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    Sorry double post.
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    Could mean we could win the premier at the first time of asking? Mr. Smith might expect to get a call from Liewell on this article.
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    Okay, your opinions have some validity. Apart from Templeton ( 800 k ) all of this squad that has been added came free except for wages. Now two questions: 1. With no transfer budget and a need to cut wages ( from CEO Wallace ), who would you cull and who would you add to the squad? 2. Who would you replace Ally with, such that we would consistently play "good" football and no more big punt football and still win the next two year's leagues?
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    One more all round, and a Merry Xmas to all !!!
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    And a Merry Xmas to you too, SBS.
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    Merry Xmas to all on Gersnet from across the pond. Here's to another championship in 2014.
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    Here you go Rab, it seems like Liewell has been lying again ... http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/police-deny-banner-ban-lift-for-celtic-perth-trip-1-3242456 Police deny banner ban lift for Celtic Perth trip Banners and flags have been banned from Celtic's Boxing Day clash with St Johnstone. by ANGUS WRIGHT Updated on the 23 December 2013 22:27 Published 22/12/2013 14:18 CELTIC have found themselves at loggerheads with Police Scotland after giving their supporters the green light to take flags and banners to the Boxing Day clash with St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park. St Johnstone had announced on Sunday that a ban had been imposed in a bid to prevent flags being used as a shield to let off smoke bombs and flares, which is a criminal offence in Scottish football grounds. During Celtic’s most recent Scottish Premiership away trip, against Motherwell, a number of pyrotechnics were let off among away fans and two smoke bombs thrown on to the pitch. Celtic announced earlier this afternoon that that decision had been reversed – only for match commander Superintendent Kevin Lynch to criticise the statement hours later, insisting that the ban remained in place. The Celtic statement read: “Following discussions today between Celtic, the local police and St Johnstone FC, it has been decided that flags and banners will now be permitted at the match on Boxing Day. “We have an excellent relationship with everyone at St Johnstone FC and we thank them and the police for reviewing their initial decision. “Football is about colour and atmosphere and creating a positive occasion for all and everything should be done to ensure that such an event can take place. “However, it is also imperative that the safety and the well-being of fans is given paramount importance, and in this regard we share the obvious desire of St Johnstone FC and the police that all matches take place in a safe environment. “We do not need or welcome any form of pyrotechnics at matches and clearly any continued presence of these does nothing for Celtic Football Club or our supporters. “Celtic has already had discussions with our main supporters’ representatives and we have been assured that our supporters will again back the club in the right manner at McDiarmid Park. “With the team currently unbeaten in the league, we want our fans to come and enjoy the game safely in a positive atmosphere – and hopefully celebrate the club continuing this great run over the festive season.” But Superintendent Lynch was later mystified by Celtic’s claim that a policy change had been agreed. “We were unaware of this statement in advance of it going on the Celtic website,” he said. “It is very disappointing and it would appear there has been some confusion. “There may be mixed messages, but I must stress there has been no change in the policy agreed with both clubs regarding the Boxing Day fixture. “We had a collective agreement in place with both St Johnstone and Celtic following a pre-ops meeting held at McDiarmid Park last Friday. Celtic were represented at safety officer level in discussions regarding effective policing measures. The club signed up to the previous joint statement. “We agreed with the clubs and the ground safety plan measures that flags and banners would not be allowed into this particular match because of the recent incidents at matches in Scotland involving flares and smoke bombs. Nothing has changed in that respect.” The Parkhead statement also caught St Johnstone off guard and insiders believe that the Perth club is in danger of being left to handle the fall-out. They echoed the police view that the banner ban – impacting on both sets of supporters – had been agreed and implemented as a one-off after private talks with the authorities and Celtic. The furore came as Motherwell began work to replace more than 250 seats which were broken by Celtic fans during their Fir Park meeting on 6 December. Police said that 18 smoke bombs, three fireworks and one flare had been set off inside the ground. A number of arrests have been made as police probe the vandalism inside the ground and several disturbances outside. Those scenes prompted St Johnstone to announce their restrictions in a joint statement with Police Scotland on Sunday. The Perth club had said: “Supporters will be aware that, regrettably, there has been a significant increase in the letting off of flares, smoke bombs and other pyrotechnics at games across the country this season. “These are inherently unsafe not only for those around the devices but also for spectators in general, particularly those who suffer from breathing disorders. They also have the potential to set seats alight and cause flags to burn. “St Johnstone FC and Celtic FC fully support Police Scotland in their attempts to eradicate this nuisance from our game and as part of the planning process for this match between the three parties and other agencies, and as there have been several instances of flags being used as cover for the igniting of these devices, a decision has been taken that for this specific fixture flags and banners will not be permitted inside McDiarmid Park.”
