Former Newco Rangers director, Imran Ahmad, made a few headlines yesterday, the most disturbing of which was: “I firmly believe Police Scotland have their own agenda and are deeply emotionally connected to Rangers Football Club. In my view Police Scotland have a clear conflict of interest.”
That’s an extraordinary claim but I’m not sure it’s supported by extraordinary evidence. There is certainly evidence that Police Scotland investigate and arrest supporters of the club at football games, where prosecution levels are comparatively high. There is not extraordinary evidence to support the claim, but perhaps that’s the point.
The police go after fans, but how does it shake down when it comes to corporate matters? Set aside issues of corporate responsibility from the early 70s, and there are no concerns of criminal activity at Ibrox until the spectre of malfeasance of recent years.
By speaking publicly yesterday Ahmad is now engaged in a PR campaign. He’s marked Police Scotland’s card. This may be the rantings of a fantasist, but we should recognise that Ahmad has been an insider at Ibrox, where he would have had the opportunity to deal with senior Police Scotland officers on a regular basis. Superficial friendships would have been struck. Ahmad would need little in the way of private support when a director of Newco to substantiate his claims.
The headline grabber from Ahmad, “What the rest of the world will never understand unless they experience it first hand is that Rangers Football Club is a religion, in itself, built on centuries of religious bigotry” is also a curious think to say.
To be fair to Newco, they can bat away accusations of religious bigotry easily. Employment criteria for them has never been questioned, but Ahmad’s stuck his neck out on an issue which I’m 100% sure he wasn’t asked about. What chance he’s made notes during his time at Ibrox of any inappropriate police behaviour, or matters which allude to religious bigotry?
Mr Ahmad is asking Crown prosecutors for a letter of safe passage. I reckon he stands a decent chance of getting one. Now.
No matter whether they are innocent or guilty, the SFA have been landed in a very awkward situation by Ajax, who told Uefa the Association made it clear they saw no ground for action against fans chanting “Fenian b…….”
It’s inconceivable that Ajax have an email to that effect. If they do, it will come out, and Operation Deny and Deflect will swing underway again, but these comments would surely never be committed to record, if at all.
Ajax are also in a hole. They have made a claim and will be asked who at the SFA made the comment. You can put your mortgage on the fact Celtic officials will ask this week.
Prejudice at the police and the SFA. It’s been a difficult week for conspirators.
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Timhorton
A CEO of a PLC reports to the board. The chairman is on the board and represents the shareholders.
The CEO should represent the business and its employees and look after the customers
If you are a season ticket holder only, then CEO is your man as you want to see the business deliver a service.
If you also own shares, you want the chairman to sack the CEO if he does not make enough profit.
Football clubs are weird in that the customers want the CEO to deliver a service they deserve whilst getting sacked by the board for failing the shareholders who are sometimes themselves
Leftbackagain
Clearly not, based on the height og my team!
Simunovic hasn’t played yet
Charlie cannot play at this level
Brown and Bitton are the current problem
A mobile 4 in midfield could run riot
Griffiths will actually get a pass and we have Commons in the pocket for a 3 pointer
In the Temple Bar Barcelona…. A severe lack of music….it’s no a chain then.
You know we made a vow not to leave one another never.
Being back home last week and in the company of the best tims in the world has only instilled greater resolve within me to help sort this shit out before a die. A level playing field and a club that has it shit sorted.
HH
The spirit of Begbie lives on……on CQN
I would definitely play Simunovic – we must get the rhythm / style sorted
TGBS
Failure to reveal was to HMRC in 2005.
The ebt side letters in question were the now illegal DOS type for two players.
Only one title was won using one of those players. De Boer in 2003.
The same principle you mention applies to the UEFA 2011 licence which is being pursued.
You will understand the SFA’S reluctance to engage but they will have to because of a clubs responsibilities to its shareholders.
Amid the rumours of an unhappy squad, no one has mentioned John Collins. Now I know JC has had problems in the past and I’m not singling him out for that reason.
I am hearing from a solid source that several players can’t stand him, is this the root of the problem?
RONNY DEILA last night admitted Celtic are in a BAD place — but vowed to turn things around.
Pressure is mounting on the Hoops boss after the Champions League exit to Malmo and defeat to Aberdeen.
