Fifa is unfit for purpose, investigations abound but we’ve not seen convictions yet. The president has not been arrested, but, well, he has president over this enormous shambles, yet he refuses to resign. His resignation is needed to relieve the reputation of Fifa, the reputation of football itself. We all know this, but SFA chef exec, Stewart Regan said as much.
The SFA is Blatter’s role model. Regan conceded SFA president Campbell Ogilvie was horribly conflicted, as the Association dealt with the consequences of the biggest directorial negation of duty in Scottish football history – by Ogilvie, who was director and company secretary of the dysfunctional board.
Ogilvie never resigned. Ogilvie has still not resigned. Regan said nothing. Ogilvie’s supporters in the game rallied round, just as Blatter’s have today.
This is how human nature works. Ogilvie has been in enough committee meetings, pressed enough flesh, to ensure that despite the slaying he took at the hands of Lord Nimmo Smith’s SPL inquiry, he could brass it out. Accountability at the SFA does not exist. I get it. But, the SFA cannot have the audacity to make moralistic statements about the corporate accountability of others.
It is a depressing feature of Scottish life that we don’t have a culture of accountability, that the media are not sufficiently plural that such hypocrisy is exposed for what it is, that there isn’t a single elected representative prepared to disengage with the Scottish establishment on this today.
The new media are not there yet. We don’t have the authority of a broadcaster or politician to demand, and get, accountability. That’ll change in time.
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Bhoys and ghirls thanks for all the prayers and good wishes. Update is still waiting to be called. Courts are busy.
HH
KTF
Utlr.
new article posted.
mighty tim – good luck to your bhoy today….
Was driving so listened to the Motherwell game on Radio Scotland. tuned in just after Stephen McManus scored. Really enjoyed the last hour of the drive! :)
Was staggered at how many times Rob Maclean said the score was beyond Motherwell’s wildest dreams and score was “the stuff dreams are made of” at 3-0 and on TV Chic Young asked Mc Manus if the score was a dream come true!
Shocking that Motherwell were seen as lower league cannon fodder to the Mighty Sevco.
I dont think this game is over. Motherwell could lose a player to a red card early doors even before Sevco get their penalty, or maybe at same time, be ready for some blatant Mibbery.
Would love to see Motherwell attack them from the off, pin them back, score a couple of goals and spend the remaining 70 minutes laughing and celebrating along with every other right minded decent person in Scotland! :)
Motherwell unbeaten at home in 7 games scoring 18 times, and that’s against teams as good as or better than Sevco. The notion they will collapse and lose their 2 goal advantage is not one I go along with.
For anyone who does think it will happen, perhaps aided by mibbery, you can have 5/1 Sevco to go up. Stick a score on it and soften the blow by getting a ton towards your season ticket for CP. Then look forward to thumping them 4 times minimum.
Not for me though. Well will score twice at least. Deadco score 4 minimum? Nah……not gonna happen.
Lads,
for all the CQN napsters, this will be the article for our final week selections…
updated naps table will follow shortly !
Cheers,
fleagle1888
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Measured post
CQN Saturday Naps Competition : WEEK 41 results (23rd May)
Well done again to Som mes que un club who napped yet another winner (Breakable @13/2)… 4 in the last 7 weeks !
Other winners : green T (Fabricate @10/3), leftclicktic (Highland Castle @3/1), Bada Bing (Mutarakez @2/1).
Week 41 Selections :
16 roads (Tuk Tuk)
21-5-79 (Albert Bridge)
Bada Bing (Mutarakez)
BMCUWP (Litigant)
BULL67 (Suegioo)
Burgas Hoops (Red Aggressor)
Cathal (My Name is Rio)
Cosy Corner Bhoy (no selection)
Eurochamps67 (Khelman)
fleagle1888 (Rhombus)
green T (Fabricate)
Gweedore Celt (Salateen)
hashadenough (Salateen)
Hotel de Paris (Salateen)
Jobo Baldie (Storm Rock)
leftclicktic (Highland Castle)
Nye Beavans rebel soldier (Mutasaayid)
PFayr (Hot Streak)
Raymac (Explosive Lady)
Rockon (Montefeltro)
Som mes que un club (Breakable)
TheBarcaMole (Portage)
tommytwiststommyturns (Buonarotti)
twists n turns (Mullionheir)
voguepunter (Felix Leiter)
What is the Stars (no selection)
Zihuatanejo (no selection)
Cheers,
fleagle1888
CQN Saturday Naps Competition : WEEK 41 standings (23rd May)
Unsurprisingly, TheBarcaMole is still a few lengths ahead of the chasing pack going into the final week of the competition… a few napsters are still in with a reasonable shout, but need to find from a 6/1 to 16/1 winner in order to overhaul the Mole… then there are a few of us in the Hail-Mary category who require snookers, or that elusive 50/1, 66/1, or 100/1 winner !
