunder road,
I was just wondering if you are wanting your seat on Wednesday? :)
Cowiebhoy
Have you got a Kung fu panda ghost writing your CQN posts … Reads like a bellshill e mail ;)
tony Donnelly
condolences to you and your family. rip Michael donnelly
cowiebhoy
Since its docs birthday does he get to be a complete roaster as a wee treat?
Tony Donnelly,
No words.RIP your brother.
pogmathonyahun aka laird of the smiles
14:12 on 3 April, 2015
My good lady went up to buy tickets for tonight’s game. She was prepared to buy 5 tickets in amongst the home support but they refused her because she was not a registered supporter. How many feckin registered supporters do St Mirren have? I wonder if it was because she is English?!
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Happened to me before mate at Easter Road. Had to be registered to buy tickets for the home end.
Celtic end was sold out, Hibs end half full yet they obviously were so well off for cash they could choose to knock folk back.
Guy on desk told us if we knew a surname and post code of someone who was registered he would sell us them.
Apparently it was all to do with the risk category of the game .
Funny thing was I tried to put on an English accent, saying we were up visiting friends in Auld Reekie from down saff!
Didn’t work
Poor plan
This Celtic team can beat most teams in Scotland whilst operating at 75/80%. The problems we have are usually down to personell changes more than anything else.
On a positive note, after being refused entry to the game I was able to hit Leith Walk and drink 2 gallons of lager !!
TD67 –
Sorry to hear the news about your brother – my condolences to you and the family.
geordie munro
Thanks for asking and i really appreciate it but i can’t see me making it.
Things will be a bit clearer for me next week but not until about Tuesday so if you have anyone else interested before then, help them out.
Thanks again :)
Reading the posts on Hun Media regarding the de-listing,they are not a happy bunch.The penny has dropped with around 90% of them.Taken a while,but it has.
Sheer bloody bedlam on there,regards Murray and King.
What makes it all the funnier,is that today,in the Times,arch buffoon,BFDJ,is doing his utmost to talk it all up.The dyke is so far gone,he would need to stick his @ss in there to plug the gap.
I am sure many will read this idiots latest.Sheer comedy.
Gerryfaethebrig
Have a great day tomorrow and in the future with yer new boss, I was going to write something negative but one of the wisest decisions I have made in my life was to marry my good lhady.
I sometimes think of bygone days and why i chose her, then like this morning she will remind me with her sweet tones ” are you going to take those jeans off till I wash them,dont bother taking them to the machine ,they will run and jump in themselves”.
May your days together be blessed.
TD:
Sorry for your loss…
May your brother Rest in Peace.
Burghbhoy
:)))))))
Funny thing was I tried to put on an English accent, saying we were up visiting friends in Auld Reekie from down saff!
Didn’t work
Poor plan
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Tony, may Michael’s soul rest in peace.
Looks like Che Guevara, McLeish is a total wido & chancer. His unsurpassed dignity statement ten years ago was ridiculous.
A Motherwell fan I work with loathes McLeish with a passion.after he was manager at Fir Park.
It’s going to be Heraghty’s tonight for the game. St Mirren’s loss will be put to good use in a good Tim pub.
Thunder road,
No problemo.
There’s one, possibly two if a mate fancies it. Just drop me a text if you fancy it nearer the time.
HH
Pogmathonyahun, next to going to the game, M J Heraghty’s is a great place to watch the game.
Enjoy the game and a good pub.
Tony Donnelly
Sorry to hear about the loss of your brother. Sad news indeed.
Thoughts and best wishes to you and yours.
RIP Michael
POGMATHONYAHUN
Best check its on!
Tony…sincere condolences pal…sad news.
Doc…
Happy birthday mate, have a great one whilst the Hoops hump the Paisley pandas.HH
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?
The game is on foxsoccerplus over here, believe you need a dish for that channel so a multi screen sports bar may be your best bet as they would probably have a sports package for all channels. Hope this helps………..HH
Michael Donnelly RIP
condolences to all in the Donnelly family
fu Kung fpanda ghost
Tony Donelly
Very sorry to hear sad news about your brother. May Michael rest in peace.
Phil’s up bhoys!!
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/preparing-for-d-listing-day/