Aberdeen are on the kind of downward spiral which is difficult to arrest, but there’s more going on that we know about publicly. I would be amazed if their recent run, four defeats and a draw in five games, after winning their opening eight league games, was all to do with matters on the park.
They are a team who look to be in schism. If so, Celtic Park is the perfect venue to pull together. You raise your game at Celtic Park in a way which isn’t likely in Dingwall. Whatever differences that exist will be set aside, we’ll need to be on our game to win.
Craig Whyte’s bankrupt, unable to pay Ticketus the £18m damages they won against him. Craig’s financial strength was plain for all to see, as he made regular trips north on Easyjet in his worn-out attire, owning up to the fact he couldn’t fund the bank repayment, until a clever knight put him onto Ticketus.
Charles Green was equally transparent. Relying on shares-for-backing deals with pliable ‘legends’. Now we have Dave King, overwhelmingly dependent on PR and a compliant media, while the rest of the world is sticking dates in the calendar. The most common question I’m asked these days is “When’s it going to happen?” It’s no longer a matter of “if” it’s going to happen.
The re-writing of history, evident today, will be rolled out again in due course. “We told you about him”, they will scream. Aye, sure you did. You also made it all possible, just as you did with Green, Whyte and Murray.
The trade in favours, exclusive stories, substances and team-handed loose-limbed 60 minute acquaintances, deployed to sustain the project and corral the message over the years is legend. Truly legend. Fraternity on this level takes more than money, a business lunch or a game of golf. If that’s how you think the game is played, these guys will leave you standing. Shed tears for none of them.
The books which will be written when the guilty are dead will sell millions.
Ghirls for Good
Ladies, sign up for this year’s Celtic Foundation Ghirls for Good Christmas lunch. I’m told it’s a riot and one of the best days of the year at Celtic Park…… More here.
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Lennonspassion
Lost all my emails when my sick relative tried to fleece my contacts a few weeks ago but i have sent a text to hebcelt with your email attached
Thought for the day:
Great words of wisdom.
Sometimes, when, I reflect on all the beer I drink, I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. I think, “It is better to drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.”
Babe Ruth
HH and here’s to a good shearing ra morra!
Mike in Toronto
LOL
Just bumped into big Efe at Morrissons in Anniesland there.
Nice brief
Not so sure about his ar$e hingin oot his troosers tho’
BT
I sent you 1400 Euros yon time.
Did ye get it?
‘His PR tried to stop the debate by saying just describe him as a billionaire’.
Today’s work of fiction in the daily record.
I presume from that that the bank and Sir David Murray were only too happy to go on the word of a PR when Whyte bought Rangers for a pound and financed the debt write off with future season ticket money?
And how are you paying that £18m mr Whyte?
And we are to believe that ticketus had no security over that front loaded loan.
Press chaps like Jangle must have been told don’t worry it’ll all work out fine. Otherwise how do you explain a Rangers supporter who happens to be employed as a journalist performing a Jedi mind trick on his fellow supporters that lasted until Valentine’s Day? Do folk like that survive on where their next story is coming from? Is that the only inducement they need. Fingers in ears la la la he’s not a real billionaire.
Charles Green is a hero.
Good article here about CW and the DR bull-cac ..
http://wingsoverscotland.com/the-missing-paragraph/#comments
And, no .. It’s not political!!
Just logged onto John James’ ( very informative ) blog .
I started to read his latest post titled ” level 5 PR ”
I lost connection for some reason and had to log back on .
The post had disappeared .
Has anyone read it ?
Is John James getting close to the truth about the fourth estate in Scotland ?
Mullet & Co
I cannot for the life of me imagine Ticketus giving that amount of money to Whyte without security.
Couldny fathom it then.
Canny fathom it now.
BMCUWP
Don’t say Scud…
I always think of Scud missiles but then again…
There’s mibbee some scuds locking on to the asbestos dome across the river..
Have fun in Essex, but behave (most of the time)
The thought of the second on zombies staggering oot the tunnel on Sunday or anytime soon wae cheap ducktape trying to hide the 5 fake fag burns fills me with joy,
Till later all mam time
Fred Colon
This is the most recent from John James that I have read ……….
Latest from John James ………..
Cease and Desist
The conflict between Mike Ashley and King’s concert party has escalated. If informed speculation is accurate, Sports Direct Retail Ltd (SD) have now issued a ‘cease and desist’ interdict against RIFC. King’s inability and downright refusal to honour the £5m owed to SD, has forced their hand. The terms of the loan facility included ceding control of the intellectual property, the training facility known as Murray Park, Edmiston House and The Albion Road Car Park.
The car park, which affords access to, and emergency egress from, the Club Deck, is a prerequisite of planning permission. An SD cease and desist order effectively mothballs 7,000 seats. The intellectual property, the badges and crests, must also be removed from the players’ shirts or in some way obscured from view.
Of course this could be settled with a late offer of £5m that King claimed he had access to. But he was, as we have come to expect, lying. King, who led the underfunded unsuccessful coup d’etat, will naturally oppose this interdict and find himself instructing significantly inferior counsel to Mr Ashley’s retained counsel, Adam Lewis QC. Mr Lewis is without peer in sports tort litigation.
Of all the theories as to what prompted King’s clandestine emergency board meeting, I find this one to be the most persuasive. The terms of the loan facility, which King breached when losing the AIM listing, ceded control of all the fixed assets with the exception of the stadium.Mike Ashley is King’s landlord.
Of course, when RIFC comply with this interdict, having thrown good money after bad in litigation, should King still continue to renege on his corporate debts, the ultimate sanction of appointing receivers could then come into play.
