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Healthy SPFL, you know it’s over when the enablers bale

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It took until 5th October but Celtic are top of the Scottish Premiership for the first time.  The valiant stand by the Highlanders went the way of Culloden but whereas the competition for first place us over for the season, the league has a promising look to it.

The SPL suffered for many years not exclusively because Celtic and Rangers dominated but because those teams who should have been snapping at their heels – the city clubs – were hugely underachieving.

Motherwell have done enormously well finishing ‘best of the rest’ for three years but they are inhibited by being the third best supported team in Motherwell (population 30,311).  Their coaching and scouting infrastructure would provide a completely different platform if they were one of the top-flight clubs from Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen.

Below Celtic sit Motherwell, and the other very well run SPFL club, Inverness, but behind them are Aberdeen and Dundee United, who for once sit above the detritus (sorry, Kilmarnock, but you are a terribly run football club) and plucky upstarts (Ross County, from Dingwall, population 5,026).  Even Hibs are rallying.  They will return to the top half of the table if they beat Partick Thistle tonight.

Of the big city clubs, only Hearts (in Administration) are off the pace, and even their league status is bound to be rescued when Kilmarnock’s name is inevitably written with the accompanying parenthesis.

As we’ve noted here often before, when the Daily Record finally acknowledges the reality Celtic websites have long explained about the Rangers group of clubs, you know it’s too late to do anything about it.  Today’s piece in the newspaper confirms what we’ve known for a long time, the white flag has been raised.  If they were more circumspect before declaring the unquestionable business acumen of the Ibrox key-holder, at any point over the last 15 years, the spivs would have been unable to fill their boots.

All those fawning pieces simply enabled the misdeeds.

While we are on the topic of enablers, what is the price of loyalty?  £825k, apparently.

Congratulations to all who participated in the Great Scottish Run for 1254125.  It turned into a great Celtic day with participants ranging from the dedicated athletes to those on the high side of 20st who grabbed the chance to make a different to their own lives, as well as others.

It’s happening again next year, so you have plenty time to get ready.  The sooner you start preparing the better.

My sincere thanks to the many people who contributed to the 1254125 MyDonate page I put up on Friday.  It now sits at an incredible £935, I’ll leave it up for a few days more to see if we can break into four figures.

Thanks for all your help.

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  1. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS forza Oscar and Mackenzie on

    KOJO

     

     

    I hope you are wrong on this,on all the players I mentioned.

     

     

    I know you really don’t rate Joe Ledley for example,but we should be capitalising on building a team,and not a bunch of revolving door merchants.

     

     

    That is an expensive way to run a business,what with transfer and signing-on fees,and does little for team morale.

     

     

    Keep the players we value,IMO. If they were valued by us sufficiently to offer them a contract in the first place,and to hold a regular place in the team then it is rank stupidity to allow them to leave for free,pay money to replace them,and hope that works.

     

     

    It doesn’t.

     

     

    It hasn’t.

     

     

    Build a team. Not a group of itinerants.

  4. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS forza Oscar and Mackenzie on

    DBBIA

     

     

    Wow,it seems she has!

     

     

    And then some……

  8. Margaret McGill on

    ” Who pays Sally £825k? Who are these peepil? I want to know who these peepil are. I’m a Celtic supporter and the Celtic supporters and the Scottish public deserve to know who these peepil are”

  9. sixtaeseven on

    Ragersitis v Airdrionians.

     

     

    Sounds lke a – yawn – cracker.

     

     

    Settle down Ally, for goodness sake, I said “yawn – cracker” not “prawn – cracker” !!!

  10. Philbhoy - Bring it on!!!! on

    Does anyone think that Ally wishes he had a proper name like, John or Edward.

     

     

    Instead of Alistair.

     

     

    I mean……………………

  16. The Little Gentleman In The Black Velvet Waistcoat on

    In Baku watching Marseille v Paris SG on TV, they are singing french version of “come on you boys in green”….not sure which fans but wondering if they got it from us or did we get it from them, the tune that is.

  18. tomtheleedstim on

    Text from son newly at York University. “dad, can I take paracetamol with alcohol?”

     

    He sent that in the morning.

     

    whyisitcalledfreshersCSC.

  21. desertbhoy on

    tomtheleedstim

     

    17:10 on

     

    7 October, 2013

     

    Text from son newly at York University. “dad, can I take paracetamol with alcohol?”

     

    He sent that in the morning.

     

    whyisitcalledfreshersCSC

     

    ………………………………………………………

     

     

    if he hasn’t been in touch since, probly comatose!!

  22. Big Nan on

    As Prince King William III Prince of Orange, was a freemason there is a certain piquancy in the fact that the 1,690 total approaches, and maybe I should award the supporter who signs for that number a prize?

     

     

    A Terry’s chocolate orange perhaps.

     

     

    Joking apart the support is going really well and I thank all of you for signing and spreading the word by RT, FB, or whatever.

  24. tomtheleedstim on

    desertbhoy – he’s doing chemistry – you’d think they would be ahead of the game.

  25. sixtaeseven on

    Philbhoy

     

     

    Ali-stairs… at pies

     

    Ali-stairs… at contact and signs

     

    Ali-stairs… at birth certificate and thinks he is the youngest (and bestest) coach ever

     

    Ali-stairs… at Lenny and wonders “What do I have to do to be that good?”

     

     

    Perfect name.

  27. Kojo on

    Bobby Murdoch

     

     

    Pal.. Ah kin See where ye ur coming frum.

     

     

    And..

