The clean sheet record had to go eventually, so I’m pleased it went to a good goal, not an error by Fraser, which would have been harsh on the big keeper. Having already recorded Celtic’s, then Scotland’s league clean sheet record, the British and European records were within touching distance, but that is now a matter for next season.
Months ago, when Virgil van Dijk first suggested we could go through the league season without defeat I said we were not nearly consistent enough to achieve this. Ironically, last night’s defeat came after a sustained period of consistent an authoritative performances, in the league.
Aberdeen will have lots of reasons to wonder where there team might go now, having beaten Celtic twice in a month. Amid all the newspaper talk in 2012 that Celtic needed their soon to be liquidated opponent, a few of us suggested that what Celtic really need is an opponent, and that Aberdeen, playing to a captive audience in a wealthy city, were the most likely candidates.
Manager, Derek McInnes, knows he does not have the resources to compete over a league programme, but he has proven a few points: he knows how to beat Celtic and his team are the best of the rest.
If Aberdeen can cope with the vagaries of trips to Easter Road and Victoria Park next season, four games against Celtic will take care of themselves. Let’s hope Newco Rangers don’t nip in and buy their best players with that non-emergency £1.5m loan.
The immediate challenge for Celtic is to get back into winning form on Saturday. League Cup finalists, Inverness, will come to make up the numbers.
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Kitalba
When I was in that French revolutionary insurrection type mob marching on the Bastille, I do remember waving a banner, and recall I was wearing a cracking two tone green checked polo shirt and shorts combo.
And honestly, I was nowhere near a coffee shop, because there weren’t as many around it those days:)
HH
CQN Dream Team Nae lazy Freudism.
Bamboo, I was the chippy that built the toilet over the stern which was called a “thunderbox”!
My ship was in Wooloomooloo when a transport ship for Vietnam was “blacked” by the wharfies. Big issue at the time. I drank in the bar known as the “Rock & Roll” where the first prize in the Saturday night raffle was a hooker for the night and the second prize was a poofter!
Like you say big jugs of beer and in some city pubs the barman had a long hose with a gun and just filled you up when your glass emptied. Charging for it of course.
I suggest we change the name of this site to Captain Queeg’s News and that would allow Paul to keep his acronym.
See you all at 8 bells.
Oor Phil…….
Yesterday I took a day out from the Ibrox omnishambles.
I live in a beautiful place and sometimes work conspires to make me forget that.
When I returned to Planet Fitba Dave King’s statement was waiting for me…
It really is nuclear stuff and it is aimed at the current regime at Ibrox, in fairness he doesn’t miss them.
Here is a flavour of it:
“The board has previously dealt with queries around the club’s finances by giving categoric assurances that there was sufficient funding until the end of the season. We now know that these assurances were untrue and that emergency financing has been put in place on terms that are not commercial and that indicate the desperate financial position that the club is in.”
This paragraph appears to me that he is calling into question the veracity of the people at the top of the Marble Staircase.
Dave King’s words carry weight because he is now seen by the home crowd at Ibrox as the only possible saviour in this entire train wreck.
Regardless of doubts some may have over his messiah credentials the following questions from King, contained in his statement, will have to be answered at some point by the incumbent regime:
“1. Will the board provide legally binding assurances that the club is a going concern and has sufficient funds and/or facilities in place for the 2014/2015 season.
2. Will the board undertake that none of the proceeds from season ticket sales will be used to settle any financial obligation that arose prior to receipt of the season ticket monies by the club.
3. Will the board confirm that the club assets continue to be unencumbered.
4. Will the board explain its previous statements that the club had sufficient cash resources to last until the end of the season.”
These well -crafted interrogatives (despite the absence of question marks) do cut to the core of the current Ibrox omnishambles.
Chapeau.
For the avoidance of doubt my own detailed questions submitted to the club on February 9th 2014 remain unanswered.
King’s call on the Ibrox clientele to withhold Season Ticket monies is redolent of the clarion call made by John Brown in 2012 when Charles Green was perceived by some to be lacking sufficiently in Rangersness.
Ultimately that campaign failed once Super Ally stepped forward to vouchsafe the man from Yorkshire with big hands.
Regular readers here may well be struck by the similarity between the concerns espoused by Mr King in South Africa and your humble correspondent here in Ireland.
