Pacific Quay Musings?

[26th of foot 5,829]

KLAXON KLAXON  Hear this!  Hear this!

 

It is Friday night and I am viewing BBC Scotland's satellite channel's live coverage of the Championship match between Partick Thistle and Dunfermline Athletic. Half time is 1-1 and the trio of Jonathon Sutherland, James McFdden and, Leeanne Crichton spend ten minutes discussing first half events. There are another five minutes before the second period begins and the Shetland pony announces an interview of Jack Butland by Tom English. 

 

We know BBC Scotland's Chief Sports Writer has been banned from both Sellik Park and Lennoxtown since the close season by Peter because he penned the truth about Brenda's departure to Leicester City. Initially, Peter banned BBC Scotland in it's entirety but relented after demanding both the corporation and Tom English apologise. The Gang Hut offered full throated consummation because ah mean, 'faithful through and through'. However Tom has refused and remains on the naughty step.

 

Tom's five minute chat with Butland is nothing spectacular but reveals the English keeper is not remotely interested in returning down south any time soon. Significantly,  the interview was conducted at Auchenhowie. 

 

PQ have NOT flagged up this interview on their website or on any of their numerous TV and radio news shows. It has been sneaked in at half time during a Friday evening Championship live coverage. The Gang Hut will be raging, BBC Scotland's Chief Sports Writer providing a service to license fee paying Rangers supporters! Steven Gerrard was Rangers manager for three and a half years and the national broadcaster does not possess a single second of interview pertaining to that time.

 

Has Tom gone rogue?

[26th of foot 5,829]

Laying Siege to Mentality?

 

Thirty minutes after Sellik securing a 1-3 victory yesterday at Fir Park, Brenda appears to conduct the post match interview with BBC Scotland's Jane Lewis. The 53 year old experienced PQ Staffer began, "The victory ensures the title race continues"?

Brenda : "In terms of the title race, the story has already been written about this group but, we will write our own story"

Jane Lewis : "Can you elaborate on that"?

Brenda : "No, no you know exactly what I mean".

Jane Lewis : "It's quite cryptic, can you explain"?

Brenda wound up the interview by concluding : "Done, good girl, well done".

 

Jane Lewis handed back to Richard Gordon in the studio and he said, "oh, oh well" and, than laughed.

 

It was a surprising reaction from ra Sellik Gaffer to a reasonable line of questioning. It sounded as if Brenda had rehearsed(a la john Leslie in front of a mirror) his reply whatever the question. Why he ran for the comfort of condescension in his guillotining of the interview is even more damning but, quite illuminating. Of course, in the nature of any hint of negativity enveloping all things Sellik, the immediate action is vicTIMhood. Jane Lewis was being mercilessly trolled last night on social media, she is a bitter 'Well fan, exercising her long running agenda with Celtic, .......... etc. Ms Lewis did exercise her thirty-odd years of experience by insisting she was not fazed at all by his comment, "just for the record, I am not rattled, hurting, bitter or, deflated".

 

Jane should be worried about her employer, PQ's initial reaction was Brenda had made a James Hunt of it, embarrassed himself and the club by adopting such a misogynistic, patronising line. An hour later, the wagons had been circled and the website declared, 'Celtic will write own story says defiant Rodgers'. The establishment broadcaster abandoned the sensitivity of it's reporter and got right behind the establishment football club. Both PQ and Sellik are refusing to comment on the interview. Concurrently, two days after it had been broadcast at half time on Friday evening's live coverage of the Thistle - Dunfermline live match; PQ has stuck Tom English's Auchenhowie conducted interview with Jack Butland(see immediately above) on it's website.

 

Again, the PQ Producers, Directors and, Editors are laying siege to mentality when it suits them.

 

 

Edited February 26 by 26th of foot

[26th of foot 5,829]

Celtic Connections.

 

This year has seen the thirtieth anniversary of the Glasgow based arts festival, 'Celtic Connections'. An early New Year, month long celebration of concerts, ceilidhs, talks, musical sessions and, workshops. The most tenuous connection to Scottish folk and traditional music is exploited to allow everything from Robert Burns readings to spiritual blues to be performed. Obviously, it works because it has been going thirty years and numbers in terms of those performing and attending continue to grow. These days it is a rare boost to Glasgow's night time economy and increases opportunity for those involved to network.

 

At Pacific Quay, Celtic Connections has a different effort and aim. The members of the PQ CSC apply themselves in improving their standard of life both individually and collectively through on message support furra green'n'grey hooped horrors. This last week we have had RAB Cosgrove being the subject of a Kevin McKenna Herald double page interview, where RAB is demanding BBC UK provides more resources for BBC Scotland. Former Sellik View Editor and weekly contributor to ra Sellik Way podcast, Kevin McKenna lionises RAB for his academic achievements and agrees RAB's government grant funded production company is worthy of a bigger slice of the economic pie.

