I received a text early evening on 18th August last year: “Gongalves starts”. Former Hearts player, Jose Gongalves, was one of a handful of players FC Sion signed illegally in the summer 2011 transfer window and he had been named to start against Celtic in the Europa League qualifier, first leg.
As a contest, the tie was over. There followed two matches with considerable effort and drama from both teams but the eventual outcome was, literally, never in doubt, the courts would have their way. Sion would be expelled from the competition and Celtic would progress to the group stage.
Today Celtic’s only remaining competitor from the chasing pack for the SPL title is up in court to face the HM Revenue and Customs. The courts will have their way again but although you may feel the outcome of Rangers tax case is inevitable (I do), the impact on this season’s league championship is less assured. Should they lose, Rangers have the option to appeal, postponing any negative impact on the company until next season at the earliest.
If Rangers have, or can generate, enough cash to keep the lights on this season the league will be nip and tuck until the end of the season. The tax case will attract most attention but if you are looking for indications of how the season is likely to go, keep an eye open for cash related incidents.
Well done to Rangers’ broadcast partner, STV, for their story this morning on SPL discipline. They report the Ibrox club have the worst disciplinary record in the league, having accumulated a total of 41 bookings, contrasting starkly with the cool class at Celtic Park who are best behaved in the league with only 20 bookings.
With Beram Kayal out for the season Ki Sung-Yeung is the Celtic player closest to a suspension, a further three yellow cards would put the Korean over the threshold. Rangers have Lafferty one booking, Edu and Bocanegra two, with Goian, Broadfoot, Bartley and Whittaker all three away from a suspension. Lee McCulloch has only been booked twice this season but shows enormous potential.
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The Battered Bunnet: 16 January, 2012 at 12:06 Said: “We owe Rogue Leader an acknowledgement for reminding us of the Media Profit Filter in is article for Celtic Underground on Friday night.
The Profit Filter is one of a number of filters, according to Herman and Chomsky, to which ‘news’ stories are subject when media organisations assess and report them.
The essential principle here is that media outlets generate their income through selling their readership to advertisers. The presentation of any given story is influenced not only by the relative worthiness of the story itself, but how it will be received by the readership. By applying editorial policies that reflect and reinforce the values and interests of the readership, the medium attracts and retains its audience and thereby its advertising revenue. Few folk after all wish to read stories that consistently challenge their views and biases. We’ve been over this course before with Cognitive Dissonance theory.”
You’re probably not around at this hour, so I hope you find this reply/comment on your post from earlier today on the above …
It got me thinking: in the UK/Scotland the situation is different from most western, developed nations and certainly than from the US, which I guess was the main reference point for Herman and Chomsky. The main reason for that difference is the pre-eminence of the BBC in the UK. The BBC is remarkable in its size and reach for a public service broadcaster. Since it does not depend on advertisers for revenue streams, it makes one wonder what excuse it has for (until very lately) turning a blind eye to the catastrophic goings on over at the Foe Malign …
FF
RRC
I have posted on here many times stating that I know very little about the financial side of things, I would be like you and many others, just a simple Tim who want’s them and their sectarian sideshow gone, and hatred doesn’t even come into it, I will leave the hate for the follow followers.
Thomthetim
Exactly what i was thinking. The referees must have been as pathetic as they are now. Probably worse back then as there wasn’t the coverage we get now. HH
starryhope,
They use the same excuse for every foul they commit and every dive they take. Mind you, how would you know it is illegal if no one ever pulls you up for it.
At least they are getting wise to us teaming them. It was getting boring.
seanybhoy-a very able supporting wing man to tonight’s MVP Reiperman.
TET
I don’t dwell in hate either, Bud!
I want them gone
but not from hate
Out of Hope! that something better lies beyond
Kayal 33- from an impeccable source,the guys waiting in the wings to “assist” Whyte are allegedly,the Nightclub entrepeneur,a car salesman /bus hire man,and an ex Celtic director who still has close links to us.
1-0 City
Superb header from Dzeko
Lennybhoy re a bigger moat ,I think mrs W will have her paws on his bouncy bouncy castle very soon with the ole divorce proceedings! HH
Well done mark tonight on snyde made keevins look like the desperate old dinosaur he really is
Ach sorry for late reply
Kojo
No mate, the Bolton captian Kevin Davies!
Lennybhoy
Just on the blog :)
Bada Bing
If you’re correct, that could explain a lot: Poundland may be set to become a nightclub+car showroom+huge refrigeration centre.
What’s not to like?
I remember Motherwell going into and out of administration Dundee also but is anyone familiar with
what happened at Livvy and resulted in being demoted two divisions. I think it was dreaded liquadation.
Will they have any say in what happens to newco or at least sue SFA ???
Rieperman
16 January, 2012 at 20:02
You took the debate(airwave wise as charlie nick might say)forward tonight.
Ther is only so many times keevins can put up his confetti arguments as we pour over the battlements.
The argument over the coming weeks is shaping up in to two distinct camps,
The impending doom camp ie let us back in cause otherwise you’ll lose out financially.
The Integrity camp.
