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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Here’s an alternative success story and a lesson for the soon to be third rangers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32787590
Perhaps the morons governing our game might want to take a look too
kevjungle
13:36 on 20 May, 2015
MickTT
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Hopefully yer still saying that at the end of the season fella.
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I’ve been doing it for over thirty years and God willing for the next thirty.
Ayrshire is Green and White
DBBIA
I gave them to a charity shop, thus ensuring they would continue to enjoy a happy homelife.
DBBIA,
Your suggestion of Mary’s Meals is the best thing I have read on CQN for a long long time. Then we would be being true to who we are.
Philbhoy
ootside ;)
http://youtu.be/z2itQkiQUOE
HH
kitalba
Good man.
Let’s catch up after you are back from the desert.
LB
Burgas Hoops
I wish I could!
I believe it costs north of fifty quid a bottle.
If I ever get as rich as Livibhoy and Kitalba might like to be I will send you a case.
:-)
Is it mandatory for Celtic to enter the Scottish Cup?
If not they should not enter and take their winter week in the sun in the week of the Scottish cup ties involving the other Premiership teams
Problem solved
No more being cheated out of cup, no more constant away ties, no more Celtic supporting funding of the SFA
Kitalba that should have been your first response not wtf,good manners and pleasantries seem to be getting thin on the ground here. I think we’ll call it a day on this exchange, thanks for your timely replies
Tony D…
I popt into the oasis earlier, catch a beer someday.
A couple of quid on the hibees winning 3-1 @ 28/1, heres hoping.
weet weet weet….
Yep. i’m just as brave!
charliemac:
I’d endorse that.
hebcelt:
You still have not explained your question, so I take it your own question was not important to you, and if so, why ask an ambiguous question, what was your point?
Has big Davy found his cheque book yet, so he can get it out?
kitalba
14:14 on
20 May, 2015
NatKnow;
Did they pay all their creditors?
Did their whole team enlist and fight the war?
Did their fans bail them out and put them on the straight and narrow?
Is their hate a mirror of your hate, or is yours a mirror of theirs?
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Aside from the men who enlisted, which was a brave personal choice on their part, that doesn’t really read like a list of amazing attributes. They owed people money – then they paid it. Paying yer bills is what companies are meant to do. I certainly don’t think it outweighs their horrible attitude towards Celtic. BTW – hatred? I can’t speak for them, and you certainly don’t speak for me. So leave it out, eh?
Has big Davy GOT a cheque book?
mmmmmmm
On the subject of Whisky can anyone spot the mistake?
http://tinypic.com/r/2lvybdh/8
http://tinypic.com/r/2f09ceu/8
NatKnow:
I know very well that they have some obnoxious supporters who hate us, I also know they have some good supporters.
You asked me to list some of their clubs good attributes and I did, right off the top of my head, you conceded that they were rather good attributes and then you defaulted to hate.
Gie me a hint!
Oh and it wasn’t the Hearts company that paid the Hearts company creditors, it was the Hearts supporters.
Walk in hate, live in hate, live hate, die hate. What a waste of a life and so many on here say the huns and their antics don’t define them.
The difference will probably be in the price.
Where’s Bladnoch?
livy bhoy.
Viviani Quick News.
Roma have knocked back a bid from Cagliari..Media continue to claim that Palermo will sign him .
Galloway?
South Of Tunis
Not even been quoted for us.
I think my source just plucked a rumour out of the air.
He starts with the Daily Record on Monday.
LB
The first time I ever saw Mary’s Meals get a mention on CQN it was Mort in Belfast that raised it.
Mort in Belfast (with the wee baby) some man you are.
And every night I look at your picture, that picture.
kitalba
14:33 on
20 May, 2015
NatKnow:
I know very well that they have some obnoxious supporters who hate us, I also know they have some good supporters.
You asked me to list some of their clubs good attributes and I did, right off the top of my head, you conceded that they were rather good attributes and then you defaulted to hate.
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kitalba
14:36 on
20 May, 2015
Oh and it wasn’t the Hearts company that paid the Hearts company creditors, it was the Hearts supporters.
Walk in hate, live in hate, live hate, die hate. What a waste of a life and so many on here say the huns and their antics don’t define them.
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I know all about the Hearts situation and the fans – I live in Edinburgh and have good friends who are Hearts fans. I go for drinks with them and occasionally we watch games together. That doesn’t stop me letting them know I think they have a horrible support in general. Some things they concede and others they dispute. As I say – you know nothing about me – so your accusations of hate are way wide of the mark. Accusing people on here seems to be your hobby. Enjoy it if it floats your boat.
Re: your list. It’s very short. They’re not a paragon of a club as far as I’m concerned.
Philbhoy
14:41
Galloway?
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-)) yir nearly there, what does it say on the label?
There will never be a proper overhaul of the SFA,after Ogilvie,another anti Celtic man will be appointed,and so on,…….it’s what they do,and why they are there.
LiviBhoy:
I revisited your earlier post and believe it or not… the absence of a comma caused the confusion. I took the liberty of inserting the comma and I then read your post as you had intended.
Grammar, dangerous thing.
NatKnow:
You asked me to list some good attributes about Hearts, I tried.
You said “Accusing people on here seems to be your hobby”
Could you please return my earlier courtesy to you and list some examples?
Not quite in the Highlands!
To say I am surprised by the SFA decision on Dave King is an understatement. How many weeks will it be before he is sitting alongside Peter Lawwell at Hampden. Past form would indicate that its likely in the not too distant future.
Not quite in the Highlands!
No unless they’ve moved them well south -))
livy bhoy.
Not being quoted means zilch .In the wacko world of the Italian transfer market – anything is possible.
BVurgas Hoops
I wonder what it tastes like?
The bottles don’t look too appetizing.
kitalba
14:55 on
20 May, 2015
NatKnow:
You asked me to list some good attributes about Hearts, I tried.
You said “Accusing people on here seems to be your hobby”
Could you please return my earlier courtesy to you and list some examples?
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Now that’s what I call edited highlights. I’ll make my list as short as yours – you accused me of hatred. Really, that’s the only one I’m concerned with. Any explanation of how you arrived at that POV would be interesting. Given that you don;t know me, quite an accusation.
Wee Mc Call ” the crowd lifted us when we needed it” Its called sectarian singing ya wee English twat!!!