Let’s be clear, you cannot punish a player on the basis that he has made a comment which is only offensive, offence is subjective, highly so in Scottish football, where thousands await the opportunity.
Nor can you punish a player for a derogatory remark which may offend, especially if the remark does not call into question the probity of the subject. “Hearts are rotten, we beat them easily twice this season”, is a derogatory remark and will offend some Hearts fans, but it also falls into the category of being a fair opinion.
And without pointing out the obvious, you cannot offend the dead. John Guidetti and the club are right to contest this ridiculous charge, which by context, clearly refers to a team no longer with us.
I was absolutely astonished to read that newco (and former oldco) director, Paul Murray, explained Dave King’s absence from newco’s recent share as he is waiting until the SFA “have completed their review of Dave’s status before he can fully participate in the future of the Club”.
The SFA have no issue whatsoever in Dave King investing heavily in newco, or in owning all shares. Indeed, King is already the largest shareholder, which has attracted no attention from the football authorities.
The prospect of King sloping off if the SFA judge him not Fit and Proper (which I think they will), is a fabulous twist in the work of this legendary non-executive director of a dead club. He sat on the oldco board which paid EBTs for so many years, he stayed while they made no provision for the HMRC tax case, plunging into the transfer market instead. Now he awaits the whim of the SFA before deciding to invest, having led newco away from their primary source of funding.
What a star.
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jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
23:30 on
24 March, 2015
To call a drink a royal dram do you pour the Drambuie over the malt or the malt over the Drambuie?
……………. a rusty nail ……….awfy braw …no preference on the order ,but more rust than nail …and loads of ice ….
braw
Luxcelt
Pure knocked man! :) Excellent!!! :))
N – Braw
Loads of ice?? Are you from the U S of A ??
Whats is the Stars
We are looking forward to hearing the Treble Yell
an Antrim bhoy introduced me to the Rusty one …and he started we a tumbler of crystal…then the pouring began …..
braw
and I am from the braw side of Forfar …
hahahaha
braw
Celtic Mac
WITS sure isnae. Have a feeling he would like Celtic to fail in the SFA Cup. :)
Perhaps we should replace WiTS with Jackie Mc or Davie Moyes? Have mercy on the Irishman.
Luxcelt
If you live near Whitecrook, you are invited to come hear my speech. :)
Night Bhoys. Night wee Oscar my hero!! God bless x x
CB
You got a man crush on Jackie and Davie??? ;))))
DD,
One of Jock Stein’s least quoted comments was about, how it gave him great satisfaction that there were people coming to watch Celtic who wouldn’t normally watch them.
Your mates would have come into that category.
Geroid,
It was the programmes host, John Toye, who made the doughnut remark after Fanny’s demo.
He went into an uncontrollable fit of laughter as soon as he said it. I remember it well.
Not sure if it was doughnuts, though.
A menagerie of monkey hun bastards……………with obvious appologies to monkeys and bastards everywhere.
Delaneys
I hope we do the treble
We havent done enough of them
I feel sorry for the poor bees.
Buzzing around the flowers day in day out, hail or shine.
Pollinating fruits in the orchard.
Carrying nectar back to the crowded hive to be regurgitated and placed in combs.
Doing this in the heat of summer to satisfy our need for sweet, tasty and healthy HONey.
Now bee keepers will have the added expense of relabeling all their jars to say
Regurgitated nectar byproduct.
Will the public stand for it?
It’s a load of beeswax.
TTT
I remember our bus banning anyone from singing North men, south men comrades all. Unless it was followed by Dublin, Belfast, Cork and Donegal. The jungle were singing a version that half our bus and half our team would have taken offence to. Unfortunately!
WITS
I know you do! :)
Lhadies & Ghents,
Whilst it’s been a laff reading bak at the collective nouns for der hun…..caution is called for; for those that know your history ( see what i did there ) there’s a smoke & mirrors agenda emulating Jasper Maskelyne re the timing of the John Guidetti nonsensical non-story…..der hun story is not where we should be looking…..it’s the SFA’s actions re the shenanigans at Snake Mountains boardroom where our focus should be for now……well, apart from basking in the glory of a clean sheet run to a Cup win, 5 clear at the top of the league with a game to spare & still in the Scottish Cup…..with a squad that is still improving…..the future’s bright…..the future’s green & white ;-))
H.H.
