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The Board - general discussion (including Res 12); notes from the AGM
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Topic Started: 15 Jul 2014, 12:03 AM (1,415,012 Views)
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herbert viola
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30 Jul 2014, 04:49 AM
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- dr mueller
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Some are describing them as a "recently promoted outfit", wildly disregarding the fact that their global branding is as far reaching as ours.
funny that. their former director hugh adam doesnt agree - Quote:
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He is adamant that Rangers do not have the customer base to improve their financial standing through merchandising. "Rangers’ so-called global appeal is a myth," he said. "When I was there, we did an exercise which involved asking 50,000 fans on the database to recommend a friend or a relative abroad.
"A big response was expected - some were even talking about getting 100,000 names - because everybody in Scotland seems to know somebody abroad.
"We got back 2,800 names and three-quarters of them didn’t know they had been nominated. It’s no surprise that Celtic are officially the best-supported football club in North America, with more official clubs than anybody else. The difference is the Irish connection.
"Many Irish people may support Manchester United, Liverpool or whoever, but they all - every one of them - have an affection for Celtic. And, of course, Celtic also have a great Scottish following.
"The difference is that, while the Irish all have an allegiance to Parkhead, there are millions of Scots who not only don’t support Rangers, but actively dislike them.
"Despite the claims of international appeal, Rangers are, essentially, a West of Scotland club. They talk of supporters’ buses leaving from all parts of Scotland, but if you look closely, you’ll see there aren’t many from each area and they are not all full.[/b]
mmm I would take this seemingly cast iron assurance of non-pertinence with a certain degree of suspicion, potentially from someone whose stint within their org has turned sour or with the express intent of lowering clout while facing creditors. Nevertheless, thanks for posting that, interesting to say the least. Maybe my perception is clouded by the fact that their registered supporters outnumber ours in Montreal, or that they seem to match up pretty well in southern Ontario, South Africa and parts of Australia. I'm also suspicious of the massive amount of expats/1-16th Irish-Americans/middle class 26-Counties kids who treasure Celtic as a second or third team; those demographics are the ones we're most likely to lose if the recent and current stalemate persists. I do think there's an obvious gap there, but one not as large as to prevent them from appealing to interests beyond Scotland. They've little presence outside of canada. I note you don't mention America. Just because parts of canada are hun enclaves doesn't make them a global brand. Utter nonsense.
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30 Jul 2014, 05:47 AM
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- dr mueller
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He wasn't calling you a pessimist I don't think. French. In italics Love this bit - Quote:
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I got into Celtic in the early '90s, on successive extended stays as an observer for a Quebec union in Dungannon and Bellaghy. At first, it was stopping the ten. Then, we all rode on the inebriating MON wave. The Strachan years were almost unwatchable( domestically ), but hey the titles kept coming home. Then, gradually, it slowly stopped being funny as an almost unrecognisable Celtic park experience added to the misery of a very average squad.
Unrecognisable from the early 90s when you started going you say? Hard to argue with that.  hey, free lessons if you want to impress your date. Plus, I'll add the interminable over-analysis language tricks they all crave! I'll stick with the reasonable level of French I have thanks, it gets me by.
Unless I land in 1973 and find myself dating Basil Fawlty, where of course, throwing in the odd French phrase was de rigeur. Or 1988's Del Trotter, by when it had become a bit more pas de deux. You seem to be pitching yourself somewhere in between.
An interesting standpoint on Hugh Adam from previous page too...- Quote:
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mmm I would take this seemingly cast iron assurance of non-pertinence with a certain degree of suspicion, potentially from someone whose stint within their org has turned sour or with the express intent of lowering clout while facing creditors.
An unusual view of the only guy within the Ibrox boardroom who called the ball, years before any vultures were circling, when there were no creditors to face. Or just you being devil's advocate again?
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Neil Jung
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30 Jul 2014, 07:30 AM
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deepregistered supporters outnumber ours in Montreal, or that they seem to match up pretty well in southern Ontario, South Africa and parts of Australia.
