There’s a news management thing happens during the international break. Football news generally goes quiet, internationals do not really bring the same number of readers as the club game.
Games and results drive the football media business, with transfer ‘information’ dominating times in the calendar. If you are in the business of writing about football, as these breaks approach, you will maybe stick a piece up your sleeve, to bring out during the fortnight. You will spot everywhere, including here.
This week, UK football outlets have gorged on EPL referee, David Coote. Who seems to have a lassez-faire approach to actions and consequences. Two videos were made public this week.
In the first, from three years ago, he appears ‘tired and emotional’ to use the old euphemism, when making derogatory comments about Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp. The second, taken during this year’s Euros (where he was officiating), shows him snorting a white powder. As far as news management goes, someone has knocked it out the park this week.
It’s unlikely we will ever learn who was behind the leaks, although David Coote will surely know. Nor are we likely to learn what went before, and there has surely been some actions before this.
Football referees are as prone to weaknesses as the rest of us. If some are so weak they sniff white powder without checking for cameras, football has a problem. This week will end Coote’s career, with financial consequences for the rest of his life. How compromised was he?
It may be that he was only weak when it came to some videoed comments on superficial racism and illegal substances, while he remained beyond reproach to threats of ending his career if he did not bend to an extortion demand. Let’s hope.
Betting is huge business and the majority of betting on UK games takes place beyond these borders. Money is placed on more than just the result, too. A compromised referee is worth a fortune in the wrong hands.
David Coote is no longer vulnerable to exploitation and maybe the release of these videos is a consequence of him declining to participate in a wider criminal act. Any other referee who has been subject to the videoing of inappropriate acts has a lesson on what can happen. If referees are no different from the rest of society, some may take drugs, gamble themselves into debt and indulge in other nefarious activity.
The wages in England are huge and in Scotland are big enough to accommodate some intrusion. Credit checks, bank statement inspections and background checks would be a reasonable response to an outed human fraility.
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Well done Scotland.
A win is a win. Especially against a quality team.
clunks on 15th November 2024 9:43 pm
stivs, names I remember in greenock were kay and gary mclean (and another brother I cant remember)
julie macconachie,
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aye, know who it is now,
and time for me to retire to the big tv.
goodnight and godbless
Bringing Mc Ginn on is like two players.John and his infeasibly large arse.Used it a good few times tonight to great effect when he came on.
Ben Doak has a good 5 minutes,MOTM,for that commentator.Lucky he never had Gilmour up for it.Great win.
Katie Taylor time again. A genuine legend.
And, gimmick or not it will be good to see Iron Mike again.
2 greats.
St. Stivs
“they want to win 2-0 for the head to head with croatia,
other than that, qualification is nil”
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Aren’t we on even footing with Croatia as they beat us by a single Goal too.
It’s all a bit of a long shot as we’re unlikely to beat Poland by 3:0 and it’s even less likely that Croatia won’t get at least a point from the already qualified Portuguese
Well done, Scotland.
stivs,
when you awake from the big tv
would be good to know how some of those peoples are doing now….
well done scotland
I like Gilmour,but that was his worst game tonight.How that ” Tadger”,thanks Bada,Mc Lean gets caps ???????.Soutar was good tonight,with Hanley.That’s Soutars good game of the season out the road.😃
stivs, which one were you???
TB
Leave out mcginn
Bring him on with 20 odd mins to go
McGinn scores the winner
You reckon clarke smiled or just grimaced less?????
Scotland will have to do so much better to qualify for the US WC
But to hear Pat Nevin you would think we had won the World Cup tonight
Stiil with Gilmour in the team maybe we could
VP- Catch up soon HH
TB, I’ve never been a big Scotland fan, happy our leader and best player is resting up,good to see Ralston getting game time
!!Bada Bing!! on 15th November 2024 10:06 pm
I agree it’s good to see Tony getting game time, but better still he’s playing against top players, which
will do him the world of good.
Celt55- I watched Engels last night against a very good Italian team, great experience for a young guy,he will be a huge player for us.HH
Yo mama……etc etc
Loads of the pundits were raving about the result against one of your top teams in the world.
They barely mentioned that Croatia were down to 10 men from about the 42 minute.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt33054614/
Brilliant documentary on the history of the Mafia
AJ Mihrzad RIP
Gilmour is the only player who can blast a shot higher over the bar than Ryan Christie .
