Newco did not disappoint with last night’s statement, it was as incoherent, angry and contradictory as you would expect. They claim:
“We are extremely concerned that member clubs were not provided with enough information, or time, to allow them to make fully informed decisions”.
They were allowed 28 days to ask for as much information as they wanted before voting! Newco and most others were able to respond within two days – by choice.
“We are aware several club directors claimed they were being bullied”.
Several people we are not naming were bullied by someone we are not naming. This is like the evidence of wrongdoing they say they have but would rather not show anyone. To quote their founding manager, “Who are these people?”
They want to sound hard but have chosen to shut up instead of revealing anything – nice one.
“Addressing the [financial hardship of many of our clubs]was one of our primary objectives and the resolution we presented could and should have been progressed”.
“The SPFL chose to obstruct our resolution”.
“The fact that this solution was not afforded sufficient consideration defies belief”.
An independent QC was employed to examine their resolution and found it was not competent and could not be put to members. They claim to want independent oversight but completely ignore independent oversight has happened.
“There is precedent within Scottish football that a league must not be compromised by changing the rules during the course of the competition.”
Again, a claim shrouded in innuendo, this time an unexplained precedent. If I was a betting man, I would say they forgot the league schedule was extended in 2008 to accommodate Oldco (I regularly hear of this amnesia), and are referring to the fact that it was not extended as long as they wanted.
“The anger of our fans is understood and shared by our Board, who continue to examine all legal options available.” Newco do so well in court, the SPFL board must be terrified.
The statement confirms they have a problem accepting rules. An independent QC explained to Newco MD Stewart Robertson and the rest of the SPFL board why Newco’s resolution could not be pursued. Robertson was asked if there was anything more he wanted to ask and if he felt the matter had been given sufficient consideration by the SPFL board.
It was not the SPFL board, the chief exec, a retained solicitor or any other malign foe who stopped their resolution, it was an independent QC. These are the rules, they were independently enforced, accept them.
Remember this SPFL vote did not end the Premiership season, all it did was ensure the season will not be voided, all other options remain on the table. It’s not much of a hill to stand and fight on in these difficult times.
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corkcelt
Be lucky if a make the playoffs!
To have any chance, I will have to guess where this guy was conceived, in last round…
Alfie conn
Round 5: wHoops am I?
(Up to you when you want to guess, but you have 1 guess only. 5 additional pts to the first person to guess correctly)
1 Born in 1954, I signed for Celtic in 1976 ( 10 pts)
2 I scored for Scotland on by debut in 1977 against Sweden as a sub before I had even kicked the ball (7pts)
Teuchter ár lá on 17th April 2020 10:18 pm
Managed to get into sites and downloads where I turned off Javascript. 👍…I hope.
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You might need to refresh the site for it to kick in, or restart the app (webpage)
John Dowie
FFS, Too busy with rhis Fckn javascript nonsense….I never saw European.
Joe Craig
Aaaaaaaaaa 2 weeks in a row too soon…
Joe Craig
Bada – I’d guess in the bedroom :)
CORKCELT on 17TH APRIL 2020 10:17 PM
Relegation looms.
fear not i’m preparing a strongly worded statement
HH
Round 5: wHoops am I?
(Up to you when you want to guess, but you have 1 guess only. 5 additional pts to the first person to guess correctly)
1 Born in 1954, I signed for Celtic in 1976 ( 10 pts)
2 I scored for Scotland on by debut in 1977 against Sweden as a sub before I had even kicked the ball (7pts)
3 Also in 1977, I had the privilege of scoring the only goal away against Hibs which brought the Premier League trophy back to Parkhead, but nobody outside of Easter Road ever saw it (5pts)
Joe Craig
Round 5: wHoops am I?
(Up to you when you want to guess, but you have 1 guess only. 5 additional pts to the first person to guess correctly)
1 Born in 1954, I signed for Celtic in 1976 ( 10 pts)
2 I scored for Scotland on by debut in 1977 against Sweden as a sub before I had even kicked the ball (7pts)
3 Also in 1977, I had the privilege of scoring the only goal away against Hibs which brought the Premier League trophy back to Parkhead, but nobody outside of Easter Road ever saw it (5pts)
4 I was signed as a replacement for John “Dont call me Dixie” Deans (2 pts)
Joe Craig
Joe Craig.
Joe Craig
Joe Craig
Round 5: wHoops am I?
(Up to you when you want to guess, but you have 1 guess only. 5 additional pts to the first person to guess correctly)
1 Born in 1954, I signed for Celtic in 1976 ( 10 pts)
2 I scored for Scotland on by debut in 1977 against Sweden as a sub before I had even kicked the ball (7pts)
3 Also in 1977, I had the privilege of scoring the only goal away against Hibs which brought the Premier League trophy back to Parkhead, but nobody outside of Easter Road ever saw it (5pts)
4 I was signed as a replacement for Dixie Deans (2 pts)
5 I signed from Partick Thistle and joined my fellow team mate, Ronnie Glavin (1pts)
I was at Easter Rd that day,after he scored, a flagon bottle, thrown from the back of the terracing, crashed off the brick barrier I was leaning against, missed by about 4 feet,those cider flagon bottles were solid.
Answer of course: Joe Craig
Having seen everyone else’s answer I’m going to go with Alfie Conn
Bada
Ended up in Pat Stantons pub in Abbeyhill that night……..Great time.👍
I don’t get many correct, but those that I do I tend to be quickest. A pretty simple tactic I admit!
!!bada bing!!
I’m guessing it was empty.
SFTB – as we are walking off the park may I be the first to congratulate you on an outstanding win…..
CM- thankfully ,it was like a bomb going off amid the celebrations
Celtic mac
If it wasn’t, I hope it was cider in it. 😂
Thanks for the quiz CRC, I need to go and attend to my kids.
Cel’ic!
Jobo
I took a punt on Joe Craig before I knew it was definitely him- I was lucky.
And we have a winner by 13 points ( I kid you not!)
43 SETTING FREE THE BEARS
30 JOBO BALDIE
22 BADA BING
22 TEUCHTER ÁR LÁ
18 GREENPINATA
15 CELTIC MAC
15 CORKCELT
10 MAJESTIC HARTSON
4 CHRIS0NEILL
0 BLANTYRE TIM
Congrats SFTB, another fine performance. We need to get Gordon or Celtic Soul Brother on to knock you off the perch :-)
Thanks to everybody for taking part and indeed lurking . Hope you all enjoyed the quiz? See you all next week?
HH
CRC
ps Corkcelt- no issues with relegation either :-)
CRC
Thanks again for that Marc.
Filled up an evening nicely
It’s the old Gary Player (I think) line – the more I practise, the luckier I get.
my timternet access is dropping like rangers newco statements, so i didnt want to commit to the quiz.
howevva (who used to say that on here for a bonus point)
marc and team wonderful quiz to follow, so many memories invoked.
well done,
keep it lit.
Thanks Marc
teuchter ar la
Maybe better empty…
SFTB Is top Bhoy Ok. Congrats.
Thanks CRC, I only entered because you were pissed off last week & I didn’t want you to flounce.
I was lucky you picked the Spartak game apart from that I was shite.
But enjoyed it all the same.