 

After five years, the Nine is being scrapped because no one is viewing and the annual £32 million budget is being redirected. The man in his seventy-second year who continually informs the listenership of his chasing Gang Hut Producers around the PQ building has a considerable property portfolio to support and he was relying on his snout continuing in the Celtic Connections flowing trough. McKenna is Godfather to Angela Haggerty's son and since his tertiary education days when he founded his own amateur football side, 'the Vatican Strollers'; he only lends helping hands to fellow travellers on his designated road.

 

Another Celtic Connection was BBC Scotland staffer, Paul English plugging Susie McCabe again in a Herald double paged feature last week. The two long term regularly appearing guests on RAB's 30 year old show took to the paper to sell tickets for Susie's gigs. It was the usual much told story of working class Susie(from leafy Garrowhill) sparking her bits on building sites, fighting anti-gay, anti-catholic and, anti one legged saxophonist prejudices to be signed by one of the UK's top established agencies, 'Off the Kerb'. Susie assures us her life has been harder than her hard hat and she is funnier than a fire in an orphanage?

 

I first saw RAB Cosgrove some 36 years past, it was a TV show called, 'Halfway to Paradise'. RAB was the big star in a wee picture, sitting in a metal cage interviewing Gerry Dunbar, the Editor of Sellik 'zine - Not the View. RAB has always been Sellik connected.

[alexscottislegend 2,057]

On 23/02/2024 at 21:50, 26th of foot said:

KLAXON KLAXON  Hear this!  Hear this!

 

It is Friday night and I am viewing BBC Scotland's satellite channel's live coverage of the Championship match between Partick Thistle and Dunfermline Athletic. Half time is 1-1 and the trio of Jonathon Sutherland, James McFdden and, Leeanne Crichton spend ten minutes discussing first half events. There are another five minutes before the second period begins and the Shetland pony announces an interview of Jack Butland by Tom English. 

 

We know BBC Scotland's Chief Sports Writer has been banned from both Sellik Park and Lennoxtown since the close season by Peter because he penned the truth about Brenda's departure to Leicester City. Initially, Peter banned BBC Scotland in it's entirety but relented after demanding both the corporation and Tom English apologise. The Gang Hut offered full throated consummation because ah mean, 'faithful through and through'. However Tom has refused and remains on the naughty step.

 

Tom's five minute chat with Butland is nothing spectacular but reveals the English keeper is not remotely interested in returning down south any time soon. Significantly,  the interview was conducted at Auchenhowie. 

 

PQ have NOT flagged up this interview on their website or on any of their numerous TV and radio news shows. It has been sneaked in at half time during a Friday evening Championship live coverage. The Gang Hut will be raging, BBC Scotland's Chief Sports Writer providing a service to license fee paying Rangers supporters! Steven Gerrard was Rangers manager for three and a half years and the national broadcaster does not possess a single second of interview pertaining to that time.

 

Has Tom gone rogue?

Maybe he is the long lost grandson of Sam English?

Edited March 4 by alexscottislegend

[26th of foot 5,829]

17 hours ago, alexscottislegend said:

Maybe he is the long lost grandson of Sam English?

Sam English was from County Londonderry and grew up in Dumbartonshire. He was a shipyard apprentice before his professional football career, returning to the tools after retirement.

 

Tom English is from a wealthy middle class Limerick family who owned a number of local newspapers. Tom was privately educated hence, his obsession with rugby.

[alexscottislegend 2,057]

4 hours ago, 26th of foot said:

Sam English was from County Londonderry and grew up in Dumbartonshire. He was a shipyard apprentice before his professional football career, returning to the tools after retirement.

 

Tom English is from a wealthy middle class Limerick family who owned a number of local newspapers. Tom was privately educated hence, his obsession with rugby.

I was jesting 26th but thanks anyway!

[26th of foot 5,829]

John Nelms forks the Dens Park pitch with his tongue.

 

John Nelms is a former US Navy submariner, he spent several years based at the Holy Loch. Continually diving too deep, enduring weeks of breathing each others' farts and, when they open the hatch you find yourself in a midge infested hell hole; it all has an effect. This Bubblehead's particular bubble is helium, have you heard him speak? John keeps his mouth open because he is attempting to equalise head pressure, a fortunate trait that Peter finds most convenient. John is happy to be compliant.

