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I am sure Neil Doncaster’s job is full of stresses and strains but this week will probably be a breeze.  Fans of every club in the league appear to be in uproar at the resolutions for an Insolvency Transfer Event to be voted on later this month. Infuriating everyone is surely better than infuriating most but leaving one group happy.

Fans of 11 SPL clubs have reacted in horror that the league seek to introduce a facility to allow a liquidated club to phoenix straight back into the top tier of Scottish football.  Fans of Rangers, while along with administrators and bidders for the club are publicly opposed to liquidation, are outraged that this new facility to allow a new club entry to the SPL should carry a sporting and financial inhibitor.

For clarification: the inhibitor is there to ensure clubs have a modicum of moral hazard against gaining an unfair advantage before ditching creditors and their old skins, and emerging in the SPL with player registrations from another club but without the debts or consequences of mismanagement.

Rangers US and Singapore based bidders seem unperturbed by the proposals.  Paul Murray’s Blue Knights consortium has curiously lost its tongue.  Maybe this helps explain all those years when the EBTs were unopposed by the former Rangers board.  Silence, not even an utterance!

There remains three possible outcomes to this issue:

The proposed SPL resolutions will be passed, allowing a Newco straight entry to the League.

The resolutions will fail and the SPL board will vote a Newco into the league anyway.

The resolutions will fail and the SPL board will deny Newco a place in the league.

Celtic Quick News first flagged this scenario in October last year when we predicted Newco would be given a parachute into the SPL, opposed only by Celtic.  As the key resolution (2A) requires only 8 votes I still expect this to happen, despite the ‘Bring it on’ view of many Rangers fans to the prospect of starting again from Division Three.

As the financial penalty resolution (2B) requires 11 votes I expect this to fail and no financial penalties to be imposed.

The question for Kilmarnock, Dunfermline, St Mirren, Inverness, Motherwell, St Johnstone, Hibs and Kilmarnock (don’t tell me they’ll not try to get two votes, they have a huge mountain of debt to service and have every right to demand two votes) is, will they listen to their fans or their bank manager?

Dundee United and Hearts, like North Korea, appear convinced of their own superior wisdom and, like a North Korean missile, could head off in any random direction to demonstrate their contempt for clubs scared of providing satirists with material.  They could easily vote themselves into a Gorgie-Tannadice League, if they could agree on a Gorgie-Tannadice/Tannadice-Gorgie naming convention.

For now, if you care about any of this, participate in the online SPL Fan Survey.  We’ll soon find out who runs Scottish football, fans or the Bank of Scotland! One additional point about democracy, it carries responsibility. In this instance, stopping Newco means fans of all remaining clubs have to step forward in increasing numbers to buy season tickets. This is the cost of sporting integrity.

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  1. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    JimmyQuinnsBits

     

     

    Agree with that, and very well put :)) ! Just think it’s important to bear in mind that these foot soldiers believed what they were fighting for was worthy.

     

     

    Your points remind me of the Burns’ poem, Ye Jacobites by Name. (of which I thought Eddie Reader did a fine version much to the annoyance of the Scottish folk luvvies.)

     

     

    HH

  2. Sixteen roads to Golgotha on

    Lennon: I plan to conquer Europe and win the Champions League with Celtic

     

    By Stephen Mcgowan.

     

     

    Neil Lennon has set his sights on winning the Champions League as manager of Celtic.

     

     

    In a bold declaration of personal ambition, the Northern Irishman admitted he may never win European football’s most coveted trophy.

     

     

    Pondering the future: Neil Lennon revealed he is targeting a Champions League triumph

     

    But, with Rangers crippled by their financial plight, he believes Celtic now have an opportunity to assert themselves as mainstays in the Champions League and pursue his managerial dream.

     

     

    After narrowly failing to capture the 2003 UEFA Cup as a Parkhead player, Lennon laid claim to his first SPL title as manager last weekend.