ONE WEEK TO GO…
+£43.88 TheBarcaMole (7)
+£37.88 twists n turns (10)
+£32.83 leftclicktic (11)
+£28.25 som mes que un club (6)
+£27.25 Eurochamps67 (13)
+£ 7.50 Bada Bing (8)
+£ 5.88 PFayr (8)
+£ 4.83 Gweedore Celt (8)
+£ 2.33 Burgas Hoops (8)
+£ 2.25 Raymac (7)
-£ 0.25 Zihuatanejo (4)
-£ 6.00 21-5-79 (3)
-£ 6.13 voguepunter (4)
-£ 8.80 Nye Beavans rebel soldier (5)
-£11.00 tommytwiststommyturns (2)
-£11.75 16 roads (4)
-£12.17 hashadenough (5)
-£13.00 Hotel de Paris (3)
-£13.75 fleagle1888 (4)
-£13.76 green T (9)
-£15.00 BULL67 (5)
-£15.18 Rockon (6)
-£16.00 BMCUWP (3)
-£17.50 Cosy Corner Bhoy (3)
-£19.65 Jobo Baldie (6)
-£23.52 What is the Stars (4)
-£35.50 Cathal (1)
*No selection posted (wk 41) : Cosy Corner Bhoy, What is the Stars, Zihuatanejo
*Non-Runners (wk 41) : BMCUWP
Cheers, fleagle1888
(Bangalore CSC)
Lads,
I can barely find a selection to overcome the gap to TBM, so instead will aim for a degree of respectability, and attempt to get myself back into profit…
Mukhmal (4.30 Newmarket)
Good luck to y’all…
Cheers, fleagle1888
Fleags I’m going for the cert 33/1 shot….
Alwaystheoptimist 7.55 Stratford….wherethereslifethereshope c.s.c
On the last race of the season, it would be remiss of me not to back him…
Captain Dunne
York 2.55
Once again Fleagle, thanks for a great season and keeping us all on our toes amongst fellow Celts.
HH
Gl all
I will opt for
Monsieur joe 2.55pm York.
Many thanks to Fleagle for organising this excellent competition.
Well done to the magnificent tipsters up above me in the table. Any plus figures are welcomed. Your gains are exceptional.
In a vain attempt at catching the Barcamole I’ll go for
RED REFRACTION 4.30 Newmarket Nap
Wee Cam Hardie has been kept home for some reason. Plenty of Hannon horses away and Richard Hughes here also so just a hunch but the horse has course form.
Best of luck,
HH
EC67
Red Baron 14:55 @ York.
Many thanks fleagle for the time you have put into the nap comp.
Fleagle
Thanks for your efforts over the season, including Cheltenham competition.
Appreciated.
Might stick some 10p trebles on some of the big pricers being chosen today……
15:20 @ Newmarket – Notarised – NAP!
Good luck everybody and thanks a million Fleagle for running the show.
HH.
This week’s pick is from the 4.10 at Chester – THUNDER PASS.
I’m sure you’ve noticed my theme by now but a wee reminder of Jobo’s picks from the season gone by….
Aug 16 – Winter Thunder
Aug 23 – Avon Breeze
Aug 30 – Big Storm Coming
Sep 6 – Lawman’s Thunder
Sep 13 – Storm King
Sep 20 – Desert Snow
Sep 27 – Avon Breeze
Oct 4 – Winter Thunder
Oct 11 – Kashmiri Sunset
Oct 18 – Arctic Feeling
Oct 25 – Four Seasons
Nov 1 – Amazing Blue Sky
Nov 8 – Cold As Ice
Nov 15 – Storm Runner
Nov 22 – Hurricane Alert
Nov 29 – Snow Dancer
Dec 6 – Persian Snow
Dec 13 – Wind Goddess
Dec 20 – Baltic Knight
Dec 27 – Storm Force Ten
Jan 3 – Kindlelight Storm
Jan 10 – Cold March
Jan 17 – Cloudy Bob
Jan 24 – Many Clouds
Jan 31 – Vintage Clouds
Feb 7 – Razor Wind
Feb 14 – Cold March
Feb 21 – Cloudscape
Feb 28 – Cloudy Too
March 7 – Sunblazer
March 14 – Four Seasons
March 21 – Tara Mist
March 28 – Westerly Breeze
April 4 – Gaelic Ice
April 18 – Indian Monsoon
April 25 – Wind In My Sails
2 May – Big Storm Coming
May 9 – Lightning Thunder
May 16 – Night of Thunder
May 23 – Storm Rock
May 30 – Thunder Pass
Duke of Firenze
2.55 York
Good luck to all
Jobo
I hadn’t actually picked up on that!!
