A group of Russian and Ukrainian clubs hoping to form a joint championship have formed an organising committee and have invited top flight clubs in both countries to a meeting in Moscow on 18th of February to formalise arrangements.
The invitation letter states, “The main goal of our organization is the development of club, national and European football”
“In order to bring football to a new level, we propose to combine multiple national championships in one tournament. Initially Ukraine and Russia will be involved but in order to develop the strength of our game, the league could be extended to all former-Soviet countries.
“We are convinced that this new championship will be a model for other territories; this integration process is the future of football.
“This initiative will create healthy competition, increase entertainment game and increasing revenues from television broadcasts and advertising – just some of the benefits of unification.
“All of this will allow individual clubs to benefit as well as national teams, who will gain from players working in a higher standard of league. This is perhaps a unique case in sport where all participants are able to win.
Soviet Sport spoke to several Russian teams who confirmed they will attend. Sergei Palkin, the chief executive of Shakhtar Donetsk, was cautious, suggesting Ukrainian clubs and the Federation need to act with unity, “I hope this meeting takes place but only after Ukrainian clubs have chosen a common position.
“Then we can decide who should attend. The Football Federation of Ukraine need to be active, they can unite clubs and deal with the proposal appropriately.”
Note their points:
“Main goal… development of club, national and European football”.
“Bring football to a new level”.
“Develop the strength of our game”.
“This integration process is the future of football”.
“This will allow individual clubs to benefit as well as national teams”.
“Create healthy competition, increase entertainment game and increasing revenues from television broadcasts and advertising”.
Amid all the talk about reorganising our game has anyone had the clarity of vision to articulate the above aspirations? Having lived with threats from “the big five” leagues for long enough other demographically-challenged countries are putting plans in place to allow their clubs a sporting chance. It will soon be “the big six” and thereafter, who knows?
Why on earth are we worried about the number of lower divisions we have? Regionalise or wither on the vine – and do your best to ignore any muppet who suggests taking legal action because he got his sums wrong. The only change worth having will be consensual and will benefit all in our game.
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myboysnowatim
08:02 on 7 February, 2013
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Spot on mate.hh
Morning CQNers,
I didn’t realise that the Stock Market opens early :o).
http://www.lse.co.uk/SharePrice.asp?shareprice=RFC&share=rangers_int
Sell, sell, sell :o).
WB.
Burghbhoy
08:00 on 7 February, 2013
‘I see Jabba’ s statement noted ‘ Rangers Football Club’ can meet any legitimate debts.
Thought it was the company responsible for debts ?’
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What the statement says is
‘Rangers Football Club is capable of meeting any debts presented legitimately and we would like to stress to our supporters there is no threat to the Club whatsoever.’
Which suggests
1. It’s the Club, not the holding company, that’s liable for the debts
and
2. That if the Club can’t pay the debts, the Club is at threat.
Doubtless the MSM will seek clarification on these points from Jabba.
And if they are havering over whether to do so they might want to check out their circulation figures and wonder why they continue to fall.
Burnley78 22.05- Thanks for the feedback, very interesting how a man with such poor qualifications got the position, then again a dinosaur was at large, which explains everything.
Dinosaurs have very small brains.
Still, another story the MSM have never went after.
HH
murdochbhoy said:
” No other news item today could cause more consternation.”
I can think of some news that would do so on here 0:-)
JJ
Previous Chuckle Antics
Green was keen to stress that Sheffield United were a club on the up: “We’ve got a very solid business here with perhaps the best land bank in British football – if we exclude Chelsea (Village PLC) and take out the London values. We’ve got a club with massive upside in all its revenue streams and we see there is enormous growth.”
However, this optimism was short-lived: Green faced criticism from fans early on when a group of Sheffield United fans called on the Department of Trade and Industry to investigate the stock market flotation of the club. The group, led by Barrie Cottingham, then chief executive of SIG Insulation, argued that “documents sent to United’s shareholders at the time of the float were inaccurate and misled some shareholders as to the value of their shares”. According to reports at the time, it was clear that Sheffield United and Green in no way accepted the claim that the documents were incorrect.
