You get the sense that the Sword of Damocles is hanging over Newco Rangers. Some wondered about the sense in Mike Ashley controversially renaming Ibrox as the rumoured ‘Sports Direct Outlet Village’ but having bought the rights to do so for £1, he is now able to leverage this detail in his earlier loan.
He has the retail and stadium naming rights but ownership of the club badge, details of which it appears the Newco board leaked to the Daily Record yesterday, would allow him to control the strips, novelty ducks and other tat, no matter where it’s sold. Any future shirt deal would need his authority, as it would require use of ‘his’ logo. Which would inevitably lead to shirt deals being concluded by one of Ashley’s in-house brands.
All this makes sense if you are a retailer with notions of monopoly status. ‘Rangers’ branded pencil cases, alarm clocks and shirts will continue to sell, no matter in which league Newco inhabit. It’s a straight merchandise play from the retailer, who is the only person in the UK in a position to exploit clubs going through a hard time, like Newco.
Ashley is thick-enough skinned after sitting through all that Newcastle fans could throw in his direction for years. He doesn’t need to be liked, and with control over intellectual property like the badge, he doesn’t even need to be the retailer to make money every time club merchandise is sold. Newco wouldn’t even be able to put the badge on their tickets without his agreement.
In many ways this proposed deal is an inevitable step. Clubs are enormous merchandising opportunities, the people who can profit most from this are the retailers. It is, of course, only inevitable because of the state Sir David Murray left oldco in. As soon as he handed the keys to a liquidation specialist the game was over.
News in today’s Herald that an S&P study makes Celtic the least likely publicly listed football club in Europe to default is likely to sound a little hollow to some who watched us against Accies on Sunday. There are many ways to build a sustainable and successful football team, but none of them involve spending more than you earn.
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BMCUW-I think more fans and bhoys on here, are seeing the root of the downsizing and malaise we are in is down to the man who runs Celtic, Peter Lawwell.
!BADA BING!
I first posted on here about six years ago. We were miles in front of a hungry hun horde,and about to win the New Year game.
Seven points. And cruising.
But I was from the first wary and critical of PL.
Then came the infamous window,three international strikers who couldnae hit their own arse wi a banjo and an almighty disaster.
And the even bigger disaster to follow.
What I did have in my locker as my hun mates ripped it right outa me was the knowledge-well before I came on here-that our biggest rivals may have won the league,but they were dead in the water.
Water that I expected us to hose down their throats.
Well,you tell me,old bean,why that disnae happen. And while you’re at it,why haven’t we stepped up a gear in their absence?
We should be miles in front and now we are genuinely fearing their return because of the schism it will cause.
I am well known as a critic-and worse-of PL. I make no apology for that. I was in a minority of not a lot back then.
You know,if I sold tickets for a PL OUT campaign,I could outsell our ST holders. Just on here.
How much proof does it take before everyone wakens up to the damage this bean counter has done to our club by assuming control of things he knows f..k all about?
ProFound?
For those that are well skeptical, maybe the Shroud was what theNazis were efter.
Who knows Anything?
Nothing changes, who really thinks Blondie wrote the Rapture lyrics.
It certainly was not a Christian, I have no clue if Debbie is or not.
We are asking so much of so many now, especially as the Foundations have been wrecked, very subtly.
Ronny Deila will be given Time, as I have said before, the whole Board is ALL IN.
I hope Celtic supporters recognise the tests that are being laid. The Huns are finished….. Celtic will Dominate like Dominators?
That ain’t a Celtic that I am familiar with. That Partizan game was Amazing being in the Jungle “experiencing it”, the enigmatic Jackie doing what he did. That game was one of the most exciting games ever at Celtic Park.
We went out, we went out fighting hard and played some very good fitba as well.
I certainly dinnae look forward to the day that we pay most of our players upwards of £100,000 a WEEK, I dislike Doublespeak.
Rebuild Scottish Fitba because noone knows the Hour, the Seasons aye, but not the hour.
The Hour of the Time – Secret Societies And Psychological Warfare
Oh, and I Believe we have Board members that belong to Secretive Orders.
Put that Truth on a Pedestal, every Time.
I have a True Love.
True Love
Yeshua.CsC
Herald
Aleksander Tonev insists he is innocent of racial abuse and appears to think he has already been cleared of the SFA charge, despite facing a delayed hearing on October 30.
