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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Paul 67
Do you reckon the dj at broadwood has a copy of king creole ?
I believe we will sell any player at the right time and offer
Every reason to offer a new contract when the one he’s on may have a set figure for sale release clause.
If he doesn’t want to stay, Celts asset manage.
Sharp Suited Celtic CSC
reilly1926
They might even show Sevco scoring against Celtic?
I would cool the jets regards the STV ‘story’
In virtually every contract negotiation throughout the world the agent will always turn down the first offer made by the club (Seth Johnson being the exception).It was the same with the Charlie, James Forrest + Matthews negotiations before they signed new deals.
Vic will be on circa £6-7k a week.Celtic will have offered around the £12k a week mark.They will agree around £17-18k with a new signing on fee.The contract will be extended probably by a year or two
If they haven’t agreed a deal by the summer then its a different story, but at this stage it is no big deal at all.
Trust me on this one
BSR
i dont think that particular third division club have ever played against Celtic let alone scored
Time to band STV from CP? Clearly trying to unsettle our player.
We are Talking about.. in the cases of .. Both, Victor and Gary..
Player Contract…
EXTENSIONS.
Howevahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……….
Both Players are showing Obstinacy in Assenting to the Acceptance of the New Improved Emoluments, which
Celtic , are offering ..in those New Contracts.
Ah wid Imagine,This is Not a Very Encouraging Turn Of Events,
and Disnae Bode Well, regarding the Health o’ the Conviviality o’ the Future Relationship, between Celtic
and those Two Recalcitrants.
Anywey..
Kojo
Paul… Why has nobody called for a full public enquiry and police investigation into the entire rangers fiasco? Is Alex salmond safeguarding votes??
I was really impressed with Ajax pre season.
There reserve side gave us a doing.
They are in a similar trading position to Celtic in a European context.
They are a few years ahead of us in building a team ,which is based on a good youth policy and canny recruitment of young up and comers.
Likewise ,it was refreshing to see the re- emergence of Dortmund,after near financial oblivion.
I would love to see UEFA’s FFP rules strictly implemented and adhered to.
A CL with greater competition would spark fresh interest into the competition as a result of it’s outcome being less predictable.
A67
I think we all knew we wouldnt be keeping Vic for long, the negotiations were no simply about rewarding the player, buy out clause release clause and a few details like that will be the main sticking point IMO.
The board are likely to want a higher release offer than Vics agent wants.
as_i_thought
Knew it as soon as I posted it but it was too late (⊙_⊙)
ButYouGetMyDrift CSC
Tom English mocking the Armageddon myth on Shortbread…well I’ll be!
OHH Best Broadcasting Corporation !!!!
HH
ulysses mcghee ,
When a Mynah Bird squawks, ‘ Who’s a pretty boy ?’, … my humble advice would be to leave the question hanging in the air.
An answer would only encourage it.
To keep vic and hoops we should stop paying paye and ni and
offer them a loan type thingy , heres the good part they wont need
to pay the loan back
Bourne/bada
Thanks for that.
ElDiego
Anyone who doesn’t want to stay can leave.
I would hope, and expect, that he has been made a reasonable and sensible offer.
STV is run by a bunch of Season ticket holders from the bigotdome..
They spin everything…
Ignore..
HH
Usual MSM orcery Celtic doing very well, – players will need to be sold.
AsOldAsTea CSC
Feedthebear.
I agree that Victor is playing for a move.
Can we really blame him.
I also believe that Kayal ,Hooper and Commons think that they are too good for Scottish football,and want the wages and increase in profile that the EPL brings .
They will all have to play to a higher standard more frequently to achieve their aims.
I predict that Fraser Forster will be the player that fetches the highest transfer fee of all of them.
A67
Neil Lennon and PL Have already confirmed that part of what we offer the players to come to Celtic in Scotland,is CL football and a window to the EPL or a more attractive league that pay’s higher salaries.
Guidi calls a hun bitter lol
Is the Daly thing on yet? Anyone watching?
My dear,dear,dear, friend.. Odysseus
Hiya,pally.. Long time .no hear.
Of Course, you are Correct..
