Right now our former captain, Paul Lambert, is one of the hottest tickets in football management so it’s no surprised that Norwich City have been unable to hold onto him. Inside three years he transformed the club from one that lost 1-7 to Colchester United (then managed by Paul) to one of the most improved teams in Europe, earning two consecutive promotions and a mid-table finish in the FA Premier League.
If Lambert ended up at Liverpool, or even Chelsea, you would not have been surprised. Instead, he’s set to go to Aston Villa. During their Martin O’Neill era Villa splurged cash they ultimately realised they couldn’t afford. Martin walked out days before the start of the season in August 2010. Since then they pitched Gerard Houllier at the job before poaching Alex McLeish from relegated city rivals Birmingham.
In short, Villa looks like a club without the vision to build stable progress. Unlike Norwich, who seem to know exactly what they are doing. They even coped with the loss of Neil Doncaster, who left the club a few months before the arrival of Lambert.
Norwich City is the better job.
I’m on Radio Scotland with Jim Spence around 16:15 today, talking about social media and football, square sliced, the price of milk and lawn care.
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Cheats cheat for 1 reason, their character is fundamentally flawed.
No surprises there!
ASonOfDan
Mathieson met with around a hundred of them before the council elections and told them the council’s policy of restricting marches was wrong. This is in a city which has more Orange marches than Belfast and Derry combined (council figures).
He desperate to keep the SNP out and is openly playing the orange/unionist card; as a LP member I have lots of questions for him to answer.
theweegreenman
Insolvency Act 1986
ASonOfDan on 3 June, 2012 at 12:14 said:
Where did you hear that from?
I had brought this up with St.John Doyle who said this was being “reviewed”.
So Scottish Labour have sold out to the OO after all.
Bournesouprecipe
The Merchant of Venice is the nastiest piece of anti-semitic rubbish. Saved only by the line “If you prick me do I not bleed?”.
Also I do believe Marie Anntoinette is oft misquoted. I believe she said “Let them eat brioche” except in French.
When it comes to thems I would say “Let them eat bile”.
kitalba on 3 June, 2012 at 12:10 said: ……….
What makes them cheat ?
… As the Scorpion said to the frog, ‘ It’s my NATURE.’
Cheers PF. A little studying coming up. :-)
I sent this email to Gordon matheson:
To: “gordon.matheson@councillors.glasgow.gov.uk”
Subject: Article in Herald – Wednesday 9th May
“Gordon Matheson, leader of Glasgow City Council, was greeted with applause when he told a hustings of around 100 members of the Orange Order that he would “hold his hands up” and admit a groundbreaking approach to reducing marches in the city was flawed.”
The above is a quote from the article. I also read the readers’ comments, and I suggest you do the same if you haven’t already done so.
May I add my insignificant voice to others who are concerned that you are pandering to an outdated, divisive, and frankly disturbed group of people.
These marches are an embarrassment to Glasgow and Scotland, and if the Labour party are looking for their votes I believe they will lose more than they gain. July should see to that.
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His reply:
Subject: Public Processions
Dear Sir
Thank you for your recent email regarding the above.
Glasgow City Council has a complex challenge in relation to public processions. We administer more public processions than any other local authority in Scotland. I believe that we manage such a large number of processions in a very professional and transparent way.
The Council is required to strike a balance between protecting the rights of people and organisations to hold processions, as contained in the legislation and protected under Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, and ensuring that the lives of other members of the community aren’t unnecessarily or excessively disrupted. This can be a difficult balance to strike.
The legislation which Glasgow City Council requires to follow doesn’t provide significant powers to refuse permission for processions to take place. The Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 amended the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 and states that local authorities can only act within specific circumstances if they wish to restrict or prohibit a procession. It would be a matter for the Scottish Parliament to change the law if it wished to give local authorities greater power to prohibit the conduct of public processions.
There have been a number of Scottish court cases where sheriffs have considered decisions taken by Councils to prohibit parades. In most instances the Sheriff has held against the local authority and in favour of the procession organisers.
