mylothedog Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 WankersArseholesTwats p***ks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 (edited) 19 hours ago, Dons_1988 said: Indeed. Soccernomics has an interesting chapter on the correlation of transfer fees and success and wages and success. Admittedly it’s focused on England but the ‘net spend’ of clubs on transfer fees has seemingly very little bearing on the success of a club. Level of wages however give or take basically predicts a league table. I'm doubtless overcomplicating this - and I fully get the thrust of the post, plus it'd probably help if I'd read Soccernomics! - but there will be some sort of impact on the level of European competition on offer at a club, too? First round exits to part-time diddies from Here Be Dragons countries and failing to progres beyond the early stages is significantly less attractive than probable exposure in the CL group stages and beyond. Although that may be covered in a kind of wages premium on players, I guess - Man City's early transfer dealings prior to becoming CL regulars were pretty hit and miss, but they just soaked up any losses on guys like Clauber or whoever else failed to make any impact and reaped the rewards from paying big bux for Kompany, Aguero etc. They're now significantly more attractive thanks to being an established CL side, I'd think. Taxation (rather fitting subject in this thread) would most likely have an impact on any comparisons between countries, too, although within a league every club is (or fucking should be) playing by the same rules when it comes to their tax liabilities. I think there may be diminishing returns for those paying higher wages on the quality of player you can attract depending on the tax bands - iirc Arshavin ended up with a lower take-home pay when he signed for Arsenal despite nearly doubling his wages, for instance. Edited June 4, 2018 by Thistle_do_nicely 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB1994 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 We Aren't Tax Payers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 3 hours ago, Jdog said: Do you work in Costco mate? https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2733137/celtic-vodka-costco-staff/ The absolute state of her. Clutching her diamante fucking white spirit adamantly offended about something or other. You can't possibly want to back up this kind of trout just because you nominally support the same football team. Surely. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 20 minutes ago, Estragon said: The absolute state of her. Clutching her diamante fucking white spirit adamantly offended about something or other. You can't possibly want to back up this kind of trout just because you nominally support the same football team. Surely. Actually I've realised why the staff didn't want to handle the bottle directly. They didn't want their fingerprints on it in case it was later used as a petrol bomb. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdog Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 39 minutes ago, Estragon said: The absolute state of her. Clutching her diamante fucking white spirit adamantly offended about something or other. You can't possibly want to back up this kind of trout just because you nominally support the same football team. Surely. Calm down hen, she's a bellend for going to the press, but the 2 staff members in a members only club saying their offended selling it and refusing to touch it is equally pathetic, can see them getting demoted or worse for that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 5 minutes ago, Jdog said: Calm down hen, she's a bellend for going to the press, but the 2 staff members in a members only club saying their offended selling it and refusing to touch it is equally pathetic, can see them getting demoted or worse for that. Why? It's Costco, not the SFA - Celtic have no influence over them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdog Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 11 minutes ago, GordonD said: Why? It's Costco, not the SFA - Celtic have no influence over them. Lawwell runs everything, that's why their selling Celtic Vodka in Edinburgh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 This thread has gone ta f**k.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 4 hours ago, Jdog said: Do you work in Costco mate? https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2733137/celtic-vodka-costco-staff/ A fat burd. Clatty looking jewelerly. Maggie. Fife. Costco. Celtic. Vodka. Diamante. Getting offended over stuff. Ned bingo. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GordonS Posted June 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2018 On 6/2/2018 at 12:18, bennett said: We're getting an orange strip? The faux outrage from the P&Bers will be fun... It's not faux outrage. It's actual, justified outrage. We live in a society still riven by sectarianism, and the Old Firm are heavily embroiled in the even worse forms of it in Northern Ireland. Rangers choosing an orange strip makes it so much worse in so many ways. The single worst part of it is that it lends credibility to sectarianism in the eyes of those who are influenced by it. It's a nod to them that hey, we all hate the kaffliks really. Neither half of the Old Firm has done nearly enough to tackle sectarianism, but Rangers have, in several ways and on several occasions, positively encouraged it. This doesn't belong on the banter page though, because there's f**k all funny about it. People get seriously hurt. And if you try to laugh it off, you're absolutely part of the problem. 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainspotter Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 The comments under the article. My eyes are bleeding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 42 minutes ago, Jdog said: Calm down hen, she's a bellend for going to the press, but the 2 staff members in a members only club saying their offended selling it and refusing to touch it is equally pathetic, can see them getting demoted or worse for that. Why? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 2 hours ago, GordonS said: It's not faux outrage. It's actual, justified outrage. We live in a society still riven by sectarianism, and the Old Firm are heavily embroiled in the even worse forms of it in Northern Ireland. Rangers choosing an orange strip makes it so much worse in so many ways. The single worst part of it is that it lends credibility to sectarianism in the eyes of those who are influenced by it. It's a nod to them that hey, we all hate the kaffliks really. Neither half of the Old Firm has done nearly enough to tackle sectarianism, but Rangers have, in several ways and on several occasions, positively encouraged it. This doesn't belong on the banter page though, because there's f**k all funny about it. People get seriously hurt. And if you try to laugh it off, you're absolutely part of the problem. " Actual justified outrage" over a football strips colour..... " Rangers have, in several ways and on several occasions, positively encouraged it." I'm sure that you can provide examples? You're an awfy intolerant chap Gordy. -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 2 hours ago, Bohemian said: This thread has gone ta f**k.. It's a Sevco thread, what did you think was going to happen? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Westander of County Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 BBC news has Joey Barton's endorsement for Steven Gerrard: Joey Barton is backing Steven Gerrard to be a success at Rangers because "slow, plodding midfielders tend to be good managers". https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44359100 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 3 hours ago, GordonS said: It's not faux outrage. It's actual, justified outrage. We live in a society still riven by sectarianism, and the Old Firm are heavily embroiled in the even worse forms of it in Northern Ireland. Rangers choosing an orange strip makes it so much worse in so many ways. The single worst part of it is that it lends credibility to sectarianism in the eyes of those who are influenced by it. It's a nod to them that hey, we all hate the kaffliks really. Neither half of the Old Firm has done nearly enough to tackle sectarianism, but Rangers have, in several ways and on several occasions, positively encouraged it. This doesn't belong on the banter page though, because there's f**k all funny about it. People get seriously hurt. And if you try to laugh it off, you're absolutely part of the problem. Are you surprised when the person you're quoting accepts racism and glorified child abuse? That the absolute fucking mutant is still allowed to post on here is a joke. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 25 minutes ago, Les Westander of County said: BBC news has Joey Barton's endorsement for Steven Gerrard: Joey Barton is backing Steven Gerrard to be a success at Rangers because "slow, plodding midfielders tend to be good managers". https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44359100 So it seems he doesnt say anything remotely like this about Gerrard. Between this and the "Killie will win the league headline" from a couple of weeks ago it seems the BBC are plqying up to Daily Express levels of clickbait. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicBeans Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 4 hours ago, GordonS said: It's not faux outrage. It's actual, justified outrage. We live in a society still riven by sectarianism, and the Old Firm are heavily embroiled in the even worse forms of it in Northern Ireland. Rangers choosing an orange strip makes it so much worse in so many ways. The single worst part of it is that it lends credibility to sectarianism in the eyes of those who are influenced by it. It's a nod to them that hey, we all hate the kaffliks really. Neither half of the Old Firm has done nearly enough to tackle sectarianism, but Rangers have, in several ways and on several occasions, positively encouraged it. This doesn't belong on the banter page though, because there's f**k all funny about it. People get seriously hurt. And if you try to laugh it off, you're absolutely part of the problem. It is a method of distraction at this point. No commercial person in their right mind would see it as a good long term commercial decision but that is not how GR are operating with the current owners. It certainly seems that the last two directors resigning has led to a not a care in the wothe or staunchness from Ibrox. I suppose by now they have figured out that there is no super hero with “investment” willing to piss away their money on them. Take the short term commercial decision and bleed from the stone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 23 hours ago, DeeBairn said: Celtic spent over 70 million on running the entire organisation. 500 or so staff, not quite the same thing as spending it on a team of 25 or so players. Theres your difference. What's amusing though is how uncomfortable the Celtic fans on here are about their own success. They are in the pink financially and achieving plenty on the park. Rather than laugh at Dingwall's comments they get all huffy and start a thread. Quite clearly, their comfort zone includes: The fake news story like the Gerrard Pro License fiasco The Edinburgh Costco vodka wifey Rangers' orange tops Give them a story which highlights how successful they are and which is basically complimentary towards them and they haven't a clue how to deal with it. Give them an ill-researched piece of gossip which may possibly be defamatory towards Rangers and they are all over it like a B-List divorced American actress with a ginger English prince. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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