4-in-a-row DVD, out now, for Father’s Day!! Fill your boots.
You and I know how Celtic are reported in the media but it’s seldom we have an opportunity to objectively analyse how we are portrayed in comparison to others. Yesterday’s media conference at Ibrox, was, frankly, irresistible.
Below is a transcript of questions and other comments made by journalists at Ronny Deila’s media conference when he was announced as Celtic manager a year ago, followed by Mark Warburton’s yesterday.
There are a few gems. Care to guess which conference these were put at “you’re actually a strong advocate of not spending and working on a tight budget”?
Or “You said he was at the top of the list – just for clarity, were any job offers made to other candidates?”
Or “There’s an expectation or a fear that top talent… will move to pastures new – is that a fear for you?”
Although to be fair, one brave soul did ask Davie Weir, “How different do you feel this Rangers is to the one you left?”
Let me know what you think. I know what I think…. some clubs are so well run they don’t need campaigning PR companies. Others are up to no good to such an extent they can hardly go through a day without one.
Don’t forget the 4-in-a-row DVD!
Ronny’s conference:
Many congratulations Ronny – how do you feel?
Easy decision?
What do you feel you can bring to Celtic?
This is your first experience of British football, how big a step up is this for you?
Peter, you’ve been linked with many candidates in the past few weeks, why is Ronny the right man?
Has number two been chosen yet?
Is John Collins a candidate?
How much time are you going to have to put your stamp on the team before the Champions League qualifiers start?
How do you rate the squad you’ve inherited here at Celtic?
Your first task will be to try and get the club to the Champions League – it’s your first experience of the competition, what do you think of the task?
You have three qualifying rounds to get through to get to the Champions League, it’s a difficult task.
Are you Norway’s answer to Jurgen Klopp?
On the issue Peter mentioned about unearthing raw talent, not only have you done that, you’re actually a strong advocate of not spending and working on a tight budget. Is that the case and why is that the case?
You played under Roy Hodgson, did you speak to him – what did you learn from him?
Can I ask you about the process of when you first became aware of Celtic’s interest?
What remit has Peter Lawwell given you as manager? There hasn’t been too much by way of a challenge for Celtic domestically, so what challenges do you face as a manager?
Peter, when did you become aware of Ronny’s abilities?
Was Ronny the only person– (cut off)
Comment made by Neil Lennon in the papers – was Ronny identified to replace Johann, was that the case?
You said he was at the top of the list – just for clarity, were any job offers made to other candidates?
Ronny is it important— (cut off)
Have you started talking to Ronny about what sort of budget he may or may not have?
Have you talked budgets Ronny?
Peter have you established a sufficient budget that can help Ronny?
Ronny what can you bring to Celtic?
I have to ask you about the pictures circulating in the Scottish papers in the past few days – can you explain them to us?
Will you do the same– (cut off)
Do you expect the same here then?
Just in terms of players – there’s an expectation or a fear that top talent like Fraser Forster and Virgil Van Dijk will move to pastures new – is that a fear for you?
You’ve spoken about developing players, things that take time – you don’t have the luxury of a long-term deal, it’s a rolling deal – have you been given assurances that you will be given longer?
What’s more important – results or development?
Warburton’s conference:
Many, many, congratulations, I’m sure you’ll be very excited about the prospect, but how big a challenge do you face here?
How easy was it for you to feel that this was the right job for you?
How prepared do you feel you are for the scrutiny you’ll be under here?
What do you feel is your first priority here?
Paul – you have said in recent weeks since you have come in that the club is broken and it needs to be rebuilt – why do you think that Mark and Davie are the management team to take it forward?
Mark – David from BBC Scotland here – at what point did you realise you wanted to be Rangers manager, and did you have any other offers?
And you’ll be expected to win automatic promotion straight away, yes?
And you and Davie have been characterised as good cop-good cop from people at Brentford, how can that help Rangers?
Your background is very different from most football managers, probably more akin to someone who would be on the board – but are there any parallels about how you’ll go about your business as a manager compared to your days as a high flying city slicker?