When the current processions policy of Glasgow City Council was established, it was agreed by all political parties on the Council’s Executive Committee that an annual review would take place. The first such review is due shortly and will look at the number of processions that have taken place in the previous 12 months, the burden on the police, and whether the policy is working in practice – serving the needs of procession organisers while minimising the potential disruption to other members of the community.
This review is being worked on at the moment by Council officers and will incorporate the views of Strathclyde Police and a range of procession organisers. If required, officers will propose specific amendments to the policy and these will be discussed by the Council’s Executive Committee before any potential changes could be made. While I am, of course committed to a review of our policy, let me assure you that no decisions have been taken to alter the current position, nor have I ever sought to encourage an increase in the number of processions.
I am aware of a number of issues which have been raised with the Council by a range of organisers – loyalist and republican organisations, trade unions, equalities groups, and other organisations that hold parades in Glasgow.
These issues have included:
Use of public spaces in the city centre, specifically George Square as an assembly point for large processions;
Inclusion of George Square and Nelson Mandela Place as part of procession routes;
Concerns over stewarding arrangements and organisers who underestimate the number of participant in their procession;
The timing when organisations are permitted to play music during their procession;
The holding of unauthorised processions.
All procession notifications are considered by the Council and police on their own merit and no organisation receives preferential treatment.
I hope this response has reassured you.
Yours sincerely
Councillor Gordon Matheson
Leader of the Council
Glasgow City Council
KILBOWIE KELT 1231
Aye. I posted this last week as a reminder to anyone who seriously expects things to be different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_ZBqpEUbik
THE volatility of everyday life in Greece just now has prompted many people to consider a return to the old ways.
Out with the euro, in with the drachma? In football, though, there is no going back.
Greece might have created some modern-day gods when they won the European Championship in 2004, in a summer when they also hosted the Olympic Games and spent billions on projects for Athens that drained the public purse, but those ageing heroes have been pensioned off and Georgios Samaras believes a fresh injection of talent can help Greece flourish at Euro 2012
The Celtic forward is eager to blow away the dark clouds hanging over his country following the economic meltdown when Greece open the European Championship finals on Friday night with a Group A encounter against joint-hosts Poland in Warsaw.
For Greek fans looking for lucky omens, that is a similar scenario to Euro 2004 when they beat Portugal in the curtain-raiser in Oporto, before stunning a continent to become champions of Europe.
While Samaras knows it is going to be tough to match the feats of Otto Rehhagel’s heroes, he insists Greece do not fear anyone in the group, which also includes Scotland’s conquerors, the Czech Republic, and Russia.
“We have several young, talented players,” said Samaras. “There is a new generation now. Most of the boys who won in 2004 have retired from football, or the national team. Sotiris Ninis is a midfielder at Panathinaikos, who is 21 and has interested clubs around Europe, while another is Kyriakos Papadopoulos, a defender with Schalke. They got him from Olympiakos at 17. That is good for the Greek national team because if you go to a bigger league abroad, you mature quicker.”
Samaras is proof of that. He left his home on the island of Crete at 16 to join Heerenveen in Holland and became the most expensive Greek footballer when Manchester City paid the Dutch club £6 million in 2006.
A few months later, he made his debut for the national team and in Thursday night’s friendly with Armenia he picked up his 54th cap. Since moving to Celtic for £1.2m in 2008, he has a perfect record of reaching three consecutive finals.
“For a small country like Greece, where the league is not as strong as other countries, to get into the Euros again is great. That is three in a row and we’ve also made the World Cup finals in between. This is big for us. The mood among our players is great. Our Euro 2012 group is strange. There are no favourites. Everyone can win – or lose. All four are equal teams and I think because of that, a team will not need more than four or five points.
“If a team get two wins, they are through for sure. But even a win and a draw would do. There are no big teams like Germany. If you see them in the group, they will be first and everyone else fights for second.”
