Malcolm Murray, the newly appointed chairman of the Newco club Charles Green hopes to establish, yesterday entertained us with his comments on punishments served on a football team suspected of cheating you for over a decade. He said:
“We’ve had giant punishments already – a European ban, a 10-point deduction, the emotional trauma everyone has suffered. I think, for the good of Scottish football, it’s much better Rangers in the SPL.”
There has been no European ban. Newco will not be eligible for European competition because it is a Newco and Uefa requires three years accounts from participating clubs. They are simply not eligible, they have not and will not achieve the qualification criteria for European football for three years.
The 10-point penalty imposed on Rangers last season for seeking protection from creditors by going into administration is hardly a “giant” punishment. It changed nothing. Rangers were second in the league when it was imposed and remained so. They released no players and went on to defeat Motherwell twice, ensuring they finished the league in second place, earning £900k in additional prize money.
As a punishment, it is the equivalent of banning Ally McCoist from this year’s 100m Olympic competition. Pointless.
Which leaves us with “the emotional trauma everyone has suffered”. Compared to the emotional trauma suffered by Dundee, Motherwell, Gretna, Third Lanark fans, recent events have been nothing more than a focus for some robust rallying calls.
Don’t even start me on the emotional cost of losing the league in 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011, all to a team of cheats. How do you measure that? Think back to each day we lost those titles and tell me how you felt about them then and how you feel now, knowing you were cheated.
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hamiltontim on 16 June, 2012 at 17:42 said:
That’s the problem with teachers. Always making assumptions about us kids who ask ‘why?’ which then damages our life chances irreparably (had to look that up due to bad experience at school) as they let their prejudices run riot.
Now write out 100 times
I must be more understanding to former huns
and no posting ’til it’s finished.
HH
When Deng Xiao Peng got his hands on the reins he said – profit is good.
So…welcome to the club.
The PLA is the biggest private contractor in China.
It’s basically the biggest private enterprise business in the world with a security division second only to America.
The world is corrupt,and when citizens try to change that staus quo they generally get enslaved,killed,or bought off.
Oh well….in the end you stick with your tribe.
Mine is Celtic F.C.
HH!
:-)
Breaking News:
Yann M’Vila has just escaped from Victor Wanyama’s back pocket, and will be available for selection in France’s next match against Sweden.
now up to Larkhall for a liquidation party…..
to source at the sfa,
the chaos and mayhem that you refer to is prcisely the reason you have to disband
because you are unfit and unwilling to govern impatialy, fact is that last season alone ranger’s 1873 now no more were allowed to play while they refused to pay
the tax paye, ni contibutions and vat this came out well before the season ended
and yet you allowed this to go on when they should have been expelled and all results via them made null and voided, so again i say the sfa/spl are unfit and
unwilling to govern the game in scotland, DISBAND NOW.
Aw Naw
Feck’s sake, he’s not even a real teacher, just a babysitter!
HH
How far would the SFA and SPL go to ensure that another liquidation does not occur so soon after the Rangers debacle and before the legislation and reconstruction takes place.Would they give financial assistance in the short term.
This SFA “source” – I smell shite !
Just deal with the issue at hand….
This re-organisation is a sham… it will be used to get the Huns oot the mire
They are not to be trusted
And its ridiculous to suggest this re-org is going to be manageable within the suggested timeframe
Nonsense… just effin nonsense
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning! on 16 June, 2012 at 17:42
Let’s get one thing clear I’m in charge here i can’t be sacked
Thats why everythings running so smoothly here at Hambden
Aipple, if your still about.
Had to take her indoors and the bhoys to braehead shopping.
Don’t know how to get my videos from the iPad onto CQN, any pointers would be good cheers..
Time for a drink
HH
SunnyBhoy on 16 June, 2012 at 17:49 said:
Thanks for the info.
Craig Burley, the ex-Derby, Dundee, Preston North End and Walsall midfielder, is still a FUD.
Hamiltontim
You need to amend your moniker to:
Hamiltontim Prim Dip
I’ll amend mine to:
Row z AS Class (but not until my protest is over)
HH
Hamilton Tim
You should never have admitted your a primary school teacher. I have many of them in my family whom you have probably rubbed shoulders with.