No One is Indispensible.
Ah hiv found That,,, tae Be A TRUISM.
and….in Ma Case..
THE BLOODY .. HARD WAY!
The Celtic, Administration..in it’s Wisdom..
Has, ALREADY… taken awe awe the Appropriate Steps.. in order tae
Be Prepared for the Loss o’ eethur..
Victor or Gary.
Ambrose.. and Watt are the obvious Replacements for .. Victor n Gary.
Running a Fitba’ team is Never an Easy task..
and
Running a SUCCESSFUL ONE.. is even a loat Tougher.
fur..
Players, besides being..awfy Ambitious.. ur also..
AWFY ..
GREEDY…!!!
Although, Ah canny say that Ah Blame Them..
Fur. so Am
Ah…MaSel’!
Kojo
Yer pal…who likes ye mair an Mairer.
Still, Laughin… of Course.
More goodies from supersleuth whyteybhoy on the duffers,even has them on tape suggesting he makes his famous speech at the zombie dome denying there involvement so as to mislead HMRC
Beerschot will have a sell on % too you would imagine.
Re the latest on Duffphelpgate just aired on the BBC
Surely this will now lead to them being found guilty and the Green deal being investigated because its looking like they knew if HMRC found there was a conflict of interest they would have been turfed out and the Green deal would never have happened.
Wonder what Green knows surely he must know everything hinged on HMRC being appeased that is to say being lied to…
Our Hero recorded the 2 hour date he had with Grier.
Paul67: Haven’t posted in yonks, but had to just to say nice use of Kid Creole!
Seeing as I’m here…
Never thought I’d see a Celtic team defend so well for so long against a team like Barca.
Proud isn’t a strong enough word.
Feeling more and more like my moniker will be proven correct!
HH
Gotta Go.
See You Folks…
Kojo
Still.. Laughin’
‘
Craig Whyte. Not as green as he’s cabbage looking, as my dear old gran used to say.
My Dear,Dear Kojo…..
One could take the generous view that Kilbowie Kelt is a harmless ole crone….
Whose sole purpose in life is to convert ‘Thunderbird Wine’ into urine…..
However,Folks….One must consider that young children read this blog….
With their developing reading skills….
Only to be confronted by Donegal’s Dour-est….
With his ATROCIOUS Spelling and Punctuation…..
Undoing the sterling work of their hard-pressed primary school teachers….
Some of whom have sacrificed their crowning glory and looks….
Putting in the hours ….
To achieve a minimal level of competence….
In their command of our Wondrous Magical English Language….
The native tongue of Shakespeare and Nelson..
Pinkety…?
Rangers Tax-Case @rangerstaxcase
@tourmasterjim Duff & Phelps’ reputation is in tatters at the very least & anyone who doubted how PR in Scotland works is now a bit wiser.
Daly tightens the screw,
Grier is toast and Media House implicated.
On another subject, Salmond’s pips being squeezed.
Wheels coming off wagons at a rate of knots.
Ignore Victor talk.
He will go when the time is right for him…….and us.
Sparky
Never trust a fool with googly eyes ….
ernie lynch
08:56 on
25 October, 2012
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
07:13 on 25 October, 2012
‘Money talks-or shouts,rather,as Dylan pointed out.’
Swears, not shouts.
”Money doesn’t talk, it swears”
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Congratulations (sincerely),Ernie-I’ve been out-pedanted.
I now join the select few(!) to have been Ernied…..
In my defence,it’s a blinkin’ l-o-n-g song.
Great news tonight
bbc
scotland sports bit on the news duff n phelps toast
stv
Celtic player worth £10m and rising refuses extension to contract with THREE year tae run.
Even their negatives contain only positives when yir haunding aw the cards.
Re Wanyama
He was nearly off just before beginning of season hence Efe coming in but his deal fell through.
Evening all,
Just popped in for a few minutes although hope to be back later for all your valuable updates.
There was no mention on Reporting Scotland (sport section) of Vic rejecting an improved contract extension. STV wouldn’t be stirring it would they? Not after all our decent accolades recently, no, surely not?
Hauding even