In the last week Celtic have came under attack from several different directions, it's time we started to flex our muscles and hit back at these people by bhoycotting their products. I'll start with Gordon Waddell of the Sunday Mail, he makes comments about Landry N'Guemo that if they are not Racist then its as close as you can get, he goes with a headline of " YOU MUST BE RADIO RENTAL" he then confuses the Amazon in South America with Cameroon in Africa, that doesn't matter, what matters is that he infers that Landry told lies by saying that he listened to Celtic games on the radio when growing up, while casting aspersions on two former Celtic players ability, he insults both Landry and Celtic football club. I have written to him (Waddell) his editor George Cheyne and Peter Lawwell to officially complain. If ther are any Celtic fans out there who still buy this paper please refrain in future, you do nothing but finance these people to attack Celtic on a weekly basis.
Next up in Mad Vlad Romanov, he tells anyone who will listen that the only way we can beat Dinamo Moscow is if we get help from the referee,well that will be a case for contacting the Guiness book of Records, why has this mug got to comment on Celtic, you would think he had enogh to worry about with his own team.
But the best of all is Dundee Utd chairman Stephen Thompson, he attacks Celtic chairman John Reid for having the cheek to tell the other SPL cubs that they got it wrong with the Setanta deal, i think they know that now alright, a few will be on very shakey ground with the banks, he also has a go at Celtic because Peter Lawwell and John Reid didn't attend the AGM, he has the audacity to complain about Celtic sending Director Eric Riley to the Agm. Best of all is, he says to be fair to Rangers Martin Bain was away all week, does that infer that he isn't being fair to Celtic, i think the answer to that is very clear, so what can we as Celtic fans do about it ???
I would suggest that since these clubs keep telling us that they dont need us that we put that to the test, lets pick 2 or 3 grounds and bhoycott them, see how they get on without the Celtic fans, i know thats very hard to do, but we would only have to do it once, they would soon see they would be in an even more terrible state without us, it would also give us an oppertunity to drive a better deal on ticket pricing and catering. This could obviously only be achieved with the full backing of the Celtic fans, but it could be done, its time for us to sand up for ourselves and our team.
I never heard about that article by Waddell but thats an outrage, the thing that annoys me is that they get away with it.
I think you make very good points about the Bhoycotts. I think if you are serious about them then the CSA need to write and e-mail to every member club and other bodies AICSC'S etc, Celtic themselves, other websites TAL Forum, Huddleboard, Celtic Underground etc.
I dont know if you's already do, but do you not think producing a monthley e-mail newlsetter for member clubs in regards to situations like this - anti-Celtic bias in the media whether it be newspapers,radio, television naming the culprets as well, bhoycotts, ticket situations, events and appeals the Kevin McDade Fund, etc would be a good way of guaging support, opinion and weather bhoycotts etc can take place with the support.
It would be be good for the busses to show the members it at there meetings and on the bus etc.