In the short life of Sevco, the bizarre search for the Admirable Warburton’s replacement must really be up there.
Firstly, the lateness of this communique is due to my schedule today.
I’ve been down the Rocky Road as I’m on conference duty tomorrow.
However, I got a chance to speak to an Ibrox source tonight and the picture he painted was one of Machiavellian dysfunctionality.
I realise that the Daily Radar is running with the story that a compensation package of €400k has been paid to Pedro’s employers.
This is an amazing high-Level scoop that must have taken exhaustive investigative work.
My information is that, as of this morning, it had not been paid.
However, someone may have felt pressured enough to write a cheque.
That’s largely how Sevco is funded these days.
Someone blinks at the last moment and the funds are provided.
For the avoidance of doubt, the blinker is never Dave.
My guy said that Mr Bomber was particularly animated yesterday when the Santos Laguna tape of Pedro emerged.
Today the man who played for Ibrox stadium was at Murray Park to tell the Serious Professional and a junior member of the board exactly what he thought.
I think it is fair to say that these two chaps now have a full grasp of Mr Bomber’s nuanced position on Pedro and his previous brotherly associations.
If he is finally hired I’m told that the Portuguese coach will be on “fifty to sixty percent of Warburton’s salary”.
My understanding is that puts Pedro at something close to the ex-City trader’s original contract at Sevco.
I understand that one of the problems in sourcing a British-based coach was the dual issues of autonomy and budgets.
Pedro is ok with Sevco’s arrangements on both matters.
I think it is fair to say that however this works out it will be a win-win for Mr David Cunningham King.
If it is a rip-roaring success, then he is the guy at the helm, the chairman.
However, if Pedro crashes and burns then the South African based entrepreneur had no hand act or part in the recruitment process.
Therefore, he will be able to call those responsible to account for their mistake.
In the immediate aftermath of the Warburton “resignation”, the chairman was asked some difficult questions.
His response was to devolve authority to a small group within the Sevco High Command to source a replacement.
That merry band was comprised of those who had been Dave’s most persistent interrogators.
If the Portuguese chap proves to be a calamitous failure, then the wily chap south of the Limpopo will be able to point the finger at them.
One of the problems is that the Serious Professional said to the Club 1872 folk that the recruitment process had been meticulous and detailed etc.
Therefore, any failure by the Portuguese brother of Celtic will damn those who sourced and approved him.
In all this, I feel for Pedro.
He really has no idea of what he is about to enter.
For example, he will never have met anyone as dignified as Mr Bomber.
Pray for Pedro.
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Sevco turned up yesterday with a very clear agenda….kick everything in a green and white jersey, and take the yellow card if required.
From the first few minutes when Miller launched a two footed off the ground challenge on Armstrong, which the Celtic player was quick enough to avoid, and was a red card all day long, the agenda was clear. Out came the yellow!
Waghorn ‘ s brutal kick on Bitton could easily have been a red, not a yellow.
Tavernier took objection to Broonies’ keepy uppy routine and just kicked him right in front of the ref. I think his defence was that Brown was taking the piss….another yellow card from Madden.
It got worse…….Holt throws himself from behind into a tackle with both feet off the ground and halves Roberts in two……could easily have been a red, yellow? No way decides the ref, play on which h resulted in Holt being inches away from scoring.
No wonder Gordon and Lustig went ballistic resulting in a yellow card for the latter with the culprit walking Scot free.
What would the reaction have been if he had scored?
And then we have the piece de resistance……………Hill tries to pull Griffiths back outside the box and fails, no play on advantage signal rom the ref, apparently missed the grappling!
Griff shapes up to put the ball in the net from 6 yards with his trusted left foot as Hill clearly brings him down with a right footed tackle from behind and as the Celtic forward is falling Hill has the faintest touch on the ball.
Penalty, never says the ref………pull it back and award a free kick for the original foul on the edge of the box….never saw that one either, play on signals the ref.
A bad day at the office for the Ref?…not according to Super Ally, ref had a blinder according to the former gardener.
What did he see that I didn’t?
Just about sums it all up, Joe. The masonic tentacles are far reaching and will do their very best to stop the treble (just ask Ronny D)
I also found our own players somewhat “off the boil” yesterday and it was NEVER going to be the 7, 8 or 9 goal thrashing that many had foolishly predicted. The hun media are loving it and treating it like a Sevco win, but I agree with Brendan that this can have a positive effect and ensure we are up for the cup game in April.
Murty has truly sabotaged Pedro’s start in his new role. Had Murty’s side followed the script and been pumped, all would be well. But alas poor Murty pulled off the unthinkable – a draw. This draw has the hun horde slavering about no gap and delusions of taking on timmy next season.
