Let’s clear something up right away. Every summer Celtic know they may not reach the Champions League group stage. No matter how well they plan and recruit, they can come up against a better, or luckier, opponent. Champions League football might not happen in any given season, or the following season.
Celtic failed to reach the group stage of the Champions League five times in the last nine seasons. We might be getting better at qualification, but no one is making that assumption.
On 30 June last year, we had £24.5m in the bank. That figure should be higher on the same reporting date this year. We might not reach the Champions League group stage next season, but your football club has never been better prepared for a sporting reversal.
In a newspaper interview yesterday, Dave King compared Celtic’s current position with that of now-liquidated Rangers at the time Martin O’Neill came to Celtic. In O’Neill’s first season at Celtic, Rangers competed in the Champions League group stage before dropping to the Uefa Cup. But, on their 30 June 2001 reporting date, they had a bank balance of only £17,000. Not enough to buy a family hatchback.
Rangers were gambling every penny they could get their hands on without thought for the consequences of a reversal. It was a brutal period to be a Celtic fan, because although we were also losing money during at that time, the club was under siege from all sides for not ‘showing the ambition’ of the likes of David Murray and Dave King at Rangers.
Celtic know the perils of an over-dependence on Champions League revenues. We do not budget on having to qualify for the group stage each season, far from it. Our commercial sponsorship deals, retail and hotel plans, as well as player recruitment and development strategy, are all designed to mitigate an over-reliance on one source of income. A £24.5m bank balance is evidence of a club planning on long-term stability.
We know what we will do in any season they don’t qualify for the Champions League in order to give us the best chance to do so the following season. We know what to do to respond to any credible threat from another Scottish club for the domestic title.
We have experienced professionals in the boardroom and throughout all executive roles, and an actual billionaire who has put more money into Celtic than anyone has put into any Scottish football club – apart from the money the taxpayer wrote off due to the liquidation of Rangers while Dave King was paid to monitor and direct the club.
Celtic run scenarios on how things can go wrong. They know the limits of what King and Newco can achieve and believe the biggest threat to Celtic’s dominance is for the executive to make strategically bad moves. Rangers era of dominance was undone by financial recklessness, but in management terms, the problem was that the mechanisms did not exist to call the board to account on their gambling.
To combat this, Celtic have made sure that everyone at the club is challenged on their plans and performance, especially the chief executive. If there is a strategically bad move made at Celtic, which could threaten their dominance in Scotland, it will have to get through multiple layers of scrutiny and opposition. No one wants to be the next David Murray or Dave King.
Your football club might not be gamblers on the scale of Murray and King, but they are fiercely competitive and never want to lose another Scottish title. That is what we plan for, and that is the reality that Dave King cannot come to terms with.
£6m from a share issue – and he didn’t even commit to that amount, even if the Takeover Panel are quickly satisfied on the overdue share offer! And all that patter yesterday about delays in opening a bank account; why now transfer the money into your solicitor’s client account, like the rest of the world?
Why so many people put faith in this man “beggars belief”, to borrow a phrase. From his “glib and shameless liar” title to the years of evidence laid out in plain sight. You know how this story ends.
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King . -as per WC Fields
” if we should ever separate my little plum , i want to give you one piece of fatherly advice : never give a sucker an even break ” .
Minty Moonbeams , Deidco , Temporary Licence FC etc etc -all the evidence King needs to believe that Scottish football is full of suckers.
I am tempted to say that I am beginning to feel some sympathy for the ‘silent majority’ [sic] of Sevconians who just want to follow a football team.
In Dave King (the latest in a seemingly endless line of charlatans to have graced the legendary marble staircase) this long-suffering group of continuity mythologists are once again having the proverbial p!sh ripped out of them … yet they seem to lack the individual or collective sense to see what is happening.
I have long harboured a view that what we’re witnessing over is simply the manifestation of the limitations that result from a demographic profile of a sub-set of humanity which is incapable of seeing beyond its prejudice.
And before anyone else gets the chance, let me be the first to point out that ‘modren’ limitations that result from a demographic profile of a sub-set of humanity are (sometimes) rubbish …
VIP
Natknow- Levein under the influence of Eastern Star Budge, and appealing to the lowest common denominator amongst their support
They’ve skewed the pitch so far that it would appear it is an accepted norm that Celtic are to be treated with contempt.