     

     

    And as he prepared for Sunday’s Scottish Cup semi-final with Hearts at Hampden, the 40-year-old said: ‘My ambition is to win the Champions League. Here, anywhere, that is my ambition. I never reached those heights as a player and I may not reach those heights as a manager, but that’s my ambition.

     

     

    ‘Is it possible to win it here? Definitely. It might not be done in a year or two years’ time.

     

    ‘But, if we can consistently get in the Champions League and gain the revenue from that, then I think we can build a team that could challenge.’

     

    Citing other young managers who established themselves against all the odds, Lennon uses Jose Mourinho – who led Porto to two European trophies – as his inspiration.

     

     

    ‘I’m not a Mourinho, but I want to be,’ he asserted. ‘I want to be a (Pep) Guardiola, I want to be a (Brian) Clough, I want to be an (Martin) O’Neill.

     

    ‘That’s my ambition, there is no point in taking this job on if you are going to fail.’ Refusing to acknowledge publicly that Rangers could be hampered for the next two or three years, Lennon insisted he is concentrating only on his team.

     

     

    ‘Whether Rangers are going to struggle or not is theoretical,’ he said.

     

     

    ‘We have to go out and win the league year in, year out. I’m sure we will begin the championship next season as big favourites.

     

     

    ‘With that comes pressure and we must be able to handle that. I can’t look too far into the future in terms of what might be.

     

    ‘But I always think if you are in a position to strengthen with the right money and the right player, within the budget of the club, then you should do that.’

     

     

    Lennon will hold meetings with Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell in the coming weeks, to lay down plans for next season.

     

     

    With Daniel Majstorovic and Glenn Loovens poised to leave and Gary Hooper and Ki Sung Yueng wanted elsewhere, there could be four new players in addition to pre-contract capture Radoslaw Fojut.

     

     

    Promising a thorough review of another tumultuous season on and off the park, Lennon added: ‘I’ll go to the board with that and with Peter Lawwell, as well. I’ll speak to my backroom staff and look at the season in blocks of three or four.

     

     

    ‘We’ll also look at the pre-season programme in terms of getting it right for Europe. That will be essential to how our season goes next year. Then there’s the personal stuff. You put on a brave face but, sometimes, it’s very disconcerting.

  7. whitedoghunch on

    timbhoy in spain

     

     

    if you are staying on the ramblas get round the corner to el born better wee bars etc

     

    Try here as well Katherine will look after you and she now has a great wee bar too

     

    http://www.formatgerialaseu.com/

     

    Off to kip but if there is anything specific you need to know about Barcelona I am usually about.

     

    Enjoy the best city in the world.

  9. Sixteen roads to Golgotha on

    It is far from impossible.

     

     

    I am of the opinion that next season’s CL Qualifiers are the most important games in the club’s modern history.

  11. Vmhan Supporting Lenny! on

    Summa of Sammi…. on 13 April, 2012 at 23:20 said:

     

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    VHman..

     

     

    Just Woke Up..email me When Your Bhoy lands in Melbourne..The BBQ starts @ 2pm..All the Young team will be Here I’ll PM him on FB later..

     

     

    Long is he Here for..? I’m probs off the 23rd..Going Via Dubai to Catch up with Estadio Nacional..Then…………..The Hoops..;o)

     

     

    Been off and on line 001, my son Ryan will likely be in Melbourne Wed til Fri with work, if you meet him ……. he’ll likely join you Sat ….. but that would be if the flight back to Brisbane is open ended I’d guess amigo….. why dont you you just meet Ryan anyway you’ll love him …. son of V :¬)

     

    itll be nice for him he does miss back home especially hi mammy,,,,

     

    V

  12. petec on

    THE EXILED TIM

     

     

    Keep with the Spanish League for over goals before the odds go down to make them not so worthwhile.

     

     

    Check out the Table and disregard all games that involve B and RM.

     

     

    The goals are ready to flow (going by previous years) and over the next few weeks the bookies will start dropping the odds.

