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Social media is a window into society, into families and into the heads of those (including you and me) who engage with it. You and me are OK, obviously, but out there, it’s a minefield. Think, for a second, about the adults who go online to brand themselves by expressing racist abuse at a footballer.
That’s bad enough, but think about one of the sports governing bodies presenting an evidence pack to the police, only for the police to tell them they don’t have the money to do anything with those responsible for such a desperate self-own,
Ahead of the EUros, The Football Association have funded the police to pursue criminals who indulge in racist behaviour online, because society apparently has other priorities. A spokesperson for the FA said, ““We obviously talk to the players about [racist abuse]all the time and now we are doing things differently.
“In the past what we did was put together all the data, effectively an evidence pack, to give to the police to prosecute. But this time we have gone a stage further where we are actually funding a unit within the British police that will then prosecute.”
Four years ago, the Euros concluded with two black English players on the receiving end of racist abuse, the like of which less prominent people of colour endure on a regular basis.
The perpetrators are doing the equivalent of sending The Bat Signal into the clouds, identifying as a absolute one for the watching. This will not be their only misdemeanour, you can be sure.
Football picks up the reputational tab for societies nutcases, because football provides a cover where they can emerge from the shadows, but be sure, this is not a football problem, this is a social and criminal justice problem. The FA deserve credit from all of us who value the game and its reputation.

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  1. Bhoyjoebelfast on

    Big Adam scores…lifts the Scottish cup and Huns are champion cup runners-up.There BRRB…….

  2. celtic40me on

    MOISEY17 on 13TH JUNE 2024 2:37 PM

     

    Yea i get that but setting priority as continued improvement on the park begets the other two targets – the other way round doesn’t.

     

     

    I’m sorry, I dont understand what that means.

     

     

    Our priority is to be the best team we can be over an extended period. All parts of the business work towards that, you cant have different parts of the business working to different goals and still be as successful as we are. Good luck doesnt come into it.

     

     

    You talk about improvement, but you use one season as evidence of the failure of the strategy. IMO you judge a mid term strategy like this over a longer time frame.

     

     

    Anyway, I wouldn’t be unhappy if our “failed” seasons end up with a double and our fist CL win in years.

  3. clunks on

    Kinglubo

     

     

    Its a freemium software meaning its always trying to get you to upgrade to a paid service

     

     

    The pop ups are a PITA though

     

     

    I changed to Avira due to the frequency

     

     

    Still get pop ups but no where near as many

  4. celtic40me on

    MOISEY17

     

     

    The strategy was successful this season – Matt O’Riley was our best player by far and the only Celtic player who has looked at home in the champions league for a long time.

     

     

    We arent buying anyone good enough to be wanted by Atletico Madrid but we had one this season

  5. the_huddle on

    If you are on MS Windows then I wouldn’t bother with any external AV programmes.

     

     

    Just make sure the inbuilt AV software called Microsoft Defender is turned on

  8. Bhoyjoebelfast on

    BRRB

     

    Yes great times when we have to compete with the league and cup runner up champions.

  9. kevinlasvegas on

    Guys on here put me onto Brave search engine. Blocks everything. 100% improved my Internet experience.

     

     

    Thanks again guys.

     

     

    HH

  10. Moisey17 on

    Its impossible to reason with some on here it really is.

     

     

    Is it any wonder contributions have fallen of a cliff as its dominated by the black/white gang – not a shade of grey or reason to be seen from some.

     

     

    For the hard of thinking – if we prioritise recruitment around continued improvement on the park you will (normally) get success (trophies) and improved results out with domestic market. This may mean CL 3rd spot then EL and a knockout win or two for example – just not cannon fodder. This lifts profile of players to perhaps raise selling values, raises profile of the club to potentially attract more and better players/prospects/sponsorships – its almost no lose.

     

    If you prioritise only asset trading (young and cheap) there is more chance these don’t work (this season in the main) and so the rest is up in the air. Potentially lots to lose.

     

     

    Balance CSC….

     

     

    M17

  11. setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox on

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    Feel free to pass on to friends etc; Those who have played before should be able to enter directly without fuss. New players might need to wait a day or two to get approval from me as the Competition Captain. As soon as you are in, you can start making predictions on the matches. Provided you do not click on the green lock beside your prediction, you can change your prediction several times on the way to kick off (but not afterwards). You can make all your predictions in advance if you are going on holiday or you can make each in the last hour before kick off.

     

    Just join in and have a bit of fun. The money is going to a good cause.

     

     

     

    You have to apply – I cannot invite you in- I just get to approve or decline the applicants. Here are your steps:-

     

     

     

    1. Open Superbru.com on your device

     

     

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  13. Hot Smoked on

    “CELTIC40ME on 13TH JUNE 2024 3:28 PM

     

    The strategy was successful this season – Matt O’Riley was our best player by far…?

     

     

    Hmm…CCV and Calmac?

  14. celtic40me on

    MOISEY17 on 13TH JUNE 2024 4:49 PM

     

    Its impossible to reason with some on here it really is.

     

     

     

    It isn’t. It’s what I’m trying to do, apparently without much success. I’m not sure your responses are more reasonable than mine

     

     

     

    Is it any wonder contributions have fallen of a cliff as its dominated by the black/white gang – not a shade of grey or reason to be seen from some.