Brilliant.
I think you missed a trick in the grand national.
Many Clouds!!!
Al Khan.1:45 York……hopefully the price will hold,the beast will
win and get me back in the black,love the colours.
Fleagle…..yer a star,thanks for all yer hard work,great fun.
Jobo… :) … superb !!!
…and here’s a couple of winners that slipped through the net… Tropics (11/4), Lightning Moon (13/2), Many Clouds (Grand National)
fleagle1888
Will post my selection in an hour or so after another check/read through.
fleagle, many thanks, it’s great fun and not a word of rancour from the naps contributors; nothing but encouragement and good humour from all and sundry. A pleasure to interact with fellow Tic and horsey punters. A winning combination for sure.
Twists, EC 67, posted responses on last weeks naps page.
Leftclicktic, left a message for you with marspapa.
Again, fleagle, thank you.
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
Duke of Firenze 2.55 York
Thanks Fleagle, thoroughly enjoyed the show.
Apologies Hotel de Paris for the same pick.
The barcamole
Gl today with whatever you go for. A few of us looking up at you hoping for a helicopter Saturday:-).
I’m going for salt island 3.45 at haydock to try and finish around level stakes… I’d just like to add my thanks to fleagle for his hard work and again it’s been great fun although invariably posting with a hangover :-) good luck all
Chester 15:00
BARAWEEZ
HH.
Stratford 755 Claret Cloak
Good luck everyone
Fleagle, Thanks for putting this together. Great fun with Good Celtic people.
I was pipped at the post last couple of seasons, this season I’m fighting relegation looking for League reconstruction.
Hail Hail
Really like Beaverbrook at Chester but way too short odds…
Louis the Pious and Angel Gabrial at York look real value to me, likewise, Sea the Skies at HQ but enough of my waffling on this final tipping day…
Good Luck!
Going with TED’S BROTHER 5:15 York…
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
Breton Rock 2.35 Haydock
thanks Fleagle HH
Red tycoon 4.20 hay
Fleagle thanks for your efforts putting this together
Best of luck. Hail hail
Fleagle – my Hail Mary is Von Trappe in the 20:55 at Stratford…currently 100/1. If it wins, I’ll buy some lederhosen!
Many thanks for all your efforts with this nap comp and well done to the guys at the top of the pile. Some really consistent tipping going on there.
HH
TTTT
Great effort Fleagle …thanks
Never in the hunt this year ..loved taking part…well done the the bhoys at the top of the leaderboard …excellent tipping
OUT DO …3-10 HAY
GOOD LUCK ALL
Firstly a big thanks go to Fleagle for the time spent organising and running the CQN Naps over the last year. It clearly takes time, effort and dedication to make this group of grumpy old bhoys happy every Saturday. For today I don’t see any big price chances so I’m looking to get as close to 3rd as I can
Louis the pious 1.45 @ York
Well well…I finish the competition in similar fashion to most weeks ….feckin second ……AGAIN !!!!!!
Sore one ….also had Nabatean…second …not a great day thus far
Hey Twists, knew I should have stymied you but 9/1… Would have thought more like 9/2 but superb shout! Well done… Kip time here, so, will check back a.m. hoping for a winner at carpet or better!
Cheers, and again, well done that man…
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
Barca Ty.
No disrespect to cqn naps but I was excited for different reason. Had each way patent for £14 on my nap at 12/1, kingsgate at 10/1 and clever cookie at 3/1. Had 3 x separate fiver singles as well.
Scooped over £1100 for £29 bets total.
Mon the Well!!
And seriously….good luck with your nap…you deserve to win.
Jargon in the 5:05 Newmarket
Good Luck to all
Hail Hail.