You said your first priority is to strengthen the squad, some players have left the club after their contracts were up – how far are you down the line at identifying new players?
How confident are you that you’ll be able to get this club promoted at the first attempt?
You’ve signed a two-year contract, how quickly do you think you can get this club back competing at the top of Scottish football?
Mark – what assurances have you been given, if any – about what your size of budget and what you can spend – it’s not just about numbers, it’s about the quality of the players you can get in as well?
David – did you ever believe you would be back here so soon?
As much as anything else, do you feel you’re going to have to help Mark get used to the surroundings of Scottish football and what it means to be at this football club?
How different do you feel this Rangers is to the one you left?
Davie what would you say Mark’s particular skillset it, his particular talent – how does he go about his business?
Did you speak to any of the guys who worked with before here, Walter and Ally?
Mark, what do you know about the players you have here at the moment?
The average age of the players last year was 28, is that something you’re looking to bring down?
So the youth system here is something you’re targeting as well?
There’s also no scouting system here, is that something you’re looking to sort out soon?
Rangers have been criticised in the past for overpaying players, particularly in the past few years, is that culture changing now?
So you reckon you’ll be going for players that are out of contract or loan deals rather than players who are in contract?
Mark, you say there’s no quick fix and it won’t happen overnight, how difficult will that balance be given there is such pressure to get promoted this season?
How many players do you think you need?
Will you be bringing Lewis McLeod back?
What type of footballing philosophy will you bring to Rangers?
There’s obviously been a thing about trying to get fans back buying season tickets, what message do you have for fans?
You spoke about the accent on youth and young players, but Davie played here until he was long in the tooth, will you be looking to bring in experienced players?
In your previous career, you would have been familiar with risk and reward – are Rangers taking a risk in your appointment?
Mark, just going back to your targets, have you been told by Dave King you have to win the league this year?
Will your management style be a bit different to Jock Wallace’s?
Paul – as far as your concerned with the management structure is concerned, you spoke about a director of football is something you would like to move toward, and the academy needs sorted, do you think there could be more appointments further down the line?
It’s already the middle of June, how soon can we see bodies in the door because the first competitive game is in five weeks?
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Oops… Petec has came up on the rails. You know I’m at the wind up Petec:)
Sipsini..thats 100%…No profit in in for the Book…Less Mags takes a dive..
Bgx…get back on Yer horse, there’s punters oot there got a bet on you…btw your down to 20/1 now ;)
Sipsini…Its Oot ti 20/1 now…Ffs..When the last time you had a bet…Bingo not included …Ha..
So when asked by Tory Margaret Mitchell (yep a bloody Tory!) wouldn’t police resources be better utilised to address more serious crimes than the OBAF Act, Paul Wheelhouse implied that singing songs could create the environment where violence takes place.
Yep, that was his response.
Au revoir.
What is the Stars
23:43 on 16 June, 2015
Petec.
Yes good day at Ascot. The double came up short price though, Finnegan was a non runner but one of my other fancies buratino romped home in that race and finally my big each way bet Elishpour was 3rd at 25s.
I have a few for tomorrow. Will post later
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I heard one of the worst ever stories today and a couple of hours later, I went and told the lad and his workm8 about your tip – he said he was going to get on it but not sure he did, or ever will gamble again. ;))
Basically he knew he was gambling too much and put a £50 a week limit on his account, the Weekend Chelsea and Man City (FA Cup) and others got beat, he went to put on the 5 teams on the Friday a couple of times, just going for high odds outsiders….£5 @ over 10000/1 but because of the restriction, it is weekly, he couldn’t.
As he said it was just an extreme outsider bet.
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BGX
LoL
hamiltontim
23:53 on 16 June, 2015
Well what did you expect?
Altogether now
“For we shall be mastered..,,.”
HT
Just listened to the audio of the “debate” on the FAC site.
