I spoke to a serial divorcee some years ago and he suggested that after one bad marriage, you’re more likely to plunge headfirst into another, then another, than your average person, despite all the warning signs.
He was driven by a need to put things right in his life. Regretful of lost time, he wanted to get on with finding a secure, lasting, future relationship.
Parma were a tiny club for most of their existence, occupying the fourth tier of Italian football, but they rose inextricably to become one of the top clubs in Europe. When Rangers knocked them out of the Champions League qualifiers in the 90s, they were sixth top seed in the Uefa rankings. When the money dried up and insolvency grabbed them a few years ago it must have been hard to accept their place – a club with little substance going for it, but with fans expecting glory.
News this week that after liquidation a newco Parma would kick off at the bottom tier of the professional game in Italy is a morality tale. Just as my pal, the divorcee, was compelled to plunge into a ‘lasting and successful’ relationship at the first opportunity, few people who pick up the pieces of insolvent football clubs seem to be blessed with pragmatic expectations. A second, even more damaging liquidation, haunts in the shadows.
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Leigh, Stefan & Anto might not be the ultimate strike force in the CL, but I am confident enough you won’t get much better in the qualifiers and with Johansen, SA, Commons, GMS and Forrest backing a lone striker I am more than confident of making the group stages this season, although would be delighted with one or two additions myself
Starry plough
I agree
Brattbakk, Bamara, Burphy and Bukki
Kittoch
Biggins and Bascarino, lest we forget..
Bit of chat yesterday in a Swiss rag about Janko being in Glasgow and his opportunity to play in the CL..
Jim Spence @bbcjimspence · 1h1 hour ago
A winter shutdown for 2016/17 season in January being considered by SPFL. Are you in favour or is a summer season the answer ?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
https://twitter.com/markmackinnon67/status/614897162632212481
Good Morning!
The media drive to pump out upbeat stories to help sell Sevco season tickets has now got to the point where even retro-rockers ‘Chas and Dave’ are commenting…
Allegedly…
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/more-rabbit-than-sainsburys/
Kittoch, you can have Biggins but not the greatest living Norwegian.
Unless you want to be afflicted by the ole Norwegian scabies, which makes the ole scrofula look like dandruff.
TheClumpany
Nothing like a Sunday morning clump to brighten up the day:))
starry plough
08:45 on 28 June, 2015
The Celtic Safari Suit can’t be far away:)
>>>>>>>>
Sa far is a know it’s coming out next week….
Ole Jobo Baldie can’t wait to go joggin’ in his new Cellick jeggings.
gerryfaethebrig
I was pretty confident last year as i thought Ronny had the foundations to build on but it didnt quite work like that!
This year should be different and i am confident once again.
Ronny now has his own foundation in place and we could probably just about name the team ourselves.
We need more than what we have upfront though imo.
Id say we definitely need much more of a target man than what we have.
I think all of our strikers would benefit from playing off someone like that but its only going to be 1 starting and i dont think any of our current strikers are good enough to play there on their own.
Just my opinion of course and id love to see one of them prove me wrong.
Taurangabhoy
0928
Hows tricks cuz? Good post.Take it Breeana Celtic Taylors uni has no fitba team.
On the subject of a goalscoring , up and at them centre forward, that would be ideal for Ronnies style, and would be In the price and wage range, and if Ronnie and the 2 Johns could get him straightened out, thenI think Tony Watt might be worth considering.
Just my thoughts
Clumpany …is there no way to send you brawdoolicks ?
braw
starry plough
10:16 on 28 June, 2015
Left my specs in the bedroom this morning, so read clump as another word (sure you meant that too) ….hahahahahahaha
New Balance
Drambowie
Fell asleep mate,bit rough this morning lol
Couldn’t sing to save my life and I’m in the north of England so a jam would be tricky ;)
TheClumpany
This nailed EBT Moore :))))))))))))))
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/wibble-down-under/
That’s my bro and family just landed after holiday texted ,pleading for me to put the heating on for him getting in :))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Thunder Road
10:21 on 28 June, 2015
gerryfaethebrig
I was pretty confident last year as i thought Ronny had the foundations to build on but it didnt quite work like that!
This year should be different and i am confident once again.
Ronny now has his own foundation in place and we could probably just about name the team ourselves.
We need more than what we have upfront though imo.
Id say we definitely need much more of a target man than what we have.
I think all of our strikers would benefit from playing off someone like that but its only going to be 1 starting and i dont think any of our current strikers are good enough to play there on their own.
Just my opinion of course and id love to see one of them prove me wrong.
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Neil Lennon wasn’t supported by his Board, they had his team hopping around wherever, and that made things very difficult.
To me, it looks obvious that Ronny Deila has been earmarked (being kinda deaf it is a Word I Love) for the Job earlier.
The Serious head is on now.
Massive Respect
Good morning, friends from a very blowy, rainy, East Kilbride.
thunder road
10:21 on 28 June, 2015
I am a Ronny fan but if we don’t make the group stages this season well it must be Ronny’s fault, last season was a disaster from Maribir to Warsaw but if our strikers don’t get us through the qualifiers then it is the managers fault for thinking they are adequate (I think they are good enough to get us to the party)
Just glanced at the previous post re Ebts, why has one journo never asked Artur Numan why his wages were getting halved and a Dutch international retiring at 33ish, rhetorical question as no shock jock would like the answer
This is a ridiculous situation….
Three Blind Mice
June 27, 2015 at 5:39 pm
The SFA allowed a new club into Scottish football without first playing for three years to demonstrate three years of good balanced accounts before being allowed into SFL League Division 3.
Sevco were allowed in with no accounts at all. Against SFA and SFL regulations.
Sevco have only published two sets of accounts in three years of operatorship and those show massive multi million pound losses outwith UEFA requirements.
The SFA are surely casting a snoot at UEFA and their financial fair play rules for the benefit of Sevco.
16 Roads,
All you ever do….. is sing the Praises of Celtic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJzCYSdrHMI
Good morning, friends from a very blowy, drizzly, East Kilbride.
Oops. Laptop sponataneously shut down and didn’t realise my earlier attempt had made it.
Morning Jobo, are you late or have the clocks went forward and no-one told me? :-)
Petec
Love the goal celebrations :)
Fish one is the best though!
two mornings in one day
that’s ye oldé EK for you
Just remembered what the ‘x’ was on the calendar in the kitchen was for today.
AC/DC concert!
No I’m not going unfortunately :-(
I’m babysitting my 3 year old nephew as wee brother and his mrs from Kinlochleven are coming down for it!
Should be fun.
foghorn leghorn
11:07 on
28 June, 2015
two mornings in one day
that’s ye oldé EK for you…
is it groundhog day??
Thunder Road,
The very best always pass through Parkheads gates.
Logical.
Further confirmation –
http://www.taps-aff.co.uk/east+kilbride
ive Respect
jobo baldie
10:39 on 28 June, 2015
Good morning, friends from a very blowy, rainy, East Kilbride.
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What time do you call this for a weather report:)
young niece on her way to Wishaw General, couple of weeks early but hope n pray everything is ok, she is just off the phone and in great spirits, Cqn take care & Hail Hail
Ignore the (I’ve respect) jobo, not that I haven’t :)
Sipsini,
What Time is Love?
sipsini –
as always, my weather reports are within 10 minutes of me leaving my pillow. Last night (this early morning) might have been a late one although my memory is rather foggy ;-)
Back in from gym…respect to the runners in park out in the elements. I did a very sweaty 5mile jog in 48m 25secs…my best time for a few years. May have a small cider later to congratulate myself.