Last week’s advert in the Tribune de Geneve was in English, despite the predominant local language being French. The primary target audience were Uefa representatives and functionaries, who are not drawn from the local Nyon catchment area, and will most likely speak English, with secondary target audiences in the UK. I hear both targets were reached.
There was a short-lived chat about which language to run with in Switzerland, but consensus was quickly reached that English was appropriate and sufficient. No translation was ever made.
Very much related to this subject…….
There was an incident when I was at school (many years ago). Two boys had exactly the same maths homework. This would have been fine had the work been correct, but the made exactly the same mistakes, so the teacher had sufficient proof to establish that he didn’t have two independently produced pieces of work.
The class lesson that day was, if you’re going to coordinate a response, you better get your facts right, or you’ll get caught.
Shortly after the Tribune de Geneve advert ran it was brought to my attention that some regularly-hostile-to-Celtic online loons were running with a line that an English advert had been sent to Switzerland and a French advert had been sent to an English newspaper by mistake.
This was fanciful, but not worthy of attention, because as you now know, there was never a French translation of the advert.
You can imagine my utter astonishment, therefore, that The Guardian claimed they didn’t run the advert because it was submitted to them in French, despite, as surely the world now knows, no French language version of the advert ever existing!
“If you’re going to coordinate a response, get your facts right.” It doesn’t look good, Guardian. It doesn’t look good at all. You’ve been caught in PR vice.
You know how PR works in Scottish football. Celtic and most clubs play with a straight bat: “This is the news relating to our games and events”, but there are clubs, personalities and organisations which are only tenable because of expensive and persuasive PR.
You remember the Poppy banner issue, which became news a full two days after a game, by which time PR could persuade journalists to run with a story which until then had no news value. You are only too familiar with some of the vacuous characters ushered into the game by newspapers demanding Lloyds Bank approve a takeover, while PR spun incredible lies about finance and probity.
The next time Celtic, or their manager, is vulnerable on a subject, look out for this Malign Influence. It battered Ronny Deila when he lost games, and recently went for Peter Lawwell.
My thanks to The Guardian advertising people, who confirmed to us this morning that the advert they received was in English. That’s the other thing about coordinating a Malign Influence, you need to get buy-in from a lot of people!
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JOBO BALDIE on 10TH JUNE 2016 8:18 PM
Nye Bevans…
Quite good.
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Whit ya think!!!:)
Evening all
Nipping in and nipping out again but here is a message from uncle Bob.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdKegxsuhIM
NYE BEVANS’ REBEL SOLDIER…
Like myself you just made a donation:(
Havi… What a player, be great if we could find a gem like that.
Embdae know date of draw for CLQs,sorry I’ve asked before…..thanks in advance
Havi= Hadi, BT has jinxed my iPad :)
The Morning Star : In my opinion.
Not if the ordinary worker has a mortgage, drives a car,owns a business, has a mind of their own and believes in God.
The MS has its own extreme left wing agenda in which it has pursued since its conception. That is its prerogative, but let’s not stick it up as a paragon of virtue.
It is sometimes said that Communism is Christianity without Christ. Again nothing wrong with that if it floats your boat; but there is a world of difference between communism and democratic socialism.
Now I wonder how many on here truthfully fall into any of the categories above. If any, I salute you comrades, but my personal opinion is its not for me.
Hail, Hail.
I’ve fun know such fing
BT…
You put a hex on it. :)
For the last try Hagi….phew.
SIPSINI…….well done son, ya got there in the end:)
It’s always my fault sips :-)
Thinking on buying a season ticket online tonight? You have a choice of 216 remaining seats….
The Romanian Coach looks like one of wily
ole types that some EPL club would give a
shit load of money tae get oot of relegation.
The French coach looks like a water carrier!!!!
Merci beuchauch I ave vino pour la footie cos et elle pisse
Failed French O grade, no idea why !
BRTH
Don’t ask me who but a few weeks back , i’m sure one of the res 12 guys hinted that there might be some deliberate misinformation , by the res 12 team .
Ever since , i’ve been looking on the blog as a Le Carre novel .
It’s riveting .
Tinker , tailor , soldier , Celtic
Finally resolved the ticket problems today, mini and MatthewL 1888 have their seats/standing area confirmed after a few weeks of panic,
Monies still not out of account so I could have flown to Belfast tonight for £198 single for a wee session in the Rock with ma da
BING!! on 10TH JUNE 2016 8:29 PM
Embdae know date of draw for CLQs,sorry I’ve asked before…..thanks in advance
Qualifying rounds 1 & 2 draw is 20th June. Same day pre season training starts
Bada Bing
2016-17 UEFA Champions League schedule:
JUNE 2016
June 20 – Draw for first and second qualifying rounds
June 28-29 – First qualifying round first leg
JULY 2016
July 5-6 – First qualifying round second leg
July 12-13 – Second qualifying round first leg
July 15 – Draw for third qualifying round
July 19-20 – Second qualifying round second leg
July 26-27 – Third qualifying round first leg
AUGUST 2016
August 2-3 – Third qualifying round second leg
August 5 – Draw for play-off round
August 16-17 – Play-off round first leg
August 23-24 – Play-off round second leg
August 25 – Draw for group stage
Jobo, Think I counted 246 either way it’s absolutely fantastic. Can’t wait for new season and to watch the Celts go Marching on.
As we regularly say in our part of the woods, F**k the begrudgers.
I’m been sent up stairs again tae watch the
second half, take care and God bless.
Bye Nye
Try and stay awake
does anyone have the dates of the champions league group games ?