I'm also suspicious of the massive amount of expats/1-16th Irish-Americans/middle class 26-Counties kids who treasure Celtic as a second or third team; those demographics are the ones we're most likely to lose if the recent and current stalemate persists.
I do think there's an obvious gap there, but one not as large as to prevent them from appealing to interests beyond Scotland.
You are either a really pessimistic Celtic fan or a really optimistic Sevcoite
Was expecting that at some point. Which point do you disagree with? How does that make me a pessimist? Au contraire, I've come to accept the limitations our League posits and actually go back to the original reason I got into this mess to begin with, ie the community built around the Club and the unequaled pride in what it means to so many. A lot of folk on here don't seem to see the proverbial forest from the trees. "Board does this! Board does that!" etc when in reality, as sobering as it may be to countenance, the answer lies in a much wider spectrum, totally subservient to micro and macro economics, similar in fact to as if we were talking about a branch of Asda in EK. I got into Celtic in the early '90s, on successive extended stays as an observer for a Quebec union in Dungannon and Bellaghy. At first, it was stopping the ten. Then, we all rode on the inebriating MON wave. The Strachan years were almost unwatchable( domestically ), but hey the titles kept coming home. Then, gradually, it slowly stopped being funny as an almost unrecognizable Celtic park experience added to the misery of a very average squad. And there you have it. We all want to be entertained, and boy are we ages gone from Thom and co., but the current stalemate might just be the key to the Club ridding itself of those "customers" who come and go with results and "prestige"( people who shout down those trying to start a song, or applaud the exit of the Green brigade, or couldn't care less about the living wage issue thus reinforcing a management model they'll otherwise rail against etc etc ), steering it back toward what's left of its initial collective spirit and strengthening it again. A sort of cleansing if you will, hopefully protecting the idea of Celtic from the volatile variables strictly accountable to the business dimension. Just look at the intriguing developments regarding a standing section, for instance. No way this is even considered by the board if there's not a least a modicum of support disenchantment with the product on the pitch. The single most responsible factor of the growing gap between Scotland and the continent, IMO, is the gentrification of football and rise as an all-encompassing vibrant mass consumer monolith. Trust me, anything that puts a dent in that phenomenon is ultimately good for Celtic, as we've made very little from it bar shirt sales in the US. Question becomes: is it reversible? We'll see. I'm sure there's countless twists and turns left on that trail, we'll see. But the current setup guarantees that something's gotta give either way. Those who stand by the Club through this extended barren spell are likely to be rewarded in the end. You need to be going out of your way to be this sort of arch realist as you conveniently miss out facts that don't fit your argument. Facts that you no doubt must be aware of since you show such a knowledge of what you're talking about. So as you are so fond of your internet voice, going by the length of your posts, there must be a reason you haven't included these facts into your reasoning. Its definitely not you trying to keep the word count down.
Here's some French - J'acusse
You either are a pessimist, a painfully over analytical one at that whose pessimism causes myopia when looking at the facts, a troll or a sevcoite. I doubt its the last.
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Oscar Strummer
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30 Jul 2014, 07:37 AM
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Is this the alternative Sevco thread ?
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sevilliano
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30 Jul 2014, 08:10 AM
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Chickens are gathering in Glasgow today - might be walking up London road tonight
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30 Jul 2014, 08:30 AM
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I just wish our board weren't concentrating on Sevco, and instead tried to concentrate on keeping our top players together for a season or two and make a push for us to make a real impact in European football thus making us more attractive for other talented young players to want to come to us knowing that they will get lots of publicity by playing in an established team on the european front with a big money move nonetheless happening 3-4yrs down the line based on our name and performances in europe!
Buying decent players cheap who have one or two good seasons with us before being flogged to minor EPL teams might be good for the bank balance but helps us not a jot on the European front! We wont be making any impact in europe for a long long time, the money requires to do so is way out of our league. And to build and do so takes more than a couple of years.
