Scottish Football League chief executive, David Longmuir, emerged from the shambles that the game’s administrators got themselves into last year with a remarkably solid relationship with the SFL’s member clubs, indeed, he has been singled out for high praise from the Newco-club.
The flow of sentiment reversed after he wrote to member clubs suggesting Celtic and Newco-Rangers enter ‘colt’ clubs in the Third Division. This bizarre suggestion was justified on the basis that if Celtic and Rangers join another league, while leaving the rest of the leading clubs behind, their colt teams would continue to bring interest and revenue to the game.
Mr Longmuir seems to have missed the fact that in the event any of the above comes to pass, the departure of Celtic and Newco-Rangers would then create an opportunity for colt clubs to be considered. Their inclusion now is unnecessary, especially when Newco could potentially enter administration next season, lose players, suffer the mandatory 25 point penalty and be relegated into the bottom division with their colt players, who presumably would also suffer administration-related penalties.
Speculation that Mr Longmuir is taking care of current business until he is ready to move to Newco is becoming hard to ignore. Newco need to get themselves out of the bottom league first, though. The colts team idea is certain to be rejected, the question will not even reach the SPL or Celtic. The 12-12-10-10 idea favoured by Newco is looking an increasingly hard sell, with 12-12-18 more likely. Mr Longmuir better look after the interests of all his member clubs if he wants to hang on long enough to move straight to Newco. If he loses his ability to be a dealmaker I’m not sure what he can offer an aspiring £100m company.
Football is seldom played on a higher plane than we witnessed from the Camp Nou last night. Barcelona, until recently undisputedly regarded as the best team in the world, were up against it. With a league win assured their form stuttered and they had to become the first team in Champions League history to overcome a 2-0 first leg defeat.
They delivered, as did their most precocious talent, but there was a hugely important lesson to be learned from the game.
Milan are out of Europe because they made preventable mistakes which Celtic didn’t make, home or away, against Barcelona. Even at this level, the team which makes fewest preventable mistakes progresses.
Milan and, after Juventus, Celtic, can spend the remainder of the season pondering the value of putting laces through the ball. Barcelona, of course, are fabulous, but the question remains, can they do it at home against Annan Athletic? I’m not so sure.
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MIKI67
It is indeed a good wee place for discussing all sortsa stuff-anything is acceptable especially on the nightshift.
I’ve been kicked outa the moonhowlers society for not having Warren Zevon in my collection……..
Thanks for your e-mail earlier,very thoughtful,unnecessarily so. And gratefully received. Reply sent.
BMCUWP – What’s happenin’ mo chara?
The bookies got there own back today alright mate,almost glad i missed it all now.
I emailed AGCR about the whiskey Bobby,you were right all along about the junk mail.
Thanks again chief.
St Stivs…
anyone know what happened to the belville st flats ?
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Controlled explosion ….Not before time…
16 ROADS
Suddenly remembered that had happened to me,got lucky as I usually delete junk without looking!
Aye it was carnage out there.
With no word of a lie,I usually have a good Cheltenham-though I’d resigned myself to being out of form this year-but I can only remember one really good Wednesday at the meeting. The year PIZARRO won the bumper,I also had a 12/1,2/110/1 and finally PIZARRO at 14s.
Only a 20p L/15 but the single stakes on each of them were increasing from a fiver to “ah,sod it,the horse disnae know it’s 14s,and I’m well up anyway”
No-one would have picked any of the other winners that day,btw!
Anyway,just weird,the Wednesday card just isnae for me!
And I proved it yet again!!!!!
Just a wee glimpse of the complications of “doing the right thing” – but not jumping in with both feet.
“The Scarlet and the Black” – Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty in Rome in the 40’s. Gregory Peck and John Gielgud. Music by Morricone (Ennio).
Life of St Francis of Assisi – “Brother Sun, Sister Moon” – 1972 film. Donovan, Maryhill Bhoy, did the music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwXhHGXejs4
I remember that Pizzaro well mate,i backed it – The only time i ever made money at Cheltenham was that year.Moscow Flyer win the Queen Mother again – Fitzgerald ran amok,lot’s of Irish winners.
BMCUWP – If ya get a wee chance,check the results on the Sporting Life website – it gives ye any significant on course money for each runner.Seriously,the only people gambling at the course are the Irish.They are backing their own horses,in a big way.
Mental it is.
Ntassoolla – All this religion carry on,and what not..it makes a person think sometimes.
What happened with Ireland & Scotland during those Henry the 8th times?
All that Calvinism and all that carry on and what not? Did the Scottish really and suddenly become enlightened? Why did the Irish keep their faith,despite the persecution,what was the difference?
