Milan’s mistake with their Champions League squad – they inadvertently included Stephan El Shaarawy in their restricted A List of players, instead of the B List, denying a place in either list for M’Baye Niang, is welcome news. Their squad is strong, with or without Niang, but the oversight lends credence to the notion that a malaise has settled over the club. Director, Umberto Gandini apologised, but already the Milanese are focused on what they don’t have in their armory as a result of the oversight – an excuse for failure is ready made.
I met the owner of an IT company shortly before they went into liquidation and asked him who he had on his board. “Are you not on our board too?” was his jocular response. The company had already gone through a couple of difficult years. With each passing period investors became increasingly concerned; they all wanted a place around the boardroom table, convinced that their gilt-edged experience would be able to guide the company through its troubles.
The chief exec had to cope not-so-much with a boardroom full of captains of industry (which they were), as another pressure group to satisfy, along with clients, creditors, staff and the bank (they may have been weeks from liquidation, but they still had borrowing, this was not a Metro Bank deposit account-only operation).
The chief exec understood the industry and, left to his own devices, stood a sporting chance at survival, but when the boardroom table became occupied by a parcel of rogues the game was up.
On a completely separate matter, I am delighted at the prospect of Paul Murray and John McClelland having a second shot at being a non-executive director of a football club. Wikipedia’s definition of the roles of a non-exec is worth a cursory glance to indicate why. They did so well last time. The others, who it is proposed will share a place at Newco’s table, also appear perfect for the role. If only Sir David would come out of retirement and join them.
Will one of the many directors insist that The Rangers Football Club Ltd submits its Annual Return to Companies House? Under its previous name, Sevco Scotland Ltd, The Rangers Football Club Ltd bought liquidation assets from Duff and Phelps, and which, according to Rangers International’ PLC’s interim financial statement in March, was incorporated into the PLC’s group.
The Return is over two months late. Perhaps, with so many directors available for comment, one will be asked by a journalist or shareholder why the company which bought all the assets has not submitted basic information, revealing ownership details. Perhaps not. No hurry, a striking off notice will be weeks away.
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*while I think the manner in which Dundee Utd are handling the situation is wrong* should read
tommytwiststommyturns supporting Wee Oscar
10:56 on
6 September, 2013
Googy – will the Deady Bears demand that they be punished for a SECOND administration?!
We all know that it will be their first…!
T4
Nah, they would try and moan their way out of it.
They keep thinking, that they have been hard done by,
Not once but twice.
Does the saying getting one’s house in financial order,
not mean anything to them. Talk about going into one
ear and straight out the other.
Those Delusional & Living in denial Huns.
Did any of the official Hoops supporter groups take legal action against Chris Graham after he blamed us for torching the Tragic Bus?!
T4
Celtic 1st
A genuine but costly error. Of course I meant ‘worked their way UP’.
Hail hail corkcelt.
Re: gunning. Everybody and their dog was talking about the gunning challenge long before it was on the beeb.
Childish attitude from utd imo.
Traditionalist88
“I thought John Terry only showed up at good news events?!”
I’d say thems going into Administration could well be classed as a good news event :-)
Additionally, as “JT” has said before that Celtic is his Scottish team, perhaps he also would class it as a good news event…………
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
steinreignedsupreme/Geordie Munro
It’s not a survey, we have enough of them on here. I’m merely being inquisitive.
I constantly read how posters on here will never attend a game against Sevco but in many ways all that does is reinforce their claim of being our biggest/oldest rivals.
If we are to find ourselves drawn against this new entity then we should turn up and beat them, in the same manner that we do with most other Scottish clubs.
Gunning is a classless, pseudo-hard man centre-half with very limited ability.
His challenge (jumping into Lustig with right leg leading and no chance of winning the ball) that led to big Lustig’s injury was clearly a bookable offence, but I believe he got away with that due to the manner of Mikael’s injury.
Gunning also fully deserves to be banned for his clear kick out at Virgil after the ball was away.
Jackie needs his dummy thrown back at him.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
The Token Tim
Aye but if he wants to be with the happy people he needs to get himself out of the corridors or power at Moonbeams Park ;)
HH
HT,
I reckon I would almost certainly go too. But instead of just beating them, Id like to think we will hammer them…….as we would with most teams 2 divisions below us.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
TTT
I’ve no doubt that you would have good intentions to attend but no doubt something would come up at the last minute which would result in a regretful withdrawal :-)
NatKnow – Supporting Wee Oscar
10:57 on
6 September, 2013
I might be going against the grain here bhoys but, while I think the manner in which Dundee Utd are handling the situation, I agree with the key objection they are making. Punishments are being handed out based on footage that has been edited. An editorial decision has been made about what to highlight and what to leave out. If the SFA want to use TV decide nice to hand out punishments retrospectively then they need to be reviewing all footage of every game and not just what is selected for broadcast. Celtic have been subject to this kind of selective use of video footage in the past.