Everyone is out for revenge. ;-)))))))) and thats good ;-)
My big sis is too …. Secondary …. Whenever I am with her I feel I am on the school trip …. To the point she asked me and her sons to please walk in a straight line when we were quite happy being vertical and standing.
HH
row z
@18:04
I get plenty of opportunity to practice on here…..with you :-))
no vigil tonight Mr HT
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on 16 June, 2012 at 17:31 said:
I’m with you, bhoy …..loving every minute of it….!!!!
A few months ago, I didn’t think the would suffer liquidation.
I now don’t think they will have sell the big hoose, with the liquidators looking for money to give the creditors…..mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
NO OTHER TEAM IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY WOULD BE ABLE TO INSTIL SO MUCH FEAR INTO THEIR FOOTBALL AUTHORITIES ….. THANKFULLY, IT’S NOT WORKING SO FAR……..
THE REALLY ARE A DISGRACEFUL LOT…
CO
yes, but hypothetically speaking, if your er, employer was to prematurely terminate your contract of employment, would you be entitled to a er, severence payment?
To you mr neil doncaster you do indeed apply rules with fear and favour as do your
counterparts at the sfa.
ItaliaBhoy I used the word ‘kleptocracy’ on here a few years ago to describe those in charge over the city. I think I’ll use it again. I like the word, it feels right.
Bada Bing, the campaign to alert and inform fans of all clubs to what was going on at Rangers has been remarkably effective. CQN started it back in October, of course :-)
Kitalba, 16:12, fascinating read on Cuba. Many things I didn’t know.
ernie lynch, I disagree with the principle of withdrawing patronage from people who support Newco. It feels to close to what was practiced elsewhere not so long ago.
Celtic (and you and I) should employ people who support and buy tickets to Newco (therefore indirectly financially supporting Newco, to follow your analogy), and continue to do business with others who do the same.
We are a club open to all, always have been. This is our most cherished principle and must not be subverted. We can make decisions on the suitability of any individual or business on a case by case basis, but the principle must hold.
derbyshirebhoy, many thanks.
Paul,
Another great article. You really have been on a run, probably umpteen in a row this year and now recognised by the New Statesman as a major contributing factor to the osmosis of the complex Hun financial ruin into layman’s comprehension and their ultimate downfall.
Truly, it has been the Celtic fan behind the keyboard who has torn the generations-old Hun facade apart.
However…
I’d like to suggest a celebratory interpretation of latest Zombie Hun mouthpiece Malky Murray’s proclamation; shouldn’t we all celebrate the fact that despite all their torment they STILL can only put forward yet another crypto-fascist whose bullishness, arrogance and willful ignorance can serve ONLY to further alienate the people who REALLY matter to his Zombie Hun cause – that is, the fans of all the other clubs in Scotland who will ultimately force the agenda.
Give Mad Malky five minutes in front of a mic every day and we can sit back munching popcorn.
AND NOW…
Something for a rainy day that may resonate with quite a few CQNers.
A timeless bit of wit reputed to date back to 1993 and the Absolute Game fanzine and also claimed to be the work of noted Scots crime novelist Christopher Brookmyre. If you’ve seen this already, apologies, scroll on. If not, this should bring a big grin and a pang of nostalgia:
THE ABSOLUTE PRIMARY SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES
Duration
Matches shall be played over three unequal periods: two playtimes and a
lunchtime. Each of these periods shall begin shortly after the ringing of a
bell, and although a bell is also rung towards the end of these periods,
play may continue for up to ten minutes afterwards, depending on the
nihilism or “bottle” of the participants with regard to corporal punishment
met out to latecomers back to the classroom. In practice there is a sliding
scale of nihilism, from those who hasten to stand in line as soon as the
bell rings, known as “poofs”, through those who will hang on until the time
they estimate it takes the teachers to down the last of their gins and
journey from the staffroom, known as “chancers”, and finally to those who
will hang on until a teacher actually has to physically retrieve them,
known as “bampots”. This sliding scale is intended to radically alter the
logistics of a match in progress, often having dramatic effects on the
scoreline as the number of remaining participants drops. It is important,
therefore, in picking the sides, to achieve a fair balance of poofs,
chancers and bampots in order that the scoreline achieved over a sustained
period of play – a lunchtime, for instance – is not totally nullified by a
five-minute post-bell onslaught of five bampots against one. The scoreline
to be carried over from the previous period of the match is in the trust of
the last bampots to leave the field of play, and may be the matter of some
debate. This must be resolved in one of the approved manners (see
Adjudication).
