Treble chasing; business, not personal, the dirty battle

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Amid the general hilarity on Scottish football at the moment I’m sure it’s not escaped Ronny Deila’s attention that we have one of our most important games of the season coming up on Saturday.  The league is a marathon without any specific focus, the League Cup final is another huge game, but facing Dundee away is exactly the kind of game a club who are chasing a treble often lose.

It was Dundee who knocked the Aberdeen bandwagon off its tracks.  Given half a chance they will do the same to Celtic on Saturday.

Kenny McDowall must have felt a bit humiliated at being told he has to pick players on loan from Newcastle United, although clearly not humiliated enough to tell them to stuff the remainder of his contract.

Llambias’ instruction appears bizarre, but there’s always two sides to each story.  If McDowall informed his chief executive that he would not use the players, for reasons other than sporting merit, Llambias may well feel justified in making the instruction.

This public shaming of Llambias, the board, and by extension, Mike Ashley, is another act in a dirty battle.  Still, “It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business”, as Dave King almost said about Ashley yesterday.

Ashley’s men may be robbed of the ability to pick the team after an EGM next month, but he remains able to inflict a lot of ‘assistance towards the club’ before then.  If I can paraphrase Tom Hagan, ‘Mr Ashley never asks a second favour once he’s refused the first, understood?’  When personal offence has been taken, sometimes even good business isn’t enough to bring a ruthless patriarch to the table.

When news of the attack on the 10-year-old boy broke on Monday I assumed it would be a matter of hours before the offender was charged.  Three days on without news is concerning.  It appears that those who associate with people who believe random violence is acceptable and care little about the application on justice – which has nothing to do with any specific policing issue.

Hard cash is now available to anyone with information leading to an arrest. If you can’t report the offender for the sake of the victim, do it for the money.  You don’t need to be a witness to report the issue and collect the reward, you just need to know enough to get the ball rolling.

Well done to all who have gotten involved in the appeal to help the victim, especially organiser Rod Lee.  Stunning work, Rod.

CQN11 St Patrick’s Dinner, Cup Final weekend, Friday 13 March, at the Kerrydale Suite, Celtic Park, email me for details, celticquicknews@gmail.com

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  1. Jungle Jim Hot Smoked on

    kdc @ 21:25

     

     

    A worry concerning of your post is that I don`t know if you are talking of Huns, MSSM or our own support 0:-)

     

     

    JJ

  2. Canalamar

     

     

    To back up your point

     

     

    In Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Henlein he introduces the concept of “Fair Witness”

     

     

    http://dlkphotography.com/fair-witness/stranger-in-a-strange-land

     

     

    I think that what you are arguing for is that the event in question is reported in Fair Witness manner.

     

     

    What we know is an altercation broke out for unknown reasons and a bottle was thrown into the bus. It hit a young boy.

     

     

    Anything other than that is not fair witness.

     

     

    To be fair not everyone has read Stranger in a Strange land which explores man’s religious beliefs from the perspective of an outsider.

  3. kdc - Tully's corner on

    That crossed my mind too jim, it was smsm in mind then realised it could be any of the three you mention!

  4. NatKnow

     

     

    “Close Hun Counters Of The Turd Kind”

     

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    Now that is funny, could it be “reintarnation”

     

     

    HH.

  5. I am seldom ever do on the port for a drink nowadays. But nephews never reported anything. Seems a hun bus had to pullover past park lea for a smashed windae. Get this though caused by a fight on their own bus

  6. auldheid

     

     

    21:16 on 5 February, 2015

     

    james forrest

     

     

    14:13 on 5 February, 2015

     

     

    Religion is a reflection of the paucity of human kinds understanding of Life and it’s meaning.

     

     

    Because of lack of understanding it can be given any meaning that any group wish to give it to meet their own agenda. None of those meanings might be true but that does not prevent folk acting as if they are.

     

     

    At the end of the day it is an individual thing based on individual belief. I have an individual belief in the truth of Christ’s message but not how Christianity trumpets it. That came from the experience of Life.

     

     

    For some Religion with capital “R” is either the be all and end all or a step on the road to a greater understanding.

     

     

    I really hope it is a step on the road because where it has placed humanity right now is in a violent landscape.

     

     

    What greater incentive than to move up a step in the understanding of human kind?

     

     

    By their fruits etc.

     

     

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    As a religious man it’s strange how non religious people blame religion on the worlds ills.

     

     

    The worlds ills are caused by evil people, some of whom use religion, some use land, some use oil, some use power,etc. for their evil deeds, the common denomitor is man and free will.

     

     

    Love thy neighbour as thyself, trump card and check mhate.

     

     

    Great to see KC sign and a good transfer window compared to previous years, wouldn’t use the last transfer window as a barometer as Lenny left us in the lurch and a bit of readjusting to the situation had to take place. Relatively comfortable with how RD is progressing, looks a prospect :)

     

     

    Hail! Hail!

  7. winning captains

     

    21:13 on

     

    5 February, 2015

     

    Was in the barbers today and the bloke asks if I would like my ears done…he then proceeds to light a big match and burn the hairs off! First time for everything.

     

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    Turkish barber.

     

    Try and get Turkish prices but wait until he puts the match out.

  8. ExSlaemuirBhoy on

    Saint Stivs

     

     

    Good news mate, me n ma bhoy had a good day down here. Glad you kept up with the French.

  9. GuyFawkesaforeverhero on

    So is that right, KC & the Sunshine Band, European Tour extended for two years? Sounds good to me, but what do I know?

     

     

    On my own for the roads and miles to bonny dundee at the weekend but I’ll recognise some faces when I get there.

     

     

    Not from here, of course.

  10. Delighted that Kris is staying.So much for all the “Deila is just a puppet”comments.You know who you are.He wanted the two Dundee boys.He got them.He wanted KC to stay.He got him.He wanted no one leaving.He got that.Some puppet.

     

    I would like to extend an all expenses paid holiday in Sunny Turkey to the fragrant Lisa.Just a pity Kris wont be able to come.(Aye right).

     

    Tomorrow should be another laugh -in,across the river.Never ending fun.Plenty of Monkey on Monkey action.Thats what you call a Tea Party.

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