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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Watching Barcelona’s demolition job on Milan really puts Celtic’s performance against the mighty Barca into context. Celtic achieved this without incurring one yellow card while the Italians were lucky to finish the game with a full team as a result of persistent fouling. Celtic also came within a result of finishing top of the group.
Barca were back working hard when they didn’t have the ball, this work ethic was missing from their game when they played in the San Siro and what a performance. These guys had me on the edge of my seat the way they pinged the ball around in tight spaces on the edge of their own box and you sensed from the start that it was going to be Barca’s night. Wonderful stuff.
Pope Francis
Argentina
MALVENAS.
Argentinia Argentina ! Las Islas Malvinas Argentina !
Welcome Papa Jorge
South American Pope
Pope Messi
Viva La Malvina’s
Argentina- the hand of God – no change in Dogma- church in dire straights
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Jesuit Pope?
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(Thumbs-DOWN)…!!!!
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Parkheadcumsalford
Well done
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Good name. Hope he lives up to it…..
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Getting a new pope is like a new signing…..
New Pope – son of Italian imigrants.
Leo Messi said to be happy.
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It’s A Fix….
He’s A ‘Plastic Tally’……….
Gene
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God Bless the Pope.
buona sera
Go pope ….