Two weeks on from their initial coronavirus videoconference, Uefa, their 55 constituent national associations, the European Club Association, FIFPro (the international players’ association) and other related parties will reconvene by video tomorrow to discuss the findings from working parties set up to identify ways forward for the game during the crisis.
Two weeks is a long time in this crisis; clubs will now realise there is little chance of spectator events taking place in June. When the sport resumes, it is likely to be behind closed doors, perhaps until the end of the year, threatening the viability of all cash-poor clubs dependent on ticket and other match day revenue.
Whatever ails the game, the crisis has a more profound impact on the health and livelihoods of the general population. Unknown thousands will die and scores of employers will close in the retail and leisure sector alone. In this context, a few hundred European football clubs seems irrelevant, but their viability is what Uefa will try to address tomorrow.
In a show of solidarity, players at several elite clubs in Spain, Italy and Germany have agreed to take substantial pay cuts. These actions allow their clubs to chart a course forward, but adoption lacks uniformity.
Odious English PFA chief Gordon Taylor (75), who reportedly earns over £2m per year and faced repeated calls from Chris Sutton and others to resign, has promised to obstruct English Football League clubs attempts to defer payment of wages, never mind cut them.
What happens at the elite level will be inconsequential to the lifestyles of many, but 90% of players and their clubs do not work at the elite level. Like the rest of us, they are staring into the unknown. Clubs and FIFPro will try to do what they can to recommend a deal that can be uniformly rolled out, while allowing the sport to be mothballed for the duration. This will take some creative thinking and involve getting high-value TV product on screens as soon and as often as possible, which itself opens up broadcast contracts and schedules.
There are too many layers to this mess for things to be resolved by 100 people meeting by video. Football continues unaffected in some Uefa jurisdictions, where governments feel immune to viral realities. Those who have agreed salary cuts will be happy for others to fret, while TV companies come to terms with the loss of content and revenue this season, and that they are likely to be the game’s only saviour going forward.
Our immediate concerns: nine-in-a-row and all that’s associated with it, are important, but goodness, football faces its biggest challenge since the advent of professionalism 150 years ago. There will be winners and losers from what happens next. If any club plans for the unexpected it’s Celtic. I’m hoping our corporate strategy over the last 20 years or so leaves us in a strong position.
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MATT STEWART on 31ST MARCH 2020 2:18 PM
Can you put up one of your old stories.I loved your visit to BLOEMFONTEIN CELTIC.
MATT STEWART@2.18
I always thought they were folk who would fix your boils for nuthin’ -))
6 months at least until all clear is announced.
Philbhoy on 31st March 2020 2:21 pm
TIMALOY29
Everything is a guess at the moment.
Do we resume normal activities when the graph is heading south or when we’ve rid the country of the virus completely?
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My guess is that the lockdown will be relaxed when, and to the extent that, the NHS cope with the ensuing rise in the number of cases. A bit like turning the gas up and down to keep a pan just simmering rather than boiling over.
IMHO
Glendalystonsils….. Ha ha ha!!!
Favourite Uncle….I’m blushing now…but here you are…Definitely in my top three of wee journeys!!
https://enematic.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/what-is-this-thing-called-celtic/
Hail Hail
Matt
Pog- the huns got 3 fines ,€5,250 for throwing a bottle at a player, seriously?
MARSPAPA on 31ST MARCH 2020 1:44 PM
That’s the boys I played with, I was the only Celtic man that played in the team. Played amateur with Jasper as well, funny guy.
HH
Best wishes to BIGYINMILAN
Some more Dylan songs –
‘Don’t Meet Me in the Morning’.
‘If you see her, say Hello but stand 2m away’.
‘It’s all over now – maybe flu’.
‘Stop Blowing in the wind’.
LENNYBHOY on 31ST MARCH 2020 1:52 PM
Unashamed repost, one final push Ghuys, thank you in advance.
Good morning CQN I bring you an update on your efforts to support TET’s Son, Niall and his Fiancée, Sharon.
To date you have donated £683.88. Go fund donations stand at £1,770.00. Total to date £2,453.88, a fantastic effort.
Given Jan’s health issues it is unlikely she will be able to see Niall get married. So the plan will be to put any money left over to have the wedding streamed so that Jan and other family and friends can watch the wedding live.
We’ll keep the donations open until Tuesday 31st March as it is pay day for most people.
Thank you on behalf of TET, Jan, Niall and Sharon for your support:
For those wishing to make a donation to support The Exiled Tim for his bhoy Niall then you can do so by:
bank transfer to:
o Account name: Walk With Shay
o Account number: 15326765
o Sort code: 80-22-60
o Bank: Bank of Scotland
o Ref: Enter your name or moniker
· By cheque to Walk With Shay (please contact me for address details)
· By paypal to walkwithshay@yahoo.com.
If anyone would rather use the go to page the link below.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/hotel-kept-wedding-money
Until we meet again
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
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on the Paypal address you have to leave off the last dot….· By paypal to walkwithshay@yahoo.com
smiley as ever regards to the smile thing
Braw
As well as Celtic and ” Rangers”, 5 English teams as well as many Europe teams hit with fines.