     

     

     

    Describing contributions as having fallen off a cliff is black and white gang stuff. Using it as away of winning an argument is not reasoned, it’s personal and has nothing to do with what we were discussing. You’re also aiming it at the wrong person, I’ve hardly posted on here since the new year, I’m one of the people who doesn’t contribute much anymore. Pretty much because of people using language like this:

     

     

     

    “For the hard of thinking – if we prioritise recruitment around continued improvement on the park you will (normally) get success (trophies) and improved results out with domestic market”

     

     

    I think you’re struggling with a very basic idea – that player trading and concentrating on buying and developing young players is a better way if achieving what we all want. The Board are y sticking with this because they want to make more money, it’s because it’s the way they think we can best achieve success over a long period. Their priorities are the same, they just see things differently to the orthodox. Not that this isn’t orthodox, it’s pretty much the norm in football these days.

     

     

    I want the same success as you do and I see the logic and merits pretty clearly and I don’t think I’m hard of thinking.

  16. celtic40me on

    HOT SMOKED on 13TH JUNE 2024 5:22 PM

     

     

    Hmm…CCV and Calmac?

     

     

    Both important players but both struggled a bit with injury and form this season.

  18. celtic40me on

    Moisey17

     

     

    Just to add, I don’t think we should look exclusively to sign young development players, but it’s a vital part of an overall strategy.

  22. Tom McLaughlin on

    MOISEY17

     

    This may mean CL 3rd spot then EL and a knockout win or two for example – just not cannon fodder.

     

     

    There is no parachute into the Europa League from next season’s new Champions League format.

  23. Saint Stivs on

    I have never been classed as “hard of thinking”, the opposite maybe, too much thinking ,

     

     

    and never a black and white person, except when it comes to my qualifications, i either passed those degrees (business included) or i did not, but I did.

     

     

    and in my humble opinion, the celtic plc trading model has proven to work, no debates needed, no need to over explain,

     

     

    it is witnessed by winning honours every season for the last 12 of 13. while also posting profits, not only by player trading, but also by increasing commercial revenues.

     

     

    for some reason, this is seen as bad in some quarters because we run with surplus cash, and the big bad bogey man is behind that.

     

     

    now the cry is buy better, more experienced players, they will make you progress in europe (maybe),

     

    but make sure they are not too old that you cannot sell them on, meanwhile paying them more to attract them to this terrible weather.

     

     

    oh, and dont get injured.

     

     

    and manager, make sure everybody buys into your style of football.

     

     

    meanwhile in the ps , real world, looks likely celtic will make over £1m profit on a korean forward that they tried for a wee while, oh well.

     

     

    ps, ps, i do know there is no parachute to the el from this season on, a wee bit of context setting is always valuable research.

  24. Saint Stivs on

    remind me the battle of the boyne was actually on the 19th july was it not, fought between the lawwelittes who wanted to keep a fortune in the bank for themselves, and the mocontentavittes who wanted it all spent before the transfer window opened.

     

     

    and dont get me started on the indoor pitch, another albatross around our knecks to push up the mountain.

  26. Saint Stivs on

    If you take normal european results for the last 13 seasons, celtic in group stages get a win a draw and 4 defeats.

     

     

    we no longer need to qualify these last 3 years, straight into the groups,

     

     

    and we will have europeans football after christmas with the 2 extra games.

     

     

    before a ball is kicked that looks like success already.

  27. Saint Stivs on

    meanwhile what about the fonz in the dublin hotel and his comment about the last thing he remembers is drinking with some glasgow guy in the bar

  29. Saint Stivs on

    OURNESOUPRECIPE on 13TH JUNE 2024 6:35 PM

     

    That awkward moment when you see the Tartan Army

     

     

    terrible i knnow, but couldnt help look at them on the stv there and thinking god help them if they meet anoy of the hoolies from the other teams.

  30. Saint Stivs on

    on the euros, why has the beeb scotland got to send so many people to cover it ?

     

     

    our money and all that = a jolly for that chris mclaughlin fella, a week commentating from the training on who is there, i mean ffs, seriously.

     

     

    this time next week they will be out the tournament

  33. Saint Stivs on

    gene,

     

     

    it has got that daft here, laura who reads the news is over in geltcherkitchen interviewing the sports guy, and then two celebs who have a late night show live from there,

     

     

    dearie me

  35. tonyrome on

    KINGLUBO on 13TH JUNE 2024 3:01 PM

     

    Hope someone can give advice please.

     

     

    Having probs with AVG Free antivirus. Keep getting pop ups saying there are hunners of faults, to resolve just click, then you have to pay.

     

     

    Tried to find a “no strings ” free antivirus, is there such a thing.

     

     

    Bit like a message I got today. A wee girl and boy under a tree, Girl says, does every fairytale start with once upon a time. No, says boy, I promose after the election

     

     

    KINGLuBO

     

     

    —————————————————————————————————————

     

     

    I use AVAST the free version offers you an upgrade but it’s easy enough to stick with the free version,

     

     

    Had it a long time and it works well enough for me.

     

     

    KEEP THE FAITH

  41. An Tearmann on

    St Stivs

     

     

    What was the name of that rise of Epl docu you talked of

     

     

    Celtic40me

     

     

    Re Oh,more money the better👍

     

     

    HH

  42. Saint Stivs on

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p09mqv7k/fever-pitch-the-rise-of-the-premier-league

     

     

    allthough we lived this at the time, celtic were near death, and lost, and dare i say it thems, were a similar size to a newcastle/leeds, bigger than a blackburn for sure, and i lived in fear they would get an invite,

     

     

    this was changed by 98, but we still lost the chance.

     

     

    it is a great watch by the way, and so many celtic connections remembered (marc reiper playing for the hammers ).

     

     

    i have enjoyed it very much.

     

     

    larkin episode 2 for oh ah cantona, what a man and a fitballer

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