Football in July, the brilliant Dave King

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Celtic play their fifth and final preseason friendly tomorrow before Tuesday’s Champions League qualifier in Armenia.  Five games feels light.  Legs will still be tired after each game, the prospect of 90 minutes in extreme heat will not be welcome.

Opponents Alashkert will have played only three preseason games before facing Celtic, each against lower league Russian opponents, so while they will cope better with the heat, their underlying fitness will not be better than Celtic’s.

In theory, Tuesday’s game should be welcomed as an opportunity to increase preparedness before the tougher challenges that lie ahead.  But this is football in July, when normal rules do not apply, as Lincoln Red Imps demonstrated two years ago.

Loved the lack of logic in Dave King’s written response to BBC’s Alasdair Lamont’s question on the Takeover Panel’s Contempt of Court proceedings.  “The [Takeover Panel] know that I live in [South Africa] and that it will require exchange control approval to move the funds to London.  They are just bullying me”.

The Takeover Panel’s rules (which exist for everyone) that an offer has to have proven funds in the UK is not an actual impediment.  If King’s funds were not in the UK, he would be unable to pay for the shares three weeks after the offer is made.

Takeover Panel rules merely bring the date cash is required forward by three weeks.  Still, I am sure this talk of bullying will make the Takeover Panel think twice before crossing King again.

This guy is beyond brilliant.  He is behaving like this openly.  You know how it ends.

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  1. weebawbabitty on

    Bankiebhoy ! I get the feeling that you think me and Kevj are one and the same! Don’t know why ? Maybe it’s the constant cowardly comments !! However as this is a blog known for its CHARIDEE ??work how about a bet !! If you think me and Kevj are the same posters , let’s put a decent bet on it . I am a stand alone poster and willing to bet any money you want on that ! All proceeds to charity of Paul’s choice of course ! Look forward to your reply . Hopefully you will back that big mouth of yours up , although you probably will come back with a snide reply thanks for reading ,

  2. 2 bob adverts killed the Celtic blogs.

     

     

    Etims excepted.

     

     

    Such greed.

  3. Could even have said, we’ve made enough corn, revert back.

     

     

    No.

     

     

    Bleed it dry.

     

     

    Just another money making enterprise, off the backs of the Celtic support.

  4. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    16 Roads, two bob adverts have indeed killed this blog.

     

     

    I wonder what Winning Captains thinks about it. He was meant to be sorting it out and………………didn’t. ha ha. Where is he now?

     

     

     

    I cant access cqn on my phone any more and that is a fact, as David Bowie was want to say………xxxx

     

     

     

    HH Emerald Prince.

  5. succulentlambstinks on

    PARK ROAD 67 on 6TH JULY 2018 1:35 PM

     

    Every time i log on i’m getting a message from amazon rewards can’t get rid of it ! Driving me nuts any ideas ghuys ?

     

     

    Download ABP App ..Adblock plus

     

    No more shitty ads

  6. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    Morning,all.

     

     

    I was reliably informed-clearly by a lying b’d-that England v Sweden was the evening match.

     

     

    Seems not.

     

     

    (Honestly,the hype down here is incredible,I dare not even consider what it will be like next week if they make the final.)

     

     

    So,I thought I’d wear my nice wee Celtic away jersey,from when Henrik was still putting them to the sword.

     

     

    This one,very appropriate.

     

     

    http://www.thecelticwiki.com/m/page/Away+top+2002-03

     

     

    Well,canny find it! I found the white one from a couple of years earlier,and I hope that’s not an omen!!!

     

     

    Here’s hoping Celtic have two much-maligned defenders in the semi-finals of The World Cup.

  7. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    Hi,Phil.

     

     

    Up early?

     

     

    My excuse is a late finish at work.

     

     

    How’s trix?

  8. BMCUWP

     

     

    All well here thanks!

     

     

    Loving the weather but I widny mind some rain!

     

     

    You ok?

  9. BMCUWP

     

     

    I’m usually up around 5!

     

     

    Been in the garden doing some dead heading!

  10. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    PHILBHOY

     

     

    Fine and dandy,old bean. Hope those gals of yours continue to keep you young!

     

     

    It rained down here the other night,about 3am Thursday morning-quite heavy, for about an hour.

     

     

    But only in the particular wee bit of Swindon that I was in at that time. Not making this up,everywhere else I went to after that was bone dry,and my colleagues all said they’d seen nothing.

     

     

    I’d have thought I was hallucinating,if it wasn’t for the fact that my windscreen was free of summer bug smears.

     

     

    Very strange indeed…

  11. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    PHILBHOY

     

     

    Get the lawnmower out,mate. If you’re up at 5am,so too should be everyone else!!!

     

     

    (At that time,no cops will intervene. Change of shift shortly. Yer safe)

  12. BMCUWP

     

     

    Some rain here in the middle of the night would be great.

     

     

    Need to water my garden every day as loads in it, so worried about a possible hosepipe ban.

     

     

    Funny you had your own wee rain cloud. Were you a bad bhoy?

     

     

    See KEVJ got red carded last night.

     

     

    No idea what he said but some of the ghuys are saying it wisny too bad.

  13. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    PHILBHOY

     

     

    “Funny you had your own wee rain cloud. Were you a bad bhoy?”

     

     

    Aye. Pig-pen from Peanuts!

     

     

    Google it if you can’t remember him…

     

     

    Re KEVJ,I didn’t see it so can’t comment on the post. I wouldn’t like to see him red-carded on the back of a comment about me though. (Only going from the comment from MOD2)

  14. BMCUWP

     

     

    Had to Google it!

     

     

    Need to go Bud as lots to do.

     

     

    Have a brilliant weekend and take care!

  15. Looks like Uncle Mike has The Rangers FC and Rangers retail bang to rights over the sales of the strips. Video Celts has a great breakdown on what’s occurring. King has lied, barefaced, to their fans again n. I hope they never learn Hail to the King!!! Por cierto

  16. Hope Dave King has an industrial sized tub of KY gel. Looks as if Mike Ashley has once again pumped (legally of course) the hapless King. Seems Das Hun may only be able to buy their culturally historic Orange kits from one of Mike’s emporiums with most of the profit, of course, going to him and not Sevco. Despite what the ‘glib and shameless liar’ told the rabid Ibrox hordes.

     

     

    Sevco the gift that just keeps on giving

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