For most part UEFA fines are a joke. A routine joke.
To reitterate a question from the last round of fines:-
Has any team playing regularly in UEFA competition not been hit with a fine ?
HH to all, keep safe.
Thoughts with and prayers said for BIGYININMILAN. Cousin’s son had a relapse so if you still have space for a prayer, please remember him also. Thanks.
Thoughts going out for BIGYINMILAN
Missed that on last thread.
HH fellow Celt.
MATT STEWART on 31ST MARCH 2020 2:34 PM
Thanks MATT .Greetin again .never fails.
DBHOY on 31ST MARCH 2020 2:43 PM
MARSPAPA on 31ST MARCH 2020 1:44 PM
That’s the boys I played with, I was the only Celtic man that played in the team. Played amateur with Jasper as well, funny guy.
HH
If you played with Jasper , i might know you he was my sidekick for Harveys 11s. France 90 IN Harveys was awesome …. , were are you from
was Hendy another player ?
Dogs to walk , catch your reply later :))
Just nipping in for a second – any word on Matthew McCombe in Amsterdam – has the boy been found?
Will check in later…
SFTB
Nicely done. Love Isolation Row!
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SOT
That’s the spirit!
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Matt Stewart
That is the question indeed, well played!
Test
I thought we established this from the league rules
“Season means the period of the year commencing on the date of the first League
Match in a Season and ending on the date of the last League Match in the same
Season or otherwise as determined by the Board and which excludes the Close
Season;”
Is this what the league were consulting their lawyers on.
ps
Not that they bother with rules
Think of poor Juventus . . . Ronaldo is on 31 million a year, which is 82,000 euros a day. If he takes a 70% wage cut, he is still on around 175,000 a week.
And, by the way, his annual earnings including sponsorships etc. are over 100 million which is 274,000 per day.
Mindboggling.
MARSPAPA on 31ST MARCH 2020 1:38 PM
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No problems here mate, but I will be going to shops/supermarkets by Taxis if need be for food.
IF there is no other wasy ?
Stay safe as you possibly can, unless certain circumstances dictate otherwise.
HH.
Deniabhoy
I bet contracts from now on will include a clause to cover this and other such events.
!!BADA BING!! on 31ST MARCH 2020 2:38 PM
Pog- the huns got 3 fines ,€5,250 for throwing a bottle at a player, seriously?
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Bada,
Unless I am mistaken that is not correct. These fines were for the Copenhagen game and the Braga game. The bottle throwing was at the Leverkusen game and has still to be dealt with.
DAVID66….
I can NOT allow you to help me, as I certainly do NOT want your family to be angry with you.
Your family are right.
I will just get taxis to and from a supermarket in a few days.
Thanks for your fantastic unselfish offer. I will never forget your kind offer.
Stay safe.
HH
Marsapapa
Hendy, Rab Dick (goalie), Stubby, Davie Hamilton and myself were the regular players. We had another young player who was having trials with Dundee utd play for a spell aswell. Good wee team we had.
Fairhill originally.
HH
CONNAIRE12 on 31ST MARCH 2020 2:49 PM
Prayer will be said.
HH
DAVID66…
When this Virus is over etc…we can meet up and I will fill you full of the demon drink and put you in a taxi hame, when you are pure Steaming Boats….then your family can be angry with me ?
LOL
HH
Hi BHOYS
FROM BBC SITE
Rangers and Celtic have both been fined by Uefa for incidents in their Europa League knockout-stage ties.
The Ibrox club are punished for three offences of fan misbehaviour, while Celtic must pay £13,300 for the late kick-off of their draw in Copenhagen.
Rangers are fined £8,865 for a fan entering the pitch during the last-32 home win over Braga and £4,650 for the throwing of fireworks in that game.
A further fine of £4,650 is for objects being thrown against Bayer Leverkusen.
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BIGYINMILAN 🙏
KEEP THE FAITH
CONNAIRE..
Thoughts with the Bhoy and BIGYIN MILAN.
Stay safe
HH
BIG GEORGES FAN CLUB – HAIL, HAIL, WEE OSCAR on 31ST MARCH 2020 2:56 PM
Just nipping in for a second – any word on Matthew McCombe in Amsterdam – has the boy been found?
BGFG.
Sadly, no.
Big Jimmy – Sounds good😂🍺😂🍺😂
D. :)
I stand corrected according to the BBC!
Bada
Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November,
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone.
Which has but twenty-eight days clear,
And twenty-nine in each leap year.
Big Jimmy – sorry just read your post about getting taxis.
Seriously I do not mind helping you, my family are fine with it, I have already told Mrs David66 that we will be getting some supply’s for you on Friday and she is on board.
D. :)
Bada,
You are correct.
€15K for being unpunctual
€5.25K for throwing a bottle at a player.
So, who do we believe? The impartial BBC or that rascal Pog?
Before you decide, was it a BBC podcast (?) which had Archie Gemmill and Bobby Murdoch scoring our goals in the European Cup Final on the 27th of May?