Thanks to everyone who contributed questions for the Forum last night. It was an open, frank and productive meeting. Draft minutes will be distributed to attendees to be checked for accuracy before being formalised, after which the meeting’s outcomes will be made public through various outlets.
One thing which is evident, and goes largely unacknowledged, is the significant contribution made by Auldheid in building the channels needed for constructive dialogue between the club and supporters. Well done, Pat.
I see Neil Lennon in the news being “flattered” after Norwich City chief exec, and former Celtic commercial director, David McNally, told the media he believed it only prudent he keeps an eye open for a new manager, should Chris Hughton ‘leave’. Neil answered well, refused to comment on a job which is already filled, while setting a standard answer, suitable whether he was interested or not. There is no point firmly denying interest in a job as a subsequent refusal to do so for a different position would leave too much information on the table.
McNally is right, it is only prudent you keep an eye on these things, but can you imagine how Hughton feels when reading this stuff, or what the resulting speculation will do to the club’s relegation chances? There is now far too much information on the table now for Hughton to be effective.
A football manager needs authority and respect, Houghton has been denied both. Norwich should do the decent thing and pay the man his contract before they sleepwalk into the lower leagues.
It’s funny how different people read the same thing in different ways. An announcement that a club is in discussions with a couple of existing shareholders to borrow money to provide working capital is self-explanatory in most respects.
The announcement by Newco Rangers this morning establishes that the club needs a fresh injection of money to pay its bills. We all knew this, but the sharp-eyed will also have noted that this loan will create the club’s two major creditors. No bank will lend to Newco, their creditors will be limited to trade suppliers, HMRC and other football clubs, all pretty low values. This £1.5m loan is likely to give the lenders sufficient control to vote through anything they desire, should administration occur. The controlling directors and creditors will be one and the same.
Newco Rangers has been rag-dolled since its inception by various pressure groups within the broader family who seem determined to stamp on whatever green shoots of recovery exist. What it really needs is the kind of strong leadership this directors-creditors group can provide, leaders who will do the right thing, take the necessary medicine and stand firm against the quislings. While others tried to get the club for free, they paid their money, continue to do so, and deserve the chance to run their club as they see fit. For what it’s worth I think the club and its current controllers are a perfect fit. I hope they use their largest creditor status to protect their interests.
Congratulations to STV’s Peter Smith (aged 12 ½), who scooped the Royal Television Society’s Young Talent of the Year award, achieved partly because he was prepared and able to ask hard questions, when many of his elder peers would rather eat their own toe nails. He’s still not uncovered that Dallas Cowboys email, so more work still to be done.
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Hamiltontim
Chris, when you get a chance can you drop me a line or a DM on twitter?
Cheers
BRTH
Minceyheidman,
Thanks for that and apologies for slightly straying from your goalkeeper quandary.
Cheers and HH.
@Greenpinata
Celtic didn’t gain a competitive advantage when Brown kicked Neymar after the whistle
Bit different
thomthethim for Oscar OK
http://www.dakhin.com/
don’t go to its sister restaurant on the same street.
Celtic Mac
13:45 on
I can see why you would say that but if you take out Scottish Labour, Scot’s Tories, Liberal and the SNP(who had won 11 seats) Labour would still have had an overall majority in the Parliament.
A guy called Graham Wallace has just emailed my duff account and asked me to fill Ina survey……
Q1. How ugly do you rate your fellow sevco fans?
TeeHeeCSC
thomthethim for Oscar OK
13:44 on
20 February, 2014
…….so, what has Auldheid ever done for us? :>)
Anyway, that’s my flights, accommodation and tickets booked for the St.Mirren game in March.
Big occasion for me.
Big brother coming up from London. We started to go to games with our father in 1950.
Daughters coming through from Edinburgh to restrain wife in Glasgow’s shops..and, most special of all, I will be taking my grandson to his first ever Celtic match.
This will ensure an unbroken succession from the founding of the club, via my own grandfather to the present day.
All this occurring withing the Octave of my allotted three score and ten.0
All I need now is recommendations of a good Indian restaurant in an around the city centre, perhaps Merchant City.
