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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coolmore mafia
:o)
The Green Party seems altogether very fitting.
Calm down politicos, calm down.
Remember Ronny’s lecture – humour, humour and more humour (with respect)
Allez Les Verdes CSC
Bankiebhoy :-)
Bobby I agree with you. The radicalism was unbelievable.
JAMESGANG
It’s a terraced house in Swindon,hardly bijou or Dunblane. Or Kilwinning. But I love it aw the same.
My mate supports Rangers. He’s from Dundee. He used to be a hun but now he’s just a lost and hopeless soul.
Who might find it difficult to concentrate on the telly for a while.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
13:56 on
30 April, 2015
FOGHORNLEGHORN
Sorry,mate. With the best of intentions,if you don’t know the answers to your own questions,I canny help you.
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the specifics werent relevant
the fact they had a split allegience before was all what mattered in that respect
as was the main point that you shouldnt be allowing the newspapers to dictate your vote regardless of who they say they are supporting
there, i have just helped you a bit.
you’re welcome
happy voting
Cowie…………..
kanena provlima!
;)
Enjoy.
Guys what time does the kerrydale bar open tomorrow night, and can you get kids in?
TBB
Hadn’t seen your posts recently and thought you were on self imposed sabbatical.
Good luck to your bhoy’s team on Friday.
As for school/youth players and injuries.
My elder son played for Reading Schools and when he was 15 was also playing for Reading FC youth side.
On the Friday night playing for the Schools he broke his nose.
On the Saturday morning the Reading FC youth team was running a thin squad so the coach put him on. Two minutes in he got the ball smacked into his face at point blank range. Only time I ever remember him getting the ball in the face, and it had to be that morning.
Youth coaches in those days were very often just friends of the first team manager, guys who had been on the sauce for so long that they couldn’t hold down a regular job and needed a favour.
Your son’s school coach seems a good man.
HH
RWE
I am not sure about Denayer taking over from VK at Man City. I rate him. In fact, I think he has been the best player in Scotland this year, and would love to see him back at CP next year. But think the pull of a better league will probably win out. Not sure it would be the right decision for him, though.
For a CH, he is not tall and is not that strong in the air. I think, at a higher level of football, he might struggle against a good physical striker (Lewandowski would destroy him, at the moment). Sure he is young, and will improve, but I think he will end up playing more as a midfielder at some point.
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Bobby
You are wasting your time.
Email to you BTW.
For a blog about Celtic, 90% is about politics and the Zombies.
Are we playing tomorrow?
Any news on Guidetti?
Cowiebhoy.
Hope you and the girls have a great time and plenty of
sunshine.
Feeling a bit jealous actually it’s Autumn here now and
for some reason we are 6 or 7 degs lowers than normal
with loads of rain so i’ve lost my scotty hardiness and
shivering like the rest of the Ozzies.
H.H Mick
northeast ghirl
12:45 on 30 April, 2015
Excuse my language but that is just a load of horse shit.
Celtic Football Club@celticfc · 12m 12 minutes ago
1′ One change to the starting line up with Mark Hill replacing Connor McManus.
Celtic Football Club@celticfc · 1 min1 minute ago
12′ Nesbitt has been the subject of some close attention from the Falkirk players so far. He takes a sore one at the touchline but no FK.
There is so little between Labour and Conservative now, that they’re as well just amalgamating formally. Any differences between them are essentially internal disputes, issues of management and style.
Labour dropped the banner decades ago with the advent of what we now recognise as careerism in politics.
Other parties have since picked it up.
Can hardly apportion blame for that to those former Labour voters who, in the absence of a meaningful Labour option, back other parties that better represent their values.
bgx
13:28 on 30 April, 2015
Negannon2….OK enough ,,,Im calling you out NOW……go find me ONE post on here where ive EVER called ANYONE on here a hun….Lets make it worth it….If you can i will donate £100 to ,lets say ,Marys Meals,,,if You cant You donate £100 to same……Take allday…take aslong as you like…So You up for It?…..
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BGX
Nae offence,mate. But you don’t half spout some nonsense on here,yet yer default position is always
PROVE IT!!!!!!!
I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt cos yer obviously Celtic-daft like the rest of us. And Frank marked yer card as a good ‘un. (Don’t tell anyone,I knew you were a Tim. Just misguided at times)
Apart from yer wee discussions wi Frank,I canny remember one single thing you’ve said about football politics life anything at all that’s not been confrontational in its content.
Of course I could be wrong.
No wonder you piss so many people off.
Cowiebhoy – Last time that I was there a bought a powerful Panathinaikos F.C. flag for something stupid like €5.
Gate 13 since 1908, shamrocks.
Still have it to this day in pristine condition.
Enjoy your holiday chief, that is a really nice wee island.
HH.