No moon howlers on tonight…..a well going 4 a hat-trick ;-))
H.H.
TLT
Der hun is hurting sore at our success. The League Cup semi defeat opened their eyes to the fact that the war is over. The immigrant rebels have won the Glasgow war of the manufactured oud ferm. They are bust forever. Bring on the Hertz the Hibs the Thistle. Bring on the Spaniards by the score. Barcelona, Real Madrid. We shall make a gallant bid. We are off to show the world what we can do!
Nite Timland…..will leave you with this…..hope u enjoy ;-))
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HKnxmkOAj88
H.H.
DD,
ya auld jungle bunny…..we don’t sing that anymore ;-((
Bahh, my hat-trick’s in tatters ;-))
H.H.
DD,
as you say, they r unequivocally deid, but unfortunately their fans ain’t…..they’re a busted flush still trying to bluff the deluded that they’re still a force in Scotland…..SMSM helping them along…..but we know better ;-))
H.H.
I’m offended, and I’m going to complain about it.
Note, if you are anti Catholic, an atheist or an agnostic, you can scroll on past.
Where was I?
Oh yes. I’m offended.
Our next competitive game on our stroll,to the title is against St Mirren on GOOD FRIDAY.
A day which many of us regard as the most solemn of the year,
a day on which we fast and abstain from meat and reflect upon the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ,
the SPFL are forcing us to play an evening match.
Many Celtic fans, local and from afar, will voluntarily choose to miss this game as it clashes with our religious observance.
Even for Scottish football this is surely an own goal.
How much will Chico’s team lose in ticket and pie sales?
How poor will the crowd look to TV viewers?
Peter Lawell has a position of some standing in the corridors of power.
Where was he when this date was proposed?
Where are our other board members? I didn’t hear of any objections being raised.
Where do our supporters’ representatives stand? I’ve heard nary a whimper from them.
Have we sold the soul of our club for some pieces of silver?
It’s time someone donated a set of gonads to our board members.
Any volunteers with a spare backbone we can transplant?
TLT
I sing it in the Jock Stein stand but naebody joins in anymore. :(
TLT
We were educated better, therefore, we know better.
There by the grace of God.
Delaneys Dunky
01:38 on 25 March, 2015
‘Barcelona, Real Madrid. We shall make a gallant bid.’
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Good grief. All these years.
Since me teens, rumbling around in the chaos of jungle, singing the songs, singing THAT classic.
And all the time it never occurred to me, the original: ‘We shall make a gallant bid’.
NOT, ‘Who the f*** are ye tryin’ to kid…’
All these years, all these decades. Facepalm. You live and learn.
Yes, and maybe sometimes ye should listen and think, Sandman. Now get yer arse to bed…
DD,
bring in safe standing area in the North Stand Lower…..we’ll call it the New Jungle…..hear us roar ;-))
H.H.
gg,
thank god you wurnae askin us to donate gonads;-))
H.H.
thelurkintim
We could just give them up for Lent, and get them back on Easter Sunday.
‘GG
01:49 on 25 March, 2015
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I think Jesus will be more offended than you, seeing as they’ve got the Huns v Diet Huns playing on Easter Sunday.
Insert your own gags about resurrections and undead right there.
GG
It will be work, a fish supper, then a short drive over the Erskine Bridge for my son and I. The Lord will understand on Judgement Day I pray. :)
GG
02:02 on 25 March, 2015
thelurkintim
We could just give them up for Lent, and get them back on Easter Sunday.
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;-))/ just as long as your no painting them garishly an hiding them fur a hunt ;-))
H.H.
Sandman
That was the words my mammy taught me when I was a baby Celtic supporter. :)
Deffo nite Timland…..we ain’t going away no matter how much the establishment want us to ;-))
Soothing…..http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eZSTTEoHVxo
H.H.
Egg HUNts are now deemed offensive.
Can we call them searches now instead?
Sandman
You are obviously younger than I. The song got changedin the 80s. I don’t know why.
gg,
lol…..my bad ;-))
H.H.