I’ve plenty of sympathy for Niall McGinn for coming under pressure after being spotted at the Kilmarnock-Celtic game on Monday, but not in any way distressed. Players watch former clubs all the time, it’s not even remotely an issue, but Niall is experiencing the cost of playing in a team at the top of the league. Aberdeen fans would neither notice nor care where he was on Monday if they were in their usual mid-table spot.
A taste of internecine strife does more damage than any external party could ever hope to inflict. Glad to hear it’s taken route at our nearest rivals. On a similar note…….
A serious bid to bring newco Rangers to its knees got into full swing yesterday, as thousands of ‘fans’ signed up to spend not a penny more with the club, while mock-Rangers jerseys (should that be mock-mock-Rangers?), sold by fans’ groups, were profiled in the media.
If you know your history, 20 years ago a group of Celtic fans, some working on the frontline, some working behind the scenes, orchestrated the Celts for Change campaign, which ultimately brought regime change at Celtic.
Celts for Change had two fundamental factors in their favour: people with access to the money required to resolve the club’s problems were among them, while those running Celtic did not have access to significant funds, personal or otherwise.
The lessons of Celts for Change is that before you hurt the club you love: make sure you are capable of laying a glove on those you are trying to damage, and when you bring things to a head, ensure you have the money to put things right. In newco’s case this will be many tens of millions.
I backed Celts for Change and I wholeheartedly back those who are trying to bring down newco. Their plans and foresight are exceptional.
Care to guess which Scottish club has been most active in the transfer market this month? Falkirk, who have signed their fifth player. They have won six of their last seven games and are now within a win of getting into a play-off spot. Hot tip for the play-offs: Falkirk, Hibs, Queen of the South and Ross County.
What about Mike Ashley yesterday appointing Duff & Phelps as administrators to one of his companies? Just in case you think he’s not ballsy.
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“Humanity to Manchester…..” ,dearie me ,these idiots are more deluded than i thought….
Talk about wonder where he will pitch up next :))))
Andy Newport@AndyNewportPA
PA understands St Mirren won’t be sold to English syndicate after Stewart Gilmour discovered one of the investors is a convicted fraudster
Andy Newport@AndyNewportPA
Thavar Mohammed, 52, was sentenced to six months in jail in 2011 after being found guilty of a fake business deal at Newcastle Crown Court.
Monaghan1900
Nearly choked on a biascuit there :)))
“Disgrace and embarrassment are words that could never be associated with the glorious history of Rangers.”
Still spluttering at the deluded ,long may they entertain us.
Biscuit:))
Ahhhh blame them :))))
philvisreturns 16:59 on 8 January, 2015
“There’s a lot of hysteria about this subject at the moment and lots of dodgy figures being bandied about.”
A lot of hysteria about rape.
Who’d have thought it? It’s normally such a light-hearted subject.
So Alex Neil off to Norwich then,could be Celtic next manager,watch this space.HH
greenpinata
17:10 on 8 January, 2015
Absolutely …….. how any human being can violate another human being in that manner is beyond me, it really is…….. and the punishment should fit the crime …..
steinreignedsupreme – I know.
It doesn’t need to be exaggerated or sensationalised. (thumbsup)
frannyb67-strange one for me,very little experience at any decent level,good luck to him.
Monaghan1900 – I would say the internet hss helped them
He’s so raging he’s reverted to parseltongue. (thumbsup)
philvisreturns 17:28 on 8 January, 2015
“It doesn’t need to be exaggerated or sensationalised”
And it’s a topic that doesn’t really require any smart-arse comments.
steinreignedsupreme – And it’s a topic that doesn’t really require any smart-arse comments.
Like: “Who’d have thought it? It’s normally such a light-hearted subject.”?
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! (thumbsup)
Collum’s 2 red cards last week overturned, totally incompetent,not fit for purpose,i’m sure he will be demoted………………maybe not then…
philvisreturns 17:35 on 8 January, 2015
You appear to be turning into KevJungle in front of our eyes.
Perry Mason brings it all on himself.
frannyb67
17:26 on 8 January, 2015
So Alex Neil off to Norwich then,could be Celtic next manager,watch this space.HH
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Someone – I suspect some people – is/are doing something ‘very right’ at that wee club.
Clubs like that should form the bedrock of the majority of Scottish senior football into the future.
HH jamesgang
steinreignedsupreme – Crivvens. If I’m ever “aff oot”, you have my permission to take me to the vet for the final jag. (thumbsup)
Delia must have been guzzling the sherry instead of putting it in her sherry
From twitter
“How bad Rangers situ has become. Possible new investor Robert Sarver has to stress he has never met Ashley, the Easdales, Green or White”.
Trifle
philvisreturns 17:41 on 8 January, 2015
I shall be delighted to take you up on that offer, any Tuesday is good for me.
BAda Bing
He is a right good Bhoy had a SB until he was 14 then took up the Fitba ,HH,off oot to do a 12hr niteshift :(
Celtic being reportedly prepared to sell VVD for £10 million this transfer window.If true once again the goal is money not trying to improve the team for the Milan game.H.H.
Inter, as befits a proper club, are strengthening.
Having been comprehensively coorvad by Legia, have we learned any lessons?
I expect a disappointing transfer window.
leftclicktic
17:44 on 8 January, 2015From twitter“How bad Rangers situ has become. Possible new investor Robert Sarver has to stress he has never met Ashley, the Easdales, Green or White”.
story that Ashley has an interest in his basketball team…..
judester
Now that’s funny
HH jamesgang
Afternoon Joe.