Celtic face Ajax in a crucial Europa League tie tomorrow — and Deila has urged fans to stick with him.
He said: “We have been in a bad period and have lost a lot of confidence. We need to get back on track again.
“We have to stay together and that is also the Celtic supporters.
“I know it is very frustrating and a lot of people are very, very angry or sad about what is happening. That is the same as we are — but we have to go on.
“We really, really need the support of Celtic because that makes the players much better. To stay together now is so important.
“Celtic have had bad periods before and we will come again. Now we want to come out of it as quickly as possible.
“We have to turn this around. Every team loses games and every team has bad periods. It’s how you get out of them that’s most important.
“I’m working really hard, together with the players, to get back on track again.
“How’s the morale and mood? It has been tough weeks but you can’t go around feeling sorry for yourself.
“You have to move on and look at the next game. Only three weeks ago we were playing fantastic football and winning a lot of games.
“It’s not about the quality, it’s about the rhythm and winning games again.”
Speaking in a brutally honest Celtic TV interview, Deila also vowed to fix Celtic’s dodgy defence after it was exposed by Malmo and Aberdeen.
He said: “We know what we are doing. We know what is going wrong and what we have to improve.
“We have conceded too many goals lately but that’s not just the defence — it’s the whole team.
“We play together and we have to defend together. We also have to sort out the set-plays to get that better.”
Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths last night insisted the players are firmly behind boss Deila.
SunSport revealed yesterday that Hoops chief executive Peter Lawwell held talks with the under-fire Norwegian 24 hours after Saturday’s defeat to Aberdeen.
Celtic stars had their own post-Pittodrie inquest — but top scorer Sparky shot down talk of unrest in the camp.
Asked if there was disharmony at Parkhead, Griffiths said: “Definitely not. We spoke after the Aberdeen game, we were disappointed the way we lost the match — but we will be ready for Ajax.”
LEFTBACKAGAIN on 16TH SEPTEMBER 2015 12:53 AM
I would definitely play Simunovic – we must get the rhythm / style sorted
Simunovic is an anagram of Vino Music ~ no sure about the rhythm & style yet, but sounds good to me!
HH
Only time i can get logged on now is at this time of night when the nurses are away for their tea
From earlier today I suppose it was a couple of posters referring to my early morning post about a training g ground bust up
Anyway If your about Mr Tony Donnelly and Mr SFTB of course training ground bust ups happen all the time and you query why it is newsworthy or are you really wanting it to be suppressed
Well let me flip the coin and query why players visiting sick weans in hospital l at Christmas is worthy of news coverage when it happens all the time
Or is it just the case that you are both looking for a job at Pravda sorry I meant the Celtic View
MICKBHOY1888 on 16TH SEPTEMBER 2015 1:01 AM
Well let me flip the coin and query why players visiting sick weans in hospital l at Christmas is worthy of news coverage when it happens all the time
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Yes, very worthy, and quite different to training ground spats, if true!
NLMc – my father played percussion. The best one was – no the one I .. Liked the best was .. It was on a . No , my ma told me – Hills of Donegal
You may talk about Atlantis, how it’s lost beneath the sea
And the grave of the unknown soldier, or the cry of the old banshee
Who was the man in the iron mask, was Jack the Ripper set free
But ask them all “Where’s Donegal”, it’s still a mystery
NLC The style will come from JK. Believe in him and believe in Celtic. Zonal marking , man marking – they both have their merits. Class will and always has prevailed. Celtic to win the league – again. By more than….12 points.
LEFTBACKAGAIN on 16TH SEPTEMBER 2015 1:24 AM
I do believe in Celtic……there is no other option for me.
I don’t give a monkeys’ about zonal/man marking.
It’s a team game ~ Ronny is right ~ we have problems right now and we will find a way to solve them ~ together, as a team.
The doomsayers on CQN are simply guys/girls that know little or nothing about football, they just want us to win EVERYTHING!
Much like the fans of our former rivals, who shall not be discussed on CQN.
HH
NLMc Yes I’ve seen it , heard it , watched it , HOWEVER ….. We Are Glasgow Celtic – wherever we go we fear no foe – reminds me of a Saturday afternoon having mince and tatties at Grannys waiting for ma da and granda coming from Parkhead – up Castlemilk Drive.
