Delighted to hear Ronny Deila is planning to rest players ahead of Tuesday’s Cup Final. There is plenty to be gained from playing the next wave of Callum McGregors at Inverness tomorrow, and little to be lost in the league race.
Our unique position in world football, a club who are so massively bigger than all others they are not involved in a proper competition to win the league, has more drawbacks than advantages, but we need to exploit this position by developing emerging talent when the stars align.
The morning after the day before the Slovakian media were very respectful of Celtic. There was an acceptance that their assessment of Celtic was based on two unrepresentative performances against Legia.
Perhaps the most encouraging aspect of Slovenian coverage was the appreciation of the “modern football” Celtic played. Assessments of Maribor’s chances in the return leg were pragmatic. Expectations are low, but with the tie level, they know they still have a chance. Hopes are, that Maribor’s misplaced optimism is viral, and that Celtic will be infected by the same disease.
Celtic’s job on Tuesday is to make sure they treat Maribor as though they were Bayern Munich.
Oh Malky. You and I both know that football is remarkably indifferent to moral uncertainty, the actions over the last 24 hours of the thoroughly reprehensible League Managers’ Assocation testify to that. Practically anything is forgiven or overlooked, but only up to a point. Malky MacKay has been implicated in attacks against Chinese, Koreans, black people, gays and Jews, quite a unique full house.
Cardiff City have already leveraged this to obtain a grovelling apology and have now cost him a seven figure contract, offered by his friend at Crystal Palace. Question is, after the controversy dies down and the obligatory contrition is served, will another club offer him a contract? I don’t think so.
As far as the football industry is concerned, Malky’s unforgivable sin is not racism, homophobia or anti-Semitism, these matters are often overlooked as ‘banter’, after all. He’ll not get another job because he blew millions on players who were useless to Cardiff.
That’s the only kind of offence football really tales notice of.
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Good evening friends. All well I hope?
RWE @ 18.10 hrs.
“Anyway, as usual, I have used 100 words when 10 might have sufficed”
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An excellent well timed post. Sometimes a post requires 100 words and yours certainly merited it.
HH.
neil canamalar lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
18:23 on 22 August, 2014
TD,
You really are a sad auld gobshite, if you were one step ahead you would be quiet.
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Awe right it’s a secret
Summa of Sammi….18:23
;))
auldheid
18:22 on 22 August, 2014
TD 67
Context is all. You were offered enlightenment. You chose to remain ignorant.
That was the context of my use of the term.
Wilful ignorance that enables you to criticise.
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Good spin nice footwork
TD,
Your one step ahead, you have my permission to tell everyone here exactly what’s going on, go ahead, in fact I’m dying to know ha ha ha clown
I’m sitting here thinking that Charlie Bhoy is starting to look similar to Pedro Lawwell.
Any update on possible signing targets ?? Has Wakaso signed ?? What about the striker we so desperately need ??
☆;:*:;☆;:*:;☆;:*:;☆;:*:;☆
RWE @ 18;10
☆;:*:;☆;:*:;☆;:*:;☆;:*:;☆
neil canamalar lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
Keep up and pay attention I’ve already told them scroll back.
anybody know the name of the ex steward who is now on the back room staff and what is his role ?
TD 67
Tanner baw player. Calton cobbles, black ash Glesgagreen.
St Margaret Marys on a Thursday night.
Faster than the chasing polis.
embramike
From earlier. Good news on Mubarak! Although Ghana did not get far in the World Cup, I thought they were one of the most talented teams there. Their game against Germany was one of the best and one of the toughest for the Champions. Could well be a good asset to the squad, or hopefully the team.
Whatever happened to Bloke 109? – great Celtic fan, miss his contribution.
Tonydonnelly67.
Don’t bite mate they’re only trying to get you smoke again.(smiley facehingmy).
Everybody please Kalm doon eh!
Deep breath aaaannnnnddddd exhale.
Thank you.
rwe
18:10 on 22 August, 2014
Your namesake would have been proud of that post.
bsr
Hardly a surprise that any good poster has given up on here. Many have done before Bloke 109 and the way things are going many more will and won’t be replaced. Well might be replaced but by the dross that fronts up here daily.
