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The Twitter outburst by former St Mirren chairman, Stewart Gilmour against SPFL chief exec, Neil Doncaster’s appointment to the SFA board, called “a bloody disgrace” and “in there as a puppet”, is remarkable on any level.

Despite working inside the game for many years, all Gilmour offered was the kind of Twitter rant any of us could come up with.  In short, that the SFA appointed someone they knew, with influence in the game.  If you are looking for the specifics behind Gilmour’s objection, you will not find it.

What Gilmour didn’t say was who supposedly was working Doncaster as a puppet.

Decisions made by the SPFL in 2012, when the league decided not to invite Newco Rangers (then Sevco) were not universally popular on the St Mirren board.  You heard other echoes of that time last year when Gilmour suggested that one of the Celtic Park backroom team was pulling the strings of Scottish football: “Some of the chairmen that attend the meetings will not take Peter [Lawwell] on. I think he’s got too much power on other clubs.”

We can only guess who Gilmour believes is pulling Neil Doncaster’s strings, but I suggest it is laughable, whoever it is.

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  8. voguepunter on

    !!BADA BING!! on 15TH MARCH 2018 6:44 PM

     

    VP- he’s 6′ 7″, he only put his hand up…

     

     

    ————————–

     

    If he was on your shoulders he could put a hole in roof of Sistine chapel :O)

     

    Think of insurance claim for that.

  10. Saint Stivs on

    have to say

     

     

    jeanette findlay interviews across the meeja tonight is quite excellent.

     

     

    hat doffed.

  11. bigbhoy on

    Doncaster is a strange one. He has carried on in the past and seemed to bend over backwards to aid Rangers and indeed Sevco. He is a big backer of the survival myth.

     

     

    However, in his recent Interview Peter Lawwell called him one of the “good” people, which at the time surprised Tom English. He has been no friend of Celtic in the past.

     

     

    However, if Celtic are building an alliance then perhaps Doncaster would be able to deliver some support from a number of clubs and there for a broad based opposition to Macrae Petrie and their supporters. It could be that he is looking to climb the ladder.

     

     

    I think that him showing ambition to get on in the game beyond Scotland might has seen him taking a pragmatic view rather than a “St Paul on the road to Damascas” conversion. He may want to be on the winning side.

     

     

    Doncaster is part of the Coup and is lined up on the SFA Board on the side of the “modernisers” and against the Macrae/Petrie faction who could be down to 3. If Ian Murray gets the CEO job then they will find themselves in a minority.

     

     

    If we see the end to people like Bryson and others then Doncaster might be a bitter pill to swallow

  12. mild mannered Pedro delgado on

    I’m sure it’s already been posted on here but but ma oldest just showed me.” Every ounce of pain rangers tv. It’s wonderful if you haven’t seen it .

     

    Watch now. Sorry am an oul eejit and can’t give the link

     

    Hail hail

  13. Oldbhoy on

    Not listened to Super Scoreboard,for a while,but dearie me it’s sure has lost it’s way,the front man isn’t very good,time Jim Delahaunt or Peter Martin, should be recalled,

  14. mild mannered Pedro delgado on

    By the way as for ROd

     

    A love him

     

    He’s not of Irish stock

     

    He didn’t grow up supporting the hoops

     

    He has too much money

     

    He’s great wi the women

     

    Was gone say great singer but so am a

     

    Probably votes Tory

     

    Drinks too much in public ,scratch that one as well

     

    Good lookin guy

     

    But a love him cause he beats the drum for us every time he can

     

     

    God bless ROd Stewart you’re a credit to your nation ,your family, your team

     

    You’re in ma heart and in ma soul

  22. The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on

    Slow tonight, so let’s have a quiz.

     

     

    I have seen 3 photographs today that accompany the repeal of the Offensive Behaviour Act, or whatever it is called.

     

     

    Question: in all three, which team’s colours have always been in the foreground and been most prominent?

  25. Saint Stivs on

    compare and contrast, the idoicy of tom miller rangers tv commentary, with Brendan rodgers calling shortbread after the game.

     

     

    Brendan Rodgers Calls In After Celtic Win At Ibrox

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHu6mGMo0CA&t=35s

     

     

    ps, has there ever been another picture of a celtic player waving a tri0colour at the badgers hovel ?

     

     

    https://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:low,c_fill/https://www.scotsman.com/webimage/1.4703770.1520785644!/image/image.jpg

  26. Saint Stivs on

    that moment when you cant spell idiocy.

     

     

     

    pps, did the stewards get a bonus for gaurding the goal posts, even when the elf protaginist was in the stand waving the flag.

  27. The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on

    Question 2: in a football related story concerning Celtic and Rangers, does the MSM put Rangers before Celtic or Celtic before Rangers?

     

     

    Question 3: in a story regarding sectarian behaviour, does the MSM put Celtic before Rangers or Rangers before Celtic.

     

     

    Question 4: in an action photograph involving a Celtic and Rangers players, is the Celtic player on the right or left? Clue: we read from left to right.

     

     

    Question 5: in the run up to ‘old firm’ games when both club/clumpany crests are shown side by side or one above the other, does the Celtic crest eclipse the Rangers crest or vice versa?

     

     

    I’m probably paranoid, but try it out for yourselves.

  29. mild mannered Pedro delgado on

    ST stivs

     

    That was basically what I had seen on every ounce of pain

     

    Great watchin

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  33. Friesdorfer on

    Ivanovic conned the referee at the Leipzig penalty and psyched out the penalty taker with the delay. Even had the cheek to glad hand the ref after the GK saved it (yards off the line as usual). Should have booked Ivanovic and that would have shut him up.

  34. Friesdorfer on

    Very pleased to see Leipzig going through. The second half was played at a blistering pace (didn’t see the first half).

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    BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 15TH MARCH 2018 7:32 PM

     

     

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  40. Tontine Tim on

    FRIESDORFER on 15TH MARCH 2018 8:01 PM

     

     

    Ivanovic conned the referee at the Leipzig penalty and psyched out the penalty taker with the delay. Even had the cheek to glad hand the ref after the GK saved it (yards off the line as usual). Should have booked Ivanovic and that would have shut him up.

     

     

    *saw that, bizarre, anyway with all the Gazprombank money they still only went a round more than us.

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    its simply because of censorship. and the subjects that are not allowed.

     

     

     

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