Were any of those sceptical questions from SNP MSPs? Is anyone likely to break ranks when confronted by both the evidence from FAC and the reaction of the researchers to the way that their attitudinal survey was “spun” as the review?
I am encouraged by the way the SNP spokesman, Mr. Wheelhouse, barely managed to convey the imagined benefits of the Act. he sounded like someone who wanted to find a quiet way to drop this hot potato without ever apologising for having gone off down the wrong road in the first place.
Having abandoned Jack McConnell’s pious initiatives taking an educative approach to anti-sectarianism, they are pedaling back to find ways to fund them again, this time with some tartan paint on the front.
It was a toxic combination of shameful behaviour and shameless attitudes. I hope that, when he meets with FAC again, someone gets to make an audio or video record of just how ineffectual and unimpressive the thought processes being deployed, are.
sipsini
23:45 on 16 June, 2015
Oops… Petec has came up on the rails. You know I’m at the wind up Petec:)
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Yer a fecking Peaky Blinder…. Muscling into the Gambling arena.
Fecking rascal. Champagne SocialNova right enough. :D
The secret to betting is being the Bookie. Sipsini is Sharking it up.
Bgx…
I put the odd couple of quid on the footbal, I can’t mind the last time I won:)
My old da is a punter, he was an odds counter in the bookies, before then, he was a bookies runner, a long time ago.
From an outward opinion. You should make a point of meeting up with the bhoys that post on here, I’ve yet to meet one I would have a bad word to say about…then again I’ve not met you or mags;)
If mags is anything like his young bro, it would be a grand session.HH
NatKnow
Sorry ….i’m on and off the computer at the moment … cooking dinner ….
I did know that NC was in TO … have seen once or twice when LC was in town … I also ran into Norman Blake (of Teenage Fanclub) in Kitchener when I was living out there … I quite like some of their stuff.
Cerebral night in with the best of what the BBC does, a small insight to Stephen Hawking film,followed by Charles Darwin Biopic..football reportage should be so lucky!
HH
BGX you really are a silly person arnt you. Comeing onto a blog to espouse a view and then being unable to debate.
Dare I say it?
Yeah why not.
Hulnlike.
Drape yourself in a flag and pretend you are invincible.
Hrvatski Jim
23:26 on
16 June, 2015
Bobby Lennox was not very good prior to the arrival of Jock.
From memory,Jock moved him to left wing and I can remember his “arrival “……….
A hattrick agst.Thistle at Firhill.
He never looked back after that.
Similar story with Bobby Murdoch and Stevie Chalmers.
Jock gave them motivation and self belief.
toffeetim, well done. dublin2016@mail.com
I hope to be in touch early next week re the venue
Origin of Species,”The biggest single idea in the history of thought”
Well….imho…this…FAC/Petition-thingy…will never bear fruit….never!
I attended the meeting at George Square a couple of years ago and….with the benefit of hindsight….something isny smelling right.
Ye see….why hold all these meetings….print-off all the petition material when….the trail leads back to, the Celtic boards compliant/kowtowing/sleekit/nodding-churchill-dogs style….surrender to the Green-Brigade-Hunting-establishments demands after the ‘shame-game’ were….Celtic FC/PLC….took a back-seat and let our cage-rattling manager Neil Lennon take the ‘entire’ fall for that game…?
It’s like this….Celtic FC/PLC’s fingerprints are all over this stitch-up-law and….they have walked away from all responsibility for ‘their’ part in the creation of this law with a few conceited-plants pointing to various ‘statements’ on the club’s website from ‘a’ spokesman, abhorring this law, but….that’s for the easily fooled amongst the Celtic support to kid-you-on that…the board are on your side….their not.
This lying/deceitful/PLC-board are entirely to blame for….selling out the Celtic support on one hand then, taking all yer money with the other.
It’s this simple….deal with the ‘criminals’ on the Celtic board….or, take the chance of becoming a ‘criminal’ all because you support the Celtic.
Please stop moaning about the polis….deal with the folk who gave them their Mississippi-licence to come and get ye!