I know I don’t post a lot and maybe some posters will think.
Who does he think he’s on about as he doesn’t post enough to talk to us like that.
Well I read this site every day.
But at the moment all I see is infighting and falling out.
Come on guys were better than this.
Hope I’ve not upset anyone, gotta go Lhads night shift becomes see you all in the morn.
HAIL HAIL.
TD,
Read everything you posted today and I seen nothing that resembles what’s actually happening just the ravings of a sad auld fool who thinks he should be the centre of attention.
So, again, what’s going on, where is res 12 ?
What actions have the club taken off the back of res 12 ?
jamesgang
17:59 on
22 August, 2014
Saw headline
‘Manning denied gender treatment.’
Fell off my chair then realised it was Bradley (US military whistleblower) not Bernard!
==========
Medical science is has advanced but not that much.
He died 7 years ago.
inhale, exhale and Breathe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmHDhAohJlQ
Ronny D, IMO, Thrives when there is Pressure.
Big Calls, takes Big Balls, criticising players at the start of a tenure shows he is not to be messed with.
Think I’ll call it a night, go to bed knowing TD really knows nothing and that I have contributed to the health and wellbeing of my club, back patting myself to sleep :oD))))
Petec
No Sweat..
As a Maitter of Note.. Bill Keller Reminds me of
A Guy Named..
Petec.
Yes, He diz.. Virginia.. Yes, He diz !
N
Oh Aye, Beram,is Back ..Awe Right..
Ah Made that remark.. When Ah saw him..in the Friendlies, in Germany.. Pre Season
Kayal, is a big Plus..
Fur..
He is Wan of
Ma.. n Yours.. Also, Ah reckon…
GO GO GUYS!
He joins the Ithers…
McGregor, Steffi, Izzy.. Well That the Loat . so faur..
Ah hiv Bin Totally Convinced .. that
Ronny,is The Wan.. He wull Dae.
n..Like Ronny..
Ah wid Like tae See Celtic, come oot Wan day, In the Not too Distant Future
wi..
TEN .. GO GO GUYS..in te Ootfield Line-Up..
We wull get there.. but it wull be No fast..
Celtic,of Course, jist Noo. ur Saddled wi at Leat a Couple … of
NO GO GO GUYS!
Unfortunately.
Amongst whom..
COMMONS..is the Leader.. Followed by.. Stokesy..
Yes,Ronny Is Ma Kinda Guy..
Broonie,of Course ..is a well Known Go GO Guy Member..
He has Improved.. inasmuch that
His Go Go Antics.. Hiv Noo MAIR PURPOSE.. than Jist Running wild..
He has Matured.. which Ah lke ..
Bitton, As this Time.. Mebbe, he wull Learn.. By..well. Osmosis??
is A NO GO GO GUY..
The Jury is oot..as Whether he wull Learn tae be Wan..
In Ma Opinion…if he DISNAE..then
Ronny, wull No Like Him . Anymair..
Ronny wants a Team of
GO GO GUYS..
An.
Ah Am One Hundred Percent ,in Agreement wi THAT!
NIce Chatting,as Evah..Palomine
Kojo
Still,Laughin
Maybe you missed this, like most things, but here I’ll post it again.
tonydonnelly67
18:21 on 22 August, 2014
neil canamalar lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
18:16 on 22 August, 2014
TD,
ask one of your kids to read it to you, I’ll try one last time, you are the last person on earth who has the right to demand answers and the last person I’d ever tell.
You have zero rights to such information.
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What keeps me one step ahead of you is you thinking I don’t know what’s going on, lol,
Others in here don’t, I can tell them what’s going on right now, NOTHING, your a busted flush.
Dixie
Somebody answered your question this morn mate
Sorry can’t remember who.
H.H.
The most disappointing thing about today is being given a tip for a horse at 25/1, having every intention to stick a bet on, and then becoming too bloody busy to do so only to find that the beast concerned romped home!
That and being described as level headed of course!
Other disappointments of the day included finding that someone had scraped and bashed my car — though I can’t for the life of me think where?
Then again, a couple of good things happened and nobody died.
