LOOKING in on some of the conversations on Celtic Noise, the new fans forum, on the outrage at yesterday’s semi-final stitch up by the SPFL, you get the sense that Celtic supporters have had enough. The official Celtic statement last night was welcome – see HERE – but it is what we do next that is going to matter…
IMATIM – Playing the devils advocate…what exactly could/should our custodians have done regarding the stitch up with the scheduling of the League Cup semi finals? The club put forward a reasonable, transparent and fair proposal on how to resolve the matter. This proposal was simply dismissed by the SPFL Board. The club then made a public statement condemning the summary dismissal of their proposal.
As things stand what else can the Club do? What avenues are open to us as things presently stand? This matter obviously went to a vote and vested interest voted for what suited them and it wasn’t for fair and transparent governance.
If someone has a sound and rational answer as to what we can do about this obvious miscarriage of justice and decency I want to hear it. If there’s a way to ensure this type of thing never happens again I want to hear it.
It’s not enough imo to say Fergus would have fixed it and please believe I am not sticking up for Peter Lawwell when I say this. I will judge Peter Lawwell at our AGM on what he does or doesn’t do re Resolution 12. Look! We know the score here. Paul Larkin said it best – “Anyone but Celtic”
So what can we or the Club do about this?
Michael Duffy: Bottom line we should be at Hampden as we are the holders, Peter Lawwell not allowed to sit in the vote, great shout for Paul Larkin and Fergus, maybe now the board will take our concerns seriously and confront the bodies who put obstacles in the way of our team, “operation stop 10 in a row!
Stubhoy77 – I think if the club got together with representatives from supporters groups and possibly some individual’s who aren’t attached to any CSCs and put to them the possibility of refusing tickets. I know the main downside is the club won’t have any supporters at the match but it’s making a statement that says we’re not taking this any longer. We’ve contributed more to Scottish football than any other team in probably the past ten years. We’ve earned clubs money through our participation in the Champions League plus loaning out players to various Scottish clubs. It’s time we got a fair crack of the whip and I know it’s not the best option but maybe the only one we have.
Gary67 – Let the SPFL board know that Celtic will not take part in any advertising/media events for the game, there will be no pre-match press conference by the manager or anyone from the club and there will be no pre/post match interviews given. In addition the Celtic board should not attend the game and the club should not handle any tickets. It’s then up to supporters to decide whether or not they want to attend. P*ss off the main sponsors/media partners rather than call for supporters to boycott.
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