I listened to a Scottish Rugby podcast with Jason Leitch, recorded earlier this week, where they discussed the reasons that appear to lie behind why the Scottish Government in their treatment of football is out of step with European countries, like Germany, France, Netherlands and others, but in-step with the Westminster Government.
Professor Leitch rhetorically posed the question you and I have discussed recently, “Why can I go to the pub and I can’t go to Celtic Park.” Through analogy, he explained that the Government were able to permit some activities, not all. That has never been in dispute, during a pandemic, you cannot allow all activities.
What has not previously been confirmed is why the Scottish Government has shadowed the (frankly abysmal) pandemic response of Boris Johnson’s Westminster government, instead of acknowledging the clear and undisputed scientific evidence that drives public policy among our European peers. Professor Leitch placed responsibility for this squarely with his political masters:
“How you then make choices between sport, versus retail, versus hospitality; that comes down to decision making, by politicians, taking the best advice they can from the financial people, the public health people, the social policy people and making choices.”
Clearly the Scottish Government listens to financial, public health and social policy people before making decisions, so do Boris Johnson and Donald Trump, this allows them to act sincere, it does not make them any good. But when Europe takes one path, which is consistent with science, and Scotland follows Westminster, which has led to some of the highest rates of mortality in the world in both Scotland and the UK as a whole, we are entitled to ask, what is going on?
They do not have a different virus in Dortmund than we have in Glasgow. In both places, it spreads significantly more indoors than out. It is inhibited by adherence to clear and monitored hygiene and distancing rules, like those in place at football games across the Continent, and it spreads where consistent enforcement of these rules is unmonitored – like pubs. The difference is the politicians, not the virus.
I know this is ‘just’ football, and our consequences are nothing like the care homes fiasco, but government policy needs to shape up pandemic response in all areas. It is not easy, but if decisions are too onerous for people in Edinburgh to get their heads around, stop following a clown in London and watch what is happening in Europe: fewer deaths, fewer infections, industry specific responses.
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DBHOY
Must have been in company with Mr Rid Biddy at the time 8-))
What was it? if you don’t mind of course.
H.H. Mick
Guess although we are loathed to think about a few ‘rangers” players did not bad against us most notably Brian”why are you so good”Laudrup who was of course purchased with dodgy Bank of Scotland money that the tax payer ended up bailing out.
THE HAND OF GOD on 10TH OCTOBER 2020 10:22 AM
My favourite EBT story relates to another 1990s thorn in our side, Goram.
Appearing at some Sheriff Court around 1995-6 on a drink driving charge, and his defence offered to pay a fine. Claimed he was on £1000 per week and produced headed notepaper confirmation.
Seemingly His Lordship incredulously peered over the top of his specs and observed
“You’re asking me to believe a Scotland international goalkeeper of the Glorious G…….R……. in this day and age is on £1000 per week?????”
£1.2 billion spent in the transfer window, £200 million to agents, and they want punters to pay £15 a game..a joke
Mick
No biggie, I was replying to your post to me just before St Jonstone game. I was just asking how things were over on your side. Just wondering if you were ‘ geeing me a deafy‘ ..:)
HH
THE HAND OF GOD/SQUIRE
Grudgingly Laudrup and the Flying Pig gave us a hard time, but
oozing class? never.
Now Jim Baxter he should have wore the hoops, and from previous
encounters with him, he would have been happy to..
H.H. Mick
Mick
Best performance I seen at Parkhead was from the Brazalian Rai for PSG during Tommy Burns time. He had the hose out and was spraying passes all over the place, never seemed to need to sprint at anytime, his positioning/awareness was on another level.
Skelped us 3-0, Loko who was lightening quick got 2, Mahe played in that game for them. A lot of hoops supporters stayed behind and clapped them off the park, they were brilliant compared to our bhoys.
Think he was a relation to Socrates.
HH
Best player/players i’ve seen against us- Iniesta or Xavi. Poetic.
DBHOY
Never give embdy on here a deafy, I try to respond to anybody’s
post to me but I get waylaid at times.
H.H. Mick
P.S when are you gonna open your border and let us visit?
Mick
Who knows mate?
We’ve been very fortunate so far regards Covid related infections/deaths. I feel simultaneously lucky and guilty to be here considering what’s going on around the world.
HH
Gianni Rivera AC Milan absolute genius HH
Sorry Mick, good morning from earlier, I had to dash out after last post.
I hope all is well 8n Oz land with you and the family.
D :)
Was there really an Amazon fund me plea to the public to help pay employees wages, whilst their owners net wealth since Covid began raised by $70 odd bn. Na that can’t be right, surely.
HH
Scott Sinclair on Soccer am
Ah boat wan o they washable face masks, oh aye.
No so easy sticking yer heid under the water in the bath as it wis when ye were a kid
Oh no
Quick !