The rules are not applied evenly on or off the pitch and we can expect this to only escalate and be even more pronounced since the hun dog-whistle has been sounded and doubtless the sleekit lap-dogs will roll over and have their tummies rubbed by the latest Asbestox illusion………
A more Bhoysterous approach should be taken with elements of hun-guffery but, steady as she goes would seem to suffice in general.
Bigger picture is the realisation of our utter dominance. It is really getting under a lot of people’s skin.
Jungle VIP- I always remind huns , that King is a real Rainjers man ?
They are consuming the perpetual stream of urine because they have to.
To not so do, would cause them to admit to the whole, sorry charade….and that is their Appalling Vista.
They have a hold of the tiger’s tail and are afraid to let go.
I see Levein has echoed McLeish’s “not a level playing field” remark. Self-respect out the window again.
Boo hoo, it’s just not fair. You run a club properly, carefully nurturing your resources, balancing you books; you have huge fan support, a rich, hard-earned history, etc., etc.,
You know, if we had any decency we would handicap ourselves each season in order to try to produce that “level playing field”: deduct points regularly, give talented players to our opponents, or simply not compete on the pitch. It would be the right thing to do.
STARRY PLOUGH on 8TH MAY 2018 12:19 PM
Unfortunately I think he will crash and burn soon. His share issue that he is fantasising about will dilute existing shareholding so a number of institutional shareholders who have been told there will be no dividend any time soon (running at a loss for the foreseeable) may very well decide that 20P a share is well worth it. Also the Easdale’s and those who have been denied voting rights might decide to stick it to him as well. He says the smaller shareholders cannot do it themselves; Easdale has over 6%; more than 10% have no voting rights or dividend rights so that’s more than 25% of those eligible to take the offer who will possibly go for it. The Penny Shareholders stand to make a pretty penny (x 19) so that’s a pretty good incentive!
If the TOP stiff him and prevent him completing his share offer then he is looking the wrong way down the barrel of an £11M gun. I suspect they will.
KTF
Michael Stewart nailed Levein at the weekend when other commentators were saying he needed time, he needed a transfer window. Stewart said he’s had 8 transfer windows and he’s be in charge of the team all season and they’re sixth in the league which for club like Hearts is just not good enough.
Levein is a talentless manager who has resorted to playing to the gallery at Herts to cover his deficiencies, he’s been treated as some kind of Demi God in Scotland for years he’s pish and as far as I remember has never actually won anything in the game.
A whiney biaaatch of the highest order and at the perfect club for a no mark loser like him…
E Tims have a good wee article today: http://etims.net/?p=12931
Maybe we should all cut and past the e-mail sent to them and replicate it!
KTF
Are the Easdales not taking King to court, for collapsing the share price, so he could control the club?
Great piece Paul. King’s comments were as jaw-dropping as they were entertaining.
Did you hear about the two weddings at Ibrox this weekend?
One involving Steven Gerrard… https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2018/05/05/here-comes-the-bride/
And one involving a distraught jilted bride…
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2018/05/07/jilted-at-the-altar/
Did anyone else have this conversation with a Sevco fan this weekend? https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2018/05/05/a-conversation-about-steven-gerrard/
Craig Levein is a serial loser (21+ years a manager and won nothing), more to be laughed at than get angry over. He’s an irrelevance, in an irrelevant job with an irrelevant club. Queen Anne’s toyboy.
He’ll no doubt be back to making a fool of himself again over Hibs when Lenny’s team beat them again tomorrow night.
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That’s a really good letter from E Tims.
I’m amazed that DK has lasted so long but he preys on the fact that he knows the peepul need to be the peepul and that keeps him in place.
This latest round of hunguffery is not fooling all the peepul this time.
It seemed to me yesterday that his plants were working over time to keep the ship steady.
Haven’t looked today, it’s to sunny to spend time in the dark over there:))
HH
King ‘s M O is taking as much as he can and giving as little as possible back . Yes -I owe you 10 but I don’t have 10 and therefore can’t give you 10 . . I can however give you 3 – take it or leave it . .
