It’s all politics. Not actual politics, in the strict definition of the word, but clubs’ dealings with the SPFL and SFA is mostly about politically manoeuvring in the direction to win your argument.
Experienced political operators will tell you not to fight the same people on too many points; pick the important areas to win and take a few defeats on the chin. Box the SPFL into a corner by not charging season ticket holders for entry into play-off matches, and you’re onto a sure win. But all SPFL clubs are members of the SFA.
They all like being given their place. If I wanted something important from the SFA, like exemption from the rule prohibiting directors of a liquidated club from subsequently becoming a club director, I’d concentrate on that and ask politely for permission to let season ticket holders into games.
But I realise there are different types of political animal. The consensus political animal is effective in certain times, then there are those who have a self-righteous tone to rules. It’s their way or the highway. To paraphrase Bob Shankly, pure, athletic, Thatcherism. Britain wasn’t ready for Thatcherism 30 years ago. She won in 1979 and lost lots of votes second time around in ’83, but the Labour vote split. The 80s were lean. For some.
Scottish football is in for a period where a self-righteous entity will muster its forces. The media coverage will reflect what we saw in politics in the 80s. The consensus operators must stand firm and unite.
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geordie munro @ 17:11,
“Hebcelt,
Roughly translated….Dinny dae that again.”
So what if he sings….
♫There’s only one John Guidetti
He puts the ball in the nettie
He’s our big Swede and “RANGERS ARE DEID”
Walking in Guidetti wonderland ♫
Does that make it fine? Certainly makes it more accurate?
Hail Hail
The word ‘Huns’ bleeped out on STV……
starry plough
Bewilderment would not even beggin to cover what he must think of the SFA and Scotland ,only good point is it will be reported outside our SMSM keep inhouse net.
I hope he rams it right down their anti Celtic throats tomorrow night.
Homework for the SFA
Dunning–Kruger effect – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect – 12 hours ago … Psychotherapies · Publications · Research methods · Theories · Timeline · Topics … Dunning and Kruger proposed that, for a given skill, incompetent people will: … or paralysis: “If you’re incompetent, you can’t know you’re incompetent.… [T]he … “poor performers do not learn from feedback suggesting a need to improve”.
leftclicktic @ 18:07,
“Can anyone put up disciplinary rule 73 please,”
Where’s Auldheid when you need him – I can’t find it on the SFA website.
Hail Hail
Just been ‘censured’ by her indoors for no apparent reason!
No idea what I did there!
HH!!
starry plough
Once they stop acting like huns they might be in with a slender shout.
NOT from me btw :)))
Bleeping out huns.
When did the word become a swear?
Just because it has a ….un….in it I’m sure.
Someone has got to be forced into explaining this.
chairbhoy
That’s because they just made it up today :-)
Chairbhoy
Neither can I:)))
Pages upon pages i have scrolled through aswell
I thought one of the funniest things on “The Journey” was when the Stirling Albion fans were signing “you’re not rangers any more”
I hope they’re thoroughly ashamed of themselves today after todays Guidetti verdict, how could they poke fun so ruthlessly at such sensitive wee bigots:)))
Scottish Football is no fun, it’s a petty wee film flam sideshow run by idiots who couldnae run a menage…
Feck I hope Sevco go nipples north asap..
The SFA Effect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
Can people stop using the word h*n on here. Children read the blog.
Hoopslegend Amido Balde is coming back at the end of the season to see out the remaining 2 years [!] of his contract.
Maks sense tae me, and it maks sense tae Mo.
Syd negakev,
I agree. They should maybe do what’s done with the other swear and substitute the “u” with an “e”.
“The hens are deid.”
All big John was guilty of is using poor rhyme, everything else is factually correct and only contravenes the SFA’s article of association 16 subsection 90: Thou shalt not decry the famous (now deid) Glasgow Ranjuurs…
Trigger’sbroomfcCSC
Paul67,
I have been on this blog almost from the beginning.
It has been a good blog, a pioneer in it’s class, where reasonable, intelligent debate was nurtured and encouraged.
Over the years, it evolved, broadening it’s scope to include stuff like Pablo’s music nights and the Friday quizz.
There also developed a social and self contained charitible side.
All good, even though by broadening the scope of the blog, some extreme and unnecessary fractious posts appeared, with people falling out….and many good posters leaving.
Not so good.
However, for me, the blog sunk to a new depth by giving scope to the self indulgent, self aware lacking, posts of a party political nature, during the Referendum debate.
I would have thought that as the owner of the blog, you would have seen the effect that had on the blog and banned all party politics.
Seems not.
Here we are again, entering into, in a Celtic context, another parochial cat fight, with the usual suspects, plus a few guest artistes, commandeering the pages with their dogmatic mantras, which influence no one.
Paul, I do not understand you tolerance.
It suggests that you have handed over editorial control to someone else, who is not as protective as you.
I am not calling for censorship, just ban all Party guff.
~fedupireland.
Stay completely resolute about this ‘hun’ bllsht.
They’re clutching at straws. Hunbags.
Vincent lunney from March
Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland, former SFA compliance officer Vincent Lunny said: “It would appear that their focus is on the comment attacking Rangers or making fun of Rangers for having gone into liquidation back in 2012.
“It is, I think, significant that there’s no mention of it being sectarian or otherwise based on religion.”
John Guidetti neither made a comment attacking Rangers, nor making fun of Rangers for having gone into liquidation ( yeah, that’s right, lady, liquidation!).
In the course of an interview on Dutch TV, he was asked if Celtic supporters had a song about him, and he quoted what they sang.
In impeccable English, I might add!
Stupid Football Arsociation.
Turns Sportsound on…Turns Sportsound off.
The Mullet and McIntyre and it’s not Valentines Day…yuk!
HH
Alasdair MacLean
They are indeed clucked.
The next time he’s on red hot Dutch TV hoopslegend John Guidetti should use the word ‘Mof’ ,which is Hollandish for Hun.
So Guidette is being censored for singing that the Huns are deid.
Is reference to zombies ok in a wee sing along ?
Are we allowed to laugh or smile ?
Their pain is tangible.
Plot lost.
Enjoying every minute csc
Syd,
Oh no…you don’t know what you’ve started – Ach well, the chickens have come home to roost…
thomthethim for Oscar OK
I am not calling for censorship, just ban all Party guff.
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Post of the month. Well said sir !
TTT
Best post I’ve read on here in the last 90 minutes I’ve spent catching up
I’ll come back tomorrow because I think we have a hugely important match then
On Austrian TV he could use ‘Marmaladadinger’, although not so easy to get it to scan.
Or on Polish TV it would be Szkop.
I’m beginning to think the SFA are a parody Football Association and a brilliant comedy is in the pipeline.
notlaughingCSC
dontbrattbakkinanger-Gaelic ? That would really wind them up……
Their HQ is Parody Terrace.
Glavin Burns Szkops….
Has Steven Duff been inflated………………..?
On bulgarski TV it would be xyh.
Using the word ‘parody’ is sectarian as it’s an anagram of ‘a prody’. Just stop it or you’ll be censured.
Let’s hope the sweetie wrapper rustlers will join in a good ole “The huns are deed” chant tomorrow. Let them have it.
I’ll tell ye. If you don’t the word hun will be a criminal offence in jig time.
On Shortbread the Mullet is defending the Elbow.
I blame the schools……
http://www.hunschool.org/
Good Evening Timland.
I left my skid marked pants on the bathroom floor the
other day,and was censured by Mrs NBRS….it’s nae
fun I can tell yees.
toomuchinformationCSC.
Ps VOTE LABOUR!!!!!!