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    Who's kidding who here, Liewell? http://www.sportinglife.com/football//news/article/26854/9086742/celtic-flag-ban-climbdown Celtic flag ban climbdown Last Updated: December 23 2013, 18:55 GMT Fans will now be able to take flags and banners to Celtic's Boxing Day clash at St Johnstone following a U-turn by the Perth club and the police, according to the Scottish champions. Celtic fans: Behaviour has led to UEFA fines St Johnstone had announced on Sunday that a ban had been imposed in a bid to prevent flags being used as a shield to let off smoke bombs and flares, which is a criminal offence in Scottish football grounds. Celtic's most recent Scottish Premiership away trip, against Motherwell, saw a number of pyrotechnics left off among away fans and two smoke bombs thrown on to the pitch. But Celtic announced on Monday that the decision had been reversed. A Celtic statement read: "Following discussions today between Celtic, the local police and St Johnstone FC, it has been decided that flags and banners will now be permitted at the match on Boxing Day. "We have an excellent relationship with everyone at St Johnstone FC and we thank them and the police for reviewing their initial decision. "Football is about colour and atmosphere and creating a positive occasion for all and everything should be done to ensure that such an event can take place. "However, it is also imperative that the safety and the well-being of fans is given paramount importance and in this regard we share the obvious desire of St Johnstone FC and the police that all matches take place in a safe environment. "We do not need or welcome any form of pyrotechnics at matches and clearly any continued presence of these does nothing for Celtic Football Club or our supporters. "Celtic has already had discussions with our main supporters' representatives and we have been assured that our supporters will again back the club in the right manner at McDiarmid Park. "With the team currently unbeaten in the league we want our fans to come and enjoy the game safely in a positive atmosphere - and hopefully celebrate the club continuing this great run over the festive season." The statement came as Motherwell began work to replace more than 250 seats which were broken by Celtic fans during their Fir Park meeting on December 6. Police said that 18 smoke bombs, three fireworks, and one flare had been set off inside the ground. A number of arrests have been made as police probe the vandalism inside the ground and several disturbances outside. Those scenes prompted St Johnstone to announce their restrictions in a joint statement with Police Scotland on Sunday. The Perth club had said: "Supporters will be aware that, regrettably, there has been a significant increase in the letting off of flares, smoke bombs and other pyrotechnics at games across the country this season. "These are inherently unsafe not only for those around the devices but also for spectators in general, particularly those who suffer from breathing disorders. They also have the potential to set seats alight and cause flags to burn. "St Johnstone FC and Celtic FC fully support Police Scotland in their attempts to eradicate this nuisance from our game and as part of the planning process for this match between the three parties and other agencies, and as there have been several instances of flags being used as cover for the igniting of these devices, a decision has been taken that for this specific fixture flags and banners will not be permitted inside McDiarmid Park."
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    Nicely taken goal ... http://www.101greatgoals.com/goals/england/stoke-v-aston-villa-live-video-updates/
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    Utopia, dream on bud.
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    Anchorman is calling for unity behind a strong leader. GS you are calling for Wallace to sack BS & JI immediately. In my opinion that's the worst thing he can do. He can't be strong yet cave to the first pressure bloc that voices an opinion. The first thing he has to do is bring calm and stability to the club. He must get it running within its means. When he has done that he can quietly invite both BS & JI to resign, but the situation must be under his timing and control. His mandate is to present a solid investment opportunity to investors.