Same MO as a guy at school who operated a pill business based on _I can get you 100 for £10 . . I need the money upfront . 2 days later -Sorry – I could only get 75 for £10.
King is one of life’s born liars. He has obviously forgotten that the gap prior to O’Neill coming was because we did not spend money we didn’t have as opposed to them who continued to spend the bank and HM revenues money hand over fist. I think that the penny will eventually drop even with the thickest among them, of which there are a fair old number. But then again.
Jungle VIP – ‘some sympathy for the silent majority of Sevcovians that just want to follow a football team’?
I can see where you’re coming from, but there are many among that silent majority that are happy to believe and perpetuate the continuation myth, the relegation myth, the ‘Scottish football did this to us’ myth, and as long as there are so many of them around, I’ll find it hard to feel sympathy for them.
Just as an example, I have a customer who is an intelligent guy, and an award-winning financial adviser to boot. He’s familiar with basic financial concepts, such as liquidation. He understands the idea of limited liability as it applies to companies. He comprehends arcane concepts such as ‘trading while insolvent’.
And yet he will argue until the cows come home and have gone to bed, that ‘the club wasn’t liquidated’. He’ll tell you with a straight face that Rangers didn’t stiff the taxpayer. He’ll swear that no sporting advantage was gained by their use of unlawful financial instruments.
It’s not the most gullible gullibillies that I particularly object to, they may not know any better and they have a need to believe what they’re told. It’s the ones who know better, who understand what went on but don’t have the humility or the balls to acknowledge it, that continue to hack me off.
If they would concentrate their ire on the people that really took them down, and acknowledge the facts of what happened, they’d have my sympathy. I think that day is a long way off.
Gary67 on 8th May 2018 12:47 pm
Craig Levein is a serial loser (21+ years a manager and won nothing), more to be laughed at than get angry over. He’s an irrelevance, in an irrelevant job with an irrelevant club. Queen Anne’s toyboy.
He’ll no doubt be back to making a fool of himself again over Hibs when Lenny’s team beat them again tomorrow night.
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Spot on – the guy really thinks he is something. But he just ain’t..
Levein and Hearts are pretty insignificant. Hearts aren’t worth worrying about for as long as Levein is their manager and Levein…well…just isn’t worth worrying about.
Hearts are also the most unprofessional club in the SPFL, and that’s saying something. I mean, Hamilton were conned by a telephone confidence trickster and they are still more professional than Hearts…
A great wee choon to cheer up your day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqA4IviTEwQ
KINGLuBO
Good God – first King, now Levein.
Anybody from the outside looking in would think Scottish football was on the acid.
Craig Levein is morphing before our eyes into a grotesque footballing pantomime dame.
Perhaps if he feels that strongly about us he might want to give back the 400,000 quid we earned for his club by qualifying for the CL.
What an arsehat.
Field of Drams 1.03 pm
Exactly right, that is it in essence. Hubris, superiority complex, self entitlement, call it what you will.
HH
POG you said
“Glibby ran with that rhetoric last year about intentionally running sevco at a loss. In my opinion it is up to Aberdeen, Hibs, Killie, etc to call out sevco and the ftSFA out on this. I don’t believe it is solely our responsibility because we are in rude health and it would be construed by the rest of Scottish football that we wish to have no competition and were doing it out of bias.”
I completely disagree. It is well past time that Celtic, the biggest and most powerful club in Scottish football, showed some leadership over these matters. Instead they stay silent and try and hide behind their supporters or some of the other clubs.
The huns repeating their financial doping is simply unacceptable – but then again we didn’t criticise the first time they did it either.
NegAnon2
Whilst I agree with you that Celtic need to be actually visible in doing something about this, I agree with Pog that it is also incumbent on Aberdeen, Hibs and Killie to make a stand as these are the teams that could directly lose out because of their financial doping.
We will soon see if they have any guts at the end of this month if Sevco get their UEFA licence. (I include Celtic in that by the way)
A very early good morning bhoys were it seems Ill never sleep again and this coffee is military grade so you all reap the benefits.
Kev,,YNWA
SFTB,
Thanks for your reasoned response and I hope this finds you well.
Theres a lot of food for thought there.