I am not sure what my location has to do with the accuracy of the reportage here, but it did seem to be a salient point for the folks at RIFC three weeks ago regarding myself when attempting to dampen down the fires among their customer base.
The simple fact of the matter is that RIFC, handcuffed as it is to a loss making subsidiary and with no credit line from a bank, looks very much like a distressed company.
Moreover, the details of the Laxey loan scream that truth at head splitting decibels.
Moreover the word “insolvency” was used in connection with RIFC this week in the Court of Session.
Anyone who wishes to spin that all is well at the top of the Marble Staircase has, I would politely contend, all of their work still in front of them.
However this plays out Laxey Partners will be very happy.
If the£1,000,000 loan they have provided is used today to meet payroll then their position will be immeasurably strengthened; as they have the legendary Albion car park the well-appointed Edmiston House as security.
If payroll isn’t met (I have no information that it won’t be paid) then the club is hoisting the white flag and Laxey Partners are still the secured creditors in any Administration.
They win either way.
However, I understand that Deloittes are not happy at all dear reader.
The £2.5Million credit line was meant to be there for the twelve month period from last June until this June.
The statement this week by Graham Wallace that the borrowing facility is no longer available came as something of a shock in some quarters.
I am told that chaos is the order of the day at the top of the Marble Staircase.
Only Administration makes sense and the real winners in that process will be Laxey Partners clever business people that they are.
Unlike King they are clear that they are in the business of making money out of anything they invest in.
Dave King talks here in 2012 of “subsidizing” the Ibrox outfit and, in fairness; he hasn’t changed his stance on that.
His statement yesterday referred to “soft investment”.
If he wants to do business with the current regime then he will have to buy them out and they will, of course, want the best possible price for their shares.
However, if the fans follow Mr King’s advice and withhold Season Ticket monies then that would propel RIFC into insolvency and with it the share price.
The response from the top of the Marble Staircase to Mr King was as weak as it was brief.
“THE Board notes Mr King’s comments with concern as they are potentially de-stabilising and damaging to Rangers Football Club.”
Meanwhile Dave King’s questions, like mine, remain unanswered.
Gold Coast Tom
05:28 on 27 February, 2014
macjay said:
You have chosen to live in a blatantly unashamedly capitalist country and then complain about the capitalist culture of your chosen country.
Where have I said that? I accept that we live in a capitalist world. I don’t complain about that. Or are you actually admitting that racism, homophobia etc are integral parts of “capitalist culture”?
Good for you.
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As a guy I worked with on the roads department a long time ago once said to me in all seriousness,… ‘ Ah, well… Ye’ve buttered yer bread,.. noo lie in it ! ‘
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the green man
10:32 on 27 February, 2014
Believe me….they are gubbed
The sevco guru’s, as we speak, are reinventing Mr King as a Charles Foster Kane/Howard Hughes type figure.
Its a plan, and its a cunning one indeed.
World Domination.
Beware, Mr King is like Christopher Lee as Fu Manchu.
HH
FFit and proper cyber riot as the Glib and Shameless Liar declares:
“I do believe it will be necessary to travel to Scotland in the near future to meet with fan representatives.”
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“Cometh the hour cometh the man.
The gloves are off and we must back [TGSL] with everything we’ve got !!!”
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“Born is the King”
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“He is our last and only hope”
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“as they say in US: The Big Mo is with us now.
There must be no slacking in the ranks.”
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“the man who would be king”
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“At last someone of stature is ready to stand up.”
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“thank god for [TGSL]- otherwise Rangers would be f****d long term. We have no option but to back him.”
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“This is what we have been waiting for Bears this is the call we have waited on”
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“The King Is Coming !!!”
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“think [TGSL] is our last hope of a true rangers man taking over.”
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“Mr King can have my season ticket money… It’s that simple!!!”
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“the only thing Mr King said that was wrong was that we are a small club not the right words really.”
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“Let’s get behind the King !”
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“At last, we have a leader, we must get behind King.”
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“Graham Wallace has been exposed as the spiv placating whore many of us believed him to be prior to this weeks events.
His reputation today is in the gutter. Shameless man.”