The Bulgarian midfielder was accused by Aberdeen’s Shay Logan after a game at Celtic Park last month, leading to a notice of complaint from the SFA’s compliance officer. But the principal hearing, originally scheduled for yesterday, was delayed because of Tonev’s inclusion in the Bulgarian national squad for their Euro 2016 qualifiers against Croatia and Norway.
However, the on-loan Aston Villa ace is adamant he has done nothing wrong.
Tonev said: “The racism case against me is now closed. The day after the accusation, people from Celtic went to the local football federation and they analysed it. Celtic had four different videos of the incident which proved there was no racial slurs. I have never had a problem with black players wherever I have been. Celtic are a big club and the atmosphere is wonderful there.”
One Love?????
Referee accused of favouring Celtic back in town to officiate at Ibrox
Staff Writer
Friday 10 October 2014
Miroslav Zelinka will officiate Scotland’s Euro 2016 qualifying match tomorrow, two years after he was accused of favouring a Scottish club side in a Champions League qualifier in Glasgow.
The Czech oversaw the meeting between Celtic and Finnish club HJK Helsinki, a match in which he allowed Charlie Mulgrew’s controversial goal to stand as the Glasgow club secured a precious 2-1 victory. Helsinki had made a substitution to allow the former Hearts striker Juho Makela to make way for Berat Sadik, but Zelinka allowed Kris Commons to take the corner before the Helsinki player had got into the box to mark Mulgrew.
The Celtic man scored easily to equalise for the home side since Sadik was nowhere near him, leading to furious protests from the Finnish side.
“This was a terrible mistake by the Czech referee,” Antti Muurinen, the Helsinki manager, said at the time. “I just don’t understand why the ref allowed them to take the corner kick.”
Zelinka has also developed a reputation for being fussy. He showed 10 cards as Barcelona won against Benfica in last season’s UEFA Youth League Final.
Celtic to prove Gordon Strachan wrong
Mark Guidi
Friday 10 October 2014
ROY Keane has revealed he joined Celtic out of defiance towards Gordon Strachan – and then contemplated quitting the club after one training session.
Roy Keane, who signed for Gordon Strachan’s Celtic in 2005, admits he felt like quitting after his first training session such was the pain in his hip. Picture: Colin Mearns
Roy Keane, who signed for Gordon Strachan’s Celtic in 2005, admits he felt like quitting after his first training session such was the pain in his hip. Picture: Colin Mearns
Speaking yesterday in Dublin at the launch of his autobiography, The Second Half, the Irishman spoke candidly about his six-month spell at Celtic Park from December, 2005 until May, 2006.
Keane was leaving Manchester United after a fall-out with Sir Alex Ferguson and had offers from Real Madrid, Everton and Bolton. But the lure of proving Strachan wrong and playing in an Old Firm game convinced Keane to move to Scotland.
With typical, brutal honesty, Keane said: “Real Madrid offered me a year and a half. Emilio Butragueno made the call and said: ‘Roy, we’ll be glad to have you.’ I met David Moyes at his house and was impressed with what he wanted for Everton. When a club is interested, the manager generally sells it to you. But I met Gordon Strachan in London at Dermot Desmond’s house. Gordon told me: ‘I’m not really worried if you sign for us or not. We’re okay without you.’ So I said to myself: ‘F*** him, I’m signing.’
“I think it was one of the reasons I signed for Celtic – to prove Gordon wrong. He was letting me know he wasn’t desperate for me; he was being a bit coy. But there was a bit of defiance from me.
“My hip had been causing concern and after my first training session I drove back to my hotel in Edinburgh and lay on the bed. And my hip – I’ve never known pain like it. My hip was f****** screaming. Just from the warm-up and the training. I lay there thinking – I don’t want to go back. But I need to – I have to. You should have retired. You should have just packed it in. But I couldn’t leave after my first day. Imagine how that would have looked.”
Keane won an SPL championship and the League Cup with Celtic and then retired from football at the end of that season.
His favourite moment in Scotland was defeating Rangers 1-0 in a league game at Ibrox. He recalled: “I look back at my time there and I’m a bit embarrassed. I only played 12 or 13 games.
“I enjoyed the Old Firm game. We won 1-0. Maciej Zurawski scored the goal. I was man-of-the-match. I got a yellow card for a foul on Dado Prso and they were baying for a red card.
“The atmosphere was brilliant, f****** electric. The hatred – I enjoyed all that. The dressing-room afterwards was great. I met great people at Celtic – from John Clark to the late Tommy Burns. I’ve no regrets about signing. It’s a brilliant club.