One thing jumps out though,,that the huns would have charged 49 quid regardless of our own clubs pricing. Hmmm,,Are you sure ? Can you elaborate ?
What you seem to be suggesting is some sort of collaboration or reciprocal pricing arrangement. I think its clear from the media and blogs that the PLC alone made the decision to charge that amount themselves,,was there was a collective pricing agreement somewhere along the line ?
I dont live there and actually had no idea that the tickets to the bigotdome cost 49 each also.
That cant be a coincidence surely.
You are of course right that the stadiums will be filled for the larger Glasgow derby.
But I expected that . What I would have wished for is the first one to be a flop .
The result this would have achieved we will never know but allow me to speculate please.
After all the hype at 12.30 on a Sunday its back, Crocker or is it Darke is doing his excited voice and then the camera pans to see a half full stadium with no GB. Nothing special at all going on.
The manager plus captain expressly tells sky that the old frm is dead,,what did they expect ,,live on camera. The CEO backs this up both in program notes plus during interviews.
I think in that event,,just like the shame game,,there would have been uproar.
Sky wade in saying proper Old Firm or we are out forever
The SFA wade in telling the SPL to get the showpiece game on the road again or the ship could sink
The SPL tell the club you cant do this you will collapse the league
The PLC tell them we did nothing the fans are pissed though a new club statement and those titles stripped would probably cut it if youre interested.
Etc etc
We will never know. But I dont think we would be sitting here in the same boat thats for sure.
“Now, we can sit on the sidelines and bemoan that fact and berate fellow Tims, or we can deflect our anger onto The Board because they did not “lead” us (A subservient position I never want to be in) or we accept this reality- the vastly greater mass of Celtic fans have voted and they want these matches. Taht ain’t gonna change now.”
Im on the sidelines because thats were I live and I certainly dont berate but I think you know that. Im not angry at the board, I would do things different. Its that simple.
And nope that aint gonna change now unless they actually die as we have been being told they will for quite some time.
You then mention the blogs. The blogs. You know I dont want to criticise,,it would be ungentlemanly to sit here and cast sly digs. I will say they each have their own issues I think. Either its people trying to make a living,,or a wee side hobby. Each has their own good points and bad points but the simple fact is they arent very influential are they? The articles that is.
We read them and move on. And they dont want to be influential do they? They are wrapped up in the sport mostly not the bigger picture, that the sport they are wrapped up in is rotten.
Also how right are the blogs,,,the zombies are still here right?
How long have we been getting told about to die,,loss making business etc
The blogs arent on point. And they certainly arent being used correctly imo.
Then you ask what may be done,,whats our options. Youve no idea how much I ponder this.
Hand on heart, I think if there was one simple strategy that would deliver what we want to achieve,, a clean game,,then some brighter mind than mine would have picked up on that strategy and presented it.
I honestly believe this will take death from a thousand cuts type of thing,,unsustainable pressure to reform from every conceivable angle. I do think that.
As far as leaders and people looking for them,,there are none. A point I often make. Leaders are a target,,I dont think anyone wants that for a start, and then people themselves can be very dividing. I mean theres only a few characters on this blog of hundreds that have universal respect and could be considered anywhere near leaders. And thats on this blog were all “ know “ each other. Imagine trying to get tens of thousands behind someone.
And then they could be smeared etc.
No SFTB I think leaders have had their day actually and that society in general has moved on from leaders.
We dont need them,,we sit back in our houses and make our decisions in life, our own leaders. I did have a sense people were looking for a leader but that has passed.
There is just a general acceptance now that the game is not very pure but its what we do.
This,,this kills me.
When normal ordinary people say enough we will see change. To me its that simple.
Theres Jobo earlier ( I shall consider you normal for the purposes of this conversation despite the fact youre the only person I know counts their sleeps. Smiley thing ) saying hes seriously on the fence,,theres an ordinary punter who is torn. How many there are, no idea , but it seems some ordinary punters are saying enough,,clean game or Im out.
I doubt it will be enough though. I fear a splinter as Ive mentioned before. 10 percent or whatever just say sod it,,not for me.
“So, we need a realistic strategy to continue to fight. We need organised bodies to do it and we need clear aims and outcomes. It will not be done via a blog, that is for sure.”