Mmmmm…….
Deepest apologies to W.B. Yeats for associating his wonderful words with the likes of Jabba (talentless to the point of tedium) and sevco.
“A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?”
I must make amends; this was my da’s favourite poem; recited it to me often to soothe me to sleep. Mike Scott (of The Waterboys set it to to music).
” The Lae Isle of Innisfree ”
Lake Isle of Innisfree
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee,
And live alone in the bee loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
– W.B. Yeats
New issue of CQN Magazine is with Paul and will be published today. Hope you all enjoy!
Juve related news —–.
Very good performance by Buffon in Holland 1 —— Italia 1 . 3 great saves which stopped Italia getting a deserved doing .
Pirlo played the first 45 . Walked about [ deigned to run once ] Did next to zilch -2 trademark 360 ‘ turns and 2 there you go passes for the dire Balotelli. Radio commentator described his performance thus —– ” he played like he wanted to be tucked up in bed ”
Ghana lost their African Nations Semi . Asamoah will now return to Torino . Juve have missed him . He is a very important cog in their machine.
Juve play Fiorentina on Saturday evening . A needle match . There is real animosity between the 2 clubs . There will be lots of dig . Fiorentina will get stuck in.
The wonders of the press — National fitba paper has the owner of Napoli saying this — ” I hope Juve beat Celtic and progress as far as possible ” and a Napoli paper has him saying this —– ” I hope Juve beat Celtic . I want them to play as many games as possible . I want them to go all the way to the final and lose ”
Cyberspace rumor mongers have Anelka being given the cold shoulder by the Juve coaching staff and the players . Rumors are being floated that, the suits , having made the ridiculous decision to sign Anelka, are insisting that Anelka plays at Celtic Park.
Lovely day -should hit the high teens -way down south
sipsini @ 08:15 – Nice one. :-))))
T4
murdochbhoy, yermanfrommk
07:48 on 7 February, 2013
As long as you have graduates at the top of the tree attempting to run the NHS as a business this was always going to be the case,and they will be looked after by their alumni now operating in government. We are now reaping the benefits of me me me attitude that was instilled into the youth of the late 70s and early 80s. Unfortunately the cronyism long associated with freemasonry in this country now appears to have been overtaken by where and when you happened to study for your degree.
Are they deid (again) yet?
icecreambrainfreeze.csc
HH
/Bishop B
For the price of a Juve one day away trip with Tam Crook, excluding ticket (for which I was unsuccessful in my application), I have booked tickets, flights and accommodation for Barca v Real in copa del rey.
Are we being ripped off or what?
This is worth looking at or, better, joining in:
Rangers “Hangout”- Alex Thomson, Channel 4 12.15 today
https://plus.google.com/events/cspbchui91g1arnsjmvcoti0avc
SoT – if Anelka is still anything like the player who was at Chelsea, then we would be well advised not to underestimate him!
Thankfully, he doesn’t have a Drogba playing off him…
HH
TTTT
Kayal,
Lots of us have been saying that for years.
After considering travelling to Mlian for the last 16 game in 2007 with them and realising what they were charging, i decided there and then that i would never travel with them.
For £100 LESS than the cost of their 1 night package, I booked 2 nights, flights, hotel (100 yards round the corner from the “official” hotel) and ticket. And even then I bumped into a few of the guys who did that cook package. They didnt arrive at their hotel until 2pm on the day of the game!
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Desperate denials are often indications of a deeper malaise.
Chawlls is a well known ‘vulture capitalist’ ( bandit ): what makes anyone think he has t’rankers best interests at heart except to fill his grandiose wallet?
He, at a time when they’re being aggressively pursued for £400k , is paying himself £360k per annum plus expenses and is globetrotting at the expense of the club’s coffers.
I hope the adherents of sevco and the fools who praise him are entirely satisfied with this state of affairs.
