No, that’s not an outbreak of Tourettes across small patches in the west of Scotland, it is the long-suffering Newco fans realisation that their board have been breathtakingly incompetent in their attempts to recruit a manager.
In many respects, briefing the media ahead of their two games against Aberdeen and an AGM that Derek McInnes would be installed at Ibrox this week, had the desired effect. The players were sufficiently motivated to out-perform Aberdeen, while Dave King got through the AGM on a nod and a wink. The falsehood of the assertion, however, will surely come at a cost. King will hope that memories fade before he has to face fans again in 51 weeks.
My immediate reaction when I read the ridiculous statement from Newco last night was that their hilarious PR system was at the keyboard while jaked. They spend six weeks targeting McInnes, then, after he rejected them, claimed this was evidence he was not up to the job.
An obscure phrase was used, “concomitant risk”, instead of the more common “associated risk”. There’s a fair bit of research into why people unnecessarily use complex and obscure words instead of simpler alternatives. None of it is flattering.
I assumed the statement was the work of Newco’s shamlessly-brilliant PR operation, but a studious CQN’er emailed this clip of Dave King’s AGM speech last year.
4 minutes 29 seconds in he states they should: “run an operating deficit, without a concomitant event risk that could lead to a repeat of the last few years”. Last night’s statement has Dave’s tones all over it. Fewer and fewer people compliment the emperor on his new outfit.
A big thanks to teams two and three in the league, who have damaged their positions and/or humiliated themselves, while Celtic have extended their lead at the top of the table.
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BIG Packy
Was Lex Baillie who played for the Hoops not Roger’s son, now a senior Cop Chief Inspector I think.
He might have been doug baillies son right enough,
ITALIABHOY on 8TH DECEMBER 2017 6:14 PM
That has the ring of concomitant truth about it.
BIG PACKY on 8TH DECEMBER 2017 6:25 PM
you younger guys talking about the smsm. you should have been around when jack harkness and rodger mr hun baillie were around. feckin hated the sight of a green and white shirt orange bassas.
*Hmmm interesting comment, Jack Harkness wanted tae sign for us when he was with Queens Park but James Kelly told him tae sign for the jam tarts instead where he became a legend as we had the legendary Charlie Shaw and James told Jack he was too good to sit in the reserves.
As for Doug Baillie the player that allegedly made big Yogi, Scotland were on tour over here and the now defunct Toronto West CSC held a wee function for them including players, officials and smsm, big Doug was the only scribe to turn up and told the club about his son being on our books, like the legendary deidco captain Jimmy Simpson he was happy and proud with that.
One of the committee related this story to me back then, Tim Horton might remember this.
There were a lot worse than them out there although they did write for the sunday post which no decent Celtic supporter or socialist should have had in the house.
Am sure lex was doug bailie , ex rangers and Sunday post, son
Evening all, Been dragged around Glasgow today with the good lady, some thing called “Xmas shopping “. All news to me, so I escaped to the pub for a wee while, then a lovely pizza tea in Paesano, Miller St before the train home.
I hope young CRC fared well in Dundee, if not, fear not. Other options will open up, not being glib saying that, just always believe that good things happen to the good people if they work hard enough.
Looking at the McWinless presser on Aberdeen TV, it seems obvious that they asked him to resign and he saw that for the cheap shot that it was. It’s a shame, they deserve each other.
Quiet night in tonight…nice bottle of Fiano to be scoffed to follow up the nice wee Carrato polished off in Paesano earlier today.
Roll on Sunday, take care everyone, HH
Favourite boys names this year
George
Paul
Ethan
Concomitant
I really enjoyed the stories about Clydebank yesterday; as I stated in the past I seem tae have an affinity with the place even though I’ve never lived there. When reading about the blitz several years back, might have been the 70th anniversary I came upon the following story:
“We gradually learned the names of victims we knew who were killed in the 1941 blitz. Seventeen members of one family — the Rocks family — who all lived in Beatty Street in Dalmuir — killed in a tenement bombing. Sadie Malone — an ex-bus-conductor we knew from the buses in the 20’s, had been trapped below a four-story building which collapsed. Her husband was a naval officer at sea and she died with her five children before rescuers could reach them.
Young Archie Adamson, who lived in Roseberry Place, was walking home when the bombing started. His parents and five sisters were home and safe in a street shelter, and when the night went on without the family seeing Archie home, his father went out during a lull in the bombing to see if he could find him. Fifty yards from home, he found his son’s body, without a mark or wound on him, but dead, presumably from a blast, which could suck the breath from a body and leave it unmarked. I don’t believe we ever got callous about these things, because they happened and had to be faced.
