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The Board - general discussion (including Res 12); notes from the AGM
Topic Started: 15 Jul 2014, 12:03 AM (1,414,903 Views)
Neil Jung
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jamiebhoy76
31 Aug 2014, 03:55 PM
How the eff does a majority shareholder like Dermott Desmond let one of his high profile "businesses" disintegrate in front of his eyes? Surely you would inject investment at this point? No?

He obviously does not give a eff. The sooner we're rid of him..
He'd have to turn up for it to be "in front of his eyes"
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mizpah
31 Aug 2014, 12:01 PM
The strategy of the board regarding the debt doesn't make any sense.

Which leads me to think they are preparing for something round the corner which they are aware of and we are not.

Lennons resignation, Petrescus "problems at Celtic," comment and Lawell's attempts to bluff his way through that interview with comments which have no relation to the reality of our situation are ominous.
Yip! Co-op wanting all their loans back!

Especially the overdraft we don't use :thumbsup:
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Gonga
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mizpah
31 Aug 2014, 12:01 PM
The strategy of the board regarding the debt doesn't make any sense.

Which leads me to think they are preparing for something round the corner which they are aware of and we are not.

Lennons resignation, Petrescus "problems at Celtic," comment and Lawell's attempts to bluff his way through that interview with comments which have no relation to the reality of our situation are ominous.
I think DD wants to sell.

Its the only thing that makes some sort of sense of how the board are acting.

Get the club in rude financial health and then flog it.

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Gonga
31 Aug 2014, 07:59 PM
mizpah
31 Aug 2014, 12:01 PM
The strategy of the board regarding the debt doesn't make any sense.

Which leads me to think they are preparing for something round the corner which they are aware of and we are not.

Lennons resignation, Petrescus "problems at Celtic," comment and Lawell's attempts to bluff his way through that interview with comments which have no relation to the reality of our situation are ominous.
I think DD wants to sell.

Its the only thing that makes some sort of sense of how the board are acting.

Get the club in rude financial health and then flog it.

The evidence for this is damning
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Bawman
31 Aug 2014, 09:08 PM
Gonga
31 Aug 2014, 07:59 PM
mizpah
31 Aug 2014, 12:01 PM
The strategy of the board regarding the debt doesn't make any sense.

Which leads me to think they are preparing for something round the corner which they are aware of and we are not.

Lennons resignation, Petrescus "problems at Celtic," comment and Lawell's attempts to bluff his way through that interview with comments which have no relation to the reality of our situation are ominous.
I think DD wants to sell.

Its the only thing that makes some sort of sense of how the board are acting.

Get the club in rude financial health and then flog it.

The evidence for this is damning
Does kinda ring true but who would buy? Maybe now that the EPL aint happening then that is the plan.
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lenobhoy
31 Aug 2014, 09:58 PM
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31 Aug 2014, 09:08 PM
Gonga
31 Aug 2014, 07:59 PM

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The evidence for this is damning
Does kinda ring true but who would buy? Maybe now that the EPL aint happening then that is the plan.
It would kind of put everything in to perspective if it was plausible that DD had been wanting to sell for a number of years but
had decided to put the football on the back burner and get PL to do a hatchet job on the club to make it an easy sell.

If it is the case, then I reckon we will have a new owner by the start of next season.

The club would be in great shape financially, its main rivals would be back in business, increased exposure due to the huns games.
Likelihood of another CL qualifier to negotiate.

What with the money that we can make selling players to English clubs, which will like become our main source of income over the next
10 years then we could represent a fairly good buy for someone.

And thats when it would get really interesting.


If.. of course.

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Gonga
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This transfer window looks like being Peter Lawwell's version of the Mowbray St Mirren match..

Spanked senseless and left looking like a prat.
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Gonga
31 Aug 2014, 10:07 PM
lenobhoy
31 Aug 2014, 09:58 PM
Bawman
31 Aug 2014, 09:08 PM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deep
Does kinda ring true but who would buy? Maybe now that the EPL aint happening then that is the plan.
It would kind of put everything in to perspective if it was plausible that DD had been wanting to sell for a number of years but
had decided to put the football on the back burner and get PL to do a hatchet job on the club to make it an easy sell.

If it is the case, then I reckon we will have a new owner by the start of next season.

The club would be in great shape financially, its main rivals would be back in business, increased exposure due to the huns games.
Likelihood of another CL qualifier to negotiate.

What with the money that we can make selling players to English clubs, which will like become our main source of income over the next
10 years then we could represent a fairly good buy for someone.

And thats when it would get really interesting.


If.. of course.

And a stadium two-thirds empty

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Gonga
31 Aug 2014, 07:59 PM
mizpah
31 Aug 2014, 12:01 PM
The strategy of the board regarding the debt doesn't make any sense.

Which leads me to think they are preparing for something round the corner which they are aware of and we are not.

Lennons resignation, Petrescus "problems at Celtic," comment and Lawell's attempts to bluff his way through that interview with comments which have no relation to the reality of our situation are ominous.
I think DD wants to sell.

Its the only thing that makes some sort of sense of how the board are acting.

Get the club in rude financial health and then flog it.

It's staring everyone in the face
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Wee Ed KTF
31 Aug 2014, 10:17 PM
Gonga
31 Aug 2014, 10:07 PM
lenobhoy
31 Aug 2014, 09:58 PM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deep
It would kind of put everything in to perspective if it was plausible that DD had been wanting to sell for a number of years but
had decided to put the football on the back burner and get PL to do a hatchet job on the club to make it an easy sell.

If it is the case, then I reckon we will have a new owner by the start of next season.

