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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A big shout out to Fleagle for taking the time to organise the CQN Naps
Comp.
Hail Hail Mate.
Well done to Fleagle a 25-1 winner to round of the competition and to Twist n Turns on being the overall winner! Hail Hail
Gweedore Celt
17:29 on
30 May, 2015
Well done to Fleagle a 25-1 winner to round of the competition and to Twist n Turns on being the overall winner! Hail Hail
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Hey you !! Mine might go out to 66/1 :O)
Cheers Fleags for another great contest .hh
Gweedore Celt,
as VP points out… there are still a couple of selections to-run at Stratford this evening, and both at ridiculous prices… I mean who could possibly tip a 25/1 winner in the final week….. ;)
fleagle1888 (respectability restored)
Bearing in mind my ability to screw up the most simple of trips,my choice is
Central Station at Chepstow. 805
Fleags I concede defeat :O( bring on the winner :O) HH
BMCUWP, is your tip… Glasgow Central ? … in the 8:05 ? ;)
fleagle1888
TnT and Barcamole,
What a result!
Well done Twists, canny believe Barcamole pipped at the post.
If you guys,and any others, are up for a racecourse visit please let me know.
EC67
FINAL WEEK selections :
16 roads (Notarised)
21-5-79 (Baraweez)
Bada Bing (Breton Rock)
BMCUWP (Glasgow Central)
BULL67 (Salt Island)
Burgas Hoops (Red Baron)
Cathal (Duke of Firenze)
Cosy Corner Bhoy (no selection)
Eurochamps67 (Red Refraction)
fleagle1888 (Mukhmal)
green T (Red Tycoon)
Gweedore Celt (Louis the Pious)
hashadenough (no selection)
Hotel de Paris (Duke of Firenze)
Jobo Baldie (Thunder Pass)
leftclicktic (no selection)
Nye Beavans rebel soldier (Al Khan)
PFayr (Out Do)
Raymac (no selection)
Rockon (Claret Cloak)
Som mes que un club (Captain Dunne)
TheBarcaMole (Teds Brother)
tommytwiststommyturns (Von Trappe)
twists n turns (Monsieur Joe)
voguepunter (Alwaystheoptimist)
What is the Stars (no selection)
Zihuatanejo (Jargon)
CQN Saturday Naps Competition : FINAL Results (30th May)
Horsey drama, until the very end… twists n turns napping 9/1 winner – Monsieur Joe – to stick his nose in front, right on the line… and pips TheBarcaMole on the nod.
Extremely hard lines to TheBarcaMole and the other napsters who were fighting neck and neck in the final furlong – leftclicktic, som mes que un club, and Eurochamps67.
Our only other winning nap in the final week was yours truly – fleagle1888 – with Mukhmal @25/1 !!!… but too little, too late.
A few hard luck stories along the way – PFayr (master of 2nd place) and som mes que un club who missed out on Captain Dunne @25/1…
Well done to everyone who took part… I hope you enjoyed the competition, and made a few rupees backing some of the winning selections… look forward to seeing you all back again around August or September for next season’s instalment !
Cheers, fleagle1888
FINAL NAPS TABLE
+£46.88 twists n turns (11)
+£42.88 TheBarcaMole (7)
+£31.83 leftclicktic (11)
+£27.25 som mes que un club (6)
+£26.25 Eurochamps67 (13)
+£11.25 fleagle1888 (5)
+£ 6.50 Bada Bing (8)
+£ 4.88 PFayr (8)
+£ 3.83 Gweedore Celt (8)
+£ 1.33 Burgas Hoops (8)
+£ 1.25 Raymac (7)
-£ 1.25 Zihuatanejo (4)
-£ 7.00 21-5-79 (3)
-£ 7.13 voguepunter (4)
-£ 9.80 Nye Beavans rebel soldier (5)
-£12.00 tommytwiststommyturns (2)
-£12.75 16 roads (4)
-£13.17 hashadenough (5)
-£14.00 Hotel de Paris (3)
-£14.76 green T (9)
-£16.00 BULL67 (5)
-£16.18 Rockon (6)
-£17.00 BMCUWP (3)
-£18.50 Cosy Corner Bhoy (3)
-£20.65 Jobo Baldie (6)
-£24.52 What is the Stars (4)
-£36.50 Cathal (1)
*No selections posted (wk 42) : Cosy Corner Bhoy, hashadenough, leftclicktic, Raymac, What is the Stars
Cheers, fleagle1888
(Bangalore CSC)
twists n turns – outstanding punting, well done Champ !!!
The BarcaMole – very unlucky, sir…
leftclicktic – on the podium, another great effort…
and to all of the rest of us… must try harder… :)
Cheers, fleagle1888
Congratulations tnt, outstanding tipping,a big well done
to all who finished in the black.
fleagle 1888……thanks again for all yer hard work.
outofmyleagueCSC.
Fleagle thx …..the credit all goes to you.
Eurochamps ….Ty and congrats on the number of winners you tipped. As for a racecourse visit, I don’t usually need any persuading, just need a few weeks notice. Def up for it.
Barcamole. I had such a great day yesterday I wouldn’t have been unhappy to see you hang on, but great tipping regardless. Similarly leftclicktic, who was in there battling all the way. Very consistent.
Pleasure to have competed with every single one of the tipsters.
Finally, I regard myself as a master of crosswords. The more cryptic the better. Cannot believe I never cottoned on to Jobo’s weather selections! Quality.
Hail hail.
Nye
Tyvm.
Congratulations Twist n Turns, and very unlucky TBM.Right down to the wire.
Leftclicktic – Excellent tipster once again.
That was outstanding, seriously.
Also well done to all those whom finished the competition in profit and everybody else that took part.
Thanks a million Fleagle for all your efforts and for putting in all that time organising the competition.
Great sport it was.
Slainte. :)
HH.
Benefit cut 3.30 pm Fakenham.
9/2!!
That horse should be fav. Going well at home. Ran in much better races than this. All goes to plan…..a steal.
Fleagle –
thanks for all the hard work.
Jobo
Congrats to Twist n Turns; great tipping throughout.
Eleven tipsters showing a profit, that’s impressive!
EC 67, I should be back in September, so Hamilton would be a good shout eh!
fleagle1888, CQN Naps has been great fun for sure. Many thanks for putting ‘the comp’ together.
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
CQN Naps Winners :
2012 > +£ 21.00 – voguepunter
2013 > +£ 21.35 – green T
2014 > +£ 12.60 – PFayr
2015 > +£ 46.88 – twists n turns
Cheers, fleagle1888