Talk of unhappy players, losing the dressing room and the likes of JC being unpopular is nonsense.
It may be true, but does it matter?
We have all been part of a team on a project,
Construction projects, intellectual projects, distribution, assembly etc.
There were times undoubtedly when we would be unhappy with a decision or an appointment or the outcome of a process.
We’d go back and review the outcomes and get back on track, air our differences with either our subordinates or superiors for the good of the project and move forward.
Celtic players and management are all well paid, despite rumors to the contrary.
They should have extreme pride in the skills which enable them to be rewarded at a level far beyond the means of the bulk of the population.
I’ve no doubt that the defensive problems we have seen recently are due to the disruptions caused by bleeding in new players to replace Denayer and Van Dyck.
Some work and we will be back to the stinginess we had last year.
Brown, Bitton, Johansen, Commons, Armstrong haven’t suddenly become poor players overnight.
My on,y real concern is up front where we are too reliant on Griffiths. We should call for a novena to pray that Ciftci produces the form expected of him.
Non Catholics can think good thoughts.
The qualification pressure and the meaningless international disruptions are behind us, thankfully.
So I expect to see a Celtic team hitting their stride on Thursday and playing with pride and confidence.
Time for bed, as my wee hands are red roasting from all the happy clapping.
PS
It would be remiss of me if I didn’t pass on my praise to the people responsible for producing and sharing the video “A Look Around Paradise.”
It was a wee treat.
Kudos to everyone responsible.
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/a-look-around-paradise/
Scotsman
Collum sent off Hearts defender Callum Paterson with the Gorgie outfit 2-1 ahead, a ruling that was subsequently proved to have been wrong following a successful appeal from the Jambos – the third time in eight months the SFA has overturned a Collum red card.
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How many before incompetence is suspected ?
Good morning CQNers,
For this morning’s post I go off on an entirely different tangent (if anyone is remotely interested).
If the SFA have issues around refereeing consistency then the officials at Uefa must be tearing whatever hair they have left out this morning.
Slovenian ref Damir Skomina saw fit to stop play on 29 separate occasions for foul play in the Man City / Juventus game but on each occasion decided against issuing any yellow cards.
Alternatively Croatian ref Ivan Bebek who controlled the Real / Shaktar game stopped play 25 times for foul play and issued 5 yellows and 1 red card. (Real committed 15 fouls and received no cards whereas Shaktar committed 10 fouls and received 5 yellows and 1 red card).
Another notable anomaly was that Man Utd and Athletico Madrid were the away teams and bucked the trend of fouls/card with Utd being 10/1 (PSV 2.7/1) and Athletico Madrid 17/1 (Galatarasay 8/1).
Beautiful sunrise this morning.
Just creeping up now.
Scotland quiet as dawn breaks.
I am hearing from several sources including a taxi driver . A bar man. And a guy who works nearly close to Lennoxtown that the players gave not yet arrived at the training pitch.
Make of that what you will.
I’m confident we will win the league, though it might be similar to last season if Aberdeen show consistency.
Although confident of the title I don’t think we will win because we are a particularly good team. We’ll win because we have a massive financial advantage over Aberdeen.
I’ve seen the headline financial figures from last week. Do these suggest that our financial policy is flawed?What happens when there is, no VVD to sell?
Good morning friends from a completely clear skied, sun kissed East Kilbride.
Auldheid 12.08
Agree with you there. I’ll never see them in the flesh again and my seat can lie empty that day. We shouldn’t be surprised at the msm campaign to ‘get the OF back’ as most are Sevconians anyway. We should also never underestimate that if Celtic had committed those crimes, no one, msm, sfa, government, rival fans or whoever else, would have been crying out for our return. NO ONE accept ourselves.
murdochbhoy – stuff like that is always interesting.
With the new style article blog here, would it be possible to run a few articles on stats like this? Could aid bets also!
mickbhoy1888 @1.01
Anyway If your about Mr Tony Donnelly and Mr SFTB of course training ground bust ups happen all the time and you query why it is newsworthy or are you really wanting it to be suppressed
In the absence of Mr. Donnelly so far, I’ll give you my view:- Yes- on the blogs and in the press, I don’t want tittle-tattle- that’s why I don’t read Hello (which is halfway to being a Hun publication). If, as I said, training ground bust ups are commonplace, then it is a dog bites man story- ho followed by hum. Suppressed is a fairly stupid framing word to advance when talking to fellow Celtic fans- the story, if true, will have many willing enemies willing to disperse it on social media and elsewhere. Why would any Celt want to assist them in that task by playing the role of Chief Fish Wife or Sweetie Wife (having read CQN long enough- I don’t believe such gender stereotyping is accurate- we need a male equivalent).
