{"id":8124,"date":"2015-11-12T10:23:49","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T10:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=8124"},"modified":"2015-11-12T10:23:49","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T10:23:49","slug":"celtic-diary-thursday-november-12-scottish-clubs-meet-again-as-media-spots-squirrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=8124","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Thursday November 12: Scottish Clubs Meet Again As Media Spots Squirrel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our drunken contact , in perhaps a voice too slurred tells us that those clubs concerned with the removal of trophies from the original rangers club have been talking again, and they are even more determined than they were at first.<\/p>\n

Nothing will happen until its been confirmed that BDO will not appeal the decision taken last week in favour of HMRC, but plans are afoot should the liquidators decide to act in favour of their biggest creditor, which, of course , is HMRC.<\/p>\n

If there’s no appeal, you’d better fasten your seatbelts and get ready for the ride.<\/p>\n

Plans are already being made for the next moves, , and you’ll be pleased to know that the clubs are doing this without involving the clueless SPFL boss Neill Doncaster.<\/p>\n

But whats all the fuss about ?<\/p>\n

It appears that the scandal which threatens to overrun Scottish football isn’t really a scandal after all.<\/p>\n

And we should all just forget about it and talk about something else.<\/p>\n

Anything else, in fact.<\/p>\n

Talk show Radio is a massive influence in the United States. Any US based readers will verify that one way of destroying a politicians career is to get him on the radio.<\/p>\n

If its in the news, its on the radio, and it gets people talking, and it gets issues out into the open, sometimes even bringing about change in society.<\/p>\n

In Scottish society, it doesnt work that way.<\/p>\n

As the biggest scandal in sporting history develops, and when there questions that need to be asked, we can , or should be able to, count on these bastions of free speech.<\/p>\n

Well, perhaps not.<\/p>\n

Radio clyde show Superscoreboard, tweeted;<\/p>\n

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Host Gerry McCulloch followed up with;<\/p>\n

Gerry McCulloch<\/strong>\u00a0\u200f@<\/s>gerrymcculloch1<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a013h<\/span>13 hours ago<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/em><\/div>\n

@<\/s>TheClumpany<\/b><\/a> it’s a radio show mate. It’s boring. 7 days and NOTHING new has happened. NOTHING. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

And nothing new will happen, one could argue , as long as the media refuse to look into the scandal in further detail.<\/p>\n

On this site today, I put together a wee letter for Lord nimmo smith, asking him if he is happy enough to have his name linked forever to the scandal. Why hasn’t someone else done this ?<\/p>\n

It’s the biggest sporting scandal in Scottish, possibly world history.<\/p>\n

Radio Clyde find it boring.<\/p>\n

A sports show ? Really ?<\/p>\n

Maybe they should just give out traffic reports instead.<\/p>\n

The idea to leave well alone isn’t confined to Clyde.<\/p>\n

Radio Scotland holds a discussion show in direct competition to clyde, and they chose to ignore the story as well.<\/p>\n

6.30 – we’ll be hearing from Gordon Strachan. What needs to change? What would you do to improve the standard of our game?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Operation HideThe Truth is well under way, and its a sure sign that the wind is not blowing in the direction the establishment would like. The last time the game imploded they tried to play it down, combining \u00a0it with threats of Armageddon .<\/p>\n

So, they are playing it down, and hoping it all goes away, all we need is another Armageddon story….<\/p>\n

And here it is.<\/p>\n

Quite possibly the most ridiculous story ever written on this, hang on, on any, subject;<\/p>\n

In the Telegraph, by Roddy Forsyth<\/p>\n

SPFL clubs fear they will be hurt financially themselves if Rangers stripped of titles<\/h1>\n

Prospect of Rangers being punished for tax avoidance leads to concerns that awarding trophies to runners-up clubs will trigger impossible bonus payments<\/h2>\n
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Both the Scottish Professional Football League and the SFA have referred the matter to their lawyers for scrutiny but last night one chairman, who asked not to be identified, told Telegraph Sport: \u201cThere is a strong feeling amongst clubs that this has to be handled extremely carefully because of the possible consequences.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cSuppose for the sake of argument Rangers are stripped of all the honours they won during the time they operated EBTs. Do we award those honours to the runners-up \u2013 and trigger the bonuses that would have been paid to the players who were on their books then if they had actually won the trophies?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cCeltic might be able to afford that but nobody else could. The alternative would be to withhold all of those trophies and devalue all our domestic tournaments at a time when we\u2019ve had to go cap in hand to find sponsors.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Another chairman, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said: \u201cI certainly don\u2019t fly any flag for Rangers and my view is that the EBT scheme was questionable and maybe even reckless from the start but they were given expert advice and they acted on it and it has taken the taxman three tries to get a favourable result.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cRangers have paid the price for that but so has everyone else in Scottish football since the oldco went under. Right now I would say that matters are moving sideways and we still don\u2019t know if the taxman has actually won.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t forget that the SPL clubs got solidarity payments from Uefa because Rangers were in the group stages of the Champions League as Scottish champions. If we take titles away from Rangers and Uefa demand their money back, who would be able to pay it?\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

In that extract, the chairmen quoted asked to remain anonymous. They don’t want to be identified, although it shouldn’t be too difficult to spot them around town.<\/p>\n

Look, there’s one at the bar!<\/p>\n

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So, it’s probably better we expand on the theme in forsyths laughable article.<\/p>\n

From now on, only clubs who can prove they can afford win bonuses can be allowed to win trophies.<\/p>\n

He really is a tit.<\/p>\n

Or is he working to an agenda ?<\/p>\n

Well, alright, another agenda \u00a0?<\/p>\n

A more serious and sinister one, where there is a trail of wrongdoing that goes much , much deeper than the dodgy dealings of a football club.<\/p>\n

You see, in a situation like this, where there is clearly much more to be uncovered than has already been revealed, you’d think the press would be all over it.<\/p>\n

Not only are they ignoring it, and labelling it “boring “, they are now actively lobbying that punishment would be a bad idea.<\/p>\n

There must have been more than lamb on the table, but the trouble here is that the people we trust to ask what, may well have been the same ones at the feast.<\/p>\n

A little more serious than usual today, so here’s a picture of a carrot with what looks like a willy. To show i haven’t lost my sense of humour.<\/p>\n

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Funny that. Please don’t make any connection with slang for reproductive organs and the Scottish media.<\/p>\n

And , of course, the colour Orange.<\/p>\n

That wasn’t my intention at all.<\/p>\n

Apologies for harping on about this today, but i feel that it really needs to be kept in the public eye.<\/p>\n

I history warns us of one thing, it is that it is apt to repeat itself if left unchecked.<\/p>\n

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