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“I back Dave King 100%
A very astute business man , somebody who knows how to run a business successfully and efficiently, we need someone who we can trust to steady the ship and lead us out of these stormy waters”
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“you can save the day…all of you. People power…we are the people power in fact”
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“Short term pain long term gain. And lets be honest – what are a bunch of greedy London based a***holes going to do with a 7 arce car park in downtown Govan? Its a symbolic security.”
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“Some of us are so excited we just can’t control ourselves.”
You can almost hear the sound of glass shattering and police dogs being bitten.
Yogi Bear coming along to CQTEN – he might know some of the other guys there too!
Rosebud
HH
Nakamura Shunsuke vs Manchester United
Monaghan1900
There really is no end to their stupidity!
LB
@celticfc: Fergus McCann’s personal message to the Celtic support http://t.co/E9TTEJfiD6 (NM)
Fergus McCann’s personal message to the Celtic support
By: Newsroom Staff on 27 Feb, 2014 11:20
THIS Saturday, March 1, Celtic will take on Inverness Caley Thistle in a fixture which will be taking place almost 20 years to the day since a certain Fergus McCann took the reins at Celtic, and put the foundations in place to ensure we continued to exist as a world-class football club.
Fergus will be our very special guest on the opening match of next season, a day we will all look forward to, but we’re sure the Celtic faithful will cast their minds back this Saturday and think fondly of the then unknown Celtic supporter who swept in and saved the club.
Fast forward 20 years and the club are at the top of the Scottish game, now playing in a world-renowned stadium, and competing regularly on club football’s biggest stage, the UEFA Champions league, against teams such as Barcelona, Manchester United and AC Milan.
On Saturday, we will celebrate the role Fergus McCann and our fans played in ensuring Celtic’s continued success.
As well as a special matchday programme which looks back at the time of the takeover, there will be video memories of the days in 1994 when Fergus arrived with contributions from many figures of the time and former Chairman Brian Quinn will address all those attending to offer his thanks to Fergus and our supporters.
And the man himself has delivered a personal message to the Celtic support for the day:
He wrote:
“I appreciate the club marking the occasion of 20 years since the takeover.
In 1989 the process did not begin as a takeover. But by 1992 it became clearly the best way forward.
I want to thank the financing partners who joined me and had faith in my plan especially John Keane and Albert Friedberg, the colleagues who worked tirelessly collecting shares and proxies and challenging the entrenched ‘custodians’ and most of all the many concerned supporters who campaigned and held the Board and the Bank publicly accountable.
This was followed by the supporters stepping forward in great numbers by investing in Celtic’s future with their hard-earned cash at a level never seen for a football club before or since because of the importance of the Club in their lives.
Like them, I care greatly for the values and history of the club that was founded for noble purposes to help fund the penny dinner tables of the poor in Glasgow’s East End.
I am very proud when I see Celtic’s progress, its status in Scotland, and its worldwide reputation. Especially when I see the great work of Celtic FC Foundation carrying on the legacy of Brother Walfrid.
Every supporter wants success for Celtic. That does not mean winning every game and beating every opponent, big or small.
It does mean having a Club that is the best it can possibly be, on and off the field, that never accepts second best, despite the obstacles it has had to overcome throughout its history.
Celtic supporters want to be proud of their Club. That’s all they want.
It is what they deserve.”
Fergus McCann
Click on the banner below to order the special matchday programme.
To mark the occasion we will also have a number of activities planned around the matchday schedule, including a small trip down memory lane within our popular Family Stand area.
On display will be a number of historical pieces which not only represent Fergus’ time at the club, but also some items dating back to the club’s very first season in competition back in 1888.
Included is the scale model which represented Fergus’s vision for the 60,000 all-seater stadium we see before us today, an replica match shirt from 1888, the European Cup won so famously in 1967, a copy of the official Celtic Opus – and the “bunnet” which became synonymous with Fergus during his time here.
There will also be a vast backdrop on display, which charts 126 years of Celtic history, tradition and success from 1888 to the present day.
Saturday’s mini-exhibition will be in place from 1.30pm until the 3pm kick-off at the Family Stand, which is situated within sections 115 – 117 of the Lisbon Lions stand.
HH
LiviBhoy – God bless wee Oscar
11:44 on
27 February, 2014
I kid you not. It’s like a Nuremberg Rally in that ward.
Dreams?
With a revolutionary theme?
