Being responsible is not always easy, especially when it comes to running a football club, where playing to the gallery offers vastly better short-term returns, and no doubt a rush of endorphins.
If your fans are engaged in an activity which regularly brings them to the attention of the courts, and your club into disrepute, it doesn’t matter what you think of the apparent offense. You may chant an offending song in the shower every morning month, but your only public comment on the matter can be to chastise and urge fans to desist.
Clubs in Scotland voted against what is known as strict liability. This means they are not held responsible for transgressions by their fans – and who wants to be held responsible for the actions of others who protected from personal liability by hiding in a crowd.
Part of the deal on not having strict liability is that clubs must demonstrate that they take all steps necessary to dissuade and educate their fans from carrying out criminal or regulatory offenses. It’s simply not possible for club to tell fans their illegal actions were justified, as this would place the club itself in the firing line.
The nonsense following the Scottish Cup final is all background noise as far as we are concerned, but be aware the contagion will spread beyond those you could consider highly dysfunctional operators.
Solving Kids Cancer in memory of Oscar Knox
Our own Bundoran Bhoy will run the Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday on behalf of Solving Kids Cancer. He has put in an enormous amount of work ahead of the event, for a cause which you are only too familiar with.
26 miles is a long way to run. You can give him some encouragement on his Just Giving page.
Good luck, Tommy.
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Mint!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Strokes
Last Nite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tuvX_X7Rlw
Could this be a replacem not for Rogic & Scott Allan ?
Brendan Rodgers barely has his feet under the table at Celtic and fans are already betting on Joe Allen being his first summer signing.
The Liverpool midfielder is known to be a favourite of Rodgers, with the pair having worked together at Swansea as well as Anfield.
Allen has been something of a bit-part player for the Reds under current boss Jurgen Klopp, and admitted earlier this week that he is unsure about his future on Merseyside.
A lot of people seem to be putting two and two together, and coming up with Allen in a Celtic shirt this summer, with a sizeable amount of supporters requesting odds on the move happening from bookies online
Charlie Mulgrew sauntered off the pitch during the Ajax game.
Afterwards he claimed that he was carrying an injury.
There’s no way of disproving if this was the reason for his departure from the field of play, so I suppose we are just going to have to take his word for it.
In saying that, I have seen many a Celtic player suffer injury during a game, but I’ve never witnessed a player exit the pitch in the manner that he did.
See there are tough decisions ahead – Do you reincorparate players such as Mulgrew, (a fair weather footballer in my opinion) in order to progress?
Or do you look to players like Ryan Christie to move the club forward?
A footballer with enthusiasm, positively and the correct mental attitude
Only time will tell.
HH.
FFS, just read back
EDB, sorry, rattlin on about shite…. dunnno what to say…
stay strong bruv
I think Joe Allen will be out of our price range. Liverpool paid 15 million for him. He has one year left of contract. Surely he would be too much?
HH
Re players fitness and injuries,
I thought that playing Scott Brown when obviously not fit was a huge risk, potentially to him and us (midfield v Sevco). I thought one of Charlie’s alleged concerns was that players were being brought back too soon?
Sometimes when things aren’t right in the camp (any team) it’s amazing the number of injuries that are suddenly reported.
Off to walk the dog.
Still not feeling this song
The Stone Roses
All For One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0XZ9qjMil8
Gutted that it could have been so good and was not quite there……
Am away, oiche mhaith
quite brilliant piece on John James blog, abiut the Billy Boys song.
Got to thank Tarantino for putting me onto this.
https://youtu.be/UTyqwwAitQI
EDB
I suspect that you have a clarity about enjoying the simple beauty of life ,and to appreciate what good and beauty that there is around us in our everyday lives.
We should enjoy the simple things.
I hope the doctors works miracles for you.
I’ll see you next season .
TT
16 Roads, hope your well Bhud
Charlie did not just walk off the park in that game.
I watched as he walked back to half way line, gave instructions to Scott Allan, and I believe informed the bench on way back he needed to come off.
May have appeared he just walked off as team re- assembled after losing the goal
Clogher Celt
Scott Brown for whatever reason has not been a 100% this season but he has been needed, in KT first Euro game (maybe Fenerbache) at home, I could be wrong it won’t be the first (or the last) Broony made a point of getting the ball to KT and giving the wee man a few early touches, in other games Efe has done the same…….I am a massive Broony fan…. He gets us in the very best of ways
16 Roads
Charlie Mulgrew was very angry with the rehabilitation advice that he received from Ronny Deilas team.
He ended up seeking his own medical specialists.
Only after this happened did his condition improve.
There was a lot of disharmony about the back room staff.
Some felt that they were out of their depth,and had little faith in them.
How do I know ?
Just trust me ,I do.
TT
“Dear Stewart Robertson:
Bigoted chanting has haunted Rangers FC for decades.
Pluck up the courage: condemn it outright. Offer no excuses.”
Graham Spiers on Twitter.
COWIEBHOY on 27TH MAY 2016 11:03 PM
16 Roads, hope your well Bhud
Charlie did not just walk off the park in that game.
I watched as he walked back to half way line, gave instructions to Scott Allan, and I believe informed the bench on way back he needed to come off.
May have appeared he just walked off as team re- assembled after losing the goal
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Absolutely correct – was obvious Charlie was injured, and he communicatd with the bench. Load of bollocks being alleged about Charlie that night.
HH
BGFC
Of all the things we ( the Celtic support) have done NONE terrifies them more than Res 12. It took them a while for the significance to dawn on them but now that it has….
Keep those self belts fastened. You are in for a week to remember.
COWIEBHOY on 27TH MAY 2016 11:03 PM
16 Roads, hope your well Bhud
Charlie did not just walk off the park in that game.