“When I phoned Gordon at the end of the season to tell him I was going to have to call it a day because of my hip, Gordon went: ‘All right, it’s for the best.’ And I was saying to myself, ‘Try and persuade me, for f***’s sake. At least pretend.’
Loving being over here in New England and away from the tabloid indoctrinated hordes calling radio Clyde and undermining the cause of the famous Glasgow Celtic.
Sure we made mistakes not getting the big picture right and securing a future outside of our wee 5 million when we had our chance. We pandered then to the tabloid reading masses who thought over paying for hartson and sutton and their like could go on for ever and a new Henrick L would pop up.
The same expectation culture as affected our consumers affected our board who did not accept the championship olive branch when offered in 2004/5 and who spoke of a natal antic league as a ‘frankensteins monster’. How games with Forrest and Leeds and Derby and the like with a promotional chance would appeal now. As would the tv revenue. How good would a card of fixtures with Ajax. Anderlecht Feyenoord benfica and Porto would look now. But our custodians and consumers preferred the easy route back then.
Now we are well run and managing our decline, waiting for change to happen as we hVe for 10 years and have a spoilt over expectant consumer base and a load of whinging ex supporters looking to being the club to the same commercial Armageddon as our ex rivals and being wound up by Hun implants on our blog on a daily basis. Oh dear. . Glad to be away for a while.
twists n turns
05:00 on 10 October, 2014
Herald
Aleksander Tonev insists he is innocent of racial abuse and appears to think he has already been cleared of the SFA charge, despite facing a delayed hearing on October 30.
The Bulgarian midfielder was accused by Aberdeen’s Shay Logan after a game at Celtic Park last month, leading to a notice of complaint from the SFA’s compliance officer. But the principal hearing, originally scheduled for yesterday, was delayed because of Tonev’s inclusion in the Bulgarian national squad for their Euro 2016 qualifiers against Croatia and Norway.
However, the on-loan Aston Villa ace is adamant he has done nothing wrong.
Tonev said: “The racism case against me is now closed. The day after the accusation, people from Celtic went to the local football federation and they analysed it. Celtic had four different videos of the incident which proved there was no racial slurs. I have never had a problem with black players wherever I have been. Celtic are a big club and the atmosphere is wonderful there.”
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Haters are gonnae hate.
I hope Aleks can settle down now and get a place, unlikely now though, if James and Mubarak are running amok, either side.
THE “virtual Credit Football League” table, compiled by city analysts for investors, charts the fortunes of publicly-listed and privately-run European clubs.
Celtic are third in the European table
AN independent study on European football clubs’ financial health and stability ranks Celtic among the top three in the continent and Rangers in the lower reaches.
The “virtual Credit Football League” table, compiled by city analysts for investors, charts the fortunes of publicly-listed and privately-run European clubs, with the Scottish champions third behind Dutch giants Ajax and Londoners Arsenal.
Rangers, presently in the grip of an ongoing boardroom power struggle and trailing Hearts in the second tier title race, are ranked 31st from 44 with French side Lens at the bottom and Italians Inter Milan second from the foot of the table.
Daily RecordSource: Credit Health Panel (CHP) on the S&P Capital IQ platform as of September 8 2014. The CHP dscore is a relative quartile ranking (Top, above average, Below Average, Bottom) that expresses the creditworthiness of the focus company relative to its unique peer group.
When privately-owned clubs are removed from the table, Celtic are in first place.
The report has been compiled by US-based markets and risk specialists McGraw Hill Financial and examined how equity markets react to on-field performance through stock prices and gauged how the market viewed a club’s credit.
“Deteriorating match performance, combined with economic struggles and financial concerns could sink a corporation. An example of such a case is in Rangers International Football.”
In contrast, Celtic’s “status as perennial title contenders and their recent success in winning the Scottish Premier league for the last three seasons has apparently led to a positive market setiment. The report also lists Celtic as the club least likely to default.
The clubs were assessed using 24 different criteria, including performance and transfers and match attendance and fan spend.
“Our credit indicators provide investors with a set of essential signals to monitor improving or declining credit strength in football clubs,” said Pavle Sabic, director of Credit Market Development at S&P Capital IQ, which is part of McGraw Hill Financial.
