Lots going on today, we’ll maybe have a second blog this evening on Craig Gordon, but for now….
Last month I wrote that Dave King’s Fit and Proper issue was a faux precipice. If he was not found Fit and Proper he, “could easily appoint his own people to the PLC board, he would be able to attend board meetings and bark whatever orders necessary.” This issue would not prevent King from investing in the club, or from gaining the kind of influence Mike Ashley had until recently.
There are no SFA rules which could prohibit an unfit and improper person from being the 100% owner of a club. The matter is in the very literal sense, a formality.
Still, in passing such a tainted convict, who has already sat on the board of a club which sailed into liquidation, was subject to considerable criticism from an SPL judicial report, and had his honesty derided by a South African judge, the SFA, have made an improper decision. It’s a marginal call whether our man is better working on the inside or taking nothing to do with it. Neither option is satisfactory, the only permanent resolution to this scourge of the ages is to leave Scottish football behind.
For what it’s worth, I think King is utterly brilliant. Sounding a bit like Rhett Butler in an interview with the Daily Record, he said, “Quite frankly I don’t give a damn what people say or write about me. I will do whatever I think is best for me. The media and the fans will make no difference to my success or failure.”
Stand down all you psychological profilers.
The guy is perfect, how did he convince so many fans he was good for them? Wait, I remember. In the same article he said:
“The only way we can access that revenue is to compete with Celtic. To do that, in our first year back we are going to have to treble our wage bill as a minimum. Depending on how Dermot Desmond responds we may need to make it four times bigger.”
“First year back……. treble our wage bill…… minimum….. may need to make it four times bigger”.
He went on, “I have lost £20m in Rangers already and I’m happy to lose another £30m because I love the team”.
£30m. Go for it, Dave, we’d all love to see it. That would teach Celtic a lesson.
Here’s a few predictions. The No Surrender to a perceived enemy days will be back in spades. They need to dislodge Celtic, its influence and its support. Expect bad PR when a fan illegally disposes of litter and the onslaughts against our CEO to continue. They have not been able to lay a glove on Ronny for months, but wait until we draw a game at home. Players should avoid camera phones, and Scott Brown should never sit down in public. Anthony Stokes will be cautioned against use of a flagrantly Irish accent.
Whatever money is available will flood into the coffers in a desperate attempt to close the gap with Celtic, but there will be no trebling of wages or £30m investment. Instead, the fans will be asked to stump up the big numbers. In the event Mike Ashley is held in abeyance, the window between now and the money running out is critical. I expect nothing more than a shambles, they don’t have the money or the intelligence to take Celtic on, but this is their one big play. Celtic are ready.
Fancy winning two tickets for premium seats in the Jock Stein Stand for Trophy Day on Sunday, courtesy of Magners? To win, email me the name of the Celtic keeper who won Sportswriters’ Player of the Year this season. Put the name in the SUBJECT field of your email and send to celticquicknews@gmail.com
COMPETITION CLOSES AT 21:00 tonight, 20 May.
There was some stunning news today. Mary’s Meals, a charity founded in Scotland 13 years ago, now feed over 1m children each day. Almost three thousand of them are in schools funded by you in Malawi. While entering the competition you might want to donate £1 to the Mary’s Meals pot here.
This success is partly yours, so read what you’ve done.
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neustadt-braw
18:01 on 20 May, 2015
wid all they bl…w jobs no affect his dole?
braw
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Dole? I hope your device doesn’t have the auto-correction switched on.
Bada,
It’s mad eh? There’s a good few about these parts and every one I’ve spoken to about it wants them up.
They think it’s 9points minimum and a couply full stadiums.
I’m not sure they’d be so keen if the hibs had the upper hand on them.
I was blethering with a (kinda) prominent employee 2 weeks ago. He’s exactly the same.
HH
Good evening friends.
Sunshine in EK just now and, apparently, Sunshine on Leith later on
Wishart on Snyde saying if the huns don’t have to pay Ashley his loan back,then they shouldn’t……a loan must be a different thing these days?
#dignityfc
Yer man Smith on Shecht Telly Vision………..
Hmmmm.
