I’ve given Ann Budge appropriate levels of criticism this year but credit where it is due, she managed to get the ‘exclusive’ that James Anderson was a potential benefactor in waiting for Scottish football. Anyone who comes up with £2m for the game is entitled to break the news in whatever way they choose.
Unlike Budge, Anderson clearly understands how important it is to cultivate support in arenas you want to influence. He is now perfectly placed to do just that. Hearts fans can only wonder how their club’s fortunes would differ if he, not Budge, fronted their financial rescue.
£50k per club is generous and welcome at every one of the 42 clubs. It is easy to suggest Celtic should take the high ground and leave their portion in the pot, but that suggestion looks different if you dig into the grubby details.
Right now Celtic’s reserves are reducing by millions each month. We don’t want to, and are unlikely to, sell anyone of value this year, pay cuts have happened – and not just for top executives. That £50k might keep a couple of people in jobs. Alternatively, if it is put to altruistic use, it should top up the support the club gives to the Foundation.
There are times to be generous to smaller clubs, but it is ludicrous to suggest that the extra £1219 they would earn if Celtic declined their portion would make any material difference. It is a stupid idea, counterproductive and of value only as a vacant gesture.
We need to get ready for 10-in-a-row and Champions League qualification. The Foundation needs to continue its work with the most needy in our community and beyond – and we still need to sell season tickets. There is not enough money to do everything we will want to do in our own back yard.
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Thank you Mods, appreciated.
TBB
WEEMAN67 on 7TH JUNE 2020 6:34 PM
No place whatsoever on here for that sort of post.
All related posts and that those that referred to WEEMAN67 also deleted.
I have asked P67 to red card WEEMAN67.
WEEMAN67 has been red carded.
thanks mod67
Cheerio, cheerio, cheerio……
Stands on sofa and waves into the distance…
Seems some fellow involved with Sevco’s “Everyone, Anyone” nonsense spoke out of turn today at the BLM demonstration. UnFFin’believable:
“Basically at the BLM protest at Glasgow Green today he said [Sevco] are a racist institution and need to change.”
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“Sometimes things are said or written that are so wrong and contrary to all the evidence of reality”
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“If this is right it should be straight to court defamation of character the club should be all over this .”
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” I must admit I’m not really sure what his point is.”
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“This is what happens when you pander, defund all of this identitarian, tokenisation sh*te.” LSD?
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“The answer is simple, for as long as Scotland has a state funded apartheid education system, Scotland’s wounds will never heal.”
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“I’d like to know why he’s singled the club out for a special mention”
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“How anyone can accuse our club or fans of being racist is absolutely astonishing”
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“An absolute scrotum of a human being… There is no way of linking [Sevco] to racism.”
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“It’s possible he was set up by tarrier reporting.”
anyone want to join me in the bring back WEEMAN67 campaign ?
the blog is really missing the auld racists, and aussie alfs.
cmon, to the streets,
pitchforks ready
Badabing
Thanks for reply.
hoping to with eddy.
I would like to think also the path trodden by Virgil and Moussa would point towards us as a good option for a quality footballer in Europe. Champions league club.Covid hangs over the whole market sadly.Good to see the 2 young lads sign up too.
:-)
HH
Bada
Judith is back🌻🍸🍦🎇🎇
PULL THE RACIST STATUES DOWN!
An Tearmann
I know it’s frustrating all this lockdown malarkey, but really the Queen’s Park Café ice cream… C’mon now, you know in your heart of hearts that ye cannae beat Equi’s! 🍦🍦
Hope you are well big mhan 😜😜
HH
PB- I missed her😡,watching Animal House…
Monaghan-
“How anyone can accuse our club or fans of being racist is absolutely astonishing”
Got to be a Timposter….
!!BADA BING!! on 7TH JUNE 2020 10:49 PM
Monaghan-
“How anyone can accuse our club or fans of being racist is absolutely astonishing”
Got to be a Timposter….
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You would have thought so Bada. Over 17,000 posts though. Seldom encountered dedication.
Bada
If you have Sky use catch up👍👍
Can one of the mods tell me why my post in response to WEEMAN67 was deleted?
TONYROME
Yes, it was indeed a heilansman’s pub. I can well remember my Dad telling my mum that he had a few tickets, from the guys who worked the boats to Rothesay and the likes, the ones not halfed, to use on the boats to Rothesay on Sunday, my Dad’s only day off! por cierto :)))
Mod 2 just noticed your post of 9.56 explaining . Fair enough.
monaghan nada
psy ops code ctow in progress.
Thought you were clued in Monaghan when you let slip that toptim code of smiling 😊 at them.
no insight or learning in them
hh
This is what it means to be Celtic!
https://www.rte.ie/culture/2020/0605/1145651-you-dont-get-to-be-racist-and-irish-imelda-mays-stunning-poem/ On on
Poe Cierto
‘re st.louise having a few strict teachersĺ,it was the same down the road in St Vincent’s,Mrs Chandler heidmistress,typing it am feart lol.but a good soul
hh
por cierto and badabing
apologies.pred Tec thumbs.
hh
The Hour is Late.
7:56 and no Good Mornings from Garngad;No Jobo Slippering off to work? Has everyone been red carded?
“Neil and Celtic are made for each other. It’s only right he gets it [manager of the year], for a multitude of reasons.”
Gordon Strachan on Neil Lennon winning the SFWA mmanager of the Tear Award.
So true, Gordon.
Good morning from a cool but brightening Bo’ness.
What did WEEMAN67 say?
Philbhoy
You really don’t want to know, trust me.
Good Morning btw!
HH
GENE
Sorry I missed your post yesterday.
Before I started work for £11.00 per week, I did a milk run, worked in the Sunday Express on a Saturday and delivered the Catholic papers on a Sunday.
When I started my new full time job my money went down!
FRIESDORFER
It must have been bad!
Hope you are good!
£2-4s-8d the princely sum I took home from my first pay packet, my mum took a £1 :(( por cierto
The Rangers stretch their lead at the top of the pre-season with planned ‘swoops’ for premiership starlets both made for the SPFL and world domination!!!
Celtic look to ship out expensive ‘duds’…
FFS Celtic.
Sack the board. We deserve butter….
DAVID66 on 7TH JUNE 2020 7:33 PM
Embramike – from earlier we have got to think outside the box regarding getting fans into stadiums.
No taps in toilets, install those ones you wave your hands in front of the same as soap, hand sanitiser, dryers etc a hook at the bottom of the door you pull open with your foot etc.
We have a 60 K seater sitting doing nothing, get some atmosphere in there.
60,000 seats divided by 6 feet social distancing you could get at least 10, 000 in there, we have 52,000 season ticket holders so every 5th home game or so you get to come support the bhoys.
The point is we have to think of a way of getting the best out of our 60k seating stadium and give our players a boost/support.
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The GAA are claiming that under the 2m social distancing rules they can get 21K into Croke Park rising to 42K under a 1m rule.
Let’s hope we Celtic Park opened up soon although admittedly the rates of Covid will dictate the pace.
Sevco linked with more frees and youngsters – their back was broke last season.
I see quite a few posters mention french eddy and hopefully staying for the ten . I hope he stays a lot longer than that . And I hope he gets to stay with some quality recruits as we could do with some improvements in a good few positions HH
Does anybody foresee any of the youth players making the step up next season? Welsh seems the obvious candidate to me.
About time Karamoko was given more game time.We will lose him before we have really seen him.
`…. we have had a significant number of requests so it would appear that there were a lot of fans who had picked up the message however as you say perhaps we could have done more.`
John Paul Taylor from an honest response to my querie re Celtic`s handling of the ST refunds.