     

     

    hh m8

  13. timbhoy in spain on

    whitedoghunch on 13 April, 2012 at 23:35 said:

     

     

    timbhoy in spain

     

     

    if you are staying on the ramblas get round the corner to el born better wee bars etc

     

    Try here as well Katherine will look after you and she now has a great wee bar too

     

    http://www.formatgerialaseu.com/

     

    Off to kip but if there is anything specific you need to know about Barcelona I am usually about.

     

    Enjoy the best city in the world.

     

     

    Don´t believe it she must be a relative.I´m Brian Mc Laughlin.

  15. THE EXILED TIM on

    Lenny to win the CL, why not, nothing like setting your bar high.

     

     

    And the money will come in handy.

     

     

    You know, I thought WGS had a chance a few years ago, if we hadn’t been cheated out of the game in Milan, who knows……..

  18. The Legend Johnny Doyle on

    Fortune Favours Maybees & Roy Croppie,

     

     

    Thanks for the support…. and its well appreciated, but all is not lost. Mrs D (Hun) has since come down the stairs from the Huff and apologised for her earlier misdemeanours. Order has been restored in the Doyle household but given their present circumstances, I fear for my future….! ;)

     

     

    TLJD

  20. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    Have to say, am not convinced by these Question and Answer songs.

     

     

    They must be inhibiting our ability to play the Celtic Way by makin the players dizzy. Especially Sammy, who’s napper is closer to the sound waves than most ! :)

  22. timbhoy in spain on

    Sixteen roads to Golgotha on 13 April, 2012 at 23:43 said:

     

     

    Our football club deserves to be there.

     

     

    So so true pal.I was priveleged to see the 67 team & the 70 team (which could have been better believe it or not).

     

    We do deserve it.

  23. petec on

    THE EXILED TIM

     

     

    It is about catching the value when it is still there. I’m concentrating a lot more on Lique 2 and Spain for my over goals bet now. The odds are amazing, at the moment.

     

     

    You know what to do, so be Lucky m8.

     

     

    HH

  24. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    Roy Croppie,

     

     

    I believe you mentioned the other night that you too, like me, are currently residing at a certain Lanarkshire outpost. !

     

     

    Good to know the few of us here aren’t alone :)

  27. Sixteen roads to Golgotha on

    THE EXILED TIM on 13 April, 2012 at 23:42 said:

     

     

    It will maybe take us five years to win it,but the foundations are already in place.

     

     

    Ambition is the key word here.

     

     

    John Stein sent his teams out to defeat anything that stood in the way.John Stein’s footballers played without fear.They believed that they were playing for one of the biggest clubs on earth,and they were right.

     

     

    Lenny has the fire in his heart,without doubt.Lawwell seems to have become ambitious for more success on the continent.Even Desmond himself may be forced to sit up and take notice of the massive potential that exists.

     

     

    The only thing that can stop us is ourselves.

  30. JimmyQuinnsBits on

    FFM,

     

     

    I agree… foot soldiers though.

     

     

    Apologies, I’m angry tonight for other reasons, but aside from that there’s a simmering anger in me for the cheap price attached to life by those who have dominion over it. And for jacobite princes and English kings, read present day politicians – and consider how many of them have sons on the front line.

     

     

    Agh I’m bring the mood down. I’ll go looking for a song

  32. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    JimmyQuinnsBits

     

     

    No apols necessary ! You didn’t come across that way at all. Just an interestin topic, and your’re right to refer to the chicanery of self-serving politicians.

     

     

    KTF

  36. petec on

    THE EXILED TIM on 13 April, 2012 at 23:42

     

     

    Glasgow Celtic are a very Special club.

     

     

    The trials and tribulations All these young men have went through over the last 2 years have been nothing but helpful for them to Grow.

     

     

    I like the Celtic midfield we have now and if we bring in the right people this Summer we can get into and then get out of the Group stages, even if we are coming from pot 3. After that, with the age of our squad, and the easy domestic path we will have, yeah we could do it.

  38. timbhoy in spain on

    Let´s hope & pray we get tae the group stages.

     

    I´ll be happy wae that fur starters

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