Celtic Rumours Archive August 26 2011

26 Aug 2011 23:24:54
Is this correct ?
FIFA and UEFA are based in Switzerland therefore got to obey to the Swiss law.
MG69 {Ed007's Note - No.}

No that's wrong , each member has to obay they swiss law in gerneral living there but sports law is totaly different . there is a seperate law and court for sporting related cases.

Fifa have already said it does not matter what the swiss court has said in relation to player being registered for the swiss league it will not make any different to there decision . if found guilty both fc sion and the swiss fa will be hit hard by fifa.

but mind you, that could be fifa just passing the buck.

but if not found guilty that leaves a president to every other club with a transfer embargo on them.

So why did they go against the SWISS supreme court and challenging it in a civil court?

26 Aug 2011 22:33:53
Commons twitter account tonight
Why ?
kcommons15 Gutted about thurs night but fingers crossed UEFA do the right thing tues and chuck sion out Were certainly due a bit of luck.

Was this not in response to him not being in Scotland squad ??

Is commons having a laugh, these players dont deserve to be in europe, its a bad day when our players are talking this much crap on twitter, he should concentrate on trying to play football

I'll tell him why, he's done nothing since the start of the season apart from miss a penalty and nobody will tell me he's not overweight. The guy who sits next to me at CP said Commons is quoted as saying he's been "bulking up" in the gym, sorry but the last thing he needs to do is bulk up FFS

One of my favourite players last year but has'nt done it so far this season.

26 Aug 2011 21:50:15
hate putting my team down but same again as last year we get linked to every god dam player who is unsettled in the English Premiership but end up with nothing, I love this club but dont know what direction we are going its scary to see what level of player we have now attract very worried celtic fan

26 Aug 2011 21:31:49
hi ED im watchin the barca n porto game and wonderin why why NL doesnt scoure south america to find players cause porto seem to find the rite strikers mids def ect the people celtic should sign (PORTO SCOUTS LOL), the scouts we have couldnt pick a pin out of a hay stack or should I say sack the scouts?OR the( lawellnd £nd the desmond crew)or cant they AFFORD it {Ed007's Note - There are problems with work permits for young players from South America. Man Utd can argue that a youngster has great potential plus they have the option to use Royal Antwerp to 'loan' players to which allows them to gain a European work permit or even dual nationality. If CFC tried to bring a young player over the authorities would ask 'If he is that good why are the bigger teams in EPL not looking at him?'. CFC have had to plead cases for a lot of players, most recently Wanyama.}

Hi Ed, good point.

In your opinion any idea why we don't try a partnership with one of the smaller European clubs which would enable us to do the same. This would be wise investment as then African and South American players could be identified and filtered through as Man Utd do.

Surely this wouldn't cost that much as deal could be done to loan players etc which would benefit all parties.

(did we not have some agreement with a Hungarian team ? Could be used to facilitate this as they are in the EU or failing that our strong contacts with Sweden ((Henrik)) or other countries could be used)

Just a thought :-)

Johnboymcs {Ed007's Note - CFC had ties with Ujpest while Willie McStay was manager, I am not sure how close the relationship was/is. Tie ups with smaller teams abroad could be a benefit, even to loan players to etc, the youngsters that Man Utd have sent to Antwerp over the years is quite impressive including John O'Shea, Darron Gibson and Jonny Evans, just to give them experience of playing first team football in a competitive league. I am not sure of any financial costs that would be an issue, it is just basically to benefit both clubs.}

OP we kind of have.

We've looked at lesser leagues and teams in South America and I think this is definitely the way to go as far as scouting South America is concerned.

The problem with Brazil, for example, is that some clubs in their leagues are capable of bidding comparable amounts to those in the EPL so there's no reason they can't rip sides off. For example, Corinthians recently bid around 30M for Tevez. That's aside from work permit issues and rules around players leaving Brazil (I think it's 17 or 18 before they can go abroad and we're not powerful enough to get authorities to bend the rules). They also get involved in 3rd party ownership etc. which complicates deals.

In an ideal world quality south american players signing 4 the Tic would b awesome but with our history of signing 'SAMBA SUPERSTARS' I think thats a wee bit ambitious haha.

I,m a rangers fan and cannot agree with your comment about your scouts,they got you ki,kayal,izzy,commons,rogne and a few others,not too bad a find

26 Aug 2011 20:22:39
Not a transfer rumour but I just wanted to ask my fellow Celtic fans if you agree with me that, with him being fit again, Thomas Rogne MUST start on sunday against St Mirren and then every other week after that (aslong as he doesn't get injured again)

If you agree = believable

If you disagree = unbelievable

For those who clicked on 'unbelievable', could you tell us why?