Was there money or bribery involved? Was it fear of persecution? I mean,we were all Catholics on these islands.
Wtf happened to Scotland?
Money and power.
bottomlinecsc.
16 roads Henry royally rejected Calvinism.
I’m a secularist.
Plus. I don’t read history backwards.
Anyway.
Another time.
Let’s look to what is to come.
We are about to see a full frontal on the Jesuits.
Not historical.
Present.
In Scotland.
Ntassoolla
03:41 on
14 March, 2013
Never heard that.
Absolutely loved it.
I well remember when Donovan first appeared on the scene,as part of the “folk revival”
with a song called ” Colours.”
Some of his output made its way to the gentle slopes of Sellic Park.
“I`m just mad about Celtic” (Saffron)
They call me a fenian{quite rightly}
His sister and mine attended Notre Dame training College together.
Thanks again.
Ntassoolla – Balls.The Irish diaspora in Scotland are not CQN ya buck eejit ye.Do you honestly believe that they are all sitting terrified of some kind of zombie attack,seriously? Ya mentalist ye lol.Have ye ever been to the Gorbals,Garngad,Calton etc? Wise yerself up ffs.Those Tims fear nothing,they are not Ernie Lynch(with respect).Your treacherous Establishment have hit them with every wrong already…it didn’t work,probably just made them stronger.
Ntassoolla – I blame you,and your ilk,Calvinist/Presbyterian/dissenter/Scottish/secular,or whatever…for my horrible Belfast accent.
It’s all your fault,planters.
A Jesuit eh? They won’t like that my friend,they certainly won’t like that…
Bring it on i say,and you keep your focus on 6 counties…certainly.Because we are quickly beginning to lose patience with your zombie planters,just like their former English pay-masters long since have.
And btw,as zimmerman already stated…it was never anything to do with religion with them,that was only a sideshow,an excuse…greed,land and money was their motivation.
Who’s your money on?
:)
Donovan’s song..Universal soldier is a belter..just about sums up the scam.
Met his sister on holiday on Malta a wheen of years ago.
16 Roads
This is just after the death of our `Enery VIII
1500 years of Roman Catholicism, and any semblance of religious tolerance, came to a juddering halt with the Reformation in 1560. In Scotland this took the form of an orgy of destruction driven by an especially radical brand of Presbyterian Protestantism (“Presbyterian” means governed by representative committees rather than by a hierarchy of bishops). It led to the supplanting of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by the Presbyterian Kirk; and to the loss of much of the magnificent architecture built during the previous 500 years.
16
The above is courtesy of Wiki.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon – But macjay,Graham Speirs has already labelled sectarianism in Scotland as “the Irish problem”.
Everything was brilliant in Scotland before the Irish immigrants arrived in the 1840’s,and then those “Irish” that arrived from Harland & Wolff in the early 1900’s made the problem worse.
Scottish Catholics were never persecuted in the years before those dastardly Irish arrived.
Scottish Presbyterians/dissenters were not responsible for the birth of Irish Republicanism,they didn’t start it…then when the English began to hang them,they didn’t revert back to their anti-Catholic/Irish hatred.
I am just making all this up,it only happened in my mind.
Macjay1 there are so many things that unite us.
Nigh on 40 years since I heard that song.
All the talk of of the feuding Franks (Assisi and Xavier), jolted those peaceful lyrics back into my adversarial being.
I will defer once again to Nat’ know on what’s offensive about being called a Durty Fenian Bee.
“Well. They missed out the unrepentant.”
I think this is Donovan`s tribute to his sister.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74N-OWpFO4E
The whole shebang is run by intellectual prisoners.
leftbraincsc.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon @05:28 reveals “I think this is Donovan`s tribute to his sister.”
Is she single???
I don’t hate them,but i have no respect for them whatsoever.And i will never understand them.
Those zombie planters that inhabit the place where i live,and their treacherous zombie brothers that reside in Scotland.
Those zombie goons,that to this very day march and parade beneath the flags and banners of Scotland’s conquerors.
“We hate Cafflicks” “We hate Darkies” “We hate everything”
Hate them fkin selves,that’s what they hate,deep down,and their own history.
Religion? Tripe.Hate is the only thing that they bring to the table.
I speak like a monkey on whizz because of them.
The Irish accent is a beautiful thing,even when spoken in English,Scottish accent sounds great also…but the two don’t mix.
Not this,not this dreadful mishmash.
:(
Beddy byes.
Good night all.
And once again.
Zimmerman. May you sleep like a clubbed seal.
In all seriousness bhoys. We have to be prepared to deal with the arguments that do not confirm our prejudices.
