I got it wrong on Malky MacKay. In August I wrote, “Malky’s unforgivable sin is not racism, homophobia or anti-Semitism, these matters are often overlooked as ‘banter’, after all. He’ll not get another job because he blew millions on players who were useless to Cardiff. That’s the only kind of offence football really tales notice of.”
Then up stepped Dave Whelan, a man who is widely respected in the sports retail and football, largely for not being Mike Ashley, but who has watched his club slip from the Premier League and now sit in a relegation spot in the Championship.
Football is harsh enough without clubs creating their own distractions. Wigan and Malky are unlikely to prosper.
So Craig Whyte faces up to four weeks in jail if/when he is arrested. You have to wonder what his police interviews will reveal. Craig doesn’t strike me as someone to take a fall for anyone.
Redundancies are sometimes necessary for a company losing money and without the resources to pay bills, but Newco Rangers cutting the payroll by 10, none of them from the well paid football department, is pointless tokenism. Savings made will keep the lights on for only a few days more, so why do it?
I have some sympathy for their new management. They need to make significant cuts into football costs, but those costs are contracted to the end of the season, or beyond, these cuts are perhaps a gesture towards what’s ahead.
Management have a problem, how do they meet commitments to creditors and protect shareholder value? No bank has ever extended credit to this club, and I suspect HMRC have them on a short leash. There will be some trade creditors, but they are likely to be of the face painter variety. By far the biggest creditor, and therefore most influential after an insolvency event, is Mike Ashley. He would be in a position to appoint an administrator, and to approve any settlement.
Dave King continues to play an important role, encouraging fans not to support or spend with the club. I fully endorse his views.
King still thinks he is playing poker but his hand has been called and we all know he’s all out of aces. His rantings are not part of a coherent plan. His calls could precipitate the end, but he has no way of transforming this into a new dawn.
Remember to keep an eye on the long-term fundamentals, you cannot operate a large football club with the size of Newco’s infrastructure without regular Champions League income. Nothing that has happened in the last three years has changed this.
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sydneytim
10:52 on 21 November, 2014
Your getting boring now
Celtic Trust
@TheCelticTrust
Formal business #ticagm
Celtic Trust @TheCelticTrust · 3m 3 minutes ago
RD – Always positive when meeting fans in the city #ticagm
Celtic Trust @TheCelticTrust · 3m 3 minutes ago
RD – consistency in what we do we’ll get results we want #ticagm
I think our chairman has been on the sherry.
‘so nice of you to come.it shows you care”..
#agm
bgx,
Banning sectarian marches would be a starter for 10
lionroars67
10:57 on 21 November, 2014
Agree there with Ronny, the end of the Aberdeen game was unbelievable, more of the same please HH
Celtic Trust @TheCelticTrust · 4s 4 seconds ago
Res 1 carried. See notes #ticagm
NegAnon2
10:52 on
21 November, 2014
Can you be a devout Catholic, attend football matches and never, ever fall foul of the OB Act? If the answer to that is yes then the Act, which I totally oppose, does not criminalise you for being a Catholic.
I would stake a very large amount of money that anybody saying a wee prayer before the game and blessing themselves will not fall foul of the Act.
I’d also be pretty confident that if somebody was lifted under the Act and it was as a result of the way they were blessing themselves then the action was very little to do with them being Catholic – that does not however make the law correct. It is not. Neither does it negate the fact that anybody being provoked by such an action is extremely likely to be a bigot.
The law is totally ridiculous absolutely no argument from me on that front, and I’d even agree that it was designed to try and ‘even the score’ (which coincidentally it’s failing at) but making out to be something it isn’t doesn’t help the argument. At the end of the day, Anti-Celtic is not Anti-Catholic and to suggest it is does nothing but reinforce outdated (and false) stereotypes.
Celtic Trust @TheCelticTrust · 38s 39 seconds ago
Res 2 re-election of Dermot Desmond #ticagm
BGX the first step is admit scotland ha s a problem and to treat it in the same way it would do race crime or homophobic behaviour. That’s the start. But as you can see Scotland is in denial about its problem and would rather pass sectarian laws.