Parameters
The object is to force the ball between two large, unkempt piles of
jackets, in lieu of goalposts. These piles may grow or shrink throughout
the match, depending on the number of participants and the prevailing
weather. As the number of players increases, so shall the piles. Each
jacket added to the pile by a new addition to a side should be placed on
the inside, nearest the goalkeeper, thus reducing the target area. It is
also important that the sleeve of one of the jackets should jut out across
the goalmouth, as it will often be claimed that the ball went “over the
post” and it can henceforth be asserted that the outstretched sleeve
denotes the innermost part of the pile and thus the inside of the post. The
on-going reduction of the size of the goal is the responsibility of any
respectable defence and should be undertaken conscientiously with
resourcefulness and imagination.
In the absence of a crossbar, the upper limit of the target area is
observed as being slightly above head height, although when the height at
which a ball passed between the jackets is in dispute, judgement shall lie
with an arbitrary adjudicator from one of the sides. He is known as the
“best fighter”; his decision is final and may be enforced with physical
violence if anyone wants to stretch a point.
There are no pitch markings. Instead, physical objects denote the
boundaries, ranging from the most common – walls and buildings – to roads
or burns. Corners and throw-ins are redundant where bylines or touchlines
are denoted by a two-storey building or a six-foot granite wall. Instead, a
scrum should be instigated to decide possession. This should begin with the
ball trapped between the brickwork and two opposing players, and should
escalate to include as many team members as can get there before the now
egg-shaped ball finally emerges, drunkenly and often with a dismembered
foot and shin attached. At this point, goalkeepers should look out for the
player who takes possession of the escaped ball and begins bearing down on
goal, as most of those involved in the scrum will be unaware that the ball
is no longer amidst their feet. The goalkeeper should also try not to be
distracted by the inevitable fighting that has by this point broken out.
In games on large open spaces, the length of the pitch is obviously denoted
by the jacket piles, but the width is a variable. In the absence of roads,
water hazards or “a big dug”, the width is determined by how far out the
attacking winger has to meander before the pursuing defender gets fed up
and lets him head back towards where the rest of the players are waiting,
often as far as quarter of a mile away. It is often observed that the
playing area is “no’ a full-size pitch”. This can be invoked verbally to
justify placing a wall of players eighteen inches from the ball at direct
free kicks. It is the formal response to “yards”, which the kick-taker will
incant meaninglessly as he places the ball.
The Ball
There is a variety of types of ball approved for Primary School Football. I
shall describe three notable examples.
1. The plastic balloon. An extremely lightweight model, used primarily in
the early part of the season and seldom after that due to having burst.
Identifiable by blue pentagonal panelling and the names of that year’s
Premier League sides printed all over it. Advantages: low sting factor, low
burst-nose probability, cheap, discourages a long-ball game. Disadvantages:
over-susceptible to influence of the wind, difficult to control, almost
magnetically drawn to flat school roofs whence never to return.
2. The rough-finish Mitre. Half football, half Portuguese Man o’ War. On
the verge of a ban in the European Court of Human Rights, this model is not
for sale to children. Used exclusively by teachers during gym classes as a
kind of aversion therapy. Made from highly durable fibre-glass, stuffed
with neutron star and coated with dead jellyfish. Advantages: looks quite
grown up, makes for high-scoring matches (keepers won’t even attempt to
catch it). Disadvantages: scars or maims anything it touches.
3. The “Tube”. Genuine leather ball, identifiable by brown all-over
colouring. Was once black and white, before ravages of games on concrete,
but owners can never remember when. Adored by everybody, especially
keepers. Advantages: feels good, easily controlled, makes a satisfying
“whump” noise when you kick it. Disadvantages: turns into medicine ball
when wet, smells like a dead dog.