Brilliant Tom.its what we are about. a beautiful post if i may say,
One Celtic,One support,One history
hail hail to you and yours
An T
HT
Well said
Afternoon Timland from a spring like day in a hun free mountain valley.
Question, non football.
What and when was the first bank in the UK.
Please tell me it was in scotland.
HH
You know you want to
Dear Kharida Khan
At our recent AGM I outlined our intention to undertake a comprehensive review of the entire Club and I am pleased to report that we are making excellent progress with this.
A key element of looking at how the Club operates and engages is to understand what is important to you, the Rangers supporters. If we can obtain your constructive input and suggestions then we can develop a comprehensive insight into what is needed to address the areas that are important to the fans.
We are in the process of rebuilding how your Club operates and based on feedback from many of you, it is clear that there is a need for professional business management, honest conversation, transparency and greater communication to allow us to move forward together.
Your Club Executive and Board is wholly open minded on how we can work together for the better development of Rangers.
The Club, and you the supporters, have continued to be tested in recent months as we work on developing the long term strategy for rebuilding the Club. We need you to know that by working together, we have the ability to position your Club for a stable, successful and sustainable future.
We hope that you will engage with the Club and talk to us openly. We value your input and we are Ready to Listen.
To start us on this journey together, I would ask if you could take a few minutes to complete this short survey which will give you the opportunity to commence the process of sharing your thoughts and opinions with us. We will consolidate all input received and use this as the basis upon which to move our wider supporter engagement initiatives forward.
Please click here to start survey.
Thank you for your support.
Graham Wallace
Chief Executive Officer
Rangers Football Club
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Oscar Knox, MacKenzie Furniss and anyone else who fights Neuroblastoma
13:52 on 20 February, 2014
Afternoon Folks
A Quick CQ10 update.
We still have some seats available for the main event on the Friday night so if anyone is interested get in touch with Paul, Winning Captains or Myself through the usual addresses.
Equally, for those who will not be in the East end of Glasgow on Friday 14th March, we are selling a limited number of virtual tickets for £50 which will entitle the ticket holder to the following:
Souvenir match style ticket
Souvenir CQ10 T shirt
Souvenir CQN Badge
Signed copy of Seville — The Celtic Movement which will be launched at the dinner
Miniature bottle of Whisky
Anything else we can think of to post out.
Anyone interested in the full or virtual package give me a shout at editor@cqnmagazine.com
And I will try to reply in less than 2,000 words or so!
BRTH
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I thought the virtual tickets were £20?
Hamiltontim 13:52
Well said HT regarding the personal attacks on JF and can also add the casual racist comments a few weeks ago were equally despicable. I’m with Embramike on this, I think you were remarkably temperate considering the abuse and provocation levelled at you and a few others on the previous blog, you have nothing to apologise for. HH
BRTH
hamiltontim@hotmail.co.uk
There ye go.
As I said yesterday, Ledley(and Hooper imo) would have stayed.
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Joe Ledley: I thought I would stay at Celtic
Thursday, 20 February 2014
By Richard Cawley
JOE Ledley has revealed that he was all set to sign to sign a contract extension at Celtic – but that the Scottish giant’s decision to accept a bid from Crystal Palace told him it was time to go.
The 27-year-old midfielder made the move to Selhurst Park on the final day of the January transfer window. He jetted in from Glasgow to pen a deal until the summer of 2017.
Ledley was inside the final six months of his contract at Celtic, where he won the SPL title twice and the Scottish Cup once. But the Cardiff-born midfielder admits he was leaning towards staying.
“There was a contract offer there and I was just weighing up my options,” he explained. “Not long before in January I’d said to some of the boys I was going to re-sign. Then a week later I’m signing at Palace. That’s football.
“I was sat at home and my agent rang and said a bid had been accepted and it is down to you to talk to them. At first I didn’t know what to think. But if a club has accepted an offer then it is time to go. Your mind is sort of made up. I ended up coming down and speaking with the gaffer. I felt it was a fantastic challenge. They sold the club to me. I thought it was time to go and play in the Premier League.”
