There’s a gentleman that’s going round
Turning the joint upside down
Stool Pigeon – ha-cha-cha-cha
He’s an old ex-con that’s been away
Now he’s back, no one’s safe
It’s quite likely that David Grier and Craig Whyte had many conversations they didn’t want replayed on BBC Reporting Scotland. Their deal to acquire Rangers from Sir David Murray and Lloyds Banking Group would have required many scenarios to be considered, some of which would certainly be unpalatable. So with this in mind, Grier may have been comfortable discussing strategy with Whyte when the latter recorded their conversation in May this year. They had been in the proverbial trenches together before and at one time would have had a bond of trust.
What frankly beggars belief is that either party would consider this bond to be still in place a month after Duff and Phelps sued Craig Whyte’s company for £25m. It’s even more surprising that Mr Grier and Mr Whyte were on such convivial terms – chatting liberally in a restaurant about such a serious matter – while they were supposed to be on opposite sides of a £25m legal action.
We now know that Rangers administration went miles off track soon after it started. Whyte, as we predicted back in October last year, hoped to present creditors and Scottish football with a fait accompli. Duff and Phelps were to complete the task within days for a fixed fee of a fraction of what they eventually raised.
Instead Duff and Phelps fee increased by a factor of six, Whyte lost control of events and inherited a great deal of litigation, not to mention a police inquiry. Duff and Phelps must now prepare to tell the truth to Lord Hodge next week. There are millions of pounds at play here and anything short of the truth could land them in heaps of trouble.
Credit to Mark Daly and Reporting Scotland for landing the recording. The BBC are taking a pounding this month but this was a stunning item for an evening news bulletin to present.
Craig Whyte, you will remember, threatened to sue Daly last year and managed to convince the hard of thinking that Daly, and the BBC, were victimising Rangers by dishing the dirt on Whyte. Some still adhere to this belief, despite now realising their Messiah was just a naughty boy, it’s a cognitive dissonance thing. Another lesson that football fans are fools for bombast.
After all the talk then they wired him
And he took a walk with his crooked friends
And they joked about the good old days
And he recorded it on a reel of tape
He caught the mug who did in the forgery
And the babe in charge of larceny
We have to wonder what liquidators BDO will make of Duff and Phelps actions when they take over next week. Ha-cha-cha-cha.
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FF’s reaction to Gary Allan QC this morning :
“an imbecile”
“liar”
“fantasist”
“cretin”
“well known attention seeking ar**hole”
“an obsessed mental”
“as deranged as phil 3 names”
Just watched the Gary Allan interview, what an ordeal for him and his family to go through.
McCoist- cheeky chappie or manipulative schemer?
rogueleader- As Gary Allan would say in court- “I rest my case”.
(Is he the real meaning of the term GA)
The Prince of Goalkeepers, 10:46
McCoist- cheeky chappie or manipulative schemer?
“an imbecile”
“liar”
“fantasist”
“cretin”
“well known attention seeking ar**hole”
“an obsessed mental”
??
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O.G.Rafferty
10:48 on 26 October, 2012
LOL!
( Obviously it was a rhetorical question!)
Why have the special branch not charged McCoist coward and liar. He is surely guilty of inciting the orcs to threaten Gary Allen and the guy from Raith Rovers, he is also guilty if the police are to be believed and no reason not too that there was a genuine threat to burn down Raiths stadium. I think that they should throw the book at this snivellin wee masonic dick.
HH
Snake Plissken-A very brave man to come forward again,shows no fear against what will be continued intimidation.
mighty tim-Yet more Masonic dealings in this cesspit of a country.
mighty tim
10:52 on 26 October, 2012
Good point, maybe one of our legal eagles could advise whether there may be a case to answer?
Just read wee Oscar’s blog update.
A really upsetting and humbling read, I honestly don’t know how and where they gather their strength from.
RogueLeader
I have always maintained there is no such thing as a decent hun, as to go to ibrokes is the equivalent of going to a KKK rally and hanging around the fringes and then stating you are a decent human being. They go to partake in 90 minutes of triumphalism and hatred.
The quotes from FF sum the vast majority up.
Happy Birthday to Minx1888
Many Happy Returns
Re: Champions League Participation
This is rich. Kick Celtic out because we were forced to play defensively against a side up to their eyeballs in unsustainable debt (WHO AREN”T EVEN CHAMPIONS OF THEIR COUNTRY) because the system is rigged in their favour and the authorities allow this scenario to be the norm across the competition – aye right.
If the Champions league were like ronseal (does what it say on the tin) EVERY European country would have a champion straight in, the wealth would be spread around and all the runner up financially doped teams would have to play each other in July and August to qualify and then there would be a free draw – not seeded groups as all of these actions rig the competition in favour of the teams from the four big countries. The wealth would filter down to the clubs across the continent and make for a more interesting competition.