Different folks had their own way of coping. Some of us took a wee bit too much Scotch and I knew one man for who even that wasn’t enough, and he jumped from a top-floor window and killed himself.
My friend, Tony, whose parents were Italian nationals, had his own personal tragedy. He had married a beautiful girl named Helen McParland, and moved into a flat in Napier Street, Clydebank, next to where his parents lived.
When war broke out, Tony, who by that time had upgraded his transport from bicycle to motorcycle, was called up to the Army and became a transport sergeant.
He was home on a leave which ended March 13, 1941, and left Glasgow by train at 7 p.m. to return to his depot. At 9 p.m., the bombing started in Clydebank, and around midnight, Napier Street got a direct hit, which killed Helen, Tony’s parents and his youngest brother, Luigi. His other brother, Ernie, aged about eight, was dug out alive and taken to hospital. When Ernie recovered, Tony brought him to my mother, who raised him until he was a young man, the two sisters, Rose and Vera, escaped, because Vera had been at work and Rose was out on a date.
The irony of this story is that after Dunkirk, when Italy declared war, Britain rounded up all Italian nationals who were living in restricted areas or defense areas and moved them to places where there was no industry or possible targets. Tony’s family were moved to some place in the country — not an internment camp — but supervised housing, and they were not allowed to travel.
Through Tony’s commanding officer and other efforts, they were cleared to return home at Christmas 1940, which, in retrospect, was not the best thing.
After the war, Tony went back to his own line of work — mainly hairdressing — and he opened up two or three ladies’ beauty establishments. Later, he became President of the Scottish Hairdressers Federation and also Principal of Hairdressing at the College in Glasgow. But again, I’m jumping ahead in time. I must mention that Tony married — another Helen, and had a family of his own. His older daughter would marry one of the finest singer songwriters Scotland has ever produced.”
J McCormick
As someone who can take or leave pizza.
My bhoy took me into paesano
Wow. You ain’t had a pizza until you’ve been there
Big Jimmy, get well soon. HH
hey bhoys might be the old braincells going.but if im wrong ill blame it on my age. hh.
BIGPACKY
John Fairgrive,remember him? Died in the wool Jambo. Aye, I forego the Sheep jokes.
Marvellous football journalist. Marvellous football man.
Scottish football died when there was no Ian Archer and John Fairgrieve around
They would have asked the obvious
WTF?
And would in no way settled for
Shut up and have some really rather nice lamb and a drop of red.
Even worse,McIvaney. That would have been a fun interview.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS . more power to your elbow. well said ktf.
Paul67 et al
I see the EPL are offering up Saturday night football as part of the new TV package from 2019. In recent times I thought that UEFA would commandeer a weekend slot following the showing of ECL finals but it looks to have slipped them by, for now. The total number of games could be as many as 210, which in a league of 20 means that over half the games will be televised over the course of the season. Next stop, the eight day week!
What’s happened to shortbread
The Hun gettin it in the neck
TONTINETIM
Whats your thoughts on not being UK resident,voting to leave the EU and then telling your kids to apply for an Irish passport to enable them free movement in Europe?
I suggested hypocrite. His response,I understood but have not replied to yet. Because and because and because.
Because and because,every time I see his response,I see hypocrite.
CRC hits the big 3-0.
Congrats. Well, that’s about the age he looked when I met him. What a few days in the Lisboa sun does for a man…
Just stopped laughing at the Huns (Again. Again!) enough to feel sorry for poor Deeks – obviously his boyhood heroes didn’t think enough of him to pony up the release cash – or maybe they didn’t have it (yyyyyup) – and put it to him to resign, burn his bridges and hope he could clinch second place with no transfer budget and no fenian right-hand man allowed.
Oh dear.
P.S I’m running out of popcorn, Santa…
MILD MANNERED PEDRO DELGADO
Agree, I am not the worlds biggest pizza fan either.
However as some on here will know, I do like good food , well cooked and served with style. It does not have to be £50 a head to be good food. , just follow the 3 basic steps above and the restaurant, pub or hotel gets pass marks from me.
Two pizza, side salad, shared dessert and good bottle of wine, great service of quality ingredients and under £40? Lovely stuff..