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30 Jul 2014, 10:40 AM
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I'm surprised at you saying the huns had a larger following in your neck of the woods than Celtic. I stayed in Montreal in 2009 when they were still alive and kicking and saw absolutely no sign of them anywhere. Not that there was a large CSC either but who cares anyway because it is really of no benefit to the club/company. Celtic are intrinsically a bigger club than the club/company you are talking about and have been for a number of years. You are correct to say that they may challenge us in the future and perhaps even win the odd league title or cup. But right now Aberdeen and Dundee United are more likely to do that than they are, Competition is no bad thing. But the fact is that they will never compete financially with us and so will never dominate. Not until they rid themselves of the backwards mentality that they presently have at any rate. But that won't happen in my lifetime. Clubs who find themselves mired in the type of financial skullduggery that was second nature to Rangers/Sevco have an even bigger ball chained to their zombie leg. Because once those well known businessmen get a grip of your club they never let go. Just ask the supporters of Leeds or Portmouth.
Incidentally, if you did attend the CSC in Montreal I would likely have met you.
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30 Jul 2014, 11:00 AM
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Raman Bhardwaj @STVRaman Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell appointed to the SFA board.
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30 Jul 2014, 11:11 AM
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The SFA confirmed that Lawwell and Scottish professional football league chairman Ralph Topping would join the board after nominations by the Professional Game Board.
Stewart Regan, Scottish FA Chief Executive: "We are delighted to welcome Ralph back to the main Board, having already benefitted from Peter's wealth of experience in the past year. I am sure both will play key roles as we enter the next phase of our strategic plan, Scotland United: A 2020 Vision."
Neil Doncaster, SPFL Chief Executive: "Ralph Topping will be stepping down from the William Hill Board on 1st August. He will therefore have much more time to devote to the professional game. We are delighted that Peter Lawwell and Ralph Topping have been unanimously elected by the Professional Game Board to serve the professional game on the main board of the Scottish FA." http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/lawwell-appointed-to-scottish-fas-main-board.1406714536
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30 Jul 2014, 11:16 AM
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The SFA confirmed that Lawwell and Scottish professional football league chairman Ralph Topping would join the board after nominations by the Professional Game Board. Stewart Regan, Scottish FA Chief Executive: "We are delighted to welcome Ralph back to the main Board, having already benefitted from Peter's wealth of experience in the past year. I am sure both will play key roles as we enter the next phase of our strategic plan, Scotland United: A 2020 Vision." Neil Doncaster, SPFL Chief Executive: "Ralph Topping will be stepping down from the William Hill Board on 1st August. He will therefore have much more time to devote to the professional game. We are delighted that Peter Lawwell and Ralph Topping have been unanimously elected by the Professional Game Board to serve the professional game on the main board of the Scottish FA." http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/lawwell-appointed-to-scottish-fas-main-board.1406714536 What impact, if any, will this have on Celtic do you reckon?
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30 Jul 2014, 11:26 AM
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The SFA confirmed that Lawwell and Scottish professional football league chairman Ralph Topping would join the board after nominations by the Professional Game Board. Stewart Regan, Scottish FA Chief Executive: "We are delighted to welcome Ralph back to the main Board, having already benefitted from Peter's wealth of experience in the past year. I am sure both will play key roles as we enter the next phase of our strategic plan, Scotland United: A 2020 Vision." Neil Doncaster, SPFL Chief Executive: "Ralph Topping will be stepping down from the William Hill Board on 1st August. He will therefore have much more time to devote to the professional game. We are delighted that Peter Lawwell and Ralph Topping have been unanimously elected by the Professional Game Board to serve the professional game on the main board of the Scottish FA." http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/lawwell-appointed-to-scottish-fas-main-board.1406714536
What impact, if any, will this have on Celtic do you reckon? Lawwell's not going anywhere.
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30 Jul 2014, 11:27 AM
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The SFA confirmed that Lawwell and Scottish professional football league chairman Ralph Topping would join the board after nominations by the Professional Game Board. Stewart Regan, Scottish FA Chief Executive: "We are delighted to welcome Ralph back to the main Board, having already benefitted from Peter's wealth of experience in the past year. I am sure both will play key roles as we enter the next phase of our strategic plan, Scotland United: A 2020 Vision." Neil Doncaster, SPFL Chief Executive: "Ralph Topping will be stepping down from the William Hill Board on 1st August. He will therefore have much more time to devote to the professional game. We are delighted that Peter Lawwell and Ralph Topping have been unanimously elected by the Professional Game Board to serve the professional game on the main board of the Scottish FA." http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/lawwell-appointed-to-scottish-fas-main-board.1406714536
What impact, if any, will this have on Celtic do you reckon? with this appointment, and his recent UEFA appointment , it is clear that Lawwell is going nowhere soon. for better or for worse.