Getting back into Europe would be payback in some way for the Rapid Vienna fiasco in 84. Uefa owe us one.

Wanyama looked good i would have him with kelvin wilson both good in air and have pace rogne a bit ring rusty wouldnt risk him in a must win game

26 Aug 2011 19:55:21
i think the board have got alot to anwser for to be honest they havnt supported neil lennon this season at all havnt given him any money and i think if we get into the europa league we should be thankful and this should be a great chance for the board to show there trust in neil lennon by giving him money to spend on players

Absloute rubbish, sorry but how can you say that? The board are 100% behind NL, where have you been for the last year?.......Miko

Shamrock Rovers need i say more
Stevie

Lol they have been behind neil lennon were do you come to that how much money have they given him to spend other than the money from the mcgeady sale em only 900.000 for wanyama and your saying there behind him i think not if they were they would have given him money to spend

The board have not backed him at all this summer, £900,000...not good enough. Some of you are fools

Shut up miko the celtic board r just a bunch of tight w@nkers they have not backed him what so ever.

Get real lads stop making excuses for our under achievements , you cannot blame the board for this shambles, i'll guarantee you that the Celtic wage bill is higher than 90% of the clubs competing in the europa cup , blame the over paid prima donnas that are playing week in week out........ Stevie

I agree,however if the board allow NL to purchase Liam ridgewell and aldo de nigris then I think we would win the spl...that's all we need 2 quality players

26 Aug 2011 19:07:20
Hi Ed. Just wondering how much Celtic acctually got for Izlam Feruz. Thought he was the way forward. HH {Ed007's Note - The compensation hasn't been sorted yet, it will likely be in the region of 350k as it is a standardised system Chelsea use in such matters.}

Nothing has been agreed yet celtic are still hopeful of signing him i hope we do he could be a great player for celtic and worth alot of money in the future

To be honest the lad owes Celtic big time . Hope he does the right thing by establishing himself here and then moving on .
CelticMatt

Celtic helped the bhoy and his family. the least he could do it give it another year. DomBhoy

26 Aug 2011 17:55:26
there will be no straight route into champions league for the winners of spl im sure ed will back me up on this one. plus if we get into europa league i fear well end up 2nd again cause that shower of imposters we have wont be able to handle midweek games aswell {Ed007's Note - I don't have time to wade through it and be 100% certain, but I think it is entry at the third qualifier. Someone did send me a link on Twitter earlier (Wikipedia though) saying both first and second place enter at the third qualification round??? The sites are that busy that I don't really have time to look into it further just now, sorry. Here is the Wiki page, but I don't count Wikipedia as a reliable source at all.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_UEFA_Champions_League

The winners go straight into the champs league next year

This seasons winner goes right in to the group stages. It is the year after when everyone will have to qualify

Here ed see that wiki page diz he write aw hiz ain stuff ur is it in kerean, n' anithur thing he's akchewally kwite big. wheres that 'kin kat,here smelly puss, naw no you vera,k'off

Hope im wrong and youz r right but lets be honest will it matter if we keep playing the way we have been. we cant even blame it on the team having to gel like the neighbours can. am not being defeatist just trying to be realist. sorry if you dont agree lads. but looking at their signings and the guys there gona get back plus the experience the team has at winning leagues. i fear the worst. still will be at paradise tho. good times and bad.

hail
hail

I think what happend to us was a shock that we needed cause we wernt good enough but if we do get through to the group stages we will need to spend and i think thats what we will do and i dont think if we do it will effect our preformance in the league if we get better players in hail hail

I feel the year after but if we BOTH do well in the CL... and the swiss have a bad run then we can claim the place back. Its why we got that place back last year

26 Aug 2011 17:35:24
What the F**k is wrong with you all celtic had the least conceeded goals last season down to the defence oviously so leave dan maj alone hes a great guy to have at the back

Honestly m8 have u ever watched maj play? i think not becoz the guy is a total diddy and any1 who says he aint havent got a clue

You obviously havent watched him because sounds like your a season ticket holder at Jurassic park, his positional awareness is atrocious and has cost us too many games.

Are u serious? Have u been to a game and seen him play? Ive seen milk turn quicker than that big tool
All round improvement is needed anyone who cant see that needs help.

