The SFA surprised many by refusing Mike Ashley permission to buy up to 29.9% of a second club. As I said earlier in the week, don’t get too hung up on this one. Ashley could play The Offshore Game, like the anonymised Blue Pitch or Margarita, or he could just do what he’s already done, ignore the SFA and underwrite the share issue anyway. What would the SFA do?
Well, they could impose the ultimate sanction, but that’s unlikely. They could impose a heavy point penalty, enough to ensure the club are not promoted this season, and refuse to register signings of players older than 21-years.
It’s perhaps more likely that Ashley will loan the money required in return for whatever assets are left. Oldco went out of business a few months after they were sold to a liquidation expert. The path newco will follow down the lavvy will be different. Like any other squeezed business, they will redeem assets, sell the training fields, and the stadium, before putting themselves into the hands of a liquidator.
As for long-term financial viability, does anyone think this looks likely?
Sale starts today on CQNBookstore, fill your boots!
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Dallas Dallas
I thought Wilson was a decent player. My comment was just a light-hearted comment on the phenomenon that is the `improvement` in players either dropped, injured, retired or transferred. Craig Gordon apart, I think all the other, regularly selected players receive criticism from some quarter.
JJ
big archie
I agree…..and I intend to!
JJ
leftclicktic
20:35 on
26 December, 2014
NatKnow
20:15 on
26 December, 2014
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
20:10 on
26 December, 2014
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Cheers! That infomercial was worth it for the photos alone! :-)
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Dont you mean THEE PHOTO:))))))))
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Indeed!
2 & 1/2 hours in an Indian restaurant eat as much as you can ,My eyes were closing on the journey home in the car (I should be as fat as sleekit the amount I’ve put away this week) .:))))))).
EDB
Magic getting a brief chat yesterday Thank you
Till tomorrow all I need to lie down and the wee mhan is staying tonight and want to watch Celtic DVDs.
WhatmorecanamanaskCSC
bournesouprecipe
20:24 on
26 December, 2014
HT
You were right
*does it looked blurry – ask yourself why?*
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Thought I’d forgotten to take off my 3D glasses..
HT-EDB
I was sent an e mail from someone who got this straight from Lenny’s mouth.
You can believe it or not, I do as I trust the person who sent it to 100%, he has no reason to lie.
Hooper and K.Wilson: Massively regretted their moves, both were on to him wishing they could come back. Lenny told them from his experience (the short spell at Forest at end of career) the comedown from Parkhead is really hard to handle. Not the league obviously, but the club, the training, standards “it’s like a bug that you catch, and you’re so used to winning” or words to that effect.
He fell out with Brian O’Neill (ex-Celtic) over Wilson. O’Neill was a “transfer consultant” for Forest and basically orchestrated the move, with the stuff about the family a complete smokescreen. Lenny rang O’Neill and said if he’d been upfront it wouldn’t have been a problem, but now they were going to have to pay a million more for him…
HH
JJ
I think Ronny has said that overall he’d give the squad a 5 or 6 out of 10 for this season so far.
I think that’s fairly accurate.
Big Archie
Having some of that!!! Would go well with a double, win and a clean sheet.
Talking of our ex players & tims playing down the road, Gary Hooper scored today as well as James McLean & Johnny Russell, who took his goal well. Johnny has scored eight goals this season despite playing in a wide position. I wish we had signed him.
I pity Gary Hooper having to endure playing in the same team as the plasticine hard men, Whittaker and Lafferty, yeugh.
On the last blog Auldheid and Parkheadcomesalford reminisced about games at Easter Road. I think I was at one they mentioned round about 1974. It was a Saturday afternoon game and a green and white tsunami surged across that narrow bridge yards from the turnstiles. Portable metal barriers formed yet another hurdle for the Celtic supporters to negotiate. Somebody kicked one of them over and a human wave dashed itself against the stadium wall. It was not at all nice . I saw a man in front of me turning purple and I got the impression that my own ribs were going to break one by one.
I don’t know if there were any fatalities – there wasn’t one word about it in the press. Celtic won, I think, 3-2. And who was there coming out of the Usher Hall as the supporters streamed into Edinburgh but Harold Wilson. He certainly liked the Celtic fans.
leftclicktic
You’re a special guy and I’ll remind you of that often.
Take care.
BTW my kindness has bounds. I’m likely to strangle the guy who eventually arrives with Chinese takeaway I ordered about 90 minutes ago.