Offside
There is no offside, for two reasons: one, “it’s no’ a full-size pitch”,
and two, none of the players actually know what offside is. The lack of an
offside rule gives rise to a unique sub-division of strikers. These players
hang around the opposing goalmouth while play carries on at the other end,
awaiting a long pass forward out of defence which they can help past the
keeper before running the entire length of the pitch with their arms in the
air to greet utterly imaginary adulation. These are known variously as
“moochers”, “gloryhunters” and “fly wee bastarts”. These players display a
remarkable degree of self-security, seemingly happy in their own appraisals
of their achievements, and caring little for their team-mates’ failure to
appreciate the contribution they have made. They know that it can be for
nothing other than their enviable goal tallies that they are so bitterly
despised.
Adjudication
The absence of a referee means that disputes must be resolved between the
opposing teams rather than decided by an arbiter. There are two accepted
ways of doing this.
1. Compromise. An arrangement is devised that is found acceptable by both
sides. Sway is usually given to an action that is in accordance with the
spirit of competition, ensuring that the game does not turn into “a pure
skoosh”. For example, in the event of a dispute as to whether the ball in
fact crossed the line, or whether the ball has gone inside or “over” the
post, the attacking side may offer the ultimatum: “Penalty or goal.” It is
not recorded whether any side has ever opted for the latter. It is on
occasions that such arrangements or ultimata do not prove acceptable to
both sides that the second adjudicatory method comes into play.
2. Fighting. Those up on their ancient Hellenic politics will understand
that the concept we know as “justice” rests in these circumstances with the
hand of the strong. What the winner says, goes, and what the winner says is
just, for who shall dispute him? It is by such noble philosophical
principles that the supreme adjudicator, or Best Fighter, is effectively
elected.
Team Selection
To ensure a fair and balanced contest, teams are selected democratically in
a turns-about picking process, with either side beginning as a one-man
selection committee and growing from there. The initial selectors are
usually the recognised two Best Players of the assembled group. Their first
selections will be the two recognised Best Fighters, to ensure a fair
balance in the adjudication process, and to ensure that they don’t have
their own performances impaired throughout the match by profusely bleeding
noses. They will then proceed to pick team-mates in a roughly meritocratic
order, selecting on grounds of skill and tactical awareness, but not
forgetting that while there is a sliding scale of players’ ability, there
is also a sliding scale of players’ brutality and propensities towards
motiveless violence. A selecting captain might baffle a talented striker by
picking the less nimble Big Jazza ahead of him, and may explain, perhaps in
the words of Linden B Johnson upon his retention of J Edgar Hoover as the
head of the FBI, that he’d “rather have him inside the tent pissing out,
than outside the tent pissing in”.
Team selection may also follow two other possible methods.
Firstly, the “tic-tac” method. Opposing captains shall line up facing each other, approximately 10 yards apart. They will then take turns to place one foot ahead of the other in a straight line, until they meet. The winner, and therefore the first pick of the assembled players, goes to the captain whose foot lands on top of the other’s. This process should get progressively faster as the captains approach one another, and indeed it may be disrupted completely by one captain simply running over and jumping on the other’s foot. The level of protest in this case is dependent on each captain’s qualities as a fighter, who their pals are, and the desire of the assembled players to simply “git oan wae it”.
An alternative to this method is called “numbers”. The group of players is assembled together at the call of “dae numbers”. At this point two players are required, one to organise the assembled group by assigning each player a number, and a second player to turn his back to the group during the numbering process, and then shout out a random selection of numbers, thus composing a team. This method is open to close psychological analysis by the picking player, as they may attempt to guess in which order the players were numbered, and therefore pick a team that they perceive is to their advantage.
All selections, of course, are open to dispute.
Special consideration is also given during the selection process to the
owner of the ball. It is tacitly acknowledged to be “his gemme”, and he
must be shown a degree of politeness for fear that he takes the huff at
being picked late and withdraws his favours.
Another aspect of team selection that may confuse those only familiar with
the game at senior level will be the choice of goalkeepers, who will
inevitably be the last players to be picked. Unlike in the senior game,
where the goalkeeper is often the tallest member of his team, in the
playground, the goalkeeper is usually the smallest. Senior aficionados must
appreciate that playground selectors have a different agenda and are
looking for altogether different properties in a goalkeeper. These can be
listed briefly as: compliance, poor fighting ability, meekness, fear and
anything else that makes it easier for their team-mates to banish the wee
bugger between the sticks while they go off in search of personal glory up
the other end.
