You would be forgiven for thinking Honest Dave King is a bit preoccupied by the C word. Every time he extrapolates where the club he supports (through an accomplished undermining strategy) is heading, the subject returns to knocking Celtic off their lofted perch.
This task could take £30m-£50, King estimates, a burden he is willing to share with others, although he does not appear to put a figure on his own piece of the action. Ploughing £50m into newco Rangers over the next five years would certainly help, but it would still leave them short of Celtic’s projected income over the period, and in this town, success is a zero sum game.
Top dog gets a crack at Champions League income, which is a bit of a chicken and egg situation. For a Scottish club to get into the Champions League in a responsible manner, they need Champions League income more seasons than not. Alternatively, they can gamble recklessly, build up contractual commitments which stretch out for years into the future, in the hope that they out-perform the other would-be top dog.
We’ve seen this movie before, it is the arms race that David Murray bulldozed Scottish football into. It was calamitous for his club, which was sold for £1 to an insolvency specialist before being liquidated.
It had consequences for Celtic too. Fergus McCann build a stadium and left us almost debt free, but in the intervening 20 years Celtic lost far more than they would have, if they had copied the lavish spend (and tax) policies Murray undertook with Rangers.
Things are different now. We have cash in the bank, a winning team on the field, who have qualified for the Champions League group stages twice in succession, and we’re guaranteed to be seeded to qualify again next season. We also have a secure long-term borrowing facility, so in the event of a reversal in qualification, the club would not be put in jeopardy.
Starting an arms war with this Celtic team would be an act of remarkable courage. Observers will also note that the upper limit of King’s expected requirement, £50m, is just a little less than 10 times what the highest bidder for Rangers assets managed to clean up with, when the supporter’s need was greatest.
There is an alternative football development strategy, it’s called sustainability. Budget to spend no more than what you expect to earn, appoint good coaches and scouts, pay your tax and look the world in the eye.
Engage fans in this sustainability model. Tell them the road to the top will have twists and turns, and will take a while, but they can be sure their club will never be liquidated. This is the only way to run a football club, whether your Celtic, Aberdeen or newco Rangers. It’s not always popular, there will often be calls to speculate a little more, but it will ensure the club survives.
King is a smart guy, so he will know this. He’s even lived through all the pain and drama once before, so the sustainability question will be intimately familiar to him. The question, therefore, is why is he attempting to lead strategy into the Clyde, flute in hand, like some latter-day Pied Piper of Govan?
He seems reluctant to underestimate Celtic but I detect a belief that the hedge funds, not to mention the Easdales, can be shoved around. That is courageous.
Keep up the good work, Dave.
Here we Go for 10 In a Row!
The 10th annual CQN charity golf day is set for Aberdour Golf Club on Friday 4th July. As ever it will be oversubscribed so if you’re interested in attending drop an email to BlantyreKev and Taggsy at cqnopen10IAR@gmx.co.uk as soon as you can.
Cost for the full day’s entertainment including golf is £80. There are a very limited number of non golfer evening places at £45.
Further detail will be released nearer the date and when places confirmed.
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Guys
All tweets I’ve seen from the wee mhan have been positive. I’m devastated with this news. Keep the prayers going guys.
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
Turkeybhoy
I can understand your frustration, imo Lenny plays all these questions with a straight bat, same as the club…………..
….unlike the tribute act frontman who plays to a friendly and indulgent audience, Lenny’s candour is on balance to be welcomed.
It’s not his fault the scoddish hacks are the way they are.
I obviously keep a keen interest in all the wee Mhans progress,, and I can assure you all, I didn’t see this one coming. If anyone deserves a healthy life, it surely has to be our Wee Giant.
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
bankie
Very true, – he was also asked for some ‘strange’ reason, will Sevco spend big?
He said ‘no’
StraightBat CSC
Weefrathetim
I’m slower than a week in the preverbial , my apols
Normally by the time I respond to someone post there’s
Usually another page , this place takes me to so many
Highs , but the lows are hard to take , more so when it concerns
One so innocent , GOD Bless the wee guy xxx sent
Parkheadcumsalford
21:59 on
25 March, 2014
NatKnow,
I know I shouldn’t be too bothered but I have suffered too, too many let downs in my young days, to take anything for granted, where Celtic are concerned.
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And I thought I was cynical! :-))))
My Dear Zbyszek…..
I Think You Spend Too Much Time Associating With CQNs Wickedest Marxists…..
It Has Got Yer Wee Brain Confused….
Read What Chris Torey Actually Said….
Rather Than Other Folks’ Hysterical And Erroneous Reiterations Of His Post…
As You Say…Around One Million Appears To Be The Most Widely Accepted Figure….
For Jewish Civilians Who Died In Auschwitz…..
By Gas/Shooting/Malnutrition/Disease ?
Didn’t Ann Frank And Her Sister Die From Typhus..?
It Was BMCUW…..
Who Gave Us The Soviet Claim That 4m Jews Were Killed In Auschwitz,Alone..
Who Would Give Any Credence To Soviet Claims….
While They Wished To Cover Up Their Own Atrocities….?
It Took Them Until The 1990s…..
To Admit To The Massacre Of 20,000 Polish Officers In Katyn Wood(1940)….
And The Elimination Of The Cream Of Polish Intellectuals……
When They Invaded Eastern Poland In 1939..
In Collaboration With The Nazis…..
Which Elements Within The Bosheviks…..
Do You Consider Most Culpable….
In The Implementation Of The Polish Pogrom..?