You havin a laugh the big swede is a tumshy(turnip)

You are havin a laugh mate dan makes that tit loovens look like JT he is a complete liability slower than NL would be now and a f**kin idiot, he single handedly knocked us out of europe and struggle to think of a single time he has looked confident, stuff selling him get him out release the t**t

Big dan runs as thou he is toeing a caravan, and to go to ground inside a minute is beyond me. if he stays on his feet i think the keeper might have stopped this as the boy took a heavy touch and did not have close controll of the ball, very poor for the so called experianced player

Dan should be back up at best. He is off form at the mo. Lennon shouldnt have played him the other night. IMO Lennons judgement is starting to look suspect.

Yeah & hes "not the real jesus,his names dan & hes been a very naughty boy, now clear off"
marty bhoy

Ah it wouldnt be the same unless Celtic fasn shooting down their own players. you would think other Celtic teams had never been beat.

Mate waken up think you are on the wrong site, were talking SPL record, when it comes to the big boys our defence is pish as usual.

Get a grip of yourself he is a bombscare u must be off ur head if you want him at the back

Yes mate I agree...the back door unfortunatlely

26 Aug 2011 17:02:42
I see the Frenchies are expecting to mee the hoops in the EL. Lifted this from the Rennes website:
Le calendrier des matchs – Jeudi 15 septembre : Udinese – SRFC à 21h05- Jeudi 29 septembre : SRFC – Atletico Madrid à 19h- Jeudi 20 octobre : SRFC – Celtic Glasgow à 19h- Jeudi 3 novembre : Celtic Glasgow – SRFC à 21h05- Mercredi 30 novembre : SRFC – Udinese à 19h- Jeudi 15 décembre : Atletico Madrid – SRFC à 21h05

C'mon the CAS
HH
/BB

It actally says (translated to English) Finally, the third opponent of Stade Rennais FC will definitely be known in a few days. Initially drawn in the group of SRFC, the FC Sion could be excluded from the competition and replace it with the Scots of Glasgow Celtic , last opponent in the Swiss

Jeudi 15 septembre ?ɬ† 21h05 : Udinese / SRFC

Jeudi 29 septembre ?ɬ† 19h : SRFC / Atl?ɬ©tico Madrid

Jeudi 20 octobre ?ɬ† 19h : SRFC / FC Sion ou Celtic Glasgow

Jeudi 3 novembre ?ɬ† 21h05 : F.C Sion ou Celtic Glasgow / SRFC

Mercredi 30 novembre ?ɬ† 19h : SRFC / Udinese

Jeudi 15 d?ɬ©cembre ?ɬ† 21h05 : Atletico Madrid / SRFC

Direct from there website....so they aren't sure how the case is gonna go

Even if we do get in, it will be a hollow victory to group stages.....we were well beaten and will be by the teams we join (IF we get in)

DazzaBhoy

26 Aug 2011 16:37:49
Has anyone else noticed Sion's first goal was more Browns fault because he doent have the skill to be playing out on the right If we had a winger on in that area we would have retained the ball.

MG69

The 1st goal was Majstorovic fault, end of.

Drew

26 Aug 2011 16:20:01
Have heard that Middlesborough are in for Le Fondre and that Celtic have enquired about McDonald and McManus from 'Boro. If that is correct I have mixed feelings on this. As they say 'Never go back' so what do you guys think?
Why not go the whole hogg and go for Robson as well and give them Sam and Dan the Vagina Brothers


Jinky Fan.

I think it would be a great signing. for both. McManus next to wilson and mcdonald a back up to stokes and hooper. (thats if lennon decides to play stokes)

I've heard a whisper that rasmussen and maloney are going to middlesborough with macdonald and macmanus coming our way.

McDonald looks as though he's wearing two body warmers under his stripe instead of only the one when he was with us.
And McManus is just Dan with hair.

I'll take LeFondre and a cheeky loan bid for D Wilson of Liverpool.

HH
/BB

To be honest if they sign McManus a give up We need to go forward not back.

McManus and McDonald were both slated at Celtic, McManus was poor and McDonald was labelled fat. I thought it was a mistake letting McManus go but would prefer a young striker to partner Hooper with.

