The Rangers International share prospectus contained references about league reconstruction possibly expediting the club’s ascent to the Scottish Premier League for the first time. This was never on anyone else’s agenda and was merely the latest manifestation of the train of thought that Scottish football could not, and would not, consider life without ‘Rangers’ in the top flight, or perhaps one division below. We can only hope that the company’s budgeting was not dependent on this aspiration.
Even the most ardent advocates of the belief structure that a ‘Rangers’ branded company is wanted and needed by the rest of the game must now accept ample evidence exists that their flat earth claims are folly. For the record, Scottish football no more needs Celtic than it did Rangers, we are a lumbering albatross around their necks.
The Rangers chief executive, Charles Green, makes a valid point about the remainder of his club’s season, “If this [12-12-18 reconstruction] does happen, what is the point of us finishing the season?
“We might as well have a winter break from now until August. I can’t see any point in carrying on with meaningless matches.”
Crap club
As many have pointed out, his is the same purpose as the teams in each division who are free of relegation threats and already out of title/promotion contention – it’s called sport, but all teams in the SFL Third Division are effectively now playing for the joy of the game itself, which is pretty much what most of the do anyway. Let’s hope Mr Green’s comments are not widely reported to those he is trying to sell tickets to. It was astutely reported that Green has the makings of a PT Barnum about him, but rubbishing your own product is more Gerald Ratner than Barnum.
Roll up, roll up
By contrast, PT Lawwell’s comments on the proposed reorganisation, “To be fair, it is one of the very infrequent times when the greater good of the game has been taken into account”, could be taken straight from the consensus-builder’s manual. It remains to be seen how best to serve the greater good, but any solution has to work for every club, not just one or two.
Delighted Terry Butcher is staying in the Highlands. Great news for Inverness and the SPL. I’m enjoying this season; more please.
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blantyretim
11:42 on
11 January, 2013
BMCUW
800 Honda jobs to go in Swindon..
….nearly boardin a train there…thought ye said something else…
Phil
who is butler?
was it him what did it? o))
Why is our share price going through the roof?
Celtic_First
11:34 on
11 January, 2013
That was my reading of it – just need to give this clown enough rope.
Jones is on 60k a week at Stoke whilst not scoring any goals,that’s why they can’t shift him.
blantyretim
11:45 on 11 January, 2013
Kev
soup kitchens are alive and overflowing in Glasgow mate…
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Not on Kerrydale Street their not M8
Dealing with specifics – CSC
31003
you watch that bad heart mate… o))
Goldstar10
Because we are a AAA rated investment.
Well., it’s all I could think of.
What price today?
Crowd sourcing…
I’m looking for viewing figures for SPL matches during the BBC’s exclusive deal with SPL 2002-2004.
I recall for example that a Glasgow Derby attracted +2 Million audience on BBC on a Sunday afternoon.
Anyone got a data source?
Thanks,
TBB
Jimmci
Aye I too have noticed that Scottish sports reports on SKY have been become contaminated with keach talkers. (copy right pierre van hoojdonk) It’s almost as bad as the tabloids or phone ins. Although I couldn’t listen to a word that came of Craig Burleys mouth either on ESPN either. ( Id better go, I sound like a sevconian wanting to boycott more things)
Regarding Murdo,
It’s fair to say he wasn’t raised a Celtic man, but once signed (from Dumbarton?) I reckon he put a fair bit of effort in to it, when playing in the hoops. I can’t help but feel, that Murdo Like one or two others who left the club, often folks have a grudge when it comes to an end or if a pay offer does not meet their expectations, or they don’t like being dropped, or whatever and harbour that grudge against the club.
I met him a few years ago and he seemed a genuine and decent guy
I’ll get you Butler- Blakey CSC
KevJungle – MURDO’s 30 yds Title Winning Boots 1979
I agree with you 100%. To start with – I wouldn’t be selling Hooper. he is a fox-in-the-box type striker, who can take chances, as well as link well with his midfield.
A jones-esque player is as you say – a different animal. I would have looked to bring in a target-man type striker to give us more of a plan B, before now. Bangura can go, which would free some wages up too.
