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.
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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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Matthew
high in the jungle, 406
Tosb
KTF big yin
HH jamesgang
BMCUW
Missed your call on Tuesday, hopefully good news from the doc tomorrow. Still a bit tender and a fair bit of pain. Ok for Friday as per??? :-))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
weefrathetim
23:14 on 20 May, 2015
Good evening all.
My op went well last week and hopefully will get clearance to attend CP on Saturday after my visit to the doc tomorrow. No responses required, I will live, believe me.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
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Don’t go on Saturday. The game’s on Sunday.
Seriously, glad all is going well with you. Keep the Faith!
WEEFRATHETIM
Friday,as per. Apology and explanation included!
Thehoopeduke
Thanks bud. The Byrne’s fae Dumbarton are Fenian Brothers. :)
coneybhoy
Good seat ?
BMCUW
Fraid so. Will explain when we have our blether. Soooooooooooo disillusioned with the manner certain posters attack you on this blog. I can live without it as I have for the past week. Talk soon buddy.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Night Timdom
KTF
HH jamesgang
I’m not Irish but I am impressed with the coverage being given to the yes/no referendum over here. It would seem a powerful message on Ireland’s progressiveness if a yes vote comes through.
The Catholic Church in Ireland may be under pressure but it is interesting that a number of priests coming out for yes.
Some on the blog closer to the issue can probably provide a more informed view.
TOSB
Cheers buddy, signing off now. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Weefra
Hope you are ok????
Hail HaiL
theoriganalsadiesboy and all teachers
we remember the really bad ones and the really good ones for life.
the standard ones are the ones who taught us in a subliminal way.
My best ones:
P2 Miss Hornsby, student, well named!
P6 got to make sweeties while the girls learned to sew
S1 and 2. History teacher who struggled with Darwin vs Bible. became a priest in killie
S1-2 maths teacher who asked out all the fit female teachers and got lifted at CP for running on the pitch with a tricolour – hero
Worst
P4-7. back up teacher who had mental issues and was bullied by us
S1-3 English teacher with mental issues who assaulted children who wound him up( yes I did)
S4-5 physics teacher who had to ask the bright kids what the answer was. nice hair though
all the rest taught me all i knew about sums, books and corporal punishment
Matthew1888
it is a cracker. not many left for Sun up there.
Don’t get it. Can someone explain
Clearly sevco are a pheonix club
Claiming same history and badge and now will have two former directors of Oldco
Oldco owed 25m to tax man
When will HMRC step in here and demand their money ????
I
WeeFra
If you’re still there. Don’t be disillusioned with the way certain posters attack you on this blog. I’ve learned tonight that if you are a reasonable person there are lots of good Celtic supporters who will give you their support. Take care and good health to you.
Hail! Hail!
coneybhoy
I’m in 117 but next season I think I’m moving across to 110
DD
Ok now, had an abcess on my bowel, the worse pain you could imagine. Cleared now, just recuperating. Thanks bud.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Coney
Every primary school teacher I had were wonderful. Secondary school the opposite, with a few exceptions.
Matthew1888
i never liked behind the goals but i did stand near your area when we beat Ghent and Rapid back in 84 so good memories!
TOSB
I wish, my time, after 10 sumfin years is over. I can get my sanity, and life, back.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
coneybhoy
No I really enjoy where my seat is but as I said I think I’m moving over towards the GB for the seasons to come
DD
I think the vocation back then was for primary teachers but secondary was full of failed professionals or people with issues.
my sister is a secondary teacher in Glasgow now and her kids don’t know they are born! all get good grades and i am very proud of her PS worked in the real world first!!!
Weefra
All the best with whatever you decide to do. Always enjoyed your contributions whether Celtic related or fermin stuff!
C’mon the lambs and up the chickens!
Night all Night wee Oscar my hero God bless x x
Coneybhoy
Totally agree with you. The good and the bad ones had a tremendous effect on me as well. I tended to love my Primary school teachers although there was a demented Infant Mistress who will be roasting ……. ah forget it. :-)) She was a psychopath.
I had a lot of good teachers in secondary and some I didn’t get on with ……… not necessarily their fault, believe me. I have, however, met plenty who should not have been in the profession but far more who were totally dedicated to their pupils.
H h H
He was 0)
Delaneys Dunky
21:57 on 20 May, 2015
M McGill
Dumbarton’s finest David Byrne is singing “same as it ever was” in repeat ad finitum to me in my sleep tonight. Thanks bro. ;)
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And he also sang, ‘Burning Down the Big Hoose’ which, as a concept, is a measure of his unparalleled genius.
Banks fined £6 billion pounds for libor rate scam. Where do they keep all this money or is it just paper talk??
Wish I had a quid for every time WeefratheTim said he was Joe the Toff.
:o)))
Will the result tonight prove to be the ‘shot in the arm’ that the Celtic sale of season books needed.
Are we to expect a steady stream of ‘through and throughs” to reinstate their commitment on the back of two sell-out matches against a club that they do not recognise.
“Its an ill wind….. that justifies hypocrisy and forces a large portion of a club’s supporters to support the club.
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Wee Fra
You are a very important contributor to CQN. It wouldn’t be the same without you and all the others who contribute on a daily basis. Some people can’t get out of bed until they see Jobo’s EK weather report. Others can’T survive without BMCUW, Jamesgang’s, Doc’s, Sipsini’s, Tom McLaughlin’s, ACGR’s, TD67’s or Hamilton Tim’s contributions ………. as well as many, many others too numerous to mention.
Don’t be a stranger. We need to know how the chooks are doing!
fred c dobbs
You have no say in this. Piss off.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Coney
Exactly as I found my state education.
Good night all.
When we wake up in the morning,
Sevco will be Sevco
Hibs will be Hibs ……….. and ……….
we will all still be Tims…… supporters of the greatest team on God’s green Earth.
Sandman
Undoubted genius.
David Byrne Dumbarton CSC
fred c dobbs
You have no say in this. Piss off.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
And you moan about abuse on this site, how ironic.
Hail Hail.
TOSB
I get so disheartened with the level of poster we get on here, the guy I just replied to explains my decision. I have livestock to attend to, and a proud owner of a TUP, whom we have called YODA. My wonderful life no longer includes this blog, but I will miss it big time.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.