He’s outside the tent you know what-ing.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/54476721
Bring him in.
Scott Sinclair on Soccer AM
Mentioned treble treble in intro
FANANDPATRIOT
Gianni Rivera, how did I forget about him, absolute class the way
he glided over the parkheid turf.
Believe big Jock was an admirer of him.
H.H. Mick
Best performance was that of Jinky’s against Red Star Belgrade
RON
Or 110.000 Spaniards singing his name after the Di Stefano
testimonial?
H.H. Mick
DAVID 66
Yes, all good, still sucking it up, usual, out of bed, prepare the barbie,
open a bottle, stick on the Rebs, got nothing to moan about really.
8-))
H.H. Mick
An Tearmann’s post about Patsy Gallagher got me thinking about “knowing your history”.
There are scores of players whose remarkable efforts, skills and determination have shaped that history.
I humbly offer up a few from my flawed memory and hope they raise a smile …
James Kelly
Jimmy McMenemy
Jimmy Quinn
Jimmy McGrory
John Thomson
Patsy Gallagher
Chic Geatons
Bobby Evans
Willie Fernie
Charlie Tully
Bertie Peacock
Sean Fallon
Jock Stein
The Lisbon Lions
Joe McBride
Dixie Deans
Danny McGrain
Kenny Dalglish
George Connolly
Roy Aitken
Tommy Burns
Charlie Nicholas
Paul McStay
Henrik Larsson
Lubomir Moravcik
Shunsuke Nakamura
Scott Brown
Hail hail
Keep The Faith
Paul 67,
I wonder if you could pen an article of where our club goes from here. ?
Ther must be much talk in the boardrooms of the future of football.
We will not sell anywhere near 52,000 PPV ST’s next season, what is our contingency?
Scottish football will undoubtedly contract, do we have any plans for the future ?
Our economy will be trashed, draconian restrictions may still be in place and full houses will only be a reminiscent past.
When does our position become critical ?
HH and Hopefully, thanks in advance.
GREENPINATA
Good post.
H.H. Mick
I have seen so many wonderful footballers grace Celtic Park but THE one I would have loved to see in a Celtic jersey is Jim Baxter. He and Bobby Murdoch must have been among the 2 best wing halfs in the world at the time.
PARKHEADCUMSALFORD on 10TH OCTOBER 2020 12:02 PM
Couldn’t agree more about “Slim Jim”.
One of my earliest games was a League Cup Final, October 1964, where he put Jim Forrest through with a defence splitting pass to score. I can still see it to this day, lived in the memory because, being so young at the time, I was so disappointed we didn’t win, por cierto.
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POR CIERTO,
I think too Baxter would have been more at home playing for us; he might have played for the team from Govan but he was never a hun, imo.
PARKHEADCUMSALFORD
Jim and Paddy Crerand were besties and I know for certain
he would have worn the hoops with pride.
H.H. Mick
Don’t know offhand if any or all of the EPL clubs have the same or similar system re season ticket holders and access to VST coverage of games as Celtic, but it looks that the same clubs do not want any games broadcast apart from those scheduled on Sky or BT. Bang goes the BBC freebies I’m guessing. Is it the case that some supporters will be paying three times or more for access to their games, ST/SKY/BT plus £14.95 for PPV games not otherwise available to them? Nice (if dirty) work if you can get it.
DBHOY on 10TH OCTOBER 2020 10:43 AM
Mick
Best performance I seen at Parkhead was from the Brazalian Rai for PSG during Tommy Burns time. He had the hose out and was spraying passes all over the place, never seemed to need to sprint at anytime, his positioning/awareness was on another level.
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I was there and I remember them coming out to applaud their fans and ended up coming over to the Cektic fans who were applauding them.
Of all the words to type wrong….
MELBOURNE MICK on 10TH OCTOBER 2020 12:02 PM
I am enjoying the football and really looking forward to our game against the new huns.
But we cannot be like ostriches.
Looking forward, I am worried.
I hope Paul can give an ” insider ” viewpoint as I know it will have been discussed.
Cheers and HH.
MM,
Baxter played football the Glasgow Celtic way. As Billy McNeil (I think) said: we are the Cavaliers.
Bada – if the £15 a game was “instead of” rather than “on top of” a SKY subscription, I could maybe see the logic.
Looks like everybody except for the paying punter wants to have their cake and eat it.
He..he YORKBHOY, you been suppin my Rid Biddy?
What a player, and if he was a relation of that great man Socrates
no wonder he could walk about the park spraying passes here and there.
You know sometimes I think big handsome Tom Rogic injury free could
be that player.
Then again my middle name is Hope 8-))
H.H. Mick
Yorkbhoy
I was about five rows from the front in the main stand, mate wanted to leave before FT, glad we stayed to show our appreciation for a fine display, unfortunate it was for the other team.
HH
Best player at CELTIC PARK
BOBBY SHEARER.