Sell fans a ticket, you owe them a game of football. Whether the standard or result it good or bad, it’s a relatively easy commitment to keep. That’s what fans get in return for spending money on a ticket.
Sell people shares, you owe them a share certificate. That’s what shareholders get in return for coughing up for shares.
Borrow money from fans and you owe them much more than a game of football or a share certificate. In many instances that money will have come from people who had to forgo things to provide you with the loan. You owe them a duty of care that their loan will be repaid, or converted with their agreement.
It beggars belief that an unsecured loan has been offered to Rangers International by fans group, Rangers First. If, as claimed, the obligations to Sports Direct have been met, the club will have both the ability and the incentive to pass the securities previously held by Sports Direct to the fans group. The club’s IP, training ground and ancillary assets should now be unencumbered, who better to have security over these critical parts of the club than a fans group?
Unless, of course, the obligations to Sports Direct have not been met. Or someone else has their eye on the assets.
The claim that Dave King would match Rangers First’s loan took me by surprise. This was counter to everything I knew and expected of him. His swift denial was more consistent with expectations.
There is an axiom in football: Any club who has enriched a PR individual to the tune of £500k in the last year is making a serious attempt to divert it’s fans attention. Celtic’s PR machine deals with the efficient communication of football information and financial reports. Nothing whatsoever is spend attempting to lead the news agenda. This often leaves us on the receiving end of that agenda, but we have nothing to hide. Which is the way it should be.
Few sights in business or football can be more alarming than when purportedly wealthy people borrow money from poorer people. The warning signs are writ as tall as the Ibrox stands. This time there is no hidden Ticketus deal people can claim they didn’t know about.
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JNP
Delaney’s Dunkey is yer man, he was actually talking today about the number of grounds he’s visited.
Following recent draw patterns we’ll get another away game. If so I’d like another one that’s new. Annan would do fine! :-)
thomthetim
I agree again,
I don’t see anything on the list I created other than the Rangers scandal as being a question that will decide on how I support Celtic in 2016 and beyond.
Downsizing or Peter’s bonus payment for example is a mere detail, and can be debated all day.
I even agree with the boards frugal financial constraint, that used to be called ‘ biscuit tin’ whilst Rangers were running amok with ‘side contracts’ until they died.
I find issues like that, as merely issues, but they are not really game changers in how a Celtic fan decides how he’ll support Celtic.
This weekend we have the new festival of the Scottish Cup when Sevco compete in, and are given equal billing with ‘old firm’ rivals Celtic.
A sickening flavour of what is just around the corner, tomorrow we have square ball and round ball, or hot balls and cold.
The Celtic fan is left to decide on whether or not to partake, or maybe the draw with throw up a surprise?
A fairly run of the mill and expected victory. Some humdrum football interspersed with enough quality and guile to keep interest levels up.
However. The commentary. The referee. Come on.
Corner for Celtic. Referee blows whistle prior to corner and has a word with Cole and defender. I concentrated on what Cole was doing. Corner kick taken. Ref blows for foul against Cole before the ball even reached the 18 yard box. Replay shows Cole was sandwiched between two defenders and did nothing except stand still whilst getting fouled.
Moments later Tierney is fouled in the box. No penalty given. Walker conceded it might have been a foul BUT the ball was nowhere near them. Really? Is that in the laws of the game Andy?
The ball was nowhere near Cole at the corner but the ref still gave a foul.
How does that work?
I’m sure some will remember the days when volleys of cans and bottles were raining onto the pitch at nearly every controverial incident. Todays fitba crowds are very tame by comparison.
Just over 3 hours before I can watch the game on Tim TV.
Hope it’s a good one.
Eurochamps67
MurdochandsmsmnotgettingmycashCSC
TOM BOYD,
You are surely not expecting Walker to say anything advantageous to Celtic, without equivocating about it? He would be putting his job in danger.
Oh, I should have added that I never listen to the commentary, on any station. I watch with the sound off. Does my blood pressure no end of good.
TBIBTS It’s known as a Dallasism. If the referee has to give Celtic a corner or free kick in a potentially goal scoring situation wait for the ball to be in mid air and blow the whistle. No one knows why but it prevents Celtic from scoring. Job done. HH
There was definitely something on fire on the pitch…
It was Leigh bagin’ thum in!
Just read some of the tweets on E Tims twitter.
James Doleman has one tweet saying the Stranraer FC chat twitter was only set up 17 minutes before the tweet about the crappy Lidl bag issue.