If a strategy is put out there, say on this blog, its out there and easy to be shot at and analysed for flaws. Im sure they would love a publicly aired realistic strategy to prep for it. Aint gonna happen though. If no one in any position of authority has not came up with a plan by now i think we may assume they wont come up with one.
And as for not a blog,,,no blog has tried. Im not soo sure about that. Not one single blog has started to get everyone ready,,got the blood flowing so to speak. To wind people up.
It could happen you know. Quite easily if you ask me.
Whether it will or not is a different story.
I remember reading strong words in the lead article on this blog a few years ago about potential gate sharing within the Scottish top flight and Paul seemed livid at what he perceived as a sly attempt of take away a head of steam by the PLC. The blog was moved.
The bloggers could be moved again by the right tone and words. They did move for worthy causes before and this is a worthy cause indeed.
Hail Hail
Celtic need to react to Levein. We can ask SPFL if it is within the rules to leave grass too long to properly pass the ball.
During a pitch inspection a referee will often bring a ball and allow it to roll over the surface, if it doesn’t then, usually due to waterlogging, then the Referee will postpone the game. Celtic should ask next time for an early inspection to allow time to cut the long grass before kick off
Celtic should also ask if it is permissible to deliberately create conditions to a pitch to affect the playability. Is this bringing the game into disrepute?
At the same time we should point out the comments made by Levein over a number of weeks about our Captain has resulted in a series of extreme challenges on him which were Red card offences. This is also bringing the game into disrepute.
The pitch needs Publically challenged as if this is allowed to continue our 19 away games will be played on tampered pitches next season
More clown like statements coming from Aye Broke. The gullibles of Govan continue to self-destruct their new club, and seemed to have done a Men in Black pen trick on themselves after the last 2 gubbings handed out. More power to their elbow. Meanwhile, over in the East, another clown vents… and is ready to appeal any punishment handed out to Naibrains – embarrassing.
Any reasonable person would be forgiven for reaching the conclusion that King has baited the hun and deliberately poisoned the water hole,
Scarpering across the dusty veld.
Full canteen swinging…
Spilling his trail and offering the dogs his scent.
Circling RRM vultures will desist.
Mike Ashley to hoover up for a rebrand #3
A matter of weeks…
The Celtic Foundation foodbank collection is taking place tomorrow night before the Killie game.
The match progamme for tomorrow’s game is also a tribute to Tommy Burns. I know some Killie fans who still think the world of Tommy for what he did for their club and more imprtantly, for the man he was.
I’ve just read Levein’s comments about Brendan , a level paying field and Naismith’s stamp on Broonie . He is a complete moron, not quite at Dave King level of moronic outbursts , but getting there.
His level playing field comment is ludicrous as it could apply to when his team plays the likes of Hamilton , Ross County and Thistle who will no doubt have smaller budgets than the maroon balloons.
I wonder if he will ever be asked about the player turnover at Tynecastle since he became director of football then manager . They must have signed between 30 to 40 players with the majority not last more than a season.
I would have loved to seen Lafferty try any of his nonsense against the likes of Bobo or Mick McCarthy.
Would some journalist like to ask Steven Gerrard what financial promises he has been given when he becomes the Sevco manager.
I am sure it’s in the Public interest
Scott Arfield on 30 k a week?
Seems a bit much to me but the more money they are getting the quicker it will run ?♀️ out
If you don’t have the balls to empty Celtic Park, and by doing so, light the fuse under the shamefully inactive Celtic PLC’s arse, well maybe Celtic supporters deserve to be cheated.
As for the contortionists who’ll tell you that “we are where we are, re: the £49 Old Firm tickets”, these are the same contortionists who rubber stamped the campaign to crowd fund the “statements” into hun news papers, stating in the “statements” that it was scandalous for Sevco to be afforded the same club status as £49 Rangers FC, which was correct.
But, fast forward to the PLC’s forced recruitment of Brendan the pub team skelper, on the back of apathy emptying 30,000 seats inside Celtic Park and, these self congratulated rebels who crowd funded the “statements” into the hun news papers, were falling over each other in the queue to purchase the £49 Old Firm Same Club Lie tickets!