Tactics
Playground football tactics are best explained in terms of team formation.
Whereas senior sides tend to choose – according to circumstance – from
among a number of standard options (eg 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 5-3-2), the playground
side is usually more rigid in sticking to the all-purpose 1-1-17 formation.
This formation is a sturdy basis for the unique style of play, ball-flow
and territorial give-and-take that makes the playground game such a
renowned and strategically engrossing spectacle. Just as the 5-3-2
formation is sometimes referred to in practice as “Cattenaccio”, the 1-1-17
formation gives rise to a style of play that is best described as
“Nomadic”. All but perhaps four of the participants (see also Offside)
migrate en masse from one area of the pitch to another, following the ball,
and it is tactically vital that every last one of them remains within a
ten-yard radius of it at all times.
Stoppages
Much stoppage time in the senior game is down to injured players requiring
treatment on the field of play. The playground game flows freer having
adopted the refereeing philosophy of “no Post-Mortem, no free-kick”, and
play will continue around and even on top of a participant who has fallen
in the course of his endeavours. However, the playground game is
nonetheless subject to other interruptions, and some examples are listed
below.
Ball on school roof or over school wall. The retrieval time itself is
negligible in these cases. The stoppage is most prolonged by the argument
to decide which player must risk life, limb or four of the belt to scale
the drainpipe or negotiate the barbed wire in order to return the ball to
play. Disputes usually arise between the player who actually struck the
ball and any others he claims it may have struck before disappearing into
forbidden territory. In the case of the Best Fighter having been adjudged
responsible for such an incident, a volunteer is often required to go in
his stead or the game may be abandoned, as the Best Fighter is entitled to
observe that A: “Ye canny make me”; or B: “It’s no’ ma baw anyway”.
Stray dog on pitch. An interruption of unpredictable duration. The dog does
not have to make off with the ball, it merely has to run around barking
loudly, snarling and occasionally drooling or foaming at the mouth. This
will ensure a dramatic reduction in the number of playing staff as 27 of
them simultaneously volunteer to go indoors and inform the teacher of the
threat. The length of the interruption can sometimes be gauged by the breed
of dog. A deranged Irish Setter could take ten minutes to tire itself of
running in circles, for instance, while a Jack Russell may take up to
fifteen minutes to corner and force out through the gates. An Alsatian
means instant abandonment.
Bigger boy steal ball. A highly irritating interruption, the length of
which is determined by the players’ experience in dealing with this sort of
thing. The intruders will seldom actually steal the ball, but will
improvise their own kickabout amongst themselves, occasionally inviting the
younger players to attempt to tackle them. Standing around looking bored
and unimpressed usually results in a quick restart. Shows of frustration
and engaging in attempts to win back the ball can prolong the stoppage
indefinitely. Informing the intruders that one of the players’ older
brother is “Mad Chic Murphy” or some other noted local pugilist can also
ensure minimum delay.
Menopausal old bag confiscates ball. More of a threat in the street or
local green kickabout than within the school walls. Sad, blue-rinsed,
ill-tempered, Tory-voting cat-owner transfers her anger about the array of
failures that has been her life to nine-year-olds who have committed the
heinous crime of letting their ball cross her privet Line of Death.
Interruption (loss of ball) is predicted to last “until you learn how to
play with it properly”, but instruction on how to achieve this without
actually having the bloody thing is not usually forwarded. Tact is required
in these circumstances, even when the return of the ball seems highly
unlikely, as further irritation of woman may result in the more serious
stoppage: Menopausal old bag calls police.
Celebration
Goal-scorers are entitled to a maximum run of thirty yards with their hands
in the air, making crowd noises and saluting imaginary packed terraces.
Congratulation by team-mates is in the measure appropriate to the
importance of the goal in view of the current scoreline (for instance,
making it 34-12 does not entitle the player to drop to his knees and make
the sign of the cross), and the extent of the scorer’s contribution. A
fabulous solo dismantling of the defence or 25-yard* rocket shot will
elicit applause and back-pats from the entire team and the more magnanimous
of the opponents. However, a tap-in in the midst of a chaotic scramble will
be heralded with the epithet “moochin’ wee bastart” from the opposing
defence amidst mild acknowledgment from team-mates. Applying an unnecessary
final touch when a ball is already rolling into the goal will elicit a
burst nose from the original striker. Kneeling down to head the ball over
the line when defence and keeper are already beaten will elicit a
thoroughly deserved kicking. As a footnote, however, it should be stressed
that any goal scored by the Best Fighter will be met with universal
acclaim, even if it falls into any of the latter three categories.