Ledley was linked to top-flight switches throughout his time at Cardiff City.
Palace boss Tony Pulis tried to sign him on two occasions while in charge at Stoke, failing with multi-million pound bids.
“I spoke to him before I went to Celtic but things just didn’t work out,” said the Welsh international. “So this is third time lucky to play under him. I’m loving every minute. He’s a good manager, very professional.
“He is very organised with the squad. Everyone needs to give 100 per cent. It’s a great squad, everyone is down to earth and works hard for each other.
“It was difficult for me to leave Celtic. I’m not going to lie. It is a fantastic club. I had everything there. I’ve got great memories and it will always be in my heart.
“One of my favourite moments has got to be winning 2-1 against Barcelona in the Champions League at home. It was a fantastic achievement for the team. I got Xavi’s shirt afterwards – which is not bad! He is one of the best passers of the ball. It is the best competition in the world – without a shadow of doubt – and I’m lucky to have had two seasons in it. You face your heroes.
“Another would be when I scored against Rangers at home. We were 15 points behind at the time but we won and it gave us the lift we needed to go on and win the league.
“But now it is time for me to go and show the Premier League what I can do. It is a short career and it is every boy’s dream to play there. This is my time to do it. I don’t have any regrets.”
Ledley’s beginning to life in English football’s top-flight could not have started any better.
He was only 27 minutes into his debut for Palace when he headed in Tom Ince’s corner to give the South Londoner’s a 2-0 lead over West Bromwich Albion. They went on to record a 3-1 victory that inched them closer to the 40 point mark that usually signals safety.
“I couldn’t have asked for a better debut,” said Ledley. “To score was the icing on the cake.
“It is good to be off the mark. I can always say I’ve scored in the Premier League – that can’t be taken away from me now.
“There were a lot of bodies in the box and I managed to lose my marker and just rise above the keeper.”
Ledley played a large chunk of the Baggies match at left-back, only moving into his usual midfield position when Jonathan Parr was brought on as Palace shifted to a 4-5-1 formation.
“It’s not a regular role for me and I haven’t played there for a couple of years,” he said. “I’ve probably only done it 10 times in my whole career. But I didn’t mind one bit. It worked out for me and the team. I’ll go wherever the gaffer asks me to play.”
One fixture that leaps out for Ledley is the trip to Cardiff on April 5 – his first time back there as a player since he left in 2010.
“Of course I’m looking forward to going back there,” he said. “I went there and supported them when I was a kid. I still have a look out for their results.
“I’ll have to see what kind of reception I get. I think I was a good servant to them but you never know what to expect – certain people might boo and some might cheer.
“Hopefully I get a good one. If not, I’ll deal with it. It doesn’t change that I want the three points.”
Going by previous this “windfall” should run out next Tuesday!!!
TET
TSB??
TET according to Wiki C Hoare & Co England 1672 and wait for it—Barclays 1690!!! Bank of Scotland 1695. Hail Hail Hebcelt
Rock Tree Bhoy
13:39 on
20 February, 2014
eddieinkirkmichael
I was thinking surely I cant be the only one who sees it like this so thanks for that
You are not, it’s just that others that do have given up posting
Feck off HT.
Tony Donnelly all 6’s and 7’s is a tube.
He know’s it. You know it. I know it.
No need to apologise for knowing it.
MWD votes Aye! Nae tae Republican Unionists.
Anybody ken if comical ally has taken a pay cut yet!!!!!!!.
Big sean.
jude2005 is neil lennon \o/
14:06 on 20 February, 2014
TET
TSB??
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I sometimes think my kids think I’m a bank – TOSB.
Big Nan
13:12 on
20 February, 2014
Monaghan1900 Sheriff James Irvine Smith was similarly scathing with Rangers’ Directors in general and David Hope in particular in the damages action that followed the Ibrox disaster.
See:
http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/Rangers+-+Falling+Masonry
also covered in chapter six of Sheriff Irvines book
HH
Afternoon CQN , I have also received an e-mail from a Mr G Wallace asking my opinion on Sevco :) Has Peter moved on from passing our details to the Focus police group to now selling the info to Sevco , !!!!