     

     

    It Makes sense ,whit ye ur Sayin..

     

     

    Howevahhhhhhhhhhh.. ( Ye jist knew.. THAT..wiz Comin’..didn’t Ye?)

     

     

    Cetlc,need tae Keep oan Daeing …well…Whit they Ur Daein’!

     

     

    Because..

     

     

    We need tae.

     

     

    Celtic,hiv no ither alternative course..In Ma Opinion..

     

     

    ither than, the Present wan..

     

     

    Which dictates that Cetlci Must Continue tae Buy Low.. and Sell High.

     

     

     

    and this Unpopular Proclivity, that we hiv .. fur … Chopping and Changing oor Team Set Up, because of This Pathway,which we hiv chosen.

     

     

    Makes fur …a Constant Irritating Thorn, Which is firmly Ensconced in the the Bums,of miny Members of oor Loyal Support.

     

     

    Nevertheless.. Ah hope that Celtic continue oan this Path.

     

     

    Fur.. We Need the Dough.

     

     

    Ah do not Like Ledley.. and..

     

     

    Ah do Not, Really, Really , Like. . Sammi.. Eethur.

     

     

    If Celtic , decide that these Two are Surplus Requirements ..and Ah hiv a Sneakng Suspicion that they Do, Do..

     

     

    Then So it wull Come tae Pass.

     

     

    Note.. We hiv Lately invested in Two Promising .. Kiddies..

     

     

    Rogic and Biton.. and We Did Go oot and try tae Find a Left Winger..

     

     

    Boeriggter.. who. As a Maitter of interest..Ah do Not Like .. Much.

     

     

    So.. Perhaps, Boeriggter’s Seeming ..Unsuccess. May , Allow Sammi

     

    tae Remain ,in oor Plans.

     

     

    So ye kin see,as Ah dae…. that Celtic are Soitenly, Making Future Plans..

     

     

    And ..And Ah am Delighted tae see that Celtic ur Making Future Plans..

     

     

    fur that tells me ..

     

     

    That Celtic are thinking Ahead of the Curve..

     

     

    And that is Where Ah Always want Celtic tae be..

     

     

    Aheid of the Curve.

     

     

    Ah am very Pleased with way things are going fur us.. at this time.

     

    because of, mainly, Wit oor Far Seeing and Forward Planning..

     

     

    Celtic Board Of Guardians .. have accomplished ..and Long May they continue tae do ..

     

     

    Whit they ur Daeing fur us and the Team.

     

     

    Celtic, are Doing whit is Best fur Celtic..although, Ah am sure that there ur Many Folk oan Here who Widnae see it that Way.

     

     

    Kojo

     

    Still,Laughin’

  29. desertbhoy on

    tomtheleedstim

     

    17:21 on

     

    7 October, 2013

     

    desertbhoy – he’s doing chemistry – you’d think they would be ahead of the game.

     

    ……………………………………………………..

     

     

    what they do in the classroom stays in the classroom…. after hours you’ve not got to think about.

  31. Neustadt-Braw on

    mmmm there are definitely lots of “missing links” in the Hoard …and I was always told Sh*t floated ,apparently not the “spongers” ….and then it is gobbled up through there food chain…..mmmmm I am sure I have commented on this behaviour before …hehehehehe braw!

  32. Teuchter ár lá on

    A Tim and a Sevconian go to a pastry shop.

     

    The Hun whisks three cookies into his pocket with lightning speed. The baker

     

    doesn’t notice.

     

    The Dob says to the Tim: You see how clever we are? You’ll never beat that!

     

    The Tim says to the monkey: Watch this – a Tim is always cleverer than a Zombie.

     

    He says to the baker, give me a cookie, I can show you a magic trick!

     

    The baker gives him the cookie which the Tim promptly eats. Then he says to

     

    the baker:

     

    Give me another cookie for my magic trick. The baker is getting suspicious

     

    but he gives it to him. He eats this one too.

     

    The he says again: Give me one more cookie… The baker is getting angry now

     

    but gives him one anyway.

     

    The Tim eats this one too.

     

    Now the baker is really mad, and he yells: And where is your famous magic

     

    trick?

     

    The Tim says: Look in the Hun’s pocket!

  35. sixtaeseven on

    !!Bada Bing!!

     

     

    That is bad news – speedy recovery young Adam, you will be missed by Wales and in the Chamions League.

     

     

    Proud of yourself, Lasley?

  36. sixtaeseven on

    Ali-stairs… at his 1 000 000 free shares, and wonders who he will vote for at the AGM.

  37. 16 roads - Wee Oscar the Celtic warrior. on

    Kojo – Did you ever meet any of the Rat Pack in Vegas?

     

     

    Some actress who was married to that Woody Allen thing has claimed Woody doesn’t own their son.She says Frank Sinatra is the real father.

     

     

    The son is the spitting image of Sinatra so he is.

  38. dessybhoy on

    Lasley was reckless, Hammell shoved him in the back and he lost his balance a double dunt no bookings no penalty another player crocked for months.

     

    Remind me who got sent of this week and why? include the prognosis of the person who was allegedly injured .

  40. channelislandcelt wee oscar has done it before and he'll do it again on

    Bada Bing

     

     

    Sickening news , for it to go unpunished makes it all the worse .

     

     

    HH

  41. Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar on

    SSN have several minutes discussing teams that have previously gone through an entire season undefeated.

     

     

    Why?

     

     

    Well they’re looking forward to some mob referred to as ‘Rangers’ achieving that very feat this season.

     

     

    Don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

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