*Actually eight yards, but calculated as relative distance because “it’s
no’ a full-size pitch”.
Penalties
At senior level, each side often has one appointed penalty-taker, who will
defer to a team-mate in special circumstances, such as his requiring one
more for a hat-trick. The playground side has two appointed penalty-takers:
the Best Player and the Best Fighter. The arrangement is simple: the Best
Player takes the penalties when his side is a retrievable margin behind,
and the Best Fighter at all other times. If the side is comfortably in
front, the ball-owner may be invited to take a penalty.
Goalkeepers are often the subject of temporary substitutions at penalties,
forced to give up their position to the Best Player or Best Fighter, who
recognise the kudos attached to the heroic act of saving one of these
kicks, and are buggered if Wee Titch is going to steal any of it.
Close Season
This is known also as the Summer Holidays, which the players usually spend
dabbling briefly in other sports: tennis for a fortnight while Wimbledon is
on the telly; pitch-and-putt for four days during the Open; and cricket for
about an hour and a half until they discover that it really is as boring to
play as it is to watch.
nigh6 bhoys/ghirls
Awe Naw
I actually would never have posted my occupation but unfortunately another poster, Harry Thompson, stated it on here.
Still don’t know who he is in real life but he clearly new me!!
I’d have preferred that people were left with their first impressions of me, that of underwear model and quantum physicist :-))
Hamiltontim
You didn’t hand in yer lines before that post. You’ll be gettin sent to the Heid…..
Auldheid!
HH
Philbhoy
Being a administrater of superior standing and ability i dont deal in hypatheticals i have no employer im the big cheese roon here
Knew!!!
BT
Enjoy yer nite auld yin!! :-)
Celtic will soon be asking how the SFA and the SPL can be left to solve an issue that they created ?
I hope that Killie and Hearts go bust before the start of the season.
I can see UEFA scrambling to find a league for Celtic to play in. Especially if David Taylor is implicated.
HH
Sandman Is Neil Lennon on 16 June, 2012 at 18:12
Thats the kind of list of rules i just sign off without actually reading we just change them if any complecksities arise
row z
I’m a slow writer, give me time!! :-)
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Still, Laughin’… of Course!
I’ve been looking for help for the newco but there’s not much on here of use to them
http://www.strath.ac.uk/cll/alp/ewp/
BT
You’ll need to allow an extra half hour for your journey. Apparently there are road closures and diversions in place due to an improptu local event that started on Thursday. It’s called WAKEFEST
HH
found it
http://www.gla.ac.uk/courses/openstudies/
getting ready for study – numbers
What Scottish football needs, more than anything, is a strong Aberdeen, Dundee Utd, Hearts and Hibs. My most vivid of Celtic memories is in the 80’s watching games against these teams which were always tough and well attended by both sets of fans home and away.
We need these clubs to seize this opportunity, stop relying on handouts from TV companies, and build a decent football club again. I think the fans of other teams are beginning to see the possible opportunities here, I just hope their Chairmen have the same vision.
Paul67
Disagree strongly.
Fine if everything is above board honest open and accountable.
These people want to protect their protection rackets as it ultimately protects their income streans. You know the figures for certain.
It is a war of attrition.
And all is fair in love and war.
Has being good to Craig Burley, Davie Provan, Charlie Nicholas done us anything good over the years.
HH
Hamiltontim
Failure to follow instructions……….. another 50
Failure to complete on time………… another 50
For having more than 1 failure……… another 50
For making me write all this……….. another 50
Am I getting the culture right?
HH
got a train down to london yesterday and the carriage was full of huns with big suitcases. looks like they’re migrating down south.
I just found out the other day that the collective for vultures is a ‘wake’ or a
‘committee’…..I live that,it’s so apt.
Bhunco : a club designed by a committee during a wake. They’re all vultures.
:-)