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30 Jul 2014, 11:32 AM
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30 Jul 2014, 01:32 PM
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Raman Bhardwaj @STVRaman Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell appointed to the SFA board. He appointed himself?
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30 Jul 2014, 01:34 PM
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Raman Bhardwaj @STVRaman Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell annointed to the SFA board. fixed that for you Roman.
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30 Jul 2014, 01:53 PM
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I just wish our board weren't concentrating on Sevco, and instead tried to concentrate on keeping our top players together for a season or two and make a push for us to make a real impact in European football thus making us more attractive for other talented young players to want to come to us knowing that they will get lots of publicity by playing in an established team on the european front with a big money move nonetheless happening 3-4yrs down the line based on our name and performances in europe!
Buying decent players cheap who have one or two good seasons with us before being flogged to minor EPL teams might be good for the bank balance but helps us not a jot on the European front!
We wont be making any impact in europe for a long long time, the money requires to do so is way out of our league. And to build and do so takes more than a couple of years. We need to sell our best players and not invest in the team. Lawwell is putting the money aside to pay the EU fines when we get found guilty of receiving state aid.
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30 Jul 2014, 04:27 PM
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- 30 Jul 2014, 08:10 AM
Chickens are gathering in Glasgow today - might be walking up London road tonight wtf This to do with the S.F. All, or something more interesting/cryptic. 'Mon sevilliano, spill.....
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30 Jul 2014, 04:55 PM
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- 30 Jul 2014, 12:52 AM
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- 30 Jul 2014, 12:11 AM
Quoting limited to 3 levels deepregistered
Was expecting that at some point. Which point do you disagree with? How does that make me a pessimist? Au contraire, I've come to accept the limitations our League posits and actually go back to the original reason I got into this mess to begin with, ie the community built around the Club and the unequaled pride in what it means to so many. A lot of folk on here don't seem to see the proverbial forest from the trees. "Board does this! Board does that!" etc when in reality, as sobering as it may be to countenance, the answer lies in a much wider spectrum, totally subservient to micro and macro economics, similar in fact to as if we were talking about a branch of Asda in EK. I got into Celtic in the early '90s, on successive extended stays as an observer for a Quebec union in Dungannon and Bellaghy. At first, it was stopping the ten. Then, we all rode on the inebriating MON wave. The Strachan years were almost unwatchable( domestically ), but hey the titles kept coming home. Then, gradually, it slowly stopped being funny as an almost unrecognizable Celtic park experience added to the misery of a very average squad. And there you have it. We all want to be entertained, and boy are we ages gone from Thom and co., but the current stalemate might just be the key to the Club ridding itself of those "customers" who come and go with results and "prestige"( people who shout down those trying to start a song, or applaud the exit of the Green brigade, or couldn't care less about the living wage issue thus reinforcing a management model they'll otherwise rail against etc etc ), steering it back toward what's left of its initial collective spirit and strengthening it again. A sort of cleansing if you will, hopefully protecting the idea of Celtic from the volatile variables strictly accountable to the business dimension. Just look at the intriguing developments regarding a standing section, for instance. No way this is even considered by the board if there's not a least a modicum of support disenchantment with the product on the pitch. The single most responsible factor of the growing gap between Scotland and the continent, IMO, is the gentrification of football and rise as an all-encompassing vibrant mass consumer monolith. Trust me, anything that puts a dent in that phenomenon is ultimately good for Celtic, as we've made very little from it bar shirt sales in the US. Question becomes: is it reversible? We'll see. I'm sure there's countless twists and turns left on that trail, we'll see. But the current setup guarantees that something's gotta give either way. Those who stand by the Club through this extended barren spell are likely to be rewarded in the end.