GM-strange mate….if Hibs come up,they look reasonably strong.HH
ginger
18:01 on 20 May, 2015
Weet weet weet joe kennaway
Yes
Canada, America, Scotland
HH
Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles
18:09 on
20 May, 2015
neustadt-braw
18:01 on 20 May, 2015
wid all they bl…w jobs no affect his dole?
braw
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Dole? I hope your device doesn’t have the auto-correction switched on.
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in Lower Saxony it is the law to have your device thoroughly checked …to be sure to be sure to be sure ,,,,,,,,,,,,
braw
teuchter ár lá
18:07 on 20 May, 2015
Jamesgang :-)
Canny beat the ole beef drippin” though.
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Oooooh. Posh Bhoy. Get you!!!
;-)
HH jamesgang
Bada,
You’d be the same if were the huns coming back up from a relegation If they had followed all rules, wid ye no? :))
HH
Joe Kennaway played for Canada (his birthplace) and Scotland.
He never played for the USA.
HH!!
mike I’ll add Dailo on to the list for my dentist
a wonderful watermelon dish I remember vividly was a chilled soup in the beautiful Alkimia
could you post the name of the fish plaice you and Tony are visiting
merci
To renew season ticket or not? That is the question.
gsl on stv saying he needs to get up to speed cos he’s not been in the loop.
Jings crivens are the skanks so skint they can’t send emails from Govan to SA. Or can they just type with their knuckles???
HH jamesgang
Griffs barnet……………..!?
:O
Hope he got a receipt!
*big shake o’ the heid*
Morrisset the 23rd –
It’s a YES from me ;-)
Oops, sorry Alanis ;-)
whitedog …
it is called Sea Witch ….
Alkimia … heard good things. I am overdue for a trip back to Barcelona .. only spent a few days there, and dont feel like I saw the best of it.
That’s a bit ironic Jobo!
And Yes is the answer.
HH jamesgang
Morrissey the 23rd
“At the Scottish FA meeting,
On their hands, the Death Star.
And ,oh, the plans they weave.
And, oh, the sickening greed”.
If yer beefs dripping go see a doctor ya filthy bugger
Morrissey the 23rd
‘Now is not to reason why’
ChargeOfTheGreenBrigade CSC
GM- I’ll get back to you on that one mate….:)
Tallybhoy
It see your right mate and my books wrang :((
Kennaway was a dual internationalist.[2][3] He played once for Canada, against the United States[3] in Brooklyn in 1926[2] on 6 November.[4]
After joining Celtic, he played for Scotland against Austria at Hampden Park in 1933.[2] He would have played more times for Scotland, but the other Home Nations objected to a Canadian playing in goal for Scotland. Kennaway also represented the Scottish League XI four times.[2][5]
Some reports also state that Kennaway played for the United States, but there is no evidence of this.[6][7] He did become a US citizen in 1948.[2]
HH
What time is the Hibs K.O.?
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
See = seems
Beef dripping chips are great.
You can buy bacon fat in the US. Bet you chips done in that are the bogs dollocks
Morrisey,
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FJbmB9k2Y88
7.45 LB
Lennybhoy
7.45 kick off. BT Sport 1. Probably with muted effects mics ;-)
henke …
best are chips cooked in duck fat! absolutely decadent!
Top Rutherglen Chip’s Tip
1 Buy some oven chips
2 Turn oven on, go away and do something else until you can smell burning – that means the oven’s hot
3 Go and put chips in oven
4 Go away and do something else until you can smell chips – that means they’re done
5 Eat chips
(If you don’t like oven chips, disregard steps 1-5)
lennybhoy
18:32 on 20 May, 2015
What time is the Hibs K.O.
Who are they playing ???
Oven chips taste better from a deep fat frier…fact
Best chips I’ve ever had in ma puff, and the Frau concurs, was in the Swan Inn at Kingholm Quay in Dumfries years ago. They told me how the made them but the fog of time has kicked in :-(
canamalar
18:29 on 20 May, 2015
If yer beefs dripping go see a doctor ya filthy bugger
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DurtyBurgerCSC
HH jamesgang
!!bada bing!!
jobo balde
Thanks.
gerryfaethebrig:
Relatively new club called sevco. Only three years old and gained from the bottom league and the one above that. Ideas of grandure though!
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Pog@18:34
WWE, eh?
How body-slammingly appropriate!