The origins of the account had tweets previously sent to some sev, the Phantom, who tries to outsmart James .
The smoke bomb guys may possibly have been those who try to get some singing going in the back of the Celtic End.
Good solid performance today, let’s hope we build on it.
I don’t know what was worse today , Dallas the younger ‘s performance or Walker’s ridiculous comments when Kieran was bundled over.
Lenny’s Passion, there is a tweet on Celtic Underground twitter , from The Croatia CSC, a fee of 2.7 milion euros had been agreed for the player you mentioned.
I couldn’t believe Dallas mk 2 gave a foul against Cole for the ‘crime’ of being squashed by two defenders!
It wasn’t just assault, it was indecent assault! -:))
Dallas
Apparently yer man has a release clause in his contract and we are haggling over £300K, just wot I read :-)
3 mill and we offered 2.7 mill
HH
That’s Aberdeen lost their keeper been recalled by Liverpool.
Flares are a nuisance. Genovese derby game delayed midweek for 5 mins whilst fire fighters put out flares on the pitch. The last Athens derby was abandoned because of flares. There is no place in football for flares. Just take a look at the 1980 cup final riot. I have never seen so many flared trousers on a football pitch. Scandalous. Gokwancsc
I find it very hard to believe that a celtic fan would pay 5p for a lidl bag – shit in it – then throw it away ;)
DALLAS DALLAS WHERE THE HECK IS DALLAS on 10TH JANUARY 2016 9:14 PM
Cheers mate. Glad you mentioned it makes people more comfortable talking about it.
The exiled tim, would you expect anything else? Lol
Remember the haggling over the Steven Fletcher transfer fee.
So the Stranraer twitter account was just set up today, well I ‘ll wager the smsm don’t give a feck and will tell all in the press the morra, as I said, who feckin cares, they will make up anything to smear us.
Feck them
Dallas
When we haven’t haggled, the likes of VvD, just been and gone and bot them, it’s worked out fine.
I just wish we would just do it :-)
HH
There is a lidl store off the a77 in Stranraer, so story must be true……..
Tbj agree. I always use my M&S bag. Current Celtic supporters have no class.
https://twitter.com/jamesdoleman/status/686255502112731137
https://twitter.com/celticrumours/status/686226677165371395
BSR@8.41,
Full agreement and an excellent précis of my view.
Every other issue is irrelevant until we sort out the cheating and corruption that has been exposed.
HEAVEN WITH THE ANGELS on 10TH JANUARY 2016 9:28 PM
I find it very hard to believe that a celtic fan would pay 5p for a lidl bag – shit in it – then throw it away ;)
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That rules out Paisley then!
Firstly, they wouldn’t pay 5p for a bag, secondly they wouldn’t part with their shit. :-)
Added to the lexicon.
Shitebag
A player who pulls out of a tackle.
And
A recipticle for storing bowel movements for firing into the oppositions fans.
The exiled tim, I don’t want us ripped off but I agree with getting the deal done as quick as possible.
Gordon
The lidl bags are inferior quality – sure the cashier warned me they don’t hold shit
Pogma
I think the twitter zombie must have been watching ” just another Saturday “
If I had the wings of a eagle
and a lidl back full of poo
I’d fly over ibrox tomorrow
and drop it on the zombies below
Today there was a semblance of the real Celtic. I’m sure RD will resort to his default position. But at the very least he tried something different and it looked good. Fair play to our manager. Onwards and upwards.
Why are we signing another midfielder
Does he play wide left :-)
Or more pertinent who may he be replacing ?
Hail Hail
Lennons passion
Just drop it on the roof of the stand mate …
Cowiebhoy
Aiden will be wide left
Good win,poor park,lousy roads,cold,atrocious viewing positions,3 steps high.
I understand Sky said flares delayed KO,which was always 3:15 sounds like they have their facts mixed up.
As usual idiots give papers something to divert to,its time Celtic refused to handle away tickets if they cannot eliminate these clowns who have only self interest as their focus NOT Celtic.
I will be quite happy to secure my own unofficial ticket for away games if it removes these idiots.
Dallas
Either do I, but for 300K, just get it done, the boy looks a player, but so did many others.
HH
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G64
At least RD didn’t play a 442 today.
HH
We should have put Le Petit Merde in a bag and chucked it in the Clyde :)
TBJ,
I bought the Peter McDougall DVD collection a couple of years ago.
“McCafferty yer Lidl bag’s oot!”