Lucky white heather and all that.
neil canamalar lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
18:42 on 22 August, 2014
Think I’ll call it a night, go to bed knowing TD really knows nothing and that I have contributed to the health and wellbeing of my club, back patting myself to sleep :oD))))
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The club you gave your word to, and broke it, riiiigghhhttttttt.
HT,
I’ve always enjoyed your posts and this site would be poorer without you.
You make some excellent points. I have in the past for many years sang songs I wouldn’t now, or even be allowed to now. In the jungle, in the streets, abroad, at home.
However here are examples I’d like your views on, regarding politics and football.
Simply saying UEFA do this, or CFC do this smacks of 2 wrongs make a right.
Say in a club like Linfield, who will have a large majority of fans who are heavily unionist – what about the supporters who are in fact nationalists? (and there are a few) Are the politics of the majority fair on the minority? Was the politically motivated attack on Belfast celtic a good thing, or would it have been better to have no politics at the football that day?
The assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics – is this ‘political’ act fair on the rest of the unradicallised arab world? Fair on the athletes who’s political convictions we don’t know? Was politics in sport a good thing that day or should we have left politics out of sport
Is the republican politics of the GB fair on the sections of our support which may actually be unionist? Or at the very least moderates? It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that whilst the PIRA for some people may have being doing a good job in difficult circumstances, others may feel they were ‘gangsters’, or ‘murderers’ Should people within our support that subscribe to such views be subject to songs regarding the armed struggle of republicans? Are we wrong to paint an image of our club as armed republican sympathisers in the eyes of many?
Was the boycott of the 1980 Moscow olympics in the name of politics, fair on anyone?
Were the wars kicked off in Croatia and El salvador by football a good thing or should politics have been left out of sport on those days?
Should Nazi Germany have coerced the English football team into Nazi salutes, I mean it;s only political, or should politics have been left out of football?
Are we only really into politics in sport if we agree with the politics? I ask because this is impossible for 100% of the support to agree on any political standpoint.
So in your own time, what is your answer to these problems? What is your answer to the relatives of people murdered by nutters bringing politics into sport? Do you think politics should be allowed in sport no matter what? Or just your politics?
I’m not trolling. Neganon was asking for grown up dialogue on CQN. OK- how do those here who wish politics to be part of sport square these circles?
A reply from HMRC to a zombie who sent letter to David Cameron:
Originally Posted by Range-Rover
I wrote to David Cameron asking why there was to be yet a further appeal against a company that basically no longer exists, and why was there private information leaked to certain individuals amongst other things, and this was the bolox reply I got…..
Dear Mr ******
Thank you for your emails of 12 July 2014 and 7 August 2014 to the Prime Minister about the case of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Rangers Football Club. As this area falls within the responsibility of HMRC, I have been asked to reply to you.
Whilst I cannot comment on the detail of the case, I hope the following information will be useful.
As you know, the Upper Tribunal decided on 8 July 2014 in favour of the Murray Group, who formerly included Rangers Football Club, in a case involving the use of an Employee Benefit Trust (EBT). We had argued that the tax structure was being used as a way of avoiding Income Tax and National Insurance contributions by both the employer and the employees.
We are disappointed that the Upper Tribunal has upheld the majority decision of the First Tier Tribunal, and we have applied to the court to appeal the decision at the Court of Session.
We are committed to tacking tax avoidance wherever we see it, investigating and closing down schemes that we believe do not work. Tax avoidance is about bending the tax rules to gain an advantage never intended by Parliament. Avoidance often involves contrived, artificial transactions that serve little or no purpose other than to reduce the amount of tax someone pays. Those who use avoidance schemes put additional burdens on the vast majority who pay the right amount of tax. We have been consistent in our approach to dealing with EBT schemes, and have not singled out Rangers.
If avoidance scheme users refuse to accept our position that their scheme does not work and take the case to litigation, we will continue to challenge them. We are very successful in tackling avoidance cases litigated by taxpayers, winning around 80% of cases in the tribunal and courts. In 2013-14 alone our 30 wins protected around £2.7 billion of tax.
An important principle of the UK tax system is that Ministers do not get involved in decisions about individual taxpayers. How we resolve disputes with taxpayers is set out in the published code of governance for resolving tax disputes, which is available at: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/adr/resolve-dispute.pdf.
