You could be forgiven for losing track of Scottish football issues of governance, accountability and oversight, there are so many fronts to engage on. On the heels of CQN approaching Private Eye on the subject of Resolution 12 (granting of licences to participate in Uefa competitions), the newspaper today wrote about the recent Offshore Game Report on the SFA’s dealings with oldco Rangers’ tax affairs, the SPL Commission into Rangers, as well as the awarding of Uefa licences in 2011.
This is what functioning oversight looks like. Organisations with a platform to analyse those in power do so. In the Scottish goldfish bowl, we import oversight from London, which makes accountability difficult and, ultimately, makes governance ineffective.
No review of the Nimmo Smith Commission will take place until the Supreme Court has had their say, but any hopes of accountability you have at that point will rest in interest in the matter from London. We simply don’t have the structures in place here.
596 Comments- Pages:
- «
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- ...
- 16
- »
Happy birthday Auldheid. Nice surprise present from Private Eye to you.
I’d like to see MoN’s bhoys go through but Italy are a class team and will be very hard to beat. Hope for the best :))
Hoopy Birthday Auldheid, you’ll not forget your 70th in a hurry…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
AULD TAM on 22ND JUNE 2016 7:25 PM
Sweden could still go through if they beat Belgium (unlikely I know). Better goal difference than both Ireland.
*both Ireland and Turkey
While out buying my Private Eye today, I noticed that the Rangers story had also made the front cover of another respected weekly publication-
Warning- sweary words and tasteless stories on this page- just scroll to the bottom right to see
Viz issue 256
Got to hand it to Scott Brown and his Joey Barton knock out in the first round.
Jaysus a lot of information passed through my screen re the permutations under which Ireland might qualify.
Muppets, its dead simple, win and we qualify, fail to win and we fail to qualify. It doesn’t matter a feck what happens elsewhere.
CORKCELT
Post of the day:))
Anyone notice the bhoy with the Celtic top with the Swedes, had peoples as the sponsor must be about 400 hundred years old :0)
A bride on her wedding night says to her husband, “I must confess, darling, I used to be a hooker.”
He says, “That’s alright, dear. Your past is your past but, I must admit, I find it quite erotic. Tell me about it.”
She replies, “Well, my name was Nigel and I played for Hull Kingston Rovers.”
COYBIG
Paul67 et al
Tough ask for Ireland unless they really up their game. Disappointed with James McCarthy, both his attitude and his performance. Noticed petulance coming into his game with Everton last season and he has brought that with him to France. Gerrard and Scholes might get away with leaving the boot in, but McCarthy wont, so hope Roy has had a word.
CORKCELT
Win and hope Sweden don’t (they are two ahead on goal difference)
Attention!
Sorry to hear about Willie Currie. Only half a life at just 41. God rest his soul.
It is correct that Scott Brown is not in the same league as Joey Barton’s as Joey has never been a Champions League player.
COYBIG
Private Eye purchased , cant believe that made it to print . Would never happen in Scotland .
Well done to those who helped get this level of exposure .
Come on Ireland
Gary, If Sweden win, and we win, we will go through. Belgium will lose out.
Have they laughingly asked, “Iceland, isn’t that a supermarket?” yet?
‘Mon M’ Artagnan’s men!
A.B. E.
CORKCELT
Correct, my mistake. Can concentrate on one game now (probably a good thing)
First tackle shades of Keane against Holland.
Come on Ireland.
That awkward moment you post on the previous blog topic
word on the street CM to be offered a 3 year deal , dear oh dear, hope it is not with Celtic.
So what I said.
That Italian anthem is link twenty different tunes added together
The Ireland team have surely come outta the blocks early…
Like a herd of baby Elephants
Like that Bhoy Hendrick:))
Observations.
Ireland are Keane fired up.
The pitch is atrocious.
Prediction
There will be sending offs and a freakish goal.
Saint Stivs
I thought it was a Stars on 45 version of all the competition entries for a National Anthem ;-)
No disrespect intended to any of our Italian CQNErs
Good effort from Hendricks, wouldn’t mind seeing him in the Hoops.
Unlucky Jeff Hendrick! Great shot, son.
I still love martins emotional intelligence.
Greatshotson play for Iceland?
Sns.
I was actually thinking of the compilation thing and I couldn’t remember the name.
Good catch. Funny.
Using the words Hendrik’s in hoops will set off a green telephone in a man cave somewhere.
BSR
Keeps into action
At least we are giving it a go, not the pish we played against Belgium.