Burnley78
05:05 on 10 October, 2014
Loving being over here in New England and away from the tabloid indoctrinated hordes calling radio Clyde and undermining the cause of the famous Glasgow Celtic.
Sure we made mistakes not getting the big picture right and securing a future outside of our wee 5 million when we had our chance. We pandered then to the tabloid reading masses who thought over paying for hartson and sutton and their like could go on for ever and a new Henrick L would pop up.
The same expectation culture as affected our consumers affected our board who did not accept the championship olive branch when offered in 2004/5 and who spoke of a natal antic league as a ‘frankensteins monster’. How games with Forrest and Leeds and Derby and the like with a promotional chance would appeal now. As would the tv revenue. How good would a card of fixtures with Ajax. Anderlecht Feyenoord benfica and Porto would look now. But our custodians and consumers preferred the easy route back then.
Now we are well run and managing our decline, waiting for change to happen as we hVe for 10 years and have a spoilt over expectant consumer base and a load of whinging ex supporters looking to being the club to the same commercial Armageddon as our ex rivals and being wound up by Hun implants on our blog on a daily basis. Oh dear. . Glad to be away for a while.
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Your holiday
Sandman
00:42 on
10 October, 2014
Ronny D is an idealist.
Pragmatism will always overcome idealism (‘iDeilaism’?)in the football sphere.
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Great line.
Magnificent pun.
tnt
I always enjoy your pick of the lepers of the Press.
Cheers.
macjay1,
I know how you feel about Ronny D, it is even spookier when Kitalba is Worried about the total disorganisation of the play.
I’ve listened to a few Audios tonight, totally unrelated to fitba and All I can relate things to is to people like CRC, FFM, Kitalba, yerself and so many others on CQN.
Ronny, when he was sure We’d be in the CL next Season, well he, won me over then.
Macjay
Ha..you’re welcome.
I guess it cuts down on the hits if the bhoys can see what they are saying by looking in here.
Reams of stuff today on Roy Keane, but I’m sticking with just one as it’s very much of the same. Anyway, Roy is loaded enough without me promoting his book:-)
First Celtic book I ever read? The big shot, by Tommy Gemmell. Must have been when I was about 13? Oh I dunno, maybe 1971/72??. Was a Christmas pressie I think, or a birthday.
Not very impressed with Roy’s book from what I’ve seen from the snippets in the press. Moaning face git:-). Got to live up to the image I guess though eh?
Not impressed either with the roads in the UK. Took me 6 hours to travel 300 miles yesterday to get home to Scotland for the races at Musselburgh this weekend and see my family.
Neither am I impressed by the service stations on the M6. Shit holes.
Was not impressed by the maniac drivers either who , when the torrential rain fell for about 15 minutes, were screaming past me at about 95 mph with visibility practically zilch even with my wipers on turbo.
Tell you what impresses me though. My mum keeps very poor health and had a stroke a few years ago. So, to see the intricate Christmas and birthday cards she produces despite limited use of her hands, is a joy. Yes, very impressed.
Pete.
Always great to talk to you.
Celtic are the heartbeat of so many of us.
Celtic deserve the best.
We deserve the best.
Sadly,I feel that Ronny falls short.Through no fault of his own.
Nothing suggests to me that he has now,or will have what is required to place us where we must be .
At the top table.
The killer?
Ignore ,for a moment ,the results.
His body language.
Out of his depth.Out of his comfort zone.
:-(
Macjay
The players are the only ones who will save Ronnie now. Need a run of decent results and performances. Are they fully behind him? If they are, he has a chance, cos they’ll turn the season around.
If they are reading the press however, and buy into some of the disgraceful comments, he’s toast.
It’s ok to comment on poor decision making, but some of the personal slurs are both unnecessary and damaging. Sadly, one or two ex Celts are adding fuel.
And….has John Collins been told to say nowt? Has he chosen to say nowt? Is he hiding or is he waiting for the managers coat peg?
To me, if Ronnie goes, JC goes too.
twists n turns
05:38 on
10 October, 2014
Living in Oz.,and out of the loop,I was educated by C.Q.N. not to hit the sites of the our perennial antagonists.
So,you`re a `59 baby?
`46 myself.
I was a Tim before you were born.
:-)
Cheers,my fellow Tim.
twists n turns
05:55 on
10 October, 2014
Absolutely agree.
We support our own.Always have .Always will.
Personal slurs say more about the source than the victim.
They should go before Ronny.
However,if he`s not up to the job,do the guy a favour.
