Yflab 4,532 Report post Posted January 11 5 minutes ago, WeeBud said: So Graham Alexander would have been 1 of the allowed 4 scouts from the teams next two opponents. Careful don’t get facts in the way of a conspiracy. 😂 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ronnie 1,252 Report post Posted January 11 So Graham Alexander would have been 1 of the allowed 4 scouts from the teams next two opponents.Technically he isn't a scout. Again nonessential travel is apparently spreading the virus quicker than anything else is. The thing that pis#ed me off the most about the St Mirren sanction was journalists,pundits, fans etc jumped on the bandwagon about our players car sharing. 4 players sharing a car for 2 journeys for maybe 20 minutes each way is less dangerous than forcing them to travel by public transport which would take in excess of 60 minutes each way but that seemed to be the main point they used to find us guilty therefore club managers travelling 300 miles round trip to watch future opponents is just as bad. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WeeBud 1,267 Report post Posted January 11 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Ronnie said: Technically he isn't a scout. Again nonessential travel is apparently spreading the virus quicker than anything else is. The thing that pis#ed me off the most about the St Mirren sanction was journalists,pundits, fans etc jumped on the bandwagon about our players car sharing. 4 players sharing a car for 2 journeys for maybe 20 minutes each way is less dangerous than forcing them to travel by public transport which would take in excess of 60 minutes each way but that seemed to be the main point they used to find us guilty therefore club managers travelling 300 miles round trip to watch future opponents is just as bad. The rights and wrongs of our case are separate to Graham Alexander being at Pittodrie, he was there scouting the opposition and therefore would qualify for one of the four scouting slots (technically he is a scout in this instance). For what it's worth I thought the SPFL were at best clumsy in their handling of Kilmarnock and our situations and saw it as an opportunity to come down hard on a couple of the smaller teams, in light of this week's goings on they may well rue that approach. Edited January 11 by WeeBud 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichardBuddie 475 Report post Posted January 11 I wonder who approved the trip from a Celtic perspective, you’ve got to wonder why a senior advisor or club director wouldn’t intervene and at least challenge whether the right thing is being done here!! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tommy 3,693 Report post Posted January 11 Could also be ask why does Douglas Ross keep getting gigs at Ibrox and Parkhead ? Surely he should only be going games close to where he lived. At the last bigot game, the camera picked up Walter Smith watching the game, and i wonder why since i am sure he had nothing to do with them now. . 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stlucifer 6,651 Report post Posted January 11 (edited) 52 minutes ago, RichardBuddie said: I wonder who approved the trip from a Celtic perspective, you’ve got to wonder why a senior advisor or club director wouldn’t intervene and at least challenge whether the right thing is being done here!! What surprises me is that celtic announced it openly that they were going straight after the the rangers game so why didn't the powers that be, Football authorities and/or the Scottish government get involved at that point? Not one official said boo at that juncture Edited January 11 by stlucifer 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bazil85 3,312 Report post Posted January 11 3 minutes ago, stlucifer said: What surprises me is that celtic announced it openly that they were going straight after the the rangers game so why didn't the powers that be, Football authorities and/or the Scottish government get involved at that point? Not one official said boo at that juncture Government made it pretty clear it isn't their place. The weakness of SFA/ SPFL not to question it though is obvious, they have done everything they can to safeguard one of their cash cow teams. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuddieinEK 8,986 Report post Posted January 11 Government made it pretty clear it isn't their place. The weakness of SFA/ SPFL not to question it though is obvious, they have done everything they can to safeguard one of their cash cow teams. I hear you and agree... and yet...was it not pressure from the Scottish Government that led to the Aberdeen v Celtic match being postponed?They can flex muscle if they want to. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FTOF 11,397 Report post Posted January 11 Ian Maxwell is a tadger. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hamlet 77 Report post Posted January 11 1 hour ago, Tommy said: Could also be ask why does Douglas Ross keep getting gigs at Ibrox and Parkhead ? Surely he should only be going games close to where he lived. At the last bigot game, the camera picked up Walter Smith watching the game, and i wonder why since i am sure he had nothing to do with them now. . Read somewhere Smith was "working for .... gers t.v." 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
faraway saint 31,023 Report post Posted January 11 2 hours ago, WeeBud said: So Graham Alexander would have been 1 of the allowed 4 scouts from the teams next two opponents. And the "risk" to him, or anyone else, would have been less than miniscule. Much ado about nothing. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rabuddies 1,403 Report post Posted January 11 2 minutes ago, hamlet said: Read somewhere Smith was "working for .... gers t.v." Funnily enough he grew up as a fan of the blue bigots. Probably gets a free season ticket. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tommy 3,693 Report post Posted January 11 14 minutes ago, hamlet said: Read somewhere Smith was "working for .... gers t.v." Sound right 👍 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bazil85 3,312 Report post Posted January 12 15 hours ago, BuddieinEK said: I hear you and agree... and yet... was it not pressure from the Scottish Government that led to the Aberdeen v Celtic match being postponed? They can flex muscle if they want to. Very true, I feel now with the St Mirren/ Killie situations though that there has been significant want from SFA/ SPFL to protect the fixture so they don't have to make this decision. Conversation with the government around the lines of 'Instead of doing the right and safe thing in isolating everything, what if we get an in-depth analysis of close contact so we can save ourselves from making a similar call we so easily made against a couple of "wee" teams' 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slarti 776 Report post Posted January 12 Ian Maxwell is a tadger. That comment is basically an admission that they can't tell when or where someone contracts the virus. It's just more ammunition for our appeal. Thanks, Ian. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WeeBud 1,267 Report post Posted January 12 Although a different league and possibly a different set of rules this may help:- Grimsby Town: League Two club fined after Covid-19 fixture postponements - BBC Sport 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tommy 3,693 Report post Posted January 12 40 minutes ago, WeeBud said: Although a different league and possibly a different set of rules this may help:- Grimsby Town: League Two club fined after Covid-19 fixture postponements - BBC Sport Some different between their punishment and ours 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TPAFKA Jersey 2 4,313 Report post Posted January 12 4 minutes ago, Tommy said: Some different between their punishment and ours Yes and for almost exactly the same set of circumstances. Theirs being even worse having had to postpone 3 matches. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tommy 3,693 Report post Posted January 12 6 minutes ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said: Yes and for almost exactly the same set of circumstances. Theirs being even worse having had to postpone 3 matches. Pity the English FA doesn't run our league 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonny 9,260 Report post Posted January 13 Livi have cancelled a Home game yet again. Unable to fulfil a fixture - is that a 3-0 forfeit? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
munoz 8,683 Report post Posted January 13 Good article.... https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/how-celtic-efl-ian-holloway-23312079 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cumbriansaint72 210 Report post Posted January 13 21 minutes ago, munoz said: Good article.... https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/how-celtic-efl-ian-holloway-23312079 Couldn't have happened at a worse time for......................SFA😂 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yflab 4,532 Report post Posted January 13 29 minutes ago, munoz said: Good article.... https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/how-celtic-efl-ian-holloway-23312079 Even got the stadium name correct. Good stuff though. We have a good chance tomorrow. I’m more hopeful, but still expect those useless organisations to fcuk us over somehow. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ayrshire Saints 4,782 Report post Posted January 14 Big day today, season defining.Wonder when the SPFL announce they have brought a round of midweek games forward to the 30 January seeing we all have a free weekend now and there is already a fixture pile up. They are going to do that aren't they ? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites