18 October has been in the diary for a while. Today is the day teams in European competition have to submit their accounts for last season to Uefa. If you are in European competition, your accounts must be ready to publish. If they are ready and you have not published them, why?
Celtic’s accounts were published a month ago; Celtic have nothing to worry about or hide. Newco have yet to let their fans know what the figures look like. They will eventually be published, of course, when we will gain an insight into why they were unable to spend in the transfer market after qualifying for the Champions League.
I also expect to see the resolution of their dispute with Sports Direct International. At the lower end, this could be a charge in the region of £2m, but at the punitive end, it could be as high as £8m. It will also be interesting to read whether they could afford to settle this debt outright or had to commit to a long-term payment plan. Knowing what a slick operation Newco are, I expect a punitive settlement that overreaches their immediate resources and a decade long mortage-type payment.
As in politics, money eventually outs you in football. When we read club accounts we cannot get the thrill we get from a match result, but the consequences are far greater.
There is something incredibly endearing about Frank McGarvey. He is out there, facing the illness no one likes talking about, without awkwardness or hushed tones. Everyone has to find their own way to deal with illness, we are not all like Frank, but again, facing this hurdle, he has given us an example to admire.
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If it’s stout you are after……………..
ditch the Guinness and get yersels some Beamish.
Head and shoulders above all other stouts.
Corcaigh abu!
…Gene, good to see ye here.
The old black stuff contains loads of iron.
Good if you are anaemic but bad if you have too much iron in your blood.
…..and re the Huns and accounts, nothing will ever happen to thum.
No-one but us will make anything out of it.
Good evening all from the Lord Edward, Christchurch. Asked the manager if he would show the game tomorrow k.o. 6.15. Nice fellow, said I’ll keep your game on as long as I can. Says the bold bhoy “English loving feckers in here”. 😂😂
BB
HAHAHA >:)
Fur fox ache can the paranoia brigade just give VAR a chance before they throw in the towel?
Emeraldbee @ 7.21
VAR is highly debatable at best, hugely controversial especially iat its worst, see the EPL every week.
Throw in Steven McLean John Beaton Nick Walsh or any other referee out of Hampden, and a lifetime of watching Celtic, it can only make things worse. Bearing in mind we ‘weren’t paranoid enough’ we will see VAR not used in marginal naked eye offsides and goals allowed to stand. That is, no review of the original decision and I think we’ll get good goals chopped off for preceding minor infringements.
The decision to put Steven McLean in as VAR referee is like a piss take that dates back to the game you mention.
We will be cheated just differently
ERNIE LYNCH on 18TH OCTOBER 2022 6:34 PM
I post very rarely but this page has always been an outlet for me in an ongoing battle with mental health. I don’t do cliques; I don’t know any poster by real name here and have no axe to grind with you prior to now but using any sort of mental health angle to slight another poster is beneath both you and this blog. It may not have been your intention, but it does not come across well my friend.
‘Less Than Human’: The Psychology Of Cruelty
March 29, 20111:00 PM ET
David Livingstone Smith is co-founder and director of the Institute for Cognitive Science and Evolutionary Psychology at the University of New England.
During the Holocaust, Nazis referred to Jews as rats. Hutus involved in the Rwanda genocide called Tutsis cockroaches. Slave owners throughout history considered slaves subhuman animals. In Less Than Human, David Livingstone Smith argues that it’s important to define and describe dehumanization, because it’s what opens the door for cruelty and genocide.
“We all know, despite what we see in the movies,” Smith tells NPR’s Neal Conan, “that it’s very difficult, psychologically, to kill another human being up close and in cold blood, or to inflict atrocities on them.” So, when it does happen, it can be helpful to understand what it is that allows human beings “to overcome the very deep and natural inhibitions they have against treating other people like game animals or vermin or dangerous predators.”
Rolling Stone recently published photos online of American troops posing with dead Afghans, connected to ongoing court-martial cases of soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. In addition to posing with the corpses, “these soldiers — called the ‘kill team’ — also took body parts as trophies,” Smith alleges, “which is very often a phenomenon that accompanies the form of dehumanization in which the enemy is seen as game.”
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Refer to other people as DIM, STUPID or IN NEED OF HELP – debase them and de-humanize them.
Poor – very poor.
The non-supporting CSC
Bought a new to me second hand car today, small wee Pug estate, great on the fuel, a massive change from the Jeep that drank diesel like it was going out of fashion, paid twice the price that it would have cost in the UK or Ireland, but it is what it is here, it’s what they cost, am very happy with it, anyways, Midsummer time, sleep well Timland
HH and KTF
Neil Lennon has left the club he has managed in Cyprus
I see Lafferty has either
A: served his suspension for sectarian abuse
B: been forgotten and forgiven
On Sky Sports Neil Lennon has left not sacked.
Exiled Tim 7.52.
👍
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 18TH OCTOBER 2022 6:28 PM
I don’t believe we practice early attacks at Lennoxtown pre-game.
We have been well informed that nothing gets practised at Lennoxton- no throw-ins, no corners, no passing & no shooting. It’s just a glee club.😀
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a much missed poster to here had the solution, move the operation to barrowfield or crown point or somewhere else in the east end.
save on mini bus fares and bring the bhoys back home, the lowere altitude compared to lennoxtown has been provan to affect performance, keep the high balls low and all that.
and rebuild the main stand,
why has neil left, just last weekend he was saying he loved it over there.
James McClean: FA has ignored ‘sickening’ sectarian abuse for years
Michael Staines
10.54 17 Oct 2022
Ireland international James McClean has slammed the English FA for failing to act on the “sickening” sectarian abuse he and his family have faced over the past eight years.
In a post on Instagram, the Wigan midfielder said he again suffered sectarian abuse during the club’s match away at Sunderland on Sunday.
He posted a video recording of the crowd chanting abuse at him and noted that it was one of several sectarian chants aimed at him during the game.
“Everyone who attended the game would have heard this loud and clear including the referee, match officials and other officials,” he wrote.
“I should not have to report every single incident when clearly they can all hear what I hear and they should be doing their job by taking action.”
The 33-year-old said he has no faith in the English FA, English Football League or Sunderland to take action over the abuse.
“Every single year we have an FA representative come into each club to discuss the same old crap they spew to us about discrimination,” he said.
“Every single year I challenge them on the abuse; every single year they do nothing.”
Abuse
McClean said it falls to his wife to explain to his seven-year-old child why crowds of people are abusing his father.
“For my son, who is seven years old and watches every Wigan game either being at the stadium or on Latics tv, to be asking his mother: “Why are they booing and singing that song at Daddy?” and to have to tiptoe around answering him is something which should not be happening,” he said.
“This post is not one of sympathy (trust me it’s not wanted) but one of anger.”
“Sickening”
The Ireland wing-back also hit out that those who say he “brings it on himself” – alluding to a controversial picture he posted in March 2020.
“This picture, which turned out to be not my best joke, occurred in 2020,” he said.
“Myself, as well as my family, have been on the end of sickening abuse since Nov 2012. For those you can’t grasp that that is eight years of sickening abuse prior.”
McClean played for Sunderland for two years before joining Wigan for his first stint at the club in 2013.
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjyEFfHoPwr/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=e3aff432-d918-45e5-a1c3-7f046dbe9de6
macajw
Verified
Where to start really, for my son who is 7 years old and watches every Wigan game either being at stadium or on Latics tv, to be asking his mother “ why are they booing and singing that song at Daddy “ and to have to tip toe around answering him is something which should not be happening. This post is not one of sympathy ( trust me its not wanted ) but one of anger.
Considering every single year we have an FA representative come into each club to discuss the same old crap they spew to us about discrimination , every single year i challenge them on the abuse, every single year they do nothing.
This clip is one of yesterday, which can be heard clearly of one particular chant, as well as other chants of “ fuck the pope and IRA, being sung by the majority of the 30k crowd, as well as numerous individual chants of “ fenian bastard, fenian cunt, “ you dirty Irish cunt” ( while displaying a tribute before game honouring Niall Quinn who is also the same nationality as myself 🤦🏼♂️ couldn’t make the stupidity up ) now every one who attended the game would have heard this loud and clear including the referee, match officials and other officials!
I should not have to report every single incident when clearly they can all hear what i hear and they should be doing their job by taking action!
I would be lying if a was to say i expect anything to done about this by the FA, @efl ( history shows this ) but here is ANOTHER CHANCE sure and i certainly don’t expect any action to be taken by @sunderlandafcofficial themselves giving they did nothing when i was their player.
For the uneducated which will always cling on to a certain picture to justify their argument to say “ he’s brings it on himself “ 🙄 this picture which turned out to be not my best joke occurred in 2020, myself as well as my family have been on the end of sickening abuse since Nov 2012, for those you can’t grasp that, that is 8 years of sickening abuse prior 👍🏻
On we go 🇮🇪☘️
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Thankfully there is no sectarianism in England.
The non-supporting CSC
thats rethorical, he is on a flight to birmingham
MACCARGO on 18TH OCTOBER 2022 7:50 PM
‘using any sort of mental health angle to slight another poster’
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Unless he is deliberately lying about what he believes , he is delusional.