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd Cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EghYoyeJSQc&list=RDMM&index=12
Alice In Chains – Down in a Hole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWK0kqjPSVI&list=RDMM&index=14
Speaking of dodgy refereeing, guess the smart money was on Katie Taylor.
No way she won that fight, though she was effective with the head to be fair.
Serrano just interviewed – ” i was robbed”
Keeps the circus on the road…..
Speaking of the circus
Paul versus Tyson is just about to happen in Texas
Texas likes big events and whatever else it is this is a big event
Pity they didn’t hold it in a Big Tent
Watching it though….
Good Morning…
Good result for Scotland yesterday, glad Tony Ralston got a game, good solid performance.
CELTIC40ME @ 2:25 PM,
Yes, earlier this week I posted that we weren’t re-inventing the wheel, as there were similar examples of the players we signed in the summer in the last decade.
The sea-change for me was the quality v quanity recruitment.
Under the last head of recruitment we signed a multitude of “prospects” in the kissing frogs bracket
This year we seem to be signing “prospects” that while needing development can slot straight into a first team berth (not necessarily first pick of course).
We are never going to get it right 💯 of the time, yet we can used various assessment tools and skillsets to minimise signing a Marco Tilio as opposed a Nic Kuhn.
And if we are prepared to pay 10mn for a young player that of course is going to help reduce the gamble.
SFtBs @ 2:58 PM,
Well of course having eight seasons between signing Edouard and Engels can signal that once in a blue moon that the Executive will push the boat out for an exceptional young player, that is first team ready (yet like I mentioned above, still with development potential.)
My thought are we will be seeing less “punts” as we did in the summer of ’23 and more certainties, like we have seen in 2024.
Time will of course tell, but the squad management this year has been different class.
“I did not believe the many examples of body language reading I hear about on CQN, come from expert sources,”
Well, expert sources may be thin in the ground and not everyone can interpret non verbal communication easily – as a rule only 30% of our communication is verbal.
However, having done training in autism support and dementia support.
Non verbal communication is key – furinstance often those individuals can find it difficult to understand when/why they are in pain and may mask it.
It is important to look for other signs, “body language” being a key indicator.
We really aren’t dealing with woo~woo here.
Anyways, the recruitment seems to be assisting us getting to the next level, yet there has been so many other aspects that have helped us on the way.
UCL after January would be a huge testament to Celtic bringing all those aspects to bear.
We’ll see – aff oot…
Hail Hail
https://videocelts.com/2024/11/blogs/latest-news/picture-surfaces-of-a-young-lennon-miller-at-celtic-park/
Two nice goals for Louis Palma for Honduras win over Mexico. Even our bench is up there. Our reputation for growing players will just keep on getting better.
Chairbhoy
“However, having done training in autism support and dementia support.
Non verbal communication is key – furinstance often those individuals can find it difficult to understand when/why they are in pain and may mask it.
It is important to look for other signs, “body language” being a key indicator.
We really aren’t dealing with woo~woo here.”
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No- but we’re dealing with chalk and cheese.
I will have undertaken similar training to yourself in working with Autism and I have experience of parents and relatives with dementia.
There’s precious little overlap between discriminating fear, anxiety and confusion in a person with ASD and determining Laziness, Disinterestness (sic), and “needs to be substituted ness” with football players on a pitch.
We demonstrate that every week, sometimes twice a week, on our CQN match day commentaries
Good morning all from Govanhill.
Test
https://youtube.com/shorts/KkJGPdNUITU?feature=shared
https://thecelticunderground.substack.com/p/build-today-to-avoid-mistakes-of?r=3wldy3&triedRedirect=true
SCULLYBHOY on 16TH NOVEMBER 2024 10:04 AM
https://youtube.com/shorts/KkJGPdNUITU?feature=shared
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Cheers for that link SB.
2 good goals in an international quarter final.
What’s even more impressive is that he didn’t start & didn’t actually get on until 63rd minute.
😳😃👍👏👏👏
tam shepards shut doon now, thats no laughing matter
The magic of auld glesga disappears …😉
2 winning goals for Palma last night against Mexico.Anyone who reads my posts will know I think Palma is a terrific player.I won’t rant,but when he came into the team last season,and had a run of games,his record in those games is right up there with Jota and Kuhn,goals and assists.2 CL goals also.
You can’t be classed as a “Failure” if you don’t get time to show your not.Too many Celtic blogs going with this label,like sheep.
FFS. Saint Stivs. Keep up.😀