As for beating celtic fans over the head with the OB. I was challenged on why I think scotland is institutionally sectarian(Indeed I was called a bigot for even suggesting it). I responded with evidence. So how is that beating up celtic supporters?
The matter is unresolved my favourite socialisty republicani type unionist.
Genie out the bottle am afraid, alas its not goin back in.
Westminster’.past the post’type fake democracy is not reflective of minorities.It is not coping at all well with 45%.Alas next time is going to be more extreme.So it wont go away and England heads to the right of labour and they are so confused and policyless in bliarland rightwingness.
So Labour how did you stip the advancement of feral capitalism? Raise the minimum wage by a quid.
Party of the working class my ….
Party aligned with Gideons budgets on austerity..
Och not to worry we will go hunting the naziskank vote.that will put Labour back in power and for the majority of failed graduate careerists thats all that matters…just so the economy can go basejumpin wi no ‘chute just like Darlin and pension dipper broon did when they ploughed our economy into the ground.
HH
I AM VOTING FOR DERMOT, HE WINS THIS EVERY YEAR, WHATS THAN NOW 12 IN A ROW ?
Speech tell us why we should re elect DD
6 people vote against
Burning_Bush
I suspect we did not have enough steel in the side at that time. In a funny way our players were also too emotional. They let things get to them when they had to be tough. The honest mistakes were at their height though and we had to be much better than the rest. Ultimately we had too many draws and injuries at key times.
We also had the Cadette affair. Rangers signed a Chilean who was virtually straight into their team and we signed a player from Portugal who was held up for about 6 weeks before being able to play. Probably the most blatant cheating in the hostory of the game and Fergus didn;t forget it. He hunted down Farry and got him punted. The SFA had the last laugh though when they managed to chop off a perfectly ligitimate goal at Ibrokes from Jorge with the game finely balanced. Emotionally we were weak again and the heads dropped and we lost the match when we looked like the only team who would win it.
A great season at times to watch but far too many disappointments when it mattered. Our bus was a great place to be that season though. We had a nucleus of young Bhoys and we were all Celtic mad and went everywhere. The singing was non stop. Unfortunately one of those Bhoys was lost to us a few weeks ago and when I think of Jorge Cadette I always think of him because that was always his song to get started on the CSC.
LB
Saint Stivs.
Didn’t see it, will try to watch it on I.Player.
Knowledge is power etc.
I think I’m a rare individual, I love politics but seriously dislike the vast majority of politicians. I could never vote for any major party. In fact last few elections, I have written none of the above on my ballot paper. Probably pointless but made me feel good for a second or two.
Celtic Trust @TheCelticTrust · 47s 47 seconds ago
Res 3 re-election of Tom Allison #ticagm
Neganon2
You are spot on. Anti-Celtic is a mere proxy for anti-Catholic and anti-Irish in Scottish society.
There are far too many apologists and denialists who fail to recognise the salient points you make.
These agms are so dull .can we fast forward to the public forum!
Jimmynotpaul
11:08 on
21 November, 2014
Saint Stivs.
Didn’t see it, will try to watch it on I.Player.
Knowledge is power etc.
I think I’m a rare individual, I love politics but seriously dislike the vast majority of politicians. I could never vote for any major party. In fact last few elections, I have written none of the above on my ballot paper. Probably pointless but made me feel good for a second or two.
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same-ish.
i like the political arguments, and i dislike the vast majority of politicians.
i do the like the old 1980’s sinn-feinners though,
hahahah.
Celtic Trust @TheCelticTrust · 36s 36 seconds ago
Res 4 re-election of Brian Wilson #ticagm
St stivis. They could have declared UDI? Presumably you mean unilaterally declared independence?
Hahahahahaha.
Good one.
Firstly that would have been illegal under UK law. Secondly the SNP were voted in to run the Scottish Parliament. They had no mandate to declare independence.nthats not necessarily why people voted the, in. Their majority gave them the mandate to have a referendum. The rest is history. Please don’t presume to lecture me on these matters.
Don’t try and paint them as the good guys for allowing us a referendum.
