I asked Archie Macpherson to speak about Jock Stein at CQN11, to mark the 50th anniversary of Jock’s appointment as Celtic manager, and then stayed quiet as he spoke. One of the points he made was that Jock would have a news plan ahead of a big game.
Good news would be held back until a few days before the game, giving fans and players a lift, to ensure maximum impact. Bad news could break at any time, but it would have to fight for column inches. As an operator, he is still worth studying. Celtic should plan to dominate this week’s news accordingly.
Apart from that horrible game away to Legia, Ronny Deila has not been to a sell-out Celtic game in a large stadium, and even that was only 30,000. It’s possible he’s never even played before a large sell-out crowd, so you can be sure he’ll not be short of people telling him what to expect, and how to prepare for Hampden on Sunday.
There are some obvious pitfalls for him to avoid, in particular to ensure his players are not provoked into retaliation, but taking too much advice would be a mistake (will not stop us offering plenty advice). He’s spent all season playing and preparing one way, anything which gets in the way of this will only put him off his game. The manager needs to employ a filter this week, tell everyone he’s got the situation covered and get on with the game.
Loving the way recipients of Rangers EBT loans have been asked about an advert dealing with the consequences of their loans, but are not actually asked about the loans themselves. These guys only agree speak on the understanding they are not asked about their loans, none of which are or will be repaid.
I accept that if the loan recipient is being asked about yesterday’s charity match, or some other football game, there’s no place to ask him about his loan, but these guys are regularly commenting on the consequences of their loans, without ever having to deal with the awkward question.
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Reading through this mornings statement and remembering Green and Whyte, how could anyone seriously say this is the same club?
We should view them as a new entity, but retaining the blind goodwill of supporters desperate for success and willing to cheer on any version of Rangers.
A couple of wins, or signings or perhaps promotion will have them fighting over Season Tickets and jerseys.
He has bought a carcass with a licence to make money and maybe get his Company European exposure.
This guy is a dangerous operator and should not be underestimated.
He operates without morals and perhaps for the good of Scottish football his methods should be scrutinised at an early stage…
He will make money from them, but I fear that he will do that to our detriment.
Anyway,
Up da Tic
I’m stuck here until the 4th, i’m going to listen to it on the website i think.
Do you know if it’s on Bein sports?
If so i might watch it, depending if they have the correct channel on the T.V.
Sunday will be my first visit to Hampden since 1990 when we lost the Scottish Cup to Aberdeen on penalties. That’s 25 long years.
If the game was against Berwick Rangers I would still be there, because a victory represents passage to the League Cup final, the first leg of a possible treble, and another big day out, this time against Aberdeen or Dundee United.
clogher celt
09:00 on 27 January, 2015
If he makes a lot of. MoneY from them, that will leave sevco with less money ….HH
I remember watching this a while back,Escape From Sobibor.
Well worth the time,IMO.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b4R53qvwbag
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
http://youtu.be/BB2Ad04mukI
HH
zbyszek
08:39 on 27 January, 2015
Reminder for all who are interested in history. Seventy years ago Auschwitz-Birkenau was freed. Big day in here, with many important guests in Auschwitz, including those who survived Holocaust.
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zbyszek
Good morning Sir
My visit there will haunt me forever. So strange that you got off the train, went along the road for a few minutes and there it was……..just beside a present day busy road.
To then then step back from the mundane ordinariness of the here and now into the hell of history was beyond strange and beyond disturbing. I felt compelled to look at every inmate photo as I walked along. As though the least I could do was show them that I hadn’t forgotten that they were individual people.
70 years on. And we witness the rise of the fascist voice across Europe again. Ukraine in particular. A nation that provided more than its fair share of camp guards.
Take care Fhriend
HH jamesgang
Ashley doesn’t need the grief of putting security over Ibrox. If he wants it he’s putting them in the position of running into the ground when they go into admin/liquidation. he’ll just buy it on the cheap.
He’s tied up their main external revenue stream. It seems from RM that crowds will drop again after this move. So their football based income is nowhere near covering expenses. It’s only going one way. Just a pity it didn’t happen before the weekend. The fixture disappearing would have been better all round fro everybody.
Murray wan up.
clogher celt
09:00 on 27 January, 2015
Reading through this mornings statement and remembering Green and Whyte, how could anyone seriously say this is the same club?
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where have you been? ;-))
H.H.
Footage that’s been hidden from view for 70 years due to its graphic nature. This programme should be mandatory viewing for everyone and must be taught in schools everywhere. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/holocaust-night-will-fall
Never Forget!
Zbyszek,
I visited there as a dizzy 17 year old. Haunting to say the least.
Made even more so by the fact I had just spent a week with a lovely family from Poznan the week before.
HH
TheLurkinTim
Am I right in memory that you are a draftee?
Zbysek
Remember Auschwitz was liberated by Russia . Putin shamefully not invited to today.
Jamesgang
Zybszek was taking Oldtim and I to the site but we where turned back due to the flooding.
Instead we went to the site of the black madonna and to where St JP said mass to over 1millions Poles,
Oldtim said I was never out of church when I visited Poland, managed to get him into Catherdral in Barca and even buy a couple of candles
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
09:05 on 27 January, 2015
I remember watching this a while back,Escape From Sobibor.
Well worth the time,IMO.
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not sure a film gets it…..The World at War with Larry Olivier touches on it…..touchingly…..but not sure wats in the mainstream that gives it credence…..
H.H.
What was the point in making a ‘statement’ 3 years after the horse has bolted?
A ‘statement’ that, we are told deals with all the facts concerning all this Rangers/Sevco p#sh but, a ‘statement’ that fails to mention – one – glaring fact…the fact that, the Celtic directors did – hee-haw – when the huns were granted a licence by the SFA to enter at ‘any’ level of football?….Collusion?…Kow-towing?…Deceit?…Cowardice?…Dereliction of duty?
Ye see…this ‘statement’ conveniently/lazily…over looks the fact that…not one, but two…glaring opperchancities arose to…spell out to the world, exactly what is going on in the Scottish footballing world by, calling a ‘national’ media conference to, enlighten the unaware members of the public.
1. When the ‘shame-game’ stuff kicked-off…Celtic were summoned to a Govt-Summit coz…they had ‘3’ players booked in the so called ‘shame-game’ and, our cowardly, kow-towing ‘bored’ took their place at the back of the Old Firm bus…on your behalf…a shambles of an ad-hoc…kangaroo-court which ended up with the Celtic manager blamed for the lot! The directors that you pay, so well fought yer corner well there, eh?
2. When the huns were granted a licence which – imho – was conjured up on the basis of, avoiding civil-unrest. FLUCK civil-unrest!
The huns were given a licence – so that they could do it all over again coz – NOBODY – will show the requisite cojones to do the deed!
The deed will not be done to the huns until…there’s a Celtic Football Club…run by, rebellious, uppitty-Tims…who don’t kow-tow!
All this hun-nonsense will not be resolved until…Celtic supporters realize that, they’re being – DONE – in their own tent.
Get rid of the dirty-deedsters…or, continue to sit at the back of the Old Firm bus.
kitalba
09:13 on 27 January, 2015
TheLurkinTim
Am I right in memory that you are a draftee?
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Eh, whit?…..am Tom McLaughlin…..you maniac…..;-))
H.H.
TheLurkinTim
So you’re not a draftee like you claimed, it’s just I’m in a bit of a bind here.
I have never been to Auschwitz but in 1998 I visited Bergen-Belsen. There is an exhibition and a cinema which repeatedly runs movies taken at the time of the liberation. Horrific.
In the grounds, there are a number of grass covered pyramids, each with a plaque embedded. Each contained the messages . . .
Here lie 8,000 Jews
Here lie 5,000 Russians
Here lie . . .
. . . and so on.
BT
:-) well done you.
We can never have too many candles!
Laters all
HH jamesgang
Why has Putin not been invited?
Haven’t read back, but my understanding is that Michael has increased his grip on sevco revenues, whilst restricting his financial assistance to repayable loans …… ‘Short & Curlies’ springs to mind ……….and……….where does that leave ming and the 3 berries ?…’egg on face’ springs to mind …….. Woooooooffffffftttttt.!!!!
Burning_Bush 8:45
As it happens often, Russia make their propaganda.
1. It was Polish government who sent reminder to every ambassador, asking question – who would be representing his country in Auschwitz?