Murdo Macleod scored the best Cup Final winning goal
against the huns that hampden has EVER seen in 1982 !!!
P.S. Sorry…dunno how to do the link thing :o(((
Morning all. Beautiful day here in North Ayrshire. Long may it continue.
Could someone who understands these things, please explain what is happening with the shares in thon died team fae Govan? Many thanks.
Philbhoy- currently 65p
777
LuxCelt
11:52 on 11 January, 2013
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Yeah m8 – there’s nobody seeking to bankrupt the club
just move it forward :o)
Surely it’s not a crime to have 2 top-notch strikers in the team ?
HH
I’m Neil Lennon (tamrabam)
11:51 on 11 January, 2013
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Well said re: Murdo
Hail Hail
Tripe.
Off oot
May God Bless Paul 67
and ‘EVERY’ internet Bampot
Hail Hail
laters…
kev surely murdos finest moment was scoring in the 4-2 game when 10 men won the league
it was followed by one of my own finest moments when i ran onto the opitch at the final whistle from the celtic end to the tunnel
pure joy
31003, why you gonae write to me…………….
Bma
Bobby Murdochs Ankle
12:02 on
11 January, 2013
31003, why you gonae write to me…………….
Bma
Jist thoat you might be able tae soart him oot….that wiz aw
Goldstar10
Cheers!
Not that I would ever consider selling my sharteholding!
I’m Neil Lennon (tamrabam)
12:01 on 11 January, 2013
kev surely murdos finest moment was scoring in the 4-2 game when 10 men won the league
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Of course that was his finest moment.
I said – “Murdo scored the best Cup Final winning goal that hampden hes EVER seen !!!”
Of course – Murdo has said as well that – helping as part of Wim the Tim’s cheerio 10 iar
winning team was up there with the – 4-2 game !!!
Off oot noo
Hail Hail
God Bless
laters…
31003 send the address haha
Bma
16 roads – Neil Lennon walks on water.
11:17 on
11 January, 2013
LuxCelt
11:04 on
11 January, 2013
He is a good athlete,is he?
Maybe he should start training for the next olympics then.
– > You should tell that to Neil lennon then, who would tell you to GTF. Mulgrew, Wanyama and Ambrose … all recent signings where Neil (or a member of the staff) has vcommented “… good athlete”.
In fact – judging by Lennon’s comments, it was one of the main reasons Mulgrew was signed. Like it or not, modern football requires athleticism far more than in the past. English clubs are aware of this, which is why teams like wolves, norwich, sunderland etc can normally beat Celtic without too much difficulty.
Thankfully, neil Lennon and the current staff are changing this. Ryan Giggs commented recently that Man Utd players arrive for training, and get their insructions for the day from a team of 6 sports scientists. The days of a kick about on the training field – quick game of 5-a-sides or whatever, are long gone. Your attitude, is quite honestly, that of a dinosaur.
I was not advocating signing anyone who is not a good footballer, but if the Club wants to compete with far richer clubs, and develop players to sell on for profit (in other words, exist as a viable business) – we need to be developing (and signing) good athletes.
The huns won 9 in a row, and yes – it was chequebook football, and they had better players. But… the lack of athleticism of many of the Celtic squads in those days was staggering. The first team regularly contained guys who looked like they should be playing youth football… (joe miller, brian mclaughlin etc) or nowhere near a professional sport (mcnally, p byrne, biggins etc). MON sorted all that out, but it was eroded again under Strachan/mowbray. Sorry – but guys like paul caddis were decent footballers, but totally lacked the athleticism to make it at the top of the sport. He ended up at swindon i believe. Likewise O’dea… off to leeds.
The fact that stoke’s players are ‘good at running’ as you put it, leaves them currenty 10th in the epl, against teams with far more money to spend.
From Sevcomedia – no responsibility accepted for spelling, grammar or mentality:
“[Challs] Suggesting we could have two legal routes to secure an exit from the Scottish leagues.
