I’ve said for a while that very few people realise the enormity of what happened in Scottish football in 2012. Some thought there would be a three-year blip before ‘normality’ was restored. Until very recently prevailing perception is that the current ‘abnormal’ circumstances may last 10 years. The old normal isn’t coming back.
When I talked about how few people realised the permanent consequences of Rangers liquidation on the Scottish football to my brother, he was of the view that the penny wouldn’t drop until Newco were in their second season in the Premiership.
They had all the excuses in the world when they were in the lower leagues, and a genuinely good excuse during their first season in the top flight, but when things don’t improve in the second season, a retrenchment will start.
By then it will be evident that the legendary gap below Celtic is huge, that Newco are effectively cannon fodder, that their fans are a cash cow topping up the coffers of every club they visit (including Celtic), but that no matter what they pay for their season tickets, Newco will always be underfunded.
Season ticket sales at current levels are not sustainable to watch a team fail so miserably. Even this miserable team is not sustainable with the current business model. The retrenchment will be real and painful. Questions are now being asked about how they get themselves out of this mess (16 years too late). There will be no answer.
They will win the odd game against Celtic, and pick up a cup occasionally (if Ross County can do it anyone can), but Newco will only win the league if Celtic get their big move. Many football fans in Scotland will live the rest of their lives only seeing Celtic win the league. Just think of that for a moment. Buying your losers ticket each season will be a painful business. Some will find other things to occupy themselves with.
The real question that should be asked, is how sustainable is a Rangers club that’s as much chance of winning the title as St Johnstone? The answer will be evident by this time next season.
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Aye ok I ducked that up :@-)))
MWD
JIM PAYNE
Canny beat the gotcha moment of a facetious comment that worked. Makes up nearly for the boots in the baws that result.
HT
I think Jmccormick has already been sorted reading between the lines …..
Never mind the board Sack CumbernauldTim :-)
MOONBEAMSWD
You canny have effed it up that much,bud. The papers have been running wi that for oh nearly five years now.
TET@8:17
Let’s hope this clown stays, his presser’s are becoming almost comical Ali stuff :0)
ITALIABHOY on 4TH FEBRUARY 2017 7:50 PM
Post on FF…
Is it time to take a gamble and take on debt?
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I’m astounded of forehead….dobber.
Huns re Garner on FF
: ‘ He’s like Ostenstad and Sebo rolled into one ‘
PB
If he wasn’t a hun you would be forgiven for feeling for him, but he’s a hun so eff him :-)
HH
Candle lit and Rosary said for Michael The Green Oak at Schoenstatt today.
RIP Michael YNWA.
HH
KTF
UTLR.
VOGUEPUNTER
The fella is correct,tbh. The only way they can get near us is by running their club properly,building up a few bob and using that as leverage to borrow money as a well-run company.
No point in pissing it against the wall,and even less trying to convince lenders they are a well-run company.
The only people,peepul,who are pissing it against the wall are their fans and certain directors who didnae get rich by pissing their money against a wall.
So,naw.
HT.
Cheers! Got tickets sorted yesterday from CD. You know him, thanks for looking out for me.
Looking forward to it, although it will be a tough one. McDermid Park is about the only SPL ground the lhad and I missed out on when we were regular away attendees.
Starry
Stonehouse is a decent pub but to be honest I’ve never really drank in Hamilton apart from the Barleycorn.
Another post on FF…
Re: Heart’s game -a fallout/bust up? And the inevitable…..
All was not well at Auchinhowie on Thursday, each player was spoken to individually by the manager. Kenny was quite vocal from what I was told.
Gerryfaethebrig
Looking as if the house is now sold so I will indeed be looking for a new moniker!
JMc
Ah ok no worries mate enjoy the game. Yep CD is a great fella.
If you missed Sutty giving it to warbiola earlier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5D87nHGiCc
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 4TH FEBRUARY 2017 8:59 PM
He may well be, deleted.
HT 8.54
As you know only pulling your leg, I love the way you sort fellow Celtic fans out for tickets….
Your moniker will never leave you, you have to keep it as there has never been that many Tic bhoys in the Hamilton to start with
MODERATOR2
Accepted,with apologies.
But bearing in mind I’ve got away with loads over the years and canny complain about it if I don’t like it,that’s a word that’s acceptable pretty much everywhere.
Your call,mate,I won’t flounce. I look pretty damn disgusting in a tutu.
BMCUWP
You got deleted you unabstemious bounder. Right I am going for it.
KNICKERS, BUM
Please delete me let me go!
Jimbo67
The Hat going on about European Titles?! Is he putting Joe Garner up for the Eurovision Song contest. I’m actually starting to think Warbs is unwell.
I think we should run a competition for HAMILTONTIM’s new moniker. Charity donations etc.
