What exactly went wrong at yesterday’s Scottish Cup draw? Plastic balls can break open, that wasn’t the problem. The rule which insists that when a ball breaks open the draw must be started again isn’t the problem either. It’s a perfectly reasonable rule, but the event still can the SFA in a dreadful light.
Imagine for a moment that you had a Cup draw to arrange live on international television. You would surely acquire the materials necessary (8 balls and a bowl), and test their effectiveness (mix the balls, pull them out, open), until you were satisfied the process was robust and not likely to embarrass the organisation.
Appropriate preparations were evidently not followed for the Scottish Cup quarter final draw.
Having got to the stage that the draw went wrong, the TV masses were then treated to the most cringe-worthy pregnant pause, as SFA president, Alan McRae completely failed to communicate, either to the watching TV audience, or to the event broadcaster SKY, why he pulled a ball out of the bowl and instead of announcing the tie, declared the draw invalid.
McRae knew the ball was opened before it was drawn, and that this invalidated the draw, but clearly the glaikit-looking TV presenter had no idea what was going on when McRae halted mid-process, neither did the TV audience. A simple explanation:
“This ball is open. Rules state the draw is invalid. We will need to start again.”
….was surely what any person possessing even remote people-awareness or communication skills would have said?
No explanation was given. We were treated instead to the site of a TV presenter trying in vain to figure out why a cup draw was scratched halfway through.
The role of SFA president requires a degree of communication skills, which Mr McRae was hugely bereft of yesterday.
As for the SFA itself, I went to their official site this morning to check the spelling of McRae’s name, only to find they still list Campbell Ogilvie as president, despite McRae’s appointment 8 months ago.
It beggars belief. They just don’t care enough to get the easy things right.
As for getting Morton at Celtic Park! Ooft. After Ross County repeating their Hampden trick on us, Morton will fancy the same.
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TD67
So…who are you referring to?
Who gets student loans and doesnt pay them back?
I certainly dont get student loans…..i dont need them….im not a skint hippy ffs
So who the feck are you talking about?
WEEMINGER on 10TH FEBRUARY 2016 12:07 PM
OK From time to time its good to be boring I’ll accept that – like Malmo away, Molde away – I could go on
But not at home
The 4-2-3-1 system is used by a lot of teams in the EPL there starting point is not to get beat and I applaud Celtic for using the system away from home
But at home I would play 4-3-3 or even the Martin O’Neil system of 3-5-2
What we did to Hamilton we have done 2 or maybe 3 times this season – but the rest has been average
67ECW
Self-destruction is alive and well on CQN today, I see …….ME ?, I’ll just concentrate on SUPPORTING the team to another league title, just like the AWAY SUPPORT do ……
One way of preventing student loans remaining unpaid is to reinstate grants.
(Grenade lobbed…)
new article posted.
TD67
More made-up bs…just like yesterday, and your nonsense about splinter groups.
Today your target is people who dont pay back student loans.
Well…who are these people you refer to?
Lets hear it.
Bobby Murdoch
Why would we reinstate grants to support essential public services when we can reinforce a divided society between those who can afford an education and those who can’t. Long live inequalities. Let’s get back to feudal society…
Honestly your ideas are bonkers left wing nonsense …
Hail Hail
Comrade
CultsBhoy can not relate to Celtic Board ambitions on or off the park on 10th February 2016 12:02 pm
Europe – I’ve no clear idea why we underestimated Molde. That was a clear failing. However despite the results I actually felt there were a lot of better performances in the other games. Personal mistakes cost us. At that point we had no real option but to continue with the same personnel.
SPL – I’m sorry we’ll need to wait until the end of the season for this one but we could win every game from now until the end of the season and still only win the league by 6 points if Aberdeen do the same (our game against them aside). That would be 31 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses – 97pts. That is a respectable performance. We can do absolutely nothing about Aberdeen performing well too. That’s league football. Ultimately it’s possible to have a 100% season and still win the league by only 12pts.
Fans dwindling – I do think the club could be more creative here, but there’s several reasons it’s happening some of which they can do nothing about.
I’m not accusing you of this but there’s definitely a section of fans that are only happy for the league to be a two horse race if the other horse is stabled at Ibrox. Aberdeen have put together a tidy team that DM has performing with more consistency than might be expected. That’s not something that Celtic can do anything about.
Of course we don’t really know what RDs target are. Maybe his sole target is to win the league, while reducing squad costs. Maybe he’s been a roaring success to those in charge.
Here there’s the post, students in general who do not pay back the loan, not anyone personally, it’s plain enough to what my post is, unless of course you want to twist it, that’s up to yourself, I’v no problem at all.
TONYDONNELLY67 on 10TH FEBRUARY 2016 11:21 AM
party political broadcast today? Uni mob taking over again, you’d think wi the spare time they had, they’d get a part time job an pay back they’r student loans, ferkin Parasites .
Day ma nut in that mob,
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Will you guys stoap swingin’ oan his coat tails, whatever, that meens.
TD
I can’t see your posts by the way BUT I’m guessing they are the same as yesterdays and err, the day before’s and…………….
I don’t have the time.
Away for a well earned, but healthy lunch.
Burgas hoops
Cheers bud enjoyed listening to my favourite player too , pity the video only lasted 20 mins could have listened to him all day .