Yesterday Radio Scotland delayed its daily Sportsound podcast until a few hours after the vote was announced from the EGM of the SPFL. Some Celtic fans suggested it was to allow for grief counselling.
With Michael Stewart the only regular capable of independent thought Kenny MacIntyre was surrounded by the like minded as they carried out a post-mortem on the cause that they have championed since inviting Scot Gardiner into their Inverness studio to share details of his WhatsApp chats.
Stewart was notable by his absence.
From the moment that Douglas Park called for the suspensions of Neil Doncaster and Rod McKenzie the state broadcaster has refused to consider any alternative view. Maybe governance at Ibrox isn’t quite Gold Standard despite weekend claims of £10m of investment.
The so-called dossier didn’t contain any hard evidence, it turned into pages of innuendo and WhatsApp messaging with the call for suspensions dropped without explanation. Bullying and coercion were replaced with ‘wrong-doing’ and concerns over governance.
On the subject of governance, you won’t find Sportsound going near UEFA licencing. The lessons of 2011 haven’t been taken on board with no sign of the 31 December 2019 Interim Accounts from Ibrox.
Once they are published, once the SFA provide an update on licencing for next season’s UEFA competitions the state broadcaster will have some fresh material on governance to discuss.
Just recorded a lively @BBCSportsound podcast with @TEnglishSport @DarrylBroadfoot & @Kheredine2018 reacting to today’s vote. Will be available in the next hour or so.
— Kenny Macintyre (@kennymacsport) May 12, 2020
Must have been like a grief counselling meeting – hope somebody remembered to bring the donuts
— Charlie Malloy (@cbmalloy07) May 12, 2020
Thought you’d just want to move on from this Kenny, is everybody not interested in this stuff now…….
— williams deadly oar (@OarDeadly) May 12, 2020
Hosted at the Stenhousemuir Ludge by any chance?
— CG44 (@Ticketustastic) May 12, 2020
They scripted Tom’s section.
— Owen Harte (@OwenHarte1) May 12, 2020
Used to enjoy the show, but after Tom’s selective confirmation bias-heavy ‘reporting’ on this issue, I would rather stick needles in my eyes. Cheers.
— Lainey Donnel ????????? (@LaineyDonnel) May 12, 2020
The rangers elite all three of you geez peace ?
— Lisa ? (@lisagill2512) May 12, 2020
The next investigation should be into his lack of professionalism. His obvious bias, lack of impartiality, and all round crap journalism.
Deserves his jotters— Gazzarinho (@gazzarinho1) May 12, 2020
Yawn, remember no need to put name in and takes literally 2 minutes.? pic.twitter.com/OVVgTJQa8I
— Snaggsagain ??? (@snaggsagain) May 12, 2020
40 mins of Tom English trying to convince us that 31% is a majority. Let it go… let it go… let it go….
— Sandy Reid (@Sandybhoyreid) May 12, 2020
Nearly choked on my dinner there with Tom’s comment about people having an open mind. Pot, kettle never been more appropriate. He has been completely closed off to the side of this debate that represents the majority view of clubs and fans.
— mrimo (@ibamorrison) May 12, 2020
Nearly choked on my dinner there with Tom’s comment about people having an open mind. Pot, kettle never been more appropriate. He has been completely closed off to the side of this debate that represents the majority view of clubs and fans.
— mrimo (@ibamorrison) May 12, 2020