NatKnow – Supporting Wee Oscar
DU should stop moaning, and accept the suspension handed out accordingly to
said player who was going around like a bull after a red flag.
Not only did said culprit kick out at tall Van The Man, he also put Mikel Lustig
into next week with one of his challenges and Mikel probably out for 4 weeks.
Then the same player started moaning about Stokes being tripped outside
the box what is he now refereeing the match. If I was on the review panel at
the SFA I would have increased his suspension to 4 matches for complaining
& Inform him if we hear anymore of his complaints we will just keep on increasing
his suspension with also a fine thrown in. Where did D.U. sign him from a
Canadian Ice Hockey Team named ‘The Bad News Pit Bull Terriers’ After all
he is performing on a football pitch not in an old Roman Coliseum.
Firstly I read that wee Jackie MacNamara had image rights.
Now I read that Jackie reckons Gavin Gunning was harshly dealt with.
*Holds head in hands*
I don’t think you can blame Jackie for standing up for his player, he’s the manager of Dundee Utd now don’t forget. In addition he hasn’t actually said anything derogatory or even critical of Celtic.
Our targets lie elsewhere.
tommytwiststommyturns supporting Wee Oscar
11:03 on
6 September, 2013
Did any of the official Hoops supporter groups take legal action against Chris Graham after he blamed us for torching the Tragic Bus?!
T4
Nah it was just a distraction ploy by we all know who, to try and divert the
attention away from the real guilty culprits.
In other words if in doubt, blame your neighbour.
lionroars67
10:53 on
6 September, 2013
I don’t know, but they may have legitimately been concentrating on something else, and the ball was long gone. You can’t legitimately punish the officials every time there’s an off the ball incident.
If a ref’s actually watching an incident and doesn’t call it, that’s a different matter.
HT
Aye it is a survey. Stop denying it. ;p
Seriously though , imo, Celtic park will be jammed to the rafters when ‘rangers’ turn up for their first league visit.
Morning all. Drab down here today. How’s things down Govan way?
HT @ 1118,
Biatch!!
:-)
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Hamiltontim
I appreciate that Jackie hasn’t had a pop at Celtic but I think he has made a wee bit of a fool of himself by defending the indefensible. It would appear that more than a few DUFC fans are bit uncomfortable with his stance on this one.
DU haven’t got the cojones to ban Sky,they highlighted it first,Golden Goose and all that..
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar
11:22 on
6 September, 2013
I don’t think you can blame Jackie for standing up for his player, he’s the manager of Dundee Utd now don’t forget. In addition he hasn’t actually said anything derogatory or even critical of Celtic.
Our targets lie elsewhere.
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar.
Sounds to me like it’s another diversion ploy, by the hun media group.
To try and divert the attention away, from Sevco 1550 new meltdown
situation.
HT,
Personally, I was saddened by McNamara’s whole approach to the game. He sent out a team full of people like Gunning and Paton, who typify the type who put McNamara out of the game when he was a young player. Scottish football is never going to improve while the managers have that approach to the game.
AKBW1888
11:18 on
6 September, 2013
NatKnow – Supporting Wee Oscar
10:57 on
6 September, 2013
I might be going against the grain here bhoys but, while I think the manner in which Dundee Utd are handling the situation, I agree with the key objection they are making. Punishments are being handed out based on footage that has been edited. An editorial decision has been made about what to highlight and what to leave out. If the SFA want to use TV decide nice to hand out punishments retrospectively then they need to be reviewing all footage of every game and not just what is selected for broadcast. Celtic have been subject to this kind of selective use of video footage in the past.
NatKnow – Supporting Wee Oscar
DU should stop moaning, and accept the suspension handed out accordingly to
said player who was going around like a bull after a red flag.
Not only did said culprit kick out at tall Van The Man, he also put Mikel Lustig
into next week with one of his challenges and Mikel probably out for 4 weeks.