Work done for the day – off oot to Siracusa.
To quote my mate Zooney ( RIP ).-
” Soap Bar is the Daily Record of the drugs market “
Second on = sevconion
sevco fans having another march to protest Sports Direct ….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o
Soap bar, that brings back memories :O)
So, the huns might really this time, maybe, definitely, perhaps, questionably, probably, surely will, directly, will, won’t, might, may, shall, substantially go away this time, for good?
Without reference to anything.
When you get to certain age, most guys will find you’ll probably need a nose trimmer ( I’ve had one for years ) . The trick with this handy gadget is never, ever, ever, succumb, and use cheap batteries ( like me ) that give out whilst mowing.
Don’t even let good batteries run dangerously low. Unfortunately, if you’re a serial trimmer, it happens.
During daily trim time, when it fails, you can have it stuck there hanging like a demented weasel from your nostril, while you’re in mortal agony, trying to detach it.
I’ve learned my lesson and I’ve now got an Argos special Babyliss deluxe, that has special attachments that can even get in your ears, but remember keep those batteries coming. My new Babyliss reminded me of that song,
♪ Hairy nose, you’ve got the cutest little hairy nose
There’s not another who can take your place
Hairy nose my heart poor heart is thumpin’ you sure have started somethin’ ♪
Bournesouprecipe on 30th October 2015 2:04 pm
You just ripitaff.
Yesterday I tried to make a cheeky wee five pound bet on Sevco going into administration by the end of the season, not a single bookies would accept my wager and I tried every one of them in Kirky (much mirth) a Ladbrookes trader is apparently going to give me a call with his odds, we will see.
Hail Hail.
BSR
My wife has the deluxe non snag model.
You can also edge the lawn with it.
Just managed to get my c&p skills back. Thought you would all like to know.
Sadly,it c&p a great post from TIMSINOHIO about two days ago.
On the same device that I c&p numerous times since,including the Hallowe’en special from THUNDER ROAD
BTW,the TIMSINOHIO post was a belter,and I’m glad he’s back.
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RWE
No need to worry about me,mate. It’s them styooooopit burds ower there wi their flashy white shoes and handbags you need to warn. And white sticks,wi any luck…
Brisbane
Excuse me?………..’ripitaff’ you say?
Nasal hair is a mystery. It grows at a rate of approximately 0.35mm day, and scientists still haven’t figured out why you’re afflicted with ever-increasing amounts of it as you age – though hormonal changes linked to testosterone are deemed the most likely culprit.
Testosterone especially for you ahem…………’down under’ is very, very important indeed for all of us who are too old for the Green, and well and truly in the Grey Brigade.
My advice is to trim and never just………………….’ripitaff’
Hair Hair
Vespacide
I will be very surprised if Ladbrokes give you odds on that bet.
JJ
PHILBHOY
An ex of mine had a deluxe model of a different sort of device for when I was away.
The neighbours knew I was on a three-day trip when the street lights kept dimming.
STV News reckon Broony is out tomorrow but might be ok for Thursday.
JJ so will I.
Hail Hail.
BOURNESOUPRECIPE
Apparently,the answer to that problem is not a trimmer,with the problems it entails.
Instead,simply look in the mirror,grab the most obvious ones one at a time.
A pair of tweezers should do the trick.
Thoroughly enjoy the sneezing which ensues.
Repeat for any which look even remotely as if they might be a problem in the future.
Vespacide
But if you are missing the buzz of a gamble, I`ll bet you they don`t give you odds on that bet 0:-)
JJ
BMCUW
That`s one way. Another is to set fire to them whilst drunk. No doubt, though, some sourpuss will dissuade you from that method on the grounds of safety. Pah!
JJ
Ronny has a pop at the negative coverage of the team at his press conference.
Bsr
Get yourself into your local Turkish barbers and get the 2 cotton buds dipped in hot wax then stuck up your nose.
Philbhoy
Is that not a flymo?
I’ve got a flymo vacuum johnny thing, for the next door neighbours, leaves that fall into our garden. Useless it is, especially when the leaves are wet, and you get an electric shock up your armpit.
I only discovered the other day that you can reverse it, and blow the feckers away back under the hedge, into his bit. ☺️
ThickTimsRUS csc
THE_HUDDLE on 30TH OCTOBER 2015 2:00 PM
Soap bar, that brings back memories :O)))
That reminds me of…..eh…….um
Ah forgot :-)))
So has Mike Ashley actually purchased Rangers history (well “iconic” badge + other tangible assets) for the paltry fee of £5M. Were the trophies and titles part of the package?
Zonal Marking at Corner stats update.
Some we a bit confused by me publishing only the domestic stats. So here’s the full story:
CQN Corner Stats 2015/2016 (Domestic)
Games: 13
Corners Conceded: 46
Goals Conceded: 1
Corners Awarded: 103
Goals Scored: 1
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CQN Corner Stats 2015/2016 (Europe)
Games: 9
Corners Conceded: 40
Goals Conceded: 4
Corners Awarded: 48
Goals Scored: 6
Fred Colon
Regarding JohnJames, I think he was duped by a parody Level 5 twitter response and must therefore have had to withdraw his article.
TBJ
I like the ole Turkish barber treatment, hot towels open razor shave, a proper mens facial.
He ‘nicked’ me the last time, and said “ don’t worry sir – we got this special stuff for cuts’ £ 9.99 a tin.
Must ask him if he does the cotton bud routine on his ‘well hairy’ nose?