There’s lots of understandable media interest in the anticipated parting of the ways of ‘Greatest (only) Ever Rangers Manager’ Ally McCoist and newco. McCoist, as ever, has let it be known that he’s looking for a £400k golden handshake, which will almost certainly have the club offer more of its commercial assets to Mike Ashley if it is to be funded.
I hope he gets everything he asks for, bleed them dry, Ally, even if they need to sell more of their IP.
Irrespective of the final settlement, the most important outcome of the termination meetings is whether or not McCoist agrees to a silence clause in return for his cash. More than anything else, this club needs some straight talking from trusted sources who know where the bodies are buried.
The cash will be tempting for Ally, but his open and frank voice going forward is of vastly more value to his club, if not to him. The most debilitating scenario would be an Ashley-funded settlement with a silence clause. Go for it, Ally.
I know at Christmas your thoughts are never far from Billy No’well. Billy has broken new ground in the Bampot stakes and released a DVD with 17(!) of his videos. Full details here.
You can also order the CQN Annual and DVD bundle here. It’s a great offer, check it out – tons of great reading and photos on your favourite indulgence.
If you’re late on the blog, there was an earlier article today.
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O.G.Rafferty
11:34 on
18 December, 2014
Tom.
It’s true all right.
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How sad is that? Imagine being J Bell.
livibhoy
10:53 on 18 December, 2014
A Jambo on Facebook has received a message from Leigh Griffiths.
The guys house was broken into and some items were stolen. He has offered to buy the guy some games for his kid.
Well done Leigh Griffiths.
LB
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Some no doubt will accuse the Griffo of breaking into Craig Gordon’s gaffe!
HH jamesgang
Auldheid
Stewing in his own hatred. Hell mend him
new article posted.
Re J.Bell.
Can you imagine other employers tolerating this type of behaviour?
Simply refusing to do his job because of his sectarian hatred of another employee.
As despicable as his behaviour was and his equally despicable open disrespect at the JJ minutes applause, the cretin’s employers continue to this day to keep him in a job.
Hell mend him and hell mend the rats who employ him
LiviBhoy
09:28 on
18 December, 2014
Excellent post. Some of it reflects my experience from 2010 of moving from bashing the keyboard to making things happen by engaging with the club, primarily on the Membership Scheme..
In the course of doing that I learned lots about the constraints Celtic work under organisationally and within Scottish football and why some things do not happen or take ages to happen, or are dealt with below the radar.
I’ll sit down over the holiday period and put together something based on that experience to share with the blog. It is in sharing our experience that we become a bit more informed, leading to more informed suggestions or criticism.
You mentioned improved Communications with the support. Since introducing the SLO there has been a marked improvement, not just in giving individuals the chance to be heard on individual matters but also by the introduction of the Supporters Forum.
There was a Resolution at the last AGM to look at the SLO Role put by the CST that was adjourned instead of voted out because Celtic spoke to the movers and suggested another way through a Review of the SF initiative to meet the underlying objective and spirit of the Resolution. What emerges from that Review will I’m sure lead to further improvements.
I mention this not only because the subject matter is important but to back up your point that if you want change to happen you need to engage. The channels for doing so are now in place, some formal, some less so, but change is happening.
What has helped progress is the change in the demography of the support and the greater professional input through blogs like CQN.
What does not help are attacks on the personal integrity of those running the club, implicit or explicit. It is a lot easier to get a dialogue going if you think the other person trusts you are telling your own truth even if its not theirs.
I’ll finish with this extract from a book by John Powell SJ that covers the last point.
Article Four
Most of us are tempted to generalise our personal experience. We forget
that others are really “other”, different from us. We often make the false
presumption that everyone reacts exactly as we do. This temptation to
generalise is an indication that I have discovered “otherness” only
imperfectly. I have not yet fully realised how unique and individual each
of us is.
Because of this I am persistently tempted to project my reactions into
others. If something hurts or bothers me, I presume that it will hurt or
bother everyone. If a given situation stimulates a worried reaction in me,
I presume that anyone would worry in such a situation. Such a habit of
thinking and speaking makes me the norm of all human reality and reaction.
The discovery of “otherness” is essential to a good communicator.
No human being on the face of the earth possesses the whole truth. Each of
us has only a small part: but if we are willing to share our small parts,
our pieces of the truth, we will all possess a much fuller reality, a much
larger share of the total truth.
The picture comes to mind of two people on opposite sides of a solid fence. One side of the fence is painted brown the other side is green. If the person on the green side keeps insisting
“This fence is definitely green”, he will invite contradiction from the person
standing on the other side of the fence.
“No its not. Its clearly brown.”
Obviously each has a part of the truth, just as we all do in most of our
disagreements. It’s hard to imagine that a person could be totally wrong
about any complex issue. Everyone has some part of the truth to share.
From Will The Real Me Pleases Stand Up: John Powel SJ.
Took the wee dug to be wormed before travelling back to The Nothern Colony for Christmas on Tuesday – he refused to get out the car! He still remembers getting his haw maws removed at that vets. ⚽️⚽️