BTW….I’ve Always Been A Huge PF Fan…..
DSOTM My First LP…
But Did You Know That Roger Waters Parents Were Both Ardent Communists?.
And Both Were Conscientious Objectors In WWII…..
Until The Marxists Entered The War…
And Waters Snr. Signed Up For Training In 1943..?
Karma….?
Marspapa
The canal at Firhill basin….
Fingers crossed for the little fella.
martybhoy59
22:01 on
25 March, 2014
natknow – supporting wee oscar
Uncanny I am in Tashkent ;)
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Another attempt to be a klugscheißer spoilt!! ;-)
BSR
Aye…………..
I wonder if Deid-Eye Dick, Wilson
will grill the Binman on wee buuully’s latest…..position?
HH
SFTB@Owned-By-Chris-Torey..
Palomine….Fat Swalley Demands To Know The Names Of CQNs Holocaust DenierS (Plural)
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Bournesoup Whistles” The Good,The Bad,And The Cambuslang Stalker”
Very sad news re the Wee Man, with the Big Heart, prayers said.
Papa John
Zbyszek, 21.43,
Would not like your above post to go unsupported…busy site with the Dons result,tomorrow’s
game and the clamour for tickets,and of course prayers and support for the wee man……that is what the majority of guys on this site are about.It seems absurd the cowardly low life you quite rightly take to task dares to venture on to this site.You,like I ,should not give him oxygen….
BBB
Here’s praying the wee CQN hero sees this one through. KTF.
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
Doug C
Some man!
Just got two tickets for tomorrow night’s game.
HH
EC67
C’mon wee oscar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not good news at all re Wee Oscar, heartbreaking actually
This update was posted on Twitter a short time ago – please keep Oscar, Leona, Stephen and Izzie in your thoughts and prayers folks. Oscar is not well at all!
“@Wee_Oscar: Oscar has been v ill recently, getting worse each day. Starting new chemo drug tonight, everything crossed that it eases his pain #TeamOscar”
In my prayers, our Wee Celtic Warrior. Keep fighting!
HH
CRC
Just to clarify for our younger CQNers.
In the 1960s/early 70s, the season kicked-off with the League Cup. It was 8 groups of 4 and the top team in each group went into the quarter-finals. The sectional games were played Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday then the first league game on the Wednesday and back to the League Cup Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday. The quarters and semis were played within a few weeks and the final was always late October.
These sectional games always made for an exciting start to the season because the top 16 in the previous season’s First Division (top tier) were in the same draw so the first 4 sections were all First Division clubs.
In 1971 Celtic and Rangers were drawn in the same section. Celtic Park was under reconstruction – new roof on the stand – and both ties were played at Ibrox. Celtic triumphed 2-1 and 3-0 with only 2 weeks between each game. To make it even better, they met again 2 weeks later at Ibrox in the League. It was 2-2 going into stoppage time when Jimmy Johnstone rose to head a Lennox corner into the net for a last-gasp 3-2 victory. 3 Celtic victories at Ibrox in 6 weeks.
The bears were not happy and there was a lot of serious trouble in Glasgow that night as hordes of marauding huns held the city in the grip of intimidation and violence. It was not nice at all.
beebawbabbity
I have sympathy with your view, some are better ignored, but think on this.
If those views are put on this blog and go unchallenged the casual visitor may believe those views are accepted by many who post here.
Perhaps it’s better to challenge them, expose them, call them into question?
Zbyszek, you are, I think correct to challenge them, as is SFTB’s and anyone else with the energy to do so.
Tonight I don’t.
CRC
Put perfectly.
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
Celtic warrior Oscar Knox has come through many battles in his short life and God willing, he’ll come through some more. As ever, the family needs your thoughts and prayers.
HH
TTTT
B-C-W
Ha ha my ignorance I thought you meant Telly lol
If my six year old grandson and his aunt and me
See the game from there I might be able to convince
Them to take a chance , thanks for the nod ;)))
sad news today.
condolences to gct and light insanity, now wee Oscar. how much can he take.
prayers for all.
Some feeling sorry for the multi-millionaire, Mr. Moyes ……funny old World
Kasper Schmeichel has now scored more top class goals than Mo Bangura.
No truth in the rumour that John Park was in the stand scouting for a striker tonight.
Wee Oscar,
May God give you strength to keep fighting.
My prayers are with you.
a braw big hug for wee Oscar….fight on laddie …we are all there with you….
Not been on since the weekend, gct, thoughts and prayers fot gerry, I will light a candle at st simons tomorrow as I will for our wee hero oscar.
tbh I have sent a text to p67 as I cant stand the vile from tsd…
god bless u all
Not long in from a weeks holiday, log on and see some more hard times for the Knox family
Life just isnt fair at all, prayers for our Oscar
Just seen that the game is on Sky ramorra. Good news for us ex-pats. We can watch the hoops win the league..
C’mon the Hoops….
HH
Sad news about Wee Oscar.
I will say a prayer and light a candle for the wee man at St Gerard’s in Bellshill on Saturday morning.
Doc,
To avoid confusion, totally agree when you come across this drivel,always challenge it.My main point was to acknowledge Z’s post;obviously most genuine posters are otherwise engaged at this moment in time.
BBB.
Eurochamps67
How do you get the tickets please.
Sad to read that news about the little guy.
But we all know what a brave wee warrior that guy is.
C’mon the mighty Oscar.
S
BT and many others –
Thanks.
Bebawbabbity, thanks, nicely cleared up.
Beebawbabbity, spelling, apologies.