When asked if the £33m he claimed to have lodged for the purchase of Rangers, was “Your own money from your own personal wealth?” in today’s Scotland on Sunday (SoS), Craig Whyte told the newspaper, “Yes, that was done as far back as November 2010.” Perhaps not the most useful information to put into the public domain during divorce proceedings.
I think every single one of you who referred to Craig Whyte as a billionaire, or the cheeky “MBB” (Motherwell born billionaire) owes him an apology. While Hero Whyte didn’t deny he was a billionaire he told SoS he doesn’t “talk about [his]personal wealth to anybody” and that those of you who make continual references to his considerably wealth are “making [him]look silly”.
Let’s be clear, this man does not need you to make him look silly. Please desist and apologise.
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If Sky pull out of the TV deal, I’d like to see the terrestrial channels or one on Freeview being offered every Celtic Away game live, a couple of our Home games and game every week when we are at home and a PROPER highlights package.
We need to sell the game to the public, we need a PR blitz like the EPL gets (the best league in the world? Aye right, but plenty believe it).
bankiebhoy @19 11—-
” Sircumcision ”
Thanks for the chapeau but I can’t take the credit . My nonagenarian father used it in an Email he sent me —— years of experience tells me that he will have stolen it from someone else.
He is currently all agog at the spectacle of the likes of Leckie re-writing their personal histories—— He has quoted me this ——
” If the press were as ill -briefed as the readers it claims to instruct, it would be too dumb to bring out tomorrow’s edition “—— Christopher Hitchens
SS News showing a great interview with Lawrence Tynes,finishing with a thanks to all the Celtic fans for their support,and he will be over for the hun game in April.Does he know the dates of the post split fixtures?:}
TET
‘A strong hun is good for competition’
A strong hun is never good – for anything decent. It has had a toxic effect on both Scottish football and Scottish society for a century.
In a hun-free environment others may well flourish as D Utd and A/deen did 30 years ago – both reaching finals of Euro Cups.
D Utd, in fact, would have reached an EC Final had they not been cheated in Rome.
I really feel that if Celtic avoid defeat on Wednesday then the league is almost within sight. The winning run has to come to an end and Tynecastle is always a tough one.
Might be a draw but looking at Hertz yesterday I feel we can go and win by the odd goal. They are always up for it when we come calling so it will be a battle. Be nice to get the title wrapped up early so we can use some games to blood a few youngsters and fringe players.
We have never been in a stronger position than this in my lifetime. The team need to stay focused and show no mercy. The treble is very winnable.
A very enjoyable weekend. Hopefully many more to come.
LB
Livibhoy
They always up their game for us at tynecastle, i think they see it as a cup final when we go there. I think we are due another win there though and in the last few months (finally) we have learned how to win the ugly way, hence the great run we are on. I see us winning and our fans doing a conga. I’d be happier with Forrest starting and mulgrew back at CH!
Hail hail
fritzsong
After I posted and read the post back, I thought exactly the same as you.
I would take that out if I could, I want them gone from the face of the earth.
Please accept my apologies :>)
What I really ment was we as a club need competition, and I was blinded by the fact that the only real competition we have presently is the hun.
They will go down the pan, and we will downsize, so there will be competition soon enough.
I will reiterate my point though that without a fair refereeing system, it will be same old, and in the fullness of time it will be back to where we are today.
The argument appears to be growing that Scottish football needs a strong Rangers team. This is a myth (the latest in a long line) that needs nipping in the bud quickly.
There were many loud voices who once stated that Rangers would be finished if the club ever signed a Roman Catholic.
History has suggested otherwise. Let them pay the tax bill and suffer the consequences – it’s a mess of their own making.
Had a wonderful thought last night. If all the events happen as we hope they happen. Liquidation, newco returns at the bottom of Division 3 with a team full of youngsters…..it might be decades (if at all) that we ever have to experience defeat to the huns again. And they might never win another league title in my lifetime.