Then the same player started moaning about Stokes being tripped outside
the box what is he now refereeing the match. If I was on the review panel at
the SFA I would have increased his suspension to 4 matches for complaining
& Inform him if we hear anymore of his complaints we will just keep on increasing
his suspension with also a fine thrown in. Where did D.U. sign him from a
Canadian Ice Hockey Team named ‘The Bad News Pit Bull Terriers’ After all
he is performing on a football pitch not in an old Roman Coliseum.
I’m not disputing that Gunning was guilty mate. Also, I think it’s self-defeating for Dundee Utd to talk about banning the BBC. My point is that, if the SFA are going to use video evidence (which thay have been doing increasingly) then they need to look at the whole 90 minutes and not just the highlights on the telly. Perhaps they do, but I’ve not seen an announcement from them that this is their new approach to determining retrospective punishments?
Geordie
I’d agree but remember they’re not ‘returning’ zombies aren’t real :-)
TTT
Xxx
What the news with the bus?
Has Chris Graham found to be lying yet again?..shock horror!
johnnyclash
11:26 on 6 September, 2013
Fair comment I just think that as Celtic supporters our enemies don’t lie within Tannadice so long as all their manager is doing is defending his own.
Parkheadcumsalford
11:23 on
6 September, 2013
Morning all. Drab down here today. How’s things down Govan way?
It’s even in more drab meltdown and moan mode way, down Govan way,
via info supplied on past FF reviews, on said so-called website.
I’m afraid it’s prozac & Leonard Cohen music time for them.
Past round the hankies, Aye right, past round the jelly and ice cream
for me.
akbw1888
Yes that thought crossed my mind too, nothing would surprise me with our media now!
parkheadcumsalford
His team selection didn’t surprise me though the tactics did.
Just checked the Celtic website for any updates on the CL away games, nothing yet. Hearing some rumours of Ajax charging 100 euros a ticket. Not good if true.
HH
BTW good luck to all the Bhoys’n’Ghirls at The Kano Foundation golf day today.
Hope it stays dry and SannaBhoy finishes last again :-)
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Airline jets in to offer Celtic fans flights to Barca match:
A BUDGET airline is to lay on a special flight to take Celtic fans from Glasgow to Barcelona to watch their team play at the Camp Nou Stadium in the UEFA Champions League. Gordon Thomson Evening Times.
Return tickets, costing from £266, went on sale today with Jet2.com promising to have Parkhead fans in the Spanish city in plenty of time before the kick-off.
Airline chiefs currently operate three flights to Barcelona each week but have decided to organise a football special after the Old Firm club’s dramatic extra time win over Shakhter Karagandy at Celtic Park earned them a glamour Euro tie against the Spanish giants on Wednesday, December 11.
The Jet2 flight will leave Glasgow Airport at 7am on the day of the game and will touch down in Barcelona at 10.45am local time.
The return flight leaves Barcelona the following day at 12.30pm.
No overnight packages have been organised but the airline’s sister firm, Jet2holidays, can offer accommodation to supporters.
One example given is an overnight double/twin room after the match in a two-star hotel for £333 per person. The price includes the return air fare.
Jet2 will be using a Boeing 737-300 plane which can carry 189 fans.
Jet2’s chief commercial officer Steve Heapy said: “We are delighted to be able to help Celtic fans get to Barcelona again for this all important UEFA Champions League tie.
weeminger
11:23 on
6 September, 2013
LOL ball was long gone
You do a better job than Kenny Clark and Stuart Dougal mate, you related to any of the match officials on duty at tannadice?
Tim- Murray is spending too much money you will be in trouble
Hun- Nonsense that’s just a Taig conspiracy
Rangers are sold to Whyte
Hun- Why did no one tell us anything.
Tim- Whyte is a googly eyed crook
Hun- Nonsense you are jealous of our billionaire
Whyte liquidates Huns
Hun- Why did no one tell us
Tim- Charles Green is a disaster for your new team
Hun- We will win the champions league in 5 years…
Green turns out to be a disaster….
Hun Why did no one………
Etc Etc Etc
Badda Bing
Spot feckin on.
The beeb is an easy familiar target.
Fair play to Jet 2 for giving bhoys a much cheaper option than our own club.Barca is one of the few places where we could get a ticket without going through the club as well.
The real problem with the Gunning decision was that the referees all missed it.
If any one of them sees it he would have got a yellow maybes a red.
Because they missed it why does he get a 3 game ban?
Gunning now gets extra punishment for referees incompetence, referees get paid for the next weeks game, scott free.
Looking for a good Indian restaurant near Argyle Street this afternoon.
Good starters and a good curry around 4pm today.
Any recommendations?