I was most impressed with the view that equality law in the EU would ensure a winnable case given the cross border professional female league in Holland/Belgium – EUFA approved at that. ”
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“any company is allowed to try and apply there trade anywhere in europe, its enshrined in european law. UEFA might not like it, and they really frown on clubs taking cases outside there own footballing authorities, but if we took it to the european court we would win the right to move to any league in Europe.
Of course they have to vote us in as well… ”
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“We might set a precedent here, imagine it happens and is then known as The Rangers Rule”
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LuxCelt
just read above post and although i would agree to an extent, i think in scotland we can be overly concerned about one’s physical attributes over actual footballing ability, that does not tend to happen to often in the english leagues with good fooballers rising to the top, every top team in england has a good few smaller players, avarage size players
p.s. can recall getting beat by many englsih teams over the last decade (pre-season) does not count
wgs’s celtic beat man u, ac milan etc…, if lenny can do the same i’ll be a very happy man indeed.
new article posted.
Gooooooood afternoon, any lingering doubts that chuckles CAN I WALK AWAY green is a loon (IMHO) :)) were quickly dispelled when I heard him on talksport earlier.Long may he reign at the “hate factory”
This deserves a repost every day for 125 days (may 5th)
10p a day £12:50, 20p a day £25:00.
A fantastic gesture I’M IN :)).
Vmhan
10:48 on
6 January, 2013
While its quiet I’ll repost Kitalba’s message from the KANO 125 CFC fundraiser:
kitalba
11:15 on
28 December, 2012
Kano got sick one night, very sick. If it was not for so many Celtic Supporters, from so many places, then Kano would be an ornament in a sterile hospital room. That is not nice because Kano still breathes and he still thinks and he is still a Celtic Supporter to his very core.
A lot of money, by a lot of people, was raised to take Kano home. He can’t ever balance the books, but he’d love to.
None of us gets more than one go on the roundabout of life.
Celtic is celebrating their 125th Birthday and indelibly stamping it into their history by encouraging all to embrace the simple ethos of the clubs founding… let’s try and help those who just don’t have more than the air that they breathe.
A lot of Celtic Supporters are doing a lot of different things to raise money for to help those less fortunate than ourselves. To a lot of people that is no big deal.
I’m determined to help Kano pay back the kindness shown to him by the Celtic Support by supporting my club to help unfortunates. No big deal.
There are some from here who have said they will help me to help Kano to help Celtic to help others.
I give up the bevie for 125 days and I give up posting on here for 125 days as of the 1st Jan.. No big deal really, Kano has done both for the best part of four years.
I ‘m going to put a wee bit aside for each day that I don’t drink or post and forward it to Celtic to hopefully fill a belly that needs a feed or to make an unfortunate hope where only darkness is their dawn.(but maybe I can have St. Pat’s day off so I can share a day with some good Tims)
I’ve only one life and when I’m gone I soon be forgotten but if I’ve ever managed to feed one hungry person, if only for one day, then my life was worth something.
No big deal to me or you but the person I fed, he/she will never know where the food came from and they won’t ever be visiting my grave to put some pretty flowers at the base of a head-stone, they’ll be too busy worrying about tomorrow.
I can live with that and like Kano, once I’m gone, I’ll know that I never changed the world, hardly left a mark, but still I took to Celtic and I did something to try and ease the pain of others… sort of the Celtic way.
LuxCelt
How did Stoke fare in Europe with those athletes?
A blend of both is required. We need a playmaker.
LB
My own way home 1.25 Lingfield
HH
Dogora 2.10 Punchestown for me today.
Good luck everyone.
Ely brown 225 Warwick for me.
Morning all,have to go with’Handtheprizeover’3.15 Kempton.
Good 14-1winner for me 2 weeks ago….only 7-2 now,mind.hh
With a big fat ZERO winners so far,you’d think I would have the sense to go for a shorter-priced horse,give myself a chance,but….
I don’t wanna jinx emdy’s line!
So,MAJOR MALARKEY 335 WARWICK for me.
Good luck to all.
Loose Chips 2:40 Kempton
getting desperate
good luck everyone.