Don’t worry about Zimmerman. The club that could crack that skull has yet to be fashioned. I’m working on it.
16 roads – Neil Lennon walks on water.
05:17 on
14 March, 2013
Saint (“Blessed” JO when I was a lad) John Ogilvie was executed at Glasgow Cross in the …erm….can`t remember the century…16hundreds.
Our Scottish Jesuit martyr.
The curse of anti-Catholicism has stained Scotland for centuries.
Re.Graham Speirs.
Mate.Give these ignoramuses the credit they are due.
S.F.A.
We must look after our own.
With generosity of spirit to those whose religious views differ from ours
And to those who stupidly assume that Celtic supporters support one religion.
Christianity,not its various branches,is the future course I feel we should aspire to.
One for the zombies,i hope that it annoys yous,i really do:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvnCNpDq430
Viva Las Malvinas & God Bless The Pope.
Hate me now hahaha!
:)
Ntassoolla
05:36 on
14 March, 2013 asks
Is she single?
I`ll look into it and get back to you.
You do realise,of course,she wouldny be in the first flush of youth.
;-0
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
Ntassoolla
I will leave yous in peace now.
Slan.
16 roads – Neil Lennon walks on water.
05:50 on
14 March, 2013
Trumped with this.
Game,set and match.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTBJgZcSvRY
Ntassoola,
And once again??
Have I upset you in some way,
your R complex is showing.
Morning Celts
Welcome Pope Francis the 1st
Jobo
Another fine sunny morning along the Fylde coast amigo! the Irish Sea is like glass, not a ripple to be seen from Fleetwood to Lytham.
V
Morning all CQNers from a frosty and chilly West Lothian.
I think Celtic should help Dunfermline.
But if we do where does it end ?
Good morning friends from a dry, windless, partially cloudy and bit milder East Kilbriide.
Burghbhoy
I have a problem with the Dunfermline reaction to the Huns not paying them the money owed and their ambivalence re same when they were clearly skint
Frankly teams like Dunfermline have been run very poorly for years …excessive spending and poor financial management …which I consider to be a form of cheating
However maybe my views are influenced by my irritation with Yorkson and Jeffries ..
Or maybe it’s survival of the fittest …
Having said that Leishman seems a decent guy
You’ll see I’m far from certain :-))
Pfayr
Take your point bud. Certainly Yorkston and Jeffries no lovers of Celtic and it still rankles that Orc Calderwood got the team to lie down at Mordor.
However, I remember fondly their fans congratulating us in our centenary double win and the part they played in the Jock Stein story.
Mainly for those reasons I think we should help, even under the pretence of taking a player for £200-£300 k. Although I must add I’ve no idea if they have any good prospects.
Unlike Deidco & mini Huns however, I feel it would be a shame if they disappear .
But then as I said before, whose next in line for a bail out & when do we say enough ?
Dilemma indeed !
RobertTressell
21:45 on
13 March, 2013
Macjay – same woman has same designs on the islas malvinas as the fascists and neo liberals who fought over it in the 80′s.
She’s a left winger is she not? And she’s right about them. Doesnt stop her or us being right about ownership of the islands………..
Dead right.But it should stop decent people like you supporting fascist murderers.
If you are of the left,then it was your people whom Galtieri and Viola were targeting,as ,of course, was Pinochet in Chile.
Yes,supported by the C.I.A.
Shamefully.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reassertion_of_British_sovereignty_over_the_Falkland_Islands_(1833)
Kirchner is playing the anti-colonialist card.
Argentina consists of colonialists only.
The indigenous population were slaughtered.
They are no more.
Compare and contrast.Mexico,Peru,Bolivia,Ecuador,Brazil.
Argentina is a colonised territory inhabited by European immigrants and their progeny.
Italian,Spanish and latterly German S.S.men who were welcomed with open arms by Peron post war.
The Odessa rat line.
This is the calibre of the Argentinian people of influence who would have control over Falkland Islanders.
Have you considered these facts?
Or are you just anti-Brit.?
Macjay1
Food for thought sir.
V
stpatricksbhoy
22:59 on
13 March, 2013
midfield maestro
Are you a Rafferty.
Hail Hail
Went to bed after my post. No, but yes. Not my surname, but my mother’s maiden name. Her brother ran the guild footy, whom you obviously know of. Your monicker is a goodyin, you from Anderston?
Hx2
The only help I’d give Dunfermline is a road map to the wall they’re about to crash into.
I was there at the game where they raised the flag congratulating us on our centenary win and fair enough to them for it, but they allowed their name to be sullied by the laying down to rangers and are involved therefore in the corruption of Scottish football, let them die.
V