Just a couple of things to think about today.<\/p>\n
Those offers that may have dropped into you inbox, or letter box for those who prefer tradition……you know the one. hospitality and match ticket, scottish cup semi final, \u00a3125.<\/p>\n
And as soon as they’ve sold as many of them as they can, we’ll see how many get offered to the regular fan.<\/p>\n
Which isn’t actually the point, you see.<\/p>\n
The point is that those who think of these, er, offers, actually think that the game, and its opponents , are worthy of putting a \u00a3125 offer out there.<\/p>\n
We could be seeing an exampleceltic Park think that those on the outside of Celtic Park are thinking. It may take a while for the club to hit its sales target here. Largely because they haven’t understood the depth of feeling that the support have towards the boards perceived acceptance of the new clubs own idea of its identity.<\/p>\n
Its not the only incidence where the club just don’t seem to get it, as they say.<\/p>\n
The boards reluctance to comment or act upon Resolution 12, where the club suffered consequential financial loss after someone ignored the rules has also led to supporter indifference, and that nagging, yet growing feeling, that somehow the board just don’t give a toss about the support.<\/p>\n
The lads behind resolution 12, an intelligent and resourceful group of shareholders have now written to UEFA to draw their attention to the matter.<\/p>\n
Well, someone had to do something, given the cabal within Scottish football’s reluctance to do anything.<\/p>\n
It does make you wonder why its taken supporter’shareholders to do this. Are not the board supposed to act in their best interests ?<\/p>\n
Which makes me wonder, are they actually doing that ?<\/p>\n
Is it in the best interests, or at least in the view of the board, of the shareholders to also hope this whole issue just goes away, swept under that great big Axminster which hides so much at Hampden ?<\/p>\n
There must be a reason Celtic haven’t got involved. If they are not going to tell us what it is, then we must work it out for ourselves.<\/p>\n
Do they actually think its in the clubs best interest for us not to pursue the issue ?<\/p>\n
If not, why not?<\/p>\n
Were they in on it ?<\/p>\n
Have Celtic, too, been the beneficiaries of the SFA’s light and gentle touch where the rules are concerned ?<\/p>\n
Have others ?<\/p>\n
The SFA’s little fiefdom must be overthrown.<\/p>\n
This isn’t about one club, or even two. It’s about every club from the sunday league up to the Premier League.<\/p>\n
It’s about honesty, transparency and sporting integrity.
\nAll of which are missing fro the game just now, and nobody, bar the Resolution 12 guys, is looking for it.<\/p>\n
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Is that because they are afraid of what they might find ?<\/p>\n
Or have they already found it, and what to put it back where it was, with anther layer of carpet over it, just in case ?<\/p>\n
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