Pointing that out to him and challenging him about it, rather than indulging him, is the appropriate response.
Suppose though for a moment that he is deliberately lying, and using this Andrew Smith thing simply to goad me, knowing it’s a lie, and him not being a position to know what mental health issues I might or might not be affected by, how would that sit with your concerns?
Spent a lovely weekend with family in Kircudbright.
Was in the Selkirk Hotel and asked for Guinness.
Didn’t sell it but offered the locally brewed Galloway Black.
Looked like Guinness and lovely to boot!
Anyone tasted this?
GENE
Great to see you posting again!
Long may it continue!
GG
His hearing is on 20th October
Philbhoy 8.01
Who asked you?
How ye doing ya old git?👍😁
Now I know how to deal with my brother’s mental health issues – mock him.
The non-supporting Celtic supporters CSC
ERNIE LYNCH on 18TH OCTOBER 2022 8:01 PM
Moderator can you ask Paul67 to give this poster my e-mail address, so we can take this issue offline
You raised the issue of Mental Health in the exchanges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1tetosaE0o
https://genius.com/Glasgow-celtic-supporters-celtic-7-rangers-1-lyrics
Oh Hampden in the Sun
Celtic seven and the rangers one
All my days I will sing in praise
Of the Celtic team that played that day
Sammy Wilson put the Celtic one up
In the final of the Scottish league cup
And it was only Neilly Mochan’s due
When he nipped in to make it two
Oh Hampden in the Sun
Celtic seven and the rangers one
All my days I will sing in praise
Of the Celtic team that played that day
Gerogie Niven was all at sea
He couldn’t stop McPhail from making it three
And then young Billy sure he made it four
The Celts were heading for a record score
Oh Hampden in the Sun
Celtic seven and the rangers one
All my days I will sing in praise
Of the Celtic team that played that day
Georgie Niven with a desperate dive
Couldn’t stop mochan from making it five
And then young Billy with a superb flick
Completed a great hat-trick
Oh Hampden in the Sun
Celtic seven and the rangers one
All my days I will sing in praise
Of the Celtic team that played that day
Then to make the rangers sick
Bertie made it seven with a penalty kick
And Charlie Tully was on the ball
He was taking the rife out of Ian McColl
Oh Hampden in the Sun
Celtic seven and the rangers one
All my days I will sing in praise
Of the Celtic team that played that day
ERNIE LYNCH on 18TH OCTOBER 2022 8:01 PM
MACCARGO on 18TH OCTOBER
Ernie, in order to resolve this case of alleged mistaken identity, why don’t we meet up at CQN corner at the next home game? Surely that will resolve it. It is quite close to the Celtic View offices, so you should know it well or not as the case may be😉
HH
CRC
BRRB
Am fine thanks!
Mind an ‘ leave Dublin the way ye find it!
Enjoy!
Inside The SPFL
@AgentScotland
·
Oct 13
Allan McGregor has conceded more goals this season than Jon McLaughlin despite playing four games fewer.
JON MCLAUGHLIN
Games: 11
Wins: 6
Draws: 2
Loses: 3
Conceded: 13
Clean sheets: 5
ALLAN MCGREGOR
Games: 7
Wins: 4
Draws: 0
Loses: 3
Conceded: 14
Clean sheets: 2
Gene
Did Kilmarnock not fine and suspend him.
BTW. If anyone is interested
Killie went ahead from a penalty which was dubious at best.
United equalized a minute or so later with a good goal.
1-1 atm
We have a Plum Porter from our local Titanic brewery – it’s stronger than Guinness at 4.9%
Not a fan of it though
GG
Fine yes suspended no – they’re waiting on the SFA to do that.
ERNIE LYNCH on 18TH OCTOBER 2022 8:01 PM
Honestly, in that situation I’d prefer that you, or any poster in that position to simply scroll on by as unless otherwise stated none of us here are mental health professionals here. Again, nothing personal, it just felt wrong to me.
CELTICROLLERCOASTER SUPPORTING THE WALK WITH SHAY LEGACY FUND on 18TH OCTOBER 2022 8:12 PM
after the last few weeks, its mightly hearening to see you post , getting away, taking in the views. early morning vistas while reflecting on the passing, been there, its a tough gig.
keep it lit,
regards to mrs crc, and the other two if they are with you.
heartening obvs
Phil 8.12.
It’s not the Dublin I knew as a teenager. But neither is Glasgow. Still love both cities though. We have both improved in certain areas. And Dublin still has some of the greatest public houses in the world.
I think the SFA are hoping the Lafferty case will be quietly forgotten
The same as several other hun related cases have disappeared over the years
BRRB
Love both cities too!
But I won’t say which is my no 1!
To be sure……………..