Right now to complete the survey – any suggestions for Q1
1. How would you describe your involvement with the Club from the following options? (Tick all that apply)
Season Ticket Holder
Attend Some Games
Watch/Listen Elsewhere
Check The Results
Overseas Supporter
Shareholder
Corporate Client
Member of a Rangers Supporters Club
Member of an Existing Rangers Supporters Group
Other (please specify) – Internet Bampot
Jude
Been looking and can’t find a difinitive answer.
HH
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar
13:52 on
I responded to another posters point on this issue as from the outside looking in some of the lanquage used made me cringe and I felt a bit uncomfortable with it so thought I’d mention how I felt.
I totally take your point on some of TD67’s previous posts in relation to JF and as you are aware I have also taken him to task on these issues.
I don’t think your a bully but I just thought todays interactions were a bit too unsettling not to mention it.
So is there a link for this NewRFC fans’ survey? I fancy telling them a few things.
Hot tip – If you are sending one in, be sure to include a few spelling and grammar mistakes so that they think it is genuine.
timaloy29 @13.26 hrs.
Thanks for your reply however, It was only a hypothetical scenario with names flung in as an extra. .
The setting illustrated the fact that a team will get punished possibly three times for the same offence. Penalty ( Goal ) Red card and Suspension.
The better option can be to give the player a free run on goal.
The use of Scott Brown and Neymar was purely for effect reflecting the fact that a good player like Neymar will never need any persuasion to go down and a committed player like Brown can be penalised many times over for an innocuous challenge.
Sorry for any confusion.
HH
magnificentseven supporting oscar all the way
14:08 on 20 February, 2014
Rock Tree Bhoy
13:39 on
20 February, 2014
eddieinkirkmichael
I was thinking surely I cant be the only one who sees it like this so thanks for that
You are not, it’s just that others that do have given up posting
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I take it all three of you think it is all right for TD to demonise all teachers as liars and B******s and we should just suck it up without reply?
hebcelt
That’s no what I wanted to hear >}
I was always under the impression the first back originated in scotland., ach well, made a twat of myself yet again.
Always check your facts before you open your gob CSC
HH
eddieinkirkmichael
14:13 on 20 February, 2014
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar
13:52 on
I responded to another posters point on this issue as from the outside looking in some of the lanquage used made me cringe and I felt a bit uncomfortable with it so thought I’d mention how I felt.
I totally take your point on some of TD67′s previous posts in relation to JF and as you are aware I have also taken him to task on these issues.
I don’t think your a bully but I just thought todays interactions were a bit too unsettling not to mention it.
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Was there anything that unsettled you about TD’s interactions with me?
TheOriginalSadiesBhoy
14:15 on
20 February, 2014
magnificentseven supporting oscar all the way
14:08 on 20 February, 2014
Rock Tree Bhoy
13:39 on
20 February, 2014
eddieinkirkmichael
I was thinking surely I cant be the only one who sees it like this so thanks for that
You are not, it’s just that others that do have given up posting
………………………………………….
I take it all three of you think it is all right for TD to demonise all teachers as liars and B******s and we should just suck it up without reply?
No, TD was wrong, but two wrongs etc etc
Thanks, gents for the suggestions and kind words.
Can’t tell you how much I am looking forward to it.
Absence makes the heart,etc.
It’ll be a good run out for my new pacemaker, called Gerry!
HT & TD
I’m not taking sides here.
I’m ignoring both o ye’s
:p
magnificentseven supporting oscar all the way
14:20 on 20 February, 2014
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I called TD ‘a trumpet’ x2. I don’t think I really said anything else to him that I should beat myself up over. If that’s what you’re calling a wrong well knock me down with a feather. Perhaps you should get out and meet people in the real world.
When my students commenced the “but they started it first” routine, I used to sigh inwardly.
TET maybe Scotland had the first national bank the other two were private banks(the sounds of straws- grasping at!!!) Hail Hail Hebcelt
Hebcelt-agree with your post this morning.HH
Whats the price re deed club shares.? Got a load of rammies in the garage.