 

According to John he fell in love with ra Sellik whilst moored in Argyll and when he returned to Scotland, fronting Texan millionaire, Tim Keyes investment he was anxious to follow his heart. Dundee were the club he utilised to beat his Yahoo desire. He proposed a Dundee - Sellik league fixture should be played Stateside on St Patrick's day, preferably in Boston. He voted twice by e-mail to secure Sellik's nine-in-a-row and muddied the waters by claiming spam folder happenstance that annoyed Partick Thistle, ICT, Stranraer and, Rangers. He created a scheme allowing Gordon Strachan to have dual roles at both Dundee and ra Sellik.

 

John thinks both Neil Doncaster and Murdoch MacLennan are stand up guys and we can all look forward to the SPL investigation that will blame Sean Batty for getting the weather forecast wrong and fining Rangers because they turned up. Of course, Neil and Murdoch will take the line(s) thrown by Gang Hutter, Kheredine Idessane as the basis for the investigation. John Nelms grasped at his fellow Bhoy's buoys :

 

You and your groundstaff have been here since five this morning forking the pitch?

Another thirty minutes and this pitch would be playable?

The last fixture was delayed for thirty minutes because Rangers arrived late(Kheredine fail failed to mention the crash on the Tay Bridge).

The last fixture saw a further twenty minute delay because of pyro' being ignited within the Rangers support(banged to rights on this one).

 

Kheredine did not confront John Nelms with information garnered from his interview with Philippe Clement :

 

Rangers only found out there was a problem after 09.30 hrs because the club kitman had arrived at Dens to see Nelms and groundstaff forking the pitch. He was told they had called a local Ref' to undertake a 10.15hrs inspection. 

The game was the only senior professional match in the UK postponed over the weekend.

Dens Park has hosted 16 league fixtures this season and four of them suffered postponement due to a waterlogged pitch.

 

I will save the SPL the time and expense. Neil and Murdoch will say exactly what Peter tells them to say, just like John Nelms. 

 

[JohnMc 2,468]

It's hard to know which Dundee team to dislike more these days. I've been told on a number of occasions that Dundee is much sunnier and drier than 'the west coast', perhaps they're just not used to rain... 

[Devil's advocaat 1,275]

Tannadice is, and has always been, a dreadful surface too. Who knows, maybe bitterness and envy ain't good for the green stuff.

 

It was funny listening to Stewart on sunday, trying to work out how he could blame this clusterfuck on Rangers.

[alexscottislegend 2,057]

13 hours ago, 26th of foot said:

John Nelms forks the Dens Park pitch with his tongue.

 

John Nelms is a former US Navy submariner, he spent several years based at the Holy Loch. Continually diving too deep, enduring weeks of breathing each others' farts and, when they open the hatch you find yourself in a midge infested hell hole; it all has an effect. This Bubblehead's particular bubble is helium, have you heard him speak? John keeps his mouth open because he is attempting to equalise head pressure, a fortunate trait that Peter finds most convenient. John is happy to be compliant.

 

According to John he fell in love with ra Sellik whilst moored in Argyll and when he returned to Scotland, fronting Texan millionaire, Tim Keyes investment he was anxious to follow his heart. Dundee were the club he utilised to beat his Yahoo desire. He proposed a Dundee - Sellik league fixture should be played Stateside on St Patrick's day, preferably in Boston. He voted twice by e-mail to secure Sellik's nine-in-a-row and muddied the waters by claiming spam folder happenstance that annoyed Partick Thistle, ICT, Stranraer and, Rangers. He created a scheme allowing Gordon Strachan to have dual roles at both Dundee and ra Sellik.

 

John thinks both Neil Doncaster and Murdoch MacLennan are stand up guys and we can all look forward to the SPL investigation that will blame Sean Batty for getting the weather forecast wrong and fining Rangers because they turned up. Of course, Neil and Murdoch will take the line(s) thrown by Gang Hutter, Kheredine Idessane as the basis for the investigation. John Nelms grasped at his fellow Bhoy's buoys :

 

You and your groundstaff have been here since five this morning forking the pitch?

Another thirty minutes and this pitch would be playable?

The last fixture was delayed for thirty minutes because Rangers arrived late(Kheredine fail failed to mention the crash on the Tay Bridge).

The last fixture saw a further twenty minute delay because of pyro' being ignited within the Rangers support(banged to rights on this one).

 

Kheredine did not confront John Nelms with information garnered from his interview with Philippe Clement :

 

Rangers only found out there was a problem after 09.30 hrs because the club kitman had arrived at Dens to see Nelms and groundstaff forking the pitch. He was told they had called a local Ref' to undertake a 10.15hrs inspection. 

The game was the only senior professional match in the UK postponed over the weekend.

Dens Park has hosted 16 league fixtures this season and four of them suffered postponement due to a waterlogged pitch.

 

I will save the SPL the time and expense. Neil and Murdoch will say exactly what Peter tells them to say, just like John Nelms. 

 

White man speak with forked tongue.