Owen Coyle has probably no idea the trouble caused in his name at Celtic. Notions that his granny’s uncle’s cousin passed on verifiable information that either Owen rejected the Celtic job, or that he did so because he didn’t agree with the direction the club were going, were clearly nonsense at the time and are more evidently the case now.
Having just earned promotion to the English Premier League the man chose not to be interviewed for the Celtic position, a perfectly defendable decision. He was never offered a job. Coyle performed well at St Johnstone (without winning promotion) and did well at Burnley before managing an inevitable decline at Bolton. He remains a good manager who I hope gets back into the game soon.
The Bolton lesson to football is stark. On some levels the club was well run. Good manager, good scouts, a small but faithful following, a chairman who could see the iceberg ahead, all signed up to the ambition to remain in top flight football, but their budget was forever under pressure. Debts topped £100m, although the directors ensured public services didn’t suffer as a result of their ‘ambition’.
Three years ago Phil Gartside, the Bolton chairman, knew the model in the English game was unsustainable and tried to change things. He failed, unfortunately, and was unable to produce a reverse alchemy – turning tens of millions of pounds from Sky TV each year into a 17th place finish in the Premier League. I hope the change works for them.
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I see one of the redtops has broken cover today and printed a story about the American trucker (no pun intended) who had a one time interest in buying the club formerly known as rangers (oldco)
It seems that one of his advisors is saying that cash numbers at planet sevco do not add up and that they should anticipate future financial disruption.
Malcolm Murray a planet sevco charirman denied it and claims it was all rubbish caused by all informed speculations.
So that’s that then eh…..
That’s the thing about Zombies…….. they jist cannae take a tellin
all = ill
ooops
I only caught a wee bit of the Jock Stein thing on 5 Live last night driving home from work. They played a bit of audio with Jock describing his first few months in the job and the presenter then said: “That was Billy McNeil there.”
Oh dear. I hope the rest of it was better than that.
I’ll listen to it tomorrow when I get a chance.
Sad news about wee Oscar’s latest setback. God watch over and help this wee lad.
Listening to the Jock Stein radio piece. Even after all these years it’s a very hard listen at times.
What a true giant of the game!
HH
/Bishop B.
Tamrabam
I followed the breaking of the Forbes report and Rangers response as they came out.
The alacrity with which Rangers responded suggested to me they were spooked by the article.
Nothing without the fans
Thank you very much kind Sir,I’ll listen to that this aft,Hail Hail.
Good on the Muslim Council for Britain on making a say on Muslim players wearing a shirt sponsored by loansharks,football could possibly be a wee bit fairer if all clubs were made to be sponsored by a charity.
Evening Times reporting ( I know, I know),Gary Hooper about to sign new contract.
Gary Hooper, 60 goals in 100 games, I really hope he signs a new contract, the Bhoy will get better and better…
Like the fool that I am, I responded to another fool about a post from last night, without reading this mornings posts or realising that there was an important & worrying development in Wee Oscar’s condition.
I apologise profusely.
Hopefully things will soon improve for the wee hero & his troubled family.
God bless him.
I
Sad to hear today that wee Oscar now has a heart problem to contend with, if he didn’t have enough to deal with!
God Bless him and keep him safe.
RobinBhoy
KK
We all know that your heart is in the right place!
I don’t think the wee man would be at all upset!
God bless you both!
Auldheid 11:52 on 10 October, 2012
Tamrabam
“The alacrity with which Rangers responded suggested to me they were spooked by the article.”
It was hardly a convincing riposte either.
THE MOST ERUDITE TSD IS A VALUABLE ADDITION TO QUICKNEWS AND IS QUIETLY ADMIRED BY MOST LURKERS AND POSTERS ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHO HECKEL HIM THE MOST.
AINT THAT RIGHT SHARON DAVIES.
RIGHT, RIGHT.
VERY sad news about wee Oscar…….. With God’s blessing he will, hopefully, overcome this latest problem …..he is in all of our prayers…
God bless and protect wee Oscar and his family
Prayers for wee Oscar.
Lennon n Mc….Mjallby
11:57 on
10 October, 2012
Good on the Muslim Council for Britain on making a say on Muslim players wearing a shirt sponsored by loansharks,football could possibly be a wee bit fairer if all clubs were made to be sponsored by a charity.
Aye, it’ll be Tennents next…
new article posted.
hahahahahha
that dirsty miserable zombie fecker in my office, who came in rough today, just got caught sleeping at his desk.
Director walks in: sees him, stands next to him. He wakes,
Gets asked what r u doin? “Ehh, its my break” how, when does that start? “12.30”
*director checks watch* 12.23. GIRFUY stupid bigot.
Folks –
I just heard about an old mucker of mine that I went to college with in Glasgow, and also worked offshore with back in the 80’s. He is a Clydebank man, and introduced me to Whitbread all those years ago.
Stevie was diagnosed with lymphoma a couple of months ago, and has taken a turn for the worse. He now has many issues, and the prognosis is not good.
For those who believe in the power of prayer, I would be grateful if you could have a few words with your God for him. For others, just have a wee thought for Stevie please.
Thanks.
Curly
Terrible news about Oscar. Prayers for all the family. This is a star that will never go out in my lifetime. YNWA
Come on St Jude this wee Ghuy needs you like never before!!