Am I being greedy ?
pabloh_AKA_NEIL LENNON says:
6 February, 2012 at 10:40
I agree. They detest us more than anyone. I suspect it’s because Hibs are so bad. There is a sinister element to their support and there will be even more than usual this week as the Rangers fans are hurting. They will be in attendance with their mates.
It’s not uncommon in Livingston and the east for Hearts and Rangers fans to attend each others matches and even change teams back and forward. I know two guys who have changed from Rangers to Hearts twice and back again. They go to Tynecastle when we are there and when they play Hibs.
I would play Sami in his wide position and go Hoops and Stokes up front with Commons and Jamesie on the bench. We need players who will battle and I think Stokes and Hooper deserve to start. Jamesie can come on for Sami after 60-65 mins.
Team for Tynecastle.
Forster
Matthews
Wilson
Rogne
Mulgrew
Brown
Wanyama
Ledley
Sami
Stokes
Hooper
LB
I see wee Davies was in the Sportscene studio last night. Hope he enjoyed the highlights of Kevin Wilsons stunning performance. Hehehe
I think if we want an invite to another league then we have to stop declaring loudly our opposition to Newco.
We need to keep quiet about it let the SPL and SFA openly and voluntarily make the mistake of thinking that we will accept this situation readily. Naturally nothing should be signed in our name.
As soon as the parachute starts to become official in Scotland and it is clear that the footballing bodies in Scotland want to stiffen;
HMRC
Many other creditors including fellow clubs
UEFA
The financial fair play system (FFP)
ECA …. of which Mc Lelland is on the board (still I dont know ??? but a good question that no spit lick hack in Scotald would ever investigate .. one phone call)
The club that qualifies to take a financially failing clubs place
The Scottish Football Associations previous rules changed ad hoc to accommodate one club
The Scottish Premier League previous rules changed ad hoc to accommodate one club
and we are in possession of the documentational evidence of this absolutely illegal action. Onyl then is it exactly the time that when we bring out our team of lawyers and take everybody on…… unless of course UEFA smooths a passage and escape route to a new league away from a culture that UEFA legitimises by ignoring
Hail Hail
Wee Billy Davies looks like he has inherited at least two identifiable genes from his forebears- bitter bampottery and the face-like-a-chipmunk favoured by the likes of Tommy Mclean.
A strong Rangers team is doublespeak for “a Rangers team in their rightful, Protestant supremacist place”. No thanks.
Hurting hun lapdog Robert Grieve in The Hun,”Celtic’s 2nd goal was even more laughable…”dearie me.
Short memories / hypocrisy .
Big cheese from cheating /corrupting Juventus says ” we need independent /foreign Referees ” as his team are denied a stonewall penalty and 2 points in yesterday’s 0-0 with Siena.
2 great saves from Boruc helped Fiorentina beat Udinese 3 -2.
Rangers threatened with FIFA action over Mervan Celik transfer fee
Feb 6 2012
MERVAN CELIK insists his former club GAIS are due £240,000 from Rangers as the Swedes threaten to refer the matter to FIFA.
The winger is at the centre of a compensation row after suggestions the SPL champs don’t have to pay anything for Celik because GAIS failed to offer him a contract at least 60 days before the end of his previous deal, which expired in December.
That would mean they would get nothing and Rangers could land their new man for free.
But GAIS insist they did comply with FIFA regulations by offering Celik a contract and stress Rangers will have to pay up. Now, that claim has been backed up by Celik himself.
He said: “GAIS offered me an extension and this can not be misinterpreted.”
The Swedes have threatened to take the matter to FIFA if Rangers don’t cough up.
Chairman Christer Wallin warned: “If Rangers make a big deal of this we will turn to FIFA. We have all our paperwork in order.”
Dontbrattbakkinanger says:
6 February, 2012 at 10:55
Bitter Bampottery
An absolute classic description which, if I may, will use time and time again…..Shooperb
Good luck to the Swedes in getting £240K out of the huns.
Scottish football needs a strong Rangers – why?
We are always told that everything bad in the world of Scottish football comes from the fact that two big clubs dominate. So why not get rid of one of them? We are told that sectarianism is an output of o** f*** rivalry. So why not end it? We are told that other clubs lose out on tv cash because of the unfair allocation. So why not change it?