With much regret.
Macjay, nearly, I’m a 58 bhoy, though, December, so as I say, almost.
Number one when I was born?
Hoots mon, there’s a moose loose aboot this hoose by Lord Rockinghams 11.
Jock Steins 11 were number one a few years later:-)
Nags.
Not looking to gamble much today as I’m keeping my powder relatively dry for Musselburgh tomorrow, however a horse at York interest me today because 16/1 is just a plain daft price.
Called ” hi there”.
That horse finished fourth to Senockian Star at Epsom, and has dropped half a stone in the weights since then. Half a stone!!
Now, over a mile and a half that equates to 12 lengths.
Ground today has gone in his favour, so a decent showing today has got to take him very close surely?
Also, look at his wins? This time of year. September and October.
Not a tip based on info but betting is all about value and if Hi There runs his race today 16/1 he must be worth a fiver each way?
tnt
I remember it well.
Purple People Eater.
Marty Wilde…Teenager in Love.
Cliff…..Prehensile upper lip.
Peggy Weiner(?) on the Organ.
And,and and…………………..The Vernon`s Girls.
“Lover,Please.”
The name of the five guy vocal group escapes me.
I wonder if being paid less than the living wage has an influence on your thoughts….
Borrowed from Scotslawthoughts:
CELTIC AND THE LIVING WAGE By JohnBhoy
Brother Walfrid’s Resolution
Brother Walfrid created Celtic football club in 1888 as a funding conduit to lessen poverty in the east end of Glasgow: “A football club will be formed for the maintenance of dinner tables for the children and the unemployed.” Poverty, in whatever shape or form, was abhorrent to Brother Walfrid’s innate sense of decency. It is this core value that runs through our very veins and has been the beating heart of the Celtic diaspora, passed down from one generation to the next. We are a family because we care for each other and for those less fortunate than ourselves. For that, we are indebted to Brother Walfrid. At Celtic’s AGM, in this our celebratory 125th anniversary year, Celtic turned its back on Brother Walfrid when it rejected Resolution 11.
The demand set out in Resolution 11 was one that could have been penned by Brother Walfrid himself: that Celtic – and I do not separate club from company because we are one and the same, legally and morally – pay their low-paid workers an hourly rate that lifts them above the poverty threshold. Brother Walfrid’s Poverty Resolution, for that is what it was, fell on deaf ears and was defeated. Stunned silence does not convey the shock of that decision.
The Working Poor
Celtic is legally entitled to pay a wage that keeps a section of its workers in “working poverty”. That sum is given the formal name the National Minimum Wage. It has a number of rates depending on an employee’s age. An employer can legally get away with paying its employees as little as £2.68 an hour (for an apprentice), £3.72 (for someone under 18), £5.03 (18-20) and £6.31 (21 and over).
The wage that raises workers above the National Minimum Wage, and out of poverty, is called the Living Wage. It is currently set at £7.65 an hour, a sum calculated annually by The Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University. London has its own Living Wage (£8.80), determined by the Greater London Authority. The amount is based on meeting essential utility costs and the average price of a basic basket of goods. The number of workers at Celtic Park who are paid the National Minimum Wage at some level, and so below the Living Wage, total 178.
Paying the Living Wage is the right thing to do because the alternative is to be an accomplice to poverty and that is a working practice associated with slum-dwelling Victorian Britain. A rich employer that can afford six-figure bonuses but still refuses to add a few pounds to the salary of its own working poor is an affront to a civilised society.
The moral case for paying a wage that allows staff a degree of dignity and provides for a decent standard of living is impregnable but those employers who have become Living Wage employers also recognise the business case. Dominic Johnson, Employee Relations Director at Barclays Bank (http://www.livingwage.org.uk/calculation): “This is not only the right thing to do, but good business. Early research on the impact of the Living Wage for cleaners on Barclays’ contracts shows our suppliers have a 92% retention rate versus an industry average of 35%. This means we can gain a better quality and more reliable service from colleagues who feel committed and valued for what they do.”
Other employers up and down the country have also sought Living Wage accreditation. KPMG, Lloyd’s, Deloitte, Lush, PWC, Bartons Solicitors, Bootstrap Company, Corgi Home Plan, Direct Plastics, Harlow Council, J. P. Morgan, Legal and General, National Portrait Gallery, Rathbones, and many more.