Kayal33
Living in engerlund booked the home game thru thomas crook at £220 – £49 ticket / £80 hotel – – £90 to TC
Nice profit for them
tommytwiststommyturns
Good shout Anelka has scored goals everywhere he has played and is a boy who always looks fit, I doubt Neil will be underestimating him no matter what the Juve support might think!!
Any news on our International Bhoys did everyone come through unscathed??
Predictable yet satisfying reaction to the rather aptly-named winding up order on FF:
“The Record is being paid by Lawell, do you really think its for printing their stationary?”
——
“Us going bust for good is a Timmy pipe dream. They still haven’t quite come to terms with the fact that we didn’t die. If we weren’t going to die, they at least wanted us back only as a phoenix club with no honours to our name – but then that didn’t happen either.” [Neither did the Holocaust, I suppose.]
——
“Catholic bigot in the Scots court system taught to hate by his schooling and ethos leaks to four names who alerts Thomson, Cosgrove, Greenslade, McConville, Brennan, McHenery, Muirhead, Heggarty etc who flood twitter, blogs and message boards.
If Charles Green and James Traynor did not previously realise the depth of hatred hammered in to these people from birth at home and then in school they surely must know now.”
——
“Possibly a family member?
Should these leaks be a police matter?
Maybe the club should be asking the police to investigate?
I think it’s a sheriffs officer there can’t be that many in Glasgow maybe one for the ff dectectives”
——
“The major concern here is who leaked the story to that multi named bhigoted ****wit and his cronies.”
kayal33
09:51 on 7 February, 2013
Where did you get that deal from .
Is it a package or did you book each part individually .
Sounds a cracking deal .
HH
Deady Berrz turning on each other like zombies with the munchies.
: > )
Didn’t see anything of last night’s internationals – hope our bhoys came through unscathed?
deliasmith
I cannot find that indicated on the TV listings….??
JJ
PS
However, “Danger Within.” is on C4 at 12.15 pm and “The Undateables” at 12.15am. Could it be either of those 0:-) ?
PPS My first point is serious.
Went out for a pint last night and bumped into a boy I hadn’t saw for about 10 years. He was sitting in company with an old fella and they asked me to join them. In the course of the conversation it emerged the old boy used to work with a certain Legless Loon.
He had quite a few stories to tell about the Loon – none of which are suitable for publication here. But he did say Legless arrived at his paper with a reputation as a Champions League ass-kisser – and that was as high as his standing would ever get among his new work colleagues. Turns out he’s a total clipe. Telling the boss what people were saying behind his back – a real snide operator.
Known as Creepy Crawler among some in the ole inky trade. A hated individual.
SREIGNEDSUPREME
Looks like we dodged a bullet by not meeting up in Cardiff for the St Mirren game-hope you enjoyed the Christening!
I intend to be over for the QF against them on the 2nd March. If you are available,let me know nearer the time.
Nuclear Bovril and a Half Munched Pie 08:59 on 7 February, 2013
I work with a Sheffield United fan. When Chuckles was sniffing around the rotten corpse at Ibrox I was told about his dealings with the Blades.
To this day his status is lower than dog sh!t in the red half of Sheffield. So I was delighted when Chuckles started to lead the Zombie Nation toward oblivion.
Paul interesting as the aims of the Russian and Ukranian football authorities are, there is one point which renders most of this meaningless: “Bring football to a new level”.
I’ll tell you up front I’m an engineer, and measurments are very important to me. This leads to my huge problem with these so called football levels.
What does “level” mean in a footballing context exactly?
We have footballing divisions, we have football rankings, professional, amatuer, semi-professional, regional – all kinds of well defined categories of football which actually mean something.
We can also measure succes at each level for teams participating in these divisions. We can rank teams statistically according to this
Levels say nothing? Barca – on another level from Chelsea? Who was more successful last year?