Well let me flip the coin and query why players visiting sick weans in hospital l at Christmas is worthy of news coverage when it happens all the time
It’s an interesting insight that you see these as two sides of a coin. I see one as a spontaneous commonplace occurrence and the other as an organised PR event. The club did not stage a fight in order to promote bad publicity but sadly, for most but not all players, I fear the hospital visiting would not happen unless the club organised it for them. It is a fairly pious but, at bottom, good hearted attempt to use our “role models” to get us to think of others. As a contrast, it does not present me with the kind of fearful moral dilemma that you seemed to think it was. I am in favour of a very light touch when it comes to censorship. The problem with offering such liberty is that you get undue prominence given to the utterings of brain-dead celebrities and TV shows focusing on the same.
Now, the one aspect of the latest Lennoxtown incident which, if true, would have been newsworthy was the original framing of the story, which was that the club had badly mishandled this whole issue and had sided with a senior player against a junior, discriminating in the incident by shipping out the youngster on loan and letting the alleged perpetrator remain. Once that aspect of the gossip got blown out of the water, there really is not much room left to justify the knicker twisting. Unless you want to complain that Kieran Tierney only got a 4 year contract because he kept quiet about an assault. Is that the new angle for those who want bad word spread about our club? Unfortunately, the facts are that he made his first team debut before the incident and that is the more likely reason for the contract.
Or is it just the case that you are both looking for a job at Pravda sorry I meant the Celtic View
What’s the pay like?
Do you really think there are people willing to pay me or you for the drivel we spout on here? There are fine writers on here, BRTH, James Forrest and others. There are also many who can construct a fine logical argument or a passionate piece of rhetoric but I suspect the day job of a staff writer on the Celtic View, which I have not read for some time, will be more mundane and less exciting than getting to report on training ground fights.
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Last post showing 30 mins ago? Site down or gremlins on my iPhone?
Morning Timdom
Jobo’s back,
Back again…..
CQN’s very own Real Tim Shady!
Stunning, freezing day!!!
Tomorrow the Celtic will play again and God willing I’ll be there to support them on Sunday.
HH jamesgang
Mulgrew out injured HH
Sid. You are a new name on CQN to me but coming on spouting anyone heard rumours about John Collins in my opinion is in no way helpful to Celtic.My view is unless we know something is a fact we should keep rumours to ourselves.Ronny has said we are in a bad place at the moment and to get over it we need to stick together and help get the Bhoys on track that for me is what Celtic supporters do unless of course you are not a Celtic supporter. H.H.
Saint Stivs. I make of that they are preparing to fly out to Holland today no big mystery .H.H.
Young Aidan Nesbitt in the squad for the Ajax game
As for the club buying low and selling high, what’s the other option if the said player bought for a bargain price by Celtic Has 18 months left in his contract, and an offer of five times that we paid comes from another team, and the said players wages go up along with this offer six times what he is earning now? And the guy in the hospital ( I hope you get better, and I can’t be arsed scrolling back) players having a rumble at training, and players visiting kids in hospital?
Easy on that morphine button :)
I have to agree with JVH that we must have a real go at Ajax if we try to out play them at football we will be playing into there hand.The good old Celtic way of up and at them could well knock them out of there stride if we are going to go down I would rather go down fighting than go down with a wimper like the Malmo game. H.H.
MURDOCHAULDANDHAY & WEE OSCAR on 16TH SEPTEMBER 2015 9:46 AM
Young Aidan Nesbitt in the squad for the Ajax game
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What is the full squad? If you may, please and thank you.
HH jamesgang
Great to see young Nesbitt in the squad looks a cracking prospect
jamesgang
http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2016/clubs/club=50050/index.html
@Hullbhoy: Uefa Press Kit – Europe League Group A 17/9/15.
Ajax v Celtic.
http://t.co/71NxJIHzKh
HH