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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Hugh McIlvaney -“I adored him”
A real journalist
ernie lynch
19:44 on 9 October, 2012
“Expecting the SFL to parachute the huns into Div1 was expecting SFL clubs to vote against their own interests.”
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Absolutely spot on…..I’ve thought that all along,……… and, the SFL3 Clubs are playing their hearts out to keep the ‘cash cow’ in SFL3 …….. pity the zombies2 won’t survive the season……LOL
bankiebhoy1
19:52 on
9 October, 2012
….what’s an ‘owen coyle’???
……….sounds technical…..
A P45 mate.
67heaven
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sportsmoney/2012/10/08/what-can-we-learn-from-the-financial-meltdown-of-glasgow-rangers-fc/
Teuchter ár lá
19:44 on 9 October, 2012
Sandman
If you read the statement from Bill Millar’s finance guy about systematic structural change and add the statement from Charles Green about the Huns never will play in the SPL, one may be forgiven for thinking that there is still some skulduggery goin’ on.
ParanoidmeCSC
Teuchter ár lá
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Lulz.
And I’m thinking that we are about to see some ‘off-the-radar’ manic pronouncements from Chuckie in the coming months as he frantically tries to generate interest in his share issue which has been all but scuppered by anyone with financial savvy.
Some scintillating, festering Hun paranoia on the horizon.
Soundbite bingo card prepped for MSM collaboration; ‘Armageddon’, ‘Apocalypse’, ‘SPL RIP’, ‘Administration’, ‘Liquidation’, ‘Restructure’….
Popcorn at the ready…
Auldheid @18.29
An excellent read, interesting take on the Sevcovians from a US financier.
Good man yerself.
ernie lynch
They have revalued it just before BDO come in, as that is the liquidators NUMBER ONE question.
Sandman-I wonder if the financial guys on Shortbread,who tore holes in Whyte AFTER he done the damage, will be wheeled out and asked about the Share Issue……………me thinks not.HH.
I have no interest at all in Owen Coyle. Not in a malicious way. I associate him only with Airdrie – the team who have a sash built into their strip.
They won’t fund this shyster,Pudsey Bear pulled in more cash in 10 minutes than those of the Ipox variety,raised in 2 months.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhh
We shouldn’t be giving the sevconions any warning.
Let them get duped thrice. :))))
Till later HAIL HAIL
……just wait ’til sumbdy reads Pritchett’s piece to ‘ra bommur’……
*night-night Chuck”
;)
Greggs and Zombies whats not to like
http://www.greggs.co.uk/
A Ceiler Gonof rust
money dispatched.
Ditto the green Brigade
Bring on the thunder.
Hit on ye, did you not c the green bucket photos, if I hit ye ye’d be flattened(I’m the fat one with vp an tbb lmao
HH
Want a laugh…. Elbows has stolen his way into an STV picture…
http://sport.stv.tv/topics/sport-daily/
smoke….,
cheers :oD))))
Sorry, when you go onto that URL, click FOOTBALL……. Hilarious
Catman – heard that. Thought he was close to breaking down.
dena29
Saw the GB banner donation email address today……..can you send me it, please…and how to access for donation ….ta !!!!
Seen this o deadclub media
A poster on some sevco site asks WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Money has been on the mind of Charles Green recently. Green’s been speaking about it to various fan groups, or at least how to raise it. Some of his ideas apparently include an orange away strip and the naming rights to Ibrox. Both those topics have proved polarising and emotive, at least on G**snet they have. Yet throughout all this hubris I’ve yet to hear anyone ask Green the question that’s been on my mind recently; namely why? Now the obvious answer is to raise money, but that isn’t the answer it’s simply the precursor to the same question; why? What do we need this money for, what’s its purpose and what will it be spent on?
If you’re not already listeining, get R5 on now. Jock Stein special, they’ve done Sotland and are now on to the celtic years.
Tomtheleedstim
This is radio at its best
smoke and mirrors
20:04 on
9 October, 2012
That is BRILLIANT…………..LOL
hows about a link to R5 then
Pet Navan,
*shameless*
67….i am neil lennon,,l
see Ceiler gonof rust @ 19.10 for details
I went to my paypal account and sent to details listed .
hope its sent cos I’m no very au fe with these technical things.An I definitely cant do the link thing.
hope it works for you
HH
HH
So now earthquakes are source of fun on here………. I despair….
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PtXEAgFD3E
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_five_live
Catman – McIlvanney, could listen to him all night. Nevin, not so much.
Oh my! Lisbon.
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Thank you :)) for link
Cheers
RIGHT IM GONNAE SAY IT
I DONT THINK BARCA WILL BEAT US A CAMP NOU
Hugh McIlvanney – authentic, credible and a great raconteur……….
say it better
I DONT THINK BARCA WILL BEAT US AT CAMP NOU
A Glasgow and district select won the EC
Great line……
•-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-•
Cheers for the link :-)
enjoying listening to this