If we spent the 10 million, I would sell the Dutchman.
We wouldn’t spend it though.
Just catching up…
Why is the Niall McGinn photo thing causing a stir, am I missing something?
Why is it a story on BBC scot and papers?
Why is the Booby Madden LC semi-final thing not causing a stir, am I missing something?
Why isn’t it a story on BBC scot and papers?
!!Bada Bing!!
I know but which hack was asking him and why?
For me as soon as I seen AJ questioning his motives I knew he wasn’t with the “glib & shameless liar ” & the three bears :))))))))
and they call us paranoid
Leaving aside the legal aspects and judgments in the Evans case, even if it had not ended up in court, it is a very sordid enterprise.
To ‘pile in’ because he apparently thought she was ‘a good thing’, to have another two ‘pals’ with you who are filming events from outside a window is disgusting.
This girl, regardless of her character, was treated like a ‘piece of meat’ and, even if, in her drunken state, they genuinely believed she consented, she was still treated like a ‘piece of meat’.
I was originally in the “he has served his time…etc” camp, however, after reading all the facts, I have no sympathy for Evans.
In my opinion,all of them should have been convicted under ‘joint enterprise’ – just because you CAN do something, does not mean you should do it.
The girl was stupid and drunk, but she was treated like a ‘piece of meat’
alfie noakes
17:59 on 8 January,
Total scumbags
monaghan1900
17:04 on 8 January, 2015
…… and some Celtic Supporters want them ressurrected ….. Incredible …!!!!!!
Dear, oh, dear,
Lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth yesterday around the appointment of a certain referee for our LCSM against the newest incarnation of thems…..wow…..to be fair some of the posted links were eye openers for me, especially Johnny Doyle sent off for blasting the ball into the refs ugly mush…..what was the rationale…..that it was deliberate? ffs…..minority report thinking there. As the pre-eminent football club in Scotland, Celtic can & will give thems a footballing lesson I, for 1, have no doubt ;-))
Are we saying that Roy Aitkens throw in is the only time we have ever benefited from a wrong refereeing decision…..green tinted specs; we’ve never gotten away with a foul, scoring an offside goal, blatant penalty not given to the opposition etc…..;-))
As for today’s debate: none of us are qualified to make a decision cause we weren’t jurists and we’ve not heard all the evidence…..however, miscarriages of justice, on a mind-boggling scale in this country, are not that uncommon…..why…..because at the time, it suits a purpose for the so called public ( substitute political ) appetite for there to be a clear cut closure.
H.H. & KTF
Virgil ,wull Go..
But
Why awe the fuss?
Celtic, Need Money.. n.. Why no cash in..?
He wull be Replaced..N.. We wull Prosper..
Celtic,need the dough.. N.. Being a SELLING CLUB..
Is a way tae Get..some.. Dought ,that is
Whit ither Avenues are Open tae Us.. that Kin Gie us A Bucket of Money?
Europe?.. n.. well.. That’s aboot awe.
Sure,that aboot sums up awe oor Alternative Avenues…where we may Find Mair Loot.
but we don’t hiv the Current Staff in oor Employ tae Compete There,in Europe…. successfully..at this Time.
N Yet.. We Must Get the Money, Somewhere..
We hiv a Big Upkeep.. a Fine Stadium..which takes a Big Chunk o oor extra money…tae Upkeep..n..
a Rep fur Excellence in oor Business Practice.We Pay oor Wey.. n
we dinnae.. Cheat any o oor Supliers…
It’s Money oan the Line..awe the wey.. fur us ..in oor Business Dealings
Na Debt..n.. we Aim tae Keep it the Wey..
But..Like Ah say..N..It is Really Uncommon Sense..
Celtic Need Cash Flow.. Real Money..in Order tae Maintain us in the Manner
tae which the Sevco..
Kin never Realize…
But.. we are jist no bringing in the Dough
..Domestically.. n.. so..
CELTIC, WULL CONTINUE TAE BE A SELLING CLUB..
n.. Ah fur One.. Back the Celtic Board.
Tae Continue tae be .. a Selling Club.. until.. well
The Fifth of Never,
Fur There is No ither Way fur us tae Survive,in this Backwater where we Dwell..
Kojo
Still,Laughin
a ..
67heaven-
The thing that always sticks in my head when I read these posts from FF that Monaghan copies onto here:
Are those posts being made by out and out blinkered space cadets, teenage saddos and rockets with no mates, or are they being made by the type of Huns who always come across as being “not too bad” when you work with them but who feel empowered to say what they really think in what they think is like minded company in the relative anonymity of an Internet forum.
In other words is FF representative of the average Sevco fan? Is that what they’re really like when they think they’re on safe ground among their own kind?
I sincerely hope not but I find it extraordinary that any zombie could honestly try to blame their club’s troubles on their employment of Roman Catholics and would want the introduction of a Protestant only employment policy in this day and age.
They truly are sick peepul.
Goooooooooooooood night all
Be good now.
the glorious balance sheet
18:16 on 8 January, 2015
Believe me, there are very few of them who are ‘no bad’ …… they conceal it well until they are with other peepul
Kojo, hi
mmmm, selling VVD just now, by our board would be a cop out…..how much more would he be worth in the summer with the title & a couple of cups under his belt. ;-))
H.H.