Barcelona and the other sides with the huge debts are cheating. It really is that simple. They would not have these players without the debts. Great to watch yes but doped up to do it.
Schuster is a clown but we all know why the Scottish press quote him today. They want a negative Celtic story yet they don’t report Mark Daly’s findings, nor do they report Alex Thomson’s. The stories were out there yet these two journalists are the only two to go after them and get them. That is not a coincidence for me.
Scottish MSM – paid parrots. Repeat what they are told.
Horsey bhoys
try an each way bet on Imperial Elegance in the 5 20pm Fakenham. Bought from Mick Channons yard, Sheena West thought it would need a couple of months to see improvement. However she is pleased with its progress and thinks it’s a poor race today and the horse has a definite place chance at least. 12/1 at present. Maybe worth a wee fiver each way. Its form reads shockingly bad but she is convinced the horse has come on. If you can afford to lose a tenner, have a go.
(What does a tenner get you these days anyway? A half decent bottle of wine or 10 x 3rd division football clubs).
goldstar10 10:26 on 26 October, 2012
“One of the joys of twitter is watching Tomo effortlessly swat away the flies on his account. Popcorn in the micro.”
It is good fun … especially as the Dalek expert and his mates think they have him on the run…
Steinreignedsupreme, 11:04
It’s going to be a long day for their grey matter as there is going to be another piece on Channel 4 News tonight
snake plissken
10:58 on 26 October, 2012
Re: Champions League Participation
What a post bud………
Legend……………….
BigjoebobbingaboutonAboat
O.G.Rafferty10:48 on 26 October, 2012
You seem to have missed master tactician and top football manager from the ole list there…
The real indictment as to intimidation in Scotland is that McCoist remains as Sevco manager with the chance to make windfall money from the thugs and neds contributing to the share purchase.
In any civilised country, he would be kicked out of football at the bare minimum and would probably have appeared in the dock.
Incidentally, the first part of Gary Allen’s interview gives us some idea of what Lenny puts up with on a regular basis – but then again, “he brings it on himself” doesn’t he?
I had the privilege of seeing daft Leggo walking down Byres Road yesterday.
I realize that this may come as a surprise to those of you who are familiar with his work, but the poor old soul was happily mumbling away to himself. I was almost tempted to ask for an autograph.
Snake Plissken
I had to laugh at that article this morning, from a team who have managed to keep their squad together by dodging paying tax for years.
Just watched the Gary Allan QC interview. His story is frightening.
Simply by recounting it, he is putting himself in grave danger again.
He is a brave man, and obviously a person of great integrity.
Fat Swally on the other hand…
Fat Sally Le Coist gives cowardice duplicity and malice a bad name.
An odious craven creep who embodies all the worst attributes of Uriah Heep and Iago.
Sevco and he deserve each other.
On the subject of EK the two bad things about the place is the tax office and the fekkin roundabouts and just for the sake balance the two good things are the Stewartfield farm boozers and the road out
dizzydrivinginekcsc
Double Agents and Greedy Agents
http://harryhood67.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/double-agents-and-greedy-agents/
Bhoys,go and watch Gary Allan’s interview on AT’s blog.Blood boiling here at the terror that snake has put has put this guy’s family through.The police done everything to advise and protect Mr Allan and his family,except one thing…………………….arrest McCoist.THIS IS THE MAJOR NEWS STORY IN SCOTLAND TODAY.
Afternoon bhoys from a damp, but thankfully hun free mountain.
The sfa have already dealt with fat sally, end of, they in effect have scared off other future panelists who would sit in judgement of the huns.
And the whole world knows it.
Scotland, corrupt from the top to the bottom
O.G.Rafferty11:07 on 26 October, 2012
“It’s going to be a long day for their grey matter as there is going to be another piece on Channel 4 News tonight”
With further revelations to what is on the blog?
SOT
I have sorted a guide to eating and drinking in Lisbon.
Oldtim and BT have it.
Has to be seen to be believed….
https://twitter.com/sward1888/status/261758591122411521/photo/1
What I have learned from CQN…. Is that I am usually 12 hours behind everyone else…
York Bhoy…
Snap………….
Just watching that link. Disgraceful stuff.
Aye McCoist, what a cheecky chappie he is. Sniveling little coward that he is.
re the Gary Allan interview.
Don ‘t forget this is what Neill Lennon and his family have had to put up with also.
McCoist- A disgrace.
SFA disciplinary committee- A bigger disgrace.
Steinreignedsupreme, 11:33
Yes, more to come, indeed
RogueLeader 11:41 on 26 October, 2012
You would think somebody who goes for the moniker ‘Fowler1690’ would be, ahem … able to walk the walk – but it seems he is all talk.
Alex Thomson was in Glasgow this week, and informed everyone reading his twitter account where he was going to be. Oor Wullie must have missed it though…