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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 (1,414,815 Views) | |
| kewlcelt | 14 Sep 2015, 09:42 PM Post #4141 |
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Considering retirement
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Even those who refuse to criticise the board must surely see the shambles the squad is currently in? We arguably have the poorest quality in all areas for close to twenty years. I can't remember a squad less inspiring and devoid of real quality since the days before Tommy Burns took over. Given the unique period of dominance we've had for the last three seasons it's a disgrace the shape we find ourselves in on the pitch. Edited by kewlcelt, 14 Sep 2015, 09:45 PM.
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| k3vkr | 14 Sep 2015, 09:50 PM Post #4142 |
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The weather is fine in Majorca
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Agreed It's a shocking situation we find ourselves in, and the worst thing is, if you think back we could have easily seen it coming.. What is the solution though.... |
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| Dr Huffarr | 14 Sep 2015, 10:14 PM Post #4143 |
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Club Captain
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We have proven track record of not capitalising on success. |
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| kkc08 | 14 Sep 2015, 10:15 PM Post #4144 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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Just catching up with this thread Collins ... No chance from what I hear
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| Big_Bobo_Balde | 14 Sep 2015, 10:19 PM Post #4145 |
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Lizzie's Lothario
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I'm honestly glad to hear that, but wouldn't surprise me
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| Busa Bhoy | 14 Sep 2015, 10:21 PM Post #4146 |
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First-team captain
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This sickens me especially now when we could have been out of sight for a good few years. I do hope they're not attempting to manufacture competition for next season |
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| The Poacher | 14 Sep 2015, 10:26 PM Post #4147 |
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Getting on a bit
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How long till we get rid of these shysters? We'll never get a sugardaddy, fine with that, just need people in place who have the ability to match the responsibility. The Kaiser, Teflonman Lawwell, Fatman Commons*, the very unfunny Charles Mulgrew* and the rest can get to eff * If whats rumoured to be true is in fact - which it probably is |
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| Timdom come | 14 Sep 2015, 10:29 PM Post #4148 |
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Older than dirt
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The letter will just go into the bin, with dozens of others. I remember people sending season tickets back with similar complaints, only for them to be returned...probably with a note to pay for the stamp. As much as they are completely useless at putting together a half decent team, you have to give our custodians credit for being incredible gifted at sitting things out ad just pretend nothing's happened while waiting for international fc to return. |
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| kingbhoyd | 14 Sep 2015, 10:45 PM Post #4149 |
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First-team captain
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yeah, us board lackeys just loved the old regime |
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| sevilliano | 15 Sep 2015, 10:10 AM Post #4150 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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FB it may be worth inquiring as to whether rather than we are right they are wrong they'd even be prepared as a board to get some independent view these guys in their professional lives regularly get independent consultants to benchmark or review their operations they may not be quite at the stage where any of them have the balls to stand up to pl and call for this but a few pumpings in the europa league or perish the thought some more dropped points in spfl may see someone grow a set time to sow the seed |
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| fatboab | 15 Sep 2015, 10:32 AM Post #4151 |
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Just before the Dawn
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I'll certainly ask the question. It's curious that our Chairman, who is an extremely successful and progressive businessman, and who went into the Celtic job with his eyes open as to what the biggest issue was ( ie Lawwell), very quickly became a believer in the current set up. |
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| Mackin | 15 Sep 2015, 10:40 AM Post #4152 |
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The Ginty McGinty genius
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Could you also ask why our extremely successful and progressive businessman is suddenly making a distinction between club and company? |
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| Moey 67 | 15 Sep 2015, 10:40 AM Post #4153 |
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Club Captain
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A couple of things: We have some long term debt payable to the Co-op bank by 2019, maybe some of the cash from operating profits over the years has been used to reduce this. Also, whilst we all want invest in the squad - would we as a support be willing to invest in this, through possibly by a share issue (again). We will be getting nothing again from DD, not since the chance of gaining entry to to the EPL was extinguished. The main thing though has been our strategy of 'buy low, develop, sell high' - now the Board will argue this has been successful, we will argue that this plan is flatlining at a rate of knots. My main concern (and I've repeated this many times) is the coziness of our main shareholders to our current board, it's not healthy and I'm not sure if the needed probity, challenge or ruthlessness is being administered. It would be interesting to find out the return on investment DD has had since the entry to the EPL strategy failed. |
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| tomtheleedstim | 15 Sep 2015, 11:29 AM Post #4154 |
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First-team captain
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Anyone know if the Yank from GAP (John J Fisher) still owns shares in Celtic? |
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| Stringer Bell | 15 Sep 2015, 11:34 AM Post #4155 |
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Getting on a bit
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This current board aren't creating vitriol and anger and I don't ever foresee protests or boycotts. What they're creating is apathy, which is far more dangerous. |
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| aldo | 15 Sep 2015, 12:16 PM Post #4156 |
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And that's the way we like it...
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Indeed. Not only have the succeeded in downsizing the quality of players they are prepared to go for, they have downsized the expectations of the support. |
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| green_equals_silver | 15 Sep 2015, 12:33 PM Post #4157 |
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Bobinho9
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I thought they were creating a world class football club?
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| kingbhoyd | 15 Sep 2015, 12:50 PM Post #4158 |
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First-team captain
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you know there is an alternative viewpoint to what now seems to be a cast iron truism on here now. I'd wager that him and the rest of the board don't and never have seen peter lawwell as being the "biggest issue" and as successful businessmen with a uniquely informed position about the challenges that face Celtic they understand what a difficult job he has to do, not least because of what he must face in a daily basis from our support. its pretty ludicrous to suggest that someone like Ian livingstone, for example, would sit by and not do anything while the CEO of a company on who's board he sits is the "main issue" to the growth and success of the business. It's nuts |
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| jamiebhoy76 | 15 Sep 2015, 01:31 PM Post #4159 |
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Club Captain
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What Kingbhoyd said.
Edited by jamiebhoy76, 15 Sep 2015, 02:18 PM.
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| stibhan | 15 Sep 2015, 01:46 PM Post #4160 |
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Viva la Quinta Brigada
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Is there any chance that someone would draft a similar letter which could be signed by a number of people? I have a serious problem with two strands of the (many-stranded) Celtic support which are often in direct opposition: the 'happy-clappers' who are actually much more complex than that title allows, since they are usually very passionate and dedicated followers who just believe, wrongly, that the board have done a good job. Then there's people who complain about the board all the time but, apathetically, feel as if they are powerful to resist them. Which is basically to say that I think if people actually cared about this, rather than deciding not to go to matches, they could be a bit more vocal in their opposition. |
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