-)))))))
reachforthestars csc
GREEN PONTA, I think we are all capitalists if possible.
RON BACARDI on 10TH JUNE 2016 9:05 PM
‘GREEN PONTA, I think we are all capitalists if possible.’
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Which of course it isn’t.
Winning Captains
well done and thanks for keeping us up to date
re RESOLUTION 12: CQN & THE GUARDIAN, THE PRINT AD EMAILS
28–29 June 2016 5–6 July 2016
Second qualifying round 12–13 July 2016 19–20 July 2016
Third qualifying round 15 July 2016 26–27 July 2016 2–3 August 2016
Play-off Play-off round 5 August 2016 16–17 August 2016
Spectacular background in the ITV studio. Notrè Dame Cathedral and Paris skyline. No a bad game either.
St Stivs
Hope that helps
BRTH
Or is it like Pork Chop Hill with Gregory Peck involved in a brutal battle with the North Koreans while … a peace settlement is being negotiated behind the scene ?
BSR and Chairbhoy
Only the first of many. This is a groundbreaking ruling from the POLICE ombudsman Dr Michael Maguire. One of the weapons used in the attack was one of many which the RUC Special Branch “allowed” to be transported into the North from South Africa because they didn’t want to compromise one of their Loyalist informers (Noel Little) The weapon, a V258 assault rival was used in the murder of a further 3 Nationalists (6 died in Loughinisland). The total shipment has been associated with the murder of 70 Nationalists/Catholics. Incidently the RUC special branch were also aware that a significant cache of the weapons were being stored on an RUC Reservists (James Mitchell) farm in Markethill. A mid Ulster UVF unit would remove these weapons at their leisure to continue their murderous campaign.
All of the above is not a flight of fancy but taken from the official ombudsman so report into Loughinisland. Some of the other parts of the report such as investigating officers/special branch handlers allowing evidence to be destroyed (the vehicle that transported the UVF gang) to prevent their “agents” being compromised/questioned about the murders.
Scary, scary stuff. By the by a previous ombudsman report in 2013 Al Hutchinson attempted to cover the above facts up.
HH and there endeth the rant.
)
what formation are france in ?
Ticket Office open Saturday: seats still available for 2016/17 season
By: Newsroom Staff on 10 Jun, 2016 17:31
TENS of thousands of fans have already guaranteed their support for the upcoming season, with Season Tickets selling fast following their release on general sale at the start of the week.
The Ticket Office will be open from 9am until 1pm on Saturday, June 11 for fans who have not yet been able to secure seats for the season ahead.
Many areas of the stadium are now sold out. However, we still have availability in the Upper Tier of the Lisbon Lions (Areas 415 and half of 416) and the BT Sport Family Stand in the Lisbon Lions Lower (Areas 115 and 116).
LISBON LIONS UPPER
Seats for sale in the Lisbon Lions Upper (415 and half of 416) are full Standard Adult Season Tickets giving entry to up to 21 home games throughout the season including all home SPFL league matches.
Tickets for this area are available to buy now ONLINE, from the Ticket Office at Celtic Park or by calling our sales line on 0871 226 1888*
FAMILY STAND – LISBON LIONS LOWER
Season Tickets for the BT Sport Family Stand (115 and 116) are Special Season Tickets which include entry to 19 home games during the season, exclusions apply.†
Tickets for this area are not available to buy online as proof of age is required for all concessions rate tickets however, they can be purchased direct from the Ticket Office or by calling 0141 230 1967 during Ticket Office opening hours.
More information about 2016/17 Season Tickets including prices and full terms and conditions can be found at celticseasontickets.co.uk
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SIPSINI on 10TH JUNE 2016 8:30 PM
Havi= Hadi, BT has jinxed my iPad :)
We might not have a Hadi but we’ve got a couple of big haddies-))
naw BT
the cl group dates, bliddy hell i will need to spend 15 seconds searching for myself
GEAROID188
To think the books I read about the dirty war where fiction
Allez les Bleus!!
Un goal pour La France
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2016–17 UEFA Champions League
2016–17 UEFA Champions League
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The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff will host the final.
Tournament details
Dates 28 June – 24 August 2016 (qualifying)
13 September 2016 – 3 June 2017 (competition proper)
Teams 32 (group stage)
78 (total) (from 53 associations)
← 2015–162017–18 →
The 2016–17 UEFA Champions League will be the 62nd season of Europe’s premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 25th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs’ Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The 2017 UEFA Champions League Final will be played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.[1][2]
The winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League will qualify as the UEFA representative at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup.
Real Madrid are the defending champions.
Association team allocation
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[3][18][19]
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 20 June 2016 28–29 June 2016 5–6 July 2016
Second qualifying round 12–13 July 2016 19–20 July 2016
Third qualifying round 15 July 2016 26–27 July 2016 2–3 August 2016
Play-off Play-off round 5 August 2016 16–17 August 2016 23–24 August 2016
Group stage Matchday 1 25 August 2016
(Monaco) 13–14 September 2016
Matchday 2 27–28 September 2016
Matchday 3 18–19 October 2016
Matchday 4 1–2 November 2016
Matchday 5 22–23 November 2016
Matchday 6 6–7 December 2016
Knockout phase Round of 16 12 December 2016 14–15 & 21–22 February 2017 7–8 & 14–15 March 2017
Quarter-finals 17 March 2017 11–12 April 2017 18–19 April 2017
Semi-finals 21 April 2017 2–3 May 2017 9–10 May 2017
Final 3 June 2017 at
I blame Stivs for admitting to seeing a Hun he thought could be handsome