Virgil’s suitors

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Aye, sure, Dick Advocaat would like to sign Virgil van Dijk for Sunderland.  Of course he would, but Virgil is very unlikely to go to Sunderland for a host of reasons.  Many clubs have made inquiries about Virgil but the player has an understanding with the club.

For a start, he’s going nowhere until after the Champions League qualifiers are over with, and even then, player and club have agreed that only approaches from tier-one clubs will be considered.  No disrespect intended for Sunderland, but a haul of one cup in 79 years leaves them well off the pace.

The prospect of Celtic being interested in Steven Fletcher, as reported in The Herald this morning, is unlikely to make any difference.  If Fletcher is wanted it will be for the qualifiers, there will be no quid pro quo.

Virgil has two years left on his contract and there’s little prospect of him extending his stay in Scotland, so if Celtic decide to listen to offers in late August it’ll do no harm having as many English clubs as possible bidding portions of their TV bounty for the player.  So let Sunderland bid away.

You and I have been working on the whole Mary’s Meals project for a couple of years now.  It’s not a big part of any of our lives, but what we’ve done is a big part in the lives of thousands of kids we’ll never know.

Reaching the 1 million kids fed each day figure last month has reinvigorated the charity.  It’s a worldwide phenomenon but incredibly started here in Scotland.

At midnight tonight a couple of guys will start to walk the West Highland Way, 96 miles, a 17 thousand feet ascent.  They hope to complete the journey within 24 hours.

You and I know that not every journey is completed on time, some, sadly, will never be completed……… but these two are close to hitting their £6k target figure for Mary’s Meals before they set off.  Go and give them a a couple of pounds, help drive them on to complete the task.  Every £1 you give will feed a child for a month.  A month!  Tell me you’re going to do something better today and I’ll not believe you.

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  1. sunny calmachie on

    Cigarette papers, OO and SNP origins,

     

    those were the days,

     

    Not like now, king size rizzlas, New labour and Conservatives,

  2. •-:¦:-•**• -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on

    Excellent resiliance from Murray!!!!!

  3. Unmissable events in George Sq tomorrow:

     

     

    1245-1315 Black Skull of Corps and Drum

     

     

    1430-1500 Pastor Mike McCurry and Praise Band

     

     

    Be there or be square.

  4. leftclicktic on

    sipsini

     

    Agreed that was the glib and shamless liars plan ,Get sleekit tae crash tham into the wall,use jar jar binks and the union of fanjitas to boycott and starve the club of money relulting in the old board having to pull the plug leaving football coupon eyes King to pick up the carcass for a pittance, they never dreamed charlie boy green would get Ashley on board to maintain the cashflow for them due to onerus contracts:))))))))))))))).

     

    As Paul hinted the other day if they start again it will be as 1st whatever and will have to cut a deal wae Ashley to use the name Rankers ,

     

    AKA GUBBED :))))

     

    get yer monkey workmate to put the wager in a sealed envelope up front :)))))))))))))))

  5. sunny calmachie

     

     

    19:10 on 5 June, 2015

     

     

    Cigarette papers, OO and SNP origins,

     

    those were the days,

     

     

    ##

     

     

     

    Have the SNP ever apologised for or even admitted to their questionable origins?

     

     

    Because I’ve missed it if they have.

  6. sipsini

     

     

    19:04 on 5 June, 2015

     

     

    67 heaven…

     

     

    I reckon Michael Ashley has that corner covered…. Only liquidation can kill his contracts.

     

     

     

    ###

     

     

    It wouldn’t kill the club though, would it?

     

     

    That’s immortal.

     

     

    Not sure what happens to all the hun IP rights that MASH have if they’re liquidated. I suspect MASH will still control them.

  7. Quite a few empty seat at the tennis.

     

    The French Open NEEDS a strong Rangers.

  8. The Spirit of Arthur Lee on

    What a feckin place

     

     

    2 gambling sites one cruise and a aftershave to read the blog

     

     

    Sort it out

  9. The Spirit of Arthur Lee on

    Apparently Sturgeon told the French Ambassador she wanted Djokovic to win.

  10. sunny calmachie on

    Ernie.

     

    The SNP and New Labour have more in common than you think,

     

    Both have turned there back on there origins,

     

     

     

    I have to go now,

     

    dog to walk, then back to get organised for a wee trip to Belfast,

     

     

    Happy Celticing

  11. ernie lynch

     

    19:19 on

     

    5 June, 2015

     

    sipsini

     

     

    19:04 on 5 June, 2015

     

     

    67 heaven…

     

     

    I reckon Michael Ashley has that corner covered…. Only liquidation can kill his contracts.

     

     

    ###

     

     

    It wouldn’t kill the club though, would it?

     

     

    That’s immortal.

     

     

    Not sure what happens to all the hun IP rights that MASH have if they’re liquidated. I suspect MASH will still control them.

     

    —————————————————–

     

    He still owns them.