The club would be in great shape financially, its main rivals would be back in business, increased exposure due to the huns games.
Likelihood of another CL qualifier to negotiate.

What with the money that we can make selling players to English clubs, which will like become our main source of income over the next
10 years then we could represent a fairly good buy for someone.

And thats when it would get really interesting.


If.. of course.

And a stadium two-thirds empty

If they really want to sell then I don't think they would really care.

DD will know that a new owner throwing some cash at the team would no doubt bring everyone back to see what the fuss is about
so its unlikely he would give a shampoo about declining attendances.

The manner in which the club is being run does not suggest that the owner has a long term plan other than to stabilise it enough to
make a sale.

I've heard from people at the company I work for suggest that they are making huge cut backs on staff and streamlining roles to an
almost impossible working level so that they can record decent financial figures and sell it on.. I immediately thought of Celtic and
realised it makes a lot of sense.

PL is getting paid obscene amounts of money, and it could well be because he is on a hiding to nothing and that he his actually carrying
out the job he was asked to do..

The more I think about it, the more it makes sense.

The board are lying through their teeth about what is happening because they don't give a shampoo.

Incredibly smart Billionaires do not suddenly become this stupid.
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Who would the new owner likely be, and would they make all that much of a difference? Unless it was some madcap billionaire - which comes with its own problems - then we'd likely get more of the same.
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Gonga
31 Aug 2014, 10:07 PM
lenobhoy
31 Aug 2014, 09:58 PM
Bawman
31 Aug 2014, 09:08 PM

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Does kinda ring true but who would buy? Maybe now that the EPL aint happening then that is the plan.
It would kind of put everything in to perspective if it was plausible that DD had been wanting to sell for a number of years but
had decided to put the football on the back burner and get PL to do a hatchet job on the club to make it an easy sell.

If it is the case, then I reckon we will have a new owner by the start of next season.

The club would be in great shape financially, its main rivals would be back in business, increased exposure due to the huns games.
Likelihood of another CL qualifier to negotiate.

What with the money that we can make selling players to English clubs, which will like become our main source of income over the next
10 years then we could represent a fairly good buy for someone.

And thats when it would get really interesting.


If.. of course.

One flaw in that. The huns aint coming back any day soon. The SFA can give them as much mouth to mouth resuscitation but they will just get back up and shoot themselves in the head. They'll sale off their stadium to get cash, crowds will dwindle and they'll end up with a real boycott this time and minus x number of points.
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The Green Lantern
31 Aug 2014, 10:25 PM
Who would the new owner likely be, and would they make all that much of a difference? Unless it was some madcap billionaire - which comes with its own problems - then we'd likely get more of the same.
Punt Desmond, sell Hibs Griffiths and Lawwell and we'll take Farmer and Petrie.

Problem solved.
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I think it was good that Lawwell took time out, near the end of a pretty important transfer window, to basically tell us that, in his estimation, he is not a tadger.
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lenobhoy
31 Aug 2014, 10:27 PM
Gonga
31 Aug 2014, 10:07 PM
lenobhoy
31 Aug 2014, 09:58 PM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deep
It would kind of put everything in to perspective if it was plausible that DD had been wanting to sell for a number of years but
had decided to put the football on the back burner and get PL to do a hatchet job on the club to make it an easy sell.

If it is the case, then I reckon we will have a new owner by the start of next season.

The club would be in great shape financially, its main rivals would be back in business, increased exposure due to the huns games.
Likelihood of another CL qualifier to negotiate.

What with the money that we can make selling players to English clubs, which will like become our main source of income over the next
10 years then we could represent a fairly good buy for someone.

And thats when it would get really interesting.


If.. of course.

One flaw in that. The huns aint coming back any day soon. The SFA can give them as much mouth to mouth resuscitation but they will just get back up and shoot themselves in the head. They'll sale off their stadium to get cash, crowds will dwindle and they'll end up with a real boycott this time and minus x number of points.
Yeah well, so far they have walked up the leagues and I've read countless tales over the last few years of how they are dead, dying, dying again, definitely dead, definitely dying again,
dead dead dead, or just effed in general.

They will probably be back next year, courtesy of late penalty in the play offs after Hearts win the league.

Scottish football doesn't need Rangers, but you get the feeling that deep down it wants them.
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The Green Lantern
31 Aug 2014, 10:25 PM
Who would the new owner likely be, and would they make all that much of a difference? Unless it was some madcap billionaire - which comes with its own problems - then we'd likely get more of the same.
Or some well-known businessman who saw Celtic as a cash cow?
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31 Aug 2014, 10:32 PM
The Green Lantern
31 Aug 2014, 10:25 PM
Who would the new owner likely be, and would they make all that much of a difference? Unless it was some madcap billionaire - which comes with its own problems - then we'd likely get more of the same.
Or some well-known businessman who saw Celtic as a cash cow?
We're not a cash cow. Nothing like that at all. In fact, we'd be a horrible investment from a pure financial perspective.
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In amongst all this cost cutting - Naemoneyball (as Bawman or somebody termed it) and the inability to pay the Living Wage which Club recently held a fairly largely attended dinner (which it was hoped would be kept quite) to honour a certain Financial Director's 20 years at said Club.

Clue - It wasn't Sevco
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CaltonBhoy1967
31 Aug 2014, 10:41 PM
In amongst all this cost cutting - Naemoneyball (as Bawman or somebody termed it) and the inability to pay the Living Wage which Club recently held a fairly largely attended dinner (which it was hoped would be kept quite) to honour a certain Financial Director's 20 years at said Club.

Clue - It wasn't Sevco
Pathetic.

And one assumes plenty employees of said club, not earning the living wage, worked at this bash?
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