Until these “levels” have names and you can measure when a team, coach, manager or player has moved up from one level to another, has made it to the very top level or when you can determine if they are sliding down the levels; then this term is in fact one of the major tools for the lazy journalist. It is meaningless and substituted into the vocabulary of those reporting in the media, when in fact they do not know how good (or bad something actually is) they only know it ought to be better or could be worse, but they don’t know how or why.
Sadly this term has managed to get to the footballing authorities in Eastern Europe, I’m sure it originated furher west. I’ve even heard polititions talk of “levels” in relation to their own sphere of influence.
The term annoys, and may even be a symptom of the dumbing down in news in general. I mean it is a substitute for actually explaining what something is, and where it ought to be. Without having any real knowledge of where anything is or even being able to recognise when you get to where you say you want to be.
I’d say that the without properly deciding on measureable aims, then there is no way of ever knowing if the actions taken have been successful.
I know that the MSM don’t like teams to say things like “we are aiming to make 3 world cup semi-finals in the next 20 years”, or maybe they do bacuse it gives them plantly to discuss (arrogance, probability etc.) but to say “we will be playing at another level”, who cares! That is complete tosh and meaningless.
I also hate this term because it is used so often on the TV and radio whan I listen and watch football related items. It is the reason people like Billy Dodds (another term I don’t like using often) is able to talk complete nonsence hour after hour, he can never be wrong, he’s never actually right either. Luckily for these people nobody knows that, bacause the definition of success when measure in terms of footballing LEVELS is complete bunkum.
Rant over.
Turning it down a level now
HH
My team for weekend with juve in mind
——– Forster
Lustig Rogne Gersham Matthews
Foresst Kayal Ledley Mcgeouch
Watt Stokes
Rest–hooper ,wilson,vic ,commons,brown. Game time for forest and ledley needed.
Dont you love it, how they always fall back to blaming the kafflik skools.
lol!
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS 10:33 on 7 February, 2013
I’d rather have been watching the game live. All this ‘Oh, the baby’s lovely’ business gives me the dry boak to be honest.
I ended up watching the game about half-eleven that night, not knowing the score. I wont get those two hours back.
Not sure when I’ll be down in Cardiff next. But I’ll let you know when I’m heading there. If you’re ever in London let me know and we can try and sort something out.
proudbhoy
Game time needed for Ledley? He played 90 minutes last night. Also I think Dylan went off injured in the Under-21s match yesterday – a pity. But I agree with your general idea.
STEINREIGNEDSUPREME
Sorry about the typo first time-will do!
I had intended a three-hour stopover in London on 26 Jan,but Virginrail put the mockers on that!
Where,approx,in London are you?
tommytwiststommyturns
Anelka ?
Fair to say the Juve support were underwhelmed by the signing of Anelka / also fair to say that the signing of Anelka didn’t produce the derisory hostility that greeted the signing of Bendtner..
Juve fans are p’d off that Juve don’t have a reliable penalty box striker — they have been looking and failing for 3 years —– Buy Quagliarella —– he’s been injury prone and real hit or miss , buy Matri and he turns out to be real hit or miss / take Bendtner on loan [ cue outrage ] publicly chase Drogba and fail to get him now/ publicly chase Lopez and fail to get him , publicly try to get Llorente now and fail to get him / sign Anelka for 5mths [ seen to be a has been /never quite was whose been boosting his pension playing in China.–China !. Much blogging comment at Anelka’s appearance when he publicly signed the contract – ” sucking a lollipop , dressed like an extra in The Wire —very professional ! “. We are Juve not the Harlem Globetrotters ! ”
Support believe that the suits buy the players . Support believes that the suits have foisted Anelka on Conte . Support believe that Conte isn’t happy . Support believe that Conte is heading to Chelsea.
What’s the story behind McCourt being withdrawn from our CL squad and replaced with no one?
Slightly concerning, to put it mildly.
Neil Lennon@OfficialNeil
Looks like all the internationals have returned unscathed ..thankfully
^Except Efe, who hasn’t returned!
HH