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan said it very eloquently
“Any argument presented before a judicial body or a licensing body
which contains the semblance of an argument which runs along the lines
‘It is in your own financial interests to allow our application’ should immediately be dismissed in law.
It creates a clear conflict of interest and makes a mockery of the alleged independent and impartial judicial or licensing function.”
Kojo
Kevin Davies (Bolton)….maybe worth a look
Steve Davies (Derby)…..not worth a look! Though Derbyshirebhoy can advise.
When Keevins’ fellow lapdogs are trawling websites to copy “copy” ,does he just make the tea?
Rieperman
I thought your call was excellent this evening mate.
Hope you didn`t mind me calling in and speaking about your call.
I see the referee for the St. Mirren game is another one of these geezers with a back tae front name, Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
fergus slayed the blues says:
16 January, 2012 at 20:18
Well well well
All of a sudden wee Darwellllllls a EBT expert all of a sudden
His statement regarding no other teams other than Celtic or them could use EBT’s as you would need to be on £6000 a week minimum to make it worth doing is a complete and utter lie.
I work beside contractors in the oil industry who use EBT’s and they do not earn this amount. Why make statements that are not correct, someone needs to educate King and take him to task for putting out garbage disguised as the truth.
Caught the last 15 minutes in the car, never heard so much garbage in such a short period of time, Keevins and King are hopeless.
“Daryl has been one of the leading journalists in breaking this story”, “This has been covered from A to Z by the Scottish press”
Hail Hail
They are seriously having a laugh
Ki kicks the ball into the water
http://vimeo.com/34907010
Is this the same nightclub owner with a rather disreputable past that is the saviour of the orc!?
Or am I mistaken?
Wigan v Man City team news: “Shaun Maloney is still being nursed back to fitness”.
Oh dear.
James F.
Cheers again. I wasn’t so far away in my basic grasp then. it did seem when I was reading it at the time it reeked of a bare faced GIRUY to all and and sundry from CW
I didn’t dismiss it because I wouldn’t put it past him
glendalystonsils@20:32
And another ref brought in from nowhere to take charge of a Celtic game
Another woeful performance coming up a la Charlie Richmond at Motherwell in November?
hamiltontim@20:36
The said nightclub owner has nowhere near the funds required to take over the Orcs
Napoli 1 down at home to Bolonga at half time, Napoli are by far the better team, feckin gambling, does my head in.
What to do I ask myself.
Napoli 7/4
Draw 2/1
Bologna 13/8
………you only need a quid, surely?
Rieperman
honestly mate , fantastic !!!!!!!! the orks only defence was tp try and belittle you… fantastic call mate . HAIL HAIL
TET
Bolonga or Bologna:o) They’ll shurely no beat two teams on the park at the one time.
Good evening fellow bhoys
I have to say that I am totally and 110% convinced that if Celtic had been in halff the bother the huns are for half the lengthy period of time this carry on has been going on – there would have been atleast, atleast 5 different ‘consortiums’ made up of ordinary Celtic fans, some no richer than you or I, but ready willing and able to dedicate 25 hours per day to raise the necessary monies to save and sort our debt problems out.
I also guarantee that many of them write and lurk on this very blog.
The fact there has not been even a half arsed or failed attempt by a single Rangers supporters group is astonishing.
It really does expose the difference between us and them.
We truly, dearly love our club.
They dont love Rangers a fraction the amount – their behavious in tarnishing and disgracing the Rangers name wherever they go meant we all knew that already anyway – but this reinforces the gulf in difference for me.
Hail Hail
notthebus says:
16 January, 2012 at 20:32
Any idea where that ad. was filmed?
Looked sort of bleak and Scottish.
Wino time.
Just opened a bottle I got as a pressi at Christmas.
A 2004 Somontano reserva coupage called Laus, a blend of Cab Sauv, Merlot and Tempranillo, amazing stuff.
I will enjoy.
Eyes Wide Open
They only live to hate Celtic.
Folly Folly
Good timing on my part, and good observations on yours.
Doubtless Chomsky would note that the BBC’s revenue is derived exclusively from Government mandate, and would have something salient to say. What is clear is that that BBC in Scotland since devolution has increasingly set its own agenda, and at times it has departed markedly from it UK Charter.
Don’t have any answers, but it sure as heck makes me wonder too.
StrairwayToHeavenCSC
EDB
Speeling never was my strong point :>)
Patrick27 says:
16 January, 2012 at 20:26
You get my texts?
johann murdoch says:
16 January, 2012 at 20:26
With a little luck mate
hamiltontim says:
16 January, 2012 at 20:36
That’s the one, used to have some sort of Palace in your neck of the woods…what is it with these people that like Palaces and Castles…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Eyes wide open
Agree
But we were helped by media and hence huns hindered by them
We got hearses cracked creasts and wee Fergus ridiculed which helped alert the fans the be pro active.
The huns got stories of castles and war chests and untold billions so still have heads in the sand.
TMWTL/Lennybhoy
Nice house he’s got now though it ain’t a palace or a £5m castle :-))
Bada Bing
Are these some of the blokes you are talking about
Some interesting stuff on this blog