A world without Rangers allows 12 clubs to split tv money in a more equitable fashion.. It allows the Hearts, Dundee Uniteds and Motherwells to look forward to higher league placings and longer cup runs. They might even see attendances rise as they are more competitive.
No, Scottish football doesn’t need Rangers to survive. In fact it could just be better off without them.
………….still laughin………bitter bampottery….I defy anyone to come up with a better put down
Henriks Sombrero at 11.04
Just when we thought this pantomime couldn’t get any funnier, up pops Mervan.
He’s not very good. He wears hi-viz green boots. His name is Celik. And he just cost the MBB £240k by going off message.
MBB: “GAIS didn’t offer you a contract extension in time, within the 60 days, sure they didn’t Mervan, nudge, nudge, say no more.”
Celik: “Aye they did.”
Henriks Sombrero says:
6 February, 2012 at 11:04
Rangers threatened with FIFA action over Mervan Celik transfer fee
Feb 6 2012
MERVAN CELIK insists his former club GAIS are due £240,000 from Rangers as the Swedes threaten to refer the matter to FIFA.
The winger is at the centre of a compensation row after suggestions the SPL champs don’t have to pay anything for Celik because GAIS failed to offer him a contract at least 60 days before the end of his previous deal, which expired in December.
That would mean they would get nothing and Rangers could land their new man for free.
But GAIS insist they did comply with FIFA regulations by offering Celik a contract and stress Rangers will have to pay up. Now, that claim has been backed up by Celik himself.
He said: “GAIS offered me an extension and this can not be misinterpreted.”
The Swedes have threatened to take the matter to FIFA if Rangers don’t cough up.
Chairman Christer Wallin warned: “If Rangers make a big deal of this we will turn to FIFA. We have all our paperwork in order.”
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Methinks Mr Wallin had better get his invoice presented sharpish.
Barcabhoy @ 10:04,
Good analysis as per – the way your good self and many other Professionals have been countering the myths of the bale-out Troika – the MSM, SFA & SPL – has been excellent.
The idea that Scottish football could lose a huge tranche of TV money is a Herring Rouge, for all the points you make – the main point is Celtic will be BETTER off.
The bigger picture is BSkyB British Football Subscription –
In Scotland I would imagine most subscribers to Sky Sports will carry on, they will want to watch their team, the national team and the FAPL, La Liga etc – That’s why they do it at the moment only change is the R@ngers supporters lack of loyalty may mean a drop among that fanbase.
Also many licence premises may find the huge expense of their subscription as not viable without the income from the Glasgow Derbies – bearing in mind the EU ruling on Satellite subscription may have affected this anyway.
In England it might be the last straw for many R@ngers supporters but as I am pretty sure BskyB count the Glasgow Football supporters subscribing in England as FAPL anyways it should have little effect and would have no effect on the licensing trade – very few establishments depend on the Glasgow derby to make Sky Sports viable.
Northern Ireland could be interesting – What percentage subscribers are looked on as SPL rather than FAPL.
All in all a re-balancing of British Football TV deals should have minimal percentage impact on Celtics TV income if we do the negos right.
NOW
What makes a huge difference to our income is UEFA money every year, we will be all but guaranteed European Football and if our board have any business acumen (I know you have a beef with this) they will ensure we have a squad that can qualify EVERY year for the GROUP stages.
Crisis! What Crisis?
Rank Mervan now wants oot por cierto….
Henriks Sombrero says:
6 February, 2012 at 11:04
Yet more calamitous operating business from the Rangers.
Their summer & Jan transfer dealings, no AGM, can´t get their accounts audited, Whyte´s ban on being a company director exposed by a BBC documentary, selling off season tickets, denying it and then having to admit it, yet there are still Rangers fans think Whyte is a shrewd businessman with a plan up his sleeve!
Livibhoy,
I don’t think the team on wed will be too different from your team.
