gisabeer 409 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 If we are to believe newspaper reports and gossip then Mr Bain is actually fighting the bank and muir tooth and nail in defence of the club. maybe we should cut him a bit of slack, we need all help we can get. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 Cometh the hour, cometh the man....you just never can tell what people are like unless you know them. I'm going to bear this time in mind next time Bain annoys me and I reach for my keyboard, bile spilling from every orifice. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,187 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Cometh the hour, cometh the man....you just never can tell what people are like unless you know them. It's funny what people will do when their job is under threat.... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 It's funny what people will do when their job is under threat.... Probably too little too late. Well done to him anyway. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,366 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Yes, it's a very good statement by Bain, but it's something that he should be doing routinely. Have things got that bad that we are now having to praise our CEO for doing something that should just be a standard part of his job? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 Ach, he can't win then. If he came out with that sort of statement every time the tims said or did something typically undignified, he be as bad as them, and have no time to do anything else besides, given 'them'. These things only have impact if they are done rarely. On top of that, it's a rare CEO who actually praises the fans, rather than patronising them in order to extract wonga from them. Liewell over the road is the classic example of someone who is always in the papers, banging on about how wonderful TGFITW are, only to then shaft them once again. I'd far rather have a Bain type than a Lawwell type. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,366 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Ach, he can't win then. If he came out with that sort of statement every time the tims said or did something typically undignified, he be as bad as them, and have no time to do anything else besides, given 'them'. These things only have impact if they are done rarely. On top of that, it's a rare CEO who actually praises the fans, rather than patronising them in order to extract wonga from them. Liewell over the road is the classic example of someone who is always in the papers, banging on about how wonderful TGFITW are, only to then shaft them once again. I'd far rather have a Bain type than a Lawwell type. Andy, I'm not suggesting that he says things every time, but he (and SDM) have allowed the support to be slaughtered routinely over the past 5 or 6 years, and they have stood back and allowed it to happen. My comment was more aimed at that side rather than specifically Celtic. He has also had plenty of other opportunities to praise the fans and not taken the opportunity. For example, I believe that the club received praise from Arsenal on our fans at the Emirates tournament, and the club deliberately hushed it up, and would not have it publicised. I can't go overboard on the praise of a man who has discriminated against employing Rangers fans in the past. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 That's true, but I find myself wondering how much of that was at the behest of SDM, given the speed with which Bain has come out fighting the minute the former is off the scene? It's not as if I know anything 'behind the scenes' but it's quite an encouraging start in the virtual post-SDM era. We can always hope, anyway. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,366 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 That's true, but I find myself wondering how much of that was at the behest of SDM, given the speed with which Bain has come out fighting the minute the former is off the scene? I'm sure some of it was, but not the issue with employing Rangers fan. That was Bain himself. It's not as if I know anything 'behind the scenes' but it's quite an encouraging start in the virtual post-SDM era. We can always hope, anyway. Agreed. People do change, and perhaps Bain has grown into the role more than he had in the past. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imbran Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 A quality retort that give very little or no scope for reply. nice one martin, just a pity the club dont do it more often. Agree with that - about time there was some defence of the club AND the supporters 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.