Best wishes to Neil Lennon is his new role as Hibernian manager. Without wanting to be impolite about Alan Stubbs, Hibs have traded-up in getting a manager of international repute and experience at the highest level of the game.
Neil is a talented coach who got unlikely results across his Celtic career. He’ll bring Hibs up next season and establish a platform to rebuild the club.
Best wishes too to fellow Irishman Anthony Stokes, who left the club yesterday six years after joining from Hibs. The best of Anthony was there for all to see at the Scottish Cup final. He’s still only 27 and, should he find the appetite, he should still have a few good years in the game. His Celtic ‘thing’ finished years ago.
Celtic legend, Charlie Gallagher, will be signing copies of his autobiography at Waterstons, East Kilbride, this Saturday (11th) from 2pm, and 2pm the following Saturday (18th) at Waterstones, Braehead. Get along to see him!
Good luck to all involved in the Green Brigade Anti-discrimination tournament at James McGrory Park on Saturday. If you’re not in East Kilbride, get along.
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Hi everyone
Can anyone help a friend, please? He has won tickets ,full hospitality package including flights and 5 star accommodation in Dublin for 3nights for the Barcelona v Celtic game on July 30th.
The problem is that it happens to be on the date set for his wedding which has been planned ages ago at a very exclusive venue.
He wants to know whether anyone is interested in getting married?
It’s a strange one, and I can only assume people are being willfully ignorant, as we’re all cleverer than that on CQN:). I can only speak for myself, but reading others posts I can see some agree with me and for the same reasons. I would never give up my season books because the team were doing badly, because I disliked the manager or his tactics, and certainly not because I disliked the board or the way the club is run. These things all change in a lifetime and will only impact on the football for a time, things change. The reason I have given up my books is because of cheating, for the first time in 125years we could prove it, and did nothing. As I’ve stated before, I really wish I could pretend it’s not a rigged game, and the fix ain’t in, but alas it is, and it won’t change as long as we all go along with it. I have no gripe with fellow supporters renewing(wish I could), and would certainly not criticise anyone for doing so. So those people who seem to be taking some delight in people like me being “wrong”(as so many renewed), get a grip and grow up.
WC
I see the Greenslade piece has been moved from the main Guardian Football Web page in the past hour to the sub-page – All Today’s Stories.
No breaking news (that I can see) to justify moving it – only came on-line at 7:52am!
Just read the Roy Greenslade article.
I have to thank him for putting his reply to a few Twitter,etc,requests into a full article;that certainly accorded the matter some respect-probably more than had been shown before.
I also don’t think he will be happy at the content of the article when compared to the truth. He has never struck me as the type of guy to allow others to make him look foolish with impunity.
I expect this isn’t the last we’ll hear from him on it.
Scots
I have renewed.
In doing so I have given up my right to moan about being cheated. I now have to accept I am paying to watch a rigged competition favourable to only one team in the country.
Anyone who has renewed and paid like me forfeits a right to complain.
IMO
MWD
About 5 years ago at an Open Meeting of Celtic supporters at St Mary ‘s a “resolution” for the want of another word was put to the floor and passed.
It basically said we had lost confidence in the SFA to govern honestly and wanted accountable transparent governance. Those three words came from a CQN man originally and were used because they reflected the mood of the support that frequented CQN at the time.
Five years later we are witnessing the consequences of the lack of such governance writ large.
What should have and could have been dealt with competently by the SFA and Celtic has grown arms and legs fueled by suspicion that there is something to hide.
In fact the more obstruction and obfuscation there has been the greater the suspicion.
However a we reminder at this point of expectations. I posted on that matter a few days back and I might repeat the post but briefly all Res12 asked was to get answers from UEFA concerning the granting and retention of a UEFA licence in 2011.
There was cause to do so because Sherrif Officers don’t normally call to collect tax that isn’t overdue between qualifying rounds of a UEFA competition.
The basic question (although it is only one of many put) was how come?
As TBB posted a few weeks back there might be a perfectly acceptable explanation that answers that question although the resistance to obtaining it does raise suspicions that something wasn’t right.
We shall see but if ever the case for more transparent and accountable governance needed evidence it’s been the last 5 years.
I would add an extra requirement though and that is competence but perhaps that is a consequence of being accountable and transparent.
Therein lies the issue for most Auldheid.
We did not expect the SFA to handle anything competently. We expected Celtic PLC to?
Do you still have faith in our board that they will not show themselves up to be yellow bellied, lilly livered cowards?
MWD
LIONROARS67 on 10TH JUNE 2016 10:56 AM
Never mind the fact that the trend overall is downward and that actually the current set of figures are the second lowest since reporting began.
The Guardian’s claims that the advert was in French overlooks one TINY point:
Why would anyone put out an advert in an English language newspaper distributed in Britain in French????
Nobody would understand it!
MWD’s, you are a paying customer and have every right to complain about whatever you think worthy of complaint. As does Scots. Attending games is not accepting cheating, indeed it is standing up to the cheats.
IMO
Doc
I have paid up knowing fully that I expect my team to be cheated. Why would I now complain?
There is not another thing in my life I would pay for, knowing I would be cheated out of my cash.
MWD
Good to see the country chipping in and giving that poor old woman in London a party she could not afford to pay herself for her 90 th
Just been speaking to the chap who received then cancelled the ad and also his boss, as we get further up the command chain at the Guardian.
Both confirm that the two versions of the ads we sent them were in English.
They are going to get a senior editorial colleague to call me.
