Tomorrow sees the Annual General Meeting of Celtic shareholders, and as I can’t get there, there are a few questions I’d like to ask anyone who is going to ask for me.
If thats okay.
It promises to be a stormy old meeting, because although the board will tell us how well things are going, how much we are going to get for Dembele and when donald Trump gets to draw the Paradise Windfall, there is some unfinished business from a year or two ago.
Resolution 12, first aired at the 2013 meeting, is going to rear its head. hopefully, it will snap at a few heads before it goes back to sleep for a bit.
With the media all of a sudden -alright, Keith Jackson-pushing the theme that Scottish football is dying and its all Stewart Regans fault, with the re emegence of the Sporting integrity article in a slightly diluted form, the petition to demand answers that is still going strong, the events that Resolution 12 want investigating are going to be very difficult for the board to avoid, and not only do they have to adress it, we will be watching how they address it.
The boards compalcency and attitude towards the fans has been criticised in the past. They have given an impression that we, the customer, will always turn up to buy their product, no matter how much they appear not to have the customers best interest at heart.
If you ignore the customer, you won’t have a business.
If you ignore the will of those empowered to support you then, as Hilary Clinton found out, you will be out on your arse wondering where you went so wrong so badly.
The board has no option but to adres the Resolution 12 issue. Its as simple as that.
No amount of top managers, top strikers and champions league nights can compensate for the fact that the club-our club-is playing in a rigged set up where misdemeanours go unpunished.
We play in a set up governed by those who have only their own interests at heart, and those interests mean that one club, due to its novel and refreshing financial policies will be favoured over all of the others.
We have a media that refuses to discuss the issues around Resolution 12, we have a governing body that refuses to discuss them, to the extent that the expected brotherly love beteen goat botherers may even have gone so far as to be the subject of a superinjunction to protect themselves.
We mentioned this in yesterdyas Diary, and no one has ridiculed us, no one has called us paranoid, and more imprtantly, no one has denied it.
The non denial adds fuel to the fire, because although no one can admit the presence of an interdict, to use the Scots Law term, theres nothing to stop them denying it, and so as far as i’m concerned, there is one until proved otherwise.
In fact, ask someone at the AGM if they can deny the existence of an interdict. Not if there is one, but of they can confirm there isn’t one.
Some other questions to ask…
Exactly why was the UEFA licence granted in 2011?
Did the SFA interpret the rules as UEFA intended ?
Do the rules need to clarified if SFA interpretation valid but not what UEFA intended?
Has Regan been playing a game with Celtic and football supporters?
Does he just not know the FAIR PLAY rules and their intent or did he but the rules were producing a result the SFA didn’t like ?
The most important question though, is this …
In 2013, Celtic told the Res 12 guys that Resolution 12 was unnecessary. Is that still the clubs official viewpoint.
If so, why ?
If not, what do they propose to do about it ?
You see, the lads found the smoking gun, and the club now needs to take it forward.
Failure to do so will lead to a loss of confidence in the board.
If that happens, then a lot of people will decide enough is enough.
After all, you wouldn’t pay to see a boxing match if one guy had to tie one hand behind his back, would you ?
( Unless that guy is Stewart Regan )
The petition demanding Regan come to the fore and answer a few questions has slowed down a wee bit, now on 3272 signatories.
Those of you who can , please post it on other forums.
Those of you who can, post it on the forums of other clubs, this is whats needed to give it a kick start.
Mention it to everyone you see, and those of you on twitter give it another boost.
Get people talking about it, and lets call the SFA to account.
Now, we need to lighten up a bit. Been a bit serious over the last couple of days, but its a Diary, and it will reflect the mood of the hour, which is why we’ve went all Fidel Castro on you.
Agm tomorrow, Dermot…you in ?
No, tomorrow , I said. you coming, or what ?
Haw, Dermot, Moussa Demebele scored twice for France Young Team last night and there’s rumours of huge bids from English clubs…
Never fails.