Are the board being paid in EBT’s for leaving the back door open….?
….ma heids splitting…oot. YNWA.
THIS:
coneybhoy
09:16 on 16 June, 2015
Non footie question:-
would anyone recommend a family hol this summer in Egypt? Looking at maybe Luxor to get the history and the beach.
I wrote off N Africa for the last few years but with the military crackdowns etc , is it now safe enough ? (unless you are one of those poor sods being cracked down on of course)
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Aye.
Should be a good trip, don’t forget to pack a “Jesus Loves You” t-shirt.
That’ll stand you in good stead.
I hear also that Somalia is a very pleasant place to visit at this time of year as well.
God bless Hugh Keevins and Gerry McNee – they only loved the Celtic.
HH.
Hopefully this works, it’s the debate of the Holyrood debate in the OBAF Act yesterday.
It’s worth a listen if you can spare the time.
https://twitter.com/fackillthebill/status/610950595999047680
*recording of*
SFTB
I’m not aware of any dissenting voices but I’ll get that confirmed.
“There is every chance that the changes in Scotland are structural and Labour is gone for ever, like cholera or Rangers.” Frankie Boyle.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/16/labour-leadership-candidates-boring-rightwing-frankie-boyle?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
Good morning friends. It’s a disappointingly Wet and Windy Wednesday in East Kilbride.
Mornin Jobo. How were the ole Fleetwood Macs?
Jobo, it bloody boiling here un Phnom Penh.
And, the interthingee is now working.
Dreik on G3
And bumpy on bus 8(
It’s Barry Manilows birthday today. Little Barry fact: His song ‘Can’t Smile Without You’ was written about his plastic surgeon.
bgx
23:17 on 16 June, 2015
Neganon2…And You and your ilk on CQN are Dinosaurs, Holding Back this Country as much as the OO..
Now we disagree on Everything, Scroll past , dont engage, best allround…
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Next you’ll be inciting a Krystallnacht. The intolerance from nouveau SNP towards any form of dissent is astonishing,worrying,and an affront to free speech.
Wonderful surname from WWC……. Nigerian CHUKWUNONYE
Morning all.
Bleak is the word for the weather down here today. Radio Scotland were saying earlier what everyone in Scotland knows: May was the wettest and coldest for 105 years. June is doing its best to match it.
Good morning CQNers,
Thanks to winning captains for getting rid of the intrusive skybet advert.
The Daily Record’s pathetic attempts to polish the turd that is Sevco are plumbing new depths, they’ve even restored sevco’s link to a more prominent position.
I found this definition of turd polishing in the urban dictionary……
The act of trying to make something hopelessly weak and unattractive appear strong and appealing. An impossible process that usually results in a larger, uglier turd.
How applicable to the sorry tale of sevco.
hamiltontim
23:53 on 16 June, 2015
So when asked by Tory Margaret Mitchell (yep a bloody Tory!) wouldn’t police resources be better utilised to address more serious crimes than the OBAF Act, Paul Wheelhouse implied that singing songs could create the environment where violence takes place.
Yep, that was his response.
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Indeed he is correct. As could throwing a birthday party for five year olds.
In many countries,such a draconian piece of legislation would lead to civil unrest. Including much worse violence than he envisages over a few songs.
Of course,the possibility of civil unrest may explain why police officers in Scotland are still being routinely armed.
Not confined to an Armed Response Vehicle,just patrolling a supermarket,etc.
Smashing,innit?
….. Forgot to add…. Chukwononye was booked!
Morning all.
Today is the annual Glasgow Taxi outing to Troon an event that Celtic make a significant financial contribution to.
£7000 this year.
Hope the weather is ok and that the kids have an enjoyable day.
They deserve it.
HH!!
TALLYBHOY
It used to be to Butlins,further along the coast. I think it incurred a boundary charge…
Only kidding,grateful thanks to all the taxi-drivers who are giving up their time,diesel and tools of their trade for free. I’ve seen the kids,a few years back. They have a ball-and a lot of them look in need of some fun.