They are being un democratic in that they have not addressed the no voters and are simply carrying on with their campaign rather than running the country which is what they were elected to do.
As for your attempt at facetious humour. You know it would be more honest if they did. I order how the election would go.
Saint Stivs.
I liked that.
I think you know where my vote would have gone. Lol.
Pacific Pete
11:09 on
21 November, 2014
Neganon2
You are spot on. Anti-Celtic is a mere proxy for anti-Catholic and anti-Irish in Scottish society.
There are far too many apologists and denialists who fail to recognise the salient points you make.
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longtime since you have been on bud, welcome back.
coming out of mass this morning i was lifted by the polis for acting all “catholiky”.
on my way to the shops i was arrested for talking in an irish accent.
when i finally arrived at work, i was told i had no xmas bonus because i had a celtic screensaver .
worst of all my girl was put off the school bus because she had on a green blazer.
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or none of these happened today and i am living in scotland.
notthebus
11:02 on 21 November, 2014
‘I think our chairman has been on the sherry.
‘so nice of you to come.it shows you care”..
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Let’s hope The Great Desmondo does not regard that as a snide dig at himself
Celtic Trust @TheCelticTrust · 39s 39 seconds ago
#ticagm The decision by Celtic to pay this year’s LW rate is a major step forward. We’ll continue to push for full accreditation
Negannon….ok thenwhat ?
Weeminger the point is if you blessed yourself at CP you DONT KNOW if you are breaking the law. A police officer or hun steward could take offence (and the delicious irony is that it’s the bigots who are offended). And hey presto you are arrested. It’s technically an offence.
It’s not just silly it’s real and it’s anti catholic and it’s designed to be that way.
St stivis ah sarcasm your last bastion. Why are you in denial about this law?
neganon.
where do you live sir ?
have you been arrested lately ?
i seen that snp on tv yesterday running the scottish government.
not ignoring anyone it seems, but actually running the country.
Groundhog day in full swing I see.
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
11:18 on 21 November, 2014
Groundhog day in full swing I see.
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I know, I’m getting bored of my Average White Band theme tune joke…
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
11:18 on
21 November, 2014
Groundhog day in full swing I see.
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did you not say that yesterday as well? ;-)
An tearmann I presume your apology for calling me a bigot is not forthcoming? Neither is a sensible response to what I posted? At least I answered your questions.
Clearly I have hit a nerve with some people.
I am going to enjoy seeing the UK dragged to the right by UKIP and their media PR machine?
NO.
It affects ME directly as I live in the EU as it does most if not all of you. It will have a knock on effect directly on me and mine just as the Referendum would have done.
5% of the country are immigrants and it is a major issue when the people who broke the economy get less than that percent in scrutiny on a daily basis.
Am I enjoying telling people I was right? YES. Because it shows how monumentally stupid people who voted no actually are when they mocked people like me for believing a fringe party could not have an effect and that (stop laughing at the back) Red Ed was coming to save you.
Those who mocked the likes of me have to man up and admit EVERYTHING bad that happens from here on is is THEIR fault.
You ARE to blame.
When the Human rights act is scrapped – it is your fault
When the NHS IS privatized (although Labour lied and said it was all safe days after the vote it wasn’t)
When our young people leave the country because they cannot get work
When the tuition fees come for Scotland’s young people
When UKIP go into coalition with Cameron and drag us out of the EU because of an increasingly racist and Xenophobic ENGLISH electorate
ALL OF THAT IS YOUR FAULT.
Ah, what the hell, one more time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9J4vEVDr5w
BGX a repeal the OB act. Reform our institutions etc tec.
Do you want a manifesto?
All I want for Christmas is a blog with separate threads.
Pwease make it happen p67 :(
lionroars67
11:11 on
21 November, 2014
Celtic Trust @TheCelticTrust · 36s 36 seconds ago
Res 4 re-election of Brian Wilson #ticagm
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aye, i had heard some good vibrations that he would get re-elected
Celtic Trust @TheCelticTrust · 5s 5 seconds ago
Res 11 – Review SLO post and Supporters Forums