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.
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KevJ…………….Think you’re losing the plot pal, think you should be aff oot for a breather.
You’re morphing into a Celtic/Celtic supporter hater…..not nice to witness.
My granny was wise, she said, “if ye’ve nothing nice to say son, say nothing”
blantyretim is praying for the Knox family
08:59 on 6 February, 2015
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When?
Ah don’t know how to send e-mails…
fae the butt n ben…
Kevjungle
If they’d maintained and/or raised the prices at a time of falling (personal) incomes and crowds would either of these options been right, wrong or neutral?
It seems that for you the board is wrong cos of who they are even more than what they do?
They are under such circumstances guaranteed to 100% wrong, 100% of the time. So at least they and you are equally consistent in your paradigm.
Aff oot. Not hiding. Nor clique-ing, nor clucking. Need to get to work.
HH jamesgang
Bawsman
09:01 on 6 February, 2015
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Apart from getting the dates wrong about the kiddy-onny SB reduction
what have I said that isny true?
Oldtim67
I hope you’re coming in at sensible o’clock? :-)
HamiltonTim
I thought it was pretty clear.
The Church knows what it is up against in Scotland and would not act as Neganon2 suggests.
Hamiltontim
08:53 on
6 February, 2015
You’ll have a long wait pal. It’s not so much informed opinion as made up shite.
jamesgang
09:03 on 6 February, 2015
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Fact is…the stadium was half-empty…who did that?
Dont BS me with the recession pish…or the like.
I’ve never lived in this country when it hasnt been in recession.
Enlighten me…
Not a religious sort but…I’ll say this..if, the catholic church were in the right?…why did they pay countless £millions to cover-up the shameful acts that took place?
How Green, Whyte and Gold was my Valley
jamesgang
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Speak to ye when ye can find yer way oot of PL’s pocket.
Kevjungle
Free to meet up yet?
Going away now…afore ah get sumbdy barred from one of the assortment of cliques on here for…daring to respond.
Auldheid
09:18 on 6 February, 2015
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No offence but, I thought I made it clear that…we’ll not be meeting-up.
Kevjungle
You’re a Bhoy who often confronts difficult truths and I respect you for that.
Here’s one for you. And us all.
Ultimately each seat that’s ’emptied’ is emptied by an individual. Ask them, if you can. And I think you’d end with a mixed and sometimes contradictory picture …… even among individuals.
As in, resentment that Deidco and SFA not properly punished but miss the life or death competition. Go figure that conundrum.
Richie,
What is a reasonable time, I usually try for 2.05pm, but I can change my time to suit others.
jamesgang
09:20 on 6 February, 2015
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Whatever…
Goodnight Zzzzzzzzzzzz
Jeezo The Longest Goodbye, go if you’re going and gie us awe peace wi’ yer babble..
Kevjungle
Sorry pressed post too soon…..
Too much footie, sport in the telly?
Too many switched fixture times messing about with our travelling fans, esp from across the water?
Generally falling football attendances across Europe?
Generation x box not as committed as their fathers and mothers?
Maybe 60k is the aberration? Perhaps no surprise either as inter and Ross county are hardly equally compelling for many.
Cost is a huge issue for some. You can’t ignore that.
I can only speak for myself. I’m a relatively new season ticket supporter. Money should have prevented me from buying one but a love of celtic and a wee Bhoy now at an age to want to come to the games made me do so.
In short I don’t think there’s a simple answer.
HH jamesgang
Richie
Ahhhh…..the ole ” made up shite” ….hadn’t had a mention for a while
KevJungle
No I did not see that but I’m quite happy not to.
I could not trust you not to twist what I can tell you to meet your own agenda, but apart from that there is something of the night about you that I’m glad not to have to encounter.
Hamiltontim.
I have no firm evidence but it’s what I believe. Around the time the OB was going through the parliament the Catholic church were indeed vehemently against it. At the same time there was debate around gay marriage and also Catholic schools and their future in a new independent scotland. I remember there was a meeting between the the cardinal and salmond. Suddenly the Catholic church went silent.
They may have issued a few sound bites since but they should ban timely campaigning against the abomination but aren’t. Auldheid says that’s because the SNP won’t liten. But I think it’s because they did a deal.
Kev, I binned my 2 season books because of the TV killing the game.
I drove 3 hours each way to every home game, that was, at the time £70-£75 in fuel for every game.
Sunday is my day with my daughte/grandkids….sacrosanct.
Saturday football is what I can fit in. The board asked us what would stop me re-newing, football moved from a Saturday was my response.
I imagine they did their sums and decided the TV money is more benificial to the club than my 2 season books…….fair enough.
Over the last few seasons I have been stupid really keeping my SB’s, at least 5-6 games shifted from Sat to Sun or midweek, that meant I was only getting 12 and not 19 games for my £600 (x2).
I have saved an absolute fortune over the last year, I do miss the Saturday experience but understand that I am old generation, I can accept that and tune in on Friday nights, Sundays or whenever they shunt our games to.
It’s the modern world Kev, the board need to chase every quid to keep afloat and we need to pay to have the people with the skills to do that.
I don’t like it, I think the Germans could teach us a thing or two, I lived there for 5 years following BMGladbach and the Saturday experience made you love the sport.
The whole set up is rigged and rotten to the core in Scotland, a complete scrapping of the SFA / SPFL is required,.
Ghuys pointless entering into a dicourse
Kevjungle
I was writing a reasonable response while you were sitting pressing your wee ‘whatever…..aff oot’ button.
I’ve just been reminded why I almost always scroll past.
HH jamesgang
Dicourse=discourse
PFAyr
…and, as if by magic…..
Auldheid
Apologies I’m just not used to you supporting my opinions :-)
Hope you’re well.
Wee story I promised earlier will be delayed to later today – just waiting on something being double checked.
Yon Richard Gough
Knows what happened
http://i.imgur.com/UOhZuZa.jpg
Auldheid
09:28 on 6 February, 2015
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Aye well…dont say yeez wurny telt…and, oh…that’s why I conducted the ‘exchanges’ on here coz…as I pointed out to you…I dont trust you as, you operate from a clique…either on here or, elswhere.
Cliques are for – sneaks and cowards…that’s a fact.
WC…………….What’s next?
Neganon2
To clarify I’m saying the Church might have to engage in real politik sometimes, that does not mean they do not understand the mindset they are up against or accept it.
winning captains
09:32 on 6 February, 2015
Wee story I promised earlier will be delayed to later today – just waiting on something being double checked.
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What is it?
What is it?
Kevjungle is the Great Desmondo’s long lost cousin?!?! And he’s the heir apparent to the mineral deposits under Celtic Park?
;-)
HH jamesgang
jamesgang
09:30 on 6 February, 2015
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Be honest…ye realized yer clique were nownot in lurking mode:)
Bring it on….
now not
neganon2
09:28 on 6 February, 2015
Hamiltontim.
So no, you have nothing to support your claims?
I quoted Peter Kearney for your benefit, he clearly states the church is opposed to the OBaF Act. That is a constant viewpoint since the initial JAG meetings, it’s recorded in the minutes.