Poor Pedro has two remaining fixtures against the Scottish champions and I doubt the huns will take kindly to a reversal of fortune. Are the bookies giving odds on him to be gone before Xmas?
Very astutely put, Dhenbhoy.
It seems that even their wildest dreams are now loaded with slapstick self sabotage.
I can see it now…
Pedro’s going backwards.
I’m just back from todays game and I thought Sevco were worthy of a draw we simply never turned up. But let’s put this minor dissapointment behind us and look at the bigger picture.
33 points behind us, yes, 33
We’re far more stable as a club than they’ll ever be.
They’ve not beaten us once this season
Superior playing squad
More finances, in fact better on all counts.
Bobby Madden was terrible, no suprises there.
We’re Celtic and they are simply shite.
£2m more in debt just for new manager … does king get a cut? who was the agent for this?
Dermot Desmond ..?
Holy guacamole, the guy’s just signed a 3 year contract yet his new team captain is already telling the world he only has a ‘3 month trial period’.
It’s Bazza and LeGuen all over again, and the gaffer’s not even got his feet under the desk yet.
Pedro Caixinha – Hoax,pain,cider. It’s a masonic riddle inside a Level 5 enigma, inside a tax avoidance clusterfuck. Happy days.
Is it a 3 1/2 year contract with the first 6 months on a trial basis?
I can’t see them handing a 3 year deal to Pedro and his management team without some form of safety net.
Will he be involved in the hiring of the DOF?
If there is any trial period then Pedro is an ejit. Who in their right minds would take that position on those terms?
Magic from a fellow Bampot. Pedro ‘The Simple One’
Brian Kerr in Saturdays Irish Indo (a rag) rangers were demoted,Celtic needs a strong rangers(il),no mention of the ebt’s,no mention of the cheating….jesus wept and he calls himself a Celtic fan.
http://www.theoffshoregame.net/sfa-admits-it-did-know-about-rangers-unlawful-tax-avoidance-scheme-at-time-of-nimmo-smith-inquiry/
An interesting turn but I suspect UEFA will do the same as they’ve done so far, which is SFA.
As if they wouldn’t know … They chose Ogilvie to do the one job he was good at, and had proved he could keep schtum on.
Defraud and deny, deny and delay.
How many golden geese have you plucked today?
The cornerstone of every staunch world class breakfast.
Poor Pedro.
Skype to skelped.
Come on the Hoops.
If this pic is legit then the chant tomorrow should be, ‘Pedro, Pedro, Show us your tattoo!’
http://etims.net/?p=10960
On second thoughts, I wouldn’t want any harm to come to anyone, far less a good Celtic man like Pedro, so maybe not.
Any truth in the rumour the board only became interested in him because they misheard his name as them finding caix in the attic.
Fuck me!
He’s actually done it!
I thought this was all an elaborate ruse set up for a laugh between Peter and Pedro but it looks like he’s ‘done a Craig Whytey’ and let the attention go to his head.
Alas, poor Pedro, we knew him well …
It will end in “terms”
It will end in tears.
“Señor Murray, the songs our fans are singing, can you explain what they words mean, por favor”.
Hope the in-flight film wasn’t T2 Trainspotting.
Sky reporting Pedro has arrived in glasgow at mid day but managed to give the media and waiting fans the slip without being seen ????? Hmmmmmm
Pedro…. Your Celtic brothers welcome you to Scotland
En attendant Pedrot…
… someone who never arrives?
It Beckett’s the question, how can this guy deliver ‘title glory’ when he can’t even deliver himself?
No ill will to Pedro, as he’s clearly a good Tim and has already given us no end of laughs this week, (James Forrest even brilliantly suggested that he might well have been given the cheeky nod from inside Parkhead itself) but how could he possibly dodge the expectant adoring hordes of the ‘Press Pack of The Peepil’ who’ve been camped out at the airport in their pyjamas all week?
Surely not because they all had to run and change their underwear every time a flight from Qatar got anywhere near the tarmac?
LIVE UPDATES ON THE RADAR WEBSITE AS CAXHINIA JETS IN!
So far the biggest news is that someone’s Auntie spotted “big Pedro” getting on a plane in Dubai.
Jose, eat yir hert oot.
I’m surprised we didn’t get the coordinates on Flight Tracker, so the 100 million bluenoses in all the countries in between could look up and give him a wave as he shat on their heads.
This will not end well . .
.( Nostrodamus 11/03/1690 )
Pedro: Jose why did you tell me it was a good stepping stone joining Glasgow Rangers?
Jose: Are you talking about Sevco?
Pedro: Who the hell are Sevco?
Jose: Please don’t tell me you are in Glasgow.
Pedro: Yes Glasgow.
Jose: Oh shit!! When you said you had a chance to join a great team called Rangers, I thought you meant Berwick Rangers!
Pedro: What does this mean Jose? Jose? Jose are you still there? ………
I thought I read that his contract is up at the end of the season? If so why are Sevco paying that much money to get him out of his contract?
45 days to be precise. Nearly £100 k per day but I probably went to the wrong school
You must’ve done, cos 100 grand a day would only cover 4 days.
So now the Daily Retard has it that not only is Pedro arriving but it is going to be the case of “The Three Amigos” and a unheard of Rashid Sumaila, Pedros godson a player who has spent his entire career on loan, fuck me quality comes cheap these days…
Yes watching the Sons Of Guff posting the screen caps of every plane arriving in Edinburgh from Doha at around the proper time and their infantile comments makes this as good as a massive scoop of ones favourite flavoured ice cream with jelly on the side…
Yes the prospect of a manager and back room staff who facilitated a team who averaged an attendance of 400 or was that 4000? per game and who were in the stages of running their contracts out because lets face it they were not being renewed coming to Glasgow must have Brendan & Co shitting their timmy breeks off..
Not wanting to mention the situation it has left Pedro a friend and ex employee of the bhoys in being he has to listen to anti catholic rhetoric and be afraid to order eggs Benedict at breakfast must be something we all have to cringe to as this poor fellow fucks his career along with his underpaid/ not paid entourage.
Yes it is a good time to be a tim, not a hint of Fenian blood being near our toes never mind knees and the thought of Gerry and the bhoys over by being within grasp of power having seen off some serious traditionalists.
Has he actually signed ???
Pedro will need to be a BS fighter. Surprising he is not heralded as the new Mourinho yet…
There’s only one .mourinho.
There’s was only one Rangers.
Once again Phil, I think you are bang on the money, if you’ll pardon the pun, with your ‘assumptions’. Given all the recommendations from RRM that it should be a RRM who picks up the shitty stick from Warbiola, I find it totally perplexing that the The Rangers hierarchy select a guy, with a certain element of haste, from a league where the total crowd attendance is akin to wee Bazzas late place of employment. They’ve hardly brought in someone with proven track record of making a silk purse out of a sows ear.
In addition, the fine hacks of the SMSM are treating Pedro like he’s the new messiah when, in actual fact, he’s done nothing, won nothing, and most likely be punted out of Ibrokes a lá Paul Le Guen. Compare that to the way Ronny Deila was made heartily welcome to Scotland.
I suppose only time will tell but I think Pedro is is about to be thrown into the bear pit.
Oops Alex Neil sacked by Norwich .Could Pedro’ crash after landing in Glasgow as sevco appoint Neil as manager? They wouldn’t would they?
Oops Alex Neil sacked by Norwich.Will Pedro crash after landing in Glasgow as sevco appoint Neil as manager instead.New they wouldn’t would they?
Try again Johnny.
Stinks to high heaven…. Why a 3 yr contract? Another club likely to come in and snap him up. May sum up the disdain that King has to a contract of employment….
The 400k euros paid today to a Quatari bank that doesn’t open till Sunday.
That definitely happened!
Apparently they
put it next to Dave Kings warchest!
Pray for Pedro who could become the prey.
“Pedro the fisherman was always whistling….”
Genius! On so many levels 🙂
Just read Pedro’s CV and bhoy he has been through more clubs than a bad golfer.
Sombreros again at Celtic Park on Sunday to make him feel at home?
Patron saint of Portugal:
The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Fátima and as the Immaculate Conception).
And this links to football matters in what way ?
Phil, All in vain, is it not ? Can they truly expect to survive the shitstorm about to show at a courthouse(s) near you ?
Poor Mr Bomber. Perhaps he should have put himself forward for the manager’s job? I know he would have had backing from many quarters. Including me.
The Pedro saga has been a fascinating spectacle so far, and it hasn’t exactly given the impression of being the product of a well-oiled recruitment machine. Last night’s suggestion by a radar-avoiding hack that it was ‘paperwork’ which was responsible for Pedro’s non-arrival in Glasgow prompted me to investigate what the problem might be. If I may, here are my findings…
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/pedros-paperwork-problems/
Very good article, but I have been stuck at Doha Airport with an out of date e-exit visa.
I’m afraid our oil rich kingdom only deals in paperwork, sir.
But you may wait here until your new employers’ cheque clears …
That’s because it was out of date, mate, not because it was electronic.
You don’t even need ‘paperwork’ in the Doha toilets these days.
Silly Keef jackass making a monkey of himself again.