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    Expanding on Ian's headline above ... By Paul O'Hare Two fans held as police launch series of dawn raids against thugs involved in shameful scenes of vandalism and flare-throwing at Fir Park 19 Dec 2013 07:29 A MOTHERWELL and a Celtic fan, aged 16 and 23, were arrested in yesterday's early morning raids. And police warn there could be more over the Christmas period. POLICE yesterday launched a series of dawn raids against thugs who disgraced Scottish football at the Fir Park shame game. Two men were arrested as officers warned the yobs responsible for appalling scenes at the Motherwell-Celtic match: “We’re coming to get you over Christmas.” The police chief leading the investigation said they planned to swoop on the homes of a further 20 fans. And Superintendent Glen Bland warned there could be many more. He said: “This is just phase one. It is an ongoing operation and it will continue over Christmas.” A Motherwell and a Celtic fan, aged 16 and 23, were arrested in yesterday’s early morning raids in Lanarkshire and Glasgow. Celtic fans at the December 6 match let off smoke bombs and flares. Two smoke bombs were thrown on to the pitch. Renegade Hoops supporters, sitting next to a Green Brigade banner, ripped up 200 seats in the South Stand. And police were forced to separate fans from both clubs outside the stadium as they tried to fight each other. Detectives have been examining CCTV footage, TV coverage and internet video of the carnage, as well as taking statements from ordinary fans disgusted by the hooligans’ behaviour. Officers had already arrested five supporters from both clubs, aged 16 to 21, and two suspects have appeared in court. But yesterday marked the start of a new chapter in the operation. Supt Bland said: “We are looking at both camps and we will not tolerate this sort of criminal behaviour. “The majority of fans are decent, hard-working people. We are looking at 20 people at the moment but we are still trying to identify others who were involved.” Celtic condemned the Fir Park scenes and suspended 128 supporters from all their games in response. The club also effectively disbanded the Green Brigade by cancelling the season tickets of 250 fans in Section 111 at Parkhead and offering them seats elsewhere. The club were fined £42,000 by UEFA last week for a Green Brigade banner display linking William Wallace and IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands. The stunt at last month’s Champions League game with AC Milan was the latest in a series of protests by the “ultras” group.
  13. barca72
    The Blue Pound, the ultimate prize.
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    You know if you read this report it looks like a lot of stuff got missed in the indecent haste to merge. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/deal-merge-spl-sfl-finally-2005261 By Dailyrecord.co.uk Deal to merge SPL and SFL finally clinched after marathon meeting at Hampden 28 Jun 2013 07:40 TALKS between the two bodies dragged on for 15 hours following a series of disagreements and breaks for legal arguments but finally the SPFL will come into being next season. Talks went on for 15 hours at the national stadium A NEW Scottish Professional Football League was finally ratified by Scotland's 42 senior clubs in the early hours of this morning. An agreement was reached on a merger of the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League after a long day and night of protracted talks at Hampden which spanned around 15 hours. The new set-up will see the current 12-10-10-10 structure remain, under one organisation, with the introduction of play-offs and a new financial redistribution model. Discussions began with an SFL board meeting at 8.30am and talks with the SPL were still going 13 hours later following four different adjournments to hear legal arguments. Disagreement was the order of the day and at one point a request was made for a final decision on the merger of both bodies to be deferred for a week. But that request was denied by the SPL and a deal was thrashed out last night after darkness fell on the National Stadium. The new board will comprise of Eric Riley (Celtic), Steven Thompson ( Dun. Utd. ), Duncan Fraser Aberdeen ), Les Gray (Hamilton ), Mike Mulraney ( Alloa ) and Bill Darroch ( Stenhousemuir). Emerging after the meeting, Hibernian chairman and former SPL board member Rod Petrie said: "It's been a difficult day for a lot of people, there has been a lot to consider, but everybody has approached it in a positive and professional manner. "I think it's right that everybody took their time and made sure that we got the fine detail correct. Here we are in agreement and all the clubs can go forward in a positive vein now. "People have had strong opinions and they are right to have strong opinions to do what they think is right for their club and we now have 42 clubs who have agreed on a way forward and that's got to be a positive stance for Scottish football. "From a supporters' point of view, they probably don't see a lot of change but from the management of the game and the way that we organise ourselves, it will streamline the way things are done and hopefully we can all get behind some new initiates for the game going forward to help things on the pitch." Rangers were associate members of the SFL but are now full members of the new organisation with full voting rights. Interim chief executive Craig Mather said: "We have always been active and we continue on that road and be humble. It's been interesting but we've got there. I'm very happy." Earlier in the day the uncertainty over passing the resolution was, as Annan chairman Henry McClelland had told Record Sport, due to the feeling that due diligence had not been able to be properly carried out on the SPL’s finances. The chairman emerged from one break in talks and said: “The fans must think this looks like a shambles, and they’d be right. It is a shambles.” The SFL board expressed their concerns when they refused to pass Resolution Three at their first meeting of the day and asked the SPL chairman Ralph Topping to join them for consultation. Topping, Record Sport understands, told the SFL member clubs they had to take the SPL on trust. But there was a lack of unanimity over whether that was possible. Another meeting after a break for lunch was abruptly ended when the SPL finally agreed to make a full disclosure of their finances. They had originally been requested by the SFL’s auditors to provide that information last month, but had declined to do so. Lawyers acting for both sides then stepped up their efforts to accelerate a decision on the way forward. Delegates were asked to return at four o’clock, only to adjourn yet again after a short meeting and agree to meet up once more three hours later. The coming and going prompted one delegate, who asked to remain anonymous, to remark that it wasn’t so much the dawn of a new era as a new error. Delegates from the far-flung parts of the country then started to make hotel reservations as it became clear they were in for the long haul if business was to be concluded on the same day that talks started. The 7pm gathering had hardly got under way when club representatives returned to the foyer at Hampden having been asked to give lawyers more time for negotiation. It was abundantly clear by then that the joining together of the SFL and the SPL wasn’t being carried out in a harmonious mood. It showed all the signs of being a marriage of inconvenience. And if the product of their alliance was the announcement of a new league being born then it was equally obvious that it had been a difficult labour.