Mick mcmanus is one of the worst celtic captains ever, an even worse defender too i'd never go back if we bought him again. shocking rumour hope its a silly fan pulling our leg

ktf davybhoy

26 Aug 2011 15:18:40
Ok so we might get back into Europe through the back door which would generate some much needed cash to pay a decent wage for a decent player. Only thing is decision on Sion being made on Tuesday and window closes Wednesday Will we spend without the guarantee of Euro cash? I doubt it. One thing is for sure. Samara should not be at the club any more. He lacks heart and ambition and Lenny you are making a major mistake every time you put your faith in him. I said after Ross County that Sammy would cost Neil his job. I know it's a bit harsh but he prob cost us the league last year yet he is still getting a game. Paddy McCourt would put in more effort and score more goals (wouldn't be hard) Come on Neil wake up mate

How can u say Samaras cost you the league? He didnt miss his penalty... McGregor saved it PLUS do you 4get Inverness when yas bottled it?

Samaras has got something special but the problem is you only see it in very very small doses, he definitely has to go but don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t for one minute believe Paddy McCourt is the answer, Paddy is the laziest player at Celtic, the fact the guy is from Derry has kept him in favour with the Celtic support, Samaras is a better player and there transfer fees will show this if we manage to punt these two lazy B**tards

Everyone blames Sammy. I don't particularly think the guys has done anything for us but to blame him for us losing the league is wrong. We got beat at Inverness in a game that quite simply wins us the league and he didn't play. Last week against St Johnstone another game that could eventually cost us the league, he didn't play. Sammy is a scapegoat and he doesn't contribute much these days but he's not to blame.

26 Aug 2011 14:44:37
If Lennon continues with Majstorovic it will cost him his job, never been more confident of anything. I think a striker and a centre half will be in by Wed. However for this Sun i would like to see Mark Wilson at Centre half along with Kelvin coz he can and has played there before. Mulgrew at left back and Matthews at right back. Nothing but a win will do on sun and i think this is the only back four available that will make sure it happens.

Drew

Yes Wilson and Mulgrew have been our best CH's over the last few years. A bit worried about sunday. St Mirren are not going to be easy

David

@David - What the hell are you talking about 'Wilson and Mulgrew have been out best CH's over the last few years'?

We only bleeding re-signed Mulgrew last season and he never started playing CH till halfway through the season out of necessity and Wilson has only ever played there a handful of times Get your facts right before posting ffs

Bunny Munro

Is Rogne fit? if he is he should be the most obvious choice for me to partner wilson, i like wilson as well at right back but also i like the looks of cha du ri going forwards but defensively would put in wilson, johnny

26 Aug 2011 14:05:14
{Ed007's Note - A friend of mine has re-wrote a song/poem and it is in the CFC News section, The Tims They Are A Changing}

26 Aug 2011 13:37:19
Why does Lennon not go with the 3-5-2 formation that he and his helpers played so well in , I think with the squad we have would do better in this formation , what do you all think ?
Mg69

We don't have 2 good enough centre halves just now never mind 3

I've always thought this is a great formation to go with when you have two great attacking full backs as we do. however there is a but For this to work well you need good central defenders and someone mopping up which we just do not have at the moment. It does make sense but only if we can get the central area sorted with another one or two QUALITY purchases.

(was amazed England never did this with Cole and Johnson as full backs)


Johnboymcs

We dont have the defenders for that formation. Even if we did, teams wud then just go 3 up front and stretch the back 3 leaving big gaps for players like Davis and Naismith and Wylde to run in2, we would get murdered in old firm games playing that way.

Drew

Forster
K.Wilson rogne mulgrew
Commons brown kayal ledley izzy
Hooper stokes

3-5-2 would never work with commons on the right and neither hooper or stokes is good enough in the air

Because a 3-5-2 the way celtic used to play it means having 3 central defenders not in action for large parts of the game. Against teams in Scotland playing one up front that means two spare men at the back and a player short in midfield. Under St martin we were only really a threat from set pieces against anyone better than run of the mill SPL games. We could play a 3-5-2 the way Barcelona play it with Ki in the Busquets role dropping in between the Centre backs and recycling posession but it means Ledley and Brown on the bench with Commons or McCourt as the main creative midfielder. If we were to sign a good quality playmaker it could work, if the team has the discipline to stick to the system.

Island Bhoy

Few managers play it now because a 4-3-3 usually will beat it. Thats how McLeish got the better of O'Neill at first and then Martin went 4-4-2.

Tried it last year at home in a game and played awful mate

He has been playin 4 5 1 so far this season and its been a disaster anything is worth a try

26 Aug 2011 13:06:23
Sion in group I with Athletico Bilbao, Udinese and Rennes. If we go into that group very tough but 3 cracking home ties. Sion were 4th seeds, but Celtic would have been in pot 2 but glamour games if we get reinstated. hail hail timalloy

I think we need to foget about Euroup now, it has gone we wern't good enough.