The movement to replace a low wage with a living wage has even crossed the pond to reach the shores of arguably the most capitalist country in the world, the United States of America. Sea Tac in Washington, with a population of just over 30,000, is voting to make the whole town a Living Wage town. The vote is to raise the legal minimum wage to $15 (£9.40) an hour, a 60% increase from the current minimum wage of $9.19 (£5.76) an hour.
If the Living Wage is right for other employers, why is it wrong for Celtic?
The Celtic Board’s Position
“Paying the Living Wage is not just an important part of our values, our people strategy and our award winning corporate responsibility agenda: it’s critical.” That is not the Celtic Board’s position, but that of KPMG (http://www.livingwage.org.uk). This is the Celtic Board’s position:
– Extremely Rich Men’s Excuse 1
“For many this is their second job”.
For many on the Celtic Board their directorship is a second job (or even third or fourth) and one for which they are extremely well paid and not subject to the same logic that necessitates poverty remuneration. However, for the lowest paid at Celtic Park, their second job is not a life-style choice. The low-paid have two jobs because they are struggling to make ends meet with just one low-paid job. If the comment by the Celtic Board is meant to suggest that “for many” this second job is for money to buy sweeties, and not to cover essential living bills, then it is a suggestion that does not merit a dignified response.
– Extremely Rich Men’s Excuse 2
Celtic’s Investors in People status is evidence of “our commitment to the development and success of our people”.
There is an alternative view of Investors in People: that it is an expensive, self-congratulatory HR propaganda tool and is no substitute for paying a decent wage. A status symbol does not keep a house warm or fill a child’s stomach with food.
– Extremely Rich Men’s Excuse 3
“In April this year, we launched our annual Colleagues’ Attitudes and Opinions Survey”.
And they all answered no to the following questions:
Question 1. Would you like to see Celtic continue in the footsteps of Brother Walfrid and help remove poverty in the east end of Glasgow (Y/N)?__
Question 2. Would you like Celtic pay a wage to our lowest paid staff that is above a poverty wage (Y/N)?:__
Question 3. 178 of your colleagues, here in the east end of Glasgow, are on poverty wages (the ‘working poor’). This runs contrary to Brother Walfrid’s mission. Should we pay them a wage that takes them out of poverty (Y/N)?__
– Extremely Rich Men’s Excuse 4
“The Company operates an annual bonus scheme… in order to encourage out-performance, motivate and retain staff.”
Three points: 1) A bonus is an “additional good thing”. When it is used in conjunction with a poverty wage then it is not an “additional good thing”. If, on the hand, a bonus was available over and above the payment of a Living Wage, which is a good thing, then it would genuinely deserve the label bonus. 2) An employee should not need to depend on a bonus payment to pay basic bills. 3) It is not guaranteed. If a low paid worker fails to secure a bonus then that worker may also fail to put food on the table.
– Extremely Rich Men’s Excuse 5
“The Company takes into account remuneration packages within other comparable companies and sectors.”
To paraphrase: everybody is shafting the poor so why should Celtic be any different? Just because other football clubs are paying poverty wages to some staff does not mean that Celtic have to follow their example. Celtic’s wage structure for football players is significantly higher than any other football club in Scotland. Why not replicate that approach at the other end of the food chain? We break the mould for the rich so why not for the poor?
– Extremely Rich Men’s Excuse 6
“… key element of sustaining a robust structure that can withstand the economic pressures of the current football environment is responsible financial management for the long term.
Such an approach requires flexibility and control of costs.”
This is corporate gobbledygook. Why does the bugle call for flexibility and control only apply to the working poor? Is it because they are powerless and so easily controlled? Flexibility and control should not be linked to the working poor. Celtic is not in vigorous financial health because of the negligible wages paid to 178 staff – if they are then more shame on Celtic. Nor will paying those 178 staff a living wage send Celtic spiralling into a financial black hole. You do not hear KPMG or Barclays Bank or Lush or Legal & General complaining about loss of flexibility or control over costs.
At the next home game when you buy an expensive pie and Bovril you can cheer yourself up by reflecting that the pennies paid to the young workers behind the counter allow Celtic flexibility and control.
– Extremely Rich Men’s Excuse 7
It costs too much.