Samaras may have left home more than a decade ago, but his patriotism is undiluted, and a Greek flag could be seen wrapped around him at Celtic’s SPL trophy celebrations three weeks ago. The 27-year-old recognises that life has unravelled for everyone back in Greece but Fernando Santos’s side can restore some national pride.
Eight months ago, Samaras discovered football’s healing power as he strolled around Athens and found smiling faces everywhere after his stunning goal against Croatia the night before had put Greece on the brink of qualification for the finals. The Croats were favourites to walk away with Group E but Santos’s side showed incredible spirit to remain unbeaten in their 10 games and Samaras’s volley 20 minutes from time in the penultimate match brought a nation to its feet.
“Croatia were a point ahead of us and it was the most nervous game we had ever played,” admits Samaras. “The feeling from that goal was unbelievable. You have to have played football to understand it. It was so special. Football gives you something really special. That’s what happened in the game with Croatia. For days before it, everyone in the country was talking about the game and we had a full house in the Olympiakos stadium. After we won, everyone had smiles on their faces for days.
“People could forget about their personal problems for a while. Football does that. That was just one game, so we will try to do something similar in the Euros. I am not saying we are going to win it, but we want to win games for the people in our country.”
Ironically, Samaras was not able to celebrate with his team-mates when they clinched their passport to the Euros just four days later. He picked up a yellow card and an ankle knock against the Croats, which ruled him out of the last match away to Georgia.
Samaras sat in his house in Glasgow watching on television as the Greeks went behind in Tbilisi and Croatia went 2-0 up against Latvia and threatened to sneak top spot until Giorgos Fotakis’ late leveller and Angelos Charisteas’ stoppage time winner. “I was celebrating alone in my living room and I think the whole of Glasgow heard me,” he said.
The Greeks lost all three games at Euro 2008, as age caught up with Rehhagel’s side, but in the World Cup finals they defeated Nigeria and Samaras came close to netting in the last group match against Argentina before two late goals from Martin Demichelis and Martin Palermo snatched qualification from Greece.
“We were a bit unlucky in South Africa,” reflects Samaras. “We had chances to go through but were unlucky. Then we had to face Argentina in the last game and that’s tough. We went out of the World Cup but that experience was good for us.”
Rehhagel was criticised for being overly-cautious in South Africa, using Samaras as the lone striker, but Santos – from Portugal – has opted for a more fluid 4-3-3 with Samaras playing in a wide-left-role that Neil Lennon has used him in at Celtic.
“We do not have anything to prove as a team,” said Samaras. “There is no extra motivation. It is there already. The World Cup is the last chapter in the story, we need to begin a new one and hopefully do something good in the Euros.”
It has been said that Greece are a team with no stars, but the Celtic player is happy with that.
“I never see football as something personal, or for my own glory,” he said. “My goal is to do something for the team and be part of that. I just want Greece to have a good tournament and bring some happiness to the Greek people.
“When you see your team-mates, you have to give them the ball – otherwise, if you want personal glory, you should just play tennis or golf. In football you need team spirit, like the Greek team had in 2004.”
Herald
theweegreenman on 3 June, 2012 at 12:29 said:
ASonOfDan on 3 June, 2012 at 12:14 said:
‘Where did you hear that from?
I had brought this up with St.John Doyle who said this was being “reviewed”.
So Scottish Labour have sold out to the OO after all.’
I recall that St John Doyle said the policy on marches was due to be reviewed anyway and that no one was promised anything.
It looked to me that Matieson had duped the OO.
The nats obviously are very sore at not having taken Glasgow and are intent on mudslinging.
Billy’s Bhoy
Ragers and the SFA will work it out, they always have. Then the SFA will send a nice letter to FIFA telling them all is well, no more nasty Merchant’s of Venice.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 3 June, 2012 at 12:16 said:
Agitate, educate, organise.
Still at the first two, will be for a long time to come I think.
One day our children’s children’s may have what we hope for.
Well just have to put up with the system we have, whilst never accepting it
Big Thanks James Forrest and Mr Winklepickers I have had a great half our or so watching those links with a great Irish coffee, the hangover is gone.