Any tix going for tomorrow bhoys as Jimmy Mc’s let me down :-(…… Too busy looking after his Dumbarton bhoys and not the Dunblane bhoys :-((( HH
A bottle of Laphroaig is starring at me, should I avoid the temptation……..
TET
Hope all is well with you and your’s,I take it you will be wearing yur Balaclava’s at night and pool closed early notice, on the boardwalk. As I send this post am squeezen in a 10 day stay in the usual haunt in CDSol, the Triton Hotel Belamadena,sometime in May in between First Communion’s.
Awerabest PJ
HT
I think Ronny has said that overall he’d give the squad a 5 or 6 out of 10 for this season so far.
What score did he give himself ?
Love
JJ
I agree overall some of the football has been good but could do better. Should be at full speed come February if we can keep our best players.
Hail Hail
TET
I’m pretty sure that Wilson said in the press that he keen to move back to England. He may well regret that now.
I can though tell you for certain that Hooper regrets leaving but wouldn’t come back.
prestonpans bhoys
Nah……enjoy :)
Hamiltontim, today marks my anniversary of having the pleasure of Ziggy’s company with my brother.
Fortunately CT took us to the Foggy Dew when Ziggy went for a Gypsy’s kiss.
Still owe you for that one pal.
HH
SOAL
He was asked that same question and replied accordingly. Meantime you were sitting on your fat derriere in DFS!
Love from myself, Kerri and Meghan:o)
SOAL
11.
Get yer money on the Hibbies tomorrow Bhoys. This is from Mcdowell;
Looking ahead to his first match in charge against Hibernian on Saturday, McDowall explained that he was not planning major alterations to team selection or approach.
He said: “There’s not a whole load I can change because everything Ally was doing was with my backing.
So, the guy who masterminded the defeats to Peterhead, Alloa and QOS (twice) on the training ground is now driving the bus!
They’ll be lucky to be involved in the play offs.
EDB
I will let you off since it is Christmas
Love
Papa John
We are thanks, and the same to you.
Aye, it’s bloody cold at night just now, and I was in the pool yesterday, took me about 5 mins to get in, an inch at a time, did a couple of very rapid lengths and oot, good for the circulation they say, I bet they who say dinny try it mind you.
It should be fine and warm come May, enjoy.
HH
Happy St Stephen’s Day
Kelvin (bloody) Wilson, couldnae fill the centre of a donut, rotten
HT
More like 1.1
xx
minceyheidman
Oh oh that sounds ominous :-)
I’ll have the pleasure of Ziggy’s company tomorrow after the game, we’ve got a bus night out.
Carnage may well ensue.
HT
I honestly would rather believe what Lenny said as opposed to the msm, and Lenny would have no reason to make it up.
HH
Billy Bhoy
Alloa had a unique and special talent.
He could probably turn wine into water.
Nobody can be as bad……surely the only way is up now…..unfortunately.
Hamiltontim
20:45 on
26 December, 2014
JJ
I think Ronny has said that overall he’d give the squad a 5 or 6 out of 10 for this season so far.
I think that’s fairly accurate.
HT – what would you give Ronny ??
67ECW
Hamiltontim
Lucky you, watch the hee haws as apparently he likes to tell people that a swift kick to them could well ensue, even complete strangers I found out.
Dallas
Thanks for the reply
Hamiltontim
Abouit living somewhere. I have no wish to live darn sarf. but home is home in your heart. Hooper could have been more than he turned out to be.
Henrik and Lubo? Scotland wasn’t a backwater for them.
We move on.
Going to the game tomorrow with Meghan and I’d be grateful if someone would remind us of where Wee Oscar’s stone is.
Thanks in advance.
TET
What I’ve said about Hooper isn’t from the MSM.
Re Wilson you probably know more than me mate.
Keep up the good work Traveller Bhoy !
Jungle jim, ha ha sorry. I get where you are coming from.
Wayne biggins has improved no end in the past twenty years. Lol
My son and I are just watching last Saturday’s soccer am. There’s a bit of it where johnny Russell tells us his three favourite goals.
Hid third is goal he scored at ibrox and hedidn’t half enjoy it .
God bless her majesty
Exiled Tim
Hooper and Wilson
Fascinating stuff m8
Would have them back in a shot
Wages tho
Stumbling block
Baa