26 Aug 2011 13:03:38
thats a group i woulda loved to have been in

26 Aug 2011 13:02:26
Athletico, Udinese, Rennes and SION would we get through.


No

Spurs and Shamrock Rovers as well.

26 Aug 2011 12:37:54
Ed is Lennon doing the usual Friday press conference today? Interested to hear about this striker that we were only days away from signing. Place could do with a lift...... {Ed007's Note - I don't see why he won't hold his usual weekend pre match press conference at some point.}

26 Aug 2011 12:32:57
Celtic could be handed a route back into the Europa League after UEFA president Michel Platini said that Sion were "in clear violation" of a ban on transfers and had used ineligible players in the competition.

Sion defeated Celtic 3-1 to take a place in the group stages but had registered five new signings in their squad. A FIFA ruling had banned them from all transfer activity for two transfer windows.

That ban has been in dispute and is set to be heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport but Platini has said that UEFA will make a ruling on Sion's participation before their first group match on September 15.

"What is happening there is the rules have not been respected. FC Sion has not respected the rules of the transfer ban," Platini said. "They signed players and then played those players."

Sion have challenged the rulings made against them in a Swiss court but UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino said that was not relevant to footballing matters and confirmed that they could be ejected from the Europa League.

"The civil court ruling does not affect UEFA," Infantino insisted. "We will look at our rules and the FIFA rules. There is a ruling by FIFA, CAS have ruled, it went to the Swiss supreme court and everything was confirmed but it has been challenged again.

"It is an interpretation question which is complicated - whether a two transfer-window ban means two transfer windows or parts of several transfer windows.

"Sion will be in the draw but they can be subsequently excluded. The control and disciplinary body will make a decision certainly before the group stage starts."

If Sion are proven to have fielded an ineligible player following Celtic's protest, the automatic punishment under Article 14bis of UEFA's disciplinary regulations is a 3-0 forfeit.

The rule reads: "A match may be declared forfeit if a player who is ineligible under the regulations of the competition concerned participates in the match, as long as the opposing club files a protest."

26 Aug 2011 12:26:48
Sorry to say this.. It is hard to say but IMO mk dons would win the spl and they are league1 ..I can't think of Celtic ever being this bad it's a shame Lawell & co can't spend money it's so obvious our players are not Celtic class I would play larsson he would score more goals than our strikers even now.

Its a combination of things for me

Poor players (we all know who they are)
A niaeve manager. (the board appointed him).

The real issue is here is the board and here is the problem. They keep telling us the club must be run within its budget and we cant get in to debt, but if they are running things as a business then all businesses have to go forward and invest to progress otherwise the regress. We as a club are regressing through complacency and more worryingly a complete lack of investment. If we had spent £10 million this year, we would have made the Europa league stages and recouped that money and with that investment would probably bring the league back. That would mean we get straight in to the CL recouping our investment with money left over for reinvesting.

The fans are being made a fool of and their loyalty being exploited to the full. We have two shareholders who are near off billionaires who are penny pinching. I have to question why they are there in the first place if they wont put their ££ where their mouth is. The only way this will change is if the fans vote with their feet and stop turning up. Before I get any comments of "call yourself a fan, etc etc" as a season ticket holder, yes I do and our actions will speak volumes. Enough is enough.

Part of the reason there's no money is due to fans not attending matches. So take your comments about voting with your feet and stick them pal.

26 Aug 2011 12:17:44
Sion should be kicked out of europe. Sad times for scottish football. Rangers and Celtic get your money out (if we have any)

26 Aug 2011 11:59:35
daily record - scott brown hires personal shopper. says it all about how good these clowns think they are

Nearly spewed when i read that this morning. Maybe he should hire someone to show him how to pass, head, shoot and tackle

26 Aug 2011 11:45:29
The Europa League draw starts at 12 noon. Might aswell keep an eye on the draw as we may end up replacing Sion...although it will be an embarrssing way to enter any tournament.

TrampsPants.

26 Aug 2011 11:28:05
No rumours,no stories,just this...Majstorovic MUST GO

26 Aug 2011 11:01:15
Scottish football is f***ed. most of the co-efficient points wee earneed in 2007/8. if we dont improve next year we will be on par with san marino and the f***ing faero islands

26 Aug 2011 10:53:10
I watched last night's tragic comedy in the pub with my Son and at least 100 other Celtic fan's the majority of whom are season ticket holders. To a man/woman we could see the glaring deficiencies on the park, so I hope Lenny and the rest could do to. It's not rocket science too many over paid over hyped players who frankly are not fit to wear the shirt. As Big Jock said "the Celtic shirt doesn't shrink to fit the player" sadly these modern day fabrics they use clearly does.