     

     

    However, the demographic of Scotland is such that another club would start up calling itself some permutation of Rangers/Glasgow/The/Club/Football and the huns would follow that. They will tell you it’s the same club because the club can never die. That’s the situation we’re currently in.

  12. “Scottish football is now just showjumping”

     

     

    Who said it?

     

     

    a) David Vine

     

    b) Alex Salmond

     

    c) Willie Carson

     

    d) Kevin Bridges

  13. Ernie Lynch.

     

     

    As I posted here previously. One of the founders of the SNP was Cunningham Graham,reputed to be the first even remotely socialist to sit at Westminster. A promoter of women’s lib before it became trendy and an advocate of paying mps thus opening the doors to the lower classes being able to afford participating in politics at the highest level.

     

    A right bastard he wiz, wizn’t he no.!

     

     

    I wonder in its early days how well Scottish Labour’s credentials would stand up in the anti Catholic stakes?

  14. 67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar...... Ipox belongs to the creditors on

    sipsini

     

     

    19:04 on 5 June, 2015

     

     

    So be it …. Liquidate the barstewards….hahahahahahaha HH, Sir

  15. The Spirit of Arthur Lee

     

     

    19:24 on 5 June, 2015

     

     

    Apparently Sturgeon told the French Ambassador she wanted Djokovic to win.

     

     

     

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    Can’t see how that would benefit the SNP.

     

     

    A Tory government though obviously benefits them.

     

     

    And after all, for all we go on about the Tories, we didn’t mind so much about the economic side of Thatcherism, did we?

  16. Lennon n Mc….Mjallby

     

    19:04 on

     

    5 June, 2015

     

    Bands?

     

     

    I wouldn’t want to associate good music or even bad popular music with that lot,I just hope it’s Wet Wet Wet.

     

     

    sipsini

     

     

    Haven’t they suffered enough.

  17. fieldofdrams on

    Just looking at the weather forecast for Glasgow tomorrow. My God, my God – I’m beginning to think there’s something in this Unseen Fenian Hand business.

     

     

    But it doesn’t half make your jaw ache from perma-grin.

  18. sunny calmachie

     

     

    19:25 on 5 June, 2015

     

     

    ‘Ernie.

     

    The SNP and New Labour have more in common than you think,

     

    Both have turned there back on there origins,’

     

     

    ##

     

     

     

    You know about the origins of the SNP?

  19. ernie lynch

     

    19:31 on

     

    5 June, 2015

     

    quonno

     

     

    19:27 on 5 June, 2015

     

     

    And the rest of them?

     

     

    Ernie.

     

     

    Did you deliberately body swerve the last sentence of my post?

     

    Or was it a simply an honest mistake?

  20. fieldofdrams

     

    19:31 on

     

    5 June, 2015

     

    Just looking at the weather forecast for Glasgow tomorrow. My God, my God – I’m beginning to think there’s something in this Unseen Fenian Hand business.

     

     

    But it doesn’t half make your jaw ache from perma-grin.

     

     

    Brig back Heather.

  21. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    If the dropkicks performed in a George Square basement and pumped their sounds out to the hun horde, the would be………………

     

     

    The Unseen Fenian Band

  22. BC Music Day is today ..and they have Mike McCurry’s band playing..

     

     

    Deacon Blue

     

     

    Probably already nominated :o)

  23. Going for “least likely to respond to” post of the year……….

     

     

    I’ve just lumped on Scotland at minus 1 (5/4)

     

     

     

     

    mostofCQNcouldn’tgivaCSC

  24. See if that other mob had season ticket money in

     

    And they refuse to pay big Mash his £5m

     

    A wee court action to ring fence this money for his loan,

     

    What do they do next ?

     

    Admin, big Mash is main creditor, so he is in control

     

    Liquidate, he owns the IP, so they never ever ever return under this incubator they claim worked this time

     

     

    Big Mash in control here, he owns everything, with only the stadium ownership still to be announced

     

     

    Enjoy

  25. Ernie

     

     

    Did Labour ever apologise for ending POW status in Ireland in 1976 which ultimately led to the deaths of 10 men on hunger strike?

  26. ernie lynch

     

     

    Not that it matters to you but I have been impressed with many of your recent statements on here. However when you are talking about ” questionable origins”. Where do you want to take that? we were all born equal, our upbringing form us and our decisions define us, I believe that to be the case for political and social groups also.

     

    You will probably scroll past but I question what pleasure you derive from constantly asking questions merely to be confrontational. Like you I despair where the Labour Party in Scotland has fallen to, big but…..they and others could see it happening, maybe they just didn’t care enough.

  27. be back with a half time update.

     

     

    Full concentration on the wee screen in the corner……… ;-)

  28. jobo baldie

     

     

    Hi Jobo, your recent comment about a 1 in 10 response rate seemed impressive to me. Anyway, if I can bear to stretch two feet as I pass in way to fridge I will pick up remote control and switch from Simpsons to Scotland game. Is it an 8pm kick of f?

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