I watched as he walked back to half way line, gave instructions to Scott Allan, and I believe informed the bench on way back he needed to come off.
May have appeared he just walked off as team re- assembled after losing the goal.
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I’m sound thanks CB,hope life is being kind to you mo chara.
That is a reasonable enough explanation.
It’s entirely up to the management to decide if he gets a new contract, or not.
In domestic football, these players shouldn’t have a problem competing – the likes of Mulgrew, Commons, Forrest and Broony. It’s the European arena where they struggle to cope.
Also a lot of them are prone to being injured most of the time anyway.
HH.
Gerryfaethebrig
Broonie was carrying and injury from late December.
He carried it and played through.
He was 100% supportive of Ronny Deila ,and he sacrificed himself to show it.
His intention is to get himself 100% fit.
He does not take it for granted that he is certain to get a game ,never mind be captain,next season.
He wants to impress our new manager.
This was his intention before he knew that Brendan had been appointed.
He loves the club and enjoys the nurturing that he is receiving in a coaching capacity.
TT
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/putting-fenian-blood-into-context/#more-7575
whats a self belt ?
cqn lexicon
CLUNKS on 27TH MAY 2016 10:55 PM
Still not feeling this song
The Stone Roses
All For One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0XZ9qjMil8
Gutted that it could have been so good and was not quite there……
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Some things you should just never try to recreate. The Sone Roses simply didn’t manage these heights…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFWst8c_Cvk
16 Roads
Cannot explain that,
Commons into hospital as soon as s a son finished as well for an operation on an injury he had carried
As Tiny Tim points out, a lot of disharmony in the camp last season with Ronny’s Norwegian back room team
TinyTim on 27th May 2016 11:09 pm
Charlie Mulgrew was very angry with the rehabilitation advice that he received from Ronny Deilas team.
He ended up seeking his own medical specialists.
Only after this happened did his condition improve.
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Hopefully Charlie got a refund when he went off injured at HT against Aberdeen in May :O)
CowieBhoy, hopefully some unity next season.
https://twitter.com/tirnaog09/status/736287842285031424/photo/1
Charlie Mulgrew is not the first Celtic player to seek out their own physio. Had a physio for a wee thing myself, nothing serious, all is well now. He had the national jersey of a Celltic player framed on his wall as thanks for his help. Physio told me that pro football clubs are notoriously lax with a players long term wellbeing and many will personally outsource their own physio this way. Most football clubs have a physio for an immediate there and then match day fix, he told me. This is the case in the English Premiership too he said. He singled out Sam Allerdyce as an unexpected exception to the rule at West Ham at the time. The West Ham board forced Roy Carol to play against Allerdyce will he said.
Still not enamoured to remember Mulgrew walking off that night. Glad to see he is hopefully staying with something to reprove though.
Foo Fighters
My Hero (Acustico)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LPT4M03KPg
TT/BGFC – That’s fair enough.
All of the players mentioned have helped the club win trophies over these past few years, and I appreciate their efforts.
Some of them have also been outstanding in European games, particularly during Neil Lennon’s time at the helm.
The past is the past though, and there is no room for sentiment.
If you believe that the said players can help the club progress in European football, that’s good.
It’s just an opinion, but I think that their best days have been and gone.
HH.
Winning Captains
I hope that you are correct ,but forgive me for lacking faith.
Last week you told us that the Scottish media were going to set about Warburton if they lost the Scottish cup final.
He has not be seen or heard from ,and there has been virtually no comment about his whereabouts ,never mind a hint of any criticism towards him.
I hope I’m wrong ,but I suspect that Celtic will make an impotent statement ( contrived to try and get some dissenting fans back on board),the adverts will appear in the press.
The Rangers PR machine knows what is coming and will be ready.
It will all blow over in about a fortnight ,and nothing will be gained.
None of my comments are in anyway a criticism of the determined work that you and your fellow resolution 12r’s have done.
You all have my admiration and thanks for actually trying to do something.
I just don’t have any faith in the SFA or UEFA to deal with the matter fairly and honestly.
TT
winning captains on 27th May 2016 11:14 pm
I sincerely hope you are right – we’ve already had too many false dawns
Doc, hoping so :-)
The Huddle is that the league winning game :-) where he played 45mins on his return from injury, to help out our depleted squad
Personally I would be happy if he stays, offers versatility for us, and in my view still as good as any of the current centre halfs we signed last season
DOC on 27TH MAY 2016 8:22 PM
The season before last I only made four home games due to Sunday working, so I didn’t renew last season.
I don’t know what the future holds in the work just now Sunday wise and as my brother is in London some weekends, he suggested splitting a book.
Seems the way for me to go at the moment and will just purchase tickets when my brother is using the book.
Makes sense to me.HH
CowieBhoy, thumbsup!
Sipsini, it does make sense.
TinyTim 1109
You say about Mulgrew not happy about the rehab advice.
This is no big deal and happens all the time.
Players regularly will have their own physios, will have connections with physios from other clubs, will even attend other clubs for treatment.
It can be as little as liking a certain physios way or even being friendly with them, this would obviously be a reason with someone new and not having English as a first language.
If you are getting massages constantly as most top pros are it is important you are comfortable in their company.
I would say if Mulgrew was the only one then they must be doing a good job.
For the Magic Hat!!
Nirvana
Where did you sleep last night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcXYz0gtJeM
Winning Captains
Believe me buddy. One thing scares them more.
Their media turning against them.
The day they finally grow a set is the day Hun will fall.
Anybody steps out of line the silence is unbearable!
MWD
Not only complicity but a bunch of ducking cowardice cretins!
MWD