{"id":15522,"date":"2020-04-14T14:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=15522"},"modified":"2020-04-14T10:39:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T09:39:33","slug":"de-ja-vu-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=15522","title":{"rendered":"De Ja Vu Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the\u00a0 scene is different, <\/em>Timposter asks if we haven’t seen this film before\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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We are living through unprecedented times, both locally and globally, and football seems trivial in comparison to the pandemic that faces us all.<\/p>\n

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However football does matter.<\/p>\n

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It plays a huge role in all our lives.<\/p>\n

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As Celtic fans it defines us in many ways.<\/p>\n

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As it stands we are on the brink of another 9 in a row. 13 points ahead of our nearest league rival, those newcomers to Scottish Football. This is in the midst of an economic tsunami that is smashing the shores of all nations and football does not go unaffected by it.<\/p>\n

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Football, globally, is unlikely to be played in front of crowds for quite some considerable time to come and as a result many clubs are feeling the impact financially. To the extent that many will not survive.<\/p>\n

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In Scotland the SPFL have attempted to address this by having a vote by all the clubs to bring the season to an end and allow positional payments to be made to try and alleviate the precarious position many of our clubs find themselves in.<\/p>\n

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As it stands we have 85% in favour of the the SPFL proposal.<\/p>\n

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Dundee are said to be voting in favour of it later today or this week, but at the time of writing, it’s 85%<\/p>\n

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However the usual suspects have objected to this and are currently trying to subvert what to most is the sensible outcome of an almost impossible position.<\/p>\n

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As has been always the case in Scottish Football the authorities are bending over backwards to accommodate a team that plays out of Govan.<\/p>\n

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Nothing has changed. Same as it ever was, but it shouldn\u2019t be. This newcomer is on the brink of bankruptcy and it should be allowed to happen.<\/p>\n

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For the betterment of Scottish Football and society at large it would be better if they disappeared completely. Call me a cynic(better than what I\u2019m usually called) but I get the feeling we are about to get done all over again.<\/p>\n

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By we, I mean us Celtic fans. Remember the LNS, 5WA, Res12?<\/p>\n

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We spent our time, from the outside, making our dissatisfaction be known, all to fall on the deaf ears of the Scottish Football Establishment.<\/p>\n

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No surprise there then as we know they hate us.<\/p>\n

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However as time has passed, we now know that even those who were supposed to represent our interests and views, were actively involved in all the machinations of deceit and corruption.<\/p>\n

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Well it\u2019s like Deja vu all over again.<\/p>\n

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The silence from the same actors is deafening and the stench, once again, of corruption is overpowering.<\/p>\n

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I earnestly hope I am wrong this time but every part of my being tells me I\u2019m not.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s hope we have game that we can all get back to.<\/p>\n

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Stay safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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