Humiliate your rivals in the Cup Final by putting five goals past them and, if you don’t pay the piper, you pay the consequences. Winning trophies while running up debts you cannot afford to pay is not a viable strategy. The consequences, if you are fortunate enough to survive, has to be painful, otherwise football removes the moral hazard of failure, making Hearts recent experience more likely to happen to other clubs.
Hearts season at the bottom of the Scottish Premiership is the cost of pouring millions of pounds creditors will not receive onto the Hampden Park pitch to hit five goals past a Hibs team, who live within their means. Many other teams were denied progress in the cups, or higher prize money in the league, while the fantasists were building to their 5-1 glory.
Billy Brown’s nonsense about rescinding a punishment for a club who are still in administration is yet another fantasy, but it was fostered in 2012, by the notion that Scottish football can change insolvency rules on the hoof to accommodate a failed club. If you want to change insolvency rules, knock yourself out, but there is near-uniform agreement that you cannot change rules when a favoured club falls foul, in order to benefit them.
This notion that because the rules were not changed to help Newco Rangers into top flight football, Scotland’s reigning Third Division champions would be outraged, is hardly news. The 11 top flight clubs, most of whom appear to be enjoying a competitive ‘Best of the Rest’ league race, and a whole clutch of lower league clubs, would also be outraged if Hearts were advantaged.
In October 2011, when Rangers fate was privately acknowledged, Craig Whyte, Neil Doncaster and SPL chairman, Ralph Topping, discussed this rule change ruse. It should have been a 30 second conversation; declined when first proposed. Instead, Scottish football was put through the real trauma of a fantasy fear of Armageddon. Now everyone who can’t pay their bills think they have the same entitlement to campaign for a rule change – and why shouldn’t they, the tabloids told everyone that changing the rules on the hoof was acceptable.
Hearts fans know this. They are heading for relegation, those I have spoken to have accepted the situation. For them, it’s all about ensuring the club survives and sorting things out for the long term, SPFL results don’t even register. I don’t know any who want to see their club go cap in hand for rule changes, the way Whyte, then Green, did. It’s demeaning and lacks dignity.
This is turning into my favourite domestic season yet. All the ‘They’ve suffered enough’ merchants better get their strategies sorted for the next episode.
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weeminger
09:56 on 14 January, 2014
Interesting that you give equal credence to both sides of the argument.
BMCUW,
how do?
Did you get my email?
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS ………FC not PLC
10:38 on 14 January, 2014
Not a lot of benefit to our players though playing in that league.
Only one left now last dog has been purchased this morning and deposit left LOL
This is the ghirl i have left (from a litter of 5)
http://i44.tinypic.com/2mxgaaa.jpg
I wouldn’t give Hearts the steam off my pi55.
LB
ernie lynch
10:39 on
14 January, 2014
I’m in no position to say whether anybody else’s quoted experience is true or false. I’ll be 40 this year and I’ve been working more than 15 years and never hidden that I’m a Celtic supporter, that I worked there has been on my CV since 1998, and I’ve never felt that either of those things has hindered me. That’s my experience, it’s all I can comment on. As I sit here in my office in Cowcaddens, there are 3 times as many Celtic supporters in my office as there are for them.
What I find interesting is that almost identical language is being used by both sets of fans.
New rule states a limit of 2 players can be loaned to another team in Scottish Leagues – unless of course Swally puts out a call for help then a Sub Clause will emerge with its ink drying in the glare of the cameras!
Bobby, I disagree.
Give jambos a hand out this year and give sevco a help next.
Ye canny have enough sash singing knuckle draggers waving their union flags and polluting the top league.
Livibhoy.
Some sense at last.
Ernie good to see you posting again,could you answer my question to you at 17:10 last night? Would you also like to take up my offer from 17:23 last night? Hail Hail Hebcelt
weeminger
10:50 on 14 January, 2014
Over the years have you ever noticed any difference in attitude of the footballing authorities, the banks and the SMSM towards us and the huns?
Just popping in for a very rare post to say I’m with Livibhoy at 10.48
Interesting wee snippet here from the Discussion Board of RIFC Shares:
“…….was in the context of the original investors not actually paying anything for the trade and assets. ie set up a company, lend it money, buy assets, bring in season ticket money and repay loan.”
hebcelt
10:56 on 14 January, 2014
You’ll forgive me for not instantly recalling the gist of your question.
If you care to repeat it, I will attempt to answer it.
Give Hearts this, give Hearts that, people in here got very short memories.
I’d give them feck all, but that’s me.
livibhoy-seconded.
THE TOKEN TIM
I did,mate. Thanks.
I was replying to it even as you posted. Just sent it there.
Sounds like we have the norwegian lad anyway. Havent a clue if hes anygood. Any of the bhoys on here live in norway ?
All seems to be quiet on the striker side of things… Any rumours out there ?
Whats latest with sammi and ledley ? Let go and keep in that order for me.
!!bada bing!!
10:59 on 14 January, 2014
livibhoy-seconded
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I’ll join that
burgas , can you drop me a line to sanabhoy@gmail.com re price and dates ?
thanks
Sanna
ERNIE LYNCH. 1042
Very true,mate.
However,they’ll just have to take one for the team!
Actually,you’re right. It would be unfair on the players.
We’ll allow the huns and Hearts to fight it out like two bald men fighting over a comb.
Our revenge will be the laughter of,well,all of us!
Ernie scroll back to page 5 all will be revealed. Hail Hail Hebcelt
ernie lynch
10:56 on
14 January, 2014
Yes of course, but that actually gives more credence to the possibility that they’re being fed a line, does it not? And if they are it’s by people that really don’t understand the potential consequences.
hebcelt
11:03 on 14 January, 2014
It was the 1964 general election.
Thanks for the offer for the black pudding, but I’ve had it before, and in all honesty the local butchers’ here is just as good.
proudbhoy-A poster on Celtic Minded from Oslo,has given very accurate accounts of all our signings from Scandanavia in the last few years.He said Johansen is a top player and we have done well to get him (hopefully) a few big German teams have had him in their sights.Very good team player,good passer and can do a bit of everything.HH
Any young Celtic players would be better going on loan to Livingston. Great with youth players and Mark Burchill and John McGlynn trying to play good football.
Hearts will buy and play hammer throwers and the administration derby next season will be a disgusting display of hatred.
I wouldn’t help Hearts in any way. Probably the only club I dislike as much as the deid team.
LB
Hearts – Sevco are 2 cheeks of the same @r5e as far as I’m concerned. However my point is that RIFC2012 are our only potential domestic barrier to CL entry… On that basis it makes commercial sense for Celtic to stifle their progress back to top league…
weeminger
11:04 on 14 January, 2014
ernie lynch
10:56 on
14 January, 2014
‘Yes of course, but that actually gives more credence to the possibility that they’re being fed a line, does it not?’
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To me it suggests there is an ingrained bias in Scottish society and culture that’s peculiar to Scotland and NI.
It concerns me that nats won’t or can’t admit that.
Sannabhoy.
It was a wee post for Jude (to try & cheer him up a bit) it would cost you far to much to purchase from me over here (passport/micro-chip/transport etc etc)
But if you ever find yourself over in Bulgarski you’re more than welcome to call in and have a look at the set-up.
HH
Burgas,
What kinda dug is that?
Ernie no prob offer made in good faith. Hail Hail Hebcelt
ah sorry burgas ,
never picked up on your location .
Lovely looking wee thing – i know she won’t end up that way !
Geordie , Siberian Husky
!!bada bing!!
11:10 on 14 January, 2014
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Sounds good.
Hopefully him and biton can refresh the midfield abit. Getting tired of lennon trying to squeeze in the usual bhoys even when there only half fit.
Wouldnt mind seeing the big earners like browny and sammi let go to free up space and wages in the midfield. And im a fan of browny.
Only post now and again, but have to say LiviBhoy @10:48 is saying what most of the rest of us think, that mob from swinecastle deserve whats coming to them. Closet huns, bigots that hate anything to do with Celtic, Catholics, Ireland. If you are an Irish catholic, God help you.
I unfortunately work with a lot of huns and closet huns, they are all tarred with the same brush, Celtic Football Club should concentrate on Celtic Football Club.
Cheers sanna,
Truly stunning.
Livibhoy , maybe the solution is to loan players to all Championship sides next season except 2 .
Sannabhoy
No sweat -)) i’ve dropped you an e-mail just to clear it up.
HH
Burgas ,
cheers