BMCUW
I conveyed your kind words to Chris by phone there. He agrees with your every word, and is intent to prove J McN wrong in his last few games for Dundee Utd and beyond. Davie Bowman and Simon Donnelly have been very supportive to him though.
Poor Gordon Brown.
He is apparent only now realising what a lot of us knew on the morning og September 19th last year. That is that Cameron was very publicly shafting those members of Scottish Labour who had stood four square with him during the Referendum Campaign.
In this case, those who stood with the craws were shot in the back by the craws.
“I was chatting Matthew after the game about the new bin collection schedule on my road, think it was too much for him”
https://twitter.com/boringkearney/status/590280157811867648
mike in Toronto
I think that next season he will play alongside VK, and if all works out he would assume the mantle.
Jason has pace and skill and courage. He is decent but not exceptional in the air. His biggest issue for me is concentration and that is something that he can improve on with an older hand beside him. VVD is not that kind of partner for Jason.
He has grasped the chance at Celtic with both hands, won trophies (SPFL to come), young player of the year and has competed against sides in Europe.
City have been poor this season and have an aging squad. Very sorry if he left Celtic but he is their player after all.
His happiness at Celtic and his friendship with VVD might sway him personally, but Man City have problems, particularly in defence.
HH
When the scottish sun supports a party you know that party is scum,I hate the snp hell i hate scotland a little shithole of bigotry, as for the huns voting Labour some might but a lot of them consider Labour to be CATHOLIC PARTY,and they do vote tory as they are a big unionist party,Im waiting for the SNP to come to my door so I can tell them to F..C OFF
Aiden Nesbitt is the son of an old friend of mine, a committe member on the Spateston CSC. He’s Celtic to the core. Id love for him to make it.
I should have bought about ten of them.
If you can find any of them and wish to sell them on I would buy them off ye no problem.
HH.
RWE
Work been pretty manic lately I’m afraid. Don’t know if I’m coming or going half the time.
They give me the Alfie Noakes persona one week, then, when that’s done, the next week they switch me to a new personality on another set of blogs.
With the election and what not in the offing, I’m running 8 different characters across 26 news and blog sites.
Can hardly keep up let alone post my own thoughts on the stuff that matters here.
:¬)
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
13:38 on
30 April, 2015
Mate
Don`t focus on the specific.Focus on the political climate of the`70s.
That`s why Britain WAS ready ,willing and able for Thatcherism.
And in repeated doses.
Denayer too small and light to be a CB in EPL IMO.He might make it as a defensive MF,another year up here,specially if we get to CL,would suit all parties.
I do not for a minute believe that come next Thursday, the SNP will win anything like forty five or fifty seats.
Equally I believe that come Friday morning, a fair number of formers Scottish Mps will reflect on the reality of the old biblical quote that runs’ Be ye not deceived, the Lord is not mocked, a man shall reap what he sows’.
For too many years in parts of Scotland the People’s Party took its supporters for granted.
It is now about to pay the price.
RWE
You could be right. But I like the way he brings the ball out from the back. I think he could develop into a top notch holding mid. Would love it to be at Celtic park, but like you, I wont get my hopes up on that. Not sure we will be close to being able to match what other teams will offer him.
Off to court. Have a good day lads.
My head is too full of other stuff to try and work all of this out.
What is the meeja gonnae do? What is it they are going to demand? Fit an proper Dave King? Yes please. Go right ahead.
The only thing that they could demand that would help their favoured stadium renters would be a compulsory 2- 0 head start in every game for Govan Wanderers. And that other teams have to only play with 9 men in every game.
The lying king and sevco deserve each other.
Put oglive and the blazers out of a job after they sew the seeds of sevco destruction. Oglive administered the old club towards disaster. Let him do the same for newco and then get rid.
That’s ‘the Rainjurs’ just dropped through the letterbox via the postman with my season ticket renewal pack.
Hmmmm CSC
Man City have apparently said that Denayer will be loaned to a Championship club, to see how he shapes up against tougher opposition than the SPFL.
70% you need to get help mate,that faux anger will eat you up.
oneofthe70percent
14:21 on
30 April, 2015
When the scottish sun supports a party you know that party is scum,I hate the snp hell i hate scotland a little shithole of bigotry, as for the huns voting Labour some might but a lot of them consider Labour to be CATHOLIC PARTY,and they do vote tory as they are a big unionist party,Im waiting for the SNP to come to my door so I can tell them to F..C OFF
I may be wrong but I believe that in the past, The Sun supported Blair’s Labour Party.
Does that qualify Labour to be scum?
DD
Read earlier your post during the night, seems like your godson is in the right frame of mind, trust me far better managers than Jackiw Mac hav released players who have went on to prove them wrong, as for your sister every mother is a worrier that is what they are here to do for us
MacJay
Always good to see you post.
Where you been? :)