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. Maybe Jobo is Kris Commons?

     

     

    All these wee park runs. Not to worried if he just missed another PB.

     

     

    Plenty of time on the ball to notice weather and post about it it……

     

     

    Aesthetically gifted…..

     

     

    It’s starting to add up…,.

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  2. blantyretim is praying for the Knox family on

    Return of the Jedi , ops thought we where still on films

     

    Return of the Jobo. 8))

  3. Good morning CQNers,

     

     

    Weather forecast in East Kilbride coming in loud and clear, welcome back Jobo!

  4. blantyretim is praying for the Knox family on

    Come on bhoys it is a weather report not a forecast

     

    Ole Jobo will be looking for yon tu tu from jamesgang if you keep it up

  5. ....PFayr supports WeeOscar on

    Bada

     

     

    Newsreader on R4 just there mentioned the Poundland deal …then went on to mention certain issues re competition …swear she was sniggering

  6. Auldheid,

     

     

    Thanks for the reply a few days back and I can only apologise for the not replying before now but I’ve been busy elsewhere.

     

     

    winning captains @ 07:42 and Auldheid,

     

     

    I, like many on here appreciate the work you’ve undertaken and although progress appears slow to some I believe you’re actually moving the cause of transparency and justice forward for the Celtic supporter and the wider football supporters in Scotland.

     

     

    Keep up the good fight and I’m sure, with patience and your well honed arguments you’ll win through eventually.

  7. 67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar / Neil Lennon.. Ipox belongs to the creditors on

    Hobo

     

     

    Welcome back, sir ……….

     

     

    Auldheid

     

     

    Hahahahahahaha

  8. 67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar / Neil Lennon.. Ipox belongs to the creditors on

    winning captains

     

     

    07:42 on 6 February, 2015

     

     

    What news outlet, please….?

  9. 67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar / Neil Lennon.. Ipox belongs to the creditors on

    blantyretim is praying for the knox family

     

     

    08:22 on 6 February, 2015

     

     

    HahAhahahahaha…..sorry JOBO ….!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. mullet and co 2 on

    Nothing like the insecurities of old professionals to motivate a team. Gough the latest.

     

    Win the treble Ronny and stick it to them.

     

     

    I’ve got a wee feeling we will do inter unless Mancini is sacked first.

     

    The planets have aligned.

  11. Winning Captains:

     

     

    What’s next?

     

     

    Please tell me we are gunning for the SFA?………Ogilvie in particular.

  12. North Cyprus (formerly Baku) Bhoy on

    Winning Captains, is this the new article you referred to?

     

     

    CELTIC CRISIS – WILL THEY EVER RULE IN SCOTLAND AGAIN?

     

     

    It’s a belter – slap it right into them!

     

     

    HH

  13. So, Kris Commons has signed his new deal…big deal!

     

     

    Kris Commons threw his boots into the crowd whilst waving in a goodbye type of style – imho…it’s only my opinion…not a fact…before embdy rips their tights.

     

     

    Paul McStay threw his jersey into the Jungle and waved in a goodbye type of style – imho…it’s only my opinion…not a fact…before embdy rips their tights.

     

     

    Thing is…nobody came in for any of these two players…thats a fact.

     

     

    Or, maybe you might be the sort who believed that, the Kelly’s & White’s batted away bids from Inter Milan etc for the Maestro? A ‘bored’ with it’s head barely above water…knocking back a multi £million deal for the Maestro?

     

     

    If, Inter or anybody else had put…lets say…£1 million on the table for the Maestro…the Kelly’s & White’s would have driven him to the San Siro themselves…thats a fact.

     

     

    Maybe…clubs in England and elsewhere studying KC…came to the conclusion that…this player…playing in midfield…scored over 30-odd goals last season but…who would he be ‘properly’ measured against? Maybe they checked out the CL performances and thought…Scottish football must be rank?…who knows?

     

     

    Thing is…KC, like the magnificent Maestro before him…were left on the shelf.

     

     

    The duplicity being spun through this deal is up there with the ‘bored’ and PL’s spinning the…”We’ll reduce the price of the SB-ticket by £100 as a ‘loyalty’-thank you gesture.”…yeah, it’s got nothing to do with the fact that…the stadium was already half-empty and, a fear of a backlash coz of Celtic’s failure to reach the CL-group stages coz…the ‘bored’-PL dragged their arses when it came to getting requisite quality Celtic players in on time for the CL-qualifiers?

     

     

    Yeez are easily kidded…and worse than that…the ‘bored’ know it.

  14. skyisalandfill on

    Kevj

     

     

    The £100 off the SB deal was introduced in the season following a last 16 CL performance and at the start of one where we qualified for the group stages.

     

    Never let the facts get in the way of a guid rant though. Eh?

     

     

    HH

  15. Auldheid

     

     

    I’m sorry but I don’t understand how your point about intransigence supports your point. Is it possible that the Catholic Church simply had a more in depth knowledge of what they were dealing with?

     

     

    Sorry mate but I don’t see how it’s relevant to my post to Neganon. I was looking for proof to support his claim, as yet I’ve seen none.

  16. PFAyr.

     

     

    A few of us are having a wee drink in the Blane Valley today, do you fancy coming in for a few.

  17. blantyretim is praying for the Knox family on

    Kevj

     

    Don’t forget the email clique also

     

     

    Replied to your last email pal. 8))

     

     

    HailHail