2. Russia answered it was going to be Minister of Culture and Deputy Prime Minister.
3. It was World Jewish Centre together with World Jewish Historical Centre (some of them are Polish Jews living here) who sent personal invitations – in accordance to answers from the Ambassadors.
I know that Russian official press called the Poles bastards for not inviting Putin. No surprise there. The truth is, not one was invited by Polish government. It’s Auschwitz victims who speak first and laud first, not Putting. You would think it’s Putin and Russia who are come to your mind when you ask question who the victims of Auschwitz?
The Lurkin Tim –
I respectfully request that you leave me out of it.
Thanks.
Kevj,
Have read your diatribes all things Celtic, but never once have you suggested anything to help…..do you advocate a boycott of Celtic Park? ( Paradise )…..do you advocate ST holders don’t renew?…..essentially what I’m saying is – what the f*ck do you suggest we do?…..rather than bleat on about…..
H.H.
Zbyszek –
You have just answered my question.
Thanks.
Zbyszek
08:39 on 27 January, 2015
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Respect fella – Hail Hail
Always end up gripped by the Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley film – “Schindlers List.”
Really horrible stuff.
I’ve been to Germany on a tour of the Rhine Valley and, I’m not a religious person but, I noticed that in the different places we visited…the 1st thing we would come across was something Holy…statues etc and, the German folk were top class…you often wonder, what the present day Germans think about the past?
Sad, sorry stuff indeed.
Take care fella – Hail Hail
TheLurkinTim
You’re not ignoring me are you?
kitalba
09:21 on 27 January, 2015
TheLurkinTim
So you’re not a draftee like you claimed, it’s just I’m in a bit of a bind here.
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I claimed nothing…..unbind yourself…..draftee to whit exactly?
H.H.
TheLurkinTim
09:28 on 27 January, 2015
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Well…you did ask…
Don’t buy SB’s and…buy out the ‘bored’ with the SB-money!
The ‘bored’ are never going to do anything except take your money then, shut you out the tent…so to speak.
So…it’s quite simple…sack the kow-towing ‘bored’…or, keep yer seat at the back of the Old Firm bus.
HH
Morning Timland from a cold but sunny hun free mountain valley.
Kitalba
I can’t vouch for Ntsoola, but he done me a good turn a year or so back, I had a load of Iraqi dinars, he managed to get them sold for me when nobody else could, only a few hundred euros, but the person who’s money it was seriously needed it.
For that I am mucho grateful to him.
I hope you can meet for a beer.
HH
For anyone who ever doubted Alex Rae wasnt the sharpest tool in the box….
Alex Rae, who won the league with the club in 2006, said: “Listen, that’s just provoking things. If that’s what they get their kicks from on the day, maybe it will take away from their performance. Good luck to them.
“Rangers, over the years, have tried to conduct themselves in the right manner, with a bit of dignity, so it’s not important what they do. What is important is how we conduct ourselves.”
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
OH KEV – PLEASE KEV – IS TODAY THE DAY???????????
Is today the day? Come on Kev lead us and get Celtic minded people in control of the club. We need Celtic minded players too and above all get rid of all these pretend Celtic supporters, YOU ARE EITHER WITH US OR AGAINST US!
If you have the time, the most important holocaust film
Someone was asking yesterday about the Restaurant the players used to lunch at, pre-games. Was it the “Bank” in Queen St? Pretty sure it was owned by an old board member at the time.
scullybhoy
09:40 on 27 January, 2015
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Again…it’s rather simple…be a mug…or don’t.
KevJungle – MO’N the Celts
09:36 on 27 January, 2015
TheLurkinTim
09:28 on 27 January, 2015
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Well…you did ask…
Don’t buy SB’s and…buy out the ‘bored’ with the SB-money!
The ‘bored’ are never going to do anything except take your money then, shut you out the tent…so to speak.
So…it’s quite simple…sack the kow-towing ‘bored’…or, keep yer seat at the back of the Old Firm bus.
HH
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with all due respect, that’s not an answer to my questions…..i’ll ask again….do you advocate a boycott of Celtic Park? ( Paradise )…..do you advocate ST holders don’t renew?…..
H.H.
kitalba
09:32 on 27 January, 2015
TheLurkinTim
You’re not ignoring me are you?
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Absolutely not…..tho i should given the bullshit directed my way…..;-))
manyvoicesCSC