Hope we go with 2 up front but Lennon might go with hooper and play samaras left side and one of commons/Forrest right side in support. I’d love to see izaguirre and commons both in the starting XI but don’t think either are fit enough yet. If I was to guess the team I’d go with
Forster
Matthews rogne Wilson mulgrew
Forrest brown wanyama ledley samaras
Hooper
The Hun world, it is exploding
Violence flarin’, bullets loadin’
They’re old enough to kill, but not for gloatin’
They sure believe in war, but what’s that gun they’re totin’
And even the River Clyde has bodies floatin’
But you tell me
Over and over and over again, poor Hun
Ah, you don’t believe
You’re on the eve
of destruction.
I Don’t understand what you’re tryin’ to say
Can’t you feel the fears you’re feelin’ today?
If the button is pushed, there’s no runnin’ away
There’ll be no one to save, with the Huns in a grave
[Take a look around ya boy, it’s bound to scare ya boy]
And you tell me
Over and over and over again, poor Hun
Ah, you don’t believe
You’re on the eve
of destruction.
Yeah, you’re blood’s so mad feels like coagulatin’
you’re sitting here just contemplatin’
you can’t twist the truth, it knows no regulation.
Handful of Referees don’t pass legislation
And marches alone can’t condone tax evasion
When hun respect is disintegratin’
This whole groovy world is just excitation
And you tell me
Over and over and over again, poor Hun
Ah, you don’t believe
you’re on the eve
of destruction.
Think of all the hate there is in scummy Govan
Then take a look around to Masonic Covans
You may leave here for 4 days in space
But when you return, it’s the same old place
The poundin’ of the drums, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your head, but don’t leave a trace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don’t forget to say grace
And, tell me over and over and over and over again, poor Hun
You don’t believe
you’re on the eve
Of destruction
Mm, no no, you don’t believe
You’re on the eve
of destruction.
Templeton doubtful for Hearts on Wednesday,groin injury.
Allowing a newco huns straight into the SPL won’t make them strong.
They’ll have no money.
They’ll have no prospect of playing in Europe for three years.
Their fans won’t pay to watch dross being humiliated on a weekly basis.
Better for them to start in the third division and build themselves up gradually so their expenditure matches their income.
That will give a financial boost to the lower divisions as the huns progress through the divisions.
toughest game of the season so far a point would do
but a win would be better
Scottish Football has IMO had two “Golden Eras” in European Football.
The mid 60s through to the mid 70s. Celtic winning the big one, another Final, two more Semis. Rangers winning the one that no longer exists and getting to another Final. Various other clubs getting to semis etc.
and
1980 to 1987. Celtic the QFs of the big one, Aberdeen winning the CWC and the SC, Utd being cheated in the SF of the big one and getting to UC Final.
The last time Rangers were nowhere men, they didn’t register in the title races. If they go bye bye I can see at least 2 clubs (mibbie more) rising to challenge for the honours. This is a once in a generation chance for Utd, Hearts, Aberdeen, Motherwell and even St Mirren to be a Giant instead of a Minnow. They must take it or their fans will NEVER forgive them!!!!
ernie lynch says:
6 February, 2012 at 11:26
The financial boost to teams in the lower divisions is an interesting discussion.
Rangers coming up through the divisions could be the financial shot in the arm that Scottish football needs to shake it up a bit from the bottom up.
I feel we have to treat swinecastle the same way as we did Inverness. It will be a battle and we need to put out a team that will scrap for everyball. Same team as Saturday for me if everybody is fit!
How much more would the SFL teams have to play for policing costs if Newco was to happen ?
Hail Hail
Don’t think the Jambos will be the toughest game of the season they could only draw with St Johnstone and there is not likely to be Templeton
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo says:
6 February, 2012 at 11:34
How much more would the SFL teams have to play for policing costs if Newco was to happen ?
Hail Hail
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Depends on how many of “The Loyal” stay emm loyal!!!
May I ask for your indulgence again?
May latest on CU that a few may find interesting
http://celticunderground.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=854:for-the-good-of-the-game&catid=47:season-2011-2012&Itemid=83