One I often have involves me sailing with Joe Garibaldi and his 1000 ‘redshirt’ volunteers from Quarto in Genoa heading for Sicily, to free the Italian peninsula – and Sicily – from the despotic Bourbons and others.
However, when we sailed I was wearing a green shirt!
By the time we reached Palermo, the Sicilian capital, our numbers had swelled to several thousand – and all wearing green shirts!
That’s why the Italian flag is a green, white and red tricolour!
HH!!
kitalba
11:15 on 27 February, 2014
jamesgang:
There is no official, state sponsored, jingoism in Australia on Australia Day. Do all these counties that celebrate a national day get all dewy jingoistic too?
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Kitalba. Was jesting Fhriend. Well largely so. Was in Australia for Australia Day one time and can agree that I say no cringy state sponsored jingoism. Can also confirm other posters’ observations about casual racism among some Aussies that was toe curling. But conversely met some cracking folk who were salt of the earth …..
In short, not all that different from much of the English speaking world?
‘Perhaps it’s an empire thing?’
Discuss. 1,500 words.
Sadly I can’t. Need to get back to work.
HH jamesgang
Oh, they do love shadowy figures, they fall for it every time, Mr King is suddenly taking on the persona of Aristotle Onassis.
This man really is powerful in the world of international business, like a modern day Andrew Carnegie.
I for one, am trembling in my boots due to Mr King’s mysterious ability to confound everybody on the planet with his huge fantastical intelligence.
Einstein wouldn’t have had a look in with Dave King around.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
HH
If Phil McG had written that Dave King statement verbatim he would have been the subject of bilious outrage by Sevconians and ridiculed by MSM.
However from the lips of Dave King he is proclaimed as a forward thinking Messiah.
Nowt as queer as folk.
Wtf is a 7 arce car park?!
HH!!
Tallybhoy
12:00 on
27 February, 2014
Wtf is a 7 arce car park?!
HH!!
When the glib and shameless one arrives it will be an 8 arce car park.
Just in to say……
Fergus’s 1st mistake – and there were many imho – was to bring in TB(RIP) too early and, by twist of fate…ruin a young managers career and, devastate him as a man. imho
Fergus should have recognized that – to defeat the hun-juggernaut – and preserve Mr Steins Magnificent 9 in a row achievement – a street-wise ‘shady’ – manager was needed to pull this off.
That man was already there – Luigi Macari !!!
Lou went to Ibrox twice and did something that ‘no’ Celtic manager had done before – he parked the bus – and came away from there unbeaten. The ‘myth’ new that wee Lou was too shady for him and didny like it one bit. imho
Lou was going to the WC in USA / 1994 to ‘tool-up’ by bringing in some midfield battlers and, getting rid of the then ghost from midfield – Peter Grant.
These Nigerian players who Lou had his eye on would have allowed the Maestro(who was getting on a bit) and, John Collins to flourish imho.
Instead, Fergus wanted someone who would be, easier to manage ie: not wide enough.
Anyway – Fergus sacked Lou – brought in TB(RIP) – and lost the 9 in a row record as a result imho.
That’s all fholks – Off oot.
Pharrell ‘Happy’ Williams – CSC
KEVJ
Lou Macari was not the man to stop the huns.
Simple as that.
I haven’t bother with ex-Rangers tax travails for months now but this new revelation from the reopened tribunal caught my eye:
From the STV report:
“It emerged at Monday’s hearing that in addition to receiving cash via an EBT from Rangers, former manager Alex McLeish – referred to as Mr Violet in the initial determination – also had a flat bought for him by the trust.”
It seems in the new tribunal all the originally codenamed parties will now be named.
KevJungle
Lou Macari? Dearie me.
Fergus made many mistakes in a business arena he hadn’t ventured into before. He didn’t make many twice though.
LB
Dont worry……. matron should be along with the meds shortly!
new article posted.
Lou went on to have a fabulous managerial career right enough.
Auldheid
09:26 on
27 February, 2014
Macjay1
Yup I see your point.
The camera angle from the goal makes it seem like there was a touch but the one from behind VVD shoes PP touched ball out of VVD’s reach.
I only checked the angle from the goal a few times and on its own it looks like VVD got a touch but the other angle suggests not.
As I said I could see why ref gave it from his angle but from the other angle it looked like the ball was played first.
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Cheers.
“The camera never lies.”
Oh yes it does.
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