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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bsr,
looks like a strong line-up
HH
gsu
bournesouprecipe
Nae Lustig, nicht Lustig:))
bournesoup, Have you informed Ronny yet about who’s playing.
TD67 condolences to you and yours
Geordie Munro
17 08
I really hope so Alex Neil used to go to paradise with me when he was younger.HH
Hoopy Birthday Doc
Phil MacGiollaBhain @Pmacgiollabhain
An excellent source has just told me to expect that:
“Ashley will move next week”.
Things gonna get legal I suspect.
My favourite shitcom just gives and gives …
Greensideup-GBWO
17:20 on
3 April, 2015
Burgas Hoops
16:57 on
Not following that one.
I was referring to the ignorance of the American that Turkeybhoy had mentioned
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-) missed TB’s post there Gsu, but my point remains on us folk who live overseas, we’re not here for the culture. (Can you honestly see us RC’s getting into Bayram in a big way)
Like the look of this team.The Black List catch up,then the game.Really a good Friday.
HAIL HAIL.
Turkeybhoy, The team has not been announced yet. bournesouprecipe has a penchant for announcing the team an hour ahead of Ronny. He might be right but then again….
corkcelt
Ronny’s the man
starry
Lustig reportedly out for the season
greenside
agree
Tony Donnelly.
My thoughts are with you and your loved ones at this difficult time.
turkeybhoy
16:49 on 3 April, 2015…
The Huns have taken to reading our bloggers more and more, that’s why they are becoming more enlightened with the goings on at ipox…a few years too late :)))
Right time for a few beers then since I don’t have BT listen to shortbread:(
Bournesouprecipe, At this stage I agree about Ronny, I suspect WITS does as well. Delighted to read how he is already planning for the Euro Qualifiers and has ruled out any mad globe trotting seeking a few extra shekels.
prestonpans bhoys
17:41 on
Right time for a few beers then since I don’t have BT listen to shortbread:(
Tuning the wireless into soooooooooooooooooooooper score board -)))
Leftclick, BT, MWD, OldTim, LennyBhoy, Gearoid, Roy Croppie, HT, JamesGang(thankfully I’m not his Legal Gardian, life is complicated enough!), DD, FGF(Enjoy Germany, I really enjoy it whenever I get over there), Starry(Quality Podium my Friend), BMCUWP’s, Árd Macha, GoogyBhoy, ThunderRoad(I don’t need to wait for my Birthday to be a complete Roaster:-)), Sipsini, Praecepta.
Thanks for the Birthday wishes.
The girls took me to town and melted my Credit Card.
Lovely lunch at Barca and shopping. You could have been forgiven for thinking it was their birthday!!!
Had a great time:-)
Now for beer and Celtic:-)))))))
bournesouprecipe
This season or next season:))
bournesouprecipe-nae wee Jamesie……?
Best bet tonight, any penalty awarded 9/4 Skybet.Done -3 @ 16/5
How can you merge Oldco and Newco?!
Aye brilliant.
Happy birthday Doc HH
FrannyB67, cheers
Any team news for tonight.
Disappointing to hear Lustig is out for the season, quality player, hope he gets back fit and ready for the CL qualifiers.
All the best Doc.HH
Don’t think RD will risk Bitton if not 100%. Bring him back to partner Johansen on Wednesday
Gordon
Matthews Denayer VVD izzy
Brown Johansen
GMS Commons Armstrong
Stokes
Bench Bitton Forrest Guidetti Griffiths Ambrose Wakaso Zaluska
Some funny posts on here over the past couple of hours namely BSR,BB n GSU but surely Henke’s at 16.54 wins it hands down;)))
TD67 condolences
!!Bada Bing!!
17:45 on
3 April, 2015
bournesouprecipe-nae wee Jamesie……?
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Steady man…………….BSR doing fine with his selection.
excathedra44-agreed..:)
Doc
You as mature as me now then :-)
HB and HH
Murphy with an Escape to Victory haircut, Ipswich v Bournemouth SS1
corkcelt
17:42 on
3 April, 2015
I think Ronny D has a real eye for talent and can see the potential, those diamonds in the rough so to speak. I like the fact that he has done some shopping on the home front also with SA and GMS.
He has brought out the best in more than a few players and the team has bought into his methods, onwards and upwards
HH
gsu
itscalledthemalvinas
17:07 on 3 April, 2015
jamesgang
As its a Friday night, Gabriel’s will have the side attraction of ladies of a certain age dancing round their chibs in the lounge area. Beer goggles are issued when the clock strikes ten !
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I was probably at school with them!!!
HH jamesgang
Sky reporting Motherwell recd. a £120k bail out to cover cash shortfall,another fine body of men.!!
Hello this is WEE BGFC. Great day so far, met Johnny Collins!!!!!!! Been to Celtic Paradise!!!!!!! Went to Mass!!!!!!! Got a present off John Paul Taylor!!!!!!! Dad is awesome!!!!!!! We’re on our way to Paisley now and just checking to see if anyone has a spare ticket.
Cheers Guys!!!!!!!
HH
WEEBGFC
Apparently we are interested ….
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892/transfer-zone/2015/04/03/10429022/-
HH
gsu
Jamesgang
Gabriels will be a good shout. Across the road from the cop shop.
Go to the right hand side of the pub when you go in.
Friday night is disco night in there. It’s a hoot and is The Land That Time Forgot!!!
See you there!!
NS
Jamesgang
Just thinking I shouldn’t have to tell you where to go in the pub.
It will be blatantly obvious who is who:-)
NS
Favourite Uncle….Flakin really dislike Millwall..hadnt won at home since Oct..2 weeks in a row theyve done me…Had Charlton to win 7/4in a double with Brentord to win and both teams to score..won 4-1…100/30…aaaaaa…tellin yi D..id get Frankel turned over right now…ma Lucks….Hun like….