So, again, the question has to be asked, again, who are the “real” gullibillys ?
The Celtic PLC board played the Celtic support re: The Same Club Lie issue, by calling the supporters bluff and agreeing to the return of the £49 Old Firm ticket on the return of Rangers FC into the top league, and, the PLC used the Brendan bounce to call the supporters bluff, and, sadly, the supporters were out manouvered by the PLC board, over the £49 Old Firm tickets..
So, the PLC have got the supporters number, and no, its not 49.
The Celtic support, on having their bluff called, have presented themselves to the watching world as, being no more than toothless wee bhoys and girls who kidd on that they are rebels by singing rebel songs, truth is, the support have shown the watching world that, when the going gets tough, the Celtic support are legends in their own minds, no more, no less, than laughing stocks.
I’ve said it before, and, sadly, will probably have to say it again, every day if necessary, that every £49 Old Firm ticket that is purchased is a knife through the heart of the dead Jungle rebels who would have given their right arms to be furnished with the mountains of proof of hun cheating, that the Celtic support of 2018 have in front of them.
Empty Celtic Park and be ridd of the PLC who will never action all the evidence of hun cheating.
Leaving justice in the hands of the findings of the gallant efforts of the Res:12 Rebel band, is fanciful to say least, despite their gallant efforts, I think that the slippery PLC board will find a way to swipe clear of the Res:12 efforts and that, the only way that justice will ever be realised is by going for the jugular, empty Celtic Park to get ridd of the slippery, inactive, Old Firm orientated PLC board, construct a new board with teeth, and go get the justice for the decades of Celtic supporters who have already been cheated, and the decades who’ll be cheated in the future, and, please don’t allow yourself to fall for the distorted waffle by those folk on these pages who’ll try to tell you that, by emptying Celtic Park that you’ll be harming Celtic, because you won’t, what you will do, is harm the PLC board who’s inaction is harming Celtic.
Only Celtic supporters can end the cheating.
Pity help those supporters who will have to look their children in eyes and explain to those children that, they are the children of Celtic supporters who didn’t have the courage to do the right thing.
Good luck.
……oot.
Looks like Craig levein wants to re-introduce a jungle to Scottish football. Next visit to Tynecastle, our players should walk onto the pitch carrying spears.
I don’t know if this applies only to UEFA matches, rather than SPFP, but, regarding pitch preparation, UEFA pitch guidelines state:
Pitch presentation and playing conditions need to be of the highest quality for professional football
matches. In practice, this means that pitches should:
be well-drained, smooth and level;
be safe for the players;
allow for optimal play;
have a good visual appearance.
Note – allow for optimal play.
Guidance (not a fixed regulation) states:
“The acceptable grass height depends on the time of year and whether the grass is a warm-season
or cool-season type. UEFA regulations state that grass height may not, in principle, exceed 30mm
but 28mm is a better maximum. In any case, the entire playing surface must be cut to the same
height”
“The height of grass should be the same for both training sessions and matches.
If deemed necessary by the referee or a UEFA match officer, the head groundskeeper may be
requested to cut the grass again for a training session and/or a match (note: sufficient time must
be allowed to complete such operations – typically up to 6 hours, to allow time for additional line
marking if required).”
Based on the time of year and the fact that the pitch was in good condition, i.e. no risk of frost/well covered with grass etc., there appears to have been no good reason for the grass to be of the wrong length.
Brendan said on radio yesterday that such guidance was widely accepted so he must have felt that Hearts were outwith these parameters. At best for them, it was not a direct breach of UEFA (if the regs did not apply to this match), but another example of how Scottish football seems to want to play its own style.
Add – Craig Levein’s “style” of play.
Add – Steven Naismith’s “style” of “tackling”
Answer = early elimination from European competitions.
https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/Stadium&Security/02/54/11/97/2541197_DOWNLOAD.pdf
Oh good…..the major domo ray of sunshine is back!
HH
YouaremysunshineCSC
SPFL (not SPFP)
2 Bluenoses ,on Sky Sports,at 2pm,place is full of them,I gave up on them last year,and that was one of the reasons I changed to B T Sports,I hope in the near future BT Sport’s,can have a forum like Sevco Sports News.