WEEMINGER on 10TH JUNE 2016 11:30 AM
LIONROARS67 on 10TH JUNE 2016 10:56 AM
Never mind the fact that the trend overall is downward and that actually the current set of figures are the second lowest since reporting began.
Of course the statistics will be spun to suit the justice Secretary political agenda, that’s what mainstream politics does
Scots
Well said.
It was fear of supporters not renewing that stopped the SFA/SPL plan to have Sevco carry on regardless in the top tier back in 2012, nothing else.
So I’ve had 4 more years of Celtic thanks to that.
The magic words ‘Brendan Rodgers’ don’t make the story of a 4 year old club coming ‘back’ to a place it’s never been to go for its 55th League Title any less of a farce.
All with the official approval of the game’s ‘authorities’, the MSM, and the silence of our own and other clubs, of course.
Paid to watch a rigged game before, ignorance my excuse.
Don’t have that now.
MOONBEAMSWD on 10TH JUNE 2016 11:19 AM
Our current custodians have Celtic FC at the back of the bus, despite other seats available we had the right to choose and fight with a very winnable case, we choose the back of the bus
As you said we now have to accept what will undoubtedly will come our way after all controversial decisions all add to the old firm experience, its enjoyable to complain about the masons in the black isnt it ?
I’ll tell you what, say what you want about Sevco but if they sign Niko Kranjcar to play along side Joey Barton that’s not a bad midfield pairing
SSN-France could have 6 EPL stars in their team tonight………and it starts….
MWD
At that same meeting I stood beside Mark McGees Eyeliner and on hearing an explanation from the Chair for Celtic’s stance on some issue or other we growled Time they grew a set”.
If the stories about DD being angry and so more interested are true then perhaps we are witnessing the start of a much needed change of attitude.
Hiring an aggressive PR Company to raise awareness of the factors that make Celtic act passively would help. You see what does happen when heads go above the parapet.
That latter point about not speaking because of fear of threats (even the journos would agree) is but one of the wider issues to come from the last 5 years.
Citizen not subject.
https://republic.org.uk/
BHOYLO83 on 10TH JUNE 2016 11:48 AM
I heard from a fitba agent that Sevco are inquiring about transfer targets in the English championship, mmmmm
BEATBHOY on 10TH JUNE 2016 11:41 AM
Well said …. and it is even more perplexing to discover that some of our supporters actually want them back ….pathetic in the extreme … !!!!
Auldheid
If you stood beside Mark McGhee’s eyeliner you would also have been in close proximity to myself.
Do you still have faith in the PLC or is it waining?
MWD
Just received a funny saying we have more Season Ticket holders,than there are seats in Ibrox…..:))
BHOYLO83 on 10TH JUNE 2016 11:48
Aye … and if we sign Messi, we’ll have to reject Ronaldo……
WC-get the guy fae The Gaurdian on for a live Q&A ….:0
Auldheid
And yoou will remember that the PLC and Peter hijacked those initial meetings that were building steam and support and turned it into the Neil Lennon road show.
I would never trust PL as far as i could throw him. He will manipulate every given situation and I will go as far as to say is happy to lie about any given issue to benefit his KPI’s.
MWD
cQN Magazine @CQNMagazine 6m6 minutes ago
@GreensladeR spoke to two of your colleagues ten mins ago, Henry & his boss Tom Storer. Both confirm copy supplied in English. Call them…
No such thing as bad publicity as they say………great chance to talk to guys of influence now and get the Res 12 story told,good luck bhoys
Fair play to Les Resolutioners et al and sticking with Res12. The truth will come out eventually, but seems it will be so far along the road that most folk will have given up the will to pursue it.
On recent updates at Guardian.
Consider for a moment Greenslade continued the ‘French’ version narrative, to stick it right up the upstairs men?! It would be child’s play for someone of his standing to stir up the nest from the inside.
‘ Guv I was just relaying what we had already placed in the public domain…..you mean it wasn’t in French?…oh dear, looks like there is a much bigger story here guv, can I crack on a bit?’
Maybe not eh?
On CFC board promises to make a statement in 48 hours – did we imagine that? serious question btw!
If the board did leave that impression dangling, it has all the hallmarks of ‘Free beer tomorrow’ outside the local…
Make you stop for a second, but you know the owner too well and quickly think aye! Right!
Chancing bar steward!
Winning Captains
I’m sure I’m speaking for all on here – your efforts on this are much appreciated.
Thanks for the updates. Hopefully get to the bottom of it eventually!
GLASSTWOTHIRDSFULL
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10/06/16 New Hate Crime Stats out – SG stumbles about trying to relate them to football fans!
Below is the text of a press statement released by FAC this morning. We have just been told that Justice Minister Michael Mathieson is taking one for the team today – obviously Annabelle Ewing is too sharp to fall for that one! In saying that, he called his press conference at 9.30am so that the journos wouldn’t have time to study the new stats which were released at……9.30am!
By all accounts his main discussion was regarding the Cup Final. FAC has not been advised whether anyone present reminded him that assault was a crime before the Act and will still be a crime when the Act is repealed.
It is worth noting that during the 2015-16 season an estimated 2,059,219 citizens attended football matches in Scotland so that amounts to 0.01% arrests (not convictions) under Section 1 of the Act. The Cabinet Secretary’s repeated calls for punitive measures such as ‘strict liability’ is unsubstantiated by the Government’s own evidence base. Democrats and citizens of all political persuasion should take note and analyse subjectively the evidence available to them.
More to be read click on the link
Wish Celtic would say something, about Res 12,if not move on,personally, the bhoys who paid money for a advert regarding Res 12,maybe should have had second thoughts,
Anybody got an update on EDB ?