The code refers to the published Litigation and Settlement Strategy, which goes into more detail about the basis on which we will resolve tax disputes, including where litigation is pursued to reach a resolution. You can find details at:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/practitioners/lss-guidance-final.pdf.
I think it would also be helpful to clarify that the recent tax case is categorically not the reason why the club was put into liquidation. It is a matter of public record that Rangers was placed in administration by its principal shareholder and director because it was unable to pay its creditors, including HMRC. At the time of liquidation, published court papers showed that the undisputed tax that was owed by the company was approximately £21 million. This is an entirely separate issue from the amount in dispute due to the former owner of the club’s use of the EBT scheme.
You mentioned concerns that confidential information was leaked about the case. These matters were investigated by the Police Service of Scotland in conjunction with HMRC and the Police Force West of Scotland. No evidence was found that there was any leak of information from HMRC.
I hope you find this reply helpful. If you need to contact us again, please quote the reference number at the head of this email.
Yours sincerely
Steve Groves
HM Revenue and Customs
Ministerial Correspondence Unit
First Floor
Howard House
Nottingham
NG2 1AB
Please take your personal quarrels elsewhere. Apart from being childlike and vile, it’s boring
Now ICT tomorrow. We should always play what our best team is, the only game that matters is the next one
Gotta go .. joe..
Seeya
Kojo,
Still Laughin
Goodnight Timland.
Mrs Nye wants me to take her tae B and Q,the next fortnight
will not be easy….pray for me.
TD
How long did it take Fergus to nail Farry?
These matters take time as the SFA have been around 100+ years and are experts at obfuscation , not understanding the bleeding obvious , and they use the concept of time to wear you down and go away.
Bull and china shop tactics are manna from heaven with these jokers , so much to your chagrin this will take time , the lhads know the score , bear with it (apologies for the analogy)
Save your blog energy for the perma ragers , loons!!
⚽️HH
tonydonnelly67
18:12 on 22 August, 2014
Noone wants to see the GB back at Celtic Park more than I do…… BUT …… without the politics ……. come along and support the team / commorate your Irish heritage / culture LIKE THE REST OF US…. leave the politicians to continue to mess up our World, and I mean ALL politicians … when will you ever learn that politicians are not interested in us, only in collecting our MONEY, and in our vote (POWER) …….
EDB
I hear you.
Most of us remain, because this part of the Internet is dedicated to Celtic and we feel a debt of gratitude to Paul for many reasons, and as one of the finest writers on Celtic *anywhere* said to me at the weekends game, – “Where else would we go?” after 10 years.
We all despair at times on what we have to read (or quickly scroll past) and you think of posters that , have graced this forum.
But this is still where I read the best Celtic posters, and sadly there are great Celtic fans we all wish could, but can no longer post.
We have the most public of duties not to let them down, on a consciously under moderated Celtic web site.
HH
Kojo 18:43 on 22 August, 2014,
I always remember a programme about ghosts, Most Haunted it was called, the usual TV nonsense. Anyway when there was a presence in the room it was always chilling, I mean it was never warm. IMO, it means an unfriendly spirit.
If this guy wants to play fitba, Celtic, have a wee look, especially as he wants to play wide. ;))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwG-YYhnh8A
RWE 18.10 Excellent post sir. It stands out like a beacon and in a way the nonsense that preceded it and followed it, gives it more credence. I suppose it could be said that all of us who post fairly regularly are attention seekers, to some degree. However there are a few who are so blatant about it that they don’t give a monkey’s about anyone else. They use the blog as their personal microphone and anyone who doesn’t like it will be told to GIRUY.
On Res12
I was one of those who signed up to get the matter heard at last year’s AGM and I remain confident that there is no less conviction and energy being expended by our fellow supporters to reveal all truths, now than then.
The four principals have my thanks and admiration.
Celtic has representation at the highest levels within SFA now and we should expect our unanswered concerns to be on the Agenda at every relevant SFA Board Meeting.
Those representatives will be required to remove themselves from Board discussions but decisions and subsequent Minutes will be available to be filtered back to our guys.
The truth won’t crystallize as soon as we would wish it but patience will defeat the enemy.