Bobby M,
Mc. Mc. Ilvanney is the one that I am most disappointed in.
He has been around the game forever and must know all the ins and outs of the scene.
He has written on many sports without fear or favour and is/was highly respected.
He has no worries over career advancement , so why the silence, Hugh.
Why tarnish your reputation and your friendship with Big Jock, in the eyes of many of us?
HUN word of the day:
‘Prestidigitator’ –
noun;
1. Performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands; sleight of hand.
2. Skill or cleverness, especially in deceiving others.
e.g
Apprentice Boy :
‘Man, yon Dave King’s a pew-er financial wizard.’
Donald – Victorian Dad – Findlay :
“Pah, young Hun, I think you’ll find that the man’s nothing but a common street prestidigitator.”
JIMBOB on 8TH DECEMBER 2017 5:35
Sorry dont believe that. Where is the planning application ?.
They have plenty pitches & a mote to get into their Auchnawhowno.
I await ……
HH
Banner at the Aberdeen End at Dens: Concomitmant You Reds !
Is it possible to be ex concomitantated ?
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 8TH DECEMBER 2017 7:12 PM
TONTINETIM
Whats your thoughts on not being UK resident,voting to leave the EU and then telling your kids to apply for an Irish passport to enable them free movement in Europe?
*Oh dear I might be the wrong one to ask that, I voted in 1975 for joining the EU, it was a Thursday night and as we walked up tae the local school Mrs TT asked me if we were doing the right thing. The reason being that 2 weeks to the day we left the country for the colonies.
The rationale I gave her then was that I thought it was the right thing to do for family we were leaving behind and I had always reckoned on returning within a couple of years. Somehow that wasn’t part of God’s big plan for us.
If I was still living there I would have voted to remain, for those that didn’t and now plan to get in the back door hypocrite is too nice a word for them unless their kids voted tae stay then that makes sense.
Goooood Evening CQN
Well it’s not such a good evening
QC advice, no grounds to challenge FtSFA on a judicial Review
Looks like FtSFA have stitched us all up
Please challenge on Res 12 all the way Celtic
As a poster who has had his fair share of late night drink fueled altercations with most folk on the blog at one time or other my tuppence worth to those who have flounced and would be flouncees is as long as you enjoy it and P67 allows it keep on posting the Celtic way and try not to take it too seriously. Hh
The important statement
Fans of many clubs were concerned by the SFA’s refusal to join with the SPFL in a review of the actions of both organisations over the last 10 years. Processes used by both organisations were clearly insufficient and rules were inadequate to properly deal with deliberate rule breaking, deception and financially irresponsible behaviour by at least one member club.
In response to the SFA’s refusal, a process was undertaken by fans to investigate whether a Judicial Review of that refusal was possible. A national firm of Solicitors was engaged, and they in turn instructed a prominent QC to provide opinion on the matter.
The Opinion, which we accept, is that the SFA were entitled to refuse the SPFL request. It is irrelevant whether this refusal was illogical, self serving or protectionist. There is not a case in law to force the SFA to comply with even a perfectly reasonable request which is in the best interests of the game in Scotland.
For the avoidance of doubt this advice was not in regards to , and does not apply to , the Res 12 issue which still sits with the compliance officer.
THOMTHETIM
It might have something to do with Hugh McIlvanney being in his mid 80’s.
Do you know if he keeps well or is he really Clark Kent?
Just askin’.
Meet The MSM’s New Sevco Correspondent… https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2017/12/08/meet-the-msms-new-sevco-correspondent/
Looks like Res 12 Bhoys are the Last Men Standing…
JUDICIAL REVIEW UPDATE: IT’S OFFICIAL, THE CHEATS HAVE WON!…
http://www.scotzine.com/2017/12/judicial-review-update-its-official-the-cheats-have-won/
TONTINE TIM
I love your posts and your memory!
One of CQN’s finest.
Keep it up please.
Aberdeen Banner
Clark Kent?
Superman’s civilian identity and mild mannered reporter.
CRC: Briethlá sona dhuit. Have a great evening.
Poor advert for Scottish football this, a real lack of quality throughout.
PHILBHOY on 8TH DECEMBER 2017 8:18 PM
TONTINE TIM
I love your posts and your memory! One of CQN’s finest. Keep it up please.
*thanks I enjoy writing them, keeps my mind alert, my mother suffered from dementia and Mrs TT’s da Alzheimer’s so anything to keep it ticking over.
Our Ryan trying like feck.