Let us know when the removal van arrives, bud…
:-))
PRESTONPANS BHOYS on 4TH FEBRUARY 2017 8:34 PM
TET@8:17
Let’s hope this clown stays, his presser’s are becoming almost comical Ali stuff :0)
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I think he is more delusional than that.
More like Chemical Ali
BMCUWP
Olivia tells me you’ve had another post deleted!
Your a naughty bhoy not the …………………………
Christy Moore will be 72 this year…..thats bloody scary
NATKNOW
I’ve already suggested CRAIGMARLOCH BHOY but he more or less told me to …….. off!
BMCUWP
Don’t bleat about the Mods, I git a post deleted once around 7.23pm on a Sunday evening, by all accounts after my (inoffensive) post an shitey online arguement ensued…… A few hours later the Mods deleted said post and then decided to delete my post as was the instigator !!!!!!!!!!
Am flipping raging……. I wish I had saved that post……probably gash as usual
On a side note, me, MrsGFTB, MissGFTB were out for a bit if dinner in our usual haunt today the GH as a few will know, after dinner was finished a Sevconian approached our table to wish us well, he then said “the sooner you win the league the better, this unbeaten run is really bugging me” (that was without the swear words) this same Sev used to rub their BoS 9@row in my face all the time so for the ones that think Feb2012 was a defining moment …..live with the clowns who I face daily,Mage club might have liquidated, and enjoy your moral high ground, but trust me I face the same flies every day
Ronny Deila on Celtic & Bren…
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He said: “I read that I should feel cheated because of what Celtic have done with the same players this season.
“Why should I feel cheated?
“I’m hugely impressed by what Brendan Rodgers has done this season…f***ing impressed.
“And I feel a sense of ownership about this team that I helped create who are now absolutely the best team in Scotland right now.
“Is Brendan Rodgers a better coach than me? He may well be … he is one of the world’s top club managers and has been Liverpool boss.
“I hold no grudges against him or anyone. I am proud I have been a part of it.
“I’m very pleased that that many of the players I had doing are doing fine now.
“People can say what they want, but I lost 19 games of 120 and was the manager of Celtic for two seasons.
“The experience of being a manager at such a big club has made me a stronger person.”
Thread on Hun Media entitled “We were lied to”
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Of course we were spun a lie. He is after all a shameless and glib liar
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ritchieshearercaldow
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Actually it wasn’t a lie or a con, we are going for 55…..just not this season or the next or the next, but we are going for 55 eventually.
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We’ll be lucky to get 55 points this f***** season the way we’re playing.
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Reality sets in ……….
KTF
Gerryfaethebrig
Ha ha it’ll probably stay the same Gerry!
NatKnow
Do the donations go to moi?’ :-)
just amused myself on FF. They are sh1 t ing themselves over their next visit to the champions
lol
HH
Jim Payne
Surely everybody knows that the opposite of abstemious is stemious?
GERRYFAETHEBRIG
Aw,man. I wish I could have been there.
Did you manage not to smirk? Ffs,don’t tell me you passed that up. My pals in Kilwinning haven’t discussed football AT ALL since one told me that
“Charlie’s got ye on the run”
Green,aye,seriously.
I miss the knowledge that they would suffer,but I don’t wish that suffering any more.
Their right to exist needs independent investigation and so does every share exaction in the last,ish,30 years.
Then a further investigation as to why it was allowed in the first place.
https://twitter.com/Barcabhoy1/status/827931529489756160
TheTimReaper 9.27
Ronny wasn’t the failure the media (& some Celtic fans) would like to think
BUT
Brendan is a different breed, Brendan is a brilliant manager
Ronny = 4 & 5
Brendan = 6 and hopefully many more
If Ronny feels a sense of ownership of this Celtic side then he’s even more blind than I thought.
A really nice man who was never good enough for Celtic.
I’m still astonished at those Tims who continued to fight his corner when most recognised his deficiencies early in the first season.
Thank God we’ve now got a leader, a tactician and someone who commands the respect of all with a vested interest in Celtic.
PHILBHOY on 4TH FEBRUARY 2017 9:19 PM
NATKNOW
I’ve already suggested CRAIGMARLOCH BHOY but he more or less told me to …….. off!
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You can take the bhoy out of Hamilton. But you can take the language skills out of the bhoy!
HAMILTONTIM on 4TH FEBRUARY 2017 9:31 PM
Gerryfaethebrig
Ha ha it’ll probably stay the same Gerry!
NatKnow
Do the donations go to moi?’ :-)
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Dunno. How long will the Lourdes money rest in your account??
;-)))
Not at all surprised to see that type of testimonial from Ronny.always struck me as a proper gentleman with a good upbringing showing through.
Hope he goes on to have a long and successful life.