26 Aug 2011 09:36:27
After last night once again I was underwhelmed by our centre halfs. To my mind the best central defensive pairing we have had over the last few years has been Mulgrew and Marc Wilson. I know every one will say they are fullbacks and not center halfs but they both seemed alert, quick, read the game well, and comfortable with the ball at their feet. McNamara and Boyd both moved in to the center with great effect, and I think this is what should happen now. Mathews and Cha can be the full backs. Hope your listening lenny

David

Honestly the crap sum ppl talk is unbelievable. mulgrew and m.wilson r no were near as gd as k.wilson.yes they wud be better than maj but thats not hard

26 Aug 2011 01:52:45
majstorovic must never play again for the hoops. well done sion we dont deserve to qualify and hope were not put in by default. why cant we spend £5m before these games to make sure we qualify and get the money back or an i being too sensible here?

Will Majstorovic meet the same fate as Hooiveld did after last years farce?? Lennon didn't give him a sniff at the 1st squad after that Fingers crossed

Aye someone Samaras gets away with it game in game out

26 Aug 2011 01:38:14
said it a couple of years ago we shouldve signed s.fletcher when he was hibs so we would be way ahead of the rest of the spl. but we missed out and now hes worth a lot more. how long are celtic going to do this. just spend some f***ing money and get a return on them either by winning prize money (europe) or selling them on for more. IT SHOULD BE FOOTBALL BEFORE BUSINESS. fans pay plenty to watch their team not to see owners making profit.

angry tim

Agree completely and posted similar comments yesterday. We have regularly missed out on not just good players but also financial benefits through large seel on fees for numerous players. Two main recent ones hat spring to mind are:

Fletcher as you stated, we bid for him but did not go the extra mile to sign for him. Last move he made he went for 7 million and figures being quoted about the press down here in Engalnd were 10m plus now for him to move elsewhere. This would have been a great profit and also given us the quality for the period of time we had him.

McCarthy, linked with him and reported interest but not followed up with a bid. Now being quoted as a £10m plus prlayer who is getting rave reviews in the premiership and is destined for one of the top four in few years.

We have top business men on the board who have amassed huge wealth but yet seem unable to see player expenditure as part of both finacial and success long term.

Not asking for £50 m but come on board, Lawell, Desmond, O'Brien, set up a plan to invest sensibly for future success. A £10 m fund initially would be a start

Johnboymcs

26 Aug 2011 00:27:54
Online Petition to Change our game, support change, embrace it...it needs to happen.

www.ipetitions.com/petition/spl2011

Our game is dying a quick death and it needs to be stopped

Ed please post this, we need t stand together to fix the scottish game {Ed007's Note - If you leave an e-mail address (nobody else will see it) I will contact you regarding this.}

Eh no offence mate but what exactly is the "change" you're on about, and why would FIFA and UEFA care about changing anything in our country over those in San Marino, Andorra, England or anywhere else in Europe or planet Earth?

Declare a decent mission statement on how we might actually change (or for the love of got at least mention WHAT you want changed) and maybe I'll sign it.

IMO highlighting the gap in finances between and as a result, in your opinion and in the opinion of millions in Europe - unfair distribution of wealth to top leagues who already gain millions per annum in sponsorship deals might be a good start.

But then I wouldn't only support Scotland's league. I'd support the Swiss and Slovenian leagues as well - none of these guys are exactly laughing their way to the bank on 375k a week, certainly no more than they're laughing at us.

Hi guys Rangers fan here I agree with a petition but i think its both our clubs super rich owners that need to be targeted they both have the idea of targeting worldwide markets with us targeting america and you asia to make the cash but they are not spending it ok they needto operate accordingly but the money is made through qualifications and tv deal but how do we get tv deals if nobody wants to watch our mediocre players without spending on quality players then we will not earn the good tv deal we must speculate to accumulate we have both become the "whipping boys" we ourselves used to take to the cleaner and it is not acceptable. Thursday the 25th of august could be remebered as the day thats scottish football died or the day that change began i think in some cases rivalries must be put to 1 side and we must stand together for the good of our beloved football and teams WE DESERVE BETTER