Its true though, Dembele scored another couple, one a sublime free kick, and it all adds up to a swift exit from Celtic Park. We had a peep inside the lads flat to see if we could gain any insigth as to his plans, has he settled, has he bought a dog, you know, the kind of things you’d expect from someone who is happy where he is.
Ah well, lets just hope it doesn’t affect team morale..
Something to think about…had Dembele stayed in England, he wouldn’t have got the attention he is getting now, and its also worth remembering that Gary Hooper didn’t get the recognition down south he deserved.
He may think he’s better off where he is, and his phenomenal start to the season, at all levels, is testament to that. After all, he said he came here to make himself a better player, and if he holds to that, he’ll be around for a while yet.
Won’t he ?
Lawwell must answer the questions. Simple as that. It wouldn;t do the clubs image-or his own if he refused to do so, as people are already questioning his priorities,, and as a good Celtic man he needs to put that to bed.
Sadly, the Diary now has to report on that distasteful aspect of football, the english media, which is known to be intrusive even over the most trivial of matters, as opposed, of course, to the Scottish media, who despite being handed the story of the century, either fail to publish, like Dareen Cooney of the Record when gioven the LNS story, , or can’t be arsed turning up for a meeting to discuss it , like STV Grant Russell, who still hasn’t shown his list of questions that got him an almost identical reply to the questions the Resolution 12 guys were given from UEFA.
Or are shite at writing not like what I am, like Matt Lindsay, Chris Jack and the rest of them.
You know what, the only journalist or hack who has actually shown any interest, although he’s yet to do anything about it, in the SFA petition is Hugh Keevins.
Fair play to him. He hasn’t done anything, but he at least asked about what was in it.
After that, it was almost like someone pointed out there was an interdict or something.
Sorry, i was rambling again. This from the Daily Mail, who often do this sort of thing and masquerade it as news. When on fatc, its just an advert.
Actress, Helen Flanagan, was looking tanned and toned as she enjoyed the sun in Dubai this week.
The ex-Corrie star was looking very glamorous in her one-of-a-kind lace Pretty Pink Princess bikini, which can still be bought online by clicking right.
The bikini features a high-waist strap detail, perfect for accentuating your waist, as well as girly lace applique on the bikini top.
The bottoms are also a ‘scrunch’ style, an aspect that is great for flattering your figure.
There is no doubt that this style is quite revealing, but Helen Flanagan proves that sometimes less really is more!
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We’ll keep an eye on this rather disturbing trend .
Now, when we need cheering up, we turn our gaze across the river to that endless well of humour masquerading as Rangers..
In particular, their level 5 cheerleader “The Phantom”, who trolls twitter looking for a reaction to his rather desperate attempts to keep his club, well, their spawn, to be fair, relevant..
Phantom Retweeted keith jackson
Would’ve been smashing if they’d worked this out in 2012 when the SFA were cheating our game by demoting Rangers but better late than never
Phantom added,
Richard McGinley @PhantomL5088 @tedermeatballs Demoted. As in Woolworths were demoted from the High Street.
Of course, they don’t see the irony in where they stole that idea and picture from..
mind you, they might yet surprise us all, as there is talk of Red Bull taking them over and injecting money into them. Not talk from anyone with a modicum of common sense, but talk nonetheless…and its got them all excited again..
Red bull…you know..
Except , of course, Rangers have already got their wings..
Caption competiton, which i think one or two noticed didn;t appear yesterday, as it wouldn’t have fitted with the mood of the diary, now.
On sunday you were shown this…
Which was explained as… in song, no less,
Caption, Knights in white satin,a blast from the past,
their kind and terminology,..will never last.
Thougn there were a couple of honorary mentions earned..
Caption: Linfield v Sevco annual orangefest is toned down a bit this year.
“Dave, Dave, look at the queue for season tickets”
Today we have what scientists claim is proof that the Loch Ness monster exists, however, i’m sure yo all know what it really is…
Don’t forget, if you haven’t signed the petition , sign it today..
and please, do what you can to push it further into the public eye.
We cannot let this go.
Scientists, according to George Carlin, the late US comedian, have discovered a cure for Apathy.
However, they claim no-one has shown the slightest bit of interest in it.