You need to be going out of your way to be this sort of arch realist as you conveniently miss out facts that don't fit your argument. Facts that you no doubt must be aware of since you show such a knowledge of what you're talking about. So as you are so fond of your internet voice, going by the length of your posts, there must be a reason you haven't included these facts into your reasoning. Its definitely not you trying to keep the word count down. Here's some French - J'acusseYou either are a pessimist, a painfully over analytical one at that whose pessimism causes myopia when looking at the facts, a troll or a sevcoite. I doubt its the last. Ok. I think most people on here are incensed at my suggestion that Rangers' worldwide appeal, while trailing ours, isn't so far off a cliff as to render it completely useless toward their rebuilding. I mean, you may disagree, but is it really that frivolous a proposition ?
Unfortunately, seems the intial reaction to that part of what I'm saying has clouded consideration of the other points I'm trying to make about the board holding expenses due to the lack of a domestic challenge and aversion to risky CL return, the structural limits of the Scottish model, and how we have suffered more than most from the general commodification or "fashionization" of football, meaning that even the most fan-friendly administration of our Club may find it hard to deal within those constraints.
I have no problem admitting I was wrong about, say, the level of hun support in Australia, or that former director thing, which may very well not simply have been intended for public consumption or PR purposes.
As for branding me a pessimist, doesn't that go against the spirit of my prior post about "accepting" what currently seems to be an intractable situation, in order to fall back on what initially attracted me to Celtic, namely its community, the pride of people taking part, and the sheer exhiliration of being part of the global family ? I sincerely hope the "pessimist" label doesn't exclusively stem from my contention that the huns won't simply turn into Ayr utd-who cares what they're up to ? We just need them, or anybody else domestically, to be relevant in some way.
Don't mean to come across as an insufferably long-winded git, BTW
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30 Jul 2014, 05:02 PM
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deepregistered Au contraire, I've come to accept the limitations our League posits and actually go back to the original reason I got into this mess to begin with, ie the community built around the Club and the unequaled pride in what it means to so many.
A lot of folk on here don't seem to see the proverbial forest from the trees. "Board does this! Board does that!" etc when in reality, as sobering as it may be to countenance, the answer lies in a much wider spectrum, totally subservient to micro and macro economics, similar in fact to as if we were talking about a branch of Asda in EK.
I got into Celtic in the early '90s, on successive extended stays as an observer for a Quebec union in Dungannon and Bellaghy. At first, it was stopping the ten. Then, we all rode on the inebriating MON wave. The Strachan years were almost unwatchable( domestically ), but hey the titles kept coming home. Then, gradually, it slowly stopped being funny as an almost unrecognizable Celtic park experience added to the misery of a very average squad.
And there you have it. We all want to be entertained, and boy are we ages gone from Thom and co., but the current stalemate might just be the key to the Club ridding itself of those "customers" who come and go with results and "prestige"( people who shout down those trying to start a song, or applaud the exit of the Green brigade, or couldn't care less about the living wage issue thus reinforcing a management model they'll otherwise rail against etc etc ), steering it back toward what's left of its initial collective spirit and strengthening it again. A sort of cleansing if you will, hopefully protecting the idea of Celtic from the volatile variables strictly accountable to the business dimension.
Just look at the intriguing developments regarding a standing section, for instance. No way this is even considered by the board if there's not a least a modicum of support disenchantment with the product on the pitch.
The single most responsible factor of the growing gap between Scotland and the continent, IMO, is the gentrification of football and rise as an all-encompassing vibrant mass consumer monolith. Trust me, anything that puts a dent in that phenomenon is ultimately good for Celtic, as we've made very little from it bar shirt sales in the US. Question becomes: is it reversible? We'll see.
I'm sure there's countless twists and turns left on that trail, we'll see. But the current setup guarantees that something's gotta give either way. Those who stand by the Club through this extended barren spell are likely to be rewarded in the end.
You need to be going out of your way to be this sort of arch realist as you conveniently miss out facts that don't fit your argument. Facts that you no doubt must be aware of since you show such a knowledge of what you're talking about. So as you are so fond of your internet voice, going by the length of your posts, there must be a reason you haven't included these facts into your reasoning. Its definitely not you trying to keep the word count down. Here's some French - J'acusseYou either are a pessimist, a painfully over analytical one at that whose pessimism causes myopia when looking at the facts, a troll or a sevcoite. I doubt its the last.
Ok. I think most people on here are incensed at my suggestion that Rangers' worldwide appeal, while trailing ours, isn't so far off a cliff as to render it completely useless toward their rebuilding. I mean, you may disagree, but is it really that frivolous a proposition ? Unfortunately, seems the intial reaction to that part of what I'm saying has clouded consideration of the other points I'm trying to make about the board holding expenses due to the lack of a domestic challenge and aversion to risky CL return, the structural limits of the Scottish model, and how we have suffered more than most from the general commodification or "fashionization" of football, meaning that even the most fan-friendly administration of our Club may find it hard to deal within those constraints. I have no problem admitting I was wrong about, say, the level of hun support in Australia, or that former director thing, which may very well not simply have been intended for public consumption or PR purposes. As for branding me a pessimist, doesn't that go against the spirit of my prior post about "accepting" what currently seems to be an intractable situation, in order to fall back on what initially attracted me to Celtic, namely its community, the pride of people taking part, and the sheer exhiliration of being part of the global family ? I sincerely hope the "pessimist" label doesn't exclusively stem from my contention that the huns won't simply turn into Ayr utd-who cares what they're up to ? We just need them, or anybody else domestically, to be relevant in some way. Don't mean to come across as an insufferably long-winded git, BTW You could have just said 'If we continue to downsize at such an alarming rate and become complacent, like in January 2009, then it isn't completely improbable that the huns win a title sooner than people think. Especially if Ronny Deila is more Mowbray Mark II than Klopp Junior and Peter Lawwell remains at the steering wheel'.
Then I'd have agreed with you.
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30 Jul 2014, 05:14 PM
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- 30 Jul 2014, 10:40 AM
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I'm surprised at you saying the huns had a larger following in your neck of the woods than Celtic. I stayed in Montreal in 2009 when they were still alive and kicking and saw absolutely no sign of them anywhere. Not that there was a large CSC either but who cares anyway because it is really of no benefit to the club/company. Celtic are intrinsically a bigger club than the club/company you are talking about and have been for a number of years. You are correct to say that they may challenge us in the future and perhaps even win the odd league title or cup. But right now Aberdeen and Dundee United are more likely to do that than they are, Competition is no bad thing. But the fact is that they will never compete financially with us and so will never dominate. Not until they rid themselves of the backwards mentality that they presently have at any rate. But that won't happen in my lifetime. Clubs who find themselves mired in the type of financial skullduggery that was second nature to Rangers/Sevco have an even bigger ball chained to their zombie leg. Because once those well known businessmen get a grip of your club they never let go. Just ask the supporters of Leeds or Portmouth.
Incidentally, if you did attend the CSC in Montreal I would likely have met you. Funny you should mention 1989, because I spent most of that year in Baltimore.
Were the games you attended shown at Finegan's on the Queen Mary road, or at our prior location further out in the West End ?
Incidentally, I've rarely been back to the Club since, after CSC president and lifelong friend Sandy Strachan passed away late that year. Some of the individuals I'd been closest to, including founding members Jim Traynor, Jimmy Burns, John+Anne Wright, and Jim Ryan, either fell ill, died or moved to Ontario during the period preceding your visit to our city.
The huns have their club in Pointe-Claire( West End ), but their presence is felt throughout the city. They actually have a few bars, while we have none( meaning those that act as such outside of gametime ).
Montreal's heavily diluted Irish community doesn't care about things Celtic, unlike say in Boston where the younger expats usually make their way to the Banshee in decent numbers.
At the 2006 funeral of local legend Jimmy Burns, "Ulster" plates were outnumbering others on cars by two-to-one(!). Both sets of (much older) supporters freely mingle.
Hope you enjoyed your stay in our great city.
Sorry about the "PM", mods
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