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    Forgot about that bit, but the SPFL probably had fat Rod write a new rule to bypass that stipulation.
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    Gribz, I don't know if you can blame Longmuir. He and Ballantyne were dead set against a merger with the SPL. They were undercut by greedy chairmen like Les Gray of Hamilton and Turbull Hutton of Raith Rovers. They led the revolt and along with the bulk of SFL1 & 2 agreed to accept Liewell's thirty pieces of silver.They wanted scraps from the TV and Sponsor's deals to keep full time football at their clubs. How smart was that? I guess with no sponsor and teams in the former SPL struggling, we'll find out. http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/hamilton/222469-hamilton-academical-chairman-disappointed-by-sfl-chief-longmuir/
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    As much as I hate the IRA and the GB, I think this law is wrong. Getting fined or jailed for singing a song inside a football ground just doesn't sit right.
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    Let me see if I have this correct, because you swear at me and make an unsubstantiated statement, which I have no way of confirming but which suggests a knowledge of privileged information from the RM server if you are right, I should conclude that you are telling me the truth. Is that right, eh? Now before you come back let me say this - I am perfectly capable of deducing what went on with that account's postings on RM. That is not, and never has been the point. The point is that people posting, and I include TRS in this, unsubstantiated material are not being helpful to the Rangers support. Surely the speculation on every subject from the BTC to the present AGM has taken its toll on the nerves of the Rangers support - look at the present levels of division among the support. When is enough, enough?
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    If you post an allegation without proof or post an allegation without being able to substantiate it is that not speculation? If you followed the full conversation my point was that people can cause anxiety to the support by these very actions i.e. posting unsubstantiated statements.
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    Oh stop acting it. You give us two choices by your implication in post #194, either RM or Rangers. Rm issued a statement and you yourself have just said you do not believe they were complicit, that leaves someone at Rangers. There is no false accusation there, the implication is obvious. Of course, since we don't know for sure that 'IamRangers' is IA, then all we have is your secret sources' word that IA did in fact register for email notification of pm's via his @rangers.co.uk email address. We know you are talking about IA because post #194 is a direct answer to Gunslinger's musing that IA contravened the DPA, for which Zappa chastised him no doubt in an attempt to curb any more speculation. So, is it true or is the whole thing supposition? I guess only you will know. To be clear, I am in no way attempting to defend IA, his actions while at Rangers or his dismissal. I don't want to say anymore.
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    You are in fact correct about the email account, I misread between the email and the RM accounts. However, you still speculated about the RM account in April and then re-iterated that assumption as a fact yesterday. You then state that he registered for email notification of any pm's to that account. How would you know that? By stating that both RM and Rangers would know that you are, by implication, saying that one of them had to be the source for the TRS article.
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    He was absolutely desperate for McCoist's backing.
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    My apologies for making an assumption. Engaging on an internet forum is not the same as financially backing the club. You are to be commended for sticking to your principles.
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    From you're original supposition in April ... What I was meaning was that the clue is the linking of the account to his @rangers.co.uk address. I believe the account may well have been a pre existing one used by Rangers and taken over by Imran who probably reset the email preferences to his own address in order to be notified of any pm's to the account. Quote Originally Posted by forlanssister View Post He registered for email notification of pm's via his @rangers.co.uk email address that information would have been known to both RM and Rangers (if they'd looked of course). Your post last night.
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    You're back now though, even after he's done so.
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