Celtic cannot afford not to because if the dark stain on Brother Walfrid’s legacy becomes permanent then the price to pay for the damage to Celtic’s reputation will be far greater. Celtic can afford to spend £1,409,744 on nine Directors but cannot afford to take cleaners, bar staff, fast-fast workers, stewards, and other staff, out of working poverty? The vast majority of these workers turn up for about four hours a week, 30 match days a year. That’s about £1.34 extra X 4 hours = £5.36 a day per employee aged 21 or over. Do the math. Any pay differentials will be at the bottom end of the pay scale. This is about choice, not means, and Celtic have chosen to adopt a business model that benefits those at the top and forces those at the bottom to seek tax-relief and in-work benefits. The State, in effect, is subsidising employers who continue to pay staff poverty wages.
More Than A Club
Celtic is a club like no other. Some have better football teams or more money or a bigger stadium or even more fans. We are different. We are not defined by our team, our wealth, our stadium or by the size of our fan base. We are more than the sum of our parts. Celtic is a cultural phenomenon built on an idea. An idea that was gifted to us by Brother Walfrid: that our club is founded on the bedrock of decency and a concern for the well-being of our fellow citizens. It is this idea that bonds us as a family, the Celtic Family.
Brother Walfrid’s humane vision does not shrink to enlarge a profit margin; nor does it demur to the vagaries of corporate benevolence. Celtic’s position over the eradication of working poverty under its own roof in the east end of Glasgow is untenable, both from a moral and a financial stance. When there exists tension between voting for one over the other it is the moral vote, Brother Walfrid’s vote, his ideals, his vision of us, that should always, always triumph. That is why we are more than a club.
Written by JohnBhoy
tnt.
Hopefully.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsOqQsUo1pU&spfreload=10%20Message%3A%20JSON%20Parse%20error%3A%20Unexpected%20EOF%20(url%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DBsOqQsUo1pU)
Morning Twists
Off to Ripon this weekend to see my pal and York Races beckons tomorrow.
Any steers in the right direction, would be appreciated for this horsey novice
HH
CRC
CRC
Horsey novice my backside!! Yes had Mari ootsiders thin Sunblest!!
Have a great day. Really think that nag I mentioned earlier could be good value.
Here, similarly bud, if Ya fancy anything tomorrow at Musselburgh, drop me a text pls. Anything over 66/1 would be appreciated:-))
Good morning friends and a Big Happy Friday from a dark, damp and cloudy East Kilbride.
Off to (hopefully) sunny Calpe early tomorrow morning for 5 days so next EK weather report will, God willing, be this time next week. I know that I’ll be sorely missed ;-)
Hmmm
” yev had mair ootsiders than Sunblest ” was what it was typed in as!!
We will never know the full truth regarding the managerial musical chairs over who was or who was not offered the Celtic manager’s hot seat, however it appears to me almost certain that DD attempted to lure a season ticket selling name into the hot seat whilst PL continued the moneyball strategy he has been operating successfully in balance sheet terms, PL has clearly won the day with Ronny Delia being his man for delivering the moneyball plan in full, a big season ahead in many ways we do indeed live in interesting times
Friday 10 October 2014
ROY Keane yesterday expanded on his reasons for rejecting the Celtic manager’s post last summer by claiming that he was “10th choice” for the job, but still left the door open to an offer in the future.Keane met Celtic’s majority shareholder Dermot Desmond in Dublin following Neil Lennon’s departure from the club but said this week that he could not agree on the terms of a contract and declined the opportunity to succeed the Northern Irishman. Ronny Deila was subsequently appointed as Lennon’s successor with Henrik Larsson also claiming that he had turned down the job.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
06:23 on 10 October, 2014
The name of the five guy vocal group escapes me.
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The Dallas Boys?
It’s obvious from some posters that they think my wee bro looks like Brad Pitt whereas I look like Brad Merrick.
If I’m ever going to convince the beautiful Annabel that I’m more than a stalker, I need my beauty sleep.
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Was at the Scottish Parliament yesterday. The fragrant Annabel floated past me and I smiled…..
‘Remove all these young Pedro whippersnappers….I want a real man, not a pup….a man who swims in the water of life and sweeps me into the torrent….a man called ACGR…’
She didn’t actually come right out and say that but you could tell from the look on her Face she was definitely thinking it!!!
HH jamesgang
Roy Keane tells us the WGS knew he was past it and would add little to the squad.
Then to coin a phrase, In WGS We Trust.
Jobo
Stunning sunrise on moment, banks of heavy fog the next.
It was so dark at getting up time this morning that I had no idea how perceptible the barely perceptible breeze might be.
Enjoy your holiday mhate.
HH jamesgang