Great memories, cheers and have a good day.
Marie Antoinette never said “Let them eat cake”.
However, Swally LaManagerette did say ” Give me more cake, and the names of all the bakers”.
TinyTim on 3 June, 2012 at 09:56 said:
Lots of people knocking Scotland on here lately.
However these are my mountains and this is my glen (;-).
*made famous by Peter Mallan nephew of former Celtic defender Jimmy Mallan
Ernie
22 marches in Glasgow this weekend?
Who’s duped who?
A plague of corns, bunions and in-grown toe nails on the lot of them.
Scotland like many countries has much beauty.
My fav spot Islam top of Conic Hill at Balmaha overlooking Loch Lomond on a clear day. Truely beautiful.
theweegreenman on 3 June, 2012 at 12:46 said:
’22 marches in Glasgow this weekend?’
If the council had banned them the courts would have granted permission.
Orange walks are not part of Scotlands beauty.
Ernie I think St John Doyle’s point about the review Islam that its would be ask dynamic as inertia.
Billy’s Bhoy on 3 June, 2012 at 12:50 said:
Scotland like many countries has much beauty.
My fav spot Islam top of Conic Hill at Balmaha overlooking Loch Lomond on a clear day. Truely beautiful.
*Balmaha is where I spent my summer Sundays.
Favourite spot though is up the top of Redburn (Bonhill) where on a clear day you can see the Loch in all its splendour as well as 5 counties.
Billy’s Bhoy
Can I suggest you google “Damn you autocorrect”
Billy`s bhoy
islam …predictatext ….??
If singing of sectarian songs etc… are legally banned in Scotland, I guess we can expect to see the courts filled with all those out marching today.
Yeah, right.
DJBEE 1242
Just spent some time linking down the sidebars from them;marvellous stuff.
If you know your history,eh?
Ernie
You have to admit, that does not sound too encouraging especially with the amount of walks we are experiencing.
Do you still beleve he duped the OO in light of what we are seeing just now?
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 3 June, 2012 at 12:36 said: …
Happily. their days of taking ANYBODY in are long gone.
Tontine Tim on 3 June, 2012 at 12:43 said: …
I did not know that Peter Mallan was a nephew of Jimmy.
What memories the back three of Miller, Milne & Mallan conjure up in my head.
I’m with you on appreciating Scotland.
We are blessed here in our own locality.
Doughnut Hill, Pappert, Duncolm, Carman, etc,etc.
Real joys right on our doorstep.
On Train to Newcastle. Going To Redcar races tomorrow.Stag do`
Any Tips for today\Tomor would be great.
HH
The Battered Bunnet &Pfayr
I blame that Feruz boy myself.
And fat fingers.
One of the oddest things about this whole saga is the fact that the hunnites are spewing forth their bitter hatred for the very people (MSM, SFA etc…) who are working overtime endeavouring to protect RFCia. They actually believe that these groups are out to get them.
I’m sure there are many in the MSM and SFA who are beginning to say, “why the F do we bother?”
I agree guys, they aren’t worth saving.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 3 June, 2012 at 12:59 said:
DJBEE 1242
Just spent some time linking down the sidebars from them;marvellous stuff.
If you know your history,eh?
Wife away shopping with the weans, I am going to lie in the bath n chill while watching some of our history safe in the knowledge that we are:
“Celtic, always have been, always will be”
HH
“It is not quite the same as the person convicted of killing his parents pleading for clemency as he is an orphan, but it is not that far away either!”
Paul McConville on Ragers.
TYREHOOPS 1305
Hope you don’t like tequila-one of the regulars on here drank the toon dry yesterday!
theweegreenman on 3 June, 2012 at 12:59 said:
If the council had banned the marches would the courts have allowed them?
Who would be responsible for the court costs?
Season ticket renewed.
Moved from main stand on halfway line to 111.
I spent a LOT of last season watching with envy, and being entertained by the GB.
So I have moved to where the party is.
And can’t wait for the season to start!
LENNY.
Not for those of a nervous disposition