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I think that we both know that he has.

Yeah, and it seems that the club's debt hasn't gone. It's just been transferred.

Me. Well, I'm not really, but if all he is doing is planning to move our existing debt to another provider and finance the promised spending spree by taking out more debt, and if we don't qualify for the CL, then have another spending spree it could be heading in that direction. we have no idea what Whyte's plans are and let's hope that he come out and clarifies it and I'm barking up the wrong tree.

Westminster isn't foisted on anyone. It's a democratically elected government and Scotland has consistently voted for unionist parties, rejecting the possibilty of independence. Londump? Highlights the chip on the shoulder attititude that many nationalists have.

I meant to say largely ignored. There were a few mentions along the way but nothing of any extent.

If we get rid of the references to fenians and the pope then hopefully more will step forward.

I haven't a clue how serious AJ's misgivings are. He obviously has some though. He and the other 4 directors were appointed to the Committee to report to the other shareholders, which they are failing to do, other than some press sound-bites. We can't automatically assume that Whyte is going to be better than the status quo, if his plan is putting us �£50m in debt by the end of next season.

Definitely not. Not all of the Labour party are Celtic mad. You just need to find the ones that aren't and support them. Perhaps become more active and don't allow the Labour party to be dominated by people who only support the other side.

It's not. It stretches far wider than that. We've seen the favours that have been done to Celtic, with GCC selling them property for �£1. It's no co-incidence that the regeneration of the area around Celtic Park and the award of the Commonwealth games to that area took place. It isn't a couple of discredited journalists that have got the TFS and TBB an arrestable offence while Celtic fans can freely sing about Huns and display banners withthe use of that word. It isn't a discredited activist that got a motorway closed for a religious leader while ensuring that the anniversary of the reformation was ignored. We do have friends in power and it's up to us to ensure that there's a level playing field to allow them to express their views without being instantly branded a bigot. We're 20 years behind them but it's time we started catching up.

I'm not. He should be telling the shareholders his views NOW and not waiting until further down the line.

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Hmm. The tax bill will be covered by the club and not Whyte. I also don't see how the balance of �£2.2m will be put into the club, but I guess we can wait and see if that point is just spin or not.

Fair point. I was actually thinking about making the same point about someone else's comment on the same article.

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9 points up with 3 games to go. as nerve-racking as the top of the SPL.

And there's still some who claim Muir isn't the bank's representative on our board.

The accounts would still be available though.

I'll be disappointed if Frankie isn't first with the news.

It's certainly a short term gain. However we don't want to see the debt rising to unmanagable levels and having worse problems in 5 years time.

But is he clearing the debt?

It seems that the fans are being misled as there is an expectation that he debt will be cleared and not just switched to another provider. We've been there already. There may not be any other options but it doesn't mean that it's going to be great for us. However, perhaps i'm reading too much into it, but it'll be interesting to see how much detail is given if/when it's completed.

Healy was brought in as a replacement for Beattie/Miller. We didn't know that we were also going to get Diouf until the very last moment of the transfer window and obviously decided that we could do with them both to bolster the squad.

I've got concerns that al he is going to do is load us up with more debt, and has no plans for debt reduction. I'm hoping these fears are unfounded but nothing has been said to date that explains how everything is to be financed, which is a concern.

Agreed. I don't agree with everything AJ has said but there's nothing to suggest that he isn't acting in the best interests of the club and fail